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with her, have now returned to their
home in Connecticut.
Mrs. Martin and Mrs DeHon Give
Charming Garden Party
Very appropriately the colors, white
and green, were chosen by Mrs. Eman-
uel Martin and Mrs. Russell DeHon
for the garden party which they gave
Wednesday afternoon from five to
seven o'clock at the Martins pretty
home on Lake Weir avenue They en-
tertained in compliment to Miss Sara
DeHon and Miss Elizabeth Hooker,
two of the members of the class of
1920, and for Miss Eleanor Gordon of
Buffalo, \. Y, who is the pretty que
of her cousin, MIS-. Martin.
! Easter lilies were the flowers chos-
en- for this very charming garden par
! ty and dozens of these handsome
blossoms were used. Many were al
ready growing in the yard, and others
were placed in huge pots in advan-
! tageOus spots about the lawn. and the
punch table was adorned with a bed
of Easter lilies and asparagus ferns.
Mrs f. NJ. Howard and Misses Chris
/ tine Close and Jess DeHon served the
punch.
Despite the dOWnO0ur of rain early
in the afternoon the party was a gar
den party as planned for before the
hour the guests were invited the rain.
ceased and the sun peeped out, and
almost in a jiffy the lawn had nearly
dried, and the lawn was re-arranged
| for this affair.
Drake stood at the front entrance of
the yard and welcomed the callers,
and receiving with the two hostesses
were Mrs. William Hooker and the
three pretty young girls in whose
honor all this loneliness had been ar
ranged.
Mrs. Martin greeted her guests
wearing a summer organdie frock OF
| lavender. while Mrs. DeHon W"
gowned in blue foulard and georgette.
Miss DeHon was in old rose. Miss
Hooker in lavender and Miss Gordon
in all white, and the three formed a
picture of girlish loneliness that it
was delight to watch.
| Mrs Hooker wore lovely summer
gown of pale pink Organdie.
! Assisting Mrs. DeHOn and Mrs. Mar
tin in caring for their guests were
Mrs T. H. Johnson. Mrs. L j. Knight.
Mrs. T. N Mitchell, Miss Marguerite
Porter and others.
During the afternoon an ice co"r"o
was served the guests by the other
girls of the class of 1920. The ice
was green and white and each plate
was decorated with spray of maiden
hair fern.
The piano was placed on the front
veranda and there were number of
attractive musical sumbers rendered.
Miss Ruby Edwards sang several
numbers, and the songs rendered by
the o. H. S. boys quartette-James
Melton. Robert Blake, Ernest Hensley
and Nathan Mayo-were thoroughly
enjoyed, as was also the pretty inter-
pretative dances given by little Miss
Margaret Hooker.
A large number of the friends Of
the two hOstesses were present We'd
nesday afternoon at this garden party,
and it was a charmingly attractive af-
| fair.
Just before the conclusion of the
party Mrs. William Hooker proposed
a splendid toast to the members of
the class of 1920 and the health of
the class was drunk
Mr.. Nathan Mayo has gone to North
Carolina to be with his aged mother.
Mrs. F.. L. Mayo. who is suffering from
the effects of a bad fall sustained last
week.
Mrs. l.. James Knight expects %
spend the next couple of weeks in
Jacksonville visiting her sisters. Ms.
| Dorsey and Mrs. Hudgings.
Mrs Sarah B. Weaver of Miami is
visiting her brother and sister, Mr..
S. NJ LummuS and Mrs. A. A. Winer,
and their families in Ocala for few
DAYS. Mrs. Weaver is an enthusiast
ic member of the L. d. c. and attend
ed the recent meeting in Gainesville,
where she met Mrs. Winer. and ac-
companied her to this city. Mrs.
Weaver will leave for her home IN
the Magic City the first of next week.
Mrs. r. E. Filcher of Fruitland
Park spent the day in Ocala Tues
day.
| Misses Edith aLh Mo Griffin 'eF
yesterday afternoon for Jacksonville
to spend a few DAYS before going on
to their home at Sneads.
Among the most deliehtful of the
social affais given in Gainesville 10
week in compliment 10 the Florida
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