The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-10
Social Notes

Mrs. C. r. Ruettell left last evening
for Crookston, Mimi, where she will
be the guest for a few days of Mrs.
Arthur Fournet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Hector and
daughter, Miss Evelyn, left today for
eral months, visiting at a number of
places.
The Century Dancing club will give
their Leap Year ball Thursday evening
in the knights Of Columbus hall. Hosts
will be Messrs. Crabbe, Magill, Far
rand n Moody.
The ladies Of the Island Park circle
will meet with Mrs. J. e. johnson,
416 Eighth avenue south, on Friday
afternoon at $3.50. All the ladies are
urged to be present as large a meeting
is desired.
Miss Florence Campbell has return
ed to Thief River Falls, Mimi, where
she will resume her duties as a mem
Der Of the public school faculty after
spending the Christmas holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Camp
bell of Second enu south.
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Miss Leda Mansfield of Minot, who
has been connected with The Minot
Reporter for tie past several years as
society editor and is well known
throughout the state as an excellent
newspaper woman, has severed her
connections with The Reporter and
left to spend the winter in the east.
She will go to Philadelphia to visit
u uyifh nT.1aH YnA. TTs.-S .-k~. o,-, ax1,y
was Miss Thura Traux Of Minot and
after spending some time there will
visit several other eastern cities be-
fore returning home in the String.
The Bay View Study club met on
Monday afternoon of this week at the
home Of Mrs. A. F. Schwarz on Ninth
street south. Mrs. Emerson H. Smith
read an excellent paper on Sculpture.
She gave the early history of sculp-
turing in Greece and Italy and its
growth up to the present day. men
tioning some Of the most famous
artists in that line and the character
tistics of their work. Mrs. w. II.
Hubbell presented Mural Paintings,
telling how they were first brought be-
fore the public and later became i'm
mensely popular in decorating public
buildings and the more elegant palaces
and mansions. She gave as an excel
lent example the walls of the capitol
bull ling at st. Paul. Mention was also
made of the lovely mural paintings
exhibited at the worlds fair. The sub
ject of study for this meeting were
especially interesting and the papers
were most ably presented.
Mrs. w. H. williams and Mrs. A. o.
Hearn entertained the Tuesday social
club yesterday afternoon at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Hearn. Four-hand eu-
cEre with the six hand rules was played
from six tables and ne ne-hand prize
was won by Mrs. H. l. johnson and
the prize for progression by Mrs. Mat
son.. A contest in which the ladies
We're asked to guess the number of
grains on an ear of corn created much
rnerriment. Mrs. T. Kelly won the
prize for the contest. Mrs. q. F. Busch
added greatly to the pleasure Of the
afternoon with several fine vocal Sc
lections. At a convenient hour the
card tables were prettily laid and a
delicious luncheon served. Christmas
green's with red carnations carried out
the color scheme of the Christmas sea-
son. Chrysanthemums also added to
the general handsome effect. The aft
ernoo was indeed a delightful one
and the ladies departed pleased with
their entertainment.
Much interest in the college circles
is being centered around the biggest
social event at the A. G. the annual
junior prom, which is to take place in
the college armory. Friday evening,
Jan. 26. The committees in charge
this year are making an effort to make
the affair more attractive than ever
before. Something very new and clever
is being planned for the programmes
and the dance programme will be es-
pecially well arranged. The decora-
tons will be elaborate and the orches-
ira will be moved to the balcony so
as to make more floor space and all
are eagerly anticipating the event. The
programme will at 8 o'clock
sharp and special cars will be provided
to convey the guests to their homes.
The chairman of the vWious commit
tees are as follows: Rrefreshment
committee, Miss Beatrice Aim; floor
committee, Leonard Westernberger;
decoration committee, Reginald Coll
ley; programme committee, A. Ogard;
music committee, w. Rommel.
A delightful event Of last evening
was the reception given by the Scan
dinavian w. G. I. II. at the spacious
home of Mrs. o. s. HadeIand on North
Broadway to the Sunday school teach
ers of the Scandinavian churches of
the city. The object of the meeting
was to discuss the a~dvisability of
teaching temperance work in the Sun
day schools, and means Of best pre-
senting the subject. A delightful
programme was rendered, w. A. Snow,
general secretary of the North Dakota
Sunday School association spoke IN
the work Of that organization through
out the state, showing pamphlets
descriptive of his work and handing
them out to the teachers. Mrs. Snow,
who is state superintendent for the
w. C. II. u. of temperance work in the
Sunday schools gave a fine talk on
the primary work. Both speakers were
interesting and instructive and were
listened to with closest attention.
Some musical numbers added much
to the enjoyment of the evening. Miss
Mabel Larson sang a solo very beauti-
fully and duets by Miss Larson and
Miss Dorothy Ashland and Miss Lar
sDn and Miss Hazel Holland were very
acceptable. Miss Ethel Moen rem
dered a lovely selection on the piano.
Mrs. n. +. Nelson, president Of the
local union, presided and gave q clever
opening talk introducing the speakers
and telling of the object OF the meet
ing. She expressed the sincere
an~raoiof4nn If thn w ~ TT fo,.