Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-10
IN THE SOCIAL REALM.
KTNpER-sYMPHoNY.

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: The entertainment to be given by
the above named society on May 18th
is fer the benefit Of the city board OF
charities, which fact alone will insure
II 9 good patronage. But it will not
depend upon this fact for good attend
ance, for all know that the young ladies
In charge have never given an enter.
tainment except Of high character, as
well as new and original 10 its design.
The scarf drill which is receiving the
daily attention OF the company will be
40 attractive and pleasing feature. The
Oregon young lady violinist, Miss Nc
Cord, is highly spoken OF, and will
add not q little to the interest of the
program.
10 WE'D AN EAST INDIAN.
Miss Winona M. Bonham left Tburs
day morning for Calcutta, India. via
the Canadian Pacific. She was accom-.
panied by her parents, Judge and Mrs.
b. +. Bonham, to Vancouver, y. C..
and to Portland by her aunss, Miss
Boncy, Of Eugene, and Mrs. ]. A.
Baker, OF Salem. Miss Bonhan will
sail on the steamer Empress of India.
The 18th, and will be met ln Hong
King by friends of Judge and Mrs.
Bonham and her finance, Mr.. Edwin
A. Abbott, to whom she will be mar.
ried at the residence of Captain and
Mrs. st. Croix. From Hong Kong
t ey will proceed via Singapore and
Penang to Calcutta, their home, where
Mr.. Abbott Is proprietor of an extensive
indigo plantation. During Judge Bon
hams five years residence abroad as
consul general to Calcutta, India, Miss
bonham became charmed with life In
the Orient, where she met and min
g.ed with many of England's noted
people, among them she was presented
At court to Lord and Lady Dufferin,
Lord Rosebury, the Duke and Duchess
1f Conna0ght and many other eminent
Dersonages. The host of friends of
Miss Bonham aud of her estirnable
parents wish the young lady bon voy-
'ge, and trust she may fully realize the
sreat happiness In store for her.
GOV. FLEToHER's LECTURE. t
The South Salem church was com.
ortably filled Tuesday evening to I,
Isten to ex.Gov. Fletcher deliver his
ecture on "The Ideal Gentleman
'he lecture was prefaced by the Misses
'hulze singing duet which was re-
eived with applause. Rev. Shulze
hen introduced the governor who be.
an by defining what was a true
entleman; that human happiness is :
ot made up OF startling events and
reat emotions but of little attentions Y
ften renewed, kindly offices, cheerful = =
'oks and salutations, unexpected little =
'vors, glad surprises and the like. He u
I'D the story Of King James, who,
hen asked by a nurse to make her y
N a gentleman, replied: al will =
AXE him baronet, II you will, but no y
'wer On earth could make him "
'ntleman." The lecture throughout :,
as replete with apt illustrations tend -
g to show that a mans position in ~ p,
Q does not always prove him to be ~ ~
'ntleman, nor that good clothes is - -
q chief characteristic of the ideal VI
ntlernan. But first impressions are ~ ~
'verned largely by ''mannersn and % %
'lotbes." A man with a good coat =, !,
'on his back meets with better re- u ~
ption than the one who has a bad ~ ~
-. We have not the space to give as n "
uch of a synopsis as we would like, -
{ suffice to say the lecture was the VI "a
bJect Of much thought ,and delivered AZ
th an earnestness that received 'o'
lrKed attention.
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