The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-03-01
Fashionable Society Event.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Hall entertained
Friday evening with cotillon at Elks
Hall in honor of Mrs. John Young
Brown, Jr., and Miss Cora South
Brown, of st. Louis, who have been
their popular guests for a week.
The ball room was bower of South
ern smilax, palms, ferns and pink car
nations and roses. The windows were
draped in soft null curtains over which
hung graceful ropes of smilax. The
balcony rail was entwined with smilax
and roses with a huge swinging basket
of Boston ferns as a centerpiece, di<
rectly under the chandelier. Through
out the spacious room quantities of
smilax adorned arches, door and cham
deilers with their many electric lights
with piok shades all of which made a
scene just in comparison to the sweet
young guest of honor who was RADIANT
ly beautiful in gown of soft gray
with tunic of silver cloth.
Behind screen of palms, ferns and
pedestals holding jardiniers of dozens
of fragrant carnations, Smittie's band
played program of lovely music.
At midnight "a delicious supper of
salad, ham. beaten biscuit, coffee, and
individual Ices and cakes was serv-
ed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall received the
guests assisted by Mrs. Brown. Miss
Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. James Duncan
Bell, Mr.. William Taylor and Mr..
Quincy Ward.
Mrs. Hall was very handsome insan
exquisite gown of embroidered net
with yellow trimmings Mrs. Brown
was lovely in an imported gown of yel-
low satin with tunic of net embroider-
ed in pearls. Mrs. Bell wore becom-
ing gown of yellow messaline with
pearl trimmings. Miss Brown was
beautiful in a soft gray gown with fu-
mic of silver cloth.
The cotillon was very gracefully
led by Miss Brown assisted by Mr..
VIM. Taylor. Several beautiful figures
and marches were artistically carried
out. -
In the first h0nored couples were
Mr.. VIM. Taylor and Miss Brown.
Mr.. James Clay and Miss Martha Wal
Ter, MIR. Gaines and Miss Martha Fer
guson, Mr.. j. w. Waller and Ass
Laura Clay. Others dancing were Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney G.Clay, Mr. and Mrs.
Vim. Ferguson, Mr.. and Mr.. j. W.
Ferguson, Mr. j. @. Ward and Mrs.
John Young Brown. Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Hampton Whitley. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Alexander, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Yerkes. Mr.. ard Mrs. Tom Bucknel,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Warden. Mr.. Joe
Mitchell and Miss Helen Frank, Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Allen. Mr.. and Mrs. B.
A. Frank, 'Mr. and Mrs. Swift Champ,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Taylor. Mr.. James
Russell and Miss Nan Wilson. Mr..
James Dodge and Miss Lorine Butler,
DR.. and Mrs. Frank Fithian, DR.. Chas.
lDaughre.y and Miss Ollie Butler ).
| Bob Lyons and Miss Frances Johnson.
Mr.. George Williams Clay and Miss
Katherine Davis, Mr.. Clay Sutherland
and Miss Carolyne Roseberry, Mr..
White Warden and Miss Mary Lyle,
Mr.. Will K. Ferguson and Miss Amelia
Leer, Mr.. Robert Ferguson and Miss
Lafferty. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ken
ney, Mr.. Robert Lyme and Miss Fan
ME johnson, Mr.. Hugh Ferguson and
Miss Rachel Virgins, Mr.. John Davis
and Miss Mary Northumberland Mr..
Jim Buckner and Miss Matilda Alex
ander. Mr.. jim Woedford and Miss
Elizabeth Embry. Mr. ard Mrs. Ben
Woodford. Jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan
Bell. Mr.. Amos Turney and Miss Edna
Earle Hinton. Mr.. Oscar Hinton and
Miss Helen Hutchcraft, Mr.. c. A.
Mcmillan and Miss Edna Turney, Miss
Ruth Morgan and Mr. Harry Horton.
Miss Elizabeth Steele and Mr.. Fay
Audrey. Miss Mary Woodford and Mr.
Woodford Buckner. Mr.. John Spears.
Mr.. John Davis, Sr.. Mr.. Joseph
Gaines, Mr.. William Woodford and
Mr.. Earl Ferguson.
Other guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Vol
Ferguson. Mrs. Thompson Tarr, Mrs.
j. E. Cantrill. Mr.. and Mrs. Thos
Henry Clay, Sr.. Mrs. Cassius M.
Clay, DR.. and Mrs. j. L. Vansant. Mr..
John Roberts, Miss Margaret Fergu-
son. Miss Bessie Holiday, Mrs. B.
Renick.