The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

days. rocial Houston last week was very
very quiet. Even tho fact that Icnt. wit
It's forty days and ns many nights Of sack
cloth and ashes, is only q short distance
Z on, tiid not tend TO inject any new vitalIt,
Into tho pleasure GLOWING people Of the city
moth OF whom are thoroughly satiaicd with
the gaitics OF tho week before. which viii
Z long hold the record for the number VI IN
tertainmcnts glvfn during the time Il oc-
cupied the calendar.
The few functions given during the week
were well attended, however and furnished
just as much pure, unadulteratcd enjoy
mant as they would had they been given
during the early part of the season. III
Tho first event which served to bring
the people out of tho state OF innocuous
desuetide in which they had temporarily
fallen was the recital given at Christ
church hall on Monday evening By Mr.. W.
s. Mason aud MIR. A. b. Kidd, assisted by
Miss Kate Cameron Ebbert. late OF cin-
cinnai. NOW OF Galveston. This was the
second OF The series OF concerts inauguratea
by thu two gentlemen named carly in the
season, and ii was pronounced by all pres
ent to be the finest thing OF It's kind ever
presented In Houston ny local talent Mr.
Aason's work OH thu violin and that OF
MIR. Kidd on the piano is of Il very high
ordfr indeed, and competent musical crit
ic1 predict q wonderfully brigit future Tor
both. Miss Ebbctt's beautiful cantraito
voice was treat In Itself and her delight
full vocal selections we're d much cnlcyed
feature OF the evening,
From this time until Thursday niSlt hut
little of Interest TRANSFERRED ana everybody
Ind a good chance to rest UP and snn1e on
the lethargy produced BY The extrtions of
the previous week. There t.as the Ter
foinance of Hair q King" By Francis
Wilson and his company and Il few infor-
NAL affairs about town which served 20
vary the m0notony, but for the most part
Zadkiel's Injunction to keep quiet and lie
very careful was religiously followed.
On Thursday night MIR. and Mrs. A. Del
gado and the Misses Delgado came to the
rescue OF the debutantes OF both sexes with
german ut their pleasant home on the
corner of Iceland avenue and Caroline
street. Tho affair. IN addition TO being
one of the Twenty club series, was Miss
Marietta Dclgado's debut entertainment.
and was made NIL the more enjoyable by
the fact that bat charming little lady was
the hostess. She was ably assisted by her
sister, Miss Lizzie Delgado, and by her
mother and several friends
Friday afternoon from TO 7 the Del
gndos gave IN informal reception, which
was just MS enjoyable as IL Well could be.
sNnd myself one OF two male persons oil
found myself one or two male persons on
the premises The door bell had scarcely
ceased tinkling before there was a Joyous
shout OF "Oh. It's another man." and before
Knew exactly where | WAS ''at" found
myself surrounded by about eighteen OF
thu pretticst. most charming, best dressed
girls TO be found anywhere In the civilized
world. The other male person had to use
his most eloquent persuasions before the
bewitchlng barrier OF feminlnity around
mo was dissolved. Then other male per-
sons began to arrive and | Immediately be-
came less popular
just at Present everybody Is talking
about the spectacular performance of pen
Htir which is TO be given IN the oause
OF sw9et charity ut the opera house omor-
row ntsht Wednesday afternoon and
Wednesday night Nearly every So
ticty girl in town viii participate in
some Way or other aud the result IA sure to
be we'll filled house. The performance
wns given nv Galveston last Thursday, and
the fact that column after column OF COM
mondntion WIS lavshed on It by the press
OF the is'Ral City would eeom to indicate
that II IS worth seeing. Some OF Tho
dances ARE said TO he exceedingly pretty.
The yonng ladies who win represent Tho
Nalads. the Prestcsscs OF Appollo. the
Egyptian mnldenE and the othrr chnrnrnr
creations that General Wallace wrote
about have been hnrd at work on their re-
hearsals for weeks past aud are said 10 be
we'll MP In TIM dances.
Outside Of this event there viii be bur
little to do next week. Lent begins on
wednesday Of tho following week, md II
Is probable that sone attemnt to close tho
feason In a fitting way win be maids. Al
the end or the period OF deviation and self
sacrifice Will como icastcr With rs n,Nsblnc
and new Gowns and hats, ard tho people
OF the city VIII again take a hand at on
PERTAINING and being entertained
Van Bibbcr.
Mrs y, 7, King announces tho marriage
Of her daughter. Miss BESSIE Alya King, 10
Mr. Alhrrt II, Hayward OF Ruston. to o.
cur In New York city On saturday. Feb.
r'iary 10. Mis- King and hcr sister, Mira.
7, = . Griffitba, Will lcayo rucsdsy night |
via the Southern Pacific for tho metropolis
where lhey Will be Joined by Mr.. Haywar,
and his family, On Sunday. tho day fol- |
lowing the ceremony. the newly welded |
cn'iple will take steamer Tor Bucpos
Ayres where they VIII reside for the
present.
THIS announcement will be somewhat of |
2 surprise 10 the many friends Of Miss
kine. who has resided In this city since
childh0od and than whom no young lndy
IN Houston is more universally ncpular. N.
though tho approaching event has been
faiksd Of In a quiet way for some tinc
past- Arrangements for the marriage wcre
made v<-,-,,A u id IA nj 4, I, ~ t.,,.,.. 4 x.