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Show ! AMUSEMENTS. I l J An admirable bill is promised by the Orpheum management for the Week beginning be-ginning Sunday evening. It will be headed by George Bloomquest and his company in Victor Smalley's sketch, "Nerve," in which this truly American quality is shown to be above rubies in value. The playlet is said to be very funny, and to offer a competent company com-pany excellent opportunities for fine comedy work. A pleasing factor on the program will be Miss Rosa Roma, wife of Chester N. Sutton, manager of the local Orpheum. Miss Rosa is a violiniste, and has been more than successful elsewhere in arousing arous-ing the enthusiasm of music-loving audiences. au-diences. Other acts on the bill are: Howard and Howard, in "The Hebrew Messenger Boy and the Thespian"; Clark Martinettie and Joe Sylvester, the boys with the chairs in "An Attempt at Suicide"; Ballerini's canine tumblers; John Birch, "the man with the hats." and Myers and Rosa, cowboy and cowgirl cow-girl experts with the lariat. When you buy or sell real estate insist in-sist on having the Homer Abstract company make your abstracts. We have every facility necessary in the handling of titles, and it will be to your advantage to give us a call if you own property. 1 WANTED, at once, at the residence of the Catholic bishop of Boise, Idaho, a reliable middle-aged lady as housekeeper. housekeep-er. Testimonials of parish priest required. re-quired. Send application to Rev. Father Fa-ther R. S. Keyzer, L. B. 896, Boise, Ida. St. Mary's Academy Items. Thanksgiving day at the academy was observed in consonance with its name. The celebration of the day began with Holy Mass and the singing of the Te Deum, in which all the students joined. A turkey dinner, a dance and j other amusements and a late sleeep the following morning, left nothing to desire de-sire in the enjoyment of an ideal Thanksgiving day. . Milton's "II Penseroso" and 'TAlle-gro" 'TAlle-gro" form the subject matter of investigation inves-tigation in the literature period of the third academic class. In the contest in paragraph writing beween the first and second academic classes the judges decided in favor of Miss Eva Morris, whose work, showed greater adherence to unity coherence and correct punctuation, though many very clever compositions were handed by the other contestants. That the minims of St. Mary's have developed facilities for entertainments highly creditable to little ladjes of their age was made clear to those who were privileged to attend their program on the eve of ThansKgiving, consisting of recitations and singing. Sister Superior paid them a well-deserved compliment, and substantiated her appreciation of the efforts by a delicious treat of candy. 5k A very spirited debate is in progress the needle versus the quill in which the former exerts its supremacy in devising de-vising pretty surprises for loved ones for Christmas gifts. sf: -if. Jf. A glance into the academy library, with its recently acquired literary gems, comprising twenty valumes of "Classic Tales of Famous Authors," elucidates the fact that reading is fostered not only as an art, but also as a potent factor in education. Richest and happiest are those possessing good books. The splendid splen-did opportunities they hold out are the birthright of all. The reading of classic authors precludes that debilitating waste of the brain in aimless, spiritless reading of mere literary garbage. Mrs. M. Sheridan of Ibapah, Utah, has the thanks of all at St. Mary's for her generous treat of bananas and oranges, while her spirit of faith had its expression in the beautiful floral gift to the altar. sH 5t If it be true that the sunshine and joy we bring to the hearts of others are of the boomerang variety, we may safely assert that the party given to the graduates grad-uates of Friday last by Mrs. Alice Fischer-Davison at the home of her mother, Mrs. A. Fischer, resulted in genuine delight to hostess and guests alike. |