The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-19

years old, lent much charm 10 the
gathering. Powdered hair with curis,
coquettish black face patches and
colonial buckled shoes were much in
| evidence, and some exquisite lace
and heavy silk shawls were worn.
The program was given in the
Blue lodge room. whose balconies
were beautifully draped with smilax
and red, white and blue bunting. The
duh blue of the walls contrasted
effectively with lights softly shaded
in red while in the corners and on
newell posts were baskets of red car
nations and ferns, with bows Of red,
white and blue ribbons above them.
Tall white tapers as part of the plat
form setting and on the piano. lent
a real colonial air to the scene. Mrs.
A. H. Leimbacher had charge of the
decorating in this room.
An impressive tableau given was
arranged by Mrs. E. T. Shaw and en-
titled, A Message From the Front.
| d. S. Siegfried, in his uniform. took
veteran, and Mrs. Belle Preston that
of his daughter, who held up to view
the large American flag found in the
trunk that has arrived from the son
and brother supposedly killed in the
present war. A written message of
intense patriotism from the dead SOL
der to his mother, also passed away,
was read aloud by Mrs. Shaw. For
the benefit Of late Corners, the tableau
and several other program numbers
were repeated. During the first
tableau a large American flag as a.,
background, showed UP splendidly !
in the spotlight turned on the scene.
While the participants in the
tableau remained on the stage, Mrs.
F. V. Hutchinson gave an impress
sive reading OF Your Flag and My
Flag, responding to the encore with
a clever italian dialect child piece on
the subject of George Washington.
Mrs. e. r. Wright had charge Of
the delightful musical numbers. A trio |
If My Love Had Airy Pinions, was
sung by Mrs. Wright, Mrs. J. A.
Jardine and Mrs. ]. @. Dillon, whose |
voices blended beautifully. other |
trio numbers were The Wanderers |
Night Song, and Songs My Mother |
Taught Me (Dvorak). Still other |
charming vocal numbers were duets |
by Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Jardine, |
who gave Arthur Foote's Voices Of |
Spring: Mary Turner Salter's Charm |
of Spring; and Caracciolos Tuscan |
Folk Song. Misses Clara Pollock and |
Hazel Smith were accompanies for |
these numbers.
Little Margaret Alsop read with |
fine effect, When Grandma Danced |
the Minuet. and the closing program |
was the dancing of a dainty |
minuet by four young pupils Of Mrs. |
Juliet deLendrecie. being Margaret |
Btgelow, Eloise Rowan. Marvel Mich |
OILS and Dorothy Donnelly. They |
wore quaint colonial costumes of |
pink with black velvet ribbons and |
pink bonnets. and danced TO piano !
music by Mrs. D. e. Bigelow.
Served in Relays.
Owing to the size Of the crowd the |
guests were served in relays. Tiny |
crepe paper bows, given them upon |
arrival, corresponded to hoops wound |
in the same colors and held aloft by |
Margaret Alsop to signify when each |
group was expected in the dining |
room, Mrs. G. H. Lavell and Mrs. g. |
o. Follett distributed the bows, and |
little Laura Watkins led the groups |
to the dining room. The tea table |
was unusually lovely in effect. The
centerpiece was large basket OF |
red carnations and dwarf white |
chrysanthemums. and the table was
lighted by four tall tapers, whose
shades were Of red. One OF the |
beautiful silver tea urns used was |
cherished family heirloom. Scattered
the room were other
tables in pretty white napery and
bearing candelabra in which burned
white candles. Mrs. G. N. Callander
had charge of decorating this room:
Mrs. G.. A. Carpenter and Mrs. A.
H. Leimbacher presided at the tea
table during the first half OF the
afternoon, and their places were
taken later by Mrs. +. H. Wilder and
Mrs. George Rusk. Miss Katherine
Jensen, dining room hostess, was as
sisted by Mesdames A. L. Wall, G.
N. CaIlander, George Tibert and b.
w. Ashley. Assisting in serving were
Misses Olive Berg, Maizie Gilmore,
MYRTLE Wolstad, Margaret Chandler
and Gladys EngIe, all Achoth soror-
ity Eastern Star girls from the A. c:
All the assistants were in colonial
Mrs. H. r. Turner was general
chairman, and the other members or
the general committee in charge or
the tea were Mesdames F. l.. Wat
kins. w. H. Barnett, Charles LaVeH'
George Anderson, George T1bert, q
o. FolIett, George Rusk, j. B. Eaton,
M. MacGregor, g. A. Carpenter and
r. S. Lewis.
During the afternoon announce
ment was made by H. G. Plumley OF
the appearance here at the Orpheum
on Nov. 2S and "a of the Winnipeg
Kiddies. under. the auspices of El
Zagal temple, which will give the
entire proceeds to the u. S. recruit
ing fund; and by Mrs. H. r. Turner
of Potato" day at the Crittenton
home next Saturday. All are invited
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