The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-06

home after a two months tour OF the
! southern points OF interest.
The Brown university banquet commit
tee. has completed arrangements for the
annual banquet on April IA in sayles hail.
The list OF speakers includes Col. II. An
thony Dyer. POSTMASTER; President
Faunce. { II. Forbes. 81. professor at
Andover academy; Judge Arthur l..
Brown Of United states court. Hon Rath-
bone Gardner Prot. William Macdonald,
Howard Coffin, 0l and Il. q, Parkhurst,
manager Of last falls football eleven.
Mr. and Mrs. ID. Albert Pearce will ar
rive home from Europe early next
month.
Miss Mary Cornforth of slatersvine is
the guest Of friends in the city.
Mr. John Shepard. Jr. has been play
ing great golf in the south and has been
keeping some OF the best players in the
country on the anxious seat
Mr.. Marsden J. Perry has been in Ney
York this week.
Mr. William r. Arnold was very recent
~ quite III at Hot Springs, ont, but
now In better health.
Mrs. Frank NJ Smith has been the
guest OF her sister, Mrs Beard OF Cam
bridge, Mass.
Miss Helen Ostby. who Is attending
school at Pennington this winter. Is home
for the Easter holiday season.
Mrs Gporoa w Gtncup, baya
issued invitations for the wedding OF their
daughter. Miss Ethel Peirce Slocum. Of
Baltimore. TO Mr.. Frank Hin Cranston
or this city.
The ceremony IS TO take place at the
home OF the bride at high noon. the 26th
OF April and viii be attended only by
the intimate friends and relatives OF the
bride and groom
Mr.. Cranston Is very popular I'm Provi-
dence society and has a host OF friends,
while Miss Slocum. who is also we'll
known here. Is a charming young woman
and has been the recipient of much So
cial attention during her visits here.
A delightful bridge whist and bon
voyage function was given by Mrs. Will
liam H. Thurl~ar on Wednesday the
guests OF honor being Mrs. Walter S. Bal
lou and Miss Alice Thurber' who sail to-
morrow for Europe.
Mrs. Robert b. Treat presided at the tea
table. while ices were served by Mrs. Eliot
Flint.
Those present were: Mrs. Alonzo Will
liams, Mrs. Ralph s Watrous, Mrs. Fran
els T.. Bates. Mrs. Frank n. Martin. Mrs
stephen Nicholson, Mrs. Albert l.. Calder.
3D. Miss Emily 7. Hall Miss Maud Baker,
Mrs. t. II. Ellsbreet, Mrs. Lorin NJ. Cook
Mrs. G. Moulton stone, Mrs. Charles b.
Humphreys Mrs. Frank ID. Simmons.
Mrs. Gray. Mrs. Howard -. Wilcox. Mrs
&. s. Sweetland. Miss Louise Sweetland.
Mrs. Edward S. Clarke and Mrs. Walter
V. Eddy
The Mary G.. Wheeler Alumnae associa-
ton gave q most delightful tea on Wed
nesday afternoon at which the portrait ef
Miss Wheeler by John w. Alexander was
formally unveiled.
Miss Ethel Johnson gives bridge whist
at her home on Bowen street this after
noon.
Mr.. William Courtleigh of New York
formerly the leading man of the Imperial
stock company here. is spending a few
days i'm the city.
Mrs. Charles T.. Longley and her daugh-
ter. Miss Rosalind Longley, arc in New
York.
Mrs. Walter S. Ballou and Miss Alice
Thurber sail for Europe tomorrow. Their
trip Will be an extended one, probably
covering a period of two years.
Mr. Harry w. Hardman has been enter
tanning his brother. Mr.. John T. Hard
man. OF Glendale.
Mr., Earllng Ostby gave a dinner at his
home on Cook street on Tuesday evening
last.