THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 23, 1907
Splendid New Home of Omaha Young Men's Christian Association
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vr a church, but arranged for the
work of prear-hcra; not a club.
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i V recreation fcaturca as fine a
those of the average club; not a
School, hut with fifteen rooms devoted to
education; not an athletic aoclcty, but with
gymnasium and boxing room, which any
athletic association mlKht envy,, and the
Young Men'a Chrlatinn Association build
ing la open to the public after a aolld week
of fcntlval In which aomo of the highest
officials of the atate and nation, and intna
of the moat able apeakcra of the land took
part.
The Omnha Young Men's Christian
Aaanelatlon building la a "model of It a
kind. And this, the promoters believed,
when It waa planned, and this they
know, now that they have heard expres
sions from men whoae lifo la devoted to
the aaaoclatlon work. It Is difficult to give
an adequate Idea of the building and Its
appointments, aa In walking from tho sub
basement to the fifth floor tho change Is so
rapid In the uses and objects of the var
ious rooms aa to confuse one, and It Is
only after the beholder has had time to
think It over that he realizes that there
has been assembled between the walla of
the building features of work, benevolence
and amusement which will appeal to the
deaires of every type and condition of man,
nd each, In Its way, designed to make
man better, morally, mentally and phy
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Below the First Floor.
It Is as well to begin a description where,
the builder began his work In the Bub
basement. Here Is where the motive power of the,
hoyae Is kept, but to find the material
source of that power It Is necessary to go
down 1,100 feet lower, where water starts
on its way to the surface, for the
Young Men's Christian Association build
tag la equipped with Its own water
plant, fod from a well under the building.
The water Is pumped to a tank from where
part U taken to heaters for various pur-
poses, and part sent through colls passing
under Ice to drinking fountains on every floors terraszo and wood finishing through
floor of the house. In the sub-basement, out is English oak. When the furnishers
also, la the heating plant and the source are through with tbelr work the east end
of supply and deposit for tho vacuum of the lobby will be used as a reading
weeping plant, with which all the floors room, the weat end for social purposes. The
of the building are cleaned.
Then cornea the basement, which Is only
half a basement after all, as the celling
1s soveral feet above the street line. Here
la the entrance from the Seventeenth
treet side of the building. The corner door
from the sidewalk opens into a recreation
room, where a number of games will be
Installed. Whllo the building Is In a stalls
of nogllgee, following the haaty exit of the
builder and the presence of the furnisher,
this room Is used as a reading room. South
of this is the regular Seventeenth streut
entrance, and adjoining the door la the
bicycle room. On thle floor, also la a
locker room with 1,200 lockers, a lounging
room for busliiess men and a large check
room; but the crowning glory of this floor
la the plunge and shower baths. There are
fifteen of the latter and one of the former
'pool 20x60 feet in extent, ranging from
three feet six Inches to eight feet deep,
and tha water of that tone of blue which
occasions the name. This water passes
through the heaters whore It is given the
temperature which science declares the
Vest for the human body at healthy state.
The entire room In which the plunge and
showers (Ve located Is floored with tile or
cement.
in wis room aiso are a numoer or pn
vate lockers for the use of persons who
object to using those In the common room.
A winding stair and private gallery leads
from the boys' department to the pool.
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The Harney street entrance to the build
ing Is the "front door" of the building.
After ptsslng up steps of easy ascent the
visitor enters one of the finest corridors In
the west. This large room, bat slightly
broken up with pillars, and semi-detached
at one end, extends the entire width of the
building. 133 feet on Harney street Tho
vestlbule has scagllola pilasters and the
columns and walnscoatlng In the lobby are
Second Generation of Omaha High School
v INTERESTING coincidence at-
k I taches to the graduation of the
1 ! nf 1907. the laraest class yet
sent out by the Omaha High
school, In that Its honor pupil.
Miss Pauline Rosenberg, Is a daughter of
a member of the school's first graduating
class. Miss Rosenberg Is the second repre-
entattve of the school's second generation
of graduates. Miss Elisabeth MoConnell.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McConnell.
being the first. Like her mother, Mlsa
Rosenberg Is a product of the Omaha pub-
Ho schools snd her admirable record re-
fleets upon them fresh credit that Is not In-
slgniflcant and that recalls some of the In-
cldenta connected with that first class of
which her mother was a member.
Mrs. Rosenbeig. formerly Esther Jacobs.
oame to Omaha, with hor parents, from
New York In 1X69. Mr. Jacobs engaged In
the clothing business and his daughter be
came a pupil of Pacific school. At that
time the schools were only Imperfectly or-
ganlxed, owing largely to the system of
; control. They were only partially graded,
j but the next year a new system was In-
stalled from which the present system has
evolved. Miss Jacobs completed the grades
at Pacific school, going then to the new
high school. The old pnrt Of the present
' building was then new and was occupied by
grammar school as well as the high
school grades, the latter being confined to
; the third floor of the building, then amply
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of the same material. In Imitation of old
convent Sienna marble. Capitals are Doric,
main business office occupies the southeast
ern part of the lobby and back of that are
the rooms of officers andvtbe board of dl-
rectOTS. In the main office Is the telephone
exchange. At the present time the building
Is equipped for 120 telephones, practically
one In every office room and dormitory,
Grnnulim and Other Features.
On this floor also, In the southern part of
the building Is the gymnasium, with all of
the devices usually found In such a place,
and some not alwsys found therein. Fach
of these appliances Is In duplicate so that
for practical purposes tliero are two com
plete gymnasiums. Adjoining the gym
nasium Is the physical director's suite, three
rooms, Including the main office, the private
office, examination room and gymnasium
club room. The gymnasium annex Is Just
north of the main room, and here a hand
ball court . and similar devices will be In
stalled. North of thle Is tho "spa," commonly
called the "Dutch", room, because of Its
decoration, v Here a luncheon Is served, from
11 a. m. to 11 p. m. to members of the asso
ciation and1 their friends. i
A check room, with a capacity of about
l.OCO article, completes this floor, with the
"cepUon of the rooms In the southeastern
winff, WMH n r5 ;ieint-u ID iiic r.ireniu
Light and Power comrany. the onl:.' rooms
In the building used for commercial pur
poses. Boy's Department.
On the second floor the most Important
part of the work Is the boys' department.
Here, on a smaller scale, but no less com
plete, the boys have every accommodation .
accorded their elders In other parts of the
building. There are lockera. shower baths,
rooms for games, reading room, four club
roomsseparated by rolling partitions, a
lunch room, connected with the kitchen by
a gallery and dumb waiter, offices for the
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large to accommodate the classes. Tha
high school course of study covered flvei
years, but- when one year of lt haqVbeen
completed lt was decided to condense lt
Into four years and as a result two classes
consolidated. Among the members ot this
first upper class were sons and daughters
of Omaha's most prominent families, but
of them only eleven graduated, many of the
others having been withdrawn and sent
east to finish. Among these were Henry D.
Estabrook and Miss "Caddie'' Campbell.
who afterward became his wife; also Mra,
William Fleming, nee Ida Doollttle, at
present a member of the high school fac-
ulty.
About 100' students were enrolled In the
school afid the faoulty Included Prof. W,
H. Merritt, principal; Ralph day lord. I. T.
Babbit and Prof. Decker, Instructor of
muslo. Two recitation rooms, an assembly
room and the laboratory comprised the
school. The big auditorium or assembly
room occupied the entire south end of the
third floor and lt was here that the rhetor-
loals. exhibitions and other, entertaJnrrienta
rery popular, at that time were held.
It was the last week of June, 1878, that
tha first ' commencement of the Omaha
High school, was held. It was an event ot
no small consequence tn the history of tht
town and, being generally appreciated as
suoh, was largely attended. The exercises
were held In the school aurtltrrlum and In
the evening and the room waa taxed to
Boy's Record
nFkRT OIX.MORE. who was grad
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uated this month from the high
school at York. Neb., won high
distinction as an orator, He was
first among the school orators of
York-county; then ha won flret In the dis
trict conttt, and finally at Grand Island
he carried bit first honors In the state con
test. He expects to attend one of the
schools at Lincoln, continuing his studies
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through the higher branches. Mr. aumorp
Is the son of Sebastian Qilmore, a farmer
living In the southern part of York county,
and has made his own way through the
public schools of York. His aucoes aa an
orator Is a matter of much pride to the
York schools, where all were rery much
Interested In Mr. Ollmore's oareer.
Knew Ilia Subject
One day a party of boys were dleouaslng
Treat men of the past.. One chap a puke m
glowing terms of , "Daniel Webster, the
great dictionary man," and a friend, wish-
Ing to correct him. whispered from behind
his ear: "It wasn't Daniel, It was Noah,
that wrote the dictionary," whereupon the
speaker, with a scornful look, whispered
feu answer: "Noah bunt the ark, you idiot."
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secretary of the boys' department and other
necessary rooms,
Parlor Iteeeptlon and Auditorium.
All of this is in the eastern part of the
building. In the central part, just In
front of the elevator la the parlor, a room
carpeted In rich velvet and furnished !n
Bolld mahogany. West of this Is a recep
tlon room, and adjoining that, the audito
rium, which has a seating capacity of
about 660. U Is furnished with comfort
able removable chairs. South of the
auditorium la a small lecture room which
connects with the auditorium by a rolling
partition. South of this is the running
track of the gymnasium and the sparring
and wrestling rooms.
Fd oca tlon and Dormitories. .
The eastern par( of the third floor la
devoted to education. There are fifteen
class and study rooms. In which various
kmm.iia. 1 1 1 ho niiffhf "TnniuiieH. in tha
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rooms wnicn win ue equipped ior ircn-
free
hand drawing and- similar work. The
culinary department prop.r occup.ea the
western part of this floor. There Is a
dining room with a seating capacity or
about 250 persons, and In the northern
part of the wing are four private dining
rooma, connected by rolling partitions In
which partle of twelve to eighteen can no
accommodated. The kitchen, declared to
be one of the best equipped In 'tlie state,
la south of the dining room.
The (yjntral part of the floor, near the
elevator. Is used as commllte3 rooms' an!
state headquarters. On the fourth and
fifth floors are dormitories, 102 rooms bo-
Ing set aside for thla purpose and eighty
of them already rented. Rooms are
rented to none but members of the asso-
elation. '"
Cnmpalarn for Cash.
The building as It will stand when fully
equipped will represent an Investment of
approximately $260,000. Of this amount
$160,000 has been received by the aasocl-
atlon. and on Monday, July 24, tho asso-
elation will start a short and sharp cam-
palgn to raise the $90,000 necessary to
dedicate the building free from debt. The
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accommodate tha crowd. The graduating
class Included nine Kills and two boys
Miss Fannie Wilson tMrs. 8. V. Wood
bridge fit Omaha), Miss Addle Gladstone
(Mrs. David Gross of Omaha), Miss Bertha clock has visited will dedicate their build
Isaacs (Mrs. Fred McConnell of Omaha),' ng8 free from debt. Seattlo and Portland
Mlaa Nolilla Lelimer (Mra. Richard Carrier have been through two campaigns for cash,
of Omaha). Miss Margaret McCague (Mrs. xt Portland $250,000 waa raised at the first
J. H. McCullough of California). Miss effort and on the second $100,000 was added
Stacla Crowley, now of Chicago; Miss Ida to that amount. Soattle raised $165,000 at
Ooodman of Omaha, Miss Esther Jacobs flrst and then paid off the debt with $35,.
(Mrs. Adolph Risenberg), Miss T.lajiohe foO or rjOO.ooo more.
Deuel, deceased; Alfred Ramsey and Henry
Curry.
All the members of the class participated
In the program. Each had written an ora
tion or esMay which they delivered or read.
A feature of the program was the singing
of the class aong. the words of which
had been wrlten by Mlsa 8taola Crowley
and the music by Prof. Decker of the fac-
ulty. An orchestra accompaniment was
provided and this numler of the program
waa enthusiastically received.
Wmle fairly effervescing with class spirit.
thls first graduating class adopted no colors
and In fact omitted several of the fcrmull-
ties considered almost necessary aocom-
panlments nowadays. There was noither
baccalaureate sermon nor class banquet,
but Saturday evening .following the oom-
mencement a social and dance waa given
at the school and the Omaha High School
Alumni aasoclatlon was organised.
Two olasaes haying consolidated to form
the class ot 1E7&, there was no graduating
o1" the next year and the next year, 1T7,
'there were but four graduates. In conau-
quence the alumni association was dropped
until the late '80s, when it was revived
again, but the honor of Its organisation Is
still claimed by the members of the oiig-
Inai graduating olaaa.
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campaign will be In charge of C. S. Ward.
who has established a reputation for rais
ing money for Young Men's Christian
association buildings. He will be assisted
In his campaign by R. A.'Cassidy.' In n
circular sent to tho ministers of the city
the secretary .of the association says:
It is now proposed by the association
management to conduct a short but vigor
ous campaign for IW.i'X) with which to clear
the association of nil Indebtedness. This
campaign is to commence Monday, June
24, and close Tuesday night. July 2. Re
garding the need for .this $30,000, It must .
not be supposed that trie building lias
cost this much more than was originally
estimated. . When the campaign for. $100,000
was made Just two years-ago the cost of
the building as then planned was esti
mated at $.'00,000. Of thla $7R,000 waa al
ready on hand and $123,000 was solicited
frotn the public, JlOn.WO to be ralaed by
July 15. It was expected nt that time
that the remaining $3,000 would ba raised
In the fall, but other enterprises inter
vened and It seemed best to postpone the
canvass for the. remaining money for the
buiidtn and such money ns was needed
for furnishing until a later period. This)
(kA ihv. ari K- tliArfnr -rilvl.leil Hhnnl Rd
follows:
Balance originally unprovided,
for," $25,000; shrinkage 'of subscriptions,
1(1,000; cost of furnishings, $20,000; cost of
'' rignTa'. estimate
$3, k). included in this last named amount
are a number pf items wnicn were not
originally contemplated and which cost con-
th artesian well which, with its ma
chinery, piping and complete equipment,
has cost about $6,000, but is one of the best
Investments mude by the bulMlnir commit
tee. The Increased cost of building ma
terials between the time of estimating the
building and of letting the contract would
account ror ttie balance,
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In the matter of raising money- In m
hurry Omaha occupies a unique position In
Young Men's Christian association circles.':',
The "clock" Idea of marking subscriptions; I
was originated In this ' city In the cum-
palgn of 1905, when Physical Director Pent. '
land conceived the Idea that a large clock.
marked In factors of the amount desired.
tne j,iftid Indicating the amount raised at
certa)n times of day during the campaign,
woul(1 add tnteregt t0 tne WOrk. The clock
wM mad8 and oT BPV(.ral daya waa ona
of prlncipai features of the old Slx-
Uenth gtreet budlngi where lt tlcked off
of Ue commtttee unt tt ..Btruck
twelve" when $100,000 was promised for the
new building.
The fame of the Omaha clock went
abroad and soon thereafter 'Duluth sent
for the clock and adopted the plun first
put Into execution In Omaha. The clock
marked $10.000 for that town. Then lt
was sent to St. Faul, where lt assisted
In raising $256,000 for a Young Men's Chris
tian association buldlng at the Minnesota
capital. Then It was taken to Denver,
where It recorded IB23.0OO for the associa
tion's home In the metropolis of the Roc ky
mountains. Then It was seen In Kansas
City, where about $2o0,000 was raised.
V.'ard la . . "Kiprl."
The campaign In Omaha waa under the
direction of C. S. Ward, who cornea back
Monday. Since Mr. Ward was In Omaha
he hus raised between $4,000,000 and $o,000,rtt
for Young Men's Christian aasoclatlon
buildings. The largest cities In which, he
has worked have been Baltimore, where
4O0,(Xi0 was raised, and Detroit. He is Just
cloning a campaign at Milwaukee and
come from that olty to resume work In
Oinalin.
Speaking of the proposed campaign
Isaac Carpenter, president of the ansocla
tlon said: "Omaha occupies an enviable
position In Young Men's Christian associa
tion circles. It made a success of the flrat
brief campaign for money and evolved a
new method. Since that time many towns
In the class of Omaha have raised money
for buildings, many of them In larger
amounts, and without exception, so far
as I know the towns where the Omaha
"Can Omaha afford to have the associa
tion dedicate its building while a mortgage
rests upon It? Can we afford to confess
that we are not aa able to care for this
work as towns no better situated?
Omaba'a example has been responsible
tnr much of the work drro In other places
onj we cannot afford to fail to hold our
pjace. Even tho smaller towus of the
state have felt encouraged to go ahead
witri the work. Ilea trice has raised $T50i-)
for a building. Columbus $30.ftt and Fre-
mont Is In a campaign for $V),0i0. If Fre-
niont can put up $M,0 Into a Young Man's
Christian association building. Omaha
ahould have little difficulty In dedicating
this houso free of dajij:."
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All Arc Wax-ulna; Oiuk.
Said Secretary Wade: "Since Mr. Ward
Kft Omaha two years ago he has closed
twenty-five successful campaigns and Is
now on hla twenty-sixth. His work has
been largely successful because of the
good record made In Omaha, and I am
violating no secret In saying that the eyes
of every aasoclatlon la on Omaha at thla
time. They know what we are 'up against'
and are deeply Interested in the manner
In which we will ralae the money necessary
to dedicate the houee free from debt They
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know that we had Secretary Taft come to
Omaha so we could collect a big crowd of
representative citizens as the prelude to
our campaign. To fall now would be dis
astrous, but we are not going to fall."
A visit to the working rooms of the as
sociation shows that failure to raise the
required money Is no part of the calcu
lations of the men In charge. They are
planning while finishers aro planing and
Gurious and
BrJrrrrlcd Steerage - Brides.
PORN ED with Jewols and glitter
ing finery worth several thou
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sand dollars, two Syrian brides.
i fy3 who, with their husbands, were
passengers in the steerage or tuo
Celtic, which arrived in Now York from
Southampton, excited the wonder and sus
picion of the customs Inspectors.' All were
taken before the chief surveyor In charge
to explain the unusuul display.
Sallm Sorour. one of the bridegrooms,
explained that he had left his betrothed,
Marie Hadad, the beautiful daughter of
the principal barber In Beyrout, Syria,
eight years ago to come to America and
make a fortune. Sallm Is now an Ameri
can citizen and resides in San Antonio,
Tex. He said he was taking his bride to
her new home.
Hana Marroon, the other Syrian, said
that he, likewise, had left Nahmah Ellas,
one of the prettiest' girls, in Burroun, a
village thirty-five miles from Beyrout,
three years ago and had recently returned
to be married. He lives now In Toronto.
The two newly wedded couples had met
on the ship at Cherbourg.
As to the five Jeweled bracelets that
were on each arm of each bride, together
with several diamond studded rings and
earrings, they were wedding gifts, the
bridegrooms said,. i
The Inspector estimated the Jewelry as
worth at hast $4,(00, but as no customs
laws had been violated the four were al
lowed to go after a severe questioning.
' 'a "Hello Girl" Flopea.
A telephone romance which developed lu
the Wllklns exchange of the Bell Telephone
company of Pittsburg, culminated In an
elopement to Cumberland. Md., by Gene
vieve Anderson, IS years old, and Norman
Bchllpper, 30 years old, also of Wllklnsburg.
Miss Anderson has been an operator at the
Wllklns exchange, where Schllpper la as
sistant wire chief.
The girl "tied up" the telephone board
and went to meet her sweetheart. The
subscribers soon found something was
wrong at "central," but a couple of hours
after the little girl In short dreaaea fled
her place was filled. Miss Anderson's
mother telegraphed to Cumberland to have
both arrested, but too late. Genevieve An
derson Is the fourth of a family ot sisters
to elope.
FluplBs; Girl Apaaked.
Cupid was balked when Katie Sellers, U
years old, and George Glaaom, 19, elopers
from Henderson, Ky., were arrested at
Etvansvllla, Ind., Just aa they were taking
out a marriage lloenae. The girl was held
at police headquarters until her father,
who had notified the polio ot the elope
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polishing. In the kitchen the cooks and
manager are busy preparing for the day
when the dining 'room will be opened.
Dormitories .are occupied and others are
ready, for occupants. TJie work of the
association in progressing as rapidly as
possible. Men arc using the gymnasium,
the swimming pool, the reading rooms,'
while other parts of the building are In
the hands of workmen. As fast as new
Romantic Capers of Cupid
ment, came and took her back home.
The girl wore hi r dress to her- shoetops
and had her hair plaited down her back.
When her father ftund her at police head
quarters in charge of the matron, he re
quested the matron to Withdraw and thon
gave tho runaway schoolgirl a good spank
ing. The matron sajd the father turned the
girl .'over Ids knee and spauked hor until
Bho crtel for mercy. .
Before theWeddl(.
Following the . wedding of William E.
Hamir.es of No. 4010 Morgan street, and
Mies Agnes L. Plexslng of No. 4047 Mc
pherson avenue In St. Louis Wednesday, lt
became known that Mr. Uamnies had been
forcibly taken on a midnight ride, clad only
In pyjamua, and dumped into a pond near
Clayton .as a penalty for not announcing
his approaching .wedding to friends.
The. midnight rtdo was taken Saturday
night In a stable wagon, and waa a part
of the ceremony of administering the mar
ital di'gree of the Hl-ne-ga-boo-ba-la
Oaaeba society. . Hammea was asleep when
hla fellow members of the society, to whom
he had not mentioned his wedding plans,
arrived at hla home.
Before he realised lt, hla room was en
tered, he was seised, blindfolded, tightly
bound and carried shivering to the wagon
In the street, the night wind screeching
gaily through his thin pyjamaa. The jolt
ing of the wagon aroused Hammea to hla
full senses, but he could not see for the
blindfold. He began to beg for his life and
liberty, saying that he waa to be married
in a few days, and that hla weding would
be all spoiled If he were killed. Hla pa
thetlo plea was greeted with laughter.
Hammes recognized the laughs and felt
safer, though no warmer.
After, ceremonies at the clubrooma,
Hammes was again placed In the wagon.
The blindfold was removed and Hammea
was permitted to see the stars blink out
as the water closed over Ills head In a
country pond.
- Hammes entertained the Initiating tesfh
at lunch at the Missouri Athletic club.
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Married la at CoOla.
If lt wei-e not for Press Agvnt Jim Shea
green of I,una park, Coney Island, a news
hungry public would never have known that
Miss Anna Snyder, who has been a ticket
seller In one of the Luna chariots since the
park was built, was married to M. Jerry
Barnett In a coffin. Perhaps, It might be
added. If It were not for Jim Sheagreen the
couple wouldn't have been married In a
coffin. , . ,
Jim says, and he ought to know, that tha
wedding took place In the huge burial cas
ket which one must first enter If one wants
t took tho reunds of the "Might aad
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parts of the building Is ready for use tht
proper officers move In and a new depart
ment la resumed.
Since the building was opened to tht
public, applications for membership, botl
In the men's and boys' department, are
being received In larger numbers, and In
dications are that the capacity of tho
building will not be too large for the
membership In a comparatively short time.
Morning" show. The bride carried tube
roses and a wreath of Immortelles tied with,
PUrplo and bluck ribbons Jim says. Then,
to the tune of Chopin's "Funeral March"
the wedding party ndyanceil to the coffin
nameplate and the knot was tied by Alder
man Klein of Brooklyn, according to Jim
Shesgreen.
Win Brldo If Horse Wins.
Frank Orimes of Belleville, I1L, after
vainly pleading for the hand of MLea Helen
Bura of 2uC4 Fair avenue, St. Louis, now
has the chance to win her by means of
horse race. ,
Last Sunday, while out driving Grime's
horse, Robbie Q., defeated In au Informal
race a horae owned by one of Miss Burs'
relatives. Mlaa Burs declared that he could
not win another race, and Grimes whisp
ered to her that If she would put heraelf
u- as a wager be would race the horse
agalnat three other fast ones In Belleville
on the Fourth of July for a purse, and
herself as a ' aide bet. she to become his)
bride If he won. Mlaa Burs accepted,
"It s Bobby G.s last race." said Qrttnes.
"If he wins me the $1,000 purse and a
bride he goes out to the nicest grass;
around St. Louis for the rest of his Aaya,
If ke loaea, well"
4 i 1
Took Tim to lUn,
Because he was compelled to leave h)s
Intended bride to get shave Sherman
Tweedy of Cleveland lout the girl on whoa
finger he had placed a diamond ring.
His fiancee, Mlaa Blanche Dewey, whoso
sudden disappearance caused whispered
alarm and brought her father to the verga
of Insanity over her safety, wrote to her
father from Buffalo stating that she- had
became the wife of Claude McBowt,
"Flese forgive me, mother," sho wa-oba,
"aa I could not help running away. X hare
married the man of my choice and ww are
coming home to see you in about thro
weeks."
Tweedy, the forsaken lover, called at tho
Dewey home and when appraised of the
news was overcome. When he oouM control
himself he stated that this waa tho sooond
time a girl to whom he bad gtven a (Baunond
ng In promise of marriage had ran snray
and left blm.
Mlsa Dewey disappeared a few night go.
It all happened becauae Tweedy needed a
shave and told the girl to wait on eTujiortor
avenue.
She walked to the public aquaxo, whore
she mK MrRowe, whom she had not seen In
five years.
Ater a moment's chat they decided to
get married and went to the Union station
and took a train for Buffalo, where they
were married. It developed McRoww five
ri ago waa engagod to wed Mlaa Dewey,
hot she Jilted him aod he aaappearod,
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