South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-06

SOCIETY

With a beautifully appointed dinEer
in the red room at the oliver hotel
Thursday evening the husbands OF the
members OF the Mothers club enter
tanned the club in honor OF it's 26th
anniversary. The table was arranged
in the club colors. green and white.
the centerpiece being a long. low
mound of white hyacinths and ferns
surrounded by southern smilax. AT
each woman's place was a corsage
bouquet OF white sweet peas and
plumosa ferns attached by streamers
OF green and white ribbon 10 crystal
candlesticks bearing green taDers.
me place cards were adorned with
valley lilies. Covers were placed for
2 and in the center OF the table four
candles burned for the four members
VINO were unable To be present.
With T. II. Bulla as POSTMASTER,
tOasts 20 the club and it's members
we're responded to by Stuart MacKib
bin, DR.. Fl. T. Montgomery. John A.
Hibberd and others. THE Mothers
club" said Mr.. Bulla in opening the
program. lis gradually merging into
a grandmOthers' club. but, like wine
of royal vintage, IL improves with
age" He spoke of the unusually long
life OF the club for a social organI-
zation, and the remarks of the other
speakers were of a similar trend A
telegram from Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Per
kins OF Hartford. Conn. congratulate
ing the best club in the world on it's
26th anniversary. was read.
The guests present were Mr.. and
Mrs =. A. Birdsell. Mr.. and Mrs. T.
H. BUlla, Mr.. and Mrs. III. w. Ed
redge. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Elliott.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Il. France. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hibberd. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Harper. Mrs. r. NJ. Herr. Mr..
and Mrs. ]. r. Haughton, DR.. and
Mrs. l.. s. LaPierre, Mr.. and Mrs. n.
II. Montgomery, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Murdoch Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Mac
Kibbin, Mr.. and Mrs. Rollo Page, Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Rea-1er, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. y. Narier. Mrs. +. NJ. Sawyer
Mr. and Mrs. George Witwer and Mr..
and Mrs. Adam Shidler, Mr.. and Mrs.
+. b. Warner and Mr.. and Mrs. G. l..
Zigler. Those who were unable TO be
there were Mr.. and Mrs. Il. g. Witwer.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Taylor, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Award and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Swintz. The committee
which arranged the affair was COM
posed of T. IT. Bulla, DR.. l.. s. La
Pierre and c. l. Zigler.
A delightful meeting of the club
at the home OF Mrs. John A. Hibherd
on w. Washington av. preceded the
dinner. Contests of different sorts ar
ranged by Mrs. Harper, Mrs. Zigler,
Mrs. Murdock and Mrs. Warner vary
ing the usual thimble. In a contest to
identify old pictures of the club men,
bers the favor went TO Mrs. +. Nj.
Sawyer. For the best anecdote Mrs.
France received the favor and in
guessing contest it went TO Mrs. Bird
sell
The club will hold a regular meet
ing next Thursday at the home or
Mrs. Adam Shidler on y. Lafayette st.
and the monthly club dinner will take
place Mar. 20 at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Il. Haughton on w. Washing
ton avs
AIRS. Frank Mayr. jr.. 1917 r. JEFF
fcrson boulevard. was hostess at a
delightful bridge tea Thursday after
noon. Her guests filled three tables
AMI the favor went 10 Mrs. Howard
Gushing. Following the games tea
was served in the dining room. Mrs.
Mortimer Reed and Mrs. John Wool
NertOn poured at a table artistically
arranged with pink tulips and roses.
Members Of the Impromptu club
we're guests Thursday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. 9. l.. Huffman on
Riverside drive. The feature of the
afternoon was an excellent paper on
General Characteristics of Egyptian.
Greek and Roman Religion" by Mrs.
Norman Bleuler. The club will meet
in two weeks with Mrs. l. w. Ham
mond, 1880 Woodward av.
Mrs. Myron Campbell. SOS Park av.,
was hostess TO the Woman's Literary
club Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Mar
shall Chaplin gave an entertaining
talk on Modern California and Mrs.
W. r Miller supplied an interesting
account of her visit to the mountain
home OF Joaquin Miller shortly before
his death. The club will meet again
Inv one week with Mrs. Campbell.
The members of the Junior Business
Girls Bible class had supper together
at the Y. w G. \. preceding their
class meeting Thursday evening.
After the meeting the evening was
spent socially.
Mr. and Mrs Christopher Fassnacht