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In Honor of Miss Elizabeth Allen.

In Honor of Miss Elizabeth Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Allen gave
large dancing party Thursday evening in
honor Of their daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Allen, at Morand's assembly. The hall was
rich with beautiful blooms, while the most
charming retreats were made for the dancers
by numerous dvans covered with a wealth
of cushions, screened by beautiful palms.
Two hundred and fifty guests enjoyed the
program of dances or watched the gay
scene from the balcony above. Among the
beautiful toiletts worn were noticed:
Miss Edna Gown, in a black taffeta COW
cred with rose pleatings OF chiffon Miss
Alice Drake. white crepe with accordion
pleating of white lisso, American Beauty
roses Miss Grace Allen, black silk covered
with bowknots OF black lace, bodice of span
gled net; Miss Gertrude Kountze, in black
spanglcd net; Miss Bessie Towle. a white
mousseline de sole embroidered in chenille
dots. waist OF ruchiugs Of white satin rib
bon and garnfture of pink velvet; Miss
Georgia Lindsey, in turquoise blue taffeta
Miss Vessels, pink organdie trimmed In
black velvet and lace; Miss Beulah Sharpe,
pink lisse with fchu of real lace; Mrs,
Harry Mccormick, black jetted lace gown
Miss Herberta Jaynes, gray crepe trimmed
in pink velvet: Miss Saida Allen, white silk
embroidered in blue chiffon trimmings;
Mrs Robinson, striped green silk and green
velvet; Mrs. Fred Davis brown silk with
bertha of real lace; Miss Jeanne Brown, yell
low crepe, American Beauties Miss Preston,
guest of Miss Kountze, black silk covered
with spangled net; Miss Bessie Yates, white
batste over pink silk; Miss Yates, an all
pink gown Of silk and chiffon; Miss Swens-
berg, beautiful gown of lavender crepe;
Mrs. Floyd Smith, cerise mousseline with
variegated rose pleatings of lisse from deep
shade of rose to delicate pink, shoulders
garanded with pink roses; Miss Higginson,
gorgeous gown of white satin spangled and
trimmed in chiffon; Miss Creighton blue
silk with a yoke of yellow covered with
lace; Mrs. Perry Allen, white brocade satin
and chiffon; Miss Boggs, guest of Mrs.
Palmer deep pink satin and lace; Mrs.
Baldrige, red taffeta embroidered in che
Mile; Miss Saylor, yellow mousseline de
sole embroidered in flowers of a deeper hue;
Miss Edith Smith, pink mousseline de sole
with ruchings of pink and point applique;
Mrs. Taylor, gray corded silk; Mrs. Barker,
pink brocade satin and real lace; Mrs. XII
patrick, white batiste over nile green taf-
feta; Miss Shaw, guest of Mrs. Paxton,
white mousseline de sole; Mrs Taliaferro,
gray crepe.
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Out-of-Town Guests.

Mrs. r. Foreman of Albany, n. Y, is vis-
iting her naA,er. Mrs. H. Berg, and her niece,
Mrs. II. Rosenthal.
Mr.. Arthur Bartels OF Denver came to
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12

Gannett OF Washington: Miss Taylor Miss
Peck, Miss Fitzpatrick Miss Vessels Miss
Kennard, Miss Ethel Morse, Miss Smith,
Miss Higginson. Miss Towle, Miss Brown
and Miss Mercer. Mrs. Luther Kountze
and Miss Gertrude Clark presided over the
punch-bowl in the library.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12

1t was commonly supposed that Cupid
with a belt full of trophies had gone on a
vacation, but he, too, was only taking a
beauty seep-and there will be more to
tell ere long-of one of the debutantes, per-
haps! Oh, well-perhaps!
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PERSONAL.
used to IT..

IIolyoke Mass. is to have new public library
building to cost $4,000 The water company WI"
give the land anu two pubc-sprlt'd ,ta'~', ~,
William Whiting and William Skinner have SUD-
scrbed $4,000 apiece.
At a recent sale OF autograph IN London lett'r
written by Washington TO Lafayette went for w. ="
Washington plain autograph brought 800 Presidcn'
Zachary Tayors signature 49, President ,5"' wash
i1eton Irvne's s. BENJAMIN Frankllns So. Emor-
sons s. 81. Holiness, s. and Longfehows. ""'
The sudden death OF ex-Attorney-Gen"ral Tar
land recalls the fact that about two months ago
he said to ex-Judge Henry W. Scott, In IN" United
States Supreme Court: 1T has been over Tory
Years since argued nv 1rst case Nothing wo1id
please me better whel my time comes 10 81. Niei
10 be stricken right here In this courtroom. IN ne
midst OF an argument. lhat ""up o' "''"N
climax TO my career
When the Prince ot Wales first bought sandring
ham il had on Il only one church In anything IKE
good repair-the church which stands WITHIN VI"
park gates and which the plous hands 81 ire
Princess have done so much TO adorn. one by
one the little group Of other village churches have
been restored last of all that OF Shernoourn' Whg
the Prince and Princess. together WIN thr UIHg
service no other day IRON first to @st sn
Of the churches on his NOrfolk estate
The elder sothern once saw a notice IN a country
inn tn. a convention Of clergymen was to met
there The next day Each clergyman upon arrival
received a note signed with the landlords name.
requesting him to say grace at dinner the sF'ai
to be bell rung in the Office Sottern had noticed
that the landlord sounded a bell every day a the
guests seated themselves for dinner. Ever! thing
went off to sothern's complete satisfaction. The
bell rang and up every clergyman ana began
grace then stopped. looking askance AZ eacn othr,
Some began again some sat down and got up
again The for some minutes was one OF
confused bobbing up and down. with mutt"rinks.
The landlord stared In establishment. and Soth',n
nut on q look polite anxiety and surprls" ~,
afterward expressed sympathy with the iahu'ord
In his anger. but LETT the Inn that day.
Professor Cleveland Able has given to the Johns
Hopkins University his valuable collection OF books.
Journals and pamphlets relating to meieoroiogy.
The library has also received an anonymous GIT
OF $500 for the purchase Of books.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29
Mr.. CROKER.

A reader of The Tribune draws on warm
and con,ous vocabulary to ask why In the name
Of all that good men ought 10 hold GEAR we
ouote the opinions Of Richard Croker on expan-
sion or any other subject In reply we "ouiu
cav that while our friends indignation Is mani
festlv honest it is likewise irrational. BY the
,,o+es of its inhabitants New-York Is subject 10
the rule of Tammany Hall, and by means ade
ouate TO the purpose, however mysterious 10
some minds. Tammany Hall has become the
obed,ent servant Of Mr. Croker. 1t follows that
Mr. Croker is altogether the most powerful citi
zen Of New-York not only in respect to the cur
rent administration Of its municipal anairs' Out
also in respect to the relations OF the dominant
Marty here with the National Democracy. Wnen'
therefore. Mr. Croker expresses opinions when
arc presumably his own and real on question
NJ National concern, and especially question
which has arrayed, or may array, political par
tics on opposite Sides intelligent ciuzens'
whether they like or detest him. want TO know
what he is saying.
A great many persons are. naturally enough
exasperated by the knowledge that private
citizen In name Is an autOcrat in fact But
there Is no sense in pretending TO ignore state
Of things which Is not less real because II Is
anomalous So long as Mr. Croker is the COOK
and the captain bold and the mate OF the Nancy
brig. and the bosun tight and the midshipmite
and the crew Of the captains gig, II Will be
worth while to listen when he spins a yarn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29
CHARITY PROBLEMS.

Miss lane Adams. the head of Hull House
Chicago. has been writing for the FEBRUARY Al
lantic Monthly" on THE Subtle Problems Oh
Charity" The most interesting thing ABOUT
what she saws Is It's absolute genuineness anu
Freedom from cant and ready made theories.
II Is hardly too much to say that the generai
tome of the article Is one OF depression Inc
reader puts il down almost ready 10 say 'ha'
Pho reoeneration Of the "Other half Is hopeless
The settlement workers and organized charties
seem lust 10 be tugglng In helpless SOFT I'll
vav at a mass they never move. The perplexl-
ties on which Miss Adams lays stress are such
as 10 raise the question If all the organized AT
tennis Mt charity and all the work to give 10
the miserable a new code Of manners and
morals as the price Of relief are not quite as open
IN objection as the old method OF indiscriminate
giving which tended to make hereditary pau
pers.
Vet Miss Adams is not hopeless. She is
only frank in recognizing the insists of conven-
tional opinion She gives hint OF the scepti-
clsm and WEAKNESS of soul which must come TO
every thoughtfully conscientious person who
starts ont with enthusiasm TO bring into har-
mony with IN ideal n complicated world which
will not suit itself 10 any logic. The young
college woman who becomes charity visitor
is brought in contact with families who what
ever their other griefs. must be put on their in
dustrial feet Instead of preaching brother
hood and encouraging higher traits she must
tell them to work and save, even at the sacri-
fee of their consideration for each other. their
generosity to their friends. The more she
knows them the clearer she sees that they have
n virtue Of their own, and that her teaching.
however much II may improve their physical
condition often undermines their social and
moral standards Her grandmother could con
sclentlousy have told the poor that II they
worked faithfully and lived frugally they would
prosper People believed that fifty years ago.
and in the simple and uncrowded community
OF that time it was mcasurably true 1t is not
true now, with our great industrial mechanism.
Ii Is not always mems fault, except In the
broadcast sense If they do not get on, and the
charity worker finds herself unable to preach
the comfortable old doctrine Of deserts She
sees the failures as often spring from lack Of
brains as from lack Of morals And even it is
often less lack of brains than of adjustment Of
brains.
The overdressng Of the shop girl. the extrava
CANT funeral, the improvdent living wrong
they appear to the superior intelligence OF the
visitor, are due 10 n certain instinct for meeting
what Is real want In the poor peoples life
they conceive H. They know that clothes mean
stands for the outside world. The mourning
they cannot afford is the obedience 10 the con-
vention Of their narrow circle. ind the narrower
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29

assured only under United States control-pre-
cisely a. British control Is the worlds guaran-
tee of neutrality Of the Suez Canal, and that
therefore, to serve the interests OF both Great
Britain and the United States free hand must
be given to this country to proceed with the
work. And realizing these facts, there Is no
reason to doubt that an agreement ID accoru-
ance with them will soon be reached.
Such contamination will be welcomed by
all right.thinking men on both sides OF the
son and its attainment should be facilitated
by them so far as in them lies. At any rate
II would be deplorable to have 1t in any de-
gree teopardcd by indiscretions or marplotry
IN nuhI,c utterance. We have observed with
pleasure that the influential part Of the British
nress Is practically unanimous In favoring re-
vision Of the treaty on the lines Indicated
few Onnosi,ion papers, apparently through an
unworthy fractional desire to embarrass the
Government. are limiting that this country
should be required to give Great Britain big
ou,d pro QUO We do not believe the British
Government thinks so. or will think so. 1t Will
not play the part of the dog in the manger 1t
is no profit to it to maintain the treaty; 1t VIII
he no loss to 1t to revise IT, wherefore IL VIII
demand no pay for revision On the contrary,
revision. followed promptly by construction Oh
the canal, will greatly benefit Great britain.
It Is thus to be assumed that guarantees vi
prompt construction and OF neutrality OF 'he
canal are all the quid pro quo that VIII De re-
oulred AS for the press or the Cnlteo states
II will do well TO emulate the tone OF the bet
ter part Of the British press or indeed tha'
OF its own better part, which Is the same
few papers here have made themselves con-
spicuous with bad tnste and laundering Oh 'his
subject, but have probably done little or no
real harm. Diplomacy. whether IN peacehah
Ing or for canal-cutting. is best conducted D!
diplomats The function OF the newspaper 10
70 make the work Of the diplomat easier, not
harder, and that is sometimes done by Siiehce
rather than by speech.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29
PLANTING FOREIGN FLAGS.

NJ. Georges Thebaud hit the isthmian nail
sauarely on the head in his article In the farlS
"Gaulois" from which we printed Some extracts
recently Speaking OF the projectors or the
Panama Canal he declared that they had at
tempted ito plant the French flag anew IN the
New World" Precisely. That Is exactly what
they tried TO do. That is why NJ. Thiebaud and
many others OF his countrymen desire the sue
cess of the Panama scheme. That Is why
thoughtful Americans, with not the least I'M
kindness toward France. desire 1t not to sue
coed but prefer TO have a canal constructed
across the Central American sthmus under the
flag which already and properly is most widely
planted in the New World
Wherever the French flag or any other Euro
pean flag is now legally planted in the New
World it may, for all this country cares. re-
main forever For 1t is not to be supposed that
any Of these flags will have to be driven out as
was that of Spain But this country let 1t be
known many years ago that any additional
nlantinc OF such flags over additional territory
ON this continent would not be agreeable TO 1t.
In that 1t was and Is supported by reason and
by the example and practice Of the European
Powers themselves. From that attitude 1t has
not withdrawn and does not expect to with
draw.
Above ALL It cannot be supposed that this
country will look with approval upon an at
tempt to plant European flag over water
way that will, If constructed, form practically
n part of its own coast line and be used by IT
more than by all other Powers put together and
he Of vital importance to its welfare and safety
Much as Americans admire and love the French
flag. they prefer that their own ships. going
from one Of their own ports to another, shall
pass not under II. but under their own flag
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Netu71nrk Dailr Iribm,re
SUNDAY. JANUARY 20. 1899.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-Both branches in session. =
Senate: In executive session Mr. Frye con-
tinued his argument for ratification OF the feace
Treaty; in open session the Diplomatic ana Con-
sular Appropriation bill was passed =
House: Consideration Of the Army Reorganza-
ton bill was continued. but little progress Was
made
FOREIGN.-The French Government will In
troduce a bill in the Chamber requiring the
united sections of the Court Of Cessation 10 ae-
eide the Dreyfus application for a retriai tnls
Is considered blow TO the revisionists -
The agitation over the question or the pay
ment OF the Cuban insurgent troops before tney
disband continues persistent IN cuba, n ans
TO Manila and the soldiers will leave their
transport for the first time since they saiIed
be &c convoked on February 20 and will debate
the Philippine and Cuban wars. - M. say
a we'll known sugar refnef died In Paris. -
The wonderful rise in values in American sc.
cur,t.es has greatly impressed and surprised
the investors of Great Britain.
DOMESTIC-Commssa General Eagan has
been found guilty Of both charges against HIM
and sentenced TO dismissal from the Army; the
court martial, however. recommends that the
President exercise clemency. - William A
Clark (Dem) was elected United States Senator
from Montana by combination Of Republican
votes with those of Democratic members OF the
Legislature. - The President has decided TO
appoint George w. Wilson, at present Deputy
Commissioner TO be Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue TO succeed Senator-elect n 3. Scott
- Funeral services over the body OF ex-
AttOrney-General Garland were neIu IN w ASH
ington. - The situation in the Senatorial
contests in Pennsylvania and Delaware re-
manned unchanged.
CITY.-Stocks were firm md active. -
letter OF W. j. Bryan 10 w. J. Abbot was
made public, In which the former declined to
speak here and ignore the money question at
Mr. Cookers suggestion - number OF
conferences were held by Governor Roosevelt.
Senator Plat and others: but so far as could
be learned no plan for police legislation was
decided upon. - Rear-Admiral Sampson was
the guest OF honor at dinner given by the
Montauk Club OF Brooklyn. at which Secretary
Long gave practically all the credit for the San
tago victory to the guest Of the evening. -
Captain McClusky announced that he was work
Ing on new cews in the Adams poisoning case,
and exonerated enc man who had been sus-
pected. - The Jubilee dinner OF the alumni
OF the College OF the City Of New-York was
held at the Hotel Savoy. and Governor ROose-
welt Controller Coler President Little Of the
Board OF Education and others were among the
guests
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day: Snow
followed by clear and much colder weather to-
night The temperature yesterday: Highest
% degrees; lowest 10; average. %
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29
CANAL AND TREATY NEGOTIATIONS.

The Joint High Commission for adjusting
differences between this country and British
North America has attracted much attention
and done much work. 1t Is now nearing the
end Of It's labors. and these latter we believe,
will not be found unfrutfu The Commission
has probably not come 10 an agreement upon
all disputed points That is too much to have
been expected But it has probably agreed
upon a number Of them perhaps most OF them;
and II has throughout its deliberations mani
Tested upon both sides such spirit Of sweet
reasonabeness. and such a desire for mutual
agreement even before individual gain, as are
of happiest augury for further negotiations and
for future relations between the two great
empires concerned The Commissioners are
doing well for and will deserve well OF, the
nations they represent. At the same time
other negotiations are in progress between the
same empires, less public and attracting less
attention, but by means less promising OF
satisfactory results nor Of less Importance to
these nations and 10 the world.
The latter are the negotiations between
Great Britain and the United States for such
modification OF the Clayton-B ulwer Treaty as
will open the way for prompt construction OF
a canal by the United States across the Cen
trail American isthmus. We have hitherto fire.
Quently suggested IN these columns the pro-
priety and the eminent desrablhty Of opening
such negotiations; and it has been gratifying
TO announce in these columns, as was done
few days ago by our London correspondent,
that they have at last been opened, not in a
controversial and contentious manner, but In
a practical and mutually accordant manner that
offers promise OF harmonious results. II was
not 10 be expected that such work would be
undertaken by the preceding Administration at
washington and the early part OF the present
Administration Aas mperativey occupied by
other matters But these matters not merely
postponed negotiations concerning the canal
They prepared the way and created an excep-
tionally favorable opportunity for them and
that opportunity has been improved In the
readiest and most direct manner. AS MI Ford
has told us. the overtures Of the Washington
Government have been cordially received by
that In London. The tangled controversies OF
the last half-century are wisely shelved, ana
the negotiations are based directly upon pres
ent conditions and requirements. Both parties
realize perfectly the salient facts OF the case
10 wit: That II is 10 the interest OF both 10
have q neutral waterway across the isthmus;
that the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty has not only
failed 10 secure the construction OF such
waterway. but has long been and Is the most
serious barrier to its construction; that the
canal can be constructed only by the United
States, and that Its secure neutrality can be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29

Germany forbids the use OF French words.
written spoken. in her military service.
France has not yet found occasion to forbid the
use Of German. but will do so II 1t becomes
necessary Rules for the conduct Of lingual
reprisas are not formally set down In either
army manual. though under present circum-
stances they seem desirable. There are intri-
cate and difficult poiIts involved which ought
not 10 be left TO 9 scretion. For instance for
bidding French in the German Army is one
thing and forbiddlng that which the German
is usually content to give forth as French Is
another The same might be said OF Ger
man. II happy any alleged shreds OF such were
spoken in the Gallo ranks Under analysis 1t
would ooze through any such interdict and
evaporate as jargon. OF the Gascon dialect
Voltnire said: When two Gascons talk together
they pretend to understand each other. but no.
body believes them" That would be much the
case with Frenchman and German. in and out OF
military ranks. when either essayed to wrestle
with the language Of the other.
The boy who stood on the burning deck was
not in It with the Senator's who want time TO
talk. regardless OF possible bloodshed in the
Philippines.
Crude oil Is found to be cheap end an EN-
recent session OF the Missouri Good Roads Asso
citation Major NJ. Meigs a civil engineer OF Keo-
fuk. iowa. described experiments made In this
direction and said that they had all proved
satisfactory A barrel OF crude oil. costing at
the wells 90 cents. he said was sufficient for
the treatment Of strip OF road 100 feet long
and II feet wide The oil mngles with the
earth and forms waterproof crust, with q
1,Ifaee almost as smooth - asphalt. Ths d.
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The return OF the Aston Battery after its gal
liant service will probably be held to have
frightened the most glowing day in the Astor
history The corps came back from their
Philippine service without many losses. health
full. bright-eyed and happy in the welcoming
pleudlts Of their countrymen. Their re-entry
would have worn another plume OF interest II
Colonel Astor could have ridden at the head OF
the line.