El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-02
FELIZ AND NUEVO!
New Years Day is Ushered i'll With a
Marked Change in the Weather.

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New Years day has come and gone
happy in gustatorial memory, New
Years calls, and day of rest general
ly. Business places were opened
only par of the day, the banks were
not opened at all, and the newspapers
took a day off. Even our friends south
of the border became i'm bued with the
New Years spirit, and the HERALD
office received from the other side IL
neatly designed card on which was
printed, 'Feiz and Nuevo. Tito Arri-
olo. Ciudad Juarez, enero primero,
de 1897" A card also came up from
I chihuahua on which was printed in or
namental type, "Silvestre Terrazas,
tiene Ia honra de felicitar vd desean-
dole TODD genera de felicidades en- ell
1871 ~ = ''--|' y
The day properly began Thursday
night with services at the Lutheran
church, and watch meetings at Trinity
and the Mexican Methodist churches.
| the Trinity meeting being led by Revs
French and Adams. The meetings
were much eojoyed. Promptly at
midnight bells were runR, cannon
| crackers were discharged along with
fire arms, and some few whistles were
! blown. But generally speaking, the
! demonstration did not equal that OF the
previous year. And the racket was
short lived.
| The exercises of the day did not be
| gin until afternoon when New Years
| calls set in in dead earnest. Mrs. J. NJ.
Dean received at her Myrtle street
avenue residence in the afternoon and
| evening. She was assisted by Miss
Haggart, of Fort Worth, Miss LOOMS,
Miss Lillian Newman, Miss Eta Jones,
of Montgomery, Ala, Miss Estella
Jones, Miss Mary Edwards, of San An
tonic and Miss Emma Ullman. Mrs
Dean was elegantly attired
in black satin; Miss Haggart
was gowned in organdie overoress
with an under dress of lilac silk. Miss
LOOMS wore pink tatfeta silk trimmed
with pearl passamenterie and white
roses. Miss Newman wore a white
mule over yellow silk. Miss Eta
Jones wore white silk mule. Miss
Estella Jones wore white organdie over
| blue silk with natural flowers. Miss
| Edwards wore white Organdie over
white silk. Miss Ullman wore canary
crepe with violets. The house was
handsomely decorated with mistletoe,
smilax, flowers and ferns. The dining
room was decorated in red, and the
| house was darkened so that in the
afternoon the roOmS could be lighted.
| Elegant refreshments including chOco-
| late, coffee, cake, and other dainties
were served. ana IN Inc evening
| quite a number of young gentlemap
callers declared the snow was so deep
they could not get home without hacks,
and so stayed and played cards. the
games being interpreted with music.
There were nearly one hundred callers.
Further up the avenue, at 1922, Nj ISIS
Emily Rush received. assisted by Miss
Stella Morrison. Miss Matte Barlow,
Miss Nettie Love, Miss Mamie Spencer
nd a " a ir,l
evening attire, and served delicate
refre- hments to their friends of whom
nearly thirty called. The house was
handsomely decorated with ferns and
flowers from California, and then there
was aa abundance of smilax, mistletoe
and either orBamentations.
Mrs. w. S. McCutcheOn also received
at her San Antonio street residence.
assisted by Miss Lillian Wise, of Bout |
der, Coo, Miss Ida Radford and Miss
Anne Ra6ford, of Oshkosh, Wis, Miss
kathrne Martin of Nashville, Tenn, |
and Miss Marie Shelton. Mrs. McCut- |
cheou was attired in green silk with
chetfon! trimmings. Miss Wise was
dressed in green wool trimmed with |
chetfon and point lace. Miss Ida |
Radford wore pink crepe with velvet |
trimming, Miss Anne Radford wore |
green velvet satin. Miss Martin wore |
lavender silk and black satin. |
MISS SheltOn was attlfed IN pale blue |
satin and lace. The parlor decorations |
were in mistletoe, smilaX and flowers,
while the cOlors were in white, pink
and green. Choice refreshments were
served, including chocolate and coffee.
cake. sailed almonds and punch. There
were some fifty callers, and the ladies
were kept so busy entertaining that
they no chance for a recess.
Over in Juarez the social customs of
the day were by no means forgotten