The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25

well of days that have had pleas
ures strewn across them IN a
spirit of generous giving, closed
with the dawn of Ash Wednes-
day, and the quiet of Lent will
pervade society until the spring
in all its charm suggests an
awakening everywhere, and the
thrill of new life is the response
Only a brief space was held in
reserve for gaiety this week, yet
within its boundaries was en-
closed a beautiful Entertainment
as a Mardi Gras festivity, when
Mrs. Wiley Coleman Banks was
the hostess of the Tuesday Whist
Club on the afternoon Of the 10th.
An artistic decorative scheme Of
pink and white, developed by in
Vulnerable carnations and mar
cissus, added an attractive floral
touch to the interior Of the Banks
cottage, wherein the fragrant
blossoms were arranged with eff
fective design, and in the dainty
score cards. representing Gibson
heads encased in a rose colOred
border, the motif selected was
again gracefully displayed At
whist the h0nOrs fell to Mrs. S.
B. Street, Jr, who received a
handsome wrought iron candle
stick with crimson candle half
concealed beneath a shade of pop
pies, while Miss Anna Banks
failure to gain points brought
her the BOBBY, a candle stick less
ornamental, but none the less
useful. A two course menu, ele-
gantly prepared and served was
enjoyed at the conclusion Of the
games. The guests We're: Mrs.
Walter Weaver, Mrs. S. d. Har-
ris. Mrs. Field, Mrs. J. NJ. Nor
gan, Mrs. Ayres, Mrs. T. Hardy,
Mrs. John Mayo, Mrs. Rhett,
Mrs. Winston, Mrs. John r..
Takett, of Meridian, Mrs. Nellie
Tucker, Mrs. Ii. NJ. Waddell,
Mrs. S. B. Street, Jr., Mrs. Fra
zee, Mrs. Martin Teasdale, Mrs.
d. p Davis. Mrs. Belts, Mrs. 2.
w. Maer, Mrs. Brooks, Mrs.
Donoghue, Mrs. M. 7. Franklin,
Miss Lavinia Robertson, Miss
Anna Banks, Miss Marie Tucker,
Miss Garth, Miss Anne Louise
Lee, Miss Julia Rhett and Miss
Eloise Whitfield
Miss Anna Dowd, formerly Of
Aberdeen, but for the past six
teen years a missionary in Japan,
was welcomed for several days
last week as the guest of Mrs
Grey Sturdivant and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Green, and those priv
LEGGED to greet her had delightful
accounts Of the country toward
which the eyes Of the nations are
now turned. Miss Dowd has
been stationed at KOCH, situated
in one of the southern islands,
and her work has been chiefly
among the women of Japan, for
whose elevation her we'll directed
labOrs have borne much fruit.
Recently she has enlarged her
activities, and has sought to give
wider range to the industrial ed
ucation of the Japanese by es-
tablishing a school for lace
making and kindred arts. With |
a view to meeting the demands
of progress along other lines,
Miss Dowd expects during her
vacation to study domestic sci
ence and dressmaking, and will |
probably enter for these courses |
at the I. I. and Q. She sails in
August to resume her wOrk, pro |
vided the mission board of the |
Presby terian church believes the |
condition of Eastern affairs viii |
permit her return with safety.
The Silver Link Circle of Kings
Daughters will accom- plish a wo-
fold purpose in placing upon sale,
as they soon hope to do, souvenir
mailing cards with excellent pho
tographie reproductions of the
College grounds aud buildings.
The charity fund of the organiza-
ton will doubtless be substanti-
ally increased, and postals bear
ing messages of remem brance to
absent friends will have an APP
propriate glimpse of ones sur
roundings. Abroad these cards,
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