Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-11

polished shoe our home life is one of ease
and comfort.
But, OH! how we long for the bread, the
pies, as mother or wife made them!
First American Wedding.
The first American wedding in Manila,
which Freedom pronounces IAN event of
historic Importance" is thus described:
American social life in the Philippines
received a highly fattering impetus i'm the
marriage of Miss Mabel Seppie McGoff OF
Portland, Ore, to Lieutenant Platt, first lieu
tenant Second Oregon infantry, United States
army, in this city on Monday, the 21st of
February.
The event can be chronicled With a great
deal of pleasure and social interest as the
first American marriage in these faraway
isles. Miss McGoff is an orphan, graduate
of the University Of Ohio, a charming repre-
sentative of the fair and blonde type of
American grace and beauty. She formerly
made her home with friends in Los Angeles,
Cal, but more recently was living at Port
land, Ore.
Lieutenant Platt is the son Of Judge
William Plat of Grand Island, Neb., a grad
uate of Michigan university, and practicing
his profession of counsel in Portland. The
lieutenant is a lawyer of acknowledged abil-
ity, as evidence from the important position
now held by him as acting judge advocate
of the court-martial of this city, a position
| of great responsibility, requiring a thorough
| and versatile knowledge of every branch
of the law.
The engagement between the happy
| couple is of long standing, and they would
have been married before had not the tran
quill civil life of peace been interrupted by
| the outbreak of the war with Spain. Upon
/ bic burriad denartura for the seat of war the
lieutenant left only a happy remembrance
! and a promise that some day he would return
or send for his beloved from far over the
sea. The latter he chose to do as the pros
poets of returning soon were not bright. he
~contemplates remaining in the Philippines
and practicing his profession. Miss McGoff
undertook the long voyage at the request OF
her afianced. arriving on Monday morning
in the "Chungtu" and was received by some
of the ladies of the army circle.
1.-THE marriage was a quiet affair and at
tended by a few special friends, including
several ladies belonging to officers families
The ceremony was performed by chaplain
Gilbert of the Oregons."
Manila NewsbOys.
OF the newsboys of the town, Freedom
says:
1.-The Manila newsboys are a cosmopolitan
lot, Filipinos, Chinese, Japs, Hindoos and
representations of races from all the Islands
of the sea, but newsboys are newsboys no
matter where they are from or where they
take up their abode of business.
"They are a comical set. and 1t Is an
amusing sight and a study to watch them
come for their morning supply OF papers
with which they tramp off, some to the
streets, some out to the trenches, others 10
the various business houses, the dwellers
in the suburbs and even to the ships far
off in the bay; everywhere their coming
now fills a daily want.
with the coming OF the American soldier
came the daily newspaper and sprung into
being the newsboy.
These urchins are rapidly picking uT
and acquiring an English phraseology which
is surprising, but an equal amount of curl
osity Is aroused in the American when he
suddenly hears such tunes sung and whistlet
as Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight,
After the Ball and all the other popular
and unique airs of the Americana and ther
sees a little Filipino youngster with
bundle of papers under his arm) do 1t all
eve are amused and laugh at tn
ragged, yes, here the almost naked news
bow. but their training will be valuable II
most of them. and it will no doubt add u
them the experience and training which ar
the foundation OF all puDmc anu pusihes
affairs and they will be the better for tn
, work they are doing,
1--WE are within sight and earshot OF tn
a occurrences and events that are makini
history for the nation, but often the news
boy making haste up the street with hi
papers give us the first intimation OF sue
: notable happenings and events as 'Malabol
has fallen Malolos has been taken "A
a about the Americanos at Pasig.'
1.-The field is certainly open ITO a few o
our own wideawake, enterprising boys o
: the states.
: "our pet, Manuel de Lalinde, a youn
q Spanish lad of IA years, whose father wa
2 killed in the war, supports his mother, fou
= sisters and one brother by his earnings a
4 a newsboy and by doing office work at cd
hours. His earnings has averaged $50 goi
l. per week, which equals 40 Mex. Each nigh
he hands his earnings to his mother, an
h already Is counting the months till the
can all return to their old home in Spain.
The Iowa Band.
d THE Fifty-hrst Iowa soldiers are yer
proud of their regimental band" says Free
L.