The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-08-03
SOCIAL EVENTS


Quite a number of young folks
were entertained by an impromptu
dance at the Masonic Temple Mon
day evening.
Mr.. Albert Bridges and wife en-
tertained handsomely esday
evening in honor of Mrs. Frank
Chenault's house party.
Miss Amanda Thompson will en-
terrain from seven to nine and from
nine to eleven Thursday evening in
honor of Miss Zulick, of Cincinnati.
Miss Mary Pratt Hedden enter
tanned at six o'clock dinner on
Monday, Mr.. J. A. Fitzgerald, Mr..
T. p. Sutton, Misses Alma Nesbitt,
Mary Smith and Minnie Groves.
Friday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs,
C d. Grubbs gave lawn party in
ihonor OF their children. There
were 65 present and they, each
one of them had most elegant
time. Not only was it the child
rem that were SO joyous but the
grown up folks who witnessed the
pleasure of the children.
Miss Nell Sutton's house party
was given a surprise dance by
number of young men of the town
on Monday evening. The young
gentlemen brought music and can
vas and made all preparations for
a great time. Miss Sutton furn-
ished delightful refreshments and
a most elegant time is reported by
all who attended and had the plees-
ure of knowing the members of that
most charming house party. In
addition to the house party and
young men of Mt. Sterling, there
were present Misses Anna Taul and
Mary Lockridge, of. this city, and
Mr.. Clay Byron, of Ashland.
Women who play cards declared
by the Mayor Of Memphis, Tenn,
to be bane of society.
progressive eucnre, Dridge
whist and all other games played in
drawing rooms for cut glass prizes
and other articles Of value cause
more defalcations than the games
of chance presided over by the pro-
fessional gamblers, l appeal to
the social clubs and the women of
this city to give me their aid in
purifying Memphis"
Mayor Williams has turned on
the reform element with this pro-
nunciamento. Driven by the de-
mands of the committee of public
safety to close the gambling houses,
the Mayor has gone toqthe extept
of shutting all the saloons of the
city between the hours of midnight
and four o'clock in the morning.
Now he has called on the women to
aid by stopping their games in
which rich prizes are given. AS a
result of the plea formal announce
ment has been made by the Phila-
delphla Club, the Wednesday Club
and the exclusive Distaff Club that
their card parties for the coming
week have been indefinitely post
poned. Club women do not believe
that Mayor Williams appeal is in
tended as threat that he will en-
force the law and prevent social
games. They are unanimous in the
declaration that he is carrying the
crusade too far.-X.
The female gamblers of our city
see how their innocent n amuse-
ment is regarded In other cities.
We have from time to time Tor
many months pointed out that gamb-
ling in the parlors of the social set,
while in more refined surroundings,
is in principle on an equal with
the gambling by professionals. We
have thought that if the circuit
Judges of our State would instruct
the grand juries to investigate these
refined CD progressive eucher par
ties, they would be doing good
service to their respective commun-
titles. We are not surprised that
these society women of Memphis
think the Mayor is carrying the
crusade too far; even some men in
towns as small as Mt. Sterling OBJ
ject to our mild protest against
eoma fhinUs