The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-22
Were Given a Surprise.


MIR, and Mrs. Ralph f. Davis OF
Cottonwood street We're given a pleas
ant surprise by Il company of their
Younger friends when they too pos
.session Vt their nome Saturday evening
and made merry until Il ate hour.
Games and music with Il light refresh
inent service We're the pastimes and
the guests We're Misses Mabel Schav,
Lillian Strutz. Clara Neiss. Helen
Elma Schroeder. Anna and Alice
Kaufman. Earl kegier, Tsancis DAVIS
and p. w Kegler.
Bismarck Nurses Active.
In response to the request of the
Grand Forks County Graduate Nurses
association activity has begun in the
Western part Of the state for the or
9anization of "a state nurses associa :
ton and the nurses of the Bismarck
ditrtct are the first to report n big
meeting. Bismarck is the headquar-
ters for that district which includes
Morton, oliver. Mercer. Burleigh. Nc
Lean, Sheridan. kidder. Emnlons.
Logan n Mcintosh counties and Miss
Louise Hoerman. superintendent of
nurses liz the Bismarck hospital. has
been appointed by the state %associa-
tlon committee I o take charge of the
preliminary work in that district. At
Il meeting held "Wednesday evening the
following nurses reported as much in
favor of the statemovement: Miss
Elizabeth Smith. superintendent of the
Mandan hospital; Miss Martha Lauer-
man. Mandan: Miss Lille Hageman.
l.ichville: Miss Manic Johnson. Miss
Mabel DIETRICH. Miss Pearl Weed. Miss
and Miss Clara Schroeder Of Bismarck.
The object Of the state association
was presented at this meeting by Miss
Norman and the remainder of the
program consisted of several interest
Ing papers on the nursing of con-
tagious diseases in patients homes and
skilled nursing for country mothers
were read and discussed. Mrs. H.
Clough Of Bismarck and the members
OF the senior class of the Bismarck
hospital training school for nurses
were special guests.
What Grand Opera Costs.
st. Paul Pioneer Press: When the
ruby velvet curtain at the auditorium
rises on the evening of January %,
st. Paul. and the whole northwest,
liant seasons of grand opera it. has
ever known. For months Mrs. Snyder
and her corps of assistants have been
preparing for that moment. For ten
weeks Chicago will have applauded
ecstatically the wonderful company
which bears its name. And for long
no n knows just how long-modistes
at home and abroad have been de.
signing and executing the gowns which
Will make their appearance upon that
evening.
For there are two spectacles at grand
opera. One is upon the stage and the
other Is in the boxes. and. between the
acts. on the promenade down the long
foyer with Its palms and Turkish rugs.
1t was Max Hirsch. the high-priced
ticket manager for years with the
Metropolitan Opera company. who
said when he came with the Chicago
company last year. that he had never
seen a better dressed assemblage of
people than in ST. Paul during the
opera season. The wonderful gowns,
the ropes of pearls. the diamond
tiaras, he had not seen surpassed any.
where.
From many states arc the people
coming. They have plenty OF money
and they know nov to spend it. MANY
OF them come with Jewels and cos
tunes n staggering rolls. IF il
were not that the people of the
northwest were behind us said Mrs.
Snyder the other day. st. Paul could
not have grand opera. This is the
farthest west that it goes and we
draw from MANY western states
Already they have begun to arrive.
IN the city is a party from Great Falls,
Mont. with season tickets. From Ap-
pleton. Wis. from Grinnell, lows.
from Fargo. from the MANY towns and