El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-24
ANNUAL CHARITY BALL SURPRISES
ALL PREVIOUS SIMILAR EVENTS


the annual charity ball was given at
the Toltec club Wednesday evening by
.he Woman's Charity association
The entire ballroom floor OF the
beautiful new club building had been
p given over for the annual ball for
charity and the success Of the affair
was heightened by the beautiful APP
pointments of the colonial ball rooms
and the club parlors. American beau
ty roses, a shade higher in color than
the decoration Of the ball room. were
distributed in the different parlors. the
ballroom and in the dining room, where
the buffet lunch was served.
While not as well attended as for
mer balls, the proceeds from the sale
OF tickets TO the annual charity affair
surpassed any previous effort and the
charity fund of the association Is in
creased by more than $1,000 because
of the untiring efforts Of the officers
and committees Of the association
Carrying out the spirit of the ball
everything was donated 5y friends OF
the association. The music, a mill
tary orchestra from the 23rd regiment
band, was rendered for the ball by
Col A c. Sharpe, commanding officer
at Fort Bliss; the privilege of using
the ball room and parlors Of the Toll
tee. which fact aided in making the
1910 ball the greatest success in tho
history of the Charity association, was
made possible through the kindness oT
H s. Beach, president of the club, and
the club members, who volunteered the
use Of the big building.
The only expense was the hire Of
the servants. the remainder Of the
receipts going into the charity fund
for alleviating the suffering of the
needy during the year.
The Receiving Line.
The receiving line was compostd OF
the officers of the Charity association.
Those in the line were: Mesdames Van
c Wilson, president; w. r. Brown,
vice president; J. c. Lakeland, second
vice president: Thos. Nealon, treasurer;
r c. Candy, secretary; H. w. Broad
dus. w H Burgess, W. Cooley, w. c.
Davis, c. d Franklin, S. Prudential.
VIM Glasgow, G. R-/LeBaron. J. G.
McNary, J. H. Nations. J. A Rawlings.
H B. Stevens. Mrs. z. I. White, a
member of the board, is out of the
city
The Grand March.
The grand march started to the
strains of stirring military music al
$3.50 and was Jed by Ms. Van c. VIII
son, president of the association, and
mayor c. T. Kelly. it being the annual
custom TO have the president and may
or formally open the ball. 81
Mrs. Kelly and Mr.. Wilson followed
the leaders of the march. Col. and
Mrs A c. Sharpe were to have been
third in the line of march, but owing
TO the illness of Mrs. Sharpe's mother.
they were unable 10 attend. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. S. Beach, who were to have
followed Col and Mrs. Sharpe, were
also unable to be present Mrs W.
r Brown and Robert Krakauer were !
next in line Mrs. J. c. Lakeland and /
Judge a. :. J. Eylar. Mr. and Mrs. Thos /
Nealon, Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Candy and /
the directors Of the association with /
their husbands followed in order. 1
The dance card contained u numbers (
and was completed shortly after mid I
night During the evening a luncheon (
was served in the grill room Of the
club. The large center table was deco I
rated with autumn fruits, nuts and \
candies, giving a Thanks giving touch /
TO the scene.
Many Beautiful Gowns.
Many beautiful gowns were shown.
following being among the most con-
spicuous:
Mrs Herman Andreas-Yellow satin,
yelled with chiffon, trimmings of gold
lace, decolette- !
Mrs w H Austin-Black lace over
white tsatin-diamonds.
Miss Maud Austin-Wisteria chiffon 1
over light blue satin, bodice beaded,
empire style, en- train
Mrs. b. B. Bailey-Gray satin, over
dress of blue chiffon, Persian band
Mrs. W. r. Brown, Pink satin. white
lace over dress trimmed with pink
chiffon rosettes, princess style, deco
ette
Mrs. /. J. Bush-Pink satin with
pink over drape of chiffon, trimmed
with pearl passementrie. en- train.
Miss Evaline BeIk-Pink crepe de
.hine over pink satin; pearl trim
mings
Mrs W. H. Burges-Pink chiffon
over Persian silk. en- train, and hand
trimmed with irridescent pas
sementrie and brown maribou; pearl
necklace
Mrs c. y. RGckler-Black satin,
Ougle trimmings, en- train
Mrs. II. s Beach-Canary colored |
ace satin, over dress of lace in tunic
effect pearl necklace.
Mrs Herbert Boas-White satin,
over drape of chiffon bordered with
land painted flowers, real lace trim
Mrs H W Broaddus-Lavender