CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
7
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
' ! o Literary Societies on Thursday night ,
The enow hasn't driven therobinsaway.
Are we going to have a sleigh ride after
ail?
Mary Jnrhs is working for Mrs, Cam p
hell. The plumber boys are kept busy these
firtyti.
Charlie Cutter sang "The Bridge" at the
opening exercise in chapel on Friday
morning.
Mr. Williams' division, the third, told
lis all about Longfellow at Friday morn
ing's Chapel.
Air, Campbell fished his skates out of the
bnx in the cellar and enjoyed an hour or so
on the ice.
Mrs. Adair and MissLaufman were the
Hiiestsof Mm. Campbell fur dinner on Fri
day evening.
Irene Campbell haB a new pair of skates
and is taking lessons from Prof, ('utterthe
famous "skatlst."'
The tailors have finished making drawers
hixl hnve started on the school suits,
Mr. Becker, nurengineer, has been suf
fering from an attack of the grippe, lie is
on the road to recovery, however, and will
soon le out Hgnin.
Raymond Clay and Grover White are pa
tient, painstaking and earnest students and
stand high iii their class.
One of the little boys spelt cabbage "cab
itch" and cirbolic Hcid 'eowbottic ansid."
Tiiftt was hi first attempt however and he
will know better next time.
One of Hi'' reporters overheard Mr.
Brewer ny thn he had some icicles on his
muHHclie Tuesday morning. ' .. .
Mrs. Crlhrne has almost entirely re
covered from her recent IP new,
Mr. Wood, and Mrs. Campbell went
nhdii.it on the ice after th- McKinle.y Pinh
day service o- Wednesday morning,
Oliarl-s Cutler is said fo ho the bet.
skater in th school. He in'very ; graceful
and ey in his rjiovnmtus upon the ice.
Prepare for a Rainy Day.
Next to the evil of living beyond one'B
means, is that of spending all one's in
come. There are multitudes who are snil
in ; so near shore, that a slight wind in the
wrong direction founder them. They gt
on well while the times are. usual and the
wages promptly paid; but a panic or ashort
period of sickness and they drop helpless.
Many a father has gone with his family . In
a fine carriage drawn by a spanking team
till he came up lohrs grave; then he lay
dowD on his pillow of dust, and his chil
dren have got out of the carriage, and not
only been compelled to- walk, but to go
barefoot. Against . parsimony and nig
gardliness 1 proclaim ar, but with the
mime sentence I condemn those who make
a grand splash while ihey live, leaving
their families in destitution when thev die.
Success Club. t
LaRt Saturday evening a number of the
prominent young men of Chemawa met in
the Assembly Hall to organize a branch
Of the "Success Club" which was organ
ized in New York Hnd in which place
our headquarters i located.
Despite the cold weather quite a number
were present and the meeting, although
purely a business one, was very interesting.
Messrs. Johnson Williams and Henry
LovelHce were appointed chairman and
secretary, prnreni respectively.
Mr. William s told biieflv, but coiieiFply
the object of tne meeting and then pro
ceeded to business.
After the club was organize 1 the mem
ber proceeded to el-el drt'icero, the roster
of whinn is as follows:
President, John Allen; Vice-President,
Johnson vVilliHins; H.-cr-tarv, A. Tainse;
Editor. Wm. Mahone; Musical Director,
Clta. Laiwn; Treasurer, M. R. Decker.
Thewuiety promiseHto be a good n
find will be very beneficial to those nlio
The time and place of meeting Will he
tfiiturday evening at 7 p. in., in the Assem
bly Hall.