La Junta tribune., 1907-02-02
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p0YIOt8 u WOOUU130 t10lI never pfe.
sented more attractive appearance
than on last Friday evening when
the ladies Of the Fortnishtly Club
entertained their husbands 1t their
annual Guest Night banquet Ar
tissically arranged draperies in ~
low and white. ferns and palms and
growing plants. and trailing vines Of
smilax. made il indeed . scene of
beauty. while music and flowers and
the sound of voices completed the
enchAntment Of the occasion.
/ The annual Observance Of Guest
Night i one Of the honored customs
Of the Fortnightly. and dates back
to the organization Of the club BY
Mrs. Lucille Garvin. now Of Lamar.
on Burns Day. January twenty fifth.
ten years ago. II is always one Of
the happy social events Of the year
and none other is looked forward to
with quite so much pleasure by the
members Of the club.
On this occasion covers had been
aid for ninety and at ten o'clock the
Fortnightly family sat down to one
Of the most enjoyable banquets Of
its history.
With the High School orchestra
discoursing Killarney" and Moon
light" the reserve and stiffness usu-
ally too characteristic Of the ban
quet. were things impossible. and
dreary formality was conspicuous by
its absence.
At the close Of the banquet Mrs. j.
b. O'Neil. in a brief address of well
come. assured the guests of the
pleasure which it afforded the ladies'
of the Fortnightly to honor their
husbands as the guests Of the even
ing. Mrs. A. l.. Stubs in a short
talk. sparkling with wit. responded
10 the toast. Our Husbands.
Mrs. Stubbs said that while the
husbands of the club ladies were no
doubt more accustomed TO being
roasted il would be the pleasure
of the ladies TO toast them on this
particular occasion. She moved the
adoption of resolutions. specifying
the duties of husbands of club
women in regard 10 preparing the
meals and caring for the children.
particularly on each alternate Satur
day. when. in addition to their other
duties. they would be required to
see to il that the children received
their fortnightly bath. On these &C.
caaions weighty matters. perhaps AZ
fairs Of state. would require the
presence Of the ladies At the club.
These resolutions were recorded and
duly entered upon the minutes by
the secretary. and later in the even
ing. on the recommendation Of Mr..
X. w. Patterson. they were voted on
and carried ty the assembled COM
pany. a small minority only, object
ing.
Miss McFaddan. the young lady
who quotes kipling. responded in a
bright. If somewhat pointed speech.
TO the toast. Our Sweetbearts.
and Miss Gwyun in a very pleasing
and witty manner to the toast Our
Friends"
Rev. Bluhm was the only one Of
the gentlemen present who had the
temerity To say what he thought of
The Club Woman" and il was OBJ
served that he thought very well of
her. indeed
Mr.. G.. II. Downer talked Of Rob
ert Burns" and other things. reciting
some of the more familiar Of Burns
shorter poems in a dialect so true.
that were il not for the entire lack
Of obstinacy for which our genial
county treasurer Is noted. il might
BE- thought the traced his ancestry
hork 10 old Scotland.
Mr. X. W. Patterson. the next
aUeaker. was accorded the privilege
a choosing his Swn subject and
taDked Of "Disappointments" in .
~ that went Quise to the hearts II
~ good club wosRen.
Lettefs Of regret we're read FROM
nss- Gasvin ~ Mrs. Hayter. ~
haser having s<at . beautiful bos-
QoRt of roees from her Califosnia
hD0e fer the ceeasion. Also . very
Nd Ietter sas rod from Mrs.. O. J.