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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1899)
O3LAIIA. BETS. July 0 , 180S OMAHA ILLUSTKATKD BEK. Published weekly by The Boo Publhhlng Company , Bco Building. Omaha , Neb. i > rlce 5 cents per copy-prr yen r $2.00. iv- llvcred free to subscribers to The Omaha Sunday Bee. For advertising rntcfl address Publish'r. CommunlcntlonB relating to photograph * or artlclofl for publication should be nd- , "Edltor Omaha Illustrated ! > < , Omnha. Pen and Picture Pointers PorhapB the most Interesting feature of thlB number of The llliiHlratcd llr consists In the portraits of the prize-winners In the vacation contest Instituted by The Dee ft few weeks ago by which the most popular girls earning their own living were to bp do- tcrmlncd by the votes of lt subset lbcr . The original plan contemplated providing the four most popular girls with attractive va cation trips to mountain or lake entirely nt the expense of The Bee. So great became the competition and HO energetic the can- vaF6 for the nrnt place among a largo num ber of young women , assisted by tholr em ployers and other friends , that when The Bco announced the results of the vote count It announced nlno that It would do more than It agreed and would glvo free vacation trips also to the eight contestant ! ) next In order to the four top llncra. The magnitude of this unprecedented con test and the vigor with which It was waged can bo faintly comprehended when It Is con sidered that the first prize winner has over 190,000 votes recorded for her and that over 900,000 votes were cast for nil the different candidates for favor. The scenes nt the closing of the polls were as exciting as the scenes attending the moEl closely fought po litical battle , but all with the best of tem per and only the most friendly rivalry. The Bee therefore does not hcBtllato to Bay that the young woman whoso portrait IB made tlio frontispiece Is the most popu lar girl earning her own living In this scc- tlon'1)f the country , although lier associated In the race liavo reason to feel elated at the degrco of popularity cadi baa displayed. The Greater America Exposition celebrated Its opening and drat fcto days during the last week and wo glvo a characteristic view POSTMASTER GENERAL SMITH , WHO ) VISITED OMAHA LAST WEEK. of 0110 corner of the grounds , which Illus- trutcs the work of transformation which lias boon done for the now enterprise. While the openlnir exorcises took place July 1 , the more ostentatious formalities came wild the program of Santiago day , July 3 , when an elaborate address was de livered by Postmaster General Charles Kmory Smith and a briefer talk by General 1 Joseph Wlii'olor. For the third time an Omaha girl has won high honors by capturing the Vassar Aluiunao scholarship In competition open MISS ETHEL MORRISON , WINNER OF [ i THE VASSAR ALUMNAL SCHOLAR SHIP FOR 1899 , to the whole United States , The scholarship . ship awarded this year will go to Miss Ethel Moirlaon , who ban Just graduated from the Omaha High school. With the exception of a very brief period Mlsa Morrison's edu cation linn been had In the public schools , here | , In which her scholarship and popu larity linvo been attested In several ways. She has been actively Identified with the girls' military company , has been connected with the editorial staff of the ncliool paper , has been an officer of the class organization A fuw weeks ago , when the class presidency was vacated by resignation , she was the- cholco of a majority of her associates for promotion to the place from the vice pres idency she was holding , although an ad justment of the controversy precipitated nt the ] tlmo resulted finally In her yielding the * position to onn of the boys. Her classmates , and < friends naturally rcjotco In tlio good fortune I that assures her a college course at ' Vassar with a scholarship affording $200 ° a ' year In recognition of passing the best entrance ' examination of nil the candidates for admission to the Institution , The publication of "Vassar Studies , " na Interesting and beautifully Illustrated vol ume from the press of O. P. Putnam's Sons , brings Omaha out as the homo of another promising literary aspirant. The author , Miss Julia Augusta Schwartz , has produced sonio characteristic sketches of college life In a styfo nt once entertaining and Instructive Miss Schwartz came orig inally to Omaha as a llttlo girl sixteen years ago from Albany , N. V. She was sent to the Omaha public schools , where Bho nt once gave evidence of special apti tude for her studies. When she reached the High school , from which she graduated In AN OMAHA AUTHOR MISS JULIA A. SCHWARTZ. 1891 , she became ono of the editors of the bchool paper , the Register. After spending n year In post graduate work at the High school , she entered the competition for the Vassal- scholarship , carrying off the prize , which led to a five years' period of study nt that Institution. It IB Interesting to note In this connection that upon arriving at Vassar the first September , Miss Schwartz was told that the Omaha students who had preceded her had set a high standard of excellence In college work by which later comers would bo measured , these alumnae being Mrs. W. C. Shannon ( Ellen E. Pop- pleton ) , Mrs. J. H. Mclntosh ( Clalro Rustln ) , Mrs. Meredith Nlcholsoh ( Eugonlo C. Kountzo ) and Miss Mary L. Coporand. The response to the warning Is seen In the fact that Miss Schwartz In her Junior year was awarded the annual prize offered by the college magazine the Vassar Miscellany for the best short story , and In her senior year she became head literary editor of the college ycar-ibook the Vassarion , was granted second prize for best essay on Shakespearean subject , was ono of eleven honor students out of a class of 120 , and rno of five commencement speakers. She hold the graduate scholarship in English , 1S9C-D7. The last two years have been spent at her homo here In Omaha In writing and literary work. Rev. Edwin Hart Jenks. who has Just accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church of this city , comes with an enviable record for efficient church work. Although born in Janesvlllo , Wls. , March 24 , 1802 , ho was reared and educated In 'New ' York state , to which his father re moved , his mother having died during big Infancy. .Mr. Jenks went through Whltcstown seminary , Now York , n prominent propara- lory school , graduating In 1879. Though the youngest member of his class , ho re ceived the Latin salutatory honor. Ho was graduated from Hamilton college In 1886. During his course In 'these ' two Institutions ho received two prizes In declamation , a first prize In classics , two prizes In essay , ono In metaphysics , and the Kellogg prize In oratory upon graduating from college. Bcflldes this ho was twice appointed con testant In prize debate. In college ho was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fra- tornlty. Mr. Jonks also has received the degree of Master of Arts from his alma mater. In 18S8 Mr. Jonks was graduated from Auburn Theological seminary. Immediately ho turned his steps .westward and became a homo mlBHlonary In California. Ho has served the church nt Lnkoport , Rod Bluff and San Francisco , In the latter Hold as co-pastor of the First Presbyterian church , At present ho Is pastor of the Second Pres byterian church of Los Angeles , Cal , , where ho Is pleasantly situated and has only been In charge a few months. Mr. Jonks has twlco boon delegate to the Presbyterian conornl assembly as a repre sentative from California , It Is not ex pected that the now pastor will assume his duties until about the beginning of Scp- t ember. Remove Their Hats Uov. E. S. Teed of the Somorvlllo ( Mass. ) Congregational church requested the women In his congregation to remove their hats , but most of them refused ENTRANCE TO TiHE GREATER AMERICA EXPOSITION. About Noted People. Dr. Martin Luther Brooks , who died In Cleveland the other day at the ago of 87 , made the first speech In favor of abolition over delivered In Oberlln , O. , which later became ] the headquarters of the underground railway. It was on July 4 , 1833. A few years later ho taught In Galllpolls , O. , the first colored school In the Btnte. Ho was one ' of the chief stays of the underground railway and wao a friend of Lincoln. "Tho death of Thomas J. Semmes of Louisiana , which has just taken place , " says 'the St. Louis Globo-Democrat , "removes , wo think , the last of the men who served In the senate branch of the confederate con gress , except George G. Vest of Missouri. The confederate cabinet , though necessarily a much smaller body than the senate , has etlll one survivor , John H. Reagan of Texas , who was postmaster general. All the rest REV. EDWIN H. JENKS CALLED TO PULPIT OP FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. of the men who over sat around the council table of Jefferson Davis when at the head of the confederacy Toombs , R. M. T. Hunter , Benjamin , .Memmlngor . , Tronholm , Walker , Mallory , Urecklnrldeo and the others are dead. " "Prof. Frank Strong of Yale , " says the Kansas City Journal , "who has Just been elected to the presidency of Oregon univer sity , Is the son-in-law of W. Z. Ransom of St. Joseph , and was himself for a number of years a resident of that city , having been the principal , and a very popular one , of the High school there. In 1S94 ho went to the Lincoln , Nob. , schools , and two years ago accepted a place at Yale , whore ho has been teaching1 since , The Oregon presidency will pay him $3,000 , with a probable Increase to $4,000 shortly. The professor and Mrs. Strong will stop In St. Joseph n few days for ft visit with old Missouri friends , In August , on their way to their now homo. " President Dwlght and President-elect Had- ley wore returning homo from the annual nlitmnl dinner late yesterday afternoon , re- loteo the Now Haven Register , i\lion they were caught In the rain. President-elect Hndlpy bad an umbrella with him and President Dwlght did not. Prof. Hadley , of course , wished the retiring president of Yale to protect himself from the rain by the use of tlio umbrella , but President Dwlght do- cllnod to rob Prof. Hadloy of hla umbrella In order that ho himself might ward off thi > rain. Prof. Hadloy , however , Insisted that President Dwlght accept the courtesy , and his arguments became so energetic that finally President Dwlght turned and said : "See here , Hadley , this b my reign still. Your reign doesn't commence until tot morrow. " President-elect Hadley allowed ttio presl- dent of Yale to have his own way on the last day of his administration. Rev. George B Heldmann , pastor of St. Paul's Roman Catholic church , Chicago , who Is talked of as a candidate for congress , was born In Chicago on August 4 , 1858 , and has lived In that city all his life. Ho bo- came pastor of St. Mary's church In 18S8 , le 3 than twelve years after the church was organized. Since then the parish has grown till It Includes more than 700 famil ies. The congregation Is composed almost exclusively of Germans , and the pastor , being of German parentage , has won his way to their hearts. iHo Is genial and ap- proaphnblp , and his eloquence has made him esteemed among his parishioners. Ho says howill not run without the permission of Archbishop Feehan. In the public square of Pretoria , South Africa , stands a statue of "Oom Paul" Kru- gor , president of the Boor republic , with which England Is Just now hesitating on the brink of war. The thrifty Boors , recogniz ing what the old man has done for them , determined not to wait until after his death to honor him with a monument. Accord ingly they had plans drawn for a statue showing their hero In the old black coat and stovepipe hat which he had worn to church every Sunday morning for years. The completed sketches wore shown to 'Mrs. Kruger for her approval. She had only one suggestion to make. It was her idea that the top of the hat should 'be ' made hol low and left uncovered , so that the rain would nil It and It could be used as a drinkIng - Ing trough by the birds. Her suggestion was adopted , and today In the public equaro of Pretoria there Is always a flock of birds fluttering like a halo about the top of the statue. Wedding Rules of Norway Every country baa Its own particular reg ulations and ceremonies regarding matri mony. Wedding presents In Norway are not of the expensive , ibut useless kind that they are with us. They consist of such things as pots and pans , plates and dishes , n feather bed , half a dozen sheep , a sack of potatoes and so forth. Sir G. W. Dasent says that the Norwegians , In reference to marriage as to other matters , put their best foot foremost and try to make the most of things generally. A lad went out to woo a wlfo. Among other places he came to a farmhouse , whore the people were very poor , but they wanted to make him 1 think that they were well-to-do. Now the t father had got a new arm to his coat. "Pray , take a seat , " ho said to the wooer , "but there's a shocking dust In the house. " So I ho went about wiping all the benches and tables with bis now coat sleeve , but ho 1 kept the other behind his back. The wlfo had one shoe much the better than the I other and she went stamping and slid ing 1 with It up against the stools and chairs , saying ' : "How untidy It Is here ; every thing Is out of Its place ! " Then they called out to their daughter to come and put things ( to rights , but she had got a new cap , so ' shd put her head In at the door and kept nodding and nodding , first to this side and then j to that. "Well , for my part , " she THE BRIDE OF THE WEEK MRS. WIL LIAM S. ROBINSON. FORMERLY MISS GERTRUDE RINGWiALT. said , "I can't be everywhere at once. " In this way the wooer was led to believe that he had come to a well-to-do household. 'Many ' superstitions prevail In Sweden with regard to marriage. It Is said that If a girl bo fond of cats she will not be an old maid , as wo would say , but have a' bright day for her wedding. The Swedish bride sometimes wears a coronet of myrtle , or , when that Is not procurable , of colored paper. Here , as In Norway and other coun tries of northern Europe , there Is too much eating and far too much drinking at wed dings. In Sweden the repasts on these oc casions continue for hours. When asked to take your place at the table It Is con sidered polite to make as stout a resist ance as possible. During the repast a col lection Is made for the bride and some times also tor the poor of the parish. In Siberia there Is a good custom that a bride on coming to her husband's house has to glvo a dinner prepared with her own hands as a test of the education she has received. If she succeeds In gratifying her guests It Is taken as a proof not only of the young woman's own excellence , but also as a recommendation of her whole family , by whom she was Instructed so usefully. A BLACK BASS CATCH MADE AT NOBLE'S LAKE THIS SPRING.