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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01
A FLOWER coTlLLON.

Fieures with Roses and Lilies and VIC
let's and Maenolas, and All Lovely.
From the New York lIerald's London Let
ter.
london.-Mrs jefferson must he credited
with having given the most beautiful codl-
Ion ever seen in London, but greater credit
must certainly be given Mr. Albert stop
ford who thought and carried out the
whole delightful scheme.
1t was floral co;lllou by which mean
that nothing but flower figures We're intro.
duCed.
The dancing went on from quite half past
/ till 1 o'clock in the morning. aud this
viii give some little idea Of the numhei
of figure. in the dances. 10 begin with,
little black coon stepped into the middle
/ of the room dressed M the couNenlonui
| sluuch straw hat and red and white striped
! trousers lie announced the name OF the
| figure about to take place. ,,,, ,,,,,.,.
| the Rose Garden, a pretty quotation from
| an old Persian poem.
-Four enormous crimson rambler trees,
| placed in weighted pots and win masses
| of glorious blossoms all over Them were
To each Of these trees various young ana
! pretty girls dressed IN white, were fast
/ cncd with long scarfs Of pale blue crepe
| de chine.
the scarfs around their waists and danced
some few minutes 10 the strains of
! dynar,r ,-o1ca
, Tbi ,.ani, ,notbor nrottv figure. which
WINS also announred by the litlic coon with
nm ,rnronriite n,iotatipn. In reprpspntcd n
SIM All frSm which hung trails Of roses.
Against if leaned, I'm very graceful man.
| nv ladv Northumberland who lust NOW is
io5kihg perfectly lovely. Size was dressed
| NH IN while. with great wrcnths of white
| iiiirs In hcr hair. she presented each man
who came mp 10 her with one of these floral
ribbons 10 In turn handed il to the part
ucr with whom he was to dance
The next figure was q sins uIarly happy
! idca An enormous bed OF growing MES
was arranged i'm the center of the room.
/ In the midst OF which stpor Miss Jennr
son who assisted Mr.. Siopfcrd iu leading
me coullon. She presented great shc1v"s
| Of lilies to the mon to give to- The women.
| 1ais pretty coureit caused quite a round
! Of applause.
Another effective figure was tho prescuia
tion of great garden hats, u'mntod wan
/ many colorcd rihaons, ." th" women, which
they sIung over ne arm when dancing, the
! men receiving cigars aud cigarettes
After ilis came d charming figure in
/ winch Noung women dressed IN Whllc hcld
long rarands OF sweet peas which had q
/ srrl OF NeNreS cuil3 tHevI VI Siopiofn
! lNeIi pinCe"ueu l" Pl'k MP ;aui'S IN hlAck
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01

A 7crr Interesting and curious crurlrorm
ceyut has been discovered near Militia, in
MnHico. It lies near the foot OF the Guia.
zoo hili and IS constructed OF Immense
bIloeks of stone which we've originally
quarrled and brought down from the adj
5acent mountain. May similar blocks are
scattered near The crypt and arc regarded
as On evidence that It was never com
pietcd. The stones 10 the interior OF the
Building are covered with arahcsques nud
with mosaics, which are artlsHcally suip.
nured aud which nre Of an average dopa
of three quarters OF an inch.
NJ. de Nadallac French arChcologlst.
describing the crypt. says 1T Ia easy In
this ornamentaton TO recognize the innu.
ence of Greek art Doubtless ii Is strange
II find In unknown regions near the IN
cihc traces of Greek art or Of the ancient
Aryan civilization, but ! simply state tn,
tact. and do not 0ttcmpt to explain IT,
Whatever relations, II any, formerly exist
ed between races SO dinorent as these ara
still shrOuded in profound mystery
THE walls Of the crypt were probably
painted, for one fragment. which has bcoi
1Qund, Is covered With cement, aud 4Ogel
shis is coating ~ rel paint. The grount
inside was aot covered with cement. whicl
distinguishes thls building fYom 0Jhe
crSpts. The orn0montation Is rcmarknhl
for IT'S profnsion and richness and Ia o
palace at Uxmal and in the halls Of tn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01
About Fall Travelling Costumes.

/ practical ana Ioss liable 70 become solled.
Il should he made two fingers from the
fiounce. This ilounce Is Indispensable on
skirt that l. cut at all short, as II gives
pretty swing TO the lower part. There
soft silk according to the temperature, aud
q short coat Of white serge. The best
covering for the bead Is white tam
u'shantcr.
It Is difficult to keep large hat in place
unless n Is fastened securely with a num-
Der Of long pins. These, In turn, are GER
tain to disarranee the hair, aud Il is wiser
10 wear them only when on land. When
the sun shines very brightly the English
wear the helmet shaped cap, which Is made
| Of white cloth. ornamented with gold braid,
and has visor 10 protect the eyes from
! the sun. This cap is very popular MS well
as seryceable, and does not rufGe the hair,
hut rather protects II.
match the skirt and short coat, and the
crayat Is usually the same MS the colors Of
the yacht, MS II Is considered a delicate
compliment 10 the host on n yacht for his
guests 10 wear a ribbon OF his fay0rlte
color. For yachting white Is preferable
! 10 all other colors, as the sea has de-
| being easlly cleaned white always looks
| dainty and elegant There should be long
rnincoat with capuchin hood. When the
! yacni is az anchor near the shore and It
| is possible TO have a considerable quantity
! OF baggage at hand, IT IS well 10 he pro
yided with a white lace dinner gown, as
! ing wear on the water than any other
/ fabric.
4 gown Of white lace over white taffcta
| has a skirt OF lace with embroidered knots
scattered nter IT IN great prufuslon The
/ whist of the snme lace j. merely trans
| parent blouse over white taneta The
/ girdlr Is Of turquoise sutln, appllqucd with
/ The same knots of embroidery as the gown,
and there Is dchu of embroidered nous.
sclinc dnpcl over the shoulders caught
( 90 one Side Of he waist with two blue
satin ribbon hows
! Evening cloaks have large CUTS and col
/ lars, the latter extending fnr over the
sh0uilers these are frequently made OF
/ cashmcIe or crepe de chine embroidered
/ win gold. with evening dresses many wo-
men simply wrap up their heads in large
pieces Of heavy lace instead Of using
I hood or scarf
/ White Is always n favorite color for all
! purposes. Riding habits Of white tlcklug
/ are correct for the country. The skirt h
short, the basque Is a cutaway ,oai oveP
! q linen vest the hat and gloves are white.
! the hoots Of gray huckskln. This costume
/ is not only very chic, but Is also comforta.
! BILE
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01

No phenomenon Of nature is more gen.
orally misunderstood than the color chang,
that takes place in the leaves Of plants IN
autumn This is one OF those common
things that most people never think OF
studying, just because they are so common,
But 10 neglect them is to neglect yeritable
mine Of interest and beauty, so say moth
ing Of the information that lies there ready
for our seeking.
Ten persons out OF twelve, perhaps, be
ieye that the leaves turn red or yellow OF
purple or brown under the action Of frost,
but the truth Is that frost has nothing 10
do with the change. II YOU Will take thr
trouble 10 notice the trees IN September
ana October you will see that the change
begins long before we have frost.
As a matter OF fact II Is merely the rlpen-
ing Of the leaves, Just as an apple reddens
when Il Is ripe. Leaves are green In spring
and summer because they have in thelT
cells n substance called chlorOphyl which
Is made green by the action Of sunlight
The green Is Of pale shade in early spriuG
because the chiorophyll Is not fully formed
When that substance Is fully formed the
green turns darker.
Toward the eng Of summer the chlOrophyil
begins TO decay, and then, because It Is moi
supplied as II Is early In the season, tbs
leaves change color or ripen, the green
producing substance no longer being pres
emit Exactly why some leaves turn red
some yellow and some brown Is not readily
| explained, except by what we know Of thu
action Of light In producing colors, Some
sAsssvs2sea ahserh the xeileW sad blue Rays
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01
A New Fattening Fad Discovered.

E
A lady who was recently so III Of neryoul
dyspepsia MS to be in Red, and so thin that
she gave up all hope of ever getting fat
secured a new doctor who used her for al
experiment in diet lie placed her upon s
strict regimen of. bananas, nothing else.
the result was marvellous. She grew ID
really Ike them, when prepared by baking
and served with sugar and cream or cold
ina the form Of delicate jelly She also mad
banana frttcrs and biscuit made Of bauana
flour. Daily she grew more plump and
rosy, and now she is well, and expects to
stay.
Bananas contain starch in it's most easily
GSsiuilHtcd form. homeopathic docton
have for many wears called this tropieal
fruit unwholesomr, hut it Is only indt
r,stibe when umlpe AS most bananas
arrive here and are eaten In green state,
cooking Is necessary to develop their val.
uahc uututivc qualities.
| Inc delicious large red banana FROM Cuba
is the most acceptable one, but now very
scarce. The cheapness of this cure is one
OF its charms, for almost all treatment for
weak nerves and paor nutrition Is very
expensive. The happy woman who tried
! the fad is telling all her thin friends about
II and assuring them that it really Is great.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01
Ia NauvelIe Mode.

Ia Nauvelle Mode.
paris. France. Saturday. The taste for
yachting now rervades all classes. Yacht
ing Is no longer confined 10 millionaircs
5or many persons are passing their yaea-
lions on ono OF the many pretty yachts
which cruise atout our shores, Sometimes
two or three families charter one Of these
craft and thereby the pleasure OF the trip
Is enhanced. There are large number
OF people who do not care to undertake.
long EXCURSIONS. Int who Ike TO visit the
interior 81 the country and who by va
rlous means Of locomotlon penetrate into
the little towns along the coast Of Nor
mandy and Brittany The costumes de
signed for these excursions are, or should
be, durable.
n you go by the sea in a fisher boat your
heavier baggage should precede you, aud
this is an Important consideration. for you
will enjoy an agreeable feeling of indie
pendence and at the same time save all
anxiety as 10 the safety Of your belongings.
The bicycle costume IS made Of course
linen or ticking, and the white linen shirt
waist Is exactly like a mans shirt and
has starched collar and cuffs.
pretty combination IS costume Of
brown linen, with broah band Of white
linen, with brown stripes around the lower
part Of the skirt the bolero trimmed with
the white linen, striped with brown. The
tsherman's cap has straight brlm, md is
simply trimmed with a brown MORE ribbon.
For long excursions we advise double
yell OF white lace or mousScline dc sole,
with large dots. Fer automobllng Fl b.
better n wear eyeglasses, instead ~ Il
vel. Much less unsghtiy than mns4 ii
q combination which protects the complex.
ion, eyes and hair from the dust a nat
with a double lining of silk paper, which
may be removed ut will. is an absolute
guarantee that the hair Is covered. straw
aud silk are pcrmca6lc, and dus' VIII hltor
through them, but the pepper is o positive
protection. There should be. also, p gar.
ment Of light weight uieoih, which VIII
resist dust MS well as rain
The bicycle skirt should be- long enough
20 permit a tourist 10 20 about without at
tracing attention. When u Is necessary
to 50 f-NH ono nolnt 10 another 0u n
stenuNr o. at 70 rs best 80 Wear wooden
Cic,hins.
a sairt o. ..Aae English sergr Is more
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01

Here IS charming hat Of corn-colored
with band of reddish bFpwn
velvet around the brim. The crown Is sur.
rounded with a wreath Of roses without
foliage. on one side is a cluster of roses
combined with very pale green leaves.
Another hat designed for a young girl
is OF Hight blue straw, the round crown
draped with pale blue Liberty silk with n
bunch of white roses on one side
These models are from Benthcric.
An elegant toilet In white moussellne is
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01
Description of Dresses.

trimmed with bands Of white Irish lAs.
entire denx The waist. in hoero efecs
has broad bands Of the same lace. MI
elbow sleeves are finished with rufnes n
the mousgeline and the girdle Is OF crens
de chine The skirt - trimmed with lare
entire deux, put on in points.
A bathing costume OF cream colored ma
hale. with stock. has reyers and grdle a
blue cretoDne. applique, and there Is
band Of the same trimming on the skift
which conceals the trousers,
Another hat Is of coarse ecru straw
trimmed with pink mousseline de sole ma
lunches of anemones aud roses.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01
Look
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Girls.

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The times., 1901-04-28

/ had swung too far to the opposite side,
( and that i'm the group of pictures a too
/ great definition is evident. and Judging
I from the criticisms heard among those
( who viewed the exhibit on the opening
/ evening that would seem to be the pre-
vailng opinion. Yet on the part of sev-
( oraI Individual exhibitors, there was evil
! dent an ability TO use a means for an
end. and in their groups could be seen
purely "fuzZytype' pictures beside pic
lures with the keenest focusing and pic
lures but moderately defined
From technical point OF view the en-
tire exhibition could be unqualfedly
called excellent. only in one or two cases
were pictures allowed to go upon the
, walls in which at least the manipulation
! of the mechanical processes had not been
absolutely perfect. In some notable cases.
especially in the still life and flower class.
the examples were especially remarkable
simply from technical point Of view.
If there was anything TO abate the fat
tering impression of artistic excellence
which the exhibit makes, At would be the
lack of Imagination and inventive faculty
which is evident. The exhibitors in many
cases have allowed themselves to make
pictures too much IN the conventional
style to De seen every day in second rate
art snop windows. covered with glass and
surrounded with a eaudy gilt frame.
Scattered among the groups are a few
showing women in poke bonnets which
strike "a jarriHg note among the other
pictures because of their forced cOnven-
tonality.
By all odds the portrait class is the
strongest and reaches a higher level of
merit than any of the others. The genre
class is guilty of the most cOnventiOnality,
ard is the weakest and the least interest
ing urtisticaIly The landscapes are eX-
tremciy good i'm spots. The landscapsts
have labored under the impression that
the ordinary mass Of underbrush intri-
cttelv interlaced, with a large tree trunk
thrown in to relieve the grey, can be
made to hold interest There are far too
many pictures Of this class and they can
probably be explained by the fact that
the landscape around Washington, except
to the most Keen observer, does not fur
nish anything better 1t is in the land
scapes also that a lack of the general
principles of picture composition is most
evident recognition of some of the
rules of chiaroscuro, balance. and line ar
raneement would have saved many a
plate and made from what is now
somewhat centreless and dead picture, one
with life and interest. That there are
exhibitors who know about these things
is abundantIy evident by some splendid
examples which have been hung. A little
more knowledge of the rules of black and
white in art. a little II er~ imagination,
The times., 1901-04-28

aad a little more variety of subject
would have produced a better exhibit
Considered in detail the exhibit seems
much better than when considered en-
masse. There are Il handful of pictures
which may fairly claim to be artistic pro-
ductiOns of the highest merit The judges
in making their selections segregated
those photographs which. in their mind.
possessed conspicuous artistic merit, and
put themin special class. This division
contains about twenty-five pictures but
il holds by no means all those which have
conspicuous artistic merit and il does.
on the contrary, contain some which have
not.
After making casual survey of the pro-
ductons hung on the walls, and stop
ping on the second round in front of the
class special, because it has to recon-
mend il the weight of the judges good
opinion. it is quite likely that the visitor
Will ind himself before two soft prints.
in a rather subdued shade of red by
Charles T. Fairman, which are entitled
The Lullaby and Wash Day one
shows a small girl in q big rocking chair.
holding in loving embrace a little baby.
The other is an interior genre scene with
a woman at a tub of suds as the central
figure, and child in a little rocking
chair as subordinate. They are gum
prints. and while not handled techni-
Cally as well as they might be, are note
worthy because of the subject ana the
treatment. In contrast with the majority
neither conventional, strained, nor Stlitvd.
Detail is sacrificed to general effect ana
the combination and contrast of masses.
light, and shade. is truly picturesque. In
the class special is another picture by the
same artist entitled. "HOmeward. done
in the same medium, and showing the
same qualities
quite at the opposite end OF the scale
is a little landscape by John y. Massie,
called The Daisy Field. 1t IS all bright
ness and sunshine, and is remarkable first
because of the wonderful VlgOr and con-
trast it possesses, and second. because il
undertakes TO study intimately a little
corner. something which no other land
Scapist exhibiting seems to have COnStd-
cred profitable. Mr.. MasSie has, jUdg-
ing from the success of his picture, fallen
upon the proper way to treat the land
sCape material which is most ready to
hand IN this country. He has succeeded
in using clouds for an artistic effect.
Among the sea pictures Charles W. Had
ley deserves thanks for having produced
one so full of feeling as his After the
Storm. 1t is a symphony in brilliant
gTeys, and though there is not a real high
light. almost everything in il seems To
gliSten. 1t shows a few ships, Il few low
houses clustered on the shore, and
broad eXpanse of TipDlcd water that
catches the bright grey of the sky and
reflects it from each ripple.
Flower pictures are quite numerous.
and perhaps of this group Cosmos, by
T. A. Mullett is the best. He has repro
duced the dainty white flower remarka-
bly with plenty of softness, yet no sac
rifice of detail His management of his
plate has evidently been excellent, for he
sacrifices nothing even in the very lowest
tones while his middle tones are soft and
transparent.
The most attractive of all the portraits
is Helen" by Il. B. Thompson. Helen
The times., 1901-04-28
EXPERTS IN PHOTOGRAPHY
An Excellent Exhibit by the Cap,
ital Camera Club.

High Degree of Art Attained by
Local AmnteurS-A Delicate Shad-
ing of Light and shadows in Many
of the Picturca-SOme Cloud Effects
Following as it does the exhibitions of
the Society of Washington Artists. and
Of the dainty Japanese water colors.
which have been held in the same room.
it is not surprising that the exhibition
of the Capital Camera Clup proves slight
" monotonous. As the third of series
it invites criticism, and comparison with
the previous exhibits of pictures is made
unconsciously. The members of the Capt.
tai Camera Club should, however, be
glad of the circumstance which has put
their so-called mechanical art i'm such
close iuEtaposition with the hand made
art Of the professional artists The com
parson will permit art lovers 20 see for
themselves that the claim made by pho
tographers that their profession, though
with limitations. is an,drt medium, has
plenty OF foundatiOa.
a similar collection of pictures i'm
monochrome, done with the brush instead
of with the lens, ewouH hardly prove
more interesting, snd if the exhibit of
the Camera Club seems at first glance
somewhat mOnotOnQus, il is merely what
is to be expected in a display Of pictures
which must of necessity be monochro-
matte, and can reach only in most linn
tied way into other colnr fields than the
pure white and black Yet with these
limitations there is. in the pictures hung,
an evident effort to make the best of the
limited materials at hand which reaches
a measure of success. a great many of
the photographs show such gradations of
greys and blacks as would battle Il brush
artist to reproduce. Now and again ON
the walls is found among the darker sur
rounding studies, simple picture in sepia
or red. that it is difficult to believe is
merely a print, and not the lOying work
of hand and brush.
The exhibition. taken as q whole, is
rather more sane than such exhibitions
usually are. The craze for "fuzZytypes'
seems to have been subdued. to say the
least. and such pictures as are out of
focus are out of focus for the purpose of
producing an artistic effect, and not
merely because an over misty and i'm
pressionistic effect is the fashion and like
ly to prove acceptable to the judges. 1t
almost might be said that the pendulum