Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-01
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receiving by her daughter, Miss La Fol
lette, who was in the city last week.


A leap-year dance was given Wednesday
evening at the Mercantile Club House
by the young ladies OF the Octason Club.
The parlors were tastefully decorated
with lanterns and palms and furnished
with rustic benches Just before the sew
enth dance favors were distributed from
an immense red heart. which was held
by one OF the young ladies. Attached 10
the heart were ribbons-blue for the girls
and white for the boys. AS each person
pulled the ribbon a favor was drawn Out.
and they were matched for the next
dance. After dancing until late hour
supper was served. Those present were
Miss Florence Gusdorf, Miss Ernestine
Rich. Miss Rhoda Mautner. Miss Rhoda
Waliner Of Boston. Mass; Miss Rita
Baer, Miss Celeste Goodman, Miss Leona
Stern, Miss Carrye Robinson, Miss Selma
Kahn. Miss Gladys Mayer. Miss Lillian
Coblenzer. Miss Bella Schiffman. Miss Lii
liam Harris, Miss Reana F'leischman, Miss
Marguerite Kaufman. Miss Lorraine Her
man Miss Dora Garner of Newport News.
Va. and David Baer, Bernard Baer. Da-
vid Stern. Lester Newman. Arthur New
man, Arthur Luchs. Milton Goldsmith.
Irving Strasburser of Toledo Ohio: Mat
rice Eiseman. Harold Price. Stanley
Fisher. Melvin. Misher, Melvin King, Les
ter Marks, Malcolm Auerbach, Herbert
jacob. Herbert Rich and Arthur Haas.
Mr.. Irving Strasburser OF Toledo, Ohio.
is the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Franc
of 9TH street
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Presslcr of 1917 Il
street entertained Sunday evening in hon
or of the fifth anniversary of their mar
raSe. Those present were Mr.. and Mrs..
H. Pressler of Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs.
NJ. Pressler. Mr.. d. Pressler, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. Keller. Mr.. and Mrs NJ. Bend
helm. Miss Cora Sommers, Mrs. j. Bend
helm and Mrs. q. Schwartz.
The following young folks from this
city went over to Baltimore yesterdav
to attend leap-year dance given at
Leflman's Hall: Miss Rita Baer. Miss Ce-
leste Goodman. Miss Ernestine Rich.
Miss Lillian Harris Miss Rhoda Mautner
and Lester Newman. Arthur Newman and
Herbert Rich.
Mrs Arthur Baumgarten of tho Avon
has as her guest Mrs. Levy of New York.
Mr.. Jonas Oettinger of Wilson, s c.,
was in town during the week.
Mr. and Mrs Joel Hillman of the Oc-
cidental have as their guests their daugl1-
ter. Miss Emily Hillman, and Miss Ciarice
Lorraine Tuck OF New York.
Mr.. Strohm and daughter of Chicago
were in town during the week. stopping at
the Raleigh. and were entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. Max Weyl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grey of Salt Lake City,
Utah spent several days in this city last
week sightseeing.
Mrs Benjamin Harris is spending sew
eral weeks with relatives in New York.
Miss Rose Wheat:ield of Baltimore. WHO
is the guest of her sister Mrs. Frederick
Schwab on Columbia road: will be at
home to her friends this afternoon.
Miss Rita Baer of West Washington is
more.
Mr.. Lawrence d. Engel has returned 10
spent with Mr. Shirley Ashton at The
Plains, Fauquier county Va
Miss Leila j. Brown of Capitol Hih
after having spent three weeks in Jersey
City and New York, will be at home to her
friends after today.
Miss Dorothy Gait, who is a pupil at Mt
Holyoke School, in Connecticut avenue
gave luncheon recently at her home in
HyattSville in honor of a few of her class
mates. Among her guests were Miss Anna
Candy of Rockville. Miss Lillian Davidson
of Texas Miss Bette Meyers of Delaware
and Mr.. Frank 4. and MIR. Dwight B. Cab.
given by the Southern Coti!lon Club last
night.
Mrs. Waldo c. Hibbs of the board Of
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