San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-05
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, PRICE
AUSTIN LETTER.


The managers of the Worlds fail
committee of Austin called q meeting
OF citizens on Saturday night last to
raise money for helping out the Texas
exhibit. The meeting was an enthu-
siastic one and much interest was
evinced.
Mrs. w. H. Tobin, lady manager of
the Texas Worlds fair committee has
been assigned an Office in the capitol.
She has the room just to this lett of
the hall of representatives.
There is q rare collection of Texas
birds now in the western hall of the
capitol, and it is safe to say that there
is not a species Of the genus avis
found in Texas not represented in
glass cases, air tight so as to keep the
moths away, for they would make
short work of these delicately con-
structed curios. There is many a
"rara avis" In this collection, besides
OF course many familiar birds. They
present on the whole sight 1t would
pay one to go no short way to see.
o y Dallas gentleman of more than
ordinary observation remarked to q
citizen of Austin the other day:
"Your town, notice, is not so lively
as ours; your people move slower;
you have not our atmosphere of
'push;' but what I like better, your
young men are more polite and far
neater, and your girls, I believe,
though possibly should not say 1t,
are prettier." And when you come
to think over the observation Of this
old fellow, you find he is just about
right.
Corlnne was at Nillett's on Monday,
in Carmen up to Date" q ridiculous
parody on the opera "Carmen." Ev-
cry seat in the house was taken and
there was not standing room in the
gallery. A theatre party of 25 couples,
composed of Austin's society young
people, and chaperoned by General
and Mrs. Roberts graced the occasion.
The play was good of its kind
and it was enjoyed by all.
OF course there we're some distressing
ly ridiculous things but on analysis
they were found to hang upon some
dignified scene in the opera Gar.
men" The play though could be
slightly modified and pruned to adj
vantage.
"Ferncliff;" q war melodrsma, was
played here On last Saturday to two
paying houses. 1t is good show
and on its appearance in San Anto-
MO on the sin and 9Th inst should be
well patronized. The too stars are
quite good.
Society people are having q good
time this week, though the boys are
rather sore over the $40 that the thea
tire party called for. The streets are
dry and the girls can walk now with
out soiling their dainty Shoes so
they are all more popular than q
short time since. There is still q
complaint heard of shortness OF men,
but vet things move along smoothly
enough. Can 1t be this that will &C.
count tor the fact that there has not
been a single wedding in ashionable
circles this winter? Presumably this
Is to he put down as a had season
for weddings" and mothers with
marriagable daughters are beginning
to wonder.
The venerable DR.. r L. Dahney, of
the chair of mental and moral philo-
sophy in the state univ. rsit7, deliv-
cred an interesting public lee ure on
Friday last on the subject, THE De-
preston of the American Farming In
dustrles." He handled the subject as
a philosopher, and although some of
his suggestions sounded odd he al
ways proved them. The doctor, I'M
like nine out of ten men of his age,
did not handle the subject as il cur
rent forty years ago, but spoke as q
man of the times, and without preju-
dice.
A female free thinker has lately
been delivering free lectures each
night at the Board of Trade hall
Her audiences are mostly men, who
leave when they get tired, but she
seems to interest the majority OF her
hearers, and holds most of them down
until the end of her discourse.
T. j.. G.