The herald., 1897-02-14
A Cupid Party

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Cupid Party
One of the most beautiful and elabor-
ate functions of the season was the Cupid
party given by Mrs. J. f. H. Peck yes
terday, at her home on Beacon street
Cupid doing homage to Miss Gates Of
2 Bay City, Mich, in whose honor the
party was given. The beautiful rooms
were all adorned with Cupids favorite
color. Broad bands of pink satin ribbon
crossed the rooms in long diagonal lines.
Bows OF pink roses, upon which Cupid
was poised, swung in doorway and cor
ners. Pink roses were used in great pro-
fusion as decorations. The ladies who
assisted Mrs. Peck in receiving were
Mines. Sheldon Borden. Hobbs, Nc
Gowan, Jack Jevne. Scarborough, Har-
lem, Modinl Wood. Howard, Heron,
Belts, Holterhoff, King, Peru, Johnson,
Varntins, Hamilton. Lewis Flemming
J. A. Fairchild. Francisco, Holmes
Hines and Gibbon. Little Gertrude
King and Edith Heron, dressed as
Cupids, In wings and golden slippers and
gauze draperies, carried the score cards
and big bow and arrow gilded, passing
among the guests, almost as myster-
iously as loves veritable messengers
The score cards were half yards Of roses
madesup into valentines
The amusement of the day was guess
Ing how Cupid would come--his method
of coming being written upon the cards
In words ending in ing-Miss Blakely
wrote l19 ways of Cupid's advent in
twenty minutes, Miss Ben Anderson 10
ways, and Mrs. Hamilton 14O ways. The
prizes were hand painted valentines tied
with mammoth bows of pink satin rib.
bon.
The pretty Cupid conceit was carried
out In the refreshments. the sandwiches,
Ices, cakes, stuffed nuts, etc, being
heart-shaped, and, in all possible cases.
of the same pink color.
In one of the cakes a silver heart fell
10 MISS Carrie Waddilove, a forerunner
later IT all signs do not fail.
Ihe guests were, besides those receiv-
Ing, Misses ]. Scott, Waddilove, Kath-
crime johnson, Gertrude johnson. Ada
Johnson. Lila Fairchilds, Helen Fair
childs, Bonsall. Ridgway. Babcock, Ell
lott, Bonsall. Northam, Easton, Strong,
Goodrich, Keenan,, Van Nuys Hoskiss,
emerson. Godin, Robinson, Mcclellan,
Mullen, Monford, Metcalf Crittenden'
Coleman, Blaklee and Dewy.
Living Whist,
The pretty juvenile reception given by
Henry J. Kramer in Turner hall Friday
night was very charming affair. Liv-
ing whist was presented by the little
children who shuff1ed and cut and dealt
and took tricks. in bewildering and skill
ful play. Each little one represented
card, and the pretty evening costume of
each child was ornamented with the
spots OF the card he represented.
The assembling of the cards. the frolic
of the jacks, and the march of the sui.
cards, were all most charmingly and ad-
mirably danced by the living players
and to the time of splendid music. The
ten tricks were taken in a series of fancy
dances in which grace of movement and
ease Of action showed most careful
training on the part of Mr.. Kramer
Trick four was skirt dance in which
Misses Ida Hassen. Ada Smith, Sylvia
Dowse and Tillie Baruch participated
1t was a trick full of pretty graceful ac-
tion and quite took the audience by
storm. In trick six the solo work was
also very charming. The dance was
Dunn, Lucille Webster, Irene Buell. and
Barnetta Norton were the participants
The little sylph like maidens We're much
applauded for their beautiful work, The
Oxford minuet was in stately measures
and well executed by Master Gerald
Rule and Misses Clara Smith, Mary
Phelps and Florence Judd. All the chill
vi GIL pol IiSiPdtllS WclC dS lOllOWS.
Misses Zula Crenshaw, Irene Kelly.
Hazel Bryson, Bertha Gates, Hattie
Phillips, Florence Avery. Florence Sum
derland. Lille Sunderland Pauline
Kingsbaker, Frances Newmark Sylvia
Dowse, Velvalee Dunn, Reta Jacoby.
Sadie Seigle, Ada Smith, Ida Hassen,
Edna Kelley, Callie Roster, Norma
Gould, Elsie Knecht, Barnetta Norton,
Amy Marie Norton, Lolita Kerr, Ida
Hatch, Alice Gwynne, Florence New
mark. Tillie Baruch, Irene Buell.. Flora
Guthrie, Clara Smith, Louise Mallory,
Agnew, Myra Rife. Mercedes De Luna,
Edna Newmark, Lucille Webster. Mil
dred Burnett. Erma Glass. Mabel Odell,
Alberta Demise, Gertrude McCaffery,
May Hitchcock, Elsie Levy. Susie Tow
send, Edith Cole. Evelyn Davis, Helen
Kerkow. Florence Judd, Mary Phelps,
Glenn Edwards, Clara Knecht, Mary
Hubble Bessie McPhpr6on HeIena