The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-22

Mrs. Eugene Bridgers, went Friday to
New Orleans, but will return for the
weekend
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Mrs. E. J: Waller will leave Sunday
for Jackson, Miss, to visit her son
and will go from there to Baton
Rouge, La, to spend awhile with Mrs.
w. w. Hutchinson.
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Miss Minnie Morton. who has been
guest of Mrs. Phillip Toomer, left
today for her home in Meridian. Mrs.
Toomer accompanied Miss Morton
and will be her guest for week.
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Miss Lucille Mason, of Laurel. came
today to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Mason. Her sister, Miss Lillian Ma.
son, was also expected but will not
arrive until the latter part of next
week. -.
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Afternoon Reception.
First among the many affairs
planned to honor Miss Ethel Polk.
whose marriage to DR.. Volnas Lee
lizard is an important event of the
near future, was the reception at
which Mrs. Robert Talmage Burkes
was hostess Friday afternoon at
her home on River avenue, when be.
tween the hours of five and six-thirty
sfxty-five or more guests called.
Mrs. P. A. Carter and Miss Norma
Powe received on the lawn, where a
background Of Japanese plums and
trailing clematis in full bloom made
other decorations unnecessary and
where tea and chicken sandwiches
were served under an umbrella
shaped arbor of vines, with CAV JAP
anese lanterns hung from this natural
umbrella and rugs and garden chairs
grouped around the fern spread tea
tables, presided over by Mrs. C. Mack
Sigler.
Masses of trailing white clematis
banked mantels and piano within the
house, huge jardiniers placed here
and there on pedestals, overfiowed
with the same white blossoms and
large growing ferns were grouped
throughout the reception rooms.
Brass. candlesticks were used in the
parlor and were shaded with pink, as
were the electroliers.
Miss Mary Anna Allen received in
the hall, and presented the incoming
guests to the receiving line, composed
OF the hostess, Mrs. Burkes, Miss
Polk and her mother, Mrs. Abner
Polk, with the members of the bridal
party Mrs. William Roland Bethea,
Miss Lucille Hightower, Miss Erskine
Thompson, Miss Clara Miner and
Miss Gertrude Polk.
Passing from the parlor to the din
ing room the guests were met by Miss
Ruth Carter, who presented each with
a tiny pink or white ribbon bag of
rice, with the initials up" and 81" and
the date in gold lettering. Pink for
the matrons and white for the girls. |
and hidden in the white bags were a
dime for wealth, found by Miss Edna |
Kostmeyer, of New Orleans; a thiinble
for spinsterhood, which fell to Miss
Juliet Featherstun, and an engage
ment ring by Miss Lille Clarke.
The pink and white motif was fur
thered in the dining room with crystal
vases OF La France roses above banks
of pink and white clematis on man.
tel and sideboard, and pink-shaded
candles in cut glass and silver holders.
The table was covered with cloth of
lace and conferred by pink gladioli
and fern. Mrs. Mack Jones sliced the
pink and white block cream served
from silver tray. The cake was
also in pink and white blocks, and
serving this were Misses
Annie Carter, Maggie Mae johnson and
Bertha Ward.
The honoree wore one of her trous-
'eau gowns, creation of deep violet
noire fashioned after Paquin model.
With basque of velvet oyer a blouse
IT deep cream lace, and hat OF
7elvet of the same violet tone. She
llso wore a group OF the dainty rice
'achets, which were favors Of the at.
.ernoon. The hostess wore embroid.
cred ecru net, with accordian pIeated
;unic, the bodice finished with a de
Medici collar and girdle of Ameri.
IAN Beauty velvet.
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