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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1897)
THE cou: J..i. Lord. Amen!" Mr. Sunday works him self into a rago nt sinners and then swears at them under a very thin cloak of Biblical phraseology. Ho has some magnetism, but tho intemperance of his language is what attracts tho curious( that and tho desire to hear other people abused. Mr, Sunday understands per fectly that only a few peop!c in the audience will take his remarks to them selves but will chucklo at the lambast ing old somebody else is getting, age her to look pleasant and 6ho will not bo taken standing with unjono standing beside her. She is taken sitting with littlechildren standing about her. or sit ting looking up at the prince consort, who humbly look? down upon her who gazes at him open mouthed with con jugal pride. In the two pictures that she thought best to be taken with a hat on she shows, in spite of her horror at the suggestion, that she is an emanci- The Queen's Jubilee. A London correspondent writes as follows to his New York publisher: "This has been a very gay week. 'The queen's drawing room,' being the only one that Ehg had pledged herself to hold this season, created an imnenee sensa tion. Very gocd-naturedly her majesty baseball player fakir's talk has the same characteristic as Talmago's celebrated lectures on himself. Mr. Sunday'e ser mons are filled with references to his own self-sacrifice in spending his time had waived the restriction that regu- The pated woman, for it sets down upon aE lates the number of presentations, rec- atound her head, liko a man s hat. These are lato pictures but tho style is that which may be sen in Gody's twenty years old. Her expression i3 one ot royal dignity, self satisfaction She has been a good queen. States were Miss Elizabeth Davis, Mrs. Leslie Cotton, Miss Gilpin, Miss Harris and Miss Wells. Outside the palaco tho crowd wasphenomenal. It was much pleased with the state carriages of tho peeresses, of which the Devonshire, Londonderry Lansdowne, Zetland and Lancaster turnouts were the best. "The 'Gypsies of England' have re ceived orders from the beads of their mysterious brotherhood that they are to celebrate the queen's jubilee in loyal fashion. Great enthusiasm prevails among them, and various strange cere monies are to mark the great day. The ladies of the tribes also are to don their brighest garments; and all the caravans throughout the length and breadth of onizing how many people had set their hearts on being presented this year, so there was a great crowd; the ballroom n the palace was tilled quits early, and late comers had to overflow into tho on sinners, lie says mat an wno do not andrepoee. Bncnas oeenacoouqueiu. corridors, mere to await tueir turn. like his sermons are old fools, that ho Her reign has beaten the record in much Owing to the fancy for jeweled embroid- the ,and are to De repainted! could get five hundred dollars a month beside longevity. The half mad and eries, and to tho fact that every one had "Another important body, though less playing ball, if he were not so anxious dissipated kings who immediately pre- donned her finest parure to do honor to romantic the socialists, to wit hare to do good. Ho savs that people do ceded her were not hard to beat. As the occasion, the scene was gorgeous in been discussing their arrangements for for Queen Anne, she wbb a woman of the extreme, a parterre of gam-be- the day. Or course, their attitude ib much less intelligence than Queen spangled flowers was the only compari Vjctoria. Queen Elizabeth had a keen, son that occurred to me. And the dis shrewd wit and an intuitive knowledge piay of beauty was also a thing to be re of statecraft that would compare favor membered. The queen was most gra ably with any of the wisest of England's cious; she looked well and stayed in the cot want to hear angels preach but men liko him whoso talk still reeks of the atmospher" they have but just left. He wants an endorsement and recommen dation, like all ignorant and undignified laborers, from audiences that he preaches to. He asks them to stand up if thfy liko what hts says and the papers report that everybody standB up. The eccentric few who do not approve are unnoticed. Whether any one is converted to real Christianity by a man who has picked up the trade of preacher because he found that words came easy to him and with anecdote and tirade he could keep people amused and interested, many deny. The audiences who laugh at him and applaud him do it because they wish to express their thanks for entertainment.. Judging from their sovereigns. In those days the privileges throne room until after -i o'clock, so of monarchs had not been confined and that she received many more debu- narrowed to social distinction and sup- tantes than usual, and, I hear, that she port ot tbo royal family and Quesn managed to siy a few words to neariy Elizabeth's hand guided the ship of state, every lady who had the entree. Girls Queen Victoria has done well to retain always prefer to ba presented to the the name and the place from which the queen, for the makee a point of beaming power has gone forever. The English love upon them in a way that reas- and revere her for her positive virtues surei even the shyest 'blossom;' as wife and mother, grandmother and great grandmother. At times the shop keepers accusa her under their breath of being a little "near." Cut when they see her they demonstrate their real affection for her as the embodiment she is very fond of young people, and she is old-fashioned enough to consider shyness a grace. It is only bumptious and pushing people whom she 'puts down' and Bhe does it most efiectvally. The Princess of Wales was one ot opposition. One Quixotic indi dividual suggests that all good social ists should work on jubilee day, by way of protest against the enforcemant cf a national holiday; but his scheme, as you may suppose, did not meet with general support. Now, the most approved idea is to desert London and fix upon some large provincial center at w hich to hold a big indignation meeting while enjoy ing a day's outing. I cordially welcome the suggestion! Let us hope that all our anarchist reformers of the constitu tion will be so obliging as to Ieavo Lon don on June 22." attitude and expression, they are not affected tn resolve for purer living. Such of the government of Great Britain, as in white, the best possible attire for her. preaching, on the contrary, injures well as a good woman who has known Her train was of white velvet. Princess Christianity by making it ridiculous. how to keep herself if not her sons free Victoria had chosen pale green and According to the newspaper reports from scandal. silver, which prevented her from look- Mr. Sunday's method is the same in every place he visits. He begins by jibing at the major and city officers of the town he happens to be preaching in. If it is received with favor the city government is thereafter at his oratori ,cal mercy. It is a well known charac teristic of the comedie humainc that the party in power is never popular. And city governments are commonly enough corrupt to make any remarks at their expense safe at least. But if Mr. Sunday cared to add to his reputation for rapid speaking that of possessing good judgment he might investigate the reputations of the city officers before attacking them. Perhaps there is a city in the country in which officers and ad minstration are above reproach. In which case his remarks would lack the reception upon which he lives and moves and has his being, viz applause and sensation. The pictures ot Queen Victoria from babyhood to old ladyhood, which are now appearing in the illustrated peri odicals are very interesting. When she was a little girl, only three removes from the throne her picture was painted and Daguerreotyped. Later she k photographed in a variety of cos tumes and with many of htr seventy, five grandchildren. In the latest ot these pictures the feminine observer is unable to discover how her dresses are made. She affecte shawls and capes, which are bunched about her neck in such a way that anatomy cannot be considered at all in relation to Queen Victoria. In one of the pictures the spectator is sure -she is sitting down until the carved back of, the chair upon which the sits insists upon the recognition of the truth that she k a very short, pudgy little woman who fancier, being a queen and in conse quence never contradicted, that her roy- tne house. al subjects will take her for a tall, ele- not lady with an India shawl on and Mrs. Tupenny Why don't you point lace whose svelte figure they y0T",falLnn0 nffieJ0," B- T.. . . ,, .. Mrs. Manhattan He does n t give me qaite conceal. She never allows the .chance. He's out seven nights a week photographer to pose her or to encour- himself. Miss Jone6 acceptance of the offer cf the Illinois library is a real loss to thb university. Added to her technical knowledge of a librarian's duties she is a scholar of rare discrimination and crit ical ability. With all the students she is sympathetic and genuinely helpful. It will be difficult to find another libra rian with the knowledge of the inside of books that Miss Jones has. There are plenty who have acquired the "libra ry hand,1' who know when to use black and when tu use red ink and who know tho rules of cataloging as they know their A, B, C. But as long as the spirit is more than the letter librarians like Mis6 Jones will be rare and precious. Because she web educated at the uni versity and has spent most of her life in Lincoln the unusual quality of her tal ent and acquirements have not been duly appreciated. Classmates in the Albany school have told me how high was the standing sho gained there, and librarians of other libraries havo spoken with deep respect of the librarian of the university of Nebraska. Therefore the university loses reputation with her do. parture. Her friends rejoice that she has received at last the recognition due to her abilities, only delayed because she was a prophet in her own country. ing as pale as usual, so that she, too, appeared at her best. The Duchess of Albany had, for once, discarded the demure grays and violets which are con sidered the only wear for a widow of royal rank, and this circumstance caused a lluttcr of gossip, reviving the rumors ot her possible remarriage. But I must tell you about the Ameri can presentations. Mrs. and Miss Hay, who attended last week's function, were again present in order to be officially in troduced to the Queen, Mrs. John Hay, in pale green satin, trimmed with tulle and chiffon, with exquisite floral em broidery, the chief tone in which was reproduced in the pink 6atin lining of the train. Evidently these ladies love green, for her daughter's tasteful white frock was adorned with the same shade. I think it was very like the gown she wore at the former drawing-room, if I may judge merely by descriptions of that ceremony. The other ladies de scribed officially as "of the United Private Secretary Porter, acting un der tho advice of his chief, has sounded tho social keynote of the administration by declining to issue invitations to mem bers of the press. Heretofore it has been customary for correspondents of the leading journals to receive a card of invitation to each and all of tho enter tainmentsofficial and semi official given at tho executive mansion. Mrs. Harrison and Mre. Cleveland enlarged tho courtesy by many little acts of thoughtfulness that grestly simplified tho work of the reporters, and gave just cause for gratitude in the "profession." With the incoming of the present ad ministration all this changed. No longer are men and women of the press welcomed or honored by invitations at ter the manner of an other guests. On the contrary, their presence is in every way discountenanced, and the grasping reporter who has the temerity to request a card is promptly 'turned down,' and leaves the executive dcorway a sadder and a wiser man or woman, as the case may be. Whether this condition of af fairs is the result ot the president's per sonal dislike of the "profession" or Mr Porter's own high-handed usurpation of power is as yet undetermined. Toirn Topics. Jenkins Why do people have such a propensity for getticg in debt? Fimpkins Bo:ause it's about tbo only thing there is any money in. Bobbins Did you get 3 our bicycle on the installment plan? Wheeler No; but that's the way I'm paying my doctor. Jinks Why does an old maid liko a parrot? Binks Ob, because it swears so much it makes her think there'd.a man about leave i em 11 1 Wholesale and retail dealers in DRESSED BEEF, III. VEAL, PORK AND PROVISIONS Telephone 365916 P street. RQY'S DRUG STORE, Cor. Tenth and P streets. 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