SAN JACINTO DAY



  The presentation scene followed. In the name
of The Order of the Alamo, the Queen was given
a magnificent necklace, with a jewelled pendant.
After that the visiting duchesses were received,
representing many towns of Texas, from El Paso
to the gulf. They came with their maids of honor,
and when they had been met by their lords-in-wait-
ing and their esquires, the entertainment for the
Queen began.
  Grecian maidens bearing garlands of roses
danced before her. The second group wvas of seven
little barefoot girls, carrying golden lyres, and
forming a rainbow background for another small
maid who gave a cymbal dance.     The Grecian
dances were followed by a gavotte of the time of
Louis XIII, in which all the dukes and duchesses
took part.
  " They danced the minuet last year," commented
Gay. "This is the end of the performance, but
we'll wait to watch them go out, on their way to
the Queen's ball. I went to that too, last year.
These are good seats; we catch them coming and
going."
  The audience remaining seated until all the mem-
bers of the Court had passed out two by two, had
ample time for comment and observation. BogeN,



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