Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-06
A DELIGHTFUL SOCIAL EVENT.


Last Tuesday evening, at the Wan
sau Club house, Mr. and Mrs. Henry G
Head gave reception and dancing
party, which in point of the complete
ness and elegance of its arrangement:
has never been excelled in our city
The event Lad been looked forward tC
with great pleasure by our society
people for the past two weeks. The
reception hours were from s until 1C
O'Clock and after the latter hour dane
ing was in order. Guests began to ar
rive shortly after O'Clock; the ladies
were directed to their dressing room by
Miss Andre Miller and the gentlemen
to room prepared for them, by Mas.
ter Jack Burt. Mr.. and Mrs. II. c.
Head received in the south end of the
parlor and were assisted in receiving
by Mr. and Mrs. John B. Thomas.
The decorations were elaborate and
the club rooms were converted into
bowers of beauty thereby; pink and
green were the contrasting colors
throughout. The arch. at the south
end of the parlor, was mass of south
ern smilax, very attractivelJ arranged;
chrysanthemums, palms and ferns were
used in the parlor decorations. The
feature in the decorations of the main
room, was the bank of palms, ferns and
foliage which covered the large fire
place and mantle, and among the
plants were lighted jack-lanterns,
which novel arrangement was very
much admired and its appropriateness
was fully appreciated, it being the
evening before Halloween. The
chandeliers throughout were festooned
with southern smilax and the electric
light shades covered with pink crepe
paper, all of which added no small
share to the exquisite charm of the
reception.
The Columbia orchestra furnished
concert music during the reception
hours and was stationed on the first
landing of the stairway leading to the
dance hall. Until 10 O'clock the time
was spent in an exchange of greetings,
and in having a good social time
generally. After that hour until past
midnight, dancing was INDUCED in
and with music that enabled one to go
through the various steps without the
least exertion, made the time pass all
too quickly for those present.
Refreshments were served in the
billiard room, where also the deft hands
of the decorators had been at work.
The billiard tables were covered with
pink crepe paper. and palms and ferns
and the chandeliers entwined with
smilax and the lights covered in pink
Mr.. and Mrs. John Young were the
caterers for the occasion.
Punch bowls were placed in con-
venient places on the lower and upper
floors; those presiding over the former
were Misses Florence Thomas and
Margaret Murray, and those at the
latter were Misses Ethel Thomas and
Wilma Burt
1t was an event thoroughly enjoyed
by all who participated and it could
not have been otherwise, with the I'M
firing and persistent efforts of the host
and hostess to make the evening one of
pleasure to all, in which they were
eminently successful.
Among those present from out of the
city were, Judge and Mrs. T. G. Ryan,
of Merrill, Mrs. Anna M. Proctor, of
Appleton; Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Knoller,
of Dancy; Mrs. j. b. Conner, of Chica-
go; Mrs. Van Wey, of Palmyra, Mich.
Miss Williamson, of Oshkosh; Miss
Stein, of Milwaukee; Mrs. Arthur Big
ford and Mrs. Ray Miller, of Oshkosh;
and Mr.. Chas. Osen of Thief River
Falls, MINI.