THE COURIER
age, a largo basket of lilacs being in tho center. Overhead tho
chandeliers were fitted with delicato shades giving a softened light.
The hotel was never in such gala attiro before The evening was
not too warm to effect tho enthusiasm of dancers, andlho ball room
was kept full throughout tho evening.
Tho Misses Clark wero assisted in receiving by Mrs. W. B. Ogden.
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one moro opportunity for tho pleasure
of those who delight to glido o'er
polished floors to the strains of sweot
music. And now tho interregnum of relaxation may bo said to have
fairly commenced. Indoor dancing is practically over. What tho
spring and summer may have in store in tho way of amusement for
those who are fond of "doing something" is as yet only a subject of
conjecture and hope. Tennis is enjoying an unusual popularity, and
base ball is receiving a goodly share of tho attention of society.
The Pleasant Hour party at the Lincoln hotel last night was a
largely attended affair, and this dance, probably the last formal
event of any magnitude that will be given this spring, was quito as
enjoyable as the balls given by tho club earlier in the season. A
feature of last night's party was tho presence of a number of young
ladies from abroad.
The party last night was given in honor of Miss Price, and Miss
Miller of Chicago, Miss Ross of Hannibal, Mo., and Miss Norman, of
St. Joe.
A number of Lincoln people will be interested in the announce
ment of the marriage of Miss Bessie Holloway, of Papillion, to Mr.
A. G. Arnold, of Columbus, which occurred May 2. Miss Holloway
is one of a number of young Nebraska women who in the last few
years have gone on the stage, some of them achieving marked dis
tinction. She is known socially to a good many people here. Her
last appearance, professionally, was a year or so ago with Rhea.
Miss Holloway was cast in a minor role, and she made a pleasing
impression. Mr. Arnold is said to be a prosperous young business
man of Columbus.
Miss Olive May, whose home was in Beatrice for a time, and who
was a leading member of Stuart Robson's company for a couple of
years, was married a few months ago to Henry Guy Carleton, the
playwright who wrote "Butterflies," in which John Drew and
Miss May may be said to have divided honors in New York last
winter. The Courier only a fortnight ago referred to the marriage
of Miss Mabel Eaton, of Omaha, to tho property man in her company.
By the way, there is a portrait of Olive May in the May number of
the Cosmopolitan.
Miss May North, of Columbus, who was last season with Elsie De
Wolfe, and who spent several weeks in Lincoln last winter as the
guest of the Misses Cowdery, was married a little more than a
month ago to A. B. Speas of Columbus. Tho wedding took place
at San Diego.
In point of beauty and elegance the large dancing party given by
the Misses Clark at the Lincoln hotel Friday evening of last week
was a distinctively notable event. Exquisite taste was displayed in
the settings and decorations in the corridor-promenade and the
dining room, and the effect produced was strikingly pretty. A very
artistic arrangement of beautiful standing lamps, and palms and
other plants in the main corridor leading to the dancing hall,
formed a rich background for the moving scene of color and gayety.
Guests were received here. The dining room, arranged with the
same good taste, was particularly pretty. The large table in the
center of the room was draped and festooned with flowers and foli
A. Koch-Andriano, after spending a fow days in thiB city, returned
to Omaha Monday.
Charles L. Burr wub in Stratton tho tirst part of tho week.
Mrs. Daniel Bauni roturned to Omaha Saturday afternoon. Miss
Brownie Baum followed on Monday.
Mrs. Wells and daughters, of Cincinnati, O., who havo been visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Lippincott, left for Chicago Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Seifert left Wednesday over tho Rock Island
for Okarcho, Ohlahoma, to visit their son George, who is engaged
in business there.
Tho announcement in The Courier last week to tho effect that
Mrs. Isabella Scaton, of this city, who is a member of Ed. Church's
"Faust" company, and who appeared in Thursday night's produc
tion at tho Lansing theater, was a member of a Chicago opera com
pany last winter, proves to be erroneous. Mrs. Scatoc has spent
some time preparing for tho stage and cultivating her voice, but she
had not appeared in public prior to this week's performance.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Dorgan returned tho first of tho week from
an extended stay in California.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carson and daughters. Misses Mamo and
Rose, returned Sunday from a two months sojourn in California, a
largo part of their time being spent in Los Angeles. Mr. Carson's
health is said to be greatly improved.
Mrs. H. C. Young and Mrs. William Clark left Monday for Cam
bridge, O.
Miss May Potvin, who since her residence in Lincoln, has spent
two or three years in the state of Washington, and, perhaps, a
twelve-month in Chicago, seems to be persevering in her profession
that of music. We read in the -Inter Ocean that Miss Potvin,
Thursday evening of last week, gave a musicale at the Hotel
Windemere, at which 150 guests were present. She was assisted by
L. von Kunitz, violinist; Raymond Stephens, vocalist, and Mrs.
Chamberlain, harpist.
Mr. W. F. Kelley has returned from Cincinnati, where ho spent a
couple of weeks with his parents.
Mrs. Will Owen Jones, whose playing is so thoroughly enjoyed,
gave a piano recital Tuesday evening at her residence, 1418 L street.
Tho program was given in last week's Courier. It embraced a
number of difficult selections and gave Mrs. Jones an opportunity
to display her art in a most effective manner. Whether rendering
Chopin, Raff, or a battle song, or Liszt, she exhibits the same keen
artistic intelligence and power of interpretation and expression.
Her touch is delicate and yet at all times forceful. The musicale
was largely attended, and the pleasure of the auditors was palpably
evident.
A New York society paper comments on the fact that before Mrs.
John Jacob Astor Bailed for Europe a ouple of weeks ago, she sold
all her. winter gowns. This custom, the paper says, is one of the
traditions of the Astor family. Mrs. William Astor, every time she
went into mourning, used to have a grand Bale of all her clothes.
One spring, directly after William H. departed this life, Mrs. Astor
held one of these bargain days; the sales, however, were conducted
through an agent, a shrewd daughter of Israel, who has managed to