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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1901)
; IA- ft 8 gttSi THE COURIER. 'Wd Going through the Basement Stock preparatory to February 1st, we found a number of odds and ends odd voice them, for these prices will quickly close the lot out I our Annual Inventory, which takes place lines, odd sizes, and so forth. We'll not in- HERE'S THE DESCRIPTIONS-HERE'S THE PRICES. Men's 6 wool hose Men's plain cotton hose Men's fleece lined hose Bo3rs' school hose Ladies' ribbed top, black cotton hose Regular 15 and 17c pair 10' Pair Infant's wool hose, black ribbed Children's fleece lined, fast black hose, all sizes, worth 12c pair 7ic Pair Children's fine rib, im ported cotton hose Children's fleece lined cot. Children's ribbed wool All broken lines worth 25c a pair Ladies' fast black seam less cotton Ladies' fast blk. fleece I'd Ladies' fine seamless wool lined All broken lines worth 25c Men's fine cotton Yz hose Men's fleece lined cot. hose Men's wool hose All worth 25c pair, 15' Pair Pair Ladies' fine black cotton hose, beautiful quality Misses' fine imported cashmere and fleece lined hose Men's Fine Cotton and Cashmere hose All worth regularly 35c and 50c a pair Pair c PRE-INVENTORY PIE, Pair For Saturday & Monday K and J4 off odds and ends in Semi-Porcelain dinnerware. See the Bargain Table' "of plates' cups and saucers. This afternoon Mrs. Arden Chapman and Mrs. Vanderpool will give a ken sington and linen shower for Miss Win nifred Armstrong at the home of the former. The house will be decorated with red carnations and illumined with red candles. On the dining room table broad red satin ribbons will be crossed terminating in large bows at the cor ners. A luncheon will be served. The guests will be Misses Armstrong, Hunt, Barrick, Erford, Clinton, Brown, How land; Mesdames Ayres and Hotaling. Died in Los Angeles California of pneumonia on Wednesday January 23 1901 General David Remick formerly of Nebraska. The body has been sent to Burlington Iowa where it will be inter red in the family lot there in one of the most beautiful cemeteries in this coun try. General Remick was a fine old man with a life rilled with active work. He had accumulated a large fortune. He was a shrewd, David Harum sort of man. He was universally respected, and his advice was continually sought. He leaves a widow and a daughter who has one child. Omaha Notes. The five o'clock tea given by Mrs. Clement Chase for Mrs. Fairfield on Wednesday was a very pretty and en joyable one. Mrs. Fairfield wore an ex quisite Park creation of blue crepe de chine, strapped elaborately in gold braid, with innumerable gold buttons and appliqued in hand-painted velvet roses across the yoke and at the foot ot the skirt A bit of brown marten fin ished the oversleeves and yoke, giving character to the general effect, which was soft and becoming in the extreme. Mrs. Chase was assisted by Mesdames W. A. Redick and Wheeler, and Misses Butterfield, Mellona Butterfield, Eliza beth Allen, Greist and Allen, who pre sided over a dainty ice table, which was also laden with bautifu1 bunches of single violets that filled the room with theirtoffeetness. Tea and coffee in the dining room were poured by Mesdames McCormick and Hull, and here carna tions held sway, aided by the red flower shades on the candles placed at each corner of the table. At the annual meeting of the Omaha Board of Trade all the officers were re elected. Messrs. J. E. Boyd, president; J. S. Brady, first vice president; S. A. McWhorter, second vico president; H. F. Cady, treasurer, and Miss L. C. Harding, secretary. There-election of Miss Harding was something of a testi monial to her very efficient service. The Board of Trade building appetrs to be a popular one, as there is not a vacant office and the exchange room has also been recently rented. A divi dend of $10 per share he also been de clared. For Miss Wessells, Mrs. H. P. Whit more gave an afternoon affair Wednes day, to which about twenty young wom en were aBked to come, each bringing a toast and a riddle as their contribution to the afternoon's amusement. Fore warned was foreordained, and every girl present was ready to respond to the hostess' call upon her, and the toasts ranged through all degrees of senti ment and the riddles through every de gree of nonsense. Miss Taylor's toast that won the prize was as follows: "Here's to the four hinges of friendship steal, swear, lie and drink. If you steal, steal away from bad company; if you Bwear, swear by your country; if you lie, lie for a pretty woman, and if you drink, drink with me." The rid die gften by Miaa Wessells, "Why was Orpheus greater than Wagner?" won the prize, the answer being. "Orpheus made the birds sing and Wagner only made a Lo-hen-grin." Mrs. Fairfield's first "at home" on Thursday afternoon brought out a num ber of callers and the house waa a cozy and charming scene on a wintry day. A hot cup of tea or coffee was served in the dining room by Mesdames Guiou and Chase, who sat at either end of the table, which was further graced by a silver bowl filled with red carnations and four slender silver candlesticks with their red taperB unshaded. Wedding gifts in the form of some very handsome silver dishes were in evidence and com pleted the table appointments. Misses Emily Wakeley, McKenna, Mellona Butterfield and Miss Doane assisted Mrs. Fairfield and durirg the two hours from four to six about forty callers were received. Mrs. D. II. Wheeler, jr., gave a buffet luncheon last Saturday for Mrs. Fair field. She was assisted by Mesdames Rogers, Remington, McCormick, Red ick; Misses Ida Sharp, Curtis, fates, McKenna, Webster and Deane. Ferna and hyacinths decorated the rooms. Mr. John L. Webster returned to his office last week for the first time since his attack of pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cudahy gave a children's dancing party for their daughter, Mies Jean Cudahy, on Fri day evening The Excelsior. LITERARY NOTES. The Saturday Evening Poet announces for early publication a twelve-part serial story of love and adventure by Morgan Robertson. Masters of Men is a power ful talk of the new navy. This romance may fairly be called the best work of the best writers of sr a stories in this country. McCIure'e Magazine for February will contain a character study, "Croker," by William Allen White, in which this bril liant writbr analyzes Tammany's leader and declares the 6ecrets of his power. "In the World of Graft," by Josiah Flynt, will appear in the February number of McClure's Magazine. In this article the author, who has won fame an a personal explorer of the under world, discusses Chicago and its mu nicipal government from the viewpoint of the law-breakers themselves. "Some Recollections of John Wilkes Booth," is the titles of a memoir of Lin coln', assassin by Clara Morris, which will appear in McCIure'e Magazine for February. Out of her own experience in association, with him, Miss Morris writes this account of the unhappy man. rr' S 5525!'