The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-11-14

brary ladies will be well attended. 1t
has never been any other way and it
will probably never be any other way.
But the immense audience that JAM
med the opera house ON Wednesday
evening must have been a surprise
even TO the ladies themselves. The
room was crowned from stage to stair
way and standing room even was at a
premium. 1t was we'll pleased au-
dience too for the program given was
exceedingly entertaining. The princi-
pal feature of it, as announced last
week, was the winding of the May
pole. This was done in a charming
manner by sixteen graceful and
bright-eyed children under the in
struction and direction of Miss Clara
Foust. 1t was beautiful sight and
so delighted the audience that they
| called for O repetition of it. Well rem
dered Duets by Miss Mabel Clark and
Mrs. Leffier, and by Mr.. and Mrs. Lef-
fer, and violin solo by Miss Oracle
Beck completed the stage program.
after which supper was served and
| the remainder of the evening spent
socially. Excellent music was furnish
| ed by the orchestra, constituted as fol-
l
clarionet, Mr.. Hamm cornet, Miss
Lucas trombone and Miss Reimert,
piano. The great bank of chrysanthe-
NUNS, brought by those desiring to
compete for the prize announced last
week, made handsome decoration for
the hall and was greatly admired.
| These flowers will remain in the hall
the rest of the week and the
of them alone is worth twice
the price of admission. The prizes
have not yet been awarded. An at
tractive program was announced for
last evening but we 60 to press too
early to report it. The program for
this evening will be equally attractive
and, as it Is the last, the attendance
will doubtless be larger than on pre-
ceding evenings. The Library ladies
and the band deserve the thanks of
the community for providing so pleas
ant diversion, and helping us all to
forget politics for awhile.
Other engagements made 1t impos-
sible for US to attend the Peoples
rally on Wednesday night, but we are
informed by others who were there
that Mr.. H. III. Hayward spent con-
siderable portion of his time abusing
the REGISTER and its editor, and adj
vised every member of the Peoples
party who was taking the paper to
stop it at once and mot pay for club
to beat out our own brains" We APP
preciate the compliment paid US by
Mr.. Hayward's admission that the
REGISTER is something of "club."
But we wonder how he found it out?
He hasn't been taking the paper him.
self for nearly two year.. Has he
been borrowing it from his neighbOrs
all this time? But however that may
be, isn't it rather ungrateful Oh the
part of the old man to advise a boys
colt against us after we had put him
in nomination for United States Sen
ator? Some men seem to make it a
point to return evil for good.
The teachers of our schools have
been DESTROYS for some time to arrange
for number of lectures the coming
winter, which would be ofinterest and
profit, not only to the patrons Of the
school, but to the older pupils as well.
The attempt to arrange such series of
lectures has not been as successful as
was hoped but arrangements have
been made to have a lecture by Pres.
Quayle, of Baker University, Dec. Is,
and there is every reason to expect
that two or three of the best lecturers
in the State will be secured later in the
season. The purpose of these lectures
is to provide a literary entertainment
which shall be benefit to our young
people, and while the prime object is
not to raise funds it il earnestly
hoped that the returns will more than
equal the expenditures. The generous
response which has always been given
to every effort of this kind warrants US
in believing that this attempt to have
a series of lectures for the benefit of
our schools will be successful. More
definite announcement will be made in
due time.
The REGISTER has been fairly over
whelmed with compliments and con-
CALCULATIONS, by Republicans from all
parts of the county and from outside
the county, for what they are pleased
to call the good work it did during the
campaign, and we desire to make pub
lie expression of our thanks for and
appreciation of the kind words. 1t is
certainly pleasant to be assured that
the REGISTER was of some small SER
vice to the party of its choice; and it is
no less pleasant to know that through
all the long and bitter fight it gave no
personal ofiense to any member Of the
opposing parties. Not a single sub
scription has been stopped since the
campaign began for personal or politi-
cal reasons, and the REGISTER now
has more subscribers than 1T ever had.
The People did not ratify the cleo
ton of Willitts at the Opera House
last Saturday night, according to an
nouncement. One reason was that it
rained. Another reason, perhaps, was
that Willis was not elected. But a
few of the faithful got together We'd
nssday night and pounded drum
awhile and fired off an anvil a few
times and then went to the A. o. L.
w. hall and enthused for two or three
hours over the remarkable success of
their party and its great expectations.
The Republicans and Democrats hung
around on the edges and wondered
how anybody could see any fun in
making a horrible noise, and why it
was that 80 many people liked to hear
themselves talk.
Refined comedy, in this country has
never had a more urgent worker than
Mr.. Dillon. His characters in his
various plays are all true to nature,
and are seen in the every day walks
of life. His classification of comedy
eraces all farcical and unnatural stu
ations, and sustains dignity above
the average horse-play features that
invite the public to a legitimate the
atre. Mr.. billions engagement in this
city will be hailed with delight by
his old-time admirers, and his popular