The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-01-29
Current Tonic Club.

ed paths prevented the members of the
Current Topic Club from assembling in
large numbers at Mrs. Arthur Stevens
Friday afternoon to celebrate the Clubs
tenth anniversary. The remaining five
charter MEMBERSHIPS. Lucius Gould.
Mrs. Albert Todd, Mrs. Charles Stewart,
Mrs. b. &. Evans and Miss Colt, assist
ed Mrs. Stever as hostesses for the after
noon. The invitations read Library
Party so each guest came representing
some book. When the cards and pencils,
whereby each person was to record her
knowledge of the 'Library'O were hand
ed out, the committee placed each lady
ION honor" not to reveal her own or any
other title to anyone, so the contest had
somewhat the novelty of being conduct
ed ON merit
Two white aprons, one long and plain,
the other short dainty and ribbon trim
med, worn by Mrs. Stever represented
white Aprons" A colored flower
study worn by Mrs. Campbell designat-
ed Van Dykes "The Blue Flower. "
One of the hard problems was Mrs. Col
Inns. In the center of plain white
card was inserted a printed weather
forecast Snow colder-northwest wind
temperature 10 degrees below zero" 1t
ought to have been plain enough, but it
wasn't, to everyone that it was"A Win
ters Tale" With an old door lock, the
mystic letters "a. l.. t. inscribed
thereon, Mrs. Williams puzzled many
but a few knew ALTON Locke" Mrs.
McGinnis, fragrant American beauty"
told of "A Rose in Bloom" a.. Mrs. Par
xii with quaint white cap adorned on
one side with roses and lilacs, and a
most bewitching Janice Meredith curl,
received many titles under the Lilacs"
Janice Meredith" etc. but when
Knighthood was in Flower" was correct
The ladies agreed that Mrs. Mcbride
was indeed 'The One Woman" who
would brave the distance she drove in
the storm to attend the anniversary
Mrs. McCurdy's two flags perched in her
hair proclaimed that she was Under
Two Flags" Mrs. James Osburn wore
"A Bow of Orange Ribbon" Only two
or three were wise enough to guess that
the long string of chestnuts which
Mrs. Keller wore suggested "Twice
Told Tales" Mrs. Van Dusen's little
newspaper clipping showing rushing
river with huge dark rock beside 1t
told of "Black Rock" while In Mrs.
Vests picture of a whole flock Of birds
you could plainly hear, "The Birds
Christmas Carol" Mrs. Christian
wore no unusual adornment to dis
ting1ish her title and to the many
queries, "What do you representa-" she
invariably replied, "Just what 1 am, "
so 1t finally developed that she was
1.-The Christian. Mrs. Charles Loring
by a very difficult rebus, and Mrs.
Morris Osburn by initials worn on a
ribboa represented "Little Dorritt. "
Miss Colt wore a pin which held a
Cherry" Mrs. Whipple carried a
tiny garden utensll which completed
"Ivanhoe" while Mrs. Allison's red
bow holding on the loops the letters
MAR and ia the center the figure Is
read "Middlemarch." A photograph
of Lands, congressman and lecturer,
Miss Jones said was copy of 1.-THE
Gentleman from Indiana" A peach
stone suspended from a ribbon Mrs.
Gale declared was "The Pit" Mrs
Roth in her old fashioned plaid silk
gown, lace tichu, quaint brooch and
tiny figures Of courtplaster on cheek
and chin, looked as though she had
stepped out of the little page Of "An
Old Fashioned Girl"
A handful Of coins was averred by
Mrs. Dudley to be "Dollars and Cents"
while Mrs. Dewey insisted that a
bunch ofsquirrel tails tied with bright
ribbons was "Grim Tales Made Gay. I"
A quaint illustration taken from some
old magazine Mrs. Clayton Loring car.
ried was "The Castle Inn." Miss Ettie
Williams carried pair of dice ia her
hand and solemnly assured the ladies
they need not be bit afraid to write
the title down when they guessed it,
and the very funniest thing of the aft.
ernoon was the expression on the Ia
dies faces when they realized she
meant IAN Old Maids Paradise"
Mrs. Todd S "Three Feathers" remind
ed one of Black. Mrs. Joe Osburn
wore an open locket. Instantly the
ladies exclaimed, "An Old Swee theart
of Mine," "That Husband OF Nine"
but Mrs. Osburn gravely announced
that 1t was her private opinion that it
was Beautiful Joe." Mrs. Duff wore
"a Black Gown" Mrs. Gould's twig
was beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
while Mrs. Perkins insisted that she
was not "The Doctors Wife" but
s'Just as / Am"
While the ladies were enjoying
most delicious luncheon admirably
served, Mrs. Todd read notes of re-
greet from former club members now
absent from the city, Mrs. Irene Smith
Davis Mrs. Dennis, Of Ovid, and Mrs.