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lim*. DANIEL SHAW’S BIRTHDAY. £ The admirers of beautiful lives and they who appreciate the joys that fitly orown. well spent and honored years Will find the most noteworthy social •rent of the week to be that of the observance of the eighty-first birthday, on Friday last,of Mrs. Daniel Shaw, the esteemed president of the Children’s Home.Friday being the day for the regular board meeting of the directors of the home and the place of meeting the house of the president, invitations were extended to the members of the board to a 1 o'clock luncn. Nineteen responded in person and the company also included Mrs- George B. 3haw, „.and Mrs. Flora B. Ginty of ChippewaJFslls. . . ................To qpe whose willing hands helped rock the very cradle of this city andfled with its best interests there are hundreds who would^ rise to do honor. None, however, could have tendered these tokens of love and respect more fittingly than did these friends of Mrs. Shaw who have long assisted her in the most earnest work of an earnest life.The lanch hour was announced by a playful blast from the trumpet of the little granddaughter, Margaret, and the menu beautifully prefaced by presenting the white-haired hostess a bowl of exquisite roses eighty-one in number, from the ladies of the board and accompanied by the following:To our beloved President, faithful and true, Roses and roses 'we’ve brought to you.Their beauty and fragrance we're sure you'll uot shun.In their petals find greetings for your years SI. These flowers, besides an exquisite collection of carnations from Mrs. Shaw’i five grandchildren, and which were typical in number and fragrance of her eighty-one birthdays, formed the decorations for this delightful occasion.As the menu was prefaced by gifts of choice flowers, it was as beautifully followed by tender and heartfelt expressions of loye and esteem read by the guests gathered about the board in the pleasant after dinner hour, each one reading as well her birthday verse from the Bible.Space forbids the full text of all the letters. There is gleaned from each a choice part only.Our precious friend, whose life has been so rich and ran*In all that makes a life worth living.Whose days are filled with loving thoughtWhose hand and heart are generous iiitfivm*. Wo love her well and prize her counsel dearly. Although we find her rulings very firm.Wo come to hail her natal day full cheerly:I# she is sot we give her thrice “thin! term jfc'*To Mrs. Daniel Shaw. Augusta Kidder.— Wo hud the day..Tho’ skies are gray. .ViaI dubious is the weal Which calls us here With, such good chee Anti bids us joy together. Our hearts are warm In spite of storm.And we h»ok above theseTo? fairKeyoml comptiA. L. II.Dear Friend: 1 can not help thi a satisfactory life you have had in years 1 have known you.You have governed a household nr prosperity and hospitality, you have children of whom not only you hut the whole community may be proud. You have been the true friend, the good neighbor: unselfishly■d upwith kind remembrance of all the dear ohm ofyour family, I am as ever most lovingly your friend, *'• E. F.1PLKNKB.From Mrs. Ginty:A devout Arab woman, when very aged, was asked if she felt the burden of her years, Sbe replied: Tliey wl» h»ok upon God'% face do not feel His hand. I think the same reply might be given by our dear friend whose years we honor to-day.The crown of her days' rests lightly upon her, for she hatfever through life’s journey looked upon His face. The years have drifted in upon her pathway bringiuu little discern fort ure. With her well-stored mind aud in her strong unselfish nature she has ever risen above self, kept her heart young and in full sympathy with the ago in which we live, worked for tho betterment of ot hers less fortunate.She has nourished the cheerfulness that makes the happiness of this gray old world.She has lived life iiTthe fullness of perfection, having tasted the broad of Ijfo, which is love, the salt of life, which is work, the sweetness of life.which is poetry, and the water of life, which is faitli. ’HouokhI, beloved and very sacred to all of us, upon this her eighty-first birthday, I placeThey need no other rosary whose life is strung with beads of love and thought.Following this delightful hour, the business meeting of the board whs held and the afternoon closed with tlfi hope by all present that many such anniversaries might come to the venerable hostess. Those present were Mes-dames D. R. Moon, D. W. Day, C. M. Buffington, T. F. Frawley, F. R. Reynolds, Ripley, H. P. Graham, N. C. Wilcox, Fitch Gilbert, Augusta Kidder, H. C. Van Hovenberg, A. V. May hew, Nellie Pinkum, Jos. Bleteher, J. F. McGraw, D. Drummond, S. S. Kepler, Geo. B. Shaw, Flora B. Ginty.HOW PADDY WON HIS NORA.Among the entertainments of tbe last week was one given at the Grand Opera House, for the benefit of the Children’s Home, which deserves more than a passing notice, both for the merit of its production, and for the novel features which it presented. To hear that delight of young and old, a good story, well told”—and not only told, in a charming voice, and with marked dramatic power, but illustrated 1th pictures containing living'picturesgroups this was certainly a new experience for everyone present, Klizabetn Strong Worthington was not only the relater of the story, How Paddy Won His Nora, but was its author as well; and the touch of the artist’s practiced hand was evident in the humor and arrangement of its incidents, and the ingenuity with which a very simple story was worked up to a thrilling - climax. - To be author, actor, and designer of illustrations aud stage effects, all in onqj requires a wide range of talent, but not more than Mrs. Worthington showed that she possessed. Interest in the narration reached its greatest height jnL the tire scene, which was a powerful production, from a literary and dramatic point of view. Mrs. Worthington held the closest attention of the audience from first to last, aud at the conclusion of the story was called before the curtaiu and presented with a beautiful bunch of orchids.The young society people who took part in the tableaux were quick to catch the spirit of the scenes they helped to illustrate and portrayed them with cleverness and fidelity, the little Cupids especially being very picturesque and graceful in their different poses.iih*.•raTTROBERT MAC A IRK” AND SLASH-OtlieiER AND CRASHER.”mr latest \vi id pray thatthat tho good worksMiss Jessie Buffington sent the fol-lowing verse:We cmio to-d»• to see thee, friend.Our love o’crhoundiiiK lh»w.With gratitudeto him aisae.Tn Kraut us sueI. a l*l.*ssiiur.As we see tliy faice above these tloweiWe think theiremblem fittingFor he win* uainr.1 these flower- whoWould think itfar more haingTo name thee our k rue ions ijueeu.Tor the home that we are plain.mg.It.And accompanying a pretty littlebox from thechildren of the1 Homewas tile follownig greeting:t ’oiiipluneiiTs of the t'liildren of itie Home.Please a.-repf thiis little token in reinT'tUvZ• cheer- f**i one I*.o-Ll.-nt/ t'HIJ.IlKKN Oi Till: Horn:.To these were added thisextractfrom a dear friend who was notpresent—Mrs. K. Faulkner, of Cliicaigo:7 Tafiuary Thiitieth. My Dear Mr-i. shave:Eighty-one goodwi-hes ami emigratehit ion- 1..you, this anniiver-ary .ht.omi, Vmir manyfriends, ais we■11 as your 1m i»Kchildrenand grandchildren, ri-e inn-iereru-e.and l«»ve amI rail )..» hle-se.njattwr. You hacr well nutmleil outthe years*o nanny. and .vetliki'H weaver’s dimlie. flyil.KM ud bMriiiK «is away to our eternal home.! Kan Claire has always been noted ; for its amateur dramatic talent. Some I years ago, several plays were give l ] with excellent effect, and now comes to f the front a coterie of young people who ; propose presenting a drama and a farce “Robert Macaire and Slasher , and Crasher for the benefit of tbe i Benevolent Society of St. Patrick's 1 church. The date selected is Monday i evening, the 17th inst., the place, the ) opera house, of course. The rehearsals so far have developed an amazing . amount of talent; and the public is assured of an even and perfectly staged ; performance.; The story of Robert Macaire ia that : of two thieves who have escaped from | ; the prison of Lyons, bold rascals who | would as soon murder as thieve. For j | nineteen years Robert Macaire has not | ' seen his wife. They meet at an inn by | the way side. The thieves are arrested I ami Robert Macaire isshot in endeavoring to escape, but not before he has recognized his own sou in the adopted child of the inn-keepor. The dialogue is crisp and brisk, and the action of : Mu- drama, through two acts, rapid and consistent. The rehearsals are led by Dr. (*arlyle, \vln has had much—explt;«-i rience in this line of work. Everything : will be done in a professional mannerjo* bare outlived many jin a*d w»tru»t that with min.the remark i\ bli •re flwmyi* mad** y« 1 In *U the emiorksMaMt fa *4» •»-'* fetwA, for which you arc . ja^iwrwilkNAvnd exprHie cast is admirably made up. Miss Dickie McDonough leads the lady contingent, as Marie, the wife of Robert Macaire. and shows at the rehearsals great power. She is ably seconded by Miss Hilda Watson its Clementine lt;iermeuil. on whose wedding day Robert Macaire is killed. Miss Watson 1 will play the part very nicely. Among
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Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Feb 02, 1896
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