Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-01
Members of Oldest Club in
State Observe Natal Day
of Organization
PROGRAM, HISTORY OF
CLUB AND CLUB HOUSE
Husbands Guests Of Club. Table
Decorations Represent Months
of the Year

The thirty-eighth birthday ami.
versary Of the Woman's club was ap-
propriately observed by a birthday
dinner and program last evening al
the clubhouse. The husbands (or
nearest male relatives) of the mem.
bers were invited to participate in
the celebration of the natal day oi
the club.
Twelve tables were set, each one
representing a month, and the mem
bers and guests were seated. each al
the table of the month Of his birth
The tables were unique in imagery
and decoration, presenting a very
beautiful scheme of the procession
of the seasons.
New Year Is Kewpie
January was replete with snow
and ice. while the New Year, in his
traditional inexperience, was repre-.
sented by kewpie. and the New
Year bell, which rings out the old
and rings in the new" hung suspend.
ed above the skating pond. Mrs
Lindley was hostess at this table.
George Washington hatchets and
valentine hearts formed the nucleus
of the beautiful decoration scheme oil
the February table, which was pre-
sided over by Mrs. Littlejohn and
Mrs. Blankenship a. hostesses.
The March table contained Easte,
eggs, chicken and rabbits and pro.
fusion Of Easter bowers among other
decorations which made 1t character.
istic of the "lion and the lamb" Mrs
Convery and Mrs. VIM. Yeager, Sr.
we're hostesses.
The April table, whose hostesses
were Mrs. H. w. Jeffers and Mrs
Breckner, was notable with its huge
umbrella, its rubber boots and small
umbrellas as favors. all of which re.
minded the guests of the showery
month.
May Has Riot of Color
A beautiful Maypole, together with
all the May flowers, decorated the
May table and made it riot of color
and beauty. Mrs. Wotton and Mrs
Hewitt presided over this table.
The month Of June, in addition tc
the profusion of summer flowers
featured the June bride as its cen.
trail attraction. a kewpie. beautifully
arrayed in wedding garments" Mrs
Manner and Mrs. Gilbert were host
esses to the midsummer table.
Flags and frecrackers and patriot.
ism characterized tine July table. rep
resenting the birth month of the
nation. This table, with decorations
dominated by the beauties of "Old
Glory" was presided over by Mrs
Mumby.
Mrs. A. M. Harris and Mrs. STRAIT
ton were hostesses at the August
table. which, as represented In the
decorations, was the delightful out
ing month. Beautiful lakes, with
canoes and rowboats, pleasant glades
with camping outfits. marked the
dog-day month as the play-month Of
the year.
September Has Red SchOolhouse
The September table. presided over
by Mrs. Blakeslee, extended its all
of busy time-the little red school.
house, swarming with young America
fresh from vacation, plunging again
into the fount of knowledge. The
autumn leaves lent tang Of frost te
the scene.
Then came October, whose pump
kins, bats, witches and black cats
spoke eloquently Of Halloween and
the fall. Mrs. Cook, the hostess Of
this table, had blended these ghostly
figures perfectly with the general au
tumn decorations of the month.
November, the month when all the
crops are garnered and the time fol
thanksgiving, was appropriate witt
q profusion of turkeys as favors, ant
decorations of all the trimmings
that go with the Thanksgiving din
ner. The hostesses were Mrs. A. J
Frisch and Mrs. Stocking.
December Says Christmas
December. with its holiday attire