The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
IIss rILEN TYsoN,s CALICO BALL.

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 MISS ELLEN TYs0N,s CALICO BALL.
 Last night Miss Ellen Tyson enter tained the Thirteen Card Club with their escorts at the large brick home of her parents. Judge and Mrs. J. R. Tyson, on Catoma Street. The entire lower floor of this spacious house, facetiously called by it's mistress "the old barn." was elabcrateiy decorated with ropes of smilax, branches of holly and mistletoe and cut flowers. Bizarre picturesqueness was the keynote of the whole affair. The girls all dressed as did lassies of ye olden times, but instead of the rich .brocades that the historical novellsts Nell about, the 'barr dancers" of last night dressed in tra yesty of them, in brocaded sateen and calicos
 Miss Ellen Tyson, radiantiy happy and girlishly cordial, wore rich hued brocaded calico with panniers, trimmed in rare old lace. About her throat were. strands of coral and in her arms a bouquet of holly, bright with red berries end crimson satin ribbon.
 Her stately sister. Miss, Patsie, wore q frock of bright yellow sateen with tunic and bertha of rose-point lace, Her jewels were topaz and her arm shower was of mistletoe with its pearl-- like berries giistenfng in the leaves.
 Fascinating Flora Stakely's costume was red and green brocaded calico with panniers and watteau pliet, her flowers holly berry and 'mistletoe com bined. tied with red and green rib- bons,
 These three young IadiNs composed the receiving. party. and stood in the front parlor amid the bright lights and gay decorations to receive. the guests.
 The two big pariors were thrown into one. making a spacious ball room, and to the duIcet strains of music, here were danced the old-time lancers, ] the barn dances and the Virginia reel.
 In the rear hall, approaching the dining room, were hung huge clusters of mistletoe, and near by was an im- provised cozy corner. Girls who were opposed to being kissed knew not to pass under the mistletoe. The walls adjacent to the cozy-corner may have had ears. but certainly not tongues for nothing has been told of what hap pened. There were the mitigating cir- cumstances of youth and the season if anybody forgot and just accidentally passed under the mistletoe. Then, too, what girl of spirit Isn't willing % give dare now and then?
 Tn the center of the dining room stood the Christmas table, circular in shape and gorgeous in It's crimson ool- ors Around the outer edge was a wreath of holly. ivy and mistletoe, with red satin ribbons intertwined In the center was a Jack Horner pie topped with decoration of flowers from which Santa Claus peeped, con cealing the contents. Out of the upper crust were ends of red ribbons, and when the psychological moment ar rived. the members of the club drew out these ribbons to discover that tied to each was a souvenir. consisting of stocking filled with goodies. Over the pie. and suspended from the chan delier was hugh red cornicopla filled with fruits and candies. The ehande- Her itself was hidden in smiiax and red satin bows. whose streamers were confined to- the table edges and alter hating with longer streamers that were looped to the pictures on the walls. On the table were cut-glass dishes and comports filled with can dies. fruits and nuts. Red wax can dies in silver sticks burned here also. The bay window of the dining room was transformed into a holly grove, and here was a welL covered with he'd, and hanging above it was a pair of green china buckets. Numerous inc candescent lights sparkIed like stars above and in the grove and on the well. From this romantic point of