The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-22

from II. J.. sanders. Mt sanders mas
been cry sick recently and is now
recuperatiug at Mineral Wells.
Mrs o. Love OF Marietta Is the
guest Of Mrs. steve Douglas in
Fcrndale.
Quite the smartest and merricst
affair Of the week was the Saint
Patrick reception last Tuesday. when
Mesdamcs Foster. Bledsoe and White
man were at home with Mrs Pfieffer
to the Ladies' of the Leaf. Two large
flags, Uncle Sans and Ireland's ban
ner. waved welcome from the porch
and seemed to suggest good c1eer
within.
In the reception ball stood the fair
/ hostess. assisted in receiving by Mrs.
A. r. Warner OF Purcell, the guest
Of Mrs. Pncffer. The house entire .
was deliberately decorated in green /
| Of all kinds. countless little green /
flags countless little green flags /
were placed In every nook and cor
ner. while the curtains. furniture
and fixtures We're positively abloom
with hundreds of shamrocks. Each
guest upon arriving was given a dain-
~ shamrock. after which they were
told 10 sweep all the cobwebs from
the cloudy brain. for the intellect
would be tested Twelve questions,
the answers being green" of some
description were given. with twelve
minutes to solve. For instance:
\ mild stimulant-green tea.
4 western boy-green horn.
\ chld's artist-Kate Greenaway.
\ revolutionary soldier
In this contest Miss Mullen and
Miss Moore tied, the cut resulting
I'm Miss Moore's favor. \ beautiful CD
green china pig was awarded her,
which she gracefully presented to
Mrs Pficffer's guest, Mrs. Warner,
as a souvenir Of the day. Curiosity had
been excited by the spectacle Of
countless green frogs hanging from
the chandeliers in the hall Mrs. Fos-
ter now requested each lady to Sc
lect a frog. extract a slip of paper on
which was written full instructions
what 10 do. and then to carry out
the commands. One, slip said, Say
something about the Irish" and the
lady cheerfully responded with,
Poor Irish they amt much,
But thank the Lord,
They beat the Dutch
Another was told to give an Irish
song. while another called for an
Irish joke. amid much laughter and
gaicty these requests were fulfilled
~ and then when eerybody had PAID
tribute to the patron saint of "aulC
Ireland" Miss Boone gave a most d.
ughtful character reading, ayoce-cos
tune. and was forced to respond will
dainty little encore.
Has every body kissed the Blar
ney stone?" Mrs Bledsoe asked, 81
not come try to do So" Midway thu
staircase tied securely to the bannis
ter was the genuine CD famous
stone. and strenuous were the at
tempts to reach IT, Tall slender maid
and matrons had no difficulty in this
but sad was the time for the small
~ " stout ones, yet they all succeeded.
- Pat may be foolish and sometime
wrong.
Pat has a temper which can't las
.. very long,
-. Pat is full Of jollity that eyerybod
knows,
But youll never find a coward
, Where the shamrock grows.
~, The decorations in the dinin
room were spendidly typical Gree
shamrocks, green frogs, green pigs
and the sturdy old Irish potato wer
everywhere. Green and white cream
with the same color scheme in tn
miuts and the cake were served b.
the hostess with tiny little fla
crowning each plate. 1t was late be
~. fore the guests reluctantly too
their leave, hearing with them th
~, happiest, mcrriets memories of s.
, PauiclIs day and the wearing of tn
10 green
High school courses in shopping an
=. university training in the selectio
and purchase OF materials is the la
est suggestion in the way of highe
80 education for women. The plan
advocated by member of the Univ
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