Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-10
SOCIAL NEWS.


Mrs. Kruschke gave very charm.
| ing luncheon on Friday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. TAYLOR of Kansas City
| who is visiting her sister. Mrs. Kauff
| man. The luncheon was given in the
dining-room of the Strater hotel and
the table was beautifully laid for ten
guests. The decorations were pink.
broad bands of pale pink. satin rib
bon crossing the table, and the place
| cards were decorated with pinl
| roses. After an elaborate and deli
cious luncheon of eight courses the
guests spent the remainder of the at
ternoon in bridge whist. Mrs. Spang
| Ter made the highest score and was re
warded with a very handsome care
case. Mrs. Taylor, the guest of honor,
was given a similar case. Those who
were present were Mrs. Kaufman
Mrs. TAYLOR, Mrs. Tulley, Mrs. El
dredge, Mrs. Jakway, Mrs. Pickeriil
Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Perkins and Mrs
Spangler.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Mcconnell left
this morning for trip TO New York.
The word Reverend" customarill
precedes the name of Thomas Dixon
This gentleman has produced yiolen
fiction, violent sermons. and recently
| there has been made out of one of his
novels a violent play For gold he
plays upon the baser passions. Ac
cording to the mayor of Philadelphia,
the run of "The Clansman' was en-
couraged by Dixons press agents in
citing the sending of letters to all the
negro clergymen in the city suggest
ing that they get together and de
nounce the piece. The clergymei
were so easily duped that they played
into his hands and started the agi
tation which Dixon coveted for its ad
vertising value. If any trick in swell
ing box-office receipts exists more
base than this, no Snowman has
found it yet. Far beyond our powers
would it be to express a contempt
which would not be unctuously re.
ceived by Dixon merely as advertis
ing without charge. He has the re
ligious organization, whichever it may
he, which gave Mr.. Dixon the right
to put Reverend" before his name.
ever taken the trouble TO withdraw
/ that privilege?-Collier's.
Mrs. Adair Wilson viii leave for
Denver, Sunday morning. where she
| will spend the holidays. Judge WI.
son will journey there shortly and
Miss Margaretta will probably join
| them for Christmas.
Did yon ever hear the joke about
| the guide in Rome who showed some
travellers two skulls of Saint Paul.
one as a boy and the other as a
| MANI" asked an American of a Ger.
| man friend, who claimed that he had
| acquired the real New England sense
of humor.
NO. said the German. beaming in
anticipation of a good story. Tell II
to me at once, mein friend, dat joke
| Exchange.
Miss Bertha Biggs entertained a
number of friends last evening al
her home on Fifth avenue.
| What. after all, is the ultimate OF
corporation meanness? Stealing pen
ellis from the blind and taking candy
from babies was, even yesterday, con
| sideTed to he about as far as monop
oily would care to go: but the limi
was not yet. Today the adultcratior
octopus has reached little furthei
into the home and graft has entered
the bird cage. The Bird-seed Trus
Is. as shown by chemical analysis
violating the Pure Food laws A mil
lion songsters from Maine to Mexico
upraise chirp of awakening class
consciousness which procaims thu
canary new factor in national poll
tics. His song is no longer a quive
OF pure joy, careless burble of do
mestic well-being. He has entered
the ranks of the discontented, and hi
throat swells with passion Of pro
test. Picture the predicament of tn
whole blessed family? Father sits "A
, the head Of the table slipping Perun
! whiis motier nibbles Punk Pills 70
Foolish Folks. Little Clarence, dys
peptic from Indulgence in alkalin
candies. gaZes sadly on FidO, who