The record-union., 1899-12-03
Mr.. and Mrs. Richter. The party broke
up at an early hour lin the morning).

Mr.. and Mrs. Richter. The party broke
up at an early hour Tin the morning).
The sixteen to- One Whist Club
met last Monday evening at the resi-
dence OF Miss Eva Brown. 1907 p
street and spent most interesting and
pleasant sitting at consolation whist.
The first prizes were won by Miss Lulu
Stickney and H. w. Shartzer, and the
BOBBY prizes by Miss Jennie Casper
and W. Reed. The parlors were very
prettily decorated with festoons Of
holly berries and smilax, gracefully
draped from the wallis to the chande-
liers, and a profusion of ferns and
roses. so artistically placed that the
effect was both beautiful and pleasing.
After finishing the game a dainty and
appetizing lunch was served, and when
the time for departing arrived all pre-
sent expressed themselves as more
than pleased with their hostess and
her. mode of conducting the evenings
entertainment.
There are, after all, many people
who feel the meaning Of Thanksgiving
turkey, cranberry sauce, and plum
pudding, as the full congregation which
assembled at the Sixth Street Metho-
dist Church, where were held the joint
services of the Protestant churches OF
the city, proved. The Rev. Mr.. Carroll.
pastor of the church, led the services,
but the Rev. Mr.. Bauder, Of the Church
of the United Brethren in Christ, de-
livered the address which gave one
much food for reflection. 1t was on
Progress and War;" the horrors Of
which, though not extenuating, are of
the means toward progress and civil
lization. The offertory was sung de-
lightfuily by Miss Helen Howe, and the
services ended by the united singing by
choir and congregation Of "America," !"
which was first most beautifully read
by Rev. Mr.. Banks. The services We're
most impressive and however lightly
and thoughtlessly one entered the
church, one could not but feel, on leav-
ing, the deeper meaning of Thanks
giving Day.
The Alpha Sigma Fraternity gave its
annual party last Friday evening at
Golden Gate Hall. in San Francisco.
Many of our young people went down
for the occasion. In the gay throng
were represented Chapters from Berke-
ley, Oakland, San Francisco and Sac
ramento.
Mrs Thomas Cotter returned last
Sunday to her home in Berkeley, after
q weeks visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Evans.
Miss Seadler went to San Francisco
to attend the Alpha Sigma party.
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DR.. A. W. Hawley went to San Fran
cisco to attend the ball game on
THANKSGIVING Day.
Mrs. ]. B. Wright spent a few days
in the City, returning on Wednesday
night.
Thomas McFessd attended the Alpha
Sigma party and the football game in
San Francisco.
Miss Fannie Cuthbert leaves this
evening on the Oregon express for an
extended visit to relatives in Portland.
"Why did you break off your engage
ment with Jim?" asked Nellye of Mae.
"He got to signing his love letters
'Jyme,'" replied Mae.
Miss Crouch was the hostess. Need
less to say, therefore, that the house
was daintily artistic. But it is not
superfluous to tell you how some of the
pretty effects were produced. Particu-
larly unique and pleasing was cosy
corner, in which were hung, fastened
with pinkish yellow ribbons leading
into the tints of the fruit, branches of
the rich pink-yellow, leafless persim-
mon. In another room were delicate
masses of the finest web-like moss,
evidently from lands unknown; which
made the dantiest kind of a decora-
tion. In still another room, in a hand
some green jardiniere, a great bunch
Of long rose branches, bearing quanti
ties Of the ripe red seed pods. 1t was
as if the rose bush itself were there.
This made a most effective arrange
ment, and (as an aside), ladies, it is
a most satisfactory one, for it will last
fresh and beautiful for month at the
very least-Ive tried it. Then here
and there were quietly placed graceful
vases of careless roses, frightening
with their dash of color, but not over
whelming. In fact, no heavy decora-
tion was there, everything was light
and airy, and as if belonging always
just there where one saw it. And after
all is it not really better. Garden par
ties are all we'll enough in their proper
place, but why turn a house party into
one.
You are impatient to know what it
Is all about. Just as if you did not
know
Why, Of course, it was a whist party.
and there were eleven tables, and the
prize winners were Mesdames Ira
Robie, Horace Ball, w. K. Cothrin, E.
S. Hadley Those present were the
Misses Helen Howe, Blanche Twitchell,
Ruby Kennedy, Rita Kennedy, Emily
Thompson, Alden, Edna Carroll Hattie
Nellie Mott. Louise Milliken.
Clara Taylor, Mamie Russell, Dillsy
Clarke, Kl4insorge, Minnie Clarke and
Mesdames F. L. Gray, Mary Ross, C. N.
D. A. Lindley, Henry T.
Gage, William Davis, E. S. Hadley, Ed
F. Smith, Charles Bonte, Andrew Was
son, Charles Beckwith, Presley John