The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-21


honor of some of the officers who are
about to leave for military duty. The
honored guests were 1t. V. K. Verne,
also Mrs. Verne. and Lieutenants
Lite Rusness, James Sharp and Ed.
Erickson, all Of Moorhead, and Ed.
Madison, of the Fargo company. The
rooms were beautifully decorated
with Old Glory and the flags Of the
allies, and the effective table decora-
tions consisted Of red. white and
blue gladiolii. Miss Bessie Ziebrath
of Herman, Mimi, who has been
visiting at the Rustad home for the
| past two weeks, was attired in the
uniform of a Red Cross nurse, and
assisted in the serving. The nationa!
colors predominated in the delicious
five-course menu that was enjoyed.
Six couples of young people form
jolly canoeing party that went up
the river Monday evening for a
| picnic supper. The outing was held
Wahpeton, who is in Fargo for a
weeks visit with Miss Olivia Edel-
brock, of the Jackson apartments
and other friends.
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A small party of friends were
guests of Mrs. John w. Hansel Mon
| day afternoon at a theatre party at
the Garrick, the affair being in
compliment to Miss Helen Blake,
who leaves Wednesday morning for
Porto Rico, where she will teach this
coming year.
Mrs. c. r. Ewald, of I'LL Eleventh
street north, informally entertain
Cd intimate frinnHo fhiS Of
ternoon in honor of her mother and
sister in law, Mrs. M. c. T. Wolff, of
Marshalltown, Ia, and Mrs. r. G..
Wolff, Of Detroit, Mich. who have
been visiting here since last Friday.
A pleasant afternoon was enjoyed
with needlework and social chat, and
dainty refreshments were served by
the hostess, who was assisted by
Mrs. ]. G. Taylor. Sweet peas form
ed pretty decorations for the at
fair.
Miss Doreen Finnegaan, of Yank-
ton, S. D., Miss Gladys Bronner, Of
Peoria, ILL.,, and Miss Esther Their
Der, of Minneapolis, were honor
guests Monday afternoon at a de-
lightful affair given by Miss Estelle
Pardoe at her home on Seventh
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dred and informal dancing were the
diversion for the eighteen guests and
late in the afternoon a lunch of
pretty appointments was served.
sweet peas and gladiolii decorated
the parlors of the Pardoe home.
Mrs. Will Isham, Of 900 Ninth
street south, will be hostess Thurs
day at an afternoon social affair
complimentary to her guest, Miss
Gladys Bronner. Of Peoria, Ill.
Mary Roberts Rhinehart, the
famous authoress. clubwoman, active
suffragist and worker in the Pitts
burgs juvenile court. is just now
serving on the national committee
war started she has been doing her
Bit" not only with her pen and by
lectures. but by other sorts OF. per-
sonal service in many different ways
The relief work that she engineered
was stupendouS. She was in close
touch with many funds and gives no
quarter to the multimillionaIres of
Pittsburgh. She is as physically
energetic and courageous as she is
mentally and spiritually. and one
isn't in the least surprised to learn
that when she was last in Europe
she was the first woman to reach
Ypres after the great battle, the first
woman to be escorted between the
firing lines in Flanders. She wore a
short skirt, high boots and q military
cap and could not be distinguished
from a man. In addition to all these
duties. Mrs. Rhinehart has a devoted
husband and three sons, and a house
to take care OF.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. McCracken and
family are home from a ten days
trip, nearly a week of which time
they spent at Lake Okoboji Okoboji,
la. They visited Mr.. McCracken s
parents at Pipestone, Mimi, and 9TH
er relatives at Sibley, Ia, motoring
part of the way.
DR.. w. H. Ristine, of Crawfords-
Vile, Ind, was in Fargo Monday
evening on a business trip. He is
president of the North Dakota Metal
Culvert Co. OF Fargo, of which Alex
Bruce is vice president and manager.
DR.. Ristine Is returning directly to
Indiana from here.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Stern have gone
to Allentown, Pa, for a brief visit
with their son, Edward Stern, who
is a member of the United States
Medical corps, and expects soon to
be ordered to France. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stern expect to return to Fargo in
about two weeks.
The P. M. Grice family returned
home Saturday from a two weeks
outing at Shoreham.
Mrs. F. Meeker has returned to
her home in Mobile, Ala, after an
eight weeks visit in Fargo as a