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tloned tennis and golf, the modern
games which women play, bad be not
been admonished by the naive query of
the toastmistress, "Are you going to tell
all you know?" One of the "Knotty
Points" discussed by Mr. Guthrie was
how to reconcile the fish stories, related
by the lawyers of their summer outings,
with their well-known integrity. He
thought it must be that they spoke In
parables. He professed to have dis
covered the key by which he proceeded
to Interpret them. Another of the guests
had discovered a waterfall, but the
speaker was in doubt whether it was a
fall of water, or was connected with the
chignon worn by our grandmothers.
The enigmatic words, "Confessions of
Sorosis," which came next upon the
program accompanied by the sentiment,
"'Tls good to lengthen to the last a
sunny mcod," filled the minds of all
with consternation, especially as Mr.
Guthrie darkly hinted that they were to
be given with the lights out. They
proved to be original drawings thrown
upon a screen illustrative of some inci
dent, amusing or otherwise, -which had
taken place during each one's summer
vacation. Mirth-provoking rhymes were
read by Mrs. A. S. Tibbetts to aid in
guessing whom each picture represented.
The drawings were made by Miss Blma
Marsland. The rhymes were composed
by the program committee, Mesdames
Guthrie, Tibbetts and HInman. During
the evening Miss Sargeant rendered
most acceptably two instrumental solos
"La Forelle" (The Trout), Heller; "Bel
leario," DonUetti. A song was given
by Miss Elma Marsland. "Memory
Voices," composed and dedicated to the
club by Miss Sargeant, was sung by
Mesdames Guthrie, Lees, HInman, Tib
betts, Burllnglm, and Miss Marsland.
The finale was "Auld Lang Syne," In
which all Joined.
Mr. W. J. Bryan favored the Woman's
club with an address on "Thomas Jef
ferson," at the regular meeting Monday
afternoon. The members showed their
appreciation by their presence, the room
being crowded, and by close attention
during the talk, which was given in Mr.
Bryan's inimitably simple and straight
forward manner.
The program was in charge of the
history department, Mrs. T. P. A. Will
iams leader. In introducing the speaker
Mrs. Williams thanked one who was as
sisting in making history, for stopping
in bis busy life to do this kindness for
the history department.
It has been said that history is a rec
ord of the lives of great men and, Mr.
Bryan added, of great -women also. It
is an epoch in history when God lets
loose a thinker upon the world; and
Jefferson was a thinker, the study of
whose ideas -would well repay the student.
Mr. Bryan spoke of Jefferson as a man,
as a philosopher, and as a statesman.
Jefferson was one of the richest men of
his time and yet he was the champion
of the common people, and the spokes
man of the poor. The man who has
money, is not necessarily arrogant and
haughty, but the man whom money has,
is generally so. Jefferson's money was
his servant, not his master, and was
used to advance his ideas. Jefferson
was one of the best educated men of bis
time, but his knowledge did not give
him a feeling of superiority over others,
but a feeling of responsibility rather.
T'He is wiser than others who sees
more of 'the arc of the infinite circle
than others." No man understood hu
man nature so well as did Jefferson.
Mr. Bryan considers Jefferson the
greatest statesman the world has known,
and Lincoln the nearest his equal in
th!s regard. Mr. Bryan compared Jef
ferson and Lincoln as statesmen, as ora
tors, as writers and thinkers. He said
he was never so impressed with Jeffer
son's greatness as when he visited his
tomb at Moaticcllo and saw on his
monument the inscription which he
himself suggested: "Here was buried
Thomas Jefferson, the author of the
Declaration of Independence, of the
Statute of Virginia for 'Religious Free
dom, and the Father of the University
of Virginia." He had been twice pres
ident of the United States, once vice
president, and had had many other
honors conferred upon him, but he for-
got all these in suggesting his epitaph.
Jn closing Mr. Bryan paid a tribute to
the work of women today, and to the
Woman's club. When he had finished
speaking Mrs. Williams, on behalf of the
club, presented Mr. Bryan with a bou
quet of Bsagnificent chrysanthemums,
saying they were given not to repay him
for his address, for that was impossible,
but as a tribute to the purity of the
motives which actuate him in hia life's
work. At the opening of the program
Miss Hoover played a group of piano
numbers, "Love's Dream" (nocturne),
Lisct; "Bird As Prophet," Schumann;
"The Lorely," Seeling. Mrs. Mark Woods
sang "Nymphs and Fauns," by Bem
berg, with violin obllgato by Mrs. Ross
Curtice, and piano accompaniment by
Miss Mary Smith of University Place.
Fortunate indeed is the Woman's club to
have upon its programs such artists as
Miss Hoover and Mrs. Woods.
The Increase in the membership of the
club is most gratifying, five hundred and
twenty-five names being now on the roll.
Jl Bit ot 'Pathos
in Ifttal Life
Every man believes that every other
man is touched a little on some subject
or another. And this is probably true.
Human nature is prone to eccentricity.
In some it is cleverly concealed; in oth
ers it Is most pronounced. The Influence
of some great grief oft carries strong
men off their balance on one subject and
one alone. On all others they are ra-
one fateful night the lad stumbled'
fell and was cut In two by the cruel
wheels of the cars. When bis comrades
found him he still clutched the lantern
In his right hand, but the shock of his
fall had extinguished the light." They
picked the dead lad up and tenderly
carried his lifeless body to the way car.
All efforts to get the lantern free from
the closed fingers of the corpse were in
vain, and the trainmen, who were some
what superstitious, decided that it would
bring ill luck to cut the handle. He was
brought to his home and his heart
broken father, with the darkened lantern
in his tightly clutched hand.
The father, bowed down by age and
the crushing blow he had received, threw
hlimfelf across the body of bis beloved
boy, and gave way to his intense grief
and despair. When the remains of the
son were laid to rest beside his mother
in the cemetery of a little country town
near by, the agonized father was too
weak to follow the remains to their last
resting place. When the lad was first
brought home, the old man with loving
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head of the United States army is to be Major General Young, whose latest
photograph is here reproduced. The future successor of General Miles has
seen forty years of service in the army, having served in both the civil
and Spanish-American wars. As this photograph shows, he looks every Inch
a soldier.
tionaL One such of 'dramatic interest
was recalled the other day. f
For many years an old man could often
be seen walking about the streets of Lin
coln in the dead of night with a lantern
in his hand. It was never lighted, and
the aged personage on being Interrogated
as to the reason of his; carrying the
article about without putting it to some
use would refuse to answer, and -would
only smile sadly and pass on into the
night. The old man one day sickened
and died; and after he had been laid to
"rest the story of .his strange action was
told by a relative.
The old man had a son, a bright and
promising boy, who was the pride of
his heart. The lad was the child of his
mature years, and the fond parent held
high hopes of the ability of the young
man to make a name lor himself in the
world. But the bright visions of the
father were doomed to be blasted. The
boy developed a taste for the life of a
railway trainman, and in spite of the
strenuous opposition of the parent he
entered the service.
All went well for a few months, until
hands cut the wire handle of the lantern,
and leaving a part of it in the fingers
of his dead boy reverently carried It to
his room and placed it near his bed.
He was never-seen after this on the
streets without the darkened lantern in
his band that was found in the closed
fingers of his son when he was picked
up dead by his comrades on the dark
railroad track.
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Athletic Photographs
Photographs of Babies
Photographs of Groups
Exterior Views
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