Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Horton and daughter,
Virginia, Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Bartels,
and small daughter, Bernadine, Misses
Donnie Kelso and Esther Hardine.
The Elks gave an informal dance at
the club rooms, Thursday evening.
Miss Julia Gave, Of Columbia, was
the only out-of-town guest.
The U. D. c.'s met at the Library
Monday afternoon. All the ladies
were hostesses, as it was a social
rather than business meeting. Mrs.
Walker Pollock gave an interesting
talk on the Granite Monument
which is being carved out of a noun
tain thirty miles from Atlanta,
Georgia. The affair was given com
%plimentary to Miss Ida Rosamond,
who is going to Greenyille, S. c., her
birthplace, to make her future home.
We regret to lose Miss Rosamond
from our business and social circles.
"They all come back"
Miss Elizabeth Parker had a sew
ing party, Thursday, for her guest
Miss Viola Wells of Hannibal. A
salad course was served To the follow
ing: Misses Josephine and Mildred
Wallace, Irene Roden, Hattie Pas
queth, Marylee Burks, Janette Bragg,
Ethel and Florence Crosby Mary
Louise Johnes, Bernice Smith, Lottie
Cornett, Ruth Hoxsey, Willie Rob-
nett, Dorothy Holmes, Alta Richie,
Victoria Brooks, and Mrs. John San
derson.
Miss Josephine Wallace will be hos
tess for the Friday Knitting Club next
week.
The Wednesday Club met at tho
Library this week. In the absence Of
Mrs. johnson, Mrs. Leeper read the
lesson which WINS the third act Of
Cymbelline. Mrs. Locke talked en-
eFreytog the Journalist" Miss Har-
rison had a paper on @Keller's Ur.
suIa," and Miss Houston, Current
Events in the War"
The Lyric has been made quite at
ractiye with its new decorations. I'M
fortunate indeed were those who fail
ed to see .eThe Eternal City, Tues
day afternoon and evening. 1t was
produced amid the grandeur and
beauty of modern Rome. No sum-
mary Of bare facts can adequately
describe this wonderful production.
The d. A. RS will give a benefit al
the orpheum the oath of December
with Mary Pickford the star. This il
to complete the fund for the purchase
of the drinking fountain. Their OBJ
iect is to sell a thousand tickets, anc
one prominent D. A. R. said Il hope
to goodness they will be sold, as
know people are tired Of hearing
about that fountain" So let's all ge'
busy and buy some tickets, so the!
viii be relieved of this burden ant
can take up some other importan'
matter.
Mrs. r. D. Worrell a hostess foi
the Thimble Club, Saturday after
moon. A number of extra friends ant
acquaintance were invited TO thi
club party to meet Mrs. H. H. Larri
more Of st. Louis, who as Clara Ire
loar was and is quite popular in Mex
leo, her old home town. Mrs. Wor
rel served a delicious salad course
and was assisted in entertaining b.
her capable daughters.
The Chautauqua had a call meet
ing Friday afternoon at Mrs. Russell
Emmons'. They completed the boo
they have been studying, papers wer
read by the following, Mrs. Turtle;
"The Social and Economic State Q
the Nation in 1865" and Mrs. Carte
johnson, "The Philadelphia Centen
NAL in 1876"
Miss Mildred Glandon has as din
ner guests, Sunday, the following
Misses Harris Of Hardin College, Lad
and May Gay Fonville, and Pally Mi
Ter.
Mrs. H. L. @. Tucker e~ntertaine
J her $500 club Friday Afternoon
Mrs. Fred Llewellyn was the onl
guest, Two courses were serve
! from the tables. Mrs. Silverstein rt