Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-29
New Years Week
Full of Parties,
Dances, Weddings

Just as full OF parties. dances and
weddings as was Christmas week
The after Christmas celebrations
start tonight and will continue
through the entire week.
Some nights there are two or
three affairs for the young and old
TO attend. OF course the chief cele-
brations will come on New Years
eve. Besides the more formal at
fairs various churches in the city
will hold watch parties and there
will be many quiet affairs in the
homes.
This evening the Allouez coun-
Gil. Knights Of Columbus, will give
a dance at the Elks' hall. At the
same time there will be a Delta
Sigma dance at the Outing club.
Davenport. Tuesday, the class Of
1919 Of the Rock Island high school
will have a reunion at the Rock
Island club. Miss Margaret Myers
will entertaiL at bridge at her
home. 1926 Twenty-f1rst street. and
Miss Elizabeth Babcock at a small
dinner party for her guest. Miss
Hermance Teschner Of Milwaukee.
Wis, and there will be a Kappa
Delta dance at the Outing club.
The largest Of New Years parties
in all probabilities will be the
Amoo grotto dance at the Masonic
temple and the fancy dress ball
Frank Silloway will give at the
Commercial club in Moline. Aside
from the frivolous, there are a
great many weddings Of note to tri-
city friends to be solemnized this
season. Wednesday, in New York
city, Miss Laura Marquis will be-
come the bride of Ben Gest of 1903
Second avenue. Miss Katherine
Scott Of Delmar. Iowa, will be
married to Clarence c. Denkman
Of Hawarden, Canada Miss Flor
ence Wilton, st. Katherine school
graduate, will be married in Peo-
ria to Charles Fryer of Oakland
Cal. The bride Of each one of these
weddings is we'll known in Rock
Island. Wednesday afternoon Miss
Elizabeth Sharpe will entertain at
a o'clock tea at her home, 1911
Twenty-frst street. Thursday
evening at the Rock Island club
there will be an invitation dance
and another one Friday evening.
Entertains for Cousin.
Miss Bessie Frankel at her home
2317 Fourth avenue. entertained a,
a pretty party Sunday afternoon as
a courtesy for her cousin, Miss
Sarah Samuels of Pittsburgh who
is spending the holidays with rela-
tives in the city.
The guests were 20 friends of the
hostess and the afternoon hours
was spent playing whist at five
tables. Miss Tillie Silverman and
> Miss Charlotte Lewis took the
favors in the games. Miss Frankel
served sumptuous three-course
luncheon at the small tables after
the games. Miss Stigel Of Omaha
who is visiting In the tri-cities, war
an out-of-town guest. There viii
be several other parties to honor
the visitors during their stay here
Party for College Girls.
Miss Marie Williams. who i;
spending the holidays at her home
S31 Forty-thlrd street. and who i:
a students at Emerson college, Bos
ton. entertained a group of college
friends at an evening party Fri
day. Dancing and music were tn,
evening diversion and the girls en-
joyed themselves renewing at
quaintances. The guests included
the following young women: Mis-.
Dorothy Algie, Miss Marie Carlson
and Miss Bessie Elwell of Angus
tana college; Miss Mary Alice Metz
ger Of Lake Forest; Miss France!
Schulze Of Emerson: Miss Eliza
beth Johnson. Grinnell; Miss Thel
ma Henry Of Ypsilanti (Mich.) col
lege. and Miss Florence McConochi,
of Northwestern.
Fluegel. Rath.