The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-25
DIR. and Mrs. BIaIock's Pretty Part,

DIR. and Mrs. BIaIock's Pretty Party
DR.. and Mrs. L. F. Blalock gave a
delightful holiday parry last evening
at their home In OlSlawaha in compli-
ment to their eRarfning aaease guestS
and cousins. Miss} Matilda Haynsworfh
of Uniontown, Al, Miss Matte lee
Stroud, of Marion, Ala, and Mr.. Joseph
| Walker of Atlanta, Ga.
I--Yne house was attractiveIy decorated
Throughout with holly. mistletoe. bam-
flights were shaded with red. The
veranda was screened in and also at
| tractively decorated.
| AS the guests arrived they were
greeted by Mrs Jack Rentz and then
by Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Blalock' s
charming mother. Mrs E. L. Carney in
troduced them to the receiving line
which stood in the parlor and was
tcomposed of the host, hostess and hon.
Iorees.
| Mrs. Blalock wore white marquisette
deliberately trimmed with lace over
white messaline. Miss Haynsworth was
| beautiful in white chiffon over pink
messaline and trimmed with velvet of
| the same shade, white marabout and
pearl ornaments. To complete this
costume she wore slippers and hose to
match and a pearl bandeau fastened
/ at one end by a cluster of pink lilies of
the valley. Miss Stroud was lovely in
| blue chiffon over blue messa1ine made
on a draped model and trimmed with a
wide band of lace over the right
shoulder and numerous little black
velvet bows. Blue slippers and hose
were worn and in her hair was a sfl-
yer ornament. The three young hon
orees by their vivacious manner made
many friends during the evening.
Miss Clara Johnson invited the guests
/ to the piazza, where in one corner from
a table adorned with kumquats and
holly. two pretty young girls, Misses
Blair Woodrow and Martha Kate Rentz
served most refreshing punch.
| While the guests were arriving Miss
! Elinor Nixon played beautifully at the
piano.
There were two amusing contestg
| the first one being particularly clever.
Mrs. Marcus Frank gave to each gusst
a pencil and paper, the latter contain
ing twenty-one sentences and the an
swers were to be gotten from sugges-
tions which were numbered and placed
around in the different rooms. The
!
folded, had to pin a paper man on the
back of large donkey drawn on a
sheet This proved to be very anus
ing.
Mrs BIalock, assisted by Mrs. Car
Iney, Mrs Rentz and Misses Elinor Nix
on, Blair woodrow and Martha Kate
Rentz. at the conclusion of the con-
tests, passed most attractive plates
which contained chicken salad. ribbon
sandwiches, pickles, waters. carrots
made out Of cheese. fruit cocktail serv1
ed in cups made from half of an or
ange.
The young people enjoying DR.. and
Mrs. BIaIock's hospitality besides tfaa
honorees and the ones assisting were
Misses Elizabeth Newsom. Rhoda L ID
don, Hester and Marion Dewey, Ethel
Harrol of Virginia, Fanny and Rosebud
Robinson, Mary Erwin, Josie BuIlocR
and her guest, Leila Elizabeth Wood
of Birmin CHAM, Ala, Lydia McDOugald
HaIIy and Esther Ley, Annie Laurie
Perry. Adele Bittinger, Susie Lou Ell
lis, Ethel Haycraft, Annie Davis, Ellen
ICIarkson, Ophelia Sawteu, Bette Nc
: Iver. Eugenia Fuller, Kate Walker
Louise Nixon. Cecile Downs, Kate
ICarlton of Arcadia. Marie Won Engel-
ken, Irma Blake, Annie Pearl Liddon
Helen Brown, Sarah Davis. Clifford
Pyles, Mary Burford. Bessie MacKay
Matte Williams. Annie Atkinson, Miss
IDesChamps Of South Carolina, and
Messrs- Bruce and Clarence Meffert
Richard Dodge, Leslie Anderson, Ton
lPasteur. Charlie FisheI, sam PyIes. "
y. Wheeler, J. II. Workman. Ralph ant
Phil Robinson, W. V. Newsom. o. B
Howse, Wiley Burford, Heron and Ber
Todd. c. L Aver. DR.. Herbert Counts
T. D. Lancaster, Carlisle IzIar. Rober
Curtis. G. D. Parrish. Laurie IzIar, Ed
win Green. Whit Palmer, Tom an,
, Frank Harris, Ernest Crook. Dr. shep
} .pard, W. .. Taylor. Joseph Bell. Edwin