The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-04
ONLY TWO MORE DAYS
WHEN HOUsTON's BIG FESTIVAL,
WILL OPEN UP.


1 Only two more days before Houston
big Festival will be inaugunated.
The Indications are that the rain has
ceased and that the Texas Fruit, FloSer
and Vegetable Festival. as paradoxical as
| 1t may appear. will come In on a cold
| wave.
Be that az 1t may. everything is in
readiness for midwinter festival that will
eclipse in Its grandeur anything that Kous-
ton has hitherto attempted in the way Of
| popular entertainment.
Nmble and artistic fingers have been
busy the past several days beautifyins the
next week will be transformed into nit M
| moth bazaar OF fruits. flowers and vege-
tables, while the artisan has made tie
market hall resound with the sound of
the hammer and saw arranging booths for
display. which, while notso dainty as
important, as 1t will represent Industrial
Houston, while the display at the Auditor
ium will portray all that is beautiful in
art and nature.
The Festival will practically be ushered
in on Monday, by the "March of Plenty"
parade. embracing some twenty or more
floats loaded with fruits, flowers and vege-
tables, which, after parading the city, will
proceed to tho Auditorium.
This parade will start Mt II n. IN. on
Caroline street. with the following line of
march: Caroline to Congress, Congress to
Fannin. Fannin to Franklin, Franklin to
Travis, Travis to Congress, Congress to
Main, and out Main to the Auditorium.
Mr.. John Il. Patrick, as grand marshal
OF this parade has named the following
aides; Justin G. White. Tom Lucas. C
Il. Settegast, Gus Street, J.. B. Herndon,
George Ellis. Ed f. Dupree, John C. Ray,
Gin Grunewald, Frank Hervey, Jr., Gus
Schultz, Captain c. Towles, Dr.. George
clarendon. w. w. Thomas, Captain J. b.
Perkins, Charles Thavonat. DR.. Joe r.
Stuart, c. Il. Helberg and j. d. Russell.
PRESS RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
Chairman w. v. Il. Watson has ap-
pointed the following sub committees to
act each day as a reception committee for
the press:
Monday-G. ]. Palmer, T. H. Palmer, II.
U. Lubbock, ID. b. Standcliff.
TuesdayD. u. Bryan, A. X. TAYLOR.
VIM. NJ Mitchell. Arthur Williams.
Wednesday-Hamp Cook. ]. x. p. Gil
laspie, W. II. Coyle, W. V. r. Watson.
Thursday-W. II, Bailey. j. c. White.
G. d. Peck. e. II. Helner.
Fnday-E. 7. Rust. j. Nj. Boyle, T.. G.
Colby. j. II. Brown.
Saturday-O. j. May. Vernon Anglia
George Ellis. II. Cleveland
TO MEET THIS MORNING.
Mrs. r. S. Collins, who has been ap-
pointed chairman OF the decoration COM
mttee for the home cooking committee,
wishes the following ladies to meet at the
Auditorium this Saturday morning at 10
o'clock to assist In the decoration
Mesdames A. Delgado, j. A. Huston.
Regina Sheppard, E. J. Dennis, Sterling
Meyer. G. W. Welch, A. G. Howell. Phil
Hardcastle. Charles Miller. NJ. z. Watson.
AN. u. Bryan, Norman G. Klttrell, George
Il. Porter, VIII Fitzgerald, Charles Pcscay,
j, I. Bates, @. A. Gibbons. A. ]. Wick,
Henry Brashear, John Mettenhelmer Lewis
stiles. Misses Eva Bolts. Belle Fem, Isa
Lloys. Annie McKeevcr, Jennie Griswold,
Bessie King, Tot Adair, Beckie stiles, Lena
voorhees,, Mamie Lubbock, Belle Dickson.
Annie Taylor, Mamie Gehring, Bessie
Clemens. Daisy Stewart, Flor. Hester
Please do not let dieasreeable weather
deter you.
'rhc Deep HarbOr Conventions
The subcommittee appointed TO secure q
hall and confer with the directors of the
Cotton Exchange to see what rart the Cot
ton Exchange would take in entertaining
the Nebraska delegation to the deep water
harbor convention that will meet here
| tuesday. reported that the Turn Verein
| had very kindly and gratuitously contrib
uted the use OF Turner Hall as a place for
holding the convention.
The directors OF the Cotton Exchange. at
subsequent meeting, held later in the
day decided that while the Cotton Ex-
change. ms an organization. would not un-
dertake anything in the nature Of a public
entertainment, yet its members. indvidu-
ally, would enter heartily into any Plan
that might be suggested in the way of
showing the Nebraska and Kansas de;ega-
lions such attention as the Importance OF
their mission deserved.
Public Comfort.
large number OF visitors will visit
houston during the Texas Fruit, Flower
ana Vegetable Festival. from the 9th to
llth inst, and the public comfort commit
tee OF this association are as matter Of
course very anxious to be In a nosltlon to
provide accommodations for all While
.hey have used every effort in their power
y, 40 induee boarding houses and private fam
may have at headquarters. oil FRANKLIN
avenue, they have been slow to respond