THE COURIER
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Schurman of Ithaca, New York, wife of
President Schurman of Cornell univer
sity. The employes of the Farmers and
Merchants' will give a ball at their hall
next Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Hargreaves
will give a dinner on Monday for Mr.
and Mrs. Charles L. Burr.
Miss Lucy Green of Keokuk, Iowa, Is
spending the holidays with her parents,
Doctor and Mrs. William Green.
The Elks gave their regular monthly
party last night at the lodge rooms.
Dancing was the chief amusement.
Lieutenant Halsey E. Yates, Instructor
at West Point Military academy, is the
guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Yates.
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" Misses Eunice and Virginia de Stelguer
of St. Joseph, Missouri, are holiday
guests of their aunt, Mrs. George O.
Risdon.
Mrs. M. E. Van Brunt. Mr. and Mrs.
R. T. Van Brunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Candy and son Bert spent, Christmas in
Beatrice.
Mrs. George Risser gave a children's
party this afternoon to celebrate the sec
ond birthday anniversary of her baby
daughter Marlon.
Mrs. George Splelman of Chicago, who
has been the guest of her mother, Mrs.
H. P. Lau, started on her homeward
journey on Tuesday.
As has been its custom for ten years,
the Cotillion club will give a party on
New Year's eve and will dance the old
year out and the new year In.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stelner are enter
taining their children, Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Stelner and son of Salt Lake
City, and Mr. Frank M. Stelner of Min
neapolis, Minnesota.
Wednesday evening, at the home of
Reverend Fletcher L. Wharton were
married Mrs. Mary L. Lasby of Chester.
Nebraska, and County Treasurer B. F.
Knight. Mr. and Mrs. Knight will re
side in Lincoln.
A luncheon and stocking shower was
given at the home of Miss Charlotte
Spalding, Saturday at one o'clock. In
honor of Miss Jeannette Thorp. Mem
bers of PI Beta Phi gave the party,
which was a very pretty affair.
A reception and dance will be given
Saturday evening, January third, by Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Marshall and Mr. and
Mrs. William Morrison, in compliment
to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burr, Mr. and
Mrs. Rollin Miles, and Mr. and Mrs.
John Meadows, at Fraternity hall.
At the home of the officiating clergy
man. Reverend Fletcher L. Wharton, at
high noon on Wednesday, was celebrated
the marriage of MIssBernlce L. Merrill,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Merrill,
to Mr. Weldon H. Warren. In the even
ning a wedding dinner was served at
the home of the bride's parents, when
covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. War
ren, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Merrill, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Merrill of Omaha. Mr. and
Mrs. E. C Merrill. Mr. and Mrs. War
ren will reside at 1129 F street.
Down in Washington the populist sen
ator, full of the majesty of his position,
submits his grave face to the barber's
razor, and as he looks at the old darkey
he says to him:
"Uncle, you must have met with a
great many of the men of the past
my predecessors in the senate; many
of them have occupied the same chair
which I now fill.''
"Yas. boss, that's so; a good many of
'em. You somewhat resemble Daniel
Webster yourself, boss."
The populist senator raises himself up
and throwing the cloth off from around
his neck, says:
"What part of my head is it. Uncle; is
It my brow, or what?"
"No. boss, taint nuffln like that. It's
your bref."
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Maude What an awful figure Mrs.
Dashaway has!
Madge Evidently she is a self-made
wtnann.
CLUB NOTES '
THE WEEK'S REVIEW
Mrs. A. W. Lane will give a musicale
In honor of the Aldlne club next week.
The constitutional convention of New
Hampshire has voted to submit a wom
an's suffrage' amendment to the voters
of that state.
The next regular meeting of the Mat
inee Musicale will occur on January
twelfth.
The Woman's club will give Its an
nual New Year's reception from three
until five o'clock, and will hold its next
regular meeting on January fifth, when
the exhibit of the Nebraska Art asso
ciation will be discussed.
One of the subjects discussed at the
convention of the Minnesota federation
this fall was "Domestic Services," and
the paper listened to with the greatest
Interest was one on "Domestic Service
from the Domestic Standpoint," read by
the secretary of the Minneapolis Servant
Girls union.
The Wednesday club at St. Louis,
which is to be the hostess club of the
next biennial, has taken up the study
of the negro question. At its last meet
ing the subject of "The Negro Laborer
as an Element In Our Industrial Life"
was discussed, with papers on "The
Growth and Morality of the Negro" and
"Mental and Moral Characteristics of
the Negro."
The clubwomen of St Louis have been
active In the movement for civic better
ment ever since the World's Fair was
decided on. and In order to secure the
best results they have allied themselves
with the Civic Improvement league. The
clubwomen have organized In groups,
with district and ward inspection for
every block, and they are to concern
themselves chiefly with violations of the
sanitary regulations.
The Woman's club of BIsbee, Ariz., the
"youngest club of the youngest federa
tion," as It Is described, has built itself
a clubhouse of which an older club might
well be proud. There are three large
rooms, besides a small but convenient
kitchen, designed for use on social days.
There Is also a small office for a cus
todian. Bisbee Is a small place, less a
town than a mining settlement, t far re
moved from the regular line of travel,
and comparatively few of Its Inhabitants
have time to devote to literary develop
ment. The enterprise of the club women
Is all the more remarkable under the
circumstances.
From the Mall and Times of Des
Moines is taken the following mention
of what Is certainly a very useful club
in Davenport, Iowa:
"The central thought of the Lend-a-Hand
club of Davenport Is educational,
a training for usefulness. Each girl Is
taught not only to take care of herself,
but also to be alert, to guard her asso
ciates, especially younger girls and those
less experienced In the ways of the
world. They leam to live within their
means, to calculate the value of a dollar,
to use It to the best advantage. They
also are learning how to conduct meet
ings. They are learning parliamentary
law and usages. They are forming good
associations, receiving mutual benefit.
They have an opportunity to form safe
and congenial associations. The wages
paid working women are on the average
so low that many could not afford din
ner at the restaurants and would be
compelled to eat cold lunches. The good
it has done by the Lemi---Hand in the
sixteen years of Its existence cannot be
estimated. Every city should have one."
At a club meeting In Chicago a few
weeks ago, Mrs. Robert J. Burdette, the
first vice-president of the General Fed
eration of Women's Clubs, gave her club
creed, which created so favorable an Im
pression that It was printed on slips of
paper to be distributed In Chicago, and
Is being widely copied by papers over
the country. The creed is:
I believe In afternoon club life for
women.
I believe in evening club life for men
and women together when It does not
rob the home of father and mother.
I believe that woman has no right to
undertake any work whatsoever outside
of the home, along the lines of philan
thropy, church, temperance or club life,
that does not emanate from the home
and In Its final' and best results return
to the home. Home must always be the
centre, but not the limit, of woman's life.
I believe in equal rights in the family
for father and mother In Intelligence,
affection and filial respect. These the
club should foster.
I believe In nine-tenths of the club
members doing the-work and one-tenth
the criticising. Instead of the reverse.
I believe in individual responsibility
for every interest of the club, mutual
sympathy and appreciation of results.
A believe no woman has a right to
accept a place on any committee unless
she serve faithfully, promptly. Intelli
gently, and is willing to stand by the
results of her individual action.
I believe that women should have a
moral responsibility regarding financial
matters In the prompt payment of dues
and pledges, and a comprehension that
as no other phase of life can be carried
on without money neither can the en
larged club life.
I believe In the value of a minute, and
that thievery of time on the part of one
late member from those In waiting Is
reprehensible.
I believe, out of consideration for oth
ers, in removing the hat In all public
assemblies.
I believe In occupying the seat furthest
from the aisle when there are others to
come, and, for the same reason, occupy
ing front seats first.
I believe that club members should
restrain themselves from whispering or
the rustling of skirts or papers during
club sessions.
I believe no woman should seek or use
official position for self-aggrandizement,
or club affllltions for stepping stones
only, but that she should utilize her op
portunities for the altruisms of life.
I believe the character and good name
of each Individual member of the club
should be as sacredly guarded by all
. other members as are those of the fam
ily, and that the use of dishonorable
political methods In club life for women
will be the death-knell of pure, womanly
organization.
I believe the golden rule for club
women should be. Do right unto others,
regardless of what others do unto you.
Cobwlgger I've promised my wife a
diamond necklace and a chinchilla hat
for Christmas.
Gayboy What did she catch you at?
Grumbleton Our maid of all work is
the limit. She never did anything right
in her life.
Askerson What's the trouble now?
G. She decorated the flat with cran
berries and made cranberry sauce out of
the holly-berries.
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LINCOLN, NEB.
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