The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-01-28
Mrs. Alexander Cooper Entertains
in Honor of Mrs. Parham and
Mrs. Yuille.
Contribu ted

| Contributed
The past week Henderson was q whirl
of gayety-card parties in the morning,
Teas in the afternoon and "Recep-
| tions" and .'Suppers after The Play
all in honor Of Mrs. ". Brooks Parham
| and Mrs. T. b. YuiIe.
| The first OF the series was given at the
! home of Mrs Alexander Cooper by Mrs
! Cooper and her mother, Mrs. Faucette,
| on Wednesday afternoon. January Goth.
| The invitations were engraved attract
lively and promised much of pleasure and
| enjoyment (which was more than full
| filled) to those who were SO fortunate
| as to be among those who were invited.
A Hostess is to be congratulated who
| decides upon "A Tea as the means of
making her guests happy, for it gives her
many opportunities OF using her own
| original ideas. and OF having her house
| guests wear their prettiest gowns.
The home can be as beautifully and as
elaboratedly decorated as she pleases,
| and she can have as many OF her friends
to assist her as the chooses.
| This Tea for other reasons was an
unusually attractive affair to begin with,
| it was the first opportunity the Hender-
| son people had of welcoming as zone of
our own" Mrs Parham, who as Mrs
| Everett (of Atlanta) has visited Hender-
| son frequently, and who has many true
friends amongst us Then as Miss
Long," we were proud to claim Mrs.
1uille as Henderson grip and every
| one of her friende wish to see her as often
| as possible when she comes back to US in
| her old home.
| AS the guests entered the hall, they
| thought some fairy had given them rose
| colored glasses" for the light was soft
pink, and little Miss Malissa Yuille, in
| pink, looking like rosebud, met them,
| holding a silver waiter for the cards.
I Mrs. Massenburg, Mrs. T. II. Chavasse,
Mrs. Edward Hines, Mrs T. L. Jones and
| Miss Bette Blacknall, were also in the
hall to chat with the guests.
AS the visitors entered the Drawing
| room Mrs. Cooper graciously babe them
welcome and presented them to the ladies
in the receiving line. Mrs. Faucette, Mrs.
| Yuile, Mrs. Parham. Mrs. Edward Wat
kins, Mrs. Asa Parham, Mrs. John D.
Cooper. Mrs. A. &. Zollicoffer, Mrs. Sidney
Perry Cooper and Mrs. David Young
! Cooper.
Then we were escorted to the ''Tea
| Room and felt as if we still had on our
fairy glasses" Or had been transported
across space to the far East, for crossing
the threshold wefound we were in Japan
while pretty japanese maidens in their
National Costume. made us quaint little
courtesies. and brought us delicious" d"
served with marsh mallOws and lemon
and appropriate accessories to eat"
| While drinking our tea that these at
tractive maidens were our own Town
girls who with their big butterfly bows
and chrysanthemums and hair fixed with
Ivory sticks with the room looking so
much like Japan made us believe that we
were in that famous "Tea Country
The names OF these girls were Misses
Perry, Mary Perry, Maria Tucker, Helen
Lamb, Morton and Julia Cooper.
The Dining room was decorated with
red roses and red carnations so we still
wore our rose colored glasses while
eating Cream, Cake, Candies, &C., and be
entertained by Mrs. J. |. Miller, Mrs. G.
a. Rose, Mrs. ]. D. Rose and Miss Butler.
AS we left the house meeting the sun
shine, outside. and feeling the sunshine in
our own hearts by the happy meeting OF
old friends, we felt as if for a long time
we would find that we wore crosse col
ored glasses" when pleasant thoughts
come to us of this "Red-Letter Day" in
| our New Year Of 900