The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-20


Z mel ricrs irauncr as thEt which charac-
IL ttiiktd the othor selection.
u Miss Mae scudanlofp. Who Is the pos
r SCISSOR OF a beautiful soprano, voice aud
. knows how to Use IL. sang with fine effect
Y Il Envy the Bird" from the opera Of THE
2 Serenadc. presented here recently by The
I f3ostonians Miss Scudamore's work is al.
: ways artistic, and in this case she ap
). pearrd to particularly good advantage.
D Following this number came neat little
: dialogue entitled FL iendship." In which Il
u was shown by Mrs. William Christian and
!, Mr.. a. B. John how n man may secure the
I. object OF his alteration even after having
+, his proposals rejected with scoIn for three
c consecutive times. MIR. John was some
what indsposed, and at times did moi
speak loud enough. but on the whole the
feature was u very enjoyable one.
! Following a selection on the piano by Mr..
A. - Kidd. whose excellent work Is too
well known 10 need any special mention,
came the rendition OF Godards second
waltz by Miss Rosa Jourde Miss Jouile
Is one OF the most accomplished OF Iions-
tons many fine musicians. and her per-
Torrance was up to her regular standard,
which, II may be stated parenthetlcally. is
, a very high one, She was enthusiastically
encored. and responded with a delightful
little medley entitled "RagIimo.''
The last number on the programme was a
little one act farce entitled "Lost--A Lett
ter which was presented by the follow
Ing cast:
Mrs. Brown .....,........... Mrs. Munger
Maud Brown ................. Miss Guion
Marion Brown ...,.......... Mrs, Christian
Charlie Robinson .......M Mr.. Harry Heryey
/ Tom smith ................Mr. CHADWICK
Bridget ......,....,....,... Mrs. Lochmnn
The Carpenter ......... Mr.. George Horvcy
| The farce dealt with the troubles of the
/ funtilv fuvp n with
! thu daughters OF the house. and Bridget.
| the housomaid all OF shom thought that
a letter which had slipped down behind a
mdntel belonged TO their respective selves.
The epistle Witt caused all the trouble
| was finally rescued by the carpenter, not
without some trouble. and the whole mat
| ter ended happily, as all farces do
| Mis- Lockman as Bridget, the innocent
| cause OF all the trouble. acted the part
| in her inimltable style and by the use nj
a rich IRISH brogue added TO the artistic
qualities OF tho character. Mrs. Munger
| was particularly good as Mrs. Brown, who
wanted her millinery bill Paid. Mrs. Chris
tian made a very charming Marion, and
Miss Guion rs Maud was just as natural IS
could he desired Mr.. Bardcn. Mr.. Harry
Hervey and MIR. Chadwick acted their re-
| spec'ive roles in an omnently satisfactory
manner, and the little that Mr.. George
| Hervey did was we'll done. Considering
had, the performance was all that could be
wished fer.
The social session given complimentary
TO the lady friends of us members by
Houston lodge, No. 15l, B. T. o. E., at the
club rooms on Friday night was really one
OF the most enjoyable affairs of It's kind
given this winter. aud TO say that the |
large crowd present thoroughly enjoyed
the evening would be putting it mildly in
deed The Elks are a jolly set OF fellows |
and believe in not only talking, but In |
acting the principles Of their order. SO 1t !
naturally follows that when they entertain |
they do IL with lavish hand. and one at
tending any OF their social events may
rest assured of an enjoyable evening
Friday nights affair was one of the most
elaborate social sessions ever given by the
cih5. Ii was IN charge OF n committee
consisting of w. W. Thomas, George f.
Arnold, g. Cabaan Flake George G.
Timmins and o. C.. Drew, Jr., and these
gentlemen worked hard to mako he event
| the sneccss il was. Besidfs the regular
rooms of the club on the east side of the
eiNth floot of the RIM building, the large
hall located on the same floor. but 'front.'
| Ing on Main street, was used. The floor
of this room, which Is a large ono. ex-
tonding the entire length az the building |
had been polished and waxed until IL was |
| In excellent condition for dancing. The |
room was arustically decorated with smi- |
lax Sarlands Of which We're arranged on |
the walls, twincd around the pillar sup |
porting the ceiling and hung in stream
cts from the beams overhead. The attp- |
room leading TO this room from the main
hall was benwificd by The usn of the same
pretty green vino ropes, OF which were
suspended from the chandelier in The CEN
ter of the ceiling to the four corners of
the pQnpgrtnlpnt The hT ct wa
toned behind screen of green in the
suutnweet corner OF the dance hall, and
some OF the bet music OF the season WAS
rendered.
The eastern hair of the club rooms
proper was utilized rs a djuing room and
here an elaborate and satsfytng supper.
consisting oil salads, cold meats. oyster
patties, ices, cakes. coffee. chocolate and
the usual accessories, WAS served This
feature was In charge Of Mr. Frank c.
CODY ana a. corps of experienced walters.
In the billiard room an excellent cham
payne punch WAS ut the disposal of tho
guests, being served by an attendant Tho
west room of the clubs cosy home was
arranged with comfortable chairs and set
tees and made tho incest kind Of a place
In which to rest during the ilterm issions
ihcre was no regular programme OF
canoes, and although The waltses aud two
steps came in delightful prolusion, III.
dancers found time to spend a row mo-
lnenis IN me compartment Just menione
GRACEFUL while oallas and roses of differ
ant varieties were used IN this room and
In the dining room.
During the evening the audience was
favored with ceverai mandolin se.ectlons
by Professor William Morris ana some M
ms pupils. and with sleep, ken,acky
n,ne, rendered with fine otfcot nv The
MFssrs, Meals, Jenkins, CHASE and Ohm.
stead Later Miss ReolS sang a solo aud
MI. Homer Il. Mitchell rected from
Shakespeare.
Home Sweet Home" was not played ;
until about . a, m.
Yesterday afternoon between ihe hours
OF and Master William Christian
shearn celebrated his 4th birthday al the
home of his god-rother. Mrs. William
Christian. at No. 1ilo Clay avenue, Mrs i
Christian a INST ax -