The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
T F it were not for weddings, Febru-
Il airy would stretch a dreary social

TuaT ~CHere is LeuC, WHICH means CnaC
for forty days there will be few affairs
of any great Importance. One Of the
most interesting of the weddings Of
the month will take place on Shrove
Tuesday, Feb. 81, when Miss Kath-
crime Wheaton of St. Paul and Philip
Bickerton Winston of Minneapolis will
be married. The wedding will take
place in the afternoon and will be a.
brilliant ceremony in the Church OF st.
John the Evangelist, for there will be
a bevy Of bridesmaids and the usual
number of masculine attendants. The
service will be- followed by small re-
ception, just for the members of the
bridal party and the relatives at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Charles A. Whea-
ton on Summit avenue. Mr.. Winston
is the son of the late P. B.. Winston,
and he has large circle of relatives
in Minneapolis, so that any number Of
affairs will be given for his charming
fancee in the days before the wedding.
The double wedding Of Miss Blanche
Mary Stanford to DR.. Frank S. Bissell
of Maple Lake, Mimi, and Miss Helen
Gertrude Stanford to Frank Fernald OF
Livingston, Mont, will be an event of
interest to many as the four young
people all attended the university. The
Misses Stanford are daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Lynn G. Stanford of Fair
mount, Mimi, and are members of the
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. DR.. Bis
sell is Beta Theta Pi man, a graduate
with the class of 1902 and Mr.. Fernald
is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta
fraternity. The wedding will take
place, as was announced last evening, in
St. Mark s pro-cathedral Wednesday
evening, Feb. 7, at o'clock. 49,
. Tuesday afternoon Miss Katherine
Bailey will entertain for the two brides
at her home in East Minneapolis and
on Saturday the Kappa Alpha Theta
sorority will give a shower for them at
the home Of Miss Edna Broom, 1886
Second avenue S. - .... Il: j.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Stanford will leave
shortly after the marriage of their
daughters to make their home in Ever
81, Wash. " ~
The marriage of Miss Mary B. Bel
aen and Richard Greene Fisher, which
will take place Wednesday evening at
the home of the BRIDES parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry G.. Belden, on Oak
Grove street, will be the second we'd
ding in the family within the month.
It will be a quiet home ceremony with
lust the relatives. and near friends as
witnesses. Among the guests will be
Mr.. Fishers brother from Crookston,
MINI. Mr.. and Mrs. George Kimball
Belden, whose wedding took place
earlier in the month, are now in Pasa-
dena, CAL, and will not be present at
the marriage Of Mr., Belden's sister.
Professor and Mrs. T. L. Hacker, Of
1905 Raymond avenue, St. Anthony
Park, announce the enga cement Of their
daughter Elfeda, to Robert G. Lansing
Of Omaha, Neb. The wedding will take
place in June.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Mitchell an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter Ruth ard Frederick B. Hale. The
wedding will take place the middle of
February at the home Of the bride g
parents, 1886 Sixteenth avenue s.
Il Mrs. George Gillette will be hostess
at small bridge whist luncheon next
Wednesday.
MT. duU CNIS. W. ~. DViAhOAA OAAoSA
tanned at cards Friday evening at then
home on Groveland avenue for MI. anc
Mrs. John Hallowell Of Boston. There
were about twenty-five guests. Mr
and Mrs. Hallowel will leave Tuesday
evening for their eastern home. Dur
ing their visit in Minneapolis they
have been delightfully."- entertained at Z
round of social affairs and club outings
Mrs. W. L.. Wolford entertained 6
group of women informally at her home
On Tenth street s., Friday afternoon
There were eight guests and bridge
was played. @ +.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Martin en-
tertained at their home on Mount
Curve avenue at dinner Wednesday
evening for Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Rand
Covers were laid for twelve guests anc
the dinner was served from table
charmingly appointed :. in pink ane
white. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin will leave
Wednesday evening on a trip to the
g West Indies. ..s.. ~,......- r. ~ Is
Society is mad over bridge. 1t really
is the only amusement people think
of or enjoy and one woman stoutly as
serts that the, reason there are so few
receptions, teas and dances is because
people are so interested in bridge that
they do not care for any other diver
sion and they prefer the smaller gather
ings of eight, twelve or sixteen, seldom
more, to the formal affairs. There are
bridge clubs among the older women
the younger married women, the brides
the buds and the girls who are not yet
out, as well as countless organization
of. the married people.
IT was out every afternoon and eve
ming last week and we played bridge
everywhere whispered one the popu
E lar young matron. - It is shocking to b,
SO absorbed in "a game, but just try il
yourself If you play bridge at all yo,
play it all the time. You simply can :
help it. !"
They don't play for money, dea
me, no. At least that is what the,
say and they lift their pretty eye
brows in Mortified disapproval if 20,
even hint that they do. eve leav
that to the men, they say. But they
all have awards, it really would no
be much fun to play cards every after
noon in the week unless the player
had a chance Of winning something