Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-10-23

MISSES margaret ana rance Jun
ningham of this city and has visited
here many times and is very popular
among all who know her. Misses
rances and Margaret Cunningham
Ill leave the last Of this week to al
tend the wedding.
The pretty c. H. Carpenter home on
East Monroe was the scene of a beau
tiful reception Tuesday afternoon
when Mrs. D. S. Burroughs, Mrs. Bert
J F. Wells and Mrs. C. H. Carpenter
were hostcsses to their many friends
from three to six. At the front door,
Mrs. j. c. Mundy greeted the many
guests and Mrs. Charles Claybrook in
troduced each one to the very attrac-
tive and charming line. Receiving with
the hostesses were: Mrs. Young of
Jonesburg, Mrs. Raining Of Kansas
City, Mrs. f. G. Jungk of St. Louis,
Mrs. c. C. Grimes, Mrs. Brant, Mrs.
W. G. Burks, Mrs. Kitty Frost, Mrs.
Hccklin, Miss Reno of St. Louis, Mrs.
C. A. Mitchell of Fulton, Mrs. Car
pentcr, and Miss Grace Guthrie who is
to be a November bride. At the stair
way, Mrs. H. D. Sproul showed the
guests to the upstairs to remove their
wraps! Mrs. T. +. Hook invited the
gusts to the dining room. At the din
ing room door Miss Emma McPheeters
and Mrs. c. c. Heller assisted. The
dining table was beautiful, to say che
least. A huge basket of yellow chry-
santhcmums conferred the table with
single vases Of the same flower around
it. Mrs. Paul Z. Coil and Mrs. Charles
Clark presided at the table and served
delicious salad, biscuits, coffee and ice
assisted by Misses Mary Lee BurAs,
Vera Wells, Mary Louise Jones, Bar
bara Revis, Mrs. Ray Miller, Mrs. NJ. s.
Bush and Mrs. Fred Griffin. During
the hours of this delightful tea, very
enjoyable vocal numbers were given
by Mrs. Thurman Stallings, Mrs.
Ralph Buckner and Miss Reno. Those
assisting in the music room were Mrs.
Charles Luckic, Mrs. Charles Harrison,
Mrs. w. N. Jones, Mrs. w. H. Brown.
With the first of October the We'd
nesday Club began another years
work, a continuation of nineteenth
century poetry, begun last year, vita
papers on co-ordinated themes. The
first two lessons comprised the shorter
poems of Shelley, with discussions OF
Romanticisin and its effects upon
Shelley, Keats and Browning and n
paper on the five women who infuen-
ced Shelley. On Wednesday Mrs. f,
r. Locke led the lesson. The Cenci,
most capably. The Three Great Elc.
gies, Lycidas, Adonhas, and IN Nea
orian, were compared in a scholarly
manner by Mrs. W. c. Johnson. Mrs
f. A. bearing brought out the import
ant news of the week in Current
Events. The Wednesday Club has com
plctcd almost two decades of intellec,
tual activity, having been organized
in 1901. During the war the club also
made knitted outfits for Audrain boys
in the service in France. The charter
members of the club were: Mesdamcs
]. c. Emmons, S. P. Emmons, J. A,
Guthrie, j. F. Llewellyn, D. A. Nc
MILAN, w. L. Reed, E. S. Wilson and
Miss Esther Houston. The present
membership is limited to twenty and
includes Mesdames W. W. Bolts, B.
NJ. Bush. C. A. Barnes, E. A. Dear
ing. Chas. Harrison, T. N. Henderson,
W. C. johnson, f. r. Locke, S. NJ.
Locke, c. +. Lecper, W. L. Reed. Abbia
Snoddy, A. B. Smith, A. c, White, r.
s. Wilson, r. D. Worrell; Misses Mary
Y. Houston, Annie Lewis and Emma
N2Phecters. The officers for the yea
are: President. Mrs. c. f, Leeper;
Vice-president, Mrs. A. C. White; Sec.
rotary, Miss McPheeters; Treasurer,
Miss Annie Lewis.
The dance and card party at the
Elks home Friday evening was a most
delightful affair. The evening being
cool enough to dance and the music
splendid. About eighteen couples en-
joyed dancing till midnight. Down.
stairs six card tables were used and
some interesting games enjoyed. A
eleven-thirty sandwiches and coffee
were served in the basement.
Mrs. M. E. Woodward of Kansas
City will spend next week here, the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Ringo.
! DR.. J. E. Miller is entertaining his
mother and father, sister and his lit
tie daughter Of Illinois for the week.
end.
The young people of the M. E..
Church, South, are having a get-to-
gether meeting at the home of Miss
Gertrude Fry Monday night at seven-
thirty, and all the young people arc