The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-03

Cummings. Annie fbu Rogers Pearl
Ross. Edna Woolford. Captain Quinlan.
Messrs W, l.. Foley, 1ngham Roberts.
Spencer Huichlns, \. II. Franklin, Jesse
Jones. G. J. Crane, Jr, John f Dick
SON, Jr.. w T.. Hobby. Gordon Maillot,
Eugene Heyck, Joe Chew, Odln Kendall,
W p. Fraser. Kenneth Womack. 4. n.
Robertson, George Kidd, Jr.. Louis Bryan
Hubert Loef1er, James and Richard
Grand Eugene Hudson. Gentry and VIII
iner Waldo Hammond Brown. Cally
Hutchinson T.. II Bailey. Arthur John.
s. o. Noyes. John FinDigan, Frank Jones,
Norman Kittrell, Jr.. w. a. Wood. John
IL. Foley, Bert Everts. George Gibbons,
John McComb, Abbott Cockrell sperry
Hunt. Endus IIuey W. II. Curth. Charles
Seaman, J. V. Tackaberry, f.. C. Hume,
Jr.. Or. u. l.. Hodges and Or. Engel-
hardt.
Mrs r. W. Knoxs reception Wednes
day afternoon was certainly very beau
! ticul compliment to the two young guests
OF honor, Miss Corinne Alton Abercrom
bic ana Miss Ruth Alton Finch, They
stood with Mrs. Knox in tho hall just
before a mantel filled with flowers Of
purest white callas and hyacinths. re-
| iieyed with the green Of inc callas' state
| ly leaves and masses OF fern, Palms in
! beautiful arrangement made the hall q
hitting background for the three lovely
| women who stood receiving the guests
| with such sweet grace. From the hall
| the guests passed into the drawing room
| Here the graceful designs OF the French
| empire were used The dainty smiliX
| trailing over the white walls, aud eX-
quisito lace that covered tho windows.
the pale green OF the delicate tcudrtls
1tfar.r ia ~,
soft folds OF lacy mesh and silken hang
ings The mlnte was mass OF soft
mpidenhair fern and pink carnations, and
gilt stands held great clusters of pink
roses TO rival them In beauty
From his picture TO another in the
dining room whore the tones were rich
and dark The mantcl was bank OF
ferns from the floor to the highest shelf
frightened here and there with knots OF
deep red ribbon and gorgeous American
Beauty roses Among the silver aud glass
on the sldchoard these lovely roses were
VA magnificent clusters The library la
essentially blue room. with its wealth
OF blue Delft ware and coloring Of walls
and hangings Here violcts in sweetest
profusion We're in bowls aud baskets
everywhere. The punch bowl was a pic
turc ia Itself resting az it lid In bee
of grapes and oranges. on table be-
naath pretty canopy formed of plumosi
fern. with a daintily shaned haskot. tlIe,
Win vIolett hanping rom It's rcpior hel,
r., broad ain ,ibhon Of n,ic vellow no
. tween tne honrs of i ana 4 n was almos
! lmnnssihlc in mass thrnreh tho rooms s.,
! grcnt vac the crnsh or p,llcrs ami I'M
difGct,lty World rcrtainIv supqest the ide
: baf neonls shouId beri, r,lling ca,lie
,tban thev a. +, vould mo vow nucl
! moro satsfartorv tn mo hostess an
,yhc, ,hc rooms arc s,,rb a lov,iv serie
5 of nictr.rca il IL wnrtb While MAILING IN
cffort in or1c, ia 500 thc,n rnnr., A. one'
s easr
{ Mr. K,ov wns a4s,stcJ il, recciyin
Z Inv Mrs Chartoe N,reinc of c;aIvesin,
h Mrs " a Con,or nf nali,s Nrs cate
;. lof ~ Ionis Ma Mrs m Tovctt Mir,
r Inv uaynn roa,nlI Mr. Norman Me-
!, dunn Mr., Iamcs p.kcr Mr. q 4
$ IInII Mrs N "a rhcw Mira n n Moi
4 mis- Mrs rcG Nt,lor urs Horny Cla
n lIpryrv Mrs Ike W,ikcr Nrs Ion
d IIonsc Mrs Rerrv ward Carn Mrs
II n. PARKER Mrs Robert brewster Nj
]. cannon Mrs Howard smith. MIR
d FRANK Andrews Mrs. w. H. Anderson
d Ne Nv" ~ H. ~ M n,yise 'P Mr.
e n n NarGrcror, Mrs sterling Mye
4 Mrs Walter Towey Miss Belle Dickso
!. MISS Ari'iie crawford MISS ,. mabE
rs f IIoni'e Ws '",g n,a on,rian and Mi
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