The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-24

Our Crookston correspondent says
Miss Charlotte Smell. who left this
city a short time ago, will be the guest
of Crookston friends during great
part of the summer.
Misses Hazel and Mae Nesbit go to
Mallory this evening to spend a cou-
pie of days with Miss Hazel's par
ents.
Mr.. and MRS.. Nels A. Hoffard, of
Crookston, will have as their summer
guests at Maple lake, Mrs. Hoffard's
two sisters. Miss Madge Hoff, of Min
neapolis, and Miss Clara Hoff, who
has been in Denver for the past two
years regaining her health.
Mrs. c. NJ. Anderson and son Carl
are also at the lake, getting their
cottage in readiness for the summer
season.
Mrs. A. P. Swenson returned last
evening from Fargo. where she at
the Degree of Honor.
DIR. Whitcomb leaves tomorrow eve
ming for Newburg, N. Y.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Mrs.
Clinton D. Lord, of Park River. N. D.,
was the guest Of honor at card party
given Thursday afternoon in the par
lors of the Waldorf by the joint hos
tesses, Mrs. John Francis Douglas and
Mrs. Edgar Lloyd Hampton. Spring
flowers were used in the rooms. Cinch
was the game played, and those win
ming prizes were: Mrs. Marcus M.
Lyter and Mrs. Lord. Forty guests
were present. The Misses Winnie and
Mizpah Crane assisted in receiving.
Mrs. John Francis Douglas will be
remembered as the wife of Attorney
Frank Douglas. a graduate of the
state university. but now located in
Seattle. Mrs. G. D. Lord. of Park
River, has been the guest of Seattle
friends for sine time.
The w. c. T. U. held very enjoy
able meeting this afternoon at the
home of Mrs. j. M. Smith, on Bel
mont avenue. Some good work was
done in the way of making plans to
help North Dakota get the prize that
is offered for the state getting the
largest number of subscribers for the
Union Signal, the society's paper
Mrs. M. M. Webster will arrive from
Grafton Saturday and be the guest of
Mrs. o. A. Webster, on South Sixth
street for few days, before she de-
parts on her African trip, to resume
her missionary work.
R,,tfpnc fo,. nnosc anof mr. fr0aE mn CT
not be selected hastily. Some very
shops, but If one has the skill she
designs the buttons for her own en-
broidered frocks. These consist of
molds covered with bits of the frock
material embroidered in harmony.
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Mrs. Ed Davies will be the guest of
Mrs. James Macdonald at Grafton for
a few days.
Emmett Mix, after enjoying two
weeks visit in this city with his
mother Mrs. Jessie Mix. has returned
last evening to Minot to resume his
work with the Minot Grocery COM
pany.
Miss Catherine McNiece of the city
schools is entertaining her brother,
Earl McNiece of Sank Center who
will be in the city few days.
Mrs. S. A. Armstrong of Hensel, N.
D., enroute from the Degree of Honor
convention at Fargo, spent yesterday
in the city as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. P. Davies.
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Miss Anna Bake is the Edmore
guest of Mrs. C. A. Knutson for few
days.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Webster
Merrifield gave a most happy and de-
lightful reception to about sixty of
her lady friends at the beautiful home
of President and Mrs. Merrifield at
the university. This charming func-
ton was given to introduce Miss Mar
garet Heisser Of Minneapolis who is
the guest of President and Mrs. Mer-
rifield. The drawing rooms were very
attactive in their dainty decoations of
palms, ferns and cut flowers and
prettily shaded electric lights. Miss
Heisser is noted artist who is pro-
ducing life sized portrait of the uni
versity's president and she made the
afternoon pleasant by delivering an
entertaining and intellectual address
on Spain" The guests then adj
jOurned to the music room where they
were entertained with several musi-
cal selections, vocal by Mrs. Becker
and instrumental by Miss Mary Bren-
nan. Mrs. Merrifield was assisted in
receiving by her daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Campbell and Miss Mary
Brennan. Delicious refreshments
closed the much enjoyed afternoon.
The splendid banquet given last
evening by Miss Elizabeth Abbott,
librarian of the public library, to the
young people who took part in" the
play Friends" was a most enjoyable
occasion. The postmaster, Prof.
Koch, and responsors were entertain
ing in the extreme which made the
pleasantly spent evening one to be
long remembered. This delightful at
fair occurred at the home of DR..
Leonard on Belmont avenue and the
following toasts we're given:
]. F. +. OConnor-"Inspiratio of
a Grass Widower."
L. Sarles-"Virtuoso."
A. Netcher-'Ethics of Villain
Miss Patterson-"R "reminiscences of
a Box Car"
John M. on-"Confessions of
an Opium Fiend."
D. Cameron = "The Comedy of
Friends"
On the 18th of June, Paul Fretz,
formerly Of this city and brother of
Eugene Fretz will we'd one of Milwau-
KEGS most charming and prominent
young ladies, Miss Jessie Lee John