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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1896)
V4 THE COURIER. "THE f0VlS" SPECIALS FOR 19 CENTS. --cat- LOT NO. 1-50 dozen Leghorn Hate, in black and white, worth 50c for 19c each LOT NO. 280 dozen opera straw Bail ors, all colors, high or low crowns, worth 40c for 19c each LOT NO. 3-G3 dozen Pearl Straw Sail ors, ip black, brown and navy, high or low crown, worth 50c. . . . for 19c each LOT NO. 4.-25 dczen Union Milan Flats, in black only. The proper thing for the garden. Well worth 45c for 19c each LOT NO 5.-3$ dozen American Beauty Roses, with foliage, nil colors. Worth as high iib C5c for only 19c per bunch LOT NO. G-25 dozen beautiful Long Wreaths, all thu colors. Others sell them for 50c for 19c FREE We give away an after dinner cup and saucer, an individual crea m and sugar, a cream pitcher, doii bon basket, with every $3.00 purchase. THE FAMOUS, 1009 O St. or MISS PENELOPE, OMAHA My dear Eleanor: If there ib a mal igned class of persons on earth it is the spring poets. Practical ard sensible a person aB I am there bare been mo ments, since I wrote you last, when I felt morally certain, if some one didn't head me off, I would write a poem on spring. Whai are all these million little new leaves doing a skirt dance against a lapis lazuli sky, pad the fairy cups of the crab apple, plum and red bud blos soms, spilling poetic intoxication into the green heart of the spring for, if we are not to write poems or make Bongsor dream lore stories? But you needn't lay this down I will not I did begin. I got as far as "Hail, to thee, beautiful Spring,' and it sounded so disgustingly like something I had read somewhere that I felt soconrinced the World-Herald would run a deadly parallel on me, that I gare it up. You don't mind my saying it id nice weather do you, after I pass the time of day? The Creighton Dramatic school gare its last "at home" to a very small audi ence Monday night. The high school kids gare "The Bicycler"' rery well, albeit the play is almost deroid of merit. "Tempest in a Teapot," by Mrs. Mathe son and Mr. Short. Perhaps it was a degree less perfect than in the hands of Coquelin and Agnes Booth, but we nerer saw them and thought it was all right. "Breaking the Ice'' introduced Miss Belle Kimball in full masculine attire, and Miss Nina Marshall as a typical un sophisticated English maiden. The parts were cleverly done, except that Miss Kimball's roice was rather high pitched to hare issued from his or her supposedly manly chest. Mrs. Archie Lore gare a reception last week where most of our bright particu lar stars shone. The ladies received and drank tea in the afternoon, the gen tleman came and had champagne in the evening, and yet men maintain womeu hare their rights. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Kilpatrick expect to Ieare the Paxton soon, and will occupy the William Wallace house this summer. furs. Ezra Millard and her charming family are expected home from Europe in June. As also is Miss Nettie Collins who is. I behove, to keep bachelor maid's hall, in the old Collins' residence on Capital arenue. Mr. J. N. H. Patrick went to Boston Sunday to attend some meeting in his capacity of U. P. gorernment director. The Current Topic club, consisting of Mesdames Manderson, Sarage, Green, Morris, Gardner, Wessels, Summers, Berche, Wakeley, and Worthington, had their last meeting for the season at Mrs. Worthington's, who entertained them royally at luncheon. The ladies presented Madame Le Bis hop with a gorgeous bouquet of Ameri can Beauties with a graceful note writ ten by Mrs. Savage. Misses Floy and Bessie Yates have re cently returned from St. Joe. A num ber of our young people went down there last week and presented "A Proposal Under Difficulties." They report a good time and the waimest appreciation for their histrionic ability. Bicycling promises to be a very popu lar recreation this summer. None so haughty but the wheel can lay them low. Miss Emily Wakely is the pos sessor of a handsome new wheel. Miss Dickinson is an expert, and Mrs. Levi Carter rides well, and is credited with possessing the prettiest suit in town. Their name is legion, but if the authori ties don't insist on a bell or whistle pome of us old settlors will be missing one of these fine days. After having gone safely through the war I should hate the ignominy of slipping on a Danana peel and breaking my neck, or being run down by a wheel and being hustled into another world without even time to murmur an Ave. The city grandmoth ers arill likely get around to it in time. I was being beaued home a few even ings since and on nearing the house we were met by three veritable street Arabs. My escort chanced to glance at them, perhaps curiously, when one of them squared himself around, and said: "See here, what you givin' us, mister, we ain't no curfew roosters." Eleanor, if you are in the habit o taking cold plunges the thing to do is to speak about it whenever you hare an audience. The Hon. John C- Wharton hung to a strap in a crowded motor car one recent morning, and announced in his stentorian tones as follows: "Yes, sir, yes. I take my cold bath erery morning, erery morning sir, summer or winter." Its the thing to do my dear, it gires you such an air of righteous and justifiable superiority over the great unwashed. I noticed several people Ieare the car, conscious, perhaps, of only three baths a week. They properly realized they were out of place, near so thoroughly scrubbed a piece of human ity. "Don't borrow trouble, but buy Sapolio." The public has married the Hon. John C. off again this season. It comes regularly with the spring cleaning. Some one says: "Mr. Wharton is fixing orer his house, he is going to marry Miss So and So," but it does not mater ialize; then we gather hope again, only to hare it dashtd the next time they take up the carpets. Its awfully wear ing. I don't see how he could propose unless he used a telephone, or hired a ten acre lot because all the neighbors would hear him. I'm glad we lire sort afar out, 'cause you nerer can tell. Cards are out for a reception at the Millard Monday, May 11th, to meet Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Megeath. You know I spoke to you about their wedding. Some one said, everybody is asked, in that case my card is no particular com pliment, equally sure, I should not like to hare been left out, Do you know, Eleanor, frequently I am shocked at :ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o. o. ajl,:l,ev KAgenoy Monarch Bostedo proline Special IVXtttol il3 s Wheels from floo. down to JfcCSO. Second hana wheels repairing;, Svi piles etc. Ground floor Richards Block n&O sta ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooocoooooc myself, three seasons certainly hardens one, and when someone says, "Going to the M s- and I reply, "Oh! I think not," and my interlocutor continues, "Oh! better go of course it will eq stupid, but they set up a good salad and champagne and I am not incensed at the rulgarity but permit myself to think "they do hare good suppers and there is my old crepon, it is equal to another whirl" and I go, because of the eupper and the champagne. Society is at such a low ebb now that I am -forced to moralize, to pick flaws, and generalize, in a way, that would nerer occur to me during a rush of gayety, and lately my thoughts hare been occupied by the so ciety sponge. The sponge you know is indigenous to the sea, and by adoption to the bath room, but through some freak of nature you will frequently tind it attached to society. It has no par ticular business, or excuse for existing, it may be male or female, .but its power ef absorption is great. It can take in more teas and accidental inritations to dinner than anything you erer saw, and thereby sare meal tickets. It is usually good to look at, and to a certain extent, amusing, especially if full take your choice, pay for your fun, or make it -if nature has limited you, but you hare been "a fool for luck" draw your check for the price, and say nothing. One half of the world exists, merely as the prey of the other half, and it is no use to balance accounts before the Judg ment Da. Genius does not pay these times; if you hare any money I should advise in vestment in a butcher shop, but if you are limited to brains, get what you can, and thank Hearen, Your brainless heiress, Penelope. Omaha, April 20, 1896. ft I EVlHQr D . are showing the finest line of Furnishing Goods this spring that h.13 erer been shown in Lincoln. The rery latest styles in neck wear, collars and cuffs al ways in style. Also a fine line of white duck pants, negligee shirts, bicycle suits, golf hose and sweat ers. Our clothing stock is the most complete stock of new patterns and styles erer shown in this city. m i y 11151117 O St. TJndor new management MERCHANTS' HOTEL OMAHA. NEBR. PAXTOX, HULETT DAVBXPOKT, Proprietors. Rector's confectionery store, 1211 Ost. Special aMwtloa to state trade. mm 0 tka door to and from all parti sss