El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-23
SOUS FhNIL-EE
HONOR GUESTS
Are Dined by Other Mem
bers of the P. P. P. Excur-
sion Party Saturday.

Occupants of the Pullmans Leonato
and Angelo on the late ?. P. p ex-
oursion were hosts Saturday night al
elmer at Hotel Sheldon 10 \ Schwartz
and the members of the Sous Famil-ee.
OCCUPANTS Of the Pullman Gratiano on
The late trip.
The dinner was hsid in the Rotary
grill room in the hotel and all the
stunts were reminiscent of the trip In
entering the dining room. the guests
entered as II going into a Pullman,
for an improvised observation plat
form had been rugged Up in front Of
the door and a porter vas at the steps,
in full uniform. TO direct the guests
inside and TO their proper places
A Pullman berth WAS one of the fea-
lures Of the interior arrangement.
From this berth. as the festivities
warmed up, a big blonde in fleshings
rolled out and proceeded to execute a
dance something on the order of the
hula hula. and just when ". G. Roe
Bob Seeds and several others were be
ginning to enjoy II immensely. the
dancer pulled off a big blond wig and
revealed herself as s. T. Silversparre-
Robert Krakauer was conductor and
received the kilograms which the por-
ter brought aboard during the eve
ming. All the messages were read
aloud, generally by the victim Of the
joke.
one of them. addressed to s. Aron-
stein and signed by Walter KOhlberS-
directed him to sign up for all the cot
ton leaves in the Salt River valley, "as
we are running short on Havana
filters
One to A Matthias from his firm sug-
gested that he fix ii up on the trip with
Haymon Krupp TO share his orders
lowed by d rush message asking Mr.
Matthias to disregard the first message
as Villas next order to HaymOn krupp
Is TO be for his execution
'. p Stiles. who doesn't know one
card from another. received message
from the rector Of the Episcopal
church asking him to wire for the
benefit Of the other vestrymen what
sort OF a fire game he was playing
with "a poker" on the train The
message said II was reported that he
had been indulging in some such game
and that il was rumored about Fl PaSo
that he held such good hands. every
royal flush was dubbed by the excur-
sionists AN Episcopal hand
A Schwartz. H D. Slater. E W
Kayser. Frank P. Jones. W G. Roe,
Hal E. Christie and a number Of others
received MESA ges-
The porter between brining in tele>
grams, busted himself calling stations
and springing things on the excur-
Next stop Lordsburg." was one Of
his calls. Prepare yourselves, It's
long way through Arizona and dry
Then he came in and informed Mr..
Krakauer that Mr.. Stiles had fixed II
for all the speakers 20 be absent al the
next stop. so Mr. hrakauer could re-
spond TO the address OF welcome
Next stop Gallup: tie ". S. McMath,
was another call NO use TO tie M
Stratton. for he sho' is goin' TO turn
hisself loose here" the porter con-
!. n Nealon welcomed the members
OF the Sous Famil-ee into good So
ciety" and Chas- p. Walker responded
for the famil-ee on how It feels to be
- Practicaiiy everybody was called on
FOR a brief talk
" A E. Woods salsV song Of his
own improvisation, he being a member
Of the Sous Famil-ee and the song be
ing in keeping with the conduct and
General bearing of the faInil-ee- There
were several songs and stunts oy pro-
fessional talent. including a song oy
Reuben who broke into the car some
where in Arizona" and proceeded TO
sing about the guests OF honor
Some cartoons. by Bert Blesslngton,
were the cause OF much fun
The menu was typical Of the trip
and everything was named for some
body on the late excursion or for some
Mace visited. For instance, the fresh
shrimp were named LOr FNoEeF bIONAs
the parfait for the Grand Canyon
The members of the Sous Famil-ee
were seated by themselves and when
the others drank cocktails, the guests
Of honor had sWeetened water colored
with burnt sugar when the champagne
was opened for the hosts. white grape
f1,ice charged at a local soda water
factory so il would bubble was served
TO the Sous bunch Milk was served IN
plentiful quantities at the Sous table
also.
2 c. Davis and F. F. Maxwell looked
after pulling the stunts during the eve
ming. They with Mr.. Krakauer- r T
seeds. G. A Martin W s. McNath, F
W. Kayser.. z r. Orndorff Carl A
Beers and Claiborne Adams. made the
preliminary arrangements for the din
ner and arranged the stunts that made
II the success that il was
The company voted 70 keep the funds
left over from the recent excursion
about $500. as a nest egg towards the
next trade trip.
Referring to the Sous Famil-ee and
their persistent efforts TO make them
selves seem real wicked but without
the least success. one Of the speakers
quoted Dean Swift. the Irish satirist.
Who said. Few men have the courage
ern0d q fheT are