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A number of young society ladies and
gentlemen went down to the four o'clock
train on Wednesday morning to eoo the
circus animals nnloaded.
Mrs. A. M.Davis, Mr?. A. E. Ken
Dard and Mrs. Walter Davis gave a
morning at homo on Friday morning in
honor of Miss Minnie Gaylord of Brook
lyn. Mr. L. G. Richards is ill with typhoid
fever. Mrs. Richards, who was in Den
ver attending the Biennial received a
disconcerting telegram but found ou
her arrival in Lincoln that Mr. Rich
ards' condition had improved. His many
friends will be glad to know that he is
better though strictly eecluded from all
but the immo Jiate family.
PARIS LETThR.
It is quite impossible, it seems to me,
that there should be eo tuuch discussion
over a thing as there is over Rodin's
Ptlzac, without it being something,
very unusually worth whilo. Neither
the commonplaco nor the ridiculous is
aggressive. One can liko or laugh at
either in peace. But nobody seems to
have much peace with "Balzac." The
only people who have a harder time
than those who like it are the Author's
Society who ordered it, and even signed
a contract for it, and who, now it is fin
ished, do not like it. The great public,
meanwhile, "smiles derisive."
The Ltatue stands quite at the end of
the sculpture garden of the Salons, and
I admit that one's first riew of it is some
what of a shocl-. How did Balzac look?
Vvery few data exist to answer the ques
tion. There is the bust by David at the
Comedie Francaise; a little portrait by
Louis Boulanger. which was shown in
1889 at the exposition; a daguerreotype,
without much Depression, taken by
Nadar. Then there are the things that
his contemporaries wrote about him,
from which we learn that he had a
strange, powerful head, thickly set upon
his shoulders by a bull like neck, a
prominent nose, penetrating, ardent
eyes, and that his hair fell in Etrjgghng
locks over his forehead. His body was
beay pnd clumsy. When he worked
he enveloped himself in a loose white
garment, something like a capuchin's
robe, and this was a characteristic fea
ture in bis appearance, which had been
commented on by all those who left on
record their impressions of him. It is in
this robe dp chambro that he isstandiug
in Rodin's status. He has Hung it
around him without even taking the
time to put his arms through the
sleeves. The weight of his body is
thrown b3ck upon one limb, in a posi
tion that a man would take instinctive
ly if he stopped under the influence of a
sudden idea. Wha: M. Rodin has tried
to express is a symbolic Balzac in a su
preme moment of his life, when, stand
ing off and looking at the Human Com
edy, he might have seen it as in a vision
in its entirety.
Very well! What is one's first im
pression as you look at the statue? That
of a colossal, formless figure, wrapped
about in tho barpness of its white plas
ter, with an equally formless garment
without line or shape, and surmounted
by a head with features accented to ex
press power and strength, but which in
consequence seem, if pathetic, grotesque
as well. I could never laugh at it as
half Paris does; to mo it is great-full
of genius; and yet never could I wish
for one minute to sea it erected in any
public place in Paris.
I have talked with some of Rodin's
best friends and warmest supporters
about it, and tht fact is I do not believe,
owing to the very qualities of his artist's
genius, he could ever make a success
ful statue of such a subject. His imagi
nation 13 always busy with dealing di
rectly with nature. In a work liko
"Balzac," instead of nature he has docu
ments. Rodin is not a literary man,
not a reader. Shakespeare. Schiller,
and Dante are almost tho only writers
he cures for. Ho is a seer of vieions
and a dreamer of dreams, and withal
naif and simple and sensitive, and some
times awe struck before some of his
dream? if they tako possession of him.
His idea is to express a character by
distinguishing every possible detail in
connection with it that plays an rssen
eial part. When ho must represent an
abstract conception of a human figure
that he has cot seen, but known only
through literature, it is impossible for
him to realize by his customary means
his conception. This is what I think
today. I wonder how Rodin's Balzac
will seem to me tan years from now. One
sees it very badly at the Salon, as any
one must feel who, as 1 did, hud a view
of it before it was exhibited to the pub
lic. Tho cross lights aro frightful, giv
ing the weirdest possible look to the
eyes, ferocious eha.iows to the curl of
the mustache, and generally unattract
ive lines to tho face.
"Zara," Rejane's new play at tho Vau
deville, is deliriously amusing, in spito
of th fact that it is a one-role play, and
that it is an artistic mistake for Rejane
to waut to do that sort of toing. Her
days in the Vaudeville may bn numbered
for the story is that she is about to ai
vorce her husband, Porel, and then, of
course she must go to another tLoatre.
The Charles Simon, who, with Berton
is the author of '-Zara," is a sou of Jules
Simun. They have made their heroine
out of one of thoe cafe chantont singers,
who form a type as interesting in their
way as Halevy's little Cardinals. Let
mo mention also that "Zara" is accom
panied by her mother a Madame Car
dinal of the purest and most interesting
dye, and admiringly done by Grassot,
who is one of the best French comedi
ans. It was she who cteated the part
of one of tho doves in Bisson's "The
Dove Cote,"which first appeared in Paris
as "Jalouse."
Zara sings in tho provinces; and in
real life the world is not always gay for
young girls who make their debuts in
cafes in the provinces. They make
their engagements through a theatrical
agency, and and generally in virtue of a
commission to the agent of something
like fifteen per cent, on the total of the
entire engagement. Itoften amounts to
as much as the entire salary of the first
month. Moreover, in the provinces
theatres are supported by subscribers,
and the subscribers havo tho right and
avail themselves of it to hiss a novice
who does not please them. The mana
gers, too, had a pleasing device of ar
ranging to have her hissed if he consid
ers, upon reflection, that the engagement
has been based upon a higher price than
he is willing to pay. The unfledged lit
tie songster, in consequence, far more
often than not, at the end of her first
month finds herself out-of-doors and in
debt for the agent's feo Hers is a hap
by, or unhappy-go lucky, as you will,
bohemian world while one is joung in it.
The end is, invariab'y, that some man
pays her debts and looks out for her.
This is what happened to Zara. If
you know Rejane jou can imagine what
a picturesque, original, delightful little
gamin of a cafo chantant singer she
made. The whole piece is Rejane, ex
cept for occasional interludes of her ir
repressible mother. She ends as a star
at the "Ambassadeurs," before whoso
dcors we watch for her in the last act to
see'her walk out between the many
gleaming lamps glowing through the
trees on tho stage, exactly as though
it were the real green of the Champs
Elysees; a lovely vision-- es. lovely
even Rejane, under the trees in the
night light in the most exquisite of
white frocks in whom the play has not
made us believe the least in the world,
but whom we would like to have go on
indefinitely just tho tame.
tho largest dealer in tho western part of tho stato in fireworks I am pro
parei! to givo the host prices on tiro crac'iers. romnn candles, sky rockets-,
bomb she IN, novelties, etc. Don't fail to see tho electric lulooa Hscorsion
in front of our place of business on tho avo of tho Fourth.
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GOOD LUCK GROCERY
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As for tho weather it keeps on lndttl
nitely in its own way without in tho
least consulting one's feelings. Theday
of the Vucdorbilt Dresser marriage the
thermometer was forty, anil it hailed in
tho afternoon. It was u charming wed
ding, market by that unostentatious
simplicity whijh any ono whoknew anj
thingof either family would expect'
There were no flowers except tho cus
tomary whito blossoms on tho church
altar, and nothing could havo been less
spectacular than tho bridal cortege.
First came tho four ushers Mr. John
Aunt, Mr. Frank Andrews, Jr, Count
Antoino Sala, and Mr. Rutgers Lo Roy,
wearitg boutonniere3ot whito orchids.
The two bride smaides. Miss Van Dusen
Reed and Mile, de Montsaulnin, dressed
in da nly gowns of green taffeta; tho
skirts shirred; the bodices made with
revers covered with incrustations of el
low lace, turning away from fronts made
of mousseline do soie edged with tiny
satin ribbons. They wore bliCK hutB
turned up on ono side, pearl pine, given
by Mr. Vanderbilt, and carried bouquets
of white orchids and Iilies-ot the-valley.
Next came the brido on the arm of
her brother, Mr. D.inicl Lo Roy Dies
ser, a tall distinguished-looking girl,
with dark hair waved away from a tino
intelligent face. Sho woro a petticoat
of white brocaded Eatin, trimmed with
lace flounces that belonged to her grand
mother, and a long court train of whito
satin, entirely covered with tho magnifi
cent veil of point-lace that her mother
wore at her marriage. Iho bodice- of
tho dress was fastened at one side by a
bunch of orange-blossoms, and un
trimmed'except for a pretty drapery
jiving the tlltct of a bolero. Orange
blossoms fastened the veil at tho top.
She woro no jewelry. Mr. Vanderbilt
and his best man. Mr. William Osgood
Field, met the bride at the altar. Tho
Eervice was the simple ceremony of tho
Episcopal Church, performed by Dr.
Morgan, Rev. George Merrill, of Tuxo
do, the brido s brother in-law, and tho
Rev. Mr. Hayward. The music was
Guilmant'a "Marchu Nuptiale" for the
entrance of the bridal party, Bach's D
minor Ti.ccata and D minor Fugu?. and
the dear old Mendelssohn'Wedding
March" at the end,
All the American colony of Paris was
present, besides many families and many
friends of both brido and bridegroom
from New York, and there were many
charming faces and beautiful dresses.
Miss Dresser, the bride's sister, woro a
lovely frock of CIun laco over yellow
mousseline do soie, with turquoise belt
and collar. Mrs. Brown, another sister,
wore pink with mousseline de soie. Tho
Duchess of Marlborough was charming
in a dress of Havana crepe do Chine,
with a mantle of the same color with
many frills of mousseline de soie in
exactly the same shade. We noticed
among others the Duchess of Manches
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Sloane, Mr. and Mrs-.
Twombley, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. and
Mrs. Tuck. Miss Bryant. Miss Fairchild,
Madame do Hegeman and her ceice
Madame Konig, General and Miss Por
ter, Mr. Chauncev M. Depew,Mrs Lam
son, Mr. and Mrs. Drake, Mrs. Magru
der, Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander,
Mrs. Bodington, and Mr. Bridgman.
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-Out tn Arizona wo have a way of
Dragging on the purity and clearness
of our air," said Judge Murphy, the
delegate at Washington from that ter
ritory, "and we have reason for it, for
there is nothing like it in the knows
world. The air of California may sur
pass that of Arizona from a photog
rapher's point of view, and It lo claimed
that it does, but as the Arlzonian only
cares for air for breathing purposes, we
are not at all Jealous on that point
We can see mountain tops for over 100
miles, and some here claimed that
mountains 130 miles distant can be
discerned with the naked eye. I was
speaking of this to some friends here
recently when I was blandly Informed
by a Scotch clergyman, who was here
on a visit, that that would hardly be
regarded as in any way remarkable la
Scotland, where, too, he said, the air
was very clear. 'We can see murther
than 130 miles in Scotland," he said.
We can see all the way to the moon.' "
Ex.
Daa'a Pay Uy.
It having been the custom of a cer
tain establishment in the north to pay
the workers fortnightly, and the work
men having found the custom some
what inconvenient, It was decided to
send a delete to the head of tho firm
to state their grievances. An Irish
man, named Dan D , famed for hla
sagacity and persuasive powers, waa
selected for the task. He duly waited
on the master, who addressed him
thus:
"Well, Daniel, what can e do for
yon thl3 morning?"
"If ye plaze, sur, I've been slnt as a
diligate by the workers to ask a favor
of ye regardln the payment of our
wages."
"Yes; and what do they desire?"
queried the master.
"Well, sur, it Is the desire of meallf.
and it is also the desire of ivery man
in the establishment, that we receive
our fortnight's pay every week."
For sale, or will exchange for a first
clas3 Nebraska farm, a number of choice
residence lots in tho city of Htnnibal,
Mo. These lots are in the line of future
improvement and are only about fifteen
minutes walk from the United States
post otlice and district court building;
the trade will be made on a cash valua
tion. For particulars write George D.
Clayton & Co., real estate dealers, Han
nibal, Mo.
Public Srvat.
Inquiring Child Why do the papen
call office-holders public senrants?
Mother Because thty are paid as
much and do so little.