Schley County GaArchives Photo Document.....Invitation To "Dutch Supper"  1911 December 30, 1911
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The Schley County News Friday, December 25, 1908 No. 52


The swellest entertainment that will be given during the Xmas holidays will be 
the "Dutch Supper" given by Dr. B.L. Bridges at home on the evening of 
December the twenty-ninth.


The Schley County News Friday, January 8, 1909 No. 1

DUTCH SUPPER
A society function of unusual interest and pleasure in Ellaville is the annual 
Christmas Dutch Supper given by Dr. B.L. Bridges to his many friends 
throughout the state. On Tuesday evening, December 29, in answer to printed 
invitations, about one hundred of Georgia's fairest women, with an equal 
number of men, all in full evening attire, gathered at his residence on Main 
Street. The house was elaborately decorated with festoons and arches of holly, 
bamboo, smilax, mistletoe and tiny red Christmas bells.

An ice well in the receiving room added much to the attractiveness of the 
occasion. A huge block of ice, with an excavation in the center, lined with 
palms and fruits was used as a punch bowl, from which young ladies, in turn 
served a continual flow of artillery punch during the entire evening.

The dining room made attractive with garlands of smilax hanging from the lamp 
to the four corners of the table, in the center of which was a handsome boquet 
of red carnations in a tall vase. The mints and bonbons were also in red and 
green.

Mrs. J.W. Hodges, of Atlanta, received the guests. She wore a black satin, and 
was assisted by Mrs. E.L. Bridges, who wore a gray princess.

Music was furnished for he occasion by special arrangement with the Alkahest 
Lyceum System by Fraulein Freida Siemens and Mme. Marie Kern-Mullen, both 
German musicians of note. At 10 o'clock, the doors to the dining room were 
thrown open and a dainty salad course, with cakes and champagne was served.

The out of town guests being: Mrs. W.J. Hodges, Miss Lizzie Catley, Miss 
Alberta Dozier, and Mr. H.L. Bridges, of Atlanta; Hon. and Mrs. T.G. Hudson, 
Col. and Mrs. J.A. Hixon, Mrs. R.L. McLeod, Miss Marybelle Payne, Miss Ruth 
Arrington, and Mr. P.H. Smith, of Americus; Misses Lula, Katherine and Juliett 
Hurst, of Perry; Misses Carrie and Mae Mott, of Goggansville; Mis Martha 
Davis, of Woodbury; Mr. T.R. Slappey, of Savannah; Mr. and Mrs. A.K. Pickard, 
Miss Hattie Clements, Miss Marguerite Drane, and J.P. Hogg, of Buena Vista; 
Miss Freulein Freida Siemens and Madame Marie Kern-Mullen, of Bremen, Germany.


Additional Comments:
I don't know what a "Dutch Supper" is, but perhaps someone on this list does.  
Above is what the newspaper had to say about this event in 1908.  It must have 
been popular if it was still an annual thing in 1911.

I'd like to know what this "Dutch Supper" was.  Anyone who knows please 
respond to the list.

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