Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-29
MANY PRE-LENTEN
ENTERTAINMENTS
Mrs. Brumbaugh's "at Home"
in Executive Mansion Follows
Series of Charming Dances

Just one week until Ash Wednesday
and the beginning of Lent, and as
this ends the winter social season. the
time will be crowded full of activities.
Many of our townsfolk have guests
and this gives another special reason
for entertaining.
Mrs Harvey F. Smith of State
street gave a charming tea this af-
ternoon at the Harrisburg club where
color scheme of pale amber pre-
vailed, with a suggestion of Spring
In the floral decorations of forsythia
and acacia contrasting with southern
smilaX and branches of pussy willows.
Receiving with Mrs. Smith were
Mrs. Harold A. Gilbert of Williams
port and Mrs. Paul Garfield Smith.
Presiding at the teatables were Mrs.
william Henderson, Miss Fanny NJ.
Eby, Mrs. Philip 4. Meredith and Mrs.
John Oenslager Jr. Assisting were
Mrs. Elaine Reilly, Mrs. Solomon
liiney, Miss Letitia Brady, Miss Helen
Armor, Miss Louise Carney, Miss Dora
Nlckersham Coe. Miss Eleanor Neal
Clark Miss sara Denehey, Miss Sara
cooper, Miss Constance Ferriday. Miss
Martha Elmer Fleming, Miss Kath-
arine Etter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Mey-
ers, Miss Margaret McLain, Miss Janet
Sawyer, Miss Frances Smith and Miss
Arta Williams. This evening DIR. and
Mrs. Smith will entertain again at the
Harrisburg Club at a dance, with the
Sarah Lemer orchestra playing.
Leap Year Dance
Wednesday evening the younger set
Is giving little dance at the club
Wlth all the appointments carried out
in true leap year fashion. The dec
orauons will be novel and attractive,
the Sarah Lemer orchestra will play
and among the guests will be: Mr.
and Mrs. John Crull Herman, Mr..
and Mrs. Henderson Gilbert, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lesley Creath, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
Anderson Hickok, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
b. Ely, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Jordan
Hall, Dir. and Mrs. Farley Gannett,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gait Goldsbor-
ough, Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Mere
dith, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Payne, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter p. Mcguire. Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard V. Mckay, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert NJ. Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs
Robert Ii. Irons, Mr.. and Mrs. j. V. w
Reynders, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul G.. Smith,
Miss Elizabeth Bailey, Miss Frances
Bailey, Miss Emily Bailey, Miss Mar
gS"et Tenney of Haverford, Miss Sar-
ah Hastings, Miss Martha Fleming,
Miss Margaretta Fleming, Miss Mar
garet McLain, Miss Eleanor Clark,
Miss Dora Coe, Miss AIyrvinne
Leason, Miss Mary Meyers, Miss Dor
othy Beach of Elllins, Pa; Miss Jo-
sephine Alger of Detroit. Mich; Miss
Sarah Denehey. Miss Eleanor Dar-
lington. Vance c. Mccormick. Samuel
w. Fleming. Jr., Jackson II. Boyd,
Richard Knibloe, Theodore Gould. Mr..
Welles. Henry Evans, Edward j.
Stackpole, Jr., Henry NJ. Gross, Boone
Abbott, John Ericsson. Theodore
Seelye. DR.. George r. Moffitt, Mr. Ia
tenn. Bertram Redus, Robert Nc
Creath, William McCreath, Frank j.
Brady. George Shotwell, Ehrman B.
Mitchell and Mr.. Peake. on the COM
mittee Of arrangements are Miss
! Emily Bailey, Miss Frances Bailey and
Miss Sarah Hastings.
Friday evening the second assembly
of the season will be held in Masonic
hall, with the Stouffer orchestra of
Carlisle playing. Among the pat
ronesses will be Mrs. George Douglass
Ramsey, Mrs. James Henry Darling
ton, Mrs. William Henderson, Mrs. J.
| V. w. Reynders and Mrs. William Ell
der Bailey The committee in charge
includes Henry b. Bent, Vance c. Nc
/ Cormick, Carl b. Ely, George Com
stock, John Ericsson, Henderson Gill
| bert and Ross A. Hickok.
Prior to the assembly Mr.. and Mrs.
! William Elder Bailey will give a din
ner at their home, Front and South
streets in honor of their niece. Miss
Josephine Alger of Detroit, Mich, a
recent debutante, who is visiting here
while her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell y. Alger, Jr., are travelling abroad.
Mrs. Brumbaugh's AT Home
Tuesday afternoon from to 6
O'Clock in the Executive Mansion.
Mrs Martin G. Brumbaugh wife of
the Governor, will hold her first "At
Home" which promises to be large
! ly attended as everyone will wish to
extend TO the charming wife of the
Chief Executive the hospitality of the
city in which she will live for three
years Mrs. William Henderson and
Mrs. Will I'M Elder Bailey will pre-
side in the tea room, assisted by six
| or eight of the younger society mat
rons. AS has been the custom for sew
eral years, men are privileged to at
tend these 'At Homes" which in some
places are given over entirely to the
] ladies.
Tuesday night Mr.. ands Mrs. Will
liam Henderson are giving - dance to
the younger set at their residence, .25
! North Front street, for their charm
| ing young niece, Miss Dora Wicker
sham Coe, and that same evening
there will be the charity bridge dance
| in the Chestnut Street Auditorium for