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THK NOIKULK.\y.KKvljV. { | Nl VS - , JO'KNAl1UU1 | > AY , 4 , 1010. I SOCIETY f + * * + + * * * * < * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * Pleasures of the Week. Mrs. Martin Druhakcr waa the vic tim of a birthday surprise perpetrated upon the occasion of her sixty-fifth birthday , last Sunday. The guests wore. Mr. and Mrs. George Williams , Mr. and Mrs. John KrautMr. . and Mm. E. Low. Mrs. John Ray , Mr. and Mra. M. Boast , Mr. and Mrs. Charles Low , Mr. and Mra. Dlxon , Mr. and Mrs. Jacques , Mr. and Mra. Frank Deuul , Air. and Mrs. Kuhn , Mr. and Mra. O. L. llrulmkcr , Mr. and Mra. I ) . C. Douol , Llllab Wllllama , Mr. and Mrs. Arthur llrubakor , Mr. and Mrs. Ed Skiff , Clyde Beast , R. Smith , Mlas Etta Smith , Earl Krantz , Erwln Douol , Frank Douol , Jr. , Miss ( Henna Deuel , Harry Besat , Ma bel BcHst. Edna Douol , Helen Lobdoll , Charlea Brubaker , Ben Detiol , Elalo Deuel , Ray Detiol , Irene , Walter and Wallace llrubakor , Mabel and Stella Skiff , Mr. and Mra. M. Brubaker. A moat unique entertainment waa given by the members of the Eastern Star Friday night , when that organiza tion gave a farewell party In honor of Mra. W. S. Fox. Each member were a costume , and many representations were made. Mra. George Burton , aa ghost , Mrs. Inglea as Dinah , Mra. George B. Chrlatoph as a golf girl , Mrs. Rlx as a Swedish girl , and Mlas Edith VIele and Mrs. Bltney as school girls were features of the evening. There were many Japs and other characters represented which made a decided hit. Aunt Dlna , who made the preaonta lion of a handsome solid allvor East- urn Star spoon to Mrs. Fox , caused much merriment with her speech. The ladles of the Methodist IHrtb day club enjoyed a delightful 1 o'clock luncheon In the home of Mrs. A. Am orlno on South Eighth street Wednes day. The birthdays of Mrs. M. C. Ha- /en , Mrs. Sly , Mrs. J. 13. Oxnam , Mrs. C. 13. Doughty , Mrs. Amerlno and Mrs H. it. Snyder of Omaha were celebrat ed. Each of the complimented guests were given a beautiful sterling silver spoon. After the lunch the afternoon was devoted to needle work and visit ing. Mlsa Margaret Augusta Rose Lam hart will be married February 2 to Ora Oakes Cox. The wedding wll take place at the homo of the bride's parents in Fairbury , Nob. , at Gi'M o'clock p. m. Miss Lnmbiirt , who re conlly resigned her position In the Norfolk schools , has hosts of frlendb here who wish her happiness. Mrs. Joseph Hurton entertained a company of twenty-live ladles at a "Kensington" on Wednesday afternooi In the home of her daughter , Mrs George H. Uhrlstoph. A guessing con test was one of the pleasures of the afternoon , the honors going to Mrs Panglo. Delicious refreshments were served by Mrs. Christoph. Mrs. H. 13. Warriok , Miss Faie Burn ham and Mrs. W. N. Huso will form a party that will leave Omaha on Mon day. Mr.s. Warrlck goes for a three months' trip to California , Miss Burn- ham for a two months' visit with old time friends In Mexico City , and Mrs. Huso to IJurant , Okln. . to visit Mrs. C. R. Allen. The Baptist Sunday School Young People's class is a new organization just , tormed. Following are the of- llcors : President , Miss iluth Beebe ; secretary , Miss Nora Taylor. The Ilrst meeting was hold at the home of Hev. J. Melmakcr , South Fifth street. Thirty-eight members of the Dorcas society met with Miss Laura Durland and spent an evening. Each member of the society was dressed In costume representing a popular song. After a concert of songs light refreshments were served by Miss Durland. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Wichert en tertained the Norfolk Chess club Thursday evening. Unities were con tested after which refreshments were served by Mrs. Wichert. The elub meets with Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Krahn next Thursday evening. The members of the Ilrldge club In- vfted themselves to take lunch with Mrs. C. H. Reynolds on Wednesday. The afternoon was spent at bridge , the honors going to Mrs. J. C. Stitt , who was a guest of the club. At the residence of Mrs. George H. t'hrlbtoph Wednesday afternoon , Mrs. Joseph Hurton and Mr.s. Christoph en tertained at a 1 o'clock luncheon. Mrs. Pangle received the prize In the guess ing contest. Lyle Iloldon celebrated his seventh birthday on Monday. Twelve boy friends came to spend the hours from 4 to 6 with him. A nice supper was one of the pleasures enjoyed by the little men. Mr. and Mrs. 13. A. Bullock enter tained at GHO : dinner Monday evening , in honor of their twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. Five hundred was played afterward , B. P. Weatherby winning the prize. After the Initiation and business meeting of the Eastern Star Thursday evening , a banquet and social session was enjoyed at the Masonic hall. La dies of the organization furnished the music. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hall entertained live couples at GHO : dinner Thursday evening in honor of the birthday of Lyle Nicola. Cards were the after- dinner feature of the evening. Mrs. O. L. Hyde entertained sixteen ladles Tuesday evening at six-hand ouchro. At 10:30 : an elaborate supper van served. Miss .Mason .won the irlzo nt cards. Mrn. Allen Kuhn gave a handkor- hlef shower Monday evening iti honor > f Miss ( Mara Schram , who was marled - led to W. Ackerman of Slanton tills week. The Ladles' society of the Second Congregational church enjoyed a picas- ml meeting In the home of Mra. Pat Crotty on Thursday afternoon. The ladles of the Methodist church njoyed a social session on Thursday , meeting with Mrs. S. F. Dunn on South Eighth street. Mr. and Mra. Sol 0. Mayer enter- talned a few friends at dinner last light. Mr. and Mra. Chris Lensor celebrate .heir golden wedding tonight. Personals. Mrs. H. L. Snyder came up from Omaha on Tuesday to attend the birth day party given in the home of Mrs. Ainerlne on Wednesday. Mrs. II. 13. Warrlck wont to Omaha on Thursday , whore she will visit over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shoemaker. Mra. J. M. O'Connoll returned to her home in Ponca today after a abort visit In the homo of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Huso. Mrs. M. C. llazcn wont to Stanton on Thursday to spend the day with Mrs. J. F. Puncher. Mrs. C. 10. Doughty wont to Inman' on Wednesday to visit her daughter , Mrs. Loon Tompklns. Mra. Fred Largon of Crelghton came down Friday for a visit with her sister , Mrs. J. I ) . Sturgeon. Mra. C. F. Shaw la just recovering from a light attack of pneumonia. Mra. S. M. Brnden la in Chicago for a visit with her mother and sister. Coming Events. Invitations are out for the annual ball of the lOlks , which will be given at Mnrquardt hall next Friday even ing , February 4. Norfolk Public School Notes. Miss Clark who has been elected to fill Mlsa Lambart'a place Is expected thla week. The classes in German have not mot regularly , but work has been done as usual. Clyde Tanneliill. who allondcd the second semester of last year , is again a member of the high school. We are glad to have studenls from the dis tricl onler. Why should Ihey nol ? Norfolk ranks high among Ihe high schools of the state. Due to the overcrowded condition of the Sixth B grade , sixteen pupils who ranked highest in Ihe class were promoted to the Seventh A in the high school building , thus being allowed to skip one grade. It is thought thai the pupils by a little extra study , can do' ! ' the work satisfactorily. _ j Fourteen instead of thirteen pupils' ' entered the high school from the Eighlh grade this week making the present Ninth grade number thirty- eight. Tlie schools are growing. The kin dergarten at the West Lincoln school numbers sixty. A social session of the Dorcas so ciety was held at Ihe homo of Miss Laura Durland , Tuesday evening. Easl person was supposed to represent a popular song , as a result there were some very unique and clever repre sentations of the songs of the day. After a jolly evening had been spent refreshments were served. The present holiday system has been In operation a year. Under this sys tem each grade or room is given a half holiday at the cud of each month if the grade has a certain percentage of attendance and of punctuality. This tends to decrease both absence and tardiness about equally. The ayatem formerly in vogue was to give each pupil who had a perfect attendance and punctuality record a half holiday. This did not decrease absence and tardiness because the holidays always went to those who wore punctual and regular , anyhow , while those who were habitually absent or tardy cared little for it. The effect of the new system upon absence and tardiness In the high school is shown by comparison of the attendance and punctuality with the first four months of last year. The grades of the high school'In order to have the holiday must have an attend ance of 1(7 ( % and a punctuality of 99.5 % . The the enrollment of a grade is thirty , this allows six cases of tardi ness and eighteen days of absence without losing the holiday. The holi day is more frequently lost by absence than by tardiness. The figures for the high school are as follows : 1908-11)09. ) 1909-1910. Q QJ j d ) IP 1 II 1 September 87.1 % 29 93.77o 5 October 97.2 % 35 97.9 % 12 November 97.8 % HO 9G.1 % 8 December 9U.G % 51 97.2 % in Av. for 1 Mo..97.4 % 3G 97.5 % 10 The figures clearly show that the now plan has materially decreased the number of tardles from an average of yG per month to an average of ten per month. At the same time the average attendance has been Increased so that the punctuality has not been Increased at the expense of regularity of attend a nee. Northwest Deaths. Clara Flnney died In Holt county. Walter D. Whlpplo died at Nlobrara , Joseph Kruplcka died at Nlobrara. John Scissons died at Bonesteol. ON THE Stage "The Girl in the Taxf" la the latest successful play to open In Chicago. Mlsa Lillian Ituascl has started In her now vehicle , "The First Night. " Chic Porklna will appear In a new vehicle In the Auditorium early In Feb ruary. David Belasco la this aeason ri-vlv- Ing "The Girl of the Golden West , " one of his most successful plays. C. Tenyck Clay , who Is "Banister" In "Tho Only Law , " waa leading man In the original New York production of "Tho Climax. " Montgomery Stone have made an other big hit in "The Old Town , " a musical comedy by George Ado and music by Gustavo Ludora. Hugo Koch , leading man In "Tho House of a Thousand Candles , " will try out his new piece , "The Port of Missing Men , " the last of thla aeaaon. Ho might return to Norfolk the last of April. "Beverly , " a sequel to "Graustark , " is an early booking at the Auditorium. It is under the management of William Morris , entirely different from Grau stark. The cast Is aald to be unusual ly good. A poor show with a good advance agent Is really much better off at the end of the season , than a good show with a poor agent. Miss Snell has a good show alright , but her advance agent didn't make the right impres sion. The George Amusement company who send "St. Elmo" to the Auditorium early in February , say : "We arc send ing you a complete production of 'St Elmo' and you can guarantee it to be the very best show at the price to play your house this season. " "The Third Degree , " the successful police drama of Henry B. Harris which appeared In Norfolk six days after leaving New York , played Omaha several months later , and the very same company does not get Into Sioux City until April of this season. "Tho Traveling Salesman" has just played a most successful four-night stand at the Boyd theater in Omaha The Bee says it is one of the best they have had. Efforts are being made to bring the same company to Norfolk on its return from a tour to the larger cities of the Pacific coast. The com pany plays Sioux City tonight. Transportation ia one of the largest Items of expense for a big production "The Merry Widow" travels in a ape cial train of six cars. Cohan & Harris use a special train for their "Honey Boy Minstrels. " George M. Cohan has two private cars in his special train 'Polly of The-Circus" carries a big white horse , several ponies , trick dogs etc. , in three baggage cars. Frank Bacon , who plays the lovable but Impractical poverty-stricken In ventor-drugglsl in "The Fortune Hunt or" at the Olympic theater in Chicago Is a "find" credited to Cohan and liar rls , the producers , and Wincbell Smltl Ihe author of the play. Mr. Bacon who comes from California , was "dis covered" on the evening of his aecom appearance In vaudeville In New York after his arrival there from the west The producers and the playwright hac just dismissed a couple of candidates [ or the Chicago "Fortune Hunter" com pany in disgust. By chance they wan dered to the music hall , saw Mr. Ba con's performance , and Immediately decided that he was the man for the role. Mr. Bacon named his price and signed his contract. On the Pacific slope he Is known by bis first name in nearly every city. For seventeen years he played in stock at the Alcazar am Grand opera house in San Francisco seldom missing a performance. Witl a weekly change of biL , playing fifty two weeks , year In and year out. Mr Bacon estimates thai ho has appoarei In no less than 700 roles. These In elude nearly every classical and modern orn drama known to the stock houses and his interpretations base always been careful , scholarly and Interesting Mr. Bacon was director of the Bur wood Stock company when It present ed "The Devil" to Norfolk people. Ho played the part of Iho artist's servant A BAD SEASON FOR BAD PLAYS. The Real Successes , However , Are Not Suffering. For the week ending November 20 fifty-four attractions playing the first- class houses closed. Week ending November 27 thirty-four attractions closed , and the consequence is crape la very much in evidence in many theatrical olllces along Broadway. It is the old story told over and over again of plays being sent out on the road after meeting with only Indif ferent patronage In Now York. The day has passed when , however great the star may be , but unfortunately appearing In n play which lacks ap peal , can attract large-sized audiences to the theater. The public demands good plays , and of a character that invites their Interest , and falling this , they stay away and exorcise the right of discrimination. Such pronounced successes as "Tho Lion and the Mouse , " Hose Stahl In "Tho Chorus Lady , " "Tho Traveling Salesman , 1'ho Third Degree , " Elsie Ferguson in "Such a Llttlo Queen" have in no way suffered at Uio hands of the theater-going public outside of , s'ew York. The box office returns' rom theae attractions sent in to Mr. larrls arc of a most wholesome char acter. It Is his policy that if lit- finds 10 has a play that does not stilllclently ntereat the public to make Ita tour n remunerative one , to immediately with draw It. and by reason of this policy , he public conncctH his name with that of a production that means worth an Investment for satisfactory theatrical entertainment. IN AN ANCIENT STAGE COACH. Tunnel Cave-in Forces "Third Degree Company to Primitive Methods. Thrilling Is no name for the experi ence that the members of the western 'The Third Degree" company had to mdorgo during their Journey up the coast from San Francisco to Seattle. They actually had to atagecoach It for nine long miles. The women of the ompany kept an apprehensive lookout per wild Indiana , and all the way over the trail there weren't any. By Ihe time the company gets back to New York , however , the troupers will have thought out several first-page atorios ' for the Now York dallies. Oregon Is i long way from Broadway , and there will ho a good chance to got away with a Dr. Cook specialty. The Shasta tunnel caved In , as any well-behaved tunnel will once In a [ while. "The Third Degree" company reached the southern end of the cave- In. The Southern Pacific railroad was appealed to by the manager of the company lo help them out of their di lemma. From the telegraph operator at Shasta Springs it was ascertained thai a dilapidated old stage coach , a relic of the days before the railroad was put through , could bo procured. This coach waa In a barn near the scene of the wreck. Horses wore hired and hitched up to the coach and start ed for the scene of the slide. Just eighteen hours after the train had be come stalled the members of "The Third Degree" company piled into and on top of the old stagecoach and were carried through the mountains around the slide , where a special coach and engine took them to Portland. The scenery and baggage were brought through by mule teams. Northwest Weddings. Miss Sallna E. Farnsworth and Carl J. Malmstcn were married at 'Page. T. V. Lakin and Misa Ada Borendea were married at Gregory. Frank Casavanta and Miss Emma Sache were married at Bonesteel. Miss Esslo Johnson and Oscar N. Worley were married at Ainsworth. Miss Chrlstln Pearson and S. A. Olson were married at Fairfax. Paul Schoenbaum and Miss Ellen M. Denker were married at Bono- steel. Ray Wllloughby and Miss Bessie El lis were married at Bonesteel. Father likes meat ; therefore , the movement to boycott the butcher will meet with the hearty approval of the women. In may homes not as much Is spent every week on meat , as on peanuts and fudge , but there will be no boycott on these necessities. Fath er's head is on the block again. Give it to him In the neck. TERMINALS AT BLUFFS. Northwestern Putting the Finishing Touches on the First Buildings. Council Bluffs , Jan. 2 ! ) . The Northwestern - western Railway company is just putting - ting the finishing touches to the first of its contracted buildings for its $ ! , - 000,000 terminals , which have been un dergoing complete reconstruction dur ing the winter. Another week , says C. , J. Linn , in charge of the work , will see the work practically completed with the exception of building tracks to the new buildings. For the now yarda and terminals the Northwestern bougtit an entire block of ground located a few blocks north of Broadway and about a mile distant and northeast of its local passenger station. In addition the city vacated a number of streets and alleys to give the railroad company a compact tract of land upon which to build. The work la being completed almost within the time limit set by the company despite the heavy snows and severe weather. At times there have been as many as l.OUO men at work , and no interruption liar , been allowed , Sun day being like any other day. The firm which lias the greater part of the contr.-.U is Charles W. Grlndels & company of Chicago. Included in the now buildings is a 21-atall round house. Concerning the work Super intendent of Construction Linn said today : "Our work here on construction alone will amount to nearly $200,000 , Pracitcally al ! buildings In the yards have been replaced , including the 21- stall roundhouse , coal chutes , Ice houses and olllco buildings. When the work la completed the yarda will bo one of the largest and most modern west of Chicago. The Improvement will cost the company nearly If not quite ? 1,000,000 when completed. W. J. Taylor for Congress , Lincoln , Jan. 29. W. J. Taylor of Custcr county Hied his application with the secretary of state to have his name placed upon the primary ballot as a candidate for both the popullat and democratic nomination for congress man In the Sixth district. Prices Drop In Norfolk. Effects of the agitation for lower prices have reached Norfolk. Butter has dropped five cents a pound and eggs five cents a dozen. Hereafter lo cal merchants will sell butter at 2S cents a pound and eggs at 28 cents a dozen , according to the local market quotation Friday. Farmers will be paid 25 cents for butter and 25 coats for eggs , hence forth. SUFFERINGS ( OF HOMESTEADERS STORIES OF HARDSHIP IN THE PRESENT COLD WINTER. LOST ON PRAIRIE IN THE SNOW Two Ministers Tell How They Lost the Trail In Trlpp County and Slept In Cold Hay Bed Barnett Tells How He Froze His Feet. ( in-gory Advocate : Since the weath er has turned warmer many home steaders are coming to town for coal and provislona. Many doubtlesa could tell Interesting adventures in Trlpp county during the past .six weeks of stormy weather. Rev. George Kersten tells of a trip to Wltten th'at he and the Rev. Mr. Cook made nearly two weeks ago to hold aervicea in that town which wo think will give an Idea of what It moans to travel In a new country In midwinter. Tile two men started out after dinner - nor in a light spring wagon from Mr. Kersten'a claim , sixteen miles from Wltten , expecting to reach there be fore dark. Night overtook them still a considerable distance from their des tination. When about live miles from town they lost the trail ami found themaelves stuck in a deep snowdrift , out of which they were unable either to get horses or wagon. While Mr. Kersten stayed with the horses Mr. Cook started off across the prairie toward a light about a mile away , re turning with a lantern and shovel with which the horses , and wagon were dug out. Every attempt to drive through the snow proved unsuccessful until a path was dug through the ravine , In many places the snow being higher than the men. The horses were un hitched and at 11 o'clock men and team arrived at the house , where the use of a hay barn had been offered thorn for the night , the wagon being left behind. A Cold Bed in the Hay. A bed was made on the hay , into which they crawled , but were awak ened at about 15 o'clock to find that the thermometer had dropped a good many degrees and they were suffering from the cold. With one of the blank ets they formed a canopy , lighted the lantern and tried to keep warm , but found this impossible , for the wind was blowing in on their feet through the cracks in the wall. At 7 o'clock they broke camp and arrived in Wit- ton at 10 o'clock pretty cold and bun gry , for they had not had a bite to eat since noon of the previous day. They were very hospitably entertained by Will Brown , a homesteader , who satis fied the Inner man with a steak , which is somewhat of a luxury with claim holders , bacon being the regular meat order on their bills of fare. The first reports in regard to J. A. Barnett's experiences were somewhat misleading , the facts related by him being as follows : Two weeks ago last Tuesday , the day on which the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Wainright burned to the ground and their little boy was burned to death , ho and his son left Lamro with two J loads of freight , which they were tak ing to Pahapesto from Dallas. It had | boon storming all morning , but in the afternoon the wind had abated. At sundown they were four miles from Wltten , the horses , being exhausted , were unhitched , leaving tbe loads on the prairie , and starting for the town on foot. Mr. Barnett felt his foot freez ing , and when he could walk no far ther he mounted one of his horses and rode the rest of the distance. It took them four hours to make the last four miles , the anew waa drifting so badly and it was dark. During this time the thermometer dropped twenty-two do grees. At 9 o'clock they arrived at Witten , where they went at once to Dr. Swell's office. One Foot a Solid Lump of Ice. One of Mr. Barnett's feel was a solid lump of Ice , fro/on as hard as a rock. They wore al first put into Ice water , and as il thawed out crusts of Ice formed on the foot. The physician worked with him all night , keeping them in anew packs. On account of the deep snow Mr. linrnott had worn only boots , the snow coming in the tops of them and melting made it worse. His son Tom wore shoes and overshoes , and his feet wore not In such bad shape , although ho may lose a n.'irt of one toe. j ! While Mr. Barnett is getting along very nicely , one of his feet Is In pretty bad shape and the flesh will slough off about the ankle. The Doctor's Experience. Norfolk , Neb. , Jan. 21. To Sandy Grlswold , Sporting Editor of the World-Herald : I was intensely inter ested In a communication In your department from some one too modest evidently to sign his name , which re lated how a mother mallard up on Ender'a lake protected her fledgling offspring at the risk of her own life , remaining with her ducklings while the author rowed his boat close enough to her to capture her and how she finally took one weak straggler on her back and bore It away to safety. My experience has boon different. About twelve miloa north of Morriman , Nob. , I once came upon a flock of young mallards thai could not have been more than 48 hours old. They were In a little pond that had once boon a blow-out , which occupied about one-fourth of an acre. This pond had a sandy bottom and waa free from vegetation and at no part more than a foot in depth. It had n wide , sandy beach , as the pond had shrunk consid erable during Hie summer. The moth er bird took'flight When'I approached , and the young , downy blrda swum like old birds to the center of tint pond. I waded , or rather , ran In , for the average depth was less than six Inches. I overtook them easily , but when I attempted to grab them they ducked and dived In all directions. I singled out one and pursued it , but It would dive before I could get my hand within a yard of it and would come up several feel away from mo. The uncertainty of just which direc tion It would take under the water waa a perplexing problem. While 1 waa pursuing this one the rest of the flock bunched up and were serenely swimming In the center again. I tried another member of the flock with no better SUCCOHS. Then I fried to drive them Into shallow water or to the shore , but In this 1 also failed , for they would dive back past me and after an hour I gave up trying to catch them. Two men with a net might have caught them , but I doubt If a do/.en could have captured one with their hands. The mother never show ed up. Now 1 have guddled for brook trout and caught thorn in running water , but 1 thought those ducklings were the slickest , slipperiest things I had undertaken to arrest. There were two of us in a boat on a slough on the Elkhorn once and we tried to catch .some baby ducks , but we had to give it up. A bird knows that Ita presence with Ita young la an added danger. If not their chelf one , and It Invariably leaves them. I am grateful to your correspondent for relating this Inli-restlng experience. The Bible tells of the eagle taking its young on Its back , but I never before saw an account of a duck doing thla. Sin cerely. .1. II. Mackay. All I can say In explanation Is that I have found mallard ducks , with re ference to their affection for their little one , just aa George M. depicts In the recital of his Minnesota ox- perlence. 1 have seen them by thous- amis up on the Boy river and have always boon Interested In the courageousness - ageousnoss of the duck when her ba-J bios wore threatened. I have caught young ducks , too , of almost every species , but only after an arduous and vexatious chase in each Instance. Speaking of the mallard's solicitude for her young , I will have to give you the experience the late Judge Charlie Ogden and I had back In 1904 up on Webb lake. Minnesota , witli a mother loon and her pair of babies. It may tax your credulity much more than Mr. M.'s mother mallard , but is trui all the same. Sporting Editor. Try to Tam a Wild Cat. Council Bluffs , la. , Jan. 29. Editor The News : Soon after I was settled on my homestead In Holt on the Blp Sandy , I piovlded myself with a family of eats. Not because I had any special fondnesp for the : olni3 tribe , b i became 'juts ! ( re the rrt lira ! ov- terminator ? ! c' mice , rata ai-l : garter snakes. A cat is to those vermin what an Elmer Thomas is lo Hie saloons of C'liiaha. I soon found I had no luck keeping cats. My favorite tiger waa picked up near the river , his front paws torn off in some deadly combat , n grin of horror on his fro/en I'nre. My old tabby disappeared , leaving no trace behind but two paws anil < \ tail. One by one her family disappeared. At last , out of mercy to the eat tribe , I brought no more vermin extermi nators to the ranch. I would fight the vermin alone , as I had fought political vermin through the newspaper. I was often surprised at hearing an ominous "meow" from the bushes near by in the evening. Sometime I caught the gleam of fierce yellow eyes among the bushes. I decided some neighbor's cat had wandered away seeking friend ship and shelter. It had grown half wild and was able to care for itself among the animals of the woods. I began setting milk and meat out among the trees , always in a certain place. The food was devoured , but I never saw the cat In person. Often around the barn I would hear a coarse ' mewing. " I resolved to lure thai mas- lor cat into the barn and began tak ing food daily to the manger. One day a pair of great yellow eyes , as round as an eagle's , gleamed out from the haymow. I held out a piece of beef , bill the cat would not come from its dark nest. I left the food and the cat , moaning hungrily , and wont to the house. The next day I coaxed it nearly to my hand. Such a cat I had never seen and never ex- peel to see again. It weighed twenty- live pounds. Its body was round , with the satiny sheen of wild animals. Its alertness , wildness and vigor of limb entranced me. Such color , such a skin , such a body ! Its great wide Jaws looked vicious and its whiskers gave it the look of a tiger. Never had I soon a feline with such a shim mering , soft-flowing tall. It waa a prize with ita eyes of gold and coat of satin. It soon came amid meows and groans and howls , to eat from one hand while I stroked its fur with the other. One day I made the fatal spring , seized It by the back of the neck and carried It into the house to "tame It. " It roared furiously , backed into a corner , and growled like a young hyena. I set some food before it Some occult force warned mo not to give the beast too much liberty or affection. I prudently walked about , with the broom , gazing Sir Tiger very bravely In the eyes. Aa I tumid away to reach for a pillow from the lounge , the treacherous thing assailed mo 'ear- ln r my hand ' a-l y. Iiuilnntlv It name to mo that I had gone through some hot political fights In Holt county and lived. Would I let the world know thai a c-at of the woods had done what tricksters had failed to do ? Extermi nate mo bodily. I made n menacing ges ture with the broom , striking the cat over the head and sending It Into the corner. It was afraid to como back at me , but cr6"uoh"o"d , rowed Unl ( mow- j I Ing fiercely. I throw the ouhtlila iloor ' 'open , brandishing the. broom \leKodly. ( I The cat How nut , llkc.K streak v > f burnt powder. 1 saw only tluv end of hht ' silky fall hitting the high . ' In Hie underbrush. | ! A few weeks later a hheJ man on a nearby ranch , ahot a wild cat. II was the golden-eyed boast I had carried Into the house , thinking It a tiger eat , grown sleek and powerful with freedom , solitude and the flush of wild birds. Rosa lludspoth. A WHITE SLAVE PLAY. Yiddish Actors In New York Seize the Golden Opportunity. New York. Jan. 29. The Yiddish theaters keep well abreast of the Ghetto's Interests. So it waa Inevit able that the subject just now ex citing the Interest of the politicians and the grand jury should find Its way to the stage. "The White Slave" Is the name of the play thai Is just now standing 'om up at the Llp/.ln theater. "Tho White Slave" play Is laid In the homo of Elijah Xoltlln. a pious old Jew who spends much of his time expounding his religion lo ills neighbors and warn ing them that earthly joys are not the only ends In life. He la naturally somewhat detached from the actual existence around him , which may account - count for his indifference to the moans by which his daughter supports him. He finds quiet Jind leisure to hla end In life In atudy and the puraults that interest him , while .the girl Is away much of her time at what ho auppoacs la her work In the ahop. The young girl goea to the dancing school and falls. There Is a "white slave" dealer who takop a prominent part In the play. The child finally comes home , but there Is no happiness for the "white slave , " although her j 1 lover , who has arrived from Ilussia , Is 1 ! with her and anxious to make her his wife. Ho has known nothing of her , life in Now York , and she will not j tell him. When It becomes too much , for her to stand the girl takes morphine - ] phino and dies. The actors show all that the author requires of them , and , of course , they I are not required to bo much more than ! ' natural in Imitating the typos among 1 which they live. In such works the , Yiddish players are best. UP TO THE REVISIONISTS. Chicago Will Pass up Football If the Game Isn't Made Safe. Chicago , Jan. 29. Football may be abolished temporarily at the Universi ty of Chicago after next season unless the forthcoming changes by the nation al rules committee suit the authorities at the Institution. The professors , according - \ cording to a member of the athletic \ board , will consider dropping the game \ if the 1910 season shows as many ac cidents and doatha aa the last year , at next Saturday's meeting of the ath letic board. The professors , It was announced , will take up the question of football rules , and pass a vigorous resolution calling on the national committee for the radical changes that have been suggested at the various gridiron ses sions at the Midway. THE LAST CRY IN STYLES. An All Black Season Long Fur Coats Practical Investments. Paris dins H into our ears that this is a Mark season , and the shops show . MI unusual mitiilxT uf fabrics in ihin somber shade. There is a great dis play of Marl ; in fur , | u lace. In evening gowns ami wraps alike. Black fur coats are n practical In vestment fi > r I lie woman of small dross allowance , for with several frocks and one coat a variety of costumes may bo achieved at little cost. Many beautiful fur scarfs lined with silk an ; draped loosely about the shoul ders and knotted below the chest , from A STVLISII UHESS FOU THE SCHOOLGIRL. which ham ? two irregular enda near the hem of the gown. Serge Is the material used in the lit tle girl's dress seen In the illustration. 'JJho dress Is made with blouse and HKlrt. There Is a wide box plait In front hold In place by ornamental but tons , The closing Is made Invisibly ut the loft aide. JUDIC CIIOLLET.
