Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-10

pie Olub to meet this week with ber
= asked each guest to bring a
Dit Of poetry and some kitchen utsn-
sil for Mrs. f. H. Carter whose home
burned recently. Now the Climb bod
planned to give Mrs. Stocks sur
prise too, so they made her a pres-
ent Oh a dozen tea napkins. The hos
Jess served a dainty lunch.
About twenty couples enioyed a
very Informal dance at the Elks on
Thursday evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Reid
Kagsdale of St Louis were the onlv
out of town guests.
DIR. Ward of Fulton, Misses Hurley
and Clark Of Perry spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Shepard.
Mrs. Shepard entertained at dinner
Sunday Misses Edna Armstrong. Eva
lyn Bates and Mrs. Ollie Bates be-
sides the members Of her ho~use-party.
The Wednesday Club met this week
IN the library with sixteen members
present. Mrs. A. C. White led the
lesson, the 4th Act Of Coriolanus. Mrs
Warden ~recounted Hegel's "Philoso-
ply Of Law" Mrs. Bolts read some
OF the poems of Won Chamisso; Mrs.
Rodgers told the story Of the book,
Between Heaven and Earth" Miss
Houston gave the latest new in the
field of the Drama.
Miss Harriet Winans invited in
some young people to spend Saturday
evening with her house-guests Misses
Daniels, COnley and Mr.. Reese. At
ter a pleasant hour spent in playing
games the hostess demonstrated her
culinary art by serving a chafing-
dish lunch. The guests other than
the honorees were Misses Anna Will
liams, Lady and Mary Gay Fonville,
Messrs. Lee Duncan, Nesbit Livings-
ton, Lester Miller, Douglass johnson
and Ned Miller.
The Young Married Ladies Club
met this week with Mrs. F. c. Stoltz.
The guests spent the afternoon in
knitting and crocheting until Mrs.
Stoltz announced refreshments, then
they hastily put away their work and
did ample justice to the good "eats'
provided by their hostess. Extra
guests were Mesdames Ralph Race,
T. ]. Hoxsey, John Kemp, Will Lee,
Malcolm Morris, Reid Ragsdale of
st Louis, and Miss Verlea McCubbin
of Laddonia.
The C. ". B. NJ. held their regu-
lar social meeting this week. Mrs. Ed
Keath was the leader. Mrs. Horton
conducted the devotional. Mrs. McIn-
tosh gave a five-minute talk. Mes
danes Sappington and Wilkins
sang; Mrs. Arnold talked on China.
Miss Houston gave the missionary
lecture and Mrs. Ross Cauthorn led
the query. Little Misses Virginia
Horton, Martha Pratt and Virginia
Ellen Wilkins delighted the members
with Christmas carols.
Last Saturday afternoon Miss
Wayne Ringo gave a kitchen shower
for Mrs. N. R. Rodes, who will soor
move into her handsome new home
The function was a complete surprise
to Mrs. Rodes and when she was call
ed upon to open the packages she wa
almost as overwhelmed as a brid'
over her wedding gifts. All kinds O.
kitchen utensils were presented am
each one was accompanied by a rhym'
or an expression of love. The poet
in Mexico, as proved by Mrs. Rodes
friends, would make Robertus Low
green with envy II he could hear thei
rhymes. The company consisted o
Mrs Rodes' neighbors and the ladie
who will be her new neighbors whe
she gets into her new home. At
o'clock lovely refreshments were SER
ed.
Mrs. j. f. Llewellyn entertaine
the Missionary Society of the Pres
byterian Church on Thursday after
noon. The ladies' busted themselvt
with lacking two ~comforters whlc
Mrs. Llewellyn kindly donated to tt
, school of the Ozarks. After the wol
was finished Mrs. Pryor opened tt
meeting with devotional exercise
! Mrs. Bolts told of the work in Cul
and Mrs. Robertson gave a resume
! the Woman's Work of the Southe'
church, explaining how it parable
the work of the General Assembl
+ the Synod and the Presbytery. Aft
9 the business meeting a delicious sal
course was served by Mrs. Llewelly
She was assisted by Mrs. Abbie Sno
!, DIV and Mrs. Fred Llewellyn.