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The courier., 1903-03-14
SOCIETY NOTES
LIFE'S May WHIRL

A quiet week this has been. Because
of the presence in the city of Mrs. \.
G. BeesoE of Omaha, Les Bohemiennes
have had gay little time all by them
selves. Mrs. Lewis Marshall and Mrs.
w. G. Morrison gave a luncheon in
honor of Mrs. Beeson on Tuesday, Mr..
and Mrs. F. w. Brown gave a dinner
Tuesday evening, Mrs. Walter b. Har-
greaves. a luncheon on Wednesday.
Mrs. John b. Wright entertained Les
Bohemiennes Wednesday afternoon, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Funke gave a dinner
Thursday evening. All of these were
informal affairs, but very delightful
Mrs. Beeson returned to Omaha yester-
day.
The coming Of Theodore Thomas and
his great orchestra for an April festival
Of music. is an important event not only
to musical people. but to society people
as well. and to all who are interested in
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bridal party. The drawing room was
adorned with white roses, and white
chrysanthemum shades were on the
globes. The dining room was in red.
A basket of meteor roses, with bow
Of red ribbon on the handle. was on the
centre of the table and dropping down
among the roses. from the chandelier
above were six fairy lamps. Red candles
burned in silver sticks on which were
bows of white tulle.
Mrs. T. H. McGahey, and Mrs. c. M.
Sheldon of Holdrege. presided at the
table. and a delicious supper was served
by the active members of Pi Beta Phi,
Little Gladys Neeshaw directed the
guests upstairs. A collection of beauti-
full presents was on exhibition.
The bride came to Lincoln with her
parents about five years ago and has
many warm friends in Lincoln. She is
a member of the class of '9S of the state
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fifty couples OF dancers chaperoned by
Judge and Mrs. Roscoe Pound. The
decorations were of military character.
The programs bore the shield of the
company embossed In old gold and sky
blue. The officers OF the company. who
are Captain Ringer, First Lieutenant
Dawson. Second Lieutenant Mansfield.
were present in uniform. Mr.. X. J.
Mansfield was chairman OF the commit
tee, and Mr.. X. Il. Davisson was master
OF ceremonies.
The annual banquet of Phi Delta
Theta will be given this evening I'm the
private dining room at the Lincoln hotel
The Phi coiors. light blue and white. and
the flower. the white carnation, viii be
used I'm the elaborate decorations OF the
room and the table. Covers will be laid
for fifty. Mr.. Charles III. Won Mansfelde
will preside as toastmaster.
The program of toasts will be:
"Phrs In Professional Life
Mr. Alvin Johnson
"Nicknames' ....:..:....Mr Hal J. Sowie
Theta Phi f.......-........ Mr.. r. Il. Loomis
"A Ten-Striker' Mr.. Gage shannon
"A Weary Traveller. Mr.. Alex c. Lau
The Present Occasion Mr. f. w. Lambert
out of town alumni present will be
Messieurs Turkey, McShane. Won Mans
felde. Sumner. Houck. Charles True and
A. Johnson of Omaha; Messieurs Hol-
land and CAN'T of Falls City.
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Robert Brown CLERK for Benson &
Rebecca Sharp "a maiden LADY,.
Miss Grace Bridge
Katharine Rogers Miss Rebecca,s niece,
Miss Margaret Honeywell
Marion Bryant Ratharine,s frien0.
Jenkins Miss Rebecca's butler.
Miss Grace Abbott
Tatty Miss Rebecca's maid2,
mer home of Miss Rebecca- Time-the
present.
The banquet committee consists of
Miss Nelia Cochrane, chairman; Misses
Winifred Sherman, Mabel Stone, and
Margaret Honeywell. The entertain
ment committee, Miss Helen Welch,
chairman, Misses Edith Abbott and
Lorraine Comstock.
Out of town guests will be Misses
Mona Martin, Herberta Jaynes, Fannie
Cole and Hortense Clark of Omaha;
Miss Helen Wilson of Ashland; Miss
Katharine Woods of Schuyler.
K z 4
In honor of Mr. and Mrs. ]. w. Moore
and Mrs. William E. Rhodes of Omaha,
Mr.. and Mrs. Will III. Love and Mr.. and
Mrs. F. w. Metzger gave a six-handed
euchre of seven tables, Wednesday
evening at the Love home on NJ and
Seventeenth streets. The house was
adorned with red flowers, red shades,
and palms. A delicate luncheon was
served after the games. Mrs. John
Beachlcy assisted the hostesses, as did
also Miss Cornelia Lindsay and Miss
Lillian Pyle. Thursday afternoon Mrs.
Love and Mrs. Metzger entertained
about forty ladies in honor of Mrs.
Moore and Mrs. Rhodes. Six-hand
euchre was played and a luncheon was
served.
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A tea in honor of Miss Jennie Barber
was given Monday afternoon from half
after four until six o'clock, at the home
of Miss Minnie Morrill,. The active and
alumnae members of Pi Beta Phi were
present, and Mrs. H. o. Barber, mother
of the bride elect, was a special guest.
Miss Darleen Woodward and Miss Wini-
fred Howell poured coffee and served ice
cream, and refreshments were passed by
the freshmen members of the active
chapter. The table was covered with
drawn work and decorated with tulips.
The blinds were drawn, the gas lighted,
and the rooms were adorned with red
roses. Miss Barber was presented with
a dozen handsome silver forks.
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university, and is a member of Pi Beta
Phi sorority. The groom, who resided
here for three years, has recently re-
moved to Kansas City. He is an alurnnus
of the Illinois university, and a member
of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Mr..
and Mrs. Plym will reside in Kansas
City and will be at home after April
first.
Only members of the bride and
groom's fraternities, and a few friends
were at the wedding. Out of town
guests were Miss Lytle of Greenwood;
Misses Grace and Belle Reynolds, Sedg-
wick and Carscaden of York; Miss Writ
of Fairbury; Misses Thomas and Branch
of Omaha; Miss Ashmun of st. Joseph;
Messieurs Unzinger, Moorehead, Pan
coast, Mann, Mcdonald of Omaha; Mr..
Dean of Ashland; Mrs. Stett, sister of
the groom. and Mr.. Arthur Stett of Har-
ward, Nebraska.
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Mrs. II. NJ Brock and Miss Sarah Hay
den gave a studio tea Monday afternoon
from two until four o'clock, in the IL
brary building of the state university.
The officers of the woman's club and
the members of the art department were
guests Mrs. G. Z. Barber and Mrs. Eli
Plummer assisted in receiving the guests.
Mrs. F. n. Gibson poured tea, and Miss
Muir and Miss Mundy assisted her in
serving The china, paintings and curios
in the studio gave great pleasure to the
guests.
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Professor and Mrs. T. NJ. Hodgman
gave a dinner Thursday evening in hon.
or of Reverend and Mrs. H. c. Swearin-
gen. Doctor Swearingen remained seat
ed at one table during the entire repast,
but the other men progressed with the
courses, Of which there were six. The
table in the dining room was adorned
with daffodils, those in the library and
drawing room with tulips. Partners for
dinner were found by matching quota
tions from Shakspere, and places at the
tables were found by matching the rib
bons, with which the cards were tied.
with the flowers on the tables. After the
banquet Mr.. Swearingen talked of the
work of the national reform association:
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Miller, who have just
returned from visit to Cuba, gave some
Of their experiences, and Mrs. H. B.
Ward entertained the company with
songs. There were twenty-four guests.
Professor and Mrs. Hodgman gave a
second dinner last evening with a SIM
liar number Of guests.
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Company B, university cadets. gave its
annual hop last night at Fraternity hall
The company B party is one of the most
popular of the social events connected
with the university. and the dance last
night was one of the most successful
ever given by the company There were
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Miss Floretta Vining. a leading wom-
ans club worker of Boston, who Great
ed a sensation recently by charging
gross intemperance among women, has
discovered a new evil. She has now
started a crusade having for its object
better breeding. and better manners
among the children of wealthy people.
She holds that modern children, who
ought to be well trained, are pretty poor
specimens. Her remedy is more cor
poral punishment, want of which, she
contends, is largely responsible for pre-
sent conditions. Miss Vining proposes
to give her ideas all the publicity pos
sible in the hope that parents will cor
rect the evil of which she complains.
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The annual banquet of Delta Gamma
will be given at six o'clock this evening
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-29
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gree, made 1t absolutely safe against the chances of further destruction.
 This work of precaution will be con tinued. There are other monuments on the Acropolis that demand equal at tention. Alongside the Parthenon the Erechtheion and the little Temple of Wingless Victory are sources of archaeological anxiety. The columns of that part of the Erechtheion known as the Pandrosion have become very weak. The scaffolding, when removed from the finished Parthenon. will be re-erected around the Erechtheion and the needed support and strengthening will be provided there.
 As to the little Temple of Wingless Victory, it is the hastion supporting it which gives rise 10 most apprehension. Several large Assures have shown themselves in the masonry.
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When Americans are studying trade statistics and glorifying the doings Of the people of this great nation, 1t Is well to look at other statistics and re alize what momentous problem con- fronts this country. Suicide Is increas- ing. A total of 7.245 persons killed themselves in the year recently closed. The figures are as near official as 1t Is possible to make them. Of this total 5.SJO were males and 1895 females. The causes are well worth studying. Despondency leads the list with 2,9SD victims. Dependency. in many cases, Is the penalty of ambition, and is a species of insanity. It is closely asso- ciated with the growing business of a commercial nation. It touches the lives of the men who would be rich and pow erful and live at a rate of mile a minute. They neither eat, work nor sleep properly. They burn the candle at both ends. Every year they want to do more than they did last year. Many can stand the pace for a considerable length of time. Others can't. They worry, they brood. and then they join the "despondency list" Because of do- nestle infelicity there were 5i1 sui cides. Liquor drove 439 to self-intiicted deaths; business losses, 67; disappoint- ed love, 2S3; III health. SIS; insanity, 674; unknown, 1,643. Mob law is a.- ways bad law, and mob law is increas- ing. In 1901 there were 11S legal exc cutions, 135 lynchings and 1852 mur- ders in the United States. Those are bad figures. They show how much of barbarism there Is In mankind. The excuse of the average mob for murder ing a murderer Is that it desires to make justice speedy and sure. It re- fuses to trust to the courts, with their technlcalities and delays. It acts while passion Is hot and tumultuous, while the desire for revenge still fills human hearts. The remedies are education and courts that, by their conduct, are a guarantee of integrity. When the peo- pie know that justice Is sure and cer- tain, surely the infiiction of the death penalty will be left to the law. Self restraint and slowness to anger should be taught in every school in the land IL is doctrine that should be instilled in childish minds. If the feeling that makes men stain their hands with blood Is to be educated out of human beings, 1t will have to start with the children, and be so thoroughly i'm pressed upon them that it will become a part of their lives.
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Judge Tafts recent report will go a long way toward settling the question as to whether or not the climate of the Philippines is healthy. He says that for a tropical climate 1t is. The pres ence of lepers, the appearance of bu- bonic plague in Manila and some other places, and the fact that smallpox pre- yails in some of the provinces he ad- mits; but careful medical inspection and stringent sanitary measures are re- ducing all these dangers. The large number of cases of insanity among American soldiers, which has been re- ported in the papers, Judge Taft says frankly Is in no way the fault of the climate, but IS due solely to the drink Ing of vino. native liquor which often contains as much as seventeen Der cent of fusil oil. The use of this drink has nov been prohibited.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-29

What the rules of the game" are to sports and pastimes, the rules of pro- cedure" or of parliamentary practice, are to the deliberations of legislative body. In any kind of contest strength and zeal may go down In defeat before superior skill in taking advantage of the rules. It often happens In the fierce political encounters In Congress. A deliberative body must have rules, even though in operation they some times seem to defeat the ends of legs lation. The study always is to formu late such codes of parliamentary law as will be most nearly perfect in their application. The House of Representa- tives at the beginning of a new Con- gress frequerfly has a vigorous discus sion of the rules. This year there was an attempt In the caucus of Republican members to secure certain modifica- tions of the old code, which was de- feated. Then the Democrats tried on the floor to accomplish the same result but without success. The old cods
 
 tive body depends the power of the minority party, and especially the op portunity of the individual member of either majority or minority. In the House the membership Is so large that little power of initiative Is left to the individual member; the leaders of the majority party, whichever 1t happens to be, hold the conduct of affairs in firm grasp. The Senate. being smaller body, allows unlimited debate: minori- ty members are thus able sometimes to accomplish by indirection what they could not do on a square vote. Both elements are needed in lawmaking- the firm hand of the majority, and de ference to individual rights. lnas. much as every measure must pass both houses of Congress, fair balance usu- ally results.
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OuaInt Inscriptions.

A well known Southern antiqual Ian has an interesting collection of verse which he has found from time to time in old hall clocks. Some are terSe and teem with truth. Pasted inside the case of an old sentinel of Father Time was a piece of parchment on which was written in ink that had long since almost faded away am old and worn, as my face appears, For I've walked on time for u hundred
 years.
 Many have fallen since I begun;
 Many will fall ere my race is run. I have buried the world, with it's hopes
 and fears, In my bong, long march of a hundred
 years.
 In another old colonial timepicce was written
 Master. behold me. Here stand To tell the hours at thy command; What Is thy wish 'tis my delight To serve thee both by day and night. But master, be wise, and learn from me To serve thy God as I serve thee.
 A wise old clOckmaker had scratched upon the plates of another this bit of trite philosophy The man is yet unborn who truly weighs
 the hour.
 Scribbled in the case of another old clock was the following
 Time marks the way of life's decay.
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no new thing. The fall of the Cam panile has only called attention to the conditions the presence of which has been vaguely realized for many years The destruction of this magnificent tower has caused such a distinct loss to the world of art that people begin to realize how precious are those which are left.
 It Is gratifying to note that most strenuous efforts are now being made for the preservation of some of these structures And In the case of many 1t Is full time. The Londoner has long secuted the idea that his own greatest monument. St. Paul's Cathedral, was in peril, but recent examinations show 1t to be in most dangerous condition. The world at large is perhaps more interested in St. Paurs than in any
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through which hundreds of tourists every day pass.
 When the cracks In the historic Cam panile of St Marks, in Venice. began to show the warning was quickly heed ed. Experts said the beautiful tower that had seen so many doges come and go would surely fall. just AS experts a year ago said St Paurs would col lapse when the great cracks were first seen there.
 The authorities went to work upon the Campanile. But the patching up process was taken too leisurely. While they were going on with 1t, down came the tower into the square of San Marco.
 The Bruges BeIfry.
 The celebrated "Belfry Bruges," in Belgium. Is likewise fast crumbling to decay. The tower on which Longfel- low stood when he wrote one of his most beautiful short poems threatens to fall just as the Campanile did. For JU0 years this great cathedral tower has stood without having shown any signs of weakness. But going to ruin" appears to be contagious amongst the ancient landmarks of the world and the contagion is fast spreading. The Belfry of Bruges has attracted pill yrims from all over the world. In It
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not been able to find in his own faction

not been able to find in his own faction a man who dared to take the place. If such an incident cnled by leaving an important bureau without head, the situation would be bad enough; but there Is always the greater danger that an incompetent person will be appoint ed, and that the technical service of the city will become merely one of the cogs in the political machine. Yet surely 1t partisan that there Is mo politics in science" and that ability should be the only test for appointment to and con. tinuance in positions that call for spe cial training.
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A Test.

Yes" said the grizzled bachelor, "he Is married. 1 don't remember her name, and it doesn't matter much. but she's got such temper that when he comes home little later than common he softly opens the door and filings his hat inside. If it doesn't come flying out in three minutes he goes in; if 1t does. he slips of downtown and stays all night. It costs him something ex- tra for hats, but saves considerable wear and tear of his feelings. Oh. yes. he is married3'-Philadelphia North American.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-29

Municipal mismanagement seems to reach climax when political consider ations dictate appointments to offices requiring technical skill, those of city engineers and electricians. for instance
 A change In political control In cer- tain large city recently brought about the removal of an expert from the posi- ton he had long and efficiently held
 So far the spoilsmen had their will
 but at last accounts the new boss had
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landmarks W h i c h are equally revered and that a conta-
 zion of decay has struck them which is sure to result in furt b CT disaster within a very short time. This Is true in the sense that our most precious m on u n @ n Is are crumbling. but this pronass of decay Is
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hangs a celebrated chime of bells of which poets for centuries have sung It is one of the best-known landmarks of the Middle Ages. The Order of the Golden Fleece was founded in its shad- ow, and many famous battles have been fought near where 1t stands. But unless the efforts of engineers and architects can prevail. 1t. too must sue cumb to the ravages of time.
 The Sphinx, too. is fast growing weary. For 5000 years this Egyptian mystery with the body of lion and the face of a woman has remained at the borders of the Libyan desert.
 But she. too, is beginning to show signs of age. having at last grown weary of propounding her riddle to the sands of the desert and the vast null titudes who daily visit her, coming by trolley from Cairo. The Sphinx has seen many empires rise and flourish and decay. but unless rejuvenation. as mysterious as her own origin and ex- istence, soon sets in. she, too. will dis solve in broken fragments and with her will be gone forever the only chance of ever obtaining an answer to the riddle which no one has yet been able to find out.
 Church of St. John.
 Like St. Pauls Cathedral, in London the Church of St. John Lateran, In Rome, is in danger of falling to pieces. The carved and gilded roof is liable at any time to tumble down upon the heads of the worshipers. St. Johns is the mother and head of all the church es Of all the original churches built by Constantine in S96. the baptistry of St. Johns Is the only piece of archi- lecture that still remains. The church itself has had a career of many disas- ters. But the calamaties which have hitherto befallen 1t have been due to
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-29

The gifts made during 1901 to about one hundred and fifty institutions of learning in this country aggregated more than eighty-one million dollars It is vast, impressive sum-less, to be sure, than the value of our corn or wheat or cotton production, but likely to raise an even more valuable crop.
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The young mans life was saved by a package of love letters which he car ried in his pocket. The bullet which was intended for him struck the letters, melted, and dropped harmlessly into his left shoe
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It Is announced now that the Kaiser would like to come to the United States, and that he can't come now, and that he may come later. Welcome, any time, Williei
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Although the neck of land which con- nects North and South America is far from being desirable place of resi- dence, politically 1t is one of the most important morsels of territory on the globe. Next to being the first to climb the North Pole. Uncle Samuel crayes no greater boon than to build and manage an isthmian canal, be 1t called Panama or Nicaragua.
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ReXcnge.

Small Boy-Give me large bottle of the worst medicine you've got in your store.
 Druggist-What's the matter?
 Well, I've been left alone with grandma, and she's suddenly been taken sick. and I'm going to get even with her"'-Life.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-29

A French Inventor has produced new voting machine which Is said to secure secrecy and accuracy. It may be that in time enough safeguards can be thrown around the ballot to keep human nature absolutely honest. But 1t Is doubtful.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-29

Great men often boast of the time when they worked for 70 cents a day and their board, but no woman who is up ever refers to the time when she was somebody's hired girl.