The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-12-07
THE SOCIAL CLUB
The Fourth Meeting Was a Grand
Success.
A Globe Reporter Gives an Account OF
1t in Detail.
IT IS AN ENTIRELY ORIGINAL FAD
.xt Mating Will Be at the Home
of Col. Leo ID. Heartt, tues
day Evening.

DAY EVENING"
A number of Durham's society people
met a few weeks ago and organized under
the name of the "Social Club of Durham.
The credit OF tits pleasant innovation is
due principally to Miss Mamie Heartt'
who called he first business meeting at
her house. and, with the assistance OF
half a dozen others, detailed plans Tor
the winters amusement. Two SUISSE
ouent meetings of the club were held
one at Mrs Wallis, which was denoml
mated a Literary Salad" and which, &C
cording to the customary charming
hospitality and thoughtfulness of the
hostess, was a success throughout the
other a progressive Euchre" party at
Mrs. Thomas Martins, an entertainment
as pleasant and congenial as familiarity
with refined social usages could make 1t
Tuesday evening the club had its fourth
meeting at the residence Of Mr.. George
Watts. the feature of the occasion being
an "Auction Party very ingeniously
originated and carried out successfully in
detail by Miss Loose and Miss Beall, the
guest and sister law, respectively, OF
Mr.. Watts. To one who makes the asser-
ton that modern society is at a loss with
out its card. playing and dancing this
event would have been a revelation. An
air OF gracious and courteous abandon
characterized those who received n
tended to make all feel pleased and wei
come, as always is the case with the re-
ceptions given by Mr.. Watts.
THE auction to begin at 9:15' were
the significant words written above the
library door and speculation grew rife,
until finally the time appointed came
and q bag of beans, representing money
to the amount of $50, was given each
one, dispelling a little uneasiness Incl
dent to the belief on the part Of the male
portion of the crowd hat the money
might have to come temporarily from
some other source. Out of a large pile
of bundles a mysterious looking parcel
was selected, and after some high bid
ding, became the property of Miss Beall.
Its name | forget but the contents
proved to be a miniature toy with de-
cided penchant for exhibiting the wo'
manlike characteristic and caused a
good deal of amusement. "a crying
need was labelled on the next package,
and Arthur Lyon grew red, excited and
nervous in his attempt to bid it In. He
succeeded and upon opening the pack.
age grew redder, more excited and more
nervous for q small red cradle was a
trile more than he had bargained for.
Will Willard lost some Of his facetiOus-
ness and INDUCED in tears that were
hardly sentimental when he eagerly pro-
duced two onions with age warranted,
guised under the name "a cure for love"
"An old maids comfort was the next
and then a young lady, whose name l
refrain from mentioning, stepped for
ward and with courage writ large" upon
her features spent all her wealth upon
the coveted article, which turned out to
be a teapot. Memory fails me and
cannot give the names and contents of
the other packages. Some Of these were
well worth purchasing, the handsomest
being a souvenir spoon bought by Fred
Green and "A strapped tag by l. Z
Avery. Laughing comments calling
forth quick repartee were the order Of the
day and Mods and becks and wreathed
smiles" were in abundance.
The last purchase was made, and then
the guests were ushered into-not the
h~ackneyed 'sumptuous repast" nor the
still more tiresome elaborate supper;
though, as a matter of fact, the hostess
combined the nicer qualities of both. 1t
was q quiet, refined and elegant supper,
and, presided over by Miss Loose and
Beall, was, of course, a perfect success
in every particular.
The ladies present were Mesdames
Watts, Carr, Martin and Murray, Misses
Heartt, Matilda Heart, klutz, Wall, Beall
and Loose; the gentlemen were Messrs
Kramer. Wiley, Willard, Green, Foushee,
Lyon, Yearby, Sneed and Avery.