Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-11

Bently L. Kerr; secretary of litera-
ture. Mrs. ]. Frank McBirney; chair
man of visiting committee, Mrs. Vance
C. Kerr; chairman of presS~ commit
tee, Mrs. Alien N. Cooper; chairman of
music, Mrs. William Mitchell; chair
man of social committee, Mrs. George
Bartlette; chairman of box committee,
Mrs. p. l.. Randall; chairman of pro-
gram committee, Mrs. James M. Tay-
| lor.
| A very pleasant social hour fol-
| lowed the meeting and delicious re-
| freshments were served by Mesdames
Titus and Pond, assisted by Mrs. ".
c. Kerr.
Thursday Diversion Club.
The Thursday Diversion club which
meets in Columbian club hall has a
full attendance each week and the
newest and most popular steps are
practiced. The evenings are really So
cial events and under Miss Harris di-
rection some beautiful dancing is
pate but many come in from the
hCdIby IO"hSs
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Senator and Mrs. Day Entertain
at Dinner.
Senator and Mrs. Jerome ]. Day en-
tertained at dinner on Tuesday even
, ing in the orange grill of the hotel
| Owyhee. Their guests were Senator
Fred T. Dubois, Mayor and Mrs. Hays
and former State Senator, Macbeth.
The table was pretty with bowl Of
spring blossoms.
Past Matrons Entertained.
Mrs. Carl Prouty and Madam Sher-
man entertained the past matrons of
the Eastern Star at a pretty afternoon
on Wednesday. 1t was a kensington
and needle work was the .pastime.
Later refreshments were served. About
twenty ladies we're entertained.
Pleasant Student Party.
On Saturday evening the Y. w. c. A.
entertained the students of Links
Business College, both the young men
and the young women in a delightful
fashion in the rooms of the association.
The program for the evening consist
ed of music by the college octette.
The Hawaiian club of the Y. w. C. A.,
Miss Nellie Gray, Miss Gladys Ander-
son, Mr.. Roland Kohl and Mr.. C. c.
Morrison furnished several numbers.
Some of Miss Harris pupils entertained
with solo dancing. Mr.. Kohl gave an
amusing reading in negro dialect. A
buffet supper was served at II o'clock.
Altogether it was a charming affair,
thoroughly enjoyed.
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Informal Matinee Party.
Mrs. Perry Mitchell was a hostess
at a delightful matinee party made up
of some of the ladies at the hotel Owy-
hee the other evening with Mrs. Stew
enson, Mrs. Kinsolving and Mrs. Tuck
er as her guests.
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Tuesday Night Club.
The Tuesday Night club composed
of the young business women of the
city met with their friends in the au-
ditorium of Carnegie library last week
and listened to a pleasing program
after which dancing was enjoyed. In
opening the evening with a Victrola
, record, Mayor Hays, to whom these
, municipal entertainments owe their
} origin, stated that the reason for US
ing the Victrola instead of the piano
was to afford the audience the pleasure
) of listening to a record of the Toilet
sen trio of Brooklyn in which Mrs
, Augusta Schnabel Tollefsen, sister OF
, Mrs. Sherman King, and a former
Boise girl, is the pianist. Mr.. .Ashby
followed with a varied program of en-
tertainment which was thoroughly ert-
joyed. Miss Ada Murphy of Salt Lake
who is visiting friends in the city, sang
: with a glorious voice and a delicate
[ poise which captured the. hearts of LEI
, audience. Miss Lewis in her imper-
, sonation of a harsh voiced old Irish
Y man and the train conductor whose
long string of green paper befuddled
the mind of the son of the Emerald
isle was very amusing.
The Hawaiian club of the Y. w. c. A
played several delightful selections
Dancing followed the program and re-
, freshments were served. Many came
early to view the pictures. A number
of prominent citizens were present al
the invitation of the mayor or of mem
bers of the club. Mrs. Teresa NJ
! Graham of the minimum wage com.
mission, was an interested visitor.
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Society Personals.
y Senator Jerome J. Day and Mrs. Day
left last evening for Montana. They
, will travel first to Butte and then or
4 to Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglass Swan of Sal
Lake, who are frequent Boise visitors
! are at the hotel Owyhee.s Mr.. Swan il
y bank examiner for Utah, southern
= Idaho and Nevada and both have many
= friends in Boise.
: Miss Eta Brothers Of Hastings
Neb.. is a new arrival in Boise, who
tcomes to visit her brother and family
Although there are no authoritative
! statistical data as to yearly fish catches
\ in Russia, specialists are fixing thu
}. Russian yearly fish catch as follows
e Caspian sea, 1909, 900 pounds; Pa
s cific hastn 400 100 000 uoundS tn,