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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1897)
m&p&&iK: vr- rssi lsWg f . - S?,-5Ev !fn it -' .- THE COURIEF, fiP UP & " :.-., ;i- ( !. again, Secretary Porter's if-nora-it and oUc'hhw infringement of the law. whieh vntefraiuwltosccuretlie sarred msif thelwllo were aware of the wryM'rious rial tire of Secretary For ter'H attack ui)ii it, and all good citi zens approve of tlie investigation which they liae insisted iiikmi. How many "'" the 'Kaiwu team were encased in annor does not ap pear. The charge thatCowgill slug ged otic of these caitiff knights and came near being disqualified for mn ning intcMtis armor plate, gains great er absurdity from this discovery. "Even inleniislvauia Wiley "Woodruff li:td an unsportsmanlike reputation. He was a master of tricks rather than of skill and strength. The Kansas men, " if they care f,r standing in college athletics will get rid of Woodruff, whose standards are out of place in a gentlcuiau's game. The crowd of gamblers that accompany hini are a sufficient indication of the character of his associates. Nebraska athletics have heretofore been un questionably in the amateur class. They have been comparatively free from betting and opposing teams have Bot accused the Nebraska team of un gentlemanly conduct, except in the case of the negro Flippin, whose character resembles Woodruff's in more than one particular. There is doubtless in Kansas university the same opposition among the decent, element that there was to Flippin among the members of the team andtlie 'student body here. The Kansas City -papers do not express unqualified ap. proval of the Kansas university coach "who is endeavoring to bring to the west the worst form of jockeying. Those who have seen the Nebraska -team are not wanting in admiration for the muscles and manners of the fearless fellows. They play without resorting to tricks or devices and in variably win the genuine respect of the spectator. The games until the wilcy Kansan arrived have been free from such charges and the players themselves have followed the code adopted the world over by gentlemen and sportsmen. Notwithstanding the number of women's clubs in this city there is need of another. The women need a club where they can rest and chat, 'read and play games; where there is no cult, religious or literary to burden the mind and fill the heart, where nly the gracious influences of the society of other women are applied to the cares -and perplexities of house keeping, of bookkeeping, of corresiion- dencc or teaching. Everything that women do requires effort socially or mentally. Membership in a culture club involves the reading of many books, the writing of papers, and the - nerve-racking ordeal of reading'tuem. the functions of society demand ex pend vc preparations in the way of gowns and in hospitality. In all the many clubs and social gatherings of this city, there is not one where a poor, plain, tired woman can take a cap of tea and read a paper or talk with other women and relax as the men do. In other words, there is not a woman's club here. There are various associations for the im provement of the mind and the niorals bat there is not a place where the fe naie slaves can forget for a stimulat iag half hour that they have duties in the shape of children, husbands or epportunittes which must be improv ed. JL tea room in which Jew 'and Gentile could feel at home, in which no religion was either tabooed or propagated would be a sweet haven to the professional women of Lincoln who, at the soon hour or at night, would like to meet other women in thevSeas.Vjfricndly -flub which exists 1 VICTOR AND VANQUISHED.. November fiadc us plunged m doubt, It's tatic you lose and beads we win; la tuning some poor rascals out We always turn mothers in. at mospiMIJW'v?wuWWi to sooth and cheer. not to educate and Improve The weary shopgirl whifte only room isa smalt bedroom, the tytwwriters. the accountants, whose heads ache with figuring, but who)bject to becoming orthodox in order to enjoy the privi leges of the Y. fi C,A. twhich. nev ertheless, has .accrtmpllsh&i much good) would be attracted to such a club in numbers. The women, young and middle aged, who have a home and mean would have an op IKirt unity of getting acquainted on an equal footing 'with their professional sisters that no other rooms could offer. The well-to-do would not be patron esses and the clerk-, would not be patronized, Both would lie rested and broadened by the knowledge of other and different lives. In short, die club without having any object would be in a way to accomplish more than any other literary or philan thropic or religious association. The Women s club lias removed many false notions of .social disabilities, but a woman's club modeled on a man's club would bring about acquaintance and sympathj-the quicker for the exclu sion of a literary or religious reason for meeting. Such a proposition will be considered rank heresy by many of the earnest workers who take life strenuously and want to make every minute count to their own improve ment or someone's else. But the ten sion must lie relieved somewhere or nervous prostration puts an end to all usefulness and comfort. The apiKiinlment by the council on Tuesday night of two extra lawyers to assist the city attorney in the prose cution of the street railway protested tax claim is a reflection upon the dis criminating judgment of the republi can nominating convention which nominated Mr. Abbott, the present city attorney. But in the history of Lincoln and Lancaster county fcr the last ten years there have been several such confessions of weakness. A few years ago in a case against the county 'for damages, tried in the 'Fnited States court, the county attorney and his deputy, who between them receiv ed a salary of $5,000 were not consider ed able enough to try the case and the county commissioners employed extra lawyers at an expense of many thou sands of dollars. That same county attorney and his deputy are now occupying a position of much greater responsibility in Washington, I). C. In the Kendall & Smith case, in the Maxey Cobb case itwaVthe same way. The regularly constituted and elected county and city attorneys are not trusted by the city or county otlicers t) look after anything of more im portance than sidewalk cases. This being so. would it not be cheaper to abolish the offices of city and county attorney? The sidewalk cases referred to could be gobbled up. as the larger cases are now, by any lawyer whose influence is great cnougli to secure the job. Legal business has been Mimcwhat dull these last few years in Lincoln and it has been found neces sary to divide up cases between as many lawyers as possible, but when things are looking up it would be more considerate of the council if they would give the people a chance lo recover before endeavoring to increase the business of the legal profession. . . ,- II og!fctaagMfS8ijgjW j D Whose Ware Rooms are at 130 So. 13th Street. Liocoln, Nebr., are General Agents of the Shaw, Weber, Wegman, And Jewett Pianos. 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