, 1908-02-08
SOCIETY EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
By BESSIE BAILEY COOK.


By BESSIE BAILEY COOK.
While a friendly rivalry for popula-
ton and prestige is d good thing for
the cities concerned n for the state
as a whole. it would seem hat Sheri,
uan is carrying matters a little too
far in her race for the position of sec
end city in Wyoming. January LIST an
enterprising Sheridan firm offered d
handsome baby buggy to the first pair
of twins born in the city, and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Hoppe have claimed it
within the month with twins weighing
twenty pounds! Do Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoppe think the question of population
Is to be settled on the basis of avoirdu,
Poisa as well as numbers? 1t would
certainly seem so. Never mind Lara
mic is also somewhat in the running
herself, with n physician
ing seven girl babies in scarcely more
than that many days and others also
working their automobiles overtime to
keep up with the activity of the stork
in this section. None of our firms
have offered any baby carriages for
t%riplets, either, for they felt that would
be taking an unfair advantage of less
favored communities.
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Something entirely new here in the
club line is the Social Union" the
organization of which was perfected
at Mrs. Trout's Thursday afternoon.
This club has also been dubbed a lit
.erary Kelsington," which title gives
a very succinct and comprehensive
idea of its aims and scope. While the
union was formed by ladies connect,
ed with the Methodist church, other
ladies are eligible and will be welcom-
ed. The intention is to meet on the
second and fourth Friday afternoons
of each month, and a program will be
enjoyed by the members while they
deftly ply their needles on dainty
pieces of handiwork. Tht first session
will be held next Friday afternoon
with Mrs. Augspurger. The union was
organized with a membership of TWEEN.
ey-ive and the following officers were
selected: President, Mrs. E.. ]. Bell;
vice president, Mrs. w. d. Trout:
treasurer, Mrs. G.. w. Patterson; sec.
rotary, Mrs. II. G. Knight; program
committee, Mrs. DR.. Nydegger, chair
man, Mrs. G. w. Patterson, Mrs. A. w
Augspurger, Mrs. j.. w. Jameson, Mrs
c.. w. DeKay; business manager, Mrs.
j. F. Meyer. The session Thursday af
ternoon was an enthusiastic n de
Gghtful one and Mrs. Trout served
dainty refreshments when the business
had been disposed of.
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The freak or crazy" dance given
by the Benedict club Thursday even.
ing at North Star hall in honor of the
university basketball team certainly
merited the name, and it is asserted
on the unanimous testimony of the
.arge number of young people present
that there wasn't a single dull mo,
ment during the entire evening. The
young ladies actually did not know I'M
til their escorts appeared at the door,
whom fate had assigned to them for
the evening, n dancing cards were
also made up for all in ways divers and
demoralizing to the risibilities. For
instance, the youths were ordered at
one time to select partners whose
dresses corresponded in color with
ties, and the spectacle of flaming
red ties mated with pink costumes NOV
ed the spectators to tears-of laughter,
Imagine the panic when leap year priv
.leges were accorded, but each lassie
was ordered to select for a partner
only some swain born the same year
she was! These are only samples of
the schemes devised to keep things
moving and ice did not form at any
time. MI. and Mrs. S. H. Campbell
C"haperoned the party.
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A movement of great Importance to
the community at large is to be inau,
gurated at a meeting to be held next
Tuesday afternoon at 2:3O O'Clock
at the Carnegie building, when
the ex-teachers of this city, the state
and all ex-teachers generally are
called together to organize a society
which will aim to study public school
conditions n their betterment. This
movement is being led by e~x-teachers
of the city who are now mothers and
leaders in the community, and it is
the desire to band together all teach,
ers, ~eX-teachers, parents and other in
terested in the schools with the idea
of developing greater sympathy be-
tween these classes and a better knowl.
edge of public school conditions by the
free exchange of ideas and plans. If
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