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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1900)
tHB COURIER A ? t f daughter of Mr. and Mrs L. Thompson, on Tuesday evening, to Mr. John G. AnUrson. The Rev. F. W. Eaton, rec tor of Holy Trinity Episcopal church officiated. Mrs. Seacrest and Mrs.Trapb.Rgen en tertain the M. M. club at 1951 Euclid avenue, this evening. The Misses Gere gave a dinner last Saturday evening in honor of Miss Bar ley. The guests were Mesdames H. H. Hirley and E. G. Folsom; Misses Har ley, Edna Harley, Richards, Ames and Heaton. A breakfast was given by Mrs. E. C. Folsom on Thursday, in honor of Miss Harley. Those invited were Mrs. H. H. Harley, Misses Harley, Ellen Gere, Frances Gere, Richards, Edna Harley, and Heaton. The K'Bhmet club met with Miss Fay Marshall on Thursday. Euchre waa played and the evening passed very pleasantly. The Sans Souci club gave a dance at Walsh hall on Thursday evening. Mrs. Manning, who has been studying in Chicago for the past three months, will be the gunat of her sister, Miss Dennis, during the holidays. Miss Ruth Bryan returned on Friday, December twenty first, from Monticello seminary. Mr. and Mrs. M. Janowitz have issued formal announcement of their marriage. They are at home at 1315 E street. SILHOUETTES, BY MARTHA PIERCE. tyHUMW Plxo Great Annual S Greatei than ever this year from the fact that a backward season has left mfre goods than usual to be disposed of has made greater profit sacrifices necessary greater selling imperative. Ttye gale Begins on Wdnesda. January 2 And it's our intention to make it the most important clearing sale we've ever had. Come to the store if you can. If you can't, send your name for a special circular. Gregory, The Goal Man, 11th &. O. Mr. Arthur Raymond, an undergradu ate of Union College, Schenectady, sun prised his family by appearing on Mon day for the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilkinson of Oma ha, are visiting Mrs. Carpenter at 1020 K street: Mrs. Robinson of Chicago, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. John B. Wright. Miss Sherwood of Connecticut, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Lambertson. Miss Blanche Uargreaves has return ed from Smith College. Mrs. Stebbics is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. When a Man's Forty. "A Happy New Year to you Miss Kit ty," I murmured, bending over her hand. I admit that I placed some slight, and perhaps unnecessary empha sis upon the pronoun. I suppose 1 did look melancholy and possibly I sighed. She maintains that I did "like a fur nace." I maintain that, even granting the truth of all this, it was distinctly unkind in Kitty to laugh. But Kitty is often unkind. Sometimes I halt be lieve she knowB it, and is not sorry. But that is, of course, a matter of mere conjecture. I should not have been hurt, if young McWiliiams had not stood so provoking ly near, making an idiotic failure of an attempt to conceal his gratifiatioo. A man of experience naturally dislikes be ing grinned at by a young monkey, who has his raiton d'etre, yet to demonstrate I have no special love for young Mc Wiliiams. He goes through the world as if the chief end of man waB to spend his father's money and enjoy Kitty Car ruther's society forever. At any rate he is eternally hanging about her, a sort of animated fan and glove holder. I said as much t Kitty, later when we were in the r. jervatory. As her father's dearest friend I am accorded certain privileges an uncertain place in Kitty's affections, and am permitted seme free dom in offering advice at times. Kitty is somewhat difficult. She threw me a queer little smile from the corner of her mouth and a side look from under her lashes, but all she said was: "How ridiculous you are, Mr. Vander-vert-'' "Of course you mean 'how ridiculous he is.' You cannot mean that J could in any way be included in this spectacle of subjugation, which is, as you Bay, ridiculous. It is er er panoramic." "If being disagreeable is really a pleas ure f you, Mr. Van der vert, I trust you will continue to amuse yourself. It does not annoy me in the least," said Kitty, rathlessly tearing at the smilax. "I quite fail," I said, painstakingly re arranging the smilax, "I quite fail to see the appropriateness of your last re mark. In fact I consider the first part of it very unjust. I think I have been behaving very well indeed. We have been here a half hour at least, and dur ing all that time I have not said a word." "Dear me!" cried Kitty, with vivacity. "Here is a bud on the Marechal Neil, and I am quite sure there was none this morning. I looked carefully. I was so anxious to have a blossom from that particular tree for papa's birthday. It is the fifth you know." "You surprise me! I should have thought him older. Up to this moment I have believed myself to be, approxi mately at least, his contemporary." Kitty laughed gayly, as only youth can laugh out of a pure heart, at my clumsy wit. That is how I lost my head for a moment and began to say: "Kitty you are an angel." But be fore I was quite ready to eLunciate the last word distinctly (I knew she would pretend not to hear), Kitty who is grace, came down from well from wherever it comes down from, very awkwardly, stumbled against a big pot, holding a very large, peculiarly devilish, and ugly, but also, very valuable, cactus. And that was '.he end of that conver sation, for while I waa replacing the plant, (which fortunately waa not brok en) and Kitty was brushing her skirts, with much fluttering, her sister came briskly down the green aisle. Mrs. George Judson is a fine looking woman when she is not too near Kitty, ahe comes close to being a beauty. She has picked up in her looks too, since Judson was gathered to his fathers. "Mother wants to know if you two are ever coming with the flowers for the table. What Kitty? Have you been in mischief?" "She has," I asserted gravely, and as Mrs, George was busy examining the cactus, I took the opportunity to give Kitty a look which any other woman would remember. "A Happy New Year to you, Mr Van dervert," said Kitty when I went avay. She too, placed an emphasis on the pronoun,' but it was a different kind of emphasis and she did not sigh. In fact she gave me a creeping corner of-the-mouth smile and a side glance from un der hir lashas. It is an expression pe culiar to Kitty. It would be simply maddening to a less experienced man. I hope for the sake of his peace, she does not look at Young McWiliiams in that particularly irritating way. Lathrop who was in Germany with Miss Pound is her holidays' guest. Mr. and Mrs. Castor went to Beatrice on Thursday morning to attend the noon wedding of Miss Pearl Cotton and Mr. Fred Black. The bride and groom came home with Mr. and Mrs. Castor and were guests at their luncheon where Mr. and Mrs. Westervelt, Mrs. Cotton, Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Remington, Miss Jackson and Mr. Will Black were the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Black left in the evening for the east. Miss Kirker gave a Iuncheonfor Miss Lathrop of New York on Wednesday. LITERARY NOTES. In variety and worth of contents Mc Clure's magazine for January is notable, as well for literary merit and for art. The first in a series of memoirs by Miss Clara Morris appears in this naaaber, and by the graces of her writing the famous actress gives added value to a narrative full of interest. In this is told the story of her trials and triumphs on the occasion of her first appearance in New York. SOCIETY. The Union Commercial club give an inaugural ball next Thursday to Gov ernor Dietrich, the incoming state offi cers elect and members of the legislature. The reception to everybody will be held at the state house until ten o'clock when dancing will begin at the audi torium to which tickets have been sold. Miss Pound and Miss Olivia gave card parties on Thursday and Friday afternoon. Mesdames Thomas, Ross Curtice and Frank Woods won hand some prizes: a salver, a Japanese water color and a silver fork. Misses Adeloyd Whiting and Mabel Hays served the punch on Thursday afternoon. Miss Some Rix months ago The Ladies' Home Journal offered a series of cash prizes for the best outdoor photographs taken by amateur photographers during the. summer. The returns almost swamped the Philadelphia post office, which in three months delivered 26,400 photographs to the magazine. The photographs make perhaps the largest single collection ever sent to one par ticular quarter. It will require nearly a month's work on the part of the maga zine's entire staff to assort the pictures and make the awards. Do you get your Courier regularly ? 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