The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-05-16

WTlte my fingers are 80
stiff. Mamma, the girl and nave Clean
ed the whole house with a little help
from q man with the carpets and the
paint. exult as walk about the
streets and see other people just be
ginning to clean house. Mamma said
for girl who is up every evening in the
week am pretty good help. She does
not understand though that l worked
80 hard in order to get through and to
get to work on my spring clothes. How
lovely the ory-goods windows look
now. Don't you think the linens and
dimities are lovely? am so glad tichus
are stylish-the long diagonal lines
from shoulder to waist are so becoming,
and the open neck is as comfortable as
it is beautiful. In a sprigged muslin.
sounds like the beginning OF your
grandmother romance. does it not?We
will all begin and end that way this
Summer.
The university and the capitol yards
are lively spots. 1t is not the birds
that think so either.
II you could have seen Anne Barr
lead her classes at the gymnasium last
Saturday you would have admired
her more than ever. She directed the
exercises with spirit, accuracy and
ease. You know how slender and deli
cate she was when she began the
gymnasium work? Well, she is just
as slender now, but she Is straight,
1.-the and the continued exercise seems
not to tire her. The girls looked very
pretty and except for a few faults,
which discipline has no effect upon,
they did as well as the boys. A girl
cannot, for the sake of uniformity, re-
strain her Individual desire to look
fascinating. Where one-half or a third
of a company is fixing bangs or ar
ranging ties while the rest are going
through concerted and supposed-to-be
simultaneous movements the effect is
married But instinct Is stronger than
reason even in the advanced class at
the university. The majority kept
their minds quite seriously upon the
leader and the result was frequently
one of surprising dexterfty. I was
especially interested in the marching.
The difficulty and intricacy made the
girls forget their hair in their anxiety
to do 1t right and not to deserve the
ridicule Of the Pershing Rifles or of any
of Captain Guilfoyle's men who were
scattered thickly about That they did
not deserve it the frequent and heavy
applause showed. The girls went up
ropes and smooth poles like cats and
came down again with a cats immun-
ity. The constant subject of remark
was: How light they are on their
feet; how easy il is for them" And 1t
was so, whether they jumped the pet
of the gymnaSium-the horse-or
leaped a bar six feet high or climbed
to the roof on a ladder, it was with
out effort. Miss Barr must teach the
italian method that the singing
teachers talk about. 1t is so easy and
effortless and does not leave the per-
former breathless and exhausted. The
spectators We're delighted and with
the exception of one young man. a
recent graduate of the university. ap-
preciated the situation. As the class
of girls ran and leaped the aforesaid
young man encouraged them by loud
shouts. not hesitating to address those
who are unfortunate enough to be ac-
quaintances of his, by their first name.
The young ladies' dignity and serious
ness might have affected a more sensi-
tive man, but in this case 1t was of no
avail. popularity, which is more
noisy than heartfelt, causes the fellow
TO commit many a faux pas which a
little thoughtfulness would save him
from.
Miss Grace Oakley and her friend.
Miss Harrison. went to Omaha last
Saturday. They saw Miss May Mount
who Is expected in Lincoln next week.
MattsOn Baldwin's Meadow-brook
party was kept at home by the rain.
The party was arranged for Miss Har-
rison who has been visiting Grace
Oakley. The former left for her home
in Beatrice on Tuesday. She was here
only few days, but long enough to
make a number Of friends Instead of
going to a party, Mattson had to climb
upon the top of one Of the houses in
the Baldwin terrace and shovel off
hric hot tha ho<