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PART TWO
SOCIETY
PAGES ONE TO EIGHT
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PART TWO
SOCIETY
PAGES ONE TO EIGHT
VOL. XLV NO. 25.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUNINO, DECEMBEK 5, 1915.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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Calendar of Club Doings
Monday
Omaha Woman's club, political and social de
partment, Y. W. C. A., 2:30 p. m.
Child Conservation leagues. City Federation,
Schmoller & Mueller auditorium, 2 p. tn.
Chautauqua circle, Tennyson chapter, Mrs. F.
M. Wray, hostess, 2:30 p. m.
Dundee Catholic circle, Mrs. O. C. Bedford,
hostess.
Temple Israel Sisterhood, vestry rooms,
2:30 p. m.
Christmas bazar, Bee building, 9 a. m.
Drama league, city hall, 4 p. m.
Tuesday
Omaha Woman s club, current topics depart
ment, Y. W. C. A., 2:80 p. m.
South Omaha Woman's club, literature de
partment, library hall, 2:30 p. m.
Business Women's council. Volunteers' hall,
11:30 a. ni. 2 p. m.
Omaha Woman's club, oratory department,
Metropolitan hall, 10 a. m.
Business Women's club, Y. W. C. A., 7 p. m.
Christmas sale, Nurses' Central club and reg
. istry, at club house.
Monthly party, "Horse Show," Y.'W. C. A.,
8 p. m. .
Omaha Woman's club, philosophy and ethics
department, Y. W. C. A., 4 p. m.
Dundee All Saints' Guild, Mrs. Joseph Polcar,
, hostess '
Woman's Relief corps, U. S. Grant post, Me
morial hall. 2 p. m.
Old People's Home, board of trustees, Y. W.
C. A., 10 a. m.
White Shrine, Sojourners' club, Mrs. Charles
Molony, hostess,
Wednesday
Mu Sigma club, Mrs. Frank : Boyd, hostess,
9:30 a. m. J
Dundee Woman's club, Mrs. .Royal Miller,
hostess, 2:30 p. m.
Annual concert, George Crook Woman's Re
lief corps, Y. M. C. A., 8 p. m.
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
Frances Willard society, Mrs. C. B. Wilson,
hostess, 2 p.m.
Thursday
omaha Woman's club, art department, Y; W.
O. A., 10 a. m.
Omaha Society of Fine Arts, Hotel Fontenelle,
4 P. m. . ,
. Business Women's council, Y. W. C. A., 7 p. m.
Association of Collegiate Alumnae, drama sec
tion, Mrs. W. H. Abbott, hostess, 4 p. m.
Omaha Woman's club, music department, Y.
W. C. A., 2:16 p. m. ; . ' ,
Chrlstmaa sale, Lawton auxiliary to Spanish
' ' War Veterans.
Benson Baptist Missionary circle, Mrs. E. D.
Doane, hostess. ' .'
Lecture by Dr. Richard Wycbe, Hotel Fonte
nelle ball room, 4 p. m.
Friday ' . v
South Omaha Woman's club, music depart
ment, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Wheeler, hosts.
Scottish Rite Woman's club, at cathedral,
2 p. m.
West Omaha Mothers' Culture club, Mrs. W.
N. Baker, hostess.
Child Conservation league, North Side circle,
Monmouth Park school.
Franco-Belgian Relief society, Mrs. Arthur
Crittenden Smith, hostess.
! Vassar club, Mrs. Arthur Gulou, hostess. .
Saturday
P. E. O. Sisterhood, Mrs. V. C. Hascall,
hostess, 10 a. m.
U. S. Grant post and Woman's Relief corps,
entertained by. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Frazler.
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WO Omaha women, Mrs. H. C. Sumney, the
retiring county chairman, and Mrs. E. S.
Rood, president of the Equal Franchise
society, will attend the annual conven
tion of the National Woman Suffrage as
sociation which will be held In Washington, accom
panied by a huge demonstration on the part of the
congressional union.
The tea given by this society Saturday afternoon
at the residence of Mrs. J. M. Metcalf was in the
feature of a hearty send-off to the delegates who
leave this evening for Washington. Both women
will attend the southern suffrage convention In
Richmond, Va., held Just before the national meet
ing, and plan to visit In the east before their return.
The presentation to President Wilson of the
mammoth suffrage petition signed by over 600,000
names, which Miss Frances Joliffe and Sarah Bard .
Field carried by automobile from San Francisco to
fft Washington, will be a feature of the demonstration.
4 Dr. "Anna Howard Shaw's announcement that
she will no longer serve as president of the associ
ation, but will devote herself to the speaking cam
paign, means that another leader will be chosen.
The eyes of millions of suffragists are turned to
Washington in eagerness to know their next leader.
Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, formerly president of the
Illinois Equal Suffrage league and the one under
whose administration Illinois women were granted
the right to vote, Is mentioned as a promising candi
date. Mrs. Trout spoke in Omaha during the height
of the campaign, her gracious presence, magnetle
personality and wonderful executive ability making
a decided Impression on local audiences. Mrs.
Trout was one of the first women to give a suffrage
street speech here, after ' General" Rosalie Jones.
Early in the week, a dispatch was received from
Washington announcing that Mrs. E. M. Barkley
of Lincoln, president of the Nebraska Woman Suf
frage association, had sent In her resignaton as a
delegate to the annual meeting. No further word
has been received from Mrs. Barkley, who is now in
the east, and local suffrage leaders are at a loss to
account for her action, as It was known Mrs. Bark
lcy's principal Intention when Bhe went east was to
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I Jr Barkley's health could not withstand the strain.
yf after her work in New York In the final days of
JtT the campaign with Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt.
Additional Club News on Page Seven.
The Old and ihe New
or ike Kitchen Mpliw
Which made such a hit when read by its author Lefare
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Twas October and fall-cleaning near,
"When good Mrs. Housewife said, "I fear
That soon we must gather and glean
AH useless rubbish, and polish and clean."
. So, one morning, going to the kitchen below,
She chanced to hear voices in accents low,
l swaging, aauug ucver uceuu utiuic,
She paused just outside the door.
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W y7N. Oh, were I a spoon, and used to stir all."
"He is restless .and tired," said a peaceful ladle;
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A box of starch, thickly spoke at close range, v'
'To stir me would be rather a stiff change. X
- A sad iron, gazing at both with scorn.
Said, "The saddest year since I was born."
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-Nora, once my friend and advocate,
Says, 'Give me the fireless to bile the mate.'
A rolling, whirring sound was heard,
As the carpet sweeper edged in a word:
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"The electric iron has cast me aside,
' The new inventions I can't abide;
Soon I will be thrown in the old iron' pile,
While you still exist (at least for awhile)".
The gas range groaned looked hard and cold
At the fireless cooker, so brazen and bold:.
"Since you arrived, I am seldom used,
How times have changed, alas ( " it mused.
"I weep when I sweep, for there's none meaner,
Than that hateful, horrid vacuum cleaner;
Mistress and maid, from morn 'till night,
Looked upon me with great delight
"Until that old cleaner stepped into my shoes;'
And now they think me too old to use;
So behind the door I await my time,
To be sold some day, maybe for a dime.!'
' 'Indeed, it is sad to be laid on the shelf,' '
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At this Juncture, a most peculiar roar
Was heard from the neat, well polished floor:
"It used to be that I was scrubbed white,
With brush and sand, a beautiful sight.
"Now, Jackson's floor stain, boiled oil and such,
Cover my beauty with polishing touch.
I don't like it a bit to be stained and oiled, .
I like to be scrubbed 4f easier soiled."
- Said a blue granite coffee pot, settling itself. .
What with Trench-drip and percolator bold, ;
The old-fashioned pot is 'passe' I am told.
"So, soon in the rubbish pile I will be out
Or sold as old tin to some peddler-lout;
I am hoping that given I'll be,
To good Mrs. Poor-wife, who'll appreciat
The tea-kettle made a faint effort to sing
"Tra, la, la, tra, la, la, I am still in the ring.
Try as they may, they can't do without me;
Folly put the kettle en, we'll all take tea." '
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"Use I, too, will be laid high oil the shelf,
For a fuzzy blonde, or a black-eyed elf.
Divorces are easy women are plenty,
"Tho' 40 I must hasten to make myself 20."
The tall, wooly brush, with haughty mien,
Said to the broom, "I never have seen
Anyone so little used as you seem to be,
Except in Kitchen, back-halls and laundry."
Chafing dish, casserole, ramekins on shelves,
Softly whispered away to themselves,
"We are so modern, tho' fall is here, - .
We'll not be thrown out, never fear."
'And good Mrs. Housewife outside the door,
Exclaimed to herself, . "Forever more!
1 Things have come to a pretty pass,
Modern this, modern that, from pewter to glass."
She went to her mirror more than half
For as yet, she'd not worn one false braid.
"False hair I must get, corset French,
Even tho' to sit down, will give me a wren
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So softly giving her crows' feet a pat
Said, "Madame La Creme will remedy that, . '
With my hair made heavy and turban pulled down
I will alter myself from feet to. crown."
She bravely struggled and worked away.
Renovation was completed one weary day.
Hubby came in, as she sat upright .
In corset French, drawn low and tight.
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"Everything looks so spotless and clean
. And yet I will say, tho it does sound mean,
I miss my own dear little wife .
The one who so pleasant has made my life. '
"I want her 'au naturelle, all-the day long
And, say, my dear, would it be wrong
To ask you to make in that old blue pot
Some good egg-coffee, piping hot7u
Sooiety the Coming Week
Monday
charity ball at Fontenelle for the Creche.
Dinners preceding Charity ball by Dr. and Mrs.
J. E. Summers, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mc
Shane, Mins Harriet Smith and Miss Eliza
beth Davis.
Thursday morning women bowlers.
Afternoon bridge for Miss Florence Clarke,
Mrs. Rufus Harris, hostess.
White Shrine Whist club, Masonic temple.
morning muslcale at Fontenelle.
Entertainment to Trettlest Mile women gol
fers, Mrs. C. C. Morrison, hostess.
Thimble club meets with Mrs. W. C. Ramsey.
Bridge party by Mrs. J. E. Bernstein.
Tea at Yuletide Tra Room, Mrs. It. R. Bowen,
hostess?
Dance of the Vesta chapter, Eastern Star, at
Chambers'.
Bridge party for Mrs. Harold Fell and Miss
Helene Rubel, Mrs. Charles Elgutter, hos
tess. Et-a-Virp stage party at Metropolian hall.
Luncheon' for Miss Margery McCord, given
by Mrs, John S. Brady.
Luncheons at Yuletide tea room, given by
, Mr. Clement Chaae'and Mrs. D. B. Rey
nolds. ,
Stag smoker, given by Et-A-Vlrp, at Metro
politan hall. .
Talk after noonday luncheon by Prof. Paul
H. Orummann, at University club.
Wednesday
Ladles' Social club of the United Commercial
Travelers, Mrs. J. F. HarXlerode, hostess.
Luncheon at Yuletide tea room, Mrs. Wlllard
D. Hosford, hostess.
Thursday
CInosam club dance at Scottish Rites cathedral.
Subscription dance at Turpln's academy.
Dinners preceding Subscription dance by Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Davis and
.. Mr. and Mrs. Osgood T. Eastman.
Bridge tea at Fontenelle, Mesdamcs Sol Degen,
' Sam Werthelmer and Henry Rosenthal,
' hostesses.
Luncheon for Miss Alice Judge at Fontenelle
,by Miss Olga Stors and Miss Louise Stors.
Friday "
Franco-Belgian Relief society, Mrs. Arthur
. Crittenden Smith, hostess.
Original Cooking club, Mrs. Moshier Colpetzer,
hostess "
Surprise party to Friday ' Dancing club by
. entertainment committee.
Saturday
university club dinner dance.
Dance at Fontenelle, given by Mr. and Mrs.
. . A. V. Klnsler.
. Bridge party, Miss Hedwig Rosenstock and
Miss. Erna Hadra, Hostesses.
Dance at Fontenelle for. Mr. and Mrs. F. S.
- Cowgill, given by Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Klns
ler. Dinner-dance at University club.
'Shower for Miss Alice Maude Gates, given by
Mrs. Ward and Miss Edith Ward.
THIS Is the week of the Creche Charity ball,
which will bo an. event overshadowing
even the festivities of Christmas.
. Like the great and time established
- American event In New York ot the same
uame, the Omaha Charity ball Is given for the
benefit of children. The officers of the Creche are
the patronesses, Mesdames T. L. Kimball, Arthur
Crittenden Smith James C. - Dahlman, Bernard
C'apen, Louis Clarke and Warren Rogers. This year,
Mrs. Kimball will be missed from her accustomed
place among the actlvo promoters of the ball. Mrs.
Smith Is acting as president of the Crerhe board
during Mrs. Kimball's sojourn in California.
Unless It be the "asnembly ball," there Is Dot a
boclal event that carries with It the glamor and the
n.Uts of romance and dreams and suggestion of tha
past than Is conjured up by the two words, charity
ball. The very term brings a pleasing recurrenco
like a bar from an old, sweet song.
. In an old southern manor house with a high
pillored portico I think of a venerable woman of
stately air and gracious presence, a social veteran
of our own land and of foreign capitals. She was
one of the first American girls to marry a title.
The old baroness loves to back to the past; but
the reminiscence that never fails to take strongest
l.old upon her young hearers is when she talks of
the charity balls that were given, decades ago, in
the old Academy of Music In New York City. Tha
buds ot today want to hear ot Mrs. Morris In
cilnolines and festooned flounces, of the ladles ot
the Livingstons, the Scherwerhorns, the Rhine
landers, and later the Astors, the Goelets, tha
Pagets. and the Vanderbllts.
The baroness can tell of other events In palaces
snd of queens that danced with princes, but tho
charity ball and Its high bred company seems tha
best of all.
The charity ball has been the only semi-public;
event In which society will take part. Sociologists
claim that it has served a great and broadening pur
pose In this phase alone. Many a woman, who has
erected a steel barrier ' around herself and her
circle, got her first glimpse Into the great vistas
that stretch out beyond her ramparts, learning of
the vastness and the great Import of Ood's creation
while helping the charity ball.
Out of a board of patronesses and its mingling
for a common good, women have been moved to
become great social and uplift worker,.
This year's ball has a special significance and
a history to attach to It because it is the first to ba
gven in the Hotel Fontenelle. And it will be tha
first ball, too, to suggest tfce affairs ot the glorious
past in the dress of the dancers, the wide, spreading
skirts, the low cut bodices and trim waists. Only
the steps to be danced tbla year will be quite new.
Put, as for many a belle and her gown, she might
have stepped out of an old Godey's Lady Book to
whirl her crinolines up waed floors of 1m log hall.
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