The Robesonian., 1917-09-24
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Engagement of Miss Irene Mcleod
and MIR. F. L. Nash Announced at
Dinner Party at Lorraine

and MIR. f. L. Nash Announced at
Dinner Party at Lorraine
Reported for The Robesonian.
One of the most elaborate social
events Of this season was the dinner
Party at the Lorraine hotel Thurs
day evening, SEPTEMBER goth.
Miss Lillian Proctor ANNOUNCED
the engagement of her first cousin
Miss Irene Mcleod to Mr.. Frank
Lewis Nash. The guests were re-
ceived by Mr.. and Mrs. James D. |
Proctor and ushered into the writing
room, where the hostess ar,i her
mother Mrs. E. K. Proctor, receiv-
ed. The guests weres then invited
into the dining room. The color
scheme was pink and the decorations
We're artistic in their completeness.
,, At each corner of the table were
palms on pedestals; in the centre
: Of the table was a large basket of
: pink Killarney roses, tied with pink
tulle. On opposite corners we're
! small baskets of roses, and rose buds
were scattered about over the table.
! At the corners of the MADEIRA CEN
ire piece were four pink electroliers.
The place cards We're tiny cupids
standing in an engagement ring and
the favors were pink crepe roses
filled with almonds. To the left of
the table in a bank of ferns Miss
! Elizabeth Proctor, representing the
statue of love, stood smiling IN at
a pink rose. She wore an exquisite
little pink net trimmed with rose
buds and maline. After being seat
! ed Miss Proctor, gowned in rain
! bow silk and net, said:
/ "You will recall with me the an
I Gent story Of the Statue of Love in
the gardens, who often at the side
of the lovers flung aside her marble
robe and became living, breathing
: spirit, then went about telling every
thing she knew. I see the Statue
Of Love with US tonight. She is now
flinging aside her marble robe and
is going to tell US a secret"
II Here Love brought her message
: in the form of two small hearts hid
t in a pink rose. Miss Proctor stood
/, and read the message:
/ "Love begs to announce the en-
gagement Of Miss Irene Mcleod to
l Mr.. Frank Lewis Nash, the wedding
to take place during the month OF
November, 1917"
After the surprised and enthus-
iastic expressions Of the guests Miss
Proctor thanked Love for her mes
; sage and said, GAS symbol that we
F.; wish Love to always dine with them
S We are going. to ask you to dine with
| US tonight"
The first course was chicken bouil-
i Ion with croutons; the second, duck
: nut dressing with cranberry, Eng.
lish peas, cream potatoes, beater
i biscuit, pickles and chocolate with
: whipped cream; third, chicken salad
d saltines, stuffed olives; fourth, cream
r moulded in white hearts with pinl
cupids; fifth, demitasse with cheese
: straws; mints.
Between the first and secont
o courses Miss Elizabeth Dexter, gown
", ed in black net over emerald mes
it saline, with silver trimming, toasted
e the bride as follows:
Y "1rene and Billy have spent man,
y hours of childhood together, each en-
joying the friendship of the othe,
T. Then as time came and time wen
they wandered in their own direc
= tions. He went his way and We fol
7 low her as she went to college, o
/ the house parties or to the summe
| resorts, which proved to be mecca
| for meeting the 'to-bes'. These wer
not without their effee
and at times it seemed he woul
lose her, maybe to some Arizon
ranchman, probably to live in t tn
time faith kept pulling the string
So as to keep us guessing. It be
gan, however, to draw these string
very close together. The home whic
had so many childhood memorie
lowering around it, began again I
| be the center around which the fal
ciful gods played. Because it We
not foreordained that the first a
tracted Of the sons from this hon
of the one was no i'll omen that tt
choice should not lie within it. H
returned and remembering "ht
many little acts of kindness ar
love-, it is no wonder that he SOC
surrendered to the will of the fatt
and by his determination made HI
do likewise.
4 saw her upon a nearer view,
A spirit, Yet a woman, too,
A creature not too bright or goo
For human natures daily food
"To her, then, his bride which
to be, drink as the fates ordain
j we drink in love and not becau
we feint it."
After the second course Mr.. Jam
D. Proctor (first cousin to Miss M
Leod) toasted the groom-to-be:
"It is my pleasure to toast t
: ,groom-to-be, and in beginning
like to assure the bride-elect she G.
certainly bank on him provided
, is always Frank. I feel sure cup
has given you full credit for 70
love-ly-deposit, which will give y
q a holanoo af he tho 1act