Eudora was once a society writer–briefly–for the Jackson Daily News, but of course, she mostly wrote wonderful satirical pieces. She knew from local reading that the genre of society writing had its own potential for comedy. One of her favorite writers of society columns was Mrs. Beatrice Boyette, who wrote seriously for the Jackson Daily News for several decades. Eudora often quoted her to my great delight. At some point, Eudora gave me a typed copy of one of Boyette’s columns that she had saved. I’ve chosen one paragraph out of many amazing specimens of Mrs. Boyette’s prose (and Eudora’s delight).
“Splendor emitted atmospheric radiance, as the bride was predominant in white lace sparsed with linen, matching accessories and carnation corsage… The living and dining rooms, redundant with lustrous spring flowers, diffused essence of felicitousness as the bride made incision in the wedding cake, reposing on an incomparable hand-crocheted table cloth.”
-Patti Carr Black
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