Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-13

{ r. Huwley. second, G. w. Jones' OF
Z Waco FIRST prize doubles. T.. and Geo
4 HANiey; second prize. Arthur Mcsser
! and Glen Walker. The management Of
I the Arlington gaze a bali IN honor Of
4 the tennis players az the Gloss Ok the
tournament. Fifty OF Fort Worths
I young society people attended, and L.
/ X. Meek, Lsu, presented the prizes
| with neat tribute to the prowees of
me winners. These prizes, which were
! onered By the management OF tho Inn,
were as follows: First prize for dou-
blHs two aolitaire diamond rings; Sec
ond prize for doubles, two solid gold
lockets aet with diamonds; first prize
singles, n l4-karat gold watch and
chain second prize singles, handsome
g9ld watehi consolation prize. pair OF
diamond sleeve buttons.
a Newspaper writer went wild on that
occasion In the following manner:
Tbursday night was the gala night
in the history OF the many successful
social functions FOR which We Arlington
Inn has become famous. The excuse
for this hop WAS the presence OF tho
mnny tennis players from varieus parts
~ the state, ami the end Of the tennis
tournament that for three days past
hps 30 Interested the wieldcrs OF the
racquet and bah. Fort Worth sent
out all Of her fresh young beauties and
some Of her Handsome matrons 10 tend
dignity OF womauly maturity to aid in
making the tennis hop a success. Many
parts OF Texas had contributed their
quota Of the beautiful Texas girls. and
the mon were also there In numbers.
20 mat each fair one had at least one
gallant cavalier. And never was there
larger gathering IN the Inn The
spacious pnrlorH were filed and the
overflow Of dancers throngod the hail
and the lobby OF the Inn and yet some,
Tor lack Of dancing space were forced
to become wall flowers. Used as often
and Unfortunately as II is. flower
garden as comparison FOR the scene
which met the eyes Thursday night lis
meaningless and yet FOR charms. for
freshness, for fair. fragrant beauty.
nothing WAS 20 strongly recalled to
mind us a Won arranged flower garden,
where the many hued blossoms were so
blended that they became poem OF
These hurried sketches from news-
paper fllea give a general Idea OF the
society uff1ira at the Inn for which It
became so justly celebrated
But for two years 1t huS also been
a favorlte meeting place FOR important
business conferences
u was a convenient retreat for busl-
ness men who wished 70 get away
from reporters and inqulsltlvc people
who have no business OF their own
and IRE consequently in the habit of
inquiring Into everybody else's: For
Instance. when the railroad freight
agents OF the state wanted to get toe
gcthcr In spite OF Governor HoEg and
the commission they held a session
whlch must have been highly Interest,"
ing behind closed doors az the Inn.
The Lord only knows what they did
there. Nobody else ever ala. AZ least
no one ever told the reporters about -,
mat ls, not Tor publication, They did
tell a young man IN a confidential sort
OF way one time that they were AFRAID
the governor might have the whole
crowd arrested and taken before the
nearest fool killer II they should let
tho newspapers lind ont MI that they
were doing there And there were uth-
or railroad meetings there ana I'M
p1rtant business conferences without
end
terptluc which has been on foot here In
the past two years has at some stage
In 10 progress formed the subject OF
"A consultation at the Inn Here the
packing house. the Rock Island rail-
rond, the new court house ana on tine
scores OF Improvements when are
now under way or have been projected
within tho past two years have been
earnestly discussed NJ the Inn. For
wealthy men and the projectors OF I'M
portant enterprises Of al kinds have,
Ike tho leading railroad mon OF the
city. made their headquarters there.
And thcre the leading citizens and
business men Of Fort Worth have mot
Thorn, and the Influence OF the dellbera-
lions held there VIII never be fully
understood for as "a rule, they We're on
the dead quiet.
Some Important social function at
the Inn has attended nearly every int
portant convention IN Fort Worth since