Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03
An Evenings Reading.

The favored 400 constantly require some
thing new and novel as a means of proper
entertainment, and tho host and hostess,
who, with the enviable gift of ingenuity,
sends out some little card invitation, bearing
on its face the wherewithal to pique curios-
ity, has achieved a triumph in advance
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Barton, on Thursday
evening added to their already merited rep
utation as capital entertainers, by bidding
quite hundred men and women TO n read
ing by Mrs. Bailey, to have been given in
their han dsome stable. which has recently
been converted in to a billiard room. How
evr, ''the best laid plans of mice and men
gang aft aglee," and, in this instance, the
wettest of wet nights interfered, the i'm
prcvised theater was abandoned ofnecessity,
aud, instead of IA triumph there and another
in the house proper, there was a combined
success under one roof.
Upon entering the doors, the guests were
assailed by the sweetness of q concentrated
June.time, great jardinieres of American
beauty roses, with vases of jacqueminOts
and La France combined to win forgetful-
ness of the dripping night outside
Chairs were arranged for the audience,
and Mrs. Bailey, in an artistic white gown,
with wonderful white and pearl embroidery,
stood in one end of the drawing room effec-
lively outlined against n background of
sapphire blue velvet curtains, the face and
figure becomingly lighted by a soft, rose
shaded lamp. yJ
Her first selections strengthened the i'm
preston that this was veritable feast of
flowers, and the charming little vers de
societe were listened to with delight Later
she read Mrs. Browning's Bertha ip the
Lane, ana Mother and Poet with ex-
quisite feeling, the sympathetic audience re-
spending TO the tender pathOes with faces
grown very grave.
A reaction IN n negro 6ialacf 9t0rV Of
Christmas visiby lighte ned the gloom and
the evenings reading closed with any
amount of compliment for Mrs. Bailey.
Mrs. Barton's drawing rooms constantly
ana exquisite marbles. bought during her
last visit to Europe, there were wide fields
for wonder and conversation.
Gradually, the guests found their way to
the dning-room, oniytp discover occasion
for more expressions. of, delight at the love
liness of the decorations. The table
A tea-cloth of linen embreiderec
with thstles in old pinks. greens
and browns was the background TOR great
low mound of La France and nephetos roses
and quantities of ferns in an easy graceful
arrangement that was u continued source OF
admiration.
Spicy red and white carnations were the
| fayors for men and wohlen, while after de
| liclous salad and what-not the creams ap
peared frozen IN the form of books witt
open pages and selected verses from Tho
| poets. leOm
The women were beGomingy gowned and
with the exception Of, three or four, wer,
without bonnets The invited guests were
MIR. and Mrs. w. +. Allen, Mr. and Mrs
| Coutant, Mrs. Cunning. Mrs. Caldwell, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Barker Mr.. and Mrs
5. ID. Barkalow, Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett
Judge and Mrs. Doane, Mr.. azd Mrs. Leav-
lit Burnham, Mr.. and Mrs. Hanscom, Mrs
Horbach, Mrs Lacey, Mr.. and Mrs. Lander
Mr.. and Mrs. POppleton. Captain and Mrs
Ray, MIR. and Mrs. Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs
Nash, MIR. and MIS-. Morseman, Mr. ant
| Yost Mr.. and Mrs Rustin, Judge and Mrs
Savage, Mr. and Mrs. Pritchett Doctor ant
Mrs. Spraeue, Judge and Mrs. Wakeley. Mr.
and Mrs. b. Is, Wood, Hon. aud Mrs. Con
nell, MIR. and Mrs. Shelton, Mrs. Beall, Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Burns, Mr.. and Mrs
Dewey, MIR. and Mrs. Henry Yates, Mr.. an,
Mrs Joseph Millard, Mr.. and Mrs
Wilbur, MIR. and Mrs Pratt, Mi
and Mrs. Mcconnell, Mr. and Mrs
Lorlng, Mrs, Rumsey, Mrs. Edga
Mr.. and Mrs Ramsey Mr.and Mrs McCord
MIR. and Mrs. Vessels, Mrs. Adams Mr.. an
Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Bariaiow, Mr.. AM
Mrs. J. Barton, Mr.. and Mrs. Chase, Mr.. ant
Mrs. j. j. Brown, Mrs. Brown, General AM