Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-28
DOrothea Ramsay
Hostess on Her
Tenth Birthday

The tenth anniversary of the
birthday of Dorothea Lawson Ram
say, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Will
liam e. Ramsay, was celebrated in an
elaborate manner at their home, $50
High street, yesterday afternoon and
until 8 O'Clock in the evening. A
delightful reception was rendered to
about sixty of Miss Ramsay's young
friends. 1t was opened at 5 o'clock.
From that time until the end, the
charming little hostess and her
guests made merry in lavish fashion.
They were entertained with songs
and games. Amusing contests were
held in which prizes were awarded.
Merriment was kept up with a pro-
gram of varied events, so that there
was not a dull moment from the
opening to the close of the joyous oc-
casion.
The birthday dinner was a big
feature. Tables were artistically ar
ranged in the spacious south room of
the Ramsay homestead. They ex-
tended from the extreme easterly
end of the south wing TO the front,
then ~northward to the hall and again
eastward, forming a figure almost
81" shaped. The tables were prettily
decorated apropos of the season and
a large chandelier in the center of
the dinner hall was covered with
greens. Schufsler, of New Bruins
wick, was the caterer. The birth
day cake weighed fourteen pounds.
Everybody pronounced it a beauty.
Ten pink candles, n for each year
of the age of Miss Ramsay, were
arranged in a circle on top of the
cake. In the center was an inscrip-
ton of the name and date. Ice
cream served was in the form Of
Santa Claus with a tree in one hand
and pack on the back. Favors con-
sisted of h%alf-pound boxes of Belle
Meade sweets, each bearing a pho
tograph of the hostess.
In apportioning the birthday cake
futile efforts were made to give out
a coin, ring and button in the cake.
A large part of it is left and that
probably contains the novelties.
Grab bags furnished much amuse-
ment. They were filed with candy
and novel toys. Those for the girls
had red strings and those for the
boys yellow strings. In the boys
contest of ~pinning the tail on a don
key, Harry Lund captured the first
prize and William Bollschweiler got
the BOBBY prize. In the girls game
of pinning a tail on a cat, Viola
Woodcock won the first prize and
Caroline Valentine the BOBBY prize.
Wilfred tombstone and Miss Theresa
Kutcher entertained with songs.
The pa~tronesses, assisted by DR..
Ramsay, we're: Mrs. Ramsay, Mrs.
w. S. Hall, Mrs. Mary C. Mcconnell,
Mrs. S,u1sG9aasley Mrs. J. M. Glenn,
MIS-. G. w. Crawford. Mrs. Andrew
Hanson, Miss Beatrice M. Bamber,
Miss Ann o. Shivers, Miss Jetta
Stacey, Miss Dora Waring, Miss San
son, Miss Stephano Gutowski and
Miss Petrea Hansen.
Guests invited from this city we're:
Dorothy Clark, Angelina Gunderson,
Petrea Hansen, ~Angeletha Hansen,
Helen Kelley, Ruth Weaver, Bernice
Weaver, Isabelle Kaufman, Gather
inc Cannon, Theresa Butcher, Helen
Kelly, Anna Henry, Catherine Hen
ry, Elenor Lynch, Margaret Farroat,
Helen Hoyler, Anita Pfelffer. Marion
Floersch, Gertrude Vincent, Beat
arice Vincent, Dorothy Mccullough,
iida Pfeil. Fredericketta Weldon, Ell
len Anderson, Oslif. Alice and Ger
trude Eskesen, Elizabeth Wight,
Cora Du Bots, jeanette Qarretson,
Claude Du Bots, William Boil
schweiler, George Dover, Winifred
and Gordon Mulchahey, Fred Rossi.
jamie Wight, Fred Woodcock. Oscar
Klaus. William Liddle. William Allen,
Wilfred and Watson tombstone, Har-
old Clark, Jack Cannon, Langan
Skidmore, Crawford Hoke, Donald
and Nathaniel Pierce, Harry Lund,
Clarence and Markoe Sibley, Frank
Gregory, Charles Audsley and Par
ker Runyon, Jr., Caroline and Mil
dred Valentine, Gertrude Steward
and the Misses Brown of Wood
bridge. Dorothy and Pauline Hall. of
Yonkers, N. Y.