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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY MARCH 27 , 1887.-TWKJUYE PAGES. POSITIONS OF TOE POWERS. Eolations of Trance , Germany and Russia in War Matters , * SYMPATHIES VERSUS SADRES. BcctnliiR Shelving of the Franco- Gcrinan Conflict UtiKsIa May bo Hntrnppcd A Prohibitory UUasn Army Strength. FAIIIS , March 11. [ Correspondence of the HUE. ] The German elections having procured the majority necessary to secure the passage of the bill which , according to Frinco Bismarck , is indispensable to the preservation of.universal pcaco , it ought to bo a logical conclusion that peace is a certainty. And so it would be , providing always that the world were quite sure that the chancellor meant what hu said , and that a need for war , some where , bo not a part of his combinations. But hnru Is the tinknoxvn factor of the equation , and save and except the chancellor himself , no one can possibly ' Know anything of cither his intentions or policy. Doubtless wo shall read innumerable recitals of conversations between news paper correspondents and distinguished personages , in tha course of which the latter have unbosomed their inmost thoughts , coupling their confessions with earnest requests , as special favors to the interviewed ones , to omit no detail , to tell every thlug.to ask for further explana tions , whcro aught seemed ambiguous , so that the public might loam the true situa tion. But neither tlio czar , nor M. do Gtcrs , nor the emperor of Austria , nor any other potentate or prime minister will consent to bo interviewed at all.whllo Frinco Bismarck hasso , often and in such uncomplimentary terms , aired his views concerning the "HMTILE9 OF THE 1'UESS , " that it requires u moro than an ordinary dose of itnpudenco on the part of any "special" or "our own" to affront the presence of the German premier , and a more than extraordinary dose of credul ity on the part of the readers of the nar ration of that intcrviow to believe ono word of it. No , it is not from the tales of the travelers that the public will over obtain information as to the bearing of current wonts ; language was given to man that ho mjght conceal his thoughts , and European statesmen and European politicians only tell to their intorluctors what they want the world to know , with out caring whether the world wants to know it. Events and incidents are a safer guide to opinion than the stories , generally the offspring of foryid imagina tion , palmed off on the public , and if the public would simply look at what is going on all over the continent , it might arrive at the conclusion that if the danger of war be not so imminent as it appeared prior to February 31 , that danger exists none the loss and may be qualified as in evitable. * ' TRUE , THE TENSION between Franco and Germany is not quite so great and for this the world may thank the Tsar , whoso attitude of strict reserve and refusal to commit himself to any German combination for the final destruction of the French nation , have given cause for serious reflection to the man of blood and iron who had counted upon Uusslan abstention from the Franco Gorman conflict to carry out his purpose. I know that to go back a whole monthis , askingu great deal in this ajo of elec tricity , where the events of a month ago are almost pro-historic , and yet I venture to remind your readers how , wlwn it was generally put about ana generally be lieved that Russia and-Germany had ex changed an occasional carte blanche for an oriental carte bjancho , I wrote that the sympathies of Russia both in the mass of her population and in her directing classes were absolutely nnti-Gorman.and that her government would not willingly consent to any wholesale elimination of Franco as a lirst class nation , which by assuring the hegemony of the German empire would increase the danger anti cipated by Russia herself from llEU AMBITIOUS NEIGHBOR. There was no particular merit in this prediction , if you can call it so , nor had I boon informed to that effect by any dis tinguished personage , not being even ou ordinary speaking terms with cither the Gorman'or Russian eropcsors , or M. dc Giors , and never having soon but once either Prince Bismarck or Count Von Moltko. It was simply a deduction of common sense that , as Russia and Ger many must como to blows some day , Russitt would not willingly help her fut ure enemy to any accession of strength , And the event has justified my opinion : Russia will not give the carte blanche hoped for , and will preserve the liberty of action ; or , in other words , she will not permit the dismemberment of France , not because of any tender feeling of syra imthy tor the French , but because the French may , at a given moment , bo use ful auxiliaries. THE KllANCO-GF.HMAN CONFLICT then , seems to bo temporarily shelved , thanks , 1 repeat , to Russia's attitude , bul it is only temporarily shelved. Prince Bismarck bides his time , and as Russia , just now , is the arbiter of Europe , you may expect. that every effort will be made to so entanirlo Russia in some other dilllculty that , when the hour tc Btriko at Franco shall sound , her onl\ possible ally can no longer bo a formid able factor. The first symutonis of this proposed entanglement can bo soon h : the oivil strife which has bosun in Bul guria , where the mutinies of tin oustchouk , SUistria and Tirnova gar risous are simply the beginnings ot i general insurrection which , it is hoped a Berlin and in London , may oblige Uussir to occupy the Balkan peninsula , am thus precipitate the collision with Aus tria , which , immobilizing Russia's forcci there and in Gallicla , will leavoGormau ; entire freedom of action on the Meusi and m the Vosgus. WILL UUSSIA ESCAPK the snare thus set for her ? This , it is dll licult to foresee. Russia docs not wan to occupy Bulgaria , or she could ant would have done so months ago. Tin question is : Can she avoid that occupa nun ; may she not bo forced to occupy may not Austria steal a march upon no and , by moving towards coveted Salon ica , force the Muscovites to sol/.o upoi the debateablo land ? It is in this com binatlon of the chancellor that the ponte to European peace is to bo found , an that it is a very great peril , is admitted ii all politiuat circles everywhere on th continent. That Prince Bismarck ha obtained his majority docs not seem t ro-assuro anybody , except the Stock exchange change speculators , if those b really re-assured. The emperor's spcoc at the opening of the rolohstag was ver vague ; it was n second edition of th snooch that was read to thorcichstng las December ; It mentions thu same quei tions of homo policy , and in the matte of foreign policy , there is nothing bti the.phrase , "soothe preceding doclara lion ; " there is not ono word of enlighl enmcnt as to the present situation , nc one word to justify or to contradict th rumors ot war which wire circulate during the electoral campaign. The coi Vocation of the rcicbsiag Itself , U AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL AQT , u one-sixth of the tiormatx alectors wor not represented at the Inaugural session Why this extraordinary and unseemly haste , is the question asked and , until now , replied to only by the paraphrase by Her Van Bocttlcher of Louis XIV V , famous "L'Etat c'cstmoll" "The consti tution is the emperor's will ! " All of this is'abnornal , and Is calculated to inspire apprehensions , not only hero , but at St. Petersburg , whore the possible compli cations of the Bulgarian question , at one moment put Into the background by the apparent imminence of a Franco-Gorman catastrophe , are again beginning to absorb serb attention. Russia Is preparing , and preparing actively for emergencies. For the lirst time within fourteen years a strong contingent ot Russian reservists 160,000 men has been summoned to do active service in the army , and an ap propriation ad hoc of 85,000 roubles , nearly 1450,00 has boon placed at the dis posal of the war department. This meas ure , say the olliclal newspapers , in order to allay , THE St'ECIUS OK I'ANIC CHEATED by its announcement , should not cause cither astonishment or apprehension among the | opulation. hvcry year Germany convokes -0,000 , Austria ! WO,030 'and Franco -I'M.OOO of their dis charged veterans for lunipor.iry duty with their rrsput-tivo ii'/ii / ' ' -itn ; and Rus sia siniDly does liUisw t' . In vinuu of the general military law of H71 , which liiavus it optional with tliu p > vctmn-i > t to as semble their root vcs for tin indetermi nate period of time , not to exceed forty- live days. Now , up to llie pro nl , these veterans have never boon called out , niul , though it is probublu that in ordinary times , and if the situation of the conti nent wore normal , thin measure mie'it ' have been passed unnoticed , such is the abnormal character of the general situa tion , so great is the international politi cal tension , that the convocation is uni versally interpreted to bo an alarming symptom of coming trouble. By the mil itary law of 1874 the conscription was extended to all castes and classes of Rus sian subjects who were and are held to military service from the ago of twenty to the ago of thirty-live ; the lirst six of these lifteen years are to bo passed with the colors , THE LAST NINE IN THE RESERVE , which must not bo confounded with the militia , an institution as yet imperfectly organized. But so formidable are the numbers of the annual continent that scarcely one-third of it has ever been utilized ; so that the onus fell upon a few , while the majority did not receive that military education for which the law WHS invented. To obviate this inequality , the late Emperor Alexander 11. reduced the term of service from six to three years , and thus managed to bring into training fully two-thirds of each class ; with the accession of his successor , however , this system was again changed , and although in the infantry and foot artillery the sol diers get off with live year's service , in all the other corns they are obliged to serve out their full time. The contingent really incorporated every year never ex ceeded 100,000 , but the minister of war , General Vannosky , devised a now plan , somewhat resembling that of the one year's volunteer service In France , by which he added , annually. 22,000 men to the normal number , so that now the an nual contingent amounts to 212,000 men , of whom live classes are in the infantry and foot artillery and six in the cavalry , Hold and horse artillery and engineers. Add to these figures about double the number of militiamen ) about an equal number of reservists , and THE COSSACK CAVALRT and light artillery , estimated at some where in the neighborhood of 800,000 men. and you must agree with mo that , whatever may happen , Russia will not be taken unawares. In this connection , I ask leave to quote some statistics , copied from a remarkable article published by the Kieff Journal , and credited to one of the most distin guished tacticians in the Russian army ; from this article , it appears that the total war effective of the armies of Europe , inclusive of the forces echeloned by Rus sia and Turkey along their Asian fron tiers , is estimated at 25,000,000 of mnn , of whom 0,000,000 for Russia , 4,000,000 for France , 3,000,000 for Germany , 3,000,000 for Austria , and 2,500,000 for Italy ; the number of horses needed for the service of these myriads exceeds 1,820,000 , and the question becomes pertinent : Where are those horses to bo obtained ? RUSSIA , BY HER PROHIBITORY UKASE concerning cqulno exportation beyond her European and Transcaucasian fron tiers , struck a very heavy blow at both Austria and Germany which depended upon Russian studs , in a great measure , for the remount of their cavalry , and it was especially against those two empires that the blow was directed , to which fact the press of St. Petcrsburc calls particu lar attention. Russia is the richest of all nations in the matter of horseflesh ; Franco is the ppqrest and the Novosti gives with exultation the following fig ures as evidence of the great superiority of Russia in the arm which Is destined to play so important a role in the next war ; Franco owns , in the aggegate. three millions of horses , and will need when her army is mobilized , 430,000 for field service ; Germany must bring out 807,000 , and possesses throe and a half millions Austro-Hungary has 8,800,000 horses will need 170,000 for her army ; while Russia can draw at sight or 10,700,000 chargers and draught horses in her central provinces , according to.tlu census of 1883 , and including Poland Finland , Arkaugol , Astrakan , Orenburg , and her Cossack territories , can make u | a total of over thirty-two millions. No\v the annual export of Russian horses ha ; never exceeded 37,000 so that the drain ir that line was not serious and eond never become so , but General Vannosky ii Germanophobist , and in the measure recently contly put into execution at his specla and earnest request , must bo read a de sire to bo disagreeable to that natior which is the peculiar abomination o every consistent orthodox Moscovito. CARROLL TEVIS. A Literary Columbus. In answer to a letter from a frion d ii Washington Ignatius .Donnelly write , from St. Paul , Minuif , to establish hi ; faith in the forthcoming Shakespeare Baron cipher : Your valuable favor Is received. In n tov days less than a week I KO home , thnnl Hod. 1 name hero to try and help the pec Rle. 1 have worked Intensely and persistent y , but the money of the railroad corporation has triumphed , and our session will nnioun to nothing. I am utterly disgusted. I slml return with pleasure to the cipher. I an ashamed of myself for having wasted s much valuable time with eowgam and coi ruptlonlsts. I feel distrusted. I know you do not take any stock In tha canard , that Iliad written a letter tosom one In Now York that the cipher had failed The man who made that statement ( as goo old Horace Urocley , In his Indignant went ) would have said ) is a "liar and a hors thief. " The cipher has not failed. 1 pr < uoseto stick to my bonk until 1 put In th hand of the printer , and I hope to do that b July. The world will never cease to be tv tonlslioil. not at my book but at the inarve ous revelations ii will contain. "HUlo wee. " "Stnml still and see the salvation o the Lord. " , . With great regard your frlcni ICINATHIS UONNKLI.Y. This assurance leaven us with the con viotion that the gifted author of "Atlan Us" is either insane or mistaken or 1ioa > Ing or lying or a literary Columbus. An Aited Charger. Chicago Herald : Forty-nino years ag the father of Harrison Gilbert of Chi ! 111. , bdught a two-yoar-old pony from th Indians. When the war of the rcbullio began the pony was twonty-livo year old , but Mr. Gilbert rode him all throug the vrar , and neither was hurt. The ol fellow still lives , tenderly cared for. 11 hasn't a tooth in his. head , liven on cor bread and bran mash , aud is probabl the oldest horse in America , if uot in tb world. LATE LENTEN LEISURES. The Penitential Season Solemnly Drawing to Its Holy-Week Oloso. "BUDDING BONNETS BLOOMING" O ran HO nicnsoms In the Local Gar * dorm Fnulilnnnblo Luncheons Great Operatic Attraction Omaha's Art. A Dull Wcfk In Omnhn Society. Society has closed the dullest week of the season. People are enjoying the novelty of entire abstinence with as much relish as they accept any other mandate of the social authorities. Church members are devoting their energies to planning innovations In the way of guild entertainments M most befitting the season , and several are said to bo on the tapis. Those whoso greatest delight is in conviviality give small dinner parties that are restricted as to numbers and scarcely servo for the delectation of those who peruse the record of the social swim. After Lent there will bo a revival ot gaiety and a general squaring of obli gations. A large party will be given at the Millnrd April 12. by Mr. and Airs. C. E. Squires and another of equal mag nitude is being discussed in military circles. A Boston Luncheon. From a recent letter written by one of Boston's cultured maidens to a friend in Omaha , the following extract is taken for the benefit of those who are interested in luncheon parties and the feast of lan guage that accompanies them : "I must tell j'ou about my lunch which was , such a success. Last Thursday was the day and a worse one wo have not had all winter. It rained steadily until the middle of the forenoon , vhcn it turned to snowand wo had a regular Now England snow storm , but the girb all came and everything passed off pleasantly. I am going to bo silly enough to tell you all about it. They came about lifteon minutes before lunch , so I will commence by tolling you about the table. At each plato , beside the napkin , sets of silver and sticks of bread was a bunch of pinks of different varieties , to which the plato card was attached with sjitiu rib bon. Mama surprised mo with" bed of tulips , which made a very showy center piece. As I have gone so far , and brought you to the table , I will produce the menu for your bonclit. First , wo had chicken on toast points , potato pud's , rolls and spiced fruit , then lobster salad and rolls , lettuce , olives , etc. After that , gelatine with a custard , sugared ginger , and fruit to top oil'with. . Wo sat at table a couple of hours , and had a de lightful talk over the pictures at the 'Paint and Clay' club exhibition. Then we adjourned to the drawing room , and I don't know when I have enjoyed con versation more. Uiscussed all the now books and many of the old ones. On leaving the girls expressed themselves delighted with my simple entertainment , and that ot course uiado mo very happy. " Brilliant Wedding. The most important event in Jewish circles for some time was the marriage last Sunday of Miss Ray Harwich and Dr. Dymonborg. The ceremony was solemnized at Germauiu hall , in the pres ence of about thrco hundred friends. Many useful and elegant presents were received , us follows : Gilded glebe clock , H. Borthold ; silver water sot , J. .Harris and family , silver hand-engraved teapot , S.BorgerChicago ; silver cardrecoiverL.KattinskyChicago ; silver butterdish , L.Posky , Lincolnsilver ; card receiver , 1) . Danovilz ; castor , Julius Meyer ; silver butter dish , J. Goldberg , Council Blufl's ; castor , C , Shaw : castor , F. Talmud ; easel-clock , J. II. Harris , Cheyenne ; silver pickle dish , S. New man ; silver cake dish , S. Snyder - der ; silver cieam pitcher and spoond-holdcr , J. RothholU ; . knives and forks , Mr. and Mrs. L. Davis : silver table and tea spoons , Miss A. Davis sot knives and forks , Mr. and Mrs. J , Bernstein ; set knives and forks , M. Gillinsky ; set of knives and forks , Mr. and Mrs. M. Tuckman ; toilet < < et , L , Ginsberg and family ; berry sot. I. and M Calm and H. J. Frey ; chandelier , J. Kondir : chandelier , J. Levy ; two oil paintings , H. Spieglo and fam ily ; album on easel , J. Levj and family : album , A. Kline ; glass wine set , Mr. and Mrs. W. Frafden ; glass water set , M. Stone ; water set A. Lewis ; witter - set , A. Newman man and son ; water set , Misses A. ami F. Goldstein ; water set , Mr. and Mrs. Do morse ; china sot 10 ? pieces , Mr. and Mrs Willinsky ; china boudoir set , Mr.and Mrs Michaels and family ; china boudoir set Mr. and Mrs. A Smith ; oyster sot , Mis ; Y. Netznor ; china set , fiftv-four pieces Miss Fanny Horwich ; match safe , Mrs Stein ; cigar stand , S. Nosovitsky ; dus pan , duster and whisk broom , Mr. Bred ley ; six linen towels , Mr. and Mrs. Bern stein : worsted table spread. B. Furst red cherry card table , 1. Gillinskv , Coun cil Bluffs ; camp wicker , S. Block , H Conn and O. Danbaum. Mrs. MninaiiRh'a Studio. Mrs. Mumaugh's classes in black am oil colors seem to gain in enthusiast ! now that Lontcn season has brought leis urn to the disciples of art. Mrs. Lizzie Wilkins has decorated i very handsome scarf of glove orangi pink , with tapestry dyes. One end has i border of deep llllics and the other a dc sign of reeds and birds that seems to b < woven in the fabric. Mrs. llongin is wording on a study o trees and water with a bit of Inmisean in middle dlstancct all in shadowy tones Mrs. Colina Higgmson is completing i ditliciilt liguro landscape entitle ! "Spring. " The entire picture has point of excellence that seem to dovclo ] with each inspection. The mail part of the picture , the figure , is thu of a maiden lost in meditation but ap parentlynot "fancy free. " The pearl ; drapery is admirably handled , makini the liguro well delined , yet in perfoe harmony with the surroundings , whicl uro in subdued twilight tones. Thn land scape is in every way suggestive of earl spring and the atmospheric effect is we ] brought out. Miss Polton is putting the finishing strokes on a charming wood intorioi illustrating the lines. But the darkfoilag interweaves in one unbroken roof c leaves. A gently winding slope is roofc with trees , the sunlight fulling in raiddl distance. A masculine figure reclines ii tho-shady foreground. The striking fe.i turo of the piiUuro is its remarkable pel spectivo. Mrs. Mtimaugh is painting a gracefi spray of double roses on porcelain for a order. Mrs. Magrane'a Social. Mrs. Magrune's social Wcdnosda evening was largely attended and passe oil * most successfully. The music wr furnished by Hoffman , and Ba'lduff a tended to the wants of the inner mat Those present were Mr. and Mrs..Geor { A. Joslyn , Mr. and Mrs. Edholm , Mi and Mr ? . A. J. Vicrlmg , Mrs and Mn Eugene Duval , Mr. and Mrt. C. J. Smitl Mr. and Mrs. Matt Goodwin , Mr. an Mrs. W. O. Matthews , Mrs. I W. Minei Mrs. S. J. Alvcrcz , Mis. A. F , Pilcher , < West Union , lown ; the Misses Viorlini ot Chicago , Brown of Council Bluffs , . A ] The attention of the people of Omaha and vicinity is called so our select assortment of WALL. . PAPERS Aline we are confident will bo found larger and better than any before offered in the city. On.Monday , we will offer for sale the following : 20,000 , Rolls at 10 Cents Rer Roll , 30,000 , Rolls at 12 1-2 Cents Per Roll 50,000 , Rolls at 15 Cents Per Roll , , This last lot comprises some beautiful patterns. Come and select first. 50,000 Rolls at 25 Cents a Roll. This assortment is the finest put on exhibition ; all new and latest designs. 10,000 , Rolls at 30c Per Roll , 5,000 , Rolls at 50c Per Roll , , Half of this lot are " Hand Prints , " which we propose to close out. They sold last year at 75c and $1 per roll. 4,000 , rolls at 65c per toll , 5,000 , rolls Ingrain at 40c per roll Ingrains are the Latest Novelty in Decorating. Sold Last Year at 500 and 6oc * Per Roll. We have Reduced the Price on Lincrnsta to almost that of Pressed Papers , Those Wishing tor : Decorate their Residences with this Beautiful Article will find it to their Interest to Call Those who cannot affoi'd the expense of a par > er hanger , we ask to examine our stock and prices before buying. LEHMAN 1508 DOUGLAS STREET HENRY , - - - Vakeloy , Jessie Carpenter , Dunham , Sadie Bunker , Etta Gudgo , D. A. Harp- ter , Florence Cronibe , Grace Hoffley , s'lna Marshall , Gussle , Clara , Ella and i'ldio Tremaiuo ; Florence Dilraneo , M. Nye , Jessie and Mary Munroe , Eva Ken- nard , Nellie Wilfcins Mamie McKonua , jreorgio Duncan. Anna and Matio Vapor , Jarrio Parker , Rose Stoss. Himcbaugh , ilcssrs. Louis Vierling of Chicago , Rein- ngton of Des Moines , F. N. Leaven- vorth , W. K. Lopur. Charles Puls. H. iVilliams , M. J. Ferrer , A. Johnson , C. A. 2111s , I. Adams , R. M. Patterson , F. H. 'utt , Frank Barrett Charles Matthews , 1A. . Magrano , Frank Holliuger , E. A. Sherrill , Charles Orchard , B. C. Arnold , 3. C. Lichtenbergor , Oscar Goodman , C. 3. Guiou , Charles Gratton , Charles Jonahue , F , Colpetzer , U. M. Bloso , E. teller , Harry Moores , H. E. Gates , M. J. Kcnnard , O. C. Carey , W. E. Wake- icld , W. 8. Redman , J. C. Shrivcr , W. [ I. Roidt , F. E. Shafcr , Grover Stevens , A. J. Beaten , Hugh Goodwin , Robert Goodwin , C. W. Grosh , Walter Preston , Frank Simpson , C. P. Bentley , Herbert M. Stoll , W. C. Ross , F. Barrowdougb , J. Barstable. The Went End Club. The West End club'ueld ' a very pleas ant meeting Tuesday evening at the lomo of J. A. Fuller , 13-1 S. Twenty- fourth street. The following programme was given : ' i Piano duett t. , , Elma .Mrs. Howaid and Miss Fuller. Sonp. "Tho Ola Sexton".J. 11. Daniels Recitation. . . . "Maiden ( Martyr" Mrs. C. K. Coleman Piano solo."Dancing Fairies".Mrs. Wilson [ 'lano duett International Mrs. Wilson acd Mi ? . Coleman Recitation. "Rlenzj's Address" Dr.Whlnnery The court scene 'from the "Merchant of Venice" followed. Portia being im personated by Mrs. J. H. Daniels ; Shylock - lock , Mr. Daniels ; Antdnio , Walter Wills Marc , Mr. Martin ; Duke , Dr. J , C. Whin- nory. A burlesque of a scene from the "Comedy of Errors1 Was given by Mrs. Fuller , Mrs. Coleman , Mrs. Wilson , Mrs. Howard and Miss Fuller. Those present worolMr. and Mrs. Allan Koch , Mr. and Mrs. 0. K. Coleman , Dr. and Mrs. Wlilnnery , flir. and Mrs. J. H. Daniels , Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Howard. Dr. and Mrs. Hodman , Mr. and Mrs. Nixon , Mrs. Whitemorc , Mrs. Wilson , Miss Ren- nagle. Miss Buttoriield , Miss Ebersol , Miss Kuhn , Miss Chamberlin , the Misses Boulter , Miss Wood. Miss Fuller , Mr. Kuhn , Dr. Brown. Mr. Martin , Mr. Wills , Mr. Ebersol. The National Opera Company. It is a matter of congratulation to local musicians and the public generally that the National opera company will give a short season of grand opera , here. The exposition society expect to spend about ,000 in making the auditorium what it should bo. A permanent stage will bo erected of sufficient dimension to accom modate the entire ensemble of 300 mu sicians. This will occupy one-third of the building. The company will appear Monday and Tuesday , April 11 and 12 and will give two evening performances and a matinee. The operas selected ant "Faust , " "Lohongrln"und"Lakrao , " three of the most successful in the repertoire.The scenery and costuming will bo on a scale of magnificence , such as te attained only by the National opera company. The prices will be moderate in comparison with the magnitude , of the enterprise. The sale of si'iits wiH'commcnco Wednes day , April 0 , at the box oflico of the expo sition building. - Art Gossip. Collins and Shantz have completed several fine portraits recently including a crayon likeness of Miss Leo , of Hust ings.Miss Miss Brodt Is busy preparing dainty Easter ottering ? . A pretty banner of bolting was decorated with a spray of purple wisteria blossoms , and other equally effective designs were noticed. In Roso's window is exhibited an oil painting by Miss Sever , of the Brownell faculty. The subjoclis taken from a well- known engraving and represents a young woman standing in a listening attitude by a half closed door loading to an ad joining room whcro her lover is going through the embarrassing for mality of .consulting the do mestic powers , The subject , for the most part , is well handled , except that the main liguro Is brought into such startling prominence'as to detract much from the rich and subdued coloring ot the rest of the picture. This fault might bo easily remedied and a moro harmon ious result achieved by toning down the brilliant blue of tha drapery. Wcasberg-BeiiBnn. Thursday evening the wedding of Mr. A. Wcssbcrg , of North Platte , Nob. , and Miss Caroline Benson , of Omaha , oc curred at the residence of Mr. John Wcssberg , engineer Kt the office of Gib son , Miller & Richardson , No. 837 South Twonty-lirst street. The invited guests present numbered forty or more. The ceremony was porforrufid by the Rov. Mr. Foalestroin , of tbo Swedish Luth eran church. Mr. Wcssberg Is con nected wit1- the Union Pu lUc Telegraph company , and the bride's parents reside in Sweden. The presents were many and elegant. Brevities. D. H. Stewart is in from an extended trip.Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nash are home , from Chicago. Miss Brandcls has returned from a visit in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Creighton are at Hot Springs. Mrs. James Morris left Saturday for a trip to Chicago. Captain and Mrs. Ijams went to Chicago cage Thursday. Mrs. Samuel Burns and son , Robert , went to Chicago Friday. R. C. Cushiiig left yesterday for an extended western trip. Mrs. W. S. Curtis will go to St. Louis next week to visit relatives. Judge and Mrs.Vakcly have returned from a fortnight's visit in Chicago. The Park Avenue club met at W. II Alexander's Monday evening. Miss Mamie Stelling left Thursday for Massillion , O. , to spend the summer. S. G. Joyce has been in Now York the past week in the interests of business. Mrs. W. P. Mumaugh entertained , last week , Mr. and MJS. Bartlett , of Chicago. Leonard Strang leaves Tuesday for Green River , to bo absent thrco months. Mrs. E. E. Batch leaves to-morrow to visit her daughters at Notre Dame school. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Stanton , of Valna- Eixiso , are visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. W. ogan. Mrs. Gertrude Haight , with her little daughter Alice , are visiting friends in Chicago. A. II. Wynn , who has spent some time in Omaha , will return to bait Lake early next week. Mrs. Oakley and Mrs. Richards of Lin coln , wore guests of Mrs. C. J. Green last week. Mrs. J. M. Metcalf , Mrs. S. P. Morse ind Mrs. Kitchen made a party to Hot Springs Thursday. W. W. Carr , of the firm of Carr , Ryder & Wheeler , of Dubuque. is visiting his sister , Mrs. S. G. Joyce. Mrs. Chas. . B. Wcstrcniscntcrtainglicr brother , F. S. Smith , a prominent rail road man from the east. Miss Helen Bowman , who has boon vis iting Mrs. S. G. Joyce , is in Beatrice doing a crayon of Senator Paddock. Mrs. Henry Fuhrmim , ono of Fre mont's loading ladies , was the guest of Mrs. Adolph .Meyer last week. Miss Martha Smith , of Batavia , N. Y. , who has been visiting Mrs. Captain Me- ' Caulcy the last two weeks , wi'll return home to-morrow. The Knights of Pythias are making preparation" for the grand ball to bo given by them Tuesday , March 31) , at the exposition building. Mrs. Guy barton accompanied by Mrs. Rollins , returned last week from a so journ of several months in California much improved in health. J. H. Millard , Miss Millard and Miss Barrows left for Now York Monday to meet Mrs. Millard , who is returning from a winter's sojourn in Europe. Hugh J. Smyth and Miss Maggie Ru- dowsky were inurricd Friday evening. A largo number of presents were sent the couple , who have gone to Canada ou their wedding tour. Mrs. Dr. Jones is enjoying a visit from her parents , Mr. and Mrs. llayward P. Hall , of Boston , who have spent the win ter in the south , and will remain hereabout about ten days before going eastward. The Afternoon Luncheon Club mot last Thursday at Mrs. Joe Goldsmith's , on Dodge street , and enjoyed a pleasant ses sion. Its next meeting will l > o held ut Mrs. Sol Bergman's residence , 710 South Eighteenth street. A largo number of the military and other residents called at Mrs. General Crook's Friday to pay their respects to her guests. Miss Kate Field and Captain and Mrs. King. In the evening the in fantry band was present and some good music was had. The congregation of St. Mary's avenue church is to bn congratulated on having raised $15.000 lost Sunday toward the now tabernacle. A novel and interesting entertainment is in cousu of preparation , further details of which will be developed later Dr. F. B. Ives , a prominent physlciar of Chicago , with his wife spent a few days with old friends in Omaha lasi week. Thu doctor is on his way home from California , where he and his wifi have spent the winter. Ho thinks Oniahr has a great future in store. Arthur McKnight is meeting with grca success in his largo vocal and elocution nry class that meets daily tit Bovd's open lioubO at 4:15 p. m. The class number : about GOO of Omaha's representative youth. These -\\l\o \ wish to join this free class should do ho early next week. Dur ing next week rehearsals will bruin a 930. ; ! It Is Mr. MrjKnlght's intention t ( put ou the "Nahul Queen. " HENDERSON THE HANDSOME An Iowa Congressman Who Stands in High Oapitoline Favor. SOCIETY'S SOLDIER STATESMAN The Old Congress and Cigar Stumps Dccollotto Dresses Sarah Bern- hardt Mrs. Don Cam eron In a Box. WASHINGTON , March 23. In the lan guage of llowers.tho late congress is "ab sent but not forgotten. " Wo shall have occasion to remember the doings of that distinguished body of men for some days to come ; and especially shall wo have occasion to remember what they didn't do. It is woeful to visit the halls of con gress now , like a great banquet hall de serted. Stumps of half-chowcd-up cigars are all that is loft of some of the great members. The sofa where I last saw Bon Buttcrworth sprawled out at full length looks so lonely. From the ladies' gallery a sleeping member , bo ho over so rilliant and handsome when awake , doesn't look very pretty and olo- cant when sleeping in a crablike - like position on a lounge in the lower house of congress. The upper house ot congress. I am glad to say , don't sleep that way. It is a pity that every voting American couldn t see congress on its last legs , so to speak. I fancy there would bo moro intelligence at the poles than there is now. I have confi dence enough in the people to believe wo should have men in congress who would truly represent the intelligence of the masses. As it is now , heaven help us all , yet it is not surprising after all that CONGRESS IS LOADED UP with such raw material as wo had in the make up of the late unpleasantness. Ono has but to go over to the capitol and listen to the questions asked by the knights of the ballot box while viewing the remains all that's left now , empty desks and chairs and lounges and spittoons. In the house the stranger will ask : "Will you please show mo the desk that General Logan sat in ? " And when told that General Logan was a senator , the reply will be : "Yes , but I want to know where ho sat. " And when the polite guide takes the strangur to the senate and points ot General Logan's desk , ho takes a solemn view of the old-fashioned thing , and remarks : "Why , that's not much big ger than our school desks to homo. " And then , after trying to open the lid and pull out the draw. Idly gazes about and asks : "Where did Ramfall sit ? " "Randall didn't sit hero in this chamber at all , " replies the urbane pointer-out of things , sticking close to Ins victim. "Why , I thought Mr. Randall wa ? a member of congress. " "So ho is- but his seat was in the house. " "What do you call this 'cr room ? " 'This is the senate , only senators sit in these desks. " "Oh. Well , I suppose that ere pulpit up there is where Speaker Carlisle hold forth. " "That is the vice-president's chair. " meekly responds the guide , thinking , no doubt , that ho would nave to charge this stranger double price. "I thought the vico'presidont ' was dead. 1 voted for that man. " "So lie is ; but the senate elects a sena tor to till his place. Mr. Ingalls now holds that position , " " 1 want to know. I havo.heard of In galls , smart fellow , isn't ho ? Where's ho from ? " "From Kansas"answorod the guide. "Well. I'll bo blowed. I thought In- galls came from Now York. I've hoard about the stuck up airs ho put on and I thought maybe lie tuok a few lessons from Conklmg. " "UK'S TWO LOVELY FOR ANYTHING , " said a young lady as she gracefully swung herself into Colonel Henderson's seat. "Do you know , " speaking to her companion , "that Colonql Henderson is the most delightful wait/cor ? Ho knows just how to handle a young lady. I Wish some of our young gentlemen would take lessons. It is such a pity ho is mar- ribd ; ono would never think it to heat him talk to young ladies , hu is so agree- ablel'1 The young lady cast her eyes towaril the skylight ana looked drcum.v for a few moments. "Who is Colonel Henderson ? " asked the companion. "Havo you lived in Washington all this time ana not known who Colonel lien * dcrsou is ? Why , ho is a member of con greas from Iowa , and the Imndsomesl man In congress , too. " "Oh ! you mean the onc-lcgged soldioi who is always protecting the penslor bills ? " "Ono logged soldier : well if you ahoulcl see him dancing you would think ho hat two lo < ; 8. I do wonder if Colonel Henderson has u wooden leg ? How in tcresting this does make him. If 1 shoult ever marry a soldier and ho should gc killed or something , 1 am sure Coloue Henderson would get mo a pension. I can understand now why Colonel Hen derson talks so earnestly about soldiers and pensions for soldiers and their fami lies. Ho is 10 eloquent ! I hear that ho has a charming family and is very devoted - voted to them. They have not been in Washington this winter. " "That's the reason ho Is agreeable to other ladies , 1 presume , because ho is de voted to his own wife and daughters , " replied the companion. It will not do to tell all these pretty girls said while chatting over Jowa 9 handsome member. As all Iowa is justly proud of her soldier-statesman , I shall be > pardoned for being a listener to the above innocent prattle. It is something to "see oursclvt'S us others see us.1 Colonel Henderson deserves nil the good things said of him both in society , whcro 10 Is a general favorite , and in the lialla of congress. From a soldier's stand' point ho talks earnestly and pleada elo quently , his own crippled leg speaking * no re eloquence than words can portray. ' Ho is fearless in defense of jusiico , unoi can give a homo thrust that will stinffj ike the thistles of his native heath. Hot ! s spoken of as ono of Iowa's coming men * Most faithfully docs ho servo the people of ils own Etatc. As a friend hu is devoted' and helpful ; as a foe well , 1 don't thinttJ [ should care to have him for a fee ; and' yet , as a fee he is open and frank and ut , times forgiving , but 1 nm afraid not for. getting. Ho is a true Scotch knight iff courage and gallantry. Ho is a liana- some man : lias a most magnificent ) liysiquc , abounding with perfect health * lie is largo , but not fleshy , good height mil well-rounded proportions ; a iin Head covered with a thick growth ot brown hair , mixed with gray early piety , as ho is not an old man , just ou ther verge of prime manhood about forty * live ; lias u round , ruddy face , adorned with a heavy brown mustache , well trimmed to set oil * a largo , pleasant mouth filled with white , oven tenth. As liis eyes change with thought and feel ing , it is diflicult to tell their color. Blue with patriotic sentiment , gray with friendly' appreciation , brown with tender sympathy for humam sutler * ing and black with keen justice 1 Ho 10 always well dressed and nearly faultless in appearance. One can hardly realize that ho is crippled to see him walking about the floor of congress. His lame * ness is scarcely noticeable seldom uset , his cane , and then only when taking long ] walks or going up or down stairs , oe4 when fatigued. Ho gives otoso attentions to legislation and is a hard worker upoa the appropriation committee of which he was a prominent member. He is a goo * oral favorite here in Washington both in . and out of congress , i'robauly no mem ber has moro warm friends on both rides of the house. Not in heart a "so * ciety man" and yet a man for society in asmuch as he knows how to bo agro-ablo to all about him. Is a good after dinner talker and knows how to dtnu at the club. Enjoys a good ogat with a good joke and , I am told , plays a skilful hand. II nl enough faults to save him from b ing a model of perfection. Surely Iowa can justly bo proud of Colonel Henderson , the soldier statesman. SOC1KTV IS AT LOW TIDE , judging by the appearance of some of omv leaders in the Wlutnov box parties at the theatre to see.Sara Bornlmrdt the other night. Not oven the sable garment oti Lent to clothe them with Christian grace * ! and decency. 1 have talked a good deaF about our society women stripping them selves to the vulgar gu/.o , but of all indelicate - delicate exposure some of the ladies ill/ the boxes were the most insensible to an want of womanly modesty. Blase women of society , who thus appear before the public , is simply disgusting , and enough to make a true mother's heartache IOHCA young girls in the society of such , women. All glasses were leveled to those boxes , anil such a murmur of disgust , as that expressed all about mo , have never heard in n theatre boforo. fr wondered if Snra Bcrntmrdt didn't "smile in her sleeves" and think of the awful wail that wont up in Now York so ciety when she first landed iu their midst , * and , that too , as a leader of Now Yorlct society gave the box party. I want you-l to understand that these nude women * are not n part of Washington society1 proper , but the ' "Ostler Joo" set that come and go with politics. This was Mrs. Whitney's first appear ance in public since the birth of her baby girl , so of course all eyes were upon nor- and of course surprised that she should appear in n low necked dress. Another to appear in a low cut dress was Mrs. Don Camoron. She haa been quite ill , and shows the traces of illne ? * ; lu-r arms and neck were sklnnoy and thin , anything but pretty to look at. Said a lady by my side , "Is it possible that Mrs. Cameron is here to-night , when our pn- porn have dispatches ( hat her uncle's wife , Mrs. Hoyt Sherman , of Dos Moinea , is dead ? " But what cares soulcty for the homo that was made desolate and the hearts that are breaking ? Wo hrar much about the "uncultured west , " Yet even naughty , wicked Chioairo has a "Moral Kducatlonal .society , " who send a note of thanks to Mr * . Grover Cleveland for not receiving ilccollau-idrc&scs. Such is life. COM.