The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10
SOCIETY At THE SEASIDE AND THE MOUNTAIN TOP

. 80 r. .
, proved a very pleasant function. The
prize winners were Doctor and Mrs. Par
I sons, Miss Julia Anthc"y and Miss Man
G geTf: al al s CT 81 M LOWS NiI;co Mrs 81 = Pad h : 1aS Ky 'i
The biggest jollification OF the season was
the farmers party Wednesday evening. Inc
st. Louis. master of ceremonies at Avery,
and Mrs. Mailer. The guests dressed IN
typical rural attire, and spent a hilarious
evening: Dignifed men ana women romped
like children and danced country "hoe-
downs" with a vigor in swinging partners
and corners that produced Immense appe-
tlteS Tor the lunch which followed. The az
fair was most laughable to a large crowd of
spectators The grand march was led by
MIR. Mahler and Mrs. Vogeisang, dressed as
q country lad and a milkmaid.
Inc childTen.s party Friday evening-real
children this time-was fully up TO the usu-
al standard The little ST. Louisans who
dance, Folly" Leslie Mathews in L Pc
tite." and Miss Cecile Loewenstein in La
Coguette" and .X-Ray." Miss Mary Hughes
OF Vi~cksburg. Miss, gave u Spanish dance
and little Miss Anita J. Eddy of St Louis
sang The youngsters took their parts well
BEFORE an enthusiastic audience.
Mrs, Ernest Peugnet of St. Louis has reg
istercd at Avery Beach after a month spent
In the Thousand Islands. Last week she
including MIR: and Mrs. l. d. Wilcox of st.
Louis, Mrs. Leroy Porter of Paducah, KY,
Mr., and and Mrs. Mrs 6; Il; E,dEsase Of Chicago
Wis, Mrs. Wolfe Of Chicago and others.
Monday evening, Mr.. and Mrs. Eldredge en-
te-tained the same party at a luncheon in
their cottage. Delmar, and Mrs. Wolfe en-
tertained them again after the farmers
oance Wednesday evening. Mrs. Peugnet
is spending much time riding horseback
ana attracts much attention by her fine
horsemanShip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Buckner of st. Louis
are host and hostess TO many friends at
their cottage. Idle Hour. They are enter
tanning a small house party this week, IN
eluGing Miss Lycett and Mr.. Martin Sewar1,
Mr.. and Mrs. Collier of Keokuk. Ia, are
guests Of Mr.; and Mrs. Fred P. Kaiser at
The Shanty."
Mrs. Carl Schul has gone TO Chicago to
meet Mr.. Schulz, who will spend a vaca-
st. Louis arrivals at Avery Beach this
thel and the Misses Aloysis and Annetka
Herthel. Miss Grace Hazard. Mrs, r.. N.
croate. Bernard Donneliy. the MlI Misses SKA Katie
Donnelly, Miss Field, Miss Mary Field, r.
a Bacon, Leo Faust, J. b.. Faust, Z
McDermott. Hupp Tevis, Miss Lille Park.
Miss Lucille KeIchum, Miss. Nellie l. Al
exander, L. A. Peterson, Mrs. II. X. Par
Mrs. Z. Morisse.
The fav0rite morning amusement among
ladies here is euchrc. The hotel cardrooms
and cottage verandas are dotted with en-
thustastic groups of card players every
morning, and euchre is invariably the game
played. Afternoons are devoted to driving,
bathing and ping-ponging, evenings 10
dancing and moonlight rides on the lake,
when. the weather will permit. but the
mornings belong to cards. One of the
p%rettiest parties of this nature was given at
the Florida on Wednesday. The Florida is
a large cottage with an annex. where a
number of families and visiting friends are
spending the summer. The landlady.-Mrs
Humphrey. was in charge Wednesday. and
arranged the play for eleven tables of pro-
gressive euchre. Most Of the guests were
st. Louis ladies. Prizss were secured after
. popular method of assessing each player
% cents for a prize fund. The winners,
after a contest lasting from 10 o'clock IN
til II were as follows: First gentlemen's
prize, silver sugar sitter, Mrs. Ferd Kaiser
of st. Louis; second gentlemen's prize.
water color, Mrs, Kipsley of st. Louis;
g~entlemen's consolation, a stein, Mrs. POr-
ter of ST. Louis; ladieS first prize, cut
glass bonbOn dish, Mo- J. d. Ladd OF
Cairo, ILL.,; ladies' second prize. souvenir
spoon, Mrs. w. i. Brownell of kaiamazoo,
Mich; ladies' consolation. a stein, Mrs. w
N. Pomeroy of kalamazoo.
The party at the Florida cottage included
the following st. Louis people,: Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur L. Mooney and son, Miss Hop
kins, Mrs. Frank c.. Bleelock. son Weston
and daughter Miss Dorothy; Mrs. J. +.
Weston, Mrs. Arthur Francis, Mrs. Ed
German and Miss Grace Z. Shoop.
Recent ST. Louis arrivals at The Mars
land are: J. K. Tyler, Mrs. n. .Howorth,
Miss NJ. Dwyer, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w Tafr
and baby. Mrs. j. Clinton. Miss Sadie Gin
ton. Grace NJ. Young. Mrs. Lefty Shipley,
Miss Erskine. Mrs. Hutchinson and baby.