The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-31

ments given. The officers elected
were as follows: Past president, Mrs.
Ella Bartlett; president, Dr. A. l.. Nc
Donald: vice president, Mrs. Ida
Claroye; secretary, Mrs. Laura
Young; treasurer. Mr.. ]. II. Baker:
prelate, Mrs. Ella Cady; guide, Mr.. }.
w. Young; assistant guide, Mrs. Car
RE Roddy; inner watch, Miss Ada
Sheppard; outer watch, Mr.. Vim. Mel
Vile: trustee for three years, Mr.. ].
w. Young.
Mrs. D. a. Griffith of Casselton and
Mrs. F. ]. Bennett and baby of Crooks
ton, who have been guests of Mrs.
NJ. p. Burns during the holidays, have
returned to their homes.
Wendell Burns entertained eight of
his boy friends on Friday evening. \
very pleasant time is reported.
Robert Hatcher returned to Fargo
last evening after a pleasant visit here
with his brothers and renewing old
friendships.
The WOman's club of Minot held Il
delightful social function last Friday
complimentary to the members of the
musical club of that city. \ Christ
mas tree was laden with presents for
the guests and held the place of honor
in the center of the table which was
decorated with suitable Christmas COL
| ors.
The National guard is giving grand
ball at Hillsboro this evening
Washington is preparing to observe
New Years day with all its traditional
brilliance. Public interest will center
as usual on the Presidents reception
at the White House. The reception will
begin at II o'clock, at which hour the
! President and Mrs. Roosevelt will greet
the vice-president and members of the
cabinet. Then will come the foreign
diplomats, the members of the supreme
court, army and naval officers, and
numerous other officials until the gen.
eral public is reached some three
| lOulS ldlCl. IlOOSCScll Will DV
assisted in the receiving line by Mrs.
Longworth and several of the ladies
of the cabinet Mrs. Fairbanks. Mrs.
Shaw, Mrs. Bonaparte, Mrs. Metcalf
and Mrs. Stratus will receive at their
homes. Miss Helen Cannon will be
another official hostess. The diplo-
matte corps will be entertained at
breakfast at the home of the secretary
| OF state.
Mrs. Parsons trial-marriage scheme
is but modification of custom
which existed for ages in Scot
land. 1t was known as "hand-fast-
ing or hand-in-hand." The con-
tracing parties met at the annual
fairs in their several districts There
| young men chose the maids who best
/ pleased them. They joined hands, and
by that act became man and wife
until the corresponding day of the fol-
lowing year. If the .ove and fortunes
Of the pairs had prospered during the
year, on the anniversary of their meet
ing they were legally married by the
priest, if all had not been we'll, then
they parted.
The practice is supposed to have
arisen from the scarcity of clergy. If
the pair decided to part at the end
| of the twelvemonth, the bride was at
! liberty to marry another man, her ap-
| premiership to matrimony not carry
| ing with it any reproach to her. Any
marriages were by custom made legal
| Any issue resulting from the union
would, in the case of a second mar
| riage. be taken by the father, and
rank a heir after the children of the
marriage which lasted for life.
Many weddings Wee unmade at the
end of the year. But it was danger
GUS if the initiative were taken by
the man who had welded the kinswo-
man of a chief. When Macdonald of
Sleat availed himself Of his right to
send back the sister of Macleod of
Dungaven, the latter resented it as an
indignity. He had no bonfire to cele-
| brate his wedding, but he shall have
| one to solemniZe his DIVORCE" Mac
| leod swore. He kept his word, and a
| terrible vendetta between the clans
| resulted.
Or the s51 100000 given 10 education
and charity in the United States this
past year, women had a mighty share.
No less than eleven of them have given
more than 100000 The names and
amounts given are us follows:
Miss Massey Mcconnell, Pitts
burg 100000
Mrs. NJ. J.. Cassidy, New York
City GG9,S41
Mrs. John w. Mackay, New
YORK City ................ 100000
| Mrs. Russell Sage, New York
Clty 215000
Mrs. Marianne Brimmer, Bos-
ton $4,000
Mrs. L. c. Boardman, New
Haven ................ 100000
Mrs. William Ziegler, New
York City ,,............... 100000
Mrs. J. T. Swan, Princeton
N, J. Observation-Disclosures. $1,000
Miss Cornelia Rhea, Balti-
more 80. 100000
Mrs. A. 3. Lazarus, New York
City 10000
Mrs. NJ. II. Williamson, New
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