Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-07-19
Burmister Lawn Party.


 where palms and ferns with graceful
 fronds waved in the breeze, garden
 of dainty flowers, gently terraced
 lawns and many tropical plants border ing the wide spacious walks, thus the home of MT. and Mrs. R. H. Burmister and Miss Burmister appealed to the
 two hundred guests whom they enter tained on Thursday night with a gar
 den party, beautiful in every appoint
 ment.
 The Burmister garden is filled with
 the fairest blooms; there were roses,
 where. The center of the lawn was enclosed in large white canopy, and suspended from this were Japanese umbrellas and myriads of twinkling lights that glowed and burned like stars, amid the leafy lovelincss of green that surrounded them.
 Prettily gowned matrons and maids and well groomed men fitted to and fro on the velvety sward, vieing with the sweet strains of an orchestra which was hidden by screen of rose vines.
 Mrs. L'Engle's excellent voice was never better evidenced than on this occasion, and her renditions of " Gretchen Om Spinurade,' "Song of the Captive,' and the "Last Rose of Summer" went straight to the hearts i of her hearers and to these Miss Bur mister was an able and sympathetic accompanist.
 At the conclusion of these three beau ! tiful solos, Miss Burmister played with magnetic force and glittering technique the "Caprice" by Lesche- tipsky.
 In the dining room, where pink roses were employed with beautiful | effect, Miss Daniel, clad in a dainty | gown of white lace, served a delicious | fruit beverage. and here, too. were dis | pensed the most elegant ices and con ! fections. while tiny Japanese umbrellas were the pretty souvenirs.
 Receiving with Mr. and Mrs. Bur mister and their handsome daughter . were Mir. and Mrs. Robert Burmister of | Phoenix. and Miss Daniel Mrs. R. | H. Burmister wore a becoming gown | of gray pole der soie. Mrs. Robert Bur mister was attired in white. handsome ly trimmed with lace. while a gown of pink, figured chiffon. and silk became Miss Burmister we'll
 This splendid affair was quite the largest and one of the, most successful society events that has been given this season, and among the invited guests were: Mir. and Mrs. F. P. Cruice. Mir. and Mrs NJ B. Hazeltine. Dr. and Mrs. c. E. Yount, MT. and Mrs. !. NJ. Ross, Mir. and Mrs. w. A. Drake. Mir and Mrs G. F.. Meany. Mir. and Mrs. J. c. HerndOn, Mr and Mrs. Fleming L'Engle, Mir. and Mrs F. NJ. Murphy. Mir. and Mrs. A. W. Edwards. MT. and Mrs. James Hope. Mir. and Mrs. !. M. Watts, Mir and Mrs. w. C. Bashford. Mir. and Mrs T. G. Norris. Mr and Mrs. J. J. Hawkins. NIT. and Mrs. F. l.. Wright, MT. and Mrs. O. A. Hesla, Mir. and Mrs. R. R. Coleman. Judge and Mrs. F.. w. Wells, Mir. and Mrs. Frank Wells, Mrs. F. A. Tritle. Mrs Harry Hoop. Mir. and Mrs. Draper. Mir. and Mrs Hockaday. Mir. and Mrs. c. W. Middleton, Mir. and Mrs. George Ruffner MT and Mrs Paul Burks. Mir and Mrs. T. C. Job, Mr. and Mrs. R. F.. Sloan, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Richards. Mir and Mrs S L. Pattee. Mir and Mrs. l.. B. Larimer. Mr. and Mrs. Geo West Mir. and Mrs F. Hastings, Mir and Mrs. Herbert McClung. Mir and Mrs F. S. Clark. Mr and Mrs Harry Tritle. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Greenwood, Mir. and Mrs. Leroy Anderson, Mr and Mrs T. w. Otis. Rev. and Mrs R. W. Rogers, MT. and Mrs. C.. A. Peter, Mr. and Mrs. II. K. Behn. Mir. and Mrs. T. l. Gardner. Mr. and Mrs E. F.. Eilin- wood. Mir. and Mrs. w. w. Ross. Mr. { and Mrs. ]. V. Shepard. Mir. and Mrs. C. H. B. Carter, Mir and Mrs. II. D. i Aitken. Mir. and Mrs. Harry Brislev. Mir. and Mrs. Ed. Lit, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Jones. Mr and Mrs. A. B. Ma 1 der, Mir. and Mrs. !. B. Hooker. Mir. and Mrs. A. A. Johns, Mir. and Mrs. [ R. w. Fredericks. Dr. and Mrs. H. T. l Southworth. Major and Mrs. C. C. [ Walcutt, Dr. and Mrs. Looney, Major l and Mrs. Foster, Major and Mrs. Hol- ( [ ..