The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-01-03
SOCIETY EVENTS TN TOWN.
Many Receptions, aud Dances Held
DnrIng the Week.

DnrIng the Week,
Mr.. and Mrs. a. @. Ropes enter
tertained a large house party over
Sunday and the holiday
Mr. and Mrs. James r. GflIespje
haye been visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Gillespie
Mrs Max Eberhardt Schmidt. Of
Elm street, and her son George ri.
Schmidt, left on Wednesday for Cali
fornia. Ihey expect To return early id
February.
In the Roman Herald Of the 10th
inst. among the arrivals at the Palace
Hotel are Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Jenkins, the Misses Jenkins. and Miss
Petit, OF M0rriStOWn, N. j.
The ChildrenS Dance. IN Washing
ton Hall, daring the early evening
|E0urs OF "Wednesday 81 iast week
was we'll attended some eighty Or
more young girls and youths being
present. The hall was decorated
with eveFgreens and red Christmas
bells, with a Christmas tree in one
corner, made brilliant with red and
white electric lights. Unfortunately.
just before supper, defect of some
nature in the main fuse resulted in
utter darkness throughout the nall
foT some minutes, until gas could be
lighted MIS-. John @. Fl. Pitney and
Mrs. Henry +. Taylor received Mrs.
Herman Bei1r assisted Mrs. Taylor in
distributing fay0rs. Supper was ser
we'd about seven o'clock From out
|of town were Alice Dickson, Bessie
and Agnes Clafiin, Gertrude Behr
land Anne Bradley.
Mrs. Emory McGllntock gave a
luncheon IN private dining room Of
The Elms last Tuesday Decorations
were pink and white carnations. The
guests were Mrs. Clarke Mrs. Henry,
Mrs. Letchford, Mrs. r. Fl. McCurdy,
Mrs. George 3. Mcclellan, Mrs. Shell
ton, Mrs Frank Sturges and Mrs.
Vandefpool.
On December 18th, Miss Lucy Noble
Morris at her home On South street, at
Rev. and Mrs. : b, Beaumont's. gave
an afternoon tea for two OF her friends,
Mrs, Janet Carter Miller, bride of
Rev J: w. Miller, Of New York, and
Miss Mary Cochran, who recently be-
come engaged to Rev. Doug las M Lellan
OF Liverpool, Eng, Those assisting Mrs.
Beaumont and Miss Morris in receiv-
ing were Mrs. Cochran, Mrs. Sutphen,
Mrs. Willard Cutler, Mrs. a, G. Ropes,
Miss Sadie Randolph, Miss Laura Pier
son, Miss Poor, Miss Jane Owen, Miss
Jean Cochran and Miss Harriet Bux-
ton.
On Wednesday a delightful bridge
party was given by Mrs. George B.
Raymond, of Miller road. ia honor of
Mrs. Henry *. Merritt, Of Toronto.
Miss Laura Slade and Edward X.
Mills will be married during the
coming month of January.
Mrs. George b. Raymond gave a
bridge party On Wednesday, afternoon
OF four tables. The winners were
Mrs. Swords, Mrs. LetchfOrd and
Miss Helen Dennis.
brand Mrs. Frederic H Humphreys
and family, Of RidgeWoOd Hill, will|
go to New York for few weeks.
early IN January with the expecta-
tlQn oE trip to Florida later in the
winter
MfS. Benianlif Nifait AIid her party
viii sail for Europe I'd january 4th.
Mrs. Philander 3. PierS0n will have
talk on China and its customs, at
her house on the afternoon Of Janu-
ary 18th.
Mrs. Fayette Smith, Of Morris
avenue, will entertain the Topic
Lunch Club on Thursday January 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey Brinley, Of
Concord, spent afew days Of tlas week
in MorristOwn.
Miss Julia Cutler, Of SpeedwelIl
avenue has returned from Worcester
Mass.