The Detroit times., 1910-12-16
IN SOCIETY

~. AlDdn fplscOpdl 'nuTSn, blSh
iand Park, will hold Christmas sale
and supper. Friday afternoon and
evening. in the church parlors.
Unity circle OF Kings Daughters
will hold a sale OF fancy baskets oi
all kinds, suitable for holiday gifts
Saturday, al No. 50l Woodward
Arcade.
The Womans guild of 81. Joseph )
Episcopal church will hold IA Christ
mas sale in the parish house, Wood
ward and Holbrook-ayes., Saturday,
from 2 to o'clock.
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The engagement is announced OF
Miss Grace Pessano daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Antonio PessanO. 70 lie Roy
Richards. of Fredericksburg, Va. The
engagement was announced at a
bridge tea given by Miss Helen Pes
sano Thursday.
One OF the prettiest debutante
luncheons OF the season was given
Thursday In the Hotel Pontchartrain,
by Mrs. +. u. Byrne, I'm honor OF Miss
IltltUt Nv ldnit wan htAp'
rated with poinsetta and Christmas
wreaths and the place cards were lii
tie sachets in the form OF poinsettas.
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The Windsor ana Walkerville
Choral society. under the leadership
OF n. Whorlow Bull. gave a fine con
cert in Curry hall, Windsor, Thurs
day evening. The chorus did excel
lent work and showed the result OF
careful training and good equipment.
The soloists We're the following De
troit singers: Mrs. Maude Taylor,
soprano; Miss Elsa Sperlich, central
to; Clyde Nichols. tenor; Samuel
Slade. bass The first half of the
program was devoted TO concert
arrangement OF Gounod's Faust" and
the latter half to a miscellaneous pro
gram. The hall was crowded 10 its
utmost capacity.
An interesting lecture on CLANS
was given Thursday evening before
the Theological club, in the Scripps
library. by Bryant Walker, who has
made. deep study of the little crea-
ture, known TO most folk only
through the "chowder." Mr.. Walker
said fresh water clans were 5000. 900
years old. and along with their an
cient lineage they are so exclusive
that one clam never knows another
clam during their entire lifetime. Mr..
Bryant told many highly interesting
and instructive facts about the
creatures and the fifty members Of
the Theological club forgot all about
q for tho pnnna
A wonderful and brilliant Christ
mas tree greatly delighted the youth.
full guests at the annual children $
party given by the Twentieth club.
Thursday afternoon, in the Century
building. Following program of
music. illustrated pictures and games
in the auditorium. the children were
taken TO the diningroom, where the
splendid tree greeted their wonder
ing eyes. They all sat around its gay
beauty and ate ice cream and cake
and then piled up around its base the
gifts each had brought to be dis
tributed to poor children, Christmas
eve The party was said to be the
prettiest ever given by the clubwo-
men for their children.
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Detroit, newspaper women We're
the guests OF the Messrs. Swart Ct
the Hotel Cadillac, Thursday evening,
for the formal opening of the. re-
decorated cafe. in the big hotel. Din
ner was served at o'clock. covers
being laid for sixteen. The table bore
a large glded standard filed With
branches OF Christmas green's and
white chrysanthemums. A delicious
menu was served. The cafe was
crowded from the early dinner hour
until the wee sma' hours of the morn
ing with smart dinner and supper
parties. the ladies wearing the hand
soonest OF frocks and the whole scene
proving one of the most brilliant De-
troit has ever known within the walls
of its finest hestelFy. A large -orches.
ira stationed in bower Of palms in
the center OF the large cafe, played
delightfully."- throughout the evening.
The cafe has been entirely redecorat-
ed and is extremely attractive and eff
fective. The walls are huge mirrors.
paneled In white enamel of dull fin
ish, in Louis XVI design. garlands Of
roses upon which tiny Cupids swing.
topping each splendid mirror Be
tween each panel is an electrolier of
gold. the lights hidden behind pend
ants of crystal Immense crystal
domes veil the lights dropped from
the ceiling The floor covering is OF
crimson velvet and the chairs OF gilt,
Against this dazzling white and crys-
tai background, palms and tall stan
dards OF roses and chysanthemums
were artistically disposed. The
Messrs Swart were overwhelmed
with congratulations on the beauty
OF the cafe, which is considered one
of the finest in the country.
The handsome reception rooms, OH
the Washington-blvd. side of the
hotel. also came In for much praise.
the wall decoration and the furniture
all being new. The color scheme here
is a pale ivory background with fur
nishings in crimson and dull green,
which proves to be unique and eff
fective combination.