The daily sentinel., 1913-10-31

Musser and Mrs. Elliott hung gar
lands OF red and green paper, suggeS-
tive of the near approach of Christ
mas-tide. The flowers were all the
handiwork of Mrs. Musser, and were
more natural than nature. The
pumpkin blossoms made you think in
stinctively of luscious brown, spicy
pies, plate full of sugared dough-
nuts and blue pitcher full of sweet
cider. The crysanthemums made you
long for good football game, for the
delights of State street and Michigan
Avenue, for blue points on the half
shell at Rectors. The autumn leaves
came from Chicago and were sent by
Mrs. Musser's daughter. They were
cak leaves and were as red as the
dusky blush on a gypsy's cheek. They
had been dipped in a waxy prepara-
tion which did not destroy one bit of
| their naturalness, but which kept
them fresh and firm looking. After
we had all the trimming done Nettie
and | swept the floor and then pulled
out the two big tables and placed
them in the shape of T and covered
them with snowy cloths and every
thing was ready. Early in the after
noon the women shoppers commenced
coming in looking for bargains. and
about half past five came the men,
shaven and shorn, cold and hungry.
We fed them with chicken pie, cream
ed spuds. cabbage and beet salad,
baked beans, coffee and peaches and
several different kinds of perfectly
oalucious cake. After a while in
came a car load OF frozen and famish-
ed people from Grand Junction, with
their noses looking like beets, carrots,
fnm1tnaG and rinn NharriaG
cording to age and sex of the noses.
They were Mr.. and Mrs. William Il.
Leavitt, Wilbur Scott, Frank Sperry
and two little Sperrys, and they were
all fed and warmed and cheered. We
expected another car load of people
from Mack but they must have frozen
and starved on the way for they never
appeared. Finally CONSERVATION be-
gan to reign in the kitchen for the
chicken pie, the spuds and the beans
were diminishing all too rapidly, but
as luck would have il everyone got
enough with the exception of little
Mrs. Clayton, who lost out on baked
beans and was very much peeved in
consequence. We took in the neat
little sum of $3.50 and are in hopes
that 1t will go towards new lamps
and calcomining, for 1t is certainly
difficult to enjoy the gospel when the
church is SO cherries and your mind
is partly taken up with the fear of a
lamp exploding. Perhaps If one is
truly religious, tho, such things
would not matter so much. The wo-
men, as usual, all worked hard but es-
pecial mention should be made of
Mrs. Henry Musser and Mrs. Spencer
Elliott. Mrs. Elliott worked early
and late and trielessly. and Mrs. Mus
ser, who was in the midst of moving
day was good enough to drop her
work and come to the church, tired
as she was and work like a cheerful
demon. She is born general and
should be out leading an army of suf-
fragettes instead of trying to keep
house in Iona. | guess that's about
all about the bazaar.
Mrs Oris McYay and little sons,
Kenneth and Jack, are home from an
extensive visit in Denver Mrs. Nc
Way brought back q hint of the lat
est city style and looks very charm
ing.
Mrs. d. V. Bird is enjoying a short
visit with her brother, A. A. Leck,
travelling inspector for Hunt & Com
pany of Chicago. Mr. Leck is one of
the sort of men you clasp hands with,
know and like at once and regret
bidding goodbye.
Leslie Chesterfield has built neat
and comfortable barn on his ten acres
and expects to live there this winter,
and will build modern bungaloY in
the spring.
Mrs. William German entertained
that everlasting Betty Ross club on
Thursday.
About one-third of the population
of Iona went to Grand junction on
Tuesday to witness the Odd Fellows
parade and drill, and found it well
worth seeing.