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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1895)
THE COURIER. i liB? 91 fa kin pie, "like mother need to make,"and pop corn halls. At the table the young Ieople drew walnuts from a tissue paper pie, which, wheu opened, were found to contain the most ingenuous fortunes, all in rhyme, in which we suspect Mr. Rob ert Patrick had a hand. Here are 6ome of them: As the years went passing by With a gentle, kindly smile He watched his friends get married While thinking all the while. "Thev think they will be happy. And I really hope they may But I am happy single, And that's the way I'll stay." And so you'll grow tall and lank and thin And become addicted to too much gin. And while your chances pass away Yon'll cease to flirt ad begin to pray; For of all tad wordB from a heart be- The saddest of these are: "Fou bet Im left." You will meet your fate tonight Ere the witches take their flight. Many a maiden sweet you have asked to marry you. While the years went by so fleet and you quickly older grew, But the maidens said you nay and you mindest not at all, Now Fate iB after you, you 11 be married in the fail. You said an old maid you'd be And sit in a chimney seat. You would grow very fond of tea, And knitting would be a treat. ' But the witch has changed your fate And into you' secrete pried, At a very early date You'll be a happy bride. All this caused the greatest amount of merriment untill midnight, when the guests began to take their carriages for town. They were Miss Palmer, Miss Chandler, the Misses Yates, Mrs. Smith of St. Joseph, and Mr. Mrs. Arthur C Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Larned, Mr. Clem ent Chase, Mr. Cowin. Mrs. J.C. Cowin, Mr. Will Rogers, Mr. Berlin, Miss Nash, Miss Hamilton, the Messrs. Morsm an. Miss Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, Mr. Kountze, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Drake, Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Joseph Barker, General and Mrs. Manderson, Lieutenant Hutchin son, Miss McCormick, Miss Doane, Ma jor Crowder. Thk Cocrieb's Plattsmouth corre spondent sends the following: A.B.Todd and wife returned from McCook this morning. Mrs. Ben Elson and daughter came home today from a week's visit in Omaha. George Richirds, of South Bend, is in the city. Mrs. F. H. Steimker is in Omaha. Mrs. Dr. Holyoke, of Lincoln, is visit ing in Plattsmouth. Mrs. B. Spurlock departed this morn ing for her home at York. Joseph Graham, the celebrated pianist of Omaha, visited Chas. Keefer today. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Merges were in town over Sunday. Willie Baird left for Bellevue this morning. He expects to enter the Oma ha university as a student. The ladies have organized an Ameri can History class with Mrs. Belle M. Stoutenborough as leader. The Woman's club held an interest ing session at Mrs. Wescott's Friday evening. It was decided to rent a club room. Mrs. Chas. Eads and children returned to Lincoln today. .' H. Wooley, of Lincoln, was in town Saturday. A marriage license was granted to Morton M. Edwards, of Custer county, ana .hiss sarin so.. Asencrait, 01 uass. T. X. Burns, of Lincoln, is in town. Last Sunday's program at the Univer sallst musical sen-Ice was the best, both'Jn contents and In arrangement. There were two- numbers from Beeth oven, while Bach, Haendel, Haydn and Mascagnl were represented by one each. With such a list, the most class ically Inclined of critics could not com plain. Mr. Hagenow was at his best In a program of this kind. He Is most at home among the German composers. Slavonic eccentricities lack his perfect sympathy. The broad, healthful hu manity of Beethoven, with its Shakes perean adequacy, appeals to him more than the magnificently daring passion of degenerate musical Maartens and Maeterlincks. He catches, too. better than many modern artists, the spirit of Kaendel and of Haydn. The Marche Turque excelled in dainty shading. In arch diminuendo, in treacherous out breaks of intensity, in rippling gayety. The Allegro, on the other hand, had. In its Joy. a largeness that carried further Into content. Mrs. Xoble's voice, though free from faults, particularly from the prevailing tremolo, lacked power and sympathy. She could not seem to throw herself into the work. She pleased. She could neither thrill or delight. Miss Hoover, In the quintet, did excellently, but her work was less conspicuous than that of Mr. Charles Hagenow. It is about time that he should come be fore us with a solo. Such brief hints as have been granted, tantalize. The audience was large, despite driving dust, a musical audience, marred only by a few fitful giggles. It is. of course, hard for couples that "forgather" only on Sunday, to keep from little confi dences, to bridle amorous "kiddishness." On the whole, however, there reigned the expectant silence that summons the best of music. Any audience, with its Immense radiating Influence, its subtle hypnotism, seldom gets more than It awaits. Its Indifference clogs the ablest artist; often, Indeed. Its expectation uaunts the mediocre: or, misdirected, misunderstood, bewilders and abashes genius. It Is not merely silence tht must be it Is the spirit that is essential. Grand song, thrilling art come in part from the player, in part from the mass ed appreciative emotion, musical elec tricity, converged in him, fulminating in flashes of melodic eloquence, glitter in elaborate cadenzas, glowing in ar dent cantablle. We share In the artist's creation. We need him for exponent. He needs our stimulating sympathy. Mrs. P. V. Plank gave, last Wednes day evening, a piano recital before the members of the Matinee Musicale and Century clubs, and other friends. Sev eral hundred guests filled the parlors and dining-room of the Lincoln hotel. The dining-room had been arranged for the concert. At one end stood a grand piano, brightened by vases of roses and chrysanthemums. The whole room was decorated, not elaborately, but in ex quisite taste. In the first number, Bach's "Prelude and Fugue In D Minor," Mrs. Plank's technique was excellent. It is doubtful, however, if a number by Bach should properly stand first on the pro gram. The audience is not settled to appreciation, nor Is the player complete ly at ease. In the next number, Chopin's "Prelude In D flat major," Mrs. Plank caught excellently the composer's depth of feeling. One was sorry to hear the last notes die away. The "Nocturne in G major" was played with repose, with that perfect legato, so essential to the rendering of Chopin's nocturnes, yet so difficult to acquire. Raff's "Rigaudon" in its staccato phrases, brought out well the player's skillful wrist action. The most striking piece ion the program one that many audiences would not appreciate Sharwenka's "Theme and Variations," attracted particular Inter est, since It was played by a pupil of the composer. This composition requires much force; and this Mrs. Plank gave it. 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