"The beautiful new home of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Beckett of No. 2218 Harvard boulevard was brilliantly alight with electricity and gay flowers last evening, at the handsomely appointed reception which they gave in celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
"Dr. and Mrs. Beckett were married just twenty-five years ago yesterday at San Luis Obispo and since then, for most of the time, have made their home in this city, where they possess a large number of friends. Last night's affair was given as a supper and few knew it was an anniversary until they arrived.
"The entire home was trimmed with asparagus ferns in clinging tendrils and the handsome couple received their friends beneath an arch of feathery greens, in which silver tinsel was tightly wound, and from the center of which hung a huge bell of green, covered with shining tinsel, and a silvery electric light formed the clapper. White bride roses graced this room. The drawing-room was in bride roses and ferns, and in the large colonial hall, lit with red candles in odd brass candlesticks, poinsettias formed striking ornaments against the white of the walls. The den was also in poinsettias, and the dining-room was adorned with the flaming blossoms. Below stairs when refreshments were served in the gymnasium, scarlet crepe paper canopied the walls and holly and poinsettias were combined about the room. The table was lit with red candles, set in quaint old brass sconces, and down the center were set pots of the poinsettias.
"The hostess herself was charmingly attired in silver gray satin gown of softest sheen, trimmed with applique and velvet roses,and wore silver ornaments.
"Assisting in receiving were Mmes W. W. D. Turner, Walter Lindley, R. M. Widney, W. H. Richards, Z. L. Parmalee, R. H. Lacey and Mrs. Lee A. Phillips of Stockton and Mrs. Charles Crothers of San Jose, Miss Maude Elizabeth Richards, Miss Hawks, Miss Belle McClung,Miss Clara Parmalee and Miss Zella Kohn Arend's orchestra discoursed sweet music through the evening, and nearly five hundred guests congratulated the popular couple."
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