Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-01-28
VIOLET TEA.
Mrs. M. T. Breazeale Entertains De
1ightfully a Large Number
II of Her Friends.
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DEAR ARGUs:-At her home on
JameS>~treet lirs. NJ. T. Breazeale'
e5 e:teiuei q large number of her
fri i"3.eOi. Tridoy afternoon, from.4
to six III a Violet Tea. Withoutthe
cleuds-g@thered, but within all found
t .c..'siaver lining" for everything
seemed coleur-de-rose under thesglow
of shaded candles.
This beautiful home had been
transformed as it were into a sum-
mer garden, so elaborate were the
decorations, great banks of holly and
cedar, long graceful festoons of
southern bamboo and ivySand every
where ~@yiolets in rich e.p~rofusion.
Violets hanging in baskets from the
tall ceikng, violets looping back the
folds of the snowy curtains and
dropping from the top of great crys-
Theaeharming young. hostess was
never more so thah,on this occasion.
e%ntertaing with her usual air of
graceful hospitality, and wearing a
gown of violet taffeta.
Mrs. w. f. Martin attired in white
null and Miss Fannie Lambert
wearing Nile green wolfe, greeted
the guests in the reception hall, and
in the parlor Mrs. Thomas MCGEE of
Goldsboro, and Mrs. B. F. Burrows,
of Youngsville, received with the
hostess.
From there the guests were con-
Quoted to the east parlor, where
Misses Leila and Margaret Aaron
gowned in white silk voile with vio-
let trimmings waited to receive
them.
UndeEan arch of green-wh1ch
lowered from floor to ceiling, Mrs.
Albert Pickett, wearing vioet crepe
de chene and pearls, stood beside the
large 1T glass punch bowl, ready~to
serve them with that delightful bev-
erage-fruit punch. The long mir
row which reflected the, beauty of
the scene, made a ff back ground for
this picturesque corner.
Theguests were then shown to
the dining room, where WreaJhs and
garlands of vIolets, renaiss tnce lace
over violet, and the VioIEt shaded
candalabras made a sbeaptiful pic
ture indeed. the color scheme also
being carried out ia the several
courses served.
As they parsed back into the hall
Mrs. H. L Cohen dressed in silk net
served coffee under a bower Of bam-
boo.
In the sitting roon a guessing con-
test was entered into with much in.
%terest, each trying to tell the mum
Der of violets in a certain tall vase,
For the first prize there was a tie
between Mrs. DuBrutz English and
Miss Maud Bird. Miss Bird being
the fortunate one received a jewel
ease hand painted in violets. Mrs
Mollie Hargrave and Mrs. Mel. Ia
tum drew strawsfo the BOBBY. A
Idarner tied with violet ribbon wa
lawarded to Mrs. Tatum. With 9
short speech full of appropriate wit
Mr.. l.. A. Wooten presented the
prizes. The score cards were quite
artistic, being hand painted in. wood
land vIolets.
In the history Of Mt. Olives so.
cial events Mrs. Breazeale's violet
tea will always be remembered as
one of tbs most delightful.
The following were present:
l. Mesdames L. A~Peartree, w. P.
Kornegay, n. M. Jurney, l.. A.
tWooten, J. A. Westbrook, DuBrut1
English, L. p. Aaron, x. T. Keel,
Mel. Tatum, Chas. Switzerland, Jas
III. Williams, II. L. Cohen, D. n
MCGEE, A. Maxwell, J. A. Royal
ALBERT Pickett, w. F. Martin, Y.H
knowles, J. F. Oliver, Thos. Ne
lGee, of Goldsboro; B. F. Burrow $ ,oi
Youngsville, M. Hargrave, of Viii
mington; Misses Bessie Williams
Leila and Margaret Aaron, Fannie
Lambert, Lottie Long, Clara Lift
man and Maude Bird.
LEILA AARON.
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