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Elizabeth is not lazy. She begrudges
the time spent in sleeping away from
her bushes and Hower-beds. In choos
ing to spend her time in the garden
writing about it she has made more
people happy than all the other good
German women put together.
Advice to Singers.
Madam Schumann-Heinck advises
a singer not to bundle her throat in
wads of wrappings every time she goos
out of doors. She says that she her
self takes the air every day and beside
putting on, a wrap does not pay any
extra attention to her throat. Mme.
Schumann-Heinck has eight strong
children. She works half the year
and the other half lives at home with
her children and her husband, prac
tising her repertoire and going to bed
early, tramping the fields and behav
ing altogether like a sensible human
being and not like a squeamish spoiled
prima-donna. She says that a throat
that is never exposed to the changes
of temperature out doors'will respond
to the wandering draughts that lloat
about a house and that the strength
ening of the outside atmosphere is
particularly beneficent to singers'
throats.
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La Belle Canto.
Among all the young ladies who
sing there are perhaps only five or
six great singers in this country.
Sweet voices there are by the
dozen, but a great singer must have
volume of tone, sweetness, the musical
temperament and the literary temper
ament or the faculty of receiv
ing inspiration and conveying it to
others. Miss Lora Holmes of this city
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CALENDAR OP NEBRASKA CLUBS
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literary subject is considered. As we
hold our two receptions each year at
our homes, tha membership ib limited
to twenty-five, and we And that fifty is
quite a nice little company to entertain.
Our husbands have so enjoyed our re-
floor. The Chancolior referrod to the
status of women under Mohammedian
rule. In all parts of Asia Minor wives
are considered as mere chattels and
even children are allowed to be cruel to
their mothers. The Chancellor could
ceptions that they have issued invita- Bee little hope for improvement in Ar
il. W'S. c. Kllznlx'th:in Af.o
I.Lotosc
S. Self Culture c. Musical Program
rt. W.n. c. Kichelieu
0. Hound Table, Economics. . .
i. Fin do Siecle c. Shay's Ketielllnn
..Dundee
.Lincoln
St. Paul
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Seward
ttons to a banquet in honor of the Wo
man's club. For one, I am glad that
the club movement extends to the entail
er towns, that women may have oppor
tunities to read and talk together over
the home and its welfare, the communi
ty and its needs, the nation and its in
terests. Success to the Woman's club!
Mrs. L. B. Wilson, Sec'y.
The sixth annual announcement and
year book of the Woman's club of Ash- old form6tl the program
At the meeting of the Woman's club
of Plattemouth, Friday evening, March
22nd, current topics led by Mrs. Travis,
and current literature led by Mrs. Her-
The former
land bas been received. The cover is
white with gold lettering and Joined
together by a lavender cord finished
with a pink tassel. The club was both
organized and federated in 1894. "Look
one step onward and secure that step"
is the goodly and uplifting moral the
club has chosen. A Btudy of Shakspero
is tho year's program, with an ocea-
included discussion of the Hay-Paunce-
foot treaty and other features with
which the members showed themselves
familiar. The feature of the literary
department was a paper entitled, "The
Ethical Influence of Modern Fiction,"
prepared and read by Miss Pryce of
Lincoln. Quotations from fiction were
given, and a general discussion and com-
menia or other Turkish domains owing
to the political complications. Tho
lecture was heard with tho closest at
tention and utmost pleasure by the
ladies. Musical numbers opened and
closed the program which was under
the direction of the history department,
with Mrs. A. E. Burnett as leader.
Miss Aenone Poston played Lizt's "Hun
garian Rtiapsodie," Ko. G, and Miss Lell
Loucks sang a pretty vocal number.
"The Orioles," by Garner. Mrs. Nellie
M. Richardson addressed tho ladies for
a few momenta and urged them all to
register and vote for the school bonds.
The president, Mrs. II. M. Bushnell,
announced that Professor Fossler would
speak on Tennyson's "In Memoriam,"
at the next meeting of the literature
department, and invited all the ladies
to attend. The following ladies were
appointed delegates to the city im
provement society: Mesdames Ilerron,
Rose, Berge, Adams, Haskell, Hibner
sional miscellaneous interlude and par- Pa"son of the fiction of the last half and Peckham. A musical will replaco
liamentary lore. The meeting on Oc- century, proved interesting. Mrs.Stou- the usual hterary program at the next
tober 3rd, was a reunion; October 17th, tenborough announced a lecture upon regular meeting of the club.
Shakspere as a tragic poet: October China, on Friday evening, March 20th,
by itev. v reund.
31st, a miscellaneous meeting. In No
vember, Hamlet waB the class study
and a lecture on "Household Econom
ies'' covered the miscellaneous topic.
In December, Hamlet was again the
class study, and January offered tho
topic subject of "Shakspere's Women"
and a debate upon the Filipine question.
February continued the study of Ham
let.and gave a program devoted to"Wom-
The New Book. Review club will meet
Wednesday, April 3rd, at the home of
Mrs. Stonebraker. Miss Howland will
review "Joy of Captain Ribot" by
Valdes.
The literature department of the Lin
coln Woman's club will meet Thursday,
has the deep, powerful awakening en as Wage Earners in the Home." April 4th, at the home of Mrs. Elmer
voice, the literary and the musical The class 6tudy in March is given to Stevenson. Professor Fossler will ad
temperament. The cultivation of Hamlet, and on March 20th, a paper was dress the club on the poem "In Mem
sueh a marvel of a voice and the train- read on "The Unrealiem of Fiction." The oriam." All members of the Woman's
ing of all the mysterious endowment year's work closes on April 3rd, with
which a great singer must possess
from the beginning should be en
trusted to the best and most skillful
teachers. It is hoped that the bene
fit which has been arranged by Miss
Holmes' friends will provide her with
the funds for a season's study with
the best teachers in this country.
The great sopranos and contraltos,
who one after another have sung in
opera and concert to thousands of
charmed people have had originally
no better roice than Miss Holmes.
Head and heart, throat and the emo
tional nature combine in Miss Holmes
to make a great singer. If fortune is
kind and she can acquire the educa
tion such a legacy demands, Miss
Holmes will add to
recital. The officers of the club are:
Pres., Mrs. Julia Von Mansfelde; vice
pres., Mrs. Phoebe Hayward; rec. sec,
Mrs. Emma Snell; corr. sec, Mrs. Car
rie Hicks; treas., Mrs. Dora Pearson;
librarian, Mrs. M. T. Johnston.
club are invited to share in this oppor
tunity of hearing Professor Fossler.
The Dundee Woman's club has kindly
sent the Courier their year book, of
refreshing appearance in its apple green
cover with a monogram, D. W. C. The
officers are: Mrs. E. V. Heaford, pre?.;
Mrs. D. L. Johnson, vice pres.; Mrs. W.
B. Howard, sec.; and Airs. L. O. Perley,
treas. The club has chosen history for
its year's theme and has taken the fol
lowing words from Emerson for guid
ance: "I have no expectation that any
the growing repu- man will read history aright whothinks
tation of
genius.
Lincoln as the home of
The Vigil.
S. E. ATHEARN.
Lord, give my sleep or I die.
From night till morning is my cry :
My heart beats so wearily,
The hours pass so drearily.
If my work on earth is done,
If my race is nearly run,
Oh, give me sweet patience to bear
Whatever thy loving care
Sees is fitting, that I may be
Prepared for Eternity.
what was done in a remote age by men
whose names have resounded far, has
any deeper sense than what he is doing
today.' The program offers the first
three meetings under the title of Tran
sition Period; one afternoon in October
and two in November are given to the
study of the age of Charles V;two meet
ings to the Reformation, and four to the
period of Henry VIII. March and
April are devoted to the Elizabethan
Age and in May the subjects are Learn
ing and Literature and the Renaissance
in Art. The annual meeting occurs on
May 29th. Current events occur on
every program except the last one.
The Auburn Woman's club held their
annual meeting for the election of of
ficers Thursday afternoon, March 21st.
The result was as follows: Pres., Mrs.
S. W. McGrew; first vice pres., Mrs. T.
L. Fisher; second vice pres., Mrs. W. II.
Stowell; sec, Mrs. Arthur Allen; treas.,
Miss Alberta Campbell; sergeant at
arme, Miss Lena Frerichs. Reports
were read by the secretary and treas
urer. The report of the secretary show
ed an increase in membership and also
that the work planned by the program
committee had been successfully car
ried out. While the treasurer's report
did not indicate a flushed treasury it
did show that all outstanding debts had
been paid without any extra assessment
of members notwithstanding the fact
that expenses had been heavier during
the past year than ever before in the
history of the club An instrumental
solo was furnished by Mrs J. C. Kil
larney, and a vocal duet by Mesdames
The calendar of the Exeter Woman's
club arrived at the Courier Office this
week. It bears a gay countenance
bound in an American Beauty shade,
tied with yellow ribbons. This is the
third annual program. The club has
twenty two members. "The world ad
vances, advance with it." are the words
of progress chosen by the club. The
program for the year is of miscellaneous
character. The meeting of October
10th was devoted to domestic topics.
Food classification, force production,
energy from food, economic valuo from
food and nutrition were among the sub
jects. On October 24th the theme was
Famous American Women. Those who
were discussed were Frances E. Wil
Iard, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton,
Helen Hunt Jackson, Harriet Stowe,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Lilian Whit
ing. November 14th occurred a debate,
"Resolved, Trusts are a benefit to us as
a Nation." November 23th was a Eu
gene Field day and December 12th a
Christmas story and Christmas Eve in
an English home were the main themes.
Constitutional law was the subject of
January 9th. January 23rd was a Will
Carleton afternoon. In February child
study and "Sayings of Noted Command
ers of Our Wars" were the programs
offered; in March child study and Ral
stonism were the main themes; thoae in
April were parliamentary drill and
novels and criticism. The program of
May 8th has the subject of Negro Au
thors and The Teaching of Savonarola.
The last meeting, a business meeting,
occurs May 22nd. Current events oc
cur twelve times on the program; music
seven times; drill thirteen times and
Codington and Allen. "What the Wo
man's Club can do for our Schools" quotations are given at each meeting
was discussed by Mesdames McGrew,
Pierson, Philpenney and Miss Campbell.
"Miss DeMure is inclined to be a lit
tie fast, isn't she?"
"JuBt the reverse. What
sun ever put such an idea
head?"
under the
into your
The Lincoln Woman's club met on
Monday. Chancellor Andrews deliver
ed an address on "Where the Cross and
Crescent Meet." The talk related
especially to Egypt and Mohammedism.
The Chancellor had traveled through
The parliamentary department of the
Lincoln Woman's club met Tuesday
afternoon at two o'clock. Mrs. Plum
mer, leader, devoted the hour to the
general practice of parliamentary law.
The Exeter Woman's club has had an
unusually pleasant and profitable year.
Hb officers are: Mrs. May P. McKin- that country and told a number of de
non, pres.; Mrs. Maggie Costello, vice lightful stories of Eg) pt and the Egyp-
'fWhy. at tho lecture on English liter- pres.; Mrs. May Frost, treas.; Mrs. Lil- tians. He also had a number of large
arure last evening she know who Field
ing and Smollett were."
her
Mashie Why did she break off
engagement to Niblick?
Brassy He had a habit of kissing her
without first yelling "Fore."
lian B. Wilson, sec. The members,
consisting entirely of wives and moth
ers, domestic science is of most interest
and at each alternate meeting some
phase of home life, its comforts, its
health or its morals, are discussed;
while on the alternate afternoon some
photographs with which to illustrate
his remarks. He spoke of the universi
ties and schools where men sixty years
of age could be seen studying in the
same classes with the children. The
pictures showed the pupils old and
The current topics department of the
Lincoln Woman's club met last week
to head an exceedingly bright and in
teresting presentation of the subject of
Disease producing bacteria, by Mrs.
T. C. Munger. The ladies present en
tered into the discussion with much
more freedom than is usual with them.
The result of interviews with several of
the physicians of town regarding their
experience with vaccine during the re
cent small pox epidemics was also given.
young, seated with their books on the At the next meeting of the department
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