The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-05

top of another. Shanghai is not so
bad and while there are 100000
Chinese here. they model after the
foreign customs a great deal, while
the inland natives are purely Chinese
which means dirt and fihh and one
thousand years behind modern meth
ods.''
Miss Frances Butler returned to
Fairmont Tuesday noon, after spend
ing Christmas and the week following
with her mother at Central
The union watch night service at
the Methodist church was quite large
ly attended and everybody who at
tended felt they had been well repaid.
The Epworth league was in charge
Of. the meeting from ten to eleven
o'clock and the closing hour Of the
old year was in the hands of Rev.
Eastman and Key. Koch Mr. East
man preached a most eloquent sermon
on prayer and it's effects and closing
with prayer by Mr.. Koch thus the last
minutes of the old year was spent in
prayer to the Maker of the universe
and asking His blessings on the re-
vival of which this service was a be-
ginning. Promptly at twelve o'clock
the church bells began ringing and
thus 1917 was ushered in.
A wedding of interest to Vernon
friends of the bride took place in
Mankato on New Years day when
Miss Ida Keitzer became the bride Of
Mr.. Will Commick of Lakefield.
The first of series of four parties
which the Willing Workers class in
the Methodist Sunday school will en-
Joy during the remainder of the WIN
ter, was held Friday evening at the
home of Fred Mertersdorf in North
Vernon The hostesses were Mesdames
Fred Mertersdorf, George Gray,
Charles Brown, Hugh Frances, Claude
Meixell, Homer Miller. Chris. Hansen
and Bert Stratton. The evening was
ideal and everybody entered heartily
into the games and various stunts
that fell to their lot and there was not
a dull moment from start until the
closing midnight hour. The prelude to
the evenings fun and frolic was the
singing of old time favorite songs that
never grow old by the whole assembly.
C. NJ Warren, the teacher of this
adult Bible class, gave three minute
talk on Sunday schools, and the i'm
portance of the adult classes in Sun
day school. A male quartette COM
posed OF C. M. Warren, D. HI. Thew,
George R. Gray and R. E.. Fate sang
a humorous selection. Mrs. Blanche
Mertersdorf read that beautiful poem
"Picturis" from memory. Mrs. Homer
Miller read parody on this poem
that she had written when a school
girl, which merited the applause it
received. Rev. B. T. Koch spoke brief
ly on the relation Of the Sunday
school to the church this closed the
literary part of the evenings enter
tainment, games and conundrums
.sharpened everybody's wit, pencils
and paper were then passed and five
minutes were given in which to make
words out of the letters in Willing
Workers" the class name. Mr.. Koch
was time keeper and Mr.. Fate was
declared the winner of the valuable
prize, he having made fifty-seyen
words. AS some doubts were ex-
pressed as to his wonderful achieve
ment he was requested to read his
list. There were several words that
no one present had ever heard; nor
could they be found in the dictionary.
Some exception was taken but Mr..
Fate declared that only-that afternoon
he had heard the pastor use the words
and no further contest was made, and
he was awarded the prize. Partners
for supper were found by making the
name of Bible character out Of1the
letters that you found on your slip OF
.paper. Those who were the best
versed on Bible seemed to- have met
their Waterloo in this stint, but the
excitement and hard work of finding
our partners whetted our appetites
and ample justice was done to the
most excellent supper that the host
esses served at the evenings close.
About sixty were present.
Lawrence and Alice Warren are
ENJOYING q visit from Alberta, Har-
land and Harry Weir of West Lyra.
The Youngsters are putting ir long
hours coasting and skiing and c1
ing the outdoor sports made possible
by this excellent weather that the
New Year is dealing out. .