The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-23
social ano Dersonal

On Thursday Mrs. Gilbert enter
tanned her luncheon club and used
the George Washington natchets. u.
S. flags aud cherries to characterize
the table appropriately to the dav.
Beside the club Mrs. Gilbert invit-
ed Mrs. w. Il. Robert and Mrs. Jack
Brumby.
FOR SALE: One pair medium
size mules. Fowler Bros. Co.
Rev. ]. w. Williams and his wife
OF Muscadine, Ala, called to see us
Wednesday. They have been spend
ing the week with Mrs. Williams
brother, Mr.. w. A. Markham, of Aus
tell They are visiting Cobb county
to wind up the estate of Mrs. Will
liams' father, the late Mr.. H. O.
Markham.
Mrs. Howell Trezevant invited
Mesdames A. V. Cortelyou, w: H.
Wyatt, w. A. DuPre, Ralph North
cult and Leon Gilbert 70 a beauti-
full luncheon last Thursday which
had ruby red carnations as the bril-
liant motif OF the table decoration.
Miss Fannie Glover invites all
ladies interested in the red cross
society to meet at her home every
Tuesday morning to study this i'm
portant phase of relief work. Mrs
Lewe Sessions will be present and
instruct the ladies in making and
applying bandages.
Last Sundays Atlanta Journal
had almost full page group show
ing Mrs-~Lindsay FORESTER in ner
bridal dress, her two dainty flower
girls and brides maids. While the
pictures were good the black and
white gave only a faint idea of the
exquisite beauty of the flowers, the
girls and their white, rose and sill
yer raiment.
Mrs. George F. Newell dropped in
to give us a cordial hand clasp and
smile of good cneer during her
visit this week. She returns to
Mayport near Jacksonville in a few
days where she is enjoying life in
a dear little bungalow with Mrs.
Crouch. She is looking quite we'll
and contented with life in Florida
but will come home in April.
Mr.. o. B. Keller mad a nice ac-
count of Marietta's Golf Club op-
ening in Wednesdays Atlanta Geor-
gian and four pictures of partici-
pants in characteristic poses. Mr..
Fred Morris wearing a Scottish cap.
Miss Marie Shipper eating a sand
wich, Miss Cora Brown holding a
basket of sandwiches and Virginia
Boston posing with a golf stick.
Virginia is a lovely brunette and
was dressed in old rose and blue.
Miss Shipper was in white from hat
to shoes and Miss Brown was in
dove gray crepe de chine with bands
OF silk the same shade.
Although illness is seldom a sub
ject of jest, the present situation in
the matter Of measles and grip re-
minds us of the chorus in the old
Japanese comic opera which closed
with the words land so do his sis
tiers and his cousins and his aunts"
in the fashion Of wearing pants. If
some one remarks in gathering of
ladies little so and so has mea-
sizes" there is Immediately a chorus
Of land so has this one and that one
and the other one" One merry sub
scriber discoveed that the Jcnr-
nails news items were broken out
with the measles and We replied
it was inevitable because the en-
tire country is coughing and sneez-
ing and breaking out, not to men
ton thinking the profanity little
Hans was punished for.
Miss King Copper and Miss Con-
stance Copper are in Spartanburg,
S. G.
Mrs. E. B. Freyer is spending a
few days with Mrs. Morgan Mcneil
on her way to Savannah from Sc
vance Tenn
See Marguerite Clark In Snow
white" at the Strand Friday.