Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1902 — An Elaborate Reception. [ARTICLE]

An Elaborate Reception.

Mrs. Elizebeth Brown and daughter 0. W. Qoen threw open the doors of the latter’s elegant residence on MoCoy Avenue, to a host.of their lady friends yesterday, at 2:80 p. m., in a reception of the most elaborate character. These two, with Mrs. M. E. Spitler, Mrs. Berkley, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Porter and Mrs. A. McCoy stood in receiving line in the beautiful - parlors all the afternoon, and soores of visitors oame and dined and went gaily. Costumes of elaborate eleganoe prevailed, rooms deoorated in different colors of * carnations, with roses on the dining table pleased the eye, while Prof. Perkins on bis violin, and Mesdames English and Hollingsworth greeted the ear with musio. Miss Maude Spitler presided at the punch bowl, and the dining room hostesses were Mesdames Brady and Chapman, Long and R. B. Porter, and Geo. Murray and Mrs. T. J. MoCoy, at three different hours. The souvenirs were oards painted in water colors, on which a pine cone done in brown, suggested the nameß of the ladies bountiful, who furnished the entertainment to so many.