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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. PAGES 9 TO . ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1S71. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNINGTTEBllUAllY 23 , 18 ! ) ( > SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY PtVW CENTS. BIOYOLE GRAND 6-DAY RACE Tomorrow Final Wind Up of the We ) Goods Sale ALWAYS ALWAYS THE AHEAD. FIRST. Commencing Monday at 5 P. M , LATEST BICYCLE INVENTION ! TOMORROW WE POSITIVELY AND SURELY WILL CLOSE OUT ALL THE Sco it in operation in JRABBI CLARK mid CYCLONE PETK DRESS GOODS AND SILKS BOSTON STORE SHOW WINDOW' ' The fastest bicycle riders In the city , will nice for the . MONEY PURSE A GENUINE 6-DAY BICYCLE RACE LABG-EST BOYS' CLOTHING and MEN'S , WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S HOSIERY and UNDER WEAK , Rabbi Clark and Polo the Fowlof Ever ollorod in Omahii. Hidden by Cyclone on THE SOILED OR DAMAGED GOODS FROM ALL THESE STOCKS ARE JUST ABOUT SOLD OUT. Century Trainer lor indoor riding. SPECIAL PRIZES EACH NIGHT TOMORROW WE WILL SELL AND CLEAN OUT THE Monday Afternoon They Ride For the greatest number uf miles traversed that day. PERFECT GOODS AS CHEAP AS WE SOLD THE DAMAGED. ' TO WiAT TillWORLD'S RHCORD. > - . . Mr. SANDY fJttlSWOLW , I Starter. ini lcr Sporting liditor of the Oinnhn Hoc , f - ) ) . T. O'HKIEN , I Judges. ADMISSION FREE. JOIIN HINZ , f Timekeepers. . Timekeepers vill post each mile as It Is ridden. RACE starts nt 5 o'olook Monday afternoon. REMEMBER THE TIME They ride from 5 to (1 ( every afternoon for six days. Grand final closing race Saturday at 0 IM. . FROM 5 TO 6 " " wheel. "Andrao" Clark rides the "Cyclone" rides a U. S. ( M. O. D.ixon , Agent. ) EVERY AFTERNOON. Both riders ride a Fowler Omaha Century Bicycle Trainer. Co. , Agents. Race starts at 5 P. M. Sharp , each clay. Boys' all wool Men's all wool BICYCLE N. W.jConur BICYCLE . SWEATERS ( Cvlh andibouglas SWEATERS In black , blue , , Worth $1.50. white and cardinal All colors , " " m ± rf * * * . g f * * IP fc L. J l\8 F"1 ALL SOUNJ AND F RFKOi Lfi I N E H OSIERY SPECIAL 500 pairs of child's fine All the 72 inoh blcnchcd'aud 5000 pairs of Ladies' IN THE Moire TAFFETA rustic SKIRT LINING , ALF , THE WOOL quality Muslin O-'awei's iinbloaened TAHLE LINKN All colors. . . . - good value at 7c ! ) , to Fast Black and Tan BASEMENT Imported SERGES , ( ILL SILK CREPES with tucks morrow at goes Hose , worth aoc , S 27-Inch And Brocad- A lcd Herring bono striped 6c fancy Worth 7fe. 1000 ladies' Muslin go at 1KK ) bolts of the Best grade of HAIR CLOTH. . . . Extra heavy unoleached cd Novelty Dress Blues , reds , greens , yellow TABLE LINEN 1C. inches C TABLE OIL , CLOTH , worth 20c ! . Drawers with yoke bands Jc low and lavender. * 35 30-Inch , pink Goods , worth 750 and cambric ruffle wide , regular ] ) fico G'Jc ' , op goes at Heavy Twilled lOc at M-inch wide sale tomorrow at . . - 10 cases imported SILESIA. a yard , o , 1,000 pairs of damaged woollmp'd Cashmere J ohangeablo LINING SILK 39c Skirts 100 Ladies and ' Nijrht very Elaborately Gowns , ! 5c 2 inch cubes TABLE of half LINEN bleached,00 G regular Hermsdorf made Dyefull Hos- LACE CURTAINS 156 Nice scft SHEET WADDINO. lie TriinmoJ'Drawcrs , worth _ . up worth 4oc , : , north up . < - Gray and white nr. n . . French Serges , English at. Regular 75c quality. to 83o , go at on sale tomorrow nt lery toDOc. gO 1 lot of very line lish Diagonals and LAOE CURTAINS , 25c I3est quality book fold 29c Yard wide , ok-gant new 500 full bleached ff only slightly imperfect CRINOLINE ; , Gorman Novelties , worth Muslin Underwear Wei. pieces , ffW Worth lOc SATIN DAMASK NAPKINS W a dollar 11 yard , nt. . . . DRAPERY SILKS 29c IN BASEMENT , regular price S2.39 , on pale to Remnant ? of ' All Pure Linen All the plain iino muslin morrow u t , CORDED DIMITIES 2'C . . . . iOc AH the finest graded and newest style ? Worth $1 ; latest designs , COKSET COVERS DOZEN go tomorrow at DRESS CANVAS. ' Impt'd Novelty Dress Goods figured , plain nnd creped. worth up to 23c , go at " Wot'a niece of dress Immense lot of elegant $1 All * GBASSlTOWELIiflG 18 "irtok pure linoiu , v : c Dark colored iDERY. Krnile IMUNT13D WARP styles rf omhroulory Goods in this lot TAFFETAS , In new cham trimmed COIISHT COVERS worth lOc , HENRIETTA 6Je . eleon ami 'Persian . . . "Worth less than In all new colorings effeuts. ; also 50c worth up to 50ipo at tomorrow SATIN. KS. 10.UOO yards wide and narrow $1.25 , all ( , 'b at yardvlilo JAKANESB EMBROIDERIES , SILKS , In black and col All the LADIES' 8-4 turkey red One yard remnants of all wool Worth up to 25c yard 39c a yai d ors , and al o Colored Dress G INGRAIN CARPETS I5G Slllts and Satins TABLE ULoTIIS , 15 cents each as long as they DRAWERS that sold cases of French .make 200 pieces EMBUOIDEHY , lace worth ( ic ! ) , ,5 , long half All the Dollar and nnd , a edge wqrk worth to , . . open up French Serges , 69c75c93cvd up to 75c , go at tomorrow and short sleeves , cotton and HESTSTANDARD 35 cents , goesfati , ' . . . . - . - . . Pull complete line of SIIEEU LINICN. STANDARD Thousands of yards of TORCHON ' nn4 ' 500 pairs of wide iHsle thread VESTS STANDARDOIL Brocades , ' very , at IDC , , $1 75 Entflibh Worth mi ( o tjSI.DS. LAWN - ; < go OIL PRINTS VALENCIENNES Laces , worth up to 25uK $2.00 Fancy Novelties , All the latest novelties in Persian effect" ? . Umbrella Drawers. ' ' KO at stock , Most . This ta'i .c and ioc each ; tlie'se are 3C-lnch in the Oehm of these come In waist lengths. With 25f - e H the llncst lot of Fancy SIlUs , ever shown embroidery rullle , worth PERSIAN LAWNS , RJn at1ft goat In Omaha. 7oc , < ro at worth up to soc. Slightly damaged , worth 10 cents' Tho" Widow of the QreiiJ , Captain Tells About His Private Life. STORIES ILLUSTRATING HIS CHARACTER TinIloiiiiintlo I'roiiiiHiil nnil-tho Ie- Injeil JlnrrliiKf liiiinyliie Fab- rloatloii ContriKllrtc'il mill tliu Truth Set Forth. . 1E8C , \ > y Frank d. Carpenter. ) AVASHINGTON , Feb. 20 , 1890. I received a note from Mrs. General Grant last week asking me to correct earno of the many ridic ulous stories which are now being printed concerning General Grant. Some of these stories arc published by the very best maga zines and newspapers. They arc given out by parties who pretend to have had a clorc nmoclallon with the general and Mm Grant , but who , on the contrary , hardly knew them , or , Jf so , only In the most distant way. I called on Airs , Grant at her homo on Massa chusetts avenue the other afterncon , and liad a long chat with her , In which she spoke of such matter ? , and told a number of new and striking things about General Grant's character. QUANT AND TUB COLICKY I3ADY. "Here , " ald Mrs. Grant , as she handed mo a paper , "Is a story about General Grant and a , sick baby , which , I am sure , has no foun dation whatever. The story describes how the gener.il during ono of his earlier cam paigns called upon a union doctor , a Mr. Clcodler. In ono of the southern towns. Ac cording to th's story , while the doctor's wife was engaged In frying 'ho ' chicken , and the general was talking to the- husband , the buby of Ilio family , n 3-months-old Infant , began to equall with tbo colic , where upon General Grant went to the crib , and , taking the baby In his arms , walked up and down the room with him , singing and whist ling till the little fellow qu'te forgot his pain , and , In the words of the narrator , 'fell fast at > ! ce ] > In the arms of the man who nas to become Amerlca'n greatest military leader. ' "Now , " said Mrs. Grant , "this Is all very nice , but any one who knew General Grant nould not have made fuel ) a statement. In the flrst place , be was not fond of babies , He wa , In fart , a little afraid of children until they got to bo at least as high as lily waist , and the Idea that ho would voluntarily take up a colicky baby and nurse It la pre posterous. One of his greatest trialu while ho was In the white house was the children brought In by young mothers and offered to him to klsa. Hoould perhaps see them before they got near him and would turn around In a hclpleEu way , so that you could TOO he was uneasy , When the doting mothers at last reached him anil held up their children fcr him to salute , ho some ? times blurbed to the roots of h's hair be fore ho Itlpscd them , and did It In such an awkward way that you could see that ho wnp not serenely enjoying the operation , UENEHAl , ( WANT'S MUSICAL ABILITY , "And then , this man says that Grant took the biby and walked up and down tbo room , ringing and whistling until he soothed It to rlccp. Now , It U a well known fact that Geneial Grant could neither sing nor \\hUtlo. The truth Is , ho could not turn n tune , and lie had no great appreciation of inurlc. "During our trip abroad , " continued Mrs , Grant , "w4 sailed through the Medlleil- L rnncan on the United States man-of-war Vamlalla , visiting Italy , Egypt and the Holy it.and. Wlilkl ( in > this 'voyage ' we paired the Islmvl which la so celebrated In Homer na being the place upon which the beautiful slrenn lived and where Ulysses lindcd and was brought to grief by their dinging. A * we ncaroj this Nand a num- bvr of the nav > t' ofllcirs came to mo and warned mo to put cotton wool Into the gen cral's cars lest he bo effected by the sirens of today , Just as was the great general of the past. I told them that there was no danger of General Grant being Influenced by music , as he did not know one note from another , and that the singing of a thousand s'.rcns could not charm him. The ofllcers then said that the danger was not altogether in the voices , but also In the faces of the alrens. They were so beautiful that If the general heard them he would be drawn to the shores and lost , and they again urged mo to ue the cotton wool. I told them that the Ulysses of Homer had been tie'- luded because he was alone and had left Penelcpe , hlo wife , at home. I said I had learned n leson from old Penelope nnd had accompanied my Ulysses , and with mo I , dld not think he was In danger. GRANT'S TREATMENT OP LADIES. "And there Is another thing abaut which I would I'ke to say a word , " continued Mrs. Grant. "That Is aa to the part of thlp arti cle which purports to give-the general's conversation with some young ladles who were- visiting his camp. The doctor who owned the abby Introduced the young ladles to General Grant and asked him If ho did not think ho ought to arrest them. To this , according to the story , the general replied : 'I am very fond of ladies' society , and I miss their refining Influence In the camp. Don't you think , girls , I ought to make you my prisoners ? ' "Now. the truth is that the general waa never familiar with ladles. I don't think he would have addressed those young women as 'girls , ' and I am sure he would not have talked au ho Is here reported as doing. Ho waa most courteous and respectful to my BOX , but he was never fa miliar. The general was , you know , rather dignified and reserved than effusive. Ho was not what you call a hall-fellow-well- rnot kind of a man. He was fond of his friends , but ho did not make much fuss over any one. one.GllANT DID NOT SWEAU. "Healdes , " continued Mrs. Grant , "frim the way this article la worded , you might think the general was rather flangy In his talk. Ho was not ; ho never used anything but the purest and choicest of language. I have seen stories , In which he hao been reported au profane. I never heard him use a word of slang or profanity dur ing all the ycara that I knew h'm. For In stance , I never heJrd him use the word 'damn , ' Ho did not ura the milder ex pletives , puch as 'confound It , ' or 'the 'devil , ' which you know are often used by poplo who do not Bwcar. It was the same with his thoughts. General Grant had the highest Ideas of purity and virtue. He never referred to women except In terms of the highest respect , and he did not gosulp nor tell stories about them , On the .other hand , ho liked to hear a good story , and he sometimes repeated Innocent ones , he had heard to us at hcme. " "He was vciy domestic lu his tarte , was he not ? " "Yes , " replied Mrs. Grant , "ho spent all of his leisure at home , He always cared more for his homo tha.n for society , " STORY OF GBNEHAL GRANT'S COURT SHIP. I hero referred to a story which I hnd heard concerning the general's courtship , It described how Mr. Grant , who was then a young lieutenant , had met MUs Julia Dent at a wedding , and , according to a cus tom which the writer eald was prevalent In Missouri , had taken her homo on his hone behind him , die holding on aa best she could. During the Journey the two lud to cross a stream , and while In the water and lighting their way through the WAVCH , as the writer stated , Lieutenant Grant pro posed and was accepted , The couple then went on to the Dant farm , where Lieutenant Grant found Mis * Dent's .father , a lough- ' looking old farmer , bitting'on a wu.ul pile and whittling a stick , He was u > kpd to sanction the match , and In rustic language consented , I knew this ttory could not be true , for I was always aware that Colonel Dent wab one nf the wealthiest planters of Missouri , and that Mr : , Grant Imd been as welt educated , perhapp , HB any girl In ( lie United States ut the time Grant proposed to her. When I askedher as to the truth of It , however , Mrs. drant replied : "Of'bourse the story Is not true. I was very Indignant when I flrst heard It , and especially , so ab It put my father In the light of an uneducated man. This ho was not. He was ono of the prominent citizens of the state. He had a plantation ; of eleven hundred acres very near St. Louis , upon which we lived , and he owned lands In different parts of Missouri. Th K story puts me In the light of an uneducated fanner's dnuchter. The truth Is that I had spent seven years at Prof. Moreau's school In St. Louis , which was one of the moU famous finishing schools of the south and west. I was 18 years old at the time and had Just come home from school. "The story Is only correct in that Mr. Grant proposed to me the day we attended a wedding together. Ono of my friends was about to be married and the wedding took place In the morning. Lieutenant Grant was among the guests Invited , and he came to the plantation to accompany us to hc wed ding. He c < une to our houpe on horseback , but before we left for the scene of the fes tivities ho asked my brother to take his horse and to allow him to use the buggy and drive with me. To this my brother consented. I remember that the day wan a beautiful one. The sun shone out In all Its rplendor , but the loads were rather heavy from a previous rain. Itway pome dlctance from our house to that of my friend , and In going there we I had tp cj-osi' ' a bridge that spanned a little river. When we came to It I wa sur prised and somewhat alarmed to find that the stream had ripen and that the gulch was. filled with a rushing torrent , the water reach ing almost to the br'dgo. Llautenant Grant was very quiet , and It memed to me that ho was afraid of the bridge. It was an old one , and I was by no means certain that It would stand the Dtraln. As we neared the bridge I asked Mr. Grant usveral times If ho thought It would be dangerous for ii ! ) to crotu , and I tcld him that I would rather go back than take any rlt > k. He assured me , however , that It was perfectly tafe , and he ( .aid . It to quietly that I be lieved him. As wo came to the bridge , how ever , I said , 'Now , Mr. Grant , It anything happens , * remember , I shall cling to you , no matter what you may fay to the con trary. ' Mr , Grant simply said all right. Ho gave the horse the whip , and we were over the planks In less than a minute. Shortly after we left the bridge he asked mete to bo his wife , referring to my threat to cling to him to break the way. That same after noon ho wanted me to set the day , but to this I would , not consent. I told him that It would bo much nicer to be engaged for a time than to be married , but he did not seem to approve of this sentiment. We decided , however , that It was best not to say anything about our engagement that evening. Mr. Grant was rather afraid lo .speak to my father , for he feared that father would refuse. He left the house la'e In the evening to go back to his regiment , and n few days later General 'Taylor bent him lo Camp Salubrity In LouUlaim. Defjre he went , however , he wrUe to my father , ask ing his consent to the marriage. My father was not willing to give this , and he did not answer the letter , He ( old me that ho did not think I ought to marry an army ofllper. He eald my husband would be away moat cf the time , and that he did not consider the marriage u desirable one. He told me that I was too yo'iug and that Lieutenant Grant was too poor , and that Lieutenant Grant hadn't .inytlilm ; to glvo me. I then told father that I was poor , too , and that I hadn't anything t. give him. " GENERAL GRANT AS A LOVER. "How long was It before you saw the gen eral again ? " I ubked. " 11 was nearly a year , " replied Mrs. Grant , "He was tack then on leave of absence , and It was at this time that he askel father In person as to the marriage and got his content. I ran remember now Just how Lieutenant Grant looked us ho roclo up to our home In his new uniform. It was one Sunday oxenlng , anJ we were all bitting out on the porch. Father was going to Washington the next day. It was a great trip to go from Si , Louis to the i'ntt In those 'lays , and a number of our friends , twenty cf them , ficm tbo bur- rounding plantations , had gathereJ there to bid him goodby. I remember I was sit ting on the porch when "Lieutenant Grant came up. I gave him my handand , he shook hands with the rest of the-"party. 'The next day , when father went } to St. Louis , Mr. Grant went with him , arid it was dur ing this trip that he asked father's permis sion to marry me. My father consented , but he said he did n6t think the wed ding ought to take place very soon. Lieuten ant Grant offered to resign from the nrmy If father Insisted upon It.rThts / was Just about the time of the opening of tha Mexi can war , and Lieutenant , Grant asked my father If he had any objections to his writ ing to me. He said no , and during the next four years , while Lieutenant Grant was absent In 'Mexico , I ( received letters from him every mall. I hoie- those letters now. There are hundreds ofthem. . Every one of them Is full of affection , of love and of war. Some of them have pressed flowcra between the pages. , some werfi-wrltten on the heads of drums which ouritroops captured from the Mexicans , and rnany of them wore sealed with red wafers. " if can , remember still how I used to watch for the mall , and how I read my last letter * over day after day until thn next ono'Tcame. " GRANT'S POVERTY. "Mrs. Grant , " eald I , "I ha'vb often won dered whether the Etorles " are true as to the hard times which.ou " and General .Grant are Bald to havo"un4crgono Just be fore tjie civil war. " ' * "Wo did not have hard , times , " replied Mrs , Grant. "A great jnany people uaern to want to reduce the -general during his early life to the drega of 'poverty In order that they may exalt him the more by his rise. This fact used to 'annoy him con siderably , aD It rather belittled his rela tives General Grant was ( never very poor. His family wore what was called rich n gcneiutlon ago. His father was a man of 'considerable mean1" . Ho 'lyid property In Ohio , and the leather store' at Galena of which BO much hao bean 'made by some was a branch store , rthlchi was afterward moved to Chicago and/ burned up In the great Chicago lire. While wo were In Galena we lived very inlcfly Indeed. We were among the best people of the town and had all of the comforts that one could wish. I ree a rldlculojigji'Statetnent now going the rounds cf tact pra3 in which General Grant Is published ae having beea a teamster In Galena , andjtrim It you would Imagine that his buslnwi' w a that of a ccacbman or cab driver , ; f don't know whence this story comes , mt I pronounce It an entire fabrication , ; * ( ire also many other Btorle.'l nowj being , published. The truth la. the only that Mr. Grant drove while he was lnaeua ! | were * our own. .wagon , Bome- thlng llko a surrey or/a park phaeton , and team of good hories.1 ' , 'his ' belonged to the store , but It was Wfl as a carriage team by us , and pyMr. . , IGrpnt't' brother , Mr. Grant often to6k' myself end the babies put of an afternoon for 4 thrive. GRANT ON THIS"FARMtfE&R ST. LOUIS. "And then , again , tie ) stories of Mr. Grant's poverty at St. impute , " Mrs. Grant went on. "A great d.mlj ( ias been made of his having hauled wc4djfrpm our farm to the city. It Is true that bo of ten'took a load of wood with him when he went Into the city. We lived , you kuow , not far from St. Louis , and a load of wood was worth from J5 to JG. We had no money to throw away at that time , but ,81111 we had plenty to live upon very comfortably. My father had given mo the farm , and we had a very good home and all we really needed , " "Did General Grant care fcr money ? " "No , " replied Mrs. Grant : "I think not. He was very charitable , andhepften wanted ma to give away more than I did. " "He must have been a .good ( huriiand. " I t , ld. f "He was the perfection of a husband , " re- piled Mrs. Grant , "He was k nd , true and luyint' . He was , I believe , one of the beit 1 usbjndg ( hut ever lived , " GRANT'S RELiqiOUS DKLIEP. "I have often wondered , Mrs , Grant , as to whether the general was a Christian , and as to wmt he thought about a future state , " "Yes , le believe ! In Christianity , " replied < Misr. Grant. "He went lo chiirch , regularly. I remember he always liked to be at church en .Hire , and wCuld he much annoyed If I waa not ready. During his stay In the whlto house ho attended Dr. Newman's church , the Methodist church , though he sometimes went to Dr. Sunderland's , which Is , you know , a Presbyterian church. " "Did GrantfCver think that the war would go the other , "way ? " "I think he realized that It might , " replied Mrs. Grant , "but ho did not worry about the future. He did what he had to do. He la'd out his plans , and worked with all his might to carry them out , borrowing no trouble as to what possibly might occur later on. " President Cleveland Is expected to preside at a meeting In the Interest of home mis sions at Carnegie Music hall New York , on March 3. Rev. Dr. John Hall , president of the- home board , will be temporary chair man. man.The The report that Rev. Dr. John A. Brpoks , formerly of St. Louis , and now of Memphis , Tenn. , has been called to the pastorale of the London tabernacle Is Incorrect. Rev. Thomas Spurgcon Is the pastor , and he has no Intention of resigning. ' Rev. . Mr. Sauger , pastor of the Free Meth odist 'church at Rochester , Pa. , who has been conducting a series of revivals , was taken suddenly 111 with pneumonia on Sunday. In stead of abandoning the moHIng ? , his young wife took hold , and ! Is conducting them with great zeal , Some time ngo Senator Stephen D. Elklns and ex-Senator Henry G. Davis offered to contribute $30,000 for a collegeto be built at Elklns , W. Va. , If the Lexington Picsby- tery would raise the same amount. Rev , J. McC. Duckwall of Berkeley Springe , W. Vn. , has been appointed general canvas ser by the presbytery , and there Is a good prospect that the stipulated amount will soon be raised , - Work Is soon to be started on the Phillips Urooks Memorial library , to be erected In Hyde Park , Mass. It is the gift of Mrs. 13. F. Stetson of Ooston , whose country home Is near the alto of the proposed building and who Is deeply Inierested In the Qlue Hill chapel , where Dlshop Drooks preached his last turmoil. The bulld'ng will be of wood , forly feet square , will cost about $4,000 , and will be given to the directors cf the Uluo Hill chapel , The Trapplst monks at Oka , near Mon treal , have been detected In operating a full- fledged til 111 for the production of excellent whisky. At flrst the superiors claimed that they were not aware of its existence , but later they visited the revenue office and of fered to pay a flue. The monastery Is a hive of Industry , llko the mldlaeval retreats. It has a farm of 1,000 acres , on which are a cheese factory , a hotel and sawmills , and last year 30,000 gallons of wine were made on the place. The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held In Cleveland In May , and members of the church are looking forward to It with great Interest , cupeclally because the matter of the admis sion of women will come up , This was a inuch-dlfpiited question at the last confer ence , and the amendment to admit women no delegates was defeated. This year two women , Mm J. W. Ilashford , wife of the president of the Ohio We leyan unlvertlly , and MUD Trimble , a missionary from China , have been elected as delegates and will ap ply for admission , This will bring the ques tion up for discussion again. Denjamln D. Sllllman of Brooklyn be comes the oldest living Yale graduate by the death of Charles L. Powell ot Alexan dria , Va , Mr , Powell was born In 1 04 , and was graduated from Yale In the class of 1823. For several years his name has ap peared flrst In the list of living Yale gradu ate ! . Below his nuine , In the class of 1824 , was tlmt of Mr. Sllllman , who was born just one year after Mr , Powell. DANCED AT LEAP YEAR BALLS Fair Maids and Gallant Beaux of Other Days. PAGES OF SOCIETY HISTORY TURNED BACK Ail IndiA iiliiul Whit HUN Griivrn Old i l111 I InI'll N si UK : of WiirN IMx- ciiNNi'H Some SIM-II IVIIN or the- More than fiix weeks have passed- since local society marshaled Its forces and , dancing a lively deux temps , welcomed the New Year with an elab orate leap year ball. Notwithstand ing the fact that ft number of weddings have engaged the attention of society's devotees since the beclnnlng of the present year , the aftermath of the great leap year ball has not yet become trite. There are fair maidens and gallant men who have not spoken to each other since that event , and there nro others who have been waiting ever slnco that event to pay off certain scores made dur ing the evenlnc. H's all becaube the poor young women had not hud fciilnclent ex perience In filling out programs , and then , perhaps , the programs did not contain num bers enough for them to repay all the young men who had beert kind to them. "It was ever s > o , " remarked a prominent society man to n Dec reporter the other evening , "I've been In Omaha awhile and I've seen ether leap year balls , I recall the great leap year dance of 1S02. It was given at the Mlllard hotel on Now Year's night and W&B the most brilliant dancing party given during1 that period. It outshone even the swell assemblies that were such a promi nent feature of social life In 1890 and 1S91. Yes , there were gentlemen wall flowers and thev didn't like It1 any more limn they do today. " After looking through hl collection "of souvenirs of social events that have passed the society man brought out a program , a glove that had once been white , a bit of whlto ribbon and a dainty little slipper. The program showed that the society man , who Is now considered a trifle passe , was Immensely popular at the lime of the last leap year dance. Every number had n name written opposite it. The reporter thought It would be Interesting to print the names that appeared on the program. But the society man said ; "No , indeed. You see It might hurt the feelings of eomo of those fair young women who were single then and are the same today , " CHERISHED IN HIS MEMORY. On the bottom of the sole oMlie cute little clipper , which the society mail appeared to cherish very dearly , were pasted a few clip- plngti from local papers of the following day , Some of them read like this ; " 'It's quite Imposilblc , ' raid one young debutante , 'to dance with all of these men , and I'm In debted to tliem all. It will take the whole year to set things light with me , and I'm ' not Infatuated with the prospect a little bit. ' 'But think of the heart burnings I'm respon sible for , ' said another clever woman. 'Why ilcn't you follow the course I have mapped out ? ' queried a third , 'Don't ack these lordi of creation , but , look on this vanity filr In rnlcrocofm with that sublime faith which Carlyle ( Uveo to his hero In "Barter Rciar- tus" ' 'Will you go Into the smoking room ? ' told a tail , finely proportioned hourl to a petite blonde as they drifted along the hall way from the ballroom. 'Not Just now , I'm engaged for a Manhattan cocktail,1 eald an Ingenue as eho winked the other eye. " "Ye , " eald the society man , after reading the clippings , "the result of ( hat trap > il r dance was the division of society Into two stubborn factions. Juet ae If the petty little squabble : ) over the division ot ono'c Ounces did not form sufficient aftermath for such a , graul function . ° ncety | tore itnuif In twain ever a really trivial matter. Olio faction Insisted that the men should make calls , upon all the women whose names appeared on the card.s accompanying the Invitations. The other faction Just as steadfastly main tained that the men should call on only those women personally known to them and on whom they had called before. Oh , wo hud nn interesting debate over the matter for the rest of the season. I don't believe * . It ever was definitely settled , although the leaders all clung to the latter principle. "There was a story which wont the rounds , of all the teas and receptions of that season , to the effect that n bashful young maiden offered her heart and hand to a thoroughgoing - , going man about town at the ' 92 leap year dance. I never believed It myself , but It looked very much llko U when the two. wcie married early the next fall. " THERE WERE SLBIGHRIDES , TOO. The patronesses of the dance" were 'Mes- damcs Brown , Rust-ell Harrison , Swobe , Me- Kcnuo and Haagland. The young women who- arranged the dance were Misses McHenna. Yost , Orchard , Hoaglalid , Brown and Laura. Hoagland. ' "Leap year sleighing parties formed an en- Jnyable feature of the heason of ' 92 , and I shouldn't bo fciirprUcd If more love matches were flrbt formel d.urlng these Jolly sleigh- rides than at all tbs leap year dances. "Hero's another program that might in terest you. On January 21-8 ] ! 2 , the young women of the north bide gave a fashionable leap jear dance. It was not the nwell func tion that the affair at the Mlllard was , yet It waa a pretty nice party. I remember that we all had a splendid time. One of the promoters was married hero about a fortnight ago. Then there was another leap year- pal ty given at the Dcllono hotel on February 1C. "The features of the dancing world In 1888 were the affairs given by a set calling Itself 'the select 100. ' Their parties were conducted with great pomp and ceremony , but were fcald to be as enjoyable at ) they wore stiff. On January 18 the women In the Capitol Hill German club , which wan com posed of a number of prominent society women , though not the leaders of the ultrafashionable - fashionable world , gave a leap year dance at ths residence ot Judge Lake. The young- women acted as managers and entertained 1 their male friends In good rtylo. Some ot them were not content with cupplylng car riages and boiitonnlerc , but after the dnnc continued In their l ldness by making calls on the young men they had taken to the dance. The event of 1888 , however , waa the great charity ball , given In Exposition hall , on February 7. But us that was not a leap year dance wp will pass It up. AND HERB MEMORY FAILS. "Did you ask me for the leap year dancen of 1881 ? Well , how old do you think I am. anyway ? I was n young collegian then and hadn't commenced to lake In matters torpslchorean. I believe , though , that the. Harrlxon-Sdiinders wedding was the great event In the society world of 1884 , and com pletely eclipsed all the other functions of that year. The Omaha German club , I see by. this fan , gave a dance at the Mlllard on January 18 , 1884 , I haven't a very distinct recollection of It , but I bcliava ( hat It wan conducted on the leap year plan. Just a week before this there was a grand masquer ade ball In Crouiin-'a hall , but I've forgotten what It amounted to. "Now that Is really an far Uick BH I cam -I I it-member , and U wasn't particularly con venient for mo to do that. But since you have piomleed not to print my name , I guess no harm will be dene. What do I think of leap year balls ? Oh , they're nlcu for a change. The novelty of the affair hclpN out Immensely. Otherwise they wouldt be as xtupld as a checker loiiriuinent , It'a. nlco for > ou reporters to comment on these leap year balls , and leinark that It would ba a gri-at pleasure If the young women who handled the leap year dance of the previous night to miccefbfully would always assume charge of such nutters. But 1 tell you , people would teen grow tired of the confusion - fusion of piograms and other mistaken Inci dent to Irnp year dances and would not ba long In voting to return to the approved method , "
