News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1912-02-28
A " Pitcher" Shower

\ OF the many pretty Showers given for
prospective brides, none was more charm
ingly arranged than the one given at the
hospitable home of Mrs. T. G. Cheney on
Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Blanche
Peck when fourteen of her girl friends
braved the storm to be present at din
ner in her honor. The cheerful rooms
with the open wood fire was pleasing
contrast to the storm raging without and
when dinner was announced the dining
room with its pretty decorations elected
much praise. The color scheme was, of
course, red and white, in keeping with
st. Valentine, tall candelabras with
shaded lights being at each end of the
table, while large mysterious shaped red
pie occupied the center, to which were
attached red ribbons running to the plate
of each guest. The place cards were lit
tie red cupids and the favors were heart
shaped boxes of candy with large heart
al tached pierced with a silver arrow,
which when pulled apart was found to
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the guests during the evening. Before
leaving the table each guest pulled the
string opposite her plate and from the
mysterious pie were pulled forth red
hearts with tiny emelys attached as
souvenirs.
A pleasapt half-hour was spent in
viewing MIS-. Cheney's famous collection
of pitchers, which are well worth seeing,
An exciting hunt then took place after
hearts which had been hidden in The
most unheard of places in the rooms and
Miss Blanche Peck was found to have
discovered the largest number and was
accordingly presented with little hand
painted book of candy recipes for her
skill, the BOBBY prize falling to Mrs. F.
! w. Mould. The guests were then blind.
| folded and asked to see who could come
nearest to pinniDg their cupid in the
center of a large heart suspended in the
arohway, and at this Mrs. w. A. Beebe
proved to be the cleveIest, winning as
first prize heal t.shaped box of candy,
and Mrs. Fannie Bickford winning the
BOBBY, satin heart pin cushion.
After we'll rendered piano solo by
Miss Pinney the guests seated them
selves i'll a circle on the floor and Mrs.
Cheney placed in their midst two mail
bags, each sealed with red hearts. Miss
Peck was requested to pull out the first
letter and was genuinely surprised to
find it contained an original poem by her
hostess notifying her that the bags con-
tanned pitchers for her future use. The
gifts were then opened one by one and
passed around the circle, while the ac
companying rhymes were read amid
Fshouts of laughter. When all had been
opened, Miss Peck was found to be the
happy recipient of eleven pitchers, all
different in size and design and all equal
| ly beautiful and useful.
Some well-known choruses were then
sung, with Miss Gulick as accompanies
! and then the guests were requested TO
write an original poem for a valentine.
/ Mrs. Florence Ii. Gates of Swanton, who
is visiting Mrs. Cheney, was appointed
judge and awarded first prize to Miss
| Nan Wombell, satin box filed with
candy, and the BOBBY to Mrs. Florence
Fisher, dainty pin cushion. The poems
were all so good, however, that the
! hostess gave all a consolation prize of
white satin slipper. Good night Ladies''
was then sung and the guests departed,
/ all voting that the "stOrm" outside was
nothing compared with the shower in
side.