The courier., 1901-03-23
THE COURIER
LINCOLN LETTER.
Lincoln. Nebr
March II. 1901.


you do. You have been away seeing
new, interesting things and meeting
new, interesting people. | have staid
here in Lincoln with nothing more than
Jacks tastes to interest me. His taste
is not very pronounced in the matter Of
color or style, but in the matter OF eat.
ing he knows what he wants and he can
not be hypnotizsd into believing that a
dish is good because / made it, That
only lasted month. Three times day,
at eight, at twelve and at six, must
take an examination in household econ
omy, conducted by the most rigid of ex.
aminers, a hungry husband. the son Of a
most notable house-keeper who consid
cred everything folderol that did not
Immediately minister to the needs of
her husband and sons, or rather her sons
and her husband; words should come
in the order Of their importancs). With
these three examinations per day on my
mind You can see that more agreeable
persons and places have not crowded
from my mind Penelope and Omaha,
the former one OF the most fascinating
persons and the latter the home of one
of the most fascinating persons that
ever came within the narrow circle of
my life. 1t is therefore natural for me
to resume" You have almost forgot
ten that rural party in Lincoln, who
used to insistently write you once a
week and dream about you between
times. You are of the aspect, temper
ament and mind of the cosmopolitan
and l of the incurably suburban and
provincial. | am possessed" with en-
thusiasms, manifested by wrath, pity,
admiration, disgust, love or what not.
You are somewhat blazzy: you have
read. travelled, thought and been ad-
mired much more than the average wo-
man and things in Omaha bore you be-
cause you measure them by the other,
more picturesque. richer places and peo
pie. Omaha seems to me metropolis
filled with important people who never
walk and who are particularly impress
sive to hayseeds who float into the city
from other parts Of the state. / can not
understand why such gay, opulent city
should bore a spinster with money in
her own right, heavily gold mounted
position and more invitations to func-
tions than Lent and the keen eyes Of
her rector will permit her to accept.
Try to learn provincialism Of me, dear.
Get up little interest in Omaha and
Lincoln. IL you are an Omaha citizen
show a proper disgust for Lincoln and
out Of your class and it you
are a citizen of Lincoln have some fam
lily pride and say out loud that nothing
good can come out of Omaha. Be patri-
otto where ever you are. Keep your
eye on the gun and realize the truth
that it is necessary to love, and to hate,
in order to keep the circulation normal
and the liver active.
Lent and the carnival have made Lin
coin deadly dull. Nothing is going on
but few dinners, quiet luncheons and
little parties that amuse people more
than the rninspiring, conventional re-
ports in the society columns indicate.
what Lent has not subdued
and disciplined. the Grip is striving
with. The persistently gay people are
trifle CHASTITY in their merriment. The
is like Josiah Aliens,
4 little forced and wooden.
The Delta Gammas are getting ready
10 entertain the d. G. convention which
meets in Lincoln in May. The Nebras-