Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-29
Dinner Dance.

The crest of a flood tide week in so
ciety was reached with the dinner dance
given by Mr.. III &. Harrison aud her
daughter. Miss Virginia Harrison. at the
Brownsville Country club on Friday night.
Invitations were sent to six score persons.
and not soon will the hive score and more
who attended forget the evening. The at
fair wa, tlawles>.
Decorations. especially. were "A relief for
the faded. Yellow and green. the color
motif, first greeted the eve a. one, motor
swung into sight of the verandas of the
club house. Lights masked in yellow and
green tissues outlined the porche> and led
down to the e~planade. In the distance
the club building seemed a monster battle
ship, light deckcd for a te~tal night. lying
sprawled on the face of the darkness.
Entering the main ball room brought "A
gasp. first Of amazemcnt, then of apprecia-
tion from almost every newcomer. "Sun-
flowers, of all things, Who would have
thought there was beauty in suhflowers p"
But there they were. banked whelmingly
on the broad mantlepiece. carrying the bur
den Of the rooms appearance flauntinglv,
and tnumphantIy. Nieing with the riot Of
yellow a "A lure for the eve tlared a ring
Of Japanese lanterns. suspended one from
each spoke of a gaudv Japanese umbrella
pendant from the center of the ceiling. and
halt hidden IN the soft greens Of Spanish
moss. Strcamer> Of the same clinging
moss from the corners of the room led
the eye To the centerpiece. Retama blooms
and na~turtium- helped swell the yellow
note.
Guests began "a arrive ut : o'clock. AT
: 40 the first course of the dinner was
served. AT tete-a-tcte tables on the We
randa>. The first course immediately
followed the grand march. Thereafter
dances altcrnated with the courses If the
dinner until al II 80 the sixth aud final
course wa~ finished. Dancing unalloyed
succeeded. until after twelve dances and
two extras. at 3 o'clock. the first motors
rolled away.
A >hinto ~pergola. draped in Nipponc~e
~tencilcd cloth. Of the prevailing yellow.
held the punch howl. Programs were white
covered. with AN I'll" in gold ON the outer
leaf.
The honor guests we're: Misses Janet
Hart ~ pumpvillr. Muricl Grogan ~ San
Antoine. Louise Barclay. Josephine Wood
hull. MarN Jane Thompson. Mary Pauline
F%ortran. Eleanor llerfi. and Mr.. y. :.
Harrison. al 81 San Antonio.
Among those invited were Mi~~c- Mamie
and Irene Browne. Ruth Craig. Maria,
Magdalcna aud Francisco Fernandez. Ill
liam lIick~. Maria Saman". Sarah >tarck.
Virginia Glass. Nell Lockcti. lI"rtcn~c
Nixon. Isabel Pierce, Adelaide and Louis,
Putcrnar. Petra and Lucille Champion.
Anne Putcgnat. Ray and Rose Stowe. Nell
Carter Wise. Sara and Ina Young.
Messers. Augustin Cclaya Jr.. Henry &C.
lava. Harold Cowen. W. &. Craig .Jr.. Jesse
bennett. :. J.. Dworman. Walter Shaw.
Joseph Canterbury, Carl MORGAN. Theodore
kirkham. Bariau. D"dd. John Young.
Harry Iocw. Cooke. Crittenberger. Miller.
Gla>>. ". Johnson. o.. h. Mason. Gresham.
Richard Morris. w. II. Putegnat. J. y.
Putrgnat. Murphy. Albert Fernandez,
David and Ernest Fernandez. Coy. Captain
Chambers. Frank Gallagher Leon Good
man, Fidele and Edwin Chamberlain. Ru-
dolph Gross. Julius Holz. the latter six of
San Antonio.
MeS~r~. and Mc~dame~ Ausu~tin Celaya.
Jose Celaya, Clint. Fox. George. Order.
T.. l.. Hicks. james A. Browne. J. Gregg.
Harden. Saunders Gregg. Nixon. : G..
Tucker. II. King. Moler. More, Spero. West.
Grover Wagner. l.aac,. Wood. Keith VII
Hams. DIR. and Mrs. Frederick Connie. DIR.
and Mr.. Rentfro. DIR. aud Mrs. MIlten-
berger. Lieutenant and Mr.. II. h John
son: Mesdames John Rathbone and Blanche
I.oew.