rHE SAEST PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUKLAY MOENltftf, FEBRUARY 10, 1889.—SIXTEEN PAGES.12

WONDERS BY WOMENAn Old Lady Who Should Be

Granted a Large Pen-sion.

The Sea Robbad of Its Ter-rors by a Life

Raft.

tnventor of a Patent CarCoupler and Ingenious

Cattle Car.

Danger on the Rail Avertedby Instantaneously Stop-

ping* Trains.

" In a small house on Indiana avenueeast lives an old lady who is quite a

character in her way. The house in .which she lives is a two-story frame on

a stone foundation, the upper story be-ing partially in the roof. The housestands about three feet below the side-walk, and to arrive at the front door itis necessary to jump off the sidewalkand then climb up the steps. The frontroom is furnished with two large beds,a few chairs and a table, on which are

Some children's toys and a few cheapornaments. On the walls are hung ad-veitising pictures, and on the windowhangs a placard which reads:

. * ; "" *; Sins. ADELPHIABINGA 8: BALM OF tiII.EAD, :: The Great Blood Puritier, :: FOR SALE :

"if\u25a0-*:-'-• HERE. I

* \u25a0*.*The basement is occupied by a

kitchen, in which are numerous pots,kettles, cauldrons, retorts and otherparaphernalia for the manufacture ofthe "Balm." The lady of the house,

the inventor and sole manufacturer ofthe panacea, which is advertised in thewindow, is a lady sixty-one years old.She is pleasant-looking, stout and in-clined to be talkative. A black dressconceals her well-developed form, whoseoutlines are untrammoled by corset orbustle. Over her head is a knittedwoolen cap, which comes down over herneck and ears, and, beneath this, wavyhair of a steel grey tint peeps asif trying to escape from confinement.Her dark brilliant eyes flash from be-hind big gold spectacles, and are shadedby well-shaped black eyebrows. Alarge straight mouth with deeply curvedwrinkles at the corners, reveals, whenopened a set ofsmall teeth, and a heavywrinkled chin gives an air of firmnessto a face which could uot fail to strikethe observer as one of considerable in-telligence. When she smiles thewrinkles at the corners of her mouthshape themselves into deep dimples,giving her a very pleasant and good-natured appearance. Such is Mrs.Binga to look at.

But it is in conversation that she re-veals herself. She is a great inventor,and, as she says, has invented morethings of use to man and beast than anyother woman. Some years ago thehumane society advertised a reward of$5,000 for devices for feeding and sep-arating cattle in transit, for a life raftto be propelled without steam, and forseveral other things ofa similar nature. '

"Idid not set mv brain to work on thesethings." said Mrs. Binga; "they justcame to me.

"IDREW UP PLANSaud specifications and sent my descrip-tions in. The humane society madeuse of some of them, but I never re-ceived a cent for my trouble. Don M.Dickinson says that if I received myrights I would be granted a bigger pen-sion than any soldier, but .1 have beenswindled out of everything I ever in-vented." Mrs. Binga says that she in-vented a liferaft which was operatedby a windmill on deck, which actedupon a propeller wheel. She sent plansofthis to the humane society, and theyadopted them, but she was never re-warded.

Her device for feeding cattle on thecars consists of compartments in theupper part of the car, formed by the in-terstices between and arched roof onthe inside and a flat one on the outside.These could be filled with grain whichcould be let down tubes into their feed-ing-troughs by means of valves operatedfrom the outside. For separating cat-tle, she suggests a trough of water,running the length of the car, to whichail the cattle would run as soon as puton board. When they all get into theirplaces, foldingpartitions, made of gal-vanized iron, could be lowered betweeneach beast. ' '77 .

Another device on which the vent-res* lays great stress is a car-coupler.This, so far as the reporter could learn,only differs from those in use to-day inthe application of the chain when drawnup or down raises or lowers the bighook to meet the difference in theheight of the cars, and also in a bellbeing placed so that as soon as the carsare coupled theyring it automatically,"thus enabling," as Mrs. Bmga says,"the man tokeep track of the numberof cars that are coupled. Another in-genious scheme is her car carrying livefish. She would have two tanks in thecar, one above the other, joined by twohollow pillars, and a pump that wouldkeep the. water continually circulatingbetween the two.

One day Mrs. Binga was crossing arailway, when a loose rail tripped herno. She turned round, and looking atit', said: "1 could nail you down sothat you could not spring loose." Forthis purpose she invented the "Spraguenail," which consists oftwo teeth whichbite the flange of the rail, fastened to along pin with barbs upon it; this, sheclaims, would never come up when oncehammered down; but she suggests nomethod ofgetting the rail between theteeth. None of these devices of hersare patented, for the reason that it coststoo much money, and Mrs. Binga saysthat other people have seen and usedthe plans, and have derived all the ben-fit from them, and she has no recourse.She gave the reporter a number of ter-ribly complicated .7 7;*<

PLANS WITH MINUTE DESCRIPTIONSwritten in a plain hand, very like thatof a schoolboy. . "I write plain," shesaid, "but 1 never had a copy set mein my life." :'7,: - ,

The reporter asked what the "BalmofGilead" was? ". . :-%:'&

"Ah!" she replied, her face beamingwith delight, "it is the greatest medi-cine in the world."

"Yes," put in her. daughter, whoentered at that moment, followed by anumber of children, "she beats all thedoctors in the world; she saved mybaby's life two or three times lastwinter."

"What is the 'Balm' good for. Mrs.Binga?" asked the interrogator. -. -L

"Good for!" she said, "t.ood for—everything! It is the greatest bloodpurifier in the world. Itcures catarrh,all kidney disease, bruises, sprains,headache——"

"Corns?" asked the reporter."No, sir! not corns, but consumption,

sore throat, rheumatism— oh! every-thing. Why, do you know when Iwasdown in Detroit, old Dr. , poor oldsoul, he's dead aud gone now, but heused to get mv medicine by the jugful.He wouldn't * have anybody know heused it, so 1 used to leave it.in a placein his elevator and he used to come andget it. And Col. 11——, too; his hullfamily used it. I got $300 for curingone man." ... : :r •- .77-

--"Is ita secret receipt of your own!"- " Why, it's nothing but what God Al-mighty places ' right around in thewoods, right handy for everybody. J*77 y

•- How did you discover it?"" 1was left at the age of two weeks

in the woods .with an old Indian doc-tor, and was raised among the Indians.1 saw what things . they used as med-icine, and remembered them.* Iused toown a good deal ofproperty. Iownedand rented houses; but I want no more

of that. I had rather be the one to rent.It does seem so hard to take the rentfrom poor people when you know theirchildren are starving. One day I col-lected $10 rent from a woman, when herlittle girl came up to mo and said:'Does Amy have bread?' 'Why, ofcourse Amy has bread." 1 replied.(Amy was my girl.) 'Well,' said thelittle one, '1 wish Icould get a piece ofAmy's bread.' 'For the love of God.Msaid, 'have you no bread?' Then 1went to the cupboard, and found they,had absolutely nothing to eat in thehouse. So I said to the woman, 'Hereis a dollar go and get some bread.'That was enough for mo; Iparted withmy property, traded some of it off andsold the rest; but I was swindled in thedeal, and had to turn in and earn myliving. Iprayed the Lord to provideme with some means of setting food formyself and family, and He gave it. sTouknow Ihave married off three daugh-ters and given two sons, a start in life-married 'em all from my own door, andmy husband is eighty-four years old.Well, to return to your question. I re-membered the herbs and roots that theold Indian woman used, and fixed themup into the "Balm ' of Gilead,'* withwhich '^yi;-:yy:.\yy\yi."- f

ICAST CUKE ANYTHING . . .in the human body. Yes, 1 was leftwith the Indians when I was two weeksold, and did not find out who I wasuntil after I had been married and hadtwo children of my own. 1 wouldn'ttell youwho am. as I am related tosome of the finest families in America,and they don't want to know where1 am or anything about me. But hereIam, sixty-one years old, and making alivingfor myself and the old man. thedoctors were going to have me run outof Detroit, but old Col. Rcame over in his buggy andtold me about it, so I leftin time. Yes. they were afraid of me:I cured people when they failed utterly.Iperformed an operation on a ten-year-old boy. who had hip-joint disease, andcut two splinters of bone out, appliedthe 'Balm of Gilead' and cured him. Igather the materials for this myself inthe woods, and make it up in my ownkettles."

And so the garrulousjnitgood-naturedold lady rambled on, telling wondrousstories of marvelous cures effectedsolely by means of the great "Balm ofGilead." No disease is so insidious, nomalady so remote, that it can not bereached by this panacea. '

Coming back again to her inventions,she explained that she had made modelsof some of them, "whittled them outwith a penknife*," as she expressed it.And had a model made of "one whichcost her $10 ; this she considered too largea price, and preferred, to make her ownin future. The plans which she gave thereporter are fearfully and wonderfullymade. Mrs. Binga says that she is nohand at drawing, which remark was un-necessary, a glance at the plans reveal-ing the fact beyond the peraventure ofa doubt, but she explains her stupendousbrain power by the fact that when inMichigan she lived

ALMOST ENTIRELY ON FISH.As she has failed to make anything

out of her remarkable inventions shehas no objection to their being madepublic, thinking that it is possible thehumane society, or some railroad com-pany, might take itinto their heads tosend her something as a recognition ofthe valuable services which she hasrendered to humanity at large. Shesays .that she has another valuablescheme which she may some day makesomething out of. It is a device forstopping any car of a train instan-taneously. '^"6si_'"Isuppose," she said, "that a passen-

ger looks out of the window and sees anobstruction on the line, or another traincoming, he can by pushing down a barstop the car he is in instantly. The restof the train has either got to stop too,or else burst the coupling. This wouldbe an infallibleremedy for railroad ac-cidents, as the car has either got to stopor burst!"

It seems, on reflection, that Mrs.Adelphia Binga is a benefactor to theworld at large, and with her "Balm ofGilead" she would cure all the ills thatflesh is heir to. Her inventions in theline of cattle and lish cars would great-ly ameliorate the sufferings of the ani-mal kingdom, while the last mentionedcreation*of her fertilebrain would stopthe frightful loss of life in railroad.ac-cidents and take away from the news-papers one of their most sensationalfeatures. Itseems that she can inventanything. She once wrote to the secre-tary of the humane society, sayingthat, ifhe would send her $5,000 shewould keep on inventing and wouldsend him all the results of her work.Strange to say she never received areply. _

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* HAMLINE.

The reception of Prof, and Mrs. L. H.Batchelder, of Snelling avenue, Fridayevening, was attended by members ofthe alumni and the j undergraduates ofHamline university. Among those pres-ent were: President and Mrs. G. H.Bridgman, Miss A. Shoemaker, percep-tress; Mr. and Mrs. D. 11. Tandy, Mr.Mrs. L. J. Dobner, Misses Garvin,South wick. Higgins, . Margaret Share,Mabel Hanson, Mary .Bennett, MarthaClark, Essie Bushnell, Annie Albert-son, Delia Palmer,' Mamie Stevens,Blanche Fames, Alice Frost,Dunn, Ella Door, Lena . Put-nam. Effle Grout, Mattie Johnson,Gertrude Seager, . Winifred -.Hoyt,' Le-land, Messrs. Davis, K. Shaw, Case,Rose and Myrtle Allen; Messrs. Bar-rett, Montgomery, Kerfoot, Morgan,Ellsworth, Squires, Sloetim, Lord, Far-rar, Dobner, Bean, Lathrop, Campbell,Wing Edwards, Massey, Grant, Chaffee,Godfrey C. Barnum. _.

Mrs. Morrow, state organizer of theYoung Woman's Home Missionarysociety, met a number of the youngladies of Hamline on' Thursday even-ing, for the purpose of organizing abranch of that society at Hamline. Apermanent . organization will be per-fected next Thursday evening.' '

Tuesday 'evening the Harmony clubmet at the residence of the Misses Hig-gins. The study of the evening wasHawthorne's "Marble Faun." Haw-thorne's public and private life wasdiscussed by. Miss Sadie Higgins. JohnMerrill read a paper on "Hawthorneand His Contemporaries." -

Miss Zou McClary, of Ladies' hall,,was visited last week by her mother,Mrs. Thomas McClary, Minneapolis. ' '-..•"

The Chautauqua circle* will be ad-dressed next week by Prof. Batchelderon the "Science of Chemistry."

Miss Shoemaker, preceptress of La-dies' hall, was visited by Miss- LouIverson, Minneapolis, Friday. 7 t>;7 ;

Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Dobner Were vis-ited last week by Miss.Laura Dobner,Lake City. -'•\u25a0-.\u25a0:--..•;--\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.-.- -'y \u25a0•>'•. 777-1

Miss Irene Hawkins,. St. Paul, wasthe guest of Mrs. Evelyn Church lastweek. ; '.•'- ;;••;'.:f-.y. --y*'*\u25a0\u25a0'?'*':•: ._•_

Miss Minnie Warner was visited lastweek by Miss Edna Follensbee, HowardLake.

-. ST. ANTHONY PARK. -{yAt the meeting of the wins? club,

Thursday evening last, at the residenceof Mrs. B. F. ".cek, Jr., prizes werewon by Mrs. diaries A. Dunn and Mr.Gouthall. The club willbe entertainedby Mrs. M. A. Jones, Feb. 21, at theresidence of E. B. Wakeman, Esq., 928Sixth avenue south, Minneapolis. -

Capt. O. M. Smith,"22d U. LA., whohas been visiting his sister Mrs. 1. C.Talbot, of Ctidworth street, left Mondaylast to join his regiment at Fort Koogh,Mont. \u25a0_, \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•- y -i:^:';.:-':^ -.. ._

The Chautauqua circle held an unusu- ;ally interesting meeting "at the resi-dence of Mrs. Isaac Cheney last Mon-day evening. -; ,'*.,' -i7

i Isaac Cheney entertained the Chris-tian Endeavor society, last Thursdayevening at his residence on Gordon ave-nue. ' - "- *:\u25a0

The new "• German club . gave theirsecond dance Friday evening in Hamp-den hall. There was a full attendance..

The dramatic club have in*active re-hearsal a play that they propose to givethe latter part of this month.

W. H. Petersen, ofSt. Paul, will soonmove into the cottage upon Raymondavenue, near Ellis street. ' -"7.-\u25a0 -*-\u25a0-\u25a0 *?||_fil§* W. W. Coiiiiel has gone to Ohio.

- THE DUET.Iwas smoking a cigarette:

Maud, my wife and the tenor McKeyWere singing together a blithe duet.And days itwere better Ishould forget

Came suddenly back tome— s- *:,*,Days when life seemed a gay marque ball,And to love and be loved was the sum of it all.As they sang together the whole scene fled, '

The room's rich hangings, the sweet homeair,' \u25a0•-.., \u25a0

Stalely Maud, with her proud, blonde head,And I*seemed to see in her place instead

A wreath of blue-black hair, »';-'•"And a face, ah . your face— yours, Lisette,A face itwere wiser Ishould forget. \u25a0'.< .-',.' j.Two small slippers wjthbig rosettes

Peeped out uuder your kilt-skirt theie,While we sat smoking our cigarettes,(Oh, I shall be dust when my heart forgets)

And singiug that self-same air; ,And between the verses for interlude,1kissed your throat and your shoulders nude.You were so fullof a subtle fire ;

You were so warm and so sweet, Lisette; '

You were everything men admire,And there were no fetters to make us tire,

For you were— a pretty grisette.But you loved as only such natures can,With a love that makes heaven or hell for a

man. 77*777-: 7'They have ceased singing that old duet,

Stately Maud and the tenor McKer.'•You are burning your coat with your cigar-

ette. .. ••-;\u25a0 -;And qu' avez vous, dearest, your lids are

wet,"Maud says, as she leans o'er me.

And Ismile and lie to her. husband-wise,'"Ob, it is nothing but smoke in mv eves."

—Ella Wheeler.

SOCIAL SILHOUETTES.

Black and White Sketches of thePast "Week's Pleasure. -f-: - 7

Mrs. E. A. Young gave a delightfuleuchre party at her home on Woodwardavenue Monday evening. The guestswere Gov. and Mrs. Merriarn, Judgeand Mrs. Young, Maj. and Mrs. Bates,Mr. and Mrs. Borup, Mr. and Mrs.Draper, Mr. and Mrs. Forepaugh, Mr.and Mrs. W. Morton. Mr. and Mrs.J. B. Tarbox, Dr. and Mrs. Stone,Mr. and Mrs. Seymour, Mr. 7 andMrs. .1. J. Parker, Mr. and Mrs.'W. F. Newell, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Ord-way, Mr. and Mrs' J. P. Elmer, Mrs.Pope, Mrs. Mclntyre, Mr. aud Mrs. E.W. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Frost;Misses Perrin. Cook, Maude Taylor,Hammond, Bigelow, Flandrau, Sturgis,Moore, Taylor, Mann and Perrin; Dr.Abbott, Gen. Sibley, Messrs. V. .Robert-son, L. E. Newport, L.K. Stone, Bige-low, W. H. Patterson, Oakes, Finch,McKeever, G. V. Bacon, Ferguson,Blabon, F. B. Clark and Charles Gor-don. 7?;.'r o

A Characteristic Entertainment.The Yashti club entertained, the

Bethany club and young people ofthePeople's church at the residence ofMrs. J. Ross Nicols on Nelson avenueFriday evening; Itwas a characteristicentertainment, marked by mirth andmusic, and none of the mild torturethat is the leading feature of churchsocials in general. Mrs. Nicols'handsome homo was filled witha** crowd of lively young peo-pie who were made welcomeby the gracious hostess, assisted byMrs. H. C. MeCarty, Mr. Price and MissEdith Lott. Miss Adah Hawkins con-tributed greatly to the enjoyment of theaffair with a charming rendition of thejewel song from Faust, and the Dixonstringed orchestra of the High schooldiscoursed such seductive music duringthe evening that it was impossible foryouthful spirits and restless feet to re-strain from an informal dance. Adainty luncheon was served, andthe entertainment was most de-lightful. Among the many guestswere Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Morgan,Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Brown, Mr. and Mrs.A. J. Svenson, Capt. aud Mrs. Straight,Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Schiffman, Mr. andMrs. E. J. Hodgson, Mr. and Mrs. Gil-bert, Mrs. Snell, Mrs. D. H. Moon, Mr.and Mrs. E. S. Durment. Mrs. WilliamFling, Mrs. A. D. Davidson, Mrs. Dixon,Miss Adah Hawkins, the Misses Pierce,Misses Etta Hall, Holden, Finch, J. D.Hess, Bishop, Snell, Bevans, Moffett,the Misses Farnham, the Misses Whit-ney. Messrs. H. C. • MeCarty, Bennett,Lott, H. Hall, Fouse, Price and Straight.

Like an Innovation.Afternoon entertainments have been

so rare of late that the charming recep-tion, given by Mrs. Sylvester M. Caryfrom 3 to 6 Thursday, seemed somethinglike a social innovation. Itwas the firstentertainment Mrs. Cary has given ather new home on Summit court, andhence the air of novelty was further in-creased. The pretty nail" finished innatural oak, walls done . in robin's eggblue, and polished floors covered withrugs was decorated with palms and cutflowers in jars, while curtains of smilaxdraped the doorways -. leading intothe different rooms. Mrs. Cary, .with her sister, Mrs. CharlesGoold, Albany, N. V., for whomthe receptiou was given, and Mrs. Will-iam Hunt, Jr., greeted her friends inthe drawing room. In the library,,which opens off one -side of the hall,tea was served by Misses Patterson,Hale, Nauman, Smythe and Squires.Mrs. William Hunt, Sr., and Mrs.Charles Thompson presided at the re-freshment table in. the dining room,other ladies who assisted being Mes-dames F. B. Bass, J. W. White, J. N.Hannaford, Bement and Howard N.Elmer. The drawing room and parlorare done in satiuwood, and yellow is thedominant tone of the handsome furnish-ings. Yesterday afternoon, to the otherattractions was added the charm ofgreat bunches of roses, heliotrope and-jonquils, placed here and there in cutglass jars and dainty vases, and crim-son shaded lamps in the library cast abecoming rosy light upon the youngladies who poured tea. It seemeda pity that they- should blusha whole afternoon upon the desert airof feminine indifference. The diningroom was a gleam of glory done in yel-low. The wood work of the room is an-tique oak. The- tiling about : the fire-place is yellow, and the walls show thesame color emphasized softly by thetinted light that gleams through theyellow shades of the chandelier. In thecenter of the table was a : cut-glass, jarfilled- with jonquils and at either endhandsome silver . candelabra holdingwax tapers :burning under yellowshades. - Throughout the afternoonSeibert's orchestra, stationed in the up-per hall, filled the air with music.

Mrs. Cary wore a tan-colored satingown, en traine. Draperies of Frenchembroidery were drawn back from thefront, which was .trimmed with moussegreen velvet. Velvet and embroidery;trimmed the decollete corsage, the neckof . which was softened . with folds of :crepe de lisse. She carried a bouquetof Catharine Mermet roses. 7 '"'\u25a0-'•

Mrs. Charles Goold, wore 1a gown of•yellow moire, veiled with black threadlace, and carried a bouquet of jonquils.*

Mrs. William Hunt, Jr., was attiredin a trained gown of white moire, thefront of which was veiled with .whitedotted net. The decollete corsage was i

trimmed with pearl passementerie and ~point duchesse.

Mrs. Bass wore a handsome ; trimmedcostume of bronze velvet, trimmed with .Persian embroidery p diamond 7 orna-ments. : 7 ..7 yy\u25a0 Mrs. 11 . N. Elmer wore a combinationof black dotted net and moire, , trimmedwith silver. . . - ..

Miss Hale .was elegantly gowned intrimmed mahogany silk.-Miss Patterson wore a combination oflight: blue brocaded . satin and whitegauze..

Miss Squires' -gown was of whiteChina silk, flowered with blue and com*

bined with white moire. .Miss Smyth wore a polonaise of old

blue cashmere over a petticoat ofwhite,flounced with blue.'Mrs. J. W. White wore a cloth gown

en traine, trimmed with * Parisian em-broidery and gold passementerie. : 7; /

Mrs. Hannaford was gowned in whitecord d silk,'combined with moire. r

Mrs. William Hunt, Sr., wore a hand-some black toilette.

Among the guests were Mesdames E.W. Wheeier, J. G. Pyle, W. H. Bullard.E. W. Johnson, J. H. McAllister, Barry,E. O. Tooker, C. W. Bunn, G. Q. White,W, Constans. W. M. Stees, R. N. Mac-Laren, John Farrington, J. T. Averill,T. B. Campbell, W. H. H. Sto-

: well, ••: B. F. Brooks, ' Morgan -Brooks, W. S. Morton, Horace R.Bigelow, A. R. Dalrymple, K. Barnum,J. B. Rice, F. B. Clark, H. P. Upham,W. H. Broden, Richard Washington, J.C. Hill,G. R. Metcalf, Selah Squires, C.C. De Coster. Flagg, Glover Perrin, E." .W. S. Tingle, H. E. yon Wedelstaedt,Caroline Cancroft, E. I. Glenn, H. M.Smythe, A. M. Peabody, S. G. Sloan,.W. R. Merriarn, E. I. Frost, EmersonHadley, E. N. Saunders, G. B. Ranney,C. P. Noves, R. G. Davenport, W. G.Raunev. J. H. Southall, E. W. Peet,:F. A. Seymour, C. H. Johnston, E.H. Cutler, L. C. Hay, C. S. Bunker,'C. M. Griggs, L. C. Hay. F. S. Haupt,E. W. 'Carpenter, Gustav Borup, W. P.Westfall. O. D. Lanpher, W. A. VanSlyke, William Lee, C. B. Branson, A.F." Norrish, J. R. Jetiks, G. I. Griswold,C. H. Bigelow, H. B. Willis, E. H.Prunnett, J. E. Glass, A. G. Foster, C.H. Clark, W. H. Sanborn, D. Day, J. A.;Stees, F. W. Van Slyke. Charming Sea-bury, C. A. Wheaton. W. ShermanPotts, R.B. Galusha, Saulgaard, G. M.Fleming, I. A. Sanders, E. W. Dur-ant, Do Lorme B. Haroaugh, L. W.Rundlett,* William Rhodes, ThomasCochran, Jr., A. E. Boyesen, Sinkler. T.T. Mann, F. Driscoll. Louis Maxfield:Misses Constans, Stees, Mann, Averill,Far ngton, Bigelow, Loomis, Ingersoll,Elsie Nukirck Whitwell, Squires, Min-nie C. Morton, Braden, Perrin, Sloan,M. G. White, White, Cooke, Richards,Peet, Bunker, Carpenter, Ballist, Nel-son, McLaren. Wheaton, Galusha, Hol-combe, Bullard, Elizabeth Loomis,Katharine K. Taylor, Newport, Knapp,Taylor. ' ' '7 ' ' '7' 7

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. -7 A Missionary Effort.The young people of the Dayton ave-

nue Presbyterian church gave an en-tertainment for the benefit of the mis-sion fundFridav evening. "The LastDay," a recitation by Miss Nellie Carl-son, was a scholarly delivery. An ob-ject lesson by six little misses dressedin various national costumes, each mak-ing a plea for her respective country, •was an interesting feature and elicitedthe admiration of the audience. MissMaggie McDermott delivered a recita-tion on the '-Heathen Chinee." Prof.De. Lacy arid class of boys charmedtheir hearers with appropriate" songs.They were: all- dressed _as heathens ,Chinamen, Japanese, Hindoos, Turks.Clinton Abbott demonstrated has skill ;

in a violin solo, much to the pleasure ofall. Misses Fuller and Delacy, as wo -Burmah girls, recited "Joy and La- .ment," and Fuller read "Whistling inHeaven." Refreshments were : servedin nearly every style, including theChinese.* Rice was eaten with chop-sticks, in a small booth, and an Indiantepee was presided over by a duskygoddess in the person of Ida Lusk,- as-sisted by Isabella Roth. Gertie Berryand Susie Green were mistresses of the -Japanese booth, and John Roth, JohnAbbott and Jasper Dixon were the mo-guls at the Chinese pagoda. Syrian*candy was sold, and a : genuine Turkishsupper was served by Maggie Davis andNellie McClung. J '\u00847^.",

• An Alumni Banquet.

The third "annual banquet of theNorthwestern Alumni association ofWilliams college occurred at the Min-nesota club last evening. There werepresent Rev. Norman D. Seaver, D. D.,'54, St. Paul; Judge H. R. Murdock. '54,Stillwater: J. H. Ames, '60, St. Paul;Prof. J. E. Bradley. '65, C. Keyes, '64,Prof. H. P. Judson, '70, Minneapolis;Prof. F. W. Fiske, 72, St. Paul;Prof. C. B. Gilbert, "76, St.Paul; Emanuel Cohen, '76, Minneapolis: Stanley R.Kitchell, '76, Minneapolis; Rev. H. W.Gleason, '77, Minneapolis; Howe Paige,

'73, Minneapolis; Prof. C. A. Fiske. '78,St. Paul; J. E. Jessut, "83, Baldwin,Wis.: W.Perry, 'B7, St. Paul; C. H.Bigelow, Jr., '87, St. Paul; J. T. Baxter,'87, Minneapolis; F. N. Van Duzee,' 87,St. Paul, and H. E. Bigelow, '88, St.Paul. ,7

An Honored Guest.Miss Lillian White gave a large danc-

ing party last Monday evening in honor .of Miss Manic Davis, of Duluth. Amongthose present were Misses Snow, Earle,Hunt, Stone, Bammond, Westfall, Ab-bott, Chase, Clark, Shawe, Seaburry,Myers, Lightner. Maddern, Harventon,Walker, Relang. Hoyt, Friend, Belote,Wills, Allen, Smith, Roadington, LyleLyons, Sothard, Harmon, Hoyt, andMisses Bell and Kelly, of Minneapolis,and Messrs. Bushnell, Snowe, Mead,Otis, Houlton, McArdle, Richards.Potts,Woods, Ohipermann, Campbell, - Still-well, Wills, Lyons, Seeman, Strong,Woodberry, Belote and.McClurg. 7

AComplimentary Dinner. .. Senator A. J. .Whiteman, -' of Duluth,tendered a complimentary 7 dinner toGov. and Mrs. Merriarn and Col. and :

Mrs. Graves,- at the Ryan, Thursdayevening. Covers were laid for nine- -teen, namely The host, Gov. and Mrs.Merriarn, Col. and Mrs. : Graves, Mr.and Mrs. F. B. Clarke. Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Young, Mr. and Mrs. Tarbox, Judgeand Mrs. Flandrau, Mrs. Pone,' MissCook, \u25a0 Messrs. S. P. . Snider, T. F.Oakes, E. L. Dudley and J. W. Blabon.

J. F. F. Club. *

On Friday evening Miss Mac Stanton,ofSt. Peter street, entertained the J. F.F. club, of the High school, with a veryartistic programme. Those presentwere :, Misses Kittle Whitham, : Kate .and Bertha Bolinger, Annie Russell,Marie Teeple. Myrtle Burnet, Florence ;Kerich, Kittie Russell: Messrs. Bunker, >Orville, Chun,. George Cole, Charlie "

Whitham, Tom.Foster, George Jackson,Homer Biiggs and George Colburn. 7 7'

A Donkey Party. ' 1* \u25a0

Miss Edith Kent gave a donkey partySaturday § evening .at her home, 21*5South Franklin street. The first prizewas won by Miss Laura Kent and thebooby prize by Miss TillieBobletter.Vocal and instrumental music variedthe evening's pleasure. ;.)T - ,

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Their Turn Is Past.Mrs. Charles Stanley entertained the

Osceola euchre club at her home on Ex-change street, « Wednesday evening.Prizes were won by Mesdames Hunger-- *ford, Wallace and Wilson, ; Messrs.Wyman, Contour and Olds. .

Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Parker entertained ;

the Young Married, People's Euchreclub last Wednesday evening. '1

The G. N. W. Progressive Euchreclub met- Wednesday evening at the :residence of. G. W. McCaskey. Prizes.were. won by Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fred-,ricks, Mrs. Pond and Mrs. \J. R. Hud-son and Messrs. W.T. Hofstatter andE. D. Cummings.

\u0084Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Rutherford gavea progressive euchre party 'Thursday"evening. 7. - \u0084 "

The Laurel Euchre club was 'enter';tamed by Mrs.- MeCulloeh. of Dayton \u25a0:avenue, last week. . - g^^ I:7A117 enjoyable "•progressive v .euchre ;,

party was given by Mrs. H. T. Drake,of Portland avenue, last evening.

; Where Friend Meets Friend. ."!Mrs. Charles F. Hammond and Mrs.

Wilford G. De Celle gave a reception toabout ":\u25a0 thirty of itheir lady friends attheir home on Iglehart street, from 5until 8 Wednesday. --Mrs. De Celle wasassisted in the tea room by Miss MamieWinchester and Miss '< Verra Hichbour.The table was beautifully i decoratedwith ropes -of smilax and pink roses."Among the guests' were Mrs. B. J.Price, of Hudson, Wis. ; Miss Harrison,of Bloomington.Tll. r Mesdames M. D.Munn, Valentine Rothschild, W. ', G.White, Laura A. King. H.D. Brown,Fred S. Blodgett, Carleton Sarbell, C.B. Marvin, George Dellinger, Bolhen,A. Smith, Henning, Femchour. Hugh \u25a0

MY Miller, George Watson, Willis HallViltmer, Helen B. Schenck; J. W. Lusk,0. M. Power and Misses Jennie Del-fnger, King, Laughlln and Blodgett.

| The Magnolia. Club. - 7: The Magnolia Progressive Euchre*Wub.was enjoyably entertained by Mr.'and Mrs. D. W. Cameron, 40: WestNinth street, Wednesday night. Theguests were: Mr. and Mrs. Friend, Mr.and Mrs. McLellon, Mr. and Mrs. E. T.Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schroeder,Mr. and Mrs. Horace -Dunn, Mr. andMrs. P. J. Dreis, Misses A. and M. Gil-lespie, Maggie and Nellie Dreis, Miss J.Walsch, Miss G. Hall, Miss L. Brown,Miss •N. Chambers, Miss J. Towhy,Dr. Eschelby, Dr. Stetter and Messrs.-F. A. Eldridge, Lames, Beasly, G.Fetch, D. Fink, A. Murphy, F. Kenge,H. E. Maguire and P. Fay, of Minne-apolis. The prizes, which were veryunique and beautiful, were distributedat 11 o'clock, when luncheon was served,after which a delightful evening wasbrought to a close with a social dance.

Prizes in Plenty.

; Miss EmilyLamp gave a progressiveeuchre party at . her home, 255 . Bicestreet, Wednesday evening. The prizeswere won as follows: Ladies' progress-ive, Mrs. Lamp: lone hand, Miss Frick-elton; foot, Miss Lowe ; . gentlemen'sprogressive, Mr. Neily ; lone hand, Mr."Sperry; foot, Mr. Brand. Afterrefresh-ments were served, each gentleman waspresented with apiece ol linen, needleand thread to show their skill in hem-ming, the one doing, the best sewing toreceive a prize. Mr. Fontain was thelucky seamster. The r remainder of theevening was spent in dancing.

'\u25a0\u25a0 Those present were Misses Langtry,Myers, Baldwin. Sherman. Sutton,Lowe, Rogers, Frickelton. : Henderson,and Carey: Messrs. Brand, Lowe. Fon-tain, Sperry. Neily, Pierce, Tngraham,Wendell, Kilduff, Bushnell, Drebertand Jachoby. of Minneapolis.

Myrtle Leaf Club. .\u25a0i The Myrtle Leaf Social club gave an-other one of its enjoyable hops at Luck-er's hall Friday eveuing. The seventy-

five couple present did justice to thetwenty-one numbers of the programme.Their next party will be given Wash-ington's Birthday, Feb. 22. "7:7

• Morris-Day.i The marriage of Miss Ella F. Morristo Dr. David H.Day occurred on Tues-day, Feb. 5, at 7:30, at the home of thebride, 239 Sherman street, Bishop Gil-bert, of the Episcopal church officiat-ing. The young couple left on theevening train for Duluth where they(Will make their future home. 'T;-*;^

•*'-!yy: ACoasting Club. 7i "The Montezuma Coasting club willgive a pleasant entertainment and danceat Workingmen's hall, corner Margaretand Mendota streets, last evening. 7 .77*: '-.- Silber-Cardozo. .j. A notable event of the past week wasthe wedding of Miss Deborah Cardozo,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph N.

;Cardozo, to Mark .Silber, of Ashland,Wis. The ceremony was performed by.Rev. G. Grodsky at the residence of theIbHde's parents on Ramsey street, onlyIrelatives of the contracting partiesbeing present. Among • the number(present were Mrs. C. Siiber, Mrs. B. A.Raphael. Davenport; Miss Ray Levy,Detroit; Mrs.. J. Livingston; Chicago;Mrs. E. Levy, Manistee; Simon Car-dozo, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jackson, I. N.Cardozo, P. N. Cardozo, Minneapolis;Mr. and Mrs. William Lester, Miss SaraCardozo, city. Mr. and Mrs. Silber leftthat evening for the East.-- :*

A Joint Birthday Celebration.The ladies of the First M. E. church

Friday celebrated the birthday anni-versaries ofDr. Cyrus 3rooks and Mrs.Brooks, who yesterday attained theirseventy-eighth and seventy-sixth birth-days respectively. The double eventwas celebrated by a largely attendedreception at Dr. Brooks' residence, onMound street, Dayton's bluff. 7\';

Pleasure Was Trumps.7 Miss Josie Friend entertained a partyat progressive euchre Tuesday evening. |There were seven tables played. Amongthe guests were Misses McCouley, Vitt,Mitsch, Metzger, Bickel, Lahe, Schwei-zer, Kerst, Finks, Michel and Hemsch;Messrs. Michel, Fransen, Winter, Kersh,Preudergast, Schweizer and Hemsch.Miss Fink and Mr. Michel won . headprizes; Miss Lahe and Mr. Metzger lovehand prizes, and Miss McCouley andMr. Schweizer the booby prizes.

\u25a0yy' At the Play. ..- '\u0084;.''>"-!' J. Horman tendered the followinglittle misses a box party at the People'stheater yesterday afternoon: MissesWlnnefred M. Hausam, Laura A.Hausam, Katie M. Horman, Elsie K.Hausam, Lillie B. Horman, .-Etna M.Horman, Laverne G. Horman, Pearl 1.Hausam. . _________JK'5~ .' ALeaf. '77 Miss Agnes Murphy, gave a party ather home, 251 Fairfield, avenue,*: lastweek in honor of her guest. Miss EmmaCjollon, ofRosemount, Minn.

; A New Euchre Club.A number of euchre players met at

the . residence of A. Belcher, 597-Como avenue, last Monday ' evening, toorganize a progressive euchre club.Mr. J. C. McCall, who was elected presi-dent, decided that the winner of thehead prize Monday evening, be giventhe privilege of naming the club. Ac-,cordingly, Mrs. Belcher carrying off thehonors, christened. the society the"Northern Belle." The booby prizewas won by Mrs. F. Bedell.*

! Drive Whist. '

jThe Ours Drive Whist club waspleasantly entertained by Mrs. B. F.Elleson Monday evening. Those pres-ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Stach, Mr.:and Mrs. Ranisden. Dr. and Airs. Dorris,-Dr. -and Mrs. Shimonek, Mr. and Mrs.Knox, Mr. Trankey, Miss King and Mr.Kenna. ..-.-. * -^777'^j' The Ideal Social Club.i The usual enjoyable hop of the IdealSocial club took place last Tuesday,evening at Select hall. Among thosepresent were ; Mr. and Mrs. Bascom,Mr. and Mrs. ' Marshall, Mr. and Mrs.Boggs, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kenyon, Dr.and Mrs. Glidden, Mr. and Mrs. Thom-son, Mrs. Thomson, 'of Minneapolis;Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb; the MissesBurkhard, Brabec, Scott, Jones, Rogers,Kvle, Confair.- - Reinecker, • Pinska;Messrs. Burkhard. Kyle, Cartmel,Reinecker,. Redman, Goggin, Anderson,Gray, Scott, Burke, Townsend, Clifford,Ege*

The Unexpected. \u25a0 •• -': A very pleasant surprise \u25a0 party wasgiven L. Holland, 4175 Elm street, byhis young friends Wednesday ' evening.Dancing and 7 card '\u25a0• playing were ' thefeatures ofthe evening's entertainment. ;Refreshments were served .at mid-night. Among those present' wereMessrs. Brose, Dorion, Goodenough, -Wilkinson. O'Brien. Malloy, -.:' Jones,Derrick. Lemper, P.. 7 Grathwol, . J.Grathwol, Morgan, Misses T. O'brien. .'A. O'Brien'. Cellattv, Derrick, MaddenMay-horn, M. Grathwol. H. ; Grathwol. -'•".

\u0084 A few nights ago; a surprise party

was tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. -. Mills,by twelve couple.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Haag were sur- -

:\u25a0 prised :byy- a number .of : friends lastTuesday evening. Among them were :Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Hand. Misses Annie vHaag, Follie Franke, Mary Han; Annie

-Han. Josie Holl, .Lena Kohr, Messrs.Fred Smith, Wolf, Haag, Solomon, Ein-worth, Schubert and Yogel. ;7, 7;

ON THE HORIZON.

Pleasures - That Have BeenPlanned for the Coming "Week.;

"Checkmate" and "Freezing a Mother-in-Law," the dramatic performance ar-ranged under the management of Col.Bend, will be given next Friday night.The proceeds will' go "to the building

'fund of Christ Church guild.

A Promised Concert. .. The Church Choir Choral club willpresent a programme of both secularand sacred music at the First Baptistchurch next Friday ; evening. Follow-ing is the programme: : .

PART"FIRST.Overtare— "Der Freischueltz .......... .Weber.

1 - Frederic Archer.Anthem— (a) "Praise Ye the Father,"

(March Komaine).. ...... r GounodBy. the Club.

(b) "Oh How Amiable" BarnbyMaster Ernest Beldan and Club.

Andante— "Clock M0vemeut"......... Haydn. Frederic Archer.Anthem— (a) "O Zion'fhat Bring- ".'."

eth Good Tidings" .. .....Stainer(b) - "Praise the Lord, O My - :.i

Soul. Caleb SimperMaster Ernst Beldan and CluD.

Fantasia— "The Storm" ... ~.. J. LemraensFrederic Archer.

Part Song— (a) "'Drop ofRain".. J. LemmeusBy the Club.

(b) "Sweet and L0w"....-. ..J. Barnbyi By the Club.

PACT SECOND.Concerto (Dminor) Adagio Presto-

Organ and Piano.Scherzaudo, MendelssohnMrs. Frederic Archer and Frederic Archer.

Solo—"Aye Maria" Bach-Gounod7>' - Organ. Piano and Violinobligate .

Master Ernest Beldan.Organ—Prelude and Fugue in D....J. S. Bach

Frederic Archer. -(a) "Thus Speaketh the Lord of

Hosts" StainerMaster Ernst Beldan.

(b) -"InJewry is God Known"— —Dr. Clark WhitfieldBy Quintette— Ernest Beldan.first so-

prano; Master George Seibert, second so-prano; Master Robert Wood, alio; J. F.

; Merrill, tenor; Charles De Lacy, bass, andthe club.

Duet— "Tne Lord Is a Man of War"(Israel In Egypt).. Handell

••Uuillaume Tell" RossiniFrederic Archer.

Finale nymn—.'America." j The audience isrequested to rise and joinin the singing.

. A Church Benefit.I Atthe concert to be given at Dyer'smnsic rooms in St. Paul next Tuesdayevening for the benefit ofthe First Uni-versalist church, the following pro-

! gramme willbe rendered:Quartette— '-How Sweet the Moon-

lightSleeps"... By the choirMr. McCaskey, Miss Murphy, Mr. Willoghby,

Mr. Bigelow."The Lost Chord" ..... Master Ernest BeldenDuet.... .....Mr. McCaskey, Mr. BigelowTenor Solo— "The Pilgrim"..Mr. WillougbbyPiano Solo ...Miss Richards"Angels Ever Bright and Fair"—; \u25a0.: ..-.-. - Master Ernest BeldenContralto Solo—"Cavatina Merca-

dante" Miss MurphyBaritone Solo—"Venice Sleeps"

• Mr. BigelowSoprano Solo—"Das Zauberleid"—

"''\u25a0:' .•\u25a0-. -^ *\u25a0 7 - Mr.McCaskey

Quartette— From "RiKeletto"....By the choir

- Their Next Deal.. Mrs. W. H. Lightner, of ; Summit ave-nue, will entertain the Young MarriedPeople's Euchre club to-morrow eve n-ing. 7 : :7: ::-'- \u25a0 '•.

Mrs. G. Pope, of Woodward avenue,will give a progressive euchre partyTuesday evening.

The Event of the Week.The dancing party to be given by Miss

Wilder at her home on Summit avenuenext Thursday evening is eagerly an-ticipated by the young men and womenof the 400. \u25a0 ' -7- y-

A Social Hop. 7-The Golden Leaf Social club willgive

a ; hop at ; Society hall, "Drake block,Tuesday evening, Feb. 12. Dancingwillbegin at 9 o'clock. Prof. Hillyardwillfurnish the music.'".7-7 .'\u25a0

. At Unity Church.A literary and musical entertainment

and supper will be given at Unitychurch next Thursday evening.

The Bustle Must Go.Mrs. Jeness Miller will lecture on

"Correct and Artistic Dress" at New-market theater at 2 p. m. next Tuesdayafternoon. ..y'.' .;

Our Ladies' Dancing Club.Our Ladies' Dancing club will give a

private dramatic entertainment at theirhall next . Thursday evening. Feb. 21They will give a masquerade ball.- Onnext Friday evening this society willgive a skating party for the members ofthe Alpan club of Minneapolis.

St. Valentine's Day.The Acorn club will hold a session

next Thursday evening. St. Valentine'sDay. Some interesting articles havebeen prepared for this meeting. "

Something New.James Munn will give a photograph

party at his home, on East Seventhstreet, next Monday evening.

A Silhouette Social.The young People's Social club of

Clinton Avenue M. E. church will givea silhouette social at the residence ofRev. J. F. Stout, corner Isabel and Clin-ton -avenue, next Tuesday evening,Feb. 12. . , .

St. Luke's Aid Society.• St. Luke's Aid society of St. Paul's

church willmeet with Mrs. Trenholm, ;Portland block, section 5, room 8, onWednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

'}.':}\u25a0?'<; Amateur Dramatics.At the Newmarket theater Saturday

evening a performance will be givenfor the benefit of the building fund ofChrist church guild.- Two very laugha-ble pieces will be presented, with thefollowing strong cast, which shoulddraw a fullhouse: '17"77~v'

;*-;:,*'' -7 PREEZtNa AMOTHER-IS-LAW.

Mr. Watermuff ......W. L. Banning. Jr.Ferdinand Swift Mr. WesterveltWalter Lighthead.... .Mr. McKeeverMrs. Watermuff ........... Mrs. J. D. SawyerEmily Matermuff . . ....... Miss Maud Taylor

CHECKMATE.

Sir Everton T0ffee.... .... Mr. WesterveltSam Winkle .. .....:. J.J.ParkerHenry....... .;.... ..Mr. FosterPar51ey........ Mr. YardbyStrap ;.'.... .. ..Mr. WauserCheek 5..:...*..:... ..Mr. McKeever-80tt1e5 ......:. .". . . George BigelowMiss Charlotte Russe ...Miss BendMartha Bunn . Miss SturgisMary Ann. .'. — ..':........... .'.-.Miss GotzianMattie : *.............. Miss Armstrong

Tickets can be procured at Brown'sjewelry store, '111 East Third street:Linkeke, Ladd &Baust, 13 East Thirdstreet;;H. E. Wedelstadt, 96 East Thirdstreet; Butt &Farnham, 155 East Thirdstreet, and of members of the YoungMen's Club of" Christ church, and areexchangeable forreserved seats at thebox-office on and after Thursday.

Pleasant Surprise. .Friday evening ; a pleasant surprise

party was . given the : Misses Plies, of:Pleasant avenue. Prof. Phisholm ren-dered several choice vocal selections,after which progressive: euchre? anddancing were kept up until the weesmall hours of the morning. Among. those present : were . Misses Lena and .Nettie Bis, Lottie Harmsh, Sadie : Sul-livan, - Adella Weiss, " Lucy Leithold,Mary Johnson, ida Klopperlach, Dr. L.'A.Faulkner, Messrs. George . B. Frey,H. F. Powell, John Beck, Joseph Picha,.F. A. Phillips, W. B. Holmes. ; 7 7;.

Mr. and Mrs. H. W. IField were sur-\u25a0 prised last Tuesday evening by a party :of their friends coming in ~. to celebrate

i; their ninth wedding anniversary. Pro-jjgressive euchre was the feature of - the :evening. The prizes were won by.Mrs. '

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Third and Minnesota Streets,. ST. PAUL. MINN.

George McGeland, Mrs. McCuske, MissJ. R. Hutson aud Mrs. J. H. O'Neil,Mrs. N. J. :Bouse and Charles Brock-way. Refreshments were served at 10o'clock. -7: ;: ; -7-7 ' - -

• Played Progressive Euchre.Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg gave a. pro-

gressive euchre party jat *her home onPortland avenue, Friday night, inhonorof the Misses Cook.Butler and Faitoute, :ofRochester, Minn., after which danc-ing kept the merry crowd busy untilquite a late hour. Among those presentwere: Miss M. . Trowbridge, >* DotTrowbridge, Irene Trowbridge, LouBick, Nettie King, . Lutie -„\u25a0 Baker.Laura ' Cook, . Francis "Faitoute ; theMisses Butler, Elletorp .' and Shur-ick, Willis Shoff Heniy Musser,Bussell Trowbridge, Stiles Burr, W. H.Greenleaf Jr., Paul G. Wood, Fred Kel-logg, C. Severance, -Messrs. MarvinButler, Clark, Butler and Davis. Gent'sbead prize was taken by Mr. Wood ;lady's head, Miss Butler; gent's pro-gressive, Mr. Clark; lady's progressive,Miss Dot Trowbridge; gent's foot, Mr.Marvin ; lady's foot. Miss Irene Trow-bridge. - '\u25a0 yp>y

PERSON POINTERS.

The Movements of People YouKnow and Don't Know.

Mrs. P. A. Hannaford, Mrs. EdwardMurphy, Mrs. B. W. Armstrong anddaughter and Mr. and Mrs. Ira F. Mur-phy and children composed a party ofSt. Paul people who left for the Pacificcoast last week, expecting to be absentfrom home for several months.

F. B. Cone goes to Boston, Mass.,Wednesday, . intending to be absentabout two weeks, combining a pleasurewith a business trip, by visiting hishome in Connecticut. • . 7

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McMurran, whohave been visiting Mrs.. E. D. Macdon-ald for the past three weeks, left Fridayafternoon . for Helena, Mont., wherethey willin the future resiae.

D. D. Twohy, of Helena, Mont., whohas been visiting his friends in this cityfor the past two weeks, expects to re-return home this week.-:.' - v;

Miss Amy Postleth watte left last Sun-day evening for Philadelphia, Pa., incompany with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wat-son. . :-V>'".:7v>'{;;-;

Miss French, who has been visitingMiss Larkin, of Virginia avenue, hasreturned to her home in Kansas City.

Mrs. W. S. Thomson, of Minneapolis,has been the guest of Mrs. A. C. Thom-son, of Maria avenue, the past week.

Miss Viola Niskirn, of Farmington, isbeing entertained for a few days byMiss Louise Dilley, 706 York street.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Topping, ofWashington, are guests of Mr. and Mrs.C. R, Goff,"of Pleasant avenue.

The engagement of J. L. Barney, ofthis city, to Miss Cora L. May, of Min-neapolis, is announced. y<y\u25a0 '.-,

Miss Frances Western left Tuesdayevening for. a two months' visit withWashington friends. ... : •

Mrs. Halbert, of Ashland avenue, isentertaining her sister, Mrs. D. M. Hal-bert, of Kansas City.-

Miss Mabel Seward, Supt. Taylor's'niece, is convalescent after her late at-tack of pneumonia.

Miss May L.Compton and Miss Fan-nie Woll are visiting Senator Comptonat the Merchants'.

Mr. and Mrs. Brown, of Tacoma, arevisiting Mr. aud Mrs. A. D. Brown, ofAshland avenue.

Miss Griffin, of Western avenue, hasreturned from Michigan.

Clement Vandal and wife left Mondayto visit friends in Canada,

Simon Jacob left Thursday night forChicago to attend the annual conven-

I tion of the N. S. Grand Lodge, OrderBrith Abraham. He will represent St.Paul Lodge No. 93, O. B. A., of whichhe is president for this year.7E. W. Durant Jr. is ; visiting hisparents at the Ryan.

Mr.'and Mrs. W. H. Merrick have re-turned from Chicago.. . '^yyiy.

MERRIAMPARR.

The Ladies' Guild of St. Mary'schurch gave a tea sociable at the resi-dence of Mrs. S. W. Searls, 1912 Carrollstieet, Thursday : evening. Blowingsoap-bubbles was' a feature of the even-ing, in which sport Mrs. B. A. Provostand Master -Jay Douglass excelled.Among those present were Rev. andMrs. Sidney Jeffords, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.Corcoran, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Provost,Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Searls, Mr.and Mrs.M. H. Hood, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Kings-bury, Mr. and Mr-, i .J. Brainerd. Mr.and Mrs. E. M. Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Space: Mesdames .1 . H. Frost, E. M.Card, G.C. Dow, G. S. Ostrom, M. F.Eastman, W. E. Chamberlin, Dr. Hen-derson, O. P. Shepardson and F. R. Ful-ler; Misses Sterrett, Card, Chamberlin,Blair, Fuller, Card and Provost.

The Ladies' Society of the Presby-terian church met at the residence ofMrs. F. L.Austin Thursday afternoon.The following officers were elected forthe ensuing year. President, Mrs. F. J.Campbell; vice president, Mrs. C. A.Magnuson; secretary, Mrs.'L. H. Bish-op: treasurer, Mrs. J. W. Shepard; ex-,ecutive committee, Mrs. C. A. Baldwin,Mrs. F. L. Austin, Mrs. W. A. Naylorand Miss Alice Woodruff. The societywillmeet Thursday at the residence ofMrs. Campbell. '

Mrs. F. R. Fuller, assisted by herpupils and Miss Julia F. May, Minne-apolis, will give an elocutionary audmusical' recital under the auspices ofthe Ladies' Aid society of OlivetchurchTuesday evening.

~- Mr. and Mrs. W. McWhinney, Cleve-land, visited Dr. and Mrs. llendricksonMonday. The same hosts entertainedHon. and Mrs. C. E. Conrad, Fort Ben-ton. Tuesday.

"The Appetite for Strong Drink" willbe the subject of Rev. C. M.Heard'ssermon at Trinity this evening.

An elocution class for young ladieswas organized by Mrs. F. R. Fuller yes-terday afternoon.OThe Redotta club gave a dance at theWoodruff house Friday evening.

Mrs. Temple, Hastings, is the guestof her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Gilkey,Union Park.

Mr. and Mrs. William Leip, of WhiteBear, were guests of Mrs. BurnandSunday. BS£9

Mrs. P. L. Therior and Miss Jopliohave gone South on a trip. \u25a0--.

; Mrs. R. M.Bell and family have re-turned from California.j Charles Fowler and family have goneto New York.' Mrs. G. H. Smith is at Winona.

MACALESTER PARK.

The junior class of the college wasbanqueted Friday evening by the fresh-men aud sophomores. The invitationsincluded the members of the facultyand the seniors, and large members satdown to do honor to the repast preparedby the under graduates. J. F. Schurchresponded to the toast, "The Faculty.""The College was toasted by W. H.Humphrey, and the subject of "TheLadies" was given to F. W. Brown.

Mrs. J. C. Borden, ofSpelling avenue,is entertaining Mesdames Barker andRoss, Princeton.

Louis Bui-bank, of the College hall,was visited Monday by his sister, MissBessie Burbank, Fergus Falls.

Mrs. C. E. Gooding, of Minneapolis,visited Mas. A. L. Craig Thursday.