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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1911
Page
7
The Hostess A Garden Party featured invitations shaped as vegetables drawn from seed catalogs and tinted with water colors. Cards numbered one to twenty five carried questions about famous people and oddities, paired with lists of laundry and household items, plants and flowers in a decorative catalog style.
A crowd of young women led by Polly planned a playful five and ten cent shower for a June bride. The group, followed by an equal number of boys, bought trinkets and home goods and carried them to the couple's new house for a lighthearted celebration with refreshments.
A report from a social gathering describes a bridge party where guests received fine gift baskets and work baskets as prizes. Prizes included thimbles, tapes, needles, books, and sewing items. one host provided Shakespeare books and another a leather bag. A jelly and pickle shower for a bride featured glass jars, jelly, pickles, and a aluminum preserving kettle, with marmalade and spices served among nasturtiums. Madame Merrill.
The article notes popular spring and summer fashion themes including King blue shades, dim eastern embroidery on work bags, gray satin belts with brilliant gowns, and Georgette hats. Velvet parasols with delicate silk fringe, crochet tatting fringes in cotton and silk, and wearable fringe detailing for wash gowns are emphasized as new ideas.
A celebrated bride received a unique bath and laundry shower amid twenty guests who planned together to avoid duplicates. A partial list includes a clothes line, seven dozen clothespins, and a denim bag for the items.
The feature describes a standout hat titled A Midsummer Night's Dream, a black chiffon creation on a silk covered wire frame trimmed with silver braid and two black plumes. A white net hat with a black velvet border, Renaissance lace scarf, ribbon foliage wreath, and willow plume completes the elegant display.
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