Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-11-02

shall.
Mrs Cole Of Sedalia is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. ]. T. johnson.
Miss Frances Guthrie has for her
guests Misses Helen Sanderson and
Ruth Wise Of Bowling Green.
Mrs. Charles Rodgers entertained
at dinner Friday Mrs. Mamie Wright
and Mrs. Gatewood.
Mrs. Martin Yates OF Artesia, New
Mexico, and Miss Mittie Patterson
are in Keokuk the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. Patterson.
Mrs. Joseph Smith of South Clark
has been IN Saint Louis for a
fortnight.
Miss Trix Turkey left yesterday for
Washington. Mo-. where she win be
the guest OF her sister. Miss Klttie
Turley until December.
Mrs, Shaw and small daughter,
Carleton Neville Shaw of Kansas
City, are the guests of Col. and
Mrs. w, d. Fonville. =
The Wednesday Club held its
meetine this week with Mrs. Charles
Rodgers. Mrs. John Gregory wa
the leader. Excellent talks wer
given by Mrs. R. R. Arnold and Mrs.
b. +. Robertson on Nicholas Pous-
sin" and ..'Fenelon." The next meet
ing will be with Mrs, s. P. EN-
mons
The Thimble Club had Mrs. Elon
bearing for its charming hostess ON
Friday afternoon, Mrs. bearing had
provided a floral love story, the so
lution of which required much seriou
thinking and wrinkling of pretty
brows on the part of the guests. Fol
lowing this some of the members
propounded difficult conundrums and
still others showed themselves in a
light-as tellers of clever stor-
les. When the dining room was
thrown open a beautiful picture greet
ed the eye Mrs. Clarence Barnes
and Miss Julia Ross were seated at
the table, which was covered with
a handsome cloth of Mexican drawn
work. The central decoration was
a pumpkin filled to Overlooking with
fruits. On each corner OF the table
were crystal candlesticks holding
blazing red tapers. In front OF Mrs.
Barnes and Miss Ross We're vine
wreathed pumpkins from which they
served ices and salad. In every avail
able place were other blazing red
tapers, which cast a pleasant glow
over the room. Mrs. Walker Pol
lock, Mrs. w. w. Fry and Mrs. Wal
lace bearing also assisted in serv-
ing. FL
October has made all o~ut-of-doors
so aMuring that the woods must per
force give up their secrets. Jealous
nutters were vying with the squir-
rels and the country lanes have been
swartning with jolly parties of less
er energy whose only object was to
have one more day in the open. On
Of the crowds who happily combined
work and play werethe Lakeland and
Lakenan families who on Tuesday
enjoyed an a1l-day stay on the farm
Mrs. Lamartine Lakeland.
Miss Velma johnson had for her
weekend guests last week Misses
Sarah and Josephine Hale and Mar
garet Ross, all Of whom are stu
dents at the State University, Miss
johnson had some town friends
out to meet them Friday evening,
The fortunate ones We're Miss Marie
Rose. Messrs. Earl Bledsoe, George
Will Robertson, Louis Barth, Fred
and Merritt Llewellyn. The evening
was filled with games and eonversa-
ton. Saturday afternoon NJ IS Marie
Rose entertained a few fir. ends IN
formally in honor of Mrs. Martin
Yates and Miss Johnson's guests.
Mrs, Robert johnson was the dinner
hostess of the h%ouse-party Saturday
evening. v.
The Good Times Club met with
Mrs. Marshall Tuesday afternoon
with a full attendance. The early
afternoon was spent i'm sewing. Lat
err came an interesting musical con-
test at which Mrs. Wallace Gibbs
was most skiIlful and who received
d hatpin holder. Mrs. Gamble won
second place and was rewarded with
a cream jug. A two course salad
lunch al not the beast of the pleas
ures which the afternoon held.
The Chautauqua Circle met with
Miss McPheeters this week. Mrs.
Howe led on the Conquest of South
America and Mrs. Luckie on Amera-
can Woman and Art. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Durkee.
Mrs. Charles Bledsoe gave much
pleasure to some of her friends on
Tuesday when abe entertained the
Young Married Women's" Club
and a few Others with a nutting par
ty at her beautiful country home,
just north of Thompson. The guests
were met ait Thompson with hay wag
ons, and after the younger members
of the parity had experienced a
thrilling encounter with a pet goat,
all were conveyed safely to the nut
ting grounds. In the friendly
,,o vnnth oe n ht,oa hon.fira the lunch