The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1910-11-26

do them much good. Special seats
will be arranged for the men, and
as it lis special message to them
and in a form so that they all can
understand, it is expected that
there will be great influx of those
who do not regularly attend. 1t
is not to be understood this is to
be rally by any means, nor re-
vival, but there is a longing desire
of DR.. Morrow and his assistants
to get the young men more inter-
ested in the church by having 4
better understanding between each
other. No admission fee will be
charged, and all the boys are ex-
pected to be there and bring their
girls those of them who are so for
tunate and SO desire-a as far
as the management is concerned,
those who have no girl and do not
desire to come alone, may bring
some other fellow s girl, so long as
there is no friction. 1t will be well
to recall that there are numerous
white ministers in the city at pres
ent who are giving this same sort
of thing and are charging an adj
mission fee for the same, which will
be in the form of an educational
discourse This we shall have for
nothing.
Mr.. Major Casey, formerly of
Bloomington, has returned from
his trip to Detroit.
Harry Coins is getting to be
quite a horse trainer. They don /
come too wild for him.
Otis Page has resigned from Nat.
Shoe Repairing Co. to assist his
father in his business, who has
been a resident of Decatur for
quite a number of years and is one
of the best known men in his line.
/
George Trice has established
himself as the champion ticket
seller of Decatur. He sold in the
neighborhood of half a hundred
tickets for the Vernon lecture,
which failed to materialize. 1t
was shame to have to give the
money back
Mrs. DR.. Buster has been on the
sick list, but is steadily improving.
The Devils Kitchen enter
tainment given at the st. Peters
Church last Tuesday evening, was
a well attended affair, and outside
of slight disturbance in the au-
diepce by some children every
thing went along lovely.
Mr.. Geo. Howard. of S. Spring
avenue, has been on the sick list
for a few days. He is better.
Miss Georgia Lefty, one of De
catur's high school brilliants, has
been confined to her room for sew
eral days this week on account of
a very severe cold, which, unfor-
tunately, kept her from school and
detained her from her studies for
that length of time. Having been
under the care of a good physician,
she will be able to attend school
at the beginning of the next week,
much to the delight of her girl
friends. with whom Miss Lefty is
very popular.
Mr.. Jessie Douglas, well-liked
young man of this city, gave pri-
vate dinner to a number of his
friends, on 312 S. Broadway, on
Thanksgiving. There were not so
many present, but the spread that
Mr.. Douglas set before those who
were there was sufficient to be re-
membered for a long time by
those of them who happened to be
present.
Thanksgiving was spent by a
number of our young men in the
hunting field, this including Riley
jackson, Herbert Hurley, Otto
Murriel and a number of other
young sportsmen, all of whom re
port very profitable day in that
line.
Turkey day was spent at all the
churches, in eating and in the rem
dering of programs. AT the Bap-
tist church there was an excellent
dinner for the small sum of 25
cents, and the same held forth at
the M of ho6iSf ohurab Al tba