The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-01
EVENT OF THE SEASON.
Third Annua! Ball Of the Houston
Lightguard Club.
DECORATIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS,
The Committees In Charge of tho AFFAIR,
tho Music, supper and Other
Lending Features.

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coming shouts herilh the coHhhb oi WV
new. satisfied that the troubles they have
nnd,,rod in tho INST arc gone. ana hop
g" az ny -, I'm a,,,,o
ing that the succeeding one WIZ 'a'eV
them pleasures IN the future that they
i,ney no, of So a Ia with the people OF
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this iree hepupi'c "heh .ne osN'' o' ''.'e
brings them to the death ana birth OF II
year They bow their heads In sadness
nc ,.o oid ,oar foaez ,,v,v watching
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closely each succeeding minute thht
draws them ncaret to the hour when the
iast az mo ,wolve m,ntbs shaI have
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passed INTO history, awaiting eaGerlS hc
tones of the bell which shall announce
Ia Them the coming of the new the adj
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vent "s " WI" VI "''"''N' WV" :"
history CT tho generation OF which they
arc separate ana disunct part ihe!
nave enjoyed the past hach OF the So'
days OF the year mas SHOWN theh suihr
pleasure. at tunes great, ut others small.
ror the futnro they nope Tor pleasures
which IN the days aSohe nave psem nn,
MED TO them II Is she same the woriu
their third annuL! affair OF tins nature
ins illustration of this beautiful thought
was shown in the reception anu pan I'M
DER the auspices OF tii' IiVuHNoh i,'s"e
Guard club. one OF the leauing sociai or
glnizatlons OF the Magnolia city, IL was
their third annual AFFAIR of TINS hattie
and the young men having IL III citr6e
determined that all previous efforts should
be oershadowcd by the splehdor 81 me
event, and that they succeeueh IL Will
out question. Their invitations penheu
in letters of gold have been out Tor some
time and the leaders In the society OF
South Texas have awaited WIN easei
anticipation tho elimination OF events
which was reached last night.
Early In the evening the members OF tho
-Four Hundred OF Houston began to as
acmble In the Armory. gathered with them
being some OF the most prominent resi-
dents OF Texas. each and every one be-
ing imbued with the spirit of the hour
as pictured above. THE old year IL dead.
long live the new" They mingled together
In the rooms of the handsome buiininH
which is a monument to the crack mill
tary company of which Houston proudly
lonsts aud between the dances exchanged
me greetings of the season Herbs or
cbeaira GiscoIrscd exquisite music and
the ladies in to,lcttes OF regal design and
6 ,nnYes of the lance as The Old yenr drew
~ I'll ANA Welcoming the new. An
iv,trniss,an was granted nj II o'clock
~ nv go, ,,,ntnh us served In cnurscs
-, ~ " datnf, ,'tamda suitable 10 an occa,
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me tour o. -, ."e sn,,dJoniv ,lIsannearcd
burning Di,ghty, nuuuerS Ell da,,,
ana the p1Il room WIS - ~, a. s,and came
ness from Inv oicn.s'.n al - . ~,
the SLOW ana mgasur n pam, ana he si,ken