El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26
News of Society.

NEW YEARS RECEPTIONS.-Fol
lowing the usual custom, it is to
be expected that a large number
of Ell Paso people will keep open
house. on New Years Day, Next
Tuesday. The Herald earnestly
requests those who intend to re-
ceive on that day send word to
that effect to this office, so that a
complete list may be published on
Saturday next.
Miss Mabel Falvey is spending the
holidays with her parents on Myrtle
street.
The Cotillion club will give their
regular dance next Friday night at the
Orndorff hotel.
1Iaury Kemp will leave tonight for
San Antonio to be gone three or four
days on important business.
Saturday evening at Mrs. Holm's the
Saturday Evening club will be enter
tanned by Mrs. Jno. Akin.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Allen entertained
a number of their friends at an eIab-
crate dinner Christmas evening.
Yesterday evening at six o'clock Mrs.
A. p. Coles gave an elegant dinner par
ty at her home on Myrtle street.
ass
Friday afternoon Mrs. Kneezell will
entertain the Ladies' High Five club
and other guests at Mrs. Holm's on
Magoffin avenue.
Last Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
James Magoffin entertained the Chat
ing Dish club. None but the members
of the club were present.
The Whist club has been postponed
from Thursday night. till the Thursday
night after New Years. This change
was made on account of the dance to be
given this week.
Miss Sarah Green, sister to Mrs.
John Dyer of this city, left Sunday
evening for Waco. Texas. Miss Green
will spend a month or two in eastern
Texas, visiting friends.
Ralph LoomiS returned from Austin
Sunday morning, where he has been at
tending the state university for the
past three months. He will spend the
holidays in this city.
Some people still observe the custom
OF inviting a few of their friends to
eggnog on Christmas morning. Among
those who did observe the custom were
Mrs. Jno. Akin and Mrs. Falvey.
Mrs. DIR. Wright gave a most enjoy
able dinner party Christmas day.
Among those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Van Sickle, Mr.. Pollard, Mason
Pollard and Miss Pollard.
Last night at the theater an enjoy
able box party was given by Mr. and
Mrs. Moses Dillon. Those in the party
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Dillon, Mr..
and Mrs. Waterman, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Dillon and Howard Dillon.
The Big Four Neighborhood club was
entertained last week by Mr.. and Mrs.
u. S. Stewart. Those present were Mr.
and Mrs. White, Mr.. and Mrs. Coles and
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean; Misses Bewley,
Beatty, Jones and Haggart; Messrs.
Frank Coles, Otis Coles, Owen White,
Dean and Ross Thomas.
Thursday evening at the Sheldon ho-
tel the Social club will give a big dance
1t will be one of the SWEETEST affairs
ever given here. The committee have
been arranging to make. .*..
been arranging for this dance for al
most week and expect to make it a
great success. Delicious refreshments
will be served during the evening
There were a great many different
attractions going on Christmas after
noon. At the opera house the play
Have You Seen Smith" was given. A
large crowd attended, mostly women
and children. Across the river was a
bull fight and people just f1ocked from
FAR and wide to see the sights over
there. At the athletic park a foot ball
game was played between the Ell Paso
team and the team from the college in
Mesilla Park. The game was very in
teresting and drew a good sized crowd
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Blumenthal en-
tertained a number of relatives and
friends at their home on North Ore
son street, yesterday. Among those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. E. Fatman.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Fatman, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. Solomon, Mrs. Louise Ullman.
Miss lrma Ullman, Sidney Ullman, Mr..
Kaufman and others. An elegant
Christmas tree was provided for the
children and Mr.. Blumenthal per