The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-09
Mrs. FDWlR TOBY. .Ir., Society Editor.
THE PHILOs.

on which Waco society is planted
or one might say tia II i itei al y
the corner stone of our social struc
lure. The club Is the entertainer pai
excellence C our city and there il
no visitor of any prominence tn at
has ever been here who has not
lartaben OF its hospitality.
The members are exclusive, and
10 call Onesef Philo is ALI honor
The writer has watched the evolu
lion Of The club, since its foun ling,
which | believe was about ttn years
ago, with great interest. Just a
band If i've or six bright, ambitious
boys we're the pioneers. Among
these Mr.. Robert Tolson deserve.
the greatest praise, for through all
these years his untirlug JEALOUS eff
forts have practice ~ made the
club what it is. Nearly if not all
of the original members have drop
ped out, but Mr.. folsom il still here
working for the good of the club
Each year the P5ilos make
stride forward, The cub rooms
are handsome and well appointed,
but we predict thai Philo Club
house viii be one of the things Of
the near future, ~ The in.titution
il now IN a sound tiuaoclal has $.
The fiji cers, with Mr.. George Nc
Tendon at the head a. pres dent,
are all substantial business men,
who lock well to the management
of the club.
Each season numerous and elegant
functions mark the clubs career,
one or two always being particu-
larly brilliant. To this class be.
belongs the Chry' anthemum ball
on Tuesday e' ening.
THE CHRYsAN TIIEMUM BALL.
Not only the beauty and chivalry
of our own little city, but leading
society people all over the state
thronged the Philo Club rooms on
Tuesday night, and the elegant
gowns and cleaning iawels worn
by fair women formed a beautiful
picture, framed in by chrysanthe
NUNS Of every hue.
THE DECORATIONS
Mayer hal the decorations in
charge, and the guests were first
ushered into the spacious parlors
where glowing chrysanthemums
filled every corner, thence to the
ball room hung with festoons of
moss and smilsx. Palms and ferns
screened the ochestra and concealed
the pillars and were banked at the
southern end of the room in lux
uriant profusion. The billiard
rooms hsve been redecorated and
were converted for the nonce into
dining salon, and here an immense
table stretched the length Of the
room, covered with dainty linen,
alistening silver and cut glass.
From the ceiling ropes of smi AK
fell and were caught in loops at the
corners of the table ly ferns and
white chrysanthemums. Down the
centre, the entire length of the
table, we're banked growing chry.
sarthemums, mammoth in SIZE, the
different lors blended in artistic
confusion, fea,hery fronds of ferns
giving tie necessary touch Of green
TO conn lete the color sch, me-.
THE Ban QUIET.
An e,egant banquet vas served,
all the delic2cies Of the season being
included in the menu. Champagne
punch a)wed as freely as our Won
derful gey sers, aud the throng
waved merry.
THE GUESTS.
A rough estimate pat the number
of guests at four hur dred; the
rooms we're literally thr6ng4d the
entire evening,
0. coarse it was impossible to
get the personnel Of such au assem-
ply, especially as there were so
many strangers. a reguNr pro,
gram ne WAS danced until one
o'clo5k, then Mr.. Mattox led about
sixty couples through the cotllion
until 2:30, when with the trains Of