The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-02-19
valentine PARTY.
Mr. and Mrs. D. {. MeIVer Give .
Large Heart Party.

Monday night from eight to twelve
O'Clock the beautiful home of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. E. McIver was thronged with
young people who had been asked to
come and enjoy and "Old time heart
party"
The guests were given a very
"hearty" welcome by Me-. and Mrs.
McIver, who were assisted in receive
ing by Mrs. Mallory Liddon, Mrs. J.
NJ. Benton, Mrs. J. G. Spurlin and
Miss Annie Sharpe.
Everybody was in a happy spirit
and the scene from eight to twelve
o'clock was very brilliant and ami
mated one.
The entire lower floor OF the house
was thrown open to the guests and
never was a house more deliberately
and appropriately decorated. Red and
white hearts of every size were used
in the utmost prOfussiOn, hundreds of
them being slung together and
festOened over the windows, doors,
mantles, pictures and walls and in
every conceivable spot they were
very gracesully and beautifully ar
ranged.
Quite a number of entertaining
games, every one having the heart
idea introduced, We're played. After
everybody had arrived each guest
was given u heart shaped piece of
card board to which was attached a
pencil. On one side of the card was
written part of quotation. Then
bcgap scramble for partners, the
one having the rest of the quotation
acting as your partner. After all
were matched fifteen minutes was
allowed for drawing q photograph of
each others partner. Some of the
sketches were extremely ludicruOus
and fun provoking. Then the cards
were collected and judges selected.
They decided that Miss Jessie Nurney
had proven the best artist. having
drawn an excellent likeness of the
back of DR.. Walter Hoods head.
Miss Sharpe presented Miss Nurney
the prize, silver heart.
Next began a grand hunt for hearts
which were hidden all over the house
and such search as it was! Chairs
and stools were overturned, rugs
moved, curtains shaken, books looked
through and in feet the whole house
ramsacked. The hunt was kept up
for about fifteen minutes, when time
was called. Everybody then counted
the number they had discovered
with the result that Miss Gertrude
Pereda and Mr.. Stephen JeweLt had
the most, something over a hundred.
They were presenter a gold heart pin
and heart shaped burn: wood match
safe. Quite number were so un-
successful as not to find a single heart
and drew for the consolation prize,
which fell to the lot of Miss Hattie
Dye.
Suspended from the center of the !
living room were two immense red |
hearts and from them were hanging
numerous strings, at the end of each |
being a very small heart, The young |
gentlemen were stationed on one side |
of the room and the young ladies on |
the other and began to unwind the |
strings, the persons holding the OPP |
posite ends of the strings being part
ners for supper.
In the dining room everything was
beautiful, the heart decorations being |
used there as in the other rooms. An
pretty arrangement of the |
hearts was seen in the bay window,
where a large heart shaped arch had
been formed from smaller hearts.
Serving in the dining room were ]
0Irs. Benton and Miss Sharpe, who
were helped by Misses Betty McIver,
Janet Weathers, Eleanor Edwards |
and Annie Atkinson. The heart !
feature was very prettily carried out
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