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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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