Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
Two Interesting Parties.

Two interesting GaflleS-
At the Felix Roy Davis home on
Church street, Friday and SATURDAY.
afternoons, the hostesses. Mesdames
Felix Roy Davis. H. L. Whited
Charles B. Wolf and J. H. Niece.
entertained over one hundred of Ash
lands popular matrons and maids.
about fifty attending each afternoon.
Both afternoons were marked with
exceedingly clever amusements show
ing the individuality and genius OF
the hostesses. The house was sim
ply but none the less beautifully dec
GRATED with potted plants and ferns.
with pink and white carnations.
Friday afternoon the guests were
entertained with various amusements.
AS the guests arrived each was given
tag on which their fortune was
forecasted. Then followed the game
of Professor Dinklespiel. This proved
to be very fountain of fun. A cur
tain was hung over one corner of the
room, on which the physiognomy OF
/ Professor Dinklespiel was painted
AS the guests passed single file by the
curtain the professor coughed pack
ages containing the picture OF each
lady's future husband. When the
! packages were opened they were seen
to contain the legs, arms, etc, which
when pasted together formed the
whole man. Mrs. Norwood's hus.
band. upon vote, was decided to be
the most remarkable. and a prize Of
large bunch of pink and white car.
nations was the reward. The third
feature of the afternoon was ques
tions and answers. which created
much laughter. The cake and ict
cream carried out the pink and white
color scheme.
The list OF guests for Friday con
sisted OF the following: Mesdame
Will Dodge, Louis Dodge. Clark Bush
q. George Kramer. A. w. Boslough, a
]. Beigle, H. L. Norwood, NJ. T
Briggs, c. A. Malone, August Schuer
man, o. J. Stone, Sam McNair, Wal
lace Wood, T. W. Sanford, w. Ear
Blake, Walter Newcombe. V. o. \
Smith. G. o. Jarvis, F. E. Conway
James X. Choate, Leta Jackson, II
, c. Stock, B. NJ. Shoudy, H. o. Froh
, bach, c. H. Veghte, E. II. Bush, Ha
\ McNair, Clifford Jenkins, C. Millel
1 s. Provost, d. H. Barneburg, F.
r Grisez, F. II. Johnson, Elmo Neil, A
q Nininger, A. c. Briggs, Elsie Church
man, |. Bateman, F. c. Homes. C.
Johnson, j. B. Ware, Hum Prach
Howard Rose, F. G. Dean, Fred Nei
2 Nate Bates, c. B. Lamkin, E. I
! Briggs. L. Schwein, F. S. Shinn an
h Miss Anna Mattern.
h On Saturday afternoon entirely dii
e ferent forms of entertainment wer
l. provided. Early in the afternoo
l. about twenty of the guests were tai
d en- upstairs to an improvised studio
5, where their silhouettes were draw
y by the managers, Miss Esther White
is and Irene Barrett. Then -everybod
l. guessed as to who the different 81
g houette pictures represented and Mi!
S. Gertrude Engle got the prize, boz
I. quet of pink and white carnation
by guessing fifteen out OF twent
A. Then an auction took place. at whiC
IS Mrs. C. F. Shepherd distinguishe
2 herself as auctioneer. Different art
& cles of various uses were put up Il
rs auction ami bought with the bes
l. money with which the guests we
g provided. Mrs. Shepherd took Il
d, part in a successful manner, her drC
10 jokes keeping the rest in a continu
lie uproar. Conundrums were then di
N tributed, the conundrums being give
1t to half the company and the answe
n to the other half. The refreshmen
n. served were the same as the prece
,e ing afternoon.
as The guests for Saturday were 4
TO following Mesdames s. Saundel
G. E. Peil, F. Wagner. f. " Carter,
ne Simpson. +. Bagley. C. l.. Cunnin