The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-16

" entertainments Tor the season.
the german Friday evening being the last
II seemed very natural to see BRYAN hal,
again filled with a well dressed crowd =,
young folks following Mr.. Spencer Hutch
ms In the many turns and twists Of TIM "a.
tillion figures. and Friday night the ,sm,.
nine portion Of the crowd seemed to be
unusually attractive. with their bright
faces aud fresh, pretty costumes. AS they
danced about the room In the hapny same
OK follow my leader" they looked like
Hooks Of bright hued birds or long chaIns
OF dainty flowers. They all, men and
women alike. seemed to enter into the
dance with more than usual enjoyment,
which is perhaps due 10 their long rest.
Ihere was not a sign Of decoration
anywhere about the hall. but who cared.
women to look at?
VI course Mr.. Hutchins led, and then
the usual cvolutions followed az his orders
one very pretty flower tgure was danced.
| tpe mowers that were given as fayors raw
Ing been supplied by the generous prssi-
uent Mr.. Norman Medium. They were
gwen cut by Mrs. Medium and Mrs. Fort
smith, who hale a lovely picture as they
uen OF color and fragrance.
| The presence Of several visiting girls. -
as they are generally termed. added greai :
" &c the pleasure OF the evening. Among
them were Miss Davidson and Miss Noble
OF Galveston. Miss Gibson of Dallas. Miss
Iaylcr OF Sherman and Miss Lingo of
Dtrison. Mr.. Hutchins lod figures with
Miss Davidson and Miss Gibson, as well
as with Miss Bryan and Miss Cochran nj
our own city. "
Strawberries. ice cream, cake and cof-
zee were served in the gallery by the
Ladies Parish association OF Christ
church. and tho fact that Miss Tina Cleye-
lard and Miss Lula Bryan assisted in tho
serving seemed to add very much to their
mayor TO many OF the gentlemen present.
| After this. Of course the dancing was again
| in order, and the merry feet aew over ths
| smooth MOOR as II there was no such thing
as fatigue and sleep to he reci oned with
In the crowd thus brought together were
| seen Mr.. and Mrs. Meldrum. Mr. and Mrs.
r. b. Morris. Mr.. and Mrs. Marcellus r.
| Foster, Mr.. ard Mrs Sterling Meyer, Mr..
and Mrs. c. L. Fitch. Mr. and Mrs. Ber-
| tram Herring. Mr.. and Mrs Charles Her
vey, Mr.. and Mrs. W. Il. Fitzgerald, Mira.
o. l.. Cochran. Mrs. Fort Smith, Mrs. Hat
| tie Ward, Miss Noble and Miss Davidson
| of Galveston. Miss Lingo of Denison, Miss
| Taylor of Sherman, Miss Gibson of Dallas,
| Miss Root, Miss Lima Cleveland, Miss Ken
| nard. Miss Carr, Miss Cochran, Misses
| Frances and Edith Girerd, Miss Henke,
Miss Bryan. Miss Effie Jones, Miss Shell
by. Miss Kate Morris, Miss Mary Ham
| man. Miss jamie Cushman. Miss Key, Miss
Gibbons. Miss Porter, Miss Milly Dumble.
| Miss Ella Smith Mr.. Charles Grant OF
Dallas, MIR. Moody Of Chicago, Mr. Hutch
ms, Mr.. r. b Latham, Mr., Austin Miller,
Mr.. ]. V. Tackaberry, Mr.. G. j, Crane,
Jr. Mr.. T, T. swnarngen, Mr.. James
Girard. Mr. John F. Dickson, r., Mr.. w. n.
Fraser, Mr.. George Kidd, Jr., MIR. w. T,
Hancock, Mr. w. II. Curth MIR. Abbott
Cockrell MIR. W. A. Wood, Mr.. Norman
Kittrell. Jr., Mr.. William Cochran. Mr..
| F.. Is. williams. Mr.. Guy Harcourt, DR.,
Ealr Stafford Mr.. c. Arthur Williams,
Mr.. +. A. Hervey, Jr., Mr.. Enders Huey.
Mr.. Bert Everts, Mr.. Louis Bryan, Mr.. ].
L, Hudson, Mr. J. Fl. Eagle, Mr.. Bell, Mr..
| w C. Connor, Jr., and Mr. W. D. Cleve-
land, Jr.
| The presence In our city last week Of
Mrs. Sidney Fontaine of Galveston, the
guest of Mrs. w. C. Crane. was very
great pleasure to all who had the pleasure
OF meeting her as well as her hostess.
The latter had invited a number OF her
friends. who were specially interested in
organizing a chapter OF the Daughters
of the American Revolution in Houston,
to meet Mrs. Fontaine Monday afternoon
at half past o'clock. With promptness
that argued well for the future OF the
chapter, there was quite a crowd gathered
| together. Mrs. Fontaine, woman whose
strong personality at once impressed itself
upon her audience, gave them very In
| a. tha OfNt nd a ms
the organization. She spoke of its Won
derful growth and the good work done
since its creation on the 18th of October.
| 1890. There are 81 900 members in the
United States, and they are spreading its
influence everywhere. The most notable
of the good works done are the unearthing
of legacy left to congress by George
Washington OF $500 for National uni
versity, and which had been completely
ignored or forgotten, until the sum, by
accumulation has reached nearly $500, 900.
and is to be placed at once to the use for
| which 1t was destined. This legacy,
brought to light by the Daughters of the
American Revolution will be the nucleus
OF fund for magnificent National uni
versity. Another beautiful work was done
by the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. During the late war with Spain they
sent out 1000 nurses for the sick soldiers,
I
scented the steam launch ID. A. r." to
the government for hospital use. From
these facts can be seen that the organiza-
! ton is not only good but powerful
enc All through the large cities of the
North they have their assembly rooms and
a member from another State or city is
made welcome there. These facts were
we'll told by Mrs. Fontaine and listened to
with greatest interest. Very few. com
paratively speaking came prepared to
/ ioin at once 1.-THE old heroes of the revolu-
/ ticn often prove as difficult to he caught
4 by their descendants as by the British,
but a number signed an agreement 10
join a chapter as soon as the proper pa
pers were made out. After this Mrs
Crane refreshed the aspirants TO reVoiu-
tionary fame with delicious shsrhet tea
served very daintily with waters. The
descendants OF colonial soldiers did nor
follow the latter's lead by throwing TINS
tea overheard but consumed II with much
pleasure strong in the assurance mat
no foreign tax was levied thereon. IN
Mrs. Fontaines audience were Mrs. W V
r. Watson, Mrs. Thomss r. Franklin
Mrs. ]. C. Hutcheson. Mrs. H. +. Ring
Mrs. r. F. Dunbar. Mrs j. \. Huston
Mrs. Henry Lummis, Mrs. w L. Lane
Mrs. Ernest vasmer. Mrs. Howard Smith
Mrs. c. L. Fitch, Mrs. c. II. Lucy Mrs
Seabrook Sydnor Mrs. o. c. Drew Mrs