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Show SOCIETY MU9ICALE, One of the most entertaining parties par-ties of the season was given by Mrs. Fred Clark Wednesday afternoon at the beautiful home of Mrs Joseph Clark. 2752 Washington avenue Twenty-five members of the Ladles' La-dles' Literary club were present and 30 invited guests spent a delightful afternoon. Mesdames May Thomas, John Cul-ley, Cul-ley, Joseph Clark and R. B. Porter assisted Mrs Fred Clark In enter-tulnlng. enter-tulnlng. The rooms of the Clark home were beautiful in masses of carnations and smilnx effectively arranged. In the spacious dining room festoons of pink and white carnations and smllax prettily pret-tily tied with white mollne hung from the chandeliers. Punch was served during the afternoon aft-ernoon in one corner of tho dining room, where a bower of pink and white carnations had been arranged. Mrs. Lillian Farnsworth gave a deeply interesting review of each of the program numbers, beginning with Lady Bird." by Weundersehonen . Monat Mai," by Schumann ' Wlgen-lied" Wlgen-lied" and Das Nadchen Schrecht,") by Brahm, her talk on each preceding the singing of the song by Miss Lila lo-t Miss Carrie Browning rendered a piano solo, a valse in C sharp minor, by Chopin, and Mrs Margaret Tout Browning completed the first hall of the program by a rendition In her happy style of "Still Dledienacht," by Poh III During 'he Intermission a unique contest made a delightfully entertaining enter-taining feature. Pictures of the world's prima donnas were shown Mrs. Ezra C. Rich naming the largest number and receiving the prizr, a beautiful bouquet of red roses At the opening of the second half o: the program Mrs Farnsworth again delighted her hearers by her talk on Strauss. Beethoven and Puccini. I Miss Jost's rendition of the Serenade Sere-nade received especial mention and hearty encore Miss Browniug's rendition ren-dition of Sonata, G major, "Allegro.' I "Lobenment," was In her usual perfect per-fect style and technique and "Dlssl d'Arti," sung by Mrs. Margaret Tout ! Browning, received an enthusiastic t encore, to which she responded with "The Rosary." ! Encores warm and well deserved i were responded to graciously by the I talented artists. Miss Jost. Miss I Browning and Mrs Browning, and the reviews of Mrs. Farnsworth received receiv-ed the high encomium always accord-led accord-led to her gifted efforts V tempi m;- menu, delightfully sen -BO and carried out in the dainty color scheme or the afternoon and a pleas -! ant social hour made a fitting close to the affair |