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
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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
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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.
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