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Show m Socially Inclined If.sfflj ) The philanthropic millionaires and heiresses I 'Vmi have opened their hearts for a week and the way Itslw tliey lmve dined the lvers of their kind, their fl'ljjl, ! pcor relations, and the rest of the needy is a Ij'ljflj There have been so many luncheons and din- ! " 1 ners of elaborate proportions with the invitation ;g i) lists so general, that it really looks like a con- 'i ;? I f spiracy to catch the socialist vote in order to di- ji J K vide the masses at the next general election, jj m I ( Whether this is the case or not, matters little i j I for the events that have happened have been im- 1 1 bued with the elixir of life after the original for- 1 1 mula, and the opening of the Countiy Club tonight , will be a fitting finish to the gayest kind of a week w even the winter has set in earlier than usual. $1hIr& 'By way' our c'ose relations with the Ital-4 Ital-4 ai?f 1 V an cmate niust be indefinitely postponed, for of ' at0 WG rGe SeaSnS' uly' uSus; anc 'Pll Tlie repartee at the festive boards has been J )m several points above par and it is a pity that it i 1' W nas Deen 80 personal, because a lot of it should be rM'wI preserved, and by that is not meant that it should e cann There was one pretty little reference T'lifSw to a gentleman on First street enjoyed at one of 111 th really Puritanical dinners of the week. Some- ; ! body said "Where was Mr. So-and-So last night; ' we trle(1 to fincl hm every where," and the person addressed replied: I km "I think he was giving a dinner; I saw a light flu I in his bedroom." ? O- 1 At another dinner one of the. guests was curs- i Jji'j fe ing his luck because he had to sit next to the iiiiiiB most stupid woman in the smart set, and the lady jIw on llis rigllt whispered, "I know it is dreadful; j jjffi'jK everything goes right over her head." !: " 1 wouldn't mind that so much," said the man, ' "If she'd "nly try to jump for some of them." ' If ji-uS'l'! Tne ladles, God bless them, are so charitable. Sj'fffljjii 0ne of them who has a particular friend who goes K'i.p ill witn lier Pleasantest enemy, was asked if the two Hla T were engaged. !J "Oh, my, No," she replied, "He 'gets a salary jjji I for taking her out, and making her appear pop- j jir il It is now Mr. and Mrs. Louis McCornick and jJShjji family, the good stork making his appearance ! wItn a 1Ittle glrl on Thursday, j 1 1 I The opening of the Country Club today will be sl ,S the first real house warming that the new place I'jjju j has-been subjected to. There will be an informal HSffSji program during the afternoon, and several din- Ilrli ners an( a dance wil insure against a possible ''I'm'Sf .trance in the evening. Henry Peery will give the largest dinner of the evening in honor of Mrs. Jack Jevne and no end of smaller functions have been planned preceding pre-ceding the starting of the music. Mrs. Windsor V. Rice, Mrs. B. S. Ferry, Mrs. Arthur Bird, Miss Alline Miller and Miss Judge will be the hostesses for the day, and as the Club members are privileged to the extent of inviting their friends from town to join in the festivities, there will undoubtedly be an exodus from the L hearthstones of the smart ones. The wedding bells that always get busy on the first Wednesday in June surely did double duty this year, and for every day in this month there ' will be a set of chimes working overtime. It is really a pretty custom that of marrying, and it Is nice to know that sometimes the contracting parties love each other even if they all think they do when the skies are blue and in the air there is the fragrance of the roses. t In honor of Mrs. J. J. Bamberger, Miss Mc-Shane Mc-Shane and Miss Robinson, Mrs. Ernest Bamberger Bamber-ger entertained at one of the most elaborate lun-oheons lun-oheons of the week at the Alta Club on Thursday. Thurs-day. fcyC Among the prettiest of the more Informal luncheons of the week were those given by Mrs. Gould-Smith and the Misses Scallon. i$ The marriage of Miss Charlotte Druehl who made so many friends while visiting the Walter Druehls here during the past winter and Frank B. Shrader of this city will take place at Chicago on June twentieth. They will make their home in this city. t & & The most elaborate wedding of Wednesday was that of Miss Helen Bamberger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bamberger and Mr. Arthur Behal of New York. The Temple B'nai Israel which was gorgeously decorated in pink and white, was filled with hun- L dreds of 1" fiends to witness the beautiful ceremony. At the supper whch followed at the Alta Club, the same beautiful color scheme prevailed, and the table in the shape of a U was gorgeously arranged. ar-ranged. Only the relatives and intimate friends were present at the supper, after which Mr. and Mrs. Behal left for New York. They will later sail for Europe, returning to make their home In Manhattan. & & & The first annual dinner of the Commercial Club (dress suits barred), will take place on Tuesday Tues-day evening next at the rooms of the organization. organiza-tion. L j I The wedding of Miss Mary Sharp, daughter of Mrs. Sophia Sharp, to George Taylor Badger, took place on Wednesday followed by a large reception pt the home of the bride's mother on Brigham street. The pretty home was thronged during the evening even-ing with hundreds of friends for that is the way the young people can count their friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Badger will be away several weeks, but will return to make this city their home. t t C St. Mark's Cathedral was the scene of a beau-, tit ul wedding on. Wednesday evening when Miss I-, ma Wagener, daughter of Mrs. Henry Wagener, b' came the bride of John. B. Milan, Jr., Dean lvnjamin Brewster officiating. The pretty cere-n.ony cere-n.ony was witnessed only by the families and in-tnnate in-tnnate friends, but at the reception which followed a: the home of the bride's mother there were many oi l friends to wish the bride and groom all happiness. hap-piness. Miss Lena Wagener was maid of honor, and Miss Bernice Browning and Miss Adelaide Lipp-nian Lipp-nian flower girls. William Seley was best man. for Mr. Milan. After the reception. Mr. and Mrs. Milan left for Los Angeles and will be at home in this city alter July 1st. & Mrs. Arthur Bird entertained at a large dinner on Thursday evening. Mrs. Hubbard Reed will entertain at luncheon today. Mrs. M. H. Kervin was the hostess at a pretty luncheon on Thursday. The schools have pretty nearly all of the open space in the atmosphere not taken up by other important im-portant social affairs. The private and public institutions are having exercises, dances, musicals, plays and all of the other usual diversions that end the school year. One of the largest of these affairs will be the dance In honor of the High School graduates given giv-en by the Alumni asosciatlon at the Armory tq-night. tq-night. & cv Tho smartest dinner of the season in the country coun-try took place at the Country Club on Tuesday evening when Miss Katheryn Geddes entertained about twenty-five guests in honor of Miss Mc-Shane. Mc-Shane. & & & A New York wedding which will be extremely interesting to throe or four local people in particular, par-ticular, and to a large number in general, will be that of Miss Fannie Iselin and Phil Livermore, which will take place at New Iiochelle on Juno 14th. It was to have been a large affair but owing to the death of Phil's brother Jack, it will be very quiet. fcy JC In honor of Miss Katherino Moffet, Miss Bessie Bes-sie Williamson entertained at a prettily appointed luncheon on Tuesday. |