El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-07
MRS. LAMAR DAVIS GIVES MUSICAL TO
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT OF MISS ADAMS

A SOCIETY event which proved de-
n lightful in all its appointments
4 = was the musical given on sat
urday afternoon by Mrs. Lamar Davis
at her home. on Olive street.
A surprise to many was given during
the afternoon, when the announcement
Of the engagement of Miss Kate L.
Adams and DR.. John ". Brown. of Bre-
mond, Tex, was made The guests were
received at the door by Mrs Davis, and
upstairs were greeted by the hOnOree,
Miss Adams. Mrs. Davis's home was
transformed into a Japanese garden
Peach blossoms decorated the chande-
liers and every nook and corner through
the lower floors
From the chandeliers were hung Jap
anese lanterns, which cast a rosy hue
over the rooms. japanese draperies
were hung over the darkened windows
and pink and white roses delightfully."-
supplemented the decorations. AS the
guests descended the stairs. after de
posting their wraps, they were each
presented with a Japanese napkin in
pink. done up in small packages. and
were told not to open them until they
were given permission.
The musical program was opened by
an instrumental solo, RhapsOdie Hon
grOise." by Liszt. which was wei
responded to an encore with Moment
Musical" by Schubert.
Mrs. L. A. Broaddus of Las Cruces
y. NJ, formerly of this city, then sang
zone Fine Day" from Madame Butter
fly. for her first number, and Spring
time" Mrs. Broaddus's friends were all
delighted to hear her again
Miss +. Decker played Evening Star"
from Tanhauser. by Wagner, on the
cello. and also The Rosary"
Mrs. VIII T. owen sang "AIl For
You" The numbers were all very much
enjoyed and each one was given a
hearty encore to which they gracious
" responded.
After Miss Decker's rendition of The
Rosary" Mrs. +. B. White took a seat
at the piano. The guests we're all told
that they might then open their tiny
japanese packages. and they were
found to contain rice and cards bearing
the names of the hOnOree and her fl
ance- Mrs. White played the wedding
march and Miss Adams, dressed dainti-
" IN pink, came running in from an
other room holding a tink Japanese
parasol TO her face, to avoid the rice
which was showered upon her. Miss
ADAMS then sang very cute song en-
titled, Poor John"
The accompanies for the afternoon
were Mrs. W r Brown, Mrs. Adine
owen and Mrs. r. B White.
All the performers were presented
with boquets Of pink carnations in
different shades.
After the program was completed. re-
treshments We're served in two courses
also carrying out the pink coloring.
Miss Adams and Dr. Brown will be
married in this city at the church OF
St Clement on Wednesday. June 4. They
VIII make their home in Bremond Tex.
where the groom-elect is a practiciug
physician
Those who enjoyed Mrs. Davis's hos
pitallty were Mesdames /. A Broad
aus, w r. Brown. W D. Howe. J. F.
Coles. James l. Mari, J. F. Williams
Waters Davis, J. A. Happier, NJ O.
Wright, Joe Wright, Robert F. Camp
bell. Parry Wright J Z. Bowen, c. w
Kellogg, ". W Turney, ". Kemp
Hugh White. r. c. Semple, 7. G. With
erspOon, Roy Davis. T. J. Stafford F.
n McCandlesS Kenneth MacCaUum C.
X Morehad, j. Z. Christie. J. ". Lo- {
TentZen, J. 2. Ponder. Davis MayfieId,
J. krakauer. Charles Pomeroy. ]
Stockwell, J. G. Barada. Otis c. Coles, J
W C. Davidson, A. r. Brown. j. J..
Dyer, Frank Lynch, Leila Moore @ L.
Kelly, F. 3. White, E Kayser J. Elliott
W Ware. Clarence Pickrell @ 7. Mapel. !
J. ). Raster. Adine owen. ". T. owen /
A h Goldstein ". D. Wise. +. G. Ad- .
ans. C. Chase, Henry ReynaUd. Charles I
DAVIS: Misses Myra Prater. Anna Shell |
ton, Ruth Critchett Mary Watkins
Nellie May Bowen. Z. EIkins. Loretta !
Brick Madge Brick, Lille Cole. Karma /
1leane, Elsie kOhlberg, Anne ThurmOnd.
Mamie Lakeland, Fannie Henning. Con-
stance Pateman. Clara Aileen and
Judyn Hague. Julia COldwell Ethel
Brown, Nora Bradley. Halle Irwin Ma
Glen Adams. Emma Lee Lott