Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-02
AFFAIRS Al SOUTH OMAHA
Declamatory Contest at the High
School Auditorium.
PROGRAM OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
HOG Receipts for the Month % March
the RrGe- Of Any March In
the History of the
Yards.

war Mitchell OF Arlington. Marie Douglas
OF Plattsmouth, Letha Ross of Scribner,
Hester Collins Of North Bend and Geraldine
Kemp Of Blair were the winners in tine
east central Nebraska high school dcclama-
tory contest which took place at the audi
forum of the South Omaha High school
last night. 1t was after II o'clock before
the decision OF the judges was announced.
The Judges we're Prof. French of the Uni
versity OF Nebraska, Miss Nagl Of the
Omaha School Of Orstory and w. a. Brind-
ley Of Council Bluffs.
Ten contestants competed for the prizes
under rules governing averages for pro-
nunciation and articulation. carriage and
gesture, memory. expression and general
effect. There were three classes, the ora
torical class with Ivan Mitchell as the
only contestant and the dramatic, in which
the following took part: las the Moon
Rose" Hester Collins, North Bend THE
Death Disk" Velma Covert. Columbus; IF
| Were King Marie Douglas, Platts-
mouth; "Gazelle and Swan" Eloise Gil
christ. Mead; commencement" Faye
Hathaway, Blair; "A Reasonable Doubt"
Letha Ross. Scribner; The Sign of the
Cross ora sigler, Schuyler. In the humor-
Gus class Miss Geraldine Kemp of Blair
and Ben Windham of P~lattsmouth were the
contestants.
Mrs. j. w. Gamble offered a solo at the
opening of the program. She is one Of the
talented musicians OF Plattsmouth. Marilla
Maxwell of Fremont gave the closing solo
numbers The local high school orchestra
furnished music TO complete the program.
In awarding the prizes, Prof. French of
Lincoln took occasion to praise the work
OF the instructors who had trained so
creditable a class of contestants. 1t was
noticeable that each contestant spoke with
confidence and without a slip OF memory.
His awards were loudly applauded by the
audience, which had practically agreed on
the selection. while the judges had de-
liberated. Miss Marie Douglas of Platts-
mouth, winner of the most coveted prize
OF the contest took the climactic scene from
the popular novel, IF l Were King" Her
imitation of the weakling. Louis of France,
accomplished the truest dramatic touch
Of the evening. The effort Of the mono
logist 70 present four or five different
characters in one production is difficult
in the extreme, but the touches of manner
isms and character OF Miss Douglas left
no confusion in the minds of the hearers.
A selection OF considerable originality
az AhhH VI HAAES " VI bAiNA
winner of the second place. 1t was a ques-
ton in the minds Of many whether she
or Miss Douglas should have the first.
Her voice was more clear and her words
more distinct.
Miss Geraldine Kemp, presenting the Sc
lection. How Ruby Played" displayed
some talent as a humorist. Her gestures
were especially good. Ben Windham was
slightly handicapped, in having chosen a
selection which was vaudeville, rather than
humor. but he did we'll with the part and
received more applause than the winner
OF the prize for humorous defamation.
The program was not concluded until
the driszle of the evening became a steady
rain.
Howard Held for Trial.
Fred Howard was bound over to the dis
trict court yesterday for an alleged statu-
tory offense against his cousin, Miss Maude
Hildreth OF Nicola. Ia. The young man
was brought to South Omaha from Logan
several days ago. He waived his prelim-
mary hearing and was bound over under
5000 bail. in default of which he was taken
to the Douglas county jail.
A complaint was filed yesterday against
c. l.. Welsh for the alleged robbery of
the saloon operated by Herman Anger at
Twenty-sixth and Q Streets. This saloon
was entered Saturday night.
HOG Records Broken.
The South Omaha market was better
yesterday under lighter receipts for hogs,
The computations of the month of March
show that the South Omaha market broke
all known records in hog receipts for that
month of the year, The yards received
2S4. eco hogs during the month. nearly 10000
more than the record of any previous
March. Once OF twice in the last ten years
the record for the month has been above
2O, coo.
Birthday Dinner Party.
A birthday party was given at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. o. *. Paddock. 1918 b
street. South Omaha. Wednesday, March
81, in honor OF e. r. Howley, father of
Mrs. o. X. Paddock, It being his eighty
eighth birthday, The guests were as fol-
lows:
Walter b. Sheldon, double brother-in-law
Of Mr.. Hawley, who is 80 years old; Ar.
and Mrs. Duane Rogers. Percival, Ia MIR.
and Mrs. Floyd Wadhams' Percival, la.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Rogers. Percival, la.
MIR. and Mrs. william Sheldon, Percival,
la: Mr.. Jay Hawley, Percival, la: Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Hawley. Bartlett, Neb,
Mr.. Il. r. Hawley, New York City, n. Y;
Mr.. j. b. Sheldon, La Porte, Tex; Mr.. and
Mrs. Willett Graham, Shelby, Mich: Mr..
and Mrs. John Woodward. Council Bluffs
Mr.. and Mrs, George Paddock, South
Omaha; Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Wright, South
Omaha; DR., and Mrs, r. l.. Wheeler, South
omaha; Mrs. Pulliam and daughter, South
Omaha,
This dinner was an Informal affair, served
at 1880, consisting OF the best the marke,
affords, was served in courses and lasted