The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-11-13

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: charming social life Of the South
S so celebrated in story and song,
decaying, yet there remains, her
i and there, relics of that nobi
manhood, that pure, sweet woman
hood, that that Southern c :i!ii;;;; isy
generous, unselfish hospitality tina
characterized the old South ant
made it the most glorious spot Oh
earth. The old spirit of antebellun
days are not extinct. and in Obior
county we find counterparts of tina
brilliant social life and that true
type of the best Southern blood
We have the same palatial coun.
try home the same hospitality, the
same spacious drawing rooms, the
same personality of host and hos
tess, the same brilliant social func-
tions. The writer saw all this
demonstrated recently when in re-
spouse to the following invitation,
there assembled last Friday even
ing at o'clock, in the elegantly
furnished parlors OF Mr.. and Mrs.
MILFORD Farrls, at "Maple Slope
a number of the best young men
and young ladies in Obion county.
The hos pitality of this true South
ern home is far famed, and when
once you have been entertain
ed in it, you long for the repetition
of the entertainment. The invita-
ton which babe the guests assem-
BILE, was:
Some merry country folks
Together will convene,
To burn their nuts and stack their
stocks,
And keep their Halloween.
Those present we're: Messrs.
Algie Sherill, r. P. Barnett, Gus
Bryant, Hugh Harris, w. H. K, Coo
Dave Ciemmons, Preston Shore,
Reese Alexander, Greer Mofat,
Ernest Byrd, John Harper, Allen
Wade, Bob Wade. Misses Ella
v nipple, Nellie Clemmons, Leiron
Bonner, Addie Gardner, Georgia
Coggins, Nellie Stovall, Jessie Cal
icott, Beatrice McCaw, Grace Har-
is, Mary Anna Harris. Laura
Head, Mr.. and Mrs. Knox Harper,
Misses Sallie and Martha Wade
ind Bessie Harper. Mrs. Harper
ind the Misses Wade assisted Mrs.
9arris in the entertaining. The
,arlors, reception rooms and the
lining room were tastefully deco
ated with leaves of the forest,
which having been tinted by Octo-
'er's sun, made the select most
pleasing.
The amusements were opened
With the introduction of a party of
hosts, from which each gentleman
elected his partner for the evening.
his put the guests in merry hui
lor and other pleasures followed /
a happy succession. 7
The guessing contest was novel
ne-in fact it was musical novel, !
/ which the contestent is obliged >
} select his character of the story
.om the name of an air as it is
on the piano. Mr.. Sher-
i'll and Miss Grace Harris won the
prize in this, which d
as a handsome toilet bottle. The [
DOLBY award was gourd banjo,
aptured by Mr.. Bryant and Miss a
aura Head.
To those who know Mrs. Far
s. Mrs. Harper and the Misses
Iade, ladies of the truest culture
nd refinement, it is needless TO say
lat everything possible was done 7
} make event most brilliant and
leasant. Brilliant costumes, So
al games, guessing contests, mu-
cal romances, readings, vocal and
music, a sumptuous
past, scintillating conversations
lterspersed with brilliant flashes
wit, humor and repartee-all S
to make the occasion one
ng to be remembered and repeat =
!. It is such social life as this,
lch gathering of the sons and
iughters of the best Southern
such courtesies and enter
inments shown by and in homes
pure and true and hospitable as
yer Thomas Page Nelson de-