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THE HOUSTON POST
VOL. 36, NO. 273
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1921.
price five cents.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
1921
HAPPY HEW YEAR
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ITHROUGH SERVICE
BETWEEN HOUSTON
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February 1
HOUSTON'S BANNER
YEAR PASSES; CITY
TO GROW IN 1921
Prosperity Over Year Off-
sets Slack of Closing
Months
The New Year and Its Challenge
FIRST SLEEPER
ARRIVES TODAY
Hoifeton's Growth as Oil
Center Commands
Attention
readjustment
is under way
Business Men Expect Re-
newed Activity to
Follow Lull
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With the inauguration Saturday of
through sleeping car service from Hous-
ton to Mexico City, via the Gulf Coast
jLines. comes the announcement of the
^inauguration on February 1, 1921, of an-
other through sleeping car line between
|Hou ston and Tampico.
This is the first time in the history of
; . ..Houston of the existence of through
.i.|ljJt>leeping car service between this city
/-/land Mexico City and Tampico, according
:to ('. \V. Strain, general passenger agent
of the Gulf Coast Lines.
Mr. Strain returned to Houston Thurs-
day night from Chicago, where he com-
pleted arrangements with the I'ullman
company for the inauguration of this
service.
Houston Is Recognized.
The fact that. Houston is becoming
{prominent as a ceijter of the oil in-
dustry and the further fact that there
re so many Houston people living in
r are interested in the oil business at
ampico, nre some of the reasons as-
igned by Mr. Strain for Houston ob-
aining this through service, which he
leclared places the business men of this
: city and section in a better position to
ijili \ obtain business in Mexico than any other
; city in the State.
The service to Mexico City will begin
with the departure of a Pullman sleeper
!attached to the Gulf Coast Lines train
! leaving here at 9:30 p. m., Saturday,
j via Corpus Christi and Laredo. The
train will reach Mexico City at 0 a. m.,
Tuesday morning, thus putting Houston
n-ithin two business days travel of Mex-
1 co City.
Arrives Today.
The first through sieeper from Mexico
I'ity will arrive in Houston at 7:l(t a. m.
: Saturday, having left Mexico City at 6
m. Wednesday, December Hi*. The
train was reported running on time
Thursday night.
Mr. Strain also said the through sleep-
ng ear service to Tampico would be in-
iUgntated on February .1. This service
ivill operate via Brownsville and Mata-
noros, thus officially opening »for the
irst time a through car line via the
jrownsvilie gateway.
The drawing room sleepers in the serv-
ce to both these Mexican cities will also
arry broiler-buffet service for the ac-
ommodat ion of passengers.
"There is a heavy demand tor passen-
ger service between Houston and Mexico
*ity, and especially between iliiu city and
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jSl'i.mpico, owing to the heavy into:
Vlouston oil men have in the Tan
Wields.'* Mr. Strain sain.
"In connection with the operation of
j I lie through car to Mexico City, the
i iresent Houston-Brownsville sleeping
I par service will be operated through from
: Brownsville to New Orleans, using the
daylight special between Houston and
IXew Orleans in each direction." Mr.
[Strain said.
"Inasmuch as these cars arc operated
ksouth of Houston on the same trains
"that handle the Mexican through cars, it
(virtually gives New Orleans through
,service intft Mexico via Houston," he
said.
Mexican Preparation.
In order to handle the Tampico sleep-
ing car the National lines of Mexico have
Tarranged to inaugurate an exclusive pas-
senger train between Matamoros and
Monterey, another new departure.
Mr. Strain also declared that the
freight transportation situation in Mexi-
■•:> jco is rapidly improving and expanding,
| • especially on the Mexican National lines.
: jjy'The Brownsville gateway has already
jijftabeen opened for freight service into
/Mexico and the movement of freight
/'whrough that gateway via the Gulf Coast
jid ines, already good, is increasing each
|i|:;! lay," he snid.
jjijjll ( Gulf Coast officials declare Without
reservation that this new service will
ncfUi more for Houston than anything
hat can happen to bring the business
nterests of this city into quick and ef-
'ective communication with business in-
' terests in Mexico City and at Tampico.
Officials of this road worked hard to
>btain this service for Houston, in the
ace of opposition from other cities in
the State, it is said, who w(**e equally
{lesirotis of obtaining for their sections
ihis much-coveted through service.
lerring May Be Appointed
Prison# Commission Head
Houston Post Special.
pt'ALLAS, Texas, Dec. 31.—Jake Her-
marshal at Houston, and for-
superintendent of the Texas, prison
l m, may be appointed chairman of
jKtate prison commission by (Jovernor
Jfc'eff when the latter takes office, ac-
Wiig to n report circulated by those
•®„to Neff here Friday.
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The year just closed, if the statements
of representative business men in every
line of endeavor in Houston can be taken
as the criterion, has beeu the most pros-
perous in the history of the city. While
it is true that slackness has characterized
the closing months of the year, it was
not sufficient to materially affect the
prosperity of the year as a whole, and
almost without exception 1920 is report-
ed as the best of many good years.
Growth in 1921 Forecast.
Greater growth in 1921 is forecast in
every direction. While the early part
of the new year will unquestionably see
a period of readjustment, this is expect-
ed to be followed by prosperity as great
or greater than that of 1920.
All in all. the business men of Hous-
ton are satisfied with the progress made
in 1920 and are, preparing for a steady
forward march during 1921. How they
feel may be gathered from the following
statements:
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"Get Back to Earth in
1921," Says Mayor
Mayor A. E. Amerman: "The year just
passed was a year of excesses; excesses
of prices, of feelings, of thoughts. Every-
thing went skyrocketing.
"For instance, I saw crabs, imported
cooked from the Pacific coast, on sale in
tfie Houston market for 50 cents apiece:
and fools were buying them. Can you
believe it ?
"At this time, it looks like' we are
coming down again without serious dam-
age.
"The year 1921 "will get our minds and
our habits a long ways hack toward nor-
mal.
"It behooves every man and woman in
Houston to bend his energies toward
sane, wholesome thoughts in personal
and business affaifs.
"Get back to earth in 1921."
♦ ♦ ♦
Hop es for Good
Crops and Prosperity
H. F. MacGregor: "I am hoping that
1921 will bring forth good crops in order
that it may be a prosperous year for
all. Unless the crops are good, in
1921. it will not be as prosperous as
1920."
Says Year Will Bring
Good Business
D. R. Beatty: "The coming year is, in
my opinion, to mark the -opening of a
! period of good, sound business. The
j process of readjustment is about fin-
| ished. The enormous republican ma-
! jority in the late election was an un-
mistakable protest against all sorts of
impractical thories. The American peo-
ple have come down to earth again. They
have their feet on the ground. The
steady march of industry and sound busi-
ness is to be resumed in the good old
American way.
"We may look forward to further re-
| trenchment of governmental extrava-
gance, for some revision of unjust and
unreasonable taxation, and for the safe
guidance of the country and its business
along paths that we all know and can
follow.
"The day of the theorist has passed
with all it.*, waste and folly, and the New
Year dawns bright with promise for all
legitimate enterprises."
Says 1921 Will Be
"What We Make It"
Judge Chester H. Bryan: "The year
1920 has been a good year, but the com-
ing year looks rocky. We can not be
pessimistic, however, as that, only adds
to our dilemma. May we all look for-
ward with the hope and determination
to make 1921 as prosperous and bene-
ficial for the people as any previous
year in the history of the country.
"While we are rather dubious as to
what the year 1921 holds in store for
us, it has largely in store that which
we ourselves make for it. It lies with-
in our power to'do much for humanity
by a kindly smile, word of encourage-
ment, and the handclasp of fellowship
which is frequently more needed and ap-
preciated than financial assistance.
Everybody, rich and poor, can contribute
that.
"May we hope that for the coming
year, the influence of the home will be
more generally felt throughout the iand
as there is no influence which so greatly
builds up the morality and morals of the
people. The mother is the foundation
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The speD Year is both exhilarating and
inspiring. ^ jf us are conscious of its uplifting
influences p. yield readily to them as we close
one chap f time to sense the hopes and aspira-
tions w1 swell with the opport*nities and chal-
lenges Ai ie year ahead. If reflective or contem-
plativ losophers, awed by humanity's moment-
ous problems, deem the exultation and felicity of
the moment untimely, they forget that these fruits
of the spirit are born of hope and faith, and that
without hope and faith we could not have the cour-
age and strength to grapple the tasks ahead.
These are crucial times, but we can not find
our solutions or perform our tasks in an atmos-
phere of pessimism or despair. Undoubtedly,
there is need of prudence, soberness, purpose and
courage, but even these sinews of the soul gain
strength where hope and faith flower in abiding
optimism. Not only so, but it is in felicity and
optimism that humanity can find the maximum of
unity, and it will be those animated by the joyous
spirit, who must ultimately lift a nobler structure
of civilization above the wreckage of the world.
The Post makes no claim of supervisual power,
but its faith in the ultimate triumph of the world
over poverty, misery and selfishness is supreme.
It can see that out of the welter of strife, confu-
sion and passions of the time, humanity will reach
a surer footing, and at last attain nobler summits.
It can see that order will triumph over disorder,
justice over oppression, hope over despair, courage
over fear, intelligence over ignorance, reason over
prejudice and charity over selfishness.
After all, it is the age-old struggle, and only its
outer manifestations have changed, as the clouds
are always changing in the sky. In Europe, in
Asia, in America, the task is the same, the objec-
tive is the same fundamentally, and the problems
are all co-related. In a sense it is the world prob-
lem, rather than the local or national problem
that is baffling us, and if the difficulty seems in-
superable, we must remember that with dawning
world consciousness, we shall soon be able to get
the universal vision and think and act in the uni-
versal sense.
The fact that the New Year unfolds an unfa-
miliar vista is all the more reason to greet it with
renewed enthusiasm and streng^he-'ei purpose,
fully realizing that there is yet enough glory in
history to light the way and inspiration enough
to urge us forward upon the broader pathway of
useful endeavor. And surely there are lessons
enough, if we have learned them, to guide us
where the pathway may be steep and narrow.
The call is for each and all to act well his part,
whatever it may be, if we are to realize the oppor-
tunities of the new year. Let each soul build for
itself a "more stately mansion," and in the end it
will be found that unconsciously, perhaps, our fine
purposes and efforts have all co-ordinated for a
better world and a more unselfish humanity.
It is this exalted spirit that stirs The Post in
the New Year's dawn. It is this exalted spirit
which it would have abroad in the community it
inhabits, in the State that it strives for, in the
republic it loves, in the world for whose salvation
it hopes.
The Post is profoundly impressed by the New
Year's call to Houston, of whose life The Post is a
part. Never in its history has so inspiring a pros-
pect unfolded to Houston eyes, never such an
appeal to its energy, never such rewards of solid
and spiritual achievements to be won by public
spirit and intelligent direction and effort. Grant-
ing the need of capital, after all the best and most
lasting blessings are to be won through effort.
So it is in the State and in the republic. Every-
where duty sounds its challenge. Everywhere the
joy of service awaits all who catch the fine im-
pulses of the New Year and the new era. Every-
where living tasks await eager hands. No matter
where our lots may be cast, we are on the far-
flung battle line of humanity, of civilization, of
material progress, of spiritual uplift, and with
each and all the supreme issue must at last rest
upon what we do rather than upon what we may
get.
The Post goes joyfully forward with the hopes
and aspirations and enthusiasm born of the New
Year. The best year of its history is just behind
it, the best in prosperity, the best in what it strived
for, the best in achievement. It has realized much
of material reward, but it is prouder still of the
high ideals toward which it pressed and of the
measure of service it was permitted to render.
But better than the old year is the new, because
it is in the new where the field of service lies and
service is the life of The Post. To realize every
opportunity to be of service to the city, the State
and mankind; to fulfil its appointed mission with
unswerving fidelity; to exemplify the noblest
ideals of clean journalism; to be helpful in all
things that make for better citizenship; to behold
at the end of the year a record of achievement that
will be rich in lasting good, such is The Post's
New Year aspirations and such is the goal of its
endeavors.
WILSON WILL GALL
CONFERENCETO FIX
ARMAMENT LIMIT
OLD YEAR PASSES
HILARIOUSLY; NEW
IS GIVEN WELCOME
Calling of International American Legion Dance
Gathering Reported After Draws Hundreds to City
Consultations
Auditorium
MONEY VOTED IN
1916 FOR MEET
HOUSTON GREETS
1921 WITH JOY
Impression Prevails That Dinner and Theater Parties
Nations Will Follow
U. S. Initiative
Are Features; Thousands
Crowd Streets
M VALERA ARRIVES PROHIBITION'OGRE' ! ARMY OF 150,000 IN
SAFELY IN IRELAND. TEMPERS HILARITY VOLUNTARY TRAINING
SECRETARY ASSERTS OF GOTHAM CROWDS
Head of Sinn Feiners to
Make Another Mysteri-
ous Appearance
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Following
a conference between President Wilson
and Acting Secretary of State Davis and
a later consultation by Mr. Davis with
Admiral Robert Koonze, chief of naval
operations, it was reported that Presi-
dent Wilson would call an international
conference to put a limitation on arma-
ments.
In view of the sentiment in Am erica,
England, and Japan in favor of the
Borah resolution- to curtail naval con-
struction by the three countries, it is re-
garded as opportune for such a confer-
ence.
Must Adopt Treaty Form.
The act of 1916 under which President
Wilson may issue the call contemplated
consideration and recommendations
rather than definite action respecting
limitation of armaments, and it is be-
lieved that to obtain dependable agree-
ment the powers must adopt the recom-
mendations, both by acts of their respec-
tive national parliaments and also in
| treaty form.
An appropriation of $200,000 to de-
fray the expenses of an American delega-
tion to such a conference was voted by
congress in the 1916 act.
President May Stop Navy Building.
Power also was given to the president
to suspend construction under the naval
act, in the event of an agreement being
reached.
Whether the state department has in-
quired of the principal powers if they
would annoint delegates to an armaments
limitation conference could not be learn-
ed Friday, but in diplomatic circles the
impression prevailed that should the .in-
itiative be taken by the American gov-
ernment there would not be the same dis-
appointment that met the efforts of
President Wilson and Secretary Br.van to
have the nations assent to the calling
of a third Hague conference in 1913 and
1914.
Associated Press Report.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Eamonn de
Yalera, '"president of the Irish republic,"
has arrived safely in Ireland, Harry Bo-
land, his secretary, announced here'
Friday.
Although Mr. Boland declared a cable
message received by him Friday informed
him of De Valera's landing on Irish soil
Friday morning, reports from Ireland
said efforts to locate him there have
failed thus far. The manner in which the
"president" evaded the British blockade
was not disclosed by Mr. Boland.
A message^ of farewell to America, dic-
tated by Mr. De Yalera and made public
Friday by Boland was followed Friday
night by announcement of three addresses
prepared by the Irish president before his
departure. They included a memorial ad-
dress on "the late Terence MaeSwiney,"
a "St. Patrick's day message," and an ad-
dress on "The Republic of Ireland."
After his mysterious escape from
prison in England, De Yalera appeared
in Paris in February, 1919, and a month
later was notified of his election as
"president of the Irish republic." He
again appeared in Ireland and attended
the "Sinn Fein parliament." A few days
later he left Erin supposedly on a mis-
sion to England.
Appears in United States.
De Yalera's whereabouts continued a
mystery until June 22, 1919, when he
suddenly appeared in this count sy and
took a luxurious suite at the Waldorf-
Astoria here to begin an appeal for funds
in behalf of the "Irish republic." He
also started a campaign to bring about
the recognition of the "republic" by the
United States.
After making a number of addresses in
Eastern cities De Yalera began a nation-
wide speaking tour of the country in be-
half of the Sinn Fein "republic." He
was received with high honors, in many
cities and was honored by various de-
grees at a number of universities. Sev-
eral State legislatures also were ad-
dresed by the "Irish president."
His appearance in some sections of the
country was received with considerable
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Blue Coated Minions of Law
See That Celebration
Is "Dry"
Associated Press Report.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The ogre of
prohibition stalked among the New Year
revelers along New York's great white
way Friday night.
Blue-coated and civilian-clad, the
"ogres"—members of the city's police
force and government enforcement agents
—cast a damper upon the enthusiasm of
the throngs who sought to usher out the
old year and greet the new in the manner
of ante-prohibition days.
Throughout the city forces of police
and revenue officers sought to make New
York's second "dry" New Year an even
"dried" one that that a year ago.
Broadway, through its white light sec-
tion. was crowded at an earlier hour Fri-
day night than in previous years. There
was little disorder, however, and although
officers arrested a few men on "bootleg-
ging" charges, the night court, for the
first time in its history, adjourned before
midnight without the arraignment of a
prisoner on charges arising out of the
celebration. In hotels and cafes there
were fewer table reservations, the pro-
prietors said, than in previous years. In
some hotels precautions were taken to
safeguard patrons against the effects of
liquor which they might have brought
with them.
Medical stations were in readiness and
nurses in attendance.
Presidential Precedent
To Be Broken by Harding
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Traditions
will give way to progress next March 4
when Warren G. Harding, as the new
president of the United States, heads the
inaugural parade up Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Announcement was made Friday
that Senator Harding had decided to use
an automobile for his ride from the Capi-
tol to the White House instead of a car-
riage, the type of conveyance used by
every president, with the exception of
Andrew Jackson, since the inauguration
of Thomas Jefferson.
President Jackson rode horseback.
I
IS PLAN OF HARDING
President-Elect Would Pre-
serve Reserve Officers'
Schools
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post.
MARION, O., Dec. 31.—President-
Elect Harding wants to have an army of
150,000 young men constantly in military
training in this country, he told Con-
gressman Dan R. Anthony, member of
the military affairs and appropriations
committee of the house, Friday.
"He desires that the reserve officers'
training corps be continued." said Mr.
Anthony, "together with civilian, school
and college training, whereby we shall
keep at all times not less than 150,000
young men in voluntary training, with the
exception that their education will not be
properly completed without this branch."
To Keep Down Cost.
At the same time Mr. Harding urged
the importance of keeping army appro-
priations down in every possible way
without doing anything to impair the
strength of the organization's backbone.
This backbone is the 15,000 commis-
sioned officers. There is a great store
of war material on hand that will be
preserved.
"It is a fact which the country should
understand," said Mr. Anthony. "That
this country is today better prepared for
military effort than any other on earth.
"With these things in mind, congress
will carry on the army appropriations as
far as it may dare, but after all, the big
economies must be effected on the ad-
ministrative side, from inside the army
organization."
Tells of Alleged Waste.
He told of the huge war time overhead
establishment which still exists and gave
instances of the "reckless squandering"
of money. He said it would be necessary
to reduce $250,000,000 in army cost.
The president-elect also discussed ap-
propriations, revenues and taxation with
Representative Mondell, floor leader of
the house. Mr. Mondell also agreed that
enormous savings in military and naval
expenditures could be made without re-
ducing the effectiveness or efficiency of
the ^resent organizations. Not the slight-
est effort, he said, had been made to
run these establishments on an economi-
cal basis. His theory is to hold suffi-
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Phi Delta Thetas Elect
Will H. Hays President
Associated Press Report.
ATLANTA Ga„ Dec. 31.—Will II.
Hays, chairman of the republican national
committee, was unanimously elected pres-
ident of the general council of the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity at the closing ses-
sion of the national convention here last
Friday.
Mr. Hays joined the fraternity at Wa-
bash college. Indiana, where ha was grad-
uated in 1900. Kansas City, Mo., was
selected for the next biennial convention
and other general officers were elected as
follows:
George Dudley Kierulff. San Francisco,
secretary; Thomas A. Davis, Goshen,
Ind., reporter; Alex Pope, Dallas, Texas,
treasurer, and Robert Haas, Allentown,
Pa., historian.
Three new charters were granted Fri-
day, giving the fraternity a total of 87
active chapters. The successful appli-
cants were Delta Ilho at the University
of Montana; Sigma Phi Delta at Kansas
State Agricultural college, and Alpha Pi
Lambda, at Colorado Statf college.
Memorial exercises in honor of the 155
members of the fraternity who lost their
lives in the world war were a feature of
the convention. The total number of
Phis who served in the war was 5800.
FORECASTS OF THE WEATHER.
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—East Tex-
as—Saturday partly cloudy, cooler; Sun-
day probably fair, cooler in east por-
tion.
West Texas and Oklahoma—Saturday
fair, somewhat cooler; Sunday fair.
Louisiana—Saturday cloudy, occasion-
al local showars in north portion, cool-
er in northwest portion; Sunday, prob-
ably fair, cooler.
Arkansas—Saturday cloudy, occasional
local showers, cooler in west and central
portions; Sunday probably fair, cooler in
east and south portions.
Fotecast for Houston and Vicinity—Satur-
day generally fair; somewhat cooler.
Temperature extremes and precipitation at
Houston for the 24 hours ended at 2 p. m.
December 31, 1920—Maxjmum 67; minimum
59; precipitation .40 inches.
Atmospheric pressure at Houston at 2 p. m.
29.85, sea level reading.
Sunrise 7:18 a. m.; sunset 5:33 p. m.
Comparative record at Houston for Dec. 31:
Accompanied by a noise rivaling the
din attending an aerial bombardment, the
old year, 1920, passed into the discard
a 1 the new one came in 'mid the cheers
of thousands of Houstonians, the blow-
ing of countless whistles, shooting of
fireworks, blowing of horns and count-
less other forn, of noisemaking that
rent the midnight air Friday.
The old year died hilariously. As the
death rattle sounded in his throat thou-
sands of persons shouted so it could not
be heard. To the tune of every conceiv-
able form of noise the old year passed on
to the retrospective society of one tliou-j
sand nine hundred and nineteen of his
associates who met a similar fate<.
Scarcely had the downtown merrymak-
ers become fully launched in the field of
bedlam when the New Year danced in
and took the throne that was held for 366
days by his predecessor.
Whistles Are Prompt.
As usual, there was some over-zeal-
ous eelebrator. He ushered in the New
Year several seconds ahead of time. Had
the downtown merrymakers been qniet
enough they would have heard a lone
whistle out on the north side peal forth
at exactly 11:58 p. m., December 31,
1920. And exactly half minute later
scores of other whistles followed the
lead. This continued until January 1,
1921. Shooting of fireworks, dancing,
blowing of horns and other sorts of ex-
ertion continued until some uncertain
hour Saturday morning.
The stellar celebration took place
the city auditorium where the American
Legion held sway from 8 p. m. until the
wee sma' hours. Dancing, interspersed
with theatrical and circus numbers, so
filled the evening that the revellers
scarcely realized that a year had slipped
away. They danced on!
Scores of dancers thronged the fk^gr.
Spurred on by the jazz from a mammoth
orchestra the dancers appeared not to
know the feeling of fatigue.
The grand march officially opened the
celebration. Lieutenant Colonel Lindsey
Blayney and Captain R. R. Lewis and
their wives led the grand march. Fol-
lowing tliem came scores of men and
women, youths and maidens. All with
one purpose. They would dance and for-
get the "sorrow" incidental to the Remise
of 1920. They would dance witn joy
over the arrival of the New Year.
Immediately following the grand march
and the initial dance of the evening the
curtain on the auditorium stage rose :i 'yi#
John Morrissey, local songster, broke
the hush that followed by singing Irish
ballards. The reception his song re-
ceived resulted in his being called back
before the end of the evening for more
vocal numbers.
Program Is Given
Miss Mazie Jones, contortionist, enter-
tained with aerial work, hanging by her
teeth from a rope attached high on the
stage. Miss Margaret Rcdrick also a
contortionist, gave an exhibition of her
| specialty eliciting much applause. Miss
Juanita Tucker, so4oist, sang one num-
ber. She was accompanied on the piano
by Miss Corricne Garrison. Miss Eliz-
abeth Sikes and Miss Ethel Tompkins
sang a duet. The program closed with
another vocal selection from Mr. Mor-
rissey. At the conclusion of the program
the dancing continued.
Every dance hall in Houston was filled
to Capacity. The halls had been prepared
for the occasion. Brilliajit, decorations,
shaded lighting effects with many hues
softened an atmosphere radiating the
spirit of the new year. Surrounded by
decorations and varied colors, the great
throngs danced from the old year into
the new. As the whistles and sirens her-
alded the birth of 1921, the dancing
stopped for a fjew minutes and cheering
and shouting held sway.
The dancing at McMillian's started at
9 p. m. The merrymakers, tired" and
weary, finally dwindled away about 5 a. m.
j A throng bent upon merrymaking crowd-
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7 a m—:Dry bulb 64.5; wet bulb 64.5; rela-
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tive humidity 77 per dent.
ed the hall at the Main Street auditorium.
At each place souvenirs of all varieties
used in the making of hilarity were passed
out freely. At the Turnvereiu dancing
stopped at l o'clock. The dancers re-
luctantly watched the lights go out. All
the dance halls will give matinee dances
from 3 to 6 p. m. New Year's day. There
will also be dancing in the evening.
Autos Out In Forc.e.
If there was an automobile in the city
of Houston equipped with a noise maker
of any character, from muffler cut-out
to electric screecher, that was not on
Main street, Travis street and Fannin
street between Congress avenue and Mc-
Kinney between 11:30 p. m.Jind 2 o'clock
this morning no one misaJi it. Doub'
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The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 273, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1921, newspaper, January 1, 1921; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth443291/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.