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LINCOLN AS A OTY OT CHURCHES
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but a little over thirty years ago that
the first house of worship reared its
modest spire towards the heavens. In
1868 the Methodists built near the cor
ner of Tenth and Q streets a low wood
en structure 25x40 feet It was the first
church In the city, and that church's
pastor, Rev. H. T. Davis, now a super
annuated minister, still lives in Lin
coln. The church began with sixteen
members, and it was the genesis of the
splendid congregation of St. Paul now
occupying the finest church building in
the city. This church was the town
hall .and audience room, where politi
cal conventions and divers other kinds
of meetings were held. At the end of
the first year another building, on the
site of St. Paul, was erected. This
stood until a few years ago at the cor
ner of Slxtenth and A streets, the home
of Trinity.
The Congregationallsts were very
close behind the Methodists. Their
first society was organized in 1866, but
no church was erected until In 1S6S.
This was a small wooden structure at
Thirteenth and L streets, which gave
way in 1883 to the present structure.
The Lutheran church was early on
the ground. The Swedish and German
churches were the first organizations of
that faith to obtain permanent homes.
The English Lutherans worshipped for
a number of years, beginning in 188L -in
a small church at Tenth and H
streets, purchased from the Catholics.
St Mark's and Grace were afterwards
formed from this organization, but
Grace only remains.
The Catholics organized "their con
gregation in 1868, and soon thereafter
built upon the present site of the pro
cathedral at Thirteenth and M streets.
The Presbyterians also were early
upon the ground. They first built in
1W9 on Eleventh street near J. This
bulldlng.now remodeled and doing duty
as a residence, still stands. The pres
ent home of the First church at Thir
teenth and M streets was occupied In
1866.
The First Baptist church was or
ganized August 22, 1869, and In 1871 a
. church was built at the corner of
Eleventh and L streets. This was oc
cupied .until 1886, when the present
handsome building at Fourteenth and
K streets was started.
The First Christian church was or
ganized January 24, 1869. The first
home of the congregation was a small
wooden building at Tenth and K
streets, now doing duty in East Lincoln
as a meeting place. The congregation
worshipped here from July 3, 1870, until
August 25, 1889, -when the fine new
church at Fourteenth and K streets
was dedicated. Adversity came upon
the congregation and the church build
ing was lost to them some years ago.
By the exercise of self-denial and rigid
economy it has been possible to again
house the people in a church of their
own, and only a few Sundays ago the
first service was held in the modest
little temple just finished at Fourteenth
and M streets.
The Episcopal church, too, had an
humble origin. The first service was
held in Lincoln in May, 1868, and the
formal organisation of a parish oc
curred Bine- months later. In 1870 a
frame structure "was built at Eleventh
ad J streets, and consecrated May 5
at the following year. In 1889 the
present house of worship was dedicated
oa the same site. -
The -UalversaHsts organised a ae-
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clety here in 1870, and for years wor
shipped in a small wooden building
near Twelfth and H streets. Ten years
ago a big church edifice on the corner
near by was built This has more re
cently passed into the hands of the
Unitarian society.
The Free Baptists came to Lincoln
in 1886, and still occupy the home they
first built at Fourteenth and F streets.
Most of the other congregations con
tained in the list given came later. In
the meanwhile each of the great
churches has been growing In strength
and numbers and as the city grew mis
sions that speedily .became churches
were established.
Thirty years is not a long time. And
yet in that brief span the churches of
Lincoln have evolved from humble be
ginnings into great towers of strength.
They form the city's strongest bul
warks against evil and are at the same
time Its greatest forces for right living,
morality and brotherly love.
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HOT SODAS IN SEASON
NEW YORK, April 26. Lent Is oyer
and the velvets and furs are laid aside
and New Yorkers are treated, to an.
elaborate array of spring modes, flow
ers and gay colors.
Among the many new spring and
summer models, nothing is more fetch
ing than the white and cream colored
tailor suits. That white is to be the
rage this season is evidenced by re
ports from Paris and the Riviera.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor and many of
the New York fashionables are es
pecially devoted to white. A white silk
voile is the chef d'aeuvre of the ward
robe of a woman who made a lot of
money in copper some months ago,
and who has recently "come out" in
the matter of clothes. The skirt is
perfection as to fit, and shows some
large emplecements of lace on the nar
row front panel. The lace Is a very
heavy filet ground with designs of
Irish crochet appliqued over its sur
face. These combination lace effects
are a feature of the summer.
The coat is a Mandarin, beautifully
tailored and lined with white satin.
There are three squares of the lace
down each side of the front, and the
wide turned-away cuff Is entirely of
lace. The' Inside of the coat, which
shows when the revers are turned
back, has some flower designs worked
out In hand-embroidery, on the filet
ground worlu This must have been a
task most difficult of accomplishment,
but the result warrants the effort, for
it is exquisite. A white lace waist,
garnished with clusters andtrailing
tiny roses, worked out In, narrow silk,
is worn beneath the coat.
This Mandarin coat, with slight va
riations, is among the models which
have just arrived from the other side.
A pongee silk is made with a fly front
and the little high revers, and has
tight-fitting sleeves, even to the wrist.
It hangs icose In the back and front
to about five or six Inches below the
waist, and looks quite natty and nice.
It Is lined throughout with deep cream
satin, and has narrow taffeta bands of
the same color as the pongee, stitched
about wrist, bottom and revers. The
skirt to this Is very handsomely
trimmed with taffeta stitching, termi
nating In squares about' the lower
part, and Is very long. In fact, all the
skirts are long, and no woman can
expect to be in fashion or at all smart
in appearance unless she concedes to
this absolute decree.
Another material used in these
stunning tailored suits is a sort or
rather many- sorts of coarse linen
crash. This may not be the trade
name for it, but I am surejny meaning
will be clear. It does not look" costly -nor
does the name suggest extrava
gance, yet even an unlinedlcoat with a
coarse duay lace collar costs SSGvThe
top part of this model is cat much "like
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a Gibson waist, with the broad shoul
der effect, and it is slightly bloused at
the belt line In front. Below the belt
the coat is plain, with a slight ripple
In the back, and is not very long. The
Cluny collar extends well down to the
waist line in front. Scarcely any of
these spring coats close at the throat.
The new separate skirts of etamlne
and voile, are, as usual, cut close to
the knees and many have the habit
back, modified in some instances.
Brilliant taffeta bands, both un
stitched and stitched,, are the favored
trimming, but these'are applied differ
ently from last-season. A pretty skirt
has bands of exactly the same width
and distance apart from the top to the
bottom of the skirt, which is, in this
case, cut on the lines of a serpentine.
The cords' and tassels I mentioned a
few weeks ago as an innovation In"
trimmings are among the most effect
ive features of the new costumes. The
new French scarfs, with their chaplets
and often hand-painted flowers, will
probably be adopted by the select In
preference to the neck ruff and boas of.
last year. These little bunches of rib
bons with knotted ends which finish
the scarfs are very chic, and were
shown upon any number of the im
ported costumes exhibited last week.
The uses to which these scarfs of gui
pure and various laces are put are
legion. They fasten coats at the front,
trim hats, grace indoor gowns and
serve in lieu of the once Inevitable boa.
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