gA Merry Time.On last Friday evening, a merry party was gathered at the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. F S. Etheridge to enjoy the evening in a most delightful way. Misses Lamar and j Brown met us with that graceful and j winning manner which caught all our hearts. We were all very soon gathered together in ihe brilliantly lighted parlor, where we all felt that a genial liow cl welcome and ea e per-vad the atmosphere. Mr. Flo,) d 1 Etheridge and Miss Dnke appointee f and overlooked several very delight- I ful and some very amusing games, f •‘Going to Jerusalem” seemed to be the order of the day and some t were well informed of the route they 1 should follow. “Cross words and Crooked answers” was also a very ' popular game. Misses Lamar aim 1 Brown in their sweet and cirrr.| 1 robes of muslin and rihti^n, look© 11 q lite attractive and - folly realised the charms of thef OVelyyaang la* t dies. Later in toe evening Mis. ( Etheridge, our kind hostess, invited us in the dining room to partake of ( delightful and refreshing ices. The f table was spread in snowy white damask and a lovely urn of choicest roses from a beautiful centre piece. | After supper, we had songs and mu- r sic and also gay and pleasant con- 5 versation occupied our time. About , 12 o’clock we bade “good night” to our Kind friends, to whom wi feel a debt of gratitude. Those present I ‘ were the following : ,Misses Annie Ball, Annie Mallet. , Fannie Furlow, Susie Davis, Addie i Tennant, Fannie Boyt Smith, Bessie Daughtry, Pearl Stallsworth, Annie Crawford, Mary Will Brown, Eva; May Laud, Sallie May Ball, Lois Duke, Helen Land, Ernestine Dempsey and Clara Harden.Messrs. Peavy, Mallet, Mayo, Morgan, Carter, Carter, Carmichael. Harwell. Xichols, Winn, Blasingame, VfcKibbe.i and Hanes. L. S. H. ,