Word: smilax
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...crowded the floor of the Living Room of the Union last night and made it a spot of gaiety for the 12th annual Junior Dance. The decorations, though not elaborate, were artistic and unconventional, and made the Union appear at its best. White Colonial columns and lattices covered with smilax enclosed the boxes, and strings of rosebuds lit with tiny electric bulbs draped from the chandeliers. Baskets of lotus set on columns, marked the entrance to the Living Room. The orchestra was enclosed behind spreading fans of flowers. From the balcony hung the American flag, while at the other...
...Room, bordered by palms and with an open fire in the southern fireplace, was used for dancing. The Hall, Dining Room, Periodical Room Card Room, and Reading Room were arranged with boxes separated by screens of palms, ferns, and spruce. The rooms were hung with festoons of laurel and smilax, to which were attached rows of Japanese lanterns...
...Orchestra was placed. The boxes were located in the entrance hall, Periodical Room, and Dining Room, and were attractively furnished with morris chairs, sofas, pillows, and rugs. The partitions between them were simply screens of potted palms and ferns. The decorations in these three rooms were chiefly of smilax and laurel which were hung in long streamers from the centre of the ceilings. Japanese lanterns with electric bulbs to light them were attached at short intervals along the streamers and gave a very pretty garden effect. Supper was served from a table at the north end of the Dining Room...
...wing and the Dining Room, in all of which boxes were located, had been carefully planned and artistically arranged. As a central lighting fixture in each room was a large gilt sunburst, illuminated by frosted and red bulbs. From these were festooned Japanese lanterns and great masses of southern smilax. In the Writing and Game Rooms yacht signals and pennants added to the gaiety of the effect. The boxes were separated, some by screens, others by the thick-hanging vines, and all were filled with a profusion of sofas, chairs, pillows, and rugs, with potted plants and flowers in every...
...preliminary round of the scrub baseball series was continued on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. One game was played, the Armor Plates defeating the Precipitates by the score of 10 to 3. The Home Runners won from the Smilax by default. The two winning teams have qualified for the round robin series...