The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-01-09
SOCIAL AND Personal.


Miss Sallie Ashbrook, of Cynthi-
ana, is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
r. B. Hutchcraft.
Miss Mary Martin and Miss Bel
va Hill have returned from a visit
to Miss Aline Jones.
Mrs. Louis Rogers will entertain
this afternoon at auction bridge at
her home on Cane Ridge.
Hon. E. NJ. Dickson has returned
from visit to his daughter, Mrs.
Durand Whipple, in Little Rock, Ark
MIR. C. H. Dietrich, of Cincinnati,
representing the American Book
Co., was a visitor in Paris Wednes-
day. e.
Mrs. Ford, Brent, of Paris, went
to Versailles, Tuesday evening, to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. M.
Wallace.
MIR. and Mrs. r. L. Whaley and
children have returned to their home
in Coyington after visit to relatives
in this city.
Mrs. Milton c. Browning, of
Cleveland, Ohio, arrived last night to
be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Frank and other relatives. in this city.
MIR. Cassius M. Clay returned to
college Monday, and his brother, Mr..
John Harris Clay, will leave today,
to resume his studies at Pottstown,
Pa
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Bishop, of
near Leesburg, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. G. Cleveland, at s"Sunland,"
their home near Paris, on the George
town pike.
Mrs. Earl Sellers, who has been
the guest of Mrs. William Kenney, in
this city, returned last week to her
home in Charleston, W. Va, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Kenney, who will make
her a visit.
Mrs. Catherine Walsh is critic
ally ill with heart trouble at her home
on Lilleston avenue. Her little
grandchildren, Margaret and Richard
Wash are i'll with pneumonia in the
same house.
Charles and Edward Spears
spent Monday in Paris, en- route to
Culver, Ind, where they attend mil
itary school, from Eustis, Fla, where
they spent the Christmas vacation
with the Spears family at their win
ter home.
Mrs. Cynthia Suggett Duncan, a
member of one of the pioneer Ken
lucky families, died Tuesday, at her
home in Georgetown, from the infirm-
tiles of old age. She was eighty
years old, and leaves two sons and
six daughters.
--Danville Messenger: Prof. T..
A Hendricks, wife and children, T.
A., J. U, Katherine and Samuel, of
Paris, KY, and Miss Lula Cox, of the
Crab Orchard school, spent the holt
days as the guests of Mrs. Squire Cox
and Mr.. Clay Cox
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fl. Thomp-
son entertained the Evening Bridge
Club on Wednesday at their beauti-
full home on the Lexington pike.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Miller Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Charlton
Alexander, Mrs. JOS. NJ. Hall and Mrs.
Swift Champe.
The Progressive Culture Club
met Wednesday at ElkS' Hall, with a
good attendance, Mrs. Amos Turney,
president, presiding. Two excellent
papers were presented-"The Light
houses of Our Country" by Mrs. Liz
zie Walker, and How Uncle Sam
Observes the Weather" by Mrs. Rob
ert Meter.
The Jemima Johnson Chapter,
I d. A. R., met Tuesday afternoon al
! ElkS' Hall, with the regent, Mrs. K
c.. Talbot, presiding. Mrs. Charlton
| Alexander contributed to the program
/ by reading a charming paper on
| Simon Kenton and his relation to the
! early Kentucky forts. Twelve new
members were added at this meeting
and the chapter was never in a more
flourishing condition.
The regular semi-monthly meet
! ing of the Parliamentary Club was
held Wednesday afternoon at the
Elks' Hall, the principal feature be
| ing a debate on the subject, Which
f! Qualification is Preferable in the
/ Presiding Officer of Cuba Pleas
: ing Personality or the knowledge
and Use of Parliamentary Rules?'
| Affirmative, Mrs. Denis Dundon and
Mrs. Carley Wilmott; negative, Mrs
| Sutherland and Miss O'Brien.
1 -Iu6 Syutuidu6 OCunONiot 0oJ .
AUNT Liz Smith, one of Cynthiana':
noblest and most popular women
celebrated the 8Sth anniversary o.
her birth yesterday. A number o:
friends called to extend congratula
lions. Mrs. Smith is in good health
and takes as lively an interest IL
current events as one of half he
] age. She bears her years well, ant
is always cheerful and good humored
though, as would naturally be th'
case her long life has not been un
marked by shadows as well as sun
shine"
There was a large attendance a
the Paris Literary Club, Wednesda!
afternoon, with Miss Simms. the pres
ident, presiding, and Mrs. j. T. Van
SAINT acting as secretary, in place
Miss Griffith, the regular secretary
Seldom have better papers been ren
dered than at this meeting, the sui
iects being Modern Philanthropy,
by Mrs. William Breckenridge Al
derry: "A Study of Child Nature, b.
Mr. CatoSby WOOdfOrd, Jr., an