El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-18
Receptions.

Miss Mary Turney Nations made her
formal social debut Thursday afternoon
at a brilliant reception given by her
mother. Mrs. Joseph H. Nations, at
their home on MagOffin avenue. The
rooms were fragrant with numberlesS
roses. the drawing room where the re-
ceivine line stood being massed with
gorgeous bOquets, gifts to the debu-
tante. AS the guests entered they were
met by Mrs. W. r. Brown and Mrs.
kenneth D. oliver and presented to the
receiving line, which was composed OF
Mrs J. H. Nations, Mrs. Josephine Ma
lions Morfit Miss Mary Turney Ma
tions Mrs W. W. Turney, Mrs. S. T.
Turner, Miss Clara Kellogg Mrs II d., u:
Slater and Mrs. W. L. Tooley. Ihey
stood in front of the bay window,
which was banked with roses.
Miss Nations wore the costume in
which she was presented at the court
of st. James last spring, white satin en-
train. with the bodice and skirt drapery
formed of silver metallic lace under
silk net The long court train which
was attached to her shoulders by dla-
mond balls. is embroidered in silver
chrysanthemums. With the costume
she wore a wide girdle of cloth of sill
yer, and white plumes in her hair. Her
large corsage boquet was Of lavender
orchids with lilies of the valley.
Mrs J. II. Nations wore a gown OF
black silk crepe with chiffon net over
drapery and trimmings OF Dlack DeauS'
Mrs Morfit was gOwned in black
lace. the skirt made in a tier of small
ruffles heavily erusted with black jet.
She wore a pearl necklace
Mrs Turney' was dressed in white
satin with bands of fish scale irrides-
cent bead ornamentation and over
draperv of lace and chiffon. She wore
diamond ornaments.
Mrs. Turner wore a gown of Orien-
tai lace over white silk, with pearl and
diamond ornaments.
Miss Kellogg was gOwned in gray
silk.
Mrs. Slater wore a costume of white
lace over silk.
Mrs Tooley wore a gown of char
treuse yelled with net and ornamented
with bands of silver embroidery. The
net was arranged over the skirt in tiers
edged with narrow bands of the silk.
Quantities of burning candles in sill
yer, brass and crystal candelabras were
among the palms in the rooms. The
music room was decorated with pink
and white snap dragons, quantities of
Killarney hoses, La France roses and
American Beauties. Here during the
afternoon three piece orchestra
played. The library was decorated
with pink Killarney roses and candles.
Punch was served from a prettily
decorated table in the breakfast room,
which was transformed into wood
Miss Emily Kemp, Miss Eleanor ma
thias and little Miss Josephine Morfit
served the punch.
In the dining room candles in bronze,
brass. silver and crystal sticks Orna-
mented the buffets. The table was
with a group of crystal bas-
kets, the central one containing long
Killarney roses and narcissus. !
The surrounding baskets were filled !
with Cecil Drummer roses and narcissus. |
Cut glass vases filled with full blown |
roses and narcissus blossome l
were about the table and the same |
flowers were scattered over the en- I,
brOidered tablecloth The candles on /
the table in crystal sticks were covered !
with pink rose shades.
Assisting in serving in the dining
room were Misses Virginia Stewart, |
HiIda Sauer, Estene Berrien, Edna Ma (
-hias, Hedwig Matthias, Katherine I
Pfaff, Katherine Edgar, Alice Myies, /
Eleanor Eubank. Geraldine Merchant, |
Augusta Anne Reese and Mrs. Harry /
Sims.
Those assisting in entertaining the /
guests were Mesdames U. S. Stewart, A. |
?. Coles Frank Coles, Otis Coles, H. c. |
Myles, 7. W. Lanier, W. H. Burgess, ].
}. Crockett, o. II. Baum, Henry Pfaff, /
B. L Farrar, B. NJ Worsham, Frank |
Ainsa, z. N. Bell Benjamin Sherrod,
,. Mcdaniel, James A. Dick, Wyndham |
Kemp W. II. Austin, W. L. Gaines, J. /
= Krause, c. Z. Kelly, Zach T. White,
Walter D. Howe, r. L. Ramey, H. S.
Potter, Lillian Corcoran, John L. Dyer,
". z. Race, c. J. Mapel, c. NJ. Newman,
J. a. Shelton, W. S. Tilton, S J. Glu-
naz. H. ". BrOaddus, r. F. Campbell, /
ulia Wilcox, J. H. Russell, Charles |
4OOmis, Vance Stewart, J. T. Williams, !
:. H. Finley, H. c. Myles, Misses Ora
v. L Slater, Ethel Brown, Clara
Iague, Ruth NJ Augur, Beulah Brown,
Anne Lee Gaines, Irene Laughlin. Vir-
,inia Semple, Marion Young and Nell
pollard.
At the close of the afternoon a num-
er Of the young men called and infOr-
nal dancing was enjoyed.
cards.