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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1895)
TriE COURIER. k r I Anna Eva Fay has been the excite ment of the week with the class of people who but a veek previous had been illscuHslne Schlatter with bated breath. Her entertainments at the Lansing have been Interesting. Her trickery Is clever. The cabinet work was equal to anything of the kind ever seen In the city. Her replies to ques tions were amusing. These questions were written by people In the audience on tablets supplied by the performers, and were kept In the possession of the In quirer. Miss Fay, enveloped In a sheet, would call out the names of those who had written queries, often locate them In the audience and then would give the annwer. A letter was sent to Miss Fay from The Courier office asking who wrote the recent sensational anonymous let ters circulated In the city. Her reply was as follows: "I see not only one but many letters and they were written by a blonde woman with dark blue eyes, who imag ined that she had been insulted by (here the name of one of the ladies men tloned In the letters appeared) which was the direct cause of the anonymous letters. I see them written with a sharp stick or match. They were headed dif ferently; had reference to scandal in high life. Probably the hack driver who was recently discharged from (here a stable was named) could enlighten you." Anna Eva Fay In reply to questions asked at the different entertainments, said: That Schlatter is in hiding at the home of a friend; that as soon as he Alls up on electricity or something else, he will reappear in his old haunts. That it Is doubtful If Bert E. Betts will be appointed court reporter. That Grace Oakley will marry If she wants to. That Forry Ensign will soon be re stored to health. That Oliver Lansing's lost pipe will never be found. That C W. Mosher will not return to Lincoln after leaving Sioux Falls; that he will go abroad. That C. M. Balrd was going to have some business trouble. That Frank Graham will be the next mayor of Lincoln "by one of the largest majorities ever given." That Davis did not cause the Rock Island wreck. That McKinley will be the next presi dent. That would marry three times, have twelve children; that her third husband will commit suicide. Monday evening Director and Mrs. Willard Kimball of the university con servator' of music banquetted the foot ball learn in a most sumptuous man ner. The long table in the conserva tory dining room was laid for fifty guests and the middle of the table was loaded with chrysanthemums. The menu was exceedingly choice and the service excellent. The ladles selected their own partners for supper In a man-, ner somewhat frolicsome. The gentle men were all concealed behind a cur tain with only their feet projecting, and each lady wrote her name upon the sole of some promising looking boot. After supper the decks were cleared for dancing and the foot ball boys covered themselves with glory in the gentler athletics. Monday evening Chancellor and Mrs. MacLean witnessed Anna Eva Fay from a box. I rejoice at their indica tion that they are theatre going people and that we will know them in our gayer as well In our graver moments. Several years ago a young actress retired from the stage who left not her like behind. When Minnie Maddern became Mrs. Harrison Gray Fisk there was deep regret among the lovers of higher drama in America, for they feared that her retirement vrould term inate a great career. But those years of solitude were used for study and re flection so necessary to an artist, and this year Mrs. Fisk has returned to the stage and done all the things we hoped from her. Her success is Daudet's great drama "The Queen of Liars" has been sweeping and universal. It insures her future. Minnie Maddern Fisk will appear later In the season at the Funke opera house. At the literary and business meeting of the woman's club held at the Ne braska Conservatory yesterday, recent Scotch fiction was the principal topic of discussion. Mrs. G. "W. Bell dls cnssed "Altruism as Portrayed by the Scotch Writers," and Mrs. J. P. Maule upon the "Spiritual and Religious Phases of the Bonnie Briar Bush." Mrs. A. IV. Dawes handled "The Strong Types of the Bonnie Bliar Bush." Miss Katharine Morrlssey Tead an exceed- ingly clever paper on "Humor and Hu morists." Sunday Miss Sarah Harris and Miss Bertie Clark left for Chicago to attend the season of German opera there. Afterward Miss Clark will visit in Cleveland, Ohio, where she has many friends and enjoys the same universal popularity and attention that she has always known in Lincoln. The roster of the musical talent who will take part in the second annual charity concert at the Funke, Decem ber 17, is nearly completed. The plan Ists will be Mesd. Will O. Jones, Marie Hoover. Susie Schofleld and P. V. Plank. Messrs. Auc. and Chas. Hagen cn BeithaStrk,Wn.Luntiechl,aad Ina Ensign. Among the vocalists are Mesd. C. L. Llppencott, Florence Wor ley. Hattle Becker, Bessie Turner, Daisy Tuttle, Maud Oakley, John Doane, A. S. Raymond, Grace Franks and Messrs. Movlus, Lawlor, McFadden, Seamark, Kettering and Bruce Smith. T he fam ous Telyn quartet, the Philharmonic or chestra and the Hagenow string quar tet are also booked. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wing died at her home, 2206 South-Fourteenth street, Wednesdayevenlng. Mrs. Wing was fifty-three years and eleven months old at the time of her death. Her sisters. Miss Gould of Davenport, Iowa, and Mrs. H. E. Lewis of Kearney, were with her during her last illness. There are some lives that seem to touch the higher margins of life so much more nearly than others, that seem to have reached the broader horizons and rounded the full measure of noble hu man experiences. That draw Into them selves so much, and give out so infinite ly much more. When one of these goes out of a community forever, there is left a sadness and a sense of loss that goes further than the limits of personal acquaintance and friendship. We, of this town, feel such a loss now. One of the noble and potent Influences of our social life has become a memory. She who was the mental counsellor and com panion of many has entered into the fuller understanding, gone so far be yond us now that our dreams even can not follow. The soul that yearned lor high things has claimed its own by now. For her there Is the great enlight enment, for us the doubt and the shad ow. A leading lawyer of this city, who re cently returned from a business trip to New York City, tells of a highly In teresting talk he had with Robert G. Ingersoll, during a casual meeting of half a dozen gentlemen at The Lawyer's club. In the great metropolis. Among other subjects touched upon was the death of Kossuth, when Col. Ingersoll expressed himself upon orators and ora tory In his own brilliant manner. "Kos suth, I regard as the greatest orator Europe has given to the Nineteenth Century," said Col Ingersoll. "I do not consider Gladstone a great orator, but It must be conceded that he is a grand speaker. He Is wanting In feeling and imagination. He says fine things in a well balanced and stately way, but I defy his greatest admirer to repeat on the spur of the moment, one sentence of Gladstone's that has been burned in to the memory and the recital of which stirs the pulse Into a faster beat. Lin coln's Gettysburg speech was a gem, and in that Abraham Lincoln rose to the first grade of orators. But it was by one flight, as brilliant as it was brief. Indicating the power and grand possibilities that lay dormant in the man. Webster was a man of grand pos sibilities rather than of great achieve ments. He aimed at being sonorous and ponderous, and he succeeded. Clay was handicapped by Inadequate training. His success with the masses, who idol ized him, was due far more to his per sonal magnetism, than to his original ity, for he had none. Americans are the most fluent people in the world, and our political methods have done much to foster the art of public speaking, but this has not encouraged true oratory, for when every one is a speaker, people are satisfied with mediocrity. The true artist is not going to enter the field against the sign painter, nor will the poet compete with the maker of adver tising rhymes. If a man is not a born orator, then all he can do Is to pray to be born again." The board of directors of the City Fed eration of Woman's clubs met at the Unlversallst church Thursday to ar range the program of work for the com ing year. Mrs. A. W. Field, president of the organization, and Mrs. Minnie Melsner. secretary, officiated. The indi vidual dues of the members of the fede ration were reduced from twenty-five cents to ten. The meeting adjourned before the reading of the secretary's flWPQUSflEUAW & CO LARGEST DEPARTMENT HOUSE JN THE WEST ID 14 pieces all silk colored Faille Francis bilk, per yd 55c 11 pieces all wool French Serge per yd 25c A big line of plain ana fancy eiderdown, beaver and no velty cloakings. Largest collection of black and colored dress goods ever shown in Lincoln Never has our stock of Ladies GkOVES AND MITTENS been as large an! complete, or our prices bo low as they are this season. Among the many bargains we offer this season are 27 doz pairs ladies 4 button kid gloves, all colors, at 1059 35 " " " " or 4 hook kid gloves, all colore at 1.00 And many other bargains in silk or wool gloves and mittens. We need not boast of our JACKETS, GAPBS. When others praise them so ceaslessly HWPOXiSWW SCO THIS ADVERTISEMENT; Of Course you Xid. And so Would Every Reader of Lincoln's Only Weekly Paper Who Reads Society Reads It Merchants Read It Wheelmen Read It Lovers of Base Ball Read It As a Fact, Everyone Reads It Are You in its Columns as an Advertiser? m koi. whynot? Style Celebrated' Hats f ow on. ale toy J. A. ONE-HALF BLOCK 12 th and N St's! l!G ES the COURIER? The Merj Head It The Women Read It Literary People Read It (sawn Tennis Players Read It, - -i3- SMlTH,Sole act f i 1 A