The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
EXPENSIY[ b +! FRA II /. \
vALUABI8 u souv1NIRs GIVEN
At SOCIAL FUNCTIONS. II !.
New Jersey Couple Celebrate Daugh-
ter's Birthday 81 Presenting Dis
a E% monds to Guests Two Din !.
..a.% ners Of Note. ~ !. r.,


the world is the souvenir SO firmly es-
tablished as in the United States,
where it is now considered indispens-
able at dinner parties, balls, weddings,
christen1ngs, and, in fact, any function
OF q social nature given in celebration
Of some interesting personal event.
One OF the most startling entertain
ments ever given in honor of girl
took place here the other day, when
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel We'll gave a din.
ner in celebration Of the nineteenth an
niversary of their youngest daughters
birthday: While the decorations and
the birthday cake were marvels Of
beauty, the chief attraction consisted
of a fine two-carat diamond which was
dropped into each glass reserved for
the champagne. Over each gem tiny
rosebud was placed, and upon this the
wine was poured into the glass. Not
until the last toast had been drunk
to the young woman's health were the
diamonds lifted from the champagne
glasses and the guests were asked to
retain them in remembrance of the
happy occasion. y Il xS}
Four years ago Mr.. and Mrs Adolph
Crantz, of Pittsburg, celebrated their
diamond wedding by giving dinner
of 20 of their friends. The occasion
was marked by much costly expendi7
ture, the souvenirs taking the form Of
diamond pins for the men and brace
lets for the women. These costly
gifts were placed beside the plate Of
each: guest, resting ON miniature beds
of lilies of the valley, violets and
maidenhair. fern.
Just prior to the arrival of the ices
the "star" guest rose and proposed the
health of the couple whose diamond
wedding they were, celebrating, and
referred to the interesting fact that the
combined ages of Mr.. and Mrs Crantz
tota1ed 100 years.
After the toast had been drunk Mrs.
Grant, rose and proceeded to fasten
the pins in the lapels OF the mems
dress cats, while Mr.. Crantz clasped
the bracelets round the arms of his
fair guests.
Perhaps the most interesting souve-
Mrs ever given away were those dis
tributed at dinner last March inaugu-
rated by the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers in honor of
Thomas Alva Edison.
These souvenirs consisted of small
ivory boxes bearing a Grecian figure
holding aloft a light and inscribed
THE Genius Of the Lamp This was
a copy of the famous statue in Mr..
Edison's laboratory at orange which
typifies the triumph of electricity and
which Mr.. Edison bought some years
ago at the Paris exposition.
Besides these ivory boxes there were
also beautiful pins made in the minia-
ture of an incandescent lamp, the bulb
being formed by single pearl. These
latter, however, were given to the
women only. The menus also formed
interesting souvenirs, for they bore
on the outside the picture of bronze
bust; of Edison, while below was an
autograph signature of the wizard"
Another interesting feature of this
remarkable dinner was the procession
OF walters bearing the ices, each one.
Of which was contained in a model Of
an Edison invention-motors, phone
graphs, switchboards, automobiles, in
candescent apparatus, etc. The ices
themselves were in the form and size
of incandescent bulbs.