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Dear Plskloit.:
Vou know that storm auJ stress
strengthens character. The civil war
uiado lU)ro in men and women
and philosophers say that the
character ot a generation that is born
and grows up ic
feeble. For thnt
friendship, I should call it watery. Ice
is only given to the young men from
Lincoln, who are rarely ailowed to gaze
on the secluded beauties of Omaha ex
copt when the girlB come down here
Latta; Messrs. R. M. Joyce, W. B. Mor
rison and Homer Honeywell.
Mr. Paul Horbach paid Lincoln a call
last week.
The unavoidable postiouciiient of the
fancy dress party, to havo been given
Hallow'een night by the Misses Alico
Slaughter and Florence Farwell, until
this evening, will but heighten the pleas
ure anticipated by the young people for
this occasion.
Miss Charlotte Clark is giving music
lessons. Any who wish to inquire into
her termB can see Miss Clark at the
university or at her home on O and
Thirty-third streets.
The teacher's class of the Christian
MATTHEWS
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and call at our ware rooms
in the Telephone building
and see and hear that,
beautiful new
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GRAND PIANO.
The finest Parlor Grant!
ever brought to Lincoln.
Frank Zehrung used to be invited by
luxury is apt to bo the young men of Omaha to their club Sunday school celebrated on Hallow'eon
reason a beneficent partioe, but "ho got too popular, so they with a straw ride over the city. They
providence has taken care to provide stopped. I think he is the only young were dressed in white. After the ride,
"ies uiwerables" with plenty of adver- man who ba9 had the honor of receiving games and music were enjoyed at the
sity. Tho last four years of anxiety and hospitality from the metropolis of No- home of Miss Maud Linder, 1440 M
poverty will make women of giddy girls braska. As for the young ladies who street, the remainder of the evening,
and men of the gilded youth who never have visited and been partied, driven, ;ru0 marriage ef Eugene B. Sherman
did anything harder than carry a cane, theatred and variously feted in Omaha, to Miss Julia Maud Shaw of Boise City,
You know wbat a lot ol gtris are their same is legion, and tbey are prop
working for wage that have always been erly grateful.
ladies of leisure? Their business sense Don't think I mean to say that the
has frown with such astonishing rapid- Omaha men owe the Lincoln men an
ity that their fathers and brothers are thing they don't. Just let a Lincoln
borrowing money from them-and asking girl go to a "Pleasant Our" parrjr with
dries, which latter they generally do an Omaha gent and aha will discover thebrideandroomanda fow friends.
befose they, ascosaplish the former, before the second two-step is half e members of two university frater
Call to ndnd the most prpma hooped that -Our", does, not Include, niti. nn.wd in tim tn mk life in.
Idaho; occurred Sunday afternoon at
4 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.
D. Steams, 17C5 D street The decora
tions were scarlet and cream. The cere
mony wasjterfacmadJjy ChaBceUer Mac-
Lean before the mother and sisters of
iaent society girls in Lineolo her. The Lincoln beaux revenge. them, teresting-.to the new married couple
aad relect upon their occupation, selves in aa effective way for her choice until six o'clock, when Mrandnirs.
which range from singing in a choir, in ciUes by aot asking the pleasure, etc Sherman departed ior their fature home,
through photography to newspaper Its a mighty mean ay for a lot or men Fairfield, Neb. The bride is a charming
work, and you will admit that it k diffi- to get even with a girl in her party TOung lady who attended the university
cult to find one who is cot more or leas gown and with great expectations ot two years ago. She made many friends
in business. The time is coming, nay. the evening, is it not? As a result ot this city when she visited her aunt,
it bow is. when woman, especially young such tactics Lincoln girls have learned Mrs. Stearns. The groom is a graduate ot
wosaan, iaokBgerdepeadent upon the that aa Oaaaha escort la not such a snap the class of 9o and already started in
aa he looks and acts with his roses and a professional career.
csrriageand devotion and assorted fas- The new Harrig bM preaented a brU.
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The Charity Ball given by the Flower bejDg a dandDR party giTe hy
h folks for the necessities of society
"Me," I find it much more pleat ant get
ting and spending my own money.
Marie Marshall has returned from her
visit to Omaha. She says she had a Mission girls last night was a brilliant
lovely time, that you Omaha people co affair. Its success was largely due to
to any amount ot trouble for a guest
and count it nothing if she is enter
tained. The social entente between
Lincoln and Omaha is not yet too thick
to . tir. If I might characterize it
without disturbing our own delightful
Mrs. Lew Marshall, who worked untir
ingly for weeks before it camo off. There
are rumors of many parties in the next
two weeks, but none of them are definite,
enough to write about. Till next week
then, Ei.E.v.Non.
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the Misses Clark as a compliment to
Miss Burt of Ohio. Piano lamps,screens
and other household furnishings, with
here and there a graceful palm, lent to
the hall a pleasing and artistic effect.
The Courier office, converted for that
evening into a smoking room, was made
inviting by oriental ruga and divans.
Misa Willoughby's orchestra furnished
the music for the sixteen numbers
danced. Ice was served from a table at
the north end of the ball. Miss Burt
was gowned in a white taffeta with pearl
ornaments. She carried American
beauties. Miss Clark wore a pink
striped mnuseline de soie over white
satin. She carried La France roses.
Miss Bertie Clark's gown was white
brocade Eilk, with trimmings of white
chiffon and pink roses. She carried
6:30 o'clock, at their home, on Eighteenth American beauty roses. The follow-
street, between N and m. ing people were invited: Mr. and
Lieut John Pershing of the Tenth Mrs- Robinson, Ogden, Tilton,
cavalry arrived in Lincoln Monday from Beeson, Green, Lambertsen. Rector,
Try Lincoln Coal Ca's Rio Grande.
The Junior Sorosis met yesterday with
Miss Corbett in the state superintend
ent's office at the capital.
Mrs. Rudy Rehlander is entertaining Fort Assiniboine, and will be the guest Guilfoyle, Marshall, Chas. Burr, George
her father, Mr. Davis, this week. of his sister for a short time. Woods, Frank Woods, Kelley, Ladd;
W.O.BllBnentaTrtoftn n-kin Tlifi M.rtin nf Rt Piil Krii.. J. ". " ". ". nyon.
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Omaha.
Miss Ruth Mellen left Friday for Fac
toryville, Mich.
Miss Hattie Cady of Omaha, came to
Lincoln for the Flower Mission ball last
evening and was the guest of Miss Grace
Oakley.
Mre. J.C. Bell, 1414 O srrect, hair
goods, cosmetics, embroidery silks, the
atricil and masquerade wigs, whiskers
and mustaches for rent Use Toujours
Jeune facu toilet.
Miss Mac Mount of Omaha visited
Miss Maud Oakley. She attended the
Flower Mission ball last evening.
Messrs. Bert Wheeler, Wing Allen and
R. P. Hediund of Omaha and Arthur
Cooler attended the Elowcr Mission ball
at the capitol.
former university student, is here visit
ing friends and his fraternity, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
The Young Woman's Christian Asso
ciation offer a course in physical culture
and gymnastics, at the Y. M. C. A.
rooms. The Y. M. C. A. gymnasium is
reserved for this class on Monday nights
and all the apparatus and baths are at
their disposal.
This year's Lehigh Valley and Scran -ton
hard coal $3.50 per ton at Charles
Gregory's, 11th and O.
Mrs. Don Love gave a luncheon last
Mason, Baldwin, Haughton, Cooler,
Sheldon, Will Clark, C. Y. Smith, Far
well, Ned Brown, Hanna, Welch, Evans;
Misses Nance, Burt, Marshall, Slaugh
ter, G. Oakley, M. Oakley, L. Clark,
Farwell, Lucy Griffith, Grace Griffith,
Hammond, Righter, Brooks, Latta,
Houtz, White, Hooper, Hollowbueh.
The Matthews Piano Co., with ware
rooms in the Telephone building, are
exhibiting a magnificent and costly
Shaw Grand piano, and they invite all
musicians to pay them a visit and at the
same time see and hear the new instru
ment Some of Lincoln's leading musi.
week in honor of her mother, Mrs. Lar- cians have tested it and have declared
rabeo of Iowa, wife of the famous gov- that it is the finest piano ever brought
crnor. Among the guests were: Mes- to rtua oifv.
dames R. A. Holyoke, E. L. Holyoke,
Kimball, Lagore, Richards, Mungcr,
Teeters, Johnson, West, Roberts, Baker,
Mr. and Mrs-Colins L. Hooper have Phillips, Barbour, Meisner, Butler.
issued invitations for the wedding re- Miss Florence Farwell delightfully en
ception of their daughter, Hallie Wini- tertained the following young people
fred, to Mr. Tredencic wuuamiioutz, on uauoween: Misses Urace Oakley, senate and house ot representatives.
ob Thursday evening, November 12, at Henrietta Hollowbush and M. Olive She ocHned herself to the subject of
Sorosis met November 3 with Mrs.
Summers, twenty-one members and
three visitors attending. Mrs. Field,
our invited guest, gave a parliamentary
drill. After aotre general remarks re
lating to rulings in the United States
We have purchased (because It Is
Just the thins we have needed) the
Columbian Cyclopedia library, con
sisting of the Columbian encyclopedia,
which Is also an unabridged dictionary
thirty-two volumes of convenient size
neatly bound, four volumes of thean
nual cyclopedic review, lour volumes of
current hlstoryfor 1896, one Columbian
atlas and the neat convenient revolving
oak cas ewltb glass doors. From tbe
evidence obtained we find that some
part of this work is placed In tbe
test private and public library ia this
country an dabroad, for tbe reason
that tbey cover a field relative to tbe
past present and future progress
and achievements of tbe human race
not attempted by others. Tbe plan
is- origtssrir aad-the -work throughout
la carefully and ably written.
Current history contains 2M pages,
la Issued two months after tbe close
of .each quarter, this length, ot time
being taken to reduce all Information
received to be an absolutely reliable
and authentic, basis. If these are
kept on file, this magazine will prove
a permanent and invaluable record of
all Important movements in political,
social religious, literary, educational
scientific and Industrial affairs.
Tbe magazine will be lndlspenslble
to all people who have encyclopedias,
aa It will be needed to keep these
works up to date. To those who do
not own encyclopedias It will be doubly
valuable aa their source of information
is more limited. About March of
each year tbe four volumes of current
history are bound into one volume,
known as tbe Annual Cyclopedic Re
view. There are now four of these
bound volumes covering yearsl892-3-4
and 5. Tbe work has for endorsers
and subscribers !n this city and state
such people as Mr. Gere, edltor-lnchlef
of the Lincoln State Journal,. Hon.
Joe Bartley, state treasurer, Hon. W.
J. Bryan. Mr. Miller, editor of the
Northwestern Journal of education,
Hon. H. R, Corbett state supsrlntend
ent of public Instruction. Dr. R. E.
Glffen, Miss Mary I. Jones, acting
librarian at tbe state university
whose letter we publish below in full:
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need ' of brief summaries of current
topics and events. Tbe daily, weekly
and monthly periodicals and papers
may furnish data sufficient, but tbe
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frequently out of proportion to tbe re
sult obtained. A most satisfactory
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Journal has been of Invaluable service
terly Issues of Current History. This
in the library covering a field that no
other attempts.
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Acting Librarian.
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