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SEASON IN LONDON
WHAT IT COSTS TO PLAY HOSTESS IN
SOCIETY CIRCLES
It Need a Lone Pnmu o ISntcrtnlii
During tlic Five Month Tlmt the
KuktIIbIi Metropolis In be Fanlilou
nble Center of lte World
The Loudon season In the accepted
meaning of the term extends from the
opening of parliament in the middle of
February to the Eton and Harrow
match In July For these Ave months
London Is the fashionable center of
the world and houses In the west
end are almost unobtainable The
cost of a season in town to those who
aspire to take their place in society
runs to a huge sum and even the
country M P whose wife desires a
small house on Pout -street or Sloane
square finds that 1000 goes a coin-
paratively little way even though he
limits his entertaining to a few small
dinner parties for his intimate friends
and perhaps one reception
It may be said at once that there is
no limit to what may be spent by an
nmbitlous hostess for one evenings
entertainmpnt and it is by no means an
uncommon tiling for a ball or a large
dinner parfy to run well into four fig-
ufes A few years ago the Duchess
of Devonshire gave a fancy dress ball
at her palatial town house in
at which practically the whole of
London society was present headed
i by the king and queen This was one
J of the most magnificent events of its
kind ever organized and it was
mated at the time by those who were
Well qualified to judge that it must
1 have cost nearer 10000 than 5000
This however was quite exceptional
and Indeed is outside the powers of
nil but a very few to imitate Without
aspiring to these heights a lady desir
ing cO live iu the west end of London
and to maintain a reasonably smart
reputation needs a very long pocket
book
House rent of course is one of the
biggest items While many either own
their town houses or lease them for a
term of years most of those who do
not propose to live permanently in Lon
don hire a house unfurnished for the
season This may cost anywhere from
400 to 1000 for a period of six
months According to one of the lead
ing honse and estate agents in the west
end 000 is about the average paid for
a good house for a season
rius does not of course include rates
and taxes Rates however in the
fashionable residential quarters of Lon
don are very light owing to the fact
that there are practically no poor to be
provided for in these parishes
The next expense to be considered
is in connection with carriages and
motors Tery few of those who only
spend the season in town bring their
own carriages with them preferring to
Lire from job masters A smart vic
toria and a pair of horses with
coachman and footman cost about 5
guineas a week though much more has
to be paid for special horses silver
plated harness etc A brougham is al
most a necessity for evening work and
this costs at least another 2 guineas
a week or one of the fashionable elec
tric landaulets can be hired for 2
guineas a week Thus for a three
months visit at least 100 must be as
signed for carriages
It is the entertaining that a society
lady is compelled to do however that
runs away with the money It is neces
sary for her to give at least two even
ing receptions during her stay in town
and for each of these 2o0 is not toe
much to set aside A string band will
cost anything up to 30 or 40 accord
ing to the number and quality of mu
sicians while if one of the Guards
bands be aspired to the sum just nam
ed will need to be doubled Then there
are singers and other entertainers to
engage and these may cost anything
from 1 to 100 each
Supper or light refreshment togeth
er with the necessary wine waiters
helpers etc does not leave much
change out of 100 even with the ut
most economy and of course the sum
that could be spent on this item has no
limit At a stand up supper given by
a well known American resident in
London last season 10 per head for
each of the 200 guests present was
paid to a leading contractor and the
writer is informed that this is nothing
out of the way and Indeed is often
exceeded In the course of a London
season
Flowers are a very important feature
with every hostess and weakly florist
bills of 20 are by no means uncom
mon At a reception a short time ago
it was estimated that the cut flowers
and plants used for the decoration of
the rooms must have cost at the very
least 1000 These however included
banks of rare orchids and other costly
flowers Ten pounds a week may be
assigned for flowers and 100 for a ten
weeks season
Dinner parties are also very expen
sive and here again it is almost impos
sible to assign any definite sum but
200 over and above the ordinary ex
penses of the household may safely be
put down under this head
We now approach a very delicate
question but one of paramount inter
est to the fair sex that of gowns for
the aspiring society hostess A lead
ing judge the other day stated in court
that 1000 might not be too much to
give by a lady of position and in such
a case might even be a necessity so
that it is very hard to say what
amount of money may not be spent In
this direction
It is Impossible of course for a lady
to appear at more than two balls or re
ceptions in the same frock in the course
of a season and as she will attend at
the very legist twenty of these she will
require a dozen or fifteen dresses each
of which will cost anything up to 50
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or say 1000 for dresses These will
probably be worn out later at the then
tors and minor functions or will bo
put away to be worn at hunt balls and
similar entertainments when the wear
er returns to her country home An in
cren ig number of society ladies sell
their castofr frocks to secondhand deal
ers but they rarely or never get more
than 80 per cent of the original price
for them
Then there Js the presentation at
court to be taken into consideration
This is an indispensable function for
any lady as otherwise she cannot re
ceive recognition In society The writ
er has the authority of a well known
leader of fashion for the statement that
this costs with the greatest economy
500
There are many other minor items
mounting up In the aggregate to a
goodly sum which might be considered
such as servants visits to theaters res
taurants etc From the foregoing how
ever it will be clear that 5000 is not
too much for a lady who while anxious
to avoid any unnecessary extrava
gance is at the same time anxious to
make her mark in London This sounds
a very large sum but it is one that Is
more often than not exceeded by those
who after all take but a minor posi
tion in what Jeames de la Pluche des
ignated the hupper suckles What
the real leaders of society spend dur
ing the course of a season it is almost
impossible to guess London Tit Bits
THE MASTER VICE
As Sucli I Procrantinntion DeHcribed
by a Confessed Victim
The ban of my existence said the
procrastinating man has been my
habit of putting things off I never do
today what I can put off till tomorrow
The result is that I -am always put
ting things off and never doing any
more than is necessary for my current
daily hand to mouth support and so
as the saying is I never have anything
I am not independent but always de
pendent upon somebody else for the
work that will enable me to live and
so I can never say my soul is my own
I must do the work I am set to do by
some stronger man whether I like it or
not and so I plod along just getting
through while the man who collars
things gets on
Of late years as I have come to real
ize its evil effects and the enormous
difficulty of overcoming it I have come
to think that the master vice of all is
procrastination And coming to think
thus has disturbed me a little because
I have to give up an originally pre
conceived and long cherished notion
I had long held that the most near
ly ineradicable of personal vices was
gambling but now I -thought the most
difficult of all vices to cure oneself of
was that of procrastination Was I
wrong then And could it be that I
Avas wrong now
This as I say disturbed me a little
but now on this point I rest quite easy
for I have discovered contradictory as
this at first thought might seem that
I was right then and that I am wrong
now
For now I discover that the vice of
gambling is but another phase of or
at least the outcrop of that of procras
tination The great majority of those
given over to gambling hope to get
something for nothing they hope to
get money without effort They put
off from day to day the hard unflinch
ing work that would give them a sure
thing without chances on the race of
life and make just enough to indulge
their vice and their vain hopes
So gambling is really but a form or
outcome of the vice of procrastination
And by the same line of reasoning I
suppose we might say the same -of
drunkenness which is essentially a
procrastinating vice We put things
off today today we will drink we will
work tomorrow
And I dont know but what we
should find that every ill proceeds from
the vice of procrastination and so this
which might seem but a form of lazi
ness is really the master vice and I
am one of its most closely bound vic
tims I dont drink and I dont gam
ble but I have got the fatal habit of
putting things off New York Sun
Staining Woodwork
If you are building a house dont
spoil your woodwork by painting it
The natural grain in wood is too beau
tiful to be covered and odd effects in
staining have taken the place of paint
Stain is a very thin paint and contains
no varnish Many of the stains sold
in the stores are apt to contain var
nish and they do not sink into the
wood enough to bring out the beauti
ful grain Stain can be used with best
effect on new wood Some of the most
attractive living rooms have the wood
work stained forest green old blue or
silver gray Do not let the painter
convince you that the woodwork will
look better painted Some of the
woods that take stain well nre oak
cypress Georgia pine and birch In
some country houses the furniture Is
ordered from the factory in an unfin
ished condition and is then stained at
home by some one who understands
this work New York Post
A Twist of IiMisrnngre
It Is no easy task to make some
Germans understand the English equiv
alent of certain German words said
a man who is often kept busy interpret
ing - Take the word- bekommen
which means to get but most Ger
mans will persist for a time in trans
lating It become This has led to some
laughable errors For Instance a
party of Americans once asked a guide
where transportation facilities for
mountain climbing might be obtained
The guide in his broken English de
scribed in detail the manner and way
to reach a certain point
Yes my friends he finally said
and dere you can become donkeys
New York Press
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HARTLEY
A blockade of ice has caused toe river
to rise The approach to the new bridge
is being washed away and the old bridge
is in danger
Mrs Mary Reinhart of Fruita Colo
is here visiting her mother Mrs Julia
Johnson who is very sick with lung
fever Mrs Johnsons son is bore also
from Fruita Colorado
Mr and Mrs Guy Curlee of Holbrook
visited fn Bartley over Sunduy with
Mrs Curlees sister Mrs A L Cochran
Ed Curlee was here a few days lust
week
Dr Arbogast was called to Indianolna
few days since to view the body of a Mr
Myers who was found dead in his room
Two loads of telegraph poles were
taken out northeast this week for a
new telepbore line
Miss Lillian Durbin visited in Indian
ola last Saturday with her sister Mrs
Rittenberg
Mrs H L Burton of Wauneta is
here on a visit to her mother C W
Hodgkin
Milan Blair visited over Sunday with
his parents
W B Downs and Dr Brown were
business visitors at Indianola Monday
George Liston of Bartley and Miss
Bertha Parse of Cambridge were mar
ried at the M E Parsonage Wednesday
afternoon Rev IJageman officiated
They will reside on Mrs Listons farm
this year
Harry L Brown was a business visitor
in Holdrege Wednesday
C E Matthews Esq was colled up
from Arapahoe Tuesday to a
warrant for the arrest of Sam at
accused of threatening to kill Gruge
Webber The warrant was issued Wed
nesday morning and the constable is in
pursuit of Mr Bryant at this writing
BANKSVILLE
There will be a basket social in dis
trict 51 February 23 Proceeds to go
for library books Everybody is cordi
ally iuvited
Gust Blunck is staying at the village
now
There wjis a dance at P II Bluncks
Saturday tight with 44 numbers out
There also was a dauee on the B
Richardson place Monday night with
24 numbers out All reported an enjoy
ablo time
If the -weather stays warm like this
some of the farmers will commence to
farm a littio soon
Roy Albrecht is moving to his new
place this week
Winfred Weeks is bak from his visit
to Iowa
Chas Oraeer left Monday for the
east on business
John H Weseh was in Traer Kansas
Monday
The J I Case threshing machine
agent was at Banksville Monday
Advertised Letters
Tho following letters remained uncall
ed for at the McCook postoflice Jan
31st 1907
LKTTEKS
Butts R F 2 Mitchell Elmer
Barnes Mr C A Morris Mrs F S
Baker Mr C F Mulhoru J P
Barber Joe McAlme Mr Frank
Codington Mr Daniel McDonald Win D
Campbell Jo eph McDonald Walter-
and Harry
Cooper Jessie Patterson Florence
Clark Oliver M Polk D H
Dedneau Mr J Roberts Louis D
FillasMrs Roberts C S
Glatfeller Walter Ross E G
Heart Mrs W H Rankin Miss L
Henderson Ira J Rankin MrsAnna2
Harbau NJ Rowe Mr Fred
Holtou Mrs M C Smith Clias E
Harris Richardson Scott Mrs D J
Johnson Hannah Win H
Johnson Frank W Smith Mr Ed
Johnson Frank Shultz Mr Geo
Loudon Miss Francis Thomburg Mr E
Lowell Miss Ruth E Vaubuskirk Mr J
Morgan Mr S 3 Vinson S A
Miller J M Welch A J
WallingfordJK
Real Estate Transfers
The following real estate filings have
been made in the county clerks office
since our last report
School Disfc No 2S to D E Hethcote
vdllin lSDanbury 313 00
Catharine Snjder to Walter Hickling
wdse 4 18-3-29 2800 00
Samuel Current to Mary A Rocho agree
vrdnw 4 04 23 3800 00
Geo W Jones and wife to Dora B
Higgins wd 9-10-11-12 in I Esther
ParkBartloy 200 00
Geo W Jones and wife to Dora B
gins qcd 7 and 8 in 1 Esther Park
Bartley
Ben G Gossard treas to G XV Jones
tax deed in 70 Bartley
United States to Austin W Dutcher
pat nw 4 32-2-30
Lincoln Land Co to A G Bump and
J O Hammond wd ptne 4 se 4 30-3-
27
Lincoln Laod Co to Mollio B JJump
wd Bin 4 6th McCook
J Ecsz
73 00
800 00
150 00
E G Malone and wife Frank T
Walker and wife to Amasa R Weaver
2000 00
J E Boles and wife to Rosa M Morey
wd und Yi int in o 2 sw 4 and w 2 so 4
10-4-29 900 00
Kato Gillen et al to Charles F Lehn
wdptlin 27McCook 1800 00
Lincoln land company to Lesley A
Thomas wd pt se 4 sw 4 17-1-25 750 00
Frank Thompson to Daniel F Hupp
wdltsland2ands2ne 4 3-1-27 4000 00
John WAdamson to Henry TSulliran
Beunie R Thomas wd w2 nw42Gand
w2sw423in 1 27 4300 00
Insincerity
Be honest -with yourself -whatever
the temptations Say nothing to oth
ers that jou do not think and play no
tricks -with your cwn mind Of all
the evil spirits abroad at this hour of
the -world insincerity is the most dan
gerous J A Fronde
One ICiml of Tanning
Pop
Yes my son
What kind of wood do they
use
most In tanning
Well when I went to school my
boy they used birch Yonker3 States
man
Do not borrow trouble The Interest
Is too high Dallas News
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To the Peoole
of McCook and
Surroundings
With great pleasure I beg to offer my
sincere thanks for your worthy pat
ronage during my closing out sale of
the old Diamond stock I am pleased
that my system of business is gain
ing your confidence and in the future
hope to make my place your trading
point if uptodate methods and me
chandise combined will do it I am
leaving tonight for eastern markets
and intend to contract with bestman
ufacturers for all my goodsfrom
everyday overalls to a dress suitto
give you all a chance to supply your
demands right at home
I still have on hand goods to close
out and they are on sale at the usual
low prices until my new goods ar
rive Come take advantage of them
THANKING YOU AGAIN I AM YOURS VERY RESPECTFULLY
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McCook
Christian Sunday school at 10 am
preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m Elder
Miller has been employed to be with this
church beginning first of the year Rev
C P Evans will preach
Catholic Order of services Mass
8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p m Every Sunday
J J Loughran Pastor
Methodist Sunday school at 1000 a
m Sermon and reception of new mem
bers at 1100 Class at 1200 Junior
League at 400 Epworth League at 700
Sermon aud reception of members at
S00 Prayer meeting every Vednesday
night at 800 Eighty seven have joined
church and two conversions the last
week One hundred and twenty eight
at prayermeeting February 13th
M B Carman Pastor
Christian Science Services at Zint
McClain bldg Sunday at 11 oclock
a ui Wednesday at 8 oclock p m
Subject JNIind Heading room
at same place open daily whero
Christian Science literature may be had
Episcopal Services on Sunday at 11
a in Holy communion and sermon on
third Sunday in each month at 730 pm
prayers and sermon Sunday school at
10 a m The rector will officiate All
are welcome to these services
E R Earle Rector
Baptist Sunday school at 1000 a m
Preaching services at 11 a m and 8 p
m Young peoples meeting at 7 p in
A k Green Pastor
Congregational Sunday School at
10 a m Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p
m by pastor Christian Endeavor at
7 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday at
8 p m Sermon subject Sunday morn
ing The Young Converts of the Jerusa
lem Church All are cordialb invited
to these services
Geo B IIawkes Pastor
Ladies read this catalogue of charms
Bright eyes glowing cheeks red lips a
smooth skin without a blemish in short
perfect health For sale with every
package Ilollisters Rocky Mountain tea
33 cents A McMillen
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER AGISTERS LIEN
Notice ife hereby sivtn that bv virtue of an
aRisters lien for pasturing and keeping of one
bay mare about 9 j ears old aud one brown mare
with blaze face and one white hind foot about 9
jeara old from tho 11th daj of November 1913
iintil this date und r a contract with one John
Hawkins owner of said stock on which there
is now due the sum of 11000 an allidavit
forth the description ot taid stock and tho
amount duo for the pasturing and keeping- of
said stock having been filed in tho office of the
county ejerk of this county beins the county
where said stock was fed and kept on tho lSth
day of October 1900 I will tell tho property
above described at public auction in front of
the Citizens Bank in McCook Red Willow coun
ty Nebraska on the IStli clay of February 1907
at two oclock p m Said sale will be for cah
in hand Dated this 30th day of January 1907
His
Witness to mark Gdaeles X T Harris
HH Beery Mark 2-1-at
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Sealed proposals for the construction of a
1000000 brick library building accompanied
by S1CO00 certified check will be received up to
800 pm central time March 8th 1907 and
opened immediately thereafter by the secretary
of the library board of McCook Neb 2-S-3
Address G E Tnoursox Secretary
Successor to Diamonds
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In driving through the country around
McCook several farms will attract atten
tion because they are entirely enclosed
with hog tight fence or have large fields
fenced hog tight If you read the mar
ket reports and do a little figuring you
will find that the price of
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Prompt Service
Courteous Treatment
Reasonable Prices
GIVE US A TRIAL
will buy from H P Waite- Co hog
fence enough to go around a quarter
section of land Seven and a half more
hogs will make it a half section with a
partition fence through the center On
a farm that is Jenced in this way nothing
is wasted the hogs get it all besides
they are less liable to disease than if
kept in small enclosures Another car
load of hog fence has just been received
by H P Waite Co and they will sell
it at right prices
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