The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-09-03
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
Ins and Outs Of the Local Colony
and Their Friends.

Rev. NJ. Payton was q visitor in
Evans Wednesday.
Willie Ringo has been spending the
week with friends in Des Moines and
taking in the fair.
MIR. ard Mrs. Walter Smith went to
Des Moines Monday to visit friends
and attend the state fair.
Pierre Barquette, chef of Hotel
Downing. took a short yacauon this
week and spent a day at the state
fair. ..a~
George Jones is improving his
home property on North A street with
fresh coat of paint, remodeling the
porch and fixing things up generally.
Mrs. Will Crump gave luncheon
Thursday evening at ner home, 1O2
North Eleventh street, in honor of her
sister, Miss Leah Barquette, of Chica-
go, and Mrs. Richard Gamble, of Mimi
eapolis The other ladies present
were, Mrs. Pierre Barquette Miss
Jennie Hardy and Miss Bernice Cras-
by.
Henry Dunlap left this morning with
Company f for Fort Riley, Kansas,
where he will have charge of the
company's commissary department
during the weeks encampment. Pierre
Barquette, the other company COOK,
was unable to go, owing to the extra
demand for his services at Hotel
Downing next week on account of the
meeting of the X. P. grand lodge.
Miss Jennie Hardy gave a recep-
ton Wednesday afternoon from to 5
o'clock at her home on North Sixth
street in honor OF her guest, Mrs.
Richard Gamble, of Minneapolis. Light
refreshments were served and pleas
ant afternoon enjoyed by AL. Mrs.
Gamble is well pleased with our city
and says she has enjoyed her visit
very much. She left for her home
Friday night.
Miss Leah Barquette, VINO is here
from Chicago on a visit with her
parents, was the guest of honor at a
large party given by. the young men
of the city at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Jones, on North Fifth street,
Wednesday evening. Miss Anna Jones
received the guests and acted as hos
tess in the serving of refreshments.
Music and games furnished enjoyment
for the evening and everyone went
home happier for having been there.
Mrs. E. E. Jeffries and Mrs. Simp-
son Mitchell were hostesses at al
picnic party Wednesday afternoon att
the home of Mrs. Jeffries, south of
town. The affair was gotten up I'M
honor of Mrs. Jeffries' sister, Mrs. q.
w. Black, and daughter Ruth, Of
Washington. The other guests we're
the families of Noah Kimbrough, Z.
G. Lee, Rev. NJ. Payton, Henry Hook
edy and Miss Martha Jones. A regu-
lar picnic lunch was served out doors
and was enjoyed with all the freedom
and good cheer that a picnic afforus.
Mrs. Sampson Mitchell carried out
very pretty idea in a social way
Wednesday afternoon at her home, 436
North Fourth street, when she gave
a baby party in honor of her two-year-
old twin baby, Irene. The mothers,
of course, were present but they were
only a necessary convenience, while
the babies were the real guests and
were given full possession of the home
and the lawn. Light refreshments
were served, of which the mothers
got the greater part, while the ba-
bies were mostly confined to their
accustomed diet, served on demand.
1t was as pretty as baby show and
ought to have been kodacked. The
mothers present were: Mrs. w. e.
Coleman, Mrs. F. NJ. Moore, MRS.
Pierre Barquette, Mrs. Will Crump,
Mrs. Henry Allen. Mrs. G. w. Black
and Mrs. Henry HOckedy, as chape-
ron.