Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-12
In Society

gical dressings. Up to recent date
it had not appeared that our soldiers
in France would go on the firing line
until spring. But now that our boys
have had their baptism of fire, it Is
certain that American troops will be
in every engagement fro mnow or
with its resultant portion of casua1.
ties. There is q woeful lack of sur
gical dressings at the front, and this
very vital work must be rushed at
once. IL is only by promptness. care
end cleanliness sin dressing that fresh
wounds do not get infected, and gen
erous supplies of bandageS must be
constantly at hand. No one line of
Red Cross work is more imperative
than in keeping large consignments of
bandages going constantly to the
front.
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The ninth birthday of the Ten Thou
sand Club was celebrated with de-
lightful party Saturday afternoon.
The committee in charge We're Mes
DANES Fuller, Bitter, Cooper, West
moreland, Cuthbertson and Beeman.
AID they left nothing undone that
would add to the pleasure of the good
ly number of club members that were
guests. The circus interfered to some
extent with the attendance, as the
clug children had to go to the circus,
ard of course grandmothers. mothers,
adopted mothers and law
had to take them, but if the party
lacked in numbers it certainly did not
in fun. Autos We're provided for all
and the merry crowd left the library
al l O'Clock and soon found them
selves at the beautiful country home
of Miss June Van den Heuvel, the
hostess for the afternoon. After
greetings wer exchanged, the dinner
bell sounded and all marched out to
the front lawn, where large round
table, beautifully decorated, looked
very tempting with the birthday cake
the center of attraction-white, of
course, but no sugar was used in the
frosting. In fact, the whole cake
was economical and can be used
again. All agreed that even Mr.
Hoover would approve of it. Things
were reversed just little. Lunch was
served from under the table and in
stead of pressing the button you pulled
string. At the end of the string
was a box securely tied. Each had a
package, bat it was like faith-"the
substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen''-but
when strings were united and covers
removed each lady thought she had
the very incest lunch at the party
Hot coffee was served and a real pic
mic dinner was enjoyed. Bright little
stories were told and all were reluc.
tant to rise from the table, but the
committee had an attractive program
awaiting. Mrs. Fawcett, the president
read a birthday greeting written ir
verse, from an absent member, Mrs
B. p. Hemeon. A rising vote of ap.
probation was given the writer. Miss
Higgins gave two very graceful dan.
ces-one flower dance and the other
a Scotch highland fling. Miss Bessie
Marie Reitz, teacher of expression anc
dramatics of the Imperial Valley
School of Music and Fine Arts, gave
three every entertaining readings. The
scenery was shifted and six of the
teachers put on very clever sketch
"Topsy- -Turvey." No pen can describe
this laughable comedy. Several old
fashioned games were played. By this
time the sun was quickly setting be
hind Mt. Signal, which could be sc
clearly seen in the distance. "Thanl
yous" and "goodhyes" were hurriedly
said, and tired but jolly crowd start
ed for home, wishing Miss Ten Thou
sand Club many happy returns foi
the day.
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In honor of their second wedding
anniversary, DR.. and Mrs. Roy Thomp,
son Imperial were entertained al
a charming dinner party Saturday
evening by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Black
Royers were laid for eight and the ta-
bic was perfect in appointments. A
large bolquct of pink carnations
formed the centerpiecc After dinner
the ladies spent the evening knitting