Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-26

size and a programme, a copy of
which we g~raciously extend to the
REGISTERS readers and friends:
Overture-Tancred i.-M. Search, A.
Haefner, A. Blaine, A. and NJ. Mauthe.
Song-"How So Fair"-.A. Hanick.
Solo-Miserere ..-....-~..--.---A. Blaine.
Song-Hernani ....-...--..---1. Dandy.
Violin Solo-Pirate --M. S~chneweiss.
Song-"There is a Flower" E. Schulz.
Duo-IlT rovatore ...-.M NJ. Schaefer,
M. Harmony.
Song-"Heart Bowed Down.. e. Williams.
Solo-Lucia di Lammermoor "A. Wilson.
Duet-"While Thus Around" ~. Dandy,
A. Hanick.
Duo-Belasario ...~......A Moore, F. Miller.
Caecilian Chorus With Orchestra.
At the presentation of each
selection-they are all from stand
ard OPERA short history of the
composition was given, together
with a sketch of the play, which
added not inconsiderably to the
interest of the rendition. The
piano sextette - "Overture Tan
credi"-was as fine a piece of
musical work as it has been our
good fortune to hear, while the
closing chorus was affecting and
charming. We do not mean, by
mentioning these two especially,
to imply that in execution and
soulful rendering, they exceeded
the numbers between them; on the
contrary they are only given as
the type of excellence which
marked the whole entertainment.
1t needs not saying that we n
joyed it "from start to finish" and
that we shall always feel grateful
for the kindness which extended
us the favor of being present. The
written programmes were unique
and tasteful, being composed of
four leaves cut in the semblance
of a full-opened forest rose, the
initial leaf or cover bearing the
legend "Caecilia Club, Nov. 22d,
1908" followed by the pages con-
tanning the selections, the whole
concluding with a leaf daintily
painted in imitation of the queen of
flowers. A silken cord rose-tinted,
conjoined the several parts. They
will be very carefully preserved
as fitting mementoes of an oc-
casion when beauty, art and ex-
cellence combined to create an
evening as enjoyable as it is rare
in this world of cold fact and in
exorable duty. After the con-
clusion of the entertainment-all
honor to the fair Caecilians! may
their lives be long and replete with
happiness!-we had a very pleas
ant hour with the Rev. Fathers
Wernert, Tintrup and Huber, and
then "Good night" was said. The
homeward walk was without Incl
dent, and it wasn't long before we
were enjoying the dreamless sleep
that blesses good digestion and
clear conscience.
The sweater-knitting habit is
upon this community and clutches
in its strenuous embrace every
maid and matron in the fair Area
dia Valley. The click of the
wooden needles is heard in the
household-in the p%arlor, dining
room and kitchen-at all working
hours, and, it may be, as slumber-
ing poets in their dreams have
woven bright fancies into living
words,-it may be that hand and
needle keep time, and the mouth
count stitches, even while the
victim sleeps. I do not go the
length of uttering this as a fact,
but it would not be a surprising
one if told to him who observes.
Every lady has her reticule as an
inseparable adjunct, and in that
receptacle, as she walks along, re-
pose a ball of wool and two, or
four, or mayhap, six wooden
needles, two of which are ready
set in work begun, and when she
reaches her place of call, after
greetings, out they come. The
needles begin playing, the lips 60
to counting, the brow c%orrugates,
and the outside world is as if it
were not. When two or moro knit
tiers congregate, the conversation
is purely technical and it's burden
the sweater-always the sweater.
only the sweater. Should n not
in the swim of the craze call upon
them on a matter of business OF
social chat, the conversation is apt
to run about this way:
Caller-"Good morning ladies!'
Answer lin chorus without ris-
ing)-"Good morning."
Then the hostess-"Pray, find a
seat (seven times) and make your
self comfortable. Am so glad you
called -pshaw! I've dropped a
strickland we are dying to heal
the news = Hubby, how many
rounds till you narrow?-and this
old town is so DULL" (Here the
ball rolls off her lap and under the
table. After it is recovered) -
"Dld you see BetSey JnlS morning!
Had on her new sweater-she JUS
finished it at ii o'clock last night
and it is a beauty! Chinese yellow
with Persian blue collar and but
tons. Suits her complexion and is
an ideal fit"
Caller-No; l haven't seen Mrs
Betsey for two weeks; feared she
must be sick, for you know she's
right neighborly. But, what witt
house-cleaning and the children's
measles, I've been so busy"
"And so has she! Why she told
me--(eleven times now, Huldy)-
that she's been working on hel
sweater morning, noon, and night
seven days in the week, besides
doing her house-work, attending