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81 e5a 472: balances $3.50. 29s. Philadelphia.
changes. SO. GN9. $50. balances. 81 .67462l. -.
Louis. exchanges. $ll.9O5.5l7. balances. N,l675Os
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE. Boston. par: san
Francisco. 4uc premium; ST. Louis. Sc discount
bid. ~ premium asked.
SILVER MARKET Bar silver IN London was
22d loss " l-l6d. New York quotation was
csc. a drop Of &c Mexican silver dollars.
57G40c.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE. market for ster-
ling and francs was demorAlized. Sterling checks
sold al 47O4. and cables al an. Franc checks
touched $50 and cables SIS London-Cabie.
AIN; demand Al Pans-Cshle 5.S5iz check
$50 Berllu-Cabe. 81 9-l6 check. Sl3s Greece
Gable. Us: check 5.26 Sixty and ninety day
bills. Dondon-Bankers' sixty days. 467 nominal:
ninety days. les nominal.
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
FRIDAY. AUGUST 10, 1918.

Total sales Friday, against 9o3soo Thursday etoo
ago. Stock Exchange From January TO date 7eo
against 4GlSs.lOO
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81 Boston & Alb..Isl ISL uJ ~
q Boston Elev go. IN IA. n 7
80 Boston q Maine az 23,, az ~
Chic & 5 pr.l03k IOl l0g. 10
u titcaourg pr 90. G. 50 g .
~ Mass Elec ...... 8
i Il Old Colony .....lHIl 1914 lAH ~
100 Rutland Or ..... % .0l "a 0,
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INACTIVE YESTERDAY.
INDUSTRIALS.

INDUSTRIALS.
Bid Ask Bid. Ask
Alliance F. = VI Profit Sh.. IS.
IA Toh ORD 1He = 'Pyrene MIG 1879 1871
Emer Phone 1871 1872 Savoy OIL. SO
RAILROADS.
M P wi pr 80 40
MINING.
Kerr Lake. 81 81. Tr-Rullion- = :,
Majestic NJ. SOC Goc TuoImne COP 10 y
Nipissng 60. Ois %
BONDS.
.CaIaveras 100 20
Unlisted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-14

FREDERICK AVER,
WILLIAM NJ. WOOD,
GEORGE Z. BULLARD,
ANDREW G. PIERCE, Jr.,
WHEATON KITTREDGE,
Directors Committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-14

SHAWMUT BANK BUILDING,
Boston, Aug. IA, 1915.
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INACTIVE STOCKS.

The following table gives the closing
bid and asked prices for stocks which
are listed but which were not dealt in
on the Stock Exchange Friday:
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AN DYL OF THE ALCovEs.
Told In Abbreviations Used by tbe
Librarian CataIOguer

Brevlty Is the soul Of wit. and abbre.
AEON appears TOO often 10 be the sole
ann or the cataloguing librarian. The
LIBRARIAN of the Boston Trdnscrfpt
mas recently combined the two in a ro-
ihan'ic sketch. which he entities Love
N 'he Library" Even a fairly well In
FORMED frequenter OF libraries md SIN
ueh' or catalogues may need the pre-
iiminary hint that proper names are
among the words ingeniously abbre-
Waited FOR catalogue use. An initial
followed by a colon indicates a mascu-
ilhe name beginning with that letter
as j Tor Joan. G: for George but IL
!; Is followed by two dots in horizontal
order II is 10 be interpreted instead as
a feminine name-as NJ. for Mary, A.,
for Anna. s.. for Sarah. The reader
Will surely not allow his unfamiliarity
with such details TO mar the charm
or a sweetly simple ldyl OF the a~lcoves.
Late In the afternoon. as the sun
was sinking behind the III. hills. c.: !:
son. the handsome chief OF the circu-
latlon division. walked with a firm step
Into the cataloguing room. Would she
he there Yes. there she was, the
beautiful A. w. son. leaning negl!-
gently on the shelf list. He FASTENED
to her side.
"A.,' said he, you are a perfect
DIX
Hush, c." she warned him Mrs.
-, the assist. classifier, will hear YOU,
Make believe TO ne reading this"
And she picked IN a copy OF "R.. OF
Sunnybrook Farm"
Il prefer something more serious
said he. Have YOU ever read Progress
and Poverty by II: c.
mo" replied A.. and my brother
: saws IT'S too hard for girls 10 urd. r
stand"
Your brother s." replied c., with
great scorn. is a CT"
"Oh. CT
We'll, at any rate, a nj CT"
That Is most unfair. Ny mother says
he resembles his grandfather. and he
was the bp. of O."
II don't care II he was G Wash. or
r: OF the Lion Heart"
And that his mind is Ike that o.
W: ia"
49," exclaimed c..
Now ! must GO" replied A. "I am
ON the nd. Of directors of the lib OF
s.. NJ IS parish house. and"
'Oh. these BIDS. 80 cried C.. Look
here, A.. | dom, think you're giving
me a 50 deal. I believe I have some
anon. rival"
Don't he ridiculous. Come here. C"
And drawing him for an instan, he
hind n bookcase, she priv. pr. a kiss
upon his lips and flel like a bird.
With a little guessing. translation Is
not difficult, Perhaps the fair Anna was
audaCious to print 4 kiss even privately
under such circumstances but, she was
certainly n duck 20 pardon so readily
the pctulant Charles his insulting refer
ence 10 her brother as even half calf,
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embarrassing, also much more anus
ing. launching one day with a musi-
cal friend, Miss White was intro
duced to e "a very nice looking. middle
aged man" whose name she failed to
catch. Victor Hugo was named:
on said the nice looking man. "are
you a great admirer OF his?"
The words were innocent enough. but
I thought they were said in a very SUI
perior way. and felt and. I am afraid.
looked slightly hostile.
II should rather think l am" I an
swered. 80 Is every one who knows any
thing about poetry, I should imagine"
"well.' he said In a very agreeable
voice. and not In tho least disturbed by
my rather aggressive tone. II think he
Is a good deal overestimated as n poet.
and ] cannot share your admiration"
There was some debate, the gentle
man politely but firmly maintaining
that Hugo's poetry wasn't quite first
rate" the lady refusing to yield to a
disputant who provoked her by LAY
ing down the law as IL he were poet
laureate to the Great Panjandrum'':
II suddenly struck me Mary Wakefield
vas keeping very quiet: once or twice she
looked quite uncomfortable - I couldn't
make It out.
II suppose like all Englishmen," said
as snrcasticaliy as possible. you hate
everything French and foreign, no matter
how good II is"
"Oh, no." he said. smiling indulgently.
mot at all-not at all"
When at last the lady uttered her
belle that the gentleman had never
read one single word Hugo wrote"
IAN expression Of such kindly humor
came into his face that I was quite
taken aback. / forget what he ac-
tually said in answer to my accusa-
tion: / only remember that II seemed
TO amuse him n good deal, and Ina.
Mary Wakefield looked absolutely
Mortified" After the visitor had
gone Miss White learned his name.
1t was Matthew Arnold.
In 1879 Miss White went for the
Mendelssohn scholarship. She was
the first woman to win Il. Sir Ar
thur sullivan. its last previous holder.
was one OF the examiners. After
playing and singing several compost
lions. "giddy with excitement" Just
as she was about to get up from the
piano one of the examiners gave her
a little score to read. She stumbled
over II:
A feeling Of despair seized me. All
OF a sudden Sir Arthur matched the
music away, l didn't know what was
going to happier.
Leave her alone" he said
Then. turning to the other examiners.
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COURT CLERK 80 YEARS.
First Ever Appointed and SIN in
Service,

LANSING, Mich, July iO-Charles g.
Hopkins, clerk of the Supreme Cou-'. =,
without n doubt the oldest ,mrlDyc, of
the state i'm point of continuous .~cry,,e,
having held his present position yo-
years.
More than that Clcrk Hookirs s "a
only clerk the supreme Court, has .sl
since the people of Michigan CIV, ,-a
court rover to appo!u, It's own ...,..
serving through b.norr.t.. a. v.H us
Republican administrations T.,-.
probably not an attorney in " gan
who is better known.
The history Of tho Suurcug tr.r;
clerks before the auuo.rtm.', Mr.
Hopkins is rather uniGuc. Conf .
old DAYS was held i'm the yariou. .. l..s
and the clerk Of the particular ,.
where court was held acted 49,. .',.. .
the Supreme Court. From l,c, u,'I
1882 the clerk of Inrham county I..,I
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,. ..,
u no'nlnk "ere nappen,ns' ~,
Iam's, ARES tne'.'es anu oone,i"
,o,' Jas ,inls VIZ 49, u,'''
i'lt' rrovis'ohs Se''"eu "t"p','
.arE hecessi''eS nNe WOO, '''"' So
iene' nitra'es' a%inniuhl,Ion a,'"',,
ments II hoSpita' supp''es '"'E "o'
III
me ues'rlptlons ol 'ne nan
camps ior prIsonerS ore up,,'Ieu anu
appalIlhR. me German so!u.'
o,nrers are rePor,'u us "'N'ns " pns
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11
The Friends ana Memories Of n
Musical Iady

Those who are fond OF songs, sing
crs and ong writer's will find much
entertainment in MAUpE VALERIE
WHITES chatty volume Friends and
Memories Lopgmans, Green and
Company. a rambling but agreeable
record of studies in music, travels.
the likes and dislikes of a most vi
vaclous personality. and interesting
people. Signor Randegger started -
go into the artists room while a on
cert was going on, but was held up
by the doorman. "But you must let
mo in 'Rannie" insisted, Il am
taking part I'm the concert" The
hold up man asked the gentleman's
name. "Randegger." 1T isn't on the
programme" Indeed II is, am
accompanying one of my own
songs" and he pointed TO a number
beneath which was printed; Accom-
panied by the composer" "Oh," sail
the guardian of the portal, sin that
Ease I expect it's all right, but !
posed 70 he dead" Influence OF the
laudator temporis acti?
In 1876 the reminiscent played n.
n party" at which Gladstone was
present, "Aftcr my cousin had fin
ish'd singing my first sonE she was
AT once surrounded and made much
of. This was only natural, as she
was already a well known and very
popular Young artist, ! was perfectly
unknown, and as "A matter OF fact haI
not n single acquaintance among the
guests, So I remained standing by
the music stool from which | had
Just risen, feeling rather forlorn in
spite Of the brilliant crowd. All of =
sudden my heart vent pit-a-pat. Mr..
Gladstone was making his way to tn"
piano whore ! stood quite alone. and
was coming to speak to me, 80
lie said a few kind words in the
beautifully modulated voice which SO
many of us can still remember, and
asked me some questions with the
simple and charming courtesy which
so often fascinated ever those who
hated him politically. From
that time forth ! was an enthusiastic
Liberal, firmly convinced that II one
thing was more certain than another
1t was the fact that Mr.. Disracli was
not ut to black the boots Of the parish
In which Mr., Gladstone lived"
Another encounter was much more
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MEASURING A MAN.
Lloyd George Explains the Method
In North wales.

Lloyd Georges wit on the rlst.
form Is well known, but here Is one az
the neatest retorts he ever made.
lie was addressing a meeting in
South Wales. according 20 Pcrr,or,
Weekly. wnen the chairman. thinking
to be witty at the Chancellor ,Nporse
remarked TO the audience that no vas
a little disappointed in Lloyd Georges
appearance.
81 had heard so much about N-.
Lloyd GEORGE he said, that ! nat.
urally expected TO meet a big man in
every sense; but. as you can see f,r
yourselves. he is very small in stature"
Many an orator would hayc been
~grievously upset by such an unfortunate
beginning to the proceedings, bu, no,
So Lloyd George.
Il am grieved to find" he said. with
mock seriousness. that your chairman
IL disappointed In my size, but this IL
owing to the way you have here o.
measuring a man. In North Wales We
measure a man from his chin up, hy
YOU evidently measure him from he
chin down :"
After that tho chairman mado no
more personal remarks.
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A COUSIN OF WINTERS.
she Visits California Town Named
in Honor Of the Poet.

ANON the visitors this week in al.
tendance at the twenty-frst annual ses.
sion OF California Yearly Meeting 81 the
Friends Church IL Miss Minerva +.
whittier of Newburyport, Mass, a cousin
OF the Quaker poet John Greeuleaf Whit.
tier, for whom this city was named,
writes a Whittier correspondent Of thu
Los Angeles Times.
Miss whittier has been passing sons
months In southern California, at Long
Beach. Pasadena and san Diego. and for
the first time in her career has come 70
mingle with those of her own faith IN
the city named for her famous and be-
loved cousin.
To visit Whittier College campus and
to see the erected TO John
Greenleaf Whittier and TO read rs In
scription ave been part of the rleas.
ures enjoyed here by Miss Whittier
She has had n long career as a
teacher In public schools in her native
State. in mission schools in Hawai- and
elsewhere.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11
Ohio Remembers UOwcus.

No doubt jefferson, up in Ashtabula
county. viii feel a slight twinSe of jeal-
busy when II learns that william Dean
Howells has given his favorite summer
resort. York, on the Maine coast, a set
OF Encyclopedia Britannica and a bust
OF Tennyson.
Nevertheless, says the Cleveland
Leader. Martins Ferry will continue 70
claim him as his birthplace. and Jeffer-
son will hold fast to the honor of being
his boyhood home n the sprouting bed
Of his early literary genius.
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ment for smallpox, and he greatly
simplifed and improved the practice
in dropsy.
In recording a long. learned and
witty conversation In which DIR. Mead
took a leading part. with other celeb
rifles contributing to the symposium
on scholarship among medical men
and the peculiar claims of the pro-
fession to honorable public recogni-
ton. the Cane says:
OF the names and persons OF many OF
those present that evening I have now no
recollection: hut. even at this distance of
time. the figure OF one who leaned on
the arm of Arbuthnot Is distinctly pres
emit TO my Imagination. lie was protu-
berant before and behind. and used hu-
morously TO compare himself to a spider;
and was so feeble that he could not, as
l have heard, dress or undress himself.
and was always wrapped up In fur or
flannel. besides wearing a bodice OF stld
canvas. In this description every one
Will recognize the form of Pope. He took
no part in the conversations: but his fine.
sharp and piercing eye. directed as It
was alternately to the different speakers.
Indicated that he felt no common con-
Germ In the subject.
The Wasp Of Twickenham left the
company early. pleading headache. He
has n line somewhere: "I1l try what
Mead and Cheselden advise" Sir
Isaac Newton and Sir Hans Sloane are
other notables in the record.
DIR. Askew was a bibliomaniac. He
bought Mead's Greek manuscripts at
a good round price of $500. Our
house in Queen Square was crammed
Fstn I@-l. o,,. .,...
full: even our very garrets overlooked.
and the ways Of the day used to say
that the half Of the square itself
would have done so before the book
appetite OF DR.. Askew would have been
satiatSi." 1t IL an utterly Unsuitable
appetite. In this paragraph occurs
one OF those fine, full favored old
fashioned phrases hat approve DIR.
Macmichael's success, writing in 1926,
In gaining the style" appropriate to
the ripe old age. 1876. Of the assumed
narrator: we could dispense with
make room forl no more Nova
days old books are dispensed with"
quite without physical Inconvenience
or mental anguish. According to The
Gold Headed Cane, DR.. Askew was
indeed the first who brought biblio-
mania into fashion" Some OF his
books are provokingly c%atalogued.
Platonis Opera. apud Album. 2 vol.
fol. 1913. Edit. Prin. on spotless vel
lum; Boccacio, F'erar. 1i75. prima
edizione. considered a unique copy:
Cfceronis Opera omnia. Oliveti, nine
volumes Quarto. 1740. charta maxima.
These were amongst many others
which I capnot now specify, but which
were then regarded as rare. magnih-
cent. giants, imperial. atlas. elephant.
princes OF editions!!"
DIR. Pitcairn was a brother Of the
Major Pitcairn who was killed at
Bunker Hill. He Is less interesting
than his predecessors. and when l
passed from the hands OF Pitcairn into
the possession of DR.. Baillie. / ceased
to be considered any longer as a neces-
sary appendage OF the professor. and
consequently the opportunities l II
Joyed OF seeing the world. or even OF
knowing much about the state of
physic. were very greatly abridged,
and but Of rare occurrence"
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some Literary "Devotions."

The combination of sense and SEN
timent to which the lecture platform
invites its dispensers Of speech is
well and truly exemplihed in Visions
and Rcristons &C. Arnold Shaw, New
York;, "a book Of literary devotions,"
by JOHN CowPER POwys, lecturer for
the oxford extension" for the de-
partment OF education Of the Free
city Of Hamburg. for the Verein fir
Neuere PhiloloCic, Dresden and Lcip-
sic, and for the University Lee
turcrs' Association of this town. Mr..
powys deliberately kicks away the
props of accepted literary criterion
and floats on purple clouds of quite
subjective sympathy" with his seven
tee chosen great:
My object In these sketches Is not 20
convert the reader to whatever "opin-
IONS" ! may have formulated IN the Coi-se
Of my spiritual adventures. It Is t, az
vest myself OF such Opinions" AMI in
pure, passionate humility to give m,toIr
up. absolutely and completely, to the
various visions and te~mperaments Of
these great dead artists.
This pure. passionate humility is
not merely noble self-abnegat'on, II
has unitarian qualities. 1t disarml
criticism, for you cannot praise or
blame a mirror for its reflections. II
1t shows you what you want to see
as you want to see it. you call 1t a
good mirror; otherwise. you send II
to the scrap heap. In a word, these
papers are such as will be liked very
much or not at all. Mr.. Powys loves
what he rather unhappily calls tho
grand STYLE" and has the grace to
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WE CAN DO IT.

For first class work and prompt de. livery phone Main 151 and the Peoples Steam Laundry will call and get your ! laundry
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this Act, except that the same may be enforced and foreclosed under the pro- visions hereof or under the provisions of law under which the same shall be
 claimed or filed, as may be deemel most convenient.
 Section Is. That the act of the Leg islature of the Territory of Alaska, en- titled An Act to create, establish and provide for liens in favor of laborers and material men, and repeating all acts and parts of acts in conflict here with approved April 30. 1913, is here
 by repealed; except that this repeal shall not be construed to affect any liens claimed or filed for record under provisions of said Act. This Act is not
 to be construed as repeating Chapter
 2S, Section 691 to 704 inclusive of the Compiled Laws of Alaska, relative to
 the liens of material men on mines, or to modify or repeal any part of said chapter relating to the liens of me- 'h'hi'o dlu olneIS, except that nefe- after all liens for labor performed in
 the operation and development of mines shall be governed by the pro- visions of this Act, except that the pro- visions of said Chapter 2S, relative to the enforcement of liens in the court and the relative rights of contractors and sub- contractors and laborers where the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. shall be made applicable to and construed in connection herewith
 Section 16. In as much as uncertain ty and confusion exists because of ex- isting laws relating to liens of miners and laborers in mines, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after it's passage and approval.
 Approved, April 21. 1915.
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The city council of Fairbanks hu,3
 abolished the night police force of that place in the interests of economy. and henceforth the members of the fire department will be required to perform the work of safeguarding the city during the stilly hours of the might.
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the disooverer of the new camp. The purchase price is said to have been s50,000 with a cash payment of $5,000. Other Fairbanks operators are prepar- ing to acquire interests in the new placer camp. believing that it will de- velop into one of the best camps dis covered in years.
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Dave Cascaden of Fairbanks. who recently took out q permit authorizing him to cut 100000 feet of lumber on
 Tolovan river, is reported to have pur- chased the interests of Jay Livingood
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a dog on election day. It was taken chain and all. This Is the first time that anyone by the name of Wicker sham ever lost on election day in Alaska.
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NEW TERRITORIAL LAWS

Under this caption will be published at intervals the new laws promulgat- ed by the last legislature, together with such amendments to existing laws as constitute vital change m the meaning.
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ALASKA
 NOTES

The order has been sent from Wash ington to spend fifty thousand dollars The detailed description of the work td be done has not yet been published.
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The Granite Gold Mining company, of Valdez, which has already produced $150,000 with a small equipment, now has in operation it's new plant, which will result in a tremendous increase in the output of the mine
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AT THE NEW EAGLE.

Old Lewis Hunter Rye and tho Fa- nous Atherton Bourbon whisksys, Dis. titled spring 1904 1905, bought in bono and peduoed to 90 DOT cent. by U. g. government by the botsis sr gallon.
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Mail the Nugget to your frisnds and help advertise Nome.
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MEETING NOTICE.

THE NOME BARTENDER'S UNION Local 86S, B. l. l.. of A. (Affiliated with the A. F. of L.) meets every first Sunday in each month It II a. m.
 AL. NICHOLSON, Pres.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-27
eKOTH.B0BI.

a aHiss esrsmoay a. ere parsonaEs
cf the TrinfT German L1fErrfr
ehurcA safarfar aftsrnso1 a. q o.cioef
cslsbrafef tas marriaEs 81 Mss Viola
" Eods ~ 1872 HeckInEaan road arG
Arnold Groin ~ 1884 West Locust
street. uagenEorf. Rev Oscar Horn
p@rf9rmef far errrmqaV i1 ere pre-
sres ~ ths Immediate rslsfivrs ~ fee
briGs art groom rhr srlfr Wfs
Eawued Ia a Blue siis salf Ni.a "a sas
% mafeh ffer blouse uas 81 s.s
ChanruF lace aGf she wore e. eorsas-
bouques ~ mues ~ tas gail-T ant g..e
rose Huft.
After fss rerem0eT r. ue..flrE sep
PEI was served AL tEs tiaf~i h.a a.
Hawf rhs brtfai eeug@ tefs s1fsr-
dav sgenlaE OF tae O. % frr clrs
fan ant tGsT viii 80 t1 omaat aa
WsdaesdaT TIE crs bone wli Pei .a
Portland. Ore. vh~re fse groom VII
b. ennnecfef etfH "a bfaGrs offirr n
fhe Noie- rtaV ga. Str er7fn aas
Tor some Tesrs been r. soofkrrrrr .1
sas Mafar ll1v c1mBasT eH.rs .F
Nofn~ rHr bride has lfel .r ua'r
eu0ort en- her fer He vas etsra.-t
"a me saHEr schools arf r.r seer
time aas Been eifF q tf e. Petersen
HaHs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-27

pansies. IN the hack parior we're snap
dragons IN many delicate shades and
tall handled basket held beautiful
pink. white and red eeranirns. In
the dining room the serving table was
covered With a eluny lace cloth and
here lovely bluebells allied q large
wicker basket. In the hall snspdrag-
ons and cherry and erabapple bios
SONS were used
Miss Jean Robson OF Davenport
was the entertainer OF the afternoon
dcliEhtins the company with q pro-
gram OF songs and readings. Miss
Elsa Simon was AZ the piano as ac-
companist Miss Robson has sweet
voice and charming personality and
she pleased especially well with her
Interpretation OF small boy stories.
giving the latter with falthfuiness TO
the character OF the small boy and his
troubles.
A. the conclusion OF the program
the committee In charge served delic-
lous refreshments and a most delight
fui afternoon passed.