The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-11
Social Notes

With the Lenten season in full sway
the larger and more elaborate society
events are being put in the back
ground by the small sewing circles.
The younger society people are Civ
ing UP their gay evenings and instead
are forming clubs and doing sewing
for charitable institutions and worthy
families.
A clever hevy Of young ladies are OBJ
serving Lent by denying themselves
something that has been frivolous
expense and using the pin money thus
saved to buy material to sew upon at
the club meetings. In several Instances
the card clubs have been abandoned
or formed into sewing clubs and aft
ernoon teas.
Three weddings and one engagement
have been noted this week. Perhaps
the most interesting was the wedding
Monday evening Of ]. b. Wilson and
Miss Elzaida Rivers Wilson. Miss
Mable Acton and w. A. Myers sur
prised their friends by having a we'd
ding ceremony performed at the court
house. Miss Ethel Alice Thompson
and Clyde Lester were married at the
First M. f. parsonage Wednesday aft
ernoon. The engagement of Miss Es-
Their Robbins TO w. w Scott OF Mar
marth was announced by a clipping
from The Minneapolis Journal. The
prospective bridegroom is a son Of Mr..
and Mrs w. A. Scott of this city A
series OF delightful parties each rival
ing the other in unique ideas and
clever decorations. Mrs. e. +. Ladd
entertained on Wednesday evening at
linen shower, Miss Hoover Of the
a. c. gave dish towel shower and
luncheon, the Misses Blanche and Ma
bic Empie were hostess at parcel
shower, and Saturday evening a num-
Der Of young ladies gave a handsome
banquet at the Gardner for Miss Fehr
Other social events noted were: The
Northside Fivehundred club met with
Mrs. p. T. Tendick; the Royal Neigh
bars carried out a surprise on Mr.. and
Mrs. G. f. officer in honor of their
twenty second wedding anniversary:
Mrs. Merchantson and Mrs. Fitzgerald
entertained the Ladies Aid of the
Broadway NJ. f. church: the Sunshine
Sewing club met with the Misses Alice
Cederberg and Alma Anderson of
Moorhead Mrs. c. f. Davis enter
tanned at bridge Tuesday afternoon;
Mrs. ]. J. Jordan entertained the Wed
nesday Five Hundred club; Mrs. M A.
Baldwin gave a complimentary party
to the O. III. S. Evening Bridge club;
and Mrs. c. N. Callander entertained
the Pastors Aid society Of the First
NJ. e. church.
Guests in the city this week were:
Mrs James Kief and children with
Mrs r. l.. Arid; Miss Florence Noble
of Bemidji; Mrs. Helmsr of James
town; w #. Boise of Jamestown: Mrs.
G.. w. KOtts and son, Phillip of Hope
with Mrs, c. r. Boise; Mrs. P. Il.
Glass OF Tower City; Mrs. Alfred
Guiterman Of st. Paul; Miss Gertrude
Fisk of Hunter; Miss May Pollock
and William Pollock of Bismarck; s.
G. More of Buffalo; Mrs. A. f. Nelson
and daughter of Minneapolis with Mrs
~ O. Gunden; j. e. Dixon of Mime
apolis; Mrs. Ross of Woods Mr.. and
Mrs Walter Clemens of Sioux City
with Mrs. Verne Carey; Mrs. J. w
Brown of Wheatland; Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Judge Of Mapleton; Miss Jennie
Logan of Superior, Wis; and Mrs. c.
T.. Jones Of Lisbon.
Those who returned from other
points were: r. o. O'Neil from Hot
Hot Springs, Ark; Frank Buttson
Hillsboro; and Mrs. j. /, JoHEson from
Grand Forks.
Those who left the city for other
points were: Miss Hughina Mckay
to Cando; Mis- Ina Johnson to Cakes;
Miss Lancetta Steele to Glyndon: Aid.
G. l.. Tibert to Nova Scotia, and Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Kidder to Des Moines
Ia.
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Mrs. ID. d. Sullivan expects to leave
tomorrow for Minneapolis, where she
WILL visit for sometime with rela-
tives.
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Mrs. Geo. Everhart has been de-
lightful hostess this week at a series
of sewing bees at her home on Fifth
avenue south. On Wednesday after
noon about twenty-five ladies spent a
pleasant afternoon with their sewing
and social chat and at o'clock a de-
licious course luncheon was served. On
Friday afternoon party OF twenty
ladies were similarly entertained. The
rooms were fragrant with red car
nations and a most enjoyable after
noon was spent. Mrs. Everhart was