The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-11

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serves also as a pin cushion. as well as OF
a reminder OF q strcak OF bad luck"
The excellent supper OF turkey salad.
potato chips, olives, hot biscuits. fol-
lowed by biscuit gldce, served to console
the losers and further inspire the iuckier
ones, as WAS plainly seen In the gayeiy
of tho crowd. Mr.. and Mrs. Miller are a
host in themselves and they assisted Miss
Quinlan in making the evening very de-
lllghtfui one. About the tables were Miss
stella Carr. Miss Edythe Giraud, Miss
Belle Dickson Miss Blanche Wood. Miss
/ Efhe Jones' Miss Alma Miller, Miss LII
! liam Lea, Miss Lucy Brady, Miss Minnie
Porter, Miss Mamie Thompson. Miss Cora
Root, Miss Eva Tuggle, Miss Laura Frank
lin, Miss Eleanor Eonke. Miss Annie Lou
Rogers OF Galveston, Miss Belle Menard
OF Galveston, Miss Maggie Shearn, Miss
Mary waldo, Miss Carrie Carglll Miss
Pearl Ross and Messrs Norman Klttrell.
Jr., James and Richard Glraud. Hubert
Loefier. Kenneth Womack, Harry Lea,
! Hammond Brown, G. j. Crane, Jr., Wilmer
Waldo, George Kidd Jr., Sperry Hunt.
Oliver Sproule, Eugene Hudson, Eugene
Heyok Frank Williams. John Dickson.
George Gibbons, John Mcclellan. Abbott
Cockrell and Frank c, Jones.
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Miss Carrie Carglll returned wednesday
from Austin, where she attended the an
nual meeting of Colonial Danes OF Texas,
OF which she has been the corresponding
secretary for several years. The meeting
was both interesting and agreeable and
the Danes. true TO the traditions of their
forbears. did their duty nobly in rendering
assistance to and inauguratlng patriotic
W rk They gave s25 to Mrs. Frances G.
Maxcy for the Texas gate at Mount Ver-
non and have undertaken to raise 500
for the purpose of placing q tablet In
memory of the heroes of the Spanish
American war at Arlington. For this pur-
pose they have appointed a chairman in
every city In Texas to solicit and raise
funds. The annual election resulted as
follows: Mrs. S. Nj. WEIGH OF Austin,
president (re-elected); Mrs. John Lane
Henry of Dallas. first vice president ire
ond vice president ire elected); Mrs, w.
c, Crane OF Houston third vice president;
Mrs. j, b. Clarke of Austin, recording
secretary (re-elected); Miss Carglll OF
Houston. corresponding secretary tre-
elected: Mrs. j W. Woodruff, historian,
and Miss Mary Palm of Austin, registrar.
Apropos OF things colonial and revo-
lutionary the annual report of the Mount
, Vernon assoc alton speaks highly of Mrs
Frances c. Maxcy wife OF Judge Maxcy
of the United States district court, and
her fine work in the Texas gate. The Ma
, tional regent, Mrs. Justine Van Ransse-
laer Townsend. says in her annual report
: THE vice regent for Texas QMrs, Maxcy)
should be congratulated on her signal sue
, cess and her State owes her large debt
of gratitude that the money bestowed has
been so Judlciously expended in a struc-
ture so much in harmony with it's sur
: roundlngs." or the Texas gateway itsel
, she says: Another beautiful feature oil
tie place Is the gateway at the railroad
entrance modelled after the gateway or
, the Alexandria road so colonial and In
keeping with all the architecture of the
p, Mount Venom estate that 1t forms I
charming addition to the entrance to the
: home OF Washington" And yet there II
= balance due of $275 on this Texas gate
D way which Mrs Maxcy finds difficult tC
. colect--and Buffalo Bill carried at leas
1 $4,000 out or Houston with two per
a formances! The ways of Texans are hare
y to understand!
The Current Literature club made the1l
|, farewell 10 Mrs Devereux Dunlap such
: n very delightful one that that LADY fell
. more than ever loath TO leave its ranks
81 Packards Friday afternoon at
. o'clock and each one was expected tc
> make herself specially agreeable In some
way. Mrs. john r, Lockman was asked
to open the programme--which was TO be
2 entirely mpromptu-whiuh she did in hel
a inlmitahle way. by singing some darkel
= songs first, however, bowling and de
= claTing This is so sudden" and she hat
cold and she was SO embarrassed, etc.
y, getting her audience in hearty laughter
q before she sang a note. 1t was some TINT
. gt,. ~
pnlno. and the president had to rap L
order repeatedly before silence VAS Sc
!. cured. Then Mrs. Booth read a farewell
, poem to Mrs. Dunlap, which was i'm
mensely admired. Mrs. II. A. Randolph
: told funny story, Mrs, Maxcy sang SOM
II beautiful songs and many brief, but wilt
Q ty. Rotations We're given. Then al
= gathered about the fire and enjtqsI de
y. licious salad and cup OF hot tea wit
q merry talk of the past and plans for tn
q future Altogether delightful after
d noon and as the members lett they bad
g farewell very reluctantly to their hostes
!, and to Mrs Dunlap and expressing tn
q hope of seeing the latter again In Hous
II ton, taking her place In the Curren
$ Literature club as well as In their socia
: life.
Is The announcement of the marriage /
"a Columbus, Miss, of Miss Maude Craddoc
a, and Mr.. Daniel Cushing, on the 7th,
"a OF interest In Houston, where Mr. Cush
IL ing was born and reared, and where hi
I. father, Mr.. D. II. Cushing. was for y
10 many years one of the leading minds {
lg the place. He was for a long time tn
editor of the Telegraph and was promi
l. nent in all the public movements Of HI
>, time. A man Of intellectual attainment
- he drew about him a circle OF clever pee
NJ pie, and his wife, who was Miss Mauld
,e Burke, being in every way congenial, cor
4. trihuted toward making their home, VIII
n 1t was, the intellectual center of Houston
\. 1t was MT Cushing who discovered
ie Mollie p. Moore now Mrs. NJ, E. M. Davi
g. and brought her out. Struck by the taller
y, shown In some verses she had sent hin
TX Mr.. Gushing sent for the young poetes
and opening his home and his well store
library TO her, he polished the gem whic
he had found hidden away in a countT
rd Village. Mrs. Davis retains a grateful al
III lection for him and his Wife, and ded
as Gated her book OF Texas history. "Undt
>. Six Flags" to her early friend Mr.. az
Mrs. Daniel Cushing will visit her Q
g their way to Texas and VIII be with h
4 u 49, T.,