Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-24

Mrs Marg Lee Harper viii be al
hone ID her friends. next Wednesday
At the Ms WIN Harper on West
Monroe street
Mrs Charles Claybr0ok gave one Of
her Delighted SIX O'Clock dinner
parties. yesterday. The guests who en-
joyed the pleasant evening we're Mes
DANES and Messrs. C. c. Hall, Of st.
Louis. Frank Van Ness and r r.
Arnold. 5r-
Two very pleasant afternoons we're
spent with Mrs Clay Mcclure By her
friends this week. on Thursday the
guests enjoyed the delights OF 3 finch
game. ~ which Miss Nina Pearson
gained the prize, a plate On Friday
|euchre was In favor and the prize fell
% the lot Of Mrs Dobyns, II being
also . pretty plate. Delicious refresh
ments vert served 90 both occasions.
The final meeting OF the Shake
speare Club viii be held tonight with
Miss Anniz Lewis. 1t win be quite an
elaborate affair Ia which Professor
Hawthorne will hold the central place
as be will h~eneeforth be degarred
the joys aecTuing to a member Of this
club, ~prefsrring those pertaining to q
benedict.
Mrs. O. @. Seiecman gave a very
delightful party on last Tuesday even
ing to the members Of the choir Of the
Methodist church for Miss Mary Rick
etts and Professor Hawthorne, two
bright aud shining lights who are soon
TO be one Various games were played;
a flower contest exciting the most in
teresf, though extempore poetyy-mak-
ing ran a close second for popular ia.
vor. Misses Maud Wallace aud Mabel
Randall, seated at either end OF the
beautifully decorated dining table,
served a most appetizlng two course
lunch.
Mrs. 5. =. Emmons gave q very ele.
CANT twelve O'Clock luncheon on last
Wednesday for Mrs. Paul Brown, Of
st. Louis. The dining table was in
was 10 the shape Of the letter 'ST,"
and va most artiscicaily decorated
with garlands Of white tulle and smi-
lax, which suspended from the chande-
Her 10 the corners Of the table, while
the center vas occupied by a mass OF
Easter lilies fanked at intervals by
bowls OF snos-drops The h~and-paint-
ed place cards were especially dainty
and unique, each one showing some
Characteristic Of the lady for whom 1t
was designed. The guest OF honor,
Ms. Brown, wss a girl friend Of a
number Of the ladies present, SO natu-
rally the conversation partOok 10 a
geat extent of "reminiscences. Those
present were Mesdames Paul Brown,
w. L. Reed, Luckie, G. W. Robertson,
Frank Robertson, C. O. SelecmaD, J..
A. Guthrie. F. r. Llewellyn. Austin
Smith, n. P. Warden, r. 4. Arnold,
SallIe Smith Brown, and Misses Julia
Ross and Linnie Allison.
The Hardin College Alumnae Ban.
quet, which took place on Thursday
evening at Hardin College, though.
not 50 fully attended as usual, was a
very elegant and charming affair.
The invocation was pronounced by
Rev.A. w. Kokendofer, after which
Mrs sallie Smith Brown, President OF
the Alumnae, gave the welcoming ad-
dress In some well turned sentences
and with her usual happy manner.
Mrs Minnie Bast Davis made the part
Of toast master everything TO be de-
sired. Miss Mabel Eaton, 10 her re-.
Spouse for the class Of nIneteen-six,
made a brilliant and interesting ad.
dress. %he Hoo. Walter Burch fol-
lowed with the toast, "Woman-Our
Inspiration" which he treated ia q
mastery style, considering that be Is
still unattached. The next response,
whose subject was "Man," was given
By Miss 1rma johnson In her always
happy style and with a choice How OF
language.
hr L NJ White, 10 his response on
Women and Her Faults" gave a wit
" and ~vIvacious dissertatine, treating
Der faults ~leniently, however, though
dselt At some length on her tickle
hess from which We shfewdly surmise
bat the lady OF bis choice has been
going SCOUT with a handsomer man.
The grand finale vas reached when
Ut. Million responded to the toast
Woman In the Hall OF Fame" Ill
Ippears that that NJ. Million had re-
Iuested that be be the last speaker OF
he evening 70 as TO render is possible
or him 70 poke somegood natured fun
i those who preceded him without |
'unnfng any danger OF being hoist
Nth bis own petard. he thoroughly |
Entertained the guests BY the gentle
rony Of bis remarks at the expense Of
Iiss johnson and Messrs. Burch and
NAY HoLJ ANOTHER MEET. |,
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