The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-01-26
MRS. GARY ENTERTAINs


club which was the scene of the larg-
est social function incident to a win
ter full of social gaities, was a scene
| of rare beauty. The greatest care
! had been experienced to avoid an
over lavish decoration but many beau
tiful ferns and palms, beautiful pink
Killarney roses and soft candle lights
shaded in pink formed a most har-
monious decorative scheme and the
room was completely transformed, the
result of the work of skilled and ar
tistic hands proving a beautiful foil
for the more brilliant coiors in the
gowns of the two hundred women
present.
Mrs. William Theodore Gary, was
the hostess of Saturday afternoons
party and she received her guests
wearing an exquisite gown of pink
satin with trimmings of lace and
fringe and in her hair she wore a
pretty pink ornament. Receiving at
Mrs. Gary's party were the following
visitors: Mrs. Sullivan, of Bruins
wick, Mrs. Davis, of Washington state,
Mrs. Futch, of Gainesville, Mrs. Yer
ME Stevens, of Oklahoma, Mrs, Haley,
of Chicago, Mrs. Raysor, of Sanford,
Miss Alexander, of Brooksville, Miss
Gushing, of New Jersey, Miss Wiley,
of Troy, Alabama, Miss Lewis, of
Atlanta, Miss Dunn, of New York
City, and Miss Sanders, of Spartan
burg, S. c., all beautifully gowned and
charming women.
Assisting Mrs. Gary in receiving
and entertaining her guests were Mrs.
Helvenston, Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Duval,
Mrs. Walter Hood, Mrs. Ley, Mrs
Carney, Mrs. Munroe, Mrs. Gamsby,
Mrs. Rheinauer, Mrs. John Taylor,
Mrs. Liddon. Mrs. Hatchell and Mrs.
T. E. Bridges.
In one end of the large room Mrs.
John Graham, Mrs. STRIPPING, Mrs.
Cobb and Miss Roux served the punch
from table that was very beautiful.
The entire table was covered with cot
ton and snow balls of cotton and
punches of violets and over all silver
dust had been sprinkled making snow
illusion quite perfect one. Two i'm
mense cakes of ice in which great
punches of grapes were frozen were
served as punch bowls, the centers
of the ice having been scooped out
The punch table was greatly admired
by ALL
After the large number of guests
had arrived and had been shown
seats and given programs by Misses
Grace Hatchell, Mary Burford, Alta
Pearson, and Annie Atkinson the
afternoons progdam was begun.
The stage was quite attractive and
those taking part in the program all
wore old fashioned costumes-it being
an "auld lang syne" concert. The
costumes were all charmingly gotten
up and perfectly carried out the idea
of the afternoon
The program was as follows:
Quartet-Ben Bolt, Miss Downs,
Mrs. Hampton, Mrs. McIver, Mrs.
Hooker. Solo-When You and | Were
Young, Maggie, Mds. Mote. Violin
William Tell, Miss Connor. Solo,
Bonnie Sweet Bessie, Silver Threads
Among the Gold, Miss Porter Read
ing-Mammy's Lii Baby Boy, Nanny
Gets the Boy to Sleep, Miss Ellis.
Solo-Bonnie Doom, Comm thro' the |
Rye, Miss Downs. Violin-Last Rose |
of Summer, Miss Conner accompan-
list, Mrs. Condor. Solo-Sweet Gen. |
eveve, Rory O'More, Mrs. Mote. Voc
Days, With Violin Obliga-
to, Miss Porter. Quartet-Annie /
Laurie, Miss Downs, Mrs. Hampton, !
Mrs. McIver, Mrs. Hooker.
Every number was a gem, these old
fashioned songs being sung in truly
sweet and sympathetic manner and |
the violin numbers of Miss Conner,
too. were in perfect accord with the
songs.
Miss Ellis in her old negro nanny |
readings made great hit. She was |
perfectly made up as an old negro /
and she was enthusiastically applaud |
ed and was obliged to respond TO an
encore as in fact did each one on
the program.
At the conclusion of the program
the quartet sang a verse of "Old Lang |
Syne," which was a happy climax to
a delightful program. II
After the program while the guests |
were still seated a salad course with |
it's accompaniment was served by
some of Ocala's very prettiest and |
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