The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-02

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temporarily when one is expecting
company. It Is most disconcerting to
arrive for weeks visit with trunk
F full OF pretty frocks, and find that the
only place allotted to you is four hooks
! In the closet and one bureau drawer.
Mrs. M. E. Fischer gave very in
teresting and highly instructive lee
ture and demonstration on flour and
Its constituents and uses, Thursday
afternoon at science hall at the uni
xersity, to the class in domestic
science. The lecture was also attend
ed by other students, members of the
faculty and number of ladies who
went out from the city. In her demon
strations she made before the class,
cake, bread, and biscuit. Mrs. Fischer
is an expert In her line and leaves here
to take very lucrative position with
the National Stove company of st.
Louis. She will demonstrate for them
I In various sections of the south and
middle west, but will still retain Grand
Forks as her home.
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Mrs. Webster Merrifield entertained
u most delightful party at her beauti-
full new home out at the university
thursday afternoon. Sixty ladies
were invited and a special car was
chartered to carry the guests to and
from the city. The Merrifield home
Is one of the finest in the state and
thoroughly in keeping in architecture
and finish with the splendid univer-
sity buildings in the midst of which
1t is located. The blinds were all
GAVIN for. the occasion and. full
blaze OF. electric lights turned on. Yari-
Gus flower schemes were carried out
in the different rooms. In the parlors
pink carnations apd lilies of the val
ley were used effectively; in the din
ing room yellow jonquils made a
beautiful blending of color with the
decoration of the rooms, the living
room was bright and fragrant with
scarlet and white carnations, and the
dressing rooms on the second floor
were all odorous of spring in English
violets. In the ball room upstairs d
delightful program was carried out
Professor Koch gave three acts of the
Tanning of the Shrew" that charmed
his audience. Between acts Miss
Clara Wolf entertained the guests
with some violin selections accom-
panied by Miss Marion Titus on the
EianO. Delicious refreshments were
served.
Mrs. Gary of Fargo will arrive this
evening to be the guest of her daugh-
ter Mrs. Charles Commings, on Bel
mont avenue, for a while.
An interesting letter from one of
the North Dakota party, which at pres
cnt numbers twelve at Palm Beach,
Florida. report them all enjoying life
to the utmost The latest acquisition
to the party is Mr.. Vanderhoof of
Washington, father of Mrs. Nash.
The Lady Ell1s gave one Of their
delightful card parties Thursday af-
ternoon. Owing to its being Lent
there was only a limited attendance
but all who were present report a
charming afternoon. Five hundred
was played and Mrs. Dixon cap
tured the first prize, a pretty hand
painted china plate, and Mrs. Prem
tice the second prize, cut glass per-
fume bottle. Dainty refreshments
were served
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kent gave a
dinner Thursday evening in their
splendid apartments in the Trepanier
block, to the members of the Elk's
dancing committee, that, in menu,
serving, and decorations rivals any
thing of the sort given in Grand
Forks for some time. Dinner was
served in ten courses at s O'Clock.
The table was beautifully decorated
in cut flowers, and was complete in
the most exquisite of china, cut glass
and silver. Quantities of cut flowers
carnations predominating, were used
in the various rooms with artistic eff
feet The reception room was in
green and pink and white carnations
blending tremendously. The living
room was in red carnations, the din
ing room in pink and the smoking
don in dark red carnations. Covers
were laid for eight and the guests
were the committee Of which Mr.. Kent
himself is president of. They were
Mr.. Charles E. Lazier, Bernard F.
Brockoff, DR.. F. M. Wells, ]. Irwin
Durrick and Franklin A. Brown.
An enjoyable affair was the Masonic
dancing party Thursday evening
Twenty-eight couples were in attend
ance and danced until the "wee, sma
hours" No refreshments were served
in the dancing hall, but every one
betook himself to Logan's cafe after
ward. The guests were Messrs. and
Mesdames G. H. Opsahl, the two Miss
Opsahls, ]. F. Jones, R. Sterret, Robert
Green, M. WEIGH j. F. Robertson, w.
H. Kelsey, G. F. Blackburn, w. P.
Riley, Sig Wolff, A. I. Widlund, R.
Westacott, Geo. H. Wilder, M. E. May
er, Larimore, DR.. Eckern, H. K. Chest,
Louis Rhode, F L. Lagerwall, W. w.
Hall; Messrs. J. O. billiard, c. N.
Barnes, G. B. Gibbs, A. Busch. Crooks
ton, A. Hanson, H. Bendeke, ]. A.
Berg, ]. G. Figenshau, Phillip Eckman,
E. W. Mertz, R. A. Jackson. Misses
Hogan, Busch. Sneed, Bosard, Pace
and Mrs. Pace.
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