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Beatrice Tonnesen

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Chicago Photographer and Artist, with Studios in Chicago Illinois from 1896 to 1930

The Personal Scrapbook of:

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The Personal Scrapbook of Beatrice Tonnesen Chicago Photographer and Artist 1871-1958

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THE DECLARATION COMMITTEE at work upon the immo'rtal document which was to ch~ge the whole course of world affairs~ Left t.o right, t he·se I ~n~ortals were, identified by the ar~ist, as Thomas Jefferson, ~oger Sher,man, BenjamiI?- Franklin, Robert R, Livingston. t alild John Adams, Ptep~f}~ b~ .. .jef­fel'~n, the chaIrman, the Declaration of Independence was . reported with few alteratIOns to cong'ress 0 n June ?R, 1 776. This study and the qne abe ve Kre reprbduced, by permission; from iold. pry in the collection' ot the Chicago Historical society. . ~ _.~ ..

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- .,.\~ ,.... . ;/' I SJIOUID ~~I~W, l'r: ,

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~~~ 'V ',~ Fr011i a New York 'pap'r. ,-:,<: , "" ir.t;iere' bUM, and 'tlli:nj sh{)uldst" .}ilte~ ,-<" "

E'er so ~oftly m tl'ld room, ' , , ~ I should know it. '

I-should feel it, " ' Jmething sub~le !Vould reveal,ft', :,

" And, a glors round" hee centllr I Tbat would l.ght,en up tae" gloom,< \ " And ms beart WQuld I&UIP]y-gu1C,te me\ ,WjOh Love'S second-slit4~ .,roVlde me," Jne amid the crowd to find, ' I," 0' "

• ItI)VerebliLdl , 'c" y':

IIf.I we·e deaf, and thou badst spoko\i Ere thy ,presence + had);noWn( ,. ,

I 'RbouId know it, , '1 should feelH; , ' '

'Somett'ing subtle would revl1al1tt And.tb}3 se ,I ,at' onQ~ be broken By LpYe' s I1qUld undertone. _ , , Deaf to other, str IOger VOICes" • And ibe world '~ discordantnoi es,,- ' Whisper,' wheresoe 'er wou art~

".rwul ,reach mil heart I ""

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.l,., , \. , II! l'were dead, and tbou sbo\lldst tVenture,

' Near~the coffin waere -I lay, , ~ I . hou d know it, T 8boUId feel it" , , , '

Something subtle would reveal'1t; , And no look of m ldest cemu~ ,'. Rest upon that .face of ,,1 ,y , C ' Shouldst thou kiss m e, consciou~ !la, h,e!!" 0r Love's tl'e th ough Death's li'o'ld ,ashel(

,Wnu,'o g~ve bucl< tlie cbeelt" ,, ~d, ' ,;rt jt w~rE: d~h\lJc

ffS::' '-',;' 'd:HE'PEBFEOT ~i4:i; ~~,: ~I ::ft ~ i ~ ,~ . ' . ~ ..( (' . ~ ... e~"J>:t" ~Il'. H:!,r~ie~, Cecil Ma~l!e , ~n , '(i Mem"rY:o t;B"nnie,Helen ·,Goss. " , '/l'he"<f oilowiilg POem by: :&t'iss H~r- i

,~ie(C~cff,Mt\g!le/was real1 at':the me; , ' lllol!i:8iI" ,seJ ,yicedn the Firsf B1).ptist chur,ch Inl memory of the n ate Miss 'Bon'nhl Heleb';Goss;' It' was entitled. :!' "':THE PEiJrECT DAY.'~

'A tired child\ vith a broken d'ol1 ' Wel1rily siglied I1S t eardrops fall, ' ~ JJnconsciously wQn.dering,wby?

A dreamini/idtli~ the :t~ight gray, Lpngsfon tbe ,dawn of a perfect day;

,7 ' And longs for its dawn in vain.

A mai~en 'a{:pra;~r.wi~h t~a~ient face, An!;l, hear,t ' that still seelrS'the, nameless'

. - grace oil 1,. - ' l.: '

),~hinkS that it:y et ";.iil 'come; ,

A snow-w.hite corse lies ~tilr and fail:, All sunlElss',now the, golden hair" "

And linllS wh~r.e, ,dimple~play,ed;

But, iShut to e_ar~hly sun,:'for aye, '>: Her eyes b.eqold ihe perfect day , She never here could find. . '-'\ " . :;.' . .... ~~ )

, ;Ay, ~nly inMeaven:tne angels say,'

liWhere with God a thousanrl y"anr rs.~ day, ,\ A nd a day i~ a, thousa~ulyel!:rs:' '\' "

J, ' .. " • OY, -, , ". ' !.:::--'-~- ', " f

She walks the ,streets -yrith stat~lY grac e, And wea.J's' t¥-~ latr,st styles , ' " ',' •

~_.,rv'E'S VICTORY.

A s'ree~ co;n,t!,1J.~ ,t\P:onher face-Or fasoinating smiles. ' j

,Like'some proud queen she speaks her mind, :And uttei:s it with vim-

,Her wish is law, :\IOU soon will find, Because:-she's" :in the swim. ' ),

She gi'ves a part)' and invites The bn!l,~ ~yoil '<lleast expect"; , "

Ignoring illl indebtedness , ", S)le gives the slight , direct .

, 'The cup' of so~iai pleasant ry She filleth to the brim:

'Well pleased are the'y who get a sip, Because, she's "in the swim."

'Tod"y sbe 3weetly cla, ps your lland, ~ ~ Aild:smiles iuto your eye" : v lr'

'Tomorr. w, otherwise engaged She',meets you with surprise. ,

III "(ain you vow,you'll be revengefl Byacting'glum and gnm, ' .

.'One word fram her will ,change you Bccause-sl;le's Ujn tq.~ swun." · .

Se 'day by day 'sbe smiles and bows Upon tbe crowded 'street,

,:With 'deferential words' and loo i.s •. 'F'or every one she meets: .(Jr, if see ob,)Ose' to cut one dead

'Through freak, c'aprice or WblID, NOll,e e'~r complains and none resent,

:Qecau§e-she's"'in she 1 swim,"

S~me daytlds pro~d ~nd ba.ughty dame ;Willl'ue her changeful fate'

Some, other '11 b.e the faovorit, ; ."' 'i'liislot come soon'or .late, " And she Jiel'Self ma.y feel the C1l.m;

Of slights, jii every lim h , , '" .' Because, w11,e1\, re.apin. g whl\t :~e's sow.

She'll npt be "i~ the swim'll.: . ~ ,

'T w:ere bett'er, far to Idly drift'~. • .Jr, , , ... tb6social w~,ve; , ' . " .J?' ,;'1J:, ngjng in hs vorto 'x deep,

~ ' . ~iIig a social grave. .') ,~'. " BUreS pall, and',fanotes tad

:ADa'~ven' stars gr:lw dim; , 'Bitter t~'anohor near the sliere ,f,J{

'Than sink beneath " .he swim." ~. ' \'

,­·J'f_

'Wh~n I 'am dead; dear love, if thou ' should'st , feel. , '" ,., . <

Thy loneline~8 too h'-'rd' a 'load to be ... r, .A:il:t+ that 1iIiother could, thy wpund 11,n'n\lal

With gentIe "tenc1,erness a nd loving care, My spirit hovering near thee ,would not @hide, E'en should'st 'thou smile on a beloved,bride-

, When I am d~ad! '

I oilly ask she be not likii-to me-: As I was dar k, let her be fresh and fair;

, Instead of brown 'locks waving wild arid free, Close to her head coil round the golden hair;

And may sbe tower stately, grand and tall; I shall not' mind tha t I was frail and small-

'When I all) dead! '

So that she come not nestling to thy side, Nor climb up to the level of thy heart,

::'And lavish kisses witbout stint 01' pride, Or beg sweep pi ty for some pain or smart,

ASI was wont-nor Love's expression crave To 'be, as I, Love's' gladl,y fettered slave­

'Yhen I ain deadl \ '

Nay, love her as thou wilt, and as she will, , With fullest meed, and' with ',a cc;>nscience

. clet r .. · < • " .• ~.," •

E'en, though thy memory hold fuy memory sti,n, :, , ' " : '

In quiet corner ga;:nered, close and dear. ' If a true jfeart should give thee of its best, .lui, I.did o, '-ce, I shall the happier, rest-0

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, , When I am dead! -Anhe Patchett Martin in Temple Bar,

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"TO WINNECONNE" in Wisconsin

By BESSIE SEVERSON RUSSELL

I LOVE to live in my little town" Where ,the trees reach 'cross the

street. A nd you wave your hand, And you say, "hello," To everyone you meet.

I love the friendly gossip -n Outside Jhe g,r.oc_ery· s(ore; ..

The cut of a dress, The trim of a hat, The baby who c~me next door.

Let me aJways live in m1! little town, Where there's never, a turret nor

, dome. But birds and flowers, -And a song in the heart - " To the tune ot"Home SWl;!et Home,"

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Johannes Brahms, Master of Music

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The Personal Scrapbook of Beatrice Tonnesen Chicago Photographer and Artist 1871-1958

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[Root Photo,)

LORADO TAFT TAKEN BY DEATH - The Iamous . sculptor, who died yesterday at age of 76 years, as he appe,ared recently working on pl(j.que of Douglas· for Lincoln-

. which was unveiled at Ill.

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6 THE INDICATOR

The above portra it is a reproduction of a Platino Photograph of Miss Beatrice Tonnesen a young lady who attained an envia ble reputation and considerable wealth in the photogtaph busi­ness at Menominee, Mich., where she conducted a studio for some years But realizing that she had brought h~r business there up to the high­est point, and that the future only held a certain amount of success for her in a narrow fi eld, she began looking around for a larger and broader field , for her artistic talents and business ability. About that time the famous and only "Stein" decided to close out his Chicago business. Miss Tonnesen heard of it, and quickl y decided that was the chance for her. She immediately began negotiations with Mr. Stein which resulted in her purchasing his elegant s tudio at 1301 Mich­igan Avenue. Not satisfied with merely buying an already well equipped studio she immediately upon taking possession of the s tudio, completely overhauled the same, and as a result she has one of the finest studios in the country, thoroughly equipped and furnished .

Miss Tonnesen loves her art. She has entered a large field for its employmtnt ; first that she may enhance her talent , second that she may

achieve a business career. She has an attra~tive personality, young and beautiful as her portrait herewith shows. She is but 22 years of age, but has the determination to succeed of one of greater age and more extended experience. The INDI­CATOR welcomes Miss Tonnesen to Chicago and wishes her the most abundant success and pros­perity in her great business undertaking.

The INDICATOR expects to publish reproduc­tions in the near future of some beautiful photo­graphs, the work of Miss Tonnesen and feel sure that our readers will. take pleasure in looking

I them over.

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13,:7-'" ~ Wed" Sept, 29" 1954, , Oshkosh Dai ly NortnwesJe-m $

• H., . ~ eo"trice onnesen Introauce' New Trend in 7890 ·Advertising Photographer, Oshkosh-Trained, Wins World Renown First woman photographer in the

United States at the turn of the century, Miss Beatrice Tonnesen, lfow a resident of St. Mary'S' Home, '77 Boyd St" was"' also the first in the country to pioneer in the field of live models for adver­t ising, according to a recent book " Tqe Shocking History of Adver­tising," 'by E, S, Turner,

AU,thor Turner says that in the pages ' of " Advertising Experi­ence," published in Chicago in 1899, "There were captivating ad­vertis.ements by , Beatrice Tonne­sen of Chicago who pioneered the

,u se of live models in advertising, She offered for photographic pur­pos~ ;~' unlimited range of 'beauti­ful', .~d fascinating women, hand­some., 'm en and' pretty, bewitching children.' " ' Th,e ' aut~lOr ,POints out tiiat.:We of her fascmatmg women Vf_~ spown, dressed only in a skin­clinging union suit, tugging at the grips of an exerciser. But, he says , "More conventional were Beatrice TOnnesen's pictures of dining cars on< the Chicago; Burlington and Quincy Railroad, in which all the tables were occupied by TonneS'en m odels, looking no less poised and ----------------:---------------well-bred than the young women making people beautiful that fol- tographer," appeared in b j,g gold ;Who are photographed in strato- lowed her all through her photo- letters across the large plate glass

today," graphic career, ' window of the S'tudio, it pid the age (If 83, Miss Tonneson A year later, Miss Tonnesen was trick," says Miss Tonnesen. Re­

capable of giving her own offered the studio of a well-known porters from all the Chicago pa­of how she began using photographer on Michiga'n Ave., in pers came almost daily and col­

models for advertising pur- Chicago, and She and her wid- umns were written about her pho-poses. owed sister, Clar a, packed up and tographic art. Among the wealthy

Born in Winneconne, Jan. 24, moved to the big city. They were and prominent families who pa-1571, Beatrice TonneS'en moved like "Innocents Aboard," Miss Ton- tronized her studio were the Ar­wi,th her ' family to Oshkosh when nesen says" with Clara running the mours, Pullmans, Bartletts, Potter she was 5 years old. " The family business part arid she takirig the Palmers and Selfridges. Mrs. soon recognized that art was to pictures. Palmer was instrumental in hav­be my career, so I was given all ','When Beatrice Tonnesen, 'Pho- ing MiS's Tonnesen appointed to , '.tl:le art opportunities Oshkosh of- represent American photography fered," she says. It was her sister, at the World's Fair in Paris. " This Clq,ra, who said one morning was of course a great honor," " Why couldn't Beatrice learn pho- Miss Tonnesen says, " but I was tog'raphy and make real pictureS' not capable to undertake such a with the ' camera?" Beatrice says stunt as that, the great handicap the idea took her by storm and of my defective hearing making it that her mother made ' arrange- impossible.~ ' m ents that same day with the While specializing in portraits, leading photographer, Cook Ely, to MiS's Tonnesen recalls that "One teach her for $100. day we thought up~ a fin~ scheme.

Miss Tonnesen set up her first We would make advertising pic-business in Menominee: Mich. , tures using live models, which had where she 'won the reputatioa '!'of never been done bef~e.h ~imE!' ~~============~. ======~'~' -~ ,

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F A M E D PHOTOGRAPHY - Miss Beatrice Tonnesen

made advertising history at the turn of the century as the

first person to use live models

in ads. The photographer, as

she appeared at that time, is pictured in the inset above in

the upper left hand corner of

her Chicago studio in the late

7800'5. "The Hayseed" at the

left, is one of her more fa­

mous pictu'res' and the oVfl

picture of mother arid child

was sold by Miss Tonnesen to

the Osborne Calendar Com­pa(ly for $1,000.

'. . . '." artJ.stic ana ta~mg a(fvertiS'~~~nt'l,' T~IDiesen 'she ha 1ittIe ::::Im> :%l Illag~ine, .m ref~r"",g to the epo~h for ,;you have caught Miss BeahCe j ~hInk about .the money that, rolled makI!lg epIsode m:~, September IS- Tonnesen, Chicago's woman P?o- jIn, along ":'Ith the .orders. "One ' s,ue for 1949,. says: .•• then des-, tographer, in the act of securmg i ye,ar I des,Igned and 'sold $20,000 tmy struck m ChIca~o; a photog~one of the famous 'Tonnesen mod- j :north' of pIctures and paid $l .}OO rapher. named BeatrIce. ,To~nesel'lo. els' that 'are in' demand the coun': , mcome tax," she remembers. '\ used pictur~s of live gIrlS' In ads try over." The article also says, When her studio lease ran 0 for the first time." . __

A Chicago newspaper wrote the "These pictures are taking the in 1930 Miss Tonnesen retired to following about Miss Tonnes~n's ' place of the old-fashioned adver - her sister's 'home in "Tinneconne. innovatidn in 1893: " .•• A clever tisements in 'the magazines and ' She was destined, however, for young w.oman who has fallen. in other publications. Miss Tonne- still one more "first," in her 'with the popular trend in art m'at- ' sen's scheme is to supply 'i pic, 1 ~.:;Mars Ware." Thill she created :ters •• takes pictures which are ture that will suggest, at a ,gllmce, from clinkex:s and 'her ' pieces were SOUght .• fter by ;art hou~es a~d ~ all the merits '<If the article in a suc:lfl unusua,l and o!,igiJUll. works artists 't1\emselves for she 11 fertile ! convincing manner." ,- of ,iJ,rt thaJ Paramount i'Ictuz:es In idea~" as well as' clever in execu- Buyers from large calendar I as~~d-, h¢t ~.,~l1ow ~e • .tp: lJlak~ tion." .' firms came to the Tonnesen studio a ,shorr , ~bV'le on M,ars Ware.

Another Chicago newspaper de- to purchase designs. They would I The r:nCfl/~·.wa8 shown throughout scribing her activities .late!. HI 1898 buy her pictures by the, dozen and the w.orld"'\ind. :brought many let­'said, "If you should see a good- all were competitors so it - kept tel's to the artist. (looking, stylishly dressed, b(J ~;;· Miss Tonnesen busy creating to Although her 1!4th birthda.y is ap­'lle~e young womani' 'cally avoid the least similarity' betweE!Xl proaching, Miss Tonnesen still Istudying the face an<L..tl of a any of them. "1 made hundreds of plies her art ill her room ' at St. pretty working girl in', jU;, or them; each and everyone entirely Mary's Home, 77 Boyd St., by cre-, chasing after her on . street, different in subject matter and ar-ating original designs for brooches you may be pretty sure you will r angement." So busy was Miss and ear rings from sea S'hells. , see that girl before long in some -, -L.....I.l ___ _

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NEWEST FADS IN PHOTOGRAPHY.

Idear and Naturaristic SCflOOrS Eacn Have Viaorous Cnampions­

Odd Fancies and Por­traits.

P'fOTOGRAPHERS declare that the wom'an who doesn't delight In having her picture taken dcesn't exist. Wh en­

ev~r there is a new photographic fad every woman Immediately makes for the photog­:rapher, and as just now there are a good ~any the camera artists are k epfbusy.

Two of the strongest and ·most powerful iOf the n ew fads are at swords' pOints con­tinually and actively engaged in making energetic war upon each other.

"Portraits which are portraits, and not fancy pictures," is the motto of one fac tion of the photographic world in thi s day of gre.ce and camera worship. ' I

"Portraits which are b eautiful pictures as weiJ'" Is the watchword of the extremists ranged on the other side of the battle.

"No retouching" would seem to b e the one supreme and Indispensable article of faIth to the "naturalistic" photographers. "Ue­touching means loss of all characteristic ex­pression," they declare. So the llghts are skillfully arranged In ,the manner best cal­cula ted to soften hArd lines, wrinkles and similar d efec ts, the sitter is carefully posed at preclseiy the correct distance from the l ens, a~d the pict~r'es sent home exactly as they came from tthe fixing bath and. the Iprinting frame. 1111113 u., .. " "iDol 'd

All ,v,al't ,11;0 Look Well. "It is the nahfra! !desire of a ll human be­

ings to be beautifu,l,'" cry the "artistic" m en ar;d women of the camera, so picture hats , veivet draperies and countless other ad­jUllcts of this order are calied in to s e'rvice, ;and the n egative touched and retouched to the highest point of artistic excellence. Por­traits of a single person, photographed after t!lese two m ethods, frequently iook like pic­tures of two v ery different peo ple.

"Which kind Of a picture do you want?" a prominent Chicago photographer is reported to have asked a sitter recently, "the picture of an ideally beautiful woman, or a picture :which looks like you?"

"Both!" the prospective sitter exclaimed, • eagerly. But the resultant portrait, in which the too-tompiaisant artist eagerly endeav­ored to satisfy h er desires, f ell woefully wide of the mark. The "ideal beauty ," which a c~rtain Englis h photographer is said to guar­Iltntee all his Sitters, is rarely compatible .with a really correct and exact likeness of the average man or woman. But it Is nearly always possible to produce a photo­graph which, while preserving the tra­dition o,f photographic truthfulness to some extent, at least, still sh ows . forth a degree of personal beauty and comeliness not always discernible by the ordinary observer. ,It Is for the purpose of bringing out, accenting, and sometimes abso­lutely creating this. beauty tha t most of the recent fads in portrait photography have been called Into being, .

,The fancy for the",'p(ofile studies," which. originating in Chlca,.gq, has achieved great popularity in New York and other cities this

Tl winter, grew out of the excessive slender­n ess of several beautiful Chicago WOJIlen. A de~ollette portrs:1t w as desired, but the too obtrusive collar bones r ender ed a front view inartis tic. A profile portrait, however, a l­lowed the lovely line of s h oulders and throat to be en evidence without showing up the troublesom e thinness of the throat. Now­adays the popuiar profile portrait shows a perfectly flat profile, not even so much as an eyelash being allowed to show frem the "off" side of the face. Wh'en the h a ir Is artistical ­ly ,a rranged, the shoulder draperies well p laced and the lighting godd, the woman with a good profile is invariably delighted wah a picture taken in this manner. The votaries of the profile style insist also that m or e r Eal charact er is shown in and by a prorlle stuo,y than by any other means.

Seral)lts and IUadonnas'.

The "upra ised chin" or " seraph" Hlea so wp.ll, b eloved by young women of gentle ex­pression and wide eyes was invented by a clever Ghicago photog rapher to do away with the doubie chin which made a favorite sit t er's portrait look h eavy and too old for the r es t of her face, 'The "Madonna" pose, with down-bent head .and eyeg, originally ' hid the sCruint which disfigured an other­wise beautifui Chicago girl. The "Rem­brandt" pictures compei the heavy s h a dows suggested by their v('ry name to soften, ameliorate or banish appar ent defects in out­line or feature. and th e "Reynolds" portraits 'often serve to 'r ender exceedingly lovely the picture of a woman wllo, in r eality, is simply of passable comeliness. ""'J.'hese pictures, by the way, together with

the "picture ha t studies" and those portraits which are technically designateQ. as "backs," 3.re among the photographic fad s most fa­vored of Chicago women just now, and the woman whose portrait cannot b e made Co. ' thing, of beauty by the a id of one or more of them is 'beyond the r each of photographic glorificatior~ and had, better have r ecourse to the "na turalistic" plptures, which know neither the retoucher'S assistance nor any smallest s uggestion of unrealis tic loveliness.

Advice to the Pllotograplletl.

As to the ways anu m eans by which a lmost every woman can be made to look beautiful -in a photograph-here is the "say so" of Miss Beatrice T onneson, the Chicago woman photographer.

"The individUality of the woma n who wants a fine por trait of h er self should b e studied as carefully as though she w er e t o sit for an cil painting," says Miss 'l'onn e­son, "The old-time ideas abou t fashion s In portraits, the sys tem under which ther e was a periodical temporary ..-age for a certain pose or effEct, have been completely super­seded. NowadayS we strive to bring out the best points of every silter, man or woman, and we ' make special s t~dles toward this end. For ttis r eason it is hard ' to generalize concerning the b es t way to t a ke a beautiful portrait, but a few little hints m ay be of service,

"When you go to have yo ur portrait made t a k e a long your prettiest b elongings, light , and dark, ,for day and evening wea r. Some ; may be admirable, others a bominabie for your purpose. Choose a day when you fee l phYSically well, in good spirit s (but not boisterously so, u"less you are the happy possessor of a f aC'e fairly 'su nning over' with dimples and rog'ulsh m p.rriment) and whell you have plenty of time, The worr:ed, hunted, careworn expression which disfigures the faces of so many pretty Chicago women will surely 'come ou t' In the picture if the ideas of tra iIf:time or: a similar anxiety Is haunting you. If yo u w a nt a pretty picture observe a ll th ese rul es, think of anything rather than tt a t ¥ou are sitting for your portra it, and leave the rest to the photogra­pher. Th e r esult, in nine cases out of tell, will be a beautiful picture, which is at least sufficiently like you to be recognizable, and in the occasionai case it will be one of these two things at least. And, a bove all, don' t try to assume an expression which is not natural to you. Such an attempt is worse than ruinous to all efforts a fter a good anu beautiful picture." , . ,-

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~ '" ~Ei TUESDAY,

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' SHE WA,NTS 100 BABIES.

MISS LONNESON'S INFANT F_.t.D SETS

PROUD PARENTS WONDERING.

Mother. Hasten to See the Female

IconoclaJ!lt ,\Vho Doell Not Believe

In' the Old Woman- Wlto Lived In a

Slloe-Flnd Yo~ng"terll Needed for

Photographing and Hurry Hon",

to Get" the Prettiest" Ready _to Be

Taken.

Many thousands of men and women won­dered when they read the following in THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE: W ANTED-0NE HUNDRED BABIE-s.. CALL

Call between 10 a . m. and u v. m . Tues.u <1Y . MISS BEATRIC E r.,ON-!'I5:SO':>_

Some thought the woman who wanted so many babies might be wealthy and philan~ ' thropic and a trifle given to fads, according to one of which she was preparing to start all orphan asylum. - Others took -it ali for a

-huge joke. A latge number of TRIBUNE readers who

haye ba.bies called at the address in Michigan avenue yesterday to satisfy their curiosity. V.'hEm they learned Miss Lonneson Is an artist, who-ts a lso a photographer, a nd that the babies were to be taken with a camera and given straight back to their mothers, the mothers breather! more easily and went home to send baby's -best white dress to the laundry with a , " hurry-up" _ or'!er.

'l'he infants , are not limited as to color or n ationality. But they must a ll be pretty. -

V.'hen the oth<:>r occupants of the building In which the studio Is situated read this last proviso, they msde preparations to t ake the early boat to ,spend the day at South Haven. It is also rumored the Ohief of Po­lice _has been asked to detail a detachment of bluecoats to keep that portion of Michigan avenue clear . For that mother n ever did exist whose baby was not pretty. _

The Yuung artist herself, h aving ,had only a- limited experience with babies, has laid In a supply of trained nurses, baby jumpers, rubber rings, rattle boxes, bread and jam, and stick candy.

The firm out West which sent In the ol'der for 100 negatives of babies h as -asked that one-half of them ' be cx<ying babies and the other half laughing ones. Miss Lonneson thinks babies cry mo,e easily than th&y laugh. Anyway, she has planned to take the lauS"hin5 Olles first. .

Then,if the other fifty aren't crying by that time, she win call upon a smalf boy a round tho corner, who makes - .. faces" that are the terror of any ordinary infant.

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!ALWAYS LOOKING' FOR PRETTY GIRLS

How Beatrice T onne&en, Orioinator of a New Apprication of PflO­

toorapnu in Aaverti&ino, Hunt& for Moder&.

I I!' YOU should see a good-looking, stylish­ly dressed, bus inesslike young woma n ·crit­ical1y studying the fa ce and figure of a

pretty working girl in a car, or chasing a fter ht r on the street, you m ay be pretty sure you will see that girl be fc r e long in some a rti s tic find· t a king a dv ertiSem ent. For you ha ve

_ caught Miss Beatrice Tonnesen, Chicago's w oman photographer, in the act of securing

has long ago ce;:~~ ane"peri~ Her · la test success is the clever schem e of photogra.phlc a dvertising which bear s hoc name. Sh Is the only photogra pher In thi s Hue of work In the United Sta t e€.

Miss Tonnesen becam e inter es t ed in pho­tography a t her home in Oshkosh, Wis., three years ago. She had studied art in a !;en era l way f or several years, possessed a k een appreciation of an effective pose, and was contin ual1y searchir.g the faces of those about h er for a view that would bring out the bes t tha t was in them. Suddenly the desire to photograph these f aces possessed her, and she applied to a local photographer for ins truction. He taught her a li h e knew and gave her free access to his studio. She then gained experience by photographing

. every friend who would s it to her. The fascination of the work possessed h er

and she was eager to set up an est a blJshment of her own. She went to Menominee, Mich .. arranged a studio, hung out h er shingle and commenced work as a professional photogra­pher . . Before the end of the first year her ambitlon had outgrown h er surroundings. The little studio in Menominee did not half satisfy her. She yearned for Chicago and a la rger establishment.

At this junc ture she laid her pla ns before h er Sister, Mrs. Clara Tonnesen Kirkpat-

MISS BEATRICE TONNESEN.

rick. Mrs. Kirkpa trick Is one of those born managers who occasionally give a doubt­'flg world a glimpse of the business capab}lI-

· ties of the sex. When h er husba nd dieq: she took hotd of hi s grain commission business ansi carried It on as successfully as ever. She listened to Miss T onnesen's plans" saw the possibilities in the Chicago studio and sold out h er business. The sisters came to

• Chicago, secured a two-stor y and b'ase­m ent house In Michiga n avenue and trans­form ed it into a perfectly a ppointed stl'dio. H er e Miss T onnesen takes the pictures and Mrs. Kirkpatrick runs the business end of the establishment,

Pltotogruplrs -None but Beauty.'

A study of the photogra phs in the studio discover s the · secr et of Miss Tonnesen's suc­cess with portra its. Apparently everyone of her sitter s Is either h a ndsome or of dis­tinguished appearance. Here is where h er a rt com es in . 'l'her e is always a good linc somewher e in eVE)rybody's f ace, and sh <, m a kes a specia lty of finding it and photo­graphing it. An interesting feature of her work is the m a king of art pictures-artis ti c groupings, c leverly executed. There is a great demand for these from the engra vers, who put them on th e m arket in the form of engravings. They are often also r eproduced

· in the form of water colors. A process for photogra phing portraits on porcela in h as aiso proved successful and r emunerative.

Miss Tonnesen has a long list of models. and when a n advert ising picture is ordered she first creates a n Idea and then selec ts a m odel best suited for its expression. In case she is not satisfied with the m ateria l at ha nd and r equires a different style alto­geth er sh e goes in search of a new face and figure, a nd doesn ' t stop until she finds just the one she wants.

The m odels of t h is adverti sing feature are not e xclusively of the fair sex, however.

She t as just finish ed a series of pictures which a r e especia lly taking, but they will not be in circula tion until the holidays, and her con tract with the m anufacturers is of such a n Ironclad n a ture tha t a r eproduction of them is out of the question.

The pretty gir ls who pose for Miss Ton­nesen are particularly pleased with the op­pOl·tunity to see them selves in print, a nd en­thusias tically enter into the spirit of tho work. one of the famou s " Tonnesen mod els" that a r e in dem a nd the country over.

The " Tonnesen model" is the latest thing/ r ~n the w orld of negatives and prints, a nct

this yeung Ch ica.go woman photographer Is its originator. It I S a liVing picture scheme adapted to the use of the m a nufac turer who wi shes to adverti se his w a r es in the most artistic a nd taking m a nner. For proof of its popularity you have but to notice how r a pidl y th ese pictures a r e taking the place of th e old-fashioned adverti sem ents in the m agazines and other publica tions admitting ot ha lf -tone r eproductions.

Miss Tonnesen' s schem e is to supply a picture th a t will sugges t at a glance a ll the m erits of th e a r ticle in a convincing way. She aims to produce a n Impression that will be la sting. T he. m a nufacturer t~lls he r wha t he wishes the advertisem ent to show, and she g e ts up a picture that will express hi s idea . Often thi s Is f a r from easy, bu t In the end Sh '3 succeed s a.nd the picture not onl y

I t ells its s~ ory but a ttracts the eye by its a rti stic m erit. . Considering the eagerness and d etermina ­pon that women h ave shown to break Into nea rly a ll of the professions and occl'pa­tions, It Is surprising that they have been ~o slow t o a pprecia te the possibHHies of professiona l photogra phy. Muc h of the work they undertake Is better suited to the capa­bilities of the stronger sex, but photography seem s especially adap ted to WOmen. It is full of inter est. 'I'here a re possibiliti es of importa nt di scoveri es in It. It Is quiet and

r dignified. It ca lls for a rti st ic tas t e a nd deft finge r s . And it gives a woman a chance, if she chooses, to combine her business and

• home life-<>ft en an important con siueration. And this negl~ct of professiona l phot ogra ­phy is a ll the m or e astonis hing in view of ~ .h e fac t tha t th ere a r e a ny number of women amateurs dabbling In the m ysteries ef camera a nd dark room. The explana tion seems to be, howeve r , tha t comparatively few of these a m ateurs get beyond the stage where they a r e content to "press the but­ton" and allow .the professional to "do the rest."

Only Pbotogrupllic Advertising. Of the professional women photographers

of Chicago Miss Tonnesen is the only one to depart to a ny g r eat ext ent from the beaten pa th. She h1is shown originality. in several directions~ and 1\\ each case t )1e .departure

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ag(} :n:r-1"~r. M:iss Morton started friends, who are out with very good letters. She is a most anxious for her connection of the Baldw in fa mily, of success. Soon after t his city, and a daugh ter Of Mrs. Wash- her father's death ington Mor ton, of Ne,v Brighton, S. I., she realized the ne- . who wl)-s a Miss Baldwin before her cesslty of doing marria.ge . . Miss Morton has been mos t something for a live-successful in her career, a nd devotes lihood, so she began all of her time when not giving lectures prepa ring at once or r eadings t o s tud y and research . She for her new venture. hc,s been a great traveller , and is now Judging from her giving a course of lTIorning lectures on first attempt, she " Mexico" a t the Wald-orf H otel. The resslon. She has made a wonderful suc- ' will be most successful.

- lecture is the r esu lt of a m ost interest- cess of it, and is particularly happy)n Miss Roberts has not been heard in Ing t rip she made t hroJ1gh tha t country the posing of children. Some of her New York -this season. She is also a n ot long since. - Some of the sU'bjects groups are exquisit ely artistic. lecturer, and has been very well known she h~_s been t a lking about a re "An- Miss Mary Field, the daughter of for some years pas t in Newport, Tuxedo cient Mexico," "Vice Hegal Rule, ' the late ' Eugene Field, like ' Miss Mor- and all along the Hudson River, where "Th," Conquest," " Str u ggles for _ Inde- ton, has entered on the literary field, she has given mO!lt delightful and en­pendence," a nd "The Republic and Re- a nd only made her debut recently ilJi t ertaining drawilJg room ta)ks de­cent lIist..ory." some charming reci.tations at a privat~ scriptive of her tmvels. Mrs . . Frederic

Miss -Beatrice Tonnesen, of Chicago, house. She was Hstened to with th, Vanderbilt has been a good friend to has. adopted photography as h er pro- deep est interest, as she has scores a! M.iss Robert.s. Mrs. Vanderpilt. was ane ~~~~--~~----~--~~--~----------~ of the many. ladies who headed the

long list of fashionable patronesses for the young lecturer.

Miss Henriette Spencer Porter is an amateur harpist of rare ability. She plays most charmingly, but has never as yet been prevailed upon to appear in public. She Is a pupil of Alphonse Hasselman, of Paris, an<! is passionate­ly fond of her art. The few privileged friends and their guests wHo have had the pleasure of hearing her in their drawing rooms have been enchanted with the purity of h er touch.

Mrs. James Clinch Smith' is a v ery clever woman. She is an amateur a lso ' and she is a wonderful mimic. Sh~ plays on several instruments, but likes the guitar, mandqUn and piano , the best. She accompanies herself charm­ingly while singing English, French or German songs. She was a Miss Barnes of Chicag", •

The accompanyi ng photograph of Miss Bell is an exquisite like n ess and one which she considers her b es t . J is artistic finish is proof of the beautiful work done in the studio of lleatri ee Tonnescan, where mallY ant! va ri ed pictures of Miss Be ll may be fuund.

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EW fAR' fH~ AOV~RTISEHS , ,Miss, Beatrice To~nesen Uses Pho­

tograp,hy ' to 'Attract Attention tp ·Her 'Sa.lable Wares .

. ,' HER SYSTEM IS A BlG SUCCESS.

Gets Mo~els Wher.ever Possib!e and Displays Their Li k~hesses in' 'Connection with . '. Articles Offered to the Public,

Advertisers who are always seeking nllw . m fOthods to . se t fo rth the mcr1ts of tilei !'

va r es ha !l the advent of at. least one new w oman \with unmistaRable ,deligh t. This is 'Miss Beatrice Tonnesen. a Chicago g irl , her­self a b'latlty, who .utili zes beauty wherever she Gan fmd it fo r . the benefit of her cus-

! tomeI's. ." . . . P is:tures 'and",desigris drawn by ar.tl sts a~'~ out of ilate, Miss Tonnesen thmks, and m their place lias com~ the outpu!. of the cam ..

era. By photogrdphing certai~ com;Ji .maidens, .shapely infants ar quaint charac­t ers, s1J.e supp lies 'something to at once a t­tract and entrl\nce Hie . eye of 'the prospect­~ve , buyer and set the wheels of his brain , a-buzzing in harmony with .the idea the ad­vertiser seeks to .impr$ s.

Most m.anufactur~rs or dealers i1lll@rticies of ' ev'ery..{Iay use have found that the old­fashioned metPod of 'extolling the virtues of 'their goods by "iIescriptions' has become an­tlquated. . -To catch the public'S eye their space' must be ma:de so attractive as to retain the glance once rested upon it. For this purpose illustrations: introduced by sonie un­known genius, came into vogue. The hand­dra·wn designs as gotten up , by the engrav­ers were long considered just the thing for the purpose untl! one wide~a:wake advertiser ailed his space in a monthly magazine by a

MRS. GLAR:A TON .KJRKP.A'l'IU CK, , in the art of ·photography. ..!MISS Tonnes!ln s sister , 'Mrs . Clata Tqnnesen KIrkpatrick, a widow, joined fortunes \~ith her and now manages the bu,,; ness affaIrs of the concern.

After. she had secnred a knowledge , of pho­tography sufficien t to answer herr requlre­ments Miss Tonnesen came ' to Chlca~o .and with 1\11's. Kirkpatri ck opened her MlChlgan avenue st.ullio. . I '

" While Mrs. K irkpatri ck s tarted out to se­c'ure a marl,et for the des'igns, Miss Tonn~sen ransacked. the' city for models. She would ~atch the crowds 1n . to a ttractive persons that they pose for Iier, and seon she had a list of models ready t.o pose at ~hort notice, from \vh!ch could be drawn sui table oneS for almos t any charl\c-tel'. /

E qually successfu l was Mrs . Kirl, pat rick. Busy housewives were stopped long enough to look a t the artistic photograpbs sbe showed them, were taken with the idea a nd gave her orders. The engraving com~all1es, having found it expensive and a,nnoymg ,to arrange fo,r taldng phetographt! ~f hastlly selected models to be reproduced III adver­t isements , wer.e caught with the ' new idea a lso, and 'soon t he s isters found tlieD?-selves swamped wi th order~ . These are filled as fast as possible, a1J.d yet Mi ss Tonnes.en finds the t ime to do a great' deal of port ra lt work. H er pat ron s say they find' it hard to s i~ for her as she is so exacting in every detaIl of dre~s, posiHon an.d eXP1'essjon; t hat fre-

I quently she spends an hour in arra ng!1lg them, and t ha t they are not a llowed to' take the postures which they theI?selves. would have selected. But all agree after seCl'ng the ! fini shed photographs that the res ul t war ­ran ted the labor of production .

Miss Tonnesen had th.is · to ",ay about her business:

"We try t o make ~ur 'ads ' catchy and con, vi qci ng. The picture of a child using some a rticle, for instance, will a lways secure the readers' attention for that article and the. better the picture the more readily will it be

noticed. Most of ou;: customers tell us what , thei make or wi~h to advertise and leave to

us the working : 1,1p of the picture. Some ~ times I use many different models in difter­

. ent positions, send.lng all of the pict ures to \ he customer for' him to look over and some­

times I hit what I thInk will be satisfact01'Y at the first trial. ' , . ..:, .

The busy Christmas seasoii. has given the ' young woman designer much to dD-"and the i result. ot' her work has been a large number of desigIlj representing all manner of per­Bonsuslng all maimer of articles from pianos to toothbrushes .

• " MIS'~ BEATRICE TONNESEN. :reproduction ' cif a ' photQgFaph, showing his particlilar wares( in . use. ' Since then "high­ar~" a..dvertisements . have been fouUd to be -mp~t effective .. . Especially in thIJ magazines

iI!! ' ihi,s true. '. . .... . . r~~~~~~~~d~~~2~~i~~:;]~~==~=:=~~~~r~:::::;;;;;;;-:=~;:;;;~~-':·.-"""--: l\llss Tonnesen, J,bout· two years ago, while studying art at h er Ilome fn Oshkosh, Wis., Pondered one day upon hQw e}{penslve It was tar a praI!Pective advertiser to get up his o~n designs, ,and 'have them reproduced}n a 88,tlsfactory !nanner . She concluded . that ,with the' artistic talent of which ~he knew she .was possessed 'she ;could, successfully carry •. ,-,~ "''' out her plans. · '.; . . , . . "

Tb4lse .!,{er~ to get up advertising .illustra­tions from 'lIfe and tQ btilfd up a business in ~ new ' ~llld. .. , , '1;'0 this end she opened a studio In l\le­

MiCh., .wher" she perfected herself

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WHEATON'S SONTOW ED .".."" " '. 1 _ f~ Y 1 / CAROlINE Q. WILT THE BRIO·E.

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C_eIBODT Will Take Place , To.Nlaht at 80 St. :.J'am_ Plaee-A.t.te-Dd.nt.

aDd CO~IB_ - Othe~ Note. on Chlcaao Socle-t,...

, Mias' c.rolln~ G. Wilt, daughter of Mr.

and Mr,. C. T. Wilt, will be mlhrled to­night to Dr: (C. L. Wheaton, the orily .lion pf

· ~n. Lloyd Wheaton, now fighting.in the , Phlllppine.s. The ceremony will ta.ke place at her home, 30 St. James place. Mh!. Wheaton, wife of· Gen. W-heaton, in company with' her son-in-law, Capt. John C. Dent, Mrs. J. C. Dent and Misses Edith and Luelle D~nt, ~arrlved trom Fort Worth yeaterd/ty to attend the ceremony. The Rev. n.IM. Ran· kin of New York, who has aiways been a clO8& friend of both tammsB, wlll otftclats. The ceremony w111 be performed at T o'clock and at 8 o'cloCk a reception will be giv~n the llrtde and bridegroom. At 11 o'clock the couple wiU leave on their' bridal tour for the east, where lthey wlll ' remain several wee!ts. After July 1 ,they will' be at, home at 96 Evanston avenue. , Dr. Oscar Kratt will act &II .best man ,and Miss Lucl,le Dent wlp be the mild of honor. Mrs. Wheaton I

'granddaughter, Edith Dent, and Jane Hun· : tel' ,Villl be flower girls, and Charles, T. Wilt, I

Jr., and Collin D. Wilt, dres!led In white serge suits! 11'111 be the pages. There will be po bri1iesmallls, but In tpolr .. pl~8 ~twelh young ladles will alll18t the bride, M·r. and Mrs. Wilt, Mrs. J. C. Dent and Mrs . . Wheaton In receiving gues~ They are: Harriet Mont80!p.jlry, Beatrloe TO'llneeen. Nettle NI,xon, Flor.encll .Jolin.son, Carrie 'SheJdlng of petron, Mlcb., Sarah Wiley, Helen Ball, Jennie .Armstrtng, Anua Fa1Pbairn, Mrs. E. E . 'YUt, Mn. ,C. T. Wilt, Jr., and Florenc'e

'Ball. The usllel'll wlll be Dr. CrosDy 'Davlll, 1, W; Hunter, George steer, 'C~pt. C. 1'. Wilt, Elmer E. Wilt and' Race N. Wilt. The brfde will be dresBE\d In white satlJ!. duchesse trimmea,., with Swiss, point la.ce. She wUl wear no ornament, of any kind" but ,carry a bauquet ,of white rolell and lilies of the val-ley. .. .

(lf~- ~ ... , iii . ,

iAGLAIA. On Ithe elevenlth of September Mrs.

George Bent was the cordial hostese alt the ti'l'SIt meeting of the Agla:ia, for the present club year. ,

'MlI\s. Gi'dieon, tine new ,p,l"€1Sidelllt, greetEid the membeI's in 'a few well chosen words, uTing !them to a broader activityantd a oontinued loyalty. Her ·remlarkis were ,gII'-ee'ted by an entJhus. i3Jsm that bespoke for her tJhe oo-oper. 3Jtion of tlie membem in 'her efforlt to take Itlie club tlirough a successful ye3Jr.

The regular progI13Jmme Wi3JS car' ried .out in the study of the RQssettis. Mrs. Hea'I'SIt',s re3Jdii-ng of Dreamland

, amd Aft€'!' Death WialS' followed by Mm. Kelley's ex,cellent paper on Tlie Two Poets. Tne s ubject selected for tlfe firstJ mootilng 'W3JS an unilamlHiar one to thQse preseDit until 'M<ns. Kelley had i(jJiscussed ,tlhe life anld work of thts notedi brlother and silster, aDid made of them f,amilioaJr ch'aracters.

A selection ' from ,{he Pri'lloe's Bro· gress, read by Mms. N. H. Ives, and a review of 'Dba KLng's 'Drag.edy by Mrs. Gordon, 'Closed the regular ,pro~e. The afternoon wals· made espeCially rich by the presence of Mil'S". Sny,der, an thonorary member, ranJd MiS's Beat­rioe Ton'lleson, of Chlcag.o, and tlielr paI1i;lcipa,itjon in the programme. Mm. SnY'<l~ .congrlaJtulated ilhe club upon its growth and the iruterest :tDIaJnifested,

i 3JS wen as upon the faot that in its members'h!p, tt counts th~ honored

I president of Itlhe Stave Federation of 'Vomen's clubs. Mli.ss T'onnes'on gave tlhe ladies t.he pl'OO,'SllIl'e 'Of a few ' mom-men't's &tudy of oome of ther ant pro.

I ductioIlJ33Jnd ·a dded. an enthu'Silastic outline of her 'method of work. ' Mi,ss TOll'llJeooon isolie .of the nlOted TOllJneson

I si'Sitel's ,whose ",York is a faV'Ore<1 one in , all of th!'l 'art w1ndows of O/;'den as in , m1a;uy tnt-les of tlhe United St:3Jtes. She was . ,the ~.g.uest of M~,s. B$n't flOr sev­

I eml . wee1Gs. Mrs. FIetCher was also a gllJ€St of the club.

t ftefreshmentswere served by Mrs.

Bent and ~er little dJaug1hter, Win­I [ ifred, after wh.iCh the dub adjoUJrned'

to meet on September IUhe twenty-fifth' : with ,Mrs. Metcalf alt ~lm Statoe I'nstitu­I tlot! for the Deaf and Blind.

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~OT all the clever wo. men who are

beginning t o shine in' trade a nd the professions are b eing fur­nished by ' the middle classes.

The drawing rooms on the swHl ave­.lUes are furnishing their share of clever w omen who are going jus t as .:tctively into trade a nd the profes-

"s ions as their poorer sisters on the s ide "' treets. Some of them are d oing it for Fun, some for g lory and some for the plain dollars a nd cents, b ecause they,

-1:00, have lost their money a nd 'they 'must ge t out a nd strugg le with the multitude for a living.

I Mrs. L eslie Cotton is a n artist of un­usua l merit. She waf' 'M"", Marriette Benedict before her marriage, and when quite a young girl developed a d ecided taste for art. She studied with ,some of the Desemaster s, both in Eu­rope and at home, and h er por traits, which were on exhibition at Knoedler 's

'gallery, cprner of Thirty-fourt h street and Fifth avenue, drew crowds of fash­ionable people to see them. 'Among the mos t notable p'ortrai:s -;vere those of Mr. Cha uncey Depew, Mr. J ames L. Breese, the photographer and artist, and a beautiful full-length portrait o'f herself. . Mrs. Cornellus' Stevenson is quite an­other t ype of clever woman. She has gone deeply Into scientific w rk, and h as attainel ·the g r eat honor of being m ade a m ember of the Univer si ty of P ennsylvania. She w as Miss yorke be­fore her m arria.ge and, although a. Philadelphian by birth, had. the advan­tage of a thoroug h edu cation in Paris She lived a lso for some years with h er parents in Mexico. · When a very young woma n Mrs . Stevenson translated, in conjunction w)th, h er cousin, the late Admira l Ed,ward T. McCauley, U. S.

, N ., a complet e . dictiona ry of Egyptian" hieroglyphicS into English. It was an enormous piece of work. She gives lectures in Philadelphia n ow, which a r e '

e.ttended by some of the most promi-1 nent scientists of the day. . , Miss Lalla Bald win Morton came be­

fore the public SOlue three or four years

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I.. TOlmeson,'. ' Studii. ' ~or a ' 'Vhlie J Ji,e~Jmble ... ' Kindergarten While

" r the:, Yo&ng ' Artist Says "bon ~i ,to l}'lftY': ~f l ChiClago's Pretty' Infnnt"_

, BeRut;' Only.' the Crlterion,-Tin'y , J\lodels from Black to 'Whlte-SceD.~. in the "'ral.:ing-."

The classic noses of Raphael's cherubs were figuratively out of joint yesterday, wjlen fifty Chicago ba91es were professlQnal­Iy sq1J.lnted at through the lens of Beatrice Tonneson's camera, and their In~antile Uke­nessesl trinsferre<l; to glass, , It was ba,bles' day a~ that fashlOnable Michigan 'avenue ,studio, ' , .

The profession~1 beaiI~ies who came to pose

:', ' d,u~~~.;~11:~z: ~Ti~" " f~~~:~~~a~~!r.c~;::~~t~~~i?~:~~::~~~~ . • , > '. ~ erton operative to guide him through the

Western Arm1wiittt ,;Jhe: Li,kenesses c:if raft of baby cabs which, under the care of .' . a tired looking porter, stood in the halls and

, , the Little' ore, '" 't:/s-e.Jn ,Adver- out on the stairs, Then he' was met at the ',. ' :.tisingt ID~~~docts. ' door by a girl with a worried look, anQ. asked

' ,"," ,: ,l i , : ", " to cOme In next week, - ' , .

t'- Inside·, there was an ,assortment of babies , "' ,, , ,' -l -" " ' which would have thrown 'a member of

j1:i:~b1~S!jhrge':.a~~ s.· air, f~t little ,young- the Gerry society Into nervous prostra-s,ters wlth:d_anbini'Je~.s and ',dimpled cheeks ' tlon," The pretty studio had 'assumed the and pale, ' SiCkiY~I~iiM!g . irifants with appearan,ce " of . a , ul)iversity settlement piitful, plncher -teaot,ul'es. crowed and cr~che, 'l'he blue eyed young phofographer,

" "" "" , " her business manager, and her bookkeeper laughed andi;gtu~led .-.an(l ': ctled' 'ln', (young women), donned white aprons with

, th-e , ,pretty/, ,l>h9t'~-Phlc" stu,ili~ --- ofi capaQious pocl{ets f1Il~d with ' rattIeboxes : :MJss :t;3eatrice TOl!!l~!i~Jl" ~t laO,! Mlchlgall ' and transformed themselves Into temporary

'avo e"nue, from. , 1,0 d'CII''k. this morning until nu,sery mai?-s. " , : f~ !Jl~O " ti'j~¥i~Eirn '.' ,' It was Indeed' Gathering of Baby Clans. ; bable~~'d.ai; t: ~ ~ , .. : • Ear~y I,n . the morning the Infant" Trll-' . ~.&II · ;tBi~? \ll&nt.ile .bbub was caused by bys" , began to arrive. Their ages ranged .; ihi,, !ri,~~~fln/;fi ad~e ,sement, w~lch Miss from 6 montqs ' to '24. There were nO ' Ilm-, 'I.'onnesen caused to. 'e printed l.J\ a Sun- Itations as to nationaIl~y, sex, ,or colot:~ I ' day :-rfewspapei, s't 1n-g that 100 plump was' down !n ' th-e, iadvertlsement that they :a,.n,d ,p ,retty· ba:bI~s:-: }'Y~e wa nted at her ad- must, all be pretty, a nd ,- judged by maternal : dress. 'I1i'iil mothers? \:lime In drQves to- opinion; they ,aU filled the bilI In that (ll-(day, each fond worrr'li-' bearing h.er treas- ,ection: " lured little ope and Ilpne knowing for what There were 100 baby 'ne'gatives to be made. ;pufPo.se ,the'" c)Jlldre;i!: l¥ere-, wanted. An order had come fl'om a Western adver-, . ' 'STUDIO RUt BY· WOMEN. 'Using firm , for pictures o,f "flf,ty laughing

. : ~ut · they soon fo.u .' Qut:. Miss ;ronnesen:, babies and as many crying ones. Not having ,has ' a rather rem klIbl~ stOOlO. One access to an Infant orphan asylum, MIss ,g-lance at Jts"''gozy ' ~}l:S and co.rners, Its Tonnesen appealed to the public through, dainty.--uecorations a nll' . its : e'asy grace of ,THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE to , supply the baby I

: arrangement, suffloefl J;tO In'torm the new-' subjects. AIjd the reading, pubIlc did not' comer that mel}' are' 'a.:~, unknown quantity faU her-. ' More than half the number asked

-In the workings 0.'-. t,·~t, :p11Qt!)graphl"" es" for 'had been brought to her door before " ' noon:

,tabIishl?ent,.: T,her~/h! . "e. ~!llan manag~r" ,The enthusiastIc young woman artist had , a woma·n bookkt:e~~ . gIrls , to develop,; aljd 'finish ,a nd r.eto.\i~j(';'t'h'e __ 'llictures, .and Miss / dnlya slender knowledge of child life, but l'tonnesen :: hersel~, " I!:"'" blue-eyed, sUI1ny-: she,'had ideas" to'burn," She hudsuppUed' ;halred . girl In .the '~rly -twen,tles to pose her studio with e"erythln~ likely ' to amlIse , ,the custom~rs and' ; to '~ actually ,take ,the the youthful appli<;anj:s, from toy Noah's '~Icture. . . ,h . .- · _ i Arks t~, gl~gerbread . . ' A wes'te,n',, busl¥:i(Ii\ h,ouse , needed th~ Says" Boo" to. the Babies. , pictures of fifty l~~\ng cables' and fifty Early. In the daY~l?he shut the accompany-'crying 'babies for i\.htertlslng purposEls, an~ I,ng mothers and nurses in the reception- , Ethey wrote ,to. Mlii)! ,-Tonnesen ·to, P, rocure, iooln, :atid 'atfe'mpted--to do the whole thing' ,' -the' ph(')togr~phs ,qor .them,: ,So : the he,l!-d herself. i She tried all m ethods employed by . 'of this: wQm~n's ei;l,tdtijltibinent sent in 'the " f\pln~t;ers to , amuse other people's babies, ;adv~it!sem~rit wh~E~W~:~:;.the_ meet-!ng ·pf She said .. boo" unt!! she had forgotten ,}mothers a'Pd,ithelr' \~amts. today. ·' ,:' . . . ' all the other words In het vocajmlary, and, , _ MB'ST 'hlj] P.L¥~:~XND PRE< • .• ~ .. : ': after vainly waving her ,arms, and chuck-'- Nearly sixty ;babl'~; took cool·; ' 'it( ,Ung, and wlilstling 'for two successive hours, lot the studlo ' today, 'nd'-il, do.iefi~ 'e ' she contented h-erself wlth .presslng the but-':Scltted, 'out· 1ie,cause ~ heY~.'Y-e're ';~~irelY ~i ton, IUld, allOWing --the mothers and n\lrses 'Iworse yet, .- tnln, !J' t " 'ca u'sed much hard ' to ' do the rest., ,fe~Uljf 'on tIie :pa);' '~ifi': tli~ ',' r ejected one~' The first baby to arrive' at the studlG was :mo..tliers: spme of ~ , ba.bfes cr.led and had a ' rolypoly; 1-year-old plckanlnny, from the :to b,e w. heedled lritl"'£l!l-Ukhlng 'w. ith "can?y Bethel. The mulatto mother, two" aunties," land tQYs; ~other pe -ttitently laughed anti the artist! and two sticks of reil 'and white lwould . not cry. T - "· t\i.e- pretty studio, ,candy ' formed; a , combin'a,tlon _ which ;made ,wIth fts. force Qf _gf~~e'. :W~meh, resolved 111m smile ,d'nd \j:ept him quiet for the dne 'iltself : Into .. a . ,chamllf-ili'. l!;t'·'>i.ortur~ ,for the seCI,>nd neM~d\tp ' squeeze ,the camera .bulb,

l:tlme, ' " W:,. , :~_ ' The I;le'xt subject could not wall<:, and just ; . Bable,s ~ere Plnc~ ~' :1JDd ,poKed and as evw~hin'~ w'as all ready he sUpped. down ... (t' ' from 'tl;u~ chair, and toddled across the jl'lunk~d ', an ; slapp .d, 'BOm~ '"soundly room to,-a, t a1Jle with a doll on It, Quick as , . pa:nk~?- :tlll: final ,,8u!lshlny smiles a flash,',Mlss Tonneson wheele" the camera -"Were' 4rtven ' from mooth llttle f aces ' ... t~, rid t!> .. it~?'d$r,. ',:Jtft ' 'r,:'~ips commenced ' a,nd caug}1t · the baby as It grasped the lioll.

l ' ~'bl ' . d . i " Sl'11!Ie ,;No, 2. , " ' ~t~· ~~~ ""e }ill, ,.,Je ' O¥.'lt~)ls.of ..the Jnno- , • Smile. or 'rears All Count. pe!1tP~te~:.a~D~, , .?,\!l)e o~ened.' ,:j!lvery 1: '" ' ' ' one of:, hed ot;[:was d and ' photographed I t had to, be ,a smile or. I!- tear .• The artist lin sml(' '--., 'F, T}\ll moth-ers :were would exclaim ,' ... Laugh, ~aby, laugh," and l'cresent ' ",Qrd, ';rs f. 0",1' , two. fln- ' 1(,,; oU\ , of sheer pervetslt'y, the baby 'cried

j - ... , , the 'picture was taken just th'e same. '"

;, shed '~:b!l-bJe's !lnd told to The 'sceries. w'il1 be repeated today; arid as :I!end ' .,Q~~.w. . , ,many m:ore"'negath~e~, made. 'o, ", , . ,

: ' . ' ~ EacH: mo.ther wlII be given two finished ~9''' '~~ ' ' p~ctures other baby: model ,' and' Chicago's

:.~ ~~ i..:..~. ______ ~ ________________ ,y __ ou_, n_ .. _~_w,~'d_~_~_n_,_p_,h_P_(_og_~_~a_p_h_e_r_' _W_J_ll_h_a_v_e __ :b_! _6_k ______ ~~ ________________ ~ en' tire l'e.co~d for ,the ma,I,ting of ba!JY p~qt?-.l~ ~ a~~~: ~'"'t \ ~ .... "'. ,~ \ • I ,rI, 1 l J'. L . ~ I

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TAKES SNI'f ' SHOTS OF lCAGO ,'BABIEs IN SMILES AND TEARS.:

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r '~ISS L~~NEJSON'S ' INFAN'l'FAD' SETS

I , R(tU~ ' PA.RENTS WONDERIXG.

, ,Haatea to See the " ~emale Icoaocla",t 'Vho 'D~ell ' ~ot' BeUeve

In th~ , OJ..d. womaa",Who L.lv~d In. Sho~Flnd' Yonngat'er" Needed for Photograpf.1Dg 'aad' '~nrry nome'

~o Get· "':th~ Pr~ttleat .. Ready to Be ' ~dl Taken. .

, ; l 'Maiiy"thousiuids of m~n and WQmen won-

der-tld wh~n they read the following ,In THill " , f3UND-AY~~BUNIll : ., "

'IV.A.NTEn:->ONE HUNDRED BABIES.. c' CALL , <fall betwe n 10 a, m, and 11 p, 'm, TUeSday.

, C f QlUSIS BEATRIG,E LONNtESO'N '-SQme 1Jiought the , woman who C wanted ~o

many babies might be wealthy and ,ph,lla'n-' thrQPlq and a trifle glven 'to" fads, \ accordln~ tu one, Qf Wlllc,h she was preparing to 'start an ,orphan asylum. Others took 'ft all for a hug~ jQke. - , { ' , -

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haye called at the e.ddr.ess In Ml"n,12':a,.. avenue yesterday to' satisfy -their curiQslty. ''''hen , they learned ' Mis's HQJ;lJ;lesQn Is an artist, who. Is also. a phQtQgrjl.pher" and that the babies were to. be takeri-wlth a camera and given straight back , tQ~ their' mQthers, ,.ile mQthers breat,hed ,mQre easily and went

, home to. send baby's best 'white dress to. the , laundry with a .. hurry-up" order, ' The Infants are not limited, as to color or nationality. , But they must all'be pretty.

"'hen the othE'r Qccupants Qf the' building In which the stUdio Is situated read this last

, prQYiso, they m a de preparatlo.ns to t a ke , the early boat to. spend the day at South Haven. ' It Is also ru'mQred the Chief Qf Po­lice 'has been asked ,to. 'detaU, a detachment

, of blilecoats to keep that PQrtlQn of Michigan avenue clear. For that mother never did

, ~xlst whose baby was not pretty. , l '£he Y0ung artist herself, having h~d only

a limited experience with babies; has laid in a supply Qf trained nurses, baby jumpers, rubber rings, rattiEP boxe's, bread and jam, and stick candy. ' " "

The firmQut 'West' \V.hich sent IIf the Qrder for 100 negatives ' of' ballies has ' asked that one-half of them be crying baoles and the

, other , ,hatt laughing Qne~. MIss LonnesQn ' thlnkll, babies , cr.YIllPre eaSily than , laugh. Any;way, she has plan,ned to. "

.the' la ughing Qnes'first. ' Then,l,f the pther fifty a ren't crying nv' u,a,: ,,,

, time " Sl,he wm call upon a small boy the corner, who.

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The Tonne.on Sis ...... ·.;

The "Tonn,es.on Sister$::'·l.fisa Bea.j.rice T.onnes~n ;~~ :Mrs." Cl~\'i'KiiriPatf'iCk, b.oth .ot ,wham, are, Oshkoah: wOmen, but have been 'engaged in art Ph.ot.ogI:\~'''1hY in' ChiClJ,g.o f.or jJ.. number of ye;t])s, 'hjJve

: " .. ~~~. d·rst'!'ricti.oneif being !orerr{ost . i ell' Pl',.ot,(!S!li.on and their w.otk.. fs

'¢'!1Jld p.rtltltic t.o a ?egree that h as , ;,tii~m ' fam.ous. Their n·aomes .on

, a r.o4.&U.ons in ph.ot.ography stamp the • a:.s,;;out of the o rdiI!ary:0 and a numbett 'ol(:,;the n ewspapers ' .of the e.ou,n­try ,are ·' turning · .outT.onnes.on phvf.os as 'ar,t ,i~Pleme.nts. Among the latest pictures Xr.om their studi.o, which, by ,the, ~aY.~;ls fitted With , artjs'Uc para­phernal~'estimated L.o b" w.orth $450"

, ooo~~ ' eo' fw.o c.omP.l7!lI.ons, ":Vide Aw , ~ jl,nd "Fast AsM~p," and a Min-ne oils ·"aper which Is giving them as a sUppljlment t ei the Sunday 'edition r e-

o ' fe rs ' to" tb,e Oshk.osh y.oung w.omen in the f.oll.owing complimentary terms: "The fam.ous T .onnes.on Sisters have pr.oduced am.ong hundreds .of art gems two :G.ompani.on pictures, 'Fast Asleep, a nd 'Wide A wake,' The f.ormer was Interesting. The sec.ond is charming. The T.onnes.on Sisters ha'le taken h.old

,.of the re.a lity in their art. with such a str.ong grasp that their pictures will Jive as Icing as m.others and babies are in the w.orld. Wherever' these ladies are, they ,are sure t.o 'be' studying the manner In which lIfe expresses itself, and wherever they chance t.o see a pretty and adaptable child .or woman, they n.ot Infrequently f.oll.ow her h .ome, request "an interview and "gracl.ously ask f.or a sItting. Their -life m9dels are taken just as frequently fr.om the h.ome .of the milll.ona:Ire I and ' ~6clal leader as fr.om the m.ore humble *'alks .0; ;ife." A~ a nte6iurft .of art expri€s­sl.on the ph.ot.ographer.is fully as mtich 31 sina qua n.on as the artist behind the paintirtg, the .only ' difference ' 1~ 'In the ' c.ommand .of the I~ns; ,which is In the case .of .t he ,' Tl)nn~on . Sis ters -as plastic as thecoior1! OIl' the palett~ 'of ' the painter .or. .. Cl'll:y in . the hands .of

I the potter. ' MOdern ph.ot.o,?raphy ' at its best, like all excenimt ' tl)ings In , a rt, is t.oucl)ed in s.ome subtle way with th{: power and ':' inctivic'·'a.lity of the be­

f j'l'lg behind the ·camera. ' 'i'h·ese pictures ,.'of ' the Tonneson Sisters appe;!.l t.o ev­

ery' hurna)! ,being, irrespectil'e of posi­~!.ori " or elas's, for they a're thtl "expi'es,

I si.on .Pf hear t ' 'stories tha~ ~ake all I , the w.orld akin. They ·are the c.om­binatl.on .of art' 'and heart which is the ,. secret .of the phe'nomenal success .of the T.onnes.on Sisters. The most :tnter-I ~ting feat~re .of the T~nnes.ons' ~.o~k IS the, makmg .of a~. t pIctures, artIstIc I' gr.oupmgs cleverly - executed. They have ' .been r epr.oduced in the form .of etchings, water c61.ors and many other

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,..--- ............ =-::::--:-===:--:::::'::=::::~--:D::::-:E=NV=====E=R=-.~C::-:O:;;.:':L:-o=n=-.-T"~rmll;rrru. .... a~natroruj] and In ternation,, ! I THE DAILY NE'VS : . tlade. After r-:.rmlng- a mental conceptio '"t-l of the picture, she poses people in th" proper attitude and photographs them. .

John Good Mrs J F Brow Mrs 0 E The. two necessities for the picture ax ~ ,1 • .. !'J ... that It must be 'beautiful alld convlncl' n o " Le Fevre, Mrs. WIlUam E. Hughes, Mrs. d M 0'

G. C. Bartels. Mrs. J . C. Montgomery. i a~ Iss Tonnesen says the great rea son ~rs. Jacob Fill1us and Mrs. Edward Eddy. I w . y the manufacturers prefer a photo.

g~ ap'h to a drawing IS that , being ca ugh t + + + l u om the actual tlgure, occupied ' In [h (l Miss Beatrice Tonnesen, who has been i ac,tual work, it is more convincing than

visiting Mrs. K athryn R. West, Is an ex- the conception of the artist' s brain. Man, ample of the successful young American - of the famous soap and chocolate "ad:' business woman of to-day, and o,f the pIctures, and other s which are familiar' careel' which she may carve out for her- t ? every~dy, found their origin in Mls~ s elf. It is true -that Miss Tonnesen is more 'Ionllesen s s·tudlo. All the rea lly big man-of an al'tist than a -business ;woman, bu'! ufactu~lng firms in the countr y pa[roniz(> she b as applied bel' arUstlc talents to MISS "lonnesen now, as well as many in ' practical and m oney malting uses, and the England and other coun tries. She ha~ result is a growing ·fame and fortune. even ha d order s from India . ,

.Miss Tonnesen is to-day one of tbe best I I Anot her branch of her worlt is her fa - ' known photographers In tbe w orld. Slle mous "al't m odels," w hich was absolu te-bought a stud!o in C hicago in the s ummer I Iy bel' own inven tion. '1'his is a class or of 18ll3, just when everything was flat In work allied to t'he advertising models, and 1Ihe p a n\c. It paid ·from the start, and of. photographed from figure .. posing In th" late has become very profitable. The rea).. same way. son of t his Is tha t sh e h as br a n c hed ou t The cuts accom pa nying this article ex-In ·two unusual lines 'beyond the ordinal'." hlblt some beautiful examples of her work ·custom work. In this line. Her "Hayseed Girl, " which

The first of t h eSE> Is her advertlsln~ formed the cover of One of . themali:.azlne~ work, In which she conceives picturel' last summer , has proved the most popular s uitable for the adveI'tlslng of w ares of of any of her models, but the one entitled great manuf~cturing firms, Whose goods i ".Mot he r alld Child," will be more pleas-

.;,~ Ing to many. These a rt models are pur­.~+<>+<>+OV" c hased as pain t ings would be, for decora

" . <t lve purposes. They are all copyrighted. + + +

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WOMEN TO GO TO PA.RIS. .,

THOSE WHO WILL SPEAK AT CON-, GRESSES OF EXPOSITION.

'J ~1f l'fGO . :I;;-:-fspeclalists Chollen all pelea-atell

) from the United States, as ,Reported \ , by ltlra. C"'arl~s Henrotin to M1·S • .

Potter Palmer, Regarded by ~ormer

as Indicating Small Attendance of

That Cla8l!l-Two of, Those Named 1 Are Chlcaa-oans. ' . .

. The rep~rt of Mrs. Charles' E;enrotin . to Mrs. Potter Palmer of the names of women specialists appointed as delegates fr<;>m the United States to the congresses vf the Paris exposition indicates, according to Mrs. Hen­rotin's statemeht, that the number of such women in attenda nFe at the expo'sit~on will be smaller than was expected ..

Two Chicago women are among those who have ' accepted the invitation to address the congresses. They 'are Miss B eatrice Ton~ neson, who ,will be a dele-gate to the photo" graphic congress, and Miss Amalie Hofer, who w!ll represent the Kindergarten asso­ciation at the congress 'on primary educa­Hon. Thre·e other Chicago women ~ay be delegates to the congresses, the .condition being their appointment as jurors at the exposition. They are Miss Jane Addams, Miss Julia C. Lathrop, and Mrs. Florence Kelley, the latter now being in New York. The women who have accepted invItations to speak and the congresses they w!ll addrers . are: ' . \ . . !

MI"" Annl .. S. Peck, Providence. Alpinists. Mrs. Da.nlel Lothrop, Concord, Mass., Authors. Mrs. Lucien HQ.lve, BufCalo, Higher EducatIOn. Mrs. Jean D. !.Mder, Washington, Higher Ed -

cation. . Mm. Mary E. :Wooley, Wellesley Coll'ege, Higher

E~~:t~~i.n Sohaeys, Wellesley COlle-g:, Higher

E~I::t!~ali" Hot.l~, Chicago, PrlnU..ry Educa-

tI~~s: Fr..:nk Bailey, Alb~ny, Mothers. . Miss Anna T. SmIth, Bureau of Educabon.

Vl(ashln/rton, Women's Work and Instltutions. Mrs. Rebecca Cahut, New York, Legislature

and Morallty. Miss Paulin<! Lelpzlnger, Pj:>l1adelphla. IJbt a -

r iau.s. . Mrs. ,Helen Cam,pbeU, DEmver., Social Economics. M;rs. Johnson .. 'WashlngtoIl) Photograpby . . Miss Beatrlce Tonneson, Chicago, Photography. Mrs. Linda H. Larnoo. President 'of the National

Rousehold Economic aSsociation, Women's Work and Institutions.

Miss Agnes lrwyn, Dean of Radcliffe Colleg .. , Higher Educatjon . .

Mra. GUbert McClure, archreologist, Amerlcan-

ls~rs. Frank R. Fuller, a.rcbitect, Women's Work nd Irultitut!ons. , Miss Julia King, ' Emerson School of Oratory,

Physical training. , Dr. Lucy Hall-Brown, Brooklyn, Medicine. Mrs. Thomas Roberts. , Riverton, N. J., Social

Econom1c8. Dean Clark, University of West Vlr~nla, High-

er Education. ' ' Mi88 Mal'garet Evans, Dean of w{)men, Carleton

,CoIJego, Northfield, Minn., Hlgber Education; Mrs. Emily WeliB Footer"Amelioration ad: the

Blind. Mrs. · Mary Wheeler, Providence, Secondary Ed-

'lca.t1on. . Mr •. Roger Wolcott. Musachusetts, Charity and

Correctlon. Mr •. Ruth Wa.rd Kahn, Newark, N. J., Amerl­

canlste . . Miss Mary Plummer, Libra.rian of Pratt lnst!- I

tute, Brooklyn, .Llbrarlans. . Mlu M. Carey Thomas, ;Dean of Bryn Ma.wr

College, Higher Educatton. Miss Annie Laws, Cincinna.tI, Education. Miss Al~ce lo'ietcher, fellow ot Harvard Univer­

sity, Washlneton. Amerlcanlsts. Mrs. Christine Ladd Franklin, Baltimore, Pay- •

chology. Mrs. Morru J .... tron. Philadelphia, Social Eooll-

omlc:e. . .. The smal~ number of women specialists

who wlll attend the exposition from .A.mer­Ica Is Burprlsing," said Mrs. Henrotin. .. In selecting the names I have endeavored to se­cure wpmen from a.1l parts of the country. The number may be Increased by subsequent accepta.nce.s. "

~E' is '.A CLEVEf ' SWINDLER.

P'ollce After It oiie .. ~~g'SollCltor (or . :~. Pb;atogral.h ~nUer1~l!I.

There ·is 'a:c lever sWindler dodglIjg.about Chica go wlth" a scl1ilme 'the Armor~' police would like to have him "'9>Jain to them. He , Is very wej) , dres~ed . a;nd makes what-the i police c1"lJ : a "go0l! frol!t" while' on his I I'OUhds. H~ went Inoto t~e To~nesen photo- ! graph studio at Thlrteen~h. street and Mich- J Igan avenue last Saturday and represented hi'mself as 'a sollcltO;F' f(lf .p~to'!,raph w,or.jt.; , He' made' ail l'uTan~mekt .'$lfh tJie proprie­tors, andS"elec'ted a l>uJ1d1'e ot ·sampie photo­graphs. Some were oorsful' reproductlons of ch'issic figures, while ()Uiers were portra its of regular pa.tron~ ·of MisB TonneBcn, the art:st. '

'l'hen he went Qut a.n'd solicited or!lers for a c':1ea pej;" gallery, rooe\vlng a cas:h deposIt wherever that was P<>~Sibl€' and .{jlsposing of .hJs aft ·copies when'}ver he could find a cash buyer. His plan. worl<ed very' well un-

. tJl h~ s(rllcited Qne of he regula,r. patrons J)f the Tvnn'esen gallny, wtm protested against I)e r plctyl'es being used ,as inuuce\nents to swen. the business bf a less aristocratic !io,u6~ . . Mis3 Tonnese.n n( once reported the mattCl:'to the ·poHce, hut the'smooth solici tor tiits' managed to eIude.tQ'em up to the present.

MISS TONNESON.

J 8 Still Before the Public In ! Chicago, I

A young woman has bought out one I of the leading photographers on the , [,outh side and is now in business for I herself . She is artistic, graceful to a I d egree with apparently a natural apti- I tude for posing, to which portio'n of h er l art she d evotes much time, and shows I r ather a leaning toward the quaint and anything 1I1(e a miniature effect. Her n a m e is Beatrice Tonneson, and she pulls a bout the room her great camera, arranges the light and shade and sel­dom calls upon her assistant for h elp. She was born in Oshkosh, her home be­ing near that of Senator Sawyer. She is related to the real John Brown whose "ljoul goes marching on," and to Charles Sumner. Miss Tonneson has been fond at art always and studied it early in life, afterward studying photography. Finally her father established h er in bUSiness in Menominee, Mich. There lihe first superintended the building of her own studio, and afterward was very. successful. Miss Tonneson came to Ch!­cago in July and was in her n,ew studio the month following. Her home is with Mrs. J. Ellsworth Gross at 3600 Michi­gan avenue.-Chicago Post.

The. Oshkosh Northwestern publisbes the foflowing news ite~ regarding a young lady who was bcrn in this village and resi­

" ded here d~ring her early life, in which was shadowed the talents she has . since de-velo'ped:

"Miss Beatrice Tonnesen, formerly of this city, but now of Chicago, 'where' she

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'bas succeeded in gaining a place among the foremost photogr~phersof th~ country, '

_has been honored WIth an appolDtnient to t represent _ the_ American photographers al

II the Paris exposition . Miss Tonnesen .. as accepted the appointment and intends 0

. sail in June. ~iss TQnnese.n's work ~

I photography has brought her into promin­ence in tbe western metropolis and her

. productions are considered as bein~ works I of art. To be cbosen as a representative ,. of the photographers of America is an hon­or of whicb she may j ustlr feel proud ." ·

~Mi";;D' Beatrice '~onneso~ ,a~dM~~ CIa Tonneson Kirkpatrick gave ·a dinner at th

IHotel Metropole on Friday evening tor Mr. and Mrs. George Pl.lliman Sanger, whose wej;lciIng took plac~'efI Nov. 21 In Denver.

' Mr: and Mt;:s. San!!':e.rt;j,re spending their

lhoneymoon at " Mrs. George M. Pullman's home. Mrs. PUllman has not yet r eturned l (0 tha.cltv - '-

O.r/f/(cSfr' 'm;fTtrWESTE.'?tt':!.

J:-t-,v: & .J /f'dJ , -= - ~ -c .) I The repTesentativ-e Of a large advert1s- ,

ing agency of Chicagb, ' in' a business let- I ter to a party in this city, says, inciden t- I a lly: "Oshkosh certa inly ought to be I proud of the representa tion being mada I by the TOl}nesen sist_\ rs in Chicago."

Under tlhe ,title "A /Woman Artis~ orr t'he Camera," ·the iN'Ovember num'ber or{ . The Puritan publislhed by Munsey in New !ork, 'has a beau. ifu'! portl'ai! and sketc·h of Miss B eatrice Tonne·sen, 'the OSlhk'Osih girl wh:o is becoming famous in Clhicago as an arHs·t. Six specimens of h er wO'rk are also giv·en . _' ____ _

-~---=~=--~-~I-~i~~-~~==~4 The ';u ~ees'sor to Stein in his Chicago

'photograph gallery is a woman, and she is fas t taking her place at t~e head .of Chicar'o photographers. She IS BeatrIce Lonl':son, a W isconsin girl, who says she discover ed several ye~rs ago th~t while she had . sufficient SkIll to make It prnctical to her, she had not enough

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What Is Talked Abou t Among People in Towll au cl Out.

, ~e Nort'hwes t ern i s in r ecei pt of . copy of 'Dhe N ew Y ork Sunday Vlo~ld 'Containing three or ·f our beautI ful PIC­tures from protographs taken by ,:Miss !Beatrice 'Tonneson , iCI:ticago, in cluding a portrait of ~ersel f. A COpy . of "Adver­tising \Experience," a ChIcago . m aga ­tine, is also at hand ·containing I~ol:e tfll!an t wo pages of n ew .a nd y ery artIstIC 'pictures mad.e from pho t ographs by t~e same y.oung lady. 'Miss T onneson lSJ meeting with wonderful success in 'her '\York as -a'll art istic p'hotograpt~er. ~

The Oak Park Ciuh 'ga~e an entertainment last night under the direc tion of Mr. and Mrs . J ohn Farson. Mis's Beatrice Tonnesen gave a talk on _ '~rt Photography," with stere­opticon views, whJch was much enjoyed, and the musical numbers, "Bel Raggio," Rossini,

J and "Spring," Henschel, sung by Mrs. Otto Bartholf, and the r eading of Mrs. Lucia Gale Barber added much to the programme.

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. r Tbat tile new 'Womlan with her ke~n 'deligbt In athletic sports, still ' has an eye to ous:­ne,S8 fa. evidenced 'by the venture ' oLM . Beatrice Ton,nesen. This young .Iady eqnlpped a photographic studio in this This, It Is believed, is the' first , venture its kind undertake~ on anextenslv~ by a woman In Chicago. But Miss To

.. " ha-d· experience anm so the move is' not a.s vehturesome for her as ,it would be for othE'T.s. ' Her experl'ence In the schools had taught

her that she possessed' the faculty of posing the modeLA,pplying this In a , large way through amateur photography, she found: her-

f a:bla to make {be'most satisfactory nega­tive!!.' ot fa.ce, figure, or groups. Reason ing , 'that" sucees,s in 'art would best be-ac'hleveJ througn following the bent 'o~ her tai-ent rather than forcing it In' anotber direction, she opened; ,a pho~ogra.ph st'udio . ln . Menom­inee, Wis. Thl's was ,her first fliggt, prepara-tory to the' greater ,field ilf Chlcag~

Miss 'fonn.esen loves bel' art ~' S,he , opened a large field for its employment, that she may enbance bel' lalent, t1!at sb'e ,may acb leve a b~in.ess

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~. r. .STUDIO Ol'· .A CHlCA~O

!bas tn, attractive personality, YOlln~ and f'ii_ .... =iiiiiii ............... ____ iiiiiiiiiiiiii======~ uflful, as he r portrait herewith shows.

She '~ but 22 l"ears of age, bu t has the a( ­termination to suoceed of on e of grealer al/E, Her 89cial 'POSition at hom e is of the bes!. wbiJ.e bel' Chicago connections are sucb tllut Eba' cap not but b:ecome PO'Pular b ~ re.

As sbe',sat in a corner ot her studio a few day,s ago chatting to a report.er for Tb e In ter Ocsan it was evident that she unde rstood her busin ess thorougbly. A portfolio of pho to­graphs', tbe originals for which bad' been posed ~y her, revealed consummate , excellence In this IUost Ililffl-cult feature of the art. She saId with a ·naive smile: "You will obser v'e my si tters are all beautifuL I have stud,ieiL tlJc

of presentln,g tbe most altracli ve sid~ e's aranc-e."

~ ./., IA\~/I'~-- ,,\~ ' I ' • 111\" \1/ ' \\l

MISS BEATRICE TONNESEN;

, s~ret of commercial ~uccess~ That tbe achievemen·t is not a simple matter Is shown br tbe non-success of man y pbotograpibers. All in early Urnes tbe po'rtrait painter found i'r necessa ry, not pel'baps to jlatter, bu t ccr­

i'tainly to compllment his subj ect 'on the can­' v a &, 8(} (,1oe$ the photographer,, 1f successful, <make !pc'1Ilosl of his sitter. This ,he can only do by, ,proper posing, for , tbe camera is true to whatever Is vi-ew.ed tbrougb it.

Miss Tonnesen's studio is equipped wltih aIr the appl,iances for making t,he various kinds of, pbo.tograp·hs that are now popular. H er­artistic taste shows in every detail of th~' r decorations. To see her at work is a revela­tlon.- ,':It is no task that confronts b el', but an · artistic possibility t6 be realized. In­s-tinpt i,ve'ly she gras.ps tbe ~P'Po~Su,Illty con­tained In the subject, ,and· brings about tbe most suitable pose. The great bsautle , , ~/en

r In plain faces, found, at times , in tbe play of i expression, are caugbt and, fixed. Access~- ' I rie s, suoh as draperies and, furniture . are arr'

ranged to the best effect. ,The 'art vaiue o'f the subject, in brief, Is brougbt for ward, and . tb e true "composition" made .

. 'Miss Tonn esen evidently ha's grasped all , tbe d'etalls' of ber busin'ess . Wi-th the fri ends tq,at, bel' winning personality wi ll make for ben: and with the merit of I!er work, it cer-. talnly looks as if large success were beforJ Mi .. ' J

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..... ~ l, '. .' (

,. ' Pr?pri~:t(,r qf . . :.:r.ar.e~~",p~.:otOg·tu,phlc , ",allerie<\ Tn

", t1i~' ¢nY ;~d':an: ';En't:hu8'la''"tiil '' WO~'k':';D'e~oted .'to 'Artfl'JmEa..riy

"~:€b.idh6,~di..IS:, l.: Mas.e'r ' otPosi-ftg " " ", : .' .:'-' , , _f ''' , ',' )' ,I. .

,; \~n'd/ ~ i9.mstan~ . S~ektir ' for .:St~~.\iC_

, 'i~g E~0~it::: .,:::,'~::~~ ::!~::, ;:,'~.~,:;~ ' A' n ew name. has beerii'-dded to the list ot . ," ',.' " . " ,'Of 'a ' toling ' WoMan;

';,'i"", I'"~ .,,:, "and ' 'a ·,:preHY ;" YO,Ung ·.woman at thai '

" I~ ' ];',' , ,o1' t~fA'~

' .. , O'l'l"ner r P.r'l~!etor of the , largest ph'o.tCli­gral?h 'estaplishrn,en!l's

, " In the"'~!ty. '" s .; M'.lss ,Tomesen ' \S3>+ ''i\sconSln girl, { ,be

. YolingesUlaughter I)f Gi Tom:es'en, . wretir<rd ,

',cmerchant of Oshk6sB. ,Sl,le '\S "2:2 y,t1ars' O'ip."

• ·and has' the 'large,bl]l8 TOME- eyes .. 'and" ftaxen., hlllir

, which proclaim he,Jl]a Vikings. ' " ,r

terlQe,ncl!,s Were ~xh!bl~ed " tii ealHy' \itll!ClhiJ,o:d~ her 'pldym,ates <l}l-

to',n'\jakllI]g Pies out of W)~~ : In i

"7iwo Clever Sisters. ~~,.t:.~ ,. , 'T 'Q ::M:iSS BEATRicE Tcn.iN'EsoN a:r/lJ":, .

H her sis ter., Clara Tonneso'll JClrk.p~f~: "I .ri~K; 'l:f~lPdgs i i!e h d;;or of'h;;'~ing o~iglnti:t,ed: . • ' " '. ..' ,¢'~ • .

' a unique and succe~.sful m.E)thod o. f produ,~ng' l ' a dvertisem ents. ,W ,hen Miss Tonnesoh; : who~e .. w~rk .as ' a ' portrait phoi:og~aph;;;t , 'IS :'

' alrea dy :Weli ' k~own all ove~ the ' :UMte'd . , . States, decided to come to Chicago in seju ;c,Ii:

of a wicfer care,e" her sister, Mrs. KiJ;,kp,at~ " i'ick , further ed ' the project in num1:im:le~.s:.': . helpful way's. ;· A year later she· came. 'to> i .. ,Chicago herself to take up to the bu!ilneslj : \ .'

, m,anagement of her sister's stUdio, slie 'helng'" , one 'of the "born managers" predestinea:-to ' '''1'' sllcce~s In alI their undertakings,ap'(l"fj(~e'r T ' busy brain, it Is\sa,id, 'the "Tonneson m:Ode\'s;':' now atta ining to fame and fortune 'the World'" over, were first born. Many of the ei.ever 'aci~ -vertislng 'Idea s , of which Miss To'hneson,

" rn.akes , a speCialty a lso owe their {orig'in' to' . Mrs. ' KirkPatrick.

The Idea once understood, however dinily, . the two . ,clever s isters work them out to- ' gether, the s'uccess of their efforts being proved by the, fact that orders come to the . Chicago woma n photographers from .almost every l arge City In the world, The adver­tising' work," according to these two bright

' exponents of it, o~rs the widest possible scope ofdpj:lOrtunily and variety Of labor; in the' making of the beautiful pictures­sometimes caJlin.g for the use of as mAny models 'arid. "properties" as would be needed for the production of an ordinary play-both Miss Tonnes.on and , her sister find the great­est delight. The· stUdio work ts all done by the 'prettY - young photographer herself ; to Mrs. Kirkpa trick belongs the 'credit due to the . successful engineering of the compli­cated preliminaries which make a "Tonne­son picture" so valuable' in the opinion of ad­vertising mana gers.

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Some Aspects of the Businecs Wo­man's Life.

If Solomo~ were living today, he would repeat his ancient truisim that there was nothiDg new ,under tbe sun. I

However old ideas take on new 1 ' · '1 shapes"8nd aril put to new uses, un. l I

to the thoughtless mind, they Beem an I iDnovation. ' \1

Woman's fundamenta l position in \ ! ~,e worl~ toda,y is unc!l~nged since I the creatIOn. t

Sbe is the wife, mother.homekeepe.r, t the great' uplifting power for good m i

' the world. The conservator of the I grace, purity and dignity of life. This is the ideal conception of wbat woman was meant to be and to attain to it she has struggled through many false and sen timental positions.

She undergoes no chaDge when she enters active business life, she simply puts her powers to work in a new direction.

The world, and woman in particular, has at last awakened to the fact that sbe has a life of her own to live, an in· '~ dividuality of ber own to develope, which ex.perience has proved makes her more able to sssume . successfully the duties and responsibilities of llie I, as they come to ber. " . ~

The old Latin proverb, Work IS

Worsbip" is very true and sweet, and. should become one of the principles of every earnest life. ' Labor is in itself , an end-not a means to an end. By it jDdividuality is developed, and the :possibiliLies of one's nature are express­ed which is the end of life.

The joy of life and the truth of it can only be found in the work of tbe , world. Every day is a voyage of dis- f covery with new views an~ a clearer I vision. Semi·invalidism is no longer cODsidered a mark of higb breeding, but 'the absence of health and mU8cle a sure indication of ig:lOrance, Every

' avenue of acti'vity is today open to I : woman, and she labors by the 8id~ of I her brother as an equal....:.not by cour, I tesy but because she is able to meet ,him on equal ground. _ The principles necessary to the 8UC' ceBS of a woman in business are the i same as apply to a man. The common i principles are tr~iDed abili,ty, honesty i and concentration of ' mind to · the I work. In other words, a singleness of I purpose.

To a ireat success, must ,be added tha t far.sighted saltacity which is not taught or learned but born in a bus~. ness person 8!ld developed by experl­'!lDce.

For a woman I wouid add, womanli­ness which includes good breeding and a quiet dignity. It is a great mistake for a woman t') assume mannish habits or marmers. She must bring to her work all the cardinal virtues of her womanhood combined with' all the ac­quirements of a business man. , Then sbe must forget she is a woman and

• bring her mind to bear on the busi· ness in hand. Any consciousness of

sex will ruin 'ber p'ower succee, Sbe must expect nothing in the way of

favors but gain her own ,place by goOd r;l::;;('Cl;:::;;;=,!;;~~~:;;~~~='~;Z::=:;:;:~~~

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commoD sense '(which is in reality UD' , common seDse) Jl.nd ability. When she establishes this reputation for be~self , sbe will receive equal consideration in the busineBS world with men. There is no poet~y in business, only justice­aDd justice is all a well balanced busi­ness woman will expect. ;

Another thiDg, look cheerful, aDd not only look it, but be it. I~ is just as, easy to be brigbtand sunshiDY as to be glum and morose, and besides all the indi rect good to be got out of it, it pays in dollars and_ cents. ' These foregoiDg bints will 'help, but tbere is no royal road to success in bUSineSS! more than in any otber work of life. It is work, and work, aDd work. l

There sbould be some play with all ; ' tbis work. No' one needs social life ' . more tbau the busigess womaD, unless t it is the business man. . 1 1'0 be able to , rest in activity and fiDd pleasure in alltliiDgs is .the re­

' sq,lt of Iteuius, but we caD all work i toward that eild. , l ' CLARA TONNESEN-KIRKPATRICK .

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t I I Pot.ter P a,hner, Reg 'arded by Forme

a~ I n dicating Sma ll A~i~nd'1'nlle 0

'I, :::~h~~:;:':~" of T~p~e 'Naj~'d J • T he r epor t of Mrs. Charles ~e~rotin ~ I

Mr/>. P ot ter Palmer of t h e nam es of womB specialls'ts appointed f!-s ,aelega:t es from t e U~ited States ,to the con~resses of t he Patis

, , exposition indicates. accor ding to Mrs. H~n r otln's statement. that' t he num ber of s~c

, wom en in attendance a t t h e exposit ion ''WHl 'be small~r- tha n w as eXPBcted. '",' .'Ii-"'~

Two Ch icago women 'a re' a m ong thos'e~hi> h ave ,accept/ed the invita tion.to ad!lress th~ congr esses. . They are , Miss Beatrice T on .

".n~p".JV,hO ~ill be a delega~a 0 €I P ,O','\-7 phlc' .. congress, and Miss Ama lie Hofer,

,who wlll r ept'asent the Klnderga"teh asso­ciation 'at t he corigre~s on pr ima r y ed.uci!-­tlbn, T h r ee oth er Chlcag? '\Vomen may Qe delegates to t he cOIfgresses " the co.ndiUo~ being t h e'ir app~lntment, as : juror s at t~~

, ~xposltlon . They a re Miss J ame Addam s) , Mis's J u lia: :0 . L athrop, and Mrs: F lor ehce j

't Ke lley, the latte r now being in N ew Yo~k. ' The women' whG have accep,t ed invitation s !

', to speak'a nd the congresi;es t h ey will address ! 'ar.e: \ \. "0\ I, I , :~ ! Ml~:s Annie S} Peck , ,Providence, ALpinists. I

Mrs. 'Daniel L othrop. ' C'oncord." ;M:ass .• Authors, : )oks. L ucien Howe. Buffalo. H igher Educ~ttQ.n~ Mrs. J ean D., Lander. Washlngto'n •• Hlgher Ep.u~

·catlon . '" I· > , ,\ I -Mm. Ma ry E . Wooley. W elle;.ley CoHl'ge, H Igb,er

,E ducation. ' i', k cJ' ~r-~~ . Mls~ Helen SClhaeys, Wellesley ' Coll~ge, '~Iglier:

Education. J I' " ' . \ \ . I ,)!dISB A m alie Hofe,. C1)lcapo; Prl~ary Educs.- ,

tlo". - " , 'x .. ' , I . Mrs. F rank Bailey, Albany,' Mothers. j

Mills Anna ' T . Smith. Bureau of Educa:~lon. ' Washlng't~n l Women 's Work 1"nd ' I'\&tl t!ltton~. ..i

,Mrs. R 'ebecca Cohut. New York , .\Leg ls lature arid Morali ty. ' ,'" '''''I'

M iss ,'Pa.u llne L~IPZlnger, Phlladelphla, ( LIlJ~-, nans. , ~ ~,I 'I

, Mr$. H elen CarrwbeH. Denver. Social E conomiCS. , ;. :Mrs. , J ohnson, v\~ashington , P,hotograph y. I . '':

\ ~1~"1!.~lttPll, •. T,9.!l..!!eso!,.~9h'lcag6; . 'Photo'graph . ( i'drs, Lind;>. H. La.rned, PreS!'tl1!'llh'f''11f~ ~ona ' t Hous ehold EC0IJ.0mic &S;SoclaUon, Women's!Workl t a nd , institu tions. ' , Miss Agne's 'I r wyn. Dean of R adell!):e Colle'g.., J, !Hlg her ',E<lllcatiOn. ' . '. ,,' ' I Mira: G!lper,t McQur&,. a.rch.reololl'is t, :tI.~erica:n­" isis .- \.," ' '\ ,) j Mr s, Frank R ; ·Fliller. a.rd\llteet, Women' s W or k

and Institu tions. , J ~\, •

M-iss JU~H1,. K ing, ~merson /Schoo~ of Or a.tory, Physical training, ., ! ~

' l;>r. LUCYl Hall-B rown, 'Brooklyn, Med1clne. ~ Mrs. T homas Roberts, R iverton, N. J ., ~'Soct'aJ ;'

Economics. "',, D..a,n ' Clark . Unlversl t:r of West Vfr8inia, H lgh- ',

er Education., .... '''V'-!' ~. _ - - ~~ , MIsS Margaret "!In of wo~en . Ci\.rl~<?n CoIJege,' \ Nor t'\lfi:e ,H igh er E duca,t1on . ,

, Ipml'!:r ~ ,Ame110r~tlo oof l t~. ' B 'It ",":,r,\\" ' I

'; , ~~ '(hee~er' l ' ,rovidence; Sepondar y 1OO~,: , ""on . " 1. \ 1

'~ .• ' " ·r.:', 'R..,oger W olcott, M ..... ach usetts. Cha rity and ~9Jil"~ct·1 0P. \ _

, M:rs,. R.l' th W'!-rd Kahn. N~wl'rk, N, .J ., .Amer l- , \ cal,11sts. ., ~ " Ji t.""­/ M;lss, ¥a.ry P.I~mmer," L ibraria n of ~ ~l'att Ins~ ~ , )tu t e:, .B rook1Yp., Librarians . . 'f ' ... y,

', M)ss M', Carey 'Th0I"8B. D ean of Bryn Mawr, ,Col1elie. Higner Education, '> '

, Mis" 'Annie Laws. CinCinnati. E ducation. , ' , , , Mis . Allce F letcher.' fe l10w of Ha.rvavd Univer- ,

.tty, !, v\rash ingt on, Am ericahts t s. , I, j

" Mr~ . ' p;lristi~,? : La~4 F ranl<l \n, Balt imore, PSY,- , ch,olpgy .. '", . . ,.'

, , I II",,: Morrl. J astron, Phllade1phla, Socla.l E con -,; , om l"". ,' •

,,) ' Tiie:.·~mall n umber of w om en speclal\.!l ts ;)'ll:\o , wlll at~end the' ~xpositlop , from' ,4m!lr:: "Ip,a. i~, \;u~prlSlng:: \, sa!l;l Mr!;', H enr9tln;l, "I~'\ \ ~e)ectlpg the names :L h a,ve \'Inqeavored to se-, !l\jre women from a ll pa,ts ,of tpe countny; ' T he humber may b ll increa se(fby sabsequen t' '

,j ,Qcept hce~'''I\ ' .' ':" 1 "

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,Snap-Shot Artists Who Represent Their Siaters Itt Paris.

iONE IS FROM OHIOAGO

fi3eatrice Tonneson Made Famous by Advertising Vjews.

II ?-"The OtliCIO Is Frances Benjontin John- I

aton, W 'ho 'rook First' Plates of ' Dewey Bud the 'Olympia.

Miss BOOtF.tce Tonneson of Chicago ' fs one of the delegates'who will represent the women ;>hotographers of America at the International 00ngres's of Photography to be held in Paris

, in connection with the exposition Crom .July 23 to 28, Inclusive.

The other delegate is Miss Frances Benja­min Johnston of Washington, D. C.

The appointment of these women is one of strong significance, scot free ot the slightest

' suspIcion of political pull, and bears with It t'he mark of a national reward of merit. The

vsalection of the professional' women upon ;whom, the government wished to bestow pub-11'c -recognition was intrusted to Mrs. Ellen tIcnroUn, whose recommendations, made "from intimate knowledge of the progressive 'work of American women, were immediately ratified by the commission. '

, ,"" For , the subject of the papers which arc , ;tp be presented In French, Miss Johnston has :chosen, . "The Work of American Women' in

f ' j;'hotography," while Miss Tonneson will tell ,pf "PhotograVhic Art in Advertising," The ;J,atter subj ect sounds Ilke the keynote of the ~rlt'er's professional success, and is Indicative ,of Iier, particular.llne of work. ,For this young

S Vestern girl 'heads the field of skillful cater­.,Ills , to the demand for artistic photographs ~lor use In, popular magazine advertising. '';<Wlth ' ali army of self-discovered models at :,<her beck and call and an unlimited' fund of

;orlginal Ideas as to posing and compOSition, )Uss ' Tonneson turns out an astonishing rnumber of negatives, which become the prop­

, ~~!'ty, ordered In advance, of heavy adver­;~Isers, at a pretty stiff price. . ' .. ,. Aside from her 'specialty Miss Tonneson, ,who mad'e her initial, tentative experiments

.: ;In photography as a busilless that a woman ,might handle, in her native state of WiscQn­"sin, has ,established, herself as a maker of I .photographic portraits' of a standard appre- J elated to such an extent that Chicago society

,keeps her engagement book continually filled, ' to the I1mit of its capacity, Miss TOllOeson's

, originality wa~ demonstrated by her Inven-Uon a few years ago of a process which she has

i"CQPyrighted of making photographiC sll­,houettes in black and white; with. theillnes ot 'likeness as sharply d,efined by means of an 'Ingenious arrang,ement of screens, as though

' they had been cut from paper in the old-time method.

. t· 11'lr8t of ,Wom.'n Kodakers.

.!e Iii iooking over the data carefully gathere<l ,to? statistical use In her paper, Miss ·Joh!l­' aton" ''Who 'm'ade her firat kGdak snap shot in c1889" found herself, to her o,wn surprise, the 'onginar woman photographer, antedated in h'er professiol). by no oile of her sex in Amerl-

>. ca: The-character and quail ty of her work tras made her name widely known among all pub-Ilshers of ,photographiC portraits and iJ­

",juatration~/ but that, it: belongs to woman, ; modest unassumIng, ye~ businesslike, antI fairly 'b/lmmhig' ' 0, 'er , wtt,h talent, is not so

-u niver",jOll.Y,.kIt,Q, "' t,h,~ 13ignature, "F. Ben­. jamLlf; Johnst(j~:' '. h 'apipears on her neg-ative :'oj,s not ' ln ca:tfYs,'of the sex of the aJ:tist:' ' " > "

It has not been the qualf y oiner worK alone that bas placed Miss Johnston high in her profession, altbough that has th'e reputa- I tlon of satisfYing e.ver'y one concerne,d'except the young artist herself. That has been aug­mented ,by her exceptional ability to secure excluslve . photographs of famous subjects. \Vashlngton is full of them-men of national Importance, scenes of international signit­'ieance, men and women 'bf literary orsocial renown. A foreign consulate is not more dir­ficult to obtain than the privllege of photo­graphing either individuals or groups. ' So ' claim the camera artists who work for it, scheme for it, pray for it. The reqUirements include, M they say, first, ability to secure in the briefest possible t.lme a likeness, the reproduction of which will be an artistic success; second, unlimited tact, or an offended sitter ml}y forbid the publication of his pic­ture; third, inevitable promptness to the Infinitesimal fraction of a second of bis ap­pointment, and a patience beyond that of the Biblical precedent of the boils, with whli!h to meet the oft-repeated message, trans­mitted through a Une of confidential secre: taries and colored messengers: "Too busy to­fay. Appointment postponed." "" Miss Johnston's success-in obtaining these <pictures of difficult subjects has given her an :enviable ' standing with publishers. Para­,mount among her achievements in this line is the famous group picture of . the peace jprotocol. ·The photograph was exclusive,

I 'and th,e negative was sold tor $200. Prior to this' was the widely reproduced photograp4' ,of the Cabinet ladies of the first Clevelan,l :aaministration, and a recent success was th~ :

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I I

I attracted widespread attrotlon. A famou's psychologist has asked pel'misslon to repro: duel' them on magic lantern slides to, ilIUB" trate his lectures on "Child Study,'; and 11 well-known PI1 blisher has pet! tioned tlrell' use in illustrating a book on, the theory of modern pedagogy. The work of Hampdeq. institute has be~m lIIustrated by her In a like m,anner.

Amollg the successful women professional photographers, examples of whOSe> best worIk Miss John&ton wlll use to Illustrate he '

, paper, are: , Mrs. Gertrude Kaesbi€'l' and Miss Ben Yusu! of New York, Miss Farnsworth ,of Albany, Miss Watson and Miss Well of Phil adeiphia, and Miss Van Buren of Detroit.

The programme ot the work to be carried out in the sessions of the congress oonsists of five sections. They are: 1. Phy&ical ques > tions relating to photography. 2, Photc;>- , I:raphlc materials. 3. Ph.otogra.phlc chemis try. 4. Terminology and bibllogrephy. ' 5 Legal and professional ques.tions.

FRANCES BENJ. JOHNSTON, BEATRICE,TONNJi:SON. ' , I ~~~~--~i~~~==========~~~~~~'J

lI'0up of 1111'. MyKlnley and the members of :the present Cal:iinet- ,)

Got Picture of Uewe:r.

To Miss JohI',ston a New Yorl~ syndicate in­trusted the dellcllte- and difficult commissl9n of photographing Dewey, and the Olympia, ~nding her abroad to intercept the Admiral, then on bis wa:j home, at ORe of the 'Euro­pean ports. The offer was made and accepted, by telegraph. With only a few days' prepara- I tion, and no' assurance, /Save that Of past experience, that she would even be aHowed to board tue Olympia, the plucky yotlngwom7 , ~ iI~Tiea ror the other Side, reaohed Naples "'" (\ay the iia,shlp did, and sent back photo-

': Jraphs which were reprcduced in I;learly ,very 'Sunday supplement in the country.

I 'One of them, the print of which Dewey said, , "It is the best portrait I ey.er had," was used,

,'] .n repousre, on the immense loving ,cup, now In the National museum, for which countless

, 11Irnes weN contributed by the nation's little '. ones. ' 'i: Some examples of Miss JOhnston's ;j lustrative ' work with her camera form a :,\1JIique feature of the educational exhibit of , the United '. States, at the exposition. This I

exniblt: conlljsts ;of a 6cries of ' photographs I _ lliustrating the, e'Volutionary system, ot edu: '~ ~tlon,emp'loyed by the pubUc sChqols of the .1 ' plstrlct ot-, Columbla. These pictures, 'In ~i .... hleh the maker has departed"with Btlii'tllng - originality,.', fr9m · tl;le ' conv6ntlona'l method • of makin, ~u'.. hotosrnphs. hay. alr.ead~

"What of the Night?" -Thorn Edward Tunnison, Tenor.

"What of the night,, 9 watchman? Turn t" , h "

East thine eyes and, say is there any token of ~ t~, e dawning , in. :the skie~~4. ~ do the shadows

linger; :£ij lips" aretfi ' d ·and dumb with never a word of ' gla II ;tHat the tart; :ng morn is come?

Then answered the patient watchman from the mountain's lonely height, to the waiting souls in the valley, I can see the breaking light! There's a glow on the far horizon that is growing more wid,e and clear, and soon shall the sun be flinging his splendours both far and near!

What of the night, a watchman, rises to thee our cry. .Prophet divine of Nazareth, make to our hearts reply. Over ·the earth's wild warfare comes not a time' more, fair; swords into ploughshares beaten, pe'ace throned everywhere? Wait, said the Heavenly Watchman, thy spirit quail; strife shall not be eternal, harmony shall prevail. Battle clouds all shall scatter, hatred shal I be outcast, love's ever broadening glory break on t~e world at last!"

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~roSTLY COME NOWADAYSFRCHI T:a:E" PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIE~, ,. \

M:UC~ of tb,e Recent. Art Hu Its orl&'i~ i in the Negatives of Skillful Picture- \

Takers-Users of the Camera Have I TheiT Studios and Their List of Pro- •

fesslonal 'Iodels - TracIe Secrets

~evealed by One of Them.

IT Is getting extrem&ly unsafe nowad,ays

, tD Inquire tDO cl'o.seIy Into the history ot • . the various wDrks ,of fl.rt which are ex­

hibltted fDr sale' In Chi<lago show wln- , dDWS. Whether they are photDgravures, '

, etchings, 'IIthDgraphs, water-color sketches', : ,01'- even .. el~borate o.j~ _ ~aI!,ltingS signed by ! s'ome ris,ing artist's name, the stDry ,of how

. they cam& to be 1s nkely tD show somethJ.ng c'f ia digression from the'stralght and na~row path alo,ng which examples Q.f the tru€ light Dr genlus are expected 'tD arrive. FDr, If the whble truth were known, It Is more thai}

' probable that the great 'majority of these re'cen t ,pr,oductiDn.s have had lhei>' origin In photographs. . 8',0 gren t are the Inroads whlcli tile 'phDto­graplj is making !I~to the r ealm previously ruled by the brush It Is scarcely an exng- ' geration to ' sky the photograpli g~llElries

i are getting to be;1 the centers of pDpular art I in ,the :co'mmunlty Instead. of the old-time_

t painter's s,tud,l os. " ; hiS seems to be growing If

the mDre true on account of Hie inc!easlng tendency of business-men to use the prod­ucts of the work of artists for adlVertlslng

_ purposes. Given an artist WhD has an ,order I fDr a pDster expected to d.isp)ay a particular br'and of soap" a new Idea in bonnets, Dr a special kind of coal, this Is how he Is Ilkely

W1LL MAKE A , STUDY IN. OILS. :' tD go ,about his; work: First, he prQbably tr~e,S Ij.n .. art company and s~rches' through , Its coll,ectlon ,of' photographs' for a sulta~lt -picture to serve as a sugge,sUon, If he d notdlnd' either there or at the larger , &,ra;ving companies what ,he w,s,nts, fie;" I

'pllies to-a chlVer_pliDtDgrapher t<111:8s18t I\lm., Then the Iatter. tak~s a plpture fDr the pur­pDse In' view; w~U~ . the artl~t'. l;uPJllles, t11~ " ~

. cDlor and lettering' ready fDr the lIthDgraph­ers, Usuall.y it is nDt so much f ,QI'm a~ , ide,a$ ,

:the artist wanrts. " '.:! "" " ' Or' sl1Ppose "the desired pic,ture is :t por­

tralt -' sketch :' 01" 'study' in water \!oI<l'rs or',· Qils.,, '.If tb.e~~rt,lst Is pDpular , ~n{}j1gb.. tD "be , Dverw,orked ,<;Ir i.f he Is defiCIent In )d~a~'l agalq' lhe si{lllOf the Photogra, pher Is c~J).ed in ' tD ' help out.' '''A nttle"lde'alizlng, allttl'e ' freedom ,of · execution, and, ' a ' cle\oer': ~ahdc ling of color' and the picture Is finIShed. , But the credit for what'!n It Is o\,lgllf!l-I and Ideal is, largely due to the unknqw\1 man- l

. Ipul:ator' of the' camer!L. ' '" " \ DDwn 'on the , Squt):l Si<:I.e" of the :qlt,y, IS ~)!,

c lev~r young woman ,who has fall-en I~ wit!} ! the po,pular trend! ln ,art matte,s, and, Is d,~~ , voting a eonslderab\<l portion of her time, as

, w"U ,as that of ,h,er plcture-ta,klng e~w.l?; ,!lshment tD ,photography for art pUrpeses. She has h~r list of models-and It Is l!, 'long , one-her special pieces ' of scenery' for back­grounds, every !,-ppllance whlc,h the w9.rk d~- ) mands,:'and ahDve all 'an art eaucatlol1: She '

,- takes pictur.es whIch are sought after l)y th" art houses and, the <trtlsts themse.lves, for she is fertile In Ideas as well as clever In ex-.

' ecutlon. This Is some of th e Ins ide history , of much of the a, rt work or the cty, as ShOW, n I by the· output 'ot her studlD. , , TIl'e younli\' woman 'ls Miss Beatrice Ton"- I 'neson. She"has '" a bOOk In which ·she. keeps ' th~ ' name'$ Qf her ' models WhD , are WilUnli\' ,

" ;0 Po,se' for my ney. 'l1he ~Ist contains memo­randa. ofOthe 'particular excellencies of , face

' Dr form , whlc,h ' , each sup:ject :~ po,ssesses. To .Jhl~ .r,!?,C9nt s,he Is' constantJ~, ad,ding, in

' ilie following manner: . ",,' ,,/ . j ': W:h~.;' 1_' l!,m , ~alk.ing alDng the street, " '

she says, "or alll In a stDre and see a ' per ; 1 son wh6 ' strikes' 'me as particularly des\I'-, , able "for a ' model I u suallY s.top h,e~ , rlglJt I on the ., spot and, tell ,h er what I want. Of ! CDurse, I have to use a little discretion, bU~' 1 i am almost never refused: People working .In shops and stDres often strike my fan,cy, 'l.nd as a rule they are a.1I w!l1lng to pose. n Is this kln'd of 'people I 'Use largely, with cnly a few models who make their entire

, livln~ by posing for artist~. " "The great difficulty Is In finding sub­jects who are beautiful enough of face or to I'm tD serve the purposes required. I have 'nDw several orders requiring a. conslderabl<; fd'isplay of fig,1,lre, which are wanted as soon as possible, ' but for whIch It Is, hard to I'et , as good subjects as I d'eslre. This difficulty s more true ,of forms than faces i" and;whei'e

boPh M'e required to be beautiful the task ' .1\\ conSiderable." , .. ' .

Photographing Professional lUodebo , When' these' rriod€ls arrive fDr llo, sitting they are paid .in ' advance a.nd: requ ired .tD Sign, a statem.mt to the effect that they give the photographer the entire Tight tD dls~ pDse of their' 'pic tures as h"'" may s<?e fit: This .,procedure 'Is t'ak&n to avo'ld ,,' thetm~ ple~sa.nt consequences which might aris~ In case a relative or frIend, recognlzlngp he of the pictures In an-'aav€rtls!",ment 'Qr, ~lo,w \ window has sePi,ou's,objootions. ' ,t" ,.o,I)ge rti!e prellmlnarles are over with; the '

model Is , give!] the ~Dstume appr9Pr.latll, tQ, " th'e plct1,lj:e, w:anted.and retires to,pf'frpare -for ' ,

the camera. ' In the matter ,of gown",,·and dres,ses 'the studio ·Is well provided, and th.e cDllection ,of acce'ssorle,9 Is larger than that'

J o~ many prolllin"nt ,artists, Necess'a r!1y.the., ,range ,of wDrk- Is extendea, and 'the varIe ty of subjects handled is Immense. For sOme

\ effects perhap~, merely a box of shoe-black­Ing is wan ted, 'for Dthe'I's an elaborate French peasant costume or the gown <;If a Princess Is requi,red, . " .

When costumes and accesoorles are all provided, next comes the work of posing,_ TQ .. this, ', I\.S well as to the handling ,QLih,e lights and camera, Mis,S ':!.'onneson attel'lQ;;: , hei;'se!f, III ,It lies p,racth!allY" lloll the dU,Ij,;;'; culty 'of'prDduclng ah artistic plctw'e. ~W'lien" the model is In pos'!tlon th& corre'c.t prout'.of , , vlew .. ls selected, the curtains and, scr!iens'i;Lr" "

.J'anged sci as , to produce the most beauiI'fuk effec't,s lil' face or fDrm, and , the scenic /l-cJ cDmpanlrnents fixed eX<tct.ly as they;;jhDuld

. be In the real p8,lnilng, tlien the rest Is mere"' ly the technlque' of the photographer'. , - .

'l'he destinatlQns D,f the art and commercial pictures takenln'lhis manner a're ,mapy ... nd varied. SDme ,of the negatives-have been.or- ' dered beforehand by , business hDuses, en­'graving companies, ,and artists, Others ar,a

" .. osoi·bed by the art firms and IIthQgrapherg . .. 'Soma are shOwn to 'the pub)lc jn 'a.lmost 't\:leir original state; others dlsapPl!ar from view forever, and Instead a much chQ.pged piece; ' suggested by them, appe30rs. That is why ' the prevalence of the photographic originals, In art work are nDt more w!deJy known. _____ '

. ' ;r ~

~ ,W,~a~", Bec'l'~~. of th,e N e'&-... ~h>:.;~-o ' ,. 1

Plct\lt ,~~ ~ofJl:~I'j' \l. .., by buslness~h&H8es- ar~' usually turned Into half-to.tJ.!t .. engra.Vjggs ~, 'ttfi'di Olil'ilieaY ' tis ' iil V:Ci-ilslng mEltter ShOl't!y '

. ,,,,U~r,Wal:~S .. al~?st.: !!xactl! 1'! ,lb~~Orjg,!ti'a] ,.' - ~hil.pe~ - ' Wh~,fe art' engraV)ng" compa,ny 'ir)~'

tervenes, all kinds 'of ~ffects- are' produced' by, means of enlargem'ent, reducHpni color- ' lng, and .. the add.ltlon oflettering andJ scenic 'accessories. Postel' artiMS' use but the out­Unes, putting on their color ,schem &s tD suit themselves, and addJng the lettering and decorative work to fil the particular case. OccaslDnally a specially beautiful piece Of , work will be the original ,of a ,s'ketch In water colors 'Dr oils, which will hang In an exhl,blt ,of recent art works. , .'

But the mDre ImpDrtan.t ' an& frequent .. 1. destination 'of ,a ' 'negative Is the ope l eas~t gen.erally -known-·the attcomPitnies." There ' are several large concerns in this 'country w,hich dleal In pl)Pu.lar art works, Th~se companles'/ have their agents thrqughout the principal cities on the lookout for es­pecially attractive plect's In their Une.When one o,f these buyers se<l a phDtograph ,t.hat· appeals< to him as a Ilkely ,original f or a " commercial picture he Immediately proceeds to make :v,lgorous ,effDrts to secure,.ft, ', If 'he' succ'eeds, the negative Is .sent ,tD the gen­'er-al works ot the company, anll then the grand tD!lns.fo,rmatf,on proc&ss begins.

When the picture In question, appears ,to , pub11c 'gaze It may be In anyone Dr al.1 of six 'Dr ,\1, dO<l:e'n different s,hapes.. It mey all!o

.. be e{tlarged and redue'ed Into half a d"Q.zen dlfr.C!rent llizea. H may appear as an 'art

Aotograph, a carbon r&,produ<lt\on; or, a , pJ:l,otognavure. '0.1' It may slmvly be an 0'1'­djnary photDgraph co.Jored ,by hand so as to represeTht ' na.turat tints. But m'Q,re lIl~ely t:~n' anythijlgelse it will probably appear

j ill 'a Utboograph;' 'reprpduced by one of th.e . n:umerous color p rocesses Int,;. :a pic ture of gre~t s'elling a.,bUity amOUlg the ,middl e. classe's, Other po~slbilltles Include copIes In .

I craYQ-n; p'a.st€l; water colo,rs, or oils--In , fact , i about all th€ specialties of the pepc!1 and

brush. But, a picture which grows IntD all , of these man.y ramifications' Is in fact a real work of !,-rt. _' _",;...

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NEW FAD OF'CAMERA Silhouettes the Latest Di,s~

covery in Ph1otography.

WORK " OF A WOMAN.

Young Professional on the South

Side the'Patentee.

RESULT OF ARDUOUS STUDY.

Examples (In Exhibition in a, Wabash

Avenue St9re.

HOW THE OUTLINE IS SECURED.

When Solomon declared there was nothing new under the sun silhouettes had not been made with a .camera. That Invention ha~ gone on the patent office records as the latest achievement of a modern wonlan, and the faa·hlon . for the silhouettes of our grand. mothers' , time, touched up with a few nln.e. teenth century Improvements, has exper­Ienced a sudden and viole·nt revival. , The invention is the r esult of months of

, p,atient working and experimenting on an

I idea which origl.nated in the brain of a South Side young woman. She came from Osh­kosh with her sister two or three years ag'o, bought out a studIO In Michigan boulevard,'

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I a Ihung out' a. sign" Photographs." The 'Yo ng women finally reaped reward for'their 'enterpris,e and industry. Then came the sllhbuettes. r '

. Aftere months of trials and fallure!\, , o~ hopes and fea.rs, the satisfaction of success was attained. In an· art store window ',in Wabash av=ue this mo·rning is an exhibit ~n which art critics are interested ·because of its novelty. It Is a. collection of the 811-) houettes. They are an improvement Qn the old method, for the camera catches expres­sions which were never outlln·ed with scis- ' sors.

Ninety-nine out of every hundred of the passersby recognize the likenesses, and the hundredth man falls only becaus'e h e h as not seen the originals. There is 'the kindly face of Ingersoll, and the features of Le Gallienne, and the familiar visages of many another well-known personage. The effect of the outline Is heightened and Intenslfi~d by a mat of dull black cardboard.

The process of making the photograph s1lhouettes, according to the innventor, is simple enough when you know how it is . done. The proflle must be a1justed at exact­ly the correot angle between the camera and a pane of frosted window glass. Then the camera, Is placed at the correct distance from lthe sitteri then the young w()man sur­rounds hel1 subject's head with a few white screens and some black o'nes shaped like fans ·and mounted on adjustable frames, takes a 1lew professional squints, presses the button, and there you are. You can't deny your Identity, for it is down in black and white.

MR5. CHAS.

J1ENR.OTll'f

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TIlE rO~N~ WOMAN

WHO /1AKE5 THE ' ~llHOUtTTEJ QOBT. HALL WllE.b

WMO LOOKb

. AFTE~ 'rHE. PATErtT. "

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FOIlJII. It OS' .... 08B.1jI~U ... ;-:i,i."J. . , ,,", ~8 ~~~~L_J:.' .l!PNq .. ~f1.

Miss Beatrice '''Tonne8e,, ' /~o ' :kepreiliD~ l A~e"l~an PhotOf!' ;·MT.rh~~g ~ in -·, Pa.1-(M ·. \ ' ;,

, !MiSr. : ,Be~!riCe · Tonn.e~e~. fo~ni'er~y, ~'r ' tllis city, but .now of C'hlcago, whe're shf?" hasJ succeeded .itIga,iniu'g ll- place among the ·forern0.st· i>hotographets 'of the .coun" try, . has ':b'~eiI-. honored Wi.th a n . app~int-' ._'- . -. --~,- '

....

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, , 1\11.& Beatrlee . TOnne."D.

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Unique !,nd P':?f1t .... ble , O<;cup~tlon of TW!J

, , Chlcago '~o.~en. \.... ';,;.'.

To Miss ' Beatrice Tonneson and her · sist'er, Cla;ra Tonneson Kirkpatrick, be­i6ng~ the honor ofllav.Ing originated' a l,lN~iiean4 sUcce~Sifti~ ~et~qd o~ pro~ , duc~Iig; . ·adveI'Usements. When. Miss ' TQ~ft~SdjJ; whose ' work as a ,pdttl!alt ph6i~g'rapper is already wellkIiown all .

I -~. '<"If . _ I

over5tJw T$pite4 'St,ates, decid~d to , co~e to' Chicago in 'search' of' a wide); car,ller, he~ sist'e~, ' Mrs.:;'Kirkpatrick, furth~re~ ',

.the .ilrhJ~ct.iri' -nuinberleSs helpful' wIlYS. " A year : lateFshe cake .to Chicagoher~

~'Self to take .b.p the business manage-

I'm'~ilt :of her ( iI'is,ter's studi6/ she being ' ·.one df the "uob.@rn managers" pre(les­ttiii~d ttr;'"succesS j °ina;ll~ tP.eir' und~rtak­Il;\g;S;' I!.nd in he~, bUsy , brain, it is said, tlie "Tonn'esoh' inod€ls," , now ,attaiJling to r;'me ahd fortune :, the' world oyer ~ wer ' I~,~r.st , b.Orn, '.'/Ma~~ :OfOoth~ '~ c,i'e,x,~~

" ertismg', lde!l,s ;of, whWh ,. Ml:SS ' • .'~o~;;.~. , ne~oii!'ma,kes" a I1pecialty a;~so 0:'ly.5 ,tl,(~i:f

'1 iIir to Mrs. )'KirkpatricIDv'''NJ;:'i'k:':'~:~ e . dea once' :1;iid~l\$tdod;i,li6' \re'~:

'Y, the two 'cfe't~i ~i,st'e~ijwork' thfl;ll :> toge t'her: , th; ~ucces~ :of' fueir :ef'-:

S ~e~~~'p ~~ved' ;. bY ,:th:~: ffi<lt.tha;ti6~- ' , .cgme to !he Chicago wc;map" p~q,-,

,> ~Q ;'raplYers from a-lmost every ( l'arge 'ment to repre{lent the A1,I1erican photo,g- i'Cl . in the \. wo'rld. The !l,dvertising 'nphers at the ' PariS exposition, 'Miss ; ~ilk~ . accordrng to these two bright .Tonnesen . lias' -accepted the apPointment 1~,e:X;Pbhe'nts of it, olLers the wide~t pos-1~a:n.d -inn;' ends to sail in Jun'e:'[' ',:c ;~-::-. I 7il.JIb. le scope of o':n::ortunity and. variety ' !Mi~ T!l.illlesen'~, WOTK i;J ... ,,pMto~r~p,hY' •

... . .. ' , oJ;" h " i c n the 0 dabor; In the m:d{ ;ng of the beautiful 1 ~as' ,broug,lh,' er nto p rommen _ e 1 .". " j\\iestern ,. me~r.opooJis and her productIons pwtures- someti mes c alliI\g for the it,W. {)(in.sidered as lpeing works of art. Tt) ~ 11rse of as ma ny models and "proper-:be chosen a:s ~ i epresen rative of the pho- hes'" as, would b'e need'ed for· the pro-· {';gr(lPhers ,e'f · oAm.eric~ is 'all hOllor ,of " d,~ction , cif an ord:nal'Y. play-both Miss 'VI;i.:ich she ,may justly feel proud. . T1>n-ne'son and h er sister Hc; d the gre'at-

'-., , .' .~'iH ' ; ,oj. ':;'" I l est delight. The studio wOl'k is all done ! ·Themarrlage O«l"OJqt A'·d89tl~erd, ._da;Ughte r.· b<'" the ·prett' .. YOU E:?: p.hotographer her-

, of Mr . . and,Mrs. JoFd~Xnofleia , 3337Ca;.ume 'J , ~ ~ I' aV,enu~, . to eMax' ~age:l).!a.!llK:::~lll ·i:\dte .p 'ace ~ I£@lf; t6 Mrs. K irkpatrick belongs the l t~IS eveni!l8' at the,=e oJ-the bl:ide. Onty j' c"l)dit due to the successful en,o:;ineering I';, e Im~ed~ate ~~)~!~~i: !!1r~e p_~~Een-t: I 0: the complicated, prelimin aries which :~. ,Mr. ' and, Mrs . . ~l;YeIt ~~oSpal~ !ng are In : n'tftke a "Tonne8on picture" so valuable ;Paris. ." .' .;;-ro::.... .:!J ~ " " I in the opinion of advertiSing managers. '

MIss B~terlce To:;;~~~;:a~'I;ot'eri\letropoie, ~tU.....:~--~=::====~~:....----JJ \ ' 1s spcendln,,_ the 'mo~h"'O'(lo~ugUst' In C0io- ' ,

I rado, MIEs Tonne~o,n , \t:'8S officially _ap- . pOinted to r~present!I!!Ie wihl1~n photograph-ers of America at t~ P:!'f.ti> eXposition, but ' v::a'8' kept at home bY.cllr b;$lth. From Col.L Grado she Wi~1 ~ro~~tr;S-$ft~~U~ _

"Ladles' mght~' wUh,:p.<;1 oobserved at the :Kenwood Club th·ls~y~ .I".[V: .:~ , ,. ~ + -'·~ ·~ 7 "-..;: .-- . . ' Mrs. E . F. Rowland;! 7,001 ' Stewart bo;nle~ vard .. is sp.~n1:ling t'h'e"inonth ·of :August ' at

. t~eDelis, W;:scori~ln, " .:, .. (." -~',: :-. . -+ + , ~ 1'" '.( :

; 'Mlss Ethel Page" ,4747 RJl'l'b.a'rk !lvepue, Is · n (e gil~st,'Of Mr~. ::W\!J!!un' Ne'lson Pag,~ . af Oconomo~c... ~ ..t,; ' :.tl ,;,..~ .'. ,.T ) '",;- -.--r,

, 'l4rs, Arthur Cat~n :Js ~~t- '6ari~!}ad fi~ a -month'. . .'. - : _.7,· ,,' ,.

Mrs:, ~d~a~'d'~N~:.Jt~;.h~;; ,~e&fned to ,Ch'jl,rle,:volx:. ,She: ItBos as ·'hel' :guest Mr's,Ed: ward ·S. Elllcott: ·' :.' , ' .:.' e, >.. '.-

..J..o ..!- ..!... • ~

'- .Mr. antl,Ml's. F:' M, i:~W~Od; A'-nd daugMel"s, 44ro Mlch1gan, avenue: =e at Mackinac. .

• oj. -:-- ".::-:+ -:;:'v. .",. ., . " Mr. and' Mrs . . R. R. Ca'ble and Mrs. Ber­

nJlrQ, Rogers ar'Ei;at ·(loJor.a.do .Springs. · .,. , " '+ + "<: -+-; --- ". .

· , Mrs-. :)charles ):>fC'\t!nson' 'Or .tll'e ··. WaJ ton', M:ssLouis~ Boyd ;lind Gordon' !Boyd,. will

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,MOOE,F(N PHOTOCRAP~y. -t V'

An OrniiOllh Glrf Make!O ~ • Specialty of P.~ot~gt"aphtnr; Artis!s' Mo,-tels .. ""

iDown on the sou th side o,f the, city is 6>,

cteve.r yOUDtg! woman who, ihas,fallen in wIth t'lie popular trend in art m(l!Lters, . and ',is de­voUng, a consiMr'a:ble portion of her 'time, as weill ' as tha'b olf fier 'Pi·c>bu~-·tek:Jl·g · esta,b.

.' \ishment !O lIh(}t~FalPhY. for art. pUI'l!lcY/les, IShe !h~.s· hel! l:Lj;.t of !Mde,j.s-and it ,is a .Iong,

, om'El-'h€1I' special 'Pieces. of scenery ·for back­; grounds, every a~pliance 'whicb ,the work ' demandg, and abo~e al\ an art educ'afl?p\ 'She; takes ,plctu-res -Wh.:clh are sougM after by !!he art houses and the arti~ts thems~l,veil. ,far siha'is ,fertile In id·ee.slas well as ele-ver in: execu,tloll!. , \ Thi8 ~s .som,e of the insi&,.; 111s-

I 'oory' of mUlCh olf -the 90Ft wOirk of Ih.Ei city,

: as ' 9h0iwll! .by the out:put' of her stud,lo; '" ~he young _marl Is iMiss :Beat,tce" TOll1n,esen.· rStle :has a ~k . ,in which she keeps' ·th~

\ na,ln€.s pof Ihe-r models- who are willing ,to I>O(se . !fO! 1)Joney. The list epntai~' , m~­o,randa of the particular exoeUenc:es-6f face

, or form' whkh each subjoot possesses>-- '1'0 "tilts Y€cOl!d she .I~ coMtan>tlY· adding lrt the IfbUo>wing manner:' "Whe·iJJ 1!' am wal,kin.g

"alo>ng the sheet,'" She sa:ys, ,"or am tn a ' store; and See 'a 'lpeFso>n wh,o sh"Ul:es me as partiou!.arly desi'rat;le ·fOl' ,6. m{)d:el 1 u!ruaUY' s'bOP Iher rig-ht em tlhl:'t spot a~d tell iller 'what I want. Of COUll'se, I Ihave to> use a IHHe discretion, ' but 1 am ~lmQ~t never re'fu~~d . People wo·rklng to' 'Il'il d:ps , and stores OIflen strike'm:y fancy, and as .3. rul.e. they a'~ willing to .pose. It is' this kind O'i' p,eople I use lal'g,elr, ,with only' a ,few , clodels ,who make their / ewtire living _ by Ijl.osing: ;for 'al'tists. .

\

"The. great difficulty is in, fi·nding sub­, jects , ,who. are bea~~i1'uij eno:ugh Oif face or 'f.orIU to serve the ' purposes r.equired. I

,have. no>}V sevell'al 'ordel\S 'requirfng a con­siderable displiiy 1:>f figure,wh:ch are, wQnted as ,soon. a,s ,possible, but rior ,whielh it is , hard too get as good subjects as 'I d-esire.

'\ Th'.s diffi()uHy is !!pore true oi, furms than ! fac~s, iand where bot~ arl' . requii'ed to be I b€a,u~lful ,the tas'k is considem:ble." Willen' ', ohese mo,dels arrive ;foc a sittmg they are 'Paid in ad,vance ' and, required to sign a sta'tement to the effect that they give ' the photographer vhe entli'e tigHt to !'Ii'1'Pose of ' their piptures as he may see 'fit. I Th:s pro­c.ed:u,,\, is ta;ken ,to a:void the unpIeasa'nt consequen'e€s which mlgiht ar)se in case a relat!ve I O>F ririend, recognizing o.ne- orf ,ilia 'pI>p.tures in; a·n advertisement 'o,r shO~ , win- , do.\v,y. lhas serious object:O>ns. Once the .pre­liminaries are over 'With, tqe model Is g:ven ~he 'costume ap\propriate · to the 'picture

,wallJted and retires to IPre'pall'e ' ·for · the caml!ra. lrl! the matte~ of gQwns and dresses the studio> I$.... w~a ,provided, and the col,~

lection of accessories lSI larger t'han (lmol at ' many ,prominent a:il' t~sts. · Necessa,rilY >the

I ranie ,O'f 'Work , is extended, anq the V!lr.iety .

. of subjects 'hflndlcd is Immense . . For spme l effecbs lPerhalls: merely a box of shoe-black­ing I-s wanted, .fbr ' o~hers an elaborate ,~j.€l'l'dli peasant c,?stume or the &,ow'n ' ~ a prlllJcess is requjr~d. , ' ,,' ~ \, - - \, . ' I Whe? co~tumes 'rOd ' acces~ries are aU

I p~ov;lded, next com;es theV(o>rk 60{ ,po~ng,

To this, a!f well , as '-to ·l'he hag:d.ling $Iff the

I lights and camera, MisS "Tennesen' et;tend;!, 'hery,el.f, In 'i~ Hes 'Practica'liy a:1i ·t,b: . ~ ;f'!i- · 'culJy·o'f 'Pl'oducing an art!~ti{l prc ture. When . the ~Oder is 'in pos:·lion. t:li,e corr~t' point 61\ ' view i~ , select{ld, the curtains and,.'scref d .arranged so as to prodUce ' the mOl3!t ' b~u'l­. !~) effeots In rface or riorm, and the":>{)enil:: a{lcom,pandlJJ€llJJts ' fixed exaetlY as \ th~y

·~ould be ,in >the r~l painting, then ;be rest. ,J,l>marel'1 the ~edhniCJ,ue of the. p.b;ot~,'ipfier. ' 'fhe de~t!,l)i(I<ti0rs or the art and cO!inm~rcia!' ,pl~tl\lres tilke.n.In.; this::mal):mef are. many ~ v.ar:ed. Some of· tihe .,negativeS have been or~'

, ~-ed befaren\IIJoo .by business 'hol,lses; , en- , ;g'fu:viog OOGnpanies and" ~rtll;jts. Qthers a~e.

jabSOCbed by ~)'~art firms: and 'lltb~hers S',~me are ~bown to the',publ!.;! in a!mos~itheir original ~tate, OJ::hers' disa,ppear from view ~rever, and instea'd' a. ' lllIuch ,chang:ed p~ecp., ljuggested .'by them appears. '. Thab ,Is-l rwhy , the IPr&VaWn{le ' of the photo,ira.ph!c orig­inals in art 'W>orrk are 'llIot more , :wIdelY:, kooswn. ~ctu~es ordered 'by bus;ines~-hous'es

, are uSUJally turned Into halif-tone engravings ama ap:poor as ad"ertising mat-t,er .Shortly

' a1'terwarO!s, almost! sxactly' in the OI'iginC3!l • . I . sihape. W.h·ere,an engraving COIJIlpany inter;. ven;,s, all k inds 0:1' effect~ are p1'9duqea:· by, Imeans o-f eillargement, reduc'lion, coloring, '4 arid' the addition bif . ~eherll'lg' · an'dSfeniil" ac.,. c~ssorles. !roster aFtl.st~u~~ b\,l't the , ?~tl~neS; puttin€l OnJ .t'heir coaor schemes to smt mem-, selves, and a,dding th;e leHering anC\- decor-

· atlve work to fit the part!c,u·lal' case. Oc­casionally a speCiaUy'breut!fUI piece of 'Wor/!: ·wnl be the original oIt a s:ketch' In , wat~r ' CGI1)fS oc 611s, w1hich' wUl hang; in an ~eJC:hibl (J ()If' recen't arl war<ks.,

!Bu't the iffiOOt !mporta~~ and frequen1. d:es­tinatiOlll of a nega tive Is th~ 'one tea3'e 'gener'- ' ally- known~the art coinpanies. " There are, several large concerns in. this couniry- 'w·hich: deal 'in lPo-pular art ·,wmk,. Th~se compa;nl~fI' have their agf}l1Its \:IIr.oughout i bp~ 'Pt,ii'lCipa;l, citIeS on ~ tJhe ' lookout ' to,r -espetiia li'Y O!trritc t-:' Iv 1P'~ces ill thei'rlini'!. 'Wlhen. ,QUeI. 9rf these tiuy€.rs ·sees a photpgraph <nat) ~p:peals to, j1im as a likely original for a cOIJIlrp.erc\al plc-

· ture he inlmediattl~ proce'l,lds ,to make vlg. arous ,efforts to secure it. If lIe succeeds,

I the negative. Is lre~t to. t'he general l'0rks of the com-pa.riy, and iJheri the grlt,nd 'tpiJsf,or::n­aiion p.rocess begins. When the p:ctuve tn,

· quest";pn a'Ppearsfe: ,puboo ~ze It ~ay , be in, any' (}ne or aJl o!f ' six: or' .a dozen d.jffe,eg,t

, shalP6s. I :b lI"ay- also be en\~rged and. re­dUced int~ Iltalf a. ,aozen dlrf~re;tt. size's • .'It may aQ:lpear as an art P'hot:orgra;ph, a; carboo ;eproduclion oi a 'Pho>oogm,vure, ,' 'Or I<t mruy s:m'Ply be ani ordinary photograph, col­ored by hand ' so, as to r e;present na<ti'i'ral iints. .'But m<;>re likely· 'than anything else' it w!ll probably ap,pear as, a 'lithograph, F~ produced by one of the nmnel'OuS color pro­cesses ihto a plc ture of grea.t .sell!ng ab:lity among the middie .ci~s~~, O:$e1; pos~ibih itles in{l\ude COlP!es in crayon, ,paStel, we..te.l' colors 011' oHs-1n fact abou t 'all the $;pec.la!J ties of the Q:lencil"e.nd bruS'q.~ut I~ Picture wh i,cIh grorws !nrto.all ot t'hese ma,ny' ram!fi~ ,ca.tio'nS1 iSlip !faol a reai 'wad~;Orf ' ~r.t.,:-C'hic.a" go Tribune. , ' '., ·f ,~ , .

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SURPJ,tISED THE PRESIDENT

A. A. Carpenter Introduced to. Hb~ _

Successor (1) at the Weekly Meet­ing of ,the Lumbermen's National , Ba.~k Directors, Held Last Even­ing'.

Last ev.enlng's weekly meeting of the Lumbermen's\Nationalbank directors was. a highly interesting one, in many reJipects. Notwithstanding the usual ,business formalities ' were observed" In order, each member of the board, with the exception of one, had, wrap· ped within himself a deep secret which

they were' inwardly moved to divulge -coul,d scarcely withold its revelation. : At last the time came, when the cat should be let out of the bag, so to speak, and this is. the substance of the matter. Director Somerville arose and, a,ddressing the venerable presi­dent, Mr. A. -A. ,Oarpenter, said, that ' owing to that" 'gen tleman's-Gontinuec'l absence during the past winter, the other members of ' the board, including himself had aS9umed the responsibili­ty oC selecting a sueceSBor-one whom they were sure would be ever present. They had also been careful to select lIuch a one as would serve to keep­green the memory of their president, with ,all his faults. He now had the plea9ure 'of introducing Mr. Oar­penrer to ,his successor, at the same time pulling aside the heavy portiere 'of the ' double side window, rev6'aling a IIfe·size pastel portrait of that gen· tIeman, so true tg nature that the veteran lumber;nan and bank presi·

, dent was fairly started at,his own im· I aite, though he recover\ld his usua1 I

composure long enough to heartily thank the members of the board for the interest manifested in his behalf, , nd trusted that the portrait would serve i,ts p~rpose, and in a, measure make up for any shortcomings on his part. Then followed a gerieral scrut­inyof the handsome picture, and ex· preoeions of good will and long life for its subject. It was a very pleasant meeting, and one which will 'long be remembered.

The portrait which will hereafter adorn the north wall of the president and cashier's 'prIvate office, is from the brush of Brown, the famous Chicago paStel artist whom it will be- reme'm ber­ed exhibited several of his finest pic. tu,rej! at Miss Tonneson's art expos~tion a 'short time since, and the order for t~e: sa~e was filled through thatlady., To say that it is a perfect likeness

. of Mr. ,Carpenter is but telling the truth, as all who have seen it will testl(y. '

THE HERALD notices with plea8u~e the fine 'cuts of Miss Beatrice Tonneljen ~nd her studio b Sunday's number of t he ' Chicago inter Ocean, , The sub ject furnishes the double head for the woman's "orners of that ex('ellent pap­er, and the reporter says many pretty things about her. She is the first lady

, to make,a veture of the kind in Chica go. Her principal forte in the photo, graphic line is the perfection wbich

Ishe has attained of posing bel' sub­jects. The little lady who W,OD so

! many friends in Menominee is not on­ly an artist of the first wa~er, but a most remarkable business woman, and TIm HERALD with a host of other Me, nominee admirers, wish her unparal­leled success in bel' new bome.

The young people vf the Epworth League 'served l'efrel! ments before and after the lecture, making 'it a mos,t pleasant social as well as literary . oC-,

I Gasion. 'l'be M. ' E. church had been ' very handsomely decorated in ' whIte

and scarlet bunting, the colors (ilf the league, and with potted and cut fidwers. .~ white satiIi banner, presented to ~he l society, deserves special m!'ntion. It IS entirely hand ptiinted and of -original i

design, aad a very beautiful and artistic : wdrk, done entirely by Miss B. A.. TOlln· :

, esen, of this , city. All present speak mo~t highly of the entertalDment .v·hich was!a.ttended b,v over two hundred.

a e I

THE HIGHEST POINT. ! ----~ !

That's What M~non:in~'s Most J,1n. j . terprising La.dy Photogra.pher Has

Rea.ched in the Line of Her Chosen Art.

, Miss Beatrice Tonnesen has return(ld ! from Chlcago- where she has been a 'i Dupii of Steffens, the , npted carbon , specialist, over -whose work all Ci}.icago has gone wild, and is now a master of the art. Miss Tonnesen is the onlYI person who was ever sgccessfulln re-I ceiving instructions from the great artist, and naturally feelR highlyerat·, ed. This work is done on porcelain and ivorine-' or other similar materiai, also can be etched on paper, and iii something exquisl~e, far excelling-ear­bonette or other like photography. Different colors may be used. Miss ' To~nersen has just completed a fine i line of thls style of photograph which I she will place on exhibition in Sawyer's I drug store in a few days. The work is certainly the acme of photographic perfection and should be seen to be ap­preciated. ,

Menominee has reason to feel proud of her progressive and highly arti!ltic~

lady photographer.

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\f1~iW.g and Reception. and Ijlth of December Ton.nesen, of this city,

iwl;JVl,.I"'A an artistic opening and re­IIC'Emt:lon at her studio and residence on Main street, on which occa8ion a large attendance of both ladles and ge~tle. men is i-equested. SinCe taking up her ' residence here, Miss Tonnesen _ has made many friends on both sides of the river, and · it may ' be cQnfidently predicted they will be, out in full force upon the days specified. There will be a fine exhibition of everythfng in her

, and those desiring to purchase /.ptctures or fancy needlQ;.work should not miss this o,pportunity. Ably 8S' llisted by Mr. Johnson in her llcture gallery, Miss Tonnesen ranks No.1 in photollraphy, and many have al­ready availed themselves of her skill in this direction. No more acceptable Christmas present to a distant, friend can be tl1ought.of than a good photo· graph, therefore this, is a , most ,excel· lent time to leave your order for the semblance of yourself, that will seem like your actualpresence' to the abRent friend. 'Miss' Tonnesen is also a cuI· tured artist, an.d is .ready to receive orders for oil and water color paint­ings. Not deeming ourself a discrim­inating art critic, we refrain from pass Ing opInions upon this _branch except to remark that nothing adds to ~he' reo finement and beauty of ' a bom,,, more than exquisite paintings, etc. Go in during the opening and reception, and , examine her display for yourself, and we opine you will be satisfied.

Miss Tonnesen wUl have her home neatly and attractively' decorated for t his occasion, and will be assisted by several of Menominee's lovely young ladies, mention of whom will appear latel", in these columns. Music will

I also' be present. and Messrs. Farrand and Moulton will fur nish the same.

'Remember thei dates ' set for the re' ceptions. Do not p)lrchase your Ohrist~ I mas presents until you have seen her , attractions, and do not above all missj tile golden opportunity for. a delight I ful 'hour a t her art studio the dates herein mentioned. Il\usic, art and beauty, what more needed ,to contribute to a pleasant

\tElrnloo,n or evemng? Go!,

and evening is the appointed time for Miss Tonnesen's reception. "Are you 20'­ing?" said a young lady to a gentle· man friend the other day. "Of course!"

young man replied, and they' t?oth walked together and talked the'.matter over. Everybody should gp and view the, 'nice things on exhibi~Jon at _ her

Beatrice 'Tonnesen of Oshko-sli has rented the Ingalls residence on MaIn St_ a nd wilIopen in ashort ti~e an Art Studio_ Miss Tonnesen IS an artist sculptor a,nd ph~tographer, and will ' doubt be quite a,n addition to Menoml' nee's attractions. ,

'l'be reporter was _ favored wit!! :it pri· vate view of a numher of her par in oil and _watel' colors, some of being rexceptjo~ally fine, ,among being "The Vikings daughter." ,"lVlerli "Spring," '!Lydia" and others. 'M Tq,nnesen's -opening will be announced in due time, a nd w~ '.will assure those who' attEll).d much pleas ~lJ'e " ,Miss ' - will' as~ist lier':: in \ he " st,ueii'o

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, . ~ , 'We'l' c' 'oi:nll ,to,·)fenomlIi.e~. " " ~ . , .' , 'J "

. / !tIn 0: A. I #i~kpa~ri~~' ,~ll;~: MrE\: B. . A..Ton',n,esEm ' hl1-ve \ loca~ea liere and ta:entuI> their 'residehce at ; ~tW Main street. ',M.'rs. Kirk,patricl,t eXpec~!! to ~rri,<' on,' a commis'sion ' bueines!! in

"flou'r, leed, etc;, whil~ Mrs, Tonnesen will open 'a photegraphgallery. Tile foi'1ner ,lady is from Escanaba and the 'late'r'froi:n Oshkosh. They will prob· ably bave sometbing to say in regaJ:q to~tbeir business in THE HERA~D \m t 'he' near ' future. We welcome them I io§\lr:City. "

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I, ANew Departure.

Miss Beatrice , Tonneson has refitted her photograph parlors in elegant style. The entire place has been re-modled; it being necessary on account of the great demand for high grade work being done there. The carbon work executed by Miss Tonneson is second to none in the United States; there being only a few other places where such high art in this line has been attained . .. Miss Tonneson can be safely classed as one of the leading artists in the state. '

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I Relnember Saturday afternoon and

evening is the appointed time for Miss ! Tonnesen's 'reCllption. "Are you '!to. I ing 1" said a young lady to a gentle' j ~an friend the other day. "Of coursel"

, tile young man l'eplied, and they both walked together and talk-ed the matter I over. Everybody should go and vie-w t,he?ice things on exhibition at her I st'ldlo.-~n the abo~e date. I

P Miss Beatrice Tonn6!'eo leaves todaYl for Chicago where she will remain ten dlloys studyi~g the latest sty'les in art, needlework and photography. Dur· ing her absence Mr. D. L. Johnson, an experienced photographer from OSh· kosh, will have charge of the lady's studio. -... ..

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Miss : . A. Tonnesen, who recently ~oved her photograph gallery from here to.Chicago, is well received there. On

I Sunday the Inter Ocean devoted two (lOiUmDS in describing her g~~lery and '''ork;and gave tin excellent hKeDess of Miss Tonnesen. All who knew her here win be glad to hear o! her success, ,as ~b~ c;rtainly deserves it, her work bemg I of, the finest q uali ty.

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¥, illS \~*le,"~ 4· 'I,iIl, :\l':ten. returned from Chi~~ ~~4n.~y;~~h, e she purch~sed tlle,.:St~19 p~otogra~h;"p;~ ler), OIl MJJlhlgan , aV~iluii,l\:nd' InftJt.n·s Ti e Herald. that slle ' w~rfeii1dv;;to: tl'iai qIty _nd take Charg'Ei o( the same on August' lSt. ' ~::;he expect1( to sell , out her gallery in this city to au outside gentleman whl> wHl~ .. be here this week to ', ' lopk over tter pre~li'~p~ace of busil,le§.S with:

, tli;~;9,~~!l!y;ieW;o; 'J :' ,~ ,) ,, ;": i ; . ): : Miss Toimesen 18 a very fine artist, and a:

young lady much admired by a large circle , of friends here, all of whom will join with ': :rhe Herald in ~:tJ?,re~~I~n~ ~ ?t~~~r~t;~~.~~r intended removal. ', "

Miss Tonnesen is now the possessor of t,he ' finest gallery in Chlcalto; wltli the exception of ,one.-Menomlnee .. llerllold.. ,, ', .. '

Miss Tonnesen, it will be remembered" visited her sieter in Hanoook, 'Mrs. Allen Kirkp~t~ibIt,i~,i'893: '~ Stili 'iJ ~ 'y6,hlg lady ot m"rk~d ability, .I~lld by her pleasing ways } ' " ,,' . d • ;P.l:t~~1!1i.~1t~~1~~ fr,ien .~_ J~'

A 'Beautiful Yllocht. I The new steam yacht owned by Mr.

M. J. Steffens, the great c'hicago pho· tographer, will arrive here during the sePte~r regatta, and will remain for a few days. The yacht cost $40" 000, and has all of the modern improve· ments. Among tbe conveniences is a I' regular studio and oriental room. Mr. Steffens is a personal friend of Miss T9nnesen, the artist.

,', A"letter ffP~ ; , ~s- Bea~~ioe , Tonn~"l snccessor ' 1D SUen s· Portrait son" . ~ " i

Studio; Chicago, ,states tha"t B~e , 8

much'pleased . \yjth h~r pew ~JlslUeSS , veiltilte, I!on9 finds tbe- changtl ~e.nefl: J oiai andpleaslj.ot. '~ 'H~- ~x- ,

i tends~ oongra,tula.tions. "j' ~ '!

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miss i3eatrice ~onnesen Announces the

~pentng

lReceptton d

of I)er Photographic and ~rt.

STUDIO,

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Frorl) 2 u n Ui 6, al)d f rorl) 7 until 9 P. M. ~ ~,.

"

920 ~atn Street;

Menorl)inee; MicQigal).

1Rcfreebmcnfs.

SPECIALTIES.

J)botograpbv.

"II J)alntlngs.

'WIater (tolors.

:art 'AccMc 'WIorh.

Special Care

'R",kel) with Chlldrel)'s Pictures. ,

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/ ih photbgraplly ' makes , 'h.~gh gra:d~ pictures: ; It

:'\,; is 'nbt ,g?Qd I policy~ to , " send a friend a ,poorly

, " finished pottraitQfyour-, ' self. .A ( poor .

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'J eads .to th~ ' 'it is 'a ~~eap , ju~t as easy to ' .

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CHICAGO. " . I J. 'r " She Baa ~pened a ' Larg,e Photographic

J " E~labll.hme"t ~"ere. , ' A ,new name has been added to the Jist of

'Chicago anti-sts-that of a young woman, and a pretty young won;>an at that. '£he name is Beatrice Tonnesen, and iti owner has become the proprietoI'of one of the largest , photograph establishments In the city., , Miss Tonnesen Is 'a Wlsconsi'n girl, the youngest daughter of a retired merchant of Oshkosh,; ,She' Is ' 21l 'years old and has the large blue

, eyes and flaxen hair which proclaim her a , true de~cenelant of the Vikings. Her ' artist·

ic tendem,cies , were eXhibite,d in early child­I ,hood, and when her playmates devoted their

time-to mak:ng pies out of Wisconsin mud I she ~pent hers in fashioning wabbly-legged , cows, a.nd wingless chickens. She was edu· ' cated i~ a non;nal school in her natlve town, and onl;v two years ago decided to turn her attention to photography. '

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With a wisdom beyond her years, she willingly served a long 'and tedious appren­,ticesh!p, ,duri~g which she ' mastered thor­oughly ,every detail of the business. She , then purchased a gallery in Menominee,' MIch., and remained there until July, with

, the exception of ' two months spent in stuely with one of Chicago'S' best photographerd.

}I'he. opportunity presenting itself in July, she became the owner of an establishment 'on Michigan avenue. "It, came about this way," said the young artist. "I alwaYd wanted to be a business, woman, and I did-

I n: t care to give up my art. So I combintd I the' t""d, and so{ far it has proved a success~ , ful combination." This young woman has 'made a special study of posipg and say!

Miss 'Beatrice Tonnesen.

fhero ,' Is !IlO reas,on why a photographer should , nbt make pictures as well as 1'01'­

,traits. "For thero is suah ,a dlfl'er~Doce," she :declared enthusiastically. "A portrait is so apt to show , only tlie quaUies we do no~ particularly admire in our ,friends, while an, 'artistic picture should idealize, or at leas'V sh..ow the. subjects at their b~st.

,\'1" ,,- ' ~·~l1a.t ' do I think of the new woman?"

' said , ~he l when" 'qJest!oned on the subjec t. "I do 'hot lilte her '811)H. I suppose you w!lU 1h;hlt ine dr~adfllllY old fashioned," she con~ t!ntil!d, ' ''WhC I~,I confess '\bat I 'was never on, ~ bi9YC~e-,bu_tl price, and}hat was when somel friendS coaxed me to mount the , front seat

,.of a .tandem~ ' "What :\tind of a picture do II ' lilt~" !:lest to: ,n;taIte,? Children's, I think. ,Although, after a ll," she ad,ded re!1ectiveiy, "there Isn't;. iP1ich ch.olcq. T-Uere's a supreme Satistae1ion;Y'ou khqw" jn,being able to make; an artistio ph~togJ,'a;ph of anybo,dy, even , a)

ta,\J6l'~maste, mlln. "'--cC,hlcagO Tribune. ,

i 1:1l~t _ h? ;new wo~,an, W'1th ,'her ,'keen. ~_ l I!~M hi , ~thletlo !3pprts , stjlt has; a,n eyeHg.

',business Is evideMed 'bY . tl:ie v,enture ' of ' Mis9 Bea'trlce T ofll1esen. This young', lady has 'equipi!ieda photbgraphic 'studio in this city. ':j:'his) lt 'isbeiieved, is the fil'st Vinture ot its kind' unC\ertaken on an ex tensive scale by a wOll1an ':In Chicago. But Miss Ton­nesen has ),a<lc ,experience and so the move is ,not as venturesorru! for her as 'it would

I be ,for others. Her experience in the schoo~ hadJ taught her that she poss'esSed Jthe fac­ulty of posing the model. Applying this 1nl a large way through amateur ptlo1tography, she found herself able to make the most sat:sfact.ory negatives of face, ~gure, ' O'r groups. Reasoning that success In art would best b~ achieved I:ly following the ' bent of her ta lent rather than forcing it in anather direction, she opened a photograph stUdio in. Menorriinee, Mich. This was her' first tlight, preparatory to the greater field In Chicago.

Mi.ss Tonnesen loves her art. She Ihas opened a large field for Us employment~ first, that ,she may, enhance her talent sec. , and, that 'she may achieve' a busine;s ca:. reel'. Sh e has .'In a !tractive personality, ' youn'g and beautiful, as ,her portrait ihere-" w'ith shows. 'She is but twenty-two year~ : of age, but has the determdhation' to sJc. ~ ceed of one o,f greater age. Her social po. ' silion at home is of the best" while her Ch,icago connections are sucll that she elm .... · nJt but bccome popular here. As she sat '

'lh a corner of .her , stuaiO a f ew days agp, '1 chatting to (t, r eporter for The In ter Ocean, I it was evident that she understood her bUSiness thorou.ghly. A portfOlio ,df pho- I toiraphs, the orig';nals of which had been posed by , h~'t., revealed con-summate excel. lence in ' the most difficulf featt\re of t~ art. 8-he said, wHh a naive smile: "Y.ou iW i1l observe my sitters are all beautiful~' I have studied the art of presenting the most attrac tive side of people's appearappe." '

From this itis eVidentJhere 1s noques,t.\oni bu t that Miss 'I'onnes'en has gz;aspcd the secret of comm ercial SllCCeSS. That the acllievement is not a simple matter is shown by the non-success afm'any photogmphers. As in early times the por trait ' paInter found! it necessary, not perhaps to flatter, but cer. tainly to compliment his su'bjectoll the curt.! vas, so does the photographer, If success­ful, make the most of his sitter. TirS ~ he can ?nly do by propel' pOSing, ~or the c~m- ' era IS trllc to whatever is viewed through it. Miss Tonnesen's studio !s equlp'ped with al! the appliances , for making the various kinds of pho tographs that are now pop­ul r. Her artistic tas te ~:hows in every, de­tail of the decoraUons. It is no taslt that co'nfrop ts\ lJer, 'but ' an al'tistic possibility to be eeal:zed. Instlnctlvely she grasps the oppor tunity , con.tained in the suhject, llnd! bring's about the most suitable pose'. The great beauties, eve'n in pla~n ' faces, found at tImes ' in ' the play of expression, ' ar~ , caught and fixed. Accessories, such' as draper;es and fcir'Ifiture, are arranged to the. best effect. The art value of the sub': ject, in' brief, is Ifroug)!t forward, and 'the ' true "ClomposHion" !pade. Miss Tonnesen ' evldently has graspe'd all th€ details of hel'

I bUSiness . .. With the f~iends 'that h er win- , ning personality will mal,e for her, and

I wit'h the merit o:f~ her worlt, it certainly looks as j.f large -success were befo~

I Chicago I nter Qcean. ' I ,

.- "'_ " 'AJ.~ _'··'·r.e ~/, ~! ·: ~ 7.,~- ~~ ,, :-~_,~:' '< :Ir,r YOUNG '~ WDMltlt PIIOTO,GR"APRER. : " .-~' ... ; ~ __ :-~" ~ ...... I',r ,) r '

~iUI" Beatrice :To}'"e80Ji (;:on:dncts ~~' " ,Leading Ch-iengo Studio. , , "

In :hese emancipated dayso~e hllars 7nU'c~i' of so,ciety ' women 'ai"d of high-born 'fa di,es: , :w ho "go in to trade>' as th.e saying is. Milli .... nery seen;>s to be 'th eir fer te' none times out oJ ten. ' Dressmak ing is also a , paying k ind of' work, while the new tearoom , in' New, Yorjr j seems to have brought t oHs doors the pat~ori~ age of the " fo ur hundred." This dd , whim or necessi:y, as the ,case may be, also extends' -to Chicago. A young woman has 'bought out , ' une of, the leading photographers" on the S qu th' Side and is now in business ' for her:- ' s,elL She is artistiC, graceful to a degree with apparently a fi'atura.l aptitudie ,fpf pOSing, LO which , portion -of ,her ar~

she dev otes" much time, -and , sho,wi! , rather a ieaning toward the quaint and any,. thing like a m iniature effect. Her name .. I~ Beatrice' Tonneson, a nd she pul:s about the ro,om her great , camera, arranges , the light ' and shade and se!dom calls upon her assist::.. 'ant for help, ' , , ' :,~

She was born in Oshkosh, Wis., her -hom\!" being near that of Senator 'Sawyer. She is' rela ted :0- the real John Brown whose. "sou,~ gees marchll!g on," and,eto Oharles Sumner,_ M,iss Tonneson has been"f;ond ,oJ art alWaYS , and studied it early: in life" afterward ~tuelY'· ing photography. Finally her father ,estab'­Us,hed her in busfl1ess in Menom.inee, M:clY.

BEATRICE TONNEISON.

Th~re she first superintended the bUildJnl!' of ,her own studio, and Was 'aft,erward very successflll. Miss Tonneson. came to Chicago I

in 'iu;yahd was In he.r new'.studio 'themonth, foll.owihg. Her home is"~ wi:h Mrs. J. Ells­worth Gross at' 3600 Mich:,g,an av,enu e.

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transform 'Coal Clihkers 'into; ;. . .

A~t Object~ , . ' -':"~

PtIginator of Thisf Wtusual j ,·Id-ea Is Miss Beat~i ~ ·Tonne­

"'son of Winne co ' ft:~ , ' ",.. '" " ' ~,'

Attractive objects '~~rn '¢ fWm coal clinkers is her.~),hobbY no w, I' but the" ar, tis tic car~~t, . Q~ ' ¥iss Beatrice Tonneson of ,WmneconIlle dates ~ bacl} rna, ny ye,ars, according I to the talk she presented yester­day afternoon at the,' meeting of the Oshkosh Women's Museum auxiliary. Her-.brier discussion W.r s ·unusually, w.eU' received and tGe, , members insp.ected with interest i. samplesLot her"newest work. , ~

' :As a" child~hen\.she lived at. Winlleconn~, Miss,:\c;mnesbn ear~iY :{{riew that ';a life l1~t domesticIt:y was not hers and tnat her, amb!'" , !ions ran to artistic channels, she, t.old her Hsteners. She ' cam~ ' t.9 _ Oshkosh and studied photography: ~ , under Cook Ely, who had one, bf ' the early studios here. After ~he ~ad learned the ways of caine~r ' wrtraiture the ' Winneconne . girl ~, pened and ~uccessful~y o,p" ra-t~d ' her own studIO ' at Mannette.1ft was 50 years 'ago; , ,:, ,' __ ~ -,-

Miss ' _ Tonneson's ' g rea t e,s t achievement came when she trajls­ferred her ' business to ChiCago anc!' 'inaintained one of the ' most f a'"s'hionable ana popular stUdiOi <:(?<,Michigai'l ,boulevard. She ~q.m," to: be known for her exceptlOn1'l ' <1:ild models and for pictU:r~~'; ' .0 "

attractive women. Some of ~,~ i'>! lOtographs exhibited ' at .~~ meeting yest,erday bore out,{ tij: fli'ct that 'Miss TonnesoU;s work ';Jl1

! photography was ( outstan~ing. r ' ::In 1930 Miss Tonn~son re~u~ . , '

to' Winnec'onne· ana has res.i~(;l itiere sinc~t~lt ' was compara,tively l,'~cently t~~ she conceived, the'

. ielea ,of mak~g art objects from , 4inkers with .the, aid Of clay,p,ai~t and enamel and "Elsa rellultof ,it &lie' has already received consider­able ·publicity. Sh~ calls the work . 'tMars ware," from the ,God of

ar and many of the models !ijJg­~is.,t , mythil:!al fi, gyres-; -The c~lor­~g and des,ign '-in tl;le cimdlehbld­

' ers ' flowerholder:s,} necklac~S i and o\her artiCles' she showed' Ye~ter-dliy were exquisite. • ,' , ' : 'Before 'her 4alk,' ,after herjntro- I

ductibn Sy Nile J.Behncke;: Miss ' J T~nneson extended her cOlPpli- . Ii:ients to the Oshkosh museum and " to th~ p~ople of the city for mak­l$g s.uch , ~p:, institution ' possible.

"'She ,a~so ,spoke in praise ,Of the '\~.ork ' or :Mr. l3ehnck(l: as director

. "f'-the ' m: " : , . ,dj:::v !:,;Music. . ' ," fneeting ', yester-

'diiy; includ' , s~lections by three voi~e stude-nts ' ofI~an Kortkpmp a~ o.shkQsh High ,59-11:001: The ;'trio, A"q:~s~qFM Jua ' n Vauer.:,,' a nd l;?.atricia ' ~l.m~ . ng three ~l'lutar sel~ "Lamp of Memory," " .' , 't Moon," and '~vetytiIlle,' ; . ... Say Goodbye." 'Pheir:, v6te~~ · blended beautifully. 'l'Hoste'Sseir for the social ' later i!:e;~r~~~rank B(rtts, Mrs.,;E. S. BJlral\O:~i", Mrs. George Genal, ; 1\.'11's. "-Ge'orge' Olp, Mrs. W~!ter l1aefs and Mrs. Henty Johnston ,

OSHKOSH DAILY NORTHWESTERNJ)

ecklac~ Exhibit at ,Public Museum '/' 'Owes Its Existen,-c;e to Latest Hobby Of Versatile Miss BifQ,trice ~onn~,!_' _ , Miss Beatrice ; Tonneson, for­

merly of Winneconne and now of Oshkosh, who has added the mak­ing of necklaces to her art hob­bies, currently has an ' interesting exhibit of her newest of collec­tions at the Oshkosh Public mu-

' seum. ' . Shown in the special case in

the front hall on- the museum's first floor, the display contains 20 , necklaces made from glass and cryst;:ll beads Which Miss Tonne­son spe'nt considerable I time in cellecting. The necklaces' include I crystal beads, pearls and colored beads of all shapes and hues, beautifully strung and made into I il).teresti~g patterns. [ ,

Feminine viewers of the 'exhibit wi!). admire one of the strands of ci;Yslal and pink shown against a r gte~n stain background. Another, 0'1: pearls, emerald colored beads , and crystals, sparkles brightly un­der the light thrown upon it, and still another of pare, ~blue and white is dainty and chMlm ing.

I " 'V.---r , When Miss Tonneson w:~.nt into her new hobby she alsQ made a study of the history 6f ,' beads, I ,which were among the earliest of

'rnaments. Beads, she learned, were found tn the earl~ Egyptian tombs, ,glass baubles ,:were used by the~hoenicians for 'trade and i\re st~ll treasured by African chiefs and history reveals ' faSCI­nating stories of kingdoms lost for ' a string of beads or countrie~ be­ing ' mortgaged by some special necklace.

Stud"ying the , actual making of glass beads, it is learned that a mass of glass drawn out into a long tube is cut into pieces about a foot long as the first process. I These pieces are then annealed and cut into smaller sections to be placed in a rotary drum, with charcoal and plaster, and heated over a furnace. ' By rubbing to­get her in the drum ·the pieces of soft gla.ss receive a round· shape and are prevented from sticking together by the charcoal and plas­ter.

Miss Tonneson's first art hobby Iwas photography, for which she I became . world known, and more, recently sbe. , developed an un- I usual ' pOttery ,::"W'hich she caned

'. I "Mars" ware;.:"An exhibit of the latter was shown at the museum

_ ~rme time ago.

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-TONITE!--Come As Late ~~ 8:15

~ SEE-, THE MAIN FEATURE

-PLU,Sl -. A Much Req'uested ' Preview4

. HAROl.D LLOYD in •

"Movie Crazy"

Oshkosh's Own Miss Beatrice Tonnesen .

with Her Beautiful. Array ' - of­

.'CLINKER CRAFTS'. ..,... in-

"FL YINQ DANCERS'!

\' <!.,u~ 'it""'-~ , W.L-·~ - ctle4-:Ib-(-f'lJ~

Miss Tonnesen ..J

It ' Guild Sp(!aker :;' . . . Miss Bernice Tonnesen, former­

ly of .Winneconne and now of Osh­kosh, was the speaker last evening t the meeting of Wesley guild

Qi Tenth Street Methodist church, held. at that church. The sPElaker,

I \v!Wse photographs made her fa-

I molls a number 'of year's ' ago I Whenllhe' rnaintilitled , a studio in ' ::c i Chicago" spoke on her work at that /

lind displayed interesting ex,.. -of some of ~er ph6tog-

l,., • ,.

~onnesen also discussed her newer hobbieS-that of

articles from coal' clink­~iOrrlbi:nihlg them with :clay

and other accessories to .. V"V • . L .... 1 and attractive items.

some of that work, has called Mars ware;

I.alllditl'lid hOw she beCame interest­work.

of the guild last 'started with a 6:3() o'clock for which hostesses were .

Dougherty, Mrs. Williams, ·Mrs. Lillian Da-

vies and Mrs. Hazel Gruse; The book review of the evening,

p'tlesented by Mrs. Ruth Grace, was of the book "Any~hing, Can Happen,"by Papashvily.

At the ' business meeting the members 'voted; $10. toward . the J

fuel fund. Committees were appointed for the luncheon ' to be held in connection with the guild bazaar 'at the church Thurs- I.

day, . Oct. 25. Devotions . were , iDt ' charge of Mrs. Emily Pokr~t. There were 39 members ~d

present. '

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Miss Tonneson Will A.d.dress Auxiliary

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I

Artist · Will Demonstrate Transformation of Lowly Clinkers into Work 'of Art. ;

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Miss Beatri . Tonneson, an ex­hibit of whose work 'walt shown at the museum ' early last summer" wHl address and present a demon­stration before the Oshkosh Wom­en's Museum ~uxiliary Friday aft­ernoon of this week. Subject of her talk and , demonstration wiil be her newest art project. of cer­onics, . which involves the ' making of coal clinkers into wha't she has called "Mars ware." , .

With the use' of paint and 'clay Miss Tonneson makes the 'pecu­liarly shaped clinkers into' vases flower and candle holders, artic.les o~ jewel~y and othet>. ~lrjects with hIghly mteresting ~ults. She struck upon the idea' some nme ago when she 110tice'd ~ the oddly shaped clinkers with th'eir crystal­like texture in a bed of coals.

In ' her 70-some . years Miss Ton~eson has delved into a variety ', of fIelds but most outstanding in her past was her work in pho- ' tography. As proprietor of a fashionably furnished photog- I

raphy studio in Chicago, her "Tonne son models," of beautiful women became widely known. In the 90's she was appointed by the United States government to rep­resent women photographers <if America, at the Paris exposition. . The bUl1iness meeting Friday afternoon will begin at 2 o'clock and th~ talk and ,social ' hour at 2 :30. Mrs. Frank Butts will be hostess chairman. '

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The Dream That Came True

As Mrs. Wilder ap-proache·d her liUle d'aughte.r Jane's bed ;to

awaken .her one brig.ht June morning, she found her smiling in her

slee'p, but on opening ,her eyes s'he eagerly asked "O'h Mother, where

IS Mars? I've just be.en there an'd saw the strangest animals and

people. They were just awfully funny, but kind and good, .and said

that was where 'all anima ls started, ,and was t'he reason they were

so funny looking, but after t'hey died there, their ' sp·irits went into

new beautiful bodies and came on tlhis earth. I said I wanted to tell

you .all about it, but wa·s -afraid I ,OJuld not, s·o one awfully funny

looking man wit,h !horns, .and legs ,and fe·et like a goat, wh'o they

called Pan, gave me a candle holder roaue of 'AINIMALS FROM MARS

WARE' to show you."

"Now dear," says mother , "that was just a dream. It's time for

you tiJ' be dressing for sC'h.ool OII" you will be late." So wiith a gtood

morning kiss, was about to leave the room to prepare the breakfast,

when Janet sh'outed "LOJ-k, Mother look! On the dresser! There IS

;:, the candle h'JIder t,hey gave me for you."

.so that's the way "ANIMADS mROM MARS WAJR!l;." came i'uto

this world.

ANIMALS FROM MARS WARE Is Originated and Made From Clinkers by

BEATRICE TONNESEN

In Her Studi.o at Maple Lodge in W,innecoune, Wis

While Animals fwm Mars Ware is durable, it should be handled with

the s'ame care g.iven Dresden Chin.a, and slhould 'always be li:fft,ed

from the ba·se.

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MANY WERE THERE GOULD P4BTY.4.T THE .4.THE.4.BN

R~ceptlon of Mr. antt Mro. Jamel P. . Gould ttl their Son and Bride-

A V,ery E_joyable Social

Event.

A lIlore ple'&sant event ~ould aot have beeu choien to ina.ugura,~e the s.~i&1 career of the Athearn th&n the reception by Mr. and Mr~. J&mel -P. GoYld last eveDing. Their lon, James F. Gould ",a~ married a.t Highland PArk last month and to welcollle hilll and his bride to Oshkosh, Mr. and Mrsh GOllld gave a pa.r ty ,lhat will It.a.nd as one of the mOlt delightful social events of lhis seasou, brillia.nt as a promises to be. '

Over five hundred invitatwns :wer8 iisued alld tbe capacity of ,the largll apartments of the hotel Wlli taxed to Hs fullest extent to accommGdate the I&rge compZl.ny. ' It was a tboroughly reprellintativo company thM tiLed the r.om~: Tho ilociety oC Oshkosh "'AS there ' In full force to gi1'9 tho \lride Altd grOGm a hearty welcome, and Mrs. Gould CAnnot fail to ha.ve,. good imprl:Isi&ln of tbe society which', is to be her~ in th'e future. It .was as brilliant a 'company as one oflleil sees even in Osbkosh" noted as it is for its ~oci:/'I l::atb.erings. The vTelcQllIing of a newcomer gave theeven~ a pllculiar c.ftl\rJ[l, and the spirii ot it seemed to prel'ade the entire gatheril!g. I

The Athearn looked its best. No ell,borato attempts wllre '- made , at decoration as the tinish of tie r'ooml do net call fur much. Iu \ho . ladies' reception room on tll.e I\rst floor, wbere, the guests were recei~ved, tlle mantp.ls were banked with fer,us and flowers. Tllis l'oom opened 111\0 the dining room of the hotel wbich for the time \vas an ideal ball room. A massive bank of flowel's ' ornamented the fire plMe while potted planti. on tlie mantels and in other co'} vlllJlent uooles gne a pretty .:: effect to the elaborate decoratiens of tbe ·walls. The banq uet room of the hotel, where refreshlllcn is were !I11n'ed was als9 made attractil'e wit,h- potted pla.Rts and bandsome ferns in' oraameJlted , t.bs. , h ~ Tb~ ,uests were esc~r,ed to t e 'eception room by Me~srs. L. A. , ~IlUmaD, E. M. Crane, E. T. Cole; Fred B&rklllan, Panl Janes a,nd Ar-

~',in KlI<:'hmsted, the ulhers. Mr. nd Mrs. James P. Gott'ld, Mr. a~d

,~l'S. James ~'. G8111d, Miss Emma flouJd , Mrs. E. ~: Smith, Mrs. G. ~~"

~"Odridge at HU1:bll1.nd Park, MI,SS raclo! Goodridge of Highland Park, r. lind Mrs. l{, B. Farsons of ~hi­

'ago, Miss Lou McFarlane of High­land Park, and Miss Grace Wakefield or Milwaukee, receiyed the guests.

Among those fronlout et the Cit,}, were Mr. and Mrs. G. M. W~kefield, and George Wakefield, of Mil'l'!'aukee; Miss Ma.r,y McClure, of Peona, III.; the Milses Stai'l' of New York; '1'. J. Ihubam ot ~agina.w, Mich.; Ja.mes Wright, James Kimberly. ' Llicius Henry and Charles .Babcoek,- flf Nee­na.h; E. D. Spencer and Mr. Shep-pard, of C~ic~~~_. ____ _

" ,,,..---THE RECEPTlON FOR MISS PRATT

Mr. and l\Ir8. George W. Pratt arid

Mias Pratt Receive at their Home

on Algoma Street - Social

and Personal News.

ARGE par, ties h a .v e been thefea­turesofOsh­kosh society this season. But t bey have bee n almost en-' tirely dane­ing parties until the re-

evening by Mr. and

___ ;M.;-.rs. Geo. . P' ratt

and Mis s Pratt. The

'handsome home of Senator Pratt on Algoma street was thrown open ft!>r a large reception to formally ilitrGdtlce

',Miss Pratt to soa:iety. MISS Pratt ha.s ,by no means been a stranger in social .circles bere, but her formal debtlt 'was 'not made until the elegant recep­.tion given, in her ponor this week.

Since society was last welcomed at the hespitable homeof Senator Pratt, its has • undergo ,. e a changE> which makes it one of the most bad80mely

·decorated houses in the cUy. The decorations are marked by a riclltles~ ' .and an artistic tartl'l which shoWS them elaboratewith'ollt bein~ osten­'tatieus. The decorations of the 'H­brary, directly on the right when en­tering, are especially beautiful. Tll:is handsome home needed no, additional . -ornamentation ' to make it ,fit to re­cl'ive gHests. It needed no change from its natural condit.ion to place it in "compaqy t,rim." Yet, the rO@lllS were livened, by a few choice flowers and plants. Bealltiflll roses aud car­.nations, ornamented mantles and potted ehrysanthemums were ar­ranged here and there. The tint of

' Iecorations was green and white 'thI:Ollghollt. This was espec ially tru:e ;in the library,where white chrys­,anthemums showed on the back­ground of'the gl'een,Jeaves and white roses were set off by dainty sprigs ot ,greeu. I ,~

The g,uflStS , were received in , the, east parlor by :Mr. and Mrs. Pratt

nd 'Miss Pratt. Mrs. Pratt wove a CO$tume of_ green Bengaline with pgi'nt lace and diamonds. Miss Pratt. never looked more charming than she did at her reception. She -worl~ the , r~gullltion white ,of the debll~itIite .alld her costnme, was a most bea~ti­ful ~onceptien of embroidered 1'I1'6us­ine de soie over 'white silk. She \,Vore

diamonds and carried flowers. , The hosts were assisted in en~rtaining by Mrs. Edgar P. Sawyer, Mrs. Geerge M. Paine, Mrs, Helen Loper. Mrs. C.' E. Harlow, Mrs. J. J. MQore, Mrs. Orville Be~ch, Mrs. C. C. Chase, ¥rs. Ellen Ford, Miss Schri,ber, Miss Weisbred, Mi~s 'Susie Rumery, Miss Bay, Miss Margaret Fraker, Miss Grimmer, Miss Pec\t',Mlss Davis,M-iss Russell and Miss Austin.

The' reception was:one of the largest , held in this city 101' sometime. Fuily ' 500 enj~yed the hospitality ·of the Pr'att mansion durinll the ;afternoon ·aud evening. but everything was so perfectly planned and so well carried out that there', was not the '''jam'' one expects :at large receptions. ,The ~uests moved abput the p,andsollle rooms, entertaining and being Wltertaine(l;'

The Arion ore es 1"& was s a one on the 'Ianding on the secend floor and the strains/ of its music floatva througJa the rooms, jnst ,- audible above the conversation arid laughter .. f the bappy company that thronged the rooms. At times the music was -drownea out entirely by' some burst of merriment tliat seemed 'to sweep {lver the entire compauy, at once. Later in the eyening the young peo­ple made use of i he music and the eanvassed .ficors, and tbe da~ce toak the place of ,converssation.

Elaborate an'd (l)ainty refreshments were served in the dining r@om. This room was no exception to the beauty thait prevailed in the remainder of thehollse. The table was ornament" -od with chrysanthemums and with what is entirely new in this city, dishes of green ribbon candy and white drawn sugar. These with the 1l0wers carried out. the idet!.·,of green and white even in the refreshments. Indeed tbe ice cream was in h.armollY with the prevailing idea. white with 3 green layer. ' The caterer was Miss Carrie Janllsh, while the refresh­ments were Rerved by Lueien Palmer, from Conl"oy's, of Milwankee .

It was a charming reception in every way. It was a ,reception at which flvp.rything was correct. Tbe . host.s h , d arral'lged everytljing so perfp.ctly that even to the smallest detail not a thing could have' been -desired changed: A pleasing feature, which is now bere. was that :flowers were sent to , Miss Pratt by friends. SHe received SOllle handsome flowers from friends', in this city a~1i a great many came from Milwaukee; Chicago an.d Rockford friends.

Among ~he guests present trolll abr.oad were: Judge and Mrs: ' .Johnl'­ton, of Milwau'kee; Mr. and Mrs~ ' J. W. Murphy, of Milwaukee; 'Mr,and Mrs .. L. W. Hahey and , Miss HalseY" of Milwaukee; Mrs. P. C. Darrow, 01 Cnicago; MillS Williams. , of Appleton, 3ml Miss Bal~h~. of Waukesha.

/f'"Iif'JLNGS OF .; iWJCEK.

.£.~~"""f Interest, . SoooiaUy, PersMlally and OUt_loe.

L~SIt Tuesday aflsernoorl ' at her residoence on Algoma street, Mrs. M_' ! c. PMllips gave a chl).rming recelJtion. I Over,onl h'lndred ,j'nvitations were issU'ed for the even,t. and tbe lUl\ljori ty of these were re~ponded to. The s]).acious home w:p;s daintily ,1.lecoc, ated throughout. 'the refreshment roO'm being especially attractr.ve. A wl[1eath of smila:K interwoven wito ea1l'nations encirded tbe table :,in the center of the room. wbile in the ce~' te;r of ,the table. 'to)Vering, aoove the 1io'Wers, was a beautiful design of sugar, emblematic of a running foun­tain, the work ,of Madame Carrie J ,8Jtlllusb. who presided over the re­f.reshments in her usnal satis:fact0ry

, manner. Mrs. fPhi}lips and Mrs. Lowell C. Smith .received the guests.

:a'S they arrived, a~sisted bV Miss jilarri."t C. Magee. Mrs. A. H. Bart-, lett, Miss Jackman, Mrs. C. H. For-w:ard and Mrs., !Phillips' I'l'ieces, Mrs. Hope Leoll-ard of ROYallton, :. Wis_, and Eva. Clark of IDayton!l, Fla.. The eostume-s of. the ladies were elegant and very tasty. The retrel1,bme,nts

,ere served kom , five U51til six ,olock. ~ Those present :from abroad were

85 follows: MIlS. E; C. Eltstman, M,I'!l. L. D. Ea9tman, Miss Kittle Follett, Mrs. Ma80n, Miss Mary WHlett, Mi,s Emma Willett, Ma~i­uette; Mrs. 0:. StricklanC!. Mrs, Andrae, Mrs. Sam! , Riehle, New Lon­dMl;; Mrs. C. Richmen~. Mi~ses ~ot and L()n RlCbmolld, Mrs. Smith, MISS ZeJ,ia Smltb, Appil .. ~on; Mrs. L'e!lnard, Ml"8. PUilllps, Mrs. 'Cl'aig. Mrs. MQOFe., R~yalton; Mr". L. D. !larvey, Mrs, .J. C. Kleist, Milwaukee. '

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EVENT. OF~JiE WE~~: 'j- ~ I - , . .• ,~ ";' ',:>' ' , . " . "

Hi1Y P .. i'RTJ? AT THE ; 4crHlcAIlN ) " . .'"'~{'

• ',-' , <iV '

1t. ·w As a ~lost 'Briiliant A ·ff,:ir-;;.early . 400 Guests Present-TI}e Casillo

Partv-Social Gather'jugs. /

',News of People.

. Thn party given by Mr. S. M. Hay, 1

Miss Hay and Miss Mary Hay at tbe AthEia.tn 'l'bursday evening was a fittinG' event to close ,the pre-len ten fest.i;iti es. Society sublllits .to its ,retirement during lent more cheer­fully if it bas been able to el(j~,~ .th e. .first part of tbe season wi ~h all nil­usua.Jly brilliant fun ction, the mem­ory ofwhicb' lasts until 'soc!e.ty is in s~ng again after Lent. 'Ihe party Thurs,day evening certainly se.rved" ·this ' purpose admirlj.ply. , It,. would have , been as enjoya'ble COlI1!1lg at . ani\' 'Oitte1' time,. but it seemedJo,peC1'I1-iady pJeasan,t .. becanse of tbe thuugbt tba't it wOQ,ld' be tbe last for many days. ,: .

Ii was one of the largest parties 'ver given in this city. Nearly' 400 u~st.S were entertained and yet few

_appreciated tbat there. "Yerc so many, since such ample provISIOn bad been made for entertaining a large com­pan y. Tbe Athearn was at. tbe d~s- . posa l of tbe guest a;nd t ,hey were diS­tributed so tbat It dill not seem crowded anywbere. Tbe main dining ro6J1'1"'6n the first floor was perbap~ the most popular place. Transformed into a ' tJaJl rpom it ·contained tbe y,oung people and even muny ,of the older ones who preferred ,W listen to the music 'and -to watch th a brilliant -scene' wbich 'it inspired. adjoining .this .the rcception room form ed a cosy retreat for a Quiflt chat wbile cooling , (ffi'between dances. ' , -:­, 'rbe second floor contained pro· vision fer entertaining anotber com­panJ just as large. The par~ors formed a suite of. rooms larp:e enough 'to ' have contained the entire company. Here easy cl?airs stood about invitlllgly and carCi tables all

.arranged ()ffered entertainment to tbose who were .inclined to test their

:'skill. 'Ihere were no set gamesbut leacb table was left to choose its own JJorm of.. entertainment. ,

Tbe party did not depen d Oil decur­,ations to make it brilliant. Pal~.s and eXGtics banked bet,ween the mHo , ror at tbe en d of tbe ball room, ,were th e onl y ornartlCotation of any conse­,quence. ·A few e~oice flowers on the ' ta,bles in . the dllllllg room and a few morc abo'ut the parlors, we re all. But , i.t 'was enuugh. Tbe Atbcapl I)i:lv~r Jooked better. The large mirrors III tile . ball rooUl picked IIp t,he gay 'scene. and ' c:1rried it away into tbe distance', giving ap pearance 'to .tbe

-feeling of the guests tbat the enJoy­ment was bOllndless. Tbe parlors, 1;b:ough more quiet, were scarcely lf1sS bJ:iiliant: Here was a promenade throu"b a long swp.epof romus among guest~buSY itt cards or enjoying cosy 'visits with each other.

. Mr.. HlIy, 'Miss Hay and Miss Mary Hay I'eceived their gnests' in t?e largc,parlor on the second, fI.oor. }.~ 18S Hay 'vas a t tired in black sllk tl'lm­IP~~L 'W.i4h jet, and M:.i~s ' ,Mary Hay wore a -simple but handsome go wn of white Cbina silk trimmed witb grena­dine," and carried red roses. T.oe cOl;diaJ..greet.ing to el}c~ guest ~e· mov,ed.ooti l'ely that feelmg of stiff­ness ·and formality common t.o la:rg\l parties;' and launched e·ach. one mto the -spirit of , the occaSIOn imme-diateIYl..:·_ .,...· ...",."';"',...._",,:,,--, ___ ""';1

T~E R~C~TION BY ~'it;.~\~;bilER " , . "~' \ \ ., 2'

",The Ho~se Very B~autUulfy 'Trimmed • , .'~ '" I :"':\;

A,:bOlit 40Q Guests ' Present-~aDy

Marl'lage~ ! he Past Week'.

Othel' Soci,ety News.

'Tb'e residence of Assemblym n G. "S . . Luscber on Church street. ,",jfas tbe ' scene of a very pre!oty and delightful event Wednesday afternoon an~ evening. It was tbe occasion of tbll 'r eception given py Mrs. Luscher to her ' ladv friends: Tbe ilitElrior .~ of the large residence .had be,en tr ans­formed into a veritable bower of beauty, tbe decorations being ,~otb unique &nd elaborate. In tbe dr-a w­ing room the mantle ·was completely covered wttb cut 1l.owers and potted plan ts, while cl usters of evergreen and smilax-wElre hung on the walls . Tbe south sld.e of the east parlor was Ihanked to tb e ceiling with evergreen · \i. nd smi lax, decked here and thel7e with cut fiowers. TbedecoratiQl'.!s in the dining roam were Wbo)-ly of white, even ~~n-dI es being used to furnIsb he ligbt. Around the r ,)Olll were

sprays of white roses, carnations"and loveliest of all-easter lillies, wbich ,gave the room a most bellutitul ap" pearance/ The two .waiting rooms up stairs also presegted ,a pretty ,ap­pearance, tbe decoraticf.ns · in the one ' being en tirely I'lf red.,draper.y,flowers" iurnir.ure, etc., while tho~e of the

~ther were completely of yellow. In

the library, ,to tbe , ~est' of the ~ast parlor, the decorations were of blue

nd red. All tbrougb the house. the easter liHies were distributed in ' pro­

usion, :l.l)d. the dec,?rations being so tastefully arranged, added greatly to the prevalent feeling of enjoymen ~,.'

About 600 invitations bad been IS­:Slled for the event, marry of them be­in'" sen t abroad, aud the re­g i-~ts . r.eceiY,ed were but - few. Mrs,'Lus'c}rer, assis.ted by her lIIother;, Mrs. "G. H: Gile, and ber sister, Miss

enniti Gile, rflceived b'er .friends in the drawing room. Seated in a CirCle

. around tbe, liostes@ aud her assistants were tbe 'many gU!)sts from abreact. , 'rbe costumes,of the ladies who re­ceivc'd were very handsome. I Mrs. Lu~cher was !l.ttir~d ill a neat cream olored sa,tin dress" , trimmed with

Duchess lace, and j!lt', ,wit? 'brocadcd sleeves.. 'f:l.be wore diau,l0I;l ds ,as orn,a­xPents. Tbe costume worn ~y Miss Gile was of.changeable red suk wltb

lamonds a's ornaments. Mrs, Gil,1'S . d-ress was of pearl grey b angaline silk, -and Le 01 nam'ents were diamond,s .~ . " Mrs. Luscher ,was cbarmingl'y as~ sis ted in enter,taining by Mrs. J., J. Moore Mi·8. M. H. E a ton, M1's. 'E,. C. Gudde~ ; Mjss F annie ,.. Crane, .Miss Flora Harmon, Mis, Itannle Cameron, Miss Jessie Holmes, all of whom were

, in full dress: Asgisting tbe ladi es to tbe best of their allilit'y, wer e. Li,ttle

ulia L ilsch 9r, Margaret Cameron and Helen Holmes. , Miss Luscher was dressed' in an em ;.Ire suit of pink

, 'Crepe silk, wbile the Misses Marg1>rl'L I ~amerou and Helen Holmes were at~ tired' in wbi te wlJol ~n dresse,s.

~ ' , Tbe ,refre~bme IlLs V\'IHe, under the tdirection of Miss,. Can:i'e. Jannusb, witli. a ' corosof ,,:assis tants. Dnring the afternoon" and part · - , of . tile evening; Jluncb 31)d ' cake , were " .se~ved 111 , t.he ' , library. Tile ArlQD ' seated i!1 'the hall on ·the upper,floc r, to sav the least, Were at :tW~il' yery 'best, and , tbeir in usie ; \l,<l'd qd g.reatly· to the jpY6usness of the o,cca-

/

e residence of i " B. Med,br>rry 1 ()n Wes,t Irving stregt was the ,scente : ,of a ruost dainty and clia~millg a: ~ fair yesterday afternoon. It was t4e occasion ofa large reception glv~nJ by Mrs:' A. B. Medberr),. Mrs. Henr}"'l Barber, ~nd Miss ', 'Medberry, from 'two /to seven o'clock . . About 400 in- ] vitations had been '. issued .l for ·the event, ,and 'ab ut ' half i that lJumber responded, many Q'fl those invited -being out of the ' city.", The ' guests ' ~ere received in tbe ~ front parlor by the ladies whl,l. gave j tbe repeDtion. The de,coratiou'!/ throughout the spaciou~ r.esidence I

were most beautiful, ,In tbe parlor the 1 prinCipal decora tions we~e li!ies o{ >1 the valley, wbile the 'ball was bea~ti- ,1

ied , by ' \fleur-dc-lis a'bd ,t'ilipS.' The dining-room was trimDljlil in pink and whUp, . On tbe tablil ,vas an imm 2nse bonquet 'of c1>r'n;l.tiou~, and sc(\t.t~ r?d around tbe table were clusters of uiaidl"ll hair iern~. The fire-pla ee was banked with wqd c'ra/J-

pple bloss oms and w;hi~e lilacs. Two ooms up stairs were dBCorate~ in

red alld bl n1!~ dn \Hle Toom the lady Wa~hingt<?n blossom was the prev6.il­ing flower, ' wbile in tbe 9th!!r mar­querites . . Seat6d in the upper' hall' were six pieces of the Arions, and their severall selections, rend?"r-e:s,­in an admirable mallner" aIded greatly in tbo enjoyment of tlie occa­sion. The rekeshments were sei'V'r>d in two courses and were ' under the directioT\ of Mada·me Carrie Jannush'. The first course,consisted of cb icken 'sandlvicbes. Rnssian tea and c.oliee, and the second of ice cr eam ,and eake. An attf'mpt . was - made to carry ,out tbe' pink / and ' white effect' .in' reg~rd tQ t 'be ref.resb~ mflnts; the ice" c ream and tbe cake be:ing of these two colors. The ladies ,wer assisted in entertaining by Mrs. George B.auman, Mrs. D.·C. Buck­staff, Mrs. E : W,. Cole ,al)d Miss 'Nina Wilson. Tbe .Misses ,Nelie Welch· and Floren'c(J Bemis attended at the door. ' ,

Among those present ' from abroad were Mrs. Phton~ sistet'of Mrs, Gee, H. Cameron on Algoma street", and .tbree 'da'ughtim ' of Albany, N; Y.; Mrs. Samuel ' Rhodes and daughter Sa!ah, of lien ver, .,CoJ.; Miss Gertrnde Adam s of S[1\;ingfield.,...Mj!(s~.; Mb. HiIgbC's, form~l y!>, Miss Estber ·8te­vens of this city; Mrs. J. W. Lafli~, Milwa ukee; Mi'~s Minnie Knapp, Mrs. C. J. Medberry" Mrs: ' 'F. M, ~iv_ens j of Fond du I,ac~ and Miss ';ityat.t of Chicag~. !, -, ~"',-:, .. , . '.

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The r,e~idence' of John Kinsley, No. 52 Franklin aVo:lOlie, was t be scene of a very pretty weddil)g on , V(ednesday ,evening, th'e , occasion being the marriage ' of Miss Florence A!',ce ~ltarpe, youngest da:ughternf Capt. William Sharpe, to Mr. Williard S.

rary, of Great Falls, .Mnntan-a. -:, A argo D1HIIber of illv.ltati~ns, h'ad beep

issued , to fri ends here, arid to the ,friends aqd rela iiv~s of ,the .famii!es

[abroad. The ho!]se was especially ;and ' tastily decorat'ed for tbe ' orca­,sion, cboice) low'ers and foli age plants befng conspicuous, whilll the arch of ~he:'bay' Vfindow i,n the rear : I1ar'!~r "\\,as festooned , with ropes o~ ever­g'reen, from' the center\ gatliering , of, ,which was susi>endeda. latge. flor aii. ben, o-f h ,yacint-hs\ and ' smilax an<t calla lilies,., 'frailillg RlUilax : uniq ue­iy,adorned odd (:orners and ,casin-'gs., '£}i'e-cerell;)ony took place - at', abol\t , rght o'clock, a'n'd-w,as performed by ' R ev: , J. ' W: Greenw00d. l, rector ~' of Trlnity" Episcopal churCh ,- .iri" the , presence of a ' large ' ~6muany , or

, friends a,nd reia,ti ves. , 'IVtne st.rain'~ -Q~ ,Mendelssohn's waWing 'in'arch by , ;1\penrcheRtr~ stationed ip ,an uf;lI1er , \l'oom, the bndal partydescende<H be­In'lt preceded bv "E,d "cole aqd ' !;\Vill Hill serving as ushers. Following ) he, _ \ls!ierscam p., the 'g r00m, who 'took llis/station' in 'frontoi' 'the . offiCiatin ~­TergY~an . '~ The bride ;'follow €jd. a~ning' ()!Jthe ~ ,arm a! ' he r ; Ia:~lier .

The' ring.sed'ice was foll owed i'iI ,toe:, rcerElmony, according t 6 the'rlghts, of tire Episcopal church, thel5r1!ie ' b~fug iffiven away by her father. ,,-, ,":" ' " Il',he, bride was chltrmiilgly atth'ed 1J!~ gown o'f crepe \lu cliin s.entraine ; , ,Ol'Sage. low with ost;:ich . trimmings; Yskirt, draped. .and' looped, with ,~*ich

~' lPs. She w,brebride's 1"pse~ in hcr h.,air and ',carried abl)l1q uet of , the ame flowers ill ,her 'hand. , I '

I After the ceremony t.he 'usual har -­.py cG,ng"ratlilatlon ~ followed. "" Later l!t veh elegant .;.Weddipg ,supper ,was S~:rvEld. The cimter,.ta'hl ll ' intqe ~ip- , iI)g' I:Obm 'wail decorated with white t arnati,nl),:; alld a' p rofUSion of 'smilax, while-at diagonal ,corners - stood .tbe gioom's ,and bride's , eakes, . cil:cled Wttlh b'ands-of wh\te ribbp'n. )., ,: ' . ~ .- Tb e presents i n' a side':-.'room l we're ery '~riumero (is;_ and handso!Ile. , ,A, niilli~;e.r , <:! f , p:r~S:~nts are:;a'1Sp' a,\t~ iti *g :the 'newly' ,wedded 'paill-at;; th'eftrfiH.U'l·O , oyle 'tn '~reat:~ Ji aJls. '· The ' ,-gr~<:nh jn'};lsent ~p ~heJ)rjd~,;"v,as' an ,,~~egabt ' 'pin' <;)f -diamnnds arid s'appj:lir!ls,-:~--', ':­~, Du'ring\ti!e~ e¥lm4!g: tire foI~~.wif~ ~~legri!>1J).s Vl:,ere ~el ved from fl;l'enlls ;In' ,Gre~t F alls:' -, ,,-, i,

, ~. 'c' ""'- , . \ ... ~ \ qIl-EAT'FALLS, lI!O,nt., Feb. l~Trust you­

n.re-hawng gr,eat ,times wita , tJ;le ,:OshkosH: -ljoy,s::, ;, CoDgratulations: " at.d <may: your pa~hway be strew!) with.roS~ is, the wish 'Ofthe9rea:t'Falls~ boys. , , ,> '-' , '

, (Sl~eq) :, J ; ', - ~ oilKlor.r!rB. G~ltAT f.ALLS, Mont .. Feb. lO-AC4)ept

cong'ratulatlolls, 'Hope all . your , trouble. wtll be, little ones, -- /' .,:' " , J (Slgped) ' MAC,., DOJ,PlI: CA.BT. and,ED.", '. 1'li'i~hiilpy cb'uple" took " the, ~id. nJ~ht:~l'~jn . .for , C.b,ic~g,o; ',aiid :jtfter , xj~A-tiif~'Aptb~t ,<;it,Y , , ,St., P aul; , S~~t. , I:.alH~J)~ty ,and other "places will be a,t

,~~~.'~;qr~;t~ 'Fap~ !I!fMr'A~riI 1.

\ TNT! Sdff'YER il E.,CEPTIu'A-. il;;Y ) I' • , :I'~*" ,A Pleasa'nt a Dd _Well ApPoiDte,tl Soei~

Event Last Evening. , ,t The reception given by Mrs.E. i. '

Sawyer and Mrs. C. C. Cha~e attt. t;l ir hospitable aome on , Algoma street,

, ~hile devoid of all ostentation, was 'a ,social affair of more 'than ordinary' ele~ance. Fonr hundred invitations h~,d been issued,and judging from thel

;~tlirong of iadies who responded, ,few ',' ~;i4~~.ell t ,_ , , The spacious ro'sid~a-s In.g"

"day attire, for in addition to the ' many artistic adornments of the rooms, was added the ,beauty of ' t!9wers-ehiefly chrysalltbe'mums of many tare varietjes and gorgeous ,coloring. Pictures, chandeliers and dodrways were garland,ed with srnl~ lax, while roses anq carnations lent fragrance and delicacy to the floral ,.decorations, and an occasional palm gr!!-ced shady corne , "~he rOOll;)S had' been d,arkened aod,ii'were pleas-antly illuminated, :,'

To a n artistic eye the arrangeQlent ot th~ t abl e in the' dining room was the crowning ,feature' of the decora- ' tions. ' Large and perfectly round, It

I' was ': coveret;i with " an exq uisi~e cloth; embellished with a brold' i

bord erinlr band of Mexi.can ,drawn Nork; In the center of the t.able r,es.ting on a hll.ndsomely embNidered center piece, nse a' pyramid of potteli maiden hair 'tirns, and at one side lay a bunch of rare yellow chrysallthe

, mum$, tied with broad yell inI' satin ribbtlll . eompleteiog thA sim Ie flora I'. deco'ra tions. ' On "pposi te , side of tbt\ , tab!!) stolOld ' ta ll silver cand-elT abra, the , calHI/e shades represellt~ ing yellow tinted cbrysanthemnllls. A number of IInique and exquisi>t devices in SilVII!", some of them, d~h!l , in the wendl!lrful ' Russian enam el, in I,he shape Ilf odd spoons an'! forks. wh()se utility til a noviCe must n,eads be guessed at, and several bonbon (ji ~ b.es r('sted at intervals about the table. Doyleys of royal duchess lace further adorned the board, whllo several articles .f cu't glass enricbe-d tbe w'bole. I n' fa" t the table, \'fith its va ried, rich , and tn-steful ap­pointments; wai a £tud'r fllr an

~ arti s t. I Stationed in the eleg!tntapartment at the rear of the 'libra-r:', was the Arion orchestra. diseonrsing for 'three hours, during \vhicb time , the r ecep­tion ext ended, the 8weetes t music.

Mrs. Sawyer and Mrs. 'Chase re­ceive<~their friends in the east pa\'~ ' lor, who, after th e usual greetings,

I scattered thr6ughoutthe rOOms ad-

I mir.ing the bea,lItiflil f;1ower5, ali of which were grown in Mrs. Sawyer's QIVa green' h()use, and many of

, wbich carried away t he I first prizes In the re-t cent hQrticultural exhibit. Addina I greatly to the pleasure of g uests, tue I green house "las lighted and was

I c'Ulstaotly tpronged by ladi es wlao I()ve aild /ldmire beautiful pl a nts and

I fiower~. Here tbe skilful and scien­tific flori s t e~ployeQ by _ Mrs. S&'IVyer

, ceurt~eusly ga,.~ any desired illfor- I

maVion regarding the ,rara pl~n ts 'IVith I

wltich the green Itelise is 111111,,1. III the ' library were statienod , two ~.om"'ly atHlel£lted tabla!' -k ..

,w:h\c1iguests ~era - s~r~e4' tea'ii-I!~,' lemonade, ' hy tb,il'" asslstlllg yqung ladv fr'iends, of Mrs. Chase, "" Refre'saments were 'served in the" dining room, a:nd consisted of oystl)r pa tties, thm bread and b?tter, tea biscuit" salad, olives,coffee, Ice cream ana ~ al(e , ami choice bon bons. The receiving ladies were assisted by a. numer of friends aJUong whom were tbe foilowing: Mada mes, Moore,John Ricks, George Buckstafi, W. T. ~lIs~ worth, LOl:lis Bauman,Edward Pame, Will Hay, Findeiser:, Bowen, EJ H. Smith, Nevitt, Ea~1 Morgan ; and J. R. 'Sturtflva ,.1t; and , Mi sses Wead, Je \veJl, Russell, Pa.ine,

: S tur'tevant, Hay, Morgan, Griswold, t a l'd Ma.xwel!. -""

,TEAS ARE THE ,RULE' , \

THE WlfJEK ":IN OSHKOSH, SOCnifTY

2J .a,:e 7 --.--- . ,, /,ltl Mrs. Crawfor d Entertains at a Teb-ny_

'I / - ,

SOil Tea-The Pratt Party Next

Week-Weddings and Churel.

~ "" Fairs-Social GOBSiP j l'fl Mrs . . Toh.n Flume Crawford, goa ve

Bjnother , charming and delightful Tennyson tea ltt fi vo o'clock , MOQday ~lVening. The elflgant house was tastily decora,ted .fOI· the occasiou with an array; of roses ltnd chrys­'anthe m urns which added to the gel'leral attractiveness of the surr~ unding~, -Mr •. Crawford's pleaSing ,hoslIitality r endered ,the even t Ii, memoru bleone. 'There were sixty-four ladies seated .a~ the tables. Tennyson teas aI;e cbm­paratively new ill Oshkosh ahd ar,e I\'

most interesting as well as instruc- ! tive sonrce of. entertainment. Last I ,

Aiondayevening Miss Gertr,nde Alt - i :hou'se recited' ''Enoch Arden," and a5 j ,she did so its various scenes were f ilInstrated by 'twenty ' ste~eopti(!on views. Later on Miss Althouse re­'clted' several other bright and attrae- , tive selections. '

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GAVE A RECEP·:ION' LA' HONOR OF MRS_ HOWARD WHITE

'The Lad; " E ntertained' by Mrs, Ells­

worth a nd _~hs. Findelsen-The

Youug P eople's ' Dancing

Club-Musical Notes.

Mrs. 'V.ilJi ~m T. Ellewort h aua Mrs William P. Findeisen ga ve a recep­-tion Thursd a y afternoon at the home pfMrs. Ellsworth 786 Algon:1a street in hO,nor of Mrs. Howard G. White of Wit~hilJgton. The house was most

, 'attractive. T he shades were drawn so that t-he r ooms were filled with a subd ued ligh t , ' which prodnced ' a ,eharming effect ; The guests were

" received , by Mrs. EllRwortli, Mrs. Findeisen, Mrs. White and Mrs. Ed gar P. Sa wyer, while Mrs. C. E. Edwards, M rs. John W. Rume and Mrs. C. C. Chase assisted in enter­t aining the g uests. It was an ,Ull­

usually pretty reception . Tile cos· tumes of the ladies were remarkably ,brjlliant a nd t he charming mallner of th e hostesses ni n,de the reception one of the most 'delightful held this seaso,n. Among the gueRts from abroad Ivcre Mrs. Morri~ PDlk iast)lJ, -of Brooklyn, ' N. Y.; Mr8. How a rd Dlement, of Milwaukee : Mr s. (tood- I

l,nan"of Chica.,go, and 'M n', ,iVced, 'of 'Weyauwega. };"

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:BEAUTY IN" A TEN~t

~r!: T, i'D. Grlmme~alui <. _ a:<b1'mlll +." . E'ntertal\l . ~bel: ' ~la?,T FrienCls .. >

.f J. ,Fine, lIInslc by the :Arions, I . > A Deli&,htful Time.

' ~I.~i'; " .', , , The,;" .rcle of incandescent" lights 'in !lrQ .. ~e . pavilion near t4e Grim­, ~etresidence on Algoma. street last evel;ling .... iIluminated a veritable bou-.

: ~et 6f feminine l;leauty. ' The occa.­sum wap the da.nemg party given by Miss G'riminer. <1uest,g to the num­bet of , abo It 200 whirled in the waltz to the music of the Arions. Th~ ,bright colors of magnificent party gowns, and \he. Dappy , faces ot pretty girls who. wore them constitut­ema. social picture of rare beauty, wh(1se backgrol:lnd of floral decora­

. tions-pink and white ' ole&n'ders~ made the sceRe onll fit for au artist's brush. ' .

'. Upon their arrival last eTening the . gue'~tS:were welcomed in the north par\orby Mrs. Grimmer. Miss Grim­mer, Miss Marion Lake II.nd Miss

' Hatch ;~the two latter b~ing from Oconomo .... oc and Marinette respec­tively. Mrs. Grimmer was attired In bla-eli , Lyons velvet trimmed ,.,itll pOint ,lace. Her ornaments were dia-mond~.. ,. , '" Misil Grlmmer'l! dress was of but- , i~re!lp yello'w Henrietta. Natural ·flowers . were her o~ly ornaments. After .the guests had cOlIlmenced to arrivll the paTilian soon filled and thll ' dancing commenced. It continued wlt,ho,qt ,interr,l!Iption, except lor re­frllshmentg, until abon.t tlnee o'clock this morning.

T.be .house as well as the pavilion. was beautifully decorated and overy. appoib,tment of the party was abso­lutely perfect. The Ilvent lailt eve­Ilillg, however, was no pleasanter . than the one which preceded it when

. Mr,s. " Grimmer r eceived her lady ' 1ritnds':::"fro'm five until seven. The ,refreshments at both reception and party were particularly fiRe; ~erved in that ~' exquisite style for which Miss Jannll.sh has ' attained such a ' wjde reputation. Willis Fitcn offici­a.tee at the door with his \lsual sua,v­

'ity. The party; will lon'g be remem­bered as an 'exceptionally happy ORe.

'Among those present with their wives were: Mellen E. Rounds, Ben HOQper" Charles R. Boardman, R. B.

. Eva-ns, Oliver Ellsworth, C. C. Chase, ,Elmer Leach, Will McIntyre, and W. J. Hay . .

'Among the young ladies present were: The Misses Ella Austin, Mary

' Billlnfls, . Mary Forbes, Bessie Dag­gelt, Anna and Lealie Paige, Kittie

I· Pra.tt, Lilian Felker, Mae Medberry., ~·Mary Hooper, Caroline Lawson, Mary , D6rby, Mildred Curr&n, Elizabeth Nevitt, Juli& Bi'ass, Lilllil and Helen Peck, , Jessie P&ine, Mary Powers,

\Mary and Margaret Weed, .Jessie CQok, Berth& Ideson, Mary McClure, 'Daisy and Ida Radford, Matle Mun­ger, Dollie Radfgrd, Lutie and June S,tlekney, Beatrice Tonnesen, Maud WashburJII, Lillian Guenther, Msie IJipde:,' Addil'l Gilman, Birdie Davis,'

,Jennie and Anna Radford, Nelli'l 'Noyes, Mary Hughes, Alice Jewell, ,Jessie ,Decker, ~amie Har~ow. ". Among the gentlemen present were: . ~red ,B'8.rkmall' Henry~ Bass, L. A. B*uJlian, wm Brand, Will Cook, D.

ti D. · .curtis, ·Jr., Frf>d ' Felker. CuI ~' ~Iker; Frank Fel'l; Ed Finch, Arm!r: ;1{jleJilDsted, James Gould.' H&rry ','GGuld, (Morge Fril;ker, ·WIIl Hill ,' A. ¥-jb~d~II, -Carl Jackson '.Tanl Jayne, ~n Hooper, Richard B, Pi'Mt, Ben ,~R'jI,d, Fraak ,Gates, ' George Rock­'w.n, Tom Rockwell, Ben Soper, Stepaen Radford, Dale Campbell, E' I 14; Crane, Ted Frentz, Frank Joss- ' IJ'n; , Will Qampbell, Carl J'loney, ~lital" ',Snell,' Ose&r..,~rary" , John '

_ Ha.J, ~& .. Vitfl,,9 ~

Mrs. John W. Hnme aud )Irs. A. n . Ide-

son Entertain at the Athearu.

~ A Jlr.llliant Event - Miss

. Forbes'TeaYesterday. 7 I ~ •. 3. . ' , . t

~ ,The socia! eV\lut of the week was the party at th ' Athearn Thursday evening. Mrs. ~John W. H'ime and Mrs. A. B. Ideson ' ~oined for~es' in <cntertaining their ·friends and they

. gave a' party which Jelt an im­~ preSSion on Oshkosh society. l't is , no particular compliment to a party

to sa¥'f tha~ ev:ery one had a good tim.e;' that is e~pe<;ted, as it is what parties are for. Nevertheless, there are Part,ies where every detail ' seems to ' be' so perfect and everyt,hing so ,complete. w.oe,r(l the spira 'of genuine hospitality is so general tha~ Gne could not have other than a good time If he woulll. This wail true of the Hume-Ideson 'barty iIi the fullest

'deg:ree: Everything so thoroughly devoted to the'happiness of the guests t ,hat ,Lhe ve~y presence was enjoya­ble. . Tbe west wing of the Athearn wa·s

alI'abljl.ze with light.' h shown out through the wind .driven rain-and fog .as. If to emp~asize the .g>;ty time that was,Jp progress ' withil). The rain th<tt rattled against thll windows and the wind thai whistred around the comer was not Iloticed.' 1n fact -it was not e-ven enough . to keep invit,ed gnests away. ::;tormy as the night was th~re were rem ark­ably lew regrets to. the sevllra.! ' hun­,dJ:ed invitations sent out' and the .Iarge company made up one of the 'most brilliant parties ever given in

. this city. The interior of the Athearn pre­

:sented a gay scene. The dining room on the first flcor needed (!mly a fCiW .

~ -choice plants and flowers on ,the ' mantels to make it an ilhial ball room', and when it was filled with the

- throug of gay and graceftl l daneers it was a scene that caused one to stop .and admire from the threshold. 'I'h(j , large mirrors at the ends 'aIld on the­,sides never reflected a more b'cautiful plctu.re. ,

. On the floor were the dan cers 'm~villg in time with the mp8ic of the full Arion ol:chestra placed. at thll ..end of L the room. 'I'he Arious nevJr played . I bette'r', n.nd JDany a , guest sta.rtiug to bid his hosts gocd night, returned for anonlter , n.ct yet another dallce when the orchettra' began to play.

, .on the sides in comfortable chairs , were some of the older guests, who, looked on the pretty scene wttli as much enjoyment as those that com-

., Ilosed it. '. " , . 'I'h e reception room, adjoining the

,ball room" was furnished with cha'irs and settees. ·It was ptettily decOl'at­ed ill yellow and white. "It was a charming retreat for a mQment's I'est from tile life of the ball rooni or for a eo!y tete-a-tete with an entertlj.iIiing . partnpr. The banquet · room. t,oo, , where refresliments were sel,'ve.d, was vflry pretty. . The decorations wero" delicate Yh',ll<iw drapillgs and ,yellowf 1l0wers 011 the. autell< and the tables>

. he second floor was 801 as att.rac-

j,tlve. III ~he largo parh,lrs t~guel!ts Iwere reGel,ved by M'l'. and Mr . Hume and Mr. and Mrs, Ides"n. E>n ' to~ bles were prepared for games

tPf progr:~ssive ~hist and pro­, gres~lve clDch. -W h11~.~.some were ' da~clDg below, others , ~re finding

,Pleasure ~~ound ,- rd tables above, titnvlng~o rizes fGr skill and the P:t: II the foot

• arvey, . ' oore -an An-drew Jackson 'Won the head''- prizes, and the foot prizes were giVen to ' Mr~_G. Vi'.Hurnell, Mrs. Sylvanus Palmer. E . G Jacksoo}.,and Henry Harshaw. , . ! The COmlJany was a ' remarkably

,pleasant gatbering. All gf Osh,kosp .. was there and many from abroad, '

;Some from distant cities. E~ery one

Iwas happy and everyone made the mest of . th@ . bountiful .hospitaJit:(.· The ladi es never looked bette'r and , their costumes sur!!lassed anything ever seep at all Oshkosh company. Some 0f the gowns were most 'elabgr­ate while others were just as artistic hough ,imple. ,There an unusual

number of strIking cosftlmeswhich I

\nterestect the women as .!lluch as they pl eased tke men .

It was lil.te; when the las t guest had departed. So complete was the en­joyment that the flight (ilf time was llOt noticed, and it required lj. second look at the clock to con vince one that It really was time ':to sa'y good night to the hosts. It was said wl$lt regret Ibecam<e it meant that a most enjoya­ble evening was over and that one of tile most delightful partiers ever gi ven In this city, was ended.

. Among "those from . ont of the cIty were Mr. and Mrs .- Irving P. Lord, of Waupaca; , :M:r: and Mrs. WilI1am

&;'is, of Neena'h:Mrs. Howard I lelll illlt, of Milw,aukee, the Misses

Starjng,of New York.' ~Iss Hattie Fisher, of Menasha; State Superin­tel'lden.t Wells, of Madison; Assembly­man Neal Brown, of. Wausau;. Heury Rohrig, of Chicago; J ohn J. Amory, Ne1l': ., York cl$y; James · J:,eisen, of

cnoinince; James Wright, ·of . Nee­nah, John Gittens, of Nllenah; Chas. PeelLof ~enasha.

Hies Beatdce Tonnesen, who has returned from a viSit at Hancock: bIIC~ . , has interested herself in a very cha.r!table object, in which she deSires the co-operation of her Osu. kosh frlcn.d3 and there is np dOUbt ~hat the same will be extended cord IQI.1Y.~ Wh.ile visiting at Hancock, MISS ~Ilatllco became acqllainted wi t,h two httle A.rabian chilu..-t;n who had come to this country from 'Palestine and who ale now fatherless in a 8tran~e . land wit~out '. money" save that wiuch they gqn from· the sale of !1.~~yg.ood~.. . 'fheir:"qa8~ i~ II ,!leoul­flWl.Y }~aa Jl'@~e. ~tGey ' came to'"1lie United .States,about:"" ;r,ear and a half alto! inco~,pany,. ;wi;t.\i- ~ir father, who SOo.n..dled. HIs tWo htUe children

,-a boy alJd girl iIi the neighborhood ' of flfteel} years, were lett to shift for themselves. They hav,e "tr inee drifted to a:a~eocJ;., where t~eirsad story of home.8l-Ck:·nes~ and grief has aroused the Pity of c~lIrj{able ,persons, who ' ,propose to raise a fund fltifilclenUv large to pay t'he. children's pa-9sa~e ' back to PaleBtme. Belonging evi.

~tly to .thepoorer class of their . tlve country, 'he boy and his

sister. are unable to writtl Ar8.!bie or I read that l~Dg'llage and ' ,thcsame is I true of their mother. In conse,quence the latter has never heard , of her I husband's death. Miss Tonnesen whose h~ar' wa.B deeply 'oueh~ ! ed With .plty tor t~e little Arab~anB. ;proposes to ask her 1 Oshkosh friends to contribute what ' ever the~ . may feel able \oward the . tun.d deSIred. The ' personal inveJ!ti- f ~atlon ~hat she has given the matter IS cert~lDly a tlll,tficient guarantee that I the obJect is a "Vorthy one, and it gOes without saying that she wiH 'be r rewarded with Ii.eral subscriptions ' toward . the $200 desired to aeI;1d the little, ·ones back to thelr ' mother. I'

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prizes. <Mrs. J a.rk. Mrs. ~~~.--------------------------~-----------

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, He Expires at 5',30 Satnrday Evening.

~'

Brief Reference to llis Illnesli (

and' Sketch of His Life.

A Born Jonrnalist.

, ' On Saturday evening about 5:30 , o'clock; Dale Campbell, for several, , years past a member of THE NORT~-

WESTERN editorial staff, breathed hIS last. His death was not unexpected, yet the a~nouncement of it was not a, little sLartling to his many friends and acquaintances. Sinca the latter part of September he had" been COll- ,

filied to the bouse by an attack of quick cons'umption, aud for four months past only relatives and a few IntImate friend~, upon his request, had been permitted to see aim. His cotitinup.d weakness almost from the

'be-ginning of his confinement, neces­sitated a denial of ,isitors to his

• ' presence ,so far as possible. - Although, gJ.\ll!-~ly reduced by his ,1 growi~g weakness Mr. Campbell had J toe inost buoyant hope of recovery

, a few, days bllfore his death. Only the Sunday previous he bad aSked to see a prominent mel;nber 'o~ the church to which the family be­longs, and in ea,rnest conversation told hun how, when he recovered, he was going tp dev~te himself actively to c.hurch work. That large and overpowpring eleme'nt of hope aiifI expectation for the fu~ure which w~s a' conspicuous attnbute of hIS nature kept , master·y of him to ' the last, and , death was but the victory ' of 'pb'ysical (lX­

naustion over mental resolfltion al­most abnormally strong. It was only on thc;l day he ex pired that he fully yielded to the conviction that his end was near ' and this was manifested 'by 11 simple incident. When his moth­er offered him his medicine he wok

, it but shai{ing his head said resign­;-' 'edI'y. "It is ef no use ::ow." He

faihid perceptibly during the day and with ~ the words, "Mother I am go­

, ing," he sank to his eternal rest at .. 5:30 so quietly and peacefully th!l,t , , those around him hardly knew when

he pasBed away. j , ,

Dale Campbell was born in this city Feb. 14, 1867. He was a son of Ald· erman J. D. Campbcll, . tt.e well known IUl,llber manufacturer. Al­though a student in the Normal school up to 1885, when he became connected with THE 'NORTHWESTERN, he was, to a great degree, a self-edu­cated man. He was a great read,er aud a thorough student in whatever branch or line of work he un<!ertook. By in stinct, by choice, by ac quired taste-and by all those touches that make' an art of any calling, he was thoroughly and devotedly a journal-ist. With a zeal that,in his youth ang ambition. amounted. almost to an 1n­restrainable enthUSIasm, he CO 1lI­passed whatever undertaking in newspaper work that lay before him. Defeat and failure of gllining his euds in developing a pleee of news into its most readiblQ and exhaustive presen­tatio'n to .the public was Ii. thing un­known to him. if anything, he fre­quently went ' beyond the limits of that ' tism which some

e for prudence' ill iack keener abilities. metropolitan models

ulatjolJs;" J followed iii ' sbi oI,

Jd not be!!lta e to en anger ,p"rsonal ' fl'iendships in behalf of 'the journal­istic demands C)f' legitimate new;;get­ting. ,News ', to , him was news that the, ,public I wanted, no matter w'pom it concerne<1 and no matter where it '. hit. , He possessed a high~ \ ly discriminating sense of the ,

, relative impo,rtance of news, arid had a keen appreciatiol) ,of tha"t wbich an eager public would most

I ravenously devour. To supply that demand and to satiate , tbe public curiosity in matters of news, and to l satisfy the pnblic taste for ' surprises ,

,I was his comtant aim: ' He was every ~ i llCh a llew~paper man. an!i in a , wider and more metre>politan fi eJd ' Iwould yet nave gain ed a high rallk,iu I the professiou, bad be lived. ~, In 1889 Mr. Campbell was prp­,'moted to the ()I)sition of telegraph edindr, with the Bociety news as bis ~pecial wor~}or Saturdays.!!e filled tbl~ positio.ri 'with ' all the Vigor and enthusiasm with whieh he had served in the local news department. His

, ll!§t work 'was in reporting the Metho­'dist ~r.nference in September, in help­.i~~t'be locaij departlBen~ . out during tbi¢lJusy time of fair week. But he ~~:{'s un well at the time. and it was :on lY by the most persistent insistence : that on Sept. 26 he was induced to 'desist. and lay duwn his pen, with tbo " report of the conference Uliflnished . Although eIitirel~ unanticipated at the,time, it now transpires that when he ' that day laid down his pen, he laid it down forever. It was the most 'rjilluctallt act he ever performed.

In the private walks , of life .. Dale, Camp'beV was a most exemplary yoJng man. ' He wa.s a young inanof he highest, moral character and trictest illtegr.ity. His a8sociation~

were invarir,bly good. Here'Volt~\l against all evil infil:Jences, and never

"permitted t,o ~o , unch<l:lle,nged. or u,~­expll1ined an ImputatIOn agamst hIS hOl)pr. His, good na , e fur upright­ness of character wag always dear to hi.m, a'nd he, was scrup.qlouslyatten. tive to correct, conduct In a ll places and under all' ' circumstances. , 1'he

,.llUmerOud i)Jqlii'fi~safter his wel,fl1re ,mnd condit\.on ;, and ' the geperaJ ex ­preSSIOnS of regret at his 8a4 and

nrntimely death testify to tl..e univer­sal respect 'in, \~'hicit he waS held by all who kuew him.

Tbe tunerul willlJe beld tomorrow, Tue~day afternoon, at two ri' ~lock. frqm ,the resid ence, corner of 'Wi gcon" sin avenue and We~t ,Irvi ng street. The servIces will.! be ' cooclucted by Rev. L. C. Smith. pa,tor of the~ First Presbyterian <:burcb. The pall bearers have been chosen f rom repre· sentativ~s of the tw~ daily news- j papers, v,s follows: ' C. W. Bo~ron. C. R. Boardman and Oliver Ellsworth of THE NORTHWESTERN; Frl,l,llk

- Bowen and Ed , F. Kennedy of The Time8, and W. ;M. Irvine, form erly of The Times, but now of the Madison Journat. . Those desiring to vi ew the remains 'Will have an opportunit-y to do ' so to­morrow afternoon between twelve and two o'clock. '

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Timoshenko---T ale 'of a Cat ,

I (B; Beatrice :ronnes~~): Ito 'run, so I putt~~, ba.sin ~own on

Winneconne,- "Wls.-;:-(SpecIal)-1 the .walk,~'ndFeturnmg mto the I Looking out the window one of I house, watched. ' o~r cold winter afternoons, I sa\'( !inally .the cat started for the mIdway on our front walk ' a , mIlk, but It could not get through 'beautitul large tiger striped cat, I the fence because the trap had sitting there, looking in, As it , caught on the fence which h~ld

I started to move I discovered its II him tight: Then I went again paw. was caught in a wicked steel and carried the milk to him., As trap, ,as it dragged it across the he could not rim away; , he walk. . 'Iscreamed with ' fear. I ",soon

I immediately went towar,d it, stroked him and held the mil!t up but as I opened the door and took for him to drink .which he: did to a few steps, it was so filled with the last drop, and he then', knew fear, it ran nearly a block, way he had, a friend and was com­around the house, scuttled under forted, But there hangiq.g . from ,

back iron gate over the stubble his big .toe was that awful trap under the barn, dragging that clinched tight! I had no' idea how

thing attached to its paw! , to open it, and was fa.i!it' from , While I never expected to see fear of tearing off his foot., How­

cat again my sleep was diS- I' ever, with a little 'prayer for di-thinking of its pain. rection, my hand slid to th'e .right

morning as I pushed I place, and with all iny strengtl1 I des, there, just outside i pressed and it , opened aI?-Q

the front gate was lfoot" was released, The .. cat did its paw still in the l'riot r un, so' I gathered him 1,IP and

there, looking in for brought him into the wCjrmth help!'. . where , he h as resi ded ever .since I

Q;his I warmed some milk the happiest and most art:) sthted down the walk, but and gentle cat you ever '. the;· stil,1, in great fear, motioned ~othat's the tale of my'. , ,' r-o~n~~~4h.. :;"-('-11

.. &M!Mtl:t ·ll.n :tb'~ 'i !!U,e •• d

tbe time 1f~~~. 6onte .. ~b8nthoU8ha1 t · litt· thine .'8S " watch a .1.oDI-4r~ __ att18 .::1n/.~he, 8,:fde., · ·

While "aed pea._t8.to.o."· .. aZ'e4~ t ·o .. ' '.oria,

;_... attbe tlying feet or ,wondrous b1P4a.

{;~a.nd,8. lon, the mi~$".88 ottb., 80a.

~~l'ie wintls and •• ye~: GontfS8 her; 8'o,yeret,pt,. i·>

lIer aneient triumpbs " et ,8hall bow on . '~P .

MId reign the sOT0l"el,n ot the con,~ered eq t ,

Thomas Gray , (eomp08ett i.n..{ 1".')

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~""""'''''''''--~~r------~-~--~- ~'f'~~VGe'~', cC1aii1f'"'!Il."mW''''ifil't9f!m~,~,,~, n;;"l!t,' 't:' '/',", "',' ... ~ , " Vashti the 'urge or :forcef6r: ~he .,.,.....1(Mt,1UU'J . igh,ts Q~' Wom:an illi ;,an infinltesi-, 1/' , ~al ~a11ptpv~~g ohward, gaining , " " , '1,' If ' t lIttle )n ,momentum or size, tQ,rough , , . ,,- - . " " ,: ;tlle centuriell; but always moving;

• " ' W 'until, li~e ! a rolling - -snowball it gradually gathered as it rolled ' ~hen ' 'finally', ~ere man stopPed: looked and' listened: And then as ' },~e ball ~teadily grew in size, dodged , th1s way and that with their hats onaneside from scratch­ing their heads in perplexity, until they too started to grow along with the growth of the ball when , presto appears the wondedui modern woman and the 'splendid mod,ern man , with hats off across

G8EATEST WOM~N of ,AII Time: VASHTI ,

(By ]3eatrice Tonnesen) At a famous dinner 'party in

Chic,ago the conversation became most ' animated in a discussion of the great achievementS of ' mod­ern times including woman's con­tribution thereto, when the ' ques­tion naturally arose, as to who was the greatest woman of an ,time, -f

After a somewhat perpYexed si­lence a , feminine voice near the end of the table declared that, the greatest , woman of all time w~s' she who , had been the ' greatest instigato'r for the de,velopmetit a~d, progr:ess of womankind, "an!1,'~: continued Ute voice boldly and

· clapsed hands of' 'mutual respect and admiration where they stand and walk side by side in further growth and prl?gress. "

'lIn appreciation of noble Vash: ti," ~ontinued the voice, "I pr~~' pqse a club be formed and a com., m1ttee appointed for the purppse of raising :funds for tj:J.e ell,ection i ?f' a stat1,lte qf Vashti to pe placed'

", m one ·of our public parks. as ' n · honoi' que to the greatest of ,w o ' · an's benefactors and .therefo~e-thi ~ greatest woman of .all time." . , '

proudly, "this woman was Va$hti; ' " ~ " queen to ' Ahasuerus, historically known as Xerxes, who' reigned i:J? the 'Fifth century B. C. and waged; the' well ' . known Persian war against Greece; and none o·the~;,. . than .he who, after a storm h~" injured his' bridge of boats whi ' ~ ~ he had built across the HellesP9 ,f ordered: the sea to be beaten 'With whips and fetters to be t~n into it, to show that he w~~ tts master.'! ' J:: f;;: ,

' Vashti: like all women ~QF:her' time, lived in seclusion WIth her women; only seeing her husband when commanded to apMar in his presence. Failure to , comply with such a command, or tJ 'come ;t6 him through any initiatiye im': pulse of her own, was riskIng the' petlalty of a ,death senten~e by..

'hi~. ~ " f , ,

Ahasuerus was entertaining his friends, princes of the realm, and 'of,ficers of high rank at al\ elabo;;' rite , banqu'et; and having c~m­mi!teditp.ems'elves to wine, wome!). a~ sQ~g and with the revelry. gail'lin( }.h <,momentum, AhiiSl,ierus sent .... ~ \'Vp,rd commanding Queen ,ash!i ! t~ , present herself. . ,Vashti, full , knowing the rea­

son he!! presence was desired, Was, the fillst in all history to' assert­woman's inalienable Hghts 'by, proudly and scornfully refusing to appear, much to the rage and chagrin of Ahasue,rns. ' Gatherin~. his counsellors, they put their heads of wisdom together, and, declared that, such insubordina­tion 'must be punished and Vashti made 'an example "of, othex;,wise all wives of the land woUld do likew:ise anQ- m.an would not -Hmg-: er be lord .. and master: Therefore Vashti ' lost., her ' queen-nood and ,wa,s .' t'. way an{ , th~ '",It!i!tle beau , ' ther , was cho.sen in her p , ' aws were ma:de alid promulthroughout the l~hd makiztg, !pan the siiprenl~ ' ruler 0,$ vvo~a~: , f ~ "' :" ~'{",~f~ ,.I;;.:,~!,~ ,~""

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ART STUDIo.

be Opened by " a :Y ouitgo' Lady Photographer in the ' Ingalls Residence.

:Miss Beatrice A. Tonnesen formerly ' of Ely's photographic studio,Oshkosh, will ,open her ne wart rooms at the Ingalls residence, 920 Main street, in about two weeks. A HERALD

sentative called on Miss Tonnesen terday and found her residence ments elaborately furnished with work of her own produ:-tion. One glance at the drawing room and library will con vince the most fastid­ious · that the young lady is a true artist, her "Viking Daughter" in oil also the paintings on fire screen and he;' portrayal of "Medid." being espe· cially fine. The handsomest piece art however, in the writer's estimation is the satin covered table upon which is a love scene in water colors. The top of the table is edged in embroidery

·and covered with plate glass, while the design and construction is orL;inal witl;l the artist. Sbe also 'has some very fine marine and other scenes on tapestry. In photography M.iss Tonn· esen exhibits BOme very fine work, es· pec,ially in platinoty pe or match sur· face. .

Ex terisive improvE;ments have been made which will enable tIle ' artist to gi"e the very best of satisfaction to eu$tomers . 'rbe decorators are now at work on the reception room in the nor th wing of the building which will be ready for use in a short t ime. Among other supplies we not iced a very fine V:;<fiaty of · photograph mounts, something en tirely new. Miss TonneRen will be assisted \:>y Mrs. Kreamer, and the retouching will be done by a gentleman expert in Milwau· kee.

Miss Tonnesen comes to Menominee highly recommended by some . of the best people of Oshkosh, where she was a leader in society.

Due notice will be given of the grand opening of the new photographic par­lors.

Elegant Photographs. The display of photographic art by

Miss Tonnesen in Pengllly's show win· dow is certain prO-of that she is a fine artist and deserves the llberaJ patron­age she is now receiving. Miss Tonne· sen's gallery contains many choice works of.art. both in photography and paintings.

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'Q;and Open1ng . and Reception. On the 13th alfd 14th of December

Miss' Beatrice Tonnesen, of this cl~y, will give an artistic opening and re­ception at her st~dlo and residence on . . Main street, on which occ88ion ~ large I attenqance of. both laliles and gentle- 1 "men is requested. Since taking up her ! .resldence here~ Miss Tonnesen hae I made many Mends on both sIdes of i the river, and It may be confidently )1 predicted they wUl be out In full force upon the days specified. There will be

I a fine exhibition of everything: In her llne, and those desiring to purchase I

. pictul'es or fancy needle-work should I not mlBB this opportunity. Ably as" sisted by Mr. Johnson ,in her picture I gallery, MIBB Tonnesen ranks A No. 11 In photollr&phy, and many have al- , ready avaned themselves of her skill I In this direction. No more acceptable Obrlstmas present to a distant friend I' can be thoug:ht of than a good photo· graph, therefore this is a most excel-

, lent time to'leave your order for the semblance of yourself, that will seem llke.your actualpresence to the absent friend. MiBB Tonnesen 1s also a cuI· I tured. artist, and is ready to receive t orders for oil and water color paint· I Ings. Not deeming: ourself a dlserim· f

lnating art critic, we refrain from pa~ Ing opInions opon this branch except to remark that nothing adds to the reo finement and beauty of a home more than exquisite painting!!, etc. Go in doring. the opening and reception, and examine her display for yourself, and j .we opine you wlll be satisfied.

MIBB Tonnesen wlll have her home neatly and attractively decorated for

I this occ88ion, an~ will ~e assisted by several of Menominee's lovely young', ladies, mention of whom wUl appear later in these columns. Music will , aiso be present, and Messrs. Farrand I and Moulton will furnish the same.

Remember the dates set for the reo I ceptions .. Do not purchase your Ohrist, i m88 presentl\untll yon have seen her 1 attractions; and 'do not above all mies l ttle 'golden opportunity for a dellght· i

~ ful hour at her art. stu~1io upon the i

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dates herein mentIoned. Oolture, ! music, art and beauty, what more is ' n~ded to contribute to a' pleasant af-

, ternoon or evening'l . G!> ! . .

. Art ~;~.~il0It .' Miss Beatrice "TOnneR~n'S ' receptio~

aDd ' opening last Saturday . was w~lj attended, i'O: spiteonhe cold and rainy weather. A gr~at many of our best people were present.during:tbedii~i and: evening, and tbe rooms ~ere crolVddd ' during most 0.1 t1!t;l hl>u;rsof the openin'g.

'l'be liouSl! was 'v~ry tastefully decor~t-' ed with flowers and plants, .mu,sic \viis! fu~riished bv Mr. Farrlit'1d and );:llfliclOus

I refreshments iu th~ ,~?S,t .de!ic,8,t..'!. 9f :china was' served: The "i:lii!lplay ' <;>r' p~tiJ'!gsin' oil, wat!lr~lldRas,telJ"~\;jlry

I floe, ~ a.ls~ numerous sampfee ;Qf . ~iss ~ Tonn~ll'~p's ~kill in' photoirraiph1-:L~re ' I sho~:"'T'1ie collection in fiueartneedle-work was exceptionally good, surpass-

ling ,anything e. rer ':eiiown"'here befor~. , MliiS Tt)oriesim received a large number

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or'orders and will .. no doubt,' be very sdcceesful tn' fJ'er 'professioo' in this ' ci fj,. l'be ~NTERPiU8E !,ishes her pro8perity. ;

t~ I -HIGH AUT IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Mis" Beatrice Tonnesen Will · Ex­hibit Some of Mr. R.E .. Brown' • • Fine Pictures on Friday of This . VVeek. '

Th9 fin·de·s1ecle woman niust, It i~ ' said, have her portrait painted. It is the correct tbing to (\0, and she is un· bappy when her dearest friend has her

. painted linamen!s hung on,the line at I

the spring exhibition, or the portrait show, and she 1::1 not in it. It matters , oot whether she be a "rosebud," all

, doubt and dimples, or a wblto·haired , ~randmother, she must sit to the art'

ist most in demand and have bersclf reproduced on canvas. •

On Friday eveDing, Miss Beatrice A. ' Tonnesen, l\'1tnominee's fine artist, will throw open her Rtudlo to the pub . . lic for· tbe purpose of exhibiting somel ' !)ictures of rare excellence from the hand of Mr. R. E . Brown of Chicago,

, an artist of renown, who has done ' n.uch of her best "finishin't." The i , . I gentleman in question will be present, and point out to those Visiting the ' parlors, the artistic featnres of the oortraits. It will be an art exhibit sllch as .has. never been ' seen here be· fore,lind THE HE~ALD would urge its readers to attend the same.

,- Among the prominent featureA of

Ilhe exl:ibit will be a 'group portrait of I' .,\ienominee's most· chiumh,g young '

. , ladies in pastel and water colors, framed espt;'cially for the occasioJl, which will be sure to aUract especial attention. Mr. Brown is \,;ndoabtldly one of· the fincst water ' colof> artists of the age, and those who attend the reo e'eption will lJever regret it.

American artists have progressed amazingly in portraiture these lust few

I years, no one' ditl,tancilig Sargent, while Benjamin Porter Kets $\0[1') for a tU ll length piduJ;:e. Daniel . Huntingtor, and Willium Chase are alst) in the fQremLst rank with .Mr. Brown a good secoud as pOPular ' amon.: the feminine votariel! ()f the smart, sex, cOldloing himself almost I en lirely to pastels. These exqllisltel~' solean'd pure productions aree:ninent f Iy fitledtor portraying the delitate beauty and t:xpression of the fair sex, al ld Mr. Browll is an enthusiast in hi" art. -

By all meaDS attend Miss Tonnesen's art eihiLit o'n Friday • .

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, rkpa rl~ , S ew .l'!a~er , Tbe neW-residence of Mr. ~: " Klrkpat-

. k in the' Qniucy additiou, lU8t ea~~ of , nc , . ' dl approacntng Courtney's place, IS r~pl y . b ' 'completion. The interior fi~ISh 0: t IS bouse with few if any exceptIon8, 18 t.he finest'in tbe copper country~ and th~ ar­rangement of rooms iu the bght of con­venieuce is par excellence .. 'l'be rooms are all large aud supplied w~th plen~?, Qf light, and w4eu !?(lC!IWit::!l WI IlIlQll§tltute

tio contains 8 ~~~va s'room, DlQ81y .... -ished and furnisbed '\vit.h electric .. JigM. , The tower here al,so ~ontaiu8 a desirable­and large rOOlJl, from whl.Qh a fiDe vi~w o~ the surrounding country may he ob­tained.

a home in be prondof. Tbe building is , of modern extAfior

I d · '2·2x44 feet on the g:rouod, 8 ty e. all 18" 8 f t

Every chamber in thtl house is SUl\l~ ,plied with a large closet, and in fact 'everything is constructe~ and arranged, in. modern sty Ie, with a view to tbe great- \ 'est convimience as well a~ beauty. The, house is situated in a most desirllble lo­cality, aud when tbe grounds are clean- \

, ed up and beautified the exterior apt>e~r- ' imce win compare favorably with the' m­terjor.

witba circular venulda io front ee wide, the pillars of " 'hirh are supported by huge redstone piers. At the south­e'st corner of tbe buildlUg is a roomy t~:wer, tbll glass iu' which, iustead. of be'

ing st~:"'g'nr', ~s heut t.o conform with t.he I' sb~pe of t.he tower. The foundation of the stru Jt,ure is of vangated brown st?ne, ma8~ive And beautiful. All in all the ex­terior nf the bllildmv, presents a most handsome appeal'ilnce.

The basemeut covers "I11e whole ground spare, and is divi<1ed hlto nu~erous ?om­

.' partments, the dlv~ons belllg bllllt, of - brick. Iu one of tJm.~ms is looat\lu a I large Guruey hot wafer beater, wbich ill , counected with radiators in every ro;;m whf're necessary. . The first floor eout<lius several large and airy rooms, ali ,or 'which deserve es­pecial mention. Fr~m the porch the vest.iuule is entered, a!i.d then the rt>cep· tion hall, which is 23lt~6. . The ~owe~ part is a parlor. T he m~m BtalrW~y leatj lDg to the eecond floor Iii! heated I? the parlol;, aud is indeeu a most be,autl­ful one, Like the finish of the vestlb'lle , and hall. H is of solid oak, and th,e desigu of Lbe railin~ the offtlpring of a ' practical brain, Tbe parlor is connecled with the receptivJ hall by an archway. The parlor is 15-6x25, a~d, unlike the

lothe,r rooUlS, is finished lD solla oherry. I This rOOm also contain!! ' flU copen g~ate lor fire place, and the millitltl i.; of c~etry,

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hRnd carved and elaborate almost lD thj:l extr~me, '!tcannot be properly described,

, but must be seen to be appreciated.

'rhs dining room it! 19d6-6, and is en­tered through an archw!IY. 'l'his room . also finished in oak, The butler's IS " ht pantry and china closets are to the rig

I Mr. J. C. McCurdy had ihe oontract for the trame work, Wm. Karredge for the hllating aud - plumbing, McG1~nn

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Bros. for tbe stone work, and the palDt­lng 'is being done by Weber & Washburn. The interior wood finisb oame from the factory of Bice & Sons, Marquette, who ,are 'r~idly attaining an enviable reputn-tio'nin this line. '

The eptire house is lighted from 'celiar ' ~ attic by electricitx. The basemen t is dhided into laundri', drying room, cold

• ~r~e room, wood" and coal bins. I~ ~a-endry are stationery wash tub~, , ~J,e6' a patent laundry stove, bought at \PlttsbUirgh, Pa. In diniug room a?d !,pll~lor are large French pl!lote glass WlD­i~Q~S' MsOO inches, aboJe eaCh. Bre cut .! Iws transoms of expen,SlVtl quaht~. ~n

, I · d I t\:le 'vestibule is a fine cut ~lass w~n ow, L~nd; ou both sides of plate l.glasslD par­rlo~ i~ ,a. nic~ cut glass. ~llldow. Tbe t fi'optd09T,. slde door, dlDlDg room ttn~ main be& room upstairs, are connected w 'it n the kitchen by electric call bells: Under main stairway in recepti on hall is w'D'iee toilet room, containipg !It ationery wash staud\ and liihted by electricity. 011 tbe veranda is also an eleotri~ light. In dining r00m is :I n ice oak silver I closet) containlDg beveled cnt glass

" dOo~8; .-.-=~_--=~ __ ~~=~~ ...... """,,

I ,, ' 'Brlliiant l{eC~Ptl()P.' ' II

of this, connected with it by ~ouble sw 'nging Ilbors, and also a slidingwllldow through wbich the serving will be done. ,"''1e pantrY and chiua closet!! are each '}, '~ , . " t,chen is 13x12 feet, and !iliO tellt, Tn!! ", •. tram tbii tabID. Iin6~hH ~tifiHM.¥ 1~lld8 , t8 the i eeouel fux:lf: If'Be l~(ji)6;;li6iJ.liali alaB contains a ~ place, with an . YO'rat.4 ,mantel. 'l'h'~ i1fo ' mautels were madeiri' B uff'iI la, at' tJ. c6lt~ of about $350. The'

Mr. and .Mrs. A. Kirkpatri-ok held a reception at their home II! thiS cH,y, Thursday evenlllgo, August 4, in honor of Mrs. 'I'. Tonnesen and Miss 'fonueAen, of Oshkosh, mother 811d sistet- ,of Mrs. 'Kil'kpatrick, and Mr. Rnd Mrs~ W;cks,of Chicago. The affair was probably the most brilliaut one of the seaiiloil, J50 in-, vitations being issued and:, a.b<Jll-t; 125 of ;the society people of HancqQk: H. ,ugh: ' ton aud Calumet being present. The refresilments served were ~h ()i;ce nnd ex· penhiv.·, nnd were furnisbad-b,y 'F .' Hepp- , ner, cat"!" ',r, or Marquette. ~' 'I'he rooms were eJllb .. rc,t.ely dAcorated WIth ever­greens, etc" t,bA arcbes 'apd cnrtR i", s be­ing HI mo"t COl .. pletely covert;d, ['btl

table waR also elega'IItly deco nLT,,' J with , cut flowers and evergreens, ", JJich ~ere

,procnred from Mal'qnet,te, In tbe cpnter was a large pyramid of fruit~ of 1111 kiuds. The costnmes of tbe ladies wert> yaried and elaborate, in full keepiug with the s,urroundings, Tb .. glleAts thorU)lghly 'enjoyed themselves until 12 o'clock, when they retired to their homes feeling that royalty could hardly have been '

, ilrchways ~111 be fme.d in with grill work. I r.J:'he celiibgs and wlJlilf wil~ all be cal- , ~ cimClI in light ,and ha'nDOLI0U8 shades" I #J.1ih II 19 inch border ;!l'ollnd the walls

laf;f~top. ' "TJw, !leElond ' floor contAim. 8 gueete'

chamb8£nl\15j another chaID'~r 13x14-6, , another ' '~J.i.2'> with a bay WlI'Jd&W, aud . still another' Bs16, IIlso a sewiDjJJoom

'12x9, 'a lineu c}OJilet 6x8, lind II cOBllbi»ll­,tion closet andb&th room 6lt6~6, wi'b modern uppJiauoe", This floor il!' 1I!1~ "- '~ " '.in oile!LNf>l'-W v Dln '.£he.8!Il-

,l;'leasantly eutertained.

Last Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. AI len Kirkpatrick ente~tained alarge"num. ber of frieuds in quite a peculiar and ex­tensive manner. Takmg several large sleighs they went around and picked up about twenty of their ' friends, ,and took thein to St., Patrick's hall wheret4ey treate~ them to the , opera, "Trial by Jury." After the opera the party repair~ ed to' the -Kirkpatrick hoine where whist playing was indulged in, and . refre3hrnellts -sefvad, after which ' they ' were distributed to their feveral places

'of reBidence~ Ali join in congratulating Mr. and Mrs. I{irkpatnck, .upon their ex­traordin,ary ability to pleasantly enter tain~

,/)'h (:, live lHtn {ls ~me ho)~ses, ' i n :p1i'dst, of the Quincy addition to Hancock

, fire called "Tolley-tc,wll. " Makes one'; I have the peritonitis. " " -. . .

Visit of a Chica go ArtiSt. \

Mr. and Mrs. Allan Kirkpatrick a.r­rived home from Oshkosh last Sat­urday. They were accompanied by Mrs. Kirkpatrick's ,sister, Miss Eea, trice TonnesoD, of Chicago, who bas , gained cOl'lsiderable fame since ber ~ removal to that city and is counted

, al:l one of tbe best artists in the coun­try. Miss Tonneson wi1l remain un- '

,['til Thur.,day next~hen she ,wilileav~ , for home wherashe owns a large art ~ablishment. -

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. The Olel Se.ttlerlsclub eld its an­nq~1 n iullioll and b 11 at tb~ north .sid"Tur'nei~::hall l!tst evening, and fora '· single' nig4,t at least, m@nie mnsK, Virginilt reel; and all 1,he ' old time dances were revived. It was an .anspicions occasion, The old settlers ]o@k forw ard for a; whoJe year to the event, they anticiplI,te a geod \ime, ~nd their anticipatioris are al,ways realized, It is not so IIi uch tbedance tha.t ca].]s them to the reunion.; \Jut a ~~sire to mef't and t'a-lk 'over . the old 'lays together, and towatl!h their ,children , men and wom en grown, as 'they whirl about in the intricaciesaf the "light fanta.tic." Daneing was not what it is now in their early days. Then it was the old fasbioned,~. ',. , nd ,oUen sqllPaky "tiddJe" ,~! .. furni shed t he music ' for · ~ : the ''frolic and it w.as the old-time reel s, :the hay mal~ ers and kindred ffist'jye .:figures, ·instead of the new-fangled McGinty or the more recen t Oxf<3rd

I.of today. , ,. " " J~ . I. There were knots of greyb~rds '~Iustered about the hall' last evening talking0ver t,he chanecs tha t the last 'two score, or . even toree score of years, had wrought. Since the last reunion 'was held five conspicuous members of the Old Settlers' ciu,b ha.ve · quietly dropped away into 'the great unknown Itnd the absence of their familiar figures brought many a M r-drop , t q the eye,s of their .former c,Gmi'ades as thei( ' llames were men. " tioned last ,evenilig. K. M. Hutchin­son, Jam es L .. Wild9r, J. l'l. Osborn, Henn' Edwards and Robert Campbell ,were all present a :year ,ago and at that time Mr, Hutchinson; as presi­d'ent of the clti,b, presided 'at the re­~lion. I .

The reunion last evening was in every way a success. It was opened early by a 'brief pro'gram during whIch Charles W. F elk er spoke. ,Mr.' Felker was intloduced 'by S. M. Hay as h!l, woo, when a boy,-bad Ji"fiy~n oxen at-the pl o,,", on 'Liberty I!1taiHe. ' It was there Mr. ~Hay said tlW.:t , "he

. knew ]\1r. Felker for the first· ~~e.. ' Then Mr. Ray told briefly ' of' i«r. E'elker's career, hew he 'J;!ad bee1f.sent to school and study had, matureir the man' fI! today, who would addr~ss the gathering. , ' Mr,. Felker's address, although brief

was a tOllching one that brought tears to the eyes of mil;ny. ' The speaker was visibly moved as he recollnted

, the e:1l'ly , trials of , the ~)ibn'eers fif the county, and Ihe commanded the closest attention. It 'was an interesting story th at he old, oue that was v,aluable as a his­

tOl·ieah'.:;sume , o f the events of" "­past. He sPQke at some length npon the beauty and enjoyment of hol<!'ing the anllllal re unions. .", - Dancing was.iriaugurated ~ arl y ; ln

vening, only the Old Settlers tal; in c part. 'Ihe young people were asked t remain in the gallery r ntil iater .on. O:1e set in the first quadrille ;was pa,r . cularly netable,It was made ~p ~';f Senator Sawyer and dau~hter, Mrs. Wh,ite; Judge GMY and daugh · ter, Mrs. "Tichn@r; Wil,liam I::>ha,'pe and '.daughter, Mrs. Kinsley;and John Chase anti Miss Sadie Budd. _

, , Q uadriJle.s were succeeded·by 'the ;old-tizpe dances and later on, when' the young peopl~ were invited down, the ·waltz W!\ i.n:aug~lfated. An ex­cellent ' su.p .- to' all prese'ntwas s'erve41 durin !?:£l~e,v!f,ling.

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1~~~·lij[j[~~~::C=~~~~M~a~rg~a~r~e~t~F~r~·a~k~e~r~,~MNni~SS~iM~a~rg~aar~p'~,t~l'i7~-;::~:::::::;~~;;'~~~~~~lIl,reI~-1----~ \ THE WOLFE-GlUMMER WEDPING Weed, Miss Marion Lake and Miss grcom, an t e bridesmaids, W I e

At the First t!ongregaUonaI Church

Wednesd"y Evening-Description

f..fthe Event-Summer Re-sorts Open.in&:.

Pretty, elegant and impres~ive was the weclding of Miss Maud Grimmer to Frederiek Wolfe. at the First Con­gregational church, in this city, on Wedne;;day eve ning. It was an event of unusual interest. The,prominence and popularity of the bride in Osh­kosh social circles aroused interest in the event as soon as it was an­nounced, and as the time drew near and the elaborate appoiutments be­came ,known, the expectation of Osh· kosh society rose. And the event merited it. It , was a remarkablv pretty wedding. The arrangements were ehtbo.-ate, yet so complete that the entire affair moved as smoothlv" as the most simple hoin e \Vedding'~ I From the time tbe bridal party el}­tered the church un~il the husband and wife said farewell to' thell Osh- ' lwsh friends ,there was ' nothing to mar the perfection of the event. Eve'" the weather did, what it could . The' gathering clouds brought a hard shower early in the eveuing, but be­fore the bridal puty started for the church the rain stopped and. as the'

ibride left her home to take the car­riage, the clOuds parted to, permit the sun, before going down, to g~'eet the bride with its bright rays as she was starting for the marriage " altar.

The guetiLS began to assemble at the church long before tbe time ap­pointed for the ceremony. and when eight o'clock came a large company had gathered. The church was hand somely t'rimmed. The decom­tion, were entirely_-in pink and white, Indeed those colors predominated throughout the wedding both ' in the decomtions and the eostumcs. Another distinctive effect achieved in . the ~ owns of the bridal party. The chureh presented a handsome appeara:l.ce. The aisles and the . platform were covered with white eanvas. The desk and the altar were beautifully banked in pink and white set off by green, with hydran­geas, pink peonies ' and palms. The organ was drape'd with ropes of wood­bine with which were entwined locu~t, syringas and pin k roses, and the same was artistically WOUIJJ

around thll choir rail. The whele combined to ' lJroduce a eharming efi',"ct in the front of the church, The wih.dows ' ~.ere banked with bunches ill roses and woodbine. The front of the ehurch was reserved, sh ut off 'by' white ' "ribbons stretched across the -aisles. - The re~erved pews were marked 'by d,ainty bunches of white roslls :and Q;ilthe others were bunches of white)ocus~. . ' ..

Promptly at eight e'clock the wed­ding party mov~'d ' down the aisle toward the altar;' I,First carne Emma Pratt and Do); Edwards,~'.attractj.v!lly attired in long pink watteau go~.ns; large white leghor'n hats- with 'pink feathers and carrying large bouqp:ets of white flowers. They paused to untie thiD'ibboils which "barred .. the center aisle- and waited to allow '''the bridal party to pass between them, until the arrival of the bride, whom ' tbey preceded to the altar. 'r~o ushers ceaded the bridal par y proper. They were Nathan Pall .>~ Harry Birely, Fred Fe'l!<e~" P J !n ' Janes. and Walter Grimmer of in, waunee. 'Then , came the maid of honor and the bridesmaids in pairs, one in pink and one in white being together. Mias Jessie Paine was the maid of honor and the bridesmaids

June Stickney. Th13 bride followed the ushers presented the guests. A lalone 'and then came her parents, Mr. little dancing was indulged in until 'and Mrs. Thomas D. Grimmer. the bridal ' couple took tbe mldnigbt I ,The bride WO~!) a handsome cos- train lor the sout " being accompa-tume of white moire antique satiu, nied to tbe station by the bridal striped. I,t was made princess, en I party. traine, and it was trimmed at the I Tbe' prese:nts wp.re not di~playp.d, neck and sleeves with real lace. It Mr;· Grimo:ier's present was a hand ' wlJ,s an exquisite costume, though some diamond pendant. , Mr. Grim-very simple. She wore a long tulle I mer ' gave the bride a check for $1,-veil fastened with a diamond butter- : 000 a,ad ' the gift. from the groom's fly. A handsome diamond pendant , parents was a hand~ome dining room and a diamond bracelet, the ,gift from se,t. 'I'he bride gave the 'maids hand-,the groom, completed the costume. ~ome bow-knot pins as souvenirs. She carried a bouquet of bride roses In addition to the presents sent to

land wore no gloves . Oshkosh. a large n umber of handsome

Mrs. Grimmer wore a gown of gifts await their arrival in Canada. 'lblaCk Lyons velvet, with train, and Among ,them is a handsome set of trimmed with lace. Sho carried Mare- , dining room furniture from the chal Niel roses and wore diamonds. ! groom's parents. Among the hand-

The gowns of the bridesmaids were 1 ' some presen ts here were the gifts of remarkably protty. Three were in I the bridesma,ids and usher~. "k d h . h't Th ' Among ~he 2'uests from abroad'

pm ,an tree In w I e. " e gowns I were '. Mr. and Mrs. John Wolfe, of were all made with watteau bows. The maid's wore :whi~e gloves and car- London, Canada; Miss Lillian Weber, riej boquets of pink sweet peas and of Milwaukee; Mrs. McCormick, of maiden hair fern. Miss Pabe's London, Canada, and R. Henning, of gown was of embroidered crepe with Petrolia, Canada. , pink silk. It was cut round at the Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wolfe are neck. Miss Lawson wore pink silk, at present on their wedding trip. cut round, with pearl trlmming~. They will visit at Montreal for a. , Miss 'Lake's costume was of pink time. Frem there they Will go to the crepe, with square neGk and V shapf:d ' White mountains. They will occupy back. Miss Weed wore crepe d,~ a cottago at Port Stanley : chien, with round neck. Miss Fra- OIl " Lake Erie until Septem- ' ker's gown was of ;'vhite cretJP. cnt bHr, when they Will be at hom e round, and Miss Stickney wore at Petr0lia, Cana,da, where Mr. Wolfe st.riped chiffon cut square with V I is in business. ,back. "

While the part,y was moving tow.u·d i the altar, . Mr. , Wilson played the I Lohengrin wedding march on the 0('­

gan. Meanwhile the groom advan ced from the right with the be:,t man, his brotlier, .Toseph Wolfe, of Chicago, and the bridal party arrangoed it;e lf I around tbe altar,forming- a semi­eircle, with \.he ushn's 0[1 the ri!rht ' and ,themaids on the left. " ReI' . E d- I ward R. Smith pronounced th ll im- j pi'essiv~ marriage ceremony of th~ episcopal church. While th e bride and groom were were still' kneeling after the prayer, Miss Jessie Paine sang, "Deign This Union to Approve." puring the cere­m'ony the Arion . orc'hestra played a soft strain and as soon as the core­mony was over, the organ burst forth itl the Mendelssohn weddin~' march, and the husband and wife led the march down the aisle.

The home of Mr. and Mrs: Thomas ' n;Grim'mer <iii ·' Algoma , street was I

,beautifully decorated ' for the recep" tion which' followed the ceremony. The ornamentation ~as notelaborate. but throughout the house in con­venie'nt nooks were smilax and Catherine Mermet ,roses. A hand­~ome horse hoe of'white flowers or:na-mented the table-tn- fron of wfC'ffl ' the bride ~tood while receiving. al;d on a table in the back parlor wa~ a ~

Ibasket of exqui.ite pink roses. The doorway between the parlors and the , "dining room was draped WiLh curtains I of illusion as was the large front win-I dow of the parlor. The dining room, decorations were handsome. A large

I bnnch of pink Toses ornamented ·the center of the bride's taltl!l on which

. were also large pir,k candlesticks i with pink shades. White ribbons ex­tended from tbe chandelier to the corners of the table, and the chande­lier was wound Ivitb smilax. " The wedding supper was served to

the bridal party immediately on its arrival from the church. The party tJ umbered twenty-two. An elegant 1 menu of six courges was served.

After the wedding supper of the bridal party the guests were received in the parlors at the Grimmer home by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Grim­mer, the bride an(l groom, Mr. and Mrs. John Wolfe, parents' of the

DAYS OF SPBING,TIME.

A Little Movement in l\latte,rlof Ir.ter­est to lhe Ladies.

The gaities of the coming season ' were elegantly Inaugurated at the spacious residence of Moses H~lOpflr , on Thursday afternoon, the occasion being a reception given by Mrs. BeQ Hooper. Miss Hooper, Mr~. Swasey and Miss Swasey. The day was per­fect and the four hundred and a ll their friends gladly accepted the invitation to appear at " the Hooper mansion from "two to four." The receiving party stood In toe library and welcemed th~ir guests with Itraceful hospitality. The rooms were made heautiful and fragrant with flowers while garlands of smilax intertwined and. trailed from the chandeliers. Great bUllches of noses. carnations and lilies of the valley fi,Jled vases on the mantles. 'The scene was an animated one from :beginning to ("nd, as ladies' 'receptions usually are, and above the hum of many

were Miss Carolin -,L=a.;;\V..::a~o~n.!." .....::M:;:;Ls=s...!". _____ ...:... ______________ ___ ~_'"_ ____ .....

voices sweet mnsic from the orches­tra stole ' softly through the rooms. ,Refreshments-the first conrse beIng c\licken salad, tbin buttered bread,

"piti:kles and coffee, and thl'seeond, '~ ,dainty fru,lt mousse ' with confection; ",ery-were served in the banq uet room, ill the basement, where half a hundred ·

·ladies were seated at once. The table wasorllampnted. Simply with a ¥rp.at cluster of Easter lilies in the ::center, aud a few pretty bits of silver . ;t.Dd ' cut gla.ss. The l't'CCIVlDg . party \Vcre evening dress as did seve'ral of those assIsti ng, and the number of handsvme toilets worn signi'lies tha.t spring isat band. If " ,ceming events cast their shadows before,'" arnd It this receptioJa fore ' shadows the futnre. Oshkosh will be exceedingly social the cdmio'g ' sum­mer.. Among those who assisted in entertaining were the follow'in~ well knowH 'ladies: Mrs. Hi·rely,. Mr~. Sawyer., Mrs. Chase, Mr!!. Brown, Mrs. Snell, Mrs. Buck-staif and others:; also Misses Ford, ')'leek, Clark, 11Htoll, Lawson and W-to'Oster. It was nelLcly sundown wh'eu, the last guest Cileparted and tl'i'l1·t the a1fa.ir .< was a splendid social ~tlccess goes withoblt saying.

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.HITUMN: DA:J?S.

TopicS for Talk Amon.: MjOn and ·Women. "

The beautiful home of Mrs. A • . H. Read au Algoma ·street was the seene of a most agreeable gathering 9n Friday, whfch, in point Qf numbers ," elegance of apPointment anll general good cheer and hQspita.1ity, Is seldnm, If ever, ' excelled. The QccasiQn was the ' rQse recfl.ption Ifiven by Mrs. A. H. Read, ' Mrs. T . J. Vaughn, Mrs. E. G. J'acksnn and Mrs. Ellen FQrd, aJld . ac-cQmpa,nying the receivinll: party was Mrs. L. W. Halsey Qf Milwaukee, whn

, has been fnr some days past the iluest nf Mrs. Pord. Daylight was excluded and the rnoms brilliantly llIumina~ed, turned the entire afternQnn Intn evening. The flnral dl'corations ,were unique and beautf-. ful, and consisted nf palms, ferns and \'i'nes; rnses , and car" nations nccupying conspfcuousplaces. Smilax wreathedthtJ chandeliers; vin.es crep't , .up " and abnut the mantels In a most graceful and natural 'way, and the sweet ptlrfume Qf flowers was every· where. The beauty Qf the decQratiQns culminated IB the side tllLIl and caught

··the " imIiledl!\te attentinn Qf In-cnming guests, the . stairs being bauked f)'nm floor tn 'ceiling with

. palms, whilEi the banIs ters were wreathed \Vlth Engli$h Ivy-and the whole il· lumlnated by the rOsdate glow of pink shaded lamps; seemed like a glimpse In fairyland , and carried Qut the'scheme 'nf rQse color to perfection. I

In the dining 'rnnDl "yards ot roses," graced the walls, and dozens Qf the pink and : whiM blooms filled the epergne

,which occupied t.he center Qf the elegantly appointed table, resting .lip a center pieCe of exulsite Roman em·

,broidery. Cut ,Ias~ disbes' beld dainty 'plnk and white ' bonbnDs, 'and caDdied ' rose leave~, and a " few pieces Qf rare china and fiDe 6iJver·ware' further adnrned ·the table. '-FQur tiundrectalld ' tifty Invi· tations had be'e~ l~sued. , and in spite at tbe unfavorable wjlll-ther were quite generally responded to, judging hQm the constant strep.m' of' ani vals and depal'ture~during ~\le fQur hours desig­nat~gin t\:le invitations. T.he refre~h­ments in <;haflle Qf Madame Jannush, were Qf .thi:l . most delicate cbaracter­'the .ice cream being rnse colored, frozon in ., tbe furm ,of a fQse, and ' served with na~il'ral rase fQHar-o. In the reception hall Misses MQrglJ,n and GQuid presided over the pUQcb bowl, tbe ~on~eQts 'oJ' wnich ' \\iere pa,latable' aud refresbing: -.and frQm 'l au upper raOUl the swee~ : strains ' .Ill' music '\Vhich floated dowD proclaimed' the preseuce Qf .our OWn Arions. . The ladles assisting were, 'j MeFdames. George W. Pratt·, ' .JQbn afC),s, J. E~ Kennedy, W. J. Hay, J. H. I Sturtevaut and .Misses Ha)" Crane, Cra­ry,' Pratt. L3Ivson, Morlfan ' a nd ' Gould. Among the . !iuests frQm q,brnad werll Mrs. C. E . Edwards, Qf Stevens POint, MI'S. Geo. Hatch Qf Marinette. Mrs. Reeve of Fond du Lac, Mrs. p, V. TJaw­son nf Meqasha, Mrs. C. C. Chase of Li'n'+<lln, Nebraslm, " and Miss Eva Parrett . Qf, Indiana. Mar.y elellailt co@tumes were 'displayed nQticeabl), 'for the ,tirst time, and ·all in al1 the altair was dellglitful. A magnifi­cent bouquet Qr ' American ' Beauty and L.a ·France 1'08e9, sent with her regrets by 0. prominent lady Qf · this city, at­ti'acted un, iver~aJ a.dmlratlon,. and w.a:8 .a speCially sqitable additlQn 'tQ thi-s rQse re.cB tion. ' , , .

:L)wenty bright· eyed young ladles welfe entertained a·t a cinch party by

i Miss Maud ·Wa~hburn at two o'clock I .lin ]!'riday afternQnn. Tbtl prize Qf i the :.t fternoon , a ' silver spoou, was

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wnn by Miss Calista Pratt. Tea was served at five G'clock. The rnoms were prettily decorated with cut flowers.

SCRAPS OF SOCIETY OOIAL MATTERS IN GENER

~ Farewell Party at the lIaben lIome.

·IUt:s~ T. \ n. 1\Iorgan Entertains.

. K 'Golden We.dding -- Other'

E y!:nts and Notes,

If Miss Regin&Haben had planned tn give a nQve,l party she CQuid not have succeeded better than she did last evening. When her paren'ts" de­cldedtogQtn "Denver it was dete~: mined to speno the last evening at their JOlle with their friends. The furnitut;e and carpets were all remnved frQm . the hQuse. The rQoms '\Vere absnlutely bare. 'But there was music and there were mer­ry peQple all trying tQ make the ' last. evening In Oshkosh as happy as pog,. sible for the Ha.ben family. . '

It was a thQroughly enjoyable par­ty. There was a feeling of sadness,

I hQwever; amnng ,the guests at . ilie , thought that the house which had entertained them SQ much, was about tQ IQse its inmates. Dancing was kept up until train time, and those.of ~he guests t~at remained, accQmpan­led the family tQ the train. AmQng thQse present during the evening were: The Misses Hattie Bras,Mabe~ Viall, Anna Weisbrod, Mary HarlQw I Lilian Felke~, Anna Radfnrd, Lillia~ Weber, Carrie Lawson, Beatrice 'TQnnesen, LQuis'e Mears, TQny Eck-

I stein, Nellie Mears, Ida Radford, : May Schreiber, Winnifred HarmQn, Bertha IdesQn, Mary Hughes, Clara Liude, Helen Peck, Lulu Peck ' Susie Rumery, Julia Bra,s. ' I

The Messrli. Rnbert Evans, Arthllr GQSS, Armin Kuehmsted, L. A. Bau : man, Winter Everett. Carl Felker, R. B. Pratt, Edgar Finck, Ben S'P,lth,.

I Will Hawthntne, Ja.cQb J. Schindler, F. L. DQlbeare,James Jenkins, Fred. Barkman, James Gould, Charles I

DinsmQre, Will Campbell, GeQrge Madison, Fred HQaglin, GeQrge HQaglin, Mnritz Weidner, Tbomas Gorman, Martin Battis Otto Welf>­brQd and Arthur Snell.

Among Qthe~s were: Will J . . Hay and wife; Clayton" Quaw .and wife, Charles P. Salisbury and wife, Charles Oellerich and wife, and Charles W. Felker and wife and l\frs. Richard Guenther. .

1tiis~ Gallinger and James Morri~on en~ertained a company , at cards Thursday evening at Mr. MQrrisnn's hnme Oil Otter street. The enter­tainment was dQmino whist, and all the guests used luck and skill .tn win the golden !tars that wnuld make tbem ' champions, . provided they secured ennugh Qf tbem. It waH ' a

,mQst en}oyable gathering in ,every , w,~y. 'Ihe company was just large enough to 'make it interesting and., yet not large enollgh to over-fill ·the. rooms.

D'aint'y refreshments were served and the prizes were awarded. ;Miss StrQud and George Fraker. won the head prizes and the tQot prIzes came tQ Miss TQnnesen and ».:6. Cbase . Miss C~rran rendered a' sQln 'and H. W. ,Harper gave a number Qf selee: ions .lin tbe banjn aJ;ld the- party

closed atter a few ,iIII prn'Yised danceil.

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' T h ings o-~'-:~~e~~stto nlell ' and Winneconne Garden .,Mapy;Anend Civic. Anotper 8plendid social success was I ~Club Fl()~trr<S70biv,/

a chieved on Thursday, wh'en 'Mr~. J, G: I • 1';1 \: .;.'':, U te . '

Birely and Mrs, C. 1\1, Conlee received , ,Is Marked Success" "'"~.', . , ' ,G,.me,. -; Uee ·m,'Cl Ilearl v half a thousand of t hei l' friend~ I ' () 0 at th~ l'e,sidence of Mrs. 'Conlee on ir . - " .. I , I ' ",'Mone than fulfilling the highest I Algoma street, The elegant 11tHl spaclOlls " ., , About60 individuals attended the

of beauty, by, the aid of palms, potted j~ ~'a,rden' club flower S"llOW, : held dinner and program at 'the regular residence was txans f.Dl:med ' into a bower I ~ ~e?C,' p!'!f'tations, the Winnecqnqe ( I chrysanthemums, Cllt flo wers alldgar· , t' Wednesday at the :Winneconne ',meeting of the Civic League, held lands ,of smilax. , The honse was a blaze I city hall, was unammously de- I Mond~y eVening in the council room, of lig11t 'softene'd . by ~hades of pink , 1\ clared a decided success and one crape over all .tbe globes of the chande' l l of the outstanding shows that w.ill'. r at the 9it

y Hall. . hers . . In ooe 'cornel" of the library I be held in the vicinlty this season. I, A committee , consisting of Mrs. G. under a caoopi' of pink crape with a back· I There were 600 I?eople, from the ' Kahn, Mrs. Rud'olph Hoger, Miss Mil- I g round of 'la'rge ' mii'rors, Misses Paige surroUndl'ng ' communl'ty, that d d S d , ', , h h b I I , re everson an i.dss Beatrice ar,d Rollins [H6sided at 't e pone ow. visited the exhibits, which were Vases filJ ed wi th carnatjons and roses . , , Tonnesen, assisfed by Mrs. Lamont br,igh'tened, the, mantels and smilax wide in vartiety °df typed~' 10t,vely J nf : Miller, Mrs. Fred Bishop, Mrs. A. F. trailed ' abo nt the chandeliers; while , arrangemen an III Ica lVe 0 1

a bove the hum and buzz of voices the I considerable originality. " Schroder, and M'TS. J. J . ~Grimes, stra:ns of th e, Arion orchestra floated To set aside one division as served '\10 very delicious dinner." at 5weetJ.v down frOID an upper hall. As is outstanding would be difficult but 6:30. The table decorations were usual the dining room was the apart· the objeCt of particularly en-meot,whilrtlio the acme of decorative thusiastic comment were the especially lovely. Carried out in a s'kill was reached , the table being a gl.<ldioli and 4innia exhibits. The I color scheme of silver. b1ue and I,. model of ' originality . antj. beaut~, rock 'gardens, arranged by ' Mrs. whiter' the Easter theme was empha-and J;eceiviog the hIghest compll- A i L: Miller and Mrs. George sized with nests of silvered Easter .

to eleg,ant table de~oratioos.: 1S'0 cI~th much to a-ugment the setting and eggs, each guarded by a blue bunny, rnellts ' , from those accl\'stomed I Gr oss an,d , the ir committee did

was used . !:>u the hl~hly p:>llshea tab,e. , interesting ' too were tl}e ' \vild tall white tapers in silver holders, a The centerpiecp. was a large cireular --mirtor 011 whicil rested 11 ' bea:utl:ul . cut fl9wers arranged by l\1iss Mild,€d horn of t>lenty held very natural-

la.ss : ro'~e bowl, 'surmounted b a tall I Severson and CampFire .Girls. looking artificial Easter lilies and , Otlier noteworthy parts of the other white containers held more

J cu t g as~ vase fill ed with La Il'rl1nCe, \ show w,ere the six tables with rOl'es, reRcbill1! nearly to tile ehan. their attra-ctive appoiqtments,' the bouquets of lilies with which artis-dt'l ie r ai)ov " , From ' th e pi nk ~ h a l1l!d: \bird houses m.~de by, Willis 'Diyall ti~ally curled sprays of white a.nd; ,cll a nueli " r f~ur ga l lunch 'of ~m illt '!: w ore I I and boys, and the" shadow boxei> ~ bl II h " dl't\\V1l to tbe corner~ of t he tabl e. U' ~ I I ' ''' .LJ ue ~e op ane ,were arranged .. E)ach ' ing oe2rly to t.be th or. '1<'ou!" i ,f, ': i prepared oy Mi~s Beatrice T~~""" ·contamer stood on a blue mirro~ Slllldpd cH".dLes in brol,.e c a, ndle~ t i ; ".;~ neson assisted by Mr .. Divall .. 'fhe th t dd d , S b ' t' d ' I t ' 1 a a e much to the effect. Blue rfls lecJ on I.he tahle. whi le f'xquisite t ut 1 oxes ~o~ aI~e UIljlsu_a , ~r lC.~S ' gJal'S db hps h}~ld VU,rlOU8 pi nk cor-l iec' and dIstinctive flotal , 'arrange- crepe paper combined with smaIIt lIon<. Buc h as spun sugar, cand ied rose ments. In ~/the art ' group there' blUe candy easter egg~ and white leavps. and pink but.tercu ps, wi1ilHhere- was a wide varietyo! lovely napkins completed the ' gecoratio'ns, and there lay a. pink rose. "arelf>ssiy miniatures, silhouettes ,aqd man,-droP~pd among" the array of glittering tel arrangements. "Ihe displays ,w~ich were made and arranged by cut glass dis ne.s. a Jl 'n'~ tin~ on em broid· bf the florists added much .' to the " Miss Beatrice Tonnesen. ~" .-' cred dnyleys. , The refrf'shments were /ShOW'S beauty and ' eveq the The members of the cast of the d plieioll~ , t~ e ~llh>' lalJtialsbei!Jg folJowea vegetable div ision was colorfu,lw. play, "Too Many Bosses," and theI'r l' by pllIk and whi ' s ice crea.rn and woi te ' Cake with pink fl'Jstillg. Before lea vllI!/: and artistically arranged, : ~ " , direct,or, Mrs. W . D. Brownson, wei'e~ th? dining- room "each la.dy wa' s 'Jre<eot,ed Judges for the flower show ', -''""1: ' , ' M . J P C f N ' guests o~honor. i witb a >' ouvenir Ja'cf\ pin of c ut silver, were . rs .. ' . anavan, 0 ee- ' , " ' littl e Mi"ses ~ Anita. Ovin,tt and Lorna , nah, Mrs. R. B. Locke, of Omro, ' I Followi:iIg~ the dinner Miss Mildred f1 o?per carrying pink basket (!Ilshioos, and E. H. Ristow, of Oshkosh. R.Severson, ~1Hi~l'man of the progra:m ael.ln ll' a , sou van i)" girl s. Pa~8i'ng from , i B. Locke ,judged ~he v~~tables ~ committee anno, unced the various ' th,· dirring roorn through tbe ' ~ id e hall and clerks were MISS BeatrIce M. . "'"'" ' , a llotber pretty picture appeared, \ Calkins and Miss Mary' 'C .' ~ numbers presented. The assembly : III t he s tloirs banded with 'I Grimes. " " sang , "Wearingof\ -il;l,e Green," and palms and draped in pink and craoe. and The executive comm, itt~ , o, Lthe ' A Id L . S " 'h at the front ooor th p li ttle Misses Vo.o l b " " u ang yne, WIt Mrs. Bessie l Ll e o.v actl'd as ush ers, dre~"ed i,ll pin k clu in charge , 'of the ShbW , ha,ve Zager, pianist,' as accompanist; and

• 0 dIviduals and fmns that added t o arence ar en p aye , tree pOllUlar l c ape. The co stUllj(,~ of~., tbe host,es se" W::cp.ressed their .. thanks ' to the in- Cl M tId" h ./ I

w('re ' egant, Mrs, Conlee wearing a I ' " , .,' I t' fawn and blue cbangeable ~llk gown; pe success of ' the vent:ure. ' se ec IOns on , his piano-ac'cordion. and M-rs. Birely ' a white brocaded silk r~c~~_.;_:;;;~,~, ~~,~~~~;~~;;;;~~ Miss Oranda Bangsberg, executive witb pearl passamen,terie and [Jointiace .f secretary of the Oshkosh Council of trimmill!!s, and di amond ornamen ts, ," , --" ' ,"::~<--- ' .:~' ! C The assistinll' ladies were Me~dltmes Van PLANTS A GARDEN I amp Fire groups, was the speaker Liew. J. E. Kennedy, .John R. Morgan, 'I: "V" F()'RVlCTO~~ , , t of the evening and explained the Battle Conlee, C. W, Oviatt, J, p , GO llld, , " ,. aims and accomplishments of camp JTI. P. Sawyer, C. C. Cbase and Allgus IL' M" " " , " fire members. Instructive -games were Bncks!-<tfl'; and Misse~ Doe, Weed, 'l'Oll' i< • ISS , aeatri,ce .,['onnesen has plan-nesen, Carrie Rumery and Alice Wash. ted a ~giarden' in such a way that the 11 demonsVrated by girls of tHe Wawin~ burn. A prettlel: or m'O re enjoyable oc- Lettuce forms ,a large 'IV" an,d -the ahkan ,Camp Fire group, ''of which casion can bard ly be im3,gillild t hao was ' M' M t'his pink "Atfl Home." other veg.etables are ,arra,nged to ; ISS ildred Severson is: leader. ir-A

.... ----,--y,_.::;-;;;;~r;;:-:::;:::.- ;::.._~,,_~~-'=--J ! .1 form an artisti,c accent f:or the Vic- I brief busIness m,ttefihg ' wa~ held ' in tory sign. /1 , conclusion, tlie p~~sident,Mrs. J. J.

Mrs T To ; , . f Grime~, presi' ding. --, d ,. ' . nnesor , ': th her daughterl " ,

an son of Oshk C1~;,' visited l\1r d M F i , ~'. an rs. red Tonneson of north Oak'

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LINKED FOR-LIFE XHE CIIANE-FELIIER WEDDING

Trinity Ch~rch the .Scene of a~ Impos­

log Ceremony Thursday Evening. A Brilliant Reception.

Elegant Presents.

. The wedding of Miss Lilian Felker and Mr. Edward Miller Crane on Wednesday evening was a rcc~er~he and brilliant affair. For a, long tIme the wedding of these two young peo­ple had been look ed forward t.o with unusual interest, and the wedding of two of the most popular young peo­ple in the Sawdu~t City was undoubt­edly the most complete and notab!e social affair which has taken place In

. the city for some time. Trinity

I church, the scene of the marriage ceremony, presented a very pJ'et~y appearance, so t:astefully . was .It decorated with . palms and whIte roses. L~ng before the j,time ap-poi'nted fo~ the ceremtmrto be per· formed the elite of the .CIty streamed into tbe churcb, and the sweet breath of flowers, combined with ·the elegant costumes of the ladies served to in­crease the spirit a F the loveliness which pervaded the immense audito­rium. Precisely at eight o'clock, '. Trinity vested choir proceeded from the rear of the ch urch to the ' " altar, '. singin!; "The Voice ' That , Breathed O'~r Eden." Hardly had the strains of the music died away when the brides­maids aild ushers issued from eiti;ler, side of the c;hli'ricel ,. and p~ece~ed by the maid of honor, marchetl ",· to, thll rear of the .cI;tufch" · '··ta.· meet . the . bride. Then, to the sweet strains of the wedding

ImarCh from Lohengrin, the bridal party proceeded very slowly u~ the 1 main aisle, the ushers and brldes­malUs taking the lead, folldwed ,by, the bride and maid of hOllar, and tJlll parents of the bride. _ At t'be chan­cel stood the groom and the best Q1,~Il, who in the meantime had mar~:bed from one of the veHry reams. 'l'he nshers and bridesmaids then ~t.epped to the altar, standing in froiJ~{)f the choir stQ,II~, and the betrotba;J ~er,vice, very ~rief but bt'autiful, l1\\II. bel!\; The bridal couple, accomp;:tDled be' , the maid of honor, ,th en ··~tep ped Il: the altar rail, where tlia marriag, " ceremony w~s perforlneq, the Epis­copa.l riog service beiug used. The . couple then kneeled, a~iI. the bl essin~ of the r ector, thll Jle'l. John W; I GreenWOOd, co[]cludeJ;1 the service. The pure white bri ~l veil was then removed by tbe gro.olP and the maid of nonor, the latter ' taking it· and

'carrying it on h ~~ !1F m. Tbl.l}, Jredding march from Tann);lauser ,wi1~ , .then played, to tbe m.Qs·jc of whJ9,P? the bridal party, consisting ·,of t.h.Il ~ ,bride and gr60m, brid.e~J.llaid~ and, ~~~hers, ' maid of bonar , And' best IQ~rl; : tbe 'Parents of the b,rlde and the parents -of the groom,' pa,ssed slowly. dqwn the center aisle, "followed by~' the" b,oy -chair, the chOir separatin-g " at the -(!hurch door and sJanding ~;(Jtil the music ;ce s,e'F ThAparty ~vas then

·<lriven' to ·the ' s.pacious residence of rthe bride;s :par~n t.s" ron W~Sihing~on street, where an elaborate reception was held, beginning-:-at nin:e o'clock. '.rhe interior of the residence was made If'lost atti;,~st,iv'e br J.aT.re palms and pink rqse~. '£be pInk effect was carried gut throughout thei'esidence, the decorations in the dining roem being entjrely of , t~at color. The various mantles thro'llg,hout the house were banked with tropical plants and vin-es. The ·g>uests num­berim! about 400. wel'6 -receivAd 1n

t e ron par or, t · ,e fo , oWIng elDg the reception CVllImlttee: Mr. an Mrs. E. M. Crane, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Felkar, ,Mr. and Mrs: Allen Grane{ .M~ss ~an-nie Crane. ' Miss AnnIe FIeld, Mr. Freq Felker. ,T.he guests were ushered into the pl',esenae .Qf tbe r e­ceiving ' pa.rty l!ly ,the " l1sber~. A larae pavllion had been ,platCed ~n the yaid, where da ncin.g was carrl~d on during the eve ni ng, to, the ~USIC of the full Arion 'or.chestra, which was . 'certainly' at its ,Dest. Su~.pe,nded f.rom the branctl~s of the trees 1ll va.rlOtlS parts of tlil,e premises we.re ChInese lanterns whieh ,finely .illuminated th~ lawn. The re.f 'veshment~ were served buffet. The 'fjrese nw were very nu­merous and eostly., and ,&'cc.ording to the latest SG.cJal ~dea, ,the cards bear­ing the names of ·the ,donors . were -removed, eaeh !pl'esent being kindlY ! acknowledged .ir: a note f rom the bridal CO'Il,pJ.e, The 'maid .of honor , was Miss Anni-e iFleld of ,Ripon, and the' bridesmruid·s were MissJrathari'ne

. Gold of Chica~o, Miss 'ClaudiaMc· Court of Den,ver,andthe Miss~s Harriet E. ~t:as, Calista Pratt and Lulu Peek ,of tbis ci.y. The \:lest man wa's Fre.l!erick :Felker, brother of the bride, arnd the ushers were .Tacob JohN :8ehlinoler o<OI MiJ.waukee, and George Athearn, .Jr., .Benjamin

!Read, Cad FeHwr and ,EClwin '1'. 'Cole of t!Ji,s cit,Y.

The costfi,mes of the ladies were very elegant. T<he bride400ked charm­il!.€: in a quad.llt~ simple ~ow'n of cr~pe cr:ystal Ben.ga,Une. tr,im med wI.tll 'white point duebesse I.aoo, "',Ith W?lte \ satin fQlds Oll the -sk irt. She w?re I di lll.LUo nds as (J,rnl1lnents, and CUrled I a white aitd gold .marria~-e ?ook;,. t?~ gift of the mai'd ,of 'hpI,wr. MI~S FI~ld, .the maid Jf hOi1'Q~~ wa& ,bea lltlfIJIIIl al CQst\J.me~ Q.f I?itlk stllL ,~he .~ore. a large \Vhi~e' crepe h at, ttllllmfld vll,th waite ostrich featner-s,acd r,vore w\nte ,glovefl and slipp.ers.. Sbe carri,ed a .buncn,of t,a.Franc \fooes. Mrs, E el};;er 'was at.t ired in a, g,@.w'lit of ,pearl grey !satin brocade, tc,i,mmed wHh , pina wearl ptissementrie ;8;00 • crepe. S~ <.Wore a 601'0net at l'QSeg In .her hal(, 'l!ind carnled a bUDc h o,f pink r6ses. ',Mrs. Graue voas e,owll!ecl in a ,C;Ostumll ()f light ~,rey · , cry~ta,il sUk, tr~ Ulmed wit,h black chantilly lace. BhG car-ried pink lioses: Miss Crane w.ore a dress of Peilrin striped. sUi\;;, witb pure white satla trimmings and l3<Olnt appl\lJ.ue. Sbe carried white rotles. Miss ' Mollie .Felkel', sister of the bride" was co<£tumed in cream. silk with pink chiffon trimmlllgs. and carried pinlc roses. Miss Sadie FAlker, ' Lhe YOllllge~t sister of the bride, wa., dressed in cream silk mull, trirumed with satin ribbons, and carried pink roses. , The brld.esma,lds I wore gowns of whIte organdle, tnUl-med with Valenciennes lace, made I in 1830 style, They wore white silk mull ' bats and carried shower bou-

I • 'gnets. ·, I I I r"e. ' ll. b~r of guests from I ab:oad we~ present, . amol2 g , them. I beIng: Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Smltb, of ' Menasba; Miss Griswold, Appl eton; Miss Nina Galloway, Fond tiu Lac;

i Oliver - SOlith, Appleton; Miss Nes:

I bat, New Yot\{; Miss . Lot,tie Folds. Minneapolis; Miss Field, Ripon ; Miss Patton, New York; Mrs. Frederlcl{

. Wolf, Petr~lia,Canada; Miss Howard, Neenab; Miss Harvey, Au'rora, Ill. ; Miss Claudia McCouH, Denver, CoL, and J. J. Schindler, Milwaukee.

Mr. and Mrs. Crane left on the midnight train for Chicago and east- j I ern PO~l~~~, they . intending t~ he ab- .

I sent for a few weeks ailer whIch they WIll reside in this City. Perhaps no couple is better k,nown not only in the citv, but in the state, than are Mr. and Mrs. Crane. ]'or many years they have been social favorites.

ran c lias gl1:1I1ed au envfalJ e reput­ati.on as an arti~t, and her many paintings have been admired in Chi­cago and the · author hjghly compli­m~nt~d. .She has also w()rlwd exten­sively in the Hne of literature. Mr. Crane has bee n' before the businessJ men of this city for the past fift'een ' years; and, for some time 'he has been superintendeut of the '.ThoQlPson Carriage cQmpany • . lJ-e is a w,e.qJ4er of various orders, ,/Lnd J:t,,-,R ?e~,u presi­cent of the Cre~ce.nt .cJ.uQ. iIis busi­ness and 80cIal qUlj.I)~I~ have won him :IJany~ frl!m9f1 A1f)PJig all classes C!)f~eo~_' -'~'" .

OUT IN THE QUEEN.

\ ' .lng Party Yesterday. :Miss Ella AUitin entertained a

yaehting partY·,-,on the yacht Queen / yesterday. The yacht sa.iled to Lin­dElnwald, where dinner .wai served. After dinner tllflre was a delightful sail home by moonlight. Am0ng the guests were the Misses Anna. Paige, Beatrice' Tonneson, Lizzie Hill, Mary Weed, Maryl; }'orbes; M:uy Powers, ESt~er ' Weed, Calista Pratt, Mrs. BirElly; , Will Hill, Mr. Cheney. of Toledo, 0.; 8alfl Evans, George Mad­ison, Harry Birely, 'Mr. Waddell, of Toronto; Charles Williams and Edwin J Cole • .

and the!r m~ny: fr.iends show the hlghJ ,L _____ ""'-___ ~ ____ ...l.._'_ ....... __'..:..JIl...;... ____ .....;.

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OPEN§:~~~If~l SEA.~ON· I ~ ;' .' ,. l

: THE lWLLINS-BTDKOUT PANTY

I The ,Reception at Odd Fellow.' Hall

Last Evening Was a Brilliant

Event--A Large Coml,any

Pleasantly'Entertained.

Society does not consider the social season really open until thA first large party of the season. If that is the , case, this social season in Oshkosh was most brilliantly opened last .evening. ·Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rol­lins and Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Ride­out and Miss<RcJJi.ns gave not : only the IIrst large party of the sel!.son at Odd Fellows hall last evening, but one of the most brilliant eYent~ · Oshkosh has seen fOlr a long time.

Odd FellQWi hall never looked bet­ter than it· did lait evening. No at­tempt was ml!.de at elaborate decC)ra­tions. A few !plants on the diat- in the front of the'Pall, nits of I g,J,:~cHul drapery, a fe;# dainty trifles here and there, combined with the rugs to make the hall attrl!.ctive. The indl­vidual 'pieces were nsed SQ effectively that one was ~truck by the beautiful appearance of the .whole without no­ticing that there were decorations. The supper room, too, was deconted with exql:lisite taste. Flow:e,!:s, chrysan~hemllms, white and yellpw: rOlies and smil¥ gave life and color to the room. ._

But the decora·tions or tile ' room.s merely formed a background for the gay company that filled the hall. ,It was a gay and brilliant company that stood in groups, con'l'ersing in the early part of the evening and moved gracefully through the tigUl'~S af the dance later. ':ehe ladies 10l1ked their best; The handsome gowns were, for the most part, making their tirst appearance in the ball room, and elal60rate costumes they wore: There was a spirit and an animation 'laat evening that made the first ' party thoroughly enjoyable. It.is the spirit that the hosts impart,that does more to make .a com pany a success than elaborllte decorations or handsome

. gowns. . '. ' . . 4

~ A plea: ant feature of the ga.theririg pas the number o~~?lder people pres­into They did not /take part in the .dance, but they epjoyed the party D!)ne the less and their presence added somethiug often la.cking at Oshkosh parties.

'fhe guests were met at the door by the ushers who were LouisA.Bau­man, Armin O. Kllehmsted, Edward M. Qrane, Paul Janes, Ben. C. Read. and Will G. Bip:ger. Mrs. Porter, of Merrill, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rideout, and Mrs. Masterton, of Con~ cord,f . H., as!tistf3d Mr. and Mrs. 'o1.lI:ns; Mr. and Mrs. Rideou~,

and Miss Rollins in receiving. ,Over ''lqo illvitatlons had been issued.

I "Durin~e early part of the evening the brge company fairly tilled' the rqomy hall, but soon the company gradually thinned. Mrs. Charle!! R. Bo&rclman and the Misses Fannie Crane, Flora Doe, Anna Paige 'and Mary Haiflht ·assisted in elltertain, ing the guests. As scon as the com­pany thlnued out dancing w&S begup. and it was kept up untfl lin early ·hour. T he full Arion : orch estra 'Was in attendance.

Refresh ments were served under the direction of Mi83 Carrie Janllsh. The menu was dainty and elaborate and in ' completn harmony with the

_Lll.maindeiof the pl),rty.

'1'he Rollin s-In eout ];arty wa~ cer- i1'---..,.-----"""'!.,===-~-.... """-"""'--tainl y a complete SlIccnss and it has The quiet of e Lenten season is made a brilliaI;lt openi ng of the sea- ,occaSiOn allY re le vp.d by a par ty Qr a son i,n ' thi~ 'cltY/ W::hich future enter- r eceptiou , and sllch events are al-tainers will have some difficulty in ,way s grer1t ly to the liking of those coming up to. . whose re ligious scruples do 'not r etire

A o;,Ong those present with theIr them to socj~l. exile for forty days. wIves. were: Messrs. Geo. W. 'Ath- Lenton fUhc.tlOn s are always more earn, W. M. Johnson, E. H. Smith,J. pleasan t on t his .very acco un t, since Earl Morgan, J . . R. Morgan, G. W. the ~ come at a t ime 'wh en t he oppor-Gates, O. Coek, J~ N. Hoaglin, Alber.t ' ~ulllty for socia l cnjoyment is limited: Morgan, M. E. ROLlnds, E. R. Jones, S.uch an event was t.he recept ion R. F. Kellogg,. G. F. Wright, Oliver glve~ l by Mrs. Stephen Rad fl:l rd and Ellsworth. E. C. Crandall, John the. Misseq Radford at their home 0 1 'lVashburn, Stephen Radford, Dr. UI110.n st reet, .T h ursday after noon and Gordon, J. H. Glass, L. H. Ea..t'On, J. eV~B1n g . T hough indeed, it W i1S no t C. Noyes, J. G. Clark, G. W. ~R0e, ,t.IIlS ~han ,m::-de .t his r eception pleas-Bobert Brand, W. W. Wa.terhotIse, ant, Jt w ftS In Itself an even t that C. W. Bowron, F, E. wo uld have bee n as enjoyabl e had it Waitll, L. F. Thompson cO?J e at a Lim e filled wi t h social W. Colyi9, W. H / Titus, Goo. H: galetY' f' Ca.meroli, Alton Ripley, G. C. Grimth T he Radford r esidcnce was ren-M. C. Phillips. Jas. Doughty, A. B: dered more attractive (,han usual Ly Crans, J. H. Crawford, C. W. Rad- t ;t sty t hough not elaborate decora- / ford. F. W. Swasey, D. L. Libbey, tIOIl S. hl.lms , fern s, potted plauts, H.W. Heath, E.E.Bemis,R.M~MilIen, I and cut flow ers were arranged about Ben Hooper, W. T. Ellsworth, C. E. the r?UlllS and sprigs of smilax were Edwards. W. P. Findeisen, J. F. W. ~IltwJrl()d gracefull y about chandel-Decker, G. M: PaiHe, Ed. Paille, E. S. l ~r~ and looped ever pictnros. ~l'be 1

Richmond, F. K. Edwards, A. F. IdlfJlng room, whe re r efres hm ents Baehr, r.t D. Daggett, A. B. Idesoli, :vere served, was beautifully trimmed D. M. Ca.mpbell,E. G. Jackson, IU gree n a nd white, with pla.nts and Sam Gulliford, Her""a.u Derk!;!en, Jay flower s. Green, foliage green, was Blnman, Fred Bllrgess, L. D,Barvey, t!]e prevai lin g color of the decora-F. B. Clag!,;ett, W. H. Smitb, it . S. tlOL1 ~ , a:J a ppropriate t r ibute to the Wilson, J. F. W. Schmidt, A. W. I'ltr- · Iday OJ] wbich t he receptiQll was rand, J. L. Sterling, W •. a .Boyd Geo. jhelcl. Rudel. W. G. Maxey, C. B. Washburn, . T here _were in r eality two recep-Wr W. Dltgget~, E. R. 'Par~sh, F. B. tI O l~S. .J! or the afternoon from two Barnes, E. H. Hough, ~. ~P; LS$~"ens, to fiv.e l il vitations were issued to the M: H. Eaton, Wm. Dichili'arln ;',E. E. j )marl'l ecl la. dies, whil e in the evening FlUney. > ,." the youn g people, th e unmarried and

Messdl!.mes O. Beach, E. Dae"Maiy.. th~' YO IiIl7'~ r of the married, wc, re r e- I Glynn A. E. 'l'hompsop AI,> celved. lhe g uests were r eceived in fred Ford, llary DaviH. S. M. £erry, Ithe south p111"Ior by Mrs. t:ltephen T. Tonneson, Helen Loper, H: E.Mun-" jR,tdford, Mrs. Willia m Radford, Mrs. ger, A. D. Buck, ·E. B. :Qa'fis"Ruth I /w. E: Chandler of Beaver Dam, Miss Paige, J. J. Moore, M. A. Paige, ~e.nllle Radford, Miss Daisy Radford C. D. Cleveland, C. R. Boardman, W. MISS Ida Radford, Miss Anni e Rad:

I J. Dean. ' ford al,d Miss Chandler of Bea ver

The Misses Crane, Cnrra.n, Derby, Dam. .The hostesses were assis ted in Felker, Forbes. ' Margaret Fl,'aker, e nte rta \l~ lll g by Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs. Griffith, Ma.yme Hay, Hooper, C. H. Comstock, Mrs. George M, I Munger, Paige;' Powers, ' Mari:' Br~~v.D, l\~ rs . S. H. Gulliford, Mrs., Powers, Lottie Powers. Lizzie' P aIlSIl. M ISS Sad ie Goe, Miss Lizzie

: Radicord, Jennie Radford, Rudel, Susie IR~~ forcl aDd Miss Srd lie Pinni ng.

Ii RUplery, Swasey,TiltoD, Mary Weed, 1 l he young p eople h ad possession I

Weisbrod, Wilson, Fanriie Wilson, ,of the hense ill tIL e evening and from MIliY Doughty, 'Matti@ Doughty, Liz~ le~l:IY ~ n ti l l~tte tb e large parlors were I

zie Doughty. Jackgon, : Clara ,Jame!,. t~lOn"ed WIth ~L me.rry company. ' Doe, Crowell, Noel,Haight, Farrand,' l'1he Ano;] orchestra was stationed in Eitzgerald ; Mears; ' Tonnesori," e06lr: Ith~ fro nt hall on the second floor. and Mand WashbIlJ:n, <'f Mary Washburn," thlOlIg bo u.t th~ evening strains of Witherall, Murray, Servis. sw.eet mu sIc llilngled with the hum of I

MessJ:~. George Athearn,·, Ba.ss, vOICes .a 'l d t he lau ghter of the guests. ! Bit:gsr, Bil.uman, Brand, Cook, ~a t;l: '. tile eveu!llg when t ho early Crane, L.· B. ClIrtis. Dr. ~olbeare, '" ue, t. a .J departed, the young peo-

I ~Bert Finch, EdK~inob, Frank ple,enJ_yed a few dances. Gates. Goss, Bill, A. . oop'er, 'I~e gu ests were received by MIOi. Janes, Pratt. Steve 'Rltdfotd, 'Bell WlllIam·R1td ford , Mrs. Curtis 'W'right Read; Schindler, Bp.n Sopel1, Crowell, of Marl ne t tc, Mrs. W. D. Chandler ot .l Fred Barkman, Armin ' Kuehmsted, B~:~e r. 1.1am, Miss J ennie Radford'l Bunter, W. P. White. Lloyd, · Rlde- Ml,S D'~l ~ y Radford, MISS Ida Rad-out, W. H. Hay, R. C. Russell. ford , ~ I SS Anna' Radford and MiM

FrOID out of the city were: Miss Ch~. Il (jJ e~ of ilcavcr Dam. Those who Alt'house, Appleton; Mrs. Masterton, a~slsted III the entert aining were Mrs. Concord, N. H.; Mrs. Porter, !der- J! •. E. Worden, Miss Stella Radford ril.l; Mrs. and Miss Cross, New Lon- I MI~s. Dollie RadfQrd, Miss Jenni~ don; Mrs. Dyer, Chiea~o; Mr. Coe, I Gl'lffi,tb , Miss Deborah ·Soper. Miss Chicago; Mr, 'Wilner, Gl'een Bay; Dr. 'I Ma ttie .• Jac l< son, Miss Susie Rumery f and Mrs. Har-daker, Horton'l'ille. and MISS Daisy Rumery. Dain t y r e-. ~ __ . ,I:. . _ fresh!Jl ents were served in the dining

rO\J~ undcr the superviSion of Miss I CarrIe Ja.nush. - I

. Over 400 guests were received dur-Ing ~h p. af~ernoon and eVening, ye t a t no tllne dId thp. rO.OlDs have th e

jCrOWdCd appearance one would nat- i malJye xpel:t a t so large a r ecept iol: . I Among those from out of th e eity I were t~e Misses Briggs of Appleton, and MISS J ennie Roberts 'of Jj'ond du Lac. VJA ,(.,"I • , _ _ _ /~"'I / ,? --./~ <tiL

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T\_ .' S'Er,r ','TLERS. lectlons were we re'i!elved: Miss ~liC~ Miss Calista Pratt gave a pleasant THE .I:1:l. Washburn in the "Debatlng Seclety card PILrty at her residence en Alg?

_-"~___ preved herself capabl \l and cempeten!!,. of . rna street en Wedne~day afternoen In

i ' excelling ali the debaters whe ente!'ed hen I'll' of her guest, Mhifl Grace N.es-. THEIR A.NNUA.L. RIfiJJNLQN LA.IST NI(jHT. the centest, and her Im- bitt ef New Yerk. )'regressive cinch I ,,~~--:- ~l , . lBear Storle8 of the' :Days"n"fo re the Will'

When Qshko.h, ,,,'as Ye t' ' Y"ang'.

. Addre~! es by~ .ft1dge ·WaShbur".

~ J. H. lUel'rill a nd Olherl. 0Y ((,!If/. /J, - '---' - , ' It 'Happv' are we toni ght 'friends.

Happy, happy.ar,'f w J ; . The hearts that we rJ ell . llt Ir1eO ('5.

With us may haPl'Y tie : . '

Frienels should la ugh,vith thosa who laugh, Ana ~igh for those in pain ,

The Clost of us have met before' Now we meet a ga~'n .

·- Un known. Well were thew tour.hing lin es sub­

~ stantiafed wh en am id the jingling ' .ot I sleigh belis.and t he blowilig 5Dow, Lhe eld I sett lers 'of bo th selte's so ught th e we ll

wa.rm ed a nd spaci eus ,Turner ball iast evening where the a(lnual reunton of: the Old Settlers c lnb \va~ held.

I Last, evening was a typical w!nter's I ni"ht, and as t.he snow came in sl{Urr ies I " , I and gusts, and pelted t he belated pedes· I tri1w who was hurrying to his home, til e

old felks of three score, and even fo ur scere y'ears, renewed old and in sellle

, cases nearly. torgo l,ten friendship s, a ll 'I unmIndful o! the storm witho ut. '"

T urner hall has baeil the 5ce,o~ of 'hun-

I dreds of brilliant SQcial events , but neno that can compue , in fellowsiJ ip llnd geod feeling~'that' e r:i!' ts at the reuI;lioDs. or the Old Settler's; club. "These gath-erings," as President Cho ate r e marked . "make th~ older seem ,ounger, and the yeun g youn ger. " .

. Thl' inaugural .,And cl6~ing, of the 'se:vcoth 'annual r ~uj)ipn ,will leng be r e­

"w embered as ohe ot the most enjeyable \"of eV8Ii'ts: ind though some f aces seen at I ~We reuui9ri' (lnhfl pre vieus yeal' were ~absent ' " ias~> ~'e n i ng, . yet t he . 'pe-rsonalities' of . those whe ,were gone , never to return were refe rred td tim e and agai n as seme incident of the past was recalled.

.Wh en Leader Choate pre~ident of the organization greeted the old settlers' with the ir wives and dangh,ters, with h.is·, words o.f welcome, hs teuched ,3, r'e­sponsi've cherd in the heart et everyone presl3nt, when h'e prenounced the simple yet sympathetic word s, " It makes tQe old Silem younger and the younp', younger." He spoke brie!ly ef the QC­casion and ' how he had leoked forward to the eve nin~ 11S one ef the most pleasant of the year: . I J udge Wa5hbllln ,i ,n his addreRs,gav e a

I lucid account of the cendltlOn .of the I country at the tim e be made hi s trip In 1 1847 trom New England to Wiscensin.

I He spoke of the, rail : road facilities of those days as compared with t he present time, and' how tl;i. !:i' ,;, pulling of stu~ps ;froo:l what is neW Main street consti­tuted the puti.!lc imprevements. Theugh be did not mention Jose ph Jack­son's name, yet the reference was clear l whell he r eferred to . ,the I

widening of Main s tree t frem fifty feet tq ., ei,! hl,y fe~ t, as . being th e rehu t of" t he work of ene man, who fer,t)saw the fu t nre pos­sibilities in store fer, ·Oshkesh. Tbe first existence that the city of Oshl<osh had, as a definite loca lit.y ·· wasil] the year 1846 • . The estimated population of the litt le hamlet was about 150 persens;- but thi~" was as far in ex~es~ of thll true n~m­ber of inha6itallt~,: Jl.e ),honght as iS ,the, guess of the evel' iia:ng uine Osb koshian in regarci to the ' pre,gen.t, IJOpulatioll. , Alld ' it noses ' were counted IlOt over 100' dwellers' would h:l.ve been discovered . .

'l'he Euphonic quar te tte, .compesed, of Will 'McDenald, . Robert Camero]); Homer Dale .and Job'n paswell. made!1 fa.vorable irnpression;;J.lld the vecal se-

persenatiens ef . the varieus I was played, there being e,lght tables . debaters created , much a~usement. Mrs. M. E. Rounds wen the head \ ' Just.ice J. H. Merrin; iu his address pri ze. Light refreshments . were and manner which neVel fail to tak.e served during the afternoen. AmoD[I: , with an audience, created such merrl- those present from abrolj:d were Miss ; ment that the outburst of laughter and Folds, Minneapolis, Minn. , and lVIlss ~ applause that greeted the speaker on his Rhodes of Denver, Col. arising, were quit~ rl1dicativ~ of the 13,9; .1 joy.ment the audlenc~ exp"cted a~ , 'w'bich it received. ':OnA year ago ~Q,. nj~ht," said~e, "I was calle~ on .tQ'::fd~ dress an audIence gathered In .th i'$\, h·all for the SaUle purpose )er which ·we are. assembled......:to celebra.~o anetber r e­union ef the ' Old 'Settler's club. But talk abeut hard times, why, on e yellr

SI·iIl another wl J! st club h as made I itil appearan ce in tlJis c ity. It is knewn as the Pallette a nd i~ is com­posed of t,he pupils of Miss Ma.ry ~liss •. The club held its first meet-I Ing wlth ~r~. A. W. Snell. .

ago or even forty years age a dol1a~. \ya_s _L:::::::~~=::::===="=,,,"':'''':'';='''':''''''''~~'1 net a.s sc:trce as a Deo:l·Qcl'at is teday. Tn Mrs. T. Tonnesen of Oshkosh, Wi~. , the oiden times we haC. no medern im'~ accompanied llY her daughter, MISS provem.mts that you see around about . Beatrice, has arrived for an extended us te'day. We h ad no e lectric lights, no visit .. with her daughter. Mrs. Allen turkish baths, no ' ~f.1 lcehohc baths." Kirk)?atrick. This one on Owen A. Well s was relished immen'sc lY :tud the audience had not fini shed wiping away tho· tears before he MiSS"Beatriee T o;;;;;es;;-n has . re-launched another belt. He said: "Osh- , kesh has always beeu held in con- turn ed home from ,Chicage, where tempt; by ' the aristocratic , and I slle lias been fo!· ." the , p'ast . two l

c'llltu red denizens of the east, but a .~m~O~Jl~th~~~" =;::=;:======::::=E=~ c1:1~nge has ceme over these 'lleople and .. tod a y the whole ceuntry from Hesten '~'" SUN;HINEAN J) IH:10WERS. to San F rancisco and frem St. 1'0101 to fi; New Orleans i.E! talki ng about 'The M,an Toplc8 fc;>r Talk Among the Ladies D\lr-frem OshKosh:"- . The literary program . ' lng the Week. was concluded with a recitatiop by Miss To rE'ntH of rain mingled with fitful Minn ie Warner. . gusts of wind prevailed on Thursday

The grand march led by Captain afternoen from two until six, tho Beoth was a marvel of windi ngs and hours when Mrs. W. H. Doe and her twistings and upen its completion but daughter, Mi~s Flera, were "at very few of the origillal participants home" to their friend~. Despite the were ill it . The youug people cem-·· war of the elements, abotlt one hun­menced to make t hei r appearance on the. dred and fifty ladies venturE'd forth, fleer afte r the first two q uadrilles which ' and all seemed to be more than com- ' were for the old folks only, and the wee pen sated for their courage, as the, small heurs of the mornt ng found t,h ~.~ . reception was one of the most enjoy­~till tripping the li gh t f 1). nta~tic . ..,,1\ able and cordial of the year.

211 d RRIED TI!.·N l 'E,l ,n,s.

Tin Wedding of DJr. an<l Mrs. W. W. Water· hous e Apvropnale ,y (J ... le ora Je<i .

One of t he largest r ece pti en s of the season cem memorated the I ten th an ni­v'3rsary ef the marriage of Mr. alid Mrs. W. W. Waterhouse. I '.rhelr spaciou s residence on Eas t Irving s treet was made more beautiful th a'n ever by fe rns anj flowers, and ' fer' seve ral qoul's last eve nin g gaiety reigned supreme. In the hall 'was a magnifi cen·t bewer of fern s, whilo the front parl or , where Mr ' " nd

White a nd green were the decera­tions of the roems, lilacs and lilies of th '~ valley, mingled with ferns. -Be-. tween the parlors, the fret wO.rk was a mass of flewers.:and flewers sur­ronnded the mirror in a m~ss ef floral beauty. Miss Grace Jacksen at the piano enlivened the eccasion with . some' E'xcell en t mu sic. Th e hostess and her da ughter were assisted in reo

, cf'ivlng by anether daughter, Mrs .. Vanie Doe Sangston , of Denver, in wh.:Jse bonor the recpptlOn wa~ given, and also by Mrs: Coffin, Mrs. Andrew , Jackson, Mrs. R. C. Brown, Mrs. J. M. Bray, Mrs. John Hick ~ , Miss Davis, Miss Rumery and Miss Crane.

Mrs. Wa terhouse r ece ived, was .Be 'or- ____ _ ated with smilax. Directly back of th e The "at home," given by the ceu'ple, in til) cbaracters, were the Misses Ru ssell an d Jewell at thll res-figure ~ , " 1884·189!." On the ses:ond idence of H. A. J ewell . on West AI-floor were the rece ption rooms) aq~ the I gema street last Thursday afternoon s meking room. In the third story was a t was a dainty affair. The large res i­boe th., . in which the many hea,u tiful I dence had been elegantly decerated, presents were d isp layed. The.' card reses a'bd. ca.rnations being the fltvcir­tables wer.e also on thi s fleer. The full Ee flow ers, while petted plants had ' Arion orchestra was staUol1.tl'ld in the I I been place d in t.he variollS rooms. The library e n thiol first tloer during he early decorat ions in the di o.ing room were part of the. e v~ni n g, and I> ,.er in t he of pink ' and . white, an'd pre­large pavil ie n where dancing " 'Was car- sAnted ... ·a beautiful appearance. ried on!' Between 600 an d 700 guests I The guests were receivedJ il the front

. WflTfJ ·pre~ellt. · During the evening r e- r parlor by ~1is ~ es Russell ,li!l'.<d.' Jewell fre~hm e nts were served,' in charge of I' ami a lthough the weathe'r ' was' ' &ome~ Mi ~s Carrie Janoush. I what inclement, about 150 of ,tho in-/

Those presen t fr.orn out of the city j vitations were r espend ed to . The were as follows: Mr. a nd Mrs. Mile ladles were assisted in enterta inin<> Buckstaff, Chicage; Mr. and Mrs. Charles by Mrs. Edgar P. Sawyer. Mrs. C. C~ P . Salisbury, Chicage; Mr. and ,Mr,s. F. Chase, Mrs. J. J. Moore, Mrs. Dr., yy. Harri,man, Appleton; Dr. ' il,nri Mrs. H St~ele , Mrs. E. L: Wickwire, and the verbe,tt, Weyauwega; W. H. Lerd. Wau- ! MIsses Wmllle Harmon an d M" r y paca; Mrs. B. R Waterhou se, Appleton; Hughes. The Misses Dollie RaMOI'd i Mr,s. Young, Clinton, Ia.; A. A. Adams, a~d. Cal,ista Pratt .presided over the I ChIcago. dmmg 100m. DUring. th e afternoon

th~ Arion orchestra rendered se vel'l1~ ' of Its best selectiDlls, and rdresh­ments were served kom five uotii six o'clpck.

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.pIUNfER PASSES AWAY. {" L~~~~~~~~~~~~~'7d~~~lfl""l Tonne!! :r4nne!!en Succumbl!l to Pro- I )., '. ( .,'i,-' . "" ~.J' .f! I

;}ong!e d, I~I~~,,~;'fi~',w.~1!I i(tentlfted .!. ~ \.'i, .... ~_~ / . .,-/' I,; 1...:; ' .. ~\ ', :\"\'ltll " tlie' . 'E"'~J,Y" ' Htl!lto'r.y of tile ,!, ::;- , . ~-,- .~ •. ~"\';" . ' .' , - -' . t~, onnt~~~~~~.i~~! ~.~~C;l~.eSday. ronnes ~:' ~9n:nefleti":'_ Of "' 986 Algoma

_st!eet, one of the 'repl1esentatlve pioneer ! . b~siness men ' 'of 'Wib.nebago county,

dlrd Sunda,y ' afternoon at. about 5:30 o''?JoSk, a~ter ,8., serious illness of seven w~ek s duration. ,'- H~ was primarily" at­ta~ke¥with inflammatory rheuma tism which affeCted . his heart and caused ~ general ,breaklng"down. that.- proved fa­ta.). H e wa,s ;Seveilty-fOur y'ears ~ of age.

·rv.rr. a'onries, '::to'nnes'eii was born in M~ndal, Norw.a,y on 'Sep,teinber 7, 1838. , Confident that he could make his way inl the world ;rnore successfully 'in' ·the

Statei!,.l1e came to America In at the age of twenty-one years,

came· directly to . Winnebago, coun­where h'e was an esteemed resident the past' flfty-three .years. H e '

in the village of Bli tte des he sUIncessfully eonducted a gen-

'.~~. " ~ I ' ' . '. . . , '

i ~~' .2<6 ' J, /1 0 2--

Tonnell

etal provision store. After a short r,eS'idence' in Butte des -Mo-rts he re-

I m;oved to Winneconne, -where he was engaged In busin'ess for a period of for­

, t~ years, conducting stores and carry­ing on other lines of trade. While a t Winne~onne Mr. · Tonnesen was . quite prominently identified with Oshkosh and his banking business was transact­ed at the National bank of Oshkosh. kosh'. , '

About twenty-five years ago ,Mr. Ton­nes.en retired :from active business, hav­ing, become financia lly succe~sful to the extellt that he was cons·idered 'vi;iry w~l-to-do. He came to Oshk.osh to I\ye and ever "since occupied the> homestead at 986 Algoma, street. In 'theyear , 1&62 Mr.· Tonnesen made ,a visit. to, his,i lld home in N.orway. \ This -was the only oc­casion that he ever vIsited ' bis

I land ' after becoming , , , I zen.

died about two ' 'years -ago. Raymond T'onnesen, a ' son, passed ,away about ' three , yea\is ago, ~hqrt!y af~er: ret1,lrn­Ing from· the Spanish-American war, In whfch 'he served as a ' member 'of the hospital corps of the Second Wisconsin , regiment. '../ I

Tho,se surviving Mr . Tonnesen are a son and ,three daughters. They are Frederick ' Tonnesen of Ishpeming, Mic.h., Mrs. ' Allen Kirkpatrick of this city, Mrs. Clara Tonnesen Klrkpat­rlck anef MI-ss Beatrice T<mnesen, both of Chicago. --

Deceased was a ;nember of the Osh­kosh Union club and a member of the C-ongregational society of -the First Congr egational church. He -was known as a man of ,great business integrity and he had a keen sense 'of what was absolute right and justice In business tra nsactions.

The funeral will be held Wednesday aft.ernoon at 2:30 o'clOCk from the resi- ', dence. Rev. Edward H ~ Smith Of the First Congregational church wl-ll offi­ciate and Mrs. F . H. Josslyn and He­ma n H. Powers w!ll sing.

, .... 0~TTJ.NG RELIGION t •• J

T o ~he , ~orthwester:n: My fa- I. ther, bprn ' fil. Norway :fiom a long i lIne 0 " in:.p.orters and merchants, ~ came to:, thu; country when he ,w as ~l: years old, and established him-self as a merchant in Wipneconne Wis., about 1850. This part of 'Yiscon~in was very new ' at that f b.me, sItuated on the wide Wolf I r~ver at its confluence with beau­,hful Lake Winneconne, and sur-rou,nded by wonderful farm lands. WhICh vyere . rapidly being taken up by ImmIgrants from variou s countries of Europe, who, of I course, spok~ quite poor English' l

Great reVIva l meetings of dif­ferent re:ljgjous sects were fr e­quent and intense. Oil one ~uch occasion' the.) flmily of Otto Gott­lieb, "got religion" and the fol- i 10wl:tg day M r., Gottlieb came into ! the ' store and told father with I

gre~t : pride, that his sma'll son ' qUl~'kly n 9ticed the absence of the saYl~g of grace at the dinner table I th~t day,. and Mr. Gottlieb said: I'

He kIcked me mit his elbow and said 'Bray, Bobba, Bray.''' ' ;

A t rue story by Beatrice Tonne- j sen, 56% High street, Oshkosh '

,Wis. "

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La.rge Concourse of Sorrowing Friends at Last Rites.

The funeral of t he late Mrs. Mary Sum­ner Tonnesen, wife of Tonnes Tonnesen, was held at three o'clock thls afternoon, from the reSidence, on 'Algoma s·treet. T.here was a very large ·attendance of fl'iends, as Mrs. Tonnesen was held In high estee~ by all Who ,knew. her. Rev. E. H . Smifh :of ·t!he Firat Oongregational ohurdh preached the funeral sermon. The active , pallbearers were the . following: E. W. Paine, R. A. Hollister, F. H. Hull, Oharles !Fel1, F. D. Topliff and William ·Hawthorne. The honorary prull bearers were S. M. Hay, J·oseph Froehlich, ' B. H. Soper, D . C. Bent, Dr. Ira Kezertee, J. H . Orawford. I'

·Mrs. Tonnesen .f,:ossessell a beautJ.tul character and 'her dem~l;se will ·caus·e deep sorrow 'rumong thOse -who enjoyed h1lr aClq.ualnte.nce. Her lI~e in tfuis city was marked Jby I·ts sincerity and g·ood·neas. She .always Showed greM devotion to her famdly, and t he unthiH~ly dea ~h o·f the younger /l·on, the late Raymond Tonnesen, about a year ago, .following his return from ser vIce In tlle SpanIsh-American war, caused 'her suoh sorrow that '. she never 'fully l'ecovered from the sh.ock, and she often spoke of 4'he Ume when s'hc would join .her son. Mi·s. Tonn'esen did a gJ'eait de!lil of good' thai Is 'not known, ·as slle as8'lsted tho~~ in need in a quiet way and made no displ-ay of her kind­~esses: She ·a.lded ' those struggUng to

'seaure an education :~nd' helped several to progressthrougn the courses at the Osh­k·osh Normal s·chool. Beside the widow­er, tlle following only surviving children are in .t!he city and a.ttended the. funeral todaYl Mrs. Clara Klrkopatr i.ck· and Miss Berutrioo Tonnesen ot Chi·cago, Mr. Fred Tonnesen of Is·hpeming, Mich. , and 'Mrs. Allen Kirkpatrick of thJs cIty.

I Mrs. T. TGl\lnesen, of Oshkosh, wife of a former prominent merchant of thi~ vill­age, arrived hllre Tuesday to 'Vlslt with Mrs. Z. M. Sumner and other village rel­at ives. She was accompanied by her son· . in-law and daughters, Mr . and Mrs. Allen' Kirkpatrick', of Hancock, Mich .: and Mrs.

I Clara Kirkpa trick and Miss Beatrice. Ton­nesen who own and conduct a large and

, fash ionable art studio in Chicago. They all visited, Wedn'esday, at the home of Mr. Chas. Blake, a r elative residing west of the village, where they were jOined by rela tives from tbe village and elsewhere in a picnic and family reunion. ' The e~ent was of more than ordinary interest and en-

, joyment to the 'reunited rela tives, who comprised, in addition to those mentioned : Miss Mary A. Mills; of Middlebury, VI. ; Dr, ana Mrs. Gustav\ls Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. L . M. Suml!er and Mr. Arthur C. ' Snmner, of th i~ village; Mr. Chas. A. Sum'ner, ' ·Mr. " ~nd . Mrs: ' Chas . · Blake sr: and Mr. and 'M~'s . Ch,hf. Blake jr" who reside a few mil~s from the village .

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~~ -~~"'_I'OrJ I MMANUEL BAPTIST MESSEN

ur p astor conducted, on of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Topnesen. Sbe '

come from Oshkosh to visit h er daughter~' who reside a t the Metropole Hotel. A few

, weeks ago she was taken seriously ill , and had continued to grow worse u ntil death came. Mrs. Tonnesen was a lovely character and is one of the best k nown women of Oshkosh. Her two daught ers are well known artist s in Chicago. A few months ago, a broth er died. ''r-~------:--:------:o:--___ ..... ~_,..,.:,_ .... Jl

Miss TOD'l.eSen's Brother Dead. • RaJ' Tonnesop, a brother of Miss J:leAtrir(' Tonnesoll unJ Mr". Kirkpatrick formerly of this city, died en Friday last at Chicago. aged 21 years. The young man was well-knowll ill MenoOlilice h .. ~i"g spent ~QII ·siderabl.e -time here wh!le visiting with his sisters, .

He was a member oJ the Firet Illinois Vol. unteers, but did not reac)1 Cuba, having takelJ sick in one of the 'Southern camps i:. HillS country and sent back, lie never recovered I

good health . The body was buriold on Sun: I

day at Oshkosh, W. is., where his pa'rents, . ~'(I"' :

and :'drs, M. K Tonnesen, reside. . , _ _ ~ 1

t ' HE ENL1S l 'ED • .

R ymoud Tonnesen Joins H ospital C';rp8 of Secon d Regiment.

RaY'mond S' . T onnesen, ' a well-known OSh'k~s~ :-oullig . man, wQ-Jo . 'has been spendm ... h.e wInter in Texas, arrived home last n lgJht from C:hicaJgo to F t I 'Mr. T~imnesen will at once J'ol'n t'll e~ IS . r.

't I e .. os- I ! ?I a corps of [h~ Second WisconSin reg_

Iment and go WIth the companies to the . 05ea.~ Of. ~ar. He is s tudYing to become

. ~ physlC'lan, a~d states iliac the train_ mg tha t h e WIll r eceive .in t'he I/lospital corps WI ll be m os; valuable.

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Jylr. and Mrs. John R. Sumner

John R. Sumner was among the I and visited rel atives on the way. At early pioneer settlers of this vicin- Lake Michigan they took a R.teamer ity, coming here from his native and crossed the lake, landlllg at state, Vermont, in the fall of 1848, Milwaukee. From ther'e they jo,ur-

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With his wife and family of five neyed north to their cousin, And,rew children, four sons and one daughter, Ba,in's home, which is now owned Lawrence 19, Zenas 16 , Frederick by the Bowers' family.

,II ~~' Mary Elizabeth 12, and Charles

Mr. Sumner was ,a direct descend-I a nt of the late William Sumner of Bicester, England, ,who came to New England in 16 36, a nd settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Both Mr. a nd Mrs.- Sumner had been thinking for some time that

Mr. Sumner lost no time in going to the land office and purchasing ,a half section o,f land '( 1,3 2 0 acres) from the government at ten shill­ings an a'cre ($1.25 per acre), 160 I acres for himself and 160 for Law­rence and Zenas. Frederick was never very rugged and didn't wish to be a farmer . Later he learned the

there were better opportunities ,for jeweler's tradfe at Oshkosh, became R

their family in the West. They had jeweler and settled at Sherman received mia,ny interesting lett!l'~S , Texas. ' I

, from thei,r_ !!plfsins ~ • ;WiSrOJi2,fu, r- T):l'~',-fiJ!"" } oOj'e;!tt i-.,,'e- ,now-''''t s ',t-c II giving them a glowing- ,account \ ('),! I build the log house. Trees were fell the country and the advantages to ed, a pla,ce cleared and 10g!1 drawn be had so they settled upon Wiscon- to the saw mill at Omro to be saw­sin for their future home. cd up into lumber for the construc-

It w,as , hard for ' them to leave tion of the house. The house was their relatives and friends, to give about 18x24 feet and a story and 3,

up their comfortabfe home and make haU high, built of un peeled logs" a new home in the wilderness. But the chinks being filled with mortar. ! no sacrIfice was too great for them The rafters were of smaller or split to make for the best interest of their logs. The .flooring, roof-boa.rds and children. gables were of boards,and the roof

Early in Sept. 1848, they bade was shingled. There were four 'Y1n­good by to relatives and friends, dows down stairs and a north and packed their household effects on a south window ~pstairs, a front and : lar¥,e wagon, drawn by two ,horses back door. When the house was ,com­and left for the West. Mr, Sumner preted 'and the furni£:ure\ unpacked it confjlidered the 'load too heavy for had quite a home-like appeara.nce all of them to ride, . so acomfnrta,bole 'an·d · they we're satisfied with it until Place;',;was 'made on ' the load for his , they could, build a larger one, which wife /lnd daughter, while he and the they did in 1859 61' 18 60. Then they boys 'walked; ea,ch taking their turn built the house in which William

\ " ' in d,riving and walking. Ginnow now lives, a,ITd it had abou , T~ey went through Western Ver-- the same outsideilPpearance then as '

mont, York state, dipping into Can- now. I ada, through the state of Michigan (continued on page 8)

\ Grandparents of -Local Lady

(continued from page 1)

Wild beasts and Indians ' roamed the forest . The Indians were friend- ' ly, often making visits to the white

I settlers begging for food 'Yhich they gratefully gave them. It was mostly the squaws that came, often having

I a cunning little papoose strapped on I their ,backs'. One o.f the chief's sons

fell in love with Miry ',Elizabeth and wanted' her for his squaw. He

' offered Mr. Sumner several ponies -, for her, but he told him he couldn' t

spare her.

Though the Sumner family endur- , ed many hardships in the clearing i of their land, m ::mey being ,scarce I

,and prices low, yet they never be- I' came discouraged or discontented. They found congenial friends and neighbors who were always ready to lend a, helping hand in a barn-rais­ing, a logging bee, or a husking bee. The latter was usually h eld in the evening and t he mothers and d'augh-. tel'S were ;also' invited. When the corn was husked they ~njoyed a social hour, games were pla yed and. refreshments served. The "JluCky', chap who happened to run across a red ear of corn while husking h a,c};

,the privilege of kiSSing the prettiest "" girl in the room. ' '

They numbered among tlieir I friends a nd neighbors, the Frankli~ Smith, Elijah Cheney, Charles Fof-:

.' lette, Samuel Smith, Lucius Dunning:­Stephen Bates, Cale,b Bia,ke, Elijah' Cross, William Pingry, Levi Mortou", ,j

I ' I Ben H all, William Hall, C. CasteII?, '

I Tailor Castello, George Blake, Tom. Par,ker, Leander Hough, John Muil: I IeI', Sr., William Leidenberg, Leona;~:

Korn, Sr., JacDIJ Spiece, Joe l.{e is chel' ,~

John Alyea, Andrew Grigno'n. Sr ... , Joe Revoir, Chauncey Cusick, Wil­liam Crou~e, Shepherdson, Murph:V and Gibbert families" later the' F rank Steiner, Sr., Alfred Ham;' Amos Strong, Norman Hawley, Silag. Randall, Charles Blake, Sr., A. Locke'; John C. Bronson, Samuel Avery and John Tucker, Sr., families.

Lawrence and Zenas worked antI earned enough to reimburse their I

I father for the sum h e la id out for I ' their land . They built a log house modeled after t heir father's a~d

kept bachelors' h a.!l until Zenas I\~~

married. One incident, ,howeveil; which they never forgot was bei~~­

chased by a pa nther that leaped frgm ' tree to tree when they were carrYi J ing a basket of -chickens f rom theil"

I father's home to their home, they

I barely had time to put 'the chicken~ I in the hen house and: get into their1!

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house before the panther leaped on the roof.

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Zenas was marrlelj New Year's eve 1854 to Juliaett~Jordan, ,a. school teacher, who taught the .fIr~t school that was ever taught in the ' Poygan township. It was a little log' school house in the Scofield district now caUed the Heffron district where MiSlf Vera. Wentzel has ' be~~ ; teaching the past few years. After! teaching two terms Misfil Jordab: wished Jo resign, but Charles Wilk-' inson, the clerk of the school board ' told her if she would teachanothe; term he would make her a Cloth~s' basjl:et when she get married. She reconsidered, taught the third terht

I a~d got the 'clothes baske,t afte~ ~r fIrst baby was born and carr'fe!i the

baby home in it. ~ ~ov. 14, 1858, Mary Elizabeth I

was married to T. Tonnesen, 'a pio- ' neer mercha~t of the village of Wih- I neconne. The ,following year he bUilt \ for their· home the house in which

, his daughter, Mrs. C. T. Lund, now1 , lives and owns. The house had much \

t9-e same outward appearance then as now. ' It was. just north of his store which was on Main 'Street. f Later Mr. Tonnesen, wishing to be nearer the ·center of the town, which was . prhicipally on the east ' side, moved the store ,on his lot where the Pigosch house now stands.

After the ' Sioux Indian Massacre i~ Minnesota in 1862, great appre­hension was felt here lest we suffer a, similar fate, Mr. Sumner believed in preparedness and took several large files , which he had brought with him from the E l\st, to the blacksmith's shop and had them g.round into butcher knives. When .completed with handles they measur­ed about a foot and a half long. It , was freque,ntly rumored tb,e " Injuns" are coming and 'on all such occasions I

~the Sumners gathered at the old folks home and ;aw;aited results. But

,/the ' !'InjUnS" never came. Afterwards it was learned that there was a " J,oker " in the neighborhood who

, deligh ted in scaring people.

Cb,arles, the youngest 'son of Mr, Sumner, was married to . Miss Mary ,' Jane Clark of the village of Winne­conne, Feb, 20 , 1865. As Charles had I lI.lways lived at home, worked and I

h elped to clear the ' land and as his I rather was getting along in years, he' .divided his farm , with him giv­.iHg' ·hiin 80 ,acres a,nd a small house I Vi,lis built on it. ,~ ~

, Lawrence, ' the oldest son, waf! .married ,March 30, 1865, to Miss ';WeIthy Dewey Millso,f. New Havana, 'Vermont. Immediatel :!\, a.fter their

. ;marrf.age they came West. and ltved 'at Zenas' home and looked ;after his 'family while he was in the army. , ,Lat'Elr he built a house on his fand iwhereEd Race now lives.

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!, John R. Sumner passed on Janu-. ary 5, 188~ , ' and his wife follo'Yed

f,him three years la·t er. All of his ini'~' >mediate f.amily have passed to the great beyond and there is none to carryon his name 'in his line except the descendants' of his son, Frederick oJ' Texas. Frederick had three sons, (lh,arles, Frederick and Rob'~rt.

. Oha-tIes w;as the only one th'at had a<; family. He has one' son, ·Lynn. "Lynn lhas four 'sons, George, Charles, Bobby. ,and Tommy, who undoubtedly will carryon his name in his line from 'generation to generation.

CIlJ,ra Sumner Kahn

[The 81-year-old writer of the , above story is the daughter of Zenas Sumner. The engl'a.ving' at the head of this a~ticle was made from pho­

I tographs taken in 1866 by Webster and Walker, Oshkosh.--'Editor] ,

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~s YEARS GO ON AND

Oh I I thi.k it, my children, as Itm walking here alone. ,I

How the years are passing om" ii, void of e'er a glance or tone •

, From ta.e far blue fields of h'1:'-1- , "1, where your spirits long have been,:

When you roam the plliin~ !uperiiiil;-safe from eorrow, shame o'r sin.

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Ne'er a word, or sigh, 01' whigper, though the 1 ears go @n and on.

And tke busy world, unheeding. has for-gotten you are gone. ' ,

Only with the lonely watcher, all whose light has gone for aye,

Live~ the yearning for your pre8ence, ev'ry night alld eV'ry day. '

'Was it. w~ll , oh, my beloved. :.:rae it well that you should go.

Lea1'ing in your earthly dwelling, .othi.g . bnt despairing woe?

Are the glens and glades of heaven, oh , .y, childr!?n, EO complete, '

That yon wander on unconscious of my weary. weary feet?

So I think (If it fl!lrever, as the ,Years still on ward pa2S. ' .-

Oe"sele138. silent, comi1lg gOing, lilte a shadow o'er the graes,

Think of how you leved me. de'ar oneil. hew all love witllJ ou is gone,

And my soul ei.1<8 down i. an,ut8h,'-aad , the years go on and on.

Sinks in ag@ny. bel.Y~1l.. thou,h I thaak OBr , gracious God ' -

That no sin . nO,1" ahoma. IUlT 5errow, cl""ded here the way you trod. ' ,

OaB I leve on thus, mychildren? eaa1; bea.r, oh , can I bear,

Thus rem I battle ,with my deEolate

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FORMER RESIDENT CALLED BY DEATH

Mrs. Allen Kirkpatrick, For­merly Elizabeth Tonnesen,

Dies in Minneapolis

Mrs. Allen KirkpatF!ck, former­ly of Oshkosh, passed away Friday at her home at Minneapolis after a long illness; She is survived by her husband, a daughter, ~rs. John L. Hodgdon; a son, Pomeroy Kirkpatrick, and three grandchil­dren, all 9f Minneapolis, who were all with her at the end.

Mrs. , Kirkpatrick, who was I Miss Elizabeth Tonnesen, waS known in her young womanhood as one of the most beautiful girls in the Fox ,river valley.

RESIDED QN ALGOMA She was a daughter of Mr. arid

Mrs. T. _Tomiesen and resided in the family home on upper Algoma boulevard from early girlhood un­til her marriage to Mr. Kirkpat­rick, Oct. 11, 1878.

Mrs. Kirkpatrick was born in 1859 at Winneconne, in the old

home now occupied ' by her sisters, Mrs, Clara Ton­

nesen Lund and, Miss 'Beatrice Tonnesen. ' The funeral Will ,be held Monday at Minneapolis and burial will be- in Hillsdale ceme-tery there. '

Mrs~ Chas. Blake! " , Dies , At Her Home

Mrs_ -Chas_ Blak e, 72 , pa ssed flway ednesday morning, July 6, a t 4: 3@

o'clock ,at her farm home ' on the O~ro road, after a lingering illnes~' of several weeks. : ~

Mrs_ Bla ke was' born in t he tow a of W inn:econne J\anuary 29, 1866. the da ughter of Ch arles A. and Mary J a ne Clark Sumner , a nd lived in this vicinity practically all -'h er life_ She was married ' in 18 84 to Charle& Bl~ke of t he t own of 'Win neconne. In 1 93 4 t hey celebrated t.heir golden

I wedding anniversary. I

Mrs_ Blake is survived by her hu~-

band ; orie son, Sumner Blake, ot Omro; five grandchildren , Mrs,_ War­r en Turner, Milton a nd Alvin Blake. of Omro; Miss Margaret F ox of Osh­kosh :and Miss Dorothy F ox of "Bos­ton Mass. There ar e also three .,reat­gr:ndchildr~n, One daughter , Mrs. E va Fox passed a way i " >19 2 2.

Funera l services w ill be h eld ,at Omr o Sunday afternoon with servic­es a t the Plansky funeral home at 1: 3 0 o'clock a nd at the Fi-rst P resby­terian .churcl\ a t 2 o'clock of which deceased w as ,a member. The com­mitment will be in the Omro ceme-

FORM'ER RESIDENT­SF OSHKOSH, 01£8,!

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Mrs. Regina Haben ' Halter, 1-of Pioneer Local Family" , Passes Away in West ' I

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Information h as been received telling of the death and burial at San Francisco, Calif., of Mrs. Re­gina H aben H alter, formerly of Oshkosh. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Haben; old settlers in this locality. The deceased was born here Oct. 3; 1867, and resided in Oshkosh until the t ime of ~r m arriage.

She passed away at San Fran..; , cisco, Dec. 29, and w as buried there, Dec. 31. She had lived in the west f or many years.

VISITED 10 YEARS ' AGO ' I Her last visit to Oshkosh w as I 10 years ago, but she h ad , corre­sponded with many f riends and ac­quain tances here r egularly. '

Survivors ar e her h usband, four children, Regis H alter, Mrs. Re­gina Poore, Mrs. Mollie Mundri~ and Charles H alter, all of Cali­fornia ; tw o brothers, Leo Haben ' of Glendale, Calif., and Andrew

'Haben of Chicago; and four grandchildrel'\. J \

Mrs. H alter had been ill for more than a year prior to her' death.

DIed.

-This mornillg at the ",": re!lidl~nCle son.in-law, Rev. E. K. Strong,Mrs.Hannan E. Dodge, in the 68th'year of her age~ A" short funeral service will be held at the residence oil East Jefferson street at, seven 'o'clock Saturday morning, the remains to takeIi to Central New Y <,lrk- for burial.

O BITUARY.

D eath of M r s. C la r a L . ~I. s umner, 0 1' this City .

Mrs. Clara L. M. Sumne.l' , of this city, died Oct. 2{, 1886, at the Tesidence of her ua,ughter , MrS . Mary E. Tonne­son , ill the eity of Oshkosh, after illlles» of onl y a few clays. The ed was born in New Hayen; county ,VeJ'D'tO l~ t, .T une 6th , 1804c~ residetI ill the state of Vermont U11tll 'October', 1849 ",he1l- she remoYf;t{l ,· \\"itl1 - }ler husl~an(l and five children:':""four sO llS ancl one dilughter>--tu ' il)e ~ tow n ' of ' Vil'lI1ecol1l1e. Dnriilg" the , pas t t e ll years the uE'C"eH,sed has- r~sided hi vill age of ,VlllllI'COTllle, where she w w~ll an{H:"fon\bly lmo\i-n . Three ~r!ccl O,l'e' (Iirllll'hter, l)emdes'a large ril'cl'e OJ fri emls,; are left to J1J1'0l1l'11 lwi' loss. The SQns ,eslue ill the town of 'Winne­C0Jl11'e; ffiirl the danghter , Mrs. Mary B. Torrneso'rl, in the city of . Oslilwsh , as ,before stated. The funeral services 1]£](1.. H,t her late , home 'were very ii'npressively rendered ].),Y Re~. Elder Knsser . assbted by Rev. E lder - . 'i'h~ remains \\'e re intEm'ed' ill cemetery on the eastside, oy . the of her husband who pi'eeeded-ber

re.

ALLEN KIRKPATRICK DIES IN MJN'NESOTA

}nAJttL'-~ If 3, Former Local Resident Passes

Away at His Home-Is Buried at Minneapolis

Funeral services were held Tuesday at Minneapolis, Minn., for Allen Kirkpatrick, about 80 ye ars old, formerly ' of Oshkosh , w ho passed away Saturday at his home at Minneapolis following an -ex­tende d illness.

Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, the latter the former Elizabeth Ton­nesen of Oshkosh, moved to Min­rieapolis about 15 years ago, Mr. Kirkpatrick becoming prominent in the lumb~r business. His w ife passed away several years ago.

Mr. Kirkpatrick w as born at Palmer, Mich., where his family held iron m ining property, He came to Oshkosh as a young man. Following , their m arriage, Mr. and

'Mr~ KiFk~trjcklived for a -period o~ years a t Hancock~ Mich."" " MElkHANT, SALESMAN "'

They returne d to Oshkosh and Kirkpatrick w as a commission ,

and later ,,;1 traveling ' s?lesman. The couple were mem­bers of the Fortnightly Dancing club a number of years ago.'

The survivors, include a daugh­ter, Mrs. John L . (Gertrude) Hodgson, and a son, Pomeroy, both of Minneapolis, in addition to t4ree grandchildren. A twin sister, Mrs. Ben P atterson, m ember , of . the Patterson paint' f amily. ' lives at Cleveland, O. "

Two sisters 'of Mrs. Kirkpatr ick are Mrs. Clara T. Lund arid Miss

; Beatrice Tonnesen, both of Winne-

Frien ds a nd l'laYlllates Pay Th eir Last Re­spects.

'I'he darkened home of Mr. an d Mrs. R. C. Brown was today the scene of heaviest mourn ing. Under a bed of l'o~es , BlJies, and the choicest of flowers placed thel'e by loving hands, stood th~ casket that contained a ll t hat was mol'­tal of the late Willi e Doe Brown. , Friends and c l a~sJ:?atcs joir:ed with the bereaved pa.rents III mourlll ng fo r him f who had so ~ uddenly @een taken from I t he walks of this earthl y li fe. Long 1

before tbe hour set for hold. ing the fun eral servi ces, pl aymates I of t he d'lceased fi led into t he house to ' take a last farewell look at t he feat ures I they kne w so \;V:.e )l . Tho fu neral services were held at two o'clock. T hllre was a large at ten dance of sy mpathising neigh . 'I' bors and fr iends. Rev. E. H. Smi th an d Re \,. H. Stone Richardson cond ucted t he I ser vices. 'rhe ' flo ral offer ings were i numero us and expressi ve of t he, estee'!n I in which the deceased was held. At t he i head of the casket stood a pillow of lilacs I roses , and ' maiden halr- fern and I worked in honey suck'les was II the word , "Concoi'dia," tbe Qa,me of t he Sunda,y ~hool class of wb1ch_ Willie was a momber. T he pall bearers were Clyde :M ul'ray, Frank Clark, Danip.I Joh-hson, Thomas Cook, Harry , Kiel an d Ray

nese~l. , , ' 'r he members of t he Gra mmar depart. '

ment 'of th~ Normal schOOl joined the ' funeral cortege in a body and walked as far - New York avon uEl.

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SINKING RAPIDLY, ';'" R aymond Tonnese n Ver y III i n ,Chicag o

W ith Pneumon ia, Mrs. T . T onnesen, 986 Algoma street

received a dispatch from Chicago thi~ afternoon which sta t ed tha t her son Raymond S. Tonnesen is ver y low wi th prieumonia and la grippe and his ' re- ' covery is doubtful. H e is a t t he home of h is sis ters, Miss B eatrice Tonnesen and Mrs. Allce Kirkp'a trick. They a re a lso ill with la gr ippe. Mrs. T onnesen left fo r Chicago immed!a t ely on r eceipt of the t elegram. . •

RAY 8. TONNE88EN DEAD: Pneurp.onia Proves to Be a

Fatal Disease. Sad News Tel~graphed to Oshkosh

Yester day Afternoon--Funeral

Arrangements Are Not

Yet Completed.

'I ' t Divia10n Hosp~tal c?rps ' at ~amp l

IIARRANGEMENTS GOMPLET~ : ;;~~:~::i::i~~::~!: ;!::;~::.~ Ii ~~~ Funeral of Raymond Tonne- I' di!>ease. He did not flincb from his

, duty .but, like the brave soldier he; was, I sen Tomorrow Afternoon. attended to the wants of his sufferin~ I l1

comrades and adminililtered to their R~v . E, H. Smith Will Officiate and I comfort with the tenderness of a "

Miss Daggett and Mr. Powers I woman. He was taken ill himself with ty-

Will Furnish the Music.

His War Record.

T h e f 'u uera l services o f t he late Raymond S . Tonnesen will be held a~ t he hOllle of h is parents, Mr. and Mrs) T. 'l'o rinellen. 986 Alg om a s treet, t~] morrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. ReV) E . H . Smith , assisted. by R e v. J. M.

I'Greenwood, wi1.l have charg e of the services and the music will be fur­.nish~d by Bessie Lou Daggett and Hemall H. P o wers.

phoid fever and by the prompt action of Chaplain Smith his mother was notified. She came at once to the I camp and nursed him. He was trans­ferred to Fort McPherson, Ky., and as soon as he was able was sent home on a furlough to recuperate. He recovered and was apparently in good health, but 'did not return to the front as his comrades were ordered home. On 'Sept. 22 he was transferred back to his company and on Nov. 4 was mus­tered out of the service.

, As Ray Tonnesen was a 'member of ,He was a good soldier and a _youn,g I Company B , many of his former army man highly respected by all who I comrades will be p r esent at the fun-I I" knew him.

Raymond S . Tonnessen died in Chi- e ral services and march in a body' to ===--=====;;:;;:::::;;;;==-- -..;;;;==1 t he .g rave.

--cago yesterday of pneumon i,!-, s uper- When the news reached this city lr-~---...... -induced by la grippe, after an illness t hat the bright young life of Ray ~nner .. l of RAym oncl Tortneson (Jocurs ' 1 'l'ueR(' aY After uot.lll . of se veral day~. Tonnesen had g one out at 4 ' o'clock The fun eral of Raymond S. Tonneson

This informatiorl will bring deep Friday after noon , his many frien4s will be held Tuesday aHernoon at 1 :30

regre t to a large circle ot triends of Ilj~ ' and acquaintances here felt a great o'clock from the residence, 986 Algoma ~{ r emotion of sorrow that such a life stree t. Rev.' E. H. Smith, who was

the Toung man 10 this city. s hould be so quickly ended 'ere Ray chapla.in of the la te Second r egiment, Ray TQnnessc'n wa s born and raised had reached ,his twenty-first year. Virisconsin volunteers ' of wh ich the de­

ceased' was a m ember, will officia te at in Oshkp sh and was not quite 20 S ince he came back from the war cam- the services a nd IMlss BeSSie Lou Dag-yeitrs of age at the time of his death. paign , his health had not been good, gett and H ema n ' H. P owers will Sing.

When the r ecent war broke out the and his system was not strong- after The r ema in.s drrived fr om Chicago h is attack of typhoid fever during the Saturday even ing, . MI.' . Tonneson,

young man responded to the , call and .. ummer, and his heart act ion was lTIother of the deceased, ' Mrs. Clara f C Ki rkpat r ick , Miss Beatrice Tonneson

went to t ge front as amembero om- g reati,y weakened. of Chicago -a nd Mrs. Kirkpatrick , of pany B. H e w a s transferred to the The character of Ray Tonnesen was H oughton, Mich., acompa,n ied the r e­hospital corps and proved to be a I of an E'specially manly ' type, full of mains. A m eeting of t he m embers of

determination .and e nergy. Yet h a~p. the late Comp a ny B, was held Su'nda y good nurse. H e was s tricken with ered by ill-health. he worked faithful- afternoon a t the call of Capt. Marden t b'4 f d f t' ' t II a nd the comra.des of t he deceased will yp 01 ev~r an or a lme 1 w s Iyat. everything he undertook and attend the' fun eral in a body.

feared that he would never r ecover. was tIiaki~g \a fine record 10 the 'F-""-'!:,....--... ----------.::-;=;;;. ... II He was transferr ed to Fort McPher- American Trust and Savings bank, of cr ~-- . , d f II Funera l of J:ru .y 'l'onnes.en .' . lion and later came home an u Y Chicago, when disease mastered him.

d h · h lth L t r he ent IH 1 'd I . . h' h ' The funeral of R,as mo.ll d Tonnesen.was recovere IS ea . a eWe was gent e aD ovmg In IS ome Ch ' ' t ' . th I held, yesterday a ftern oon a t the paren tal to lcago' to accept a POSI Ion In e life, especially attentive to his mq~her

I horne, in Oshkos h. Ray mond died of pneu­

Insurance Trus t bank, where he was and si"ters, and courteoul to al!. Ju s t " mOOia," augmented by th e fever contmcted employed when the fa tal disease at- before he went to Chicago he' told his du,ring .ser vice in th e late war. 'The ae-tacked him. \ I moth,er : 'He Wall not afraid ~o die," I ' Ce31le~ had a host· (If friends in this city

The remains are expected to arrive I and when the time came he quietly who regret ,t he sad demise. He was a at 7:15 this e vening, but the arrange- and easily passed aw,ay. . bright young man of prQm isi ng futllre: He ments for the funeral will not be made His s isters, Mn. Allen Kirkpat rick, had been employerl in the office, of t he until after they arrive. It is possible, ~' of Hancock, Mich.;, Mrs. Clara Kirk- American 'frust & Savings Ban k as cle rk" h th t th f I '11 ,.. . M B " a nd was a clever :lCcO,UDLant. T he relatives owever; a e unera WI occur 'at r,u;k , a,n,d ,ISS, el1 trice, of Chi-

., have' the sympa thy of many Menominee . Monday afternoon. 'cago, a 'nd . his brother, Fred Tonne- fd ends in their sad ber·eavemeut .

.....,---....,_ .... --:- I sen, of Ishpeming, Mich., have arri ved ~~~~::''''::---==::~::=~=~~~;-... r~~~:--:-::~~"-'-~--~~------l , to attend the fanera!. His aunt, Mrs. The ferua .~ ~\ >Dnd S. Tonn~sen, 'I'

LL1.~l · :S A D E ll'E S . --d. \l\~ Gust-avus. Kahn, of Winneconn~, and , who died ofl'G_~CI'm on ia Friday in Chi-Raymon d T onries .. u La i d to R.,; t Tod"y_ I Edward Nowack of Menominee a cago, will be brough t t o this city on ~he

uther F Ull e r'als a nd Dea ths. Very particular friend of Ray's, 'I ' 7:15 Northwester n t rain this evening. This afternoon, at 1:30 O'clOCk, occurred . d' 0 hk h a so Mrs. T. T onnesen, m other of the de-

th arnve 'tn s os . ceased a rid Miss Beat r l'ce T'onnesen a nd e funeral of Raymond S. Tonnesen.' The residence at 986 Algoma street was HI. War Reeorcl Mrs. K irkpat rick, sis t ers of the de-over-crowded with sorrowing friends 0 '[ On April 28, 1898, Mr. Tonnesen ceased will accompany t he r emains. the young man, who' was highly esteemed l' d . . C B Funeral arr angem ent s have not yet b II h en lste as a pnvate In ' ompany , , been made. ya w 0 knew him. Rev. E. H. Smith Second Wisconsin Volunteerinfantry, ~~=--------~~-~.,...~~-':o,-!I

preac.hed the funeral sermon and music was rendere~ byMlss Daggett and H eman and went with the other O~hk06h P o,,:"ers. The members of the late Com- soldiers to fight' for the ,cause of pames B a nd F . who were comrades of humanity and right. He did ' no~ see I the deceased In t he r ecent war were 1 fi h . . h present in a body and marched In the fu- actua g hng serVice, owever, ,as I ne al t on June 15, he ' was transferred to the I r cor ege. F OUowlng were the pall-

I bea~ers: Captain W. A. Marden, Frank CallIes, Robert Repe, Asa Ray Hollister, " F . H. Hull and E. W. Paine.

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Garden Club Host to \,Omro Group

The November meeting of the Gar­den elub was held at the home of Mrs. A. F. Schroder Friday afternoon with members of the Omro garden

'Club as guests. The president, Mrs . B. H . Bock~n.

presided during the business meeting and the program chairman, Mrs. O. G. Ansorge, had charge of the pro­gr.am. Roll call was answered by each member giving her favorite flower during the pa st summer. '·'Tp.e Care of House Plants," an instructive pa-

I per pr~pared by Mrs. Roy Schermer-I"" .

horn, who was unable to attend, was read by \ Mrs. Bockin. Mrs. J. J. Grimes read a n article on chrysan- \ them urns. Mrs. Loper of Omro gave a very good talk on "Gourds." and brougnt a dozen or more spedmens

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to illustrate it . Mrs. Richar~ Button Jr. gave an . entertaining account of trees artd flowers in Denmark wher~

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she had spent a year. , Mrs. Fred Bishop and Miss Blla-

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trice Tonnesen presided .at the table where tea, coffee and delicious. small

I cakes prepared by several me·roberS were served. Beautiful bouquets of

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Chrysanthemums decorated the rooms I from the Wood Nurseries of Oshkosh, I who donated many extra blossoms in \

I Mrs. Schroder's orders for flowers . I The December meeting will be in I I the form of a Christmas party at the home of Mrs. d. G. Ansorge. \

I BIBLE CLASS ENTERTAINED AT LAWN,pARTY TUESDA'Y:'

Mis's Beatrice Ton ,en and Miss ~

N~ra Olen very p'leasa ntly enter- · t.amed the ·Bi.ble Class of the Pres-.. byterfan Sunday Scho\l l at a lawlli .. Party Tuesday evening, Aug. 20 a t -

I the home of 'Mrs. C. T . Lunu. ' ..

.A unique feature of the, enter-.. talI\ment was the graT.li ma rch Olk

th.e spacious, lawn, winding in and out: through the .beautiful flowers and I shrubbery led by the hostesses, with~ ~ev .. ,and MTS. Griffi.th leading inc smgmg "Onward Christian Soldiers'" ac:ompanied by O. G. Ansorge and:. MISS Mildr-ed Severson on the cornet-: and. piano, to the t able where a de-­licious 6: 30 o'clock dinner was,: served to a bout thirty guests . 'l'h~

table. decorlations were very pretty" and m autumn shades.

Rev. Griffith .took ,first prize in: . the mimic contest by m imicking: Lawrence Tibbett in a ve!'Y amusin g.; way; Miss Margar et Anderson WOD '

. first priz'e in the, peanut hunt. .. At the close of the ga mes a ndt.

contests on ' the well lighted lawn , . ?J I wen t into the house whel',e ' se~- · eral songs' wer e sung by Rev. and:. Mrs. Gr!ffith, and Mrs,. Eliza.beth ' Button a poem which was much': appreciat'ed. This, closed ' t h e even-­ing's 't esti'1iiti es :arid ,all clepa.rtecl for their homes express i'ng t he'ITI­selves as having enjoyed a very­pleas'ant evening.

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MME. EMMA CALVE, whose brillian '~ career as an opera singer, especially in the role of Carmen, was in full flam e thirty

years ago. This is another portrait from the collection of t he

late Mrs. Katharine Medill McCormick.

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