[Newspaper]
Publication: The Morning News
Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 19, no. 260, p. 1, col. 4-5
SOCIAL EVENTS.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith Entertain
Over Two Hundred.
Afternoon And Evening Receptions —
Woman’s Athenaeum Celebrates
the Anniversary.
Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. J. H Smith received nearly one hundred ladies at her home on East Main street in a charming manner, and last evening Mr. and Mrs. Smith received more than as many more ladies and gentlemen. The two events were among the most charming of the season in Muncie's gay social circles.
The hours in the afternoon were from 3 to 6 and in the evening after 8. Mrs. Smith was assisted in the afternoon by Mrs. L M. Neely, Misses Cora Emerson and Maude Neely served punch and Mrs. E. M. Galliher served the souvenirs, daffodils. Misses Louise Anthony and Emily Olcott served coffee.
In the evening Miss Meriman assisted Mr. and Mrs. Smith, who received in the first parlor. Misses Cora Emerson, Maude Neely and Mamie Johnson were at the punch bowl, and Miss Alice Hamilton and Mrs. E. M. Galliher served the coffee The favors in the evening were the same, and the opera house orchestra furnished music.
Mrs. Smith wore a gown of black green changable [sic] changeable silk, trimmed in black and white lace, and all the ladies were handsomely gowned.
The house decorations were a brilliant feature, and added to the lively scene in the elaborate home. The decorations in the wide hall were especially profuse, the stair case being nearly completely hidden in southern smilax, while each mantel in the several rooms were tastefully banked.
Those invited in the afternoon were:
Mesdames —
W. M Patterson C. Ramsey
E. M. White —— Gump
James Boyce —— Winder
James Bingham R. S. Gregory
William Whitely W. R. Youse
—— Daily C. McCulloch
W. H. Reid G. Maring
A. L. Harriott J. S. Martin
J. N. Templer A. Winans
Mary Sample A. F. Patterson
W. W. Orr S. C. Goshorn
C. G. Neely H. Mitchell
H. S. Maddy —— Fay
C. Sampson E. J. Whiteley
Kate Wilson H. C. Klein
C. Boldt L. Cassady
G. Bower W. S. Richey
W. F McDowell —— Thomas
James Love M. March
N. Howe A. Smith
M. Meeker C. L. Medsker
W. Meeker J. A. Heinsohn
O. Meeker J. W. Ryan
A. E. Whitney —— Kinert
A. J. Phinney C. Wilcoxon
M. C. Smith W. Maddy
J. Riley G. H. V. Koontz
G. Jennings —— Smith
T. Kirby H. R. Wysor
J. A. Wachtell J. L. Streeter
S. Hamilton Ralph Hemingray
J. V. Gilbert D. A. McLain
B. Whiteley Erville Bishop
M. Brotherton C. Prutzman
E. Tyler C. A. Kitts
C. Kilgore J. A. Goddard
V. Davis C. Rich
G. T. Collins J. E. Durham
L. Over J. M. Long
S. Streeter E. J. Wallace
J. H. McClung C. Emerson
J. W. Heath P. W. Franklin
W. L. Holmes W. Bell
J. Smith H. A. Cowing
B. F Bratton O. W Crabbs
C. Shaufelberger H. Roads
J. Shaufelberger M. Keuchmann
W. R. Moore J. W. Ream
H. H. Highlands J. C. Wood
Misses —
Thomas Neely
Gayman Campbell
Those invited in the evening were:
Messrs. and Mesdames —
T. K. Heinsohn L. Shaw
E. W. Bishop J. W. Perkins
G. F. McCulloch F. C Ball
T. F. Hart G. Ball
E. W. Kelly W. R. Youse
D. Cammack G. M. Bard
W. R. Snyder A. Meeks
G. W. H. Kemper K. W. Heath
Carey Franklin James Hartley
C. Willard M. E. Vandercook
F. R. Thrall A. E. Lyman
W. W. Shirg J. C. Johnson
C. L. Bender F. J. Claypool
J. W. Garner G. H. Andrews
Carl Franklin C. H. Kimbrough
John Kirby H. C. Kimbrough
J. E Haffner W. H. Hamilton
T. Morgan E. Vatet
A. L. Johnson E. Olcott
F. E. Putnam J. Smith
H. M. Winans F. Leon
C. H. Church G. True
E. F. Tyler L. M. Neely
T. F. Rose A. J. Williams
C. M. Turner C. F. W. Neely
R. J. Beatty W. F. Dickey
J. R. Marsh C. H. Anthony
G. Hartley L. Ball
W. Hartley C. A. Spilker
T. H. Kirby
Mrs. Harriet Johnston, Misses Love and Merriman, and Messrs. Edward Ball. A. W. Brady, M. Maring and J. O. Adams.
