The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-03-18
A Beautiful party

erlck hooker, gave an exquisite tea
on Thursday afternoon, at the lovely
home Of Mrs. Drake.
This was the first party given at this
beautiful home since it's completion.
and it was great treat to the guests
to be allowed the privilege of seeing it.
The rooms of this spacious resi-
dence were lavishly decorated with
flowers, dogwood, violets, sweetpeas,
daisies and dafodils and nasturtiums
being artistically combined.
Misses Nettie Camp and Ludie
Smith greeted the guests on the YER
anda and invited them into the draw
/ ing room, where the hogtesses were
receiving. In this room quantities Of
spring flowers were used with back
ground of greenery.
Receiving with the hostessses were
many charming Ocala visitors.
After a delightful visit with this
groupe of ladies, Mrs. E. L. Carney
| invited the guests into the attractive
sunparlor, where ones eye again feast.
ed on scene of beauty from a block
of ice, which had pretty nasturtiums
frozen in it, and was surrounded with
these same flowers. and orange BIOS
SONS. Delightful orange punch was
served by Mrs. Harry Borland and
Mrs. Allison Wartman, assisted by
Mrs. Earl Hall and Mrs. r. L. Ander-
son, Jr.
In the dining room, the yellow white
and green color motif was effectively
adhered to, with quantities of yellow
and white flowers and a background of
green.
The table was covered with a cluny
cloth, and centered with silver bas-
ket filled with jonquils, and on the
table were pretty dishes of yellow
marshmallow minis Placed on the
mantel and buffet were also bowls of
jonquils and on the serving table was
a large vase of wonderfully perfect
Easter lilies.
A pretty refreshment course in this
room was served by Mrs. L. w. Duval.
Miss Annie Davis, assisted by Misses
Eumine Miller, Mea Dozier and Gene
vive Halle
The cream was ribbon cream car
rying out the yellow, white and green
color motif and the cakes were white,
iced with yellow.
Mrg. Drake wore handsome cream
lace gown with trimmings of blue.
Mrs. Rockers pretty gown was of
lace over American beauty
During the afternoon others assist
ing at this party were. Mrs. G. R. Ty-
dings. Mrs. William Hooker, Mrs. e.
III. Martin, Mrs. j e. Chace, Mrs.
| Sydney Halle and Miss Mamie Taylor.
The affair was one of the most bril-
liant afternoon functions of the sea-
son, and during the reception hours
about two hundred friends of the hos
tesses called
"MoraI Gown" Mocks Satan; Skirt
Drops Way Down Below See Level;
All PhiIiy Rushes to see Marvel
Virtue smiled, the clergy beamed,
Satan growled. men looked innocent
and women raised their eyebrows and
whispered interestedly last night
when the interdenominational' dress
was revealed to an expectant public
The garment, officially known as
the moral gown" was displayed at
a bizarre for the benefit of the
Nurses Home of ST. Agnes Hospital
Hundreds of girls and women
braved the sleet, snow and slippery
paveemnts in their eagerness to see
the paragon of modesty among arti-
cles of femme attire.
Considerable constroversy has rag
ed among ministers the last few weeks
about what constitutes an Immoral
gown, but no agreement was reached.
MANY ministers, many minds" said
the women, and were about to con-
tinue following their own sweet will
when they learned that clergymen of
Is denominations, including Metho-
dist bishop and two rabbits, had come
to an understanding as to what a
moral gown should be. And now for
the specifications,
The skirt-to begin with the part
which has inspired most of the con-
troversy was seven and one-Kalf in
ches above the ground, or, as one
young male spectator put it, seven
and a half inches below see-leyel."
For the benefit of mere men. who are
met trained to visualize seven and
u ~ nd