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Show Suritdrrxgs---SQciety t POLITICS, which, Jetf us Jhope, us over, pretty nearly got the society so-ciety angora early in the Week, but the smart ones did not entirely succumb and ca'me up smiling by the time "The Kiss Waltz" arrived Monday Mon-day night, and on the following evening, even-ing, election night, got right square' into the political arena and made the Welkin ring at the theatres and the cafes until far into the morning of" November 6th. It does not take a very big excuse for society to get .the New Year's eve spirit on any. other occasion, and many gallons of bubbles and brew, not to overlook hundreds of rosy lobsters lob-sters and lop-eared Welch rabbits cut off in their youth, found lodgement with the pleasantly plump among if the socially elect. IT It was a gay ife while it lasted f With everybody celebrating, a few for the triumphant Deniocarcy and the others in an effort to forget their political po-litical sorrows. With the annual agony over, society so-ciety will have its first real chance to break into the glare of the calcium, cal-cium, which will probably begin with the football game at the University this afternoon. There are any number of interesting events scheduled for the remainder of the month, the principal prin-cipal one among them being the forthcoming forth-coming charity ball, closely followed by Thanksgiving and the various holiday holi-day affairs of December. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Murphy celebrated cele-brated their twenty-first wedding anniversary an-niversary on Monday evening at a bridge party which was attended by half a hundred of their friends. Their home on Second avenue was beautifully decorated in autumn colors, flowers, fruits and autumn foliage of every description adding to the effect. The Ladies' Literary club started things off on Monday afternoon with a card party which was given for the benefit of the building fund. The arrangements ar-rangements for the event were made by Mrs. F. L. Parker, Mrs. Fred Hornung, Mrs. D. W. Phelan, Mrs. Wesley E. King, Mrs. A. J. Murphy, Mrs. Freeman Morningstar, Mrs. W. H. Dunn, Mrs. J. 0. Hooper, Mrs. B. A. Greenwood, Mrs. Phil Clarke, and Miss Jeanriette Williamson. Over two hundred ladies enjoyed the event, and following tho bridge game a delightful ' supper was served under the supervision supervi-sion of Mrs. B. B. Critchlow, Mrs. D. N. Straup and Mrs. C. W. Watson. A nice little sum rewarded the efforts of the ladies, which will go toward their new club house, which 1b now being erected on Bast Brigham street. HAPPENINGS AND WHEREABOUTS. WHERE-ABOUTS. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Heath entertained enter-tained forty of their friends at a celebration of their sixteenth wed ding anniversary at their home on Monday evening. Colonel and Mrs. B. A. Wall and Miss Alice Wall have returned from Washington and New York, -where they have been for a month. Mrs. Robert C. Gemmell is homo from Kansas City, where she has been since the first of October. Mrs. Rachael S. Miller is again at home at 935 First avenue. Among thpse returning from New York during the week were Mrs. J. W. Houston and Miss Grizelle Houston. Hous-ton. Mrs. James H. Brown has returned from Hollywood, California, and will bo here until the first of the year. Judge and Mrs. Morris L. Ritchie have issued invitations for a dancing party to be given at the Country club on Monday evening, November 11th, when their daughter, Miss Rosamond Ritchie, -will make her debut. On 'the Wednesday afternoon following Mrs. Ritchie and Miss Ritchie will entertain at a reception and tea at the Ritchie home on First avenue. Mrs. R. H. Channing and Miss Blanche Burk have gone east after spending some weeks in this city. On Sunday afternoon Miss Margaret Marga-ret Walker entertained at an informal tea, assisted by her mother, Mrs. J. R. Walker, and Miss Norinne Thompson. Thomp-son. Tho initial party of the Young Men's Dancing Club was given at Whitney Hall last evening. Dr. and Mrs. Leslie W. Snow on-tertained on-tertained on Tuesday evening at a beautiful dinner at their home. Mrs. H. D. Niles and Miss Elizabeth Eliza-beth Niles are at home at Whitehall, after a visit east. Lieutenant and Mrs. Harry L. Jordan Jor-dan entertained at a tea at their quarters quar-ters at Fort Douglas on Tuesday afternoon af-ternoon in honor of Miss Ellen Maury of Norfolk, Virginia, who is their guest. A. M. Wrench has gone to California Cali-fornia to visit his son, Merrill who is at Belmont school. The members of the Evening Bridge club were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Llppman at their home on Monday evening. Mrs. Edward S. Ferry was hostess at an afternoon tea at her home on Friday. Mrs. Paul Keysor -will leave todRy for a visit at her homo In Springfield, Spring-field, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Macqulsten have: gone, to San Franciscq, called there on aqequnt Qf the sudden'jdoaih pf Mrs Castle, Mrs. Mncquisten's mother. The little Japanese play, "Princess Koku" was given by tho Senior branch of the Girls' Friendly society at the Consolidated Music Hall last " evening. This is the same play that was given in the spring and was repeated re-peated by request. |