El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14
Showers


Mrs c. Z. Sawyer was hostess Thurs
day Of an attractive shower in honog Of
Miss Adelina ClaWsOn. who viii become
the bride of Horace McRee on Sunday,
in San Antonio, Tex. The bride-elect
viii be accompanied by her sister and
brotherinlaw, Mr.. and Mrs. D. r
Wildes- The hoNse was decorated
throughout in hearts in red and white.
The dining table was covered with a
Hungarian Battenberg piece and in the
center was a large bOquet of red car
nations, making a very pretty sight.
Games were played, the first being a
card game spelling the names of the
bride and groomtObe. Miss Adelina
CIawson won the prize. a cut glass mus
tard Jar, after cutting for it with Miss
Lila Thomas.
The second game played was with
cards, each one bearing a detail Of the
wedding, the prize card being the
one with the date Of the we'd
this prize. A tempting salad course was
served. Crackers were cut in heart
shapes and tied with red ribbons, and
the salad was served inside of this.
The hostess was assisted by Mrs.
Harry Platt, Misses Emma Hoffman,
Stella Lattner and Lila Thomas. The
hose received by the guest of honor
were carried in by little year old
Elizabeth Sawyer all of them being
placed in q large red, white and blue
requested tc carry them home.
The guests were: Mesdames D. r.
Wilkes. Harry Platt, - H. A. Eye, H.
Quigley, c. c. COvingtOn, Dora Peacock,
H W. Rogers, H Phillips. Fred Wright,
Hugh Henry. W. c. Webdel. L J. Ayers,
Q 3. Patterson, R. B. Bryan; Misses
Adelina ClaWson, Emma Hoffman, Lila
Thomas, Bessie Webster, Dora Lee
Peacock. Sue Lattner, Stella Lattner
In honor of Miss Helen Newell, Mrs.
J. E. Bowen delightfully."- entertained on
Wednesday afternoon with "A kitchen
shower The house was decorated in
yellow, white and green On the din
ing table was artistically and prettily
arranged a reflector. on which stood
cut glass vase holding white chrysan-
themums, with Boston ivy draped
around it a large silver bowl
held white chrysanthemums, floating
in water. looking like water lilies
Green tulle was drawn from the chan
deliers to the four corners Of the table.
The birde-elect was seated at one end
of the table and the groom elect at the
other. The chair in which the former
was seated was a beautiful gold one,
decorated in green. The table was COW
cred with a handsome Battenburg
cloth, and cut glass was used IN serv-
ing the delicious tWo-cOurse menu.
Tiny wishbOnes in yellow, tied with
white ribbons, were given as souvenirs.
The tally cards were most unique. rep
resenting a maiden at table rolling
dough; in the dough was love repre-
senting the ruling passion.
Punch was served during the after
noon. Bridge was the game played,
and Mrs. H. X. Dubois won the first
prize. soup kettle; Mrs. Leon Miller
received the consolation, q string Of
eggbeaters, with card bearing the in
scription, If you can't beat at bridge,
maybe you can beat these"
After the refreshments were served,
two lite piCaninnies came in dancing
a cakew9lk TO music on the piano by
Miss Nellie Mae Bowen. They carried
a large tub filled with kitchen utensils
and seated themselves in front of the
guest Of honor and, unwrapping each
gift, presented 1t to her. Mrs VIII IT.
Owen sang 'Mob-cap Marjory' while
this was being done and was accom-
panied by her mother, Mrs Adine Owen
Roy n. Davis, the green elect, sang
Pots and Pans" from Madame Sherry.
The hostess gift to the guest Of honor
was a sterling silver tea bell with the
names. Helen and Roy engraved
thereon.
The guests present were: Misses
Helen Newell. Flora Campbell Leona
Black, Myra Prater, Florence Comfort,
Lauramaud Fink, L. Morgan, Kate
Adams. Glen Adams, Elizabeth Hall
Anna Sorenson, Nora Bradley. Frances
Mayfield, Lillian Cole, Iduma Hughes,
COroH Hooper, Constance Pateman,
May. Ruby Stone, Tafel, Grace Vir-
ginia Logan; Mesdames r W. NcCaud-
less, c. A. Reinemund, Kenneth Mccall
lum, Geo. Franklin, J. F. Eyster, R. J.
Dorbandt, VIII T. owen, Adine Owen.
Arthur Harris Coley. H. D. McGregor,
II. X. Dubois, Leon Miller. J. G. Barada,
r. Russell, George Newell. Mrs. Bowen
was assisted by Mrs. Du Bots and Mrs.
George Newell Miss Nellie Bowen. Miss
Beatrice Stiles, Miss Edith Robinson
and Master Jimmie Brown also assisted
during the afternoon.