Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-02-01
IN THE
REALMS OF
SOCIETY

hall Tuesday evening under the aus
pices of Mrs. Mona Roberts, Miss Nel.
lie Porter and Miss Lizzie Fleck, was
certainly an enjoyable event II re-
ports are any criterion. There were
about forty couples in attendance,
mostly young people. but the married
couples were Just as young as any of
them and had Just as much fun. The
ladies were all attention to their gen.
tlemen friends and were not at all
backward in filling their programs.
Choice refreshments were served and
1t was late hour when the regular
! program and II "extras" were con.
| Guided
AS announced the other day, Mrs
II. T Henderson and Mrs. John Pear
son VIII entertain with an evening
party with both ladies and gentlemen
attending the l2th OF February, Lin
coins birthday. following the next af-
ternoon with party exclusively for
the ladies', The list OF guests and In.
vitations are now being made up
Miss Essle Kirkbridc, who left
Thursday morning Tor tho home OF
her home OF her parents In Oklahoma.
Will be greatly missed In Durango so.
clal circles. especially BY the young
people with whom she has been fay.
| orite. and 1t seems unkind that she
should leave us. II will not only be
the girls who VIII miss her. but we
might mention the male persuasion.
| especially certain member, but that
may come up later The Herald
trusts Miss Kirkbride will come and
see us again,
The social event OF the week was
the afternoon party Wednesday given
nj Vendome hall by Mrs. W. C. Chap
| man. Mrs. Frank Eldredge, Mrs. B. n.
Freeman and Mrs. Geo w. Lewis. 1t
was an event that ~al long be remem.
bered among the women of the city
who are used to social functions plan
| ned and carried out on a magnificent
scale. Vendome hall has been at
tractively attlred--decorated--i you
please. since the Firemens ball To
this the ladies added touches here and
there that made vast improvements.
Eleven tables were arranged about
the hall with six chairs at each one
for slx-banded euchre. Under each
table was a handsome Navajo rug.
1t was . O'Clock when the large com.
pany of ladies' began the seductive
game and It was amusing to note the
dexterlty displayed by many and the
great desire to win the most games.
Encbre Is great game. To be sue
| cessful one must piay well and must
| also be nervy. It doesn't pay to be
| too cautious and allow your opponents
to name the trump and win out.
When time was called there was lit
tie time lost by those In the lead com
| pairing notes to ascertain who had
won the most games and would, of
course. receive the prize. When the
winner was agreed upon by the play
ers the ladies' In charge sprung a sur
prise. They had asked that each one
remain in the chair occupied when
the games were finished, and then
they asked them to ascertain the num-
Der on the bottom Of the chair, the
one occupying No. being awarded
lucky l3 came In for the booby. Mrs
&. T. Morgan was the occupant OF No.
! and was given handsome box of
writing paper: Mrs. c. A. Pike came
In for second prize and received
lovely book. while Mrs. Camp held
down No. 10 and she was glad OF II
because II made her the recipient OF
a handsome hand-painted telephone
call card Fruit punch was served
during the games. The prizes were
paper. as II was Paper Party"
Hence the refreshments that followed
were served accordingly. The table
covers were OF paper patterned after
doilies and hem-stitched table linen:
the napkins were OF handsome paper.
the outfit having been ordered from
New York city. The delicious salad
was served In paper boxes. the pick
les In paper trays, the crackers on
paper plates. the cake In paper cake
dishes. the Ice cream In handsome
paper boxes. confections and salted
almonds In the same way Coffee
was the only eatable served In china.
At each place was a folded favor.
Just what was In them was hard TO
guess. But there was a regular way
OF ascertaining and this caused much
merriment as most Of them contained
whistles and other trlnkets and for
n time there was merry music about
the hall. And the time for parting
came only too soon. Such good
time and 30 handsomely managed an
affair were things to talk about Tho
hostesses can certainly feel rewarded
for their efforts In entertaining as
those attending will have something
to talk about for long time. During
the afternoon and while refreshments
were being served Simpkins orchas-
ira rendered choice musical pro-
gram which materially helped the AZ
ternoon to pass. Following is the list
OF invited guests: Mesdames Allen.
Ashback. Barnes. Burwell. Balster.
Bernard. Boyle. Bishop. Chartrand.
Camp. Clements. Chass. Driver. D.