The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-08
BRILLIANT
EVENT
Penelope Club Royal
ly Entertained

House Decorations Beautiful. |
The Event Will Long Be
Remembered.
The Penelope Club was royalty en->
tertained at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. A. Romans on Wednesday after
noon.
About three O'Clock the guests be-
gan to arrive. elegantly gowned and in
the gayest mood, some with a dainty
bit of fancy work as badge of the
society. The merry hum of conversa-
tion filled the rooms and. only when
Mrs. Smythe of the Chicago Quartette
went to the piano did the merry hum
hush: her exquisite rendering of
several musical masterpieces was a
delight to all. A true artist with
sympathetic touch and perfect techni-
que who has just returned from Ger
many the fatherland of music.
At five o'clock the gentlemen arriv-
ed. and as it was their first appearance
at this famous club, they were grac-
iously announced by the hostess. This
added to the gayety, as the spacious
rooms filed until the seventy guests
had all assembled, then the contest of
evening was introduced, "A sewing
game composed Of names of articles
used in needle, work, with letters all
askew, to be rightly guessed and SPELL
ed. The gentlemen entered the race
with great vim and were determined
to distance their fair friends and beat
!, them atttheir own game. When time
was called f. w. Meyers was pronounc,
ed the winner of first honors, the prize
being an artistic statuette containing a
tape measure. The prize OF consola-
tion was presented to Miss Jessie
Goodrich, beautiful strawberry and
silver emery, that will aid her in find
ing the point in the future. The prizes
as we'll as favors were mostappropriate
all referring to the club.
The ladies favors were bonbon boxes
in the form of spools of silk filled with
Gunther's dainties. The favors of the
gentlemen were the cracker bonbons
containing paper caps whicbahey don
ned for refreshments. The menu was
very recherche and consisted of pine.
apple. escalloped oysters, nut bread
and white bread sandwiches and cof.
fee with olives for first course. The
dessert, magnificent English plum
pudding, made by Mrs. Fullick, decor
ated with almonds, flowers and ferns
was brought into the library on an ex
d quisitely arranged table and gracefully
served by Mrs. Romans. The company
was given for Mr.. and Mrs. Smvthe
Mr.. and Mrs. Bracken of the Chicago
Quartette and Miss Chrisman of Maple
ton and was honored by the presence
of Gov. Shaw. The house decoration:
were American beauty roses and ferns
Mrs. Romans, was assisted in serving
by Mesdames Silleto, SERVER, Wygant
and Miss Garnet Romans. The guests
: left just in time to attend the concert
: The columns of the daily press teen
with stories of the doings of Mrs. Ma
, tion the Kansas saloon wrecker. II
us the most damaging bit of evidence
| = hot hos Tod ioct I, 10
cular reformer, was that printed in
Des Moines paper a few days ago
5 Speaking of the expected coming o
+ Mrs. Nation to that city the pape
, said, that the secretary of the Y. M
!, G.. A. was much exercised because h
found that the contract made with he
manager did not prevent her from raid
: ing saloons, if it was thought they wer
' running contrary to the law. Thi
!, statement let's the cat out of the bag
Mrs Nation has manager, an advanc
+ who makes contracts for her appear
. agce in certain place. A contrac
! usually presnpposes compensation
There must be consideration on bot
a sides, and thus we find that Mrs. Ns
tion the redoubtable reformer, is pre-
pairing to go about the country lik
any theatrical troupe coming into cas-
or something else, the advertisement
accorded by the sensational report
h sent outIof her doings in Kansas w
l. expect this of Corbett and the priz
e fighting crew. They have becom
II theatrical stars, and they too spol
!. managers and make contracts. w
: had hoped that Mrs. Nation woul
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