The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-02

The great poet Byron, in his world
famous and immortal "childe Harold" in
introduction to the battle OF Waterloo,
said:
There was n sound of revelry by night.
Ana Belgium's capital had en- hoged there
Her beauty and her chlvalry, and bright
The lamps shone oor fair women and
brave men.
Thousand hearts boat happily aud when
Music rose with It's ypliptuolB swell,
soil eyes looked love to eyes which spoke
again. /.
And all went merry ms a marriage bell !"
But grand as the sight must have been
II could hardly have surpassed the ,rsns-
nnndantiy beautiful scene ut the CaptoI
Hotel on last Wednesday evening, where
the y club gave thcir eighth annual
Iooiety ball.
- True. there were no uniformed cavaliers
with martial air and clanislng sword, but
In their stead were good specimens of the
Hover OF modern civilization aud man
hood, and though no Wild alarms OF war
called them to The field of battle, who
shall say that trucr or Drawer hearts ever
cealed by their unpretentious evening
suits? And the women, Certainly no titled
DANES OF ancient or modern times over
helped to I'LL place with more rcsplendent
loveliness than They'll
The hotel Is an unusually beautiful
structure, but never before In its history
has 1t shown In such gorgeous beauty rs
and staged and was bewllderag vision Of
delight. Upstairs the long brilliantly
lighted corridors were filled with as gal
liant an assemblage as ever trod their
tnited passages, filled the atmosphere with
vibrations of wit and wisdom or whispered
the sweet nothngs OF life.
The three large adjoining parlors were
transformed from their ordinary elegance
10 such an extent that the scene was be- |
wiichipB almost beyond the conception OF
one compelled TO realize that the place was |
the same. IT. Is wonderful what decorative
art can do with ferns, palms flowers and |
lights. Here the lights were just soft |
enough shining from among tho rich green
leaves, to cast a luster over everything |
and I'll the air with the divinest OF all |
lights. the radiance OF the nfterglow.
The contrast with the BAH room eau NOT |
be adequately described with words. The |
anything ever known Ia Texas Tho high |
Naulted hall with beautifully frescooa
walls and Its hundreds Of tiny electric
lights With glittering glass pendants. IL
Grand In Itself but coupled with desora.
lions incompatible the whole effect was /
z Simply irreproachablc. On the walls there
WIS q delicate green tracery OF vines.
FERNS ard palms. From the central chande.
Her was suspended mammoth star OF
cnrysahthemums, whose pristine lines of
pink and white were made more gorgeous
Dy the aid OF shndtd red. white aud blue
ngnts' Radlating therefrom ut right aug.es
and extending almost to the four corners
OF the spacious room were gigantic festoons
OF the same beautiful flower and ending
with large floral pendant At either end
OF tho center OF the hall like decaratons
, We're suspended. all lighted by additional,
lights Of red, white and blue.
At tho rear end the band Of nluslcIans
wera hidden In Jungle OF tropical veee-
tetlon and aloft was an arch thickly stud.
ded With lights OF tho Nations colors.
while lights OF white and green, the clubs
coiors. We're partly concealed By tho itch
aolage all around the walls 7
The prettiest, simplest kind az ittie
white cards indicated the order OF the
canoes. with simply n q" In gold lettnrs
e the outside and was further evidence.
any were needed. OF this swell clubs
80 and Mas Scaly OF Galveston. and aside
from the beauty and effectiveness Of ne
nglires produced. Mr.. Hutchins displayed
Isre executive ability a. the leader Of the
J. Ihs last two figures were especially de-.
9knttul the hurdle and tho flag figures.
"a The former tbs most prominent nsri
w paaysd BY the gentlemen All Of thu
lo41ee gefe stationed at one end ~ M
III eua me gentlemen ct the other. ana