Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-02-21

IaeaaaY vas not ouiy unool,s
birthday, but Mrs WaIlsos Fv -
o'rihday hen and sane q her $500
eeeided 10 give her a uunss nv
a~hlrsiay afternoon AZ the hsne a
MA ". ". Fry. Mrs. Fv cns
70 find she had company. a. h.
ume vas spent in knitting and taIkinr
Of school days. Light r-cfresbmeBts
were served AZ fve-thiry 10 he "a.
owing: Mrs. Earl Brown. Mrs. Nor
son Nelson Mrs Eben Price. Ms. R.
Z. Eolen, Miss Mary Buekner. Ger
'rade Fry and ". W. Fry. Jr.
Although United States Minister
John Davis ORear and his family arc
IN La Paz, Bolivia. where NiBister
Okear is stationed representing his
country the thousands Of miles were
oridged for a few minutes late Fd.
Jay afternoon at a private showing in
une orphelm Theater Of a moving pic.
pure him Of Minister and Mrs. OfRear
and their small son, John D.. Jr. q.
~. Clay, a close friend Of Minister
okear' received the film Friday
morning. from an American notion
picture concern, which shows scenes
IN and about the American legation
at La Paz, in which Minister O'Rear
and his family play a prominent mart.
Mr' Clay invited a few friends. in
Guiding DIR. and Mrs. X. R. Bragg. par
ehts OF Mrs. 0'Rear, for the showing
Of the film. 1t first pictures the min
lster and his family departing from
D 'front.' entrance Of the legation;
later they are shown entering and
driving away in their handsome car
rage with foOtman and eoachman.
here is a picture Of John d.. Jr..
running down the front walk Of the
legation toward the machine and lat
er a closeup Of the entire family
seated in the carriage. The pictures
are splendid and DR.. and Mrs. Bragg
Tor a second forgot they were motion
pictures as did others present.
The Beta Sigma Alumni met at
Mrs. Fred Llewellyn's Monday after.
noon. After two hours Of work for
the refugee children, dainty refresh.
were served. The extra guests
were Mrs. Wilson, of Oklahoma; Mrs.
Carter Norris, of Fulton; Mrs. R. f.
Eblen, of st. Louis, and Mrs. L. N.
Gordon, of Kansas City.
Mrs. l. ]. Head and son, Jim. will
spend the weekend with her sisters.
the Misses Karnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Whitney had as
dinner guests Wednesday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Clay.
Mrs. W. R. Hisey and Miss Matte
Karnes will leave Monday for Yoa-
hum and Galveston, Texas, to visit
Mr.. Payne Karnes.
Miss Alberta Sproul and "Uncle"
Fdanna spent the weekend with Miss
Carrie Sproul in Popular Bluff, Mo-.
and on their way home stopped in
st. Louis to see Maud Adams play.
Mrs. c. G. Bridgeford, of Kansas
City, is the guest Of Mrs. ]. C. Ringo.
A most delightful party was given
Thursday at the home of Miss Vera
Rutter by Messrs. HALEY Bradford,
Willis Wauld, Clark Gibbs and fra
Burks in honor of Miss Anna D.
Fish, who is visiting here from Pc
oria, Ill. Games, music and dancing
we're the pastime and at a late hour
very elaborate refreshments were
served. The guests included Misses
Evelyn Threlkeld, Vera Rutter, Mil
dred Pearl, Helena Wonneman and
Anna D. Fish.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. NJ. Richards enter
tanned at dinner Sunday evening.
Covers were laid for Mr.. and Mrs. P.
X. Holmes, Mr.. and Mrs. James Gull
lon, of Paris, and Miss Ellen Reavis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Burgess de-
parted Saturday for their new home
in st. Charles, Mo.
Miss Anna d. Fish is spending the
weekend with Miss Evelyn Threlkeld.
Mrs. John Rockenstein, of st. Louis,
is the guest of her son, Leo Rocken-
stein, and other Mexico relatives and
friends. Mrs. Rockenstein was for
merly Miss Hannah Schopp, of this
city.
DR.. Minter Bragg'is home from Chi
cago for a visit with his parents, DR..
and Mrs, X. r. Bragg. Minter has
been made First Lieutenant of the
Dental Reserve Corpe and awaits his
call to duty.