THB 60URIBR.
Ibade at six o'clock in the morning,
Mies Mamie Muldoon to Mr. George
Heffley. After a wedding breakfast at
the bride's home, Mr. and Mrs. HiffNy
began a wedding tour in the eaBt. Mr.
IlelUay is a stalwart, straight, soldierly,
looking man. Miss Muldoon wbb depu
ty state auditor to Mr. Cornell.
Ex-Governor James W. Dawes of
Crete, is one of four recently promottd
Nebraskans. James W. Dawes, J.N.
Killian. B. D. Slaughter and Thomas
Swobe have been transferred from the
volunteer to the regular army. Major
Dawes now has the rank of Captain in
the regular army. Captain Swobe, at
present in the Filipines, is now captain
in the quartermaster's department.
General Killian of Columbus, is now
assistant commieeary of subsistence,
with rank of captain. At the outbreak
of the war he was captain of Company
V K, First Nebraska, and returned from
the Filipines with rank of major and
has since been appointed adjutant gen
eral of the atate. Major Slaughter of
FullertoD, is placed in the pay depart
ment, with rank of captain.
Miss Fear Bishop gave a crokino!e
party on Wednesday evening. Miss
Pollock won first prize and Mr. Hall
Becond. An entertaining program was
furnished by members of the Thalian
club assisted by Mr. Harley Hutted.
Those present were: Misses Varder
veer, Willis, Mussetter, Salisbury, Pol
lock, Marsh, Meiers, Hawley, Smith,
Wagner, Grimm, Snout, Murray and
Mr 3. H F. Bishop; Meaera. H. F. Bish
op, Nelson, Wonderly, Ilusted, Sneider,
Hall, Steiner and James F. Bishop, Jr.
Doctor and Mrs. J. F. Stevens gave a
dinner Saturday evening to Mrs. Lane
of Detroit, Doctor and Mrs. Peters, Mr.
and Mrs E. B. Stevenson, Mr. and Mrs.
F. B. Barnes, and Professor and Mrs.
E. A. Burnette.
Mrs. W. A. Green gave a card party
W- Thursday afternoon and Mr. and Mrs.
Green entertained in the same pleasant
manner in the evening.
Mr. and Mr?. S. M.Smith of Red Oak,
Iowa, are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
G. D. Follmer, on their way home from
a i extended visit in California.
Gregory, The Coal Man, 11th & O.
Miss Nance entertained the Kishmet
c'.ub Wednesday evening.
Miss McClure of Mount Pleasant is
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. F. Kelley.
Mrs. Gallatly of Fairbury was the
guest of her sister, Mrs, Whiting, this
week.
Phi Kappi Psi fraternity will give a
dance at the Lincoln, April 19th.
Mrs. James Irwin of Quincy, Illinois,
is the guest of hnr mother, Mrs. Eliza
Polk.
Miss Holmes' Concert.
The benefit concert to Miss Holmes
on Tuesday evening assembled a large
and handsome audience. The long and
claEsical program was enough to severe
ly test a more mature singer than Miss
Holmes, but she responded to the un
usual demand with an ever rieing cour
age. The stage was arranged and net
as a drawing room with palms, roses
and carnations. The first part of the
piogram wbb of greater musical com
p'exity than the second, where the eim
pl r motifs and more familiar mtloJies
excited more applause. Her dramatic
fervor and discrimination was shown
especially in "Three Fishers went Sail
ing," "To Sevilla," and "My Heart at
Tby Sweet Voice." In the Spanish
song I saw the home sick lover and the
liquid syllables were onomatopes of a
Spanish lover's song. Miss Holmes
clear enunciation of the words of the
soDgs she BiDge, the beautiful English
words each one finished and keeping its
place in the stanza as well as it wi hjut
the aid of melody she were improvising
a poem, increases the literary effect of
her singing. Let us hope that when
Bhe comes back from instruction, she
may still like English beet and that her
liquified tones may still be
plain to understand. Doubtless she
will return with a repertoire of Italian,
French, German and Spanish Eongs,
but no one ever reaches the people ?o
effectively as by singing sorgs to them
in their native tongue. Miss Holmes'
voice is rich and even and free from any
harshness throughout the entire regis
ter. She also has a most agreeable
habit of singing on the key. She sang
the Carmen song with melody but with
out abandon to the joyous freedom and
bohtmianiem of the gypsey song. She
is too youthful, too inexperienced to
sing Carmen.
Miss Holmes waB greeted with im
mense bouquets of lilies and roses. She
was ably assisted by two of the most
talented musicians iu the city. Miss
Silence Dales whose violin has a tender,
deep, human voice never played better
or more acceptably. She was sym
pathetically accompanied by Miss Sy
ford. Miss Hoover's playing is always
characterized by musically true senti
ment and reserve power. Even igno
rance is quiet when her clever fingers
touch the piano. As au encore she
played Fruhlingsrauschen. Miss Holmes'
accompanist, Mr. Randolph, was one of
the Becreta of her confidence. Accom
paniments were never better played or
more delicately and truly shaded.
The concert and preliminary business
were excellently managed by Mr. Neal,
who was the motive power, the initial
force, that started the movement and
kept it moving. The program:
' Creation's Hymn," Beethoven
"Delizia," Beethoven
"My Abode," (Aufenthalt) Schubert
"Greeting to Spring,'' (FrublingB
glaube) Schubert
"Death and the Maiden," Schubert
'The Asra." Rubinstein
Miss Holmes.
Piano solo
(a) Melodie Padereweki
(b) Schetzo Rheinberger
Miss Marie Hoover,
(a) Spring Song; (b) O Love Tby Help;
(c) My Heart at Tby Sweet Voice;
Samson and Delila, Sant Saens
Miss Holmes.
"To Sevilla." Dessauer
'Three Fishers went Sailing,"
John Hullah
"O Mother Mine,'' Homer A. Norris
"September,, Charlton
Miss Holmes.
Violin solo
(a) Adagio Elegique
(b) Polonaise in L Wieniawski
Miss Silence Dales.
"Gypsy Song," from "Carmen," Bizet
Miss Holmes.
an elaborate dinner by forty representa
tive citizens, Mayor Kelly presiding as
tJastmaster.
General and Mrs. Manderson, who
have been at Nassau, are expected home
about the 15th of this month. The
health of General Manderson has been
greatly improved by the change.
Judge Joseph R. Clarkson, whose
resignation from the regular body of
Christian Scientists some months ago
caused such a commotion, has decided
to re-engage in lecturing and teaching,
with the only distinction that his ser
vices will be absolutely free. He will
be pleased to address on the subject of
scientific Christianity any gathering of
people who may invite him and who
will provide a place for speaking.
Died, Tuesday, April 8th at his home,
910 South Twentieth street, Mr. John
L. Doty, aged sixty-five, of paralysis.
Mr. Doty was born in New York, Feb
runry lltb, 1839. He was married in
18G1 to Miss Mary L. McGhee, who sur
vives him. He began the practice of
la? at twenty-five years of age. He
spent fifteen years of his life in the
treasury department at Washington.
H i came to Lincoln in 18SG. He was a
m -mber of St. Paul's Methodist chuich,
and for many years has been a member
of the church board. Mr. Doty has
three brothers in Pennsylvania and one
sister in Kansas. Ihe funeral services
were held on Wednesday afternoon.
Omaha Notes,
f From The Excelsior.)
Mrs. A. G. Beeson gave a musicale on
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Russell Harrison and son are
visiting Mrs. Saunders.
At South Omaha oc Tuesday evening,
Lieutenant Governor Savage was given
"There once was a man in our town
Who wasn't overwise ;
He started into business
But didn't advertise .
Of course there is a moral
Connected with this tale ,
He runs an advertisement now ,
It's headed "Sheriff's Sale'."
OMAHA LETTER.
Omaha, Nebr.,
March 31, IDOL
Dear Eleanor:
I wonder it our old friend LucuIIub.
when he bade the festive Roman 400 to
a feast, was obliged to have the list of
guests pasR under the awful discrimi
nating eye of a "House Committee?"
Probably not, which goes to prove the
immense superiority of modern methods
In these days when money is the "Open
Sesame" to almost any door, however
securely barred it is very difficult to
maintain an aristocracy. There are
fortunately a few devoted souls, who
are willing to brave the hoots of the
rabble, in order to accomplish this
worthy end, if possible. But it is very
difficult Hercules had an easy job,
compared to sweeping the halls of swell
dom free from the dust of plebeian feet.
I know what you are thinking, even if
your loyalty forbids your expression.
Your thou?nts are something like this:
"Dear me! Penelope's preludes are bo
lengthy and bewildering." I will ex
plainsimply give you the episode. I
shall not comment. A little thing oc
curred here last week, which brought
the swords of the classes from their
shining scabbards, and led the masses
to swing their sbillalahs in great shape.
General Fitzhugh Lee the wearer of
well merited gold lace and buttons has
been retired in the fullness of time on
full pay and his works do follow him.
In order to do honor to a national hero,
who has tarried a spare in our midst,
Doctor George A. Miller, who represents
a large chunk of earth's salt, thought
well of spreading a feast and bidding
guests and making merry not because
General Fitzhugh Lee waB going but
as a mark of appreciation that he had
ever come. The larder waB examined,
the linen press, the silver chest no
body had borrowed the forks, the laun
dry had been brought home and there
was plenty of co'd meat for hash, so in
great cheerfulness of spirit, the dear
Doctor handed over his list for the
ultimatum of the House Committee,
little dreaming he was paaiing on a
wad of nitro-glycerine which was likely
to explode and blow the House Com
mittee to Kingdom Come or some other
place where they couldn't be sure of
their company. Near the top of the
list appeared a name never mind
whose but belonging to a gentleman
who stands high also on the list of our
public spirited progressive citizens,
who has occupied civic positions of
trust creditably and whose hands and
pocket are not divorced when it cornea
to the public good. lie is one of the
beet known members of the Commer
cial club. The Commercial club, which
has labored that the Omaha club might
eat The awful eye of the House Com
mittee is said to have screwed in its
monocle and glared on the plain name
of the plain citizen, guiltless of an or
namented handle or an alphabetical
tail.
Then the awe inspiring voice of the
House Committee troubled the ear of
night. "Who is this man whose name
appears among the illustrious cogno
mens of our order? Who was this
man's grandmother? Can any ono as
sure us he had a grandfather? Will
any of the nobles deny the disquieting
rumor that he has been known to ap
pear upon the Rialto in ready made
garments? Who will assume the re
sponsibility of saying he will not eat
with his knife? However painful it
may be to us to inflict a mortal hurt
upon a fellow creature, we owe a duty
to poeerity. It is rot seemly that an
untitled citizen should sit at meat in
the hall of the Nobles,!'' And so it
came to pass that the gold pencil of the
House Committee wrote against the
name of the untitled citizen the fateful
word, "Rejected." A soft sigh, is said
to have emanated from the shining bos
om of the House Committe, when it
realized what a terrible faux pas its
diligence had averted, bo when Tim
Murphy was thrust into his proper place
in the ranks, the General said, "Let the
battle begin!"
The episode has been the chief topic
of conversation at the cafes on the
street and in the offices since the W. U.
aired its sympathy with the rank and
file in an article wherein the "Ward
McAllister" of Omaha was the motif
running thro' a little War Dance whose
melody quite eclipsed a "Hot Time in
the Old Town." Ward McAllister,
otherwise the chairman, is forced to
shoulder all the blame, which I am told
isn't quite fair. Altho' his gold pencil
"done the deed" it was under the com
pelling tye of the entire House Com
mittee. The feast was laid and the banqueters
made merry altho' I am sure there was
a chord in the generous Doctor's heart
which would have vibrated to more
lightsome melody if the plain citizen
bad not been excluded. He, however,
has good, generous meals at home, and
was no doubt more comfortable next
day than if he had lingered long over
the champagne cup at the Omaha club.
"Behold what a great matter a little fire
kindleth!"
We are very much rejoiced over the
fact that the senatorial robe baa been
dropped upon shoulders bo well fitted to
wear it gracefully as Mr. Millard's. 1
dare say Mr. Dietrich is all right too,
but as the Englishwoman would say in
her Love Letters he is not exactly our
"Ownest Own." By the way since you
ask me I have not read those letters
but the parodies on them have fallen
under my notice quite frequently and
have succeeded in prejudicing me to
such an extent that I do not care par
ticularly. Just fancy, Eleanor, if any
enterprising, unscrupulous publisher
should ever get hold of our letters and,
not caring how he made his money, or
whether he xade any at all, published
them! It might be a treat for the jel
low backed public, but fancy our cha
grin! I hope the benefit for your recently
discovered singer may be a great suc
cess. I wish there had been more dis
cerning publics in my youth. I should
admire to have been discovered. How
often
"Nature in her far off glens
Flutes her soft messages to men."
and find they are heedless, too hurried,
too selfish to listen and the messages die
away disappointed. Do yon remember
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