Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-02-08
A PROPULSION OF BANNERS
OLD GLORY WILL FURNISH THE
BACKGROUND FOR ENTIRE
DECORATIVE SCHEME.
FLOWERS WITHOUT NUMBER
sMlLAx AND CARNATIONS WILL
LEND THEIR BEAUTY TO THE
ENTRANcINe SCENE.

Nimble fingers of Las Vegas women
were busily employed today in con-
verting the Commercial club rooms
and the Duncan opera house into a
fairyland of color. Their artistic
touch has wrought wondrous trans
formation. The women will be busy
for several hours tomorrow and when
they have completed the task assigned
to them they will nave prepared as
beautiful place as Governor William
G. Mcdonald ever looked upon. AS
he stands in the receiving line at the
reception to be given in his honor To-
morrow night the governor will know,
by the evidences of beauty on every
hand, that his welcome is hearty
one and that the people Of Las Vegas
have endeavored to impress upon
him their Joy at being able to enter
tain the first governor or the new
state of New Mexico.
In the opera house and club rooms
the decorations are patriotic. Hun
dreds of big flags and shields and
thousands of small flags have been
arranged in artistic prorusfon Plans
for the decorations were drawn by
the Burch company of Pueblo, which
furnished the flags. The various ar
ticles have fitted INTO their places
lust as the designers intended. The
result is beauty beyond description.
The Duncan opera house looked beau
tiful during the republican state Con-
vention-it will look even more Deau-
tiful tomorrow night.
A wilderness of flowers will be used
in the Identifying of the rooms Smi-
lax imported from Alabama IN p.o-
fusion will form background while
pink carnations with oe used in plen-
teous quantities.
The committee has announced that
the receiving line VIII be made up
: entirely of officials and their wives.
: Those who will greet the guests are
Governor and Mrs. william G. McDon-
' aid. former Governor and Mrs Will
t lam J. Mills, Miss Frances Mcdonald
Q Mayor Karl D. Goodall, Lieutenant
4 Governor and Mrs. E. c. oe Baca. Sec
retary of State and Mrs. Antonio Lu
r cero, Judge and Mrs. David j. Leahy
: The reception will begin at S;4s
l. O'Clock and will continue until II
e O'Clock at which time dancing VIII pt
n begun in the Duncan opera house
h Following the grand march the dane
e ers will participate m two numbers
l. upon the program atcer which refresh
D. ments will be served in the operi
" house. The committee in charge ba
IS arranged for an appetizing repast
Beautiful souvenir programs will b
y given to the dancers.
,e Governor and Mrs. Mcdonald an
a Miss Frances will arrive tomorrow
lel afternoon from Santa Fe on trail
n No. 10. There will be no demonstrs
r. tion and no band ~ committee wi
,e greet them. Governor and Mrs. MI
s. Donald will be given sufficiently co
OF dial greeting at night at the recel
to tion. Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Jones wi
k entertain the McDonalds at the
ne home on Fifth stress and will met
re them at the train with their car.
IN The public is cordially invited
attend the reception. The receivir
line will be formed in the Commerci
club rooms and the guests, after sha
ing hands with the governor and ;
he party, will be escorted to the ope
ms, house. Those who wish to dance W
to. remain for the grand march. The
TIL will be plenty of seats for spectaicl
red "
,oh rAprHNlIAKE IN MARTINIOU