The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-06

aecrelary--ur. James Carver.
Recording secretary-AIiss Allie Dodge.
Treasurer-Miss Nora Hendrickson
After the installation cards were pass
ed to the guests, each bearing the mans
of an animal. The cards were in groups
Of six and were tied with ribbon. A
prize was given 10 the group singing
the best song in the language of the
beast represented by the card held. The
prize was awarded 10 the Owls. who sang
There is Tavern il Our Town The
Owls were Miss Haythorn. Miss McCand-
less. Mr.. Barton and Mrs. Walter Vim
cent.
MARCIA MURDOCK'S PARTY.
On that glorious afternoon of alternat-
ing sunshine of trailing shadows in the
wake of drifting clouds. with a fresh
breeze Haunting the bunting and stream
ing out the folds OF Old Glory from the
housetops and from the tops OF the trees.
on the lawn of daddie's house the many
invited guests of Marcia Murdock's red.
white and blue party, accompanied by
older brothers and sisters. by parents
and nurses. came trooping 10 Eaglehurst
at 2 o'clock OF independence day. The
party was given by Mrs. VI. NJ Murdoch,
and the eighty or more invitations sent
out were on swell note paper. In one cor
ner was a colonial boy and girl. In the
other miniature fire cracker. Under
meath a verse read:
"A postponed birthday party III give
On the Fourth of July. if it's sunny and
dry;
But then you may just come anyway,
At the precise hour of two.
Hurrah for the red, white and bluel"
As the wee ones arrived they were
ushered upstairs by Anita and BARBRA
Henderson. Afterwards they were shown
into the drawing room, where in a cor
ner. amid a bower of American beauties,
Miss Marcia, dressed as Miss Columbia,
with Master Cash Henderson as her hon
cred attendant, costumed as Brother
Jonathan. and then the little remem-
ORANGES Of each having been rendered.
the tots and older ones were turned loose
for a happy afternoon. The porch was
profusely decorated with flags. red rugs
and pillows. Here an orchestra dis
coursed sweet music throughout the af-
ternoon. The bright and joyous little
guests. after devoting half an hour 10
fishing pond, were seated underneath the
dense canopy of leaves, at small tables.
which were covered with bunting. and a
large cake in the center of each, with
six small flags 10 designate Marcia's age.
To each one was given a flag and paper
napkin of red. white and blue. Ice cream,
cake and cherry lemonade were served.
After this plenty of fire crackers were
furnished. For blocks around the neigh
bors not only thought that freedom from
her mountain height, had unfurled her
standard to the air. but also from Muir
docks jungle. The laughter of the little
ones seemed to vie with the music of the
fountain as the silvery spray rose and
fell with a gentle splash into the limpid
water of the basin. The saucy blackbirds
kept up a constant chatter. as no doubt
they felt their private preserves had been
entered upon by these merrymakers.
With the rays of the sinking sun kissing
lightly the many happy faces of the
babes. and. caressing for a moment the
Stars and Stripes, the adieus were made
as the call carriages of the anxious pax
ents came Each urchin on leaving was
handed bon bons done up in red. white
participated in the birthday celebration:
Sidney Ashton. Helen Fazel, Johephine
Baldwin. Gladys Cohn, Alice Pierce, Jo-
sephine Mahan, Charles Moffatt, Clarence
Bleckley. Neva Bleckley. Zoe McComb.
Ruth McComb, Ellen McComb. Helen
Case, Jessie Eleanor Knorr, Pauline
Wallenstein Louis Johnson, Alverda
Reese. Hortense Balderson. Jessie Bal
derson. Grace Mahan. Francis Keck,
Floyd lie Roy. Hazel Henry, Fern De
Mar. Floyd Wright, Wflbert Millison, Re
becca Cooper. Constance Smyth. Hattie
HYDE. Dorothy Mcnamara. Mile Carey,
Mona Eaton. Mary Torrington, Vivian
Mcnamara. May Arnett. Margaret Bru-
bacher. Mamie Brubacher. Edith Eaton.
Marian Alley, Barbara Henderson, Flor
ence Cushman. Constance Carey, Stever
FaeI. Zimmerly Bryan. Anita Hender-
son. Cash Henderson. Gladys Cummings,
Eulalia Cummings. Lucille Culp Louis
Solomon. Edward Keck, John D. Carey,
Marcenus Baldwin. Mary Balderson. Alta
Fern Stanley. Lucille Fordyce, George
Cook. George Hyde. Donald Cooper.
Henry WaHenstein. David Walker. IN
sley Walker. Irving Bleckley, Herbert
Pierce Philip Balderson. James Sargent,
Murrel Baldwin. Jimmie Eaton Maud
Dean Gordon Baldwin. David Leahy,
Stanley carp. Edith Payne. Hooper To-
Ter. Roy Toler. Merriheld Martiing. Ellis
lockwood Ma~tling. Frederick Pratt. Jo-
sephine Brooks. katherine Brooks. Mar
garet Brooks Gertrude Mcclellan. Jo-
sephiue Hull Bona Hull. Worth Sargent
and Mitchell Jordan.