The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-23

and touches of Spanish moss with the
United States flag, so that. while the
| eye was RECALLED with the loneliness OF
nature, the heart was stirred by beau
tiful American banners
Entering the lounge Of the club the
guests were received by Mrs. John
Massey, Mrs. James White and Mrs
| Annie Haley. The guests found them
selves in "a chorming Louis setting
Huge braided straw baskets, over
| flowing with Easter lilies, red and
white carnations and fern. We're fur
Their decked with airy butterfly bows
of red tulle. The lights and windows
were draped in hot house smilax and
magnolia foliage. On the walls APP
peared two large flags, which had the
| impressive beauty Old Glory best
presents when it hangs free in regu-
lation position.
The great Majolica bowl that con-
tanned the punch was. placed on a
lace-covered stand in one corner OF
this room. Throughout the evening
| the guests enjoyed this refreshing
beverage, which with it's carbonated
waters had just the right zest, having
been mixed by the chiefs themselves
from a famous navy recipe. The gay
colors of. the punch bowl added just
| the right note of piquancy to the ed
| and white motif which appeared ev-
| erywhere else.
| The ballroom had been transformed
into a great pergola, whose rafters
were of smilax with touches of red
and it's columns Of giant palms and
magnolia branches. From the center,
the crystal pendants of the chande-
| lier cleaned through smilax and Hut
| tering red streamers.
Big wicker jars standing against
| the smilax wainscotted walls held a
profusion of Easter lilies. red and
white carnations and ferns. On the
walls, ones attention was again ar
rested by the beauty of flags, I'M
draped. On either side of the piano
were more of the same containers,
filled with the same lovely flowers.
One especially pretty and appreciated
feature of the decorations in this
room was the alcove, which had been
arranged with inviting seats and
graced with two beautiful flowers and
fern-fil fan baskets, whose long
handles were tied with red butterfly
bows.
The reception room was quite simp-
ly adorned with a few baskets and
greens, but these baskets had guam
titles of the same lovely blossoms as
appeared in other rooms.
Two fiash-light photographs of the
guests were made after the orches-
ira struck up the grand march and
every one started for the banquet
hall, the marchers being led by Capt.
and Mrs. H. III. Christy and Com
mander and Mrs. r. w. Cabaniss, who
had been invited by the chiefs to be
their honor guests for the evening.
Following the honor guests was the
committee in charge of the ball and
their partners, these chiefs being
General Chairman w. II. FEEDER; ar
rangemeffts, f. F. Preeg and G. a.
Burns; reception, J. o. Owens and G.
l.. Sylvester; floor, NJ. G. J. Doyle, v.
Craig and w. B. Barry. The honor
guests and the committees were fol-
lowed by the other couples.
The vista of the centerpiece on the
long main table as the different ones
came toward the threshold was en-
trancing, for the decorator had ar
and white Killarney roses in such a
way that the graceful heads were
massed downward toward the ends of
the table. the flaming red of the CEN
ter merging away into faint shadows.
The effect was beautiful. Viewing the
table more closely, one found that its
lovliness was not without meaning,
for the decorator had idealized the
roadway from the city to the naval
air station and had imagined a floral
hedgerow outlining the thoroughfare
of the eight and one fourth miles. The
road was represented around the
parkway and on 1t appeared many
replicas of the cars that one sees on
the original every day. There was
a big Owens, a bright new Essex, a
Ford with red racing body, a canopy
topped Ford. with red speedster body,
and of course, a National roadster in
miniature. Peeping out from the high
way were little winter daisies and
sweet alyssum and hyacinths. Wei
come arches marked the sites of Pen
sacola and of the air station. At the
extreme ends Of the table were placed
French baskets containing Easter
lilies, red and white carnations and
ferns. At each cover were placed car
nivaf- favors, which were different for
the ladies and gentlemen, the former
receiving jumping-jac clowns, COM
DleLa with cap pcllS, anu Tic ldl~
ter tiny jointed frogs, whose pre-
cious Jewels unlike, those of the frog
of which the bard tells us, were flags
which they bore over instead of 'in"
their heads. Radating from the GEN.
terpiece to each lady's place was a
red ribbon, which upon signal was
pulled and at the end of each it was
found that, miniature gold C. p. o.
device had been concealed under the
floral hedge. The beamed ceiling and
the windows were cleaning with
Strands of dollhouse smilax. Six
smaller tables were used and each of
these was beautified with French bas-
kets, with the same varieties of ffow-
ers as used throughout all the rooms
The delicious five course supper
which still further carried out the
color scheme of red and white, was
prepared and served by Hughey, and
in keeping with the air service ratings
of the hosts, each dish had been des-
ignated by the use of terms which
suggested the various articles in the