The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-07-23
SOCIETY GOSSIP.

W. T. Hudgins and wife, then think
low the young lads and lassies, not
to say a word of the men and wo-
men (who are but "boys and girls
grown big, y have been on the qui
vive of anticipation for the ball
given by this estlmable couple at
the Randolf Hotel on Wednesday
eve, July 18th, 1900.
This grand fete was given COM
plimentary to Miss. Fay Hudgins
who has but recently returned
from Hollins Institute, Va, to
spend the vacation with her pa
rents, who took the method of
Frightening her short stay at home
by drawing about her circle of
. charming friends and admirers.
Miss Fay, a dainty, blue eyed, golden
haired little creature, was assisted
in receiving by her two guests of
honor, Miss May Clark (her cousin)
from Clarksville, Texas, and Miss
Rose Dickinson, of Little Rock,
Arkansas. These young Misses es-
tablished their regulations as de-
lightful hostesses and shared alike
the honors with their older sisters
in the art of being graceful enter
tainers.
Notwithstanding the fact that
the rain came down in torrents all
morning, the afternoon showed a
rift in the clouds and ere night had
come the wind sent the rain clouds
into the west.
| At an early hour the guests be-
| gan to arrive and were met at the
lower landing by Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Taylor, who ushered them
up the flower be-decked stairs to
the parlors above where waited
them Hon. Will 7. Hudgins and
wife, with Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Jones.
Mrs. Clarence Taylor never looked
more bewitching than on this oc-
casion attired as she was in Nile
green covered with white silk tissue
and with her shimmering fair hair
caught low on her brow with an ex-
quisite diamond sun-burst, a recent
| gift of her handsome husband. The
charming hostess who so fully un-
derstands the art of entertaining
wore "chic" creation of white or
candle elaborately embroidered in
black that was most becoming.
Mrs. Paul Jones wore a clinging
"empire" gown of black silk with
spangled net.
Long before the hour for dancing,
one of the largest as well as choic-
est gatherings of young society
people ever seen in the city were
crowdiug the spacious halls and par
lors of the Randolf Hotel. It would
be impossible to blend into our
picture greater array of femi-
nine beauty and manly grace than
that which awaited impatiently
the first strains of the opening
march into the ball room. Prompt
| ly at $3.50 the music furnished by
Hacks orchestra sounded the soft
prelude that swelled to a mighty
wave of melody as the happy band
of laughing girls and joyous boys
tripped lightly down the stairs led
by that handsome couple, Miss Fay
Hudglns and Mr.. Milo Hutt. The
guests streamed into the artistically
| decorated ball room until it was
costly filled with chivalrous young
men and their lovely partners, and
then-the dance began. For hours
scintilating lights, dazzling jewels,
| rythmical music, flashing eyes, gal
liant speeches and laughing lips
kept time with graceful form and
slippered feet as they glided over
the shining floor, led through the
many intricate and beautiful figures
of the german by Mr.. Fl, Sewer
and pretty Miss Rose Dickinson
| One corner of the ball room bad
been changed with bit of South
African jungle by creeping vines
and outrageous palms, into which
the young couples wandered be-
tween dances and we're refreshened
by delicious frozen punch that car
ried with it the cooling breath of a
| Northern cline.
At the bewitching hour of II the
spicey breeze of India flooded the
air as winsome Fay Hudgins trip
ped lightly into the room with her
dimpled arms heaped high with
flowers. These had been selected
and separately tied with streamers
of white and blue ribbons (the Sc
lected colors of the little hostess)
and we're presented alike to each
and every guest as souvenir of