Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 29, 1889, Page 15

‘THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: INDAY, ECEMBER ' 20, 1880-SIXTEEN PAGES. THE YULE-TIDE FESTIVITIES, How the Social World of Omaha Spent the Holidays. DANCES AND CARD PARTIES, The Week Characterized by Galety and Elegance Rather Than by a Multitude of Social Enters tainments, Love-Time of the Year. Had 1t not been for the delightful Christ- mas dance given by Mrs, Henry Yates und the pretty dance given by Mrs. Wallace on Mondav evening, the latter in honor of her Anughters, the week would have been duller than whetstone so far as general social life 18 concerned. Aud yet, the breakfasts, the dinners and small and earlies consequent upon the blessed ‘‘yule tid when families and intimates unite forces, joility and cheer, could scarcely be told on this page. Hearts, heads and hands were full of Christ- mas and full sway was given to the spirit that inclines one to overlook social duty and simply gather about one the congeniul few with whom there is no procedeuce from pref- erence and where the list. in honesty, could almost bo written in a round robio, A deliciously amusing circumstance ooc- curred with a pobular young man whose - vitations to Christmas dinners very nearly rhymed in number with his fingers. One was from a preeminently charming hostess in the neighborhood ; and, being obliged to decline, owingto & provious engagement, he cave the maid in the house where he 18 living, his regrets to carry, with the gener- ous tip of a dollar.! The girl, whose dignity would put a Lon- don fog to a rosy blush, carried the note and dollar straight to the home of the lady in question leaving them to make any amount of fun for the other guests during the diu- ner. It is unnecessary to say the maid's stupid- ity wus enough to start a running fire of raillery toward the vicum of it when, later in tbe evening, he appeared and it will be sometime before he 18 permitted to forget it Mistletoe was en evidence quite univer- sally and lent its aid to foster the pernicuous taste for “‘sweets” that is so strong in our day and generation. It is the raison d’etre for any amount of little conscious looks and Dblushes that won't be loid aside in their be- comingness for this long time. hering on Christmas night, a charming belle, who looked inviting enough 0 tempt an anchorite, atood unconsciously under a bit of this very demoralizing green, and oue of our “‘gilded youth,” feeling his opportunity had come, promptly embraced it and the fair maid as well, imprinting, at vhe same time, o hearty kiss straight on her mouth. So much for the love-time of the year, ‘Wwith its gay, good humor and smiling non- sense, when there is no skeleton at the feast and care is willfully locked up for the day. May the key be lost and the world about us fail'to find it in the sunshine of the New Year of 180! o A Christmas Dance. On Christmas night Mr. Henry Yates' house sent out myriads of invitations in streams of light from the plate glass win-- dows to the fortunate few asked quite in formally to spend the evening with the family. The rooms were altornately, brillisntly and softly lighted and the whole effect was ‘becoming and picturesque in the extreme, The house is u dream of beauty, from the exquisitely dainty drawing room to the great ‘broad hall with its floor polished to a degree of mirror-like reflection. Anything more caiculated to make dancing in uninterrupted joy can not be imagined. The music was fairly inspiring and the Bweet young things who comprised the danc- ~"jug element whirled about like so many. butterflies. Somebody has said it was amply “au oversight, the failure to give souls to flowers.” According to my mind, souls have been given them and the results is the bouauet of girlhood,about whose sweet- ness the men swarm like bees. The staider portion of the guests stood about in dignified groups, exchanging the secason’s greetings and commenting on the dancing, in nmuf' instances, crab like, trav- eling backward in their minds to when danc- ang meant everything to them and exchange % serious thought when enforced a tiresome re, ‘Thero were children, too, dear little things ‘who somewhere above stairs found a haven for their pleasuring. A Christmas tree stood 1n an embrasure, off the hall, covered with tinsel, candy canes and the pretty baubles that go to smarten this symbol of yule tide. Holly was everywhere about the house, a portiere of greeus and mistlelos hung in the ‘wide doors between the drawing room and the hall like a fringe. About 11 o'clock, after supper, threoe fig- ures of the german were danced, with the pretty trifies from the tree doing service us Tavors. There ‘vere any amount of fetching costumes and just here it might not be out of order to make a protest against tho young girls wearing black. Please, dears, don't do it. To be sure it makes the skin look dazzlngly white, but the pretty shoulders do not need any fictivious aid, More, it is inconsistent. Re- flect a whe other eund of your lives, with *'slow btaringand gray hair" black only is - consideree comme il-faut d the pretty flower-like shades will be as desirable as o land without u horizon, Between then .and mow there are years when it 1s dignified and Decoming and women choose it naturally as rich and fitting, but have nothing what- ever to do with it unul you ars long past ‘sweet and twenty." Mrs. Yates looked very charming in a black lace gown with V shaped bodice. Mrs. Lemon wore an Eiffel red and black 8ilk gown with Irish point. Mrs. Johuson a gown of red and black moire, Miss Yatesa gown of yellow silk and gnuze embroidered, a decoliote bodice trinmed with buttercups, Misa Desssio Yates o gown of bright red silk with the bodice decollete. Miss Lemon, who is u rarely pretty girl, wore a simple gown of white India silk. Mrs. Neison Patrick a beautiful gown of black vetvet. Mrs. Doane black satin gown with equi- slto lace, 8 Mrs. Pritohett a gown of black faille with & front in the bodice of white crepe. Mrs. Barker a handsome black gown with Mrs, Carter a gauzo very Fren Mrs. McKeuna ® white satiy embrol gnwn of pink falle and nd very becoming. wn of black satin with orea front. re. Lew)s Reed a gown of white crepa de Ctiffon very gracefully fushioned. Mrs. Towar a black satin gown with point Mrs. Poppleton a gown of black lace over Mrs. Garduer a graceful gown of white Tundia silk, Mrs. Poabody a gown of black silkk with @uchesse lace, Mrs, Cowin o black fish net over black faille, Illrvfl fil bodice. rs, W, V. Morse a very becow wn of biack velvet. 2 i dudame Powell a gown of black satin with & lace bertha. Miss Hanscom a gown of black lace with a very becoming bodice cut V shaped and with- oll;“llwfiu“ ! bined 58 Hal '%"%"k‘;‘“w 't gray bengaline combing s Wakel bright ik comb "‘fl‘l "“a“‘x"':fi' ‘: right green silk combined 88 McKenna a black lace gown with decollette black satin .I:;)dlm u'n‘:m:‘erwlv.; L Miss Ludding a pse L hodlfaw" & gown of black lace with Mias Orchard a black net gown. Migs Dew t - .r:ihv'mh 8y & gown of black net ewmbroid: Wi s & decollette gown of black T ¢ Miss Coe a decollette gow: f black wI.l‘h h:u_h and shoulder ::al: o‘; brl;‘l‘n xl-le.; Shears, a yellow silk bined it lack eripe ‘ebroderad with yellow sics, Miss Nash looked very sweet in a white silk Bud lace gown, Miss Yost was very Ly i Freen il and manuofin'é:‘fl.‘ e i Miss Gertruds Chambers, a becominggown of pink ana gray. Miss Mabel Balcombe lookod very dalnty ina gown of white silk mustin. Miss Clara Brown, an exceedingly becom- ing gown of black net over yellow silk. RMiss Isrown of Fort Meade, a dainty gown of white mot, trimmed with white moire ribbons. Miss Anna Millard looked a vision in o Paris gown of pale pink mousseline de_sole, trimmed with tiny pink hyacinth buds grow- ing into a garland about the hem. The de- collete bodice bordered with hyacinths and in her hair, uerwood, agown of white and green Smith, a gown of Whito crepe, square cut bodice. Among thoso present were: Judge and Mrs. Doane, Mr. and Mrs, I‘rllcln'(t.' Mr. Mrs. Joseph Darker, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Reed, Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Morse, Dean and Mrs Gardner, Dr. and Mrs. Peabody, Mr. and Mrs, Will Poppleton, Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Henna, Mr. and _Mrs, Cowin, Mr. and Mrs, J. i, Ringwalt, Mr, and Mrs. Towar, Mr. and Mrs. Carter, Mme. Powell, Miss Mo~ Keuna, Miss' Hanscom, Miss' Walkeloy, Miss Luddington, Miss Dewey, Miss Orchard, Miss Willlams, Miss Coe, M Brown, Miss Avna_ Millard, M Sherwood, Miss Smith, Miss Nash, Miss Hall, Miss Yost, Miss Clura Brown, Miss Shenrs, Miss Gertrude Chambers, Miss Mavel Balcombe, Messrs. Smith, Cli rd. Hall, Kountze, Howe, Hull, Sherw Frank Hamilton, Caldwell Hamilton, Koe: nig, Morris, John Patrick, Henry Wyman, Will Wyman, Saunders, Hitchcock, Turner, Smith and Arthur Wakeloy. Mrs. William Wallaco gave a delightful dance Monday evening in honor of the Misses Wallace, at their beautiful home on Harnoy stroot, Tho guests were recervad fn the dr: room, the library, dining room and reception hall boing arranged for dancing. “The music was enlivening. the floor ad- mirable and tho alternating square and round dances were an uninterrupted pleasura from start to finish. “The supper, which was served in the third story, was as dainty as could be devised, and the tble was o delight to the combined senses. A mass of Bensaline roses decorated the center, while great golden heaps of Marechale Niel roses were laid at both ends. Bon-bous, salted almonds, glace fruits and the rest adding to the tootbsome effect of the outlay. Any number of young people enjoyed the charming hospitality and bespeak it one of the memorable dances of the winter. Mrs. Walince wore a handsome black satin gown with lace. Miss Wallace, a white ciina silk. Miss May Wallace, a mode color bengaline. Miss Luddington, & black net gown, pearls about her throat., Miss Yost, a gown of red and white India silk, Miss Williams, delicate pink silk ana mus- Lin; decotlete bodice, Miss Dixon, blue and white coral boads Miss Hoagland, yellow silk gown embroid- erod with daisies. ’ Miss Hamilton, a gown of whito nun’s veil- ing, Riiss Goodson, a gray gown combined with black velvet, silver passementerie. Miss Recse, white crepe gown, decollete bedice, pearl necklace. Miss Sherwood, white wool gown, trimmed with black velvet, Miss Blanche Allen, a black net gown. Miss Gertrude Chatabers, a pale blue crepe gown, decollete hodice Miss Alice Chambers, a decollete gown of white silk. Miss Baum, mahogany plush combined with pale blue uet, red slippers. . Miss Pratt, a white gown trimmed with Dlack. Miss Moore, a_gray gown trimmel pink moire ribbons. Miss Janness, a gown of white wool, laco trimmed. Miss Parrotte, a dainty pink silic gown. India silk, with Golden Wedding They did not write it thus, fifty years ago: Macomber-Alexander, Krving, Mass, De- cember 12, 1830, Nevertheless men and ‘women loved and mated then as well as now. Kingsley W. Macombér and Martha S, Alex- ander loved and wedded in that olden time, and for a full half century have journeyed together. On Thursday, December 12, 1859, the one at the age of seventy-six and the other at seventy-three, in their comfortable home in Lewis, Ia, they celebrated the fiftieth roturn of their wedding day. Four hundred invitations were issued, and nearly balf that number answered the call in person. Others responded by lotter, expressing con- gratulations, or by golden gifts showing r membrance and esteem. 1t was indeed a gold- cn occasion, The bride and groom of 1830 are very happy in their children, friendships and life work. Of this union four children sur- vive, viz: Mrs, Belle Reynolds, a noted phy- sician and surgeon in Chicago, admired by all lovers of the heroic, and remembered by war veterans as the “Good Angel” of the Seventeenth Itlinois infantry. Henry K. Macomber, a skillful and widely known physician ' of Pasadena, Cala. John K. Macomber, a raduate of, and afterwards & professor in, = Iowa agricultural college, but now a prom- inent lawyer in Des Moines, 1a. And Frank J. Macomber, a graduate of the University law school and a trusted and thrifty attorney n Lewis, Ta. These chil- dren, stalwart in form, cultured in mind and established in character, are ut ouce a bless- ingto their parents and society. Tad pres- ©ence of 80 large a company and the grectings from persons present aud from afar, all told thav the host and hostess had not lived in vain. It was to the writer a reminder of the friendships and struggles of over a third of a century, Reverses in, business caused the family 0 come west in the summer of 1855, They found a resting place one mile north easterly from the present site of At- lantic, but there was no Atlantic at that time, The popuiation of the county was less than eight hundred. The chier mode of travel was by emigrant wagon. All the necessaries of life were bronght by slow and expensive transportation. The Macomber family crossed the state of Iowa by emigrant wagou, tented on the unbroken prairie, and later erected @& shauty, and §0 began to make a western home. ~The chango from a dwelling of plenty, in New KEngland, to u pioneer home in Iowa implied sacrifices and hardships, But the certainty of theso did not deter the attempt nor discourage the execution. The writer well knows that ivcosts a great deal to be a pioneer of civil- 1zation, Mr. and Mrs. Macomber have con-' tributed their portion toward this cost, and now in advanced life, living on borrowed time, they enjoy the satisfaction of having planted wisely and well, and of gathering the fruitage of a well spent life, A Oard Party. Dr. and Mrs. Peabody gave a delightful card party on Thursday evening in honor of Mrs, Jonnson and Mrs. Lomon, sisters of Mrs, H. W. Yates, who are visiting from Bt. Joseph, = The programme was a sort of pot pourri, the guests playing whist, six-handed euchre and high-five at their pleasure, and with the peouliar zest and interest that comes of per- soual choice in & game, Pineapplo ice was served during tho evening and an inviting supper later revived the flagging spirits of the losers and gave opportunitios for conversation. The guests we Madame Powell, Col- onel aud Mr eridan, Mr. and Mr Fritehett, Mr, and Mrs Towar, Mr. wrs. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Cowin, Mr. and Mrs. Houry Vates, Mr. aud Mrs, B. . Smith, Mr. aud Mrs. Horbach, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs, W, V, "Morse, Judge ‘akeley, Deau and Mrs. Gardner, Dr. and Mrs. Denise, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert and Mr. aud Mrs. Woodua: A Garrison Dance. Miss Wariog gave & delightful dance on Friday evening at Fort Omaha in honor of Miss Brown of Fort Meade, Two carryalls, with Mr. Sherwood ana Mr. Wilson respectively as ‘“‘stroke oar,’’ carriod the gay lot of young people toward the hov room of thé garrison, where thoy wore to speed the hours with flying feet. A Jolly evening was the result, with an aftertaste of daylight in the return drive. Those of the party were: Miss Browa, Miss Yates, Miss Besslo Yates, Miss Yost, Miss Nasn, Miss Anna Millard, -Miss Dixon, Miss Burna, the Misses Wallace, Miss Grace Chambers, Miss Gertrude Chambers, Miss Willinms, Miss Clara Brown, Miss Ludding- ton, Miss McKenna, Miss Cos, Miss Ida Sharp, Miss McClintock, Miss Sherwood, Miss Halo, Miss Hongland, Miss Laura Hoagland; Mr. Charles Howo, Mr. James Howe, Mr. Guiou, Mr. Will Wyman, Mr. Henry W Dr. 8 Mr. Arthur Smith, Mr. . B. Smith, Mr. Robert Patri Wil Doane, Mr. Mr, Hale, Mr Garneau, Mr. Mr. Jordan, Mr. Kountze, Mr. McCazue, Frank Hamilton, Mr. and Mr, MoMillan, son, Kountze, Mr. Charles Mr. Paxton, Mr. Caldwell Hamilton The Guaras' Dance. The Omaha Guards are not really 8o black as they are painted. On Thursday evening in their military clothes, with their military airs, they made the pleasontest manner of hot The ball was one ot the happiest, of the winter, owing to the fact that many of the young ladies who have got graced these dances sinc) the early autuwmn, when they went away to school, by virtae of the holi- days, shone resplendant on this occasion. Pretty gowns were plentiful, s were protty faces and pretty shoulders and pretty steps, notwithstanding all of which the picwre was incomplete owing to the incongruity of costume as is always true of these parties. od_during the evening, tho ng otherwise being quite uninterrupted and thoroughly enjoyed as, alas, it only can be by the young and agile, a ftting homily on the necessity of stalled-ox and ice cream to feed the fire when old age stealson apace. Among thoso present were: Mr, and Mrs. Riall, Miss Konnedy of Chicago, Mrs, Denny of Boston, Mr. and Mrs, Stevons, Mr. and Mrs. Touzalien, Mr, and Mrs. Reea, Captain and Mrs, Pinto, Miss Fonda, Miss Hart mau, Miss Moore, Miss Silloway, Miss Re Miss Mies, Miss Curcis, Miss Jolinson, Miss Hamilton, Miss Isrown, Miss Fisher, Miss Heflly, Miss Marahall, tho Misses Duryea, the Misses Lowe, Miss Foote, Miss Horton, Miss Sexauer, Miss _Allon, Miss Tibbetts, Mr. Berlin, 'Mr. McCounell, Mr. Hughes Mr. Smith, Mr. Farnsworth, 'Mr. Harvey, Captain Scharff, Mr. Duryea, Mr. J. H, Mc* Cormick, Mr. Hicks, Mr. Morton, Mr. Will- iams, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Redick, Mr. Hef- fley, Mr. Reed, Mr. Cleane, Mr. Moores, Mr. Moody, Mr. Kelier, Mr. ' Achison, Mr. Doane, Mr. Rustin and Mr. Stephenson. Kountze Place Sovial. The Kountze Place Social club was very delightfully entertained on Friday evening by Miss Mamio Deiss, at her pretty home, 2018 Wirt street. Dancing, in dainty silver lettering on the invitations prepared the bidder for the man- ner of entertainment, while a number of card tables afforded diversion for the non- dancers ang staider portion of tho guests. Refreshments were dainty and the even- ing was altogether charming. Those present were . and Mrs. Frank McCreary, Miss Butler, Miss Inez Haskell, Miss Minnie Baumann, Miss ssie Mc- Ausland, Miss Florence A. Swingley, Mis Mamie McLain, Miss Carrie McLain, Miss Mollie King, Miss Sue King, Miss Metz, Mr. odman, Mr, Champlin, Mr, Cobb, Mr. Day, Mr. Palmater, Mr. Hawilton, Mr. C. W. Mac Connell, Mr. Muftitt, Mr. Pierce Gibson, Mr. Nason, Mr, Fales, Mr. Daven- port and Mr. Moran Social Gossip Miss Hooker has returnea to town. Miss Jennie McClelland is at home from Chicago for the holidays. Mrs. Warren Morgan Rogers will enter- tain a few friends on New Years eve, The assembly will give their second ball at the Millara hotel Friday, January 3. Mrs, James W. Savage enter tamned the Bachelors at dinner on Christmas day; Mr, Russell Harrison, who spent Christ- mas in Omaha, has returned to Montana, Mr. Clifford Smith, son of Mr, Ben Smith, is visiting his pareuts at the Paxton hotel. Cards are out for a reception given by Miss Dundy Monday, December 30, from 7 until 9, Miss Kennedy of Chicago is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Riall at their new home on Howard street. Mr. and Mrs, Will Sapp, jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Loomis of Council Blufts will receive on New Years day. The Cotillion will give the third of its series of germans at Wash ington hall Tues- day, December 81, Mr. and Mrs. J. N, H. Patrick took a jolly cogehing party out on Christmas morning to enjoy the gams of football, Mr. and Mrs. Krenzer entertained a num- ber of their friends with music, cards and supper ou Christmas night, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ames will enter- tain their friends at a reception January 1, with dancing after 4 o'clock. Mr. Paul Horbach has returned from his shortstay abroad and is spending the holi- days with his family in Omaha. Mr. Osborne of Kearney, who was in town during the week, left Christmas evening for Chicago, where he will attend a class dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Brachvogel will entertain the German class on Saturday evening with a real old-world German Christmas celebra- tion. Miss Tillie Wakeley returned on Tuesday from Chicago where she has beon visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Wakeley for a fori- night. Mr. Wilbur, who is one of the most popu- lar men in Omaba, is receiving any amount of congratulation on account of his good fortune. Mr. Clement Chase has issuad cards to his men friends for a reception at his home on the afternooun of New Years auy {rom 2 unfil 6 o'clock. Mrs, Koenig has invited some friends to say goodbye and God speed to the old yoar and welcome and good luck to the new on ‘Tuesday evening. Miss Dundy @ave a box party, with Miss Lena Dundy, Miss Orchard, Miss Ida Sharp, Mr. Frank Hamlton, Mr, Will Wyman, Dr. Wilcox and Mr. Coles, Miss Malone gave a pleasant’ dinner to a number of friends on Christmas day in honor of her sister, Miss Hattie Malone, who is at home from school for the holidays. Mrs. Kountze has returned from New York uccompanied by her sons, Mr, Herman, Mr. Augustus and Mr. Charles Kountze, who :lnll remaiv in Omaha until after the hoh- a, Wednesday, January 1, Mrs. J. K. Cham- bers and Mrs. Robert Ringwald entertain at luncheon from 12 until 4 o'clock at Mrs, Ringwald’s charming home, No.1 Worth« ington place, Miss Mabel Balcombe left Thursday even- ing for California to remain for the winter and possibly a year. A numberof heryoung 1riends went with her t the station to wish her God-speed. Mrs. George Knight White (nee Berlin), who arrived in Omaha during the week from California for an indefinite visit, is at pres- ent with her mother and brother at Nine- tecnth and Davenport streets, Contrary to the usual attendance of a Christmas matinee, any number of fashiona- ble folk wero seen at “'The Pearl of Pekin,” Thirty men took a club lunch together and went afterward to the matinee in a body. At the clubs during the week the engage- ment was_announced of Miss Grace Chaw. bers to Mr. John Wilbur, the wedding to ocour after Lent. Miss Chambers is a sweet, pretty woman, with & gruceful figure and a power of imitation and quaint manuer of speech when she pleases, that is particu- larly fetching, Mr, and Mrs. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Lemon, with their families, of St. Jogeph* spent Christmas day with Mr, and’' Mrs, onry Yates. Mrs, Johuson and rs. Lemon are sisters of Mrs. Yates and are visiting her for several days. Mr. Yates sent a special car to St. Joseph to fetch Mr, Johnson and Mr. Lemon to the family dinner after which they returned howme. Mrs. Jesse Lacey gave a 2 o'clock dinner to some women Iriends on Friday, with an afternoon at cards following, It goes with- out saying that the dinner was delicious snd the playing enjoyable. Amoug the guests were: Mrs, Horbach, Mrs. B.F, Smitn, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Kountze, Mrs. Barker and Mrs. Henry Yates, Miss Yost has issued cards for a reception New Years day. She_ will be assisted by Miss Yates, Miss Bessie Yates, Miss Hoag- laud, iss Laura Hoagland, Miss Dewey, una Millard, Miss Brown, Miss Dixon, Miss Nush, Miss Willams, Miss Luddiag- tou, Miss MoKenua, Miss ambers and Sherwood. The sawe party will go to Happy Hollow in the eveulng. DON'T BITE THE' BANISTERS. Some Seasonable Hints to Lovera and Thelr, Lassies. s IT ALWAYS PAYS TO BE FRANK. Things to Be Renf¥hibered by Those Who are in the Fairyland of Court- ship — True Motives for Marriage, Frankness and Reserve. (Copyright 1859,) The advice of Solon toa young girl who is pussing through the fairyland of courtship would hardly be regarded by her, or by any younger person in her position, and I hardly think that my advice will be of any more value. But, s I have been asked to give it, and as one is always glad to talk with those most delightful of. people —lovers—I will very diffidently give one or two hints which have occurred to me as of possible value to some girl whose lover happens to be away on a journey and who may be willing to pass the time which she would prefer to passin his socioty in reading these modest sug- gestions, To such a one I would say, Let frank- ness and reserve be your two watch- words. Courtship is the gay novitiate to sober marriage, but it must be always remembered that it is a testing of each other’s nature, a trial of characters, which sometimes at the last mo- ment do not stand the test, are proven to be unblendable, and the marriage never takes place. Reserve in de- meanor is, therefore,always to be borne in mind. There is 80 much of what is called “innocent flirtation” between young people in this country, that an unso- phisticated girl thrown into the socioty of a young man given to paying atten- tions without intentions to the most attractive young givl on the social hori- son, may sometimes be deceived by such a light swain, and mistake for serious courtship what is only meant for a pleasant passing of the time. I think this is nov often the case, for a woman’s instinct almost infallibly tells her with what end a_man persistently secks her society: still, it does sometimes happen voung girl fancies she is being courted, whenvdn point of fact, she is only being trifiéd with. Itisas well for a girl to bear this point in mind, aud/not to wear her heart upon her slceye. Pursuit is a large part of the pleasure of the chase, and the thing that has cost us the great- est effort to secure_is valued accord- ingly. & Until you have real reason to believe that your | ove is being sought, no mat- ter how much you'may care for a man, do not let him™ know . it. If he really wants your love, he will not fear to risk avefusal. The man who keeps his at- tentions to you a secret, who is not will- ing that the whole world should know he is your suitor, does not deserve to win you. If his vanity is stronger than his love let him pass by; he is no true lover. Orlando wauntgd all the dwellers in the forest of Arden to know the se- cret of his love for Rosalind, so he hung verses on the trees of the wood praising her virtue and beauty; every woman prefers an houest Orlando who,whether his love-is crowned with happiness or not, is willing all the world should know that he loves her and has chosen her for his own. The books of etiquette give rules of behavior for lovers which may be of use to some people; but the best rule 18 in your finer instinct. F So much for reserve. Now for frankness. If you are going to marry for love, for the sake of your future happiness be frank with your suitor and with your betrothed. < If you. are on the point of marrying from any other motive—ambi- tion, pique, fear of being an old maid, or anxiety to provide yourself with a home, you need read no farther, for I have no advice to give you, except Punch’s advice to those about to get married, “Don’t.” This lecture is only for true ' lovers, to no others doth it apoly. Perfect love casteth out fear. have a hot temper, a jealous nature, a tendency to dispute, do not conceal 1t from your lover, for he wiil be better able to forgive now than later, Of course you are an augel in his eyes, but all the same, if he be the good fellow he ought to be, he knows very well that girl-angels have leon!._v of faults. If they did not, would they he fit mates for him and his kind forsooth? Do not play the part of the girl with the abominable tcm;\)er. whose lover tested her patience by bringing her oach day a tanglod skein to,wind. Tho task was always accomplishod with the greatest sweetness. fter they were married, our Petruchio found he had wedded a shrew. ““How wus it possible that you could have had so much patience with those tangled skeins?'’ he asked his wife. For answer she led him out into the hall and said: *Don’t you remember that I used to g0 out of "the room from time to time?” “yes. *‘Well, I came out and bit the ban- isters.” Now, girls, do not bite the banisters; take my word for it, it’sa very bad plan. Be frank and naturaliind let him see you as you are, faults-und all. Not that you are to sit down upder the burden of your shortcomings, anfl'say ‘I am oross, or lazy, or disorderly%nd you have gov to make the besi of {E" Never, if we live vo be a hundred years old, can we take that point of vigif, We speak of the hattle of life—the battle is mainly with, our own short- comings, I cannot give you the advice of Hamlet, **Assume i #irtue if you have it not,” but try in all,ways to cultivate the virtues, and to twim down the faults in the gurden of your life, 1 know no guality which is more im- portant in esmblinhi‘;fir & normal and If you appy relation betwdén a man and woman than that of dfeankness. With its help you will be strdnger to conquer those troublesome weeds of vanity, sel- fishness, or indirestion. If the courtship is successful, and the time of probation is to be long, which is in itself a thing to be avoided, I should advise our young girl (the one whose lover is away on a journey, and who is reading this advice of mine without much idea of foliowing it) to devote some time of every day to the household arts. The woman of my acquantance who has accomplished more than any other in her life has for her motto these words: *If you want a thing doune, you must do it yourself.” I take this to have, firat, a literal mnnlus. and, besides, a second broader significance. If there is something that is of great import- ance to be attended to, there is no way 80 sure as to do it yourself. We must never think that other people will take wore trouble for us than we will take 1 for ourselves,for this is very,very ravely the ¢ase. The second significance of this most wige device 18 that if you want anything well done, you must be able to do it yourself, il you know how to make bread and your cook knows that you know the difference between well and badly baked bread, you stand o bet- ter. chance of always having good bread. The same is true of pie-crust, soup and coffee. Though this advice may be somowhat prematire, I wish to lay a certain stress on the matter of coffeo— that huge rock on which so many do- mestic barks are wrecked. No matter how magnanimous a man may be, there is one thing he cannot forgive the woman he loves, and that is a cup of bad cofls Whatever else is beyond your reach, good coffee is not; any woman can give her husband a cup of good coffee for breakfast, who is will- ing to take a little trouble about it. But to return to courtship. Boware how you exhibit your captive to your friends until you are quite sure that the fetters are fast about him; keep your own counsel about attentions which may lead to nothing. This does not apply to your tather, mother, sister, or to any member.of your immediate family who has a personal interest in. your affai but to the half-dozen intimate girl friends who will be quick enough to spy out your secret without your con- fiding it to them; silence is golden, in- deed, in such matters. 1f the world is to know that Horace is courting Har- riet, it is from Horace that theinforma- tion must come. All men are not Or- landos, and even he might have been much annoyed if Rosalind and not him- self had spread the news of ‘his atten- tions over the trees of the forest. Once Harriet and Horace understand each other. all therest isso easy. There is no advice so good as the two short words: Be happy! Avoid lovers’ quar- rels; even the bliss of reconciliation does not quite wipe out the sting of sharp words given and returned. I have said a word about long engage- ments, which are, I think, always to bo avoided, except—and this is o most im- ortant exception—where Harviet and Horace are almost strangers to each other. A yearis then not too long in which to learn each other’s character- istics. 1t is a good thing to know how the different seasons affect Horace. He may be gentle in June aud fierce in February. If our lovers know each other well, then the sooner they marry the better, in ninety-nine out of every hundred. Do not be afraid of beginning housekeeping ou a small in- come, Horace will learn to make a larger one all the sooner with Harriet by his side, and Harriet wili be none the worse for learning the lessons of sonomy, for, as the Scripture saith: Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox with hatred there- with,” Maup HOWE. I S0 i Some Day. James Whitcom Riley, Some day—so many tearful eyes Are watching for thy dawning Light! So many faces toward the skies Aro weary of the night! So many falling prayers that roel And stagger upwurd through the storm; And yearning hands that reach and feel No pressure true and warm | So many hearts whose crimson wine Is wasted to a purple stain: And blurred and streaked with dropaof brine Upon the lips of Pain! 0. como to them—those sveary ones! Or, 1f thou still must bide awhile, Make stronger yet the hope that ruas Before thy. coming smile. And haste and find them where they wait, Let summer winds blow down that way, And all they long for, 00n or late, Bring round to them—some day. e Thoughts for the New Year. Renewed feelings of ambition are synonymous with the opening of a new yeur, says a writer in the Ladies’ Home Journal for January. More resolutions are made than at any other time, and as often are they, alas! broken. -But with some the resolutions made with the dawn of a new year have been carried through to its close. Numerous lives of honor and achievement can be traced to some determination of purpose made upon an occasion such as the first day of a year affords for a fresh start in the journey of life. We all desire success; the problem of lifosis its winning, Every person carries in his or her own hand the key that unlocks either the door of success or failuro. The true key of success is labor, and it requires a strong, resolute will to turn it. It is hard, earnest work, step by step, that insures success,and never was this truth more potent than at the present time. Positions of trust and eminencefare no longer secured ata single leap. Men and women have ceased to succeed in a hurry. Occasionally there will be an exception, but the “instances are rare. Success a writer has said, is the child of confidence and perseverence, and never was the meaning of a word more clearly defined. The secret of many suceessful careers is the thorough per- formance of whatever has been under- taken. An excellent maxim is that which counsels us never to put our bands to anything into which we cannot throw our whole energies harnessed with the very best of our endeavors. Persoverance is essential to success, since it is often achioved only through a succession of failures. In spite of our best efforts, failures are in store for the majority of the race. It remains, then, for us all to do the best we can under all cir- cumstances, bearing in mind that races are not always won by the swiftest feet, nor triumphs in battle secured by the stroogest arms. It is not so mucg the l)ouseulon of swiftness or strength as it s the right application of them by which success is ensured. Tn umruncfi out upon the journey of life, it is well: First, to obtain every kernel of knowi- edge whhin your reach, Study people for the knowledge they can impart to you. Read books for what they can teach you. Next,6ee what your temperament best suits you for, Mark your tendencies,and apply them. Be sure you have not mistaken your calling. Once certain, apply yourself o your chosen work, ’1"I.1un, work hard, earnest and inces- sent. Don’t consider anything beneath you. Be patient, honest and pleasant in manner, . T'reat all persons alike, high and low, Have a smile for all; a pleasant word for everybody. Buccess may not come at first, but it will oot be far off, and when it does come it will be the sweeter for its delay. e — Peculiar Siberian Flower, A French paper gives a fascinating accouut of a newly discovered flower, of which rumors have from time to time reached the ears of floriculturists, ft is called the snow flower and is said to have been discovered by Count Anthos- koff in .the most northerly portion of Siberia, where the ground is continually covered with frost, This wonderful ob- ject shoots forth from the frazen soil only on the first day of each succeedin, year, Itshines bui for asingle day an: then resolves to its orlglnlf elements. The leaves are three in number and | formerly scout foi each about three inches in diameter, They are déveloped only on that side of the stom toward the north and each seems covered with microscopic crystals of snow. The flower when it opens is star- shaped, its petals of the same length as the leaves, and about half an inch in width, On the third day the extremi- ties of the anthers, which are five in number, show minute glistoning specks like diamonds, about the size of a pin’s head, which are the seeds of this won- derful flower. Anthoskoff collected some of these sc with him to St. 5 wore placed in a pot of snow, whera they remained for some time. On tho first of the following January the mi ulous snowflower burst through its icy covering, and displayed 1ts beauties to the wondering Russian royulty. L - 4 THE CHEROKEE STRIP. A Country Where the Laws are Few and the Criminals Manv. The passenger on the Santa I%e route, shortly after leaving Kansas City, passes a post labled “State Line.” It fills o usoless mission, for there civilization ends and the savage assumes supremacy. The Old World does not present o similar spectacle. On the one side fences and houses and well-tilled fields; on the other boundiess wasto stretches v to the far horizon, writes an In- Territory correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal. The sun does not shine upon a faiver land than this Cherokee strip: its agri- cultural possibilities are absolutely limitless; but level, unhroken the prairie lies liko a sea whose waves ave stilled forever, over which broods the spirit of death. In the might and mnj- esty of ocean there is boundless motion and eveor-changing color: even in the Sahara, the shifting sands, the play of light and shade and the mirage marthe monotony. But here the sere sky of ‘autumnshus down on the far horizon, and neither on the plain nor in the sky is there o sin- gle object upon which the eye can rest. Though you stand subdued in the pres- ence of 4 scene so vast, tho emotion is one of profound and utter loneliness. Heard in such a scone, the howl of the coyote possesses peculiar relevancy. Sound has not power to express a more vrofound feeling of desolation. From out the viewless vacancy, it floats and wavers along the listening stillness of the interminable plains like the despaiving plaint of some companion- 1 and incomplete existence exiled from happiness it has never known, and conscious only of blank and utter want., The Cherokees, in their-country to the southeast, have more land than they need, yet the strip is kept f ment. It 1s a phase of our ¢ which unother generation will havdly comprehend. for the opening of Okla- homa is but the beginning of the end, and the pressing need of population will 300n demand its cultivation. Leaving the strip, passing through the Ponca ageucy, and beginning with Oklahoma, the contour of the country grows move rolling; copses of blackjack and post oak, alternating with prairies, varying in size froma few acres to many miles, Thesoil is a sandy, friable loam, poor on the ridges, but the vall vie with the Niie in fertility. The climate is favorable, and a total failure from drought is unknown. In the Red river valley the staple is cot- ton, the average being a bale to the acre. On the Washita and Cauadian, the crop has hitherto been. corn, which averages eighty bushels and sells for fifteen cents, but three cotton gins bave been erected at Purcell in thelast year,and this fall cotton is com- ing in from 100 miles around. In the the second valley of the Washita, I saw land that had been cultivated for six years and yielded last year about 125 of oats to the acre and sixty bushels of wheat, The Five Ciyilized tribes are being rapidly civilized by amalgamating with the whites; have their own government, and by petitions to congress have testi- fied their desire to hold their lands in severalty: There are many white men married to squaws, and many more who lease the lands from the Indians, pay- ing, generally, a rental of one-fourth of the crop. As a rule, they are men who patriotically left their country for their country’s good. Other territpries have their territorial government, but no requisition can issue for a criminal who secks this temple of refuge. A mer- chant of Purcell, kidnapped the other day into Texas, where he was wanted for the murder of a boy, is this morn- ing again walking the streets of Purcell fancy free, while his ar- restor is held for obstructing federal process. For assault, forgery, and many other minor crimes committed in the territory, there is absoiutely no penalty. Puarcell, in the heartof the territory, is a typical frontier town of 2,000 peoplo, every one of whom is in hot pursuit’ of the almighty dollar. There are no women or children, but the streets ave filled with men of every color and condition in life. Thera are some negroes justin from the Chicka- saw country with a long wagon train of cotton; some blanketed Cheyenne and Kiowa warriors are walking down the street, pigeon-toed, behind a big fel- low with bracelets on his arms and legs, a string of human teeth around his neck and a long plait of hair hanging down his back, stuck full of turkey feathers; a cowboy outfit is starting out on the trail wil,{\ a parting salvo from their six-shooters; and a drunken Creek, who a moment ago issued a challenge to the universe by hooting like an owl, is hav- ing an interesting time with another who accepted it. But a oynosure of all eyes i3 the deputy marshal, Heck Thomas, who is 1unt n from a round-up with a dozen train robbers who held up the Santa Fe train last week, and a mis- cellaneous mob of murderers and horse- thieveschained up with trace chainsand locks. Our hunting party escapes unnoticed, and fording the Canadian river—100 yards of water flowing through a mile of sand—we are soon steering across the open prairie, with a vague sense of having put tosea on horseback., There are fiour of us “‘ten~ derfoots.” Our guide, Charlie Smith, the Texas rangers, was born in the saddle, has led a life of adventure wilder than any hero of the dime novel, and knows the country as the seamoen know the sea. Deput, Uunited States Marshal Ansley, Blue{ Hodgens, camp boss, late of the Emer- ald, and Corty, our. colored chet, make up the party., Two teams, & spring wagon and four saddle horses, comprise the outfit, and by noon it is strung out for ten miles, and despite the assurance of the guide thut we ‘‘can’t lose the trail,” we accomplish that impossible thing and spend the best part of ihe night hunting for each other, The only diversion of the day was created by some Pottawattamie police, who overhauled Dick’s wagon, or- dered him to throw up his bauds, and opened fire, when he started to Arfiua the matter, but apologized when they found there was marsbal with the outfit. The mild clim- ate, theabundance of food and the free- dom from molestation is productive of vast quantities of small game, Prairie chickens in numbers are continually flying from the prairies to the timber, where they eat the acorns. Covies of qnail flush at every step, and the pecan groves are actually alive with fox squirrels, We saw some lurge flocks of geoso and trout on the sandbars of the Canadian, and every body of water is coverea with ducks. On all the posts 01 ridges we found a flock of wild turkeys, and warlost of all game, not Teven excetpting the deer. Deer stalk ing,even when there a abundant although the mosi exciting is the most arduous and uncertain of sporte, and the peculinr conditions dependent upon its pursuits here immensurably ens hance its shame. V. Palmer of Syracuss, N. Y., has just d from a friend a_pine log cut o the Chickamauga battlefiold. It is about four and o half foot long, nine inches in diamoter, and has in it seven caunon balis weighing five or six pounds apioce. They are buried deep in tho wooo, and the bark had grown over them. Is the price on children’s suits, Several lines that have sold at prices ranging from $6 to $10 will | goin this ¥5 sale. 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