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Show Fine oil paintings at the Chicago Bankrupt store. The lecture delivered by Prof. J. Whitely last evening before the polyso-phical polyso-phical on "Life" was a gem. The programs pro-grams at the polysophical are excellent. I'ue public is fortunate in having such a society in the city. The Deseret News gets very fresh ( ?) news from Utah county by ignoring the Provo dailies and clipping from the weeklies published in other parts of the county. On Saturday evening last the A. F. Whipple fire occurred near the mouth of Frovo canyon. On Monday this paper exclusively published a full report of the lire. The News waited for the weeklies and last night for the first time gives its readers the news of the fire. The opera house yesterday presented a decidedly lively appearance, the occasion oc-casion being a children's dance given 1 1 , .. . - .. by the district school. About eight hundred children took advantage of tbe opportunity given them free and danced from 2 till 5, wearing out the willing onrps of teachers who gave themselves up to the urgent applications applica-tions of the lively swarm of Utah's best crop. Much credit in due the teachers who managed the affair. The members of the nineteenth century cen-tury club and about seventy-five friends epent several hours most enioyably last evening at the magnificent residence at the corner of Fifth and I streets, the home of E. A. Wedgwood. Mrs. E. A. Wedgwood is vice-president of the club. The occasion was the third anniversary anni-versary of the organization of the club. The affair was a most highly successful reception, the program of entertainment entertain-ment being wholly impromptu. Professor Pro-fessor Franck presided at the piano. Refreshments most dainty and delicate were served. Some friends of Mrs. Mart Davis assisted as-sisted by her two daughters Mamip and Ida gave her a genuine surprise party on Wednesday evening. The company gathered at the residence of Mrs. D. R Bfiebe at 8 p. m., and at 8:30 p. in. Mrs. Davis was conducted in the dining room, where sha was met with a merry clapping of hands and a chorus of "surprise." The house was a scene of gaiety and miith, and the tables with their snow white linen covers, laden with edibles the most palatable, was a tempting eight to the large company com-pany who soon did justice to the many kinds of cakes and pies which had been prepared by the willing hands of the surprisers. The big dining room carpet was soon torn up and the dancers whirled gaily to the lovely stiains of music. The evening was devoted de-voted to dancing, music, singing, recitations reci-tations and cards. The party lasted far into the nigbt, and the girls ar cei tainly to be congratulated on its success. Who are the most famous writes and artists of both continents? The Cosmopcliu'an Magazine is endeavoring endeavor-ing to answer this inquiry by printing a list from month to month in its contents con-tents pages. This magazine claims that notwithstanding its extraordinary reduction in price, it is bringing the most famous writers ana artists of Europe and America to interest its readers, and in proof of this claim, sibmiie the following list of contributors contri-butors for the five months ending with iFtbruarv: Valdes, Howells, Paul Htse, Franciqie Sarcey, Robert Grant, Johr. J. lualls, Lvnjr.n Abbott, Frederick Masson. Agnes Reppiier, J. G. Whittier, (posthumous J Walter Besant, Mark Twam, St. George Mi vart, Paul Bourget, Loune Chandler Moulton, Fiammarion, Tissandier, F. Dempster Sherman, Adam Badeau, Capt. King, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, George Ebers, De Maupassant, Sir Edwin Arnold. Spielhagen, Andrew Laog, Berthelot, II. H. Boyesen, Hop-kinson Hop-kinson Smith, Lyman J. Gage, Dan'l C. Gilman, Franz Von Lenbach. Thomas A. Janvier. And for artif-ts who have illustrated during the sam? time: Vierge, Reinhart, Marold. F. D. Small, Dan Beard, Jose Cabrinety, Oliver Herford, Remington, Hamilton Gibson, Otto Bache-. H. S. Mowbray Olto Gaillonnet, F. G. Attwood,, Hop-kinson Hop-kinson Smith, Geo. W. Edwards. Paul de Longpre, Habert Dys, F. H. Schell. How this is done lor $1.50 a year, the editors of The Cosmopolitan alone know. Dr. Geo. Ssiart who has been in Cincinnatti since early in November last pursuing further his studies in the profession he is so successfully following, follow-ing, has returned to ft is home after a most thoroughly successful term at college It was th? doctor's aim to remain re-main at college until June but he overworked over-worked himself and bee ime sick. It is his aim now to recuperate tor a month ur so and then open an office and begin anew the practice of medicine and surgery. sur-gery. While east he has had opportunities opportun-ities the most favorable and comes home buoyantly enthusiastic in the great study" of the human system. His patients will receive the benelits of his advancement. The doctor in a very entertaining chat last evening even-ing reviewed the miseries he had witnessed wit-nessed occasionally by the hard times and succeeded well in making the reporter re-porter feel glad that his lot is cast in Utah,and not in any of the large eastern cities this winter. The Dispatch was a welcome visitor at the doctor's apartment, apart-ment, while at the college, and it carried to him regularly news that was indeed pleasant. Enjoying himself at college in comfortable quarters he witnessed wit-nessed the misery and evidences of hard times all around him and thought of his own home and the people of Provo, and wondered if they were also suffering. He would pick up The Dispatch Dis-patch and read that the woolen mills continued to run, that the merchants mer-chants were doing a good business, that the people were enjoying themselves them-selves in grand masquerades, dances and socials, that the wards were hay ng reunions and taking good care of tbe poor, and he knew that "all is well In Zion" and was comforted. |