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J VOL. 52—NO. 28. PART TWO OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1922. 1—B _FIVE CENTS
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The Persian poet’s jug of wine and loaf of bread might have made tiiv <
wilderness a paradise, hut it takes a tea table with all its dainty appoint
ments to turn a library into paradise during these afternoons just on tliu
threshold of Christmas.
Miss Vernelle Head and her guest. Miss Erma Aikens, of St. Joseph, Mo.,
are seen here having “tea for two’’ Thursday afternoon in the library of the
beautiful Head home. Miss Aikens departed Friday morning. Miss Bicklcy
Smith, 'also of St. Joseph, was Miss Head's guest during the week.
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At a late holiday tea, given by Mrs. F. A. Nash, Miss Ellen Creighton
will be presented by Dr. Mills Silby In a song recital. She has been a pupil
of I)r. Silby for two years. Miss Creighton was educated at Duchesne col
lege and is now recording secretary of the alumnae. She is 'a member of the
Cathedra! Gallery choirs and lias appeared as soloist for the Mozart club, and
also for tlie Cathedral sacred concerts.
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Mrs. Frederick Bucholz was in charge of the Christmas party which the
Junior league gave Saturday afternoon for children at the University of
Nebraska hospital. A joyful gift and a useful gift was planned for each
child, but the success of the committee was so overwhelming th*at each little
patient was remembered over and over again from Santa’s pack. The Junior
league gave a similar party' at tlie Day Nursery Friday afternoon.
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One of the first of the school girls to arrive home for the holidays was
Miss Doris Talmage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Talmage. She Is attend
iug Miss Bennett’s school at Milbrook, N. Y. Mrs. Talmage will entertain
'at a large luncheon for her daughter at her home on January 2. Mis}
Talmage is to sell cigarets ns one of a charming group nt the Associated
Charities ball Wednesday night, December 27, at the Brandeis.
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It Is good occasionally to even up with California for the many at
tractive Nebraskans who are lured to her desert and shore. Omaha is the
gainer this time in Miss Juli a Tripp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Tripp,
who are newcomers here tills season from Isis Angeles. Miss Tripp, an ac
complished singer, spent the fall months studying in New York. She and
her parents are welcoming Burton Tripp home from Staunton Military
icademy, West Virginia, who is here for the holidays.
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Miss Frances Burl will bo one of (lie holiday hostesses for the young set.
She will entertain at Hie Omaha elnb tea dansante Wednesday, December 27.
\ few daj s later will find her hurrying off to Chicago, where, on Tuesday,
January 2, she will be bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss Dorothy Bradford
of Evanston.
Sparklers Are
Being Worn
Gabby Announces Three En
gagements in Her Own
Sweet Way.
By GABBY DETAYL8.
DIAMONDS will never get to be
an epidemic, eo It Is with sur
prise that Gabby hears of at
j least thrse new ones having made
I their appearance with all the ear
marks of badges of bondage. Judging
by the position they occupy. This
without explanations being made
through the press, though not with
“no questions being asked.’’ Of
course speculations have been rife
about the sparkling gems, enthroned
so serenely In handsome platinum,
but up to date they are worn for
ornamentation only, or so their wear
ers say.
However, It now appears that an
announcement Is to be made at a
holiday tea, already scheduled, con
cerning one of our most attractive
girls, whose charms are as marked
as the gray matter she Is famous for.
It seems she Is about to desert the
legal field, where she Is engaged In
proving the female Is more deadly
than the male, for one more roman
tic.
The others are not so frank. One
young lady who declines to make a
statement ie visiting from a north
ern city with the .family of a young
f man who lias just returned from an
eastern college, where he is a senior.
She is making his vacation days
more bearable, and is the recipient
not oidy of n generous amount of
compliments, but also of one of these
diamond rings.
The third young lady is more dis
creet about wearing her solitaire on
her left hand. She plays ostrich
with it on her right, and fondly sup
poses that the public is entirely un
aware. However, since she was in
the court of Ak Sar Ben this year,
anything unohstruslve is impossible
and Gabby hopes that after nil east
ern trip she will realize this and wear
it where It should be with an appro
priate announcement.
.~*_rpHOUGH It is mors blessed to give,
etc., etc., says Gabby politely,
stifling a yawn, one must be
more blessed to receive, for It Is Just
as Important to be beautiful and gra
cious as well.
Of course, nice things we notice
always happen to those rare creatures
with Titian tresses, and so Gabby
wm not surprised the other day to
hear that the father-in-law of one of
our most beautiful young matrons
with ruddy tresses, had seen fit to
send a smart sedan around as the
result of doing his (Christmas shop
ping and doing it early, and that a
white fur coat as exotic as the Pari
sian salon whence It came had
been personally selected and for
warded to her by his wife.
TIE women who attended a board
meeting of one of the city's large
institutions for social service are
•fcuckllng over what occurred this
J week. They had gathered for luncheon
and a business meeting, and their
president, a woman noted for her
charm of manner, her efficiency and
her public spirit, was presiding. The
luncheon proved excellent and they
were all enjoying themselvea when the
president was called to the telephone.
"Why Jane, I forgot all about you,”
they heard her gasp. She came back
decidedly flustered, and explained
apologetically. "I have a daughter
v<1io is sick In bed at home and 1
J - '•mpletely forgot it,” she admitted
* shamefacedly. “The poor child hasn't
had a bite to eat and It is nearly 2
o'clock. She told me she was so
hungry she was gnawing the tele
^ phone.”
And gathering up her fdrs and her
hand-hag she fled precipitately to ren
der social servlcs where It waa most
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For Fiancee of
Denman Kountze J
Mr. C. T. Kountze will Introduce
Miss Mary Mallory Harris of Mem
phis, Tenn., fiancee of his son, Den
mig, who will arrive with her mother,
Mrs. R. W. Harris, on Saturday, the
30th. at a 4 o'clock tea at hla home.
Tuesday afternoon. January 2 , Mr.
Kountze will entertain his own
friends, and the following day “will
again give a tea for Miss Harris when
the friends of Denman Kountze will
be the guests.
Miss Dorothy Judson will honor
Miss Harris on Wednesday, January 3,
when she will give a dinner at her
home with covers for eight.
Mary Findley Hostess at
Buffet Supper.
Miss Mary Findley will be hostess
Tuesday evening at a buffet supper
at her home, following which the
guests will attend the T. K. dance
at the Fontenelle hotel. Covers will
he placed for the Misses Izetta Smith,
Frances Burt, Dorothy Dahlman, De
Weenta Conrad, Emily Burke, Fran
ces Patton, Helen Rogers, Mary Mors
tnan, Dorothy Gilbert of New York,
Josephine Schurman, Edith Eatta, Te
kamah: Frances Castetter, Dorothy
Cavanaugh, Ruth McCoy and Messrs.
Frank Campbell, Sam Carlisle, Phil
Downs, Jack Squires, Millard Rogers,
Ralph Campbell, Jack Peacock, Mar
vin Bridges, George Stocking, George
Metcalfe, Jasper Hall, Brooks Vance,
Milton Rogers, Howard Gray and Tom
Findley. •
Mrs. Clair Baird Writes
Christinas Play.
“A Christmas Dream,” a playlet,
written by Mrs. Claire Baird waa pre
sented Friday evening under direction
of Mrs. Baird at the Christmas party
at the First Presbyterian church by
,30 children of the Sunday school
classes. The principal roles were
taken by Catherine North and Bar
bara Baird. Words and music for sev
eral little songs In the play were also
written by Mrs. Baird.
Lee Huff Home Bright With
Living Christmas
Trees.
I-ast night for the first time Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Huff Illuminated the
three living Christmas trees growing
on their spacious lawn. Situated as
their home is on the crest of the hill
at 5601 Farnam street, these, vari col
ored lights sent the holiday mes
sage of good cheer, far and wide. Two
stand guard on either sfde of the
front walk, And the third, which Is on
the northern slope may be seen by
motorists as they come down the
Fatracres hill into town .
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Menagh of
Dennison, la., parents of Mrs. Lee
Huff. Jr., arrived in time for the light
ing. and will spend Christmas day In
Omaha.
Mrs. Flack to Give
Buffet Bridge.
Mr. and Mns. George Flack have
issued Invitations to a buffet bridge
they will give at their home Thurs
day evening of next week In com
pliment to Miss Elizabeth Barker,
who has returned for holiday week
from New York, where she is a stu
dent at Columbia university, and for
Capt. and Mrs. Richard Crane of
Madison, Wis., who are visiting Mrs.
Theodore Ringwalt.
Captain and Mrs. Crane will be hon
ored Christmas evening when Miss
Helen Rogers, who has just returned
from Vassar, will bs th« hostess at a
thrss-tabls brldga.
Family Dinner. Parties
Make Christmas a
Jolly Day
Crackling logs, the fragrance of sa
vory goose, holly wreaths and reunit
ed families! Hundreds of homes in
Omaha will answer this description to
morrow.
At the Ward M. Burgess home will
be their daughter. Miss Margaret Lee,
and sons, Charles and Lewis, with
their families, Mr. Burgess’ mother
and sister.
Continuing a custom of many years,
the Charles T. Kountze home will open
to the family for Christmas dinner.
Miss Eleanor is home front school fol
the occasion and Denman Kountze is
also here. Ilis fiancee and her moth
er will not arrive until the 30tli for
their visit in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Burns and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Rums will dine with Mr. Kountze.
T^e O. T. Eastman family will he un
able to accept the usual holiday in
vitation owing to the recent serious
illness of Mr. Eastman, but they will
be a happy family group in their own
home because of Mr. Eastman's Im
provement in health.
Frances Nash Watson, her husband.
Major E. M. Watson, and Miss Cather
ine Cartan, who have traveled from
Paris to spend the holidays here with
Mrs. E. W. Nash, will arrive in New
York on Christmas day. Mf. and Mrs.
L. F. Crofoot will meet them at the
pier. Others of the family who will
dine together in Omaha are Mrs. E.
W. Nash. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nash
and family, Ludovlc, David and
Michael Crofoot.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Head and
their daughter, Miss Vernelle, will en
joy family dinner at home.
J. M. Baldrige will entertain at a
family dinner, having at his home Mr.
and Mrs. Malcolm Baldrige, Howard
Baldrige, Mrs. R. W. Connell, Herbert
and James Connell’and Dudley Wolfe.
Mrs. J. M. Baldrlge and daughter,
Miss Gwendolyn, are In Maine.
A Christmas cup o’ tea will be
served at 5 o’clock to 20 or more
friends of Mrs. George Prlns at her
home. Mr. and Mrs. Prlnz will dine
at home earlier In the day with Mrs.
Prlnz's father, John L. Webster.
With Mr. and Mrs. Frank Judson
and their daughter, Miss Dorothy,
will be Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Davidson,
Miss Dorothy, Janies, Jr., and John;
Mrs. Margaret Hyr.es and son, Wil
liam, Miss Ann Howland and Wal
lace Shephard.
Arriving this morning from Chicago
are Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Bohling.
who will lie the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Bohling. They will dine
with Mr. and Mrs. T. I,. Davis on
Christmas, when other guests will be
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Davis, Mrs. G. A.
Meyer, Miss Elizabeth Davis and J. S.
Brady.
John F. Stout and his daughter^
Miss Gertrude, will entertain Mr. and
Mrs. Phillip lvnoedler of Chicago, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Stout and daughter,
Barbara of Tekamah, at their Christ
mas dinner tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Keller and
Miss Emily Keller will have with
them Eleut. Coni. Harold R. Keller,
Mrs. Keller and their sons, Harold
Russell, Jr., and John Wilbur.
With Mr. and Mrs. R. .T. Dinning
will be Mr. and Mrs. Allan Tukey
and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Dinning, jr.
Dining with Mrs. W. C. Shannon
at a family dinner will he Mr. and
Mrs. Myron I.earned, Mr. and Mrs.
I-ucien Stephens, Mrs. William Sears
Poppleton and son, William, Jr., and
Mrs. H. C. Smith. This is the first J
Christmas dinner Id Omaha tor VVU- ^
11am, jr., since he left here to attend
schbol in the east several years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Newbronch
will have dinner at home. With them
will be their daughters Eleanor and
Evelyn, and Mrs. Howard Douglas.
Mr. Douglas and Miss Dorothy Jane,
their grandchild. Mrs. Grace Travis
and family will complete the circle.
Dr. and Mrs. Earl Sage are having
their Christmas dinner today. With
them will be Dr. and Mre. F. N. Con
nor, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wilbur,
Miss Katherine Wilbur, Charles Deuel,
Lnke Dueel and Dr. W. O .Bridges.
Mrs. C. F. Cox. sister of Mrs. Ar
thur Mickel, will be hostess at a
family dinner, which will include Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Mickel and Mr. and
Mrs. George Mickel and family.
Dining with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Carpenter on Christmas day will be
Mr. and Mrs. George Barker, jr., and
son. George; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ko
witt and children, Caroline and Ralph,
jr.; Mrs. Linn Carpenter Lockwood
and Miss Hattie White.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Reed and daugh
ters,«Erna and Peggy, will have their
Christmas dinner at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac Carpenter, Jr.
With Mr. and Mrs. George B.
Thumpiel will be her father, George
E. Congdon of Washington, D. C„
and Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Allen
Congdon and small daughter of
Syracuse.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Gordon will have
a family dinner party. From out of
town will be Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Hawler of Chicago. Mrs. R. W.
Brerkenrldge, mother of Mrs. Gordon
will also be a gi^est.
With Mrs. Charles Offutt will be
Mr. and Mrs. Casper Offutt. Mr. and
Mrs. Milo T. Gates, Mr. and Mrs. A.
E. Gates of Genoa, Neb.. Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Hendricks and Miss Helen Hib
bard. ,
Three sons and their wives and two
daughters, will dine with Mr. and Mrs.
M. C. reten. They an Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Peters and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Peters, Miss Gladys and Daphne Pet
ers. Other guests will be Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Hess and John Hess.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Megeath and
Mr. nnd Mrs. J. K. Megeath will dine
with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Megeath.
Mr. and Mrs. Barton Millard will
entertain Mr. and Mrs. Louis Clarke.
Mrs. R. F. Kloke, Miss Jessie Mil
lard, W. B. Millard, Jr., who la a
student at Yale and Ray Millard, who
has come home for the holidays.
Among the welcome holiday visitors
is Mrs. P. J. O'Brien of Missoula,
Montana, formerly Miss Nettle Burk
ley. She and her husband will be
guests at a family dinner tomorrow
with the J. M. Hardings. Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Brlnker, Frank Burk
ley and Harry Burkley nnd family.
Miss Eleanor, Harry, Jr., RoberJ and
Francis, will be the other guests.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Allison, Jr., and
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Sibbernsen will dine
with Mrs. C. C. Allison at her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gallagher and
their young daughter wall dine at
home. With them will he Mr. Gal
lagher’s brother, Ben, and Miss Mary
Daey, a friend of the late Mrs. Gal
lagher, mother of Paul.
Mrs. Herman Ivounlze will enter
tain at a family dinner at her home
for Mrs. Ella Cotton Magee, Fred
ericks Nash, Virginia Cotton, Mar
shall Magee, Ben Cotton, sr., and son,
Ben, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rushton will
have as their Christmas dinner guests
Mrs. Rushton’s brother, R. E. Davis,
and wife from Utica, Neb., and Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. Mockett of Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Woodworth of
Lincoln and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hig
gins will have Christmas dinner with
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Potter.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ramsey
will have as their Christmas guests
Mrs. E. W. Cook of Beatrice, mother
of Mrs. Kamsey; Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
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Calendar for Xmas
Merry - Go- Round
of Gaieties
Mostly Affairs for the
Young Folk.
Sunday, December 21.
Mr and Mrs. R. II. Olmsted dinner
for Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Knoedler
of Chicago, guests of John F. Stout.
Monday, December 25.
Mrs. W. R. Adair, dance at Country
club honoring daughter. Marjorie.
Mrs. Georgo Prinz, Christmas “at
home” to 20 guests In late afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Peters,
morning housewarming at their new
home for SO guests.
Miss Dorothy Higgins, dinner at
her home preceding the Adair dance
at Country club.
Miss Helen Rogers, Informal eve
ning bridge in compliment to Cap
tain and Mrs. Richard Crane of Madi
son. Wis.
Mrs. Herman Gunther, dinner at
(he Iilackstone hotel, honoring her
daughter, Miss Louise, and her guest.
Miss Charlotte Wilson of Roswell,
N. M. Covers for 18.
Tuesday, December 26.
T. 'K. club, dance at Fontenelle.
Miss Mary Findley, buffet supper
at home.
Miss Kathleen McCrann weds Stan
ley Paul Wallin.
Mrs. William T. Dinkins, evening
bridge for Mrs. Morton Rhodes of
Worland, Wyo.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lewis, three
tables evening bridge as housew-arm
ing at new home.
Miss Verona DeVore and Miss Wini
fred McMurtin, luncheon at Athletio
club, honoring Miss DeVore’s guest,
Miss Laura Stevens.
Mrs. F. P. Loomis luncheon at
Braudels restaurant for Miss Mary
Caroline Woodworth of Kansas City.
Miss Margaret Shotwell entertains
at luncheon for Miss Eleanor -Scott
of Washington, D. C., and for Miss
Eleanor Smith at Blackstone.
Wednesday, December 27,
Les Hiboux, dance at Blackstone.
Alpha Phi luncheon at Fontenelle.
Mrs. Frank Selby, formal tea at her
home.
Miss Helen Graham, bridge tea at
her home.
Associated Charities’ ball at Bran
dels restaurant.
Miss Frances Burt, tea dance at
the Omaha club.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Head,
dinner at home preceding bt^ll.
Mrs. Emily Peterson, dinner for
Mrs. Russell Phelps of Minneapolis.
Alpha Chi Omega of Central High
school, dance at Prettiest Mile club.
O’dlx club of Central High school,
luncheon for 40 guests at University
club.
Miss Beota Alderman, hostess to
Stigma Chi Om'icron of Omaha uni
versity at her home. ,
Miss Daisy Rich, tea for Miss
Bleanor Scott of Washington, D. C..
her guest for the holidays.
Mrs. Herbert Wheeler entertains at
Omaha club tea dance for nephew,
Dean Robinson of Grand Rapids.
Alpha PI Omega of Central High
school will have 100 guests at the
Prettiest Mile club for a dance.
Miss Bllzabeth Davis, dinner at
Omaha club for Mrs. Donald McFer
ron of Iloopestown. 111., preceding
ball.
Mrs. Theodore Maenner luncheon
for Miss Mary Caroline Woodworth
of Kansas City, guest of Mrs. F. P.
Doom is.
Maj. and Mrs. Arthur Davis, dinner
at their home for their house guest,
Miss Ruth Constance Ingalls of
Atchison, Kan.
Miss Bleanor Burkley, luncheon at
her home, honoring Miss Ror*thy
Gilbert of New York, guest of Miss
Mary Morsman.
Mr. and Mrs. Bee Huff, Jr., dinner
before ball for Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Sidles of Dlncoln and Mr. and Mrs.
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