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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1898)
THE COURIEh. 8 people of Beatrice reemed to eojoy the visitois quite as much ae the visitors enjoyed Beatrice. Mies Helen Harwood was chosen as toastmistresa and intro duced each speaker with a few bright well chosen word-. The toasts were all bright and full of humor and entirely fitting for the occasion. The toasts were as follows: Our Hostesp," Mies Helen Harwood. -TJe," Misj Nelia Cochran. "Our Friends the Enemy," Mies Ma rian) Smith. Capra," Miss Daisy M:ner. "Our Ancestors." Mies Edna Polk. "Delta Gatrma Air Castles," Miss Ura Kellej. "Lea EnfantB," Miss Laura Bridge. 'Familiii Hymnp," Miss Blanche Gar ten. Tha following were tlio gufsts of Mis. Deutsch: Misses Miesec Haggard, Alice Wing, Bessie Wing, Dcnuie, Deweese, R'CP, Harwood, Webster, Bridge. Cole, Tukey, McNenerny, Kelley, Garten, Rickftt". Woods, Lansing, Noren, Cochran, Polk, Case, Smith, WatkinF, Laura Brirgt", Slaugter, Mullikin, Katherine Wools, Welch, Prentis', Davis, Miner, Daisy Miner, Lewis, and Mrs. Fink Woods, of Lie coin, and Day, of Beatrice. Tho Lenten Reading given by Mrs. Manning and Miss Dennis Friday morn ing at Thompson Hall, was a charming, unique entertainment. The hall was decorated with many palms, while the light dresses of the ladies receiving and the joucg ladies acting as ushers, made a very pretty scene. The program open ed with a soDg from Are. D. A. Camp bell, Bernberg's "Hindoo Chant," ac companied by Mr.'. P. V. M. Rajmond. Its Eoniber tone made a pretty contrast to the opening lines of "Pippa Passes" whiclfMis. Manning then lead. This ib one of tho least obstruso it Browning's poems and appeals most strongly to the human sj mpathie?. The little factory girl, Pippa, is allowed but one holiday in all the j ear from the silk mills, and now dances through the streets of Aso!o, singingher happy songs. 1 he uncoDEcicue ictiuecce exetted up on others, now arrived at a crisis of thsir lives, by the purity of this little girl and her unshaken faith in God and man is the moral of the poem. Mrs. Campbell sang Pippa's little 6ongs as they are heard by the other actors in the poem. The variety of characters afforded Mre. Manning an unusual opportun.ty for elocutionary effects. The simplicity of her delivery forms its chief charms. The poem was most dramatic in the scene between Oltima and Sebald, and in the righteous indignation of the Bishop. While tears came to the ejes moet in the conversation between the poor little bride and her 6tudent hus band. Dear little Pippa was charming ly portrajed but noon can fully realize our ideal of her innocence and truth. Mrs. Manning certainly has great tal ent, and it was no slight undertaking to satisfactorily present a poem which had been studied by a majority of her hear ers. The music for Pippa's little song of faith was written by Mrs. Alexauder Maso- of Chicago. The closing number was adapted to the music by Mrs. Camp bell. Lemonade was served at the clce of the program. Mis3 Rachael Ford who will appear at the Oliver next Thursday evening the 24. as Margery Sylvester in Our Flat" is a daughter of CoL Geo. H. Burton, Inspec tor General United State3 Arcy, depart ment of the Pacific As her father is well known in this city, society will un doubtedly pay considerable attention upon her first appearance in th's city. Fashions of the Day. My Dearest Adelaide: I saw a pretty silk plaid waist the other day and I must tell you that the new silk plaids are exquisite! Personally, I declare against plaid for the whole of a dress; I never seem to be able to get away from the p-ejudice that it is adopted alwajs by women who have no natural style. Or is it tbat the most s'ylish woman im mediately sinks into provincialism in appearance when she mak's herself con spicuous in a plaid drcEs? It is different, however, with the plaid waist. It is ef. fective and dainty when cut correctly which should be, of courae, on tbe bias. To.ieturn to the plaid waist I saw re cently: The prevailing color in tbe p!aid was pale blue There wasaguimpe of p!ain 6ilk in the shade of blue. This waB covered with a coarse, or open- pat tern, ot cream lace. Tho plaid, of tbe blouse, was open down the front, where it showed more of tbe lace covered blue silk. Around the top ot the plaid was a bertha, or revere of the plaid, which were narrow in front at the opening and in the middle of tho back, and broaden ed out into caps for the s'eeves. These rcvers were edged with two very narrow overlapping ruffles the under one was of blue satin ribbon and tho upper one was of lace and were Leaded with nar row black velvet. The stock was of black velvet fastened at the back with a rhinestone buckle, with plea tings of lace and ribbons standing up against the hair at the back of the neck. The belt was wrinkled black velvet fastened back and front with rhinestone buckles. Down each side of the front, apparently holding the bl.id to the lace and silk un derwaist were rhinestone buttons. It is going to be a season of taffeta silk, and of trimmed skirts. Black taffeta silk flounced nearly to the waist, and the flounces trimmed with graduated bands of black velvet ribbon, is an estab lished fa-hion. Organdiep, crepe de chine, muslics, silks and cloths, are all made with MounceB, in one way oa ancther. The circular flounce coming from tbe knee is a favorite, for both cloth and thin stuffs. Where more than one flounce is used, the foundation skirt must be cut rather narrow. The clcse cut or tight fit around the hip?, showing tbe outlines of the figure to the knee is again with ub and naturally, so are padded hip?. And, my dear, if you could see some of tl.ese women with their patent out lines! The excessively rounded hip is bound to be coarse and vulgar, even if nature insists upon it; when the manu f&cturer helps a woman into the curve it is well, monstrous. An innocent pad sewed in to help the fit of the skirt, or even to round out the hip a bit, is per fectly correct, but, like the artificial com plexion, it must not be discovered. A wired pad for the hip is bound to adver tise its own falsity. With every stp the pad goes one way and the hip tbe other, or else the pad dances a sort of jig, where the hip ought to be, that is not in unsion with nature's trait. It is strange, Adelaide the perversity of human na ture; if a woman is endowed with hips she hates them, if she hates them not, then she wants them, and will have them even if she must buy them. I see clearly, that with the laying aside of the winter wraps every woman on Broadway will be provided with tbe latest imposition of fashion if not one way then the other. Bolero jackets and tbe Eton are again seen as accessories to the blouse front of the under waist for early spring wear. They are too pretty in themselves, and too becoming to all figures to be lightly laid aside. The Position Now Attained By America's (greatest giano thoroughly vicious. Therefore anjrone that tries to kill your good opinion of it, is not worthy of 3?our confidence. The only safe way is to examine the piano carefully for yourself . . . tAfKTWS PUVHO 00 . Western Representatives, 130 So 13th st. While the spring and summer styles are, as j et, in embryo, the dresses that are now being made in advance, 6how without exception tbe blojseandguimpe tbat have been so popular throughout the winter. This is an excellent way to make up the foulard silks, without one or two of which no woman's summer outlit is complete. Tbe black and white, and blue and white "lightning streaked" foulards will again be worn, and bid fair to be even more popular than they were last sum mer. The guimpe and sleeves can be made of dotted Swiss muslin with lace insertion, or of muslin tucked ic vatious wajp, or of embroidered Hamburg. With the guimpe and eh eves of separate material, the foulard is gathered into a "baby waist' with caps or small puffs of the silk a3 a finish to the sleeves; other wise tho entire sleeve can be made of the foulard. When lace insertion is used in the guimpe there should be a sash of the foulard trimmed with narrow ruffles or lace. There can be no better or pret. tier way of making foulards than with separate guimpe and sleeves. In this way tbere can be made several extra guimpes, which can go to the laundry, and the ever ready foulard ba always fresh. The "'extra" skirt with which to wear the inevitable shirtwaist for hot days will be the flounced black taffeta. The popular shirt waist will be white with colore j ascots and, presumably, the Ro man tie. The mannish girl with her brother's ties and the severely plain skirt is no more at least for the present. We muEt be flounced, fiilled.furbelowedand effeminate. We ate going to be flounced, we are going to be Gainsboroughed in stead of sailor hatted, and we are going to be bedecked with plumes and flowers, and we are going to bo strikingly pictur esque, and essentially dainty. Tessa. B. F. Wilcox has moved from the Y. M C A. building, Thirteenth and N, to the Halter Block 144 North Thirteenth St;' and it prepared to do all kinds of Upholstering S Gouch faking as cheap as tbe cheapen and better. The JatcKless SHIW . . . is such that an' person who speaks slightingly of it con demns themselves as being either irrosslv ignorant nr OFOR J ait-dressing, Shampooing. ' : Manicuring, Scalp Treatment. : i ; First Class Hair Goods of All ; Kinds, Tonic?, Pins, etc., go to 2VIxs Arxrxe, Rlvett $ : At Mis. Gosper?, 1114 O street 'ocooooo8o(SxgggfrflnonMoluuuuuff . WALL 1A5MTI 2Jc per roll and upwards, at . . . U. HOUR'S, Richard's Block, (l-emincs Uld Sfanrl o 8 '0030ftoftotouoo? I nlERICnN EXCHANGE NUTIOML BANK I LINCOLN, Neb. S Tl Rf. .. ... -r r, - . u.UUu.,uW) A. J.OAWVER, t President. Vice-President 2 D. G. Wi.Vg, Cashier. CAPITAL $25o.ooo. 5 n r u u' A.J. Sawyer, S. H Burnham, E. Finney, J. A. Lan 2 n SMrVLe7s ?reery. N. Z. Snell, 5 a M. Lamberts3n, D. G. Wing, S W. Burnham. b mm2 NEW TOURIST CAR LINE.'" Weekly Personally Conducted Excnr sions to Portland, Ore., via Burlington Route. On February 17 and every Thursday thereafter at 6:10 p. m. Pullman touribt sleepers in charge of our own excursion conductor are scheduled to leave Lin coln for Portland, via Denver, Leadville Salt Lake City, Ogden and Oregon Short Line, passing through the grand est scenery of the Rockies and stopping several hours at Salt Lake City to allow a visit at many points of interest there Berths, tickets and full information may ba obtainej at B. & M. depot or city ticket office, corner Tenth and O. Geo. W. Boxxkll, C. P. & T. A. Fifteen Hours to Chicago. LaRit.t-ake8' ,if you ,eave Lincoln on the Burlington's new fast train at 11-10 p.. m., any day. No change of care, P tire train of Pullman slSpJrSd free reclining chair cars runs solid to Chi cago union depot. Call at B & M depot or city office, cor. O and 10th streets KJ berths, tickets and full information ,
