The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-10-19
ENTERTAINMENTS.

The handsome Brownlow home on
West Sixth street, which is 80 adj
mirably adapted TO entertaining was
Monday the scene of two brilliant
gatherings. The first was an after
noon reception, given by Mesdames Joe
Bro willow, w. b. Harrison and Chas.
Bradshaw, complimentary to Miss Caro-
line Lewis Gordon. Reception rooms
and hall, with their elaborate decora-
tions in gre n and an occasional bouqu It
of bright flowers, were indeed beautiful.
The hostesses stood with Miss Gordon
in the reception room, while their assist
ants we're to be found in reception and
music rooms and hall. These ladies'
were, Mrs. Ernest McLemore, Mrs. w.
b. Dobbins, Mrs. E. Fl. Hatcher, Mrs.
Eugene Long, Mrs. Frank Everett, Mrs.
Ulna Foster, Mrs. W P. Morgan, Mrs.
E W. Carmack, Mrs. Chas. Forgey,
Misses Baird, Coleman, Provine, Mayes
and Bine Boyd.
The dining rooms rivalled the other
apartments in its artistic yellow and
white decorations, the same colors pre-
vailing in the dainty refreshments. Mrs.
John Fry and Mrs. Frank Lander pre-
sided in this department. Especially
pretty was the cozy little MUSHROOM: the
small conservatory was decorated with
an artists skill, and at the entrance sat
Misses Annie Evans and Daisy fowler,
beautifully gowned in evening toiettes,
and reminding one of flowers more ex-
quisite than any the conservatory might
furnish These young ladies gracefully
served frappe to guests who we're en-
ticed into the music room by the sweet
notes of the programme which was here
rendered throughout the afternoon.
More than hundred and fifty guests
enjoyed the beauty of the scene, the
social hour, the music and the refresh
ments, and repaired to their homes with
an earnest desire to hear the charming
honoree, Miss Gordon, in her reading in
the evening.
! Then came
"The Aftermath"
Several young ladies and gentlemen
enjoyed the hospitality of Mr.. and Mrs
Brownlow and Mr.. and Mrs. Bradshaw
after the reading, with Miss Gordon
again as honoree. A delicious two
course luncheon was an enjoyable
feature of this occasion.
Book Party.
An interesting party was given by
Miss Carpenter and the pupils of the
High School in hall No. Friday
afternoon. The faculty and pupils oil
the seventh and eighth grades were the
guests of the occasion.
A short literary and musical pro
gramme was we'll rendered, after which
the rules were suspended while the titles
of the books represented were guessed
Forty-four books were impersonated
taking wide range, and considerable
ingenuity was displayed in many in
stances Among the most interesting
may be noted "Choir Invisible"-
quire of paper in box. 'Innocents
Abroad very narrow A. "Wear.
Travellers Around the Camp Fire.
two worn shoes with a bottle of campho
between them. 1.-THE Pioneer mar
with pie on his ear. "We Two"-tht
jolly looking girl with cat under he
arm. "Only Word"-Incompre
hensible. "Back Dwarf"-very small
clack doll. Roundabout Papers,;
bundle of papers securely tied. Among
the others represented were, "Bow o
Orange Ribbon" "Middemarch,
"Silent South" "Five Little Peppers,
and "Woman in White"
prize was awarded to the one guess
ing the greatest number of books, anC
was won by Arthur Brown. The prizt
was a book, Emerson's Essay on Books
FINS.