The Detroit times., 1911-03-09
in SOCIETY

Nurses association was held, Thurs
day afternoon, In the Nurses home,
No. 924 Brush-st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernhard l.. Laden
dorf announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Lydia, TO William
Thiempt, of the editorial STAN OF the
Abend.Post.
Mrs. II. ID. Wilkes, OF Washington,
ID. c., will arrive In Detroit early next
week to attend the marriage OF her
brother. Edwin DENLY, to Miss Marion
Thurber, which takes place Saturday,
March Is, at high noon.
Homer Warren was the host OF a
dinner to the statesmen and employees
of the Homer Warren & Co. and War
changes, Wednesday evening, In the
Fellowcraft club. There were I'm
promptu speeches.
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| K. Sprake Jones, missionary to Her.
schell Island. Arctic ocean, will give
a stereopticon lecture in the Church
of the Covenant, Friday evening, on
Five years among the Esquimaux."
Mr.. Jones will illustrate his talk with
slides OF photographs taken by him.
self.
Capt. and Mrs. r. III. Sillman, the
latter, formerly Miss Virginia Orr, OF
Detroit, who were married a weei
ago, returned to Detroit, Tuesday,
from their eastern wedding trip. Capt.
Sillman left Immediately to join his
regiment the Fifteenth Infantry.
stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah, but
Mrs. Sillman will remain a fortnight
with her sister, Mrs. ]. K. Dickinson,
No. &C Josephine-aye.
Frank Speaight, the English in
terpreter of Dickens, comes to De
troit, Saturday, for his fourth. annual
visit. He will give an entertainment
In the afternoon from the characters
and incidents that particularly inter-
est children, and In the evening, In
stead Of taking a single story as he
has In the past, he has decided TO
render the several Of the better-known
selections from various stories. This
is Mr.. Speaight's sixth annual tour
OF the United States and Canada.
The members Of Alexander Macomb
club, Children of the Revolution, hold
debate. Thursday evening, In the
Field-ave. branch of the public library
on Resolved, That Lincoln was
greater than Washington" The af-
firmative will be upheld by Gilbert
Mackstroth, Edward Herman and Ed
mond Hook, while the negative will
be supported by Fred Williams, Cor
don Pallister and Carl Matzen. The
Judges will be: Mrs. Charles Moore,
Arthur M. Parker, T. w. Utley and
DIVE B. Duffield. Mrs. B. G. Whit.
ney will give a prize to the winning
side.
Under the auspices OF the president
and board Of trustees Of the Museaum
of Art, Langdon Pearse, assistant en-
gineer Of the sanitary district OF Chi
cago, will give a lecture In the audi
torium of the museaum, Saturday
evening, at 8 o'clock. Mr. Pearse will
speak on pure water" and the mod
ern ideas of the desirability of hav-
ing pure water in connection with the
sewage disposal and publication, In
any community. Mr.. Pearse Is an
expert In his profession and his ad-
dress will be of interest and instruc-
ton to every citizen in Detroit. The
lecture will be fully illustrated with
the stereopticon and is free to the
public.
For the free afternoon concert In
Aeolian hall, Grinnell Bros.'s music
store, Friday afternoon. at O'Clock,
the following interesting program VIII
be given: Pianola-piano, Concerto
(Mendelssohn), orchestral accompani-
ment on second piano by Miss Name
bach; violin, Loves Dream After the
Ball." with >pianola-piano accompani-
ment, (Czibulka) pianola-piano and
organ, La Fontaine," (Lysberg); con-
tralto, 1.-THE Lost Chord" by means
of the auxetophone with organ accom-
paniment, (Sullivan); violin, Fan
TASTE" with pianola-piano accompani-
ment, (Be Beriot); piano and pianola-
piano, "Lohengrin." transcription for
two pianos, (Wagner-Bonwitz) The
numbers will be given by Miss Kath-
leen Lovett, violin; Miss Margaret
Mannebach, piano; Henry Riley Full
Ter. organ and accomplishments; Al
bert Saunders, pianola-piano; Nine.
Louise Homer, contralto, by means OF
the auxetopnoue
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The annual election Of officers anu
directors of the Detroit Orchestral as
ISOLATION was held, Wednesday, with
the following result: President M. ].
Murphy; vice-president, Fred M. Al
ger; treasurer, Charles Moore; audi
tor, John Scott; secretary, N. J. Cor
ey; directors, Lem w. Bowen, Charles
l.. Freer, Edwin s.. George, w. c. Le-
land, and ]. Harrington Walker. The
financial report Of the 1901 season
OF orchestral concerts will not be
known until after the concluding con-
cert of the series, March 20. The as
ISOLATION incurred $4,000 greater ex-
pense this season than in any pre-
vious series, but public support has
been SO liberal that there will be
very small, II any, deficit to the
guarantors. The concerts draw, larg-
er and larger crowds and today there
is an element among the music lovers
OF the city who Loyalty support The
concerts and the splendid opportunity
given by the association to hear the
great symphony orchestras OF the
country at their best. The final con-
cert OF the seasons series will be
given by the Cincinnati Symphony or
chestra, Thursday, March %, in the
Iioht Cuard armor wand Nine Jeanne