Weekly Social Roundup At Mrs Paxton’s Douglas Avenue
Mrs C G Lee and Miss Bookout host events on Douglas Avenue. Des Moines dinner dance planned at Hyperion club next Wednesday with about sixty attendees led by Mr and Mrs Clyde Williams. Sigma Nu hosts a Wednesday dance at their fraternity house with Duke Douglas Avenue. Prof A Marston hosts a duck feast for about twenty five guests. Music and games follow a waffle supper by Miss Cecil Alexandria. Mrs L J Fowle leads a Baptist Sunday School banquet for teachers. Prof and Mrs MacMurray host dinner for debating teams led by Mr Emerson and faculty. twenty two covers. City Library features Miss Chase storytelling Saturday at 2. Pictures of Holland and Dutch life Thursday for grades five and six. Civil War pictures Friday for grades seven and eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Hyperion Club
Clyde Williams
von Prof
Mrs. MacMurray
Mr. Emerson
City Library
Chase
Living Snuffbox: Mme du Cayla at Louis XVIII Court
The New York Press recounts Mme du Cayla as the only living snuffbox on record at the Bourbon court. Her role placed her at Louis XVIII’s left hand during meals as she delivered perfumed snuff from a diamond crusted box, a gift rewarded with costly tokens including Reymont’s Illustrated Bible with engravings paid for in thousand franc notes and Bassnet’s Sermons embedded with wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. du Cayla
Louis XVIII
France
Europe
Bourbon
Louis
Reymont
Personal mentions of social visits and a hospital update
Miss Laura Conaway will spend Sunday in Brooklyn. Miss Marie Stevens was a weekend visitor in Des Moines. Mrs F W Alm and Mrs Arvid Alm and son left for a few days visit with Des Moines relatives. Mrs W P George underwent a second operation at the Methodist Hospital Tuesday. though serious, not considered dangerous. Mrs John Luce of Brown visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Conaway
Brooklyn
Marie Stevens
Des Moines
F. W. Alm
Arvid Almandson
W. P. George
Methodist Hospital
John Luce
Brown
Mabel Clark
Grand Avenue
Edith George
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Martha Sheehey
Polk County
Harry Sheehey
Will Childs
Louck
Childs
Alex. Norris
Elva Northway
L. M. Gibson
Ames
L. C. Tilden
Hamlett
Ames Friends and Des Moines Visits Feature Local Social Notes
Ames residents and visitors are listed in a sequence of social notes. Des Moines trips and family visits include Mrs Sallie Stalker Smith, Miss Elva Northway, Mrs Chicago, Mrs A B Noble, Mr T C Miller, and Mrs Elliott among many others. Several health updates appear with Mrs John Glidden ill and Miss Leone Graves visiting from Des Moines for a weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Sallie Stalker Smith
Des Moines
Elva Northway
Chicago
A. B. Noble
T. C. Miller
Elliott
Clyde Siverly
Kelley
Genevieve Westerman
John Glidden
Center Street
Clarissa Clark
W. M. Beardshear
L. G. Kinne
Stayner
Epworth
E. L. Ellis
Washington, D. C
H. H. Parmenter
Cora Cox
Burnett Avenue
Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Oxfords
Citizens Lumber Co
the Home of Quality
She Intelligencer
Story County
F. R. Aml
M. C. Conaway
Ames Social Affairs
Mrs. C. G. Lee
Sigma Nun
Douglass Avenue
Prof
Mrs. A. Marston
Cecil Alexandria
Douglas Avenue
Story County Bank
Tvea Heat
Trust
Chas. Kaufman & Bro
Schloss Bros. & Co
Baltimore
Strauss Bros
America
Chambray House
Ames, Iowa
Quinty
Leone Graves
Hazel Hampton
Marion
Gertrude Benson
Denver
John Williams
Dolliver
Jennie Williams
Fair Store
Constance Beardshear
L. G. Beardshear
H. J. Miley
Eldora
E.P. Bartlett
Eldren Usry
R. H. Porter
Lulu Smith
A. B. Maxwel
Faith Clark
Og'la
Mrs. Greer
Indianola
Shannon
Vera Seibert
Waterloo
Manchester
Joel E. Cagwin
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