Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-27
SOCIETY ITEMS.
Social Gatherings of the Past
Week in Wausau.

ent. After supper III. G. Flieth pre-
sided as POSTMASTER and many re-
| sponded to toaSts upon church work,
enlarging its sphere. etc. Among
those who spoke were B. E. Smith, E.
ID. Widmer, Louis Larsen, Neil
Campbell, James Montgomery, Rev.
j. NJ. Duer. 1t was intended to call
on many others but want of time
prevented. In addition the speeches
were interspersed with music by
Henry Mckay and the Imperial Quar-
tette, composed of j. E. Murray,
Elmer Young, Chas. Hooker and
Emery James. The supper was got
ten up entirely by the men divided
up as follows: P. J. Hopp, chairman
of the kitchen committee; f. L. Hud-
son, chairman of the menu committee;
Alex. Wilson, Chairman of the wait
ers. Everything passed off very
pleasantly and all enjoyed a splendid
evening.
! The Thursday Afternoon Bridge
club, composed of eight aides, which
nas been holding tournament for
the past few weeks, played their final
g@ine at the home of Mrs. L. NJ. Will
lard last Thursday afternoon. At
that time it was decided that the
| four ladies having the lowest scores
would entertain at a dinner, the
guests &c be the ladies with the high
est scores and all of the husbands.
The dinner is to be held Thursday
evening, in the club house dining
room, after which bridge will be
played in the parlors. The following
named ladies compose the club:
Mesdames L. M. Willard, B. Heine-
mann, H. c. Stewart, A. A. Book, r.
II. Johnson, A. w. Mumm, M. A.
Hurley and w. L. Edmonds. The
next regular meeting of the club will
be held at the home of Mrs. II. G.
Stewart.
The department of Art and Litera-
ture of the Ladies' Literary club held
its February meeting at the home of
Miss Nina Kickbusch, on Monday
afternoon at three O'Clock. A very
interesting program was given, the
subject being Mexico" Mrs. George
Rick gave paper on Slavery on the
Tobacco Plantations of Mexico, .
Mrs. Charles Feathers gave very in
teresting description Of the "City of
Mexico" During the symposium
which followed, short papers were
read by Mrs. j. J. Okoneski, Mrs. B.
Benson and Mrs. p. w. Sawyer upon
Society Home Life and Women of
Mexico" After the program the hos
tess served refreshments and social
hour was enjoyed. Twenty-Five mem
bers were present.
The card party, given at the club
house on Saturday afternoon, under
the auspices of the Ladies' Literary
club, provea great success both
socially an6I financially. Twenty-four
tables of whist and bridge were played
and at the close of the game the
prizes were awarded to Mesdames
John L. Kiefer and M. Schnurr.
Light refreshments were served.
About $50 was realized. This money
will be given to the picture fund and
will be used for the mural painting
which is being placed in the assem-
bly, hall of the high school.
Karl Mathie entertained the Sun
day school class last Saturday at Mosi-
nee. The following boys went down
with Mr.. Mathie on the 1890 a. m.
train: Charles Manson, Fred Nor
man, Gale Meyer, George Bucklen,
Charles Corwith, Edward Thayer.
They were shown the Wausau Sui
phite and Fibre Company's mills;
were taken to dinner at noon and
came back reaching home at about
five O'Clock, making the return trip
by sleigh on which was placed rack
filled with hay. The boys had de-
lightful time.
Miss Helen Stone pleasantly enter
tanned twelve of her girl friends at a
masquerade on Wednesday evening
The guests arrived at eight o'clock,
dressed in fancy costume, and were
taken to the third floor, where the
evening was enjoyably spent in dane
ing. Refreshments were served
later and the guests, departing, agreed
that Miss Stone was a most charming
hostess.
The Senior class of the high school
gave party at the high school on
Thursday eyeniI 3. 1t was very de-
lightful affair, attended by members
of the class and school faculty. The
gymnasium was handsomely decora-
ted and after $50 dancing was in
dulged in until IL o'clock.
The department of Study and Phil
anthropy met at the home Of Mrs. j.
E. McKahan, on Fulton street, on
Monday afternoon. The following
program was presented:
Roll authorizations Of the Working Girl
Symposum-Am American Working Woman.
Hours of Labor . Mrs. r. O. Croker
Home Life..........-..M Mrs. Walter Alexander
Lines of Work ........ ........M Mrs. Fred Becker
Employer and Employees. Mrs Susan Single
Mrs. ]. d. Mylrea gave delightful
luncheon on Saturday at one O'Clock,
In honor of Miss Katheryn Fox Of
Madison, who is her guest. The en-
tertainment for the afternoon was
bridge and the highest score was won
by Miss Margaret Dunbar.
Miss Beatrice Zimmerman enter