Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1897 — A Formal Reception. [ARTICLE]

A Formal Reception.

Mrs. Delos Thompson issued “At Home” cards to a large number of the ladiesof Rensselaer for Thursday from 2 till 6 P. M. and during those hours, yesterday, her home was thronged with callers coming and going. The rooms were beautifully decorated with smilax, palms, and ferns, the smilax draping the windows and pendant iiT the doors, while white roses of many varieties delighted the esthetic sense of those present. The receiving party consisting of Mrs. Thompson assisted by Mrs. Ross and Miss Love Crampton, of Delphi, and Miss Hattie Lackey, of Akron, Ohio, welcomed the callers and passed t hem on to the dining room, where ices and coffee were served from the refreshment table graced by Misses Marybelle Percupile and Gertrude Hopkins, and later by Mesdames Belle Spitler and Blanche Chapman. Music and gay conversation filled all the hours, until at six o’clock callers ceased to come and the reception was finished.