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Mrs. Charles Llptiincott is visiting in
Oinithu. '
Mr. 0. A. DorBoy Bpoiit Suiulny at
Kctinuy.
Mr. John D. Morrison left Monthly for
Purcy, In.
MIpr Hollo Holllngflwortli lof t Tiientliiy
for Chicno.
Sccrotnryof Stuto John 0. A lien him
gone to Chicago.
Mr. J. II. Culver, of Milford, whh in
Lincoln this week.
Mr. J. Staley left Tucwlny evening for
KaiiHiiR City, Kan.
Mrs. II. IIollowbiiBh left Wednesilay
for Howling Green.
Mr. W. Cx)k nml MrVan Duboii left
Wednesday for Chicago.
Mies Addio MiiRtin Ib enjoying n viflit
with relatives in Wahoo.
Mr. A. C. Townpaml is enjoying tho
beauties' of tho White City.
Mr. nml Mrs. Paul P. Clark aro enjoy
ing a visit at tho world's fair.
Mrs. J. D. HarriH is enjoying a visit
with relatives In Salt Lako City.
Mr. D. A. Campbell has returned from
his visit to tho Columblab exposition.
Dr. Garten, wife and daughter Ulanche,
left Monday for Chicago and the east.
Judge M. 11. Ruse, and pon have re
turned from a viflit to the world's fair.
Miss Graco Yule, of Ueatrice, is tho
guest of her friend, MIbs Gertrude Hill.
Dr. nnd Mrs. Crim and Mrs. J. E. Hill
aro enjoying a few weeks at Grart Lake,
Col.
Mrs. C. O. Whedon has returned from
a visit with Mrs. C. O. Ottcrman in Mal
colm. Mr. E. E. Hoag.of Wymore, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. John A. Dempster in
this city.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Roberts and Mrs.
J. S. Harwich visited in Mulcom during
tho week.
Mrs. Van Dresser, of South Rend,
Wiifih., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R.
II. Oakley.
Mr. II. R. Ecker returned Monday
from a visit with relatives and friends
in Clinton, la.
Judge and Mrs. J. II. Broady Iinvo re
turned from a very pleasant trip through
Western Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo McVicker departed
during tho week for Portland and tho
northwest coast.
Lieutenant R.H.Townloy left Wcdnes-
day evening for Plainview to look after
a bank failure there.
Miss Graco Oakley has returned from
a delightful visit with her friend, Miss
Margaret Cook, of Omaha.
Master John Hill is enjoying a de
lightful vacation at his uncle's ranch
near Alliance, in this stute.
Miss Lillian Sanders left Monday to
spend her vacation with her aunt, Mrs.
J. V. Ellis, of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Mrs. E. Hullet and son, Scott, hnve
returned from Red Cloud, where thoy
visited Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Bell.
MIbs Clara Carmody is entertaining
her sister, Mrs Sperch and two
daughters, of Washington, D. 0.
Dr. and Mrs. P. W. Tucker left Satur
day for n professional trip through
Holdrego, Rcrtrand and vicinity.
Miss Lillian Campbell left Tuesday to
spend a month at Chicago and visiting
at her former homo in Maroe, III.
Mr. Herbert Hill has accepted a por
tion in Chicago, and left last weekji
tako up his residenco in that city. -
Miss Laura Stein, of Westmoreland,
Kan., is tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. Stulz,
112 North Twenty-sovonth street.
Dr. W. D. Shields, who has been con
fined to his homo tho past week with
sickness, is ublo to bo around again.
Mr. E. B. Smith, who was tho guest
of Dr. Cieighton during tho week, has
returned to his homo in Fremont, O.
Mrs. A. D. Hicks, Mrs. W. 0. Jones
and Miss L. A. Griffin formed a party
that left for tho White City Tuesday,
Mr. IMI. Shaw and wifo (nco MIbs
Fannio Marloy of this city), left Tuesday
for their f uturo homo in Leadvillo, Col.
Mr. and Mrs. Georgo R. Miller, of
Omaha, aro .enjoying a visft with tho
former's parents, Mr. and . Mrs. J. E. R.
Miller.
MIbs Ruby Jones has returned from
a month's visit to tho world's fair. Sho
was aqconipanjed by her sister, Mrs.
Jessie Stiles,
Mr. A. Meyer, of Now York City.spont
a few days in Lincoln last week, tho
guest of his brothers, Messrs. Louis and
Willio Meyer.
Hon. W. J. Bryan addressed tho stu
dents of tho Lincoln Normul university
Tuesday morning of this week on tho
freo coinage, of silver,
Mr. G. W. Gering, formerly in tho in
surance business in this city, but now
of Alleghaney City, Tn., is visiting his
many friendB in Lincoln.
Mrs. Edward Manchester, who ,hiiB
been tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. William
Hopkins, left Wednesday to join her
husband in Donison,,Tox.
Miss Minnie Buford is homo on a visit
to her parents, Major and Mrs. O. H.
Buford, 110 North Fourteenth street,
after ah abseiieo of two years.
Mr. II. II. Ecker hns accepted n posi
tion with tho, (Juaranteo Investment
company of Chicago, and will leave for
that place in about six weeks.
Mr. nml Mrs. C. II. Dill left Tuesday
evening for a month's tour through the
west. They will visit Denver and Suit
Lako City before their return.
Miss Myrtle Stephenson has returned
home from a month's visit with friends
in Kearney. She was accompanied by
her friend, Miss Mamie Malhew.
Mr. and Mrs.M.C. King.of Iowa City,
la., who have been thoguests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Price for tho past two weeks,
departed for their homo Monday.
Minn Mary Cunningham and Miss
Daisy Tuttle gave a concert in tho opera
house at Milford last week to an appre
ciative mid enthusiastic audience.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Benedict, who linvo ,
.con the guests of the former's father, i
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Mr. S. M. Benedict of this city, have re
turned to their home in St. Louis.
Mr. Emmel P. Seylmlt, of Washing
tonville, N. Y., is stopping a few days
with his brother, Mr. Georgo A. Seybolt,
on his return from several weeks' visit
in California.
Mr. Fritz Westerman is enjoying u
six week's vacation with friends in Mil
waukee and other cool iKiintH on tho ,
lakes. Ho will visit tho world's fair .
before his return.
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Mrs. William Wolf and her friend, ;
Miss .llattio (Joint , or Kearney, .ei.,
left Wodnesday for a visit to their old
homo in Lancaster, O. They will visit
tho world's fair before their return.
Tho Misses Conard who have been
the guests of Mrs. W. N. Abbott for the
past few weeks left Saturday for Chi
cago whore they will spend two weeks
seeing tho sights of the White City.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Carey and
son, and sister, Miss Emerald Jones, aro
enjoying a trip through the east. They
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world's fair before their return.
Rev. C. C. Lasby left Wednesday for a
trip through tho mountains. Ho will
visit Hot Springs, S. D., iclloivstono
Park and other dIuccb of interest in tho
x ai k aim oilier piaci soi um rtsi in uio ,
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other Colorado cities before his return. '
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Mrs. N. C. Thomas, father, sister and
aunt of Mrs. M. W. Folsom, arrived
from Nyuek, N. Y., on Tuesday. They
will spend a month visiting in Lincoln
and return viu Chicago und tho world's
fair. "
Mr. F. G. ShniTer, who has been a
member of tho repertorinl stun of tho
Journal for tho past six months, has
gono to Broken Bow to tuko chargo of
tho Custer County Leaker. His many-
friends in Lincoln wish him success in
his now home.
Professor and Mrs. Hagcnow and
family left Sunday for New York. They
will stop ut the world's fair on their
way. Mr. Hagenow takes a tiosition in
tho DamroBch orchestra. Ho has many
friends and admirers in this city who
will mourn his departure.
Mr. Herbert Marsland left Tuesday
for Belmont, Cnl., where he has accepted
a position as instructor in science in the
Belmont school, one of the leading pre
paratory schools of tho Pacific coast.
Mr. Marsland will bo greatly missed by
his friends and relatives in this city,
where ho haB lived bIhco boyhood.
Kyi mid Knr Surgeon.
Dr. W. L. Dayton, oculist and aurist,
No. 120.' 0 street, Lincoln, Neb.
NEXT MONDAY IS YOUR DAY
To Clo to llm World's Fiilr.
Why? Becauso tho Great Rock Is
lam, Routo has given greatly reduced
ratesV'ind you can now mako that pro
posed trip to see tho Big Show. Tho
rates apply on tho following dates:
jGo Monday, July ill, return Friday,
August 4 or 11.
Go Monday August 7, return I-nday
August 11 or 18.
Ask nearest ticket agent for full par
ticulars. John Seuastian, G. P, A.
Cheap Hairs.
Denver, one way. $ 12.50
Denver, round trip 20.00
Chicago, ono way . 10.00
Chicago, round trip 10.70
St. Lou is, ,ono way 10.0T
St. Louis, round trip 18.40
For full particulars call at Union Pa
cific oflice, 1044 O street.
J. T. Mastin; E. B. Slohson,
City Ticket Agt. Gen. Agt.
llllf Drop lit World's Fair llatrii.
Round trip tickets to Chicago will bo
on salo via tho Burlington Routo ut
GREATLY REDUCED RATES us fol
lows July .'11, good to return leaving Chi
cago August 4 und 11.
August 7, good to return leaving Chi
cago August 11 and 18.
Tickets not good in sleeping cars,
otherwise first class in every particular.
For further information, apply to
Bonnell at B & M doiot or Ziomer
corner O and 10th streets.
Tourists TlckisU to Colorado.
Tho Union Pacific railway will now
Bell round trip tickets to Denver, Colo
rado Springs, Manitou und Pueblo ut
the low rate of 92-1.15. good returning
untiliOutnber .'list. StonoVers allowed
between' Pueblo und Cheyenne. For
full particulars call or address City
Ticket oflice, 1044 O street,
J.'T. Mahtin, E. B. Sloskon,
City Ticket Agenti - Gerii Agent.
AN IMIWANT WORK.
Jure of Awards at the Colum
bian Exposition.
NEW SYSTEM OF MK. THACIIER.
4 Itevolutlon in tlm Method of Omitting
Mrdnla or Award. After a IHtter Itnllltt
I'might 8!iigl(!.lliin.lrl nml Alone Com
imrUnn llctwcrn tlut Old nml New Wij
of Judging,
Woiild'b Faiii, July 28. Special. -For
a week or moro visitors nt the exposi
tion linvo noticed small siiumls of men go
ing about among tho various exhibit
with catalogues nnd notebooks In hand
nnd attended, usually, by tho owners of
tho wares, or lu tho ciimj of foreign exhib
its often by tho royal or imperial commis
sioners
from tho country whence ther
came, with a guard of honor in resnlon-
dcllt military uniform, a secretary nnd
newjM well. These are theexnni-
iiivio ...in juiuia nuu mu vuniib uubui lilt)
mass of exhibits those which aro worthy
tho niednla to be awarded for cxcellcnco or
advancement. This Is Important work,
nnd upon these men who go about no
quietly, nttended with such dlllgenco and
eagerness by Interested parties, the eyes
of tho commercial world nro now fixed.
The result of their labors mentis n great
denltonllthe arts nnd industries repre
sented here, to tho sixty thousand or moro
exhibitors and tho vast Interests which
lie behind them.
U J9 B tremendous tnk which these
men liavo undertaken. Their IiuhIiiuhh it
u to CXftniiI10 carefully nnd critically
every nrtlc'o hero exhibited. They must
slight nothing, must deem nothing too
trivial for their attention. These nro the
I men upon whom devolves tho resjiotiHlbll
Ity of summlngup tho achievements of tho
1 artisans, artists, mechanics, fanners and
manufacturers of the whole world as mir
rored in this most thorough and compre
hensive of universal expositions. They
j will bo weeks at their task, and after they
hall have completed their rounds of ex
amination they will hnve weeks more of
labor in leducing their findings to form
' audinwrltlnir out their reports. When
tuesoreimrts aro miniiHiicd.us tliey win
bo some timodurlngthecoiiilngwlnter.wo
shall have tho best critical judgment on .
the nch cvements of man In tho word of i
art nnd fabrication that was ever formed
or set down in words.
ItiswitluiKeuuliio fccltmr of satisfac
tion that I record a noteworthy fact in tho
history of this exposition. It is not only ,
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it has marked n distinct step forward In
the all-important matter of fronting
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ors. It was not enough for tho Columbian
exposition to follow tho beaten track in
this matter. Through the genius nnd the
energy of a single individual, John Boyd
Thacher. of Albany, N. Y., a revolution
or been effected which promises toenable
this exposition to accomplish more that U
really valuable to clvilliatlo'n andtotha
arte than all the expositions that have pre
ceded it. Mr. Thacher Is entitled to more
credit because in order to effect this revo
lution he has been compelled to fights
bitter battle single handed and alone.
The representatives of foreign nations
did not like his new system, for reasons
which I will explain. They rebelled, and
made so mien ado over their, dissatisfac
tion that they alarmed, the managers of
the fair and Mr. Thacher soon found hot
only all the representatives of foreign na
tions and' exhibitors but the very men
who should have been with him up in
arms against him. To add to the difficul
ty, the press of Chicago maligned and mis
represented, him. They lied about his
plan, and ridiculed him personally. With
out ever understanding what it, was thai
Mr. Thacher was trying to accomplish,
without ever taking the trouble to look
Into his work and ascertain if there was
not some good in it, tho newspaper men of
Chicago hounded him in a manner which
was discreditable to their profession nnd
to the city of tho exposition. Mr. Thacher
was not working for glory or profit. A
cultured, broad-minded, progressive man,
he had seen an opportunity to mark n dis
tinct advancement intkemethod of award
ing prizes to exhibitors, and like the man
of courage and persistency that ho is he
fought it out on that line with nil these
allies against him. Ho won his fight, too,
and that is why I am writing this letter.
Hegnve his time nnd his energies to tho
cause without a dollar of pay, to the neg
lect of his private affairs, nnd nmid per
sonal discomforts and annoyances which
would have driven almost any man from
the field. When the history of the Colum
bian exposition is written as it deserves to
bo written I predict that no name will
stand higher on its roll of honor than that
of John Boyd Thacher.
First let mo tell you what the old sys
tem was, tho system of awards thnt had
been followed at every international expo
sition up to this time. It was a system in
which there were juries of awards. A
jury was selected for each line of exhibits,
and consisted of three, five or seven men,
sometimes more. They went about among
the exhibits, attended by a secretary, and
each man marked on a card his estimate
of the artistic or commercial value of each'
article, tor example, let us suppose we
are with the committee on pianos. Mr. A.
thinks a certain, plnno is worth 05, Mr. B.
thinks it Is worth only 90, while Mr. C.
puts the value at 08, An average of , these
three estimates is made iy the clerk with
tho aid of a lead pencil and a few figures,
and the oficial'flnding of the valuation of
this piano comes out as 04 1-3. Mr. B. is
sure that his judgment of 00 was all the
instrument was fairly entitled to, while,
Mr. O. is just as sure that the piano should
be marked 06. ' The only man whose judg
ment has been supported by the lead pen
cil method is Mr. A., who has been en
dorsed because he happened to be about
midway between the figures of his col
leagues. This method of ascertaining values or
merits goes on through the entire exposi
tion. When nil the pianos have been
marked the one which has the highest
value is adjudged winner of the gold
medal. The next highest gets tho sliver
medal, and the third the bronze nicdnL
Now what is the effect of this award 1 The
manufacturer who gets the gold medal
(the only ono that amouuts to much com
mercially) may be richer by half a million
dollars than he was before he got it. This
award is worth to him, for the purpose of
advertising bis Instrument and extending
his trade. fully thst sum. If he amid
have gotten the award in no other way,'
aua cuum nave none so wuooui Dung cjle
covsred, he might have bseu willing to nay
several hundred thoussud dollars, iu"csU"
for it. Tlie jury of awards has helped
him iiilghtllj lit his endeavor to nmnss it
grent fortune. It Is n good scheme foi
him, but huwnbuiit tho other piano mak
ers How do thoy favor Kxeeptlng the
two who have received consolation awnnlt
of sliver and brou.u medals all nro un
happy. Tiny have been handicapped in
tho race for trade. They have entered n
competition only to see their enemy gain
nn immense advantage over them, which
you may bo sure ho will uuiko the most of,
In other words, the exposition hat re
solved itself Into n huge advertising aux
lllary. It presumes to set one man up In
fortuno-uinklug, and to hold another man
down. It presents one man with a piece
of metal worth half a million dollars to
him, nnd hurts nil his competitors. If tlil.i
could bo done onabsoluto llnesof accuracy
and Infallible judgment there would not
be so much objection to it. It would be
till objectionable, but not so grluvottxly
so. But it cannot bo done and has nevr
been done on auy Infallible plan. In fact,
tho selection of n piano Justly entitled to
grand prlro in this exposition would be al
together a work of fancy, of taste, of fa
voritism or of prejudice. It would tako In
finite Intelligence to do that. One piano
excels in tone, perhaps, another in touch,
a third in durability, n fourth in some
other quality, The differences between
them on each of these Hues Is sosllghtthat
not even an expert can estimate them
with certainty. Ills judgment must bo
more or less arbitrary, dependent upon his
education, his tastes, his surroundings.
In fact, tho making of these awards of
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first, second and third prizes is largely a
lottery, and has always bieu, as Is shown
b tho Krnntlng of first prize nt Paris to
"" lry i '" cimmrj in ioip, mi.i
first prize to another in 1870, though the
saino exhibitors with tho same claws of
wares contended on lKith occasions. This
is only one of many examples that could
V Mentioned of tho purely arbitrary or
fanciful method of uriiutluu first, second
fanciful method of granting first, second
nml third prizes.
Tho plnln, blunt truth is that theso big
gold medals, worth fortunes to their pos
sessors, havo In the past been struggled
for just na men struggle to win lawsuits.
Intcrestcdexhibltorslinveemployedskilled
diplomats to handle their cases for
them. They have hired lawyers, counsell
mA. ev?n detectives. They have
schemed and intrigued to pack the Juries.
The prize was worth struggling for with
every art known to human ingenuity, and
thus these gold lottery awards have been
struggled for at every exposition in the
past..
At the yiinna exposition, for instance,
an American firm of beer brewers won a
gold medal. No one. has contended that
they had tho best beer in the exhibit, but
they had the best managers or the best
luck. Well, the gold medal the firm lias
estimated was worth more than a million
dollars to them in workintrup sales In. this
country. With its aid they have built up
the greatest brewery in America.
The 'most ' serious objection to the
graded prize, competitive method of
awards, aside from the 'scandals which
often accompany the Juries, the injustice
to defeated exhibitors and the extrava
gant value given the winner on merely
fanciful grounds, is that it does not help
the consumer. It throws no light upon
tho questions in which be is interested.
On the contrary, it may very easily and
often does help to deceive him. To illus
trate, suppose you want to buy a plnno.
Your circumstances aro such that you
want the best piano made for durability.
If it has good tone and touch nnd other
qualities, even if not tho best, you will bo
satisfied., But durability It must havo to
suit your purposes. For light you turn to
the award of the latest exposition. That
will surely give you tho evldenco you
want, you think. But it doesn't do any
thing of the sort. It only deceives you.
Noting thnt n certain piano obtained the
grand prize you naturally conclude that
must be the best, and though it costs from
80 to 40 per cent more than other makes
on account of tho honor awarded it by the
exjiosltlon, you gladly pay the difference
in order to get the best. In a short time
you discover thnt while the piano which
you have purchased hns as linen tone ni
any in the market it does not wenr well,
and that as a matter of fact for a much
smaller sum you could have bought one
with as good a tone and greater durability.
You have a right to complain that the ex
position award, which should have been a
help to you, has actually been a barm.
This Exposition has abandoned all the
old methods. There is no competition be
tween exhibitors. There are to be no
scandals.no intrigues for the glittering
prizes. There nre no gold medals, no sil
ver medals, no graded medals of auy sort.
'No man through a fancy or a shndo of dif
ference in lead pencil judgment is to be en
riched while another is handicapped. The
only medals to be awarded are of bronze,
and all have the same value, the same in
scription, the same significance. They
are awarded not for the best, or second beit,
or third best, according to some one's
fancy, but as reward of excellence or of ad
vancement or for general usefulness of
high grade.
Best of all, each of those medals is to be
accompanied by a diploma which will set
forth in simple, lucid language the
grounds on which the award Is made. If
a piano is given a medal for its touch, that
fact will be stated in the diploma. If for
durability, that will be set forth. If for
tone, the diploma will so state. If for a
combination of these qualities, the parch
ment will explain in what proportion. So
with everything In tho exposition. Every
thing that reaches a high stago of excel
lence, that shows meritorious advance
ment in thst nrt, will be awarded a medal.
And the public, the cause of education,
the value of honest methods of advertis
ing, will receive the benefit of this Illumi
nation by experts of all the handiworks of
the arts and sciences.
Wbn an article gets a medal at this ex
hibit you. will know that it is a fine article
af its class, that it has Btrong points, of
asrit,and jou-wlll, be able) to ascertain
lust what those points are.
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