The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-04-05
SOCIETY NOTES

The Phi Delta Theta fraternity en-
tertained about fifty couples at a
dance at the chapter house last night
! The Oriental idea was carried out in
the decorations. The walls were hung
with Oriental rugs, antique candle
brackets and mirrors draped in chintz
The lights were shaded with red and
green, and quaint Oriental lanterns
were used throughout the house. On
the sun porch. a den was arranged
with an imitation pool of water, and
ferns and palms provided lair for a
| large papier-marche tiger. Two
stuffed peacOcks guarded the entrance
TO the den. Bronze bowls of blooming
! Forisphia were used in the rooms.
| Fancy caps, whistles, horns, noise
| makers, serpentines and confetti were
distributed during one dance. The IA
vOr dance was a feature of the pro-
gram. Packages. wrapped and tied
with the fraternity cOlOrs of blue and
white, were thrown to the men and
they were told to dance with the girls
whose names appeared on the pack
age. The packages contained the ia
vors, which were gold bar-pins dec
GRATED with the fraternity crest. Din
ner was served on the porch on the
| second floor during the dancing. The
Out-of-town guests who attended the
dance were: Misses Ada Rainalter,
Mildred Pitts, Katherine Sweeney,
Charmand Aikens and Mildred Peter
son of St. Joseph; Mildred Goodrich
and Dorothy Adams of ChillicOthe;
Isabel COOns, Fulton; Ruth Rea, Car
rOlltOn; Bettina Terry. Sedalia; Arah
Stephenson, Enid, Okla; Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w. Brecklein and Mrs. McEwen,
Kansas City; Harold Moore, Brook
field; George Bond, Pleasant Hill; ].
c. BOur, Sedalia: Marvin Davis and
W. B. Burrus, Kansas City; Harold
Rusk. BroOkfield; Herndon Painter,
jefferson City. The chaperOns were:
Mr. and Mrs Pruitt Anderson. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. B. Bowling, Mr.. and Mrs. c. C.
Bowling, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Conley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jacks, Mr.. and
Nrss J. P. McBaine, Mr.. and Mrs. d.
D. Moss, Mrs. Gussie Smith and Mr.
Mrs. Mrs. E. Sydney Stephens.
Twenty-four couples attended
dance which the Acacia fraternity gave
last night. The reception hall was
decorated with palms and spring
plants. A hanging basket filled with
spring flowers hung over the stairway.
The ceiling OF the parlor was con-
cealed by a network of plum bios
SONS, from the center of which a
canary sang in its gilded cage. Win
dow boxes containing spring flowers
were at the two windows of this
room. In the center of the dining
duction of the fraternity pin, jewelled
with small electric lights. From this,
black and gold crepe paper was fes-
tOOned, covering the entire ceiling.
At intervals along the walls of this
room hung baskets of pink and white
carnations. In the music room punch
was served from hebind a bower of
golden bell The rest of the room
was banked with pOtted spring plants
and palms.
At an extra dance early in the
evening each girl was presented with
a corsage of pink sweet peas.
The chaperons were: Prof. and
Mrs. L. NJ. Defoe, Mr.. and Mrs. X. c.
Sullivan, and Dr. and Mrs. W. D.
Curtis.
Miss Bettina Terry came yesterday
form Sedalia TO attend the Phi Delta
Theta dance. She will spend the
weekend with Miss Mary Lansing.
HerndOn Painter of Jefferson City
is the guest of Jamie Taylor. He
came over for the Phi Delta Theta
dance last night.
Miss Virginia Kelley has returned
to her home in Kansas City after
spending a week at the Kappa Kappa
Gamma house
Miss Eva Johnston will be at home
from 4 to 6 o'clock each Sunday aft
ernoOn for the men and women of the
University for the remainder of the
term.
Miss jeanette Gilbert of Nevada is
spending the weekend with Miss Mary
Mildred Logan at the Kappa Kappa |
Gamma house.
The ri Beta Phi sorority VIII cele- |
brate its fifty-frst Founders Day an
niversary with a banquet at the chap |
ter house this evening. The table will 4