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. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 20, 1907.
MT. LORETTO SEMINARY
IFOR SMALL BOYS
Council Dluffs, Iowa
Under the Direction of trie
Sisters of Mercy
0TL" HE OBJECT of the school Is to provide
I for boys, between the ages of 5 and
12 years a place where they enjoy all
the comforts of home and care of
parents, together with the benefits of
salutary discipline and careful teaching in the
usual English branches.
It Is situated on East Broadway, sur
rounded by a beautiful tract of 17 acres.
The course of instructions will embrace
the ordinary English studies pursued in the
best schools by boys of the age of those ad
mitted to this institution. Other branches are
elective, and wfll'be taught If desired by
parents or guardians.
Tha attention of parents and guardians
Is called to the fact that no pains will be
spared by the Sisters while imparting instruc
tions and watching carefully over the conduct
of the boys, to care for their bodily comfort
as kindly as their mother could do.
Regulations
There is only one session, of 10 months,
beginning the second Monday in September,
and ending the last Wednesday in June. Pu
pils will, however, be received at any time
during the session. No deduction will be made
for pupils withdrawn from the school during
us session ior any cause oiner man sicuness. &imSr"
Each pupil is required to have three suits of clothing,
including uniform, which is to he navy hlue. Uniform will
be supplied at the Seminary.
Three Suits of "Winter Underflannel, 3 Suits of Sum
mer Underwear, 6 Colored Waists, 2 White Waists, 6 Pair
of Woolen Stockings, 6 pair Cotton Stockings, 2 Good
Hats, 2 Warm Caps, 2 Pair Shoes, 1 Pair Low Cut Shoes,
1 Pair Gum Boots, 1 Pair Slippers, 4 Towels, 2 Bathing
Towels, 3 Winter Night Shirts, 3 Summer Nisrht Shirts, 1
Overcoat.
Table Service
Six Napkins, Knife and Fork, Tablespoon, Desert
Spoon, Teaspoon, Silver Mug and Napkin Ring.
Toilet Set
Hair, Teeth and Nail Brushes, Fine and Coarse
Combs, Tooth Powder, Toilet Soap, Shoe Polish and Shoe
Brushes, Buttons, Pins, Darning Cotton Yarn and Spool
Cotton.
Stationery
Writing Paper, Tablet, Note Books, Composition
Books, Exam. Paper, Stamps, Postal Cards, Pens and Pen
cils must be furnished by pupil.
A sufficient sum of money must be deposited with the
Sisters to cover expenses over and above regular pension.
Every article of clothing, etc., must be marked with
the owner's name.
Terms per Annum
Board, Tuition, Washing, Bed and Bedding $150.00
Board During Vacation 30.00
Piano Lessons and Use of Instrument 40.00
Organ Lessons and use of Instrument 40.00
Violin 40.00
Delsarte 10.00
Payments strictly in advance, half yearly or monthly.
Letters of inquiry to be addressed to Directress of Mt.
Loretto Seminary for Small Boys, Council Bluffs, la.
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Capital's Streets Blaze With Lights for Glory of King's Great Festival
kF tha question of cost of Illumina
tion for tha Ak-Sar-Ben carnival
were waived," said City Electric
ian Mlchaelsen, "I would say
that the first thing to be con
sidered is a form which will be attractive
in daylight as after night. Any one who
visits the carnival knows the blsarre effect
- of the materials of decoration when viewed
by tha clear light of day. At night the
streets are a blase of light. In ,tha morning
a condination of wires and bulbs, giving
no idea of the beauty of its appearance
after dark and certainly adding nothing to
, tha beauty of the soene during tha day.
"The first step should be in the direction
of giving the decorations an appearance
of permanency. This can be dona by the use
of light boards and staff, such as Is used
In soma cases at the carnival grounds and
with which Omaha became well acquainted
during the exposition days. This material
is comparatively cheap and the decorations
oould be so constructed as to be removable
in sections and used from year to year.
"In the first place the Illumination of
the city should be placed In the hands of
one man, as the preparation of the floats
is now. Each property owner should be
willing to pay the cost of decorating his
premises, and the city should defray tha
cost of decorating the streets as Is done
now, but the plans should not be left to
individual taste, but be laid down along
certain lines by one man, so that the dif
ferent phases would produce a consistent
and harmonious whole.
"To generalise 1 think tha houses and
sidewalks should be Illuminated with clear
lights leaving tha Ak-Sar-Ben colors to
be shown in the central decorations on
the streets. The1 general design should
center at some point In tha central part
f tha city, say, Sixteenth and Farnam
atreeta. . Here, or at any other point
selected as a center should be raised an
arch of triumph. Massive columns of
timbers, covered with staff to represent
marble, should rise from each corner to
a height commensurate with the buildings
near the site, and from these columns
should spring arches, joining the columns
both diagonally and squarely, the diagonal
columns reaching to a greater height than
tha square ones. Here there should be
colored lights In profusion, at the tops of
columns, along the lines of the arches, and
extending In diminishing quantities down
the columns tc as low a point as the safety
of the people would permit.
"On each block from this center, extend
ing aa far as desired and on cross streets
In the Immediate vicinity, should be placed
other columns similar In design to the
central one, but not so large and perhaps
having no diagonal arches. Here the design
of the larger arch should be carried out
with such modifications as the size of tha
arches require.
"Along the streets between these arches
would come the real test of the decorator's
ability to use material at hand. It is
easily understood that the architecture of
Omaha's principal streets at the present
time scarcely make for ease in artistic
decorations. With buildings of practically
tha same height and general appearance
s uniform scheme may be carried out, but
In tha hands of an artist the Irregularities
of our buildings may be turned to good
account, but the plan will necessarily deal
with tha lower levels, since there Is too
much open space In the high one.
"Whatever design may ba selected it
should be worked out along lines giving
an appearance of permanency. Broad bands
of staff Covered wood carrying concealed
electric wires can be made Into shapes
which will fit into the available spaces of
the buildings In a manner pleasing both
day and night. The painter can take cara
of the daylight decorations and the lights
at night may be placed to accentuate the
colors.
"Some of the tailor buildings might be
treated Individually, where they stand
away from the smaller ones, but the gen
eral design should be kept In mind, and a
block of large buildings might be given
special treatment, the plan depending solely
upon the ability of the designer, and the
amount of money tha owner would be will
ing to spend.
"While the first cost of such a system
would be comparatively larg? it would not
bo excessive in the long run, as the ma
terial could bo used from year to year, with
slight changes In the outline, and the wir
ing would be permanent.
"The monumental appearance of these
arches could be Increased by running Imi
tation guy ropes from their tops to the
ground, the ropes to be closely studded
with lights, and these lights may be so
tinted as to bring into bolder relief the
lights of the general design.
"At some point, preferably near the de
pots, to be the first of the decorations
Sixty-Nine Who Have Been Faithful
An effort was made to secure the names of all knights who have been
members of Ak-Sar-Bea during its thirteen years of history, but failed, for
the reason that the archive of the order for the first three years could not
be found. Secretary Penfold explains that they have been lost in moving and
expects to discover them later, but for the present only the records from 1898
are available. These sixty-nine have taken the degree of knighthood in Ak-Sar-Ben
annually, beginning with that year and continuing to the present:
Ainseow, Jamas
Andreasos, X. If
Balduff, W. .
suur, W. T.
atdwtu, c. b.
Btlden, Charley 0.
koimu, A. W.
Brady, John .
Branaets, Em 11
Brandela, M. X.
Srysoa, E. X.
Bnoa, B. B.
ftarket, X. K.
Cola, David
Colnetsei, T.
Darts, T. X.
XUeta, OoaU
Xggerra, Aug
J lm lag, Stanhope
Soeter. Jay S.
ry, TiomM A.
Glass, WllUaca
ftoeJtaj, T koine T-
Xaaker, B. B.
Hall. M. A.
Bailer. T. !
iHkiii, r. t.
Kaywaxd, O. S.
Usury W. O.
Hoapa, A.
Johannes, O. E.
Jcaas, A. 1.
Jordan, X. G.
Xssaler, Herman
Kilpatriok, T.
Xlpltager, O. D.
Kitchen, Balpu
Xoenig, W. X.
liana, X. Tanoe
Lord, a. r.
Vcoauley, W. Owe
XcKugn, A. D.
Mawblsnty, J, 1.
Mats, Arthur
Mats, Charles)
ateu, m
Montgomery, O. St.
Maya Merits
Palmar, t. X.
ralaaer, X. B.
Began, O.
Paul old. X. J.
atria, X. T.
Philbin, T. X.
Pickens,- Cnarles
Powell, At
Kanm, J. B.
Bawitaes, A. X.
Boeewater, C O.
Bchaeffer Barman
Smlta, W. rarnasa
Spragwe, B. K.
Steal, John
terrlcker, Bdward
Stoddard, X. A.
Wattles, Q. W.
Wilcox B. .
Wood, W. B.
Yatea, X. W-
Royal Genealogical Tree of Ak-SaiBen
Kins
Queen.
E. M. Bartlett T .Miss Melora Woolworth
Casper E. Yost. . II Miss Mae Dundy
Edward P. Peck Ill Miss Gertrude Kountze
B. S. Wilcox IV Miss Grace Allen
W. D. McIIugh V Miss Ethel Morse
, F. A. Nash VI i, Miss Mildred Lomax
H. J. Penfold VII ,. Miss Edith Smith
T. A. Fry VIII. Miss Ella Cotton
Fred Metz ;iX Mis? Bessie Urady
Charles H. Pickens X Miss Ada Kirkendall
Gurdon W. Wattles XI. Miss Mary Lee McShane
Gould Dielz XII ..Miss Margaret Wood
XIII
seen by visitors should b tha annual em
blem of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben worked
out both In colored lights and painted fig
ure, so that it would ba a thing of beauty
both by day and night. Tha design this
year, a snap of Nebraska, would ba par
ticularly effective under this treatment, and
lights of unusual shape of odd color might
bo arranged to show the' location of tha
larger towns Of tha state, while small
lights, mora closely set together could show
tho course of streams. This design should
be on a large scale, perhaps covering tha
width of a street and be placed high enough
to be seen for several blocks. It might
be. used as the center of the flrat decora
tive arch in the general scheme."
From tho white -illumination of 190t with
its white Chaste light to the varicolored
rays which greet the participants in the
full festivities of 1907 Is a far cry, but ono
which every person familiar with both,
halls with delight. Tha harmonious blend
ing of the Ak-Sar-Ben colors In the streets
and buildings proves beyond a doubt to the
average" seeker after pleasure that variety
Is not only the spice of life, but tha spies
of festivity. One of the most bcauclful ef
fects of tho street illuminations can be
securqtl from the top of the hills northwest
of the residence part of the city. From tha
top of Druid Hill, for example, the top of
the court house and the city hall stand out
as shining islands on a sea of light.
Above each of the large building where
lights are closely set a carona extends far
Into tho heavens rivaling tho aurora
borealls of tho high latitudes. The changes
in the colors of the lights blend softly at
that distance and tha radiance Is varied
somewhat by the penetrating powers of tha
rays. The sight of this feature about 9
o'clock will repay a trip to the hills.
Down on the streets under the brilliancy
of the lamps the new effect is particularly
beautiful. In the part the form Ot the
decorations had become almost, conven
tional, and, variegated lights or plain, Ak-Sar-Ben
visitors had come to look for
strings of lights along each street with the
usual arches at the crossings. Tills form
was baautifut, but the change of this year
shows that a departure from the usual
form has been a decided success. In place
of the columns the lights at street inter
sections have been arranged In the form
of points whtch cap the tops of gothlc
towers. In red these tower-like streamers
are given monumental appearance which
contrasts effectively with the lighter and
graceful effects of the green, yellow and
white lights along the streets.
As a rule the owners of houses on the
principal streets have gone into the matter
of Illumination to a greater extent than
usual, and there Is an appearance of co
operative effort which has been lacking in
Some previous years. The combined result
of these changes Is the production of a
novel and unusually pleasing decoration at
night which exceeds anything heretofore
undertaken In this direction.
The Board of Governors of tha knights
of Ak-Sar-Ben are paying more attention
to the matter of street Illumination than
they have done in the past, and hereafter
visitors can expect novel features every
years. The change this year Is only the
Court Ball the Great Function of Week
ill
t 18 well known that the brilliance
of King Ak-Bar-Ben's court Is be
yond all comparison with any
other court In the world. When
a new heir la crowned tho grand
bull room In the palaca Is a seen of wealth
and lavish display, which utterly defies the
pen of the most finished writer to depict.
The great court room In the palace is
a blaze of light, t'pon the floor are car
pets of velvet Into which the foot sinks
luxurously. Rich tapestries from Rhodesia
and Mesopotamia and from the tribes of
Zebu hang from the celling. The furniture
U of the finest and most rare woods,
worked and inlaid in most exquisite design.
The royal dlaa and tha throne are such
as to dazzle the eye and excite the aesthetic
senses. In fact the whole scene is such
as to make one believe he Is In some fairy
land far removed from the sordid scenes of
this mundane sphere.
What shall ba said of tha beauty of the
women of the court? Is It not known that
In alt tha world such beautiful women are
not found as live in tha realm of Ak-Sar-Ben,
In tha seven cities of Cibola, along
the fourteen rivers and throughout the
realm of the corn belt? From this vast
realm they ara brought together. Every
one of them la of tha nobility. Each Is the
wife, mother, daughter or sweetheart ot
soma knight. They ara chosen by the com
mittee) in charge of tha ball and by tha
board of governors. After they have ac
cepted the honor and have notified Sampson
by mail of their acceptance they receive a
bad ye made of tha royal colors, red, green
tnd yellow. And when the fifty maid and
matrons of honor and the 300 ladies In wait
ing present themselves at the doof of the
palate on the night of the bull the little
tricolor worn on the left breast admits
them to the presence of their majesties,
the king and the queen,
As for the selection of the king and queen
themselves, this Is done under cover of the
dopest secrecy. The president of the board
-of governors appoints a committee of three
whose duty it Is to select from among the
knights and ladles those who shall be the
supreme rulers before whom every knee
shall bow. Cryptic and sibylline are the
deliberations of this committee and none
but they and the king and queen them
selves know who are to be the king and
queen. The faithful subjects know not until
the night of the ball, who their gracious
rulers are to be.
Tha days and even the weeks preceding
the great ball are days and weeks of activ
ity among tho nobility' and with the king
and queen themcelves. The latter are per
mitted to choose their own royal garments
except that the scheme of the garb must
be in keeping with tha royal purpose for
which It Is to be used. Tha roLxs must
ba of purple and the royal ermine must
not be forgotten.
On tba day of the ball the most excellent
board of governors and tha maids and
matrons of honor and the ladles In waiting
assemble at the palaca and rehearse tha
scene of the evening. And In some secret
place perhaps among the farther corridors
of the paltu the king and queen rehearse
the manner it their entrance la tha bail
room and of their procession with slow
and stately step to the throne. All this
must be carefully learned, so that the big
event will be produced In a manner befitting;
the brilliant court and worthy the sight of
the thousands of subjects who will witness
It.
In seating this great crowd the services
of 150 men as a reception committee and ot
twenty-five as a floor commute are re
quired. All these dress in evening suits.
The preparation of tle pulace Itself is a
mighty work and requires the labors of a
hundred men for forty-eight hours. The
floats used in the big parade are housed In
the palace until tha evening w'len they ara
revealed to the public. These . flouts ara
built In the palace and aro kept there
from the eyes of men all the year. They
are taken out Just two days before the
palace must be ready for tha coronation
scene. Therefore quick work Is needed to
make this transformation from work shop
to palace.
Sir Knight Uu Rense directs these stu
pendous operations, tearing down the Init
iation apparatus, removing tons of rubbish
and then sweeping, washing and carpeting
the entire building. Then tha tapestries
must be hung and the furniture distributed
and all the finishing touches put an for
the reception of the royal pair and their
brilliant court.
The caterer to his royal majesty Is hired
for the occasion. Ha Is paid for his serv
ices, but tha klng'a own men do the buy
ing of all the many things needed for tha
refreshment and delectation of the nobles
and subjects who attend tha grand affair.
beginning, but a beginning which is hailed
with delight by all beholders. -
There Is a movement on foot to make
the street Illumination a distinct depart
ment of the work and the matter will ba
presented to the board before plans for tho
next festival ara under way. This plan
contemplates the selection of a superin
tendent of decoration, who will be em
powered to enter Into contract with expert
electrician and artistic decorator for
harmonious decoration of all streets and
buildings on plans to be approved by the
board of governors or a committee ap
pointed by the board. Under the plan tha
person who receives the contract will
bind himself do the necessary work for a
specified price, this price to be paid by all
persons, who may desire to decorate build
ings. Of course, there can be nothing
binding on tha owners of building,
but the theory Is that a person
securing tha contract for placing all of tha
decorations can do the work much cheaper
and better than can be dona by electricians
or decorators, who have but one building
to decorate or Illuminate,
Another feature of the plan is that in
terested property owners may submit
designs for such decorations as they de
sire to the board of governors who, with
the assistance of an expert on tha sub
ject will bring the Individual Idea Into
harmony with the general plan, and thus
be able to adopt the salient features of a
largo number of Individual designs, whlla
preserving the harmony of tha completa
scheme.
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Ak-Sar-Ben XIII to His Subjects
WHEN the days were accomplished in the Kingdom of
Quivera, that Ak-Sar-Ben the Thirteenth came to his own,
the soul of the great king was sorely troubled. --"For,"
quoth he, "what availeth it that times of plenty are upon
us and that my kingdom waxeth la power and wealth it
my people be uot happy and give me not of the full measure of their
love. For it is known since the beginning ot time that ill-fortune conies
from the baleful number thirteen and all sorts of evil attends upon it,
and will not fear if this turn my people's hearts from me and make
them to ftel that my eye is evil?"
Answered him the faithful Samson "Not so, oh King. Signs and
imports matter not. Trust the people who know how to honor high and
noble things and whose hearts are even as the hearts of little children,
open to JoyouBness and mirth. Show unto me the holidays that a peo
ple keep sacred and I will bhow you the soul of that people let me bear
the songs they sing and I will read for you their hearts."
Then, that he might ease the anxious soul of the king, Samson
made a great pageant and set it before the king eye. And he showed
the days the people honor and set apart, birthdays of great and noble
men. feasts of love and loyalty and devotion, of tender remembrance
for the heroic dead, of hope and praise and uplifting for the living;
days that thrill with the memory of brave deeds or echo w ith the laugh
ter of little children; days consecrated to beautifying the earth for peo
ple yet to come, or to giving thanks to Heaven for blessings already
given. And further', he showed In allegorical procession the songs the
people sing when they put aside their cares for the day, the gay and
Joyous lilts the street boys whistle and the housewife hums as she goes
about her task; full of many a merry quip and fancy, and yet with now
and then a deeper note of pathos and of feeling.
Then spake Samson, "Fear ye uot, oh King, that the heart 6f such
a people beats not in true and loyal time."
Thus at last was the soul of the great king at peace, for now he
knew his people. And thus was the phantom of the bogy thirteen laid
forever In the kingdom of Quivera.
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