The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

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at the hostesses' ball in the
Auditorium Friday evening and present
her daughter, Miss Rebecca Semple 10
the guests Mrs. Semple and her daugn,
ter. expected to be in New York until
the holidays and their. many friends are
delighted that d change IN their plans
makes it possible for them to be at
q home for the early social season. Miss
Semple will be prominent IN all the
debutante gaieties and will be formally
introduced at reception to be given
by her mother Wednesday afternoon
Il Mrs. r.. c. Gale, because OF the death
sof Mrs. L. w, Campbell, will take no no
part in the social functions of the early
u winter and will not receive at the nos
tesses' ball, as had been planned. Mrs.
Campbell was a sister of Mrs. John >.
Pillsbury and an aunt of Mrs. Gale.
There was a famine in flowers last
week and all on account OF the aeout ,
tantes. Every greenhouse was stripped
to swell the floral tributes that greeted
I the pretty buds on their formal en-
trance to society. American Beauty
Sroses that seemed to grow on stlits,
their stems were SO long; chrysanthe-
NUNS as big as pumpkins; roses, or
chids, flowers in season and out or sea-
son were sent out until the florists were
at a loss and it was a question OF not
J what people wanted to express their
greetings. but what they could get.
There was one violet affair for one
- debutante that must have been two
{ feet in circumference, and from the
stem hung second bouquet, shower
of several hundred more blossoms.
s There were half dozen of the dozens
and dozens of clusters that were sent
| to Miss Marion Partridge that attract
ed more than passing notice. Ihey were
bouquets in every sense Of the word;
! the quajntest, most old-fashloned al
! fairs, Just the kind that must have been
when she made her social bow. One OF
! them was a stiff pyramid of pink roses
! bordered with lilies of the valley, an
] other had the rose pyramid fringed with
) violets. and the others were OF varl-
colored roses. but everyone OF them was wa
lace edge, and tied with broad satin
ribbons You have seen pictures OF just
such bouquets in the old-fashioned
magazines, but you have not seen
Minneapolis girl carry one' not o.
for 9,o forty seyye years ned Or one more Of s the
| same sort, of pink roses and vlolets,
when she was introduced by her mother
Friday afternoon. These bouquets have
been a fad Of eastern girls this winter,
! but the debutantes had the first that
/ were made in Minneapolis. They will
! not be allowed to monopolize them,
: however. for I fancy most of the. girls
will carry them at the hostesses ana
! charity balls.
For goodness sake don It forget your
& / voucher when you 90 to the hostesses
ball Friday evening. One couple did
the last time the hostessese entertained
and it was terribly embarrassing TO
stand aside in all the conspicuousness
of smart new evening clothes, while
some one hunted up a hostess who
could vouch that the aforesaid couple
had been properly invited, for other
people sailed by in their smart new
eevening clothes with greetings that
seemed to- accuse the forgetful ones
of trying to force their way IN WIN
out an Invitation.
deal again goHl"t to be ' presented resi- to Kin9
Edward,'' exclaimed the heroine of the
little incident, who spoke Of It at :
che yfsts and ihf ha1e sne5eS
coat this minute, so I will have II
with me.
E The floor committee for the charity
I ball incIudese4a long list OF popuia
married men&aand bachelors Charles
sc. Bovey, the chairman, will have fo
les S. PiIIsbury, and assisting this eff
cient trio will be George W: Porter, )
R. Vanderlip. Alfred S. Pillsbury, II
NJ. Campbell. Charles W. Case, A. M
Clerihew; Franklin Crosby, John g Cros ,os
by, p. c. Gale, Frank T: Hetfeltnge1 f1, M Re1
les J. Martin. w. X. Morris, Howart
Morton, Arthur Martin, George "
Peavey. II. Alden Smith. Charles 2
I Velie, Frederick B: Wells, lBeniamii;
Woodworth, Phillips Brooks, George K
Belden, John A: Boyey, henry l.: ~ ga, a,
ings. Horace Lowry, David Tenney
Thomas F. Wallace.
The charity ball last year netted tn
directors over $4,000 and the sum shoul
be even more this year, for the Aud
torium1 is so much larger tgS and bette a
people in Minneapolis who have dance
at the charity ball every season sine
it was first given years and years ag'
IT. has always been a representatlv
gathering, one in which old and younn
delighted. The Fort Smelling band "! '!
furnish MUSIC and with the splend11 paaa1
Auditorium floor to dance on opeopl
can ask for nothing more satisfactor
for Monday evening. Nov. 20.
Do YOU know that it is getting to
quite the proper thing to acknowleds
Invitations to teas and receptdonS,1I
NJ We used to think we were fulhlll1
all of our social obligations If we wei
to the tea or sent our card on the
pointed day, and plumed ourselves a
cordingly, but last year quite a numb
of women began to answer their rece
tion invitations, this year more are q
ing it and by next winter everyboe
will be responding promptly.
cit was rather funny, - comments
one of last week S hostesses, TO notl
that some women who are known-to J
careless regarding luncheons and Dime
where an answer is absolutely nece
sarv. were very prompt to say wheth
they would or would not be present
the reception. There was one WON;
who was invited to dinner last We
and she never acknowledged the di
ner invitation, but she did the card
my tea. She has been entertained
lot in this country and in Europe a
she certainly knows that nothing. W
excuse failure to respond to a dim
invitation. The hostess actually had
call her up the day Of the dinner tn
she might learn whether to hayeta GOV
placed for her. and The delinquent gut
only laughed and said she had forg
an.- ~ .