The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-04-23
A PLEASANT
ENTERTAINME
At Residence Of Mrs. keatOn
Last Wednesday Afternoon.

CARNATIONS of the city, is the 80.
cial department of the Foreign
Missionary Society of the First
Methodist Church.
This organization met at the
hospitable home of Mrs. III
Keaton on the afternoon of Wed.
nesday, the seventeenth. Under
wise m management the depart
ment has grown in members, and
Mrs. keaton's guests were be-
tween forty and forty five, in
number, of course, not years; for
If woman is only as "old as
she looks" then there can be no
way of knowing the age of the
matrons, who attended their
meetings. Music, elocution,
missionary contests, literary es-
says, pleasant conversation, are
the order of the afternoons-the
whole crowd with refreshments,
which. though not elaborate
(this being interdicted by rule)
are, nevertheless, daintily pre-
pared, and beautifully served.
A formal program is rendered,
opening usually with devotional
exercises. These exercises were
conducted by Mrs. Shoaff after
which the program was as fol-
lows:
Vocal Duet-Mrs. McWilliams
and Mrs. Lawrence.
Recitation-Mrs. Skinner.
Piano SoIo-Miss Gertrude
Shoaff.
Poem (originaD- Mrs. L.
Lipscomb.
Vocal Solo-Mrs. Darhill. e
Reading Mrs. Earnest Beard.
Vocal Solo Mrs. Pescher.
1t is delightful to meet so many
bright, sweet women, wives and
mothers in an interchange where
all restraint and conventionality,
other than such as are instruc-
tive in the natures of refined wo-
men, are thrown aside; and all
meet on common ground in the
freedom and joy CT social life,
unmar ed by gossip or detraction
and tendency only to the highest
ideals in social, literary and do
mestic life. One has ramark ed
that true talent often lies "per-
du" for la ok of an incentive to
perfect it, and that motive only,
is wanting to bring it forth from
under the proverbial bushel.
Now, this proves to be sound
philosophy, for our members can
testify to the fact that but for
this feature of their Missionary
society, their fingers become stiff.
voices faint anG memories dimn-
ed from disuse. As social fac
tor, it has been pleasant in every
particular, welding old links, and
forging new ones in friendships
chain. For these very reasons.
if there were mothers, it ought to
be perpetuated. The President
has urged that the selections on
the program always have bear
ing on missionary matters. How
eyer, this has not been adhered
to strictly. A request was made
for Mrs. L. M. Lipscomb and
Mrs. Mcclure to sing "Will
There be any Stars in nv
Crown?" but not having the mu-
sic they could not respond. This
meeting was TO have occurred
during the Gates revival, but
was postponed. 1t would not be
fair to close this paper, without
mentioning the young ladies as
sisting Mrs. Keaton. They were
Misses Pauline Propst. Emily
Kirksey, Sudie Weir and Fay
Keaton, who were veritable
"goddesses of hospitality" AL
though clouds were lowering and
it seemed that winter fingered
still, interior of this handsom
home presented pleasing con-
trast to the scene outside. A
free will offering is one of ths
features of these entertainments.
After cordial adieux were ex-
changed, the guests departed re-
luctantly, all feeling grateful tc
Mrs. Keaton for another happy
occasion. The next place oI