Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-26
Mrs. Veeder Gives
Two Beautiful Parties

Mrs. Elmer K. Veeder entertained
twice this week at her home on the
Plaza. On Thursday afternoon she
gave Back to School Days" party,
and. as one Of the guests said at part
ing:
1T is better to have come and stayed
Than never to have come at all"
Chairs were set in the drawing
rooms two by two and each of the
little girl lady guests was given
slate and pencil and a basket of
lunch that contained all the choice
tidbits of a really and truly school
feast Mrs. Jefferson Reynolds was
school marm" and the questions she
asked and the examinations she con-
Quoted were source of endless mer-
riment TO the pupils. Some of the
worst of the girls drew pictures of
their beaux, too, and got scolding
for it.
Yesterday afternoon it was a but
terfly party The parlors We're beau.
tifully decorated, great streamers OF
ribbons bedecked with butterflies
sweeping from the chandeliers to the
tables on which the idea was also
carried out with bouquets of flowers
ard many-colored gossamer wings
There was a short musical program
, also governed by the party's motif
Mrs Frank Reiman sang from Mad
anne Butterfly" Mrs. Cecilio Rosen
wald read "To a Butterfly" and Miss
" Elizabeth Cooley played the Butter
. fly Waltz"
= terfly molds, and the salad and the
p" sandwiches were cut and patted ant
II spanked into the same form. FoI
y amusement the guests wrote recipes
' in which butter was used, and thel
. answered such questions as what il
best to do to exterminate the fly?
For first prize butterfly hair decor
t. alton was awarded, and for the con
ISOLATION prize a fly swatter. Mrs
d. Veeders guests were:
IS Thursday afternoon--Mrs. Chariot
+. ia Fugate Mrs. Jefferson Reynolds
d. Mrs. Frank Reiman, Mrs. H. P
lie Browne, Mrs. w. G. Hayden, Mrs
II J. w Harris, and Mrs. Harris mother
g and sister. Mrs. Oldham and Mrs
r Groves; Mrs. Hugh J. Ryan, Mrs.
d O. G.. Schaafer Miro. J g. Moore
Mrs. Charles A. Spiess, Mrs. Bear
niger, Mrs. R. K McClanahan. Mrs
w J. Mills, Mrs. w. P. Mills. Mrs
Byron 7. Mills, Mrs. Laura Witten.
Mrs D. T. Hoskins, Mrs. e. B. Shaw.
Mrs. D. Winternitz, and Mrs. Winter.
nitz's sister, Mrs. Loebenberg; Mrs.
q. V. Long, Mrs. Harriet Van Pet
Ten, Mrs. John Robbins, Mrs. F. L.
Myers, Mrs, J, H, Ward, Mrs. Stepb-
en- Powers, Mrs. E. L. Albeit, Mrs.
John Clark, Miss Daum, Mrs. DR.. AL.
ice Rice, Mrs. ]. NJ. Cunningham, Mrs
CHARLES Tamme, Mrs. Frank Fl IT.
Roberts, Mrs. ]. A. La Rue. Mrs r
Il. Larkin, Miss Johanna vollmer and
Mrs. Fl. w Kelly.
Friday afternoon-Mrs. w. J. Lu-
cas- Mrs R. ]. Taupert, Miss Marie
SENEGAL, Mrs. C. H. Schirmer. Mrs
Ike Davis, Mrs. Adolphine Kobn Mrs
Hallett Reynolds, Mrs. Columbus
NOISE Mrs. l. Appel, Mrs. S. Bacbar.
ach' Mrs. l. Bacharach. Mrs. IT q
Coors, Mrs. Joe Danziger. Mrs
Oharles Danziger, Mrs. Maurice Dan.
2iger' Mrs. G. A. Fleming Mrs. r
W. Hart Mrs. Herman Ilfeld. Mrs
H. f. Johnson, Mrs. E. N. Kearnev
MRS Roy Prentiss, Mrs. F. A Man.
zanares' Mrs. Cecilio Rosenwald
MIS-. Gilbert Rosenwald. Mrs. David
Fosenwald, Mrs. S. B. Rohrer Mrs
y u. Raynolds, Mrs. H. NJ. Smith
MRS. W. P. Southard, Mrs w p
stapp' Mrs. w. H. stapp, Mrs. J 7,
Iooker' Mrs. John York and Mrs. Fl
S. Van Petten.
On both occasions Mrs. veeder was
assisted by Miss Mann. Miss vollmer
MISS Livingston, Miss Davis Mrs
SPECS Mrs. Gortner and Mrs. Ben
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