The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-09
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THE WEEK SOCIALLY.
| Number of Enjoyable Entertain
nents Held in Durham.

A Number of Enjoyable Entertain
nents Held in Durham.
Durham, n. c., April Sin special
way there have been several e%ents
| of interest here this week. Severa
| clubs, whose membership is composed
| Of Durhams society going maids and
matrons, have been royalty entert lined
| oy members
On Wednesday evening the Ich Diem
| Club of Trinity College was enter
| tanned by DR.. and Mrs. James j. Wolfe
at Trinity Park This was an infornla
| reception and was greatly enjoyed. The
| old game of Muggins was played and
| the merry peals of laughter from the
home told that the young people were
having fine time. The first prize was
won by Miss Elise Minis and Mr.. ID.
Murph. The BOBBY prize was
| awarded to Miss Lucte Bassett and Mr..
| w. M. Jones. Each guest was present.
ed with dainty souvenir. The guest
| of honor was Miss Dorothy Lehrmann,
of Montclair, New Jersey, sister OF
Mrs. Wolfe, who is here on a visit.
Delicious refreshments were served.
| Mrs. B. n. Duke entertained the Up
to-Date Club at her elegant home on
West Chapel Hill street Thursday af-
Iternoon. The home was beautifully
decorated with jessamine, lilacS and
other spring flowers. Every member
responded to the roll call with items
of news of recent occurrence. Mrs. 4.
d. Jones read paper on The Uses
of Fine Arts to a Nation. Miss LILY
Parrish read a paper giving an inter
esting sketch of Mrs. Siddons, The
topic of conversation was How to
Judge Picture"
The Tourist Club was also elegantly
entertained on Thursday evening by
Mrs. John sSprunt Hill on Swelton
Heights. This home was beautifully
land appropriately decorated and the
programme for the afternoon was in
teresting 1t was an evening with
Germany Mrs. George l.. Lyon read
selections from Goethe; Mrs Arthur
Lyon read paper on the Great Com
| posers Gf Germany" and German
lOpera i'm America was the subject Of
a talk by Mrs. M. I'll. Jones. Other
members of the club joined in the gen
eral subject of conversation. IN the
decorations roses. azalias and tulips
predominated The luncheon was
served in courses. In addition TO the
membership of this club there were
present Miss Atkins, of Mississippi, and
Miss Anna Turnbul, of Lexington, Va,
who are on a visit to Mrs. Hill.
| On Tuesday afternoon Mrs II. y.
Foushee, wife of Senator Foushee, en-
tertained number of her friends at q
euchre party, this being given compli-
imentary to Mrs Barrett Douglas, of
Winston, who is on visit to her sis
ter Mrs Julian S. Carr. Jr. The deco
rations consisted of red carnations and
roses and the luncheon was served i'll
courses.
Durham Conservatory of Music.
Durham, N. Cs, April S.-The neV'
, catalogue will contain the outline OF
: / an additional course of study to be
adopted for next year. There VIII DC
three courses. the practical the certifi-
cate, and the diploma. An entrance
+, examination will be requir'>i for the
: two last named courses. Already many
: calls have been made from prospective
students for catalogues.
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POrter-HarriSs.
Invitations have been received In
! the city by friends as follows:
''Mr and Mrs John Williams HarrisS
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage OF their niece
Charlotte Davis Harriss
Mr.. William Clark Porter
on Wednesday evening April the nine.
. teenth
!, nineteen hundred and five
at half after eight o'clock
West Market Street Church
Greensboro North Carolina.
]. \ :.
Mutual Improvement Club.
Thomasville N. C., April 8.-Thurs-
. day afternoon the Woman's Mutual
Improvement Club was entertained in
. the home of Mrs. j. w
Marsh. The subject for the
! afternoons study was American Sing
ers. An excellent paper was read by
Mrs. j. A. Morris. Mrs. r. p. Eu-
] Emma Abbott Mrs. G. A. Boggs was
to have read q paper but on accoun!
+ of 4 severe spell of sickness she was
unable to attend. Mrs. G. M. Camp
+ bell Mrs. j. L. Armfield, Miss Corinna
! Shell and Miss Foy of New Bern.
were guests of the club. Delicious re-
freshments were served.
The next meeting of the club will be
with Mrs. ]. Fl. Mock April 20.
Life at 1.-THE Mecklenburg."
Chase City. Va, April S.-Life here
lis now mainly out of doors. Tree, shrub
land grass glory in a new spring dress
and the promises of a fruitful harvest
of the future.
. Many improvements are going or
here A vegetable and fruit garden
has been set out under Captain Hayes
besides many fruit and ornamental
: trees: the spring house has been en-
larged and painted the walks grav-
elled, while fresh horses and new We
hicles have been added again to the
liverq. All preparatory to the big
summer season.
Prof. M. S. Davis, president of the
Louisburg IN. CO. Female College,
who came here a month ago, to be
cured of very aggravated case OF
| eczema, will return home to his duties
cured. and states in a letter to the
company before leaving that he had to
give up business on account of the dis
ease, of which now no vestige Is seen
or felt, due to the free use for month
of the Chloride Calcium waters extern
ally and internally and by taking the
baths regularly Col w T. Hughes,
president of the company. has been on
a fox hunt several times in the neigh
borhood of his home in Louisburg. n.
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