Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-01


tney are too busy counting theil
beads to quarrel
The sun shines, and the sailing
looks smooth for Gertrude and Wayne
May that courage and generosity
spoken of by the good priest act as
life-savers should the breaking come
LILLIAN HARTMAN JOHNSON.
Mrs. Lund entertained a number OF
friends at bridge party on Satur,
day evening.
Mrs. Fisher and Mrs Carke are en-
tertaining at a second euchre party
this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Perkins will
entertain number of friends at
Edgemont ranch on Hallow cen
The Tuesday Whist club has been
changed to the Monday club and will
meet next Monday afternoon with
Mrs. Hahn.
Mrs. B. W. Ritter gave an elegant
little luncheon on Saturday afternoon
to seven of her friends. The table
was beautifully laid and each course
was work of art. The first course
was a vegetable soup and the second.
planked white fish with biscuits.
creamed potatoes, egg plant, ripe
olives and white wine this was fol.
lowed by fruit salad with mayonnaise
and waters and then peaches, whipped
cream, cake and coffee. After the
luncheon the party formed two tables
of bridge, one the scientific and one
the beginners. Those present were
Mrs. Jakway, Mrs. Camp. Mrs. Frank
lin, Mrs. McCloud, Mrs. Nathan, Mrs.
Kruschke and Mrs. Hahn
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church are preparing for their an.
nual church fair and dinner which will
be held in the Windsor block on the
I'd and Sd of November. The fair
will be arranged in booths represent
ing the days of the week. there will
be all sorts of things for sale from
wash-day necessities to the dainty
fancy work of the day of leisure and
the good things to eat of baking day
The dinner will be just the sort that
ihe Presbyterian ladies are celebrated
for. and If you have once eaten their
chicken dinner You will not miss this
one for anything. There will be
stewed chicken, hot biscuits, cranber-
ries, salad. potatoes, tomatoes, celery.
pickles with mince pie, apple pie and
pie, coffee and tea. Then
for supper there will be cold meat
with salads, pickles, baked beans.
brown bread, jelly and. In fact, almost
You could wish for. The
charge for meals will be reasonable
and the articles for sale are well
made and well worth the price The
ladies are not begging, they are CIV
Ing their own time, labor and strength
to give every patron the full value of
the money. In fact the trouble with
most church entertainments is that
they give much more for the price
than most private or Individual en-
terprises do. or in fact could afford
to do If they made any profit at all.
Still as long as the women of the
churches choose to work in this way
let everyone help them by eating the
good things provided and buying as
many things as they can use or af-
ford, at least the baking-day booth
should be very popular and for once
that day of the week may be crossed
from the kitchen calendar.
Mrs. A. L. Fisher and Mrs. Joe
Clark entertained at a euchre party
on Friday afternoon. There were
thirty ladies present and the game,
always lively one, was varied by
two or three times to blind
euchre which the hostesses declared
was for the purpose of helping the
poor players to catch up. If the game
was lively, before we know of no
adjective that we can apply to blind
euchre. The cards we're picked up
face out and you could see everyone's
hand but your own and 1t was very
funny indeed to see someone bid on
what they could see in their partners
hands, take up the widow and then
discard the only trumps they held in
their own hand The afternoon was
greatly enjoyed by everyone and blind
euchre may become very popular, as
It does away with the necessity OF
thinking and a number of ladies found
that they played quite as successfully
as WHen Iney could see tnelr cards.
The refreshments were chicken salad.
waters, olives, pickles, ice cream, cake
ana coffee which were all delicious
and highly appreciated as the exciting
games and hearty laughter had Gre
ated a keen appetite. Those present
we're Mrs. White, Mrs. Nathan, Mrs.
West, Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Burwell,
Mrs. Harper, Mrs. Chase, Mrs. Lewis,
Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Tulley, Mrs.
Snyder, Mrs. Eldredge, Mrs. Ritter,
Mrs. McCloud, Mrs. Bernard, Mrs.
Egan. Mrs. Jakway, Mrs. Balster, Mrs.
Wingate, Mrs. Kruschke, Mrs. Herr,
Mrs. Turrell, Mrs. Hahn, Mrs. Ayres,
Mrs. G. II. Clarke, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs.
Higgins, Mrs. Driver, Mrs. Camp, Mrs.
Clements, Mrs. Parsons and Miss Hat
tie Mashburn. Mrs. Tully won the
first prize, beautiful plate, and Mrs.
West the consolation.
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS