, 1908-09-19
/ SOCIETY EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
} By BESSIE BAILEY COOK.


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their routine Of a~musements. Natural
ly interest has centered in the fair all
the week and informal entertaining
for the numerous out-of-town guests
has been the rule. The weather has
been delightful, except for a few hours
Of wind and previous rains reduced
the dust nuisance to the minimum.
By the way. = guest from another city
payed Laramie q compliment which
is more pleasing and of vastly more
Importance than even premium-win-
ming on marvellous exhibits Of fields
or fingers. This lady remarked that
in her extended travels in cities OF
all sizes she had never visited a place
where the young ladies' were 30 attrac-
tive and, best of all, were so modest
and pleasing in their mi Hand
some in what handsome does,' as the
cd saw runs, n the young people
of the university city can render their
alma mater no higher service than to
conduct themselves in such a way as
to leave a favorable impression like
enio oPon s"S S"u OooSi ~"
CEN 1uh ID . deilght TO all n 10 me
natural heritage OF youth, but rude
less ana rowoylsm are not necessary
ingredients of the cup OF happiness and
always leave their bitter dregs.
~ceeding clever In lts details anu
most successfully carried out was the
shower given TUESDAY by
MRS. Fred Brees In honor l Miss Les
ne Swigart' VINO became the pride oil
Dr.. j. Marshail Kent oil Wheatland
Thursday evening. The hostess n
the honor guest are both graduates OF
the University Oh wyoming and all OF
tne iao.es present were former STU
dents OF the institution, most OF Them
being alumni. The list included Miss
Alice Holiday, Mrs. Hilda Durlacner
Roach, Mrs. Sue Holiday Fitch, Mrs.
Dorothy Reed Patterson, Mrs. Allie
Marsh Spalding, Mrs. Willie Downey
Fitch, Mrs. Mabel Cheney Moudy, Mrs.
Mabel Land DeKay, Mrs. Clyde Phil
lips McMurray, Mrs. Catherine She.
a Houston and Miss Natalie Swi-
CART. The brown n yellow OF the
university was adopted Tor the color
scheme OF the afternoon and college
Pillows. pennant ana banners lent
msei beautifully to decorative
enects, while brilliant fall lower In
beauties, nasturtiums, and
golden glow perfected the scene. II
was a TIN shower and the orioe-expect-
ant received siittering gifts from each
guest winch VIII De perfect Jewels In
tae kitcnen- Each glft also brought a
piece OF q which could be
completed during the afternoon, a
these toweis IN great variety Tor p
cial purposes were ADDED to q store
OF gifts. An amusing feature OF the
AFTERNOON and n likely to prove most
aiuab tosMrs Kent was the cook
book compiled "wniiel o walt. MIS-.
brees mad prepared the brides Pri-
mel" the illustrations showing various
scenes In the life Of a newly-wed, n
the DOCK was completed by h add
ton Of favor1te recipes OF the expert
IN the volume with such word of com
ment as the spirit moved. Lunch was
served at . o'clock, and In the dining
room the brown and yellow we're again
In evidence. Suspended over the Ia
OF TIE college colors were festooned
to the corners OF the table. All the
appetizing viands were n harmony
with the occasion, the sandwiches be-
ing pierced with tiny gold arrows and
the brown and yellow ribbons appear,
ing at frequent ~ntervais. 0 I'M
portant OF all, however, was he cen
terpiece. which was the gift OF Mrs
posed OF numerous articles OF kitchen
use, a benny bride fashioned from
the eggbeater, ETC., n wreathed on
her disbmop hair with m~arguerites
accompanied with a most amusing de-
scriptive rhyme, which runs as fol
lows:
am a bride, not bride to be,
And that I'm useful you'll agree.
OF kitchen utensils l am made
From the ten-cent store-uhe highest
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