Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-29
Social Events
The Past Week


will give dance on Friday evening.
Every one who is honored with an In
vitation should go and help make IL n
success.
This evening Mrs. Mcconnell Will
entertain the young people who have
been having dancing lessons together
the last few weeks. Besides the class
there will be Ruth lockwood, Helen
Balster, john Galbreath and Paul Jak-
way. The young people in the class
are Albert Mcconnell. Ben Otis. Jack
O'Rourke, May Spargo, Harry Dixon.
Helen Dixon, Marguerite Parsons,
Neutie Wall, Katherine Wall and Jo-
sephine Hahn. Mrs. Mcconnell has
allowed the class the use OF her dining
room and hall and furnished the music
for them. This will be the last les
son Of the season.
Miss Lloyd entertained the H. T.
club on Thursday evening OF last
week at the home Of Mrs. II. T. Hen
derson. The evening was very pleas
antly spent and the toasts and place
cards were all of the most appropriate
nature, but Ike all the other meetings
of this club they are not to be told
about.
While we are talking of Arbor day
and cleaning and beautifying our town
who does not some one form an i'm
provement club. A sort OF boy with
the hoe club and II the boys were
once Interested our back yards would
blossom like the rose. If such club
were formed at the close OF school
there would be something interesting
to take up spare time for the summer.
the boys would enjoy It and our town
would soon show the effect Of little
systematic work The prize given
for essays on trees WAS a beginning,
let the next step be prize for well
kept yards and flower beds. If the
boys. or the girls, care to form such
a club let them address the Society
Editor" and she will help them or
ganize as soon as they wish
The Reading club was very pleasant
ly entertained at the home OF Mrs. A.
P. Camp on Thursday afternoon. The
program was the annual Arbor day
celebration and was In charge OF Mrs.
Camp and Mrs. Pulford Mrs. Pulford
taking the place of Mrs. J. l.. Mcneil
who Is at present enjoying the open
ing Of the jamestown exhibition. Mrs.
Pulford is vice president OF the Colo
rado State Forestry association, an
office which Mrs. Camp held last year.
Mrs. Pulford is also chairman of the
auxiliary forestry committee OF the
c. 8. F. Of Women's clubs. The pro-
grams themselves were most unique.
They were printed on brown paper
with an outside cover of real birch
bark. brought by Mrs. Camp from the
Cheneaux islands several years ago.
The exercises" were conducted by the
vice president. Mrs. Egan as similar
exercises would be in a school room
and they were well worth hearing.
The paper on Forestry Conditions in
Colorado" by Rosepha C. Pulford, we
print In full. as well as the paper, His
tory of Arbor Day" by Jeanette Rit-
ter. Rhymes for Abor Day" by An
ME A. Balster were recited in the usual
NTH grade manner, with considerable
prompting, Mrs. Camps paper ON
What Has Been Accomplished
Through Arbor Day." we shall en-.
deavor to secure for publication. "The
Early OWL by nellie L. Pickerill, was
n Arof p1o tv,,lf ~ h. n
girls recitation when there is com
pany and drew tears (of laughter)
from her sympathetic audience. "The
Druids." by nellie D. Egan, was an in
teresting talk given without even a
note but she has been requested to
write 1t for us. The acrostic "Arbor
Day" by eight ladies and the songs
by Mrs. Spangler and Mrs. West were
much enjoyed. The whole school as.
sisted Mrs. West, in a most realistic
manner. with the chorus. The refresh.
ments were in keeping with the spirit
OF the program, fruit cake, plnon nuts
and dandelion vine. And II everyone
knew how to make such sunny, golden
wine we are afraid they would want
to cultivate rather than exterminate
the despised dandelion. Among the
guests for the afternoon were Mrs.
scoville, Mrs. Fay, Mrs. Muzzy, Miss
Adrienne Muzzy and Mrs. f. C. Per.
kins. The club members present were
Mrs. Pulford. Mrs. Camp, Mrs. Jakway.
Mrs. West. Mrs. Balster. Mrs. Perkins,
Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. Pickerill. Miss Blu.
chanan. Mrs. Ritter. Mrs. Egan, Mrs.
Kaufman, Mrs. Mcconnell, Mrs. Herr.
Mrs. Spangler.
Mrs. G. G. Perkins entertained the
Monday Whist club very charmingly
on Monday afternoon. Mrs. Muzzy,
Miss Muzzy. Mrs. Kruschke, Mrs.
Spangler and Mrs. Fay were guests OF
the club. The members present were
Mrs. Jakway, Mrs. McCloskey, Mrs
Hahn, Mrs. Mcconnell. Mrs. Balster
and Mrs. Pickerill. The afternoon was
spent in bridge instead OF the usual
duplicate whist and after the game a
delicious luncheon was served In the
dining room when the table was beau.
tifMly laid for twelve.
MI. and Mrs. Fred Strater cele-
brated their twenty-nfth wedding ami.