Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-09

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@1HE tickle month of April. with
its changeable skies, its sun
shine and flowers, is ideal. how
i ] ever for spring parties. Lunch
cons, teas, long delightful strolls
to the hills for wild flowers are en-
joyed, while the evenings are still cool
enough for dancing. Several large af-
fairs have enlivened the week, with
lesser events, card clubs, sewing cir
cles and similar social gatherings, in
terspersed.
Mrs. ormsby's Bridge Tea.
Mrs. Ormsby entertained at a very
beautiful bridge tea Friday in honor
of the Misses Shoup. who are now the
guests of Miss Soma. A dainty color
scheme of pink and white snap dragons
with pink shaded candles and pink and
white candies formed the decorations
in the dining room. and the golden eff
feet of yellow daffodils made the living
room attractive. The pretty favors for
the afternoon went to Mrs. Steinmeier,
Mrs Ridenbaugh, Mrs. Stoutemeyer,
Mrs. Turkey, Mrs. William Davidson,
Mrs Herbert Lemp, Mrs. Stevenson
and Mrs. C. A. Barton. Guest favors
were also presented to the Misses
Shoup. Mrs. r. M. Davidson and Miss
Laura Shoup poured.
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Mrs. Hays and Mrs. James Hays
Entertain.
Mrs. S. H. Hays and Mrs. James B.
Hays entertained Thursday afternoon
at a bridge tea of seven tables. sprays
of the beautiful yellow blossomed wild
currant were used throughout the
rooms. Mrs. Hyatt won the first ana
Mrs. Kingsley the second prize. Mrs.
Frank Gooding and Mrs. S1sson
poured. A pleasant addition to the
circle of friends was a guest from out
of town. Mrs. Hamaker of Nampa, who
formerly lived in Boise.
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Monday Five Hundred Club
The Monday Five Hundred club was
entertained by Mrs. A. E. Woodman.
Madam Jessup won the prize. The
next meeting will be with Mrs, G. A.
woodman, 1906 North Eighteenth
street.
n. p. Ashby as David Garriek.
The three -act comedy, David Gar
rick, will be given by II. P. Ashby FRI
day evening, April IA, at Garfield under
the auspices of the South Side I'M
provement club. The entertainment is
for the benefit of the playground in
South Side.
Y. w. c. A. Notes.
The vesper services Of today will be-
gin with a talk on Longfellow's poetry
by Mrs Mann, after which a group Of
children will sing THE Song of Life.
The hostess for the afternoon will be
Miss Christine Nelson. Miss Violet
Meacham will sing.
The Y. w. c. A. is rapidly getting the
tennis court into shape and will have
the opening next week. This will be
an attractive event. There will be
matched games on the grounds and
then the social committee will serve
refreshments at the rooms.
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Monday Night Club.
The Monday night club concluded its
series during the last week at the resi-
dence of one of the members. The
club has enjoyed the new syncopated
dances to the very popular Hawaiian
music, which seems peculiarly suited
to this style of dance.
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Lenten Tea for Grace Church.
Mrs John Krall Jr. entertained the
ladies of the parish of Grace church at
a. Lenten tea Thursday afternoon ut
her home in East Bannock street. The
table was prettily decorated with
bright spring flowers Mis-. Marie Cot
trell sang a group of Lehmann's bird
songs and Miss Grace Fulton sang De
Koven's ooh, Promise Me- The talk
of the afternoon was given by Miss
Marie Irwin on Impressions of Epis-
copalian Church Progress in the
East
Complinenting the Misses Shoup.
The Misses Shoup, who are visiting
Miss Soma for time. were compli-
mented by their hostess on Thursday
with delightful plunge party. followed
by a picnic luncheon at the Natato-
rum.
Easter Festival.
The tiny tots in Miss Harris Satur-
day afternoon dancing class are pre-
pairing for spring fete or Easter Fes-
tival, which will be given in Moose
hall.
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Evening of Dinner and Cards.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. S. Howe entertained
at an attractively arranged dinner OF
six covers on Thursday evening. The
table was fair with pansies and daffo-
dis from Mrs. Howe's own garden,
placed in Oriental flower holders. The
dinner was followed by cards, other
friends dropping in for the evening.
Not ~ Aonoa Nondav