The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-24

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(Taken from the society column of
the Missolla Gazette of Saturday, Jan.
uary %, 1892. No Sunday paper was
issued by the Gazette.)
The success and brilliancy of the
leap year party has given rise to the
query as to why people who can we'll
afford to do it do not give large parties
in Missoula.
Misses SIraughn, Jenkins. Reeves
and West and Messers. Morgan. Ster-
ling, George Beckwith. Ide and Cook
were informally entertained at cards
last evening by Miss Hall.
Some few of the married ladies' are
reported as favoring the Married
Peoples Social club because they re-
ceive too little attention at the dances
of the old club and are consequently
wall flowers.
Professor Schillngs domino last
Tueday evening proved a great sue
cess and will doubtless be repeated in
response to a general request The at
tendance was large. the music good
and all the conditions perfect By d
wise rule, rigidly enforced, all OBJ
jcctionable characters were refused
admittance and there was no mar to
the evenings complete enjoyment.
Mr. and Mrs. Pope Catlin had
pleasant gathering of family relatives
last Thursday evening at which were
present Mr.. and Mrs. +. Z. Kern, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Kern, Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Stoddard, Major and Mrs. John
y. Catlin, Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Myers,
Mrs. Mary Catlin, the Misses Spurrier,
Freeman Ida and Sadie Catlin and
Mcssrs f, D. Mansfield, Wilbur catlin
and TAYLOR.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferguson gave q small
progressive whist party last Tuesday
night, the guests being Mr.. and Mrs.
Rowland, Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton. DIR.
and Mrs. McCulloch, Mrs. Brayton,
Mrs. Mccormick and Mr.. Kerr. The
choice of partners was made in a new
way. Several familiar quotations were
written, part of each on one card and
apart on another. The people holding
parts of quotations which matched be-
S'tiiiS POI lbSio. Ht IlILcS were won
by Mrs. and br. Mccullough
gentleman into whose living rooms
one of the leap year party pictures
happens to have found it's way, has had
n curious experience. He was in the
act of taking drink the other morn
ing from black bottle, which he keeps
in his closet. when he found himself
face to face with the picture Several
ladies of the group were looking
straight at him with a cool. unwink-
ing gaze. and he was forced to put the
liquor down untouched. It is reported
by his room mate that since then he
always modestly turns the picture to
the wall before making his prepara-
tons for retiring for the night.
The Unity Whist club met at tho
Hoblitzell residence last evening as the
guests Of G. J. r. Kerr. Those present
were DR.. and Mrs. Mccullough, Mr..
and Mrs. Iieardan, Mr. and Mrs. John
Mccormick Mr.. and Mrs. Ferguson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilkinson, Mrs. Brayton, Mrs. Collins.
Miss Hoblitzell. Messrs. Gillespie and
Frank Keith. The prizes were won by
Mrs. Wilkinson and Mr.. Reardan.
The officers dance at the fort Tues
day evening was well attended by quite
a number of their friends from the
city. The dance was an enjoyable one.
with good music and floor and much
courtesy on the part of the fort people. |
those who went out were. Mr.
and Mrs. win Brayton. Mrs. Buckley,
the Misses Jenkins. Beckwith Stewart. |
Hail, West, Straughn, Hammond, |
Hathaway, Helen Hathaway. Spurrier, |
Hillmantel and AIessers Juan Smith, |
Howard BRAY ton. ,Aiorgan,n Settle, Ad |
sterling Crawford, DIR. .Goe, Ranft.
lde,, Harry Brayton-, Hathaway, Frank |
Rogard and Or, Hillmantel.a
Mr.. and Mrs. jeff Jenkins enter