El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-17
CEN. GAVIRA
WEARS GREEN
Commander Celebrates St.
Patrick's Day; Mass
at Cathedral.

St Patricks day was celebrated IN
FL Paso Friday by a general wearing
Of the green and the display OF Irish
flags and green colors in the show
windows Of the city.
d. W. Reckhart halIowed the mem
ory Of the old McGinty CLUB by flying
the Irish flag of that famous old or
ganization from the flagpole of the
Reckhart building on San Francisco
street
Gen. Gavira Wears Green.
Admiring green carnation worn By
a Herald reporter. Gen. Gabriel Ga
vira Of the Juarez garrison said: IT
did not know there were flowers OF
that hue"
They are Irish roses" he was told.
And what's that?" said he.
An Interpreter was called in and the
Interpreter explained that March 17th
is st. Patrick's day and day when
all the Irish wear the green and swear
that Erin shall some day be free.
Bravo he said. so Ireland is
still fighting for freedom and this is
its national holiday" he said.
He was offered the green flower and
pinned il on his uniform coat
st. Patrick's Mass.
SILK Irish and American flags draped
the altar rail and chancei Of the cathed-
Tal of the Immaculate Conception Fri
day morning at the two services Of the
mass in commemoratiOn of st. Patrick
The early mass. at o'clock. was con
Quoted by Rev. Francis Roy. At the
o'clock mass the Daughters OF Erin
attended the service in a body, wearing
the Irish emblems of the order.
Rev. Edward Barry preached a SER
mon on the life of ST. Patrick The
St Cecilia choir sang the choral mass
and special hymns to st. Patrick at the
close. This evening the Daughters OF
Erin viii give a musical entertain
meut and lecture in the e. Paso the
alter i'm cOmmemOration Of ST. Patrick
Bachelors Green With Envy.
st. Patricks day was ushered in BY
the Bachelor club at Hotel Sheldon
Thursday evening with the whole hotel
, joining in the celebration. The or
chestra gave Irish airs and the women
guests Of the dining room entered into
the spirit Of the evening by forgetting
/ fOrmalities and dancing with the Bach
elOr boys.
The dinner began with a shovel drill
between teams captained by Paul d.
Thomas and z. J. McQuillan; and con-
cluded with a drawing at which nine
Of the bachelors picked up the gaunt-
let thrown down by a prominent BUSH
ness man who said on the evening
Of March -, at his home, he proposed
to demonstrate that the bachelors were
bachelors in name only
The bachelors who viii take up the
gauntlet tossed TO Luein Dy lne I'll EaSO
business man. who SCOTS at any one
being a real bachelor. are: II. B. Stone.
Frank A. LOTUS, Howard Rix, E J.
McQuillan. Smith Witham. II. B. Thorn
son, Norman Snodgrass, Al ". Norcop
and John Regan.
squad Drill.
For the drill Of his squad through
the dining room Charlie Brann was
awarded a box Of pink pills; 10 Frank
LOTUS for successful pulling off Of a
HnnaH I'D an-
Hugh Thomson, Breedlove Smith and
W. F. Waldron, LOTUS was presented
with a box Of dyspepsia pills To Dave
Mulcahy. for winning in a potato race
down one aisle Of the dining room and
up the other. he was presented with Is
box of pills This potato race was &C
complished by pushing potatoes win
a fork. The racers were Mulcahy Nor
man SnOdgrass and c. V. Lyman
An impressive wake talk was made
by II. r. FIetche. The talk was an
impressive one. with all the sympa-
thetlc touches Of an Irishman.
The next dinner will be on April T.
Much Bilious Green.
Green. in many forms, characterized
the sdecOra tons The centerpiece was
a miniature statue OF Venus de Milo
mounted upon a pedestal Of Irish po-
tatOes and smilaN- At each place was
a card with any Irish phrase and
clay dudeen with the flag OF Erin
stamped upon the white surface Large
clover leafs and small green Irish hats
were scattered upon the surface Of the
table and the ices were in green with
tiny green flags upon the top Of each
mound.
Those present were: ". c. Porter
field. bachelor in chief; A. W. Norcop,
Jack Childs. F. B. Fletcher, Chas. A
Brann. Dave 8fulcahy. Henry 3. stone,
Frank A. LOTUS, W f. WaldrOn, H
T. KiIburu. Page Kemp. Hugh B
Thomson. Howard Rix. Paul u. Thomas,
Smith Witham. Norman Snodgrass-
Hope Smith. c. V. Lyman, r. n Mullin,
Van T. Boucher John H. Regan, Breed
love Smith.