Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-25
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Between seveniy-five and one hundred
ladies' yesterday afternoon enjoyed the Eat
home of Mrs. j. III. Monroe and Mrs.
GEORGE Stovall. The affair was given in
order that Brownsville society might come
to know more intimately Mrs. v. c. Nall
OF San Antonio, the guest of Mrs. Mon
roe and Mrs. Stovall, and Mrs. William
Stovall, the bride of the son and brother
of the hostess.
The two rooms of the reception suite and
the dining room were each attractively
decorated and in each of distinct and diff
ferent color scheme had been worked out.
In the reception room graceful long stem
med lilies arranged i'm profusion around the
room were the background from which a
delicate color design of white and green
was carried out.
The dining room was transformed into
an attractive oriental parlor and the bril-
ldnt Japanese %colors, augmented by place
favors of japanese figures were featured.
The third room of the suite was a bril-
liant bower of yellow blooms and bios
SONS.
Assisting the hostesses and their honor
guests in receiving were Mesdames W. h
Walton, W. A. Trumbull, J.. NJ. Batsell, j.
H. Batsell, J.. W. Davis, Gussie Scott Chan
ey, and Miss Nora Douglas. Assisting n
serving the refreshments were Miss Ethe.
Clint and Miss Stella Mae Batsell.
Stella Mae Bafsell.
Following a delightful ..get acquainted
hour the guests were served with refresh
ments consisting of lee cream, cake, candy
nuts and mints.
a six-piece Mexican orchestra furni>he'
music.
Mrs. J.. NJ. Nixon entertained the We'd
nesday Bridge club at her home on Lcyc
street this afternoon.
Mrs. T. A. Kinder will entertain til
Thursday bridge club.
The Girls Honor Guard meets at four
o'clock this afternoon to take stock oi
last nights benefit entertainment at the
Dreamland theatre. From the attendance
at every performance yesterday the youni
ladies of the Gnard feel that their effort
were justified and that their cause has re
ceived the aid it 80 richly deserved.
The monotony of the evening TO the reg
ular show attendants was broken and en-
: livened by the sale of sheet music, tn
singing of the most recent "hlts' and the
sale of candy and flowers. For the day
the young aides had assumed entire cf1argt
of the house and as one of the young lad
les expressed il, ''we did everything but ac
tually project the picture on the screen
Practically every girl in the Guard con
tributed some feature to the success of the
affair and all feel their efforts amply re
paid. AT this afternoons meeting the re
suit of the ticket, candy, music and flow
er sales will be totaled and the financia
success of the enterprise announced.
.
The Learners Club yesterday Afternoon
concluded their winters study of modern
drama by a program reviewing the year,
work. Next week the club will assist il
the May fete to be given by the schools
The following week will be devoted to the
meeting of the Valley federation. On May
Is a bushes session will be held az which
time the club will adjourn for the summer
Yesterdays meeting was lead by Mis-,
Fon Gentry. Interesting papers were reat
by Mrs. z. r. T. Howard, Mrs. +. ii. VII
liams and Mrs. Fred Hicks. At the bus.
mess session Mrs. c. B.. Winstead wa:
voted TO membership.