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s.iry at that time, the building at Peru
was offered to the state authorities
free of all cost to the general public
If the state normal school should be
located at that place. The offer was
accepted.
Close application and an increased
amount of work had undermined the
health of Mr. Burch and he was forced
to retire from active work in 1868. A
t-even years' vacation found him ready
to take up active church life again and
he was appointed to the charge at Te
cumseh. where he remained one year.
During that time the present Method
ist church building in use at Tecumseh
was constructed. In 1SS1 his regular
appointment was made to read Pawnee
City, where he removed with his family
and remained three years, the maxi
mum of time allowed. Pawnee City
was in need of a church and the build
ing used by the Pawnee Methodists as
a place for worship was erected during
Mr. Burch's pastorate.
Again the strain had been too much
and another rest was necessary. This
time he spent with his family in Peru
that his children might have the best
opportunity to attend college. In 1SS6.
again being in condition to take up
his chosen work, he was assigned for
the third time to the Brownville
charge. When the year had expired
he accepted a call to become financial
agent for York college.
A year in this position was followed
by an appointment to similar position
with Nebraska Wesleyan university,
where he remained at the head of the
department of finances for three years.
At the end of that time. 1801'. he took
a superannuated relation which he has
since held.
Since retiring from active service Mr.
Burch has remained a member of the
Nebraska conference and has main
tained an active interest in other
church work. In the 40 years he has
spent In Nebraska he has seen the
Methodit church membership grow in
numbers from an estimated strength In
1853 of a few hundreds to upwards of
fifty thousand in 1S01. In the same
time Nebraska has passed from the po
sition assigned to it in 1S53, as a part
of the Iowa conference, to a partner
ship in the Kansas-Nebraska confer
ence, formed in the same year at Law
rence. Kansas. After a five years' al
liance the Nebraska followers of Wes
ley were strong enough numerically to
found a conference of their own, which
they did in 1SC1 at Nebraska City. Of
the charter members present at the
original gathering Mr. Burch. Presid
ing Elder Davis, who has just been
superannuated from the Lincoln dis
trict, and Rev. Mr. J. L. Fort, now
residing In University Place, are the
only survivors.
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The Widow His Salvation
John H. Dodson of New Durham, N.
J., recently -fell heir unexpectedly to a
fortune of J3T..000.000. He had always
longed to be appreciated, but only one
humble woman, a widow, had ever
seemed to find any good In him. But
suddenly he became the recipient of
hundreds of matrimonial offers from all
sections of the country, from women,
attractive and otherwise, who sudden
ly discovered that there was a void
in their hearts which could only be
filled by John B. Dodson and his mil
lions. But Dodson had read in the news
papers of heavy suits for lacerated
hearts on the part of women, so he
resisted every temptation to answer
one of these letters, and quickly sought
out the humble widow who had ad
mired him when he was poor, and
married her as she stood. Wichita
Eagle.
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Feed Your Children
In declaring that the man who de
serts his children should be pun
ished with death, the president of the
American humane society may be go
ing a trifle too far, but such a per
son is undoubtedly guilty of a social
crime of great gravity. A man some
times has good excuse for quitting a
woman, but he never has any for de
serting his little chllden. This Is
specially true If they are dependent
upon him for bread. Kansas City
Journal.
SOCIETY NOTES
LIFE'S MAZY "WHIRL
Barely has Lincoln society had a
busier wek than the one just closing.
Receptions, card parties, dinners and
musicales have been of daily occut
rence and ladles have had the delicate
task of choosing between two enter
tainments which were given on the
same day. in such cases of course they
accepted the invitation first received.
The men have not had the same diffi
culty for few evening affairs have been
given and women only have joined for
the most part in the mad rush of
gaiety which has held sway these six
days. True there were the Guenbel
FitzGerald reception, the Usher-Ward
card party, and the two given by Mr.
and Mrs. Garoutte, but these seem few
compared with the large number of
afternoon functions. The near ap
proach of Christmas will cause a slight
lull until that festival is over but
there are whispers of many events to
occur between that and Ash Wednes
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The reception given Monday evening
by Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Guenzel and
mense mound of white chrysanthe
mums interspersed with a few yellow
ones and surrounding this and form
ing a diamond were a large number of
crystal candle sticks bearing white
candles and ferns were scattered over
the lace. The buffet was banked with
chrysanthemums and the chandeliers
were festooned with smilax. Colored
servants passed salads, sandwiches,
pickles, olives, sherbet, small cakes,
and coffee. In two corners of the cor
ridor diagonally opposite were placed
punch tables decorated with smilax
and roses. Miss Usher of New York,
wearing a white grown, presided at
one. She was assisted by Miss
Harley, wearing a pale blue gown,
and Misses Bignell and Hays, both
in pink. At the other table.
Miss Darleen Woodward presided,
and was assisted by .Misses Helen
FitzGerald, Gladys Garoutte, and
Helen Allen, all in white gowns. Mr.
T. J. Usher and Mr. C. H. Rudge pre
sented the guests to Mr. and Mrs.
FitzGerald and Mr. and Mrs. Guenzel.
Mrs. T. J. Usher. Mrs. I. G. Chapin
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Mr. and Mrs. William D. FitzGerald
was the largest social function of the
season and one of the most brilliant.
The decorations were probably the
most elaborate that have ever been
used in the Lincoln hotel. Oriental
draperies were hung between the pil
lars surrounding the court in the cor
ridor and large easy chairs were con
veniently placed for the use of the
guests. A bank of palms In a corner
of the parlor formed a background for
the receiving line and others were
placed here and there throughout all
the rooms. American beauties, long
stemmed and magnificent, were banked
from the floor to the top of the mantel
in the parlor and were carried by the
assisting ladies in that room. The sec
ond parlor was converted into an
oriental room. Below a frieze of em
broidery rich hangings entirely con
cealed the wall. Cosy corners and lux
urious couches with many pillows
lured the weary to tarry for a brief
rest. The walls of the smoking room
were hung with Navajo blankets, the
furnishings and lights were red and
an aborigine in the attire of a savage,
emerged whenever necessary from a
red tepee in a corner of the room to
present smokers with fragrant Ha
vanas. The ordinary was used as a
supper room. The large round ban
quet table stood In the centre. It was
laid with rennalssance lace over yel
low silk. In the centre was an Inl
and Mrs. J. C. Seacrest assisted In the
parlor. In the oriental room Mrs. D.
M. Butler. Mrs. C. H. Rudge and Mrs.
Willard Kimball did the honors ad
in the corridor Mrs. E. Bignell, Mrs. E.
B. Finney. Mrs. W. C. Phillips and
Mrs. Ingalls assisted. An orchestra
stationed in the corridar played popu
lar music. Dancing began at half after
ten o'clock. Mr. Ringer and Mr.
Swartz were Hoor managers.
Mrs. FitzGerald wore an exquisite
gown of white crepe de chine. Mrs.
Guenzel wore pale blue crepe de chine,
point lace and diamonds. Other lovely
costumes noticed were Mrs. Usher,
white organdie, corsage made decol
lette; Mrs. Chapin, black net with a
corsage bouquet of red roses; Mrs.
Seacrest, white nun's veiling trimmed
with satin and lace; Mrs. Rudge, green
lansdowne; Mrs. Butler, white silk tis
sue with touches of black; Mrs. Kim
ball, green crepe de chine, Mrs. Bignell,
heliotrope crepe trimmed with real
lace; Mrs. Finney, pale blue dimity
with white satin sash and garnitures;
Mrs. Ingalls, white with light blue gir
dle and cream lace; Mrs. Philips, blue
swiss embroidered with black; Mrs.
John B. Wright, white lace; Mrs. John
Dorgan. black with inserting over
white taffeta, corsage trimmed with
point lace: Mrs. Alexander Wilson;
black and white striped satin; Mrs.
Levi Munson, white striped grenadine
over blue taffeta; Mrs. A. R. Mitchell,
black and white striped, silk, Mrs.
George Crancer, gray silk, black lace:
Mrs. A. S. Raymond, black and white
grenadine; Mrs. W. J. Bryan, black
silk: Mrs. E. P. Savage, striped gr.tj
silk: Mrs. C. C. Quiggle, green lans
downe with cream Inserting; Jr..
Henry Mayer, pale heliotrope satin
Mrs. Charles Mayer, gray silk; Mrs
M. D. Welch, black net: Mrs. L. J.
Herzog, white applique; Mrs. Aath,
black spangled net; Mrs. M. H. Ev
erett, gray silk; Mrs. H. H. Everett,
black chcintilly lace over white taffeta.
Miss Kirker, lavender and white foul
ard; Mrs. Elmer Stephenson, white or
gandie: Mrs. E. Lewis Baker, yelluw
organdie: Miss Perkins, blue and white
foulard; Mrs. H. B. Ward, striped hel
iotrope silk; Mrs. John Fitzgerald,
black spangled net.
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A delightful affair sandwiched be
tween the card parties, dinners and re
ceptions of the week was the musicale
given Thursday afternoon at the home '
of Mrs. Haskell by Mrs. George Ever
ett Haskell and Mrs. Edward Lewis
Baker. The spacious home beautiful
in itself was given added charm by the
decorations. There were many palms
in the reception hall. In the little
west parlor golden chrysanthemum's
matched the yellow tint of the wall
contrasting well with the Boston ferns
which were their companions. In the
music room at either end of the piano
stood drooping palms beneath which
the musicians stood, and on the man
tel were bouquets of gorgeous Ameri
can beauties. The dining room was a
dream, a vivid one in the red and
green of the yule tide. The polished
table was veiled with exquisite Mexi
can drawn work over which was a
mantle of holly. A basket of holly with
a large bow of red satin ribbon on the
handle stood on the centre of the table
and at each of the four corners on a
small mirror stood silver candelabra in
which burned red candles. Ropes of
evergreen caught with red ribbons out
lined the table. American beauties
were on the buffet. To Mrs. W. C.
Phillips belongs the credit for the a
rangements. Mrs. John B. Wright and
Mrs. Clinton R. Lee. both in handsome
white gowns, served red ices and
poured coffee. They were assisted in
serving snow balls, maccaroons and
red confections by Misses Hartley. Ag
new. Hays and Manrid, all in white
gowns with touches of red. Mrs. F
M. Hall presented the guests to the
hostesses. Mrs. Haskell wore a be
coming gown of black point d'esprit
over taffeta, with transparent yoke of
jetted net and wore an aigrette In her
coiffure. Mrs. Baker's gown Was a
handsome taffeta. American beauty
color, with capuchon and deep tlounce
of black real chantilly lace. Mrs. R. T
Van Brunt directed the guests up
stairs and they were seated by Mrs. A.
A. Scott. Mrs. D. M. Butler and Mrs.
J. W. Winger. Master Phillip Baker
admitted the ladies and little Margaret
Haskell presented each with a red" car
nation as they left the dining room.
And now the program: it was an ex
cellent one throughout. Mr. Jules
Lombard, a musical patriarch. w;ho
sings with all the feeling and senti
ment of a youth, appeared first with
a double number. He was several
times recalled and responded with "I'm
a Child of the King," and a touching
little Scotch song. Mrs. Baker was
suffering from a heavy cold which was
not evidenced in her singing. Her
numbers were rendered in a manner
which left nothing to be desired. The
first. "Rldonami la Calma." and the
last of the group. Linda Mia, were the
best adapted to her style. Persons Who
had heard Mr. Oscar Gareissen in song
recital were interested In advance In
the violinist his brother. They expect
ed much of him and their expectations
were realized. He has a beautiful
tone, and he has temperament and with
these he is modest and also obliging
and graciously responded to encores,
adding to the delight of his listeners,
two numbers, Cavatlna by Raff, and a
slumber song by Hauser. Miss May
belle Hagenow played the accompaiti-
