River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-07-14
READING at Mrs. Burhyte s.

| a IL Social DItHIu mary W GllC ptHliD
entertainment of Tuesday evening"
| Miss Waldorf, assisted by Mr.. Nc
| Gregor and Mrs Currier, gave a read
! ing last Friday afternoon at the home
Of Mrs. Burhyte About eighty guests
/ were in attendance and listened with
the keenest interest to a recital Of
three scenes from Romeo And Juliet
and an independent monologuc.
The scenes from Romeo And Juliet
were the balcony scene in act II the
opening scene in act ~, where Juliet
consults the friar, and the third scene
in the same act where she takes the
potion which he has given her in the
previous interview 1t would be hard
to say in which of these scenes the
work Of Miss Waldorf was most excel
lent. The unconscious warmth and
delicacy Of her acting in the balcony
scene certainly suggested that under
more professional circumstances she
would interpret the part with perfec1
mastery. But Just as surely, the
splendid force and admirable restraint
with which she carried out the
exacting demands Of the potion scene,
indicated that she was as thoroughly
a master Of her tragic lines as of her
lighter ones. Mr.. McGregor, as
Romeo, was always strong, always
finished and refined There was no
word that did not ring true, and no
glance or gesture that did not add a
living quality to the character he
portrayed In his monologue, too, he
gave a thing that was immensely
affecting, and singularly artistic in
execution.
The rooms which are exceptionally |
well adapted to a recital, were beauti-
fully set off with cut flowers: and the |
occasion as a whole was a most agree
able one, from the standpoint Of |
either the entertainers or the guests. |
1t was to be regretted, Of course, that |
the limitations Of the house prevent |
ed the hostess from extending a |
general invitation to her friends,
instead Of combining the attendance,
as was found necessary principally to
the membership Of two societies and
few others peculiarly concerned in the
Our Ice cream soda is perfection
itself. BARNARD 4 CLoUGH.
The Band Stand is both ar evidence
of local enterprise and patriotism.
To support a brass band with all the
possibilities that military band pos
sesses is a privilege to be taken adj
vantage of, and adds features Of local
attraction and entertainments. As
an occular evidence Of patriotic inten-
ton the stand was painted with the
national colors, and surmounted with
a flag staff from which floats the stars
and stripes. To cap the climax OF
patriotic design the American eagle
has been painted upon either side Of
the entrance to the stand by the delft
hand of John Jellings. 4 critical eX-
animation Of this eagle discloses the
curious fact that he carries in his
claws only the arrows-emphasizing a
condition Of war. The American
eagle as an emblem Of the national
intention carries arrows in one Of his
claws and the olive branch in the
offer war or peace.-take
your choice.
The secret Of keeping eggs fresh lies
in excluding the air. The shell can be
Dramatically sealed to air in smearing
with oil, or the egg may be dipped for
an instant IN boiling water
The Rocky Mountain locust is re-
ported as having appeared IN North
Dakota grain fields, and the people
fear a destructive invasion OF the
nests. The people OF North Dakota
as a whole need not lie awake worrying
over the probability Of the destruc-
ton of their vast grain fields By grass
boppers The conditions are i'm
measurably changed from what they
were twenty-five years ago when the
part Of Minnesota and Iowa
and the Dakotas were ravaged by the
hoppers. Then there was not a
part Of the land cultiyat-
ed. and the hoppers devoured a large
mart Of the crop. Now there is grain
enough in cultivation to fatten the
hoppers and leave ninety-nine hun
dredths for the farmers harvest, even
IL the pests are as numerous as in '73.