The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-15
BEAUTIFUL RECEPTION.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ID. Copeland Enter
tain at Charming Affair.

The Lenten season was brought to
a brilliant close in this city last Wed
nesday evening with reception-sup-
per rendered by Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffer-
son Daniel Copeland in honor of Miss
Frances Vernon Hammond, of Au-
gusta, and Ensign D. Graham Cope
land, u. S. n.
Cards were issued Monday morn
ing to a half hundred of the social
set of this and neighboring cities to
meet Miss Hammond, who is visiting
her sister, Mrs. H. Henri Copeland,
and Ensign Copeland, who is at
home on a short leave Of absence
from the U. S. S. Kansas, one of the
fleet which recently finished its IA
nous cruise around the world.
The Copeland home on Railroad
avenue was thrown en- suite and
beautifully decorated for the affair
the artistic results attained showing
that the hosts were eminently quail
fed in this direction. The guests
were met at the door by Mrs. Cope
land, assisted by Mrs. William Paul
Riley, Mrs. H. Henri Copeland and
Miss Addys Hays, who presented
them to the guests of honor.
Mrs. Riley was gowned in an ex-
Quisite robe of pearl messaline silk
with clusters of lilac roses, garnitured
with rare old lace. Her ornaments
were diamonds.
Mrs. H. Henri Copeland looked
ethereally pretty in a costume OF pure
white satin, the bodice Of which was
handsomely trimed with a fall OF
Irish lace.
Miss Hays was regal in magnifi-
cent white messaline satin gown
beautifully shirred with old point
lace, she wore a diamond tiara and
carried a beautiful bunch of Easter
lilies.
Miss Hammond was strikingly
pretty in an elaborate and most be-
coming directoire gown of pale blue
satin and lace. She carried beau
tiful cluster of blush roses, and her
exquisite jade ornaments were the
comment of the evening.
Miss Watson was adorable in a
dainty white India Empire gown with
ornamentation of exquisite Valen-
cienne lace and baby blue satin rib
bon. She carried bouquet of roses
and ferns. Her ornament was most
beautiful ruby.
The guests were ushered into the
spacious drawing room, decorated
with exquisite taste with Marechal
Mel, American Beauty and La France
roses in colissone vases, brought by
Ensign Copeland from the Orient.
The walls hung with magnificent
hangings and rare brocades, mantel
and tables covered with bronzes and
carved figures took one across the
seas to the wistaria clad porches of
Kamakura and the curio shops Of
Shanghai and Colombo.
In the sitting room the same ele-
CANT taste was manifested in profuse
decorations. Through the green
GOODNESS of a veritable vista of flow
ers and ferns, gracefully caught up
with naval colors and designs was
seen the sparkle of beautiful blue and
brown eyes and heard the gay care
less laughter of that most adorable
product of the South-fair woman.
Indeed the scene was one that will
not soon fade from the memory of the
onlookers.
At half after ten the diversion of
the evening was announced, "Jeu des
Pavillons," and for a half hour all
hands busted themselves with the
difficult problem of pulling from their
memory of geography days the En-
signs of various nations. Eighteen
beautiful silk Ensigns gracefully fan
ned by electric fans foated from the
curtains of the drawing room, in
viting the guest to tell them what
nation they represented and what
Sovereign's hand they obeyed. In a
handsome autograph souvenir card
book each guest wrote his answers,
and while a delightful French supper
was being served, the proficiency of
the guests was determined by the
host.
At the conclusion of the supper the
results were announced: Miss Has
kell was given the ladies prize, two
dainty Japanese lakka trinket boxes
worked in old gold, black and red;
Mr. James B. Guess, for his pro-
ficiency, received a large tin of Turk
ish, Egyptian and English cigar
cites; Mr.. Jefferson Riley received
the consolation, a box of Huylers.
Miss Hammond was presented with
dainty Circassian scarf crocheted
with delicate blue silk with border Of
Maltese lace.
After supper happy merriment
reigned till an early hour, the guests
withdrawing one-by-one, each filled
with regret that the delightful even
ing had given way to the more
prosaic morning after.'
The following were some of the
ladies and gentlemen who graced the
reception with their presence: Mrs.
w. P. Riley, Mrs. H. Henri Copeland,
and Miss Hammond; Misses Riley,
Lewis, Meriwether, Hays, Folk,
Huey, Haskell, Gordon, Wanna
maker, Smith,. Counts, Jennings,
Black, Easterling, Free, Armstrong,
Copeland, Watson and Guess; Messrs.
Henderson, McCrackin, Sullivan,
Copeland, Riley, Johnson, Murphy,
Guess, Crum, Kirsch, MCGOWAN,
Fielder, Brabham, Eaves, and En-
sign Copeland.
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