The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-02

space permitted. All the windows were
darkencl and the soft gas light and the
hidden music greeted tho visitors with a
sense of the unusual at tho first entrance.
The hall is broad and long. lcadns from
| the entrance door TO the stairway far In the
rear. In this room tho table was banked
with ferns In artistic arrangements sew
eral OF them little offerings from Thought
tul frieids. From the center piece green
ribbons ended in bows and united the dec
orations.
The sitting ROOM which is on the right
side OF tho hall as the visitor enters. was
also dcckcd in dainty greens. In the farther
corner u little table bearing huge cut
glass punch bowl and glasses and plates OF
lady fingers. was presided over by Mrs. Ed
ward Mueggc, daughter Of Captain Ilutche-
sou. who served the cooling rcfrcshment
very rrcttily, in u dainty cream dress.
The dining room table was extremely
pretty. white and silver being the chosen
scheme OF color. The large mahogany dim
Ing tabls was covered with a robe OF gaugo
striped with silver bands and upon 1t were
arranged bon-bon dishes filled with silver
and white CONNECTIONS OF all conceivable
designs. In the center was a round mirror
bordercd with lilies Of the valley and bear
ing. reflected on its brilliant surface,
largo cUtg glass vase filled with narcssus,
Roman .ayacinths and lilies Smaller vases,
also OF cut glass, were filed with artistic
arrangements of these same dainty flow.
, ers with just faint suggestion OF maiden
hair farms intermingled, Candelahra OF
sparkling glass, with pendants which gilt
tered and threw dancing lights. burned
: silver shades Two mates of r,sy ,rys,aiis'.,
cberr,,s nj .i,hor a,1 81 ~, ,,i,, -, ~,
ono decided noto n, ,oior ,hto,, 80 ~,
imited ~, in ,he ,nabo,onv ,'S,,o,, ' ~
quay cloth.
e In each of the Ave rooms the mautols
o the sitting room were noIns,,'a VANS T.,
IL tho wbi,o araw,nr ~, ,,.tso ns' ,,,,.
-. Ing Marty Stood Tho dncor,,ions ~, ar,,iox
; ferns ma Mains wor" mo-, nf,oo,,S" ,no
< green belne outlined in fsirv,u,c me-, worI,
: against ma rorfac,ty ,,,,t, all ,t a.
Z 1no FURNISHINGS bsd hccr rano"a1 sro,,,
Z this room with tho exocn,,nr n, thn d,scrs
y of white akin r,rs which ro,orod no ooor
II lust iosidc tho door ~ mic ron., s,nna
Mrs uutcbeson mo bcad ~, ,b,, rnro1,ins
d marty ana an rcr loo, ~ iarr SOW =, htsH
$ tinruish.d visitors who wars
: Hon and Nrs Itool,er of Nov ynr,, Han
op5 Mr. urr,,,,,,, , ~ VI. 49,, w. ~ -
! Oregon Hon r. II clarke of AIahams
4 Hon C. n clark of Missouri Hon and
: Mrs Reeves of Illinois I'm and Mrs
n Dovenor.o r wcs, vir,int, unn u,r,on A.
- ohio HIM ana Ms payhrrN ., pa,,ns, "
vania Don strnbenson 81 Nicbt,an tIor
l., Alrxandrr NJ Nn,v yorls General Wail,ar AZ
a irIt 1tn Hon I.r af tt,.tg,
To- and Mrs trowne of Ninncsn,a A., ,a.i,
e Mr. Waiters
This lin, hogan and onded Il, tho dr,u,
= ing room, aud oftnr hotrg Introduced :,
l. coch p,,cst tho calior nae,od ,,,,o the
library which v.,s ros,rr,J Co., oh., MAJ
is M farm of entertairr,cnt ot,,r ,h,r ,bo
1t decoroticns ,,,a, ,o,,,,I ~,
is Across mo ran Ia ,ho Amino. ,,o,, no
-, fir, sbmopts wore sorvob hv Nrs ci,,,,tair
= TalI,forro Nj. "a Il, ~, Ma. 60,
II. Porter Mrs WiIlie wiIscn and Nc
"a w. II Palmer
T., Tbo r,nr, which u.,. ,.,,.,. .,..a,,, ,,.,.
80 ,,adr an ~ salad o,'s,o w.
i, strnws Almonds hisc,,its sopd,i ,,os 90
No. fac ana choco,at. '''' '"''"" "''' W.
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wore some oh iI,Ira, ,,.hr ,,n, r., '.
comnorv yi,h Met, IIo,.,',a w., w i H.
son of Hon and Mrs JInr,na,,n ~ rro,,,,,
Il They were lit,Io Ml.s I,os,iin Nyi,ifrn, ,,,d
IA Master VIM Palmer untch..or, ,hndr,r
nj IN, hoe, and b,stcs,. uo,,, w., ~ -.
1t Taliaferrn and VIM ana no,,,no "' pa,,',,r
= tbo,r nenhcys ana niece ana N,s. ,,n.
= Lombard, rho Ii,,io foli,s ,,nt,oa ,,a.
sweet in Among tho Brown ms o,d ,ha,
n,avea ne ,mnnr,on, nov, ,n ~ ",u ', sa''
ines as ala anv ono pa - WV
ty Music was y, or Nv. an oro,,,.,r, ,,.,.,
B. undar the qtair,y,y ,hrn,,,bn,,, , ,.,',,t
ce and tho thronrs of caIlers alied IN. bnns,
re ana ent,,nc.s aud s,,rro,,ndino ,aIss ,,n,I
III the hour for mo denor ,urn ~ ,bo r,,os,s a
as honor drow VOW cInso v
N Arter the rr,,sb ~ s,,cb ,orc,o ADD az.
rnnt entor,ninmrnt is oyer ,hogo ,.h, ,,,,,
stood r,oeivinr for en- Ione orc y"ry a,,
IN 10 break The strain by bonoat cynr.esin,,s ~
re or,lnion anon, thomsoIvce as 10 no ,,e,,,t,
l.. whom tbnv have moi and tho tn.rdon,,
~ which bnyo ocrurrnd II 10 aogsi,,t' ~,
80 visitors ia paln n very corrac, ide. ~ ulo
= ple from such n rocertion far rno, hrno1
:, in~ roes win good romnarv md rc,v non
II, nle have thcjr nnwere Of ohserv,,,ca ,nor,
" keonly trained tban ,hoso who bnvo ras,e,
through n term Of Waehinrton no ,,i,t
lis thousands Of now focca nj corb soc,a
&c AFFAIR "
These congressmer and ,bo ,oco,,,o,,,ir,
NJ ,aIos uorn o,tbusia.,io e,,or ~, ,',,,
in Ii,,ston ,,hor, tho,, ba1 W., ''ru pu'l 1,,
a rnsh hu, a,,o,g ,jo,msr,, ,'s ,,,,h "'an
he r., th,,,. brn,,,t,a -, , WI -" "a
t. ,,roain,s :" 10y aN"s N.'
to ,,',,ob ,.,' .g sun many tninR
IN ,ha'A a, wig n~t.o'ins 10 houston il'S