Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 222, Hammond, Lake County, 9 March 1910 — Page 2

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TOTJKG MATRON'S BRKAKFAST TOILET OF ANDRRSOTT ZEPHYR. As this crisp little mornlngr costume of Anderson sephyr plaided with two tones of pink consists of two pieces. It may readily be laundered Th Kored upper portion of the skirt qts closely to the hips and just above th4 knees is set on a Spanish flounce so gathered that the greater portion o! the fullness is at the back. The tunic, trimmed with muslin embroidery insertion, narrows gradually between the shoulders and the waist line where it is held in place by a belt of pink linen matching that used for the ' embroidery-bordered shoulder collar and the cavalier cuffs of the top-tucked straight, three-quarter ' sleeves.

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AIT E.TOTABLB PARTY. j Mies Marie wills very delightfully entertained the young ladies of the II. ' T. club last evening at her home In Truman avenue. It was the 'regular

weekly club meeting and aJI the mem-I "The member

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Hllbrlch, Alvina mibrlch, Beatrice Dobeon. Olga Volkman, and Olga Heine-man.

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sionary society of the First Baptist

guests met InformaUy In the tario-s church will meet on Thursday after

ana spent a very enjoyable time v,ith

i their embroidery work and music, other social diversions were enjoyed until -'a late hour when the guests were invited Into the dining room and served f-with a three-oourse luncheon. The

, iaDie was prettily decorated, carrying out a dainty ootor scheme In pink and : white. A bunoh. of pink and white car- . nations was chosen as a center piece t f or the table. The next party will be given on Tuesday evening of neit week bat the place of meeting wae not def- '. Intteiy deeided. Miss Kranoes Hutton or Miss Alice Blosser will be the next .. hostess. A St'RVKlSHl PARTY. A very delightful perty was given as a surprise to Miss Olga Uelnemann last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Dauer in Doty street. The party was given In celebration of her fourteenth birthday anniversary, 'and she was the reciepient of several pretty gifts in remembrance of the day. The evening was spent with various games and music until a late hour ', when a four-course '" , luncheon was served. Among those present were: .Misses Com Cox. Stella Brockman. Lena

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noon. March 10, at the home of Mm

J. E. Sharp, 427 Bast Sibley street, instead of at the ohurch as was previously announced. It Is desired that there be a large attendance at the meeting and the members are requested to bring their missionary boxes with - them. Those will be unable to attend are asked to send their missionary boxes.

The meeting will celebrate the Annual Thank Offering day and an appropriate

program will be given. MISS WAITE IS GUEST OP HOIVOR.

One of the leading society events of

the week was a party given last even

ing at the home of Miss Ethel Hoffman

In Clinton street in honor of Miss

Louise "Walte, whose marriage to Mr. George Harwood will take place on

Wednesday, March 16. The hostesses

at the pleasant affair were the Misses

Ethel Hoffman, Edna Switzer and Sadie

Bates. Their guests were the young ladles of the A. D. Q.'s, of which Miss Walte is also a member. The entertainment was In the nature of a towel shower, and Miss Walte received many pretty gifts. A novel way had been arranged for presenting the gifts, which afforded pleasant entertainment during the evening. A box had been filled with saw dust and from this red roses had been arranged so that they appear

ed to be growing in' the box. When all ' the guests had arrived the hostesses asked their guest of honor to gather .the roses and at the bottom of! the 5 stems, burrled in the saw dust was a 1 package which contained the sifts. Miss

Walte received-nine very pretty towels

and other miscellaneous gifts. The evening was pleasantly spent with music and games until 10 o'clock, when the guests were invited into the dining room and served with a threecourse luncheon. The decorations in the dining room were carried out in the same attractive colors as were chosen for the parlors. Festoons of red hearts were draped from the chandeliers to the four corners of the rooms. The table had a center piece of red Jack roses and stretched from the center of the table to each plate were streamers of red and white ribbon to which the place cards were attached. The cards were hand decorated and had an appropriate cupld design done in red and white. The favors were red Jack rosea. Among those present were the Misses Louise Walte. Alice Bump, Iva Slmcoke, Gertrude Jones, Edith and Ethel Hoffman. Kadle Bates, Ella Kltchum atd Edna Swltxer. AJT IHTERKSTIXG MEET1XG. A very interesting- meeting of the members of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the First Methodist church took place yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. G. Ibach In South Hohman street. The meeting was announced as the annual "Thank Offering meeting" and a large number of members were In attendance. Several visitors from Whiting were also present, making a large attendance at the meeting. Among the visitors were Mrs. Worthley of Michigan City, who is the district president and Mrs. Humphrey of Whiting, the district corresponding secretary. -The mite, boxes were . returned and a large sum was reajlzed

which will be used in the missionary work. At the close of the following program a social hour was 'enjoyed, when Mrs. Ibach served dainty refreshments: Devotional Exercises ..... ......... .Mrs. George R. Streeter. Paper, "My Betty's Thank Offering." ....Mrs. Etta Dake. Paper, "What One Woman Did for Mis- . sions" . .....Mrs... Henry Burk. Piano solo.... ..Miss Edna Switzer. Vocal solo. Miss Edith McConnelL Talk, "General Work".. Mrs. Worthley. Remarks .Mrs. Humphrey. Talk, "Our Duty to Missionary Work. The Kev. W. F. Switzer. . ENTERTAINS CLTJB MEMBERS. Miss Amy McGregor entertained Informally last evening at the home, of Mrs. M Louisa Woods, In Carroll street. In honor of the young ladies of the Inter Se club and a few Invited friends. It, was the regular weekly club meeting,' and several of the mem

bers were present. The usual pleasant diversions of .the club were enjoyed. Several of the guests played bridge whist at small , tables in the . parlors and others devoted the evening to their embroidery work. At 10 o'clock a daintily arranged course , luncheon was served. Miss McGregor had as her invited guests for . the evening Miss Margaret Blake and Miss Lydla Jones. The next party will be given Tuesday evening of next week, and Miss Mae Nelson will entertain at her home in South Hohman street. HIS 9 MERZ A HOSTESS. A very pleasant social event occurred last evening when Miss Adele Merz, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Merz entertained a few friends at her home in South Hohman street. The young ladies met Informally and spent the evening with various games and music. A guessing contest was a feature of the evening, and the hostess awarded pretty prizes. The honors went to Miss Lillle Fedder and Miss Emma Claus. At 10 o'clock the young ladies were Invited Into the dining room and served with a dainty luncheon.- The only guests were the Misses Gertrude and Emma Claus, Lillle Fedder, Gertrude Herbst and Adele Merz. A UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT. i MrB. t L. T. Meyer was hostess at a very unique entertainment given yesterday afternoon at her home In Doty street In honor of a number of her Hammond-friends. Mrs. Meyer Issued Invitations among her friends to a "pantry party," and asked the ladies "to luncn with her in the absence of

their husband, who would not be home."

When the geutss had all arrived they were Invited into the kitchen and each one was given something to do with the preparation . of the luncheon. - At 4:30 o'clock an elaborate buffet luncheon was served In the dining room. Old newspapers were used on the tcble, and for napkins and cracked and broken dishes were chosen to carry out the hostess idea of a "pantry party." The party was delightfully Informal and was enjoyed by the following ladies: Mesdames George B. Shearer, J. I. Ruff, Lawrence - Becker, George Manderbach Julius :JEaton. 'J. Floyd Irish. JonrLSf BwersJF- E.. Baur,,J. A. Graham, S. E. Swaia- Henry Lundt- Erlck Lund and p. j. Lns-

A QUIET. CEREMONY.

A very quiet wedding ceremony will

be solemnized this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Chicago, when Mrs. Bertha Rogers and C. J. Armstrong, both of Hammond, will be united in marriage. The ceremony will be read in the presence of a small company of relatives and friends. They will return to Hammond to make their home. The bride is the -daughter of C H. Becker of Saginaw, Mich., who is a prominent business man of that city, but has made her home in Hammond for the past year. She has been interested in the Wecater cafe in which Mr. Armstrong bought one-half Interest last November. Mr. Armstrong came to Hammond from New York city about a year ago and has a wide acquaintance of friends In the business clroles of the city. Mrs. Armstrong Is a sister of G. H. Becker, also of the Wecater cafe. W. O. T. U. MEETING. There was a meeting of the members of the W. C. T. U. last evening at the Nazarene chapel. Many members and thei rfriends were present and listened to an interesting temperance address by the Rev. Herbert Hunt. The remainder of the evening was spent with plans for the Lake county W. C. T. U. convention to be held next Saturday; March 12, at Weis hall on State street. The session will open at 10 o'oclock In the morning and will continue during the remainder of the afternoon and evening. The hall will be.appropriately decorated and a temperance program will be rendered. There will be a quartette to furnish the musical numbers on the program. The ladies of the Hammond organization will serve dinner at noon. A MISSIONARY MEETING. The Woman's Missionary society of the First Presbyterian church will hold its next regular meeting Friday afternoon, March 11, at the home of Mrs. Charles Cleveland, 11 Carroll street. The study for the afternoon will be 'China." and the program will be in charge of Mrs. Virgil S. Reiter. Mesdames George B. Shearer and Charles Cleveland are hostesses for the afternoon and will serve dainty refreshments during the social hour. All the ladies of the society and congregation are invited to be present. MRS. MllLER ENTERTAINS. Mrs. John A. Muller Informally entertained the young ladies of the Philathea Embroidery club last evening at her home in West Sibley street. It was the regular weekly meeting and several of the members were present. The evening was spent pleasantly with embroidery work and other socl&l diversions until a late hour when refreshments were served. Another meeting will be held on Tuesday evening of next week, but the place of meeting has not been decided. A STUIY MEETING. Mrs. Elizabeth Shields was "at home" to the members of the literature committee of the Hammond Woman's club yesterday afternoon at her home In

Carroll street. It was the regular study meeting and a large. number of members answered to the roll call. Mrs. E. M. Shahklin waa chairman of the - program committee for the day. The sub

ject study wos "Conlston"' by Winston Churchill. The only paper was read by Mrs. IX . C. , Atkinson who told of the life of t Winston Churchill. She read a very Interesting paper dealing with a comparison of the political background

in "Conlston." with Mr. Churchill's political experience in New Hampshire.

Mrs. Shanklin gave a review of "Con

Iston." and also read a review by Hamilton W. Mable. The discussion that followed was general and many of the

ladies of the committee took part. Mesdames White, Shields, Atkinson and Shanklin gave the leading talks. All who were present report the meeting as having been unusually enjoyable. MOTHERS' MEETING. , The Mothers' club of the Lincoln school will meet on Friday afternoon. March 11, at 3 o'clock. A pleasing pro

gram will be given by the pupils of the school. Dr. Eleanor Scull will talk to the mothers on "Contagious Diseases." A large attendance Is hoped for. MRS. O. W. HILL, Pres. . MISS IMES. Secretary. PERSONAL. The fourth of the series of Lenten teas to be given by the members of the Ladies guild of St. Paul's Episcopal church 'will take place this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Richard Wlnckler in Muenich court. ' The ladles of the parish and their friends .were Invited to be present ' , Miss Lois Hickey will informally entertain the young ladles of the J. O. C. club Thursday evening at her home in Truman avenue. An enjoyable time is anticipated with embroidery work and music. The ladles of the Embroidery club will spend a pleasant afternoon today as the guests of Mrs. Otto Trowe at her home in Truman avenue. Embroidery work will be the feature of the- afternoon. Leland ' Reed has gone to Cleveland, O., to spend a few weeks with relatives and friends. Mrs. Harry Wachter has returned home from St. John where she has been on a short visit. Miss Louise Walte of Grand Crossing. 111., was the guest of Miss Ethel Hoffman yesterday'at her home In Clinton street. The members of the Epworth league of the First Methodist church will give a social Thursday evening, March 10, In the parlors of the church to which the publlo is cordially invited. - There will be a short program and the remainder of the evening will be spent informally. Dainty refreshments will be served. Mrs. H. B. Douglas will entertain the members of the Martha Aid society of the First Christian church at her home in Glendale park Thursday afternoon of this week. It is the regular weekly meeting and important business will be transacted. The remainder of the afternoon will be spent socially. j

,t The. members of the Jewish Ladles

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Sam Mindlin in South Hohman

The afternoon- will be edvo.

Wednesday, March 9, 1910.

street.

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necessary business andftf enJoyable fime will be T-- .r, mi '

Mr S. Vrleodore H .Blosser will enter

tain Mrs. JJelstin of Ravenswood, 111., at her, home, 264 Indiana avenue, tomorrow. Mrs. Humphre of Whiting attended the meeting of the Woman's Missionary society of the First M. E. church at the home of.jilrs. J. G. Ibach in South Hohman street yesterday. Miss Fannie Shea is reported to be quite 111 with tonsilltis at the home of her parents, . Mr. and Mrs. .Thomas Shea, in Webb street. Mrs. Robert Armstrong of Carroll street was called to Walkerton, Ind., today by the illness of a relative. , Howell V. Parry of Crown Point was in Hammond today on business. Mrs. August Schneider and Mrs. Clarence Scott attended the matinee in Chicago today. Mrs. Mary Shafer of Dyer was a visitor In Hammond today. Mrs. Rodney C. Hobbs and little son Donald are reported to be quite ill at their home. 336 Alice street, which their friends will be sorry to learn. Mrs. Louis Klitzke of Oakley avenue is spending the day with her sister, Mrs. Harry Morrison, at her home In Chicago. Little Helen Klitzke, who has been visiting there for the past few days will return home with. her mother this evening. Mrs. Patrick O'Keefe of Whiting was a visitor in Hammond today. The members of the Philathea club will give a pie social Friday evening, Mapch 11, In the parlors of the , First Baptist church to which the public is cordially invited. A pleasant social entertainment is being arranged and refreshments will be served. Attorney John M. Stinson was in Chicago today on professional business. Miss Verna Brewer of Dyer was the guest of friends in Hammond today. Mrs. Worthley of Michigan City was entertained, by friends in Hammond yesterday for the meeting of the Woman's Missionary society of the First

UMethodist church at the home of Mrs.

J. G. Ibach in South Hohman street. A meeting of the members of Silver Light Hive, L O. T. M.. will take place this evening in Long's hall on State street. The usual business will be transacted and an enjoyable social time will follow. The ladles of the North Side club are meeting for an all-day session today at the home of Mrs. Bothwell, in Johnson street! Business of importance in connection with the Easter bazaar will be transacted, and the remainder of the afternoon will be spent socially. A dinner was served at 1 o'clock. The members of Triumph .council No. 1. D-- of L. will give a pedro party Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. McDonald, 309 South Hohman street. An invitation is extended the members and their friends to attend. Several games of pedro will be played and prizes will be awarded.

Miss Laura Beck will informally en

home in Williams street Embroidery work will be the principal feature of the evening. - . There will be a meeting of the mem

bers of the Checker club Friday evening at the residence of Coionel Meyer. 47 Doty street. It Is desjred that all the members attend as Important business will be transacted. , Mesdames Carrie Parsons and George Locklln will be hostesses at the regular weekly meeting of the members of the Ladles Aid society of the First Presbyterian church this afternoon in the parlors of the church In South Hohman street. They will serve during the social hour at the close of the business meeting. Miss Muriel Wilcox of Conkey avenue is spending the day visiting In Evanston, III. Miss Ruth Kunert of Tolleston spent the day in Hammond last .Monday visiting at the home of friends and relatives. Miss Margaret Adler of Merrlllville was the guest of her Hammond relatives last Monday. ' Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Henry of Wheeling. W. Va., arrived in Hammond today to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will F. W. Henry at their home, 819 Sheffield avenue, for a few weeks. f Miss Henrietta Kaluf has been spending a few days with friends in Highlands. Little Miss Virginia Ray will entertain the children of the Willing Workers club on Thursday afternoon at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Ray In Webb street. It is the regular weekly meeting and after the routine business has been disposed of a pleasant hour wll be epent socially. Mrs. Julius Dunsing will have as her guests tomorrow afternoon at her home in Carroll street the ladies of the Colonial club. The afternoon will be devoted to embroidrey work and an en

joyable time will be passed.

At 272 East State street is where

you will find the Misses Mitchell Millenary Parlors. 3-9 gt.

Mrs. SHger will entertain, the members of the Deborah Aid society of the First Christian church at an all-day session . Thursday, March 10, at her home, 82 Ash street. The members who will be unable to be present all

day are Invited to attend in the afternoon, Business of Importance will be

transacted. Harold Miller will be host to the

members of the Boys' club next Friday

evening at his home In Indiana avenue.

A pleasant time will be spent In the

usual way of the club with games and

contests.

The regular meeting of the members

of Hammond Temple, No. 73. Pythian Sisters, will take place Friday evening In the K. of P. hall. A full attendance of members Is desired as the usual bus

iness will be transacted.

Mrs. John Wolf will Informally en

tertain the members of the Neighborhood club next Friday afternoon at her home in East State street. Embroidery work will be the feature of the afternoon. - - :

Towfe pgra Hoiasso James Wlngfleid. Lessee. Geo. L. Maaderback, Manager

THURSDAY, MARCH lOth WM. "A. BRADY and JOS. R. QRISMER announce

ine Knenomimi comedy Success

The regular meeting of the menjtrefT

soclety f. Hammond: are . meettxS2 4 Pol' afternoon at the home of I Lutheran ehUrch will take place Thurs

day evening in the school hall, the cor

ner of Sibley street and Oakley acenue.

The business meeting will be followed

by a social entertainment. A full at

tendance of members is desired. '

THE CITY

. Hold Monthly Shoot. The police today held their regular monthly shoot in one of the G. H. Hammond buildings. Chief Austgen was the most determined of all to get the geld

medal , today.

Sell Another Runabout. Charles W. Stewart today sold a Maxwell runabout to Emil Dleterlch of Truman avenue. The machint will bt delivered immediately.

Firemen Routed Out. Fire department No; 3 was roused out of bedthis morning at 3 o'clock to answer an alarm which came from Cedar street. Fire in the smokehouse on the Abraham ohnson premises at 514 Cedar street got beyond control. The damage, however, was very slight.

Brakeman Is Injured. H. E. Garland, a freight brakeman on the Michigan Central, was taken to St.

Margaret's hospital In Emmerling's am

bulance, he having sustained an injured hand when he caught his hand between two couplers. The accident happened near Columbia avenue.

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Let us hope that the master plumbers found an oasis in Gary during their stay here. We wonder what the "Trib" meant

last night when it said in a headline,

'May Squash All Immunity Baths." Let us hope that harmony will pre

vail at the democratic township convention next Friday night at Gary.

March winds have not the slightest respect for the hat you have been wearing all winter. v Orders hare been issued that even the lid must be kept on the garbage

cans in Gary. The city Is still destined

to become dry. In a few short weeks the sound of the carpenter's hammer will resound throughout the city. Cheer up there is no chance of Assessor McFadden missing you altogether. Trustee Gallagher is reported to have laid down the hammer and Gay Is

tertain the young ladies of the Em- 1 now atl iberty to enfold its sister city

broidery club Friday evening at her of Tolleston iwitbln its arms.

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Plague of "Spitting Snakes." In the region round Bahr-el-Ghazal, Soudan; during the last two years "spitting snakes" have made their appearance In great numbers. Many natives hare been temporarily blinded by these snakes during that period. At first the eyes are painful, but the effect of the poison begins to decrease after a treatment continued for seye'j to .ten days.

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