The Palm Beach Post

Fri, Dec 27, 1918

Page 3

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​POINSETTIA HOTEL SCENE OF MANY DINNER PARTIES Perhaps the gayest and most festive hostelry in the city on Christmas day was the Poinsettia Hotel, whose announcement of music and dancing, in addition to their excellent menu, attracted large crowds at both the noon and evening meals. Fully one hundred guests enjoyed the noon meal, while reservations were made for parties to the number of one hundred and fifty persons for evening dinner and fifty or more disappointed ones were turned away.

 

The attractive dining room was gaily decorated in Christmas colors, a profusion of poinsettias being used on the archway in the center of the room. Each table boasted an individual Christmas tree, while a larger tree, trimmed in tinsel and ornaments, was seen on the east side of the room. Miss Ethel Rowe and Miss Mary Miller rendered musical programs during both meals, the evening program being interspersed with dance music, affording the diners an opportunity of dancing between courses. In the evening, exhibition dancing was presented by Mrs. Gertrude Emmerine, formerly of Lake Worth, but recently of the Grand Central Palace of New York, and Mr. Thomas Grewell, of this city.

 

Among the dinner parties were seen Doctor George Ellsworth and his mother, Mrs. Olive Maltby and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stowers. Mrs. Fern Holley entertained her daughter, Miss Grace Holley, Master Buster Holley, Miss Margaret Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Potter and four sons, Richard, Paul, Ted and Douglas. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Curtis and Miss Evelyn Curtis entertained Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lambert, Miss Marion Lambert, Doctor and Mrs. C. H. Horton, Mrs. C. C. Chillingworth, Mrs. J. B. Dawkins, Miss Nell Anderson, Miss Margareta Chillingworth, Richard Chillingworth, Walter Chillingworth, who is home on furlough, and his friend, Mr. McCoy, of Seattle, Mr. Edward Forbes, and Mr. Henry Bolanz, of the Naval Air Station at Miami. Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Gross entertained Miss Ethel Gross, Doris Gross, Elliott Gross, Miss Berthe Elliott, Miss Eleanor Hatch, Mr. H. T. Cummings and Mr. W. A. Fenn. Mr. Dick Christie entertained Mrs. Orville Irvin, Miss Betty Irvin, Mr. Frank Austin and Mr. S. Harris. Mr. Theo. Moore entertained a party of nine, including Mrs. H. Moore, Mrs. Mabel Wilson, Doctor and Mrs. C. C. Speer, Miss Thera Speer and Mr. C. F. White and Mr. Thomas Nickolls, of Jacksonville.

 

Mr. and Mrs William Dietsch and party of five were guests at the noon hour, as were also Doctor and Mrs. Frank B. Siears and party, Doctor J. C. Fahnstock and party, Mr. and Mrs. Gus E. Uhlman and party and numerous others. Small parties of well known people of this city were also numerous in the evening, among them being Miss Lyla Pyles, Miss Fanny Pyles and Miss Elise Bazemore; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Goldsmith and Mrs. B. B. Freeland; Mr. and Mrs. Fred McClendon, Miss Nova Castlen and Mr. Robert Castlen; Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Council, of Lake Worth; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O'Hara; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. L'Angelle, Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGinley and two guests; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Reed and friend, of Lake Worth; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kelley, Miss Kelly, and Mrs. Charles Loomis and daughter; also Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Little. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Gruber and daughter, Miss Neva Gruber were a party of three, while Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Gruber, Mrs. Roy L. Chaffin and Mr. Sven Carlberg formed another party. Miss Effie Doe, Mr. John W. Doe, Dudley Doe and Mr. Roman Majewski were present also, and many other parties.

 

The management of the Poinsettia is planning another celebration in the form of a New Year's eve affair, when tables may be reserved for supper and dancing between the hours of 10 o'clock and 2. At that time, a larger space will be cleared for dancing and every effort will be made to make the affair a jolly watch party.

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