The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-09
Lillian G. Perkins
Slams of the Times

The past week has offered a pot
pourri of engaging affairs which
have engrossed society. With the
i,rge and brilliant afternoon tea and
reception given in the Country CLUB
on tuesday with four popular ma
IRONS as hostesses, Mrs. o. II. Leon
ard Mrs. G. G. simmons, Mrs.
Charles II. Farren and Mrs. Walter
= Nichols, interest for the week,
vas ushered in at high tide. Rarely
docs Tulsa find SO many fashion
ahles gathered together at one time
Hospitality, music and much to
fascnate the senses were abroad.
Following in succession have been
Informal at-home affairs dances IN
the clubs, both formal and intormai
and interlining have been the won-
derful outdoor fetes in honor OF May
pay. The papers have tecmed with
descriptions OF these and words nave
failed to describe the loNeliness or
hem. In most every instance,
.hree generations were represented
at these spring festivals, grand
parents and parents as spectators
and OF course the children, who were
Tho entertainers. These juveniles
distinguished themselves with their
pIcilresuue dances that we're done
y-uh that unconscious grace ana
.b.rrn that is n part Of the deoon
,air days Of youth. There Wcle
Navnoles hung with bright rlbuous
md garlands OF spring flowers aoVut
vhich tiny lasses and lads lrlppc"
90 Tho rhythm Of waltz and tWo-
step all making charming signL
Most all the schools that nave ne,u
hose fetcs, have chosen tue soi,
afterglow OF sundown as tlihe ., auu
n semed the world with Its dress
Of green was never quite SO lonrc
as at this hour. The turauo'se I'm
NJ oklahoma skies lent charm
and II seemed these pageants OF
color were indeed beautiful spiashes
Of vivid brightness in the MIDST Vi
blue and green. -,
Music lovers are talking grano
,pera and wise ones have securcu
their tickets both for La Iosca
and IA Boheme." the scott
grand opera singers, musicians ahe
chorus will come for the nights OF
Nav II and 18th. And assoclateu
with tile two nights vii pe tne
social courtesies being planned, NOT
only by the Hyechka club VINO Won ,on
give an informal reception and Yea
in the Country club on the afternoon
OF the 18th, but there VIII ne Al
fairs along altogether informal lncS
when these artists will be entertain
Cd in Tulsa homes Invitations are
being issued for luncheons and teas
this coming week In which hostesses
are beginning to entertain large num-
bers of guests, both in the Country
club and at home.
Would il not be an omission 10
talk OF things that interest ono
and not say a word of today ana
what IL means to the whole world
Today's thought and devotion Is paid
to "Our Mother" Everyone III the
world should wear a red carnatloh
today for the living and those whose
thought and love is but a memory,
should pin a white carnation over
their heart. oh. for the pen OF
poet whose genius enables them 10
rise to heights in gems of verse
that we might paint in pen pictures,
today what we think OF "Mother,
Everyone has had a wonderful being
TO whom they bow in loving homage
and for whom they pay first tribute.
To Mother" we can never pay the
debt we owe. She was the first 20
offer love TO us and through the
lisping age and into the tender years
and on through time when we We're
alone on pathway of life, Sun
she clung to us. If she was called
away, she left behind her benign
and beautiful influence which con-
tinues 10 hold sway over our hearts
and our lives and she still is EN-
hlazoned as sanity in the hearts
Of her children. To those who wear
the red blossom today. cherish and
love her on through the years OF
her declining life that in a small
way you may repay her for all that
she has done for you and for the
devotion and sacrifices she has made
70 perfect your life; to those who
with tears in their hearts, don the
white carnation, let the fragrance
oJIhe flower and its purity remind
yoN OF a hallowed being whose devo-
ton was the most perfect thing
ever associated with your life. ~
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