El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
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Review No. AZ Of the Women's Bene-
fit Association Of the Maccabees gave
a card party Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. J. n. Mayfield, on North
Kansas street The rooms were decor
ated with motifs suggestive Of st.
Patrick's day. Mrs. G. H Bussing won
the high score prize hand embroid-
cred guest towel, in playing 500 Mrs.
NJ A. Warner won the second prize,
lingerie set In the bunco games, Mrs.
NJ Skeen won the first prize and Mrs.
Dean Clark won the second prize. Both
prizes were hand embroidered doilies-
About 60 people attended the party IN
ice course was served following the
games Mrs J. n. Mayfield was the
chairman Of the hostess committee
which was composed OF Mrs A a.
lowell Mrs. George w O'Rear Mrs. j.
II. Heitgen and Mrs. Roy Culver
Mr. and Mrs II. \. Miller entertained
the Epworth League Of the Alta VISTA
Methodist church Friday evening az
their home on Westminster street y
BRIEF business meeting occupied the
earlier part of the evening and theh
a social time followed. Games appro-
pirate for st. Patrick's day were played.
One amusing game was an auction sdle'
Each guest was presented win sQuaI
bits Of paper figured IN value 10 inc
sum Of $40 and furniture was purchased
with these. Those winning prizes III
the games were William gardner
Misses Eula Harper. Mollie Lawler, Lo'
rettA Coleman and Ruth broWh- Ahe
decorations OF the house were sus6es
tive Of ireland and st. Patrick. The
refreshments OF ices. blarney stones
and shamrock minis carried out the
irish color. Those present at the party
were NJ and Mrs. A ~ LAWYER, MI
and Mrs. W. A. Kessler, Misses huth
Brown, Wilma Lawler, Mollie LaWIeI'
Tula Harper. Fay VIM, Alma Gardner
D1nnPh lr1TdlneIs
Messrs L Nelson. /. Gardner w
Gardner, Steve Huddleston and I. Gun
ming.
st Patrick's day was celebrated ed
Friday night with a most successIul
entertainment given in the Texas
Grand theater, under the auspices OF
the Daughters Of Erin The thealer
was filled with a most enthusiastic
audience and all Of the selections We're
heartily and repeatedly encoreu; LII ~
handsomely embroidered Irlsh anu
American flags decorated the stage
and quantities of palms were arranged
effectively about il. The Fourth FleiG
artillery band members were seated
upon the stage and played the open-
ing selection, a group OF irish airs that
aroused much enthusiasm from the
audience The selections played were
The Minstrel Boy The Wearing or
the Green" and The Shan Van Nocht'
Chief trumpeter Miller Of the band,
played two cOrnet solos The first
was THE Harp That Once Trough
Tara's Halls" The second was the ma
tionaI anthem. THE Star Spangled
Banner" which was played with the
audience standing. The Elks' quartet,
composed Of J. r. Phillips. T. w.
Crutcher. Charles II. Armstrong and
r J. Carson, sang When I Dream OF
Old Erin" and Killarney and You"
For encOres they sang "As Long as the
Shamrock Grows Green Mrs. J. II.
Phillips played their piano accom-
paniment. Miss Marguerite Buckler
made a tremendous hit with her rem
dition of where the River Shannon
Flows" and Mother Machree," being
encored and encored after each song
She was presented with large bouquet
of American Beauty roses. Mrs. James
Graham McNary played her piano ac-
compartment. For the second part OF
the program Rev Edward Barry, CHAP
lain of the Daughters of Erin, gave an
instructive and entertaining address
on ireland as the Land of Song" Fol-
lowing him the Fourth artillery band
PLAYED a medley Of old familiar Irish
melodies. Chaplain Francis P. Joyce,
of the Fourth Field artillery, was 20
have been a speaker on the program,
but as he was ordered with his reCi-
ment to pursue Villa, he was unable
to be present Jim Gagen, an Irish
kept the audience in great
with his amusing Irish I'm
and anecdotes. The band
played the final numbers on the pro-
gram, God Save ireland" and Amer.
lea" The entertainment was managed
by a committee composed Of -drs. J. c.
Roman, chairman: Mrs Gus Momsen
and Mrs. ]. E. Morgan. The members
Of the St. Patricks altar guild at
tended the entertainment in body.
seats in the center OF tho
house. The Knights OF Columbus oc-
cupied lower boxes on one side OF the
house. In the other lower boxes were
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Clifford and
family and Mr.. and Mrs Vincent An
dreas, Mr.. and Mrs Herman Andreas
and Mrs. August Andreas.