Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-01-04
The Annual "Meet-Up" Of the Tues
day Club

day Club
The annual tea party OF the Tuesday
Reading Circle came eff according to
schedule New Year Eve. 1t was held
this year at the Davenport home. and the
spread Indicated that the ladies OF the
Circle know how to do thing or two
besides reading the latest fiction. Not
only the ice cream but the turkey and
stuffing literally melted away In the
frontal orifioes Of the husbands invited to
partake in this annual meeting. The
membership OF the Circle nearly all have
their "other halves" but there are few
eligible widows in It. and any man hav-
ing the wherewithal to furnish the raw
material can got q testimonial Of their
qualification as cooks. with the usual
'bsfors" and after taking" pictures OF
our reporter who attended the banquet.
The table were charmingly SET and
was decorated with sprays OF the bril-
lent poinssttia. sent to the club BY Mrs.
w. J. Irvine. an sx-msmber. now = resi-.
dent o! Southern California.
Ths place cards were small pictures
artistieally done in water eolors for the
occasion BY Miss Marie Dean. the subjset
being taken BY the artist herself from .
. study used in the studio OF Paul Dc
Longpre. The design was circular. de-
noting the cycle Of the year and the hg-
urss denoted the four seasons Of the
year. tho flight Of the birds Spring. the
vsSdure Summer and several other things
Autumn and Winter. S. w. Cressy
49, 4 -. e. al ~
eonvas-baeks. and how you could tell
whether they were hying south or north.
But then Steve 10 . much better epieurs
on sealloped oysters than eonno'ssur on
water eolors. and the ladies voted to lay
his questions on the table.
There were y number OF beautiful
sentiments and New Year wishes 70 bs
read around tho table. Our reporter had
the luex to draw this one:
"Msy we oftsn crack joks.
Bu, never smash reputation"
After supper shess were various lit
srary games. One was tho reading Of
sentences from book and making trans
positions Of tho tsxt so as 70 avoid every
word eoa:aing the letter ~. The ladies
Of tbs Circle arc all good readers. BY
reason Of thoir weekly practice. but The
men had = Il" Of . time dong their
parts.
Then there were eonundrums. literary
and Literary. This one vas sprung on
the Enterprise man:
What great poem is suggested BY
seeing an egg on the piano s,ool9"
The fun vas kept up until the bslls
and whistles announced the New Year.
whsn tho whole company rose 70 10 lee.
and sang verse Of Aud Lang Syns and
two stan,a Of . familiar hymn. para
phsassd iof the occasion BY Dr.. Van Bus.
kirk:
Blss, b the lie that binds
Our hearts TO turkey dressing.
7hs fellowship Of arss-eiass cooks
10 sure dubious blessing.
A. vests sspndss part
Il gives us inward pain.
But " ws don's give up the ghost.
Well surely meet again.
During the singing Of The hymn Phi
Reitel were somewhat the expression OF
a much younger person wrestling with .
passing ee,ie- Elder Kellogg stood In a
psaksrisl attitude with his hand across
his diaphragm. and Mayor Pollock was
svissn;iy dong his ses; 10 hold down he
aasunaras,sie nerve. Doc. ksnd,g had
excused himself and gone homo soon af-
ter leaving the tables. leosins as u he
nsatad absen. treatment Rev. Dassn-
poi, vas s,ill too fall fos u;;sranss 50
Mrs. D. W. Bafslcy had TO pfonsnsa The
bensdiesion. as follows:
Happy have we met.
Happy have wo been.
Ill.,