The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-04

Paine, Pansy Larkin. Hazel Foote. Mabel
Sweeney. Vivian Godfrey, Ina and Mary
Woolford, Lila and Arabella Gibbons, Cora
and Bette Shearn. Mamie Shearn. Alice
Baker Annie Martin. Vesta Ewing Mary
Parker, Julia Prince, May Coyle, Jennie
Allen, Bette Lee Smith, Rosalie Munger.
Glare Corey, Hattie Mather. Ruby Cav
thon. Q. B. and Annie Hill. Annie Damon.
Elmina Granger. Kitty Nash Julia and
Flossie Hitchler, Blanche Adair, Louise
Magee. Chaille Jones. Kate Stephens, Car
RE Belle Garnett, Louise and Beth Fitz>
gerald Katherine and Lacy Ray, Anna
Beth Chew. Mamie Bolts, I.ihbie Rice,
Libbie Johnston, Mary Kittrell. Courtney
and Amy Longcope, Kathleen and Jessie
Cawthon. Eunice Marley, Evelyn Kone,
Edna Baker. Jessie Lindlay. Erie Mustan.
Cliftine Blake, Leola Fisher, Hortense
Lorenzen, Halle Coason, Irma Jones,
Myrtle Ferris Ethel Bailey and Masters
De Witt Dunn and Elliott Dunn, Jack
Draper, Tom Taliaferro, Douglass Camp
bell, Howard Burns, De Forrest and Ed
Dennis, Able and Leon Half, Fred DEN
man, Edwin Hobby, Ben Weems, John
Brlnghurst, Charlie Taylor, Sam Gordon,
Harry Ford, Chester Marston, Palmer
Hutchinson, George Tyler Robert Cav.
thon Waldo Lawson. Sam Bierbower Nell
Deary, jamie Mckee, Jim Adair Ebert
Pearson John Kennedy, Clyde Cawthon,
Ed Williams, Jesse Myers. Gus S. Street,
Nell Masterson, Willie Sprong, Leroy
Street, Moody Dawson, Beale Smith, Don
Hall Fritz Dyer, Travis Masterson, Ben
Dyer Palmer Archer, Hugh Allen, Don
Cannon. Bert Cannon, Murray Jones, Mel
son Munger, Bailey Bowers. Albert kone
Harry Johnston, Floyd Johnston. D. u
Roeder.
". violet tea given for the benefit OF
the monument fund OF Robert r. Lee
chapter by Mrs. l.. T. Noyes and Mrs o.
T. Holt Friday afternoon was titly des-
cribed by one of the many people present
as "howling success" Certainly the
Capitol hotel parlors kindly lent BY Mr.
f. A. Hervey. never looked prettier than
they did with their decorations OF vines
ana garlands OF purple and white howers'
| kopes of the dainty -nued movers were lew
tooned over mantel and doorway ana from
Tho chandelier in the nortn parlor 10 the
kpretty table beneath where neaps OF DAINTY
| candies and huge bows of helotrope rio'
| hon made a picture in Itself, me piano
was a mass OF purple blossoms anu
| everywher the color or the evening Was Ill
loviuence A crowd OF people hlled 4As
! rooms during the hours OF 3 TO ana me
programme gave q great deal Of pleasure,
| lhe dancing OF Master Eugene botler
| created futor of admiration and an enSa's
was demanded and given very cheeriully'
mrs peden and MISS hidd were the vocal-
lists of the afternoon, charming the audi"
ence with sweet song. DR.. Green anu Mar
tin Moody Dawson, the violinists and Miss
Bessie Warner the rector. each one re-
Icelving due mead OF praise. Mrs. George
Bruce played Tor the nrst time before u
Houston audience. but they recognized at
once that they had the pleasure Of listen
ing TO musician. Her selection Les
deux Alouettes, - by Leschowski, was ex-
quisitely played-one could feel the night
of the swallows as her hands new over
the keyboard. Financially, the afternoon
was very satisfactory. Little Marion HolI
Seward recited Sing a Song OF Slxpence
in sweet chldlike way that pleased ev
erybody. The amount raised Will be added
to the sum previously collected for the
monument by the concert last spring ana
by the house 10 house soliciting in the
summer. in all about $1,000 now on hand
Mrs. Moves and Mrs. Holt were assisted
during the afternoon by Misses Kirkland
Price Dickson, Henke, Stella Root, Eva
Tuggle Julia May Morse, Stella Carr
Broderick Franklin, Frances and Edythf
Giraud. Ross and Delagado.
These Friday afternoon and evening en-
itertainments will be kept up by Robert Il
Lee chapter. The next one on the 9Th, vii
be under the management of Mrs. Harris
Masterscn and Mrs. j, A. Mullen. The,
will give a matinee for the children in th'
afternoon at Bryan hall, where after
short programme of fancy dances the hal
will be turned over to all the children fol
dancing. In the evening there Will be !
dance, when three cotillon hgures VIII d.
arranged. one for the Benedicts, one FOL
y - nd fOr
all with favors typical of the cause thu
ladies are working for. The prices vii
be 25 cents for the matinee and 80 cent
for the evening
The next Friday. the 10th, will be Il
the hands Of Mrs. 3. F.. Weems and Mrs
A. s. Hall and they intend TO give vert
artistic evening with Gibson. with livinI
representations of his pictures that hav'
such a wide popularity.
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker's receptio
Wednesday afternoon was one of thos
. brilliant affairs that has made Houston
Justly famous for the doings of her socia
world. In every way was It beautiful
success The interior Of the house |
strikingly attractive with its datntlly fires
coed walls and ceilings, all the clever worl
of Mrs. II. f. MacGregor, and the well fin
shed wood work that is such very Ell
fective framing for the pictured WALL
To these were added delicate draperle
of the -leaved Northern smilax, fall
, ing in soft curtains from doorways an
garlanding the mantels that were file
with vases of roses and carnations. Palms
, TOO. added TO the scene their stately beaut
and beyond and above there was the chart
OF the exqustely gowned and very agree
! able women who received the callers dur
4 ing the afternoon hours. After shor
visit with the receiving party the CUES
was ushered into the dining room. wher
she was served with ice cream and CAKE
all in pale yellow and white, the color
! used here The table was just as daint
, and lovely as possible. with polished sur
/ face shining through the web Of lace, an
r long tendrlls OF delicate fern falling fror
: the roses that stood ia slender vas
k like a soft green mist. The sparkiin
. glass of the vase the tender beauty
: The roses and the odor OF them made thi
: eenterpiece something to look upon VII
t Measure. On the mantel were other vase
/ ana yellow and white roses and all throug
: the rooms was the fiower-like beauty