, 1906-03-24
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during the remarkable week naturally
dealt largely with the unusual condi-
lions which prevailed, sometime with
amusing results. One learned gentle
man who delights in p~ondering upon
the mysterious and unusual, soberly
asked a lady with whom he was con-
Versing her opinion as to the influ-
ences eXerted on character II dispo-
sition by the birth month, saying, Did
you ever e a person born in March
with whom you really wanted to asso-
ciate much?" When the general levity
in the circle had somewhat subsidized,
the chagrined sage was Informed that
the lady thus Intercepted was born IN
March herself, her fathers natal day
also fell in the capricious monLh and
her parents had chosen it for their
wedding day, so she scarcely felt com
petent to decide the question. 1t fur
ther developed that many interesting
Laramie people first saw the light in
the month which is so often severely
reviled, and they, like their season,
seldom fall into ruts, or allow affairs
in their immediate vicinity to stagnate,
If there We're anything in the fancy,
what a remarkable diversity of en-
vironment is possible in the first view
of the world presented to the eye of
the March nursling-days when the
skies rival the glories of any and all
months, when the airs of spring in
toXicate and the breezes are balmy;
mornings ruled by storms of every
known variety, with snow, hail, rain
and sleet, ven thunder and lightning
furnishing variety to the probabilities
of mad n windy March. Such a
season would scarcely seem appro-
pirate to botanical researches, but the
seer of the science in this region is
today receiving the congratulations of
his friends upon his birthday and the
approaching completion of his new
work, the value of which to the
growth of his science can scarcely be
estimated. The list is long and in
teresting in many ways, beginning on
the second of the month with a lead
ing judge. At the Lenten tea We'd
nesday one lady was announcing that
the occasion was in honor of her
birthday. when a second stepped forth
and declared that it was her birthday,
too. At n time it was the fad to
be born on st. Patrick's day, four
prominent ladies often celebrating his
and their anniversary together with
much gayety, but now only two of
these are resident here. The young
sons of President Tisdel and E. e.
Fitch were born on identically the
same day, and the month is a great
favorite with children generally, as
will be noted by the parties which
have occurred. During one week four
people within an actual stonesthrow
of each other celebrated birthdays,
and one was born in Germany, one in
Sweden, one in Massachusetts and one
in Wyoming-most interesting COM
mentary on the cosmopolitan char
acter of the city's population. To lsum
up briefly general conclusions, it is
the unanimous opinion that it don't
matter where you were born, nor
when, just so you live in Laramie,
where the climate is so generally de-
lightful that a week of bad weather
furnishes conversation on account of
being so unusual.
The first Lenten tea of the season
was given Wednesday afternoon by
Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Hodgeman at the
home of the former, and the event was
a most successful and delightful one,
about sixty ladies calling during the
afternoon. The members of the Cattle
dral guild met early and sewed indus
~triously for a time, as they are very
busy making preparations for the Eas-
ter fair. Later, a splendid program
was rendered by some of the most tai
ented musicians OF the city, and this
feature vas received with marked fav-
or by the company. The vocal selec-
tions were "The Love Knot MAX
Vogrich), Mrs. Gibson; Dreams"
Uynnes), Mrs. Latimer; japanese
Love Song (Thomas) and Three
Wishes" (Pinsuiti), Mrs. Russell;
Spring Has Come" and "Dearie," Mrs.
Boehne. Mrs. Lee and Miss Lee as
sisted admirably as accompanies, and
Mrs. Heavey rendered instrumental
numbers which were highly a%ppreciat-
ed. Tea was served in the dining room,
which charming nook was artistically
decorated all in green and white. Miss
Bode, president of the guild, OBLIGATED
at thu. kissing urn, and Mrs. Hodgeman
was assisted in serving by Mrs. Mark
er and Miss McClelland. A pretty fea-
ture of the delightful afternoon was
the securing of all the signatures of
the ladies present, which list will be
forwarded to Mrs. Douglas-Willan as
certain proof that the former and we'll
beloved member of the guild is not
"out of mind" although far away in
England. The hostesses of the after
noon were warmly congratulated on
the success of this initial tea, the in
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