Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03
Little Birds Told a Secret.
Columbia, Is. Co. State.

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Monday afternoon Miss Sadie
Stackhouse entertained the Bridge-It
Club, of which she is a member, at a
delightful party which, for particu-
lar reason, will long be remembered
by the members of the club and the
additional guests present. When the
usual round of games had been played
in the drawing rooms, brought with eX-
quisite ofiwering plants and cut flow
eTs, and the prize, dainty pair of
silk hose had been presented to Miss
Margaret Rion, tempting salad
course was served. Then Mrs. Stack
house invited the guests back into the
dining room for another course. The
room was aglow with the lights of
red-shaded tapers, and the large table
in the centre was sprinkled with tiny
red and gold hearts Four ann
twenty little birds (the kind that
whisper secrets about had been yak
ed in a great pie which stood in the
middle of the lace cover, king" bird
rerched upon its pastry surface. A
fringe of tiny red and gold ribbons.
each ending in a heart radiated from
the pie and each of the four and twen-
ty guests gathered round was asked
to select one of these and to pull it
in turn. With each pull out came a
small red satin heart, inside of which
was little bird, holding in his bill a
verse of poetry. These verses were
numbered and were read consecutive
ly, the first ones limiting vaguely at
a wedding to be, and other describing
in tantaliZiug fashion the bride-elect
II was finally from the mouth of the
king bird that the formal and fateful
words came: MFR and Mrs. Thomas
Bascomb Stackhouse announce the
engagement of their daughter, Sadie,
to Luther Mackay Hawkins, of Ameri-
had been whispering previously to the
party, but most of the closest friends
of the young hostess were unprepared
for the news in such definite form At
each end of the table great red hearts,
one inscribed with an 81 and the
other with an H, ",were outlined with
tiny wine glasses filled with red wine,
and from these the guests drank a
hearty toast to the lovely bride-elect
and to the happy wedding day in
April.
Those to whom the interesting news
was impaired on this occasion We're:
Mrs. Bland Hammond, Mrs. Crawford
Clarkson, Mrs. Alfred Berry Owings
Mrs. Phillip R. Freeman. Mrs. Frank
Durham, Miss Margaret Childs, Miss
Annie English, Miss Miriam Kinari
Miss Susie Clark, Miss Elizabeth n
Davis, Miss Clelia Graw, Miss Sarah
INles, Misses EVELYN and Helen Rob
ertson, Miss Eugenia Childs, Miss
Emmie Griffin, Miss Margaret Rion
Miss Nab Bonham, of Anderson, Miss
Susan Richardson, Miss Agnes Nc
Master. Miss Sarah Hammond and
Miss Annie Rodger of Union.
Mrs. c. L. Gambler took party OF
young people to Cape Il anry yesterday
morning to enjoy an oyster roast. The
occasion was in honor of her guest
Miss Emma Lee of Georgia. Mrs
| Charles Finch assisted Mrs. Gambler in
entertaining her guests and those in
vited were: Mis- Ell Use Simmons, Miss
Lucie Lamb, Miss Lucelia McClain
Miss Lois Null; I'd, Miss Bessie Muir
ray, Miss Audrey Graham, Miss Marian
Simmons, Miss Marie Marbury, Miss
Eloise Williams, Miss Camille Rod
man. Miss Virginia Etheredge and
Miss Margaret Cobb.-Landfolk Land
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