The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-30

The Embroidery Club continues
to Increase in number and interest.
1t met last Wednesday afternoon
with Miss Louise Dobbins.
Miss Mamie McGaw entertained
in very charming manner, last
Friday evening, in honor of her
guest, Miss Parks, of Elkton.
Quite number of Columbians eX-
pect to attend the Halloween Party
at DR.. DiXOn's, near Ashwood, to-
night. The occasion promises to be
a delightful affair
The home of Mrs. G. w. Mitchell
is prettily decorated in flowers and
bunting corresponding with the
League colors-white and gold-in
honor of the Grace Hammer Ep-
worth Leagues Evening with
Longfellow," tonight. A rich pro-
gram is prepared for the occasion.
Maude Atkinson, the emotional
actress, supported by a good COM
pany, is playing at the Opera House
this week. The crowds have been
fairly good, but not as large as the
company merits. The plays pre-
sented so far have been we'll pro-
duced, and considering the low
prices, the company should be given
good houses the balance of the
week.
Let all christian friends and work
ers remember the time and place of
st. Mary's Guild entertainment-to-
morrow and Monday, in the house
between the post-office and VOL
bridge q Irvine's drug store. Their
lunch will be tempting and substan-
tial and the Halloween party on Sat-
urday night will be entertaining to
the young at only trifling expense.
Patronize these boys and SEE what
good Dame Fortune will do for you.
The inclemency of the weather
prevented the Junior Epworth
League from having their Gypsy
party in Mr.. Hiram Hendley's lawn
on the Santa Fe pike, last Friday
afternoon, as announced. 1t was
postponed until Saturday and was a
success in every particular. A large
number of little folks were out, and
made the air ring as they frolicked
about the beautiful ground. Bon
fires, music, and band of gypsies
added greatly to the fun of the occa-
sion. Egg and potato roasting was
INDUCED in, and delightful refresh
ments were served. A hay-ride
back to town was fitting finale to
the children's afternoon pleasures
The l4th of November is a day
now being looked forward to with
interest by the friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. Holman, that being the 25th
anniversary Of their marriage
They will celebrate their silver we'd
ding in charming manner from {
to p. m, on that day, to which al
their friends will be invited. Mr.
and Mrs. Holman were both born in
Columbia; the latter on Embargo
street, the house now being tori
away; and the former in the ole
Armstrong house, now occupied by
Mr.. Norfieet Figuers. That place
was then-50 years ago-considered
the outskirts Of the town, and was
surrounded by cane brakes-a gooC
place to catch 'possums and conns.
The entertainment given by Mrs
Polk and Miss Jean Wright las
Eevening at Mr.. Richard Knots resi-
dence was as delightful as that o.
last spring by the same two talented
authors and readers. AS was re.
marked at the time of the former
reading, Mrs. Polk has a talent fol
the truthful rendering of the negro
dialect of real life, which is only toe
seldom found in this age of dialec
readings. Beyond this, she is gifteC
with a power of memory for the cd
dities of the Tennessee darky''
speech and manner, which is not a
all short of marvellous. Those who
heard her story of the "Pursarbir
of de Sperritt" will not question thu
conclusion that that piece must in.
deed be a work of memory, and no
of imagination, so thoroughly con
vincing is the realism of the work.
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