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Gleanings frorrn The Social Word. MISS SADIE BEJACH, EDITOR. Meeting of the Fidello Literary (Club. On Wednesdasy afternoon, the Misses 4 Clara and EmmaFlorsheim entertained the club, and one of the most pleasant after- I noons, on record, was spent. John Milton was the interesting topic of discussion, and a pretty sketch of his life I was read by Miss Carrie Florsheim. Quo tations were from his "Paradise Lost." Miss Bella rendered a sweet vocal se lection, "Thine," from "Robyne." And then "a reading," by Miss Sadie Bejach. After some discussion on different top los, the meetinig adjourned till March 24, when Miss Hanna Kahn will entertain the club. The programme arranged for the occasion differs somewhat to those previously had, and promises to be one of 1 great interest. Miss Anna Betts, who is the guest of i Mrs. Herold was among the visitors pres eat at the meeting. The young people had a treat in the man ner of dainty refreshments: the table was attractive in its floral decorations of vick!cayracinths and geranium blossoms. ccc The little folks are gossipping about the 1 good time in store for them on next Sat- I urday night. Prof. Weissner will give his a "ehlldren's ball." No grown person will s be allowed on the floor till after 10 o'clock 1 McKinney's band will furnish the music. I1 *** " Miss Anna Betts, a charming young i lady of Brooklyn, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Herman Herold, on Travis ... treet. cc 1 We are glad to welcome to our city Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard and Missf SEthel Blanchard, who arrived last Mon day night from Washington. *** Those fortunate enough to have listened t to the music of the serenaders last Wed .eeday night cannot help praising the good playing of the members of the 1 "Shreveport Symphony Club." 5.. The monogram fan bids fair to become quite alad. It is really as pretty as can be made into a much prized souvenir. ta tQwan *ith a plain, smooth black I " body" and then beseige your friends and acquaintances with requests for their seals, crests, mottoes and monograms, or f r.you can cut these from notes and letters. I Trim them carefully and paste them on Syour fan, taking care not to let them r Come into the folds. The entire fan may be so fully and evenly covered the back E Pground will be hidden. Do your pasting I Sotefully and see how artistically you Can arrange your trophies. D Heaped up on a luxurious looking di ran in a dainty boudoir, I saw more pret ty cushions than one could qount the ter day. And a cushion must have i,"me especially striking points to attract .Ee eye in these days of multitudinous va- a - PA.ties. One beauty I singled out to tell a *bout. II was small and square; the g . "s5how" side had a plain center of soft hte India silk, a border and deeper aotners of deep crimson, with a conven- v *ionSlized pattern of leaves, outlined in o heavy gilt cord joining the two silks. a 'he reverse side was plainly covered with g a bright shade of olive silk and a small V ' twistid silk cord of red and olive finished the pillow, with a loop or two at each t Collner. The excellent combtination of v Solor in this cushion was its strong point. *** a flgto the almanac It is spring. n Therefore, if we were to be strictly tech nical, we should have to don our best and newest gowns in honor of the season. However, as thc church kindly steps in with the Lenten days, we are absolved from any such action until after the Easter lilies come. And then, ye gods, what an array will be visible. 5*5 The dressmakers tell us that it has been " an exceeding long time since variety of s costume and beauty of material have e been charmingly combined as in the con - structions of the dressmaker already planned for the Easter days. f The truest of all things that can be e said about the Easter designs is that - while they are novel that they are not Sstrictly new. We are often told that in - dresses for women there is never any thing new under the sun-that history e merely repeats itself. Now, oftentimes, this is an atrocious slander. Our gowns - are novel and new, and in my heart I have often believed that the reason they Swere said not to be was because of that r innate jealousy of man, who secretly fumes because his clothes are never any- * Sthing but worked over styles. This year, however, we must confess that the novelties are as few as honest 7 - men in politics, and even women know - what rarieties such things are. 61 There is no intention to recall a single d word of praise said of the Easter cos- st tumes. They are just as pretty as can be, ai and the woman who could not find some- h, thing to please her among them is really d, 3 too particular for this world. It is just a feast to go and look at the fashion plates, ai Sand if you know some milliner, some I swell one, well enough to get in behind di the scenes, your breath will be fairly «! taken away by what is shown you. Prob- hi ably you will not have money enough to l] indulge in the beautiful creations you tt see, but then you know there is always a the satisfaction of realizing that the less , expensive gowns are nothing in the world y but combinations of ideas gained from Sother gowns, whose cost has a terrific ef- it feet on a bank account or a lonely purse. th Anniversary of a Sliver Wedding. or One of the events in the social world of q the past week was the celebration on last q Monday night of Mr. and Mrs. V. Gros jean's silver wedding anniversary at their home on Hicks street. The home wam beautifully decorated with choice flowers and shrubbery, while Japanese lanterns illuminated the gallery, Mr. and Mrs. Grosjean were assisted in M entertaining their guests of the evening p, by their charming daughter, Miss Agnes, fo whose happy and appropos greeting to each guest won for her much admiration. in She was becomingly attired in a light pink gown. The many presents, as the occasion de- o manded, were all of choice silverware. of The table was laden with choicest at etables and were heartily enjoyed by the th large number of guests. Sincerest congratulations to Mr. and qt Mrs. Grosjean. Mr. Groslean is editor and publisher m of the Caucasian, and is quite a popular man of the town. 0 a.. J. Owing to the inclement weather of last E Tuesday evening, there were not as large M a crowd as usual at the soiree at the Ar P1 mory Hall, but those present danced the 4 german and had a general good time. N *** H H Two men stood chatting on the sfde- Jr walk before one of our pretty residences P. one sunny day last week. Cl A coupe drove up. Within were four Rr lgay society maids in handsome afternoon J< toilets, out for a round of visits. Two of them alighted and tripped up tl the broad stone steps, while the others T waited in the carriage. 1 But not for long. Back came the "buds" d4 after a minute, and as the last one, a brn- C nette, whose big melting brown eyes plays ead havoc with many hearts, put her dainty patent leather boot on the carriage step, she exclaimed in tones of delight, and so distinctly that both men heard her: "How's this for a piece of tremen dous good luck? The horrid old thing wasn't home, and I won't have to call again until Lent is over!" The others congratulated and off they drove. The elder of the two men-a "gentleman of the old school"-turned to his companion and sighed, as he asked: i "Is society nowadays as hypocritical as I that girl, only in her first season, who ac cepts invitations from, the woman at whose house she just left her card, and ' yet can speak of her in such tones? i "Is there no more genuinesa in vis iting and in friendships formed within 4 the exclusive social circlest" This brings to mind what some great orator said once: "The church is too large to hold my ac quaintances; the pulpit too small to hold 4 my friends." We AVE The Reputation '9 And we Propose to keep it. -~~-wI ~ ~ ~~ --·-~----- --__ _ _ 9 SPENI) a few minutes with us and inspect our Immense SStock, and you will easily see why we make this Boast. NEW DRESS GOODS, NEW SHIRT WAISTS, NEW BLACK GOODS, NEW LACES, NEW WASH GOODS NEW HOSIERY, NEW WHITE GOODS, NEW SHOES(Ladiesachild. NEW SILKS, NEW MATTINGS, NEW TRIMMINGS, NEW RUGS. 6'ioryMling in the Ory $oods Cino - WRITE FOR SAMPLES. AGENCY STANDARD FASHION. hso Jrahn 9y Sood/s Co., "d SPINN1ERS--HJEEJS. The Wheelmen of Shrevaport me', on Monday night at their Club rooms, and perfected a strong organization of over forty charter members. Following are the minutes of the meet ing: "Mr. Leon Kahn called the meeting to order, which had convened at the rooms of the Louisiana Cycle Co., 203 Milam street. Mr. E. Phelps moved that all those who had not become charter mem bers, and wished to join the club* be re - quested to sign the roll. The following is a list of the charter members: Messrs W. C. Charles, D. J. Thuraton, George M. Agurs, S. T. Abbott, Wm Lowe J. B. Hutchinson. M. L. Bath, F. H. Gos man Jr., S. G. Wolfe, D. F. Wadley, T. W Enders, S. Florsheim, R. Kosminski, M. McKibbon, Will Hinton, Robt Ward, A. Prescott, A. Kahn, Bid Florsheim, F. 3H. Gosman, J. C. Abel, W. C. Charles Jr. i Nathan Goldstein, M. BSoovell, F. Kaliski, I H. 8. Hart, I. Wolfe, M. Stone, E. Phelps I Jr., Leon Kahn, David Taber, H. Fetzer, P. Semanuky, T. B. Chase, W. S. Knox, Charlie Hotchkiss, T. R. Davis, P. Levy, Robt Carr, F. N. Gill, F. M. Pariar and Joe Hanna. Nominati ons for permanent officers of the club were then declared in order. The election resulted as follows: H. 8. Hart, president; Loon Kahn, vice-presi dent; E. Kaliski, secretary; W. C. Charles, treasurer. A motion by Mr. Leon Kahn was adopted that the president appoint a committee on constitution and by-laws. The chairman appointed the following I gentlemen on the committee: D. F. Wadley. M. Scovell, G. A. Agurs, 8. L. Floreheim, 8. T. Abbott. A motion by Mr. Leon Kahn was adopted fixing the iniation fee for charter members at f2. Mr. W. C. Charles made a motk n, which was duly adopted, that the chair man appoint a committee on track. The following gentlemen were appointed to constitute said committee: E. Phelps, Jr., E. Kaliski, D. F. Wadley, D. J. Thurston, 8. T. Abbott, M. Scovell, Mr. McKibben. The president of the club was added as ex-officio chairman of the committee. On motion each member was ap pointed a committee of one to solicit de sirable membership to the club. Mr. George Hadley appeared before the club with a proposition to build a track at Lakeside park, and the matter was referred to the track committee. The meeting then stood adjourned until Thursday night, March 11th. Thursday night session: President H. 8, Hart called the house to order and asked for the report of the committees. The committee on bylaws reported their action and asked for further time, which was granted. Mr. E. Phelps, of the track committee, reported that the committee received several propositions by individuals and one from the city park committee, but asked for further time, which was grant - ed. On motion of Mr. Leon I. Kahn, the name "Shrevport Wheel and Good Road Club" was adopted. The collections for - the evening amounted to 429. The new members were then added to the list, which run up the number to near seventy-five. The meeting was a very enthuel one, and adjourned to meet Tuesday Thursday night next week. The club has agreed to pull off the road race as soon as the boys have time to train for the contest , which has been agreed to be from the intersection of Market and Milam streets, to the end of Plank Road and return to Y. M. C. A. building. This gives the racers a good chance to start and finish,and as the street commissioner has agreed to scrape Texas Avenue, the route I will be a good one. *** The challenges offered, have been ac cepted and will be pulled oft uander the