The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OK a:ts
class chaperoned by Mines. w. s. OWN
nell and William Passmore will have a
dance in the Auditorium annex and en-
terrain group Of guests. The class
that meets at the home Of Mrs. James
| Fullerton, 221 Clifton avenue, will have
holiday party on New Year 8 day.
A group Of Lowry Hill girls who are
attending the university will have a
spread Thursday afternoon at the home
Of Miss Marion Barber on Irving ave,
nue. S. q ~
There are so many parties crowded
into holiday week that the Delta Sig
ma NJ fraternity decided to postpone
it's dinner dance until Jan. IL, when it
/ WILL be given at the Minikahda club.
The Gamma Phi sorority will hold
its annual Christmas party Tuesday
/ afternoon at the home of Miss Mill
cent Lees, 500 Fifth street Sc.
Mrs. Frank T. Heffelfnger will enter.
tain group Of children at a holiday
cotillion Wednesday afternoon at her
home on Park avenue. The guests will
I be the members Of the dancing class
that meets Saturday mornings at the
Hefelfnger residence under the direc-
ton of Miss Ethel Malcolm. b..
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Mcclellan, Mr..
and Mrs. I. H. Shattuck, Jr., Misses
Shannon and Barnaby have issued
about 200 invitations for the dancing
party which they will give Wednesday
evening at the Nicollet hotel. r.
The junior ball association held a
meeting just before college closed for
the holidays and the committee pre-
sented their reports. The chairman of
the decoration committee stated that
several firms had submitted designs for
4 decorating the armory for the ball on
Feb. 9, and some Of them show some
very novel effects The music commit
tee is studying the merits of the differ
ent bands very carefully. The ball will
be one Of the most representative affairs
given by the university people, for all
departments will be represented as well
as the faculty and the town people.
Mrs. F. w. Stevenson gave a charm
ingly appointed dancing party in the
Auditorium annex last evening in honor
of her daughters, the Misses Maud,
Nellie and Jessie Stevenson. The
pretty hall was decked with Christmas
greens and fir, whose masses of somber
green were relieved with smart bows Of
red ribbon and wreaths Of holly. Palms
and fir trees banked the platform
where the orchestra was stationed. AS
sisting Mrs. Stevenson were Messrs. and
Mines. W. F. McLane, c. r. Williams
and w. @. Stevenson. There were about
100 young people present.
Miss Sarah Cone Bryant, of Boston,
arrived in the city yesterday to spend a
, fortnight in Minneapolis and the vicin-
, ity. Miss Bryant will be the guest Of
Miss Nellie Merrill, of Harmon place.
, during a part Of her stay in town Next
Saturday afternoon she will give a
J Christmas story hour in the Unitarian
: church and tell any number Of old and
! new stories of the great festival, all
/, woven into a complete whole by her
narrative. Miss Bryant is very clever
:: young woman and holds diploma from
Boston university and from the Frau
. Doktor Hempel Normal Seminar in Ber-
) lin. She is now one of the instructors
in Simmons college and a writer of
rapidly growing fame. She gave a story
) hour in Minneapolis in the fall and
| quite captivated her audience by the
. charming manner in which she told new
and familiar tales.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Grain an
nounce the marriage engagement of
their daughter, Helen Louise, to Lind
= ley William Holbrook. The wedding
! will take place in February.
s New Years day will have its bride
9 as well as Christmas, for Mr. and Mrs
$ a. j. Dolan have issued the invitations
|, for the marriage Of their daughter Ag
Z mes to George L. Goodrich, which vii
take place New Years morning II
+ the ST. Anthony Of Padua church. The
8 ceremony will he followed Nv o. hraolx