The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-11-12
SOCIAL CIRCLES
Mrs. n. s. Hayward, Editor
NJ. w. phone, 80 Citizons, 213
Delighted Large Audience.


timism, and her charming manner of
expressing it to her hearers touches
the key note of all that is big and
great and good. Rev. DIR. Paden in
PRODUCED Mrs. Bond to a very large,
appreciative and sympathetic audience
who greeted her with great enthusiasm.
Mrs. Bond pleased everyone from the
first moment that she spoke, explaining
her work and telling why she was there,
each of her songs and stories having
been inspired from the most realistic
incidents in life and mostly, too, from
out her very own personal experiences.
Mrs. Bond referred to her compost
tions, as bread and butter songs" say
ing that they We're written because
needed to supply that necessity in her
life, and because of this necessity,
everything that Mrs. Bond utters goes
to show the very deepest insight into
life.
Mrs. Bonds work has a place in art
all its own, a place closely allied to
the water color in painting. Mrs. Bond
does not pretend to be Il singer, and
modestly states the fact, but she is a
leader in her own sphere, and has
distinct message to deliver. There is
real philosophy in all that she says
which appeals TO one, and the music,
always tuneful and delightful, never in
trudes upon the general theme of the
picture. Tears and laughter are never
widely separated in her songs, and the
human note of appeal is so strongly
felt in all that she does that she
cannot be resisted.
Here is some of Mrs. Bonds philoso-
ply:
"A smile can make pretty much
everything in the world livable."
with evil things, you'll always find
its best to be deaf, dumb and blind
''The only thing that makes a per-
son grow old is the heart. If your
heart is shrivelled at eighteen, you're
old"
"Ain't it gay, that what they say,
can't harm you, unless its true"
"a friend is present you give
yourself"
What you can't help, forget"
"Taint so much the doing, as the
way the thing is did"
1.-The one who finds success, looks
some time when he's tired
Before you say aught against peo-
pie, ask yourself if you'd like them
to know that you said it," And then
Mrs. Bond playfully added: I'm not
any better than anyone else, wrote
these little songs to help myself"
Speaking of mothers in-law, Mrs.
Bond said, "there oughs to De more
mothers in love- instead of just
mothers in-law."
If it were possible to mention any
songs more charming than others one
would mention Shadows" Ellis Lula
by" "A Perfect Day." and "Doan Yo'
lis'n" as among the finest OF Ter pro-
gram. Mrs. Bond sang in closing her
recital two songs, "When I Bid the
World Good Night and Goods Day."
Wherever Mrs. Bond has appeared
she has made an impression that is
at once delightful and lasting and her
Mankato appearance was no exception
to the rule. Mankato people will be
even more glad to welcome Mrs. Bond
again after the pleasurable hour with
her of last evening
The gross receipts of the entertain.
ment were $l995O, and the net re-
ceipts $l3s, which is the profit made
by the third division of the Presby
terrain ladies society.
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Hedberg-Clark Nuptials.
One of the very prettiest of the
quiet home weddings of the season
occurred today at high noon, when
Miss Anna Hedberg of this city, be-
came the bride of Loren Clark oil
Worthington, MINI. The wedding took
place at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Hedberg, l22
State street, and was witnessed by
only the relatives of the two families
The flower decorations were elaborate
there being pretty and artistic ar
rangement of flowers in each of the
rooms at the Hedberg home. In the
parlor were ferns, palms and yellow
chrysanthemums also an arch of flow
ers, under which the wedding vows
We're repeated In the sitting room
autumn leaves and pink carnations
were the flower adornments, while in
the library was q pretty setting of red
roses and maiden hair ferns, and on
the dining table was an exquisite cen.
tering of white chysanthemums and
smilaX.
The ceremony, ring service, was
performed by the Rev. A. G. Cahoon
a Hamline college classmate of the
groom. Miss Hedberg was a beautiful
bride and was gowned in an exquisite
white princess gown of lace and en-
broidery insertion, carrying shower
of briday roses.
Following the ceremony, wedding
dinner was served, and after happy
season of congratulations and best
of wishes, the bridal couple started on
the afternoon train for an extended
honeymoon trip to Chicago and other
eastern points. The bride is one OF
the most popular of Mankato girls
and it is learned with much pleasure
that Mr.. and Mrs. Clark are to make
their futurp homo in tbic citv The