El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-04
BALL IN HONOR OF CATTLElEN AND
WIVES; RECEPTION TO THE WIVES

YER 1850 people gathered in the
Mills street auditorium Wednes-
- day night to attend the ball in
honor Of the cattlemen. The hall was
gayIy decorated with quantities of
American flags draped about the walls,
red. white and blue streamers twined
about the columns and banners and
flags strung from the ceiling. The
guests We're received by the prominent
officials Of the city and county. the
heads OF the various regiments of the
army stationed in FL Paso and Fort
Bliss and the representative people Of
the city and the officers Of the cattle
mems association, with their wives.
Mayor and Mrs Kelly opened the dance
with the grand march. During the
evening, exhibition dances were given
by a number Of the younger set Of FL
Paso.
Miss Ruby Stone danced an inter-
pretative solo dance. She wore a gown
Of pink accordion pleated silk with a
corsage boquet Of pink roses.
Miss Grace Wingo and Lewis Crooker
danced Onestep. Miss WingO wore a
costume Of white brocaded chiffon
Miss Beulah Brown and Roger Brown
danced the tango Miss Brown was
dressed in a gown Of white satin, with
touches Of black velvet and tiny rose
buds.
Miss Margaret Davis and Lieut.. Dem
mis- J.. McCunniff danced the "hesita-
ton" Miss Davis wore a gown Of ac-
Gordon pleated white silk with tango
cap Of gold and silver lace.
The hall was crowded to its capacity
and during the dance there was a large
crowd at the doors struggling to get
inside.
Carl A. Beers was chairman Of the
floor committee and his assistants were
Garrett King, Alves Dixon, c. NJ. New
man. II. A. Owsley, A. L. mcknight, J.
j. Primm, Ballard Coldwell, Burt Orn-
dorff ID. n Harrel J. Z. Mckenzie,
Tom Newman, +. IL Beall W. F. Payne,
Rutherford Miligan and p. r. Price.
Are rendered Elaborate Reception.
An elaborate reception was rendered
the visiting women of the Cattlemen's
convention Wednesday afternoon on
the mezzanine floor Of Hotel Paso del
Norte.
The guests were met at the elevator
BY Miss TheO Patterson, Miss Floy
Pence and Miss Lydia Pence. Miss
PATTERSON was EoWned IN sand col
ored silk suit, with hat to match. Miss
FlOy Pence wore a costume Of salmon
colored silk under lace. Miss Lydia
Pence was dressed in pink silk, trimmed
with lace
In the receiving line were Mrs. c. z.
Kelly, who wore a costume of black
satin with jet trimmings; Mrs. J. II.
Nations, who was dressed in black
satin. with a black hat and furs and
wore corsage boquet of hyacinths and
narcissus blossoms; Mrs. Josephine Ma
lions Morfit, who wore a brown and
purple changeable silk costume with
hat Of the same shade; Mrs. Burt Orn-
dOrff, who wore a white lace costume
over white silk; Mrs. A W. Foster. who
wore a gown Of black lace. with
Jacket effect Of black jet; Mrs. W. n
Pence. who was dressed in white lace,
With pink hat; Mrs. Claude B. Huds-
peth. who was dressed in a Lucille
gown of white silk and lace, with
tunic drapery Of fishscale iridescent
beads; Mrs. Zach Lamar Cobb, who
wore a gown of pink satin under black
net; Mrs. Z. NJ Whitaker. whose
costume was Of blue silk and lace;
Mrs r. Y Lanier, who was dressed in
a blue and black costume, Mrs. W. L.
Amonett, who was gowned in black
velvet, with a large picture hat and
wore American Beauty roses; Mrs. E.
A. Shelton, who wore a gown of black
taffeta with lace trimmings; Mrs. J.