The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-07-26
The Alpha Embroidery Club Delight
fully Entertain at the Park.

fully Entertain at the Park.
The quarterly entertainment OF the
Alpha Embroidery Club. which has
come to be looked forward to by the
husbands and friends of the Club as
the most delightful social event of the
season, occurred Tuesday evening. The
club has distinguished itself in the
past for the unique manner in which
it provides entertainment, no two en-
tertanments being OF the same charac.
ter. Tuesday evenings entertainment
was 10 exception TO their rule, being
different from anything ever given by
the club heretofore and thoroughly
unique in its character. The committee
who had the matter in charge notified
the members, husbands and friends OF
the club to appear at the Park at eight
O'Clock Tuesday evening, and assured
them that they would there be taken
care of, although what was in store
for them none knew.
At the time appointed those who were
fortunate enough to be included in the
above list met at the home OF DR..
Arceneaux on Adams street, and
through the kindness of DR.. ArceDeaux
DR.. Cooper. Stewart Robinson, W..
E. Taught and John Armstrong, were
conveyed to the park in autos, the
pleasant ride in the cool of the even.
ing being very pleasing addition to
the evenings entertainment.
Arriving at the park the sixty or
seventy guests spent pleasant half
hour in social chat, after which Mrs.
D. II. Read and Mr.. John Armstrong
were selected as leaders who chose a
line up of the guests present and then
forming lines on either side of an open
space proceeded to contest, in pairs
in making "a run for the train" The
game consisted in contestant from
each side starting from given place
at q signal, with suit case and um-
brel q. to make the train" securing
their suitcase and at the same time
opening their umbrella. 1t was really
surprising the speed and activity dis
played by number of the staid men
and matrOns in this game. AS one of
the prominent physicians of the town
remarked, it was surprising what
children men and women could be upon
occasions. A second contest that called
forth good deal of amusement was
that of eating doughnut suspended
from string. which was in turn at.
tached to a line resembling a fisher
man's traut line. The contestants some
fifteen in number and with their hands
tied behind them were forced to cap.
ture and eat their doughnut simply
with their mouths. Still another con-
test in which gentlemen only partici-
pated consisted in a line, following
which the right foot of one was firmly
tied to the left foot of another, and in
this clOsly connected relationship the
race was started, which had it con-
tinued far would doubtless have re-
suited in the severing of the pedal
extremitles OF several of the contestants
The big contest at which all partici-
pated and in which the gentlemen
held no advantage over the ladies,
occurred, when after partners we're So.
lected, the ladies of the entertainment
committee invited all to get their plate
Ia wooden tray and q spoon and see
what had been provided as the final
element OF the evenings entertainment
This feature was strictly one sided be.
Ing between the entire assembly, on
one side and tables loaded with fried
chicken, sandwiches, pickles and sal.
ads together with coffee and the finest
lot of watermelons of the season on
the o.her. The contest lasted for about
an hour but in the end humanity
proved the victors subduing and de.
vourlng the greater part of the oppo.
site forces.
Shortly before the midnight hour
the merry makers were conveyed to
their homes in the same manner in
which they reached the grounds, hav.
ing enjoyed most delightful even.
ing's outing.
Thanks for this pleasant evening are
due to Mrs. r, r. Arceneaux, Mrs.
John ID. Cooper, Mrs. w. B. Gabbert
Mrs. John w. Armstrong, Mrs. S. E.
Carroll, Mrs. w. Z. Taught, Mrs. w,
l.. Stewart and Miss VERNE Unkel
who constituted the entertaining div.
sion OF the Alpha Club on this occasion