El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-06
RECEPTION BY ARMY TO NEW COLONIES;
MISS WEBS K. r. TUlRBEVILLE

0OL- AND MRS WILLIAM H. Al,
IL LAIRE Of the 10th infantry ant
- Col. John H. Beacon or the SIKH
infantry. were the guests Of honor a
IA brilliant reception and ball. giver
by the officers Of the Sixth infantr,
and 18th infantry Wednesday night II
| the ball room of Hotel Paso del Norte
/ The ball room was deliberately dec
! GRATED with ropes Of asparagus ferns
( studded with pink carnations, and
ropes of pink tinted autumn leaves
draped and festOOned across the ceiling
/ between the inverted lights, alternat-
| ing with ropes Of asparagus ferns
/ studded with numerous red lights The
fern ropes were festoOned above the
! windows and down the spaces between
them
Behind the receiving line were the
regimental and national standards. and
I above this the wall space was orna-
mented with the outline of a large
shield. in asparagus fern, in which
were the figures 6-16 formed of ferns
studded with pink carnations. At the
two points of the shield on ton were
big steamers of pink tulIe and the
ferns continued down the wall in two
panel effects on either side Of the
shield The guests were presented to
the members OF the receiving line by
the members Of the committee in
charge. who were Mai Frank A. Will
cox. Capt Martin L CrimmiAs and
Lieut. W. F. L Simpson In the re-
ceiving line were Col John H Beacon,
Col. and Mrs. William II. Allaire. Mrs
George W. Wallace, Mrs. Ernest H.
Agnew, Mrs. Alfred A. Hickox and Mrs.
Carroll A. Bagby.
Mrs. Allaire wore a gown OF white
satin, over which was tunic Of green
chiffon embroidered in irridescent and
gold and trimmed with bands of fur
She wore many diamond ornaments
Mrs Wallace wore a gown OF pale
pink satin. yelled with pale green chif-
fon accordion pieated-
Mrs Agnew was dressed in a yellow
taffeta gown trimmed with small rose
buds.
Mrs. Hiekox was dressed in turuuois
blue taffeta, draped over a gown Of
white lace net and chiffon The drap-
cry OF the skirt was caught with a big
pink velvet flower and a pink flower
ornamented the shoulder.
Mrs. Bagby wore a gown of nile
green satin. with lace trimmings The
skirt was made in draped effect caught
with small pink rosebuds.
During the reception, which began
at o'clock. a concert was PLAYED by
the Sixth infantry orchestra The or
chestra alcove was screened with
palms and above il were draped and
festooned the fern ropes with pink
carnations caught among the ferns.
The orchestra played for the dancing,
which followed the reception. Between
the dances, punch was served in one
corner OF the ball room. which was
festooned with ropes of ferns and or
namented with tall vases filled with
pink carnations and roses.
4 four course supper was served later
in the evening in the main dining rocm
hnTal "a h.
Of honor was centered with a floral
plaque in star shape, made of ferns
and pink roses and carnations. The
Sixth infantry hand played during the
dinner. from the mezzani=-% balcony.
The decorating committee was com
posed of Lieut. James 3. Ord, Lieut..
Michael F. Davis and Lieut. Sydney
Graves
The affair was one Of the most bril-
liant functions given this season and
the hall room was a wonderful spec
tacle. with the elaborate decorations,
the many cOlOred handsome gowns of
the women and the full dress uniforms
of the officers.
Among the FL Paso people present
We're: Mr.. and Mrs V. 4 Bean, Mr..
and Mrs Herman Andreas. Mr. and
Mrs Frank S. Ainsa= Mr. and Mrs r.
o Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne
Adams. Mr.. and Mrs. c. y. Bassett,
MI and Mrs. c E Baton. Mr. and
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g. Bansemer, Mr.. and Mrs. A P. Coles.
A. and Mrs J. :. Getting, Mr.. and
Mrs. Zach Lamar Cobb, Mr.. and Mrs
Alves Dixon, Mr.. and Mrs. r. R Foster.
and Mrs. 5. G. Humphreys. Judge and
Mrs. Dan NJ Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
I. Slaughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Kerr.
Mr. and Mrs David Mcknight. Mr.. and
Julius Krakauer- Mr. and Mrs. Homan
= Miles, consul and Mrs Marion
Letcher, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H Nations.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Quigley. Mr.. and
Mrs. L. s. Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. a 3,
Rowlands. Mr.. and Mrs. ". r. Race,
Dr.. and Mrs. II. H Stark, Dir. and Mrs.
Frank H SeamOn, Mr.. and Mrs Ben |
Sherrod. Mr.. and Mrs. R c. Semple.
Mrs. E NJ Whitaker. Mr.. and Mrs T. /
u Wingo. Mr.. and Mrs. ". l. Gaines.
Mesdames J. c. Krause. T. H Black |
shear, William Hague CorcOran. Ger /
rude Iedbetter. Josephine Nations /
MoTfit- Margaret ROwley, E B Rod /
nan, :. Y. DeSmith, ". s Tilton, D. /
?. Gibson, Charles Carroll Stein OF /
Pueblo, Fred Williams, ". NJ. Laughlin. /
Marion Ainsa, Beulah Brown. Marjorie /
lowers. Lauramaude Fink. Clara /
1inck, Mary Hill. Clara Hague. Emily \
Kemp. Irene Laughlin. Marjorie Nc
Kay, Cora Mebane. Gladys McQuatters.
race Moore, GerOgina Martin, Alice i
dyles, Mabel OCOnnOr, Virginia Rod
nan, Fama Hickman, Anne Lee Rix. /
larry Lewis. Veva Driskell. Wanda
lace, Virginia Semple, Agnes Stewart.
ielen StrattOn. Alice Wulff. Marion
-Oung, Mary Kaye Alves, Martha Shell
on. Marguerite Getting.
Messrs. J. NJ Wyatt. Harvey Wilcox,
: c. Shoemaker, Carl A. Beers, Tally !
lrown, Charles Burrage. James Curtis. |
ed Davis. Britton Davis. ". Elliott,
r, II. B. Harding. ". H. F. Judd, How
I'd Merrill, Page Kemp, Garrett King |
ON Mayfield, Ernest Myles, John Por-
sr Pryor, jr., Charles A. Brandberg-
Among the army people present were
OIL and Mrs. William H Allaire, Col
nd Mrs Joseph Garrard. Lieut.. Col.
nd Mrs Lewis H. Koehler, Mai. and
Irs. John L. Hines, Mai and Mrs VIII
am Elliott. Maj. and Mrs. William R
ample, Mai. and Mrs Thomas F. Z
chley. Mai. and Mrs. F. c. Baker, Maj.
nd Mrs George D. Moore, Mai and
Lrs. Richard H. McMaster, Capt and
rs George c. Barnhardt. Capt and
rs. Robert J. Reauey, Capt. and Mrs.
en- Lear, Capt and Mrs. Alburt L.
aulkner, Capt. and Mrs Henry c
onnycastle. Capt. and Mrs. Frederick
. DeFuniak. jr., Capt and Mrs. Ernest
g. Agnew, Capt. and Mrs Charles r
z. Morrison. Can't. and Mrs James 3.