The sea coast echo., 1913-08-09
RAILROAD PARTY AT q. II cEx VILLA.
Miss Vivian DaeateI. Grand Daughter Of the
House, Entertained Some Fosty Guests De-
lightfully Thursday Evening.


The most unique and attractive affair
of the social season this summer was
the party given by Miss Vivian Ducatel
and called s'railroad party 2
The invitations read as follows: aRail-
road Party. Big ExcursionI The Go
Slow and Never-Get-T There Railroad
desires your patronage on an excursion,
Thursday, August 7th. Various points
of interest and stop-overs permitted
where desired. Trains leave at 6 o'cl'k
from Gex's Villa. Vivian Ducatel, gen
eral manager; L. Landreaux, assistant
manager"
About forty guests responded. They
were met by Walter Gex, Jr., dressed in
the uniform of conductor. The porch
had been converted into q waiting room
and contained ticket Office from which
an obliging agent distributed tickets,
stamped with the name of the station
from which each guest was to begin
their journey. Bulletin boards of black
card board showed trains late on every
road except the one on which they were
to make their journey, and signs of all
descriptions were scattered around the
walls. Some of the signs read: "Doc-
tors are not provided, but if you have
the grip it can be checked by the bag
gage MASTER s'If you have cinder
in your eye, call the fireman and he will
remove it with a shovel, and various
other signs.
When all had arrived a large bell
sounded and Immediately the guests be-
gan playing cards. Conductor stood
ready to arrange the travellers in their
proper places. Each table was labeled
with the name OF a station to correspond
with the tickets issued. s'All aboard!"
was called, and the journey began. The
conductor punched the tickets of the
winners and the butcher boys served
passengers with chocolate cigars, can
dies and popcorn boxes. Two colored
boys served as porters and provided
passengers Will Wdt0f.
For diversion, the lights were sud-
denly extinguished while the game was
in progress; two viIlainous looking
masked robbers with dark lanterns and
pistols entered and proceeded to "rob"
the youthful ladies and gentlemen of
trinkets. These robbers were two wits,
who kept up a comicaI conversation
during the hold-up, apro pos to the sit
uation.
At the cry ofssten ni2 FOR refresh
ments" the guests repaired TO the din
ing room where another surprise was in
store for them. Here lunch counter
had been erected, and lunch was served
in genuine railroad style. After lunch
it was announced that the train robbers
had been captured and all articles found
could be claimed by the owner by play
| ing "Heavy, heavy hangs over your
head" Many laughable mix-ups re-
suited, and the guests had jolly time
in finding their own property again.
Among those present were: Eunice
Addison, Wena, Ethel and Walter Gex,
Linotte Delamain, Ellen and Ollie Sill
vers, Virginia and Louis Marion, F an
ME Lichtenstein, Amelie and Wheeler
Lucas. Ruth Boyer, Edwin Schwartz,
Gladys O'Neil, Inez Fornaris. Lucille
Osoinach, Julia and Regina Blaize, Nj
ma and Lucie Ladner, Muriel Routh I,
Marion and Margaret Green, Timony,
Margery and Isabelle Swoop, Rena
Rexach, Celeste Doussan, Leo Fahey,
Ida and Tom Killeen.