The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-16
a ROMANCE.
At the Dance

This OledEuI6 VI LIS 49, 49,
irplied with unconcern
\, would not show my pique
At the dance.
pAjrd the foliage plants
AT the dance.
III SPOT meant to entrance
At the dance.
4. n, led me there he said
"A stranger could not ask for two.
,ui i longed to talk with you"
10 proyoking ease displayed,
At the dance.
mn Ne gave me such glance.
At the dance.
nat gave him one La France
At the dance.
IA Mis- tones were low and sweet
Is he told me twas his choice
10 hear the music OF my voice.
4 AID | smiled at my defeat
At the dance.
Could aught my JOY enhance,
At the dance?
" heart was lost, perchance,
At the dance.
M as he spoke with rapture.
lsye's response was in my heart,
had failed to play my part,
trt did regret my capture
At the dance?
Alice Mae Jones.
~
| o,s Of the greatest pleasures in life is
Idss good play, well staged and well
Ba. To enjoy this pleasure to the full.
X 10 a thoroughly intelligent way, one
hsh see the play as complete whole,
b the rising of the curtain even to
lsing down thereof. In this way one
n the motif of the piece, taken up
b incN On and carried out to its
tsflstion, as the author, II he is a poet,
developed 1t. The first act of a play
keynote to the whole. gives the au-
~ in insight into the situation, which
eH them to follow the rest intelli-
ny; lets them know, in fact, where
Ge at And yet that act, so i'm
rat IN Its relation to what is to come,
a'tly, II ever, seen in peace. There
'p'ained here, and elsewhere, / sup
As Houstonians are by no means
W hammered than their neighbors, a
Aoominable habit of being late for a
Wat to a true lover of the stage is
'Tins beyond all telling.
~ 'ney expect to gain who come in
@pay is going on. and those already
" He beginning to understand the
AHa' Is mystery to me. Is 1t that
s'''re TO create sensation, or to
rOpie that they have no slightest
s'o the comfort and convenience OF
Because they obtain both these
w Inc sensation they create is by
vans nattering, nor do they gain any
M 'neir SHOW of indifference. 1t
me worst possible form and
n, uuer lack of. not only good feel
~ 4" suowiedge Of etiquette.
,ae situation as IL often exists: A
people are seated. their pro-
~ se,i conned, their hats off and
d, !. '.llowins the story tobias 1t
Am sne nrst act--of what has led
ne when it is taken up in the
sv,j.s usner comes down the aisle
ksrs,as nether party who have seats
.ne nrst. With an apologetic
As party No. to allow party
sss Into their seats. Then con-
ens' The seats are snapped
,,,a w. one adding its note Of discnrd
"isr : take their seats with the
nm 80 80 nrst.' "oh, no, you first, +"
d, ..s ne wraps have to be removed
asou ss-ee surveyed, and the usual
sbs,ssut the removal of hats and
firn.. Tue party is provided with
iii, H.. VI not, until party No. |
sisrss, sl inc threads of the plot and
N ma eIein, These are barely re-
A,unsh tne same performance Is
Ms M with In the seats before or
kny h..n Is abominable and IL
h , uly In 1t whatever, would
y bsxas one would point it out 10
Re- certainly failed to find 1t
l,,., FUNNIEST things have come
is the menu of a swell bail
s,.s sven by Clinton Van Horne
~. april, In this menu. and It
oe Tor typical society ball
~, Nv fcrk's 400, one finds with
n ~ q. things this course: Canvas vas
ls,, s.'a mayonnaise of celery and
NJ ~ our old friend, fried hom-
pa H.. AVE eaten since earliest
. wy always with a sense Of
trh,- now dwells in the seats
|. so,s, Welcome guest, Here we
h.ua ls'ef turn your back on
Mn. 'or you never know 70 what
u H.. 'e may yet raise him.
an On ! shall regard fried
isb 1selner new light, and
4Nsth,nn that dish should now
hh tina and not a pIain DeIf,
tslo. ~ gone by. there will be
ierk feea 40 not the milllonaircs
~ 'pon II In halls of daz-
n'ssu ua uses are we brought.
y hsrlrr may also be hidden.
~ Of g tasted OF all that life
Wears " ss,,;e. these Americans
" r, wi. and are ''harking
MID n,.ty Of American life
sal !, o,' o. the plutocrats. II our
take to fried honiny