Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-24

a side remark, sewing was not the
only entertainment, because Mrs. Bal
com provided a very neat spread for
the members.
Spring is coming. and with its ad-
vent returns the old, old question OF a
dress that Will not be too light for cool
days nor too warm for summer wealth
er. The solution suggested by the
couturiers of Paris is volle. This
simple material may be either cotton
or wool, so it is almost sure to please
any woman; then, too, 1t is the soit-
est and clingiest OF dress stuffs. Mo
hair makes nice spring suit, but 1t
must be very simple and smart. and
somehow or other spring costumes in
this country lean toward dressiness.
Mrs. Milt Herrick was hostess for
the Wednesday Bridge club, serving a
dainty lunch at the close of the games.
Mrs. George Lane proved the expert
of the day and carried away the prize.
There is merry masquerade of col
ors nowadays, oldfashioned violet, in
digoblue, green, yellow, orange and
red. being called by other names. For
Instance, blue may be discovered in
hydrangea OF mirage eden, delft, ia
conth or sapho. The old-fashioned
navy blue has acquired the fantastic
but affiliated name of neptune.
The Saturday Night Whist club
meets with Mrs. A. Il. Luld this eve
ming and this means good time for
the members.
A woman who probably knows says
that women do not propose any more
in leap year than in any other year,
for they always do the proposing.
The man may say the formal words,
but the woman has led up to It so
beautifully that 1t is all in the world
that the man can do. And she says
that any married woman will tell you
that women invite their husbands-to-
he to propose.
Mrs. p. n. Pattison entertained n
company of ladies at the Strater hotel
parlors yesterday afternoon in honor
OF Mrs. M. ID. Blakely of Alamosa who
is visiting Mrs. Lowe, Mrs. Pattison
having resided at Alamosa some years
before coming to Durango. There
were just twelve guests, including
Mrs. Blakely, being as follows: Mrs.
Duell, Mrs. C. E. Alexander, Mrs. Rex
Mollette. Mrs. Sam Herr, Mrs Fred
Balcom, Mrs. Mit Herrick, Mrs. Nor
man Thompson, Mrs. T. p. Sanderson.
Mrs. Robert Lowe, Mrs. George Lane,
Mrs. l.. f. Johnson. This made three
tables at bridge. game that is all the
CO. Mrs. Sanderson captured the
prize. After the games the company
repaired to the rooms of Mrs. Patti
son where choice refreshments were
served.
In Japan every woman has to dress
according to her age, aad 1t is pretty
certain that such fashion, if fashion
it is, will never prevail in this coun-
try. Suppose it were the rule that
every woman upon a certain birthday
anniversary should adopt a certain
kind of dress, there would be a for
getting of birthday dates in very short
order. In Japan a woman wears gold
pins until she is 20. At 80 the pins
are white, merely spotted with gold,
and at 40 she wears plain shell combs.
Her shoes are also changed as the
age changes.
The Reading club met with Mrs. l..
G. Jakway Thursday afternoon, Ger
man literature being the theme, with
Mrs. Kruschke and Mrs. Pulford in
charge. Then there were magazine
articles, one by Mrs. Jakway on Ger
man sculpture and another by Mrs.
Balster on Germany's art china Roll
call brought out noted works of sculp-
ture. At the conclusion of the pro
gram Mrs. Jakway served the com
pany with light refreshments.