The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-02-24

etrtained another company Of friends
at the home of the former last even
ing. supper being served at $3.50 and
cards following. Mrs. c. c. Cow, Mr..
Bullock and Mr.. G. b. Salter won
prizes.
The first letter ever sent out OF the
new town of Dallas, s. D., was re.
ceived in Norfolk this morning by c.
b. Salter from his brother, +. II. Sal.
ter. Mr. Salter's residence at Dallas
is serving as the postofiice. The post.
mark is unique, being made with a
pen. The postmaster has neatly de.
scribed a circle, inside which he has
printed the name of the town and
leaving time. Henry Allen OF Madison
Is in the town.
Although warming up, the weather
of today's type has not in any great
way tended to diminish the siege of
grippe which holds fast in its clutches
many Norfolk people. The dCmpness,
in fact, under foot has had an inclina-
tion toward increasing the liability TO
take cold and many person spent
most of today sneezing II is praC.
tically impossible to walk about the
streets on a day like this without get
ting wet feet and wet feet produce
grippe.
The Wednesday club of this city en-.
ioyed a rare afternoon yesterday at
the home of Mrs. John r. Hays, in
honor of the fact that the regular
meeting of the club fell upon the birth
day of George Washington. The pro
gram was made colonial affair, with
colonial supper following, any num-
Der of dainty features bearing out the
ancestral coloring. Old fashioned can
dlesticks and old fashioned china pre-
dies wore caps and kerchiefs after
the fashion of the grandmothers of
almost two hundred years ago, and
many Of the costumes were half
century old. The program consisted
of three numbers, Mrs. F. NJ. Sisson
reading "Washingtons Vow," by Whit
tier, and Mrs. w. II. Johnson and Mrs.
N. A. Rainbolt following with papers
on Shadows of the White House"
Mrs. Johnson discussing the fifty
years just closed and Mrs. Rainbolt
the fifty years preceding. The sup
! per was a magnificent example of
colonial cookery and was made up of
bounteous dishes of former day styles.
The committee on the supper were
Mrs. Hays, Mrs. C. II. Reynolds, Mrs.
| Green, Mrs. W. II. Johnson, Mrs. w.
! H. H. Hagey and Mrs. George d. But
| terfield. After the serving of supper,
songs that were sung fifty years ago
and more, were revived by the chorus
of club women. Among the unique
| bits of costume that made the remin-
! iscence the more striking was ring
which had been her fathers great
grandmother's wedding ring Many
of them wore their hair powdered.
A chain letter which is goine the
rounds of the Bachelor Girls" club
that was prominent in Norfolk two
years ago but which has lost all but
three of it's members, has been re-
ceived in the city and serves to remind
the local bachelor girls Of the marvel
Gus manner in which families scatter
within short periods of time. Two
years ago the club members vowed
that they would assemble at least once
year and today one is in California,
one in Hastings, Neb., one in Evans
ton, ILL.,, one at Plainview, Neb., one
in Omaha, two in Washington. Alb
sent members were formerly Miss
Anne Seymour, Miss Lillian Luikart,
Miss Anna Mcbride, Miss Edith Par.
ker, Miss Eleanor Coffene and Misses
Edith and Nell Morrow. Miss May
Durland, Miss Laura Durland and Miss
Nina Walker are members of the club
still living in Norfolk.