THE COURIER.'
I
write, advertising pays well, for the
wealthy, educated classes arc inveterate
shoppers. The wealthy are very wealthy
and poverty Is also extreme. Wealthy
Spanish-American ladies have little re--creation
except shopping, for Bradlry
"Martln balls or traveling for pleasure
are unknown to them. But they spend
vast sums of money on dress. They do
not care to lavish much on fine hounes
because earthquakes are a constant
menace. Although the government is
autocratic the people are liberty loving
and could be educated into a higher
social level. The tendency is toward
greater freedom of the press.
Lincoln Dry Goods Co.. 1009 O stiit.
Miss Ada Heaton started Wednesday
the 17th on a trip which will last until
June. She stopped at 'Chicago and
Niagara Falls for a few days and will
be in Washington, D. C, for the inaugu
ration. On her return she will visit her
old home. Craw'ordsville, and Terre
Haute, Ind.
Monday a lot of framed
pictures at -$J, many of
these pictures were$l'un
f ramed, Leming Store,
1106 O Street.
John W. Dixon of Nebraska City was
in Lincoln Wednesday to attend the
Shriner's banquet and iniliatlou.
The boxes were nearly all filled
Wednesday evening at the National
Flower, by pretty parties. A few of
the people were: Mr. and Mrs. D. E.
Thompson, Mr. Leonard. Miss Mary
Price, Captain and Mrs. Guilfoyle, Mrs.
Ttobinson, of Chicago; Mrs. C. E. Yates,
Mrs. R. N. Townley and J. B. Wright.
Mrs. D. W. Murphy left last Wednes
day for Columbus, Neb.
Hanna Coal for sale by Gregory, 11th
andO. Phone 343.
The Shriners gave an elaborate ban
quet to the new initiates Wednesday
evening at the Capital hotel. About
fifty guests were present. Dr.. Dolby
jlayed "Yankee- Doodle" for the Shrin
ers to march from the castle to the ban
quet hall, where the guests were seated
around the banquet table. The follow
ing menu was served:
Blue Points. Celery.
Bouillon In cup'.
Escalloped Oysters. Green Olives.
Sandwiches. lettuce.
Cold Roast Turkey. Glazed Ham.
Sliced Ox Tongue. Chicken Salad.
Boned Capon, en Aspic.
Capital Hotel Ice Cream.
Kisses. Lady Fingers. Angel's Food.
Fruit.
American Cream Cheese.
St. Jullen. St. Catamba. Cafe Xoir.
The Initiates: John W. Dixon, Fred
M. Kuwisky and D. J. Sinclair of Ne
braska City; Joe Mallalieu of Lincoln;
J O. Walker of Ong; Robert Tweed of
Davenport; J. S. Coshonle of Hebron,
and S. P. Glasgow, sheriff of Nehama
county. H. H. Wilson officiated as
toastmaster.
Early in the week a few fortunate lit
tle tots were sent the following Invlta--tlon:
Mrs. Coffroth invites her little
friends on Tuesday, from 3 till daylight
ends, to celebrate with joy and mirth
the day of Paysou Ewing's birth, Feb
ruary the twenty-third. No. 1300 G
street.
Many and witty were the acknowledg
ments which were written In scrawling
child's writing, and many were the
happy hearts which were assembled
Tuesday afternoon to enjoy the games
which most delight the infant heart.
Pink was the prevailing color in the
decorations. The dining room table
was beautiful with La France roses,
pink sash ribbons, pink and blue paper
boxes, and the pink and white birth
dav cake adorned with seven candles.
Some of the acceptances were in rhyme
as follows:
Helen Mitchell pleased will be.
To come to Payson Ewlng's tea
On Tuesday afternoon at three.
And try the merriest to be.
Katherlne Beeson will come to the party.
For Payson Kwing with good wishes
hearty.
And she thinks the best of all things to
be.
One of Auntie Coffroth's friends. Don't
you see?
Howard Brown his compliments send to
Mrs. C,
And he Intends to be at the party Tues
day at three;
To play with the kids, what fun It will
be.'
Alva accepts with Joy
To celebrate the birth of the boy.
Who while in years only seven.
In mind Is nearly eleven.
Alva Clark.
I'll be with thee, right Joyfully.
To celebrate with Joy and mirth.
The day of Payson Ewing's birth.
Bu: school will keep me from the treat.
Until at four I home will run.
And get me ready for the fun.
Hlley Wiley Hiland Wheeler.
Dorethy C. and Wilder D..
Accept with pleasure your Invite to play
On Paj son's birthday.
They will gladly assist. In the mirth and
the gke
And then please send them home to tea.
Dorethy C. and Wilder D. Baker.
Mrs. R. J. Green gave a luncheon on
Thursday, in honor of her guests. Miss
Price and Miss Bennett. The latter
lives in Omaha. The guests were Mrs.
F. W. Brown. Mrs. Beeson, Mr3. Guil
foyl, Mrs. Coffroth.
Perfection Cooking Mixture W.70 per
ton, sold exclusively by Gregory, 11th
anil O.
Next Wednesday, March 3d, is the
fust day of Lent, when we (of the
church) repent in dust and ashes for the
frivolity which has characterized the
311' days of our futile past. The official
and anniversal repentance is 46 days
long this season surely not too long
to remember the sins of worldllness and
selfishness and worse, of the help we
could give and would not, the short
ness cf life and our accountability.
Miss Lila Alexander came down from
Omaha yesterday to attend the Patri
arch's fancy dres3 ball. hSe is the
gueU of Miss Sadie Buhrnam.
Mrs. Georgia M. Lore left for 'San
Diego, Cal., yesterday.
New Psnn. hard coal, $7 CO at yard
yard and $8.03 delivered. Whitel reast
Co.
The Kensington Club, which usually
mcets Monday afternoon, were enter
tained yesterday by Mrs. W. J. Turner
at her home, at 1527 L street. De
Ilc'ous refreshments were served. The
guests and members present were:
Messrs. and Mesdames R. T. Van Brunt,
A. G. Billmeyer, Leese, C. I. Jones, W.
C. Preston. Chapin, Wilkinson, Walter
Davis, Patrick. Armstrong, Plank, Ladd,
Latta, Hayes, Tomson, MacLean, Can
dell, Bartruff, Aitkin, Hutchlns. R. M.
Turner, M. E. Van Brunt. Wolcott and
Williams, with the Misses Eulass, Parks
and Bessie Turner. "Mrs. Wolcott and
Mrs. Williams are on their way to Bos
ton, where Mr. Wolcott is in business.
They are the guests, while in Lincoln,
of Mrs. Van Brunt. Mrs. Wolcott and
Mrs. Williams have a great many
friends here who welcome the oppor
tunity to greet them again.
If you are thinking- of get
ting a bicycle see our line. It
is complete and can save you
monev. Crancer & Curtice Co.
207 S. 11th st.
The members of dissenting bodies pay
little attention to the fact which re
juvenates the most brilliant part of so
ciety, and small western communities
scarcely note the arrival of Ash Wednes
day. "Uni" students say our Thrfe"Beauts"
are elegant. Lincoln Coai Co., 1200 O
Messrs. W. Farnam Smith and Joe
Kaldrldge of Omaha spent Sunday In
Lincoln as the guests of Mr. and Mm.
F. W. Smith. They attended the
Pleasant Hour party.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Ostott of Chi
cago were In the city this week vls
'ltlng Mrs. O's sister, Mrs. A. Lincoln
Frcst. Mrs. Ostott is known to Lincoln
friends as Ida Bonnell.
Hubert H. Walte of Beatrice attended
the Pleasant Hour party last Monday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Smith gave an
elegant dinner, and also a lunch in
the evening, to a few young people.
Miss Grace Oakley delightfully enter
tained Miss Tukey of Omaha last Sat
urday evening. The decorations were
pretty and the refreshments elaborate.
Although the entertainment was in
formal, it was thoroughly enjoyable to
the eight or ten couples present.
Miss Mae Bartlett, who has been vis
iting Mis3 Alice Righter since the prom
enade, returned to her home last Sat
urday. Mr. Russell Thorpe, of Edgemont. ar
rived Monday In Lincoln. He remained
several days.
A merry crowd of young folks cele
brated Washington's birthday by giving
a bob-sled party In honor or Miss Jossie
Kribbler of Seward. Tbse participat
ing were: Misses Josie Kribbler,
Clara Leese, Alta Wilson, Edith Erford,
Anna Maryott, Dollie Shepherdson, In
dia Bartley, Mable Erford and Mildred
Parks; Messrs. George Joers, Herman
Lock. Howard Rathburn. Harry Mitch
ell. Winthrop Rathburn, Heny Look,
Gene Hancock. Vincent O'Slua and
Mark Rathburn.
Try Lincoln Coal Co 's " Beau tV, 1206 O
Mrs. William Pennybaker and baby
of Grand Island, and Mrs. Watts or
Cripple Creek, are the guests of Mrs. J.
White. From Lincoln Mrs. Pennyba
ker will go to Missouri, her future home.
The Tri-Delta3 and a few of their
friends were informally entertained at
the home of Miss Frankish, Saturday
afternoon. That which gave the great
est pleasure to the meeting was the
opportunity of having with them Mrs.
Manahan and Miss Sara Vore Taylor,
96. Miss Taylor is teaching in Onlaha
this year, and Mrs. Manahan returned
from St. Paul only a short time ago.
Mrs. W. S. Sumner, an alumlns of an
Iowa college, and also of another chap
ter of the Pi Beta Phi. has invited the
local chapter of the Pi Beta Phi to spend
the afternoon with her Saturday, Feb
ruary 27.
The Sigma Chi fraternity initiated
three members Thursday evening, Feb
ruary 8. They are Frank Rainey and
Ralph Rainey of Brownville, Neb., and
Clee TIshue of Seward. Neb.
Bert S. Langworthy has left school
to accept a position in the Seward Na
tional bank. Mr. I., will be greatly
missed by the members of the Sigma Chi
fraternity, of which he was an active
member.
The February number of the Botani
cal Gazette affords some exceedingly
interesting information concerning
SWELL TIES
00 dozen just received
and are on sale now. All
the new creations
Armstrong Clothing Co.
the botany in the fifteen or sixteen lead
ing universities and colleges of th
country. From this article It is seen
that the botanical seminar of the uni
versity of Nebraska easily holds first
rank among botanical societies con
nected with institutions of learning.
Its uniqueness Is shown by the fact
that It Is the only such society, which
publishes Its reports and monographs
or carries on an extensive, systematic
survey, and which requires candidates
for membership or for successive de
grees to pass a severe examination in
practically all the departments of bot
any. "The Periodicity of Flowering." Mr. Clem
ents. "Herbaceous Vegetation Forms." Mr.
Pound.
"The Karyology of the Ascompcetls," a,
review: Mr. Snear.
"The Organogeny of the Genua Prunus,"
Mr. Bell.
The American Chemical Society Is a
natiAal organization of which there are
nine local sections. The Nebraska sec
tion is the farthest west. Meetings are
held quarterly, at which lectures or pa
pers on original investigations are pre
sented. The subjects recently discussed
before the section were "Mineral Con
stituents of Some Nebraska Waters,"
Miss Bouton; "Conservation of Moisture
In Soils," Prof. Lyon .
"Starch Manufacturing and Chemis
try as Applied therein," Mr. Hibbard.
These meetings are held In the lecture
room of the chemical laboratory.
The Chemical Journal Club meets
every Saturday at 8:30 a. m. The prin
cipal articles of the current chemical
journals are reviewed and discussed.
The Instructors and the advanced stu
dents take active part in the work.
Mr. Rising, the father of Charles Ris
ing, has recently deposited In the State
Historical rooms a piece of board of con
siderable size that was given to him la
1S44 by two of the Standish family. It
was given to them by their grand
father, one In direct descent from Miles
Standish. The board was part of a
dinner chest of Miles Standish, and
came over in the Mayflower.
Prof. H. A. Senter or the class of 'OS,
who has been studying chemistry in
Heidelberg, Germany, for the past two
years, and who took to his Ph. D. exami
nation last November, returned home
the first of the month and is at present
located in the chemical department of
the university.
The Pleasant Hour club gave Its cus
tomary Washington anniversary party
last night in Courier hall. Quite a num
ber of visitors were present from out of
the city. The evening was passed delight
fully In dancing. The young ladies looked
charming In their beautiful gowns. The
music was excellent, and the party proved
to be one of the most enjoyable given by
the club. Joo Mallalieu made an excellent
master of ceremonien for the eighteen
dances. The guestt were: Miss Tukcy,
of Omaha; Misses Enlasi, Marie Mar
shall. Henrietta Hollowbush. Olive Latta.
Jessica Morgan, Sadie Burnham, Florence
Farwell. Maud Oakley. Kathryn Brooks,
Alice Slaughter. Mae Burr; Messrs. and
Mesdames George and Frank Woods, L.
W. Marshall. Ed Fitzgerald and F. W.
Smith; Mr. Black of Chicago; Mr. Walt
of Beatrice: Messrs. Baldrldge. Clough
and W. Farnham Smith of Omaha:
Messrs. Honeywell. Baldwin, Mallalieu.
Mcrrlson. Zehrung, Evans.. Kennard,
Hurlbut. Clark and C. Y. Smith.
Miss C. J. Gullmette started for Xewt
York last M nday. Sh will be gone aboot
three weeks.
The scholars of St. Theresa's parochial
school displayed their patriotism Monday
night In a way that left no doubt in th
mind of the audience as to their loyalty
to the country of Washington, and that
they are all true blue American eaglets
was forcibly demonstrated before tho
close of the exercises.
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