The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-21
EPOCH IN LOCAL HISTORY
Host and Hostess charmingIy Enter
tain Immense Throngs Of Guests
in PaIatiaI New Home.

+. b. MOSS Tor he rSt time received
their friends in a formal way in their
palatial new home in the West She
addition. when they gave a recep-
ton in honor of it's completion. The
hour nr receiving was from $3.50
o'clock until the pleasure of their
guests babe them depart, which was
near midnight for some.
-Four hundred invitations had been
sent and personal response vas made
to over 300, yet Notwithstanding this
large number at no time was there
a jam or crush, features that only too
often mai the enjoyment of those who
attend large functions, so roomy and
well arranged is the mansion.
Petite Miss Kula Moss met the
ladies at the door and turned them
over to Miss Harriet Rowley, who re-
lieved them of theif wraps, while
Masters Hugh Rowley and Ben Temp
kins performed the same Office Cor the
gentlemen. The guests then passed
through the quaint Moorish hall into
the front parlor, where they wsre
received by Mr.. and Mrs. Moss, Mr..
and Mrs, w. w. Anderson, Miss Moss,
Miss Clara Moss, Mr.. and Mrs. H. w.
Rowley and Mr.. Sidney Anderson.
The customary welcomes extended.
they entered into the rear parlor,
where Mrs. J. NJ. Macgregor acted as
the hostess. Mrs. e. O. Railsback in
urn met them in the large reception
hall, from which they wandered into
the library, in which Mrs. James Nc
Cormick was awaiting them. Then
they passed at will through the house,
finding their way to the second story.
where a colored servant was stationed,
who directed them to the different
apartments, all of which had been
thrown open for their inspection and
admiration.
In a recess in the reception hall
llS AllooCo DuSAloAAoA In
from a large cut glass bowl.
On the landing of the stairway an
orchestra was stationed and during
the evening furnished music of a
ravishing nature, the sweet strains OF
which gave added beauty and anima-
ton to the scene of loneliness and
color presented by the exquisite gowns
of the ladies and the rare furnishings
, and draperies of the mansion.
In the dining room, into which the
guests were ushered by Mrs. G. w.
Woodson and Mrs. Railsback, were
Mesdames Hord, Arnold, Bailey and
Morse, assisted by Miss Marion Goss.
Miss Jessie Railsback, Miss Alice Nc
Cormick, Miss Katherine Denham,
Miss Helen Rowley, Miss Maude Cru
we'll and Miss Lulu Railsback, who
served ice cream, cake, fees and mint
waters.
Under the warmth of their welcome
and the charm of their hostess and
gracious manner of their host, the
guests speedily felt at home and the
restraint of a formal function was
happily missing. Pleasure and hap
piness beamed from every counte-
nance and the evening was one OF
delight to all.
A description Of the beautiful home
thus ~joyously dedicated is impossible,
especially in the limited space of a
newspaper article. 1t is lacking in
nothing that good taste could suggest
or unlimited ear provide. Rich
ness and a blending of the artistic
with the useful are everywhere. Ia
pestries from France and rugs from
the Orient decorate walls and cover
floors, while furniture of the old,
quaint French designs, now in SO
a much favor, enhance the beauty OF
the whole. Pictures and bric-a-brac
of great merit are disposed wherever
! costly antiques find resting places in
almost every nook and corner. The
glimmer and sheen of countless cleo
trio lights and the fragrance ant
' beauty OF myriads of flowers, rejecting
n their loneliness or cut glass and daz
e cling silver, all combined to create
a picture that will long and pleasantly
h linger in the memory of the guest:
9 of Friday evening.
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