The courier., 1896-04-25
THE EDITOR.
ELEANOR'S LETTER

yOo uoNC SpoUN VIII III youT ud
ture you ought by this time To have
made Yourself an necessary To his -xis-
tence that he will miss you sadly whe,
absent. and will begin to realize that 1T
is not good for man to be alone"
Though all progresses we'll. draw the
line at promiscuois osculation. Never
permit him 10 kiss you; that is the privi-
lege OF the engaged. But since tie
Apostle says. "Greet We one another with
an holy kiss, you might vouchsafe him
Just one-some night at parting. per-
hsps. But il be attempts to return it do
not permit it. Tell him 1T ;s more
blessed to give than to receive
Finally, you might tell him that you
can put him in the way Of finding a
good thing" and refer him to the eigh-
teenth chapter Of Proverbs, the twenty
second verse II he be a manly sort vi
Fellow and cares anything for you. he will
doubtless follow the exhortation OF the
prophet, and thus find favor with you
and the Lord.
Should your innate modesty rebel
somewhat at this suggestion you may
console yourself by remembering that it
is indeed your leap year privilege
II you are the dear. womanly, nesting
creature you ought to be, he must have
proposed long ago. II he has not dis
card him, Tor either he is not worthy OF
YOU or you are not Zen rapport" with
him.
In that case try again.
/ notice by an Omaha paper that the
engagement OF Howard Kennedy, jr., Of
Omaha. and Miss Mary b. Cunningh am
Of Lincoln. is announced. Miss Gun
ningham is quite we'll known as a mus
ician
Miss Harris and Miss Berthe Clark
visited Burlington. Iowa, this week.
Last Friday night after the concert.
Miss Maude Oakley entertained the
Lorelei quartet and the other Omaha
musicians who assisted on the program.
at her home. A number of the visitors
remained over until Saturday after
noon.
The concert was not very thoroughly
advertised, and am told that this was
the first time the quartet has sung to any
empty seats. There is some talk Of an
other Lorelei concert here in the next
few weeks.
l hear that the engagement OF Miss
Ella Quick, Of Des Moines. whom Miss
Carson is visiting. has just been an
nounced. Miss Carson and Miss Quick
are in Chicago this week.
Last Friday night the Pershing Rifles
gave a military dance at the Lincoln
hotel. The men wore their blue coats
and white trousers and in some respects
it was the most brilliant ball have seen
in Lincoln. The brass buttons lett
much lustre to the scene. A good many
OF the men are first rate dancers. Jack
says the military system is maintained
chiefly for the purpose OF supplying the
demand for proper men who can dance
The system answers the purpose very
well. Captain Guilfoyle and Miss Rich
ardson led the grand march. What a
striking figure the captain presents at
dance, or any place, for that matter!
All OF the girls wanted to dance with
him; but many are called and few are
chosen. was in great luck. Miss
Richardson has been the recipient Of
much attertion during her visit here.
She is looking 80 well. Miss Richardson
is going to be married soon. She in
tends to leave for Chicago today. There
we're not great people outside OF the
university crowd present. / noticed
Miss Mae Moore, Miss Lucy Griffith.
Miss Marie Marshall, Miss Hollowbush
Miss Mae Burr, and Messre. Clough.
Mallslieu. Dixon. Hurlbut. Fred White.
Mrs. Frank Smith has returned to