THE COURIER.
port A number of small parties wers
given both ia the afternoons and eve
nings. A large party was given Friday
evening by a number of men. After
ridinguntil 10 o'clock, the party returned
to the PhiPai chapter house where danc
log was indulged in and refreshments
were served. The guests ware-Mr. and
Mr. C. H. Imaoff ; Misses Woods. Gfra,
H. WiUon, M. Winger. A. DuBoIs, Tu
key, Hargreaves-, Vancil, Cunningham,
Lanaing, Cropeey, Weeks, Wigganhom,
Holbrook, V. Wilson; Messrs Hae:k;r
D. Reed, 0. Reed, O. Brown, II. Shedd,
Collett, Viggenh?rn, Chapin, Williams.
Fricke, Christie, S. A. White, F. and L
Korsmsyer.
Another very enjoyable sleighing parly
was given Saturday evening by the Sig
ma Chi fraternity. At 10-30 the party
was driven to the chapter house where a
dinner was served and a little time was
spent with music and dancing. Those
enjoying the ride waro Miss Nash of
New York and Miss Helen Allabach of
Des Moinee; Misses Houcke, Colson,
Winger, Raymond, Wbiticg, ITarley,
Lansing, Williamson, Fechet, Sedgwick,
Risssr, Rector, Woodward, Carscadden,
L. and A. Stewart; Messrs Gustive, Shel
don, Cake, Horn, Belknap, Halstead
Bishop, Montgomery, Burgert, Young,
Fechet, Co&grove, Risser, J. and P. Fitz
gerald, R. and J. Rainey.
Secretary J. Addison Porter, the Ward
McAIji3te r'of tho Administration, is in a
cold chill lest some of the peoplo invited
to little suppers and receptions at the
Whits House may do or wear some
thing not strictly accordicg to White
House etiquette, as laid down by the
Secretary himslf.) In order, there
fore, to insure the Preiident and Presi
dent's secretary against any sucb an
noyances it is his custom to call in such
of the invited guests as he may have
doubts about and rehearse them. On
these occasions ho is Raid to give them
full instructions as to what to wear, what
to say and how to act. Ho is in great
distress apparently lest some of the
gentlcmor. might come to these evening
affairs attired in sweaters or golf suits,
and the ladies in army blankets, such as
are sometimes worn in high society on
Indian reservations. J. Addiscn Porter,
by the way, is a rich man, worth at Isast
a million dollars. His money comes
from the Sheffield branch of the famih ;
a great uncle or a grandfather of th&t
name endowed Yale with two million or
three million of dollars. Lest it may
be considered a joke that the President
is assisting the Porter Loom for Gover
nor tf Connecticut, it can be slid in all
seriousness that the Executive is so
anxious to see his Secretary promoted
out of the White House that the entiie
patronage of the Slate has been turned
over to him. This to the consternation
and wrath of tho two Senators and the
Representatives fioru Connecticut, who
find it impossible to make headway
ajainst Mr. Porter.
John J. Ingalle, the spare ex-Senator
f rem Kansas, has located in Washington
for the winter and taken appaitments at
the Cairo. Ho is at work ou a volume
of memori?. When ho left Washington
after having been beaten by Peflfer ho
swore an awful oath that he would not
return to Washington until ho could bear
in his clothei a commission to again rep
resent the State of Kansas in the Ssnato
o! the United States. He stuck by his
vow until about a year ago, but sinco
tien ho has been at tho capital upon
several occasions. The reporting of that
prize fight at Carson City seems to have
shattered bis moral framework. After
the first downward step tho rest of tho
incline appears to have been gteasad.
The Senator is not as aflluent as he was
several years ago, tho failure of a Kan
sas City bank, in which he had 8100.CCO
ondeposite.ana tho -lying down' cf a
regiment or two of Kcnsis gracg rs up
on whose farms be held, mortgages, put
him temporarily upon the chrematistic
rack. He czpecti to recoup by the
memoirs route.
Lieut. Stotsenburg.thenew command
ant of the State University cadet;, has
arrived.
Police Judge Waters has returned
from Marietta, O., whitre he was called
by news of bis mother's illness. His
mother was much better when ho left.
The Exhibition Committee of the
I lay don ArtClubhas Fecured "Breaking
Heme Ties" tn show with other beautiful
pictures during the holidays. Tho rail
read has granted special rates and
chcol prizes of large, handsome pictures
are offered by Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Rod
ger and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Moore to
the school buying the largest number of
tickets.
The Cotillion club, which met with
Mr. and Mr. Buckstaff last week, wsb
the beginning of a very enjoyable series
of Germans to bo held there this winter.
About forty were prs3ent. Lieut, and
Mre.R. II. Townleyled.
Members of the Haydon Art club lis
tened to a very interesting illustrated
talk on religion and art list Saturday
night in tho gallery of tho Library build
ing. Mr. Cornell threw the pictures on
a sheet while Mrs. Hall spoke of them.
It was an unusually interesting lecturo
The Society Play.
Mr.R. II. Townley, manager of the
society company which played at the
Oliver on Wednesday night, skimmed
the town of its beauty and quick wile,
and gave a performance which surprised
and delighted everybody. Barring the
long waits between the short act? of the
firat part, the show was mora satisfac
tory than nine-tenths of those on the
road. It is such a relief to see and hear
a woman whose fsca is not hard and
seamed, whose voice is not hoarse and
whose carriage and walk do cot suggest
tho Bowery, and experiences and ances
try we do not want to know anj thing
about. The clean, starchid or silken
frou-frou was also a welcome sound.
The soiled and wrinkled coitumes the
New York companies appear in when
they stop over on their way to San Fran
cisco, where I presume, they have them
done up or dry cleaned, before show
ing them to a metropolitan audience,
have prepared the way for a great bit
for the first company that can xfford to
have their duds cleaned and pressed for
a Lincoln audience.
The first part of the program consisted
of living illustrations of Gibson's society
pictures. Tho stage setting was sum
p'.uou6 in color and texture ,and illumi
nated by Ameiican baauties whose
fragrance set the slowest and most bat
Ured old heart to beating a little quicker.
When so many aro on a stage at once onl
the ensemble effects are noticeable end
these were charmirg. The scenes con
cluded with a number by Miss Wocds
whose violin aweke memories in an o'd
gentleman who coyly kept Lis face
avci tid f rem t be aud.encr. Miss Wcods
played with Ler usual velvet still tone
and earned the encore she received. The
evening was divideJ into tbrcn paris as
follows: livo illustrations, rous'cale witi
five numbers and two curtain droppers
which, like cafe co:r, wera pleasant to
take and harmonized the rather Ion?
program. Themusicale numbers were
given by soma of the best musicians in
the stite. Mrs. Campbell's "That lien' -ly
Night in June'' was tho mest poo ic
number on the program. It wsb musical
ly suggestive. In a foreign tongue i.
would mako lovers sigh and bind maid
ens again vr'.Vi tho spell of love and
rummer moonl'ght. Tho tiio, Romanzi
Marscher by Misses Eiche of Lincoln.
Alien of Council Bluffs and Chamberlin
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