Omaha daily bee., 1891-12-27
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Tuesday evening MIR, and Mrs. n. IT,. Nlgnt-
ingale celebrated their silver Wedding ami
versary in their home, 2l15 Sheridan road,
Chicago, under especially pleasant auspices.
Tho name OF Prof. Nightingale will be in
stantly recalled by the older residents OF
Omaha for at the age of 80 he was superin-
tendent Of schools Of this city, among the first
superintendent She city had. AS an educa.
tor his career Is we'll known, for, although
long removed from the scenes OF his early
triunphs in the scholastic word, there are
many who have followed him to his present
field us assistant Of Chicago's city
schools and have been delighted with
his rise from an obscure Collegian to a prom
inent position among the country's great
educators.
Prof. Nightingale is nothing if not pa
L%riotic, said the Chicago lnter-Ocean, the
next morning after the reception, aud the
stars aud stripes, not for the OCCASION, but q
part of the permanent furnishing, testified to
quiet influence well worthy of emulation. 4
magnificent library tells its own story. In
the study was a performance of Latin and
Greek authors and works of ancient history,
while the walls were covered with photo
graph copies of gods and goddesses, poets and
philosophers, temples and ruins, all portray
ing the richness of classical love for which
the professor has acquired an enviable rop-
utation. In other rooms the paintings in oil,
Of which their eldest daughter, Florence, IS
making a successful study, the portraits of
The old masters in music, on the other side of
the ''old clock on the s%talrs,' and the books
Of art told of the heart developing life in
music OF which Mrs. Nightingale-So we'll
namGd-is "a Connoisseur.
Prof. and Mrs. Nightingale received their
friends in the tower of the reception room,
which was transmitted into a verltablo bower
of flowers and ferns, where Cupid might love
to dwell.
Mrs. Nightingale wore a gown of rich wine
Coiored velvet, cut II la princess, with trim
mings of silver and pink ostrich feathers, and,
as beneath the mistletoe she stood, radiant in
all her Queenly loveliness, fair and tasclnat-
ing in all the beauty and v~ivaclty Of youth, a
stranger would have thought it was the
twenty-tifth anniversary of ner birth, rather
than of her marriage. Mrs. Nightingale is a
pleasing type of beauty, beautiful
all those graces of character and
charms of manner which cause age to in
trude with Its kindliest touches, even though
she has been the happy mother of six chill
dren, five of whom still grace this charming
aud elegant home-four lovely dau ghters,
ranging from Ii to %, ~envious only of their
mothers beauty and one son, Harry, now a
student at the University of Michigan. Mrs.
Nightingale has devoted her life to music
ard the study of expression, ever since II
years of age, when she played the organ ana
led the choir in her fathers church. When
ever one sees her now before her classes in
the Lake View high school, leading the
CuurCu CHOIR, gathering ABOUT ner the chill
dren of the village in song, or presiding in
her WI home, she is the same sweet, patient,
graceful, loving woman, giving her life to
make others happy.
A very unique feature was the preSenta-
ton to each departing guest of a beautiful
souvenir containing the counterfeit present
ment" in half-tones OF Prof. and Mrs. Night
lugaic taken in 1866 and 1891, while on the
opposite page was Il "Hymn of BlesSing''
written and dedicated to them by the poet
ana artist, Miss Mary A. Lathbury of New
York City, who was one of their former
teachers and had helped to encourage the
happy union.
The whole reception, from beginning to
end, in all the charm of its appointments and
the delicacy of its accessories, reflected the
culture and taste of u happy Christian nome,
and brought to mind the rarely repeated
thought that matches are made III heaven.
The past week has brought Prof. ana Mrs.
Nightingale many rich and costly gifts in
silver from friends far and near. Among
the former pupils of Prof. Nightingale, now
eminent in public life, letters ana regrets
were received from Mrs. Russell b.. Harri-
son, the presidents daughter-in-law; the
Hon. M. n. Johnson, member of congress
from Dakota; Judge Benjamin w. Lacy of
Iowa, Mrs. Judge Collins of Norwood Park,
and Mrs. Prof. Cumnock OF Evanston. There
were also regrets and congratulations from
United States Senator Charles L. Henderson
and OK Senator Alvin Saunders OF Nebraska,
Ex-Governor j. q. A. Bracket of Massachu-
sets, Judge and Mrs. George briggs, Judge
and Mrs. j. II. Collins, MIR. and Mrs. A. II.
Revell, Mrs. j. Nj. Flower, Mr.. and Mrs. =.
i. Healy of Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs. W. n.
Bralnerd, Prof. and Mrs. Oliver Marcy of
Evanston, and hundreds of others In Iowa,
Nebraska and Massachusetts, as well as IN