The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27

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fatS slfine tue bdl! IS supreme magis-
tiI.S tiil executive OF the occasion; what
envl ne sdys or does Is law. lie begins by
cpt o.'', ~, uoor inahlgti turns over the
~ii-ri A.nnlIE W VVuple OF more OF
JIJViiiH women, gives tht iddler good
LIN or t"o' anu then sets about amusing
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ht ne IONS i'. uscd lor 'heso purposes being
/ Ine ordinary rooms in a country house
~ neNe! more man twenty feet square
h.i aie frequently much smaller Planks
aIV put on BOXES ana chairs adjoining the
w1H ard around me entire room. making
seas ',st for the ladies, who. as a rule, are
Suii,tcIeiltlS numerous to occupy them. Oft
II htatnS 70 SIT on eich others knees.
ave- n, I'm :, pelnE sina ana large percent
eecsslr, ya tn up by ne ladies' it becomes
niegtSsiry Tor the men to stand and that
dtinclns may go on. they must stand on
fo,c ou'sine or 81, on tue gallery floor the
'.a,, e. Dussles' wood piles, or whatever
cam pe pressed INTO service.
The floor manager controls tho musi,.
am ,irn. allows .S," only -four mon to dance at a
verv ln MI nei'G meeor,iiary because of the
aetS i.Inl'eu space, me hddler starts up
u Walt1 or a country dance, as the man
n -. M, ny nave ordered ana The first four
ushered into the room and Instructed to
ihoVS"u WIN inc dhiicinS. The length OF
Ike lance seems TO be regulated entirely
nIt ,n e. aVSSrase time allowed dance-un.
ssss INC noor manager because of some
.lcNlal lleih or himself, has given diff
L.EINIil ilStrucuons. At the close of the
uniec me gentlemen escort the ladies 10
ahA pnNemeht scat and retire without
slu, n'the spaCe iof the next set, who AFRO
cH.ne lew and FAR between. Tho fiddler
@ltetltAleS WIKI waltz and y country
II!.ve, a country lance and waltz: each
,lan uahceS When mis- turn comes. but is
r,SSttUr peFmltted 10 dance. a second time
" "r,rtl az ahCsS VINO wish have danced
az ms RUE is violated only by the
i 10. m1paseS; am then for special rea-
80 80 ruch as allowing strangers 10 dance
Tor they are mostly very courteous IN their
WY 10 visitors. Tor the purpose Of having
u u8h'e HN old poop!e, children or old
,uirlN anu Ola bachelors. At about 10 or
II CLOCK. and probably again about ?
oclock. they all betake themselves to n
Kitchen dining or adjoining room where
'piFc ana cakes are generally served
1n3ush they trequently have only coffee
are called In their horribly butchere,,
French. balls n leau froidc cold water
naiis'' and are none the less freely patron.
!1e1,
me dancers drag themselves through
me long night, noddlng TO the uncouth
scratches of an old cotton chopper fiddler
WIN nothing 10 break the monotony. other
OF those VINO may have imbibed TOO freely
from their Tacoma pocket flask that al.
ways goes TO make up the young mans
acconl,trements for a ball. These quarrcs
usually terminate in a iisticuff, though II
Is not uncommon for them to end in Sc.
rious stabhng and shooting which some
times results In death.
1t Is utterly impossible TO give anvtbiro
like "A good Idea of the dress Of has,
feebly civilized antiuliated descendarts n,
a once noble race. The men neneratI,
wear n black suit which Is onlv moder
ntelv iistortfnu: fheI- ,ant, rna'S, -,
to the top OF their shoes ana tboi,. " cn,ts
are very short. with evorvthinp r,tjn,y
uG tight as the proverbial beosvnS ;rbej,
good deal of brnss ware, ~, ~ 10 Win Mn, d
carry or the lalirels for tbn r,ost b, Wo,,,un