The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-07
THE COSMOS CLUB.
BEGINS THE NEW YEAR WITH
TIKI THE SWEETEST SOCIAL
~ -.@.... 4. FUNCTION.
The Young Society Men of the Twin
Cities Do themselves Proud in
Their Annual Party and Set the
Pace for 1905 That Will Be Hard to.
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| Their Annual Party and Set the
Pace for 1905 That Will Be Hard to
Follow. .a< T. ~
The Cosmos Club, composed of six
of our leading society young men,
which has been organized for about
three years and has given numerous
social functions from time to time,
fairly outdid itself on last Monday
evening with it's annual New Years
party, which was given at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Adams,
No. 527 St. Anthony avenue. .. . =.
The Cosmos party had been the all
absorbing topic of conversation. in ,po-
| lite society circles for several weeks
and all where on the qui vive for it.
Promptly at o'clock the carriages
began to roll up and deposit their, pre-
| cious burdens and by 8 O'Clock all
| had arrived and the entertainment for
the evening began with little pro-
gram as follows: President Owen
Howell made a short spicy speech OF
| welcome, This was followed by a
piano solo by Miss Hattie B. Grissom,
who rendered "A Dream" by E: Jug
gard; next came a vocal solo, 'TWas
| but a Dream" by Miss Hattie E. Loo
mis-. our rising young sopranos; DR.. W..
| r. Francis then made few witty re-
! marks on 1.-The Cosmos Club that
were quite apropos and we'll received;
following came the little adams Sis
ters, Adina and Margaret, who rem
dered piano duet. THE Cosmos Fan
tasia," prepared expressly for the oc-
casion and was a most pleasing sur
prise; the finale was the singing of a
number of comic ditties by the Cos
mos quartette-Messrs. S. E. Hall, LIST
tenor; O. Howell, End tenor; l. Will
liams. baritone; A. w. Haynes, bass
The singing of the quartet took the
house by storm and they had to re-
spond to several encOres before they
| were allowed to stop.
After the program was completed,
the Cosmos Lanciers was danced,
followed by a few other dances and
then supper was announced A beau
tiful march was played and the gen
tlemen escorted the ladies to the table
which had covers laid for fourteen.
The table was most beautifully deco
rated, the color scheme, red and green
(Which, in fact, was carried out
throughout the house and refresh
ments in every way possible) appear
ing to great advantage. Upon the
spotless white table cloth at each cor
ner of the table were large red ribbon
bows and also one on each side OF the
lace centerpiece which was placed on
red mat which showed family
through it's filmy meshes. There were
also large lace doilies at each end of
the table upon red mats; around the
center piece, center bows and dOilles
were wreaths OF fiat ferns; near each
of the four corners of the table stood
black wrought iron candle stick upon
which was a little wreath of maiden
hair fern, while the candles and
shades were red. In the center was
a tall cut glass vase filled with Amer
lean Beauty roses Above the table
suspended under the red dome of the
chandelier was large red paper bell
trimmed with fern and on each side
of the red candle burners, outside of
the dome were little silk flags. At
each plate there was placed beauti-
full souvenir box OF carnation pastilles
in the holiday colors and on each box
was placed a beautiful and unique
place card, representing some flower,
with the New Years greeting of the
Cosmos Club and the name OF each
lady printed in gold thereonh The
table was respondent with cut glass,
silver and beautiful china and when
the ladies had all found their places
and were seated and the gentlemen
were grouped around them they form
ed a most beautiful picture. The Ia.
dies were most handsomely gowned
and, all the gentlemen were in full
dress from white kids to patent leath-
ers and made a fine background. At
the head of the table sat the hostess,
Mrs. j. O. Adams, and the chaperone,
Mrs. w. T. Francis, the only married
women present, while ranged around
were the dozen young society buds.
Grace was said by the hostess and
then the discussion of the following
menu began: Chicken salad; finger
rolls; ham sandwiches; olives; sar-
dine sandwiches; pickles; cocoa; cof-
fee; Nile green "LemOlactate' in
punch glasses, each surmounted with
a large c cut out of red jelly; Paris
ian punch; cakes of various kinds;
nuts, cheese, fou dIlu green uulut wa
fers. While the dainty repast was in
progress, the club held an election Of
officers for the ensuing three months,
with the following results: Mr.. A. w.
Haynes, president; Mr.. S. E. Hall, Sec
rotary treasurer; Mr.. Harvey B. Burk,
Chairman Elk. Com. Then followed
speech making and with Mr. Clarence
Smith acting as master of ceremonies,
each one present was called on in turn
and each one responded by making
pretty little witty remarks, the women
rivaling the men in that particular.
After the ladies had been served, they
repaired to the parlor and had little
social session of their own while the
gentlemen RECALLED themselves with
the toothsome viands. After supper,
dancing was resumed and kept up un-
til long after moon at night" when
wraps were reluctantly donned and
carriages called and the Cosmos party
was at an end.
The house decorations were on this
occasion quite. elaborate, the red cur
tains were drawn to the sides of the
three large arches of the parlOrs and
formed pillars which were entwined
with ropes of evergreen while in the
center of each hung a wreath in
which was suspended a large red