The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-13

weeks with relatives and friends al
Mapleton and Horace, have returned to
their home In Minot.
Mrs. r.. j.. Aitchison went to Lisbon
Yesterday to visit friends for two
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lincoln have
moved to their now home at 111S Sixth
street south.
Miss Eleanor went to Cummings.
yesterday. where she Is a guest at the
9. II, Hobart farm.
Victor Leehy and sister, Miss Alma
Leeby went to Minneapolis this morn
ing for a ten days visit.
Mrs. M. Archibald, Of Lacrosse, wis,
arrived here yesterday for a visit of
several weeks with her sisters. Misses
Helen and Catherine Rea and brother,
Jack Rea, at h Rea Country club.
The regular meeting of the Ladies'
Aid society Of ST. Paul's Lutheran
church was held Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. James Peterson. on
Ninth street north. A social hour and
lunch followed the business meeting.
Miss Jessie johnson, of deLendrecie's
months vacation, which she spent with
relatives n friends at her former
home in Crookston, Maple Lake, Grand
Forks, and Thief River Falls, MINI.
Mrs. William G. Green and son, viii
liam, who are at Stevens, Mimi, visit
ing with Mr.. Stevens parents, viii go
to take a cottage for the next few
weeks, and will be Joined there by Mr..
Stevens.
Mrs. p. J. Sullivan and Miss Elizabeth
Lamb were hostesses this afternoon at
the LamL home in Moorhead, in honor
Of Miss Teresa Herrick, The decora-
lunch was served at the close Of the
afternoon.
Mrs. Grace Van Meter, Of st. Paul,
and Miss Dora GlenZ, of Edgeley, who
have been house guests at the L. C.
Courtney home In Oak Grove, left this
city yesterday, Mrs. Van Meter going
from here to Ellendale and Miss Glenz
to Eau Claire, Wis.
VIII Stern and chauffeur, Elmer
Howard. left yesterday in the Stern
touring car for Minneapolis, and will
go on to Rochester to get Mr.. and Mrs
Alex Stern and Max Stern, the latter
Of whom has been in the hospital at
Rochester for an operation.
Preparations are being made at the
enty-two diners this evening at a good
old-fashioned chicken dinner, and al
most as nan more applications had to
be rejected for lack of accommodations.
A number of social affairs are to be
held at the club this week.
Members of the local Housewives
league may be interested to learn that
the Housewives league of st. Paul is
starting amovement to sim
pie living during the war, to keep food
prices down. The national league sent
an official communication Monday to
the ST Pan1 npUiIn Taadinf tHTha M
tienal executive committee calls on ev-
cry family In the land to live as simply
as possible during there war months.
Extravagant living at this time will in
nate prices n cause great suffering
among the poor"
Mrs, G. A. Wickland and Mrs. Mattson
were hostesses to the Scandinavian w.
G, 7, u, Wednesday afternoon, at the
Wickland home, and there was an at
tendance of about fifty. Both Mrs.
wilder, Of the Fargo W. c. +. u, were
present, and the latter gave valuable
suggestions about the suffrage parade
which ts to be a feature of the coming
Following the business meeting, the
hostesses served refreshments.
The tennis tournament participants
and visitors from out-of-town, were
entertained at a smoker last evening at
the commercial club, following the an-
nual business meeting and election, of
the state association. The affair was
a very pleasant social session, and an
attractive luneh was served. Nearly
forty participated. Earlier in the even
Ing, those who happened to be at the
Gardner hotel were entertained at din
ner there by local association members.
This evening, b visitors will be en-
tertained at a dinner dance at the
country club, Es.3s&.Ets
s The Housewives league met at he
Civic centre Wednesday afternoon, but
there not being a quorum of the mem
In regard to p~etitioninE for the closing
OF all the dry goods stores of the city
during the heated term. A pleasant
meeting was enjoyed, and other mat
tiers were discussed In an informal way.
A number of the citizens have request
ed the league to take up and discuss
the matter OF urging the creameries to
use more care in handling milk and
other products. The next meeting will
be the second Wednesday in September.
st. Paul Pioneer Press: Several
hundred women in st. Paul believe the
European war is a good thing for Am
erica and that it will mean much in the
development OF an American standard
OF fashions. They are the visiting
milliners who, are in the city on their
only French hats which will be offered
for sale In the United States during
the season are those which have been
sent. These include very few of the
midwinter pattern hats and the Paris
ian designed and made street hats.
This mea that the American milliners
will be called upon to provide all the
millinery for American women during
fall and winter-and, If the war con-
tinues, for next spring also. The visit
ing milliners say that most American
miliners will be glad of the opportunity
TO provide designs for this country. The
stopping of importations of millinery
may result In the future as we'll as the
present independence of the American
millinery houses. The milliners OF the
northwest show no tendency to curtail1
their orders and do o seem worried
about any financial strinEencY In their