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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1901)
THE COURIER. 8 m 31. Who sharpened the knife for carv ing? Steele. 32. By whom wbb a message sent to ab sent guests? Cable. 33. What did this gathering: do for the hearts of thoie present? Gladden. 34. In leaving the table what did many gussts require? Ade. 35. What did the reet want to be? Ful ler. 30. With what do the guests look to ward the next year's meeting? Hope. Omaha Notes. Mre.Fitzhugh Lee and daughter, Miss Lee, left Thursday for Arizona, where it is hoped the milder climate will be bene flcial to Mrs. Lee, whose health has not been good during her stay here. Miss Anno Lee will remain in Omaha with her father for the rext two months. The cotillion Thursday evening was preceded b a number of dinner parties, Miss Orcutt's being one of the largest and most elaborate. It wbb a Valentine affair from beginning to end and hearts were in evidence in nearly every course as well as in the place cards and deco rations, which were a dainty combina tion of pink and lavender. Those pres ent were Miss Swensburg, Miss Stand ish, Mi6s Moore, Miss Edith Smith, Mies Ellen McShane, Mrs Beaton, Miss Or cutt, Mr. Sam Burns, Mr. Haskell, Mr. Dwight Swobe, Mr. Colpetzer, Mr. Jacques of Chicago, Lieutenant Day, Mr. Beaton and Mr. Orcutt. Another dinner was giren by Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCoimick, who entertained Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield, Miss Emily Wakeley and Mr. Clark Redick. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Kountze had as their guests Mrs. Jprrems, Miss Webster, Miss Anne Lee, Mr. Pax ton, Mr. Heth and Mr. Gannett. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Robinson enter tained Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock, Dr. and Mrs. Summers, Mr. and Mrs. Page, Mr. and Mra. Cudahy, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith at a beautiful dinner. The round table was all in white and green, the basket in the center being filled with hyacinths, white carnations, liiies of the valley, phrygia and asparagus ferns, making a most graceful and delicate piece. Dr. and Mrs. Harry Lyman gave a dinner at the club which included Miss Montgomery of Council Bluffs, Miss Mount, Mr. Prker of New York and Mr. Dixey Thompson of Duluth. St. Valentine reigned supreme at Met ropolitan hall Thursday evening, when the fourth and last of the cotillions took place, ably led by Mr. Paxton, Mr. Heth, Mr. McCormick and Mr. Chat Redick, who, with Mrs. Harry Lyman, made the arrangements. The walls from end to end were festooned with strings of red hearts from a border of southern Btnilax, while at intarvaU between the windows hung a single enormous heart The chandeliers were turned, intocanopiee of emilax and amoDg the pahns that filled the stage in front of the'orchestra gleamed more red hearts till they seemed to dance before the eyes wherever you turned. The opening figure was direct, the favors being Valentines, and instead of distributing them from a table, too wheelbarrows, covered with red and trimmed with smilax, were brought in before each figure filled with the favors for thit figure, two boys in red livery bringing them in. There were silver tea bells for the gitls, tiny heart-shaped silver lockets on ribbons, bows and arrows, brilliant pink crush roses for the hair, and dainty books, while for the men were heart-shaped keyrings, silver handled blotters, a sheaf of ar rows, boutonnieres, and books. The latter were especially appreciated as be ing charming souvenirs. One of the best indirect figures of the evening was the Wheel of Fortune, which was set up at the end of the hall, and the men aa they came up were given numbers to correspond with the numbeis of the wheel, while each girl in turn stood be fore its fast revolving face until it stopped at a number, and the man hav ing the same number claimed her for the dance. Meantime the electric lights were turned off and a calcium light from the end of the hall opposite the wheel threw a broad path of changing colors down the center of the room through which the dancers flitted like motes in the sunshine. The old but pretty driving figure was used, the gay ribbons and bells making a merry scene for a little while. Then there was the lantern figure, when, through the dark ened room, the couples carried, as they danced, lighted Chinese lanterns on the end of bamboo polos, with quite a firefly effect as the lights danced up and down with the motions of the two-step. Finally bags of confetti were distributed and the ball broke up in a shower of the varicolored bits of paper which will linger long in the folds of many a gown to remind its owner of a very delightful evering. which ended with sighs of re gret on all sides that the season was nearly over and the cotillions danced out. The success of the Cotillion Club this year has been due largely to the energy and enthusiasm of Mrs. Harry Lyman, whose ability to carry out any thing she undertakes has been proven in many other instances, and for which Omaha society owes her a debt of thanks and appreciation. Among the dancers were Dr. and Mrs. Lyman; Messrs. and Mesdames Redick, Sprague, Wheeler, McCormick, Fairfield, Chase, Blackwell, Page, Latham Davis, Luther Kountze, George Palmer, Beeson, Sapp of Council Bluffs, Cowgill, Wilkins, Pax ton; Misses Burr of Lincoln, Webster, Montgomery, Ed ily Wakeley, Horde of Central City, Moore, Orcatt, Curtis, Carita Curtis, Edith Smith, Elizabeth Allen, Lomax, Kountze, Swensburg, Standish, Mount, Goodrich, Anne Lee, McShane; Mesdames JerremB, Jenney of Council Bluffs, Herbert; Dr. Bridges, Dr. Nelson Mercer; Messrs. Cooley, Swobe, Burns, Clark Redick, Jacques, Parker of New York, Ganrett, Fred Hamilton, Creigh, Stewart, Mayne of Council Bluffs, Hull; Lieutenant Lee, Lieutenant Day. A number of spec tators, including Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson, Mesdames Wakeley, Heth, Lomax, Davis, Baxter, Herman Kountze and Swartzlander, were present. Lent will not be entirely without its mild pleasures, among which will be the Saturday morning musicales, beginning next Saturday, at Mrs. Cudahy'B, with a Bong recital by Mr. Garrieraen. The responses to the announcements sent out early in the week come in prompt!) and in large numbers, promising success socially as well as musically ilnd finan cially, The patronesses are Mesdames Guy Barton, Kirkendall, Buchanan, J F. Barton, Herman Hountze, Wattles, Kifpatrick, Yost, Patrick, Manderson, Connell Wilhelm, George Baker, Yates, Harry Lyman, Cudahy, A. C. Smith, McWhorter, Cuming, Guy Howard, Arthur BraLdeis, Clement Chase, W. S. Chase, Hitchcock, Joslyn, Bidwell, Lindsey, Fairfield and Miss Boyd. General Fitzhugh Lee was retired on Thursday and will be succeeded here in the command by General H. 0. Mer riam, whom he succeeded, and who will also have the department of Colorado, with headquarters at Denver, as before. The end of the social season will be marked by a dinner-dance Tuesday eve ning, organized by Mrs Arthnr 0. Smith. Mrs. Herman Kountze, Mrs. Luther Kountze, Miss Edith Smith, and Miss Lindsey will giva dinners for twelve gnests each, while Mrs. Learned entertains sixteen and Mrs. Arthur Smith twenty-four, making over forty couples altogether who will meet at "Hillsdale," the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Yates, for the dance afterwards. Excelsior. m: W :foib$Miim(g New Wearing Apparel. Early arrivals in spiing things styles that indicate the correct thing" for the new season. New taffeta dress skirts at $6.97, $7.50, $8.50, $9.50, $10, $12, $15 and up to $35. Wool 4ress skirts, all the new styles, prices range up ward from $3.75 to $20.00 New satin and taffeta silk waists,bishop sleeves, ea,$5. 00 New walking- skirts from, each .$1.25 to $8.50 New percale wrappers up ward from, each 65c $1.25 fleece lined wrappers, to close, each 97r Tight-fitting jackets, $12.00 to $13.75 goods, to close now, each $5.00 Women's box jackets and all children's jackets on sale now at HALF 'A big book of description would not do this showing itistice nor even describe all the different things. An inspection is the only way to become familiar with the stock and to become familiar with this stock is to know the proper weaves and colorings or the new season, to be acquainted with Dame Fashion's favorites. New Lawns.up, all the way from 5c Dimities, 30 to 33 inches wide, at y2c. lOc, I2c and up to 50c Ginghams, nnw designs, at 5c, IOj, 12c and up to 50c ? Batistes at lOs, 15c, 1 8c and up to 35c t -i ig : :,!.. i c - . -., jrercaie, ou iu. wiuc, per joru .... ..................... g k, iuc, l.:C WP Wb 1 m ivifli mm m S! Atxiotie -ttxe Ilrxexxtm Good cotton towels, heavy, y each 5c gjgl All linen towels, 19 x 36 inches, each 1 5c ftiy m WW &e$tfkunm( ia mrt Luxurious Dying for $15.00. The Italian colony of New York sup plies this anecdote to a paper in the February Century, entitled "Humor and and Pathos of the Savings-Bank:" An old Italian street vender, a con sumptive, feeling that his end wbb draw ing near, prepared a scheme for ending hia days in comfort. Observe the orig inality and delicacy of the scheme that he successfully worked on Little Italy. He had only $75 in the bank, and of this be drew 170 and redeposited it in a few dayB. He drew it again, and again re deposited it, continuing the operation at brief intervals, until on the credit side of h:B pass-book he had entries of all these various sums footing up $800, and on the opposite page drafts to the amount of about 1785 balance $15. After carefully cutting out the page showing the amounts drawn, and leav ing the long line of deposits, he took to hiB bed and called in his friends. He was dying; they could see that, the old man told them. They were good fellows, and loved them all, and he wished Pedro, the banana peddler, and good Giovanni, the boot black, and Arturo, the wine seller to know how affectionate ly he regarded them. What he bad to leave them was not much would Ed gardo, good old Edgardo, kindly find, be tween the mattress and what used to be the springs, his bank book? Yes; that was it. Take it to the window and tell him how much there was. Eight hundred? Ah, well, thaukB to God that it was so rcuch; but oh that it were more, for such good fellows as they. Dottore Bartollo bad told him that He might live three months, till spring; would his good friends put back hiB bonk under the mattrees,and when he was gone no, they mustn't cry woulc they take it up to the bank, draw the amount and divide it between them? Meanwhile, a his loving friends of the present, bis heirs in the future, would kindly attend to his little wants? Would they? Did they? That old fellow was fed on the fat of the land while he lay there in bed. He drank more Chianti in a week than he hpd swallowed in five years. It was even hinted by some that Arturo, the wine seller, was hastening the end by the viie Chianti that he constantly produced from his Btock.vhile the push-cart man 1 was so generous of unripe bananas for the sick room that there was a division of opinion in Mulberry Btreet as to whether he was cheering his friend finale with fruit, or endeavoring to com plicate consumption with other ills. At last he swallowed bis last flagon of Chianti, and though Little Italy made .i decent pretense of sorrow, it was real!) en fete at laBt the 8800 was to W drawn,! I was in the bank when the principals, in their holiday clothes, an., with a few chosen friends, arrived. Thej stated the case and asked for tb amount, from which the push-cart mat was to receive some 840 for fruit, tb wine seller 8100, and the others vuriou sums invested for the invalid and hi funeral, leaving some $450 as the "divi dend." I need not describe the email !!S0t .th?' snowed when the ah P-ractionof th pages from one side oi the ooou was explained to the ewm TZT'ltf fcH'derwas made t- nnbank. ,RU thBt the deCBK8e" A l
