Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-01

ed Mr.. and Mrs. William Birkhimer,
Miss Florence Bauser, Miss Koehler
and Miss Jackson and the Messrs.
Monbcrg, DIR. Dean and Moody.
The following from the Denver
Post of Last Sunday will be of inter-
est to many Durango people. The
bride is sister of Mrs. Fred Egan,
and has made many friends during
her differeht visits here:
A pretty wedding of Thursday
/, ,evening was that of Miss Josephine
Daily and Wyatt Elgin Wood, which
took place at s o'clock. in st. Philo-
mena's church, the Rev. Father DON
ovan officiating.
| Only relatives and a few close
| friends witnessed the ceremony. The
bride wore a smartly tailored suit OF
cadet blue Cloth and hat to match.
There were no attendants.
Following the ceremony a supper
was served at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Johanna Daily.
Miss Daily is the daughter of the
late james ~ Daily, who was one of
Coorado's pioneers. She is charm
ing young woman who by her sweet
personality has made hosts of friends.
Mr.. Wood is the son of Theodore
l.. Wood
Following two weeks honeymoon
at Glenwood Springs, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wood will be at home to their friends
at 446 East Thirteenth avenue.
Theodore Wood has just returned
from Honolulu to be present at the
wedding.
The Misses Sharley Pike and Mer-
cedes Phelan are to be passengers on
tomorrow mornings Eastern. Miss
Pixies destination is Colorado Springs
to attend commencement exercises at
her alma mater, Colorado college.
Miss Pheldn goes to Iowa, her child
hood home, to visit relatives for a
month or more.
A large company of young ladies
had merry time in Violet grove at
a beefsteak fry last night. All sorts
of jolly things had a part in the en-
tertainment. The participants were
the Mesdames Dixon, Duggan, Ray
Goodman lnd Wilmer, and the Misses
Ruffe, Gibbs, Vandegrift, Hahn,
. Brewer, Hanno, Slater, Pike, Phelan
: O'Rourlle, Egan, Wall, Fackerell, Pull
liam, Pfaff, Salabar, Skoog, Ander-
son, Goegein, Bowman, Kavanaugh
Anna Hocke ar, Goldie Hooker, Turner
Blanchard, Edwards, Mary Kroeger
Margaret Kroeger,
The conce-t given at the Gem thea,
ter Thursday evening was the musical
cal event IF the season, or in fact
for many seasons. The delightful
program was arranged by Mrs. Joe
! Clark and vas excellent in every de.
tail.
The local musical artists who cor.
tributed toward the success of the en-.
tertainment were the Mesdames Rob
in, Miles, McDevitt, Clark, Fairchild
Musser, Tyler and Miss Hooker anC
the Messrs. Fairchild and Marsh, Tn,
vocalists never appeared to better ad
Z vantage, and did some of the bes
work of their career. The numbers
were voiced with tonal nuance an,
coloring That one hears only iron
trained singers of unusual talent. The
q work of the accompanies was marked
by efficiency in technique and inter
probation. Mrs. Minnie Hand Evans
| Ntit iHe diSei
dancing by the Mesdames Eldredge
c Pingrey and Burdick was one of tn
most pleasing parts of the pro
! | gram. Master John Haggart capt.
waited the audience with his interpre
| tation of The Scotch dance.
{ Mrs. Ball, Miss Downie and Mis-
Egan were the visitors in our cit,
{ who added materially to the success
p of the event. Mrs. Ball was formerl
S with the Bostonian. Her interpreta
c ton of selections from 1.-THE Climax
' proved one of the features of tn
evening. Miss Downie, Of Perth, Aus
r tralia, possesses a wonderfully swee
c contralto voice. Her selections brough
N forth no end of applause. Miss Egar
If the third of the trio of musical Wis
e itors in our midst, provided furthe
d revelations OF her talent as a pianist'
Q Rare delicacy and technique marke
l. her interpretations Probably no in
strumentalist has ever appeared
our city who has been the subjet
l. of as many favorable comments q
.. this charming young girl.
2, The concert was one of the mos
successful ever given in Durango.
It Mr.. John L. Mcneil and DR.. Dea
y were the dinner guests of Mr.. an
D. Mrs. F. C. Gilbert today.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Gilbert extent
ed their hospitality at dinner la.
y evening. Their guests were Mr.. an
D. Mrs. E. X. Chase, Mrs. Ball and NJ
" Douglas of New York.