The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-05
GALA SOCIAL AFFAIRS


Mrs. Louis Horne at her attractive
home on okIawaha avenue, entertain
ed this afternoon between the hours of
, and $50 O'Clock complimentary to
her house guests. Misses Lois and Clara
Epperson. Miss Nina Nixon of Willis
ton. Miss Berry of Tennessee and Misses
Lola and Ethel Mcclure Of Kentucky.
who are visiting their sister, Mrs Bun
van Stephens.
The rooms on the lower floor of the
Horne home are very large and so ar
ranged that decorations show off to a
wonderful advantage. For this occas-
ion Mrs. Horne displayed excellent ar
tistic ability in carrying out her color
motif-white and pink.
Dozens Of beautiful carnations, sweet
peas and roses We're used. The double
parlors were decorated with aspara gus
fern, it being trailed around on the pic
ture moulding, down the lace curtains
on the chandeliers, banked on the
mantles and off-setting it were the pink
and white carnations, sweet peas and
roses, used in quantities In the Ii
brary, hall and dining room Florida
smilax was used, being arranged sim
ilarly TO the double parlors. The lights
were all shaded in pink. which with
the pink candles burning cast a mel
low glow over the pretty rooms and
happy crowd. In the rooms potted
plants, Boston ferns principally, were
used, the boxes being wrapped with
pink. Noticeable in the decorations
was a gorgeous cluster of Easter lilies
in the hal and two blooming salla lilies
in the dining room. Among such beau
tiful environments the guests could not
help but spend a most enjoyable aft
ernoon.
Standing at the front door was Mrs.
T. II. Johnson, who invited the guests
into the hall where Mrs. Horne re-
ceived After few minutes pleasant
ly spent with the hostess. Miss Clara
Johnson asked them into the library to
meet Miss Epperson, Miss Clara Epper-
son, Miss Berry, Miss Nixon, Miss Me-
Clure and Miss Ethel Mcclure. The
bevy of attractive visiting girls in their
lovely costumes made most bewitch-
ing picture
In the hall Mrs. Stephens and Mrs L.
F. BIaIock served refreshing fruit
punch. The table was covered with a
Battenberg cloth and the bowl was
practically buried in sweet peas.
Mrs. w. D. Richey ushered the guests
into the parlors, where nine tables were
arranged for the game of Red Head.
She passed the attractive taIlies and
marked the progressions. The games
were played with spirit and proved
fascinating.
From to 4 o'clock Misses Nellie
Beckham and Alice Sexton presided at
the piano. playing ski1lfully.
After the games the guests were in
vited into the dining room to enjoy the
refreshments. The dining table was
covered with a handsome drawn work
cloth and was centered with tall cut
glass vase filled with carnations. En-
tending from the green eIectro1ier,
were streamers of pink and white tulle
which terminated at the four corners
of the table, in rosettes. On the table
sweet peas We're daintily arranged and
on the sideboard was a crystal candle
labra with burning candles Little
Misses Ethel and Elizabeth Horne and
Theo and Virginia Beckham in their
pretty dresses. two pink and two white,
served the delicious refreshments,
which included chicken salad, sand
witches, pickles. olives, sliced tomatoes
with mayonnaise and waters. Follow
ing this course was ice cream, cake
and minis. the color motif being carried
out perfectly in them. As a souvenir,
Mrs Horne gave each guest a long
stemmed carnation.
Playing at the nine tables were be-
sides the honor guests: Misses Bette
McIver. Eugenia Fuller, Ophelia Saw
tell, Alice Bullock, Minnie Stovall,
Kathleen Jackson, Rosebud Robinson,
Mary and Anna Mcdowell, Matte Will
Jams, Lois Ellis, Mary Burford, Adele
Bittinger, Marie Won Engelken. Gertie
Peyser, Rhoda Liddon, Sylvia Frank,
Clara Rentz, Kate Walker, Elizabeth
Mizelle. Mickey Raysor, Elizabeth New
som, Annie Laurie Perry, Mary Gates.
Rhoda Rhody and Clara Johnson.
Mrs. Horne invited the following Ia
dies for refreshments: Mrs. Carney
Minis, Mrs. J. K. Dixon, Mrs. L. F. Bla-
lock, Mrs. L. L. Horne, Mrs. Lew Lyons,
Mrs. Van Hood, Mrs. E. L. Carney, Mrs.
Beuna Minis, Mrs. Emily Green, Mrs
Mary Eagleton, Mrs. Edward Badger,
Mrs. T. D. Lancaster, Mrs. James Talley
Mrs. Coppage, Mrs. John Edwards, Mrs
H. D. Stokes, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. w II.
Hooker and Mrs. Charles Rheinauer
Assisting the hostess at her lovely
party were also her mother, Mrs. Ed
wards, Mrs. Thomas Sexton and Mrs. F.
b. Beckham.