El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-14
Dances


at Fort Bliss. The hall presented a
most attractive appearance. deliberately
{ decorated with large American flags,
and strung with festoOns Of red. white
and blue electric lights. Two large
, nagS almost covered the wall at one
/ END, with the troop pennants in the
/ cavalry colOrs in the corners. On the
] side walls, crossed sabres We're massed
IN IN groups, ana Two large red cross
] HagS OF the medical corps hung in the
] center Of the room. From a platform
/ draped with the national coIOrs col.
! SUeeVers war time band" played most
! dances and between these punch and
! fruit lemonade were served from a
/ booth formed by draperies Of flags.
! Inc nails were quite transformed
/ from their customary appearance with
/ Navajo rugs and coy corner decOra-
! tons. The dance had all the charming
/ informal spontaneity that is so charac-
/ IeF1Suc or army functions, and, with the
/ uniforms Of the officers the elaborate
] evening gowns Of the women and the
/ lights and flags, presented a brilliant
/ spectacle
Col. and Mrs. E. z. steever received
! the guests at the entrance to the ball
/ room with Maj. and Mrs. W. 7. David
son and Maj. and Mrs J. D. L Hartman
Mrs. Steever wore a becoming gown
/ OF white lace over lavender silk with
! trimmings Of lavender, and lavender
/ fleur de lis at her girdle
/ Mrs. Davidson wore an deliberately
/ gray crepe princess gown. en- train, and
] meteor.
After the eighth dance. the mess
! call" was sounded by the trumpeter
! and a delicious salad course was served
Among the guests were Mrs ". c.
| Garedenhtre, IN a white satin creation
/ Mrs. c. A DOUgherty wore white
/ chiffon over satin.
Mrs. c. c. Farmer wore a white en-
/ broidered chiffon gown
Al
/ ISL in a pink, with an Overdress Of
pink chiffon.
Mrs W. F, Clark was gowned in pink
with a white Overdress.
Mrs. Max CARRIER wore pale blue
Mrs Sam Van Leer wore lavender
/ silk
Mrs Thomas Livingston were gray
with bands Of gray. silk embroidery
Mrs H. H. Phillips wore a white
gown. deliberately embroidered
Mrs r. NJ Cheney wore white over
pink silk with trimmings Of pink rib
Miss Wanda Race wore a very stun
ming gown Of American beauty with a
| black net oyerdress and a long square
train.
Miss Ruth McCurdy was dressed in
pink silk with a spangled net over
dress She wore pink plume in her
hair.
gown with an embroidered net tunic,
trimmed with bodice ornaments Of
pearls and crystals. Her flowers were
white roses, and she wore an oriental
Mrs. Norman walker wore an Ameri-
can beauty colored gown with black
lace mantilla-
Miss Mavbelle Hood was gOWned IN
pale blue with white marquisette tunie,
the bodice crusted with pearl and
crystal ornaments she wore hair
bandeau OF Persian embroidery
Miss Virninia Bean wore old rose net
over old rose silk
Miss Lucy Gilbert wore white with
pale pink paniers. and ornaments and
a band OF briliants in her hair.
Mrs. G. c. Morse was attractively
goWned in a canary cOlOred satin with
ornamentadons OF black lace appliqued,
the short cut sleeves edged with black
Mrs. Lula Eassam 1Iontmorency
wore a stunning Great Of white sat
in and lace with an oriental mead.
dress Of white tulle with high aig-
Miss Eileen Wall wore a white en-
broidered dress. with touches Of Amer
lean beauty velvet as trimming and
large tuIle butterfly bow with tiny
touch of red in her hair.
Miss Carrie Race wore a white silk
with a tunic Of spangled Napoleon
green gauze-
Mrs Herman Andreas wore a black
silk gown with lace Overdress-
Mrs. B. /. Bean wore black net over
silk with jet bodice trimmings.
MISS " lEEuEE wore huALE Win a
close fitting tunic Of marcuisette with
border pattern OF enormous roses. She I
carried pink roses A tulle butterfly
bow and bandeau was her hair orna-
ment-
Miss Florence Tancey wore white
with touches Of black velvet
Mrs. c. n Barney wore black silk
and lace gown.
j.. Z. Steever, Col. D A FredericSs, OF
the 22d Infantry; Maj. G. D. Moore,
commanding the 18th infantry Me1-
J. D. J.. Hartman. Mai W. II. Davidson,
Capt II. A. Ripley, Capt. Sam Van Leer,
Capt c. @. Farmer, Capt. W. i. Clark,
Capt. T. Livingston, Capt. F. L. Case,
Lieuts. " c. Gardenhire, r. n Cheney,
r. G. +. GOetz, D. O. Byars, Ben Field,
R S. Donaldson, ". +. Robinson, c. A
Dougherty, Max CARRIER, S. l. Stribling,
DR.. Henry NJ Phillips, Col PuFOl,
Cuban military attache; consul Enrique
9. Llorente, Mai G. n Barney and
Messrs. BrfttOn Davis, Norman Walker,
George c. Morse, Herman Andreas,
Davis Mayheld, Tom Newman, j. B.
Sutton, W +. Downing, r. Hunter.
As the party did not break UP until
a late hour a special car was held to
bring the guests back to FL Paso. The
army wagonettes met the guests at the
car and carried them across the parade
ground to the post hall
Mrs. Rue Jackson. Of 1925 Arizona
street, gave dance Friday evening at
Ella Jackson. Bart Hilburn assisted
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. O'Shea. Mr.. and Mrs.
F, z. -WcCleary, Mrs. w. d. Upton and
Mrs w G. Schwartz acted as patrons
and patronesses. Punch was served
during the evening.
Following is a list Of the guests:
Misses Van Surdam, Ruth Atterbury,
Helen O'Shea, Mary Lewis, Grace and
Dema Flecl1. Maria Schwartz, Stella
Iattner, Irna Kuhn, Margaret Bryan,
Camille KILLER. Birdie Hawkins. sara
Bridgers. Mamie Clark, Beulah Brown.
Velma Chenoweth, Meta Ormsbee. Ma
thilda Baldwin, Ada Wickenhauser,
Amoret Cobb, Grace Wingo, Rosalie
Behr. Vivian Reed. Bess AIurtle
Blanche Garvin. Edith McCleary, Anita
Meatze. Minnie Lee Lassiter, Alleen
Moore, Elizabeth Marks. MarEaret Ben
nett. Alma Morrison, Clara. Fink, Marie
Jefferies, Beatrice Pateman and Mil
bred Hood; Messrs- Bart Hilburn, II. 3.
Van Surdam, Mortimer Johnson, Wayne
Chenoweth, Wendell Kuhn Albert Far
mer. Robert Hoover, Ernest Myles. Nell
son Rice, Baylor Foster, Charles Wolff,
James Ready Vernon Lyman. Leon
Roman, Everett Long. Walter Bateman
Fred Hoy, Frank Frickelton, Cliff Ell
lott Laurence Shea, Carl Upton. Scott
White, Monroe Proctor. Eugene Nc