Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-05

ronscientiously in the background, eS-
copt as hosts
The major portion Of the prosrWu
Viii consist of square dances. quad
rifles ana reels Tass 49, IN the belief
that the major portion of the guests
win like that sort of dance best But
there Will hc several Of the newer
numbers ON the program also. far
those who approve them, and if there
are amy who do not care for the new
twists and sQuirms theN are re-
minded that the El>s club is just
around the corner.
Plenty of Music.
Al This ball rs elsewhere about the
convention There will be plenty of
music \ squad of old-iime fiddlcrs,
concertina PLAYERS and other appro-
prlate musicians viii rcuder the nu-
Sic for The sQuarc dances. while Hn
orchestra picked from the Cowboy
band viii furnish the harmony for the
new dances
There Will be- something happening
every minute of the time at this dance
ana If anyone fails to attend it or
fails to hatc a good time after attend
ing it. The local committee viii ho
sorcly disappointed
The entertainment committee Which
has charge of all these events is Made
up of the following
col. u. Is. - Sellers Thomas Ross.
Joseph Barnett. George Valiant Ed
ward Farr George l<ilc aud senator
Isaac Balth.
Mention Of the cowboy band serves
"a remind that This organization is
worthy of special attention Most
cowboy bands are made up of mdif-
fcrent musicians and excellent cow
boys This one is the other way
round Probably neither the from
hone player nor the first cornot could
ride a bad horse if his life depended
on it, but as musicians, there is no
man in the lot that is not cracka-
jack
There will be two other bands in
the field during the convention. the
University band and the Albuquerque
Indian school band. both OF which
helped make the state fair last fan
success
Reside the bands. there have been
organized several parties Of singers,
who viii render cowboy melodies, a
song or two written especially for the
convention hv Il. w Wiley and Prof
f. Stanley Seder, Of the university,
ana some snappy new syncopated
songs.
Entertaining tile Ladies.
Realizing early in their prepare
tons that many Of the stockmen and
others attending the convention would
bring their wives and daughters Win
them to the meeting. the executive !
committee. composed Of A. b. Nc
Minen. r. Il. Pollock, Frank A. Hub
bell. w. S. Hopewell and Clark NJ
Carr. president Of the Chamber Of
Commerce. decided that there must
be plenty of entertainment for the
ladies.
Accordingly, there was arranged ut
e reception at the woman 5 club, II
the corner Of Gold avenue and Sixth |
street, reception for the afternoon
of the first day This will he very
brilliant event socially and viii serve (
TO introduce the visiting ladies to
number Of their hostesscs for the 9TH
er days of the week
That evening the ladies will be en-
tertaned at one Of the local theaters
which one has not yet been selected /
Wednesday afternoon Mrs. \. T.
McMillen. assisted by the members OF
the ladies' entertainment committee, .
bold reception at her home ana /
"Wednesday evening there viii be /.
musicale at the beautiful new home !
of Mrs. Max Nordhaus.
Thursday afternoon the ladies Will |
be entertained at a reception at the |
Country club at tea. Earlier in the I
afternoon the ladies will he guests for
an automobile drive about the country
surrounding Albuquerque
The ladies entertainment committee
will have charge of the different
events. 1t is composed Of the fol
lowing
Mrs. L. Pollock, Mrs. A. b. Nc
Millen. Mrs. Max Nordhaus, Mrs. W.
S Hopewell, Mrs. Thomas Ross, Mrs.
Edward Farr, Mrs. Frank Hubhell
Mrs. Sol Weller, Mrs Felix Lester
Mrs. Eduardo Otero. Mrs. Clark NJ
Carr and Mrs. Marearet Medler
The Badges Are Beauties.
No convention would be complete
without badges. Those for the meet
ing this week are on the ground and
are about as pretty as anything in
the badge line ever seen here. They
are in gold dip. with genuine French
enamel in red The design is a pan.
trimmed in rcd, with a ranch scene In
relief in the center The pan IS sus-
pended from cross-bar with the
word member" and the whole is
hung from holder to carry the card
of the wearer.
They arc quite expensive and doubt
less will be sought after by everyone
who sees them.
Badges however, will not be the
only decorations visible this week.
Practically the entire business center,
forty blocks OF it. at any rate, has
been transformed into veritable path
ways Of color Streamers have been
hung across the streets; the ornamen- (
tai lighting poles have been hung
with shields and flags and what r.
+ See the official decorator, has
done to the business buildings Is an
pyc-opener to the town.
Armory Ready for Visitors.
From decorations to seats the
armorv Is ready for the visitors Mr.. {
See has fairly outdone himself in the
decorations and there are seats placed
for 800 people in the big drill hail, ,
the largest hall in the state.
Every little thing that could be done
to make the place more serviceablc
and convenient for the convention has
hren done Retiring and commit !
tee rooms have been prepared espe !
riallv for the convention and the /
whole building will he turned over to /
the executive committee tomorrow. ,
This same sort Of preparation APP
plies to the arrangements made 70.
caring for the visitors once they arr