Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1909, Page 21

e/ lies Hibotux — HE holiday season to the school boys and girls than to any one else. Christ- mas day is the children's day, but the rest of the usual fort- & nizhts' vacation belongs to the school set. The High school students have planned a gay round of pleasure with a few days left for Impromptu affairs, such as Jolly skating parties and coasting or bobsled parties. Dancing is a favorite pastime with the young people and some elaborate Affairs are planned by Aifferent clubs and societies which take the place of the ta- booed Greek letter fraternities and sorori- tles at the High school. Two large mas querade dancing parties were given dur- means more — ing the holidays by the young people. One of these is not a High school soclety, but most of the young men belong to the club are High school cadets. The young women of the club are scattered In the atf- ferent schools of the city. This is the Junior Dancing club, which meets every second Friday during the winter at Cham- bers’. The masquerade party given Thurs- day the 23d, was the largest and most laborate affair that the club will give during the year. The Senior Prom last Monday evening, given by members of the senior class of the Omaha High school at Chambers academy, was enjoyed immensely by the students. The class pennants and colors ) ) y e atHome IHE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER were used to decor- ate. There is always considerable rivalry between the Junior and senfor classes, and the senfors have to give an elaborate party or they will be surpassed by the Junior Prom, which is an event in the life of each student who has the good fortune to become a junior. Surpassing all other school affairs for grandeur, is the hop given by the Cadet Officers’ club, or In school language the ‘C. 0. C. hop." The cadet officers and cadets each invites his favorite girl friend months ahead, and for a few weeks ahead of the hop the cadets are treated royally by the young women, for it would be a calamity not o be invited to the C. O. C. hop, Military decorations are usually in order at these hops and though the ther- mometer may register zero each cadet heroically wears white linen trousers with his cadet uniform coat. The cadet officers wear thelr swords and make the cadets look envious until one of the officers hap- pens to trip on his sword. The students make & remarkably good showing at these aftairs and one might easily imagine Klm- self at a cadet hop at West Point Military academy. Christmas eve a party High school students gave a masquerade party. This was an invitation affair and most of the costumes were comic and af- of twenty-four forded much amusement Monday evening, December 27 members of the Phi Lambda Natonai High School fraternity, fo erly had a large chapter here. will hold their annual reunion and dancing party at Chambers' academy This is always a social event young people home from college, whom belong to the chapter. The fratern- ity pennants form a conspicious part in the decoration of the ball room and usually miniature pennants are given as favors. Tuesday evening, the twenty-eighth alumni members of Les Hiboux club will hold their annual reunion and banquet at the Henshaw cafe. This club is a live organi- zation and has planned give several parties during the year. the alumn! Epsilon, a for the many of Two of the alumn. classes of the Omaha High school, 1908 and 1909, wiil hold an an- nual reunion during the holidays. Wednes day evening Miss Louis Northrup will be the hostess for the class of 188 for ths second annual reunion. There will be a reception and musical program, followed by an election of officers for next year. This class has developed a wonderful amount of class patriotism, and during the year parts of the class have held several smaller functions. Thursday evening the class of 198 will hold its reunion at the home of Mr. Harry Carpenter. There will 2180 be a class election following the re- ception. The funior prom will be given January 29 at Chambers’ academy. This is alway an event om the social calendar of school and is anticipated by Junior eclass, who will try to make this one of tne elaborate parties of the year. There are a number of literary and so- elal clubs in the high school which play & prominent part in the student's life Friendships are made which last through life. One of the oldest societies which is now represented only by some of the mem- bers of the faculty, was the Atheneum Literary soclety A pin in the form of a any 26, 1909. siiver A w The Dipper school. Several their emblem club was a girl's organiza- the high of this threa of the members club are now In the university and most of them joined the same sorority. An- other girl's club, which was formed two vears ago, was the Rn\)& club. Halt of the members of this clubd are away at school, several belng at the Chicago Art Echool, where two Omaha High school girls have recently won honors. During' the Christmas holidays the Rovle club will hold a reunion. At present there are more societies In the high school than they have ever had. These clubs are u for the study of literature. There are three pro- gressive debating socleties. T.ast week sev- cral of the students gave a mock trial at the high which was both educa- tional and amusing. The depating societies include the Demos- thenian, the Webster and the Atheneum. Among the girls' societies are the Wy Deitz and the Nor Nelz. There is a Graduate club which includes several graduates of High school and some under graduates who are preparing for college. Among the literary clubs at the school, at present are The Elaine, the Margaret Fuller, the Plelades, the Frances Willard, the Hawthorne, the Priscilla Alden, the Browning's society. Besides thess clubs are the Lininger Travel club, which meets every fortnight, the High School Art so- city, the German club and the Latin club, Although pearly all of these are study clubs, there is a socfal side which makes fhe students enjoy the meetings and come in closer touch with thefr classmates. When the boys and girls enter the high school they are usually at the traditional awkward age, these clubs lend much as- sistance in character building by giving confidence and poise. The first year in high school is probably the most import- ant. The student is thrown upon his own sch. Selections from the Story Promp the Old Man. PROPOS of divorce, Judge Simon L. Hughes of Denver sald at a recent dinmer “A marriage likely to end In divorce was celebrated last week in Circleville. A minister told me wbout it An oldish man-70 or so unwillingly to the sbout & He was a the minister responses p minister sald Look her marry you told. “But the aged bridegroom still remained stupid and silent, and the bride, patience'with him, shook him the arm and h io on, you toot it you was led rather altar by a widow of slow-witted old fellow, and ouldn't get him to repeat the pperly. Finally, in despair, the my fr unless fend. 1 de really what can't you are you losing all roughly by Say it after mocking hin him Man with « Memory, senator w had finished ecagerly Hello, senator How do you @ Say, senator Jones—Jones met y we & together? 1 do not.” replied the senator ™h €d Jones away, but was bac Hello, senator! you re we went out of ky vody Who's 1 dc be h—1 ¢ ing Post The he one King a speech. After there was a recsption at stels. A little pushed ward man you of Spr u dewn there. remember me? I'm gtield, you know. I Remember how full soon he he shouted, “Don't t time down in St. Louis ade a night of it? Jones Kt and r Springicld ved Jor ey sh agaln and some- stas senator asked, but he seems to irday Even- Why Southern Scrateh a southe and a knlghtly soul, might be said of the morals of the Chicago 21d story the more reasonably ob What s the reason, traveler from the north in this part of the hind thme? I have ran ecoording t “That, sub, san, It “ ner you will fing 1 be one Record-Her- below moral second is us. began the Urritated “that the trains country are always be- never seen one yet that schedule.” lied the dignified Geor- i & maitah that is easily explained. due 1o southern chivalry. South chivalry? Where come u You iate in this cou ladiex rn does that sec, sub, the tralns are always Ly because they wait for jod bless them!" Profanity by Agreement. Bishop Olmsted of Denver tels & story Ulustrative of Lhe fact that clergymen must Keep vory much farther away from evil than the ordinary man, The blshop was once ta king in Olmsted vilie with an old fisherman about a neigh- boring divine “A very good man, “A good man, yes,” erman. ‘He swears preacher, though. “Swears?" exclaimed Bishop Olmsted. “I can't belleve that ‘But 1 heard him man, obstinately. “I sat beside him at our Thanksgiving treat, you sir. We both of us were hacking away at a turkey leg. His got away from him. It siid across the table towards me and a lot of nberry sauce was spattered about T sald to him, sympathetic like, for I ould see he was worked up Theso legs are damn tough, the bishop said. assented the old fish- a good bit for a said the old fisher- know ain't'they sir “He answered back, quick a: Yes, George, they certainly ow. if that ain't sw the old fisherman, “what City Star a flash are.’ ing.” concluded Is 1t?"—Kansas o AR Private John's Offfee. 1 first decided to allow the people of Tupelo to use mah name as a candidate for congress 1 went out to & nelghboring parish to speak,” said Private John AMen to some friends at the old Metropolitan botel in Washington An old darky came up to greet me after the meeting. ‘Marse Allen,” he said, T'se powerful glad to see you. I'se known ob you sinco you was a babby. Knew yo Pappy long befo' you-all wuz bohn, too. He used ter hold de same office you got now. 1 ‘members how he held dat same office fo' years an' years.' What office do you mean, uncle? 1 d, as I never knew pop held any office. Why de office of candidate, Marse John; yo' pappy was candidate fo' many years.' “—National Monthly “When m a Parson Was Well Posted. Senator TUiman at a recent banquet told this story “The pastor of a Tallapooss church bLegan, id rather pointendly from pupit one Sunday morning Ah sutny am rejiced to see Bruddah Calhoun White in chu'ch Ah's £lad Bruddsh Calhoun has saw de error of his waye at lawst, fo’ dere is mo’ joy obah sionah dat repenteth don obah de ninety an’ nine— But at this point Brother White interrupted, angrily O, said he, from his seat, ‘de ninety an’ nine veedn't crow. Ah could tell some things erbout de ninety an’' nine ef Ah wanted ter’ "—~Washington Star he the once mo one Calhoun Something Happened. According to Everybody's, & witness in & ratiroad Fort Worth, asked to tell In his own way haw the accident hape pened, said Well, Ole and | was walking down the track and I heard a whistle, and I got off the track, and the traln went by, and I &ot back on the track. and I didn't see Ole. but I walked along, and pretty soon 1 seen Ole's hat and I walked on and case at seen one of Ole's legs, and then I seen one of Ole's arms, and then another leg, and then over one side Ole's head, and 1 says, ‘My God! Something muster happen to Ole" * But Seldom. Prof. Brander Matthews, the brilliant es- sayist and scholar of Columbia, sald at a dinner party, apropos of changes in the meaning of words “At the helght of our mayoralty paign ‘a little boy, looking up from his edventure book, sald to his father Father, what's a cormorant” ‘ ‘A cofmorant.’ the father answered. as he turned the huge pages of his news- paper, ‘is & corrupt and hoggish politi- clan.’ But,' the lad objected, ‘T was a bird ‘Oh, yes, to be sure,' the other agreed The word is used in that sense now and then.' "—8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. pouck ) Melted the W resistance of the ordinary copper wire is not nearly as high, according 10 a practical test, as that claimed for it b; the electrician sharps. In theory a wire may stand up against all manner of high- tension currents, but when it comes down to brass tacks, why, it simply lsn't there Take the case of George Gordon, who has Just gone back Into the coal business after affirming on a stack of temperance tracts that he was through with it—yes, sir, and don't you ferget it. The fruit-raising bus- iness in the Caribbean islands for him— nothing stronger. Anyhow, he is back among the black dlamonds and seems w0 enjoy it. Came a ring at his telephone— he'd been complaining of the service—and the man sald he was an inspector, test ing the lime. Stand & strument. cam- thought it .. The little to the right of the please,” he sald, “and talk George stood and talked. “That's good. Now stand a little to left of the instrument and talk.’ Again George talked “Now," sald the inspector in front of the instrument back, and talk." George talked obediently. bas little enough to say “Fine,” sald the inspector. on your head and talk." Right there is where the wire meited, re- sistance or no resistance. The heat was 100 great.—Cleveland Plain Dealer —— The Road to Fame. A southerner noted for the Mberality of his tips stopped at a Baltimore hotel ¥here negrh porters predominated. His name was speedily known to every member of the serving fraternity, and his every wish an- ticipated. Soon after his arrival he sent his card to a friend who made his home in the hotel but whose temperament hap- pened o be quite the opposite of that of his open-handed caller—retiring, not given o “Upping.” of any other form of seciabll - he “please stand about two feet although wue “Now stand Teller’s ity, and who therefore known to those abo The old darky studled it for a full minue. *'Scuse me, colonel,” I don't b'leebe nobody by dat here dis mawning. “This morning!"” returned the other. “Of course not! Mr. Blank has lived here for months. You know my name well enough and I haven't been here a day. Do mean to say you can't remember a man Who has made his home here since some time last winter? “'Scuse me, colonel, sah,” began the old man, deferentially, “but you must know sah"—as if uttering the sublest compli- ment—dat dere’s gemmens what ean make demsels more notorious in one day sah, dan odder gemmans does in & sah!"—Youth's Companior — One on Morgan's Part Of course It may seem mean to dig it up on him now that he's made guod, but George W. Perkins, now famous as partner of J. Plerpont Margan, was once a singer in a church choir in Cleveland and his on! claim to distinction in those days was an incident now past the memory of ail but the older inhabitants of the town George lived here, says the Cleveland Leader, when he was a young man in his twenties and he liked to sing. He had a first rate voice and made the choir out at Beckwith Memorial church, If one 1s correctly informed as to the particular church. The choir singers sat in a loft back of the pulpit almost hidden from the congregation. At that time there were two or three remarkably pretty young women in the choir. Well, there wasn't any harm In the bass or tenor singers looking at the contralto or soprano members of the choir and feasting their eyes on them when the sermon dragged, was there? Certainly there wasn't. But being seated all In a row, it was pecessary sometimes for one to tilt back one's chair in order to get a square view of a face at the other end That is what George W. Perkins did one ght Sunday morning, If the dope is handed down aright. He shifted his chalr about & trifle to get a still better view Unhappily, one leg of his chatr had been resting close tu the top of the steps that led down from the choir loft to the main auditorium. When George shiftcd his chair he shifted one leg over the edge of that stalrway A wecond later 1 bright young man destined to be one of the great financial gontuses of the eonntry, lay all in & heap at the foot of the pulpit. And the sermon was brought to a complete stop just as effectively as if it had been wound up by a peroration lived almost t him. who received un the card said, “but name comé you yeah, early A Civil War Order. Au anecdote with a smile the same time characteristic is told by the Kansas City Colonel D. R. Anthony, who yoars was one of the potent Kansas affairs. Anthony was n and at of the man, Journal of for many tactgrs in colonel of Collection the Seventh Kansas cavalry somewhere In the early part of the year, was stationed In Kentucky guarding the reconstruction work of the Mobile raliroad. General R. B. Mitchell was !n command of the brigade of which ‘Anthony’s cavairy Wwas & part. Mitohell was absent for a short time while the brigade was on that particular duty, and Anthony was placed in command was then that he issued his famous order “Any officer or soldler of this command, who shall arrest and deliver to his master a fugltive slave shall be summarily and severely punished according to the laws relative 10 such crimes." General Mitchell upon returning to his command was, to say the least, immensely surprised at the order. . “Colonel Anthony,” he roared, rescind that order at once.” Anthony refused. “I am no command,” he answered. eved me and I eannot brigade order." Well," declared General Mitchelll with & great deal of heat, “I will piace you In command long enough to rescind it.” “All right,”" said Anthony, “am I in com- mand? “Yes. retorted Mitchell ‘Then,” said Anthony, “you as an officer without command have no authority to in- struct me as to my duties The whole thing wore off with a smile. It the order ever countermanded, it was not done by Anthony S Framed Up. which in 1562, please longer in You have re- countermand a sirt” Taking advantage of the presence of the minister and their friends at the wedding of two cousins in Bt. Louls, Clark A. Grif- feth of Canton, Mo. and Miss Mildred Hawkins of Webster Groves surprised the guests by announcing that they, too, were ready to be married The wedding thereupon was made a dou- ble affair, three of the parties bearing the of Hawkins. The other couple, to whose wedding Griffeth and Miss Hawkine were invited, were Miss Hazel Hawkins of 400 Page boulevard and Cash C. Haw- kins of Canton, Mo. Mrs. Griffeth is & sister of Cash C. Haw- kins and @t one time had been a sweetheart of the man who now is her husband Mrs. Hawkins invited the two wedding at her home, thinking 0id romance might be revived. worked out well After her marriage to Rev. Frederick M. Rogers of Long Beach, Cal, and just as they were about to cut the wedding cake, Griffeth sprung a sensa- tion by proposing to Miss Mildred Hawkins. Wiil you have me?" he asked. before all of the guests. Miss Hawking was embarrassed ecurte, but nodded her head in cousent. “1 guess we'll get married right new,’ sald Griffeth, and he triumphantly flour- ished & marriage license, which he pro- cured in the afterncon. she to her that the Her plan Mr. Hawkins by ot Filling in 'Prog rarsss ources and Iif and idieness, nst. A student by indolence Apt 10 by stimulates begins he first year is the the m of his ttle to b order that classmates. Recently a well known Omaha man was heard to give this advice to a son who is ot at all keen about school studies, Have as good a time as can, my son. If you wish to please me you will he may hold the est you try to win honors in athletics and become popular with your classmates, and 1 will give all of the funds that 1 can.” A friend of the father remarked that this was unusual advice, and not & word had been sald about studies. The father repiied that a was not eligible for athletic honors unless he kept up with his studies and the boy or girl who is popular with his school friends is not the one who tails in his studies Habits of the Presidents (ontinued from Page One.) Quiney Adame, who was uncomfort- able when he attracted popular attention rose early in warm weather and bathed be- fore sunrise in the Potomac, something that probably no other president ever did. When he ceremoniously began the digging for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in 1828 the crowd cheered on seeing how well he handled the spade. Jackson, like Washington, had led a life of herdship and much physical activity but he was five years older than Washing ton on coming to the présidency and by at time a less active man. He showed himself on foot in public at Washingion and gave an audacious enemy & chance to tweak his nose, He also made the long land journey from the capital to his hom in Tennessee, and it must have been upon one of these trips that a foolish fellow ut Cumberland asked an impudent question about the irregularity of his marriage, to which Jackson responded with a sternly reprefiive glance and the answer that his questioner seemed to be a very bold man. Jackson, however, was not one of the spe- clally active presidents. Van Buren was not an outdoor person or a special lover of physical exercise, though he liked to get away to his quiet Kinder- where he could move about undis- turbed by staring crowds. There is & pleasant description of him in old age long after his retirement from the presidency as walking the streets of New York with his son John, small, quick, white haired and clear eyed, with the actlvity of a much younger man. From Harrison to Pierce the presidents ‘were mostly oldish and not especially active men. Tyler, like the other Virginians, bred on a piantation, rode on horseback, but he had long been occupied with indoor tivities. Taylor entered upon the presidency at 6, Boon after he had finished & hard cam- paign in Mexico. His life had been passed at frontier army posts and in fighting the Indians, and upon assuming the presidency be had more things to learn about civil government than any of his predecessors. The change from camp to court was not the best thing for a man of his age, else perhaps he would not have yielded to bil- fous colic, six months after his Inaugur- ation. Fillmore was fifteen years vounger than the man whom he succeeded, but 100 heavy in body and 100 sedentary by habit for great physical activity, Plerce was young and active, a gallant figure, his admirers thought, who moved freely about Wash- ington and left the presidency well in tcdy that he traveled al in Europe. He was fond of the open air it w while on a long drive in the Wi mountains with Pierce that Nathanlel Hawthorne in 1864 was seized with his fatal Line ss. Buchanan was not an active man sically, though liked to lounge abo his farm, Wheatlands, near Lancaster, Pa and enjoyed the unconventional outdoor life of Bedford Springs. Lincoln had been all horseback, but was never awkward cavalier. In of warnings that his life was in danger he used to walk at midnight with a single compa n from the War department to the White H and he somtimes took exercise in the White House grounds after. nightfall it this habit that led to an early plan to kidnap him, and a man who after- ward lived for years In New York told an acquaintance in the confederate army that he had lain several nights in the shrubbe of the White House grounds hoping for opportunily to seize Linco'n unawares must have had accomplices near at for only a glant could come Lineoln even in his middle fifties. In spits of the fact that the assassination of Lincoln had made every one fesl that the president could not safely go about on foot, Grant was sometimes walking the streets of Washington. An unfriendly observer described him as a shabby and slouchy looking man in an unbuttoned frock coat wa'king along Pennsylvania avenue Gran't life had been much of the time one of physical hardship, but he was not a very active man physically. He #00d horse and always had one at Wash- ington By this i the actual office w ot the presidency had become most exacting. so that the man of the White House had almost to fight for physical existence. Hayes, who gave personal sattention to many detalls, was much disturbed by bis lack of oportunity for outdoor exercise A Boston woman invited to dinver at the White House during bis administration found herself suddenly seized by the presi- dent a few minutes before the dinner was anvounced, rushed vio'ently out of a door trotted tirough the conservatories, and back again. She returned breathless and Mrs, Hayes explained that the president frequently took this method of getting & bit of exescise before dinner Mr., Cleveland's increasing weight and his intense application to the detalls of his office made It difficult for him to get sever ears phy- his life a rider on aught but an spite was an He d over- easlly have needed physical exercise. Even his amuse- ments were not of a very active kind. for he usually P pd < fished and from a host, Westerners in New York When Colonel Robert C. Clowry came teo New York from Chicago to assume the presidency of the Western Union Telegraph company, a friend gave him a Juncheon at the Lawyers' club. He wanted the colonal to know some New Yorkers and not be lonely during the first period of his resi- dence in the great city. Twenty-four men sat down to the table. Instead of,finding himself among strangers, Colonel Clowry met a great many old-time friends. A poil was taken to find out where the guests lailed from. Only one man was born in New York. All the rest, and the lst w a miniature “directory of directors,” were westerners, part of the vast human toll that New York takes of the rest of the country That luncheon was typical of similar gatherings in New York. The one-time stranger within the gates is the rule; the native son is the exception. While all sections have poured thair tribute of youth, brains and energy into the hungry maw of New York, the west has done %0 to a remarkable degree. The rich blood of & free young region has mingled with the Knickerbocker blue, af- fording a much-needed replenishment for broken down strains. To eastern comserv- atism the west has brought the quick- ening and broadening sense of real de- mocracy Turn where you will In the swift march of metropolitan events, and you will find the hardy impress of the westerner Many men drop their western ways, as they would throw off a coat. when they come to New York. Anxious to stamp themselves as old New Yorkers, it may be, or because they vield more easily to environment than the rugged westerner is supposed to do. they abandon the traits of speech and manner that would distin- guish them among their associates, and allow themselves to be merged into Wall street’s composite mass A striking exception to this rule Is Morton, president of the Equitable Life Assurance society He 1s one of the most conspicuous western men in New York and the one who is most a westerner. Born in Nebraska ten years before it became a state, and spending many of his later years in Colorado and along the old Santa F trail, after steel ralls had eonverted it into the Santa Fe rallroad, he has all of the candor, courage, vigor and democracy of the old frontiersman, with the culture ot the born gentleman. He ranks men above money, and his am- bition runs to the accomplishment of oig things rather than to the mere accumula- of millions. H Americanism {s tense, but his heart is In the great wes and he never tires of telling of its re- sources and its wonders. In Wall street he is known as a “missionary from they west,”" because of his constant effort tg| bring about a better understanding be- tween the east and the west and to wipe out all sectional feeling. He is so modest that he dislikes to see his name in print but he has the easy confidence In himself of the true westerner. It was to gratify his governing ambl tion that Mr. Morton acepted the presi- gdency of the Equitable Life. To project himself into the turmoil of the insurance scandals, rejected at least one offer iich would have given him a larger in- come, but which presented no opportun- for constructive work. He came into situation at a time wher the news per whoe were working on the ry of years were suspicious and it was not surprising questioned his motives. They at ) nany ways and for but they never could get him to distort the truth in any degree. Long afterward, one of his newspaper friends was telling him how one of the biggest in Wall street had lled to him about an Important deal. “He was difficult position” said Mr. Morton, thoughtfully, “If he had told you the truth, he would have jeopardized not only his own interests, but a lot of other Interests that were entrusted to him. I doen't know what 1 would have dome if I had been In iis dlace” 1 know what you wouldn't have done, the reporter quickly. “You 't have lled about it.” , 1 wouldn't have Med about 14" ted Mr, Morton. “I probsbly would have sald I couldn't talk about it A mau needs a long memory to be & good Mar, and my memory bad As & matter of fact, he has a mavel ous merhory Not long age one of his wdmirers ex- pressed 10 him the bellef raat his meth- ode of square dealing were being adopted by many in the financial district, simply because they had become cou- vinced that he had profited by them. “Bosh!" was his brusk reply. Ana then he added: “Any man who is honest because It pays won't be honest very long, and he won't be very honest st any time."—Munsey's Magasioe. Paul tion he e in a is very en