The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-22
ENTERTAIN u ENTS.
ParlOr Reading.

Columbia is to be congratulated upon
the organization of the Young Married
Woman's Club. These entertainments
remind one of those generous days
when Columbia made it's reputation for
bounteous hospitality and elegant enter
tainments; the reign of the matron
rather than the debutante, and before
the public hall had usurped the hospi
talities of the home.
The elegant receptions of last week by
Mrs. Brownlow and Mrs. Fry, and Mrs.
fowler were followed Tuesday evening by
delightful parlor reading at the home of
Mr.. f ID. Lander, Mrs. Frank Everett
and Mrs. Lander being joint hostesses.
A more charming arrangement for a
cultured company could not have been
planned. The entire lower floor was a
garden of beauty the violet and green
decorations softening and subduing the
brilliant lights to delightful harmony
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brownlow, Mr.. and
Mrs. Meade Frierson, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
fowler and Mrs. Henry L. Martin of Ken
lucky, assisted the hostesses in receiv-
ing their guests. Mrs. Everett wore an
evening gown of white silk, with white
carnations; Mrs. Lander was gowned in
black spangled net, and wore American
Beauty roses; Mrs. Meade Frierson wore
white silk, with passementerie trim
mings; Mrs. BrownloW's handsome cos
| tune was black silk with steel trim
mings; Mrs. Martins was black lace
! with pompadour silk waisr, and Mrs.
Towler's gown was blue silk with white
and black lace trimmings; and hand
sCmer galaxy of fair young matrons was
never grouped together.
When the guests, some fifty or sixty
in number, had all arrived, and Misses
Anne Evans, Cornelia Jones and Miss
Phillips of Pulaski had served them
each with glass of frappe, the com
/ pany was seated in the double parlors to
listen to a recitation of that deligh tful
| Chris mas story, "Unc' Edinboro' s
/ Drowndin', " by Prof. A. II Merrill of
Nashville, who was the guest of honor
that evening. And how charming a
rendition it was, only those who have
heard Prof. Merrill can appreciate or
imagine. With the easy grace of a
master of his art he began so naturally
the recital of his story, that ere they
knew it his hearers had forgotten them
selves and the speaker even, and were
lost to all save Unc Edinboro and his
young marster, Miss Charlotte and her
maid; and they never "came to" until
the sweet music of the speakers voice
had ceased; then they clapped their
hands and called for more. Prof. Merrill
obligingly responded with THAT Old
| Sweetheart of Mine, " and for a second
encore recited "Seein Things at
Night" and then that feast gave way tc
another.
Quotation cards had been prepared
the quotation being divided, part on one
card part on another, the ladies drawing
one color of cards, the gentlemen
another, and partners for lunch were
made by matching these cards. When
the mating by this novel method had
been made, the company repaired to the
dining room where numerous candida
bras shone and where small tables and
chairs and delicious menu awaited
them. Misses jamie Elan, Eva James
Daisy fowler and Lila Coleman served
the luncheon, and then good-nights were
said and the end came to an evening
profitable to enjoy and pleasant to re
member.