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There is pleasant anticipation over the subscrip- 
tion danee, which will be held at the Hotel Somerset, 
Friday evening, April 9, from 9.30 until 2 o’clock for 
the benefit of the Prospect Union of Cambridge. Mrs. 
George Wigglesworth is one of the reception commit- 
tee and Frank Wigglesworth, one of the managers. 
Mrs. Gordon Abbott, Mrs. Harcourt Amory, Mrs. 3. 
Reed Anthony, Mrs. Walter C. Baylies, Mrs. Robert 
S. Bradley, Mrs. I. Tucker Burr, Mrs. Godfrey LU. 
Cabot, Mrs. S. V..R. Crosby, Mrs. Sewell H. Fessenden, 
Mrs. Augustus Hemenway, Mrs. George Lee, Mrs. 
Samuel J. Mixter and Mrs. Neal Rantoul are among 
those. most deeply interested in the success of the 
affair. 
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Society is looking forward to the wedding of Miss 
Katherine Putnam to Harvey Hollister Bundy of 
Grand Rapids, Mich., at her parents’ Manchester resi- 
dence April 17. An interesting feature of the mar- 
riage of this charming girl, is that she will wear the 
bridal gown worn by her mother on the occasion of 
her own wedding. The material of the gown is heavy, 
white satin, and beautiful, priceless, old lace, an heir- 
loom. Miss Putnam comes of one of Boston’s most 
distinguished families and everyone is anticipating the 
wedding at the picturesque, little church at Manches- 
ter with pleasure. A reception will follow at the home 
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lowell Putnam, 
on Proctor st. 
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Miss Helen Foss has chosen Saturday, May 8, as 
the date for her marriage to William Whitman Hobbs, 
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hobbs of Brookline. | 
Miss Foss is a daughter of former Governor and Mrs. 
Eugene N. Foss of Boston and Cohasset. 
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The ball which John R. McLean was to have given 
early in April at his Washington home in honor of Miss 
Esther Slater, has been given up on account of the 
serious accident in which Miss Slater was thrown from 
her horse at the Riding Club nearly three weeks ago. 
Although her recovery is as rapid as can be expected 
under the circumstances, it was thought inadvisable 
for her to undertake more than the necessary plans 
for the wedding April 14. The wedding is to be at 
the Webster church, followed by a reception at the 
Beacon street house. Mr. Welles has taken a house 
on Commonwealth avenue and has brought over the 
servants, who had charge of his Paris residence on the 
Place du Pantheon. 
The charity ball at the Copley-Plaza was the " 
crowning beauty of the brilliant season of gay affairs 
given here and the largest crowds of the season at- 
tended. 
decorations, which were yellow, green, and white, ef- 
fectively used so that the scene was a fascinating set- 
ting for the wonderful costumes, which made their 
appearance. Conrad’s orchestra played. Among those 
wearing unique and beautiful fancy dress costumes 
were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Maleolm Graeme — 
Haughton, dressed alike as Pierrots in crimson satin; — 
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Ames, the latter wearing an 
Oriental: dress of green and pink with pearls; Mrs. 
Frederick H. Prince, Oriental costume, gray and petu- 
nia; Miss Ray Slater, blue and gold brocade with yel- 
low fur; Miss Margaret Thomas, blue velvet and white — 
fur; Mrs. S. V. R. Crosby, a~“Watteau ‘gown of pink 
and white striped voile: with a-pink’ hat; Mrs. Philip 
Dexter, Watteau gown of white satin and lace, the 
over-dress of yellow, flowered in blue; Mrs. John S. 
Lawrence, a gorgeous peacock gown, with the peacock 
colors cleverly blended and the peacock feathers ef- 
Ralph Gray designed the color scheme of the — | 
fectively used for decoration; Miss Elise Ames, a ~ 
dainty bayish dress of white muslin and lace and 
touches of pale blue; Miss Josephine Rantoul, a French ¥ 
student in white trousers and white frocks. Mrs. 
Dudley Howe, full skirt of the crinoline period with 
touches of black; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Higginson, the 
former in the full dress of the Middlesex Hunt of | 
which he is master, and Mrs. Higginson as a Pierette; 
and many of the men appeared in hunt clothes, clown’s 
suits, ambassador’s dress, with one or two effective 
peasants’ costumes. 
Mrs. Mary Edwards (Dwight) Atherton, widow 
of William Atherton, died Monday at her home, 144 
Commonwealth avenue, Boston following a protracted 
illness. She was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., and was the 
daughter of William R. and Mary Warren Fiske Dwight. 
She was a great-great-grand-daughter of Jonathan KEd- 
wards and a descendent of the Dwight family, which 
gave six presidents to the universities of the country, 
and was prominently identified with its early history. 
Mrs. Atherton was a cousin of the late Theodore Win- 
throp, author of ‘‘John Brent’’ and a number of other 
well known books which were published after he was 
killed in the Civil War. She was a member of the 
Old South Church. She is survived by three sons, FH. 
Dwight Atherton and Perey L. Atherton of Boston 
and Frederic Atherton of Washington, D.-C. The 
family spend their summers at Magnolia. 
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Oil The Roads 
Among ineffective uses of human 
energy the watering of streets ranks 
high. They dry a few hours after 
the sprinkler has passed by, and the 
dust is soon blowing again. Oil is 
different. It stays down for weeks. 
It is disagreeable at first, but soon 
works its way into the earth, prov- 
ing in itself a good paving ingred- 
ient. Objections to the oiled road 
there are of course, but these are 
the lesser’ of two evils, lesser than 
the ceaseless task of spreading 
water, and lesser than the clouds of 
dust still more often in evidence. 
The world is coming to a new 
view of dust, just as it has come to 
a new view of the fly and the mos- 
quito and the measles and chicken- 
pox. Instead of being disguised 
blessings these are recognized evils. 
The world has long regarded dust 
as a necessary evil and so accepted 
it. A great English playwright 
spoke of milady’s ‘‘taking the dust 
in Hyde Park’’ in deseribing her 
afternoon ride. But this attitude 
of tolerance has changed. Dust is 
now known to be a purveyor of dis- 
eases of the .nose and throat and 
lungs. Its subordination has_ be- 
come a health measure. 
Our public works department 
should get after the dust as prompt- 
ly and effectively as possible. Our 
advise is to et after it with some- 
thing that will remain. effective 
longer than it takes to spread it on 
the streets.——Boston Herald. 
Easy Job 
It is the easiest thing in the world 
to fill empty heads with hot air, and 
it is done every day.—Memphis 
Commercial Appeal. — 
The devil doesn’t care how often 
a man goes to church on Sunday, 
if he can use him the rest of the 
week. 
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