Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-30
THIRD ANNUAL BALL.
Under the Auspices of the Athletic Club
Monday Evening.

Inc QeluoS EuGefpe ana Ierp-
sichore into whose kindly care
the ancient Greeks, when they
manufactured their mythology,
confided the gentle arts of music
and dancing, found many wor-
shippers at the headquarters of
the Athletic club Monday even
ing on the occasion of the or
ganization's third annual ball.
The annual recurrence of these
festal occasions which by custom
take place on the Monday fol-
lowing Christmas are eagerly
looked forward to for weeks and
even months in advance of their
occurrence by the haute voice of
the social element. The various
committees charged with the
successful elimination of the
seasons chief function put the
great trinity of time, tact and
talent into their work in prepar-
ing the details and their labors
were crowned with triumph of
art that ecipsed in brillianey, in
elegance and in enjoyment the
previous records of the club. A
more deliberately brilliant and
transcendentally superb affair
has never before been presented.
The weather was cool and the
evening a most delightful one for
such pleasure as those who wor-
ship at the shrine of Terpsichore
are wont to revel in. The dancers
were happy and gay, and if there
was a heavy heart present it was
hidden behind a face beaming
with joy. Music, always en-
chanting, thrilling, vivifying, is
particularly SO in the ball room.
There it seems the gods touch
every note and strike every
chord as it escapes from the in
with a diviner fire and
a more harmonious spirit than it
has elsewhere. Maybe it is be-
cause ''eyes look love into eyes
that speak again" but music III
the ball room is a fountain of
youth and Of imperish-
able energy. In gliding grace
fully through the whirling waltz, |
or tripping lightly through in
toxicating schottisches and
polkas, the dancers during an
evening traverse mile after mile
of ball room floor without the
evidence of fatigue.
The decorations which extended |
over every portion of the ball
room and gave the various
athletic and gymnastic devices a
most pleasing effect were well
conceived and beautifully carried |
out. The club has no colors and |
the decorators were left free to |
select blendings of their own
choosing without being handi-
capped by acknowledgements of
particular designs. The smilax
together with a world of
carnations, holly and hand made
roses made one of the brightest
and most inviting pictures i'm
aginable. This feature of the
occasion was left in the hands of
the decorating committee con-
sisting of Mrs. L. z. Harrison,
Miss Bertha Becker, Miss Hette
Harrison, Miss Hester Abbott
and Miss Mabel Harrison with
several gentleman helpers.
The order of dances consisted
IF twenty numbers, exclusive of
he opening grand march and
Home Sweet Home" with an in.
5ermission which was devoted to
The disposal of some elegant
Champagne punch made from the
vintage which has contributed so
extensively to Mr.. Mumm's IA
voritism and fame. The large
attendance precludes the possi-
oility of tabulating them into
anything like a correct list.
Some idea of the attendance may
De gathered from the statement
hat the hundred programs