The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-08

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substitutes, Mesdames J. e. Hutchins
and her guest, Mrs. A. p. Burnett, of
Inverness, Miss; ]. G. Power, G. w.
Lewis, G. M. Lowry, Earl Williams
and Stephen Burr, enjoyed the games
of five hundred.
Mrs. Woodruff Served salad course
after the games.
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Reception Honorinq
Georgia Visitors.
trio of Georgia visitors, Mrs
Eleanora Ryan, of Hawkinsville, Ca; |
Miss Julia Anderson, of Macon, Ca, |
! and Miss Ethel Taylor, of Hawkins
vile, Ca, house guests of Mrs. M. A. |
Hoffman, were complimented on Fri
day afternoon by their hostess, Mrs.
Hoffman and Mrs. w. B. Perry, who
gave one of the very large receptions
of the season in their honor, at the
home of Mrs. Hoffman, on Second
avenue.
A color scheme Of yellow and white
prevailed in the reception rooms, the
candelabra being shaded in yellow and
white and the cut flowers being in the
same bright tones.
The punch table, set off by a brass
basket of the yellow and white jon
quils and ferns, was presided over by
Miss Clara Smith, in yellow MESA
line, with overdress of white, and Miss
Gertrude Olsen, in pale blue chiffon
and messaline.
The living room, in addition to the
yellow and white candlesticks and
shades, had cut glass vases of the
, jonquils, with hanging baskets of ferns
and yellow and white jonquils depend
, ing from the arches. The hostesses,
with the honor guests and one or two
others, formed the receiving line in
this room. Those in line were Mrs
, M. A. Hoffman wearing taupe char
I meuse and Persian bands with touches
= of pale blue and old rose; her mother
. Mrs. Eleanor Ryan, of Hawkinsville
9 Ca, in black silk and real lace; the
4 other hostess, Mrs. w. B. Perry
S gowned in brown crepe meteor ant
chiffon, trimmed in cream lace anc
finished in coral; Miss Julia Anderson
of Macon, Ga, in white chiffon, ovei
satin, hand-embroidered in pearls; the
Z third honor guest, Miss Ethel Taylor
+ Of Hawkinsville, Ca, in shell pinl
satin, with crystal trimmings; Mrs. W
A w. Crawford, in black spangled me-
and chiffon over charmeuse, finished
q in apricot and French knots and vel
/ vet; Miss Lutte Burt, of Oxford, wear
+ ing lavender panne velvet, with chit
d fon overdress; Mrs. Gervas Taylor
q Sites, Of Louisville, KY, in cream
n satin ribbon and val lace, over yellow
messaline; Mrs. V, M. Seaman, blacl
v and white striped wolfe over pink, ant
f. Mrs. Frank B. Ryan, wearing pink
! with garniture of lace.
Several ladies', in handsome recer
g ton gowns of delicate tints, assiste
the hostesses in receiving in the dii
ferent rooms. These were Mesdame
w. S. F. Tatum, M. D. King, A. K
McInnis, w. G. Rodgers and ]. S. Love
The little daughter of Mrs. Perry
,s Helen, in a hand-embroidered frocl
II with Irish lace skirt, sash and othe
n accessories of pink, received tn
r cards in a small basket, In the rea
hall an orchestra furnished music.
- The dining rooms central attra'
"A ton was a low basket of brown, line
W with ferns, filled with gorgeous yello'
a. jonquils, resting on the cluny lac
covered table. Chrysanthemum bal
i Of yellow spun candy and yellow an
white minis in cut glass dishes, cor
pleted the table. A similar baske
except smaller in size, full Of the ye
low flowers, ornamented the buffe
At a smaller table Mrs. e. L. Robin
and Mrs. G. P. Smith poured COTE
while serving the chicken sandwiche
cheese straws, mints and yellow ri
bon candy were Mesdames NJ.
ID Thompson, Jr Joe Shelby, d. II. We
kins; Misses Elizabeth Coppock al
RI, Leila May Smith.
During the receiving hours, rom
"a to 6, about two hundred and fifty ladi