Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

City, are here for a fortnight's visi
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Barnes.
Miss Emma Cauthorn was hostess
at q delightful luncheon last Satur
day at one o'clock. The table wa
most attractive and springlike will
its basket Of pink and white sweeI
peas as a eenterpieee entwined Will
smilax. Lace doilies and small bask
cts of sailed almonds at each guest'i
plate added to the attractiveness o.
the table. Covers were laid for Mes
danes Ruth Cauthorn, J. I. johnson
Lutte Cole, Alex Carter, P. E. Locke
Z. r. Locke, Charles Rodgers, Kats
Hammond, Misses Mary v. Houston
and Emma Cauthorn. The menu con.
sisted Of five courses and was only
comparable to the feast of reason
and the flow Of soul that was the priv.
ilege of the guests.
Mrs. S. J. Buckner visited friends
and relatives in st. Louis this week.
The U. D. C.'s met Monday with
Miss Wayne Ringo. After the bus
mess meeting, Misses Carrie KEENAN,
and Mary Nichols read very interest
ing papers, and the hostess served q
palatable lunch.
Miss Martha Spence visited in Van
dalia this week.
DIR. r. G. Strobe attended the we'd
ding of his sister-in-law, Miss Bess
Conn, in New London Thursday.
Little Miss Fay Boatman, of N
Washington Street, invited about
twenty of her friends to help her eel
citrate her eleventh birthday, Monday
afternoon. After a series of games
the children were invited into the din
ing room in which a pink and white
color scheme was prettily carried out.
A large bouquet Of pink carnations
graced the center of the table. Re
freshments consisting of ice cream
and a beautiful cake with eleven pink
candles delighted the guests.
Miss Mary Louise Hawthorne was a
delightful hostess to a number of her
neighbor friends Friday afternoon in
honor of her eighth birthday. The
guests were dressed as "grown-ups''
and were arrayed in the latest FASH
ions of the day. A delicious lunch
was served at five o'clock.
Mrs. Fred A. Morris entertained the
F. A.. E. Club Monday afternoon. At
the games, Mrs. McCabe Howe was
most successful and carried away the
prize. Extra guests were: Mesda'ues
F. R. Sanford, Nettie Howe, E. S. Will
son, G. A. Barnes, w. w. Fry, C. &.
Madison and McCabe Howe Of Kansas
City. An a~ppetizing two course lunch
was served.
Mrs. J. E. Martin has returned from
visit in st. Louis.
Mrs. Sue Black of Fulton is the
guest of Mrs. J. x. Brown and Mrs.
Charles Clark.
Mr.. Chas. Clark was host to the Ad-
Olson A. Wallace Sunday School Class
evening. Tits class, which
numbers over thirty men, is taught
by DR.. j. G. Moore and the monthly
social meetings are almost as much
enjoyed as the study Of the Hebrew
The evening was most joy
ously spent in conversation which
past time to married men is a rare OPP
portunity. The genial host was ably
assisted in serving a delicious two
course lunch by Judge Chas. Bledsoe
and d. H. Cauthorn. / did not hear
how much food stuff was split.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S, Eller entertain
ed &C tea Tuesday evening, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Corner of Washington and Miss
Mamie Myers.
Mrs. John 0rear and little son, of
Bolivia, arrived this week and the
family are perhaps the hap
piest family in Mexico. Mrs. Orear
has been away from her home folks
for a year and a half, and besides the
Joy of returning she experiences the
exquisite maternal pride of presenting
to her family and friends her four
months old Bolivian, John d., Jr.
Mrs. Tom Bruce entertained the
Thursday Knitting Club this week. A
profitable hour was spent plying the
needle, the crochet hook, or the tat
ting shuttle, as the case happened to
be. After fingers and tongues were
exhausted, Mrs. Bruce served a tempt
ing lunch.
Miss Willie Hook writes back from
Tennessee, where she is spending a
pleasant winter teaching school and
visiting her relatives, that it is a long
way to Mexico which leads me to be-
Miss Hook is homesick. Along
with her other activities she took n
of the leading parts in a play that was
given in her town.
The Silver Tea, given at the home
of Mrs. w. G. Smith, by Mesdames
Smith, Tucker, and Streif on Wednes-
day afternoon, was one of the most de-
lightful functions of the winter. A
large crowd Of ladies thronged the
parlors of the Smith home, chatting
and enjoying the very excellent Pro-
gram that had been arranged for the
entertainment of the guests. The
musical numbers were as follows:
Vocal solo, Miss BERTHE Spoul; violin,
solo, Kenneth Smith; piano selection,
Miss Armstrong; vocal solo, Miss
Josephine Wallace; reading, Miss
Lottie Cornett; piano selection, Mrs.