Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-08

to a degree, but not on the day when his
chum, the High school girl, comes to share
with him the humdrum hardships Of ex
istcnce On the tented field. Authority and
discipline and all the pomp and circum-
stance Of war may still be there, but it
doesn't stand much show against the shirt
WASTED golf-skirtcd brigade who come out
for the sole purpose Of seeing how the
cadets are standing camp life. Wars
panoply is easily ed pied for the moment
ana tn" young people manage to overlook
things in a way that might shock the vcry
proper, but which 20 as a matter ~ course
in the glorious west. And anyone who
doubts that the boys and girls had "A good
time on Decoration day a! Camp Lawton
neo5s only to inspect the pictures in this
number to be convinced cf the error Ct
such conclusions.
The church Of st. Mary Magdalcnc has h d
quite "A diversified existence, but has come
out Of each initiation bigger and brighter
and better. In The beginning the Jealous
father who chose a lot in the then outsk r $
Of Omaha because it was cheap and his pao-
pie were poor, only wanted to secure a
place where the German Catholics could
hear the gospel eXpGundcd in their native
tongue. He buildcd better than ne knew,
for the church came to be surrounded by
business blocks whose coTniCes OvertOpped
the spiro Of the modest little building. And
then came a fire and magnificent business
block and humble church were swept away.
out Of the ruins both rose, each larger
and handsomer than before. Still the church
nestled timidly between the towering piles
devoted to commerce, and the land on which
1t stood increased in value. 1t was needed
for the extension Of business, and finally
the church was sold. Only a little way
further, and on a piece Of ground whose
value would have dumbfounded the priest
who bought the first site for the church.
the congregation of st. Mary Magdalene's
will soon have a new home, one Of tho
handsomost among the many handsome
church edifces Of Omaha, Last Sunday,
amid the display Ct the church's power and
magnihccncc, Bishops Scanncll with solemn
ritualistic ceremonies, laid the corner stone
and blessed It. and all the week the walls
of the new building have risen higher until
the exterior outline of the beautiful struc-
ture at Nineteenth and Dodge streets are
now apparent to all. While Father Judge
is defeating his beautiful new Church Of
the Sacred Heart today. Father Glauber is
looking forward to the not far distant day
when he can dedicate his equally beautiful
new Church of st. Mary Magdalene.
D
Clifford wilkins of York is another of
those young men who have developed ora
torical ability of unusual quality while at
tending the public schools of his home
town. At the recent meeting Of the state
Oratorical association at Grand Island he
won first place among a large number of
competitors. In this competition he was
pitted against the tested champions of the
other schools Of the state and his victory
therefore well entities him to the distinc-
tion of champion in this particular line.
Mary Bell Murrcll. a native of Tennessee.
an Arkansas school teacher. the wife of a
successful country doctor, now dead, has
become one Of the really remarkable bus
mess women Of the country. She came
into prominence as long ago as the early
90's, by reason Of her connection with a
wonderfully successful Woman's Loan and
Building association in the south. Since
then she has devoted her attention to min
ing and one of the most stupendous un-
dcrtakings in the whole mining history Of
the west was conceived and carried out
successfully by her. She determined on
a tunnel five miles long piercing a noun
tain believed to contain valuable mineral
veins. Difficulties innumerable appeared
IN tho way. but Mrs. Murrcll went about
her work in a most systematic manner Sh,
cleared up the title to the ground she
wanted, went east and enlisted the capital
she needed, and is now the principal
stockhclder in one of the most successful