The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-09-16

AS fitting ending for a very
gay summer, the Comus wound up
the seasons festivities with big
dance Friday night in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Genoa L'herisson
for which visitors came from far
and near and an unusually large
crowd of dancers filled the big
hail and danced until nearly day.
light 10 the satisfaction of the
young people, the majority of
whom have gone to their school
duties in different sections of the
State to be gone until the Christ
mas holidays.
The Normal begins its 30th
session this week, the registration
examinations and classification,
being done Tuesday and Wednes-
day and the routine work starts
today so that everything will be
in perfect working order by
Monday.
The enrolment is fine being
over 800 on the first day and the
number yesterday running up to
- which will be materially in
creased before next week.
The faculty is practically the
same as last year with but five or
six changes and we will publish it
next week when it will be COM
pleted for the sessions of 1876.
Mrs, Hopper entertained the
rosebud set Saturday afternoon to
meet her sister Miss Garnet of
iowa who will spend the winter
here to attend the Normal. After
intr auctions ana some time spent
ii social intercourse, very charm |
little contest VAS entered into!
9th animation, the guessing of
The wearing apparel of q girl from
the illustrations on the wall, and
tho several tied for the prize, Miss
GLADYS Glover was the lucky
winner of a pretty book.
Delicious cream and cake were
served to the guests who were
charmed with the lovely young
honoree.
Mr.. G. G. Sompayrac of Clar-
ence was a welcome visitor on
Tuesday when he came in to meet
bis sister Mrs. Virginia Grain of
Shreveport. Mr. Sompayrac in
common with many of our SUBJ
scribers and friends throughout
the State, is very much interested
in our Forty Years Ago column
and brought in most interesting
account of flag presentation that
occurred in 1852, published in the
Natchitoches Union of that date
that will be read with pleasure by |
many who will recall the incident
and others, who have had it told |
them as one of the bits of history
of those stirring days. The paper
contained number of other inter-
esting articles that will appear
later.
When Mrs. S. H. Hill enter
tanned The Round Table Club
Tuesday afternoon, she received
and entertained her guests on her
cool screened galleries and beauti-
full roses were used for decorations.
Mrs. G. L. Breazeale won the
handsome first prize, Miss Looney
0f Shreveport the second and Mrs.
Macoomb the BOBBY. A most
elaborate roast goose luncheon
followed by brick cream and cake
was served by the charming hos
less assisted by her daughters to
She members and guests who
we're; Miss Looney and Mrs Grain
of Shreveport, Mines. Phonor
Prudhomme of Bermuda, j. e.
Keyser, r. Hill, Chaffe and
Gockerham.
( Quite a number of strangers
have been within our gates re-
recently and as the first thing that
attracts their attention, is the
paying that reaches from the
Depot thru the whole length of
our city.
This splendid advertisement of
the progressivness of Natchitoches,
a progressiveness that IS not
matched by any town It's SIZE and
many that exceed it, in the State,
is ulfset, the majority of Tie
strangers have no hesitancy in
saying, by the lack of a stock law,
the cattle running at large ex
Citing the greater wondermeuO W
cause of the splendid street paw
slk.