Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1895 — Page 11

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1S95

AFFAIRS OFSOCIETY

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Carriage nlance at h Thra(r6 ;-' Movements of Teople la nnd Oat f Town.

The Spring shopping Is agitating humanity f these few weeks toefore Easter. What to get and how to have it made are the all-im-I portant iustiona. A bright North Meridianstreet woman was assured by most of the clerks where ehe went to look at materials, that crepon was the fashionable fabric, for the season. She is a careful observer and can pee likenesses which others would pass unnoticed. Walking on the thoroughfare that attracts the most trade ehe aw. what is visible at almost any time, a country jwk tied before a store. Hhe remarked K?vcn the country horses are in fashion tnts year, for their coats' have the crepon effect. It is quite needless to Bay that a curry comb, vigorously used, would have reduced the crepon to satin. The members of the committee having the library masquerade in charge, Mesdames II. B. Ilolman. Charles II. Comstock, Harry Gates, llervey Bates, jr., Hewitt Itowland and J. K. Sharpe, jr., request that, all who have been Invited by thefcoromlttee and have not reported the i Jiame and title of the book they are to represent would do so by' Thursday of this ; week to Mrs. Bement Lyman. No. 620 North ; Capitol avenue, so that the catalogues may be arranged and duplicates prevented. The : participants will be masked. At a certain j hour dancing will be general. There will ,, ne two rows of seats placed around the ; hall for : those who w ish to look on. Inj vitationa will be issued soon for the mas- . querade, which will take place at the Propylaeum, the evening of April 15. and must be presented at the door the evening of the entertainment. By the enthusiastic few who have seen the' Library party in the East it prophesied it will be the social event of the season. Miss Kliza G. Browning will be the librarian and her assistants will be Miss Adele Walllck, Miss Susan Stewart, Miss Nellie Bilks. Miss Gaston, Mrs. F. T. IIord and Mrs. II. H. Howland. "What do you suppose I pay a license for, anyway?" said one of the men who have

, public vehicles in front of theaters. After

asking the question, he did not wait for an answer but continue! to shout, "Here's your accommodation carriage, right to any part of the city." The entire space in front of the theater entrance was blocked by the

public carriages, and those who had private carriages had to walk across the street or several doors either side In order to' get to them. The man who had paid the license felt that the choice place, when the play was over, was his on account of his having paid $o. There he could stand till some one - hired his carriage. It made no difference to him that there were dozens who were ready to get Into their own carriages and ' tet away. With the increase in wealth and population there are many handsome vehicles being bought and used. One of the luxuries of owning a carriage Is generally understood to mean that the owner may have the use of it, to be driven to and from the theater, parties, shopping and the like. The argument of the friend of the man Who runs the public carriage will be that he has to make his living with his carriage. Is that any reason why he should take the center right out of the watermelon? On the particular night when the man was asked to move, it was raining hard. Not anticipating the rain, no one was prepared for It. Those whr might have had the protection of their carriages had to go some distance, while the hackman held the fort. There undoubtedly should be some better arrangement for carriages than that which exists at present at the theaters., There has rarely been a winter like the past for general entertaining.'. It began long before the holidays and only stopped with Lent. There aro prospects of a revival after Easter. Of course there have ,y been many entertainers. Those who have given companies know-that no matter howwell their preparations may be arranged they are liable to become disarranged as the hour for the company arrives. The hostess who expects to have evry thing. in readiness early, so that she .way have time to rest and dress lefOre the guests arrive, finds that she has to rush into' down at a much later iiour than Bhe anticipated. The plans she made were well enough, but it took a maid all the time to answer the bell, taking in the regrets or the acceptances of, those who had been invited. Many persons think it more polite to send their messages by a messenger or carry their own regrets and deliver them verbally. The woman who is trying to get ready for the guests has nt counted on spending her time in this fvay. Kvery time she or the maid goes to answer the bell is so much time lost. It is quite proper to send cards now by mail.. In the days when the mail was slow it was different. Now a card or note posted at night is delivered in the morning. Hhould sudden notice have - to be sent messengers, are necessary, but ordinary regrets for a reception if sent by - mall, ara delivered all at once. A hostess for a reception not long ago remarked that not only was it a frequent occurrence that one maid Was busy, but that a second would have to answer the bell while the first card or message was being delivered and it happened not a few times that the friend, who brought her own regrets, wished to give them verbally and she made seven trips down stairs in one morning Just for regrets which could have been just as well made by note. In these busv times customs are rapidly changing and it Is ridiculous to interrupt the whole domestic , machinery with hand-delivered rotes on the occasion of an entertainment. The only possible exception would be on the occasion of a sudden reason for not accepting an invitation to a dinner or luncheon. Presidents of women's societies are going through a process for improving their patience; also a training for putting personal affection, behind when rules are being broken. The joke maker has truth on his eide at woman's meetings. The duties of the president are surely plain enough. Fiveminuto speeches, when there is a programme with every minute full, should mean flve-

j minute speeches. When a president finds a morning or an afternoon or an evening gone

and the programme not nearly finished, it is her own fault. One of the privileges and duties of a president is to preside. When ehe allows one "woman to talk more than the allotted time she steals just so much time from another. According to the old adage "tlmo Is money." She would not take money from any one of her audience to give to another and she has no more right to allow a woman to take the time of another than the money. A woman wh? has allowed too much speaking tried to excuse herself on the ground that some of those who took too much time weie friends of t hers and She would hurt their feelings if f ghe called them to order. In a meeting where business is being dispatched there are

r should oe no sucn relations, it was at ' one of the affairs of the annual W. C. T. V meeting at Koberts Park Church last November where the presiding officer allowed any woman in the audience to ex?ires her -views as to whether the W. C. T. J. - rooms on. North - Pennsylvania street 'which had been kept open by the organization, should be continued or closed. There were other matters that ought to have been ' taken "P. Members were compelled to leave. Still the talk went on. It was past Ihe hour for closing.. Talk, talk and still more talk, without coming any nearer the end'.'- What was the ttnal arrangement? The matter of closing or not was left to the

executive committee. Precious hours were-

gone, not nuuies. anomer raauer on me same line is the one of beginning. All kinds of meetings begin late, and as for an entertainment, one opened just at the hour anounced would be such a ovelty that it

Is douotrui lr ine peopie cuuia sianu it. or "home entertainments it is nothing for the

audience to be Kept waning irom one quar to three-quarters of an hour. The pres

irint who has the courage to preside as

she ought to deserves the honor of the

position ana sne wno uoes noi snouia not - i. rivn the second opportunity.

' Personal nnd Society.

Miss Emma Lemmen has returned from a

visit to .New torn.

Mrs. Deakln, of Cedar Rapids, la.. Is the

guest of airs. o. uuuuc.

Mr. Clarence Coifin is home from Exeter

to spend tn'ajsier .vuuauuH.

air. Joseph Swain is home from Purdue

to spena a we- ur icu uajs.

Mr, I. N. Richie has returned from a three weeks' visit at Spencer. ,j Mrs. Charles M. Walker will entertain a " few friends at luncheon Tuesday. , , VrB John N. Talbott has returned from rVo wet Us visit in Logansport. -r' r- '-r on VOratorlo." to be rejd by v l'ore the Fortnightly Club, 'tfinooa, will be heard ia

the Asssmbly' Hal! of the Propylaeum. an 1

uiustratea with solos sna concerted music. Miss Charlotte Wiles has gone to Muncie to visit Miss Ryan for a few weeks. Mrs. William T. Brown will go to Shelbyvlllo Wednesday to make a fhort visit. Mr. Georse A. Van Pelt has returned from

& five weeks visit in Cuba ant Mexico. Mrs. J. D. Glbbs and daughter will leave Saturday to tisit her parents at Centerview, -MO. , .;J r ' ' Mr. and "Mrs. W. IX Peaton have issued Invitations for a card party. Tuesday even-in- , . . . . Mrs. , Ayler, " of Marlon, is the guest of Mrs. N. t Dalton, on North Pennsylvania trect. . A cinch party wa given, Thursday evenby Miss Fay Cosby, at her home, in Mapieton. Mr. i and Mrs. Isaac Wright and family win leave, next week, for ilemphU, Tenn., to resile. ' , Mrs. Arthur N. Dwyer will entertain the members of the over-t he-Teacups Club socially Friday. Miss Theodora pfafnin" is visiting her uncle, Dr. Charles c. Everts, at No. 1131 North Meridian street. The engagement o Miss Emma Dolly, of Cincinnati, and Mr. Emile H. Kuster, of this city, is announced Mrs. Granville M. Ballard, who has been visiting Mrs. Franklin, at Chicago, the past week, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hollldays children will have a trip tovMammoth cave during the week's vacation. The young ladies of Mayflower Church will give a sSplder Web social, Wednesday evening, in the church parlors. The A. Z. Club will be entertained, Thursday, by Mftss Kathryn Kremlller, at her residence, No. 13 Stoughton street. ! Miss Lucia Ray Is home spending the spring vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ray, at Wlndridge. i 'Mr. and Mrs. J. CI. Vos3 will spend the month of April with Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cones, 225 North Pennsylvania street. Miss Gertrude Hanna, daughter of ex-Gov. Thomas Hanna, of No. 87 Woodruff Place, returned home from Muncie yesterday. - Mrs. Jessie Talbott Moss, of Logansport, who is Mrs. Goodwin's guest, will go to Miss Laura Beller's this week for a visit. Mrs. J. U. Miller and Mrs. Ed Tulley entertained the K. K. Club, at the residence of the former, on Pennsylvania street last night. Miss Florence Day will spend the spring vacation with relatives in New York and

Mr. Dwight Day will go to Amherst at the same time. Miss Natalie Driggs, Miss Daisy Clark and Alice Hlgglns, who have been spending a week at home, will return Tuesday to school at Oxford. Mrs. and Mrs. Courtland Van Camp will go to New York to spend Easter week with their daughter, Miss Ella Van Camp, who is there attending school. On account of the meeting of the Dramatic Club on Thursday. April 4. Mrs. Ed-

son T. Wood will be at home only in the

afternoon, from 2 until 6 o clock. Mrs. Eddy, of Milan, O., is visiting -her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Wrin.low on North Meridian street, and tney will be at home Monday afternoon to receive their friends. Mrs. A. E. Rexford, who has been spending the winter in Colorado, with her daughter, Mrs. E. R. Ingersoll. will return, tnis week, accompanied by Mrs. Ingersoli and daughter. Mlsa Mary Rarldar came down from Chicago to attend the funeral of Mrs. Haughey. Miss Rariden is the guest of Mr. John S. Duncan and daughter on North Alabama street. Misses Eva and Helen Smith,- of Lafayette, are visiting their sister. Miss Lillian Smith, at the home of their aunts, the Misses Rankin, during the week of the spring vacation. Mrs. H. C. Newcomb, 273 North Capitol avenue, will be at home informally Monday afternoon, from 2 to 5. for Misses Elizabeth and Lucia Ray and Miss Mintie Allen, of Greencastle. To-morrow the Minerva Club will have a social day. The meeting will be held with Mrs. Hovey, at her home, at the corner of Park avenue and Twelfth street. The programme will be something unique and appropriate to the lirst day of April. The Veritas Club met, Wednesday night, at the home of Miss Oily Willets. Mr. Louis T. Greist led a discussion on "Causes of Dissension in the Church," and Miss Nannie Lawrence read an original story. Miss Pauline Osborn reported current events. Mr, and Mrs. James Armstrong were surprised, at their home, in Keystone Park, last evening, by a sheet and pillow-case party, composed of the Keystone Card Club, of which they are members. After a short time of merrymaking masks were removed, and a Dutch lunch was served. Dancing followed. , The ladles of Broadway M. E. Church will give a reception at the residence of Mrs. Malone, 200 Bellefontaine street, Tuesday afternoon, April 2. Hours, from 2 to 5. Mrs. Malone will be assisted In receiving by Mrs. Bisk, Mrs. Dashill. Mrs. Green, Mrs. Potts. Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Dr. Carey and Mrs. Martindale. The last meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held Tuesday with Mrs. Merrick E. Vinton, State regent. Among those present were Mrs. C. C. Foster, Mrs. J. R. Liliey, Mrs. Bement Lyman, Mrs. S. E. Perkins, Mrs. Emil Wulschner, Mrs. W. F. Winchester, Mrs. Perry and Mrs. Winters. The time was spent in perfecting the constitution for the chapter. Prof. William Caldwell, of the Chicago University, formerly of Edinburgh, Scotland, will give a lecture on "The Gospel of Leisure" Saturday evening under the auspices of the Fortnightly Literary Club, at the home of Mrs. Jt. B. F. Peirce, No. 654 North Meridian street. Dr. and Mrs. Bradley, of Evanston, will come down with Prof. Caldwell to hear the lecture and to make a short visit with Mrs. Peirce. The Indianapolis Letter Carriers' Band tendered William P. Marlatt a surprise, on last Wednesday evening. It being his fiftieth anniversary. Mr. Marlatt recently resigned from the letter carriers' force of this city, after a continuous service of almost ten years. Among those present from out" of the city wre Miss Mary Thomas, Earlham, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Fessler, Anderson. Ind.. and Miss Nona Kenworthy, of Plalnfleld, Jnd. - Mr. and Mrs. Cortland Van Camp enter- ' tained about one hundred of their married friends last evening with a dance at their handsome home on North Delaware street. The reception of guests was in the drawing room, and when all had assembled the way was led to tne ball room on thf. third floor, where an orchestra awaited them. The reception rooms were tastefully adorned with vases of blossoms of varied colors. Refreshments were served in the dining room, where the table was beautiful with cut glass, Bermuda lilies, pink roses and maiden hair ferns. The illumination was with pink candles in crystal sticks. Guests were members of the winter dance class and a few other friends, Wednesday evening was the first anniversary of the Inter Nos Club, also guest

evening, to commemorate which its mem

bers and mends were entertained at the home of Miss Cora Neldlander, No. 170 Eist Merrill street. The rooms were decorated with palms and flowers, while from the chandeliers nuns ropes of smllax . inter

twined with rlboons of the club's color

ilavender.) The hour was spent with Ten

nyson and the readings and music were se

lections irom nis poems, ine programme completed, refreshments were served from

tables decorated in flowers only of the club's

color. The ravors were violets. Miss Neldlander was assisted by Miss Mary Meek.

Mrs. L. J. Flke, Mrs. M. S. Hopkins, Miss

Amy Champe, and Miss Bessie Brown. The leading social event of the week will be the reception to the members of the Amherst Glee Club, which will take place Tuesday evening at Plymouth Church. A large

number of leading society women will be the

patronesses. Among tne young ladles who will assist in the reception are the Misses Lyon, the Misses Butler, the Misses Smith, the Misses Denny Miss Winter, Miss Duncan, Miss Landers, Miss tinier, Miss Hyde, Miss Knippenberg, the Misses McKay, Miss Colgan. Miss Baker, Miss Shipp, Miss Wool-

n. Miss Fahnley. Miss Ritzinger, Miss Hale. Miss Bessie Taylor, of Brooklyn; Miss Shepard, Mrs. Kate Townsend. Miss Mary

lavls, .Mtss uneresa fierce, nas sickeis, Miss Connor, Miss taodgson, Miss Butler, Miss Georgiana Butler and Miss Bell. In addition to the reception all the members of the glee club will be entertained by different ones at dinner. Among those who are to be hosts and hostesses for the latter are Mr. and Mrs. John B. Elam, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Day. Dr. and Mrs. O. S. Runnels, Mr. and Mrs. Rice, Mrs. W. W. W oolen, Mrs. Franklin Landers, Mayor and Mrs. Denny, Miss Dean ana Rev. and Mrs. Hyde. Thursday evening the Dramatic Club will present "The Prodigals," the second play written by Mr. Newton Booth Tarkington, one of Its members. The scene is la.d in Trenton, N. J., in the eighteenth century. The; scenery and costumes have been especially prepared for the occasion and both are not only correct, but very handsome. The cast was especially chosen by Mr. Tarkington and has baen under hla direct personal supervision, so that a splendid rendition is assured. Those who have seen the rehearsals say that the plot is so interesting and the parts so well done that self is forgotten in looking at it. The com

mittee ot tne ciun wnicn nas naa charge of the entertainment is Mr. Duane H. f Bowies, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. O. li.

Jameson and Mr. J. M. liowies. The cast is; Governor Warren, Mr. Samuel D. Miller; Captain Warren, his son, Mr. Thomas Kackley; Mr. Dalre, Mr. Allen Lewis; ScovilV Mr. Tarkington; Durand, Mr. Edward Gates. Rudd, Mr. Arthur B. Grover; Wherry. JUr. Iiotert McOuat; Dorothy. Mis j . . . . ,

Armstrong; Marjorte. Miss Katherine Walltck; Sophia. Miss New: Olivia, Mrs. Samuel Miller. The play will be repeated Friday evening for the benefit of the Children's Hospital fund. The women who are directly Interested in the-Hospital for Children hope to have a sufficient fund, with the nucleus already on hand, to beg'.n to put the hospital in definite shape before many months. Thursday evening the play wiil begin at 8:15 and Friday evening promptly at S o'clock. Mrs. John Carson entertained very handsomely yesterday afternoon with a reception at her home on ANorth Pennsylvania street, near Seventh. Each room was adorned in a different color. The parlor where Mrs. Carson received alone was in white and green. Bermuda lilies and palms hiding the mantel. The chandeliers were festooned with smllax and the lights were subdued with crepe paper frills tied with satin ribbons. Mrs. Carson wore a handpome moive skirt of black. The corsage was of perforated black silk over yellow, and was trimmed with insertions of yellow lace. She carried a large bouquet of Marechal Nell roses.- In the second room scariet carnations were combined with the foliage of ferns and palms, and the frills on the lights were scarlet tied with a ribbon of corresponding color. The friends who assisted in entertaining In the two parlors were Mrs. Daniel A. Chenowith, Mrs. Braxton Baker, Mrs. WJiaam T. Brown and Mrs. B. I'VHitz. In the scarlet room lemonade was poured by Mtss Irene Blackledge, Miss Elizabeth Cooper and Miss Sadie Mcintosh. The ices were dipped by Mrs. Charles U. Thompson, Mrs. C E. Holloway, Mrs. Horace Wood and Mrs. Millard F. Cox in the library. The yellow daffodils gave color to the table on whicu were placed vases of the spring blossoms and a brass and onyx lamp with a yellow silk and flower shade. The general tone of the room is yellow and a yellow light shone through the yellow frills on the gas. In the dining room pink begonias filled the mantel and side board.

On the table was a large, low, round basket of' Bridesmaid roses and a number of exquisite doylies and embroideries. The frills over the gas were pink. The whole decoration was very effective. The harpist furnished music for the event. Among the guests were Mrs. Cam-bell, of St. Louis, who is Mrs. James T. Eaglesfleld's visitor, and Mrs. Deakin, of Ceaar Rapids, la,, who is Mrs. J. L. Goodes visitor. Mr. and Mrs. Carson -entertair.ei those who assisted and a number oi gentlemen at dinner in the evening. The members of Section 5 of the Free Kindergarten will give a carnival to-morrow afternoon at ' the home of Mrs. Cortland Van Camp. -No. 714 North Delaware street.

There will be. some novelties which the date allows. Mrs. Van Camp and Mrs. H. S. Tucker will be assisted in entertaining by Mrs. A. T. Allen, Mrs. W. H. Armstrong, Mrs. Ook9 Alexander, Mrs. Granville Ballard, Mrs. A. A. Barnes, Mrs. Albert Baker, Mrs. J. H. Byers, Mrs. Nellie Buchanan, Mrs..N. S Byram, Mrs. F. Bosler. Mrs. Edgar Brown, Mrs. W. L. Cook, Mrs. Linton Cox, Mrs. William Coughlin. Mrs. Wallace Donnan, Mrs. A. N. Dwyer, Mrs. H. C. DeWinter, Mrs. J. G. Duncan, Mrs. C. J. Dissette, Mrs. J. H. Dilks. Mrs. Walter Eastman, Mrs Thomas Eastman, Mrs. C. W. Eichrodt, Mrs. J. B. Fansler, Mrs. S. K. Fletcher, Mrs. W. S. Fish, Mrs. J. L. Fawcett, Mrs. George C. Hitt, Mrs. Wright Hadley, Mrs. Alexander Heron, Mrs. Emmet Heeb, Mrs. Evan Hadley, Mrs. P. A. Havelick, Mrs. Charles Holloway, Mrs. Delitha Harvey, Mrs. Jesse Harvey, Mrs. Irwin Henri, Mrs. Henry Jameson, Mrs. . A. D. Johnson, Mrs. Evan Lilly, Mrs. J. A. Lemeke, Mrs. James Lodge. Mrs. A. B. Meyer, Mrs. Emma C. Meir, Mrs. Ferdinand Mayer, Mrs. C. E. Mallery, Mrs. L. C. McLean, Mrs. Frank Morrison, Mrs. E. E.' Post, Mrs. Eugene Parrott, Mrs. A. D. Rodgers, Mrs. E. N, Richards, Mrs. Ed. Roll, Mrs. Lollis Runnels, Mrs. J. H. Stahl, Mrs. William Seaton, Mrs. T. L. Sullivan, Mrs. George R. Sullivan, Mrs. John S. Spann, Mrs. John M. Spann, Mrs. T. H. Spann, Mrs. Henry Smither3, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Mrs. Nola Smith, Mrs. F. M. Sproule, Mrs. Major Taylor. Mrs. D. L. Wood, Mrs. Horace Wood, Mrs. H. P. Wasson, Mrs. C. A. W.iite, Mrs. .Clay Whitely, Mrs. George Whitely, Mrs. Emil Wulschner. Mrs. James Wildman, Mrs. .Emil Wilbrant, Mrs. Emil Zumpfe, and Misses Fidelia Anderson. Lucille Ballard, Emma Clinton, Emma Holloway, Martha Griffin. Mary Heron. Fannie Root, Margaret Todd. Kathryn Eldridge, Ruby Rees, Harnitt Wishard, Julia Walk, Lulu Spann and Helen Seaton.

Irviiigrton

dancing party

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was given last

Misses Cora and Flora Wag-

A large

night by the

ner. Mrs. Tom Long, formerly Mips Vesta Hobbs, was a guest of Miss Ella Frazier last week. The Misse3 Shank have issued invitations for a small company at their home next Tuesday night. . ... The Irvington W. C. ,T. U. meets Tuesday, jpril 2, at 2 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. George P. Brown. Mrs. -John W. Campbell, who has been spending' several weeks with - friends in Pittsburg, Pa., has returned home. Mrs. Frank Tibbott has returned from a fortnight's visit with her sister, Mrs. Osmond Tibbott, in Washington, D. C. Rev. L. Carpenter, of Wabash, visited his son Arthur, at Mr: and. Mrs. Ira Chase's, ; for a short time during the last week. Miss Rosalie Clemens, of Washington, D. ' C, is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. Frank I Tibbott, at their home, on Circle street. Miss Grace Carver, who has been visiting relatives in Anderson. Ind., for sevoral months, returned home on Wednesday. The Sigma Chia have issued invitations for party to be given in their hall, in i the Moore Block, on next Tuesday even- ; Ulg. .... ' : ' The 'ladies of the M. E.1 Church gave a ! successful parlor entertainment on Friday evening at the home of Mrs, Nellie Kingman. . Miss Gai Blankenship. who has been visit- ' ing her aunt, Mrs. Anna Byrarn, on Ritter ' avenue. . has returned to her home in Martinsville. - The Sheridan Dramatic Club will hold Its April meeting at the home of Mrs. Charles B. Clarke next Thursday evening. Howells's farce, "The Mouse Trap," will be given. Mrs. Bert Browning will entertain the Woman's Club to-morrow afternoon. The programme consists of a paper on "Wordsworth and Coleridge." by Mrs. James Kingsbury, and a conversation on "The Lake School," led, by Miss Viola Tibbott. Miss Mary B. Galvin and Miss Flora Shank will leave for Pittsburg, Pa., early In April, to attend the national convention of the Young Woman's Christian Association. Miss Galvin is the delegate from the Butler Association, and Miss Shank goes in tho interest of the State work, of which she ia secretary.

She Saved lier Ilacon. Calhoun (Ga.) Times. When Sherman's blue-coated legion came pouring through Snake creek gap and down the railroad from Dalton there was a mighty hustling around among the people of Gordon county. There were but few men there and they were mostly old and infirm. There were a few boys and negroes, a few cattle and sheop and other things to eat. Everybody knew it was bood-bye world and turnip patch with everything of any va!ue that remained exposed to the swarming Yankees nnd the necessity of hiding and saving everything valuable suggested to the ready minds of the housewives many peculiar schemes and strategies. One lady had a fine lot of well-cured pork hanging in : the smokehouse. Well she knew how swiftly it would disappear when once the Yankees found it. What could she do? It was out of the question to hide it. She must save it in some other way. If the meat should be taken from her she saw nothing but starvation ahead. After much troubled thought she devised a plan. When she learned that the Yankees were nearlng Her home she had the pork taken down and thrown into the front yard. She then sprinkled over each piece some soda and damp flour. The soda soon took on a kind of corroding greenish look. Soon the yard was full of blue coats. Thev looked at the powdered pork longingly, but suspiciously. "What's the matter with this meat?" thev asked. "I do not know," replied the lady. "The rebels were here last night and fixed it up." If each piece had been soaked In strychnine the Yankees would not have been more careful to let It alone.

lie Wtt Taking Xo Chance. Washington Star. "What do you mean by going along street whooping and howling in that

sane fashion?" said the policeman, you drunk?" "Not a bit of it." was the reply.

hurrahm ror our naseoau nine." "But the season hasn't opened yet." "I know it. I'm seizing the golden moment before it passes forever. Experience has taught me that if I don't do my hurrahin' for our nine at this - time of year, I'm liable never to get a chance."

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Xew Millinery Opening. . ' Mrs. Alice Gooch will open a fine new Ftock of Millinery to-morrow at No. 65 North Pennsylvania street. Music all the afternoon. All the latest styles, imported and domestic. Trimmings In all the latest designs. Mourning bonnets a specialty. Picture hats a feature. A complete and entirely new stock throughout" Mrs. Gooch cordially invites every one, to call and see her millinery. Attend Wulschner &. Son's sheet -music sale next Tuesday. ...

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Easter Novelties i OPBX TO-MORKOW i ' -: ; ; ' - r;. 'i -i: f

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LL WELCOME YOU TO-MORROW

With a Magnificent Display of the Choicest Goods front Europe and America.

Here are Silks and Millinery, the newest Wraps and Silk Waists. Easter Novelties Come and see how little they cost at

Dress Goods and the Novelties in Sprin

in a great variety.

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Millinery Our opening last week was a complete eclipse of any thing of a similar nature ever attempted here. Hundreds of people came and were surprised and delighted with -the artistic display, and the universal verdict of all was The Finest Millinery Ever Brought to this City.

Paris Patterns, Dutch Bonnets, Napoleon Hats,; Fine Mourning Goods, and hundreds of new, stylish hats creations of our own work

rooms. Dress tion.

Hats of every deScrip-

Street Hats, New Sailors, Walking Hats. See trie London Round Hats, in light-weight Felts and Straw Braids. Styles confined to our store for Indianapolis. Fine Materials. . Handsome Straw Braids, Dresden. Ribbons, . f Jet-Spangled' Trimmings, New Slyle Aigrettes, Novelty Crowns, Wings and Trimmings in odd desiins and new colors all our own importations, and many of them in single patterns and small lengths. Special attention given to Wedding Outfits. ;;v v

Special Sale of Popular-priced Trimmed Hats. To-morrow we put on sale 500 Trimmed Hats at prices fully onehalf less than same quality of goods have usually sold for at this seascn of the year, and every Hat trimmed witli as much care as the better goods. 100 Hats, new shapes, and nicely trimmed, usually sold at $2.73 to QQ $3.50. Choice this sale....jp 1 JO 100 Lace Hats, mostly blacks, trimmed with Satin ribbon, flowers, jets and straw braids.

feame as otlier stores

ask $3.75 to $4

Sale price.....

300 Hats, many of . them same as others are offering at $5 to $10. In -this sale go for $6, $5 50, dQ I Q $4.90, $4.25 and tjpDJrO FLOWERSThousands of bunches at lc to $3 per bunch. Violets, per dozen, lc. French Rose sprays, others ask 25c, 9c. Handsome Roses at 50c and 25c.

f..t:?l$2.98

Black Dress Goods You will wonder where they all came from so many styles and such low prices. We struck a bonanza in Black Goods, and our customers will get the benefit. 40-inch all-Wool Henrietta Cloth, like you have paid 50c for, to-morrow they go at........... 29c 38-inch all-Wool Brocades, cheap at 55cj our price to morrow... 39c

iU-ineQ a;i-wuui jl unite Cloth, the 73c kind, at

40-inch all-Wool Crepdu, which you must pay 75c to match, goes tomorrow at 42-inch Worsted Crepons, like shown in this city last week, at $1.25; our prico to-morrow will be One lot of about COO yards Nun's V eiling, with border, all Wool they cost the importer about $1; his loss not ours; they i?o at.....

Something new a Surah Twill, in UriUiantine,.50 inches wide, handsome in finish as the finest Silk; the price is only. . M.OO Silk and Wool Crepons in the new fluffy weave, Melanges and Matelasses in the novelty weave.

48c

50c

73c

99c

DOMESTICS

In Our Bargain Basement

Fruit Loom Muslin 1 case fine yard-wide Cambric 1 bale yard-wide Brown Muslin , 12 pieces 9-4 Bleached Sheeting 50 picres Outinsr Flannel

Special sale of Down Cushions and Feather Pillows at 49c and up. Feathers ia bulk. 200 10-4 made Sheets S7c The quality. We limit tlfcse.

6Vic 3'Ac 15c

Spring Wraps

Our great Cloak Department never had so many compliments as came to it last week from, the visitors to our opening. Here you saw the choicest styles of the season. This week we begin our Spring Sale of Wraps, from the cheapest to tho finest.

Novelty Silk Cape, very :

wide, with upper cape of

Tuscan Lace; sale price .$7.50 Elegant Velvet Cape, with Vandyke Lace Toints, all -ineel with silk. $8.90 Novelty Capes from $10 to $50 in great variety.

Silk Waists

To-morrow we will offer 100 Double Cloth Capes, wide . sweep, with Ituche in neck, at 98c Open work Double Cloth ("apes, with wide ltibbon lluche in neck, at $3.00 Tailor-made Cloth Cape, wide sweep and Velvet Clergy Collar ; $ 3 .9 O

The greatest variety of Waists is always found at Wasson's. This season tho Waist department is three times its former size, which means three times greater variety than over before shown in Indianapolis. It has become a common saying in tho Waist business, "If you cannot find what you want at Wasson's, you cannot find it in tho city."

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PRINTS

1,000 yards Good Apron Gingham 2s; oO pieces Dress and Shirtins Percales, ir new Spring Styles, Fast Colors, 6c and up. Take your choice of any 12',3c,.-l5a Dress and Crepon Ginghams in our fixture for 10c per yard.

GALVANIZED .HOTEL JARS

10 QT. GALVANIZED WATER PAILS

0IL-ST0VE Kettles 122o

11 x

GOOD ZINC WASHBOARDS, 9c

SOLID BRASS BANQUET LAMPS, With 14-inch Silk Lace Shades, $2.48

Dennlon ENGLISH CREPE PAPER For Lamp Shades, 10 Feet Long, All Colors,

Roll.

WIRE FRAMES FOR LAMP SHADES, ' All Sizes, All Shapes, 18o

JAPANESE CAT BASKETS, 18o

LINENS

with

' 1,3 : is tilt

Wash Cloths

Fringed Napkins Iare size Bed Spread Take your choice of 50 Cloths, Napkins to match, in 2i,

yard lengths, for

Would be cheap at ?4. 1,000 yards 18-lnch Linen Kitchen. Toweling S pieces 64-inch Cream Damask Regular 60c quality. 5 pieces 68-lnch Bleached Damask... Regular 85c Linen. Special bargain in Towels. Just 50 dozen of 25x50 Knotted Fringe Damask Towels and Hemstitched lluck Towels, all ko for

Compare these Towels with your 35c qual

ity. Limited to 6 to the customer. Denim Pillows and Table Covers, Stamped Squares, 2c. 5c and 8c. All new designs in Stamped Linen.

K4c COo

21c

HEAVY TIN NO. 8 COPPER BOTTOM WASH

BOILERS

o9o

STEEL FRAME CLOTH WRINGERS x- WHITE RUBBER ROLLERS $1.39

hardwood Sewing Table, with Yard Measure on Top . . CC5o

Pint Tincups - c

Pint Milk Cans 5c

2-Qt. Coffee Pots

...5c

Shelf Paper, Doz lc

Japanned Cake Box. 29c

Good, Strong Xoi'vvny Step Ladders Tbrce-f oot ....... . 22 C50 Five-foot 3fo Six-foot..... . Eight-foot. -. . OOo

Silks.

There will be a flurry this week iu our Silk Department The new purchase goes on sale to-morrow. 4v)c to-morrow for Striped and Check Taffetas that would sell easily at 75c Just the thing for waists. Another lot of those elegant Wash Silks at 19c. You must pay 35c to match them elsewhere.

A round dollar will buy those ejegantt

Glace Striped Taffetas so desirable for waists. Such styles as we offer are scarce even at $1.50. Our Price will be $1. "V One lot of Black Satin Peau de Soie Merveileus and Duchess imported to sell at $1.25 and $1.50. Your choice to-morrow at... S I.OO Goffre Crepes all Silk.......;..,...........-. &pc

E. P. WASSON & CO.

New Dress tioods To-morrow will be like a formal opening dav in our Dress Goods Departments on account of the great display of new styles in Dress Goods. It will differ from an open day because to-morrow will be a big sales day. Here are prices that will quicken the sales: 44-inch Brocade Popliriette, made to sell at 45c. What we have we will sell, as long as they laskat-T-rr rrrrrr:"' :'. ". '.".".Trrrrr.. . ..v. 25c -"So-inch Cheviot Suitings; you will know them, as the regular 25c goods. Our price to-. morrow 17c , One lot of all-Wool Henriettas, just like you pay 50c for. To-morrow they go at 29c feilk and Wool Crepons to-morrow in the fluffy weave at $1.25 to $2.50 a yard. 40-inch Silks and Wool Novelty Suitings; like sold lest season at SI, but these are newtr styles- Price.......... 5c Cycle Serges, just the thing for Bicycle Suits. We have them in Black, !Navy and Brown, '

H. P. WASSON & CO.

Embroideries , Embroideries, Hamburg work, 1 inch wide. Hamburg Embroideries on extra fine Cambric, two inches wide, Ham., burg and open Lace Edges Fine Hamburg Embroideries, four inches wide, open work edges, beautiful patterns ; Embroideries, 5 to 7 inches wide, with new open edges Medera and Anglaise work prettiest designs ever shown 27-inch Swiss Embroidery for children's dresses a bargain Laces - Four to seven-inch Ecru, Butter and Two-toned Point Venice Laces, worth up to 25c.

Six to nine-ineh Black Ail. Silk Point Bourdon Laces. Ileal value " 45c and C5c Special. 25c yd H. P. WASSON & C0v.

10c

121c 10c

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