The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-06-11

The reception rendered Sister Car
lotta last evening by Mrs. j. III. LiE-
ineston was a most delightful gather
ing Over one hundred persons called
to pay their respects to the very dis
tinguished representative of the Z. D.
G. of the state.
Everything conspired to make the
evening one OF unalloyed pleasure. The
spacious grounds, with their green
shrubs, flowers and outrageous trees,
were inviting, the wide verandas with
their large colonial columns afforded
pleasant place to meet and greet the
guests and the roomy house with its
pleasing hostess with her Palmetto
State hospitality and cordiality and her
amfable and gracious assistants went
to make an environment that all re-
cognized as ideal
This delightful affair was in no sense
a personal affair for the delectation of
the hostess, but as tribute to the
head of the Daughters of the state and
to give many people, not Daughters, an
opportunity to meet Sister CarIotta, a
lady OF rare personality, attraction and
intelligence and those who were in
vited deemed 1t an honor not to be
lightly treated, as evidenced by the
throng present
Mrs. X. A. Burford and Mrs. r. G..
Blake met the incoming guests on the
front veranda and presented them 70
Mrs. J. II. Moorhead and Mrs. w L.
Graham, who entertained the guests
and in turn presented them TO MIS- X
r. Carroll and Mrs. -. /. GottIieD, VINO
presided with rare grace at the punch
bowl. Then they met Mrs. W. V. New
son and Mrs. Gordon s. Scott, at the
hall, who passed the guests to Mrs. E.
L. Carney, standing at the parlor en-
trance and she presented the incom-
ing line to the following ladies in the
receiving line: Mrs. J. Fl. Livingston.
Sister Esther Carlotta, Mrs. T. D. Ian
caster and Mrs. T NJ Livingston,
where after few words of social chat
Mrs. ]. T. Lancaster and Mrs s. A.
Standby were encountered, who guard
ed the entrance to the dining room
with such gentle restraint that they
did not know they were in leash, where
they were placed in custody of Mrs. W.
K. Zewadski and Mrs. ]. W. Akin, who
welcomed the coming and sped the
parting guest at delicious refreshments
consisting Of ice cream, cake and salt
ed almonds.
perfect and those who made it SO were
Miss Alice Carlisle, whose wave of the
hand made action immediate to petite
Agnes Burford, who laid the napkins
and Mabel Meffert, Elizabeth Davis
Thee Wallis, Tommie STANDBY, Dor
othy Lancaster. Anna Moorhead, Mary
Harriet and Katharine Livingston dis
pensed the delicacies already named.
Mrs. s. r. Whaley presided at the en-
trance that led from the elegantly ap
pointed dining room to the library anc
pointed the way thither, where Mrs
Charles Mathews introduced the guest!
to Mrs. Frank Harris and Mrs. Walter
Hood, who received graciously. and IL
turn pointed the way into the from
sitting room, where Mrs. l.. T. lila
and Mrs Todd received the guests and
after passing the compliments OF tn,
day, the guests filed out onto the spa
cious veranda or under the dropping
shadows Of the trees, there to chat
compare notes and talk of the pleasan
time they were all having.
The one thing that distinguished
Mrs. Livingston's reception from tina
of others. aside <sIsn it's delightful so
cial features was the attractive cen
terpiece on the dining room table rep
resenting the battle flag Of the Con
federacy in its undying colors, red
white and blue. Here was ground 70
observation. This lovely piece o
handiwork took every woman's ey,
and the men, too, were struck by 1t
beauty. All wanted to know what tn
material was out of which it was made
There were a dozen guesses, none o
them correct, for it was made Of tn
and then used in the construction o
this greatly admired centerpiece.
1t was delightful occasion. All de
sired to meet the distinguished lady
Sister Carlotta, who is at the head 0
the organization in this state. She i
distinguished by her striking person
atty, her commanding figure, he
gracious speech and her commandinl
intellectually. To see her and hea
her gentle, cheerful speech is an homo
and a pleasure. To see the old boy
who represented the spirit and essenc
of the Lost Cause" was equally graf
flying and to hear them recount thei
battles that stirred mems souls brough
forth recollections sad and pleasing.
Two old soldiers met and althoug
they had known each other for years
only made the discovery last nigh
that they had participated in severa
bloody battles together But leav
these memories and "reminiscences wit
thoSa who greatly endowed them