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talk on Lady Som. rsst, referring es-
pecially to her close friendship with
our W sainted Frances E. Willard.
Mrs. Reed dwelt most Interestingly up-
on the character and life of Victoria,
late queen of England. The responses
were also in the same line, among our
great cousins mentioned being Lady
Baltimore, EllsGbeth Frye, Mrs. Hum.
phrey Ward, Ms. Gladstone and Lady
Warwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Harvey oflciat.
ed delightfully."- al hosts for the Is club
Thursday evening. luncheon after the
game being served cosily in the dining
room for the entire party. Mrs. Hodge
man will entertain the club on the
2Sth.
Miss Zoe Miller last night attended
the brilliant ball which was given by
the Aggenos club of the North Denver
high school at Marble hall, the music
for the party being furnished by Lob.
mann's orchestra. Miss Miller was
the guest of her cousin, Mr. Winfred
L. Prouty, who is the president of the
senior class Of the North Denver high
school. This young gentleman is only
II years old, but his relatives and
friends have every reason to be proud
of him. The Denver press published
an ~excellen likeness OF him upon his
election, together with flatterlng com.
ment IN his ability, the closing SEN
tence of the article being as follows:
1.-THE class could not have made a bet.
ter selection, as Mr.. Prouty easily
ranks as the leader of the class of
1907"
Satisfactory progress is being made
in the preparation for "Rebecca's Tri-
umph," the clever play which will be
given next Thursday night under the
auspices of the Woman's club for the
benefit of the piano fund of that or
ga~nization. The gentlemen of the Lit
erary club have postponed their regu-
lar session in honor Of the event and
will attend the play, literally, with
"Their sisters. their cousins and their
aunts." Mr. E. J. Bell, whose wife is
one Of the bonny cooking club girls,
will entertain a box party, and other
proud husbands r planning suitable
demonstrations. The cast as finally
arranged for this interesting event is
now first given to the public, and its
complete personnel is as follows:
Mrs. Rokeman, a wealthy lady, Mrs.
q. w. Condit.
Mrs. Delaine, an old nurse, Mrs. An
drew Erickson.
Rebecca, a founding, Miss Shaw.
Clarissa Goldman, a spinster, Mrs.
G. A. Campbell.
The Cooking club. Mrs. E. J. Bell,
Mrs. F. W. Lee, Mrs. Don Miller, Miss
Bessie Ankrom, Mrs. Charles L. Raun-
er, Mrs. Frank H. Eggleston, Mrs.
James Mathison, Mrs. A. E. Miller.
Katie Conner, an Irish girl, Mrs. R.
J.. Gardiner.
Gyp, a colored girl, Mrs. N. e. Cor.
thell.
Meg, a vagrant, Mrs. Thomas Hun
ton.
Soloists, Mrs. L. w. Trumbull, Mrs.
T H. Gibson, Mrs. e. D. Latimer, Mrs.
G. A. Campbell.
Pianist, Miss Laura Lee.
Mr.. Harold Merriam, Wyoming's
first and thus far only Rhodes scholar.
will complete his course at Oxford in
June and expects to return at once to
his home in Laramie. Mr.. Merriam
will be accompanied by his sister, Miss
Ethel, who has been in Europe the
past year, pursuing special studies in
art and the modern languages. It Is
Mr.. Merriam's intention to seek a po-
sition for next fall and he has received
from his Oxford instructor during the
past two years the following remark
able letter Of Recommendation:
Lincoln College, February, 1907.
"Mr. H. G. Merriam, a Rhodes schol-
ar of this college, is one of the most
literature students we have
yet had. His work is always thorough
ly and consclentiously done,-he is
patient, methodical and painstaking.
He has other qualities of a very high
Observation-Disclosures of judgment, in
c%isiveness Of mind, delicacy Of touch
and a really wonderful felicity of ex-
preston. We believe that his clear