"J THE COURIER. steel. The ubis grateful t Mr. and Mrs. Hall for bringing the members to gether again under 6uch pleasant cir cumstances'. Tomorrow tho Dosne college com mencement begins. This spring is es pecially memorable aB the twenty fifth w:- iV. , ;T - H, - Prof. G. D. Swczey nnd daughter aid Mr. ani Mrs. L. C. Walker, left on Thursday for Madison, Wis. Mi66 Marian Treat left Wednesday for her home in Chicago. She 6ang in Bentrica and Lincoln and deepened the verv favorable impression madu last : rt c?l 4l......cf nt Eumnicr iu oruir. ouobwiiucb11"1 " Ice Mrs. Welca wuile in Litncoio. The week has boen characterized by receptions. Mrs. Welch, Mrs. McCreery. Mrs. Frnnk Hall and Debora Avery chapter of the Daughters of tho Rcvo'.u at the home of Mra. W. C. Henry having Riven receptions on Tuesday, Wednee day, Thuisday and Friday. The com pany came and went from 3 to 0. an J at the last mentioned hour they weie still coming out. Mr. Welch's friend, would otherwise have taxed the capac ity of the capacious house. Miss Welch, Miss Righter, Mists Garten and Miss Camp passed punch frcm a bower made of the poreb, pilras an 1 draperies. Miss Treat, of Chicago, assisted Mrs. Welch in receiving her fiiends. Tho house was generously decorated with roses and sweet peas. The gowns were or gandies acd open woik lummer goods in mauve, pink and blue, and the effect classified it as a summer party. Nearly the same people gathered at Mrs. McCreeij'son the following after noon. Same roses, came ladies, same pleasant summer air and gowns. The Deborah Avery Chapter rec p tinno Jiarp an undercunent of dien'fi'd anniversary of the founding of the col Tno following program will I e useful to those who go from Lincoln to attend the commencement exercises: Sunday, June 20, J897, a. m. Baccalaureate sermon, Rev. A. F. SherrilLD. D., Galesburg, Illinois. 8 p.m. Address to the Christian associa tions, Miss Laura H. Wild, Lincoln. Monday, June 2 J 8 p. m. Graduating exercises of the academy. Tuesday, June 22. 10 a. m. Dawes oratorical contest. 1:30 p. m Meeting of the trustees. 8 p. m. Anniversary address. Wednesday, June 23. JO a. m. Class day exercises. I p. m. Banquet. 5 p. m. Drill of Doane cadets. 8 p. m. Anniversary addresses. Thursday, June 24. 9 a. m . Commencement. 1 p. m. Meeting of alumni. 8 p. m. President's general reception. Friday, June 25. Conference of representatives of Doane col lege, Doane academy, Franklin academy, Chadran academy and Weeping Water acad emy, with regard to educational matters. Mrs. lleniy was assisted in receiving by Mrs. Pound, state re gent, Mrs. Dorris Musical Mention acceptance of ancestors who lived and amj Miss Mary Stevens, regent of tho fought worthily, and must be represent ed by their descendants in the same style. Mrs. W. C. Henry, at 148, South Twenty-seventh street, received hpr guests with the quaint grace of her great, great grandmother local chapter. Ices were served by Misses Garten, Wetster, Camp. Shughter, Welch and Odell. The refreshment rjora was decorat-id with the con'men al colors of blue and white. The victory of Bunker Hill never was celebrat-ul Mra nnH Mtr. Ttrad Slaughter's Bur- iriih mnrn siipcpgs. The Idaal Mando- lington Beach party on Thursday even- jin club furnished cantinuous music. ine had jus. landed from the sailing boat when the wind exprees 55 miles an hour, struck the lake and moved it several feet further north. By the time they reached the shelter of the pavilion the iloor was rising and falling like one of the rickety cars to the beach. The party included besides Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dorgan, Misse3 Walson, Marshall and Moore, Me3srs. Low, Mallalieu, Lott ridge and Sawyer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hall received the members and friends of the Ha j don Art club t: meet Miss Cora Parker. This rcueption was in tho eve nine. The handsome, well k;pt grounds were light ed with Japan8J lanterns, and on tho the wide porches were chairs and ham mocks. Inside where the host, hestess and Miss Parker greeted their friends, surrounded by the objetx de virtu which Mr. and Mrs. Hall have beer, collecting nil their life, the crush was at times Mrs. Frank Woods and Miss Cochian gave a kensington at the home of the former in honor of the seniors of the Delta Gamma fraternity, i'hese present were Mrs. Nicholson, (born Camp), of Minneapolis, Misses Camp, Case, Hick etts, Garten, Welch, Lansing. Parks Woods, Deweese, Rice, Wing, Smith, Slaughter, Haggard, Watkins, Webster. Halsey Yates is expected home en his two mon'hs" furlough today. Mr. &nd MrF. Garten and family have moved into the Foster hous?, corner of Twelfth and H. Guernsey Jones, newly appciateil in structor in liurjpecn history under Prof. F.M.F.iag at the state university, arrived this wek from Swarthmore, Peno., where he has been engaged in teaching during the year in Swarlbmnre college. He will reside with his brother, Will O. Jones, at 14 IS L street. Misses Alice Righter and Marfan Mendelssohn and some other composer have asked tho vexed question, "Oh, wert thou in tho Cauld Blast?" If they had been at St. Paul's last evening anrnt the eighth annual concert ef the Ne braska conservatory, they would have thought themselves in a well-heat-d copper kettle such as Sobadiach and his friends safely emerged from, according to the Old Testament. For it was warm, very warm. And when jou couplo to a warm temperatuier-n equally waun re ception of nearly every number, tho re suit would Try ham or I oil an eg;:. But it was an enjojabi'" occasion, b:cause the program was good (albeit too long) and the piano, vocal nnd other manifes tations quits above tho average. It is iuirossible to give a detailed account of numbers, much as I would like to. Mis3 GeitrudeCulbertsoti has dtveloped into a fine organist. The piano duets were played by Pearl McFadden and Mabel Pjle and sgnin by Pearl Barnaby and Florence Bell of advanc.nl finish. The single combats fell to the lot of Susie Boyle, who did some of tha smooth est work, Clarissc Edlemaii and the "boy pianist," Harry Briggs. Harry seemed to cat.h on with the audience immensely and, to his credit be it said, he ret-joinied to encores in a very nndest and unpre tentious manner. A praiseworthy feat uio of nearly all the piano numbers was fingering and pedahrg in a manner in which the mechanism of the. instru ment was rarely ever in evidence to the ear. William Towers, the so e representa tive of the violin, bowed with lomovr ilitv and in his second number dil some very coirrct pbrafin?. Rut'i Bryan. Wray LmdUy. Newton Campbell and Harry Si are had the mandolin field to themselves. Those little people wee very uiiuh in earnest and carried thorn i elves with such dignity as t secure a spontaneous burst of applauso and an encoie. Much could Ihj said in praiso of indi vidual voice representative)?, did space permit. There was W. F. Lint, develop ing a round bass. Helen Purity, who always had a good BOprnno and was put through the agrny of a prolonged wait for tuning up anil preludal purposes; Ch tries Travis, who patllifd iuto tho old ' toreador,'" and Misb Stella Smith, lacking only more correct word enuncia tion to make of herself a valuable soprano. A duet by Mrs. Jessie An drews and A. A. Scott ("I feel thy angel spirit,") deserves speciul mention for soulful interpretation and, for the most part at least, a reasonable blending of voice. A. Alton Had'ey. Miss Marie Iloover. Clemens .Movius. Wilbeltn Lam preeht and Clyde Stultz nre to be earn es'Iv cenerutulated for the showing tnide. 'J his was the very last concert of tne season and no one is more vigorously glad f it than Toiiy Rkx. TO THE EPWORNILEGUE CON VENTION. At' TORONTO. CAN., JULY 15 to 18. 1897. Tne Great Rock Island Route offers low ritep, superb s;rvica and your trip to t'jis irreat convention city this year will ho a pleasant one tako in Niagara Fails too Consult tcket agent at jour station or address John Skiiastiax, G. P. A., Chicago. At 117 so. Tenth. PERFECTION COOKING MIXTURE Si'I0 Fc& ively bv Gregorv. Eleventh and O streets. 16 located thei-ity ticket of tho North western line- the greatest railroad P'RWni touching Lincoln, with shortest mileage in Chicago aoil St. Paul and making qirukf sit time. Get our low rates to tmr'st points before buying tickets. A. S Fielding, C. P. AT. A. Lincoln, Neb ;U cI3 ui uuico somewhat appalling. The hot weather "-" 3"' uu "'--'-- " was not able to affect thi enthusiasm, to Brownv.lle. They will be gone sever- which the members cf tho Haj don Art al weeks. club obviously felt in getting together F. C. Zehrung left on Thursday for again. No one can estimate the intlu- New York, where he will do his Looking ence that tho Haydon Art club has had for the season. in6weetening life. Miss Sarah Wool Mrs. Archie Ensign has ic'urned from Moore perfected the o-ganization of tlus Hot Spring?, Aik. Dunning Hall. club, and it has I ecome a strong centre of aesthetic intluence. Miss Parker and Miss Righter have newly realized tho opportunities which the Hub affords for awakening ard develo- ing a love for nicturcs and sculpture. Plans .re being Mrs. Mary D. Manning left on Thurs day fcr Boston to spend the summer. Mis? Piic who has relieved tho Ioni; bouisot Mr?. Lecnarefs illness by the cIictv Fweoness of her rrsesce, left on Thursda) for Jacksonville, II . Miss menus nere wno wei- , her otca- Perfected for an art exhibition d for J .KTvjJ'uStp lectures on art, which, it is expected. 6ional visits. " will revivo the interest which has been Tne St. Joeph nr.-es begin on Jena absorbed by more immed ately profit 22, and last till the 115th. Palmer Clark able but not Iceb certain methoels of de- is theeeir-iary. He is the gent!em,n t rpu.,r) i,,i on Anr nli so successfully managed tbe Lin- velopment. The guests had an oppor- coln rhC s Uo Jer3 a-o. The enenry tunilv IO laiK over mc miubuuii nun iuo unanimous verdiet wbb exrretsed that the t'mc had come for the renascence of art in Lincoln in spite of the foeman's Hanna Coal for sale by Gregory, Eleventh and O streets. Phcne 343. and abil t which he exr.it it-d on that occasion, from all appearances', s stdl anirrating hiai. $5.0U per ton, for cock stove. For sale bv Greeo- cry, Eleventh and O streets. CANON PEA GOAL Lawyer?' Building.