The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-22
EUTAW SOCIAL NEWS.
Mir. and Mrs. J. o. Banks Entertain at
 Rece StiOn

Eutaw. Feb. 21-(Special. )-Friday night one of the most beautiful social events ever witnessed in Greene Coun- ty took place at~the home of MT. and Mrs. J. o. Banks in Eutaw. residence. recognized as the finest dwelling in this codnty was thrown open to the society not only Of Eutaw and other towns of the county, but to representatives of the social circles of Tuscaloosa, Birmingham. Livingston and Columbus, Miss.
 The guests at this reception given by MT. and Mrs. Banks to their host of friends breathed the genuine at- mosphere of royal hospitality so often portrayed in stories of the romantic days of the South.
 In the receiving line with the host and hostess were Rev and Mrs. Will lis G. Clark. pr. and MrS Hampden Osborne of Columbus. Miss; Mir. Wilkes Banks, Mrs. Ellen-Peter Brice and Miss Kettle Buck of Tuscaloosa.
 The guests were met in the large Dimmick, who escorted them to the foot of the stairs, where negro buffers and maids attended them to the re- spective cloak rooms, after which they were taken by these two ladies to the reception line.
 Misses Pulane and McLemore met the guests at the end of the line of re- ceivers and escorted them through the pdIlOIs hHQ tIcBdHl 7, introducing them to the company as- sembled, into the dining room.
 The decorations were simple, chaste and beautiful. Everywhere were plac' set off by backgrounds of Southern smilax On every chandelier were banked in cAoss form numbers of wax candles. giving the whole house q brilliant illumination.
 In the large oblong dining room in addition to these decorations were banks of geraniums in red and white colors, and from the chandelier four large crimson silk ribbons streamed downward to the four corners of the board a magnificent old-fashioned ma hogany table.
 in the dining room proper was a squad of beautiful servers, little Miss es Horwood Mary Mcqueen, Ward and Evelyn Byrd under the supervision of Mrs. Bessie Lightfoot.
 Adjoining the dining roo mand open Ing into the back hall was beauti- fully decorated ante-room where Miss es Louise and Jamie Coleman and Me Alpine served the guests with coffee and assorted dainties.
 From this room the company was ushered into the middle of the front hall where delicious fruit punch was served by Misses Laura Hebbler and Ellen Gray Banks
 To help make the spirit of the old en times several darkies from the 
 hall and played upon strtng"d instru- ments and sang the songs of their fathers of the old plantation days.
 Approximately 200 invitations were sponded and were present at the re-
 A party of Eutaw people left yes- terday for Mobile to attend the carni- val, among the mbeing Mrs. H. F. Grubs and Allen Grubs Mrs. Waddle and Miss Cockerel
 The lectures this week on the Ro- man Catholic Church have been at tended remarkably well, much to the eradication of the lecturer. Rev. Father Costello.
 The Univ ersity Dramatic Club is to play Macbeth" here Wednesday night.
 In St. Stephens Church the rector has organized Bible study class Tor adults, which meets every Friday af- ternoon. The class has awakened much interest among outsiders as well as people of this church.
 Rev. MT. Knox has returned to Eu- taw from Birmingham where he and Charles Dunlap have been in attend ance upon the Lamens' Missionary Council. as delegates from the Eutaw Presbyterian Church.