THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 18, 1917.
Personal Gossip : Society Notes : Woman's Work : Household Topics
The kindness of several Omaha
V hostelies in opening their homes to
the public during the course of lec
tures o i. Kichard huller has eiven
rise to some discussion in regard to
trie atgtude ot the public toward
gatnerings in private houses.
Someone suggested that perhaps
many people, although interested in
the lectures, might be timid about at
tending them because they were not
, held in public places. One of the
hostesses disagreed. "They are more
apt to come from sheer curiosity,"
she said, and then told this story.
Recently one of Omaha's social-
elect was giving a luncheon at her
home for twelve select guests. As
the women arrived they were directed
by the maid to the hostess' boudoir
to lay aside their wraps. As some of
the later arrivals entered the room,
whit was their .surprise to sec one of
the women who had already divested
herself of her outer garments open
the closet doors and look curiously
inside, exclaiming as she did so, "My,
what" lovely closets Mrs. So-and-So
has!" , .
This story is similar to one which
happened in Chicago qnly last week.
A prominent members of the Equal
Franchise society opened her house
for a large, gathering of the organi
sation. It was a beautiful mansion,
well worth exploring, as the guests
no doubt thought, for the hostess was
obliged to station servants at all the
stairways or means of access to the
upper floors to prevent some people
from roaming. Even then numbers
of the guests were found wandering
in the butler's pantry and other out-of-the-way
places.
To be sure, not every hostess has
the same experiences with curious
guests, but the fact remains that even
in some of our "test families," much
as we hate to admit it, the curiosity
bug exists.
This evening will be the last of the
delightful series of lectures by the
Bostonian who is pleading to us for
the succor of France. He will speak
t the home of Mr, and Mrs. E. W.
uixon at 8 o'clock on "France in the
ureat war." (Mrs. Dixon will be ..
sisted by the Misses Mcliora and
Elizabeth Davis. . ;
At? the lecture on Julius Caesar,
which Mr. Fuller gave at the Black
. stone last evening, when Mrs. Arthur
Crittenden Smith was hostess, about
evenly guests were present and do-
eanona ot au, with pledges of more
to be sent later, were made. '
In Honor of Miss Congdon. ":
Mrs. Clarke Powell will give a
bridge party tomorrow afternoon in
honor of Miss Josephine Congdon,
who leaves the last of the month for
- visit in Baton Rouge, La. The dec
orations will be in pink carnations
and stevia, and the following inti
mate friends of Miss Congdon will
lumpnsc inc gUCftl IIST
Jacob Bills, of Lincoln, and Mr.
Walter Dusenberg for Tuesday eve
ning, January 30. The invitations
read, at home, after March 1, Hono
lulu, T. H.
Dinner for Dr. Dayton.
Oculists and auristn of this section
of the country will give a dinner at
the Blackstone this evening compli
mentary to Dr. W. L. Dayton of Lin
coln, who has recently been elected
president of the American Academy
of Opthalmology and Oto-Laryngol-ogy.
After-dinner talks will be given
by Dr. Harold Gifford of Omaha, Dr.
H. C. Campbell of Columbus, Dr. F.
W. Dean of Council Bluffs, Dr. J. J.
Hompej of Lincoln and by the guest
of honor, Dr. W. I.. Dayton. Dr. J.
M. Banister will serve as toaslmasler.
The following guests were present:
,,r. mo Aimaamea
Krpd T.nl of
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Timely Fashion Hint By La Racmteuse ; - What's in a Name? Women'sActivities
r J n r.An-PTr r i- . Miss Frances Miller, one of "Billy"
I 1 Bv FORTUNE FRF.E krrn rvi arc iAA nmAA hJc... j. .... l- t .t. i. .
I'ation,
W. P. Whrry,
1srnr Rubanditll,
'', T. L'rn,
H. B. J.n.r-rtv
W. I.. Dayton of
Unrotn,
('. Pernnn,
J. B. Pott.
.1. M. Danlntfr.
F. W. Doit, nf
Counrll .HIufTi.
A. R. Knnrl,
W. F. 0lfM,
W. h. CurtU of
Fmlrbmy,
Mm. Mary E. Vmn Clrn
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Zsmer of Lincoln. Harotrt OlfTord,
H, 1,. Arnold. J. ,r. Hompen of
J. P. Wllllamt of Lincoln.
Lincoln, K. B. ftunhmn,
E. (,. Hayman of F. S, Owen.
Llnr-oln,
CharlM H. Cimpbt.! of
Columbui,
Informal Afternoon Tea.
Mrs, Homer C Stuntz entertained
informally at tea at her home this
afternoon, the guests being Omaha
women whom she has met during her
short residence in this city. She was
assisted in serving by Mrs. Titus
Lowe, Mrs. Hall, Miss Helen Stur
less and Miss Hodges,
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I l sswtA.. t L imii
The very
early spring
semi-tailored
hats are
already appearing
in trim, smart
shapes. Straw N-
is used in
many of them,
some appearing
with a sort
of a nappy
surface, not
unlike an cponge
fabric finish.
One shown
here" in navy
satin and simple
trimming
consisting
of a cluster of
straw cherries.
Woman's Greatest Beauty
Mcadamaa
Ana, la Oallay. '
FrS Dauchartr,
Maadam.a
John Caldwell, ,
Kllattxtlt Read.
R Aetna Conn.ll,
Iurm Callahan,
Blancha Duall,
Alloa atrShaea,
Uraco AUIaon,
Janat Hall.
Dorolh; Mall.
Anna Olfforcl.
A Ilea Coad, .
Kmlljr Krllar,
! Blsela Thummel.
Bridal Couple Return.
'l Mr. William Francis Williams, son
of Rev. and Mrs. John Williams of
this city, and his bride, formerly
Miss Marian Virginia Williams,
daughter of Mrs. Myron Williams, of
Springfield, 111., are not expected to
arrive in Omaha to make (their home
until after January 2i. They will he
at home to their friends after Feb
ruary 1 at 4809 Capitol avenue.
The young people were married at
the home of the bride's cousins, Mr.
and Mrs. Rudolph Welker, in Spring
held, Mass., on December 28. The
ceremony was performed by Dr. Fos
broke, dean of the General Theologi
cal seminary in New York City, a
Harvard friend of Mr. Williams.
Radcliffe college classmates of the
bride and Harvard classmates of the
bridgegroom-'were the attendants at
the large wedding. ... 5
Mr. and Mrs. Williams are now in
Florida on their honeymoon.
,;. .
Deborah Franklin Crab.
The Deborah Franklin club will en
tertain -at dinner at the Fontenelle
this evening members of the Benjamin-Franklin
club and other guests
in honor of the birthday of Benjamin
Franklin.
The sixty-five guests will be seated
at small tables in the palm room of
the Fontenelle. Mrs. L. J. Quinby
will be toastmistress for the occasion
and responses will be given by
Messrs. C. E. Corey and Dean T.
Smith. Mr.. Harry L. Tostevin, on
behalf of the Benjamin Franklin club,
-wilt read a satirical paper, which is
the club's yearly offering to its sister
society, entitled "A Skit with the
Skirt."
Following this sketch Mr. George
T. Johnson and Miss Alice Macken
zie will sing and Mrs. I. J. Selzle
will furnish music The program will
be concluded with a story by Mrs.
. L. Potter and dancing will follow.
Birthday Dinner. -
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Pruner enter
tained at 6 o clock dinner Monday
evening in honor of Dr. Pruner's
'birthday. , The following guests were
nresent:
ataaa.
Street Railway Men'a Ball.
Old street railway men of the city
will give a ball tomorrow evening at
Myrtle hall. The officers of their or
ganization who have charge of the
affair arc Messrs. Lou Downey, pres
ident; Pat Rossitcr, secretary, and
Bob Caldwell, treasurer.
Musical Program.
ur. I'reacric-rreeraantel will give
a program tomorrow afternoon at
Metropolitan hall at 2:30 before the
music department of the Woman's
club. Dr. Freemantel will give two
Beethoven numbers, To My Distant
Beloved" and aria from the "Mount
of Olives, and two English songs,
"To Mary," by White, and "A Prosy
Morn, ny Konald,
lranaaua Savlar,
J. V. Harrao,
Dr. A. P. Orart;ard.
r. W. Walt,
Han tat Ci7.
,l lleaara.
tr. O. 8. Pruner,
M. A. Oroaaman,
Cart Waif.
Orovar Vaaaban,
milord Turner.
Vocational Guidance Talk. ,
Miss Jessie Townc of Central High
school faculty will be-the speaker at
an open meeting of Dundee circle,
Child Conservation league, to be held
Monday at the home of Mrs. J. H.
Beaton. Miss Towne will talk on
the new vocational guidance bureau
instituted by the Association of Col
legiate Alumnae. ,
Debutante Bridge Club.
Miss Helen Clarke was hostess this
afternoon to the Junior Bridge club,
all the members being present ex
cepting the Misses Gertrude Metz
and Marion Kuhn. whose, nlaces
were filled by Mrs. Austin Gailey and.
miss janec nan. ,
Wedding of Miss Bills in Lincoln.
Invitations have just been received
by a number, of Omaha people for
the wedding of Miss Breta Bills,
daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Charles
Nelson-Sears Wedding.
This' evening at 8 o'clock will be
solemnised the marriage of Miss
Flora Sears, daughter of Judge W. G.
Sears, to Mr, Harry Nelson, son of
Mrs. Caroline Nelson, at the home of
the bride. Rev. John F. Foucher of
Trinity Methodist church, where Miss
Sears has been organist for the last
three years will perform the ceremony.
' A color scheme of pink and yellow
in Killarney and sunburst roses will
be carried out throughout the house.
Palms, asparagus, fern and smilax
will form a background for the color
scheme and will be banked in the
large window of the dining room,
where the ceremony will be per
formed. Pink and yellow candles
will also be used in the decorations.
On the serving table for the reception
which will follow a large wedding
cake surmounted by a miniature bride
and jjfrideferoom wilt occupy the cen
ter. (Around it will be pink and' yel
low candles ' in mahogany candle
sticks and pink and yellow roses.
Miss Minnie Nelson, sister of the
bridegroom, will sing "So Fair and
Sweet and Holy" before the service
and during the ceremony Mrs. G. W.
Icken will .sing ''Where Thou Goest
I Will Go." Mrs. E. R. Zabriskie
will play the Lohengrin and Mendels
sohn wedding marches and her violin
quartet will play. After the ceremony
Mrs. Grace Leidy Burger will play a
violin solo.
Miss Gertrude Kosper, Miss Flora
Shukert, Miss Myrtle Cloud and Miss
Sopha St. Pierre of Tekamah. gowned
in frocks of white tulle with fluffy
bows of pink and yellow tulle in
back, will stretch white satin ribbon,
to form an aisle for the bridal party.
; Little Betty Zabriskie, the ring
bearer, will wear a butterfly dress of
yellow tulle over yellow taffeta." Mrs.
Grace Leidy Burger, matron of horior,
will be gowned in pink tulle over taf
feta made with tight colonial waist,
square neck and full skirt. She will
carry pink Killarney roses in shower
bouquet. Miss Augusta Mengedoht,
bridesmaid, will wear a gown of apri
cot yellow tulle over taffeta and will
carry a shower of sunburst roses.
The bride's gown is of white tulle
over white satin and lace made with
square neck, long tulle sleeves and
short full skirt. On the sleeves peart
ornaments are appliqued and satin
panels are set in the front and back
of the skirt. The veil will have an
aureole frill and a band of pearls
around the head, with a large frill at
the back.
Assisting in the reception which
will follow will be Miss Margaret
Damm, Mrs. G. W. Icken and Mrs.
E. R. Zabriskie with the young
women of her violin quartet.
; The young couple will leave for an
eastern and southern wedding trip
and upon their return will stop at the
Judge Sears home for an indefinite
time.
Election Bet Dinner,
The result of the recent presidential
election is the occasion of a dinner
party to be given tomorrow evening
at the Fontenelle, when Messrs. and
Mesdames Harry Van Orsdalc,
Frank Lewis, Willis Crosby and E.
C. Conley will entertain Messrs. and
Mesdames Everett Brainard, George
Gardner, William Eck, Fred Lavine
and John Bittinger to pay off an elec
tion bet.
Dinner In Ccmncil Bluffs.
Dr., and Mrs. I. C. Wood were
among the Omaha guests who attend-
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By ANN LISLE.
Most of the world feels sure that
woman was designed to attract man,
so let us accept that hypothesis and
figure out how best she can do it.
Beauty is the natural answer, since
the first thing that is attracted is the
eye, and beauty, of course, docs catch
the eye. Docs beauty, then consist in
chiselled features and exquisite color
ing, or is it a matter which goes be
yond charming surfaces. '
Surface beauty is very much in de
mand, but it cao be counterfeited. It
can he roiintprfpilrTl and it rlnru nnt
last. The woman who trusts her phy
sical beauty to bring her happiness is
likely to nnd nerselt bankrupt betore
middle age sets in. v
Beauty of expression is the beauty
which lasts. Beauty of soul shining
out of an almost plain face gives it
charm which appeals far more to the
beholder than a Greek nose and a
rosebud niouth-yprovided the behold
er is also the observer.
ed a dinner last evening given by Mr.
and Mrs. H. W. Binder of Council
Bluffs. The house was profusely dec
orated in Mrs. Ward roses and nar
cissus, and covers were laid for
twelve guests.
Bridge for Mrs. Duffy.
Mrs. Clarke Powell entertained
this afternoon at a bridge party in
honor of Mrs. Charles Duffy, the
guest of Mrs. A. J. Cooley, when five
tables were placed for the game. The
decorations were in pink carnations
and stevia.
With f.ie Social Clubs.
Mrs. D. K. Smith wil
the Winormissit club at
Thursday afternoon.
entertain
her home
On the Calendar.
Mrs. Albert Busch wil entertain six
guests informally at tea at her home
Friday afternoon for Mrs. I nomas
Hayward, who is visiting her mother,
Mrs. R. B. Busch. On Tuesday of
next week Mrs. Busch will have six
more guests at her home for lunch
eon to meet Mrs. Hayward.
One glance, and the doll-like girl
who has nothing back of her surface
loveliness attracts. A little study, and
the splendid character of the girl who
is sympathetic, tender, capable of
thoufjlit and feeling, appeals to deep
emotions unstirred by mere pretti
ness. The woman who works has often a
weary and almost haggard expression.
Butjyen her tired look has a more
heart-stirring appeal than the fresh
pink and white ofpaint and powder
coated over a doll-like face lacking
animation of soul or spirit.
To all writers there conieN letters
galore from unpopular and lonely
girls who want to know how they can
make themselves charming and at
tractive to men.
Some of them peevishly announce
that Ihey are far prettier than other
girls they know who outshine them
in popularity and some complainingly
remark that Nature handicapped them
by not making them beautiful. But
both are wide of the mark. Not
beauty, as they see it, nor the lack
of it makes for charm and popularity.
Real beauty lies in expression, in
the potentialities your face expresses
potentialities of sweetness, of sym-
patny, ot understanding and tact, of
brilliancy and kindness.
And the girl who wants to cultivate
beauty and feels handicapped by lack
of a chiseled nose and long eyelashes
never need disuair even if she can not
acquire them by taking thought. For
by taking thought she can acquire
something justs as good, nav better.
an atmosphere of charm, an expres
sion of loveablencss. a manner of svm-
pauieiic tact.
And charm, often called the unde-
finable, becomes fairly tangible and
icvctia uacii as an aimospticre OI lin
selfish and sympathetic sweetness to
gether with a receptive attitude to--vd
what the world has to give you
1 Names often give pne a very bad
I idea as to the real thing that lies con-
ccalcd under them. Max Adler met a
man who toured in the outlying back
wood districts with a corn cure, an
asthma cure, a hair restorer, a rheu
matism cure, a bronchitis cure, an in
digestion cure. An inconvenient in
vestigation showed that, apart from
the shape of the bottles, the differ
ence Jii color and the labels, the cures
were all composed of the same ingre
dients, i
A bucket of ttjiter and a pinch, or
two of the proper paint powder set
him going in any remedy for a month.
Me has only to remember that rheu
matism was green, the hair restorer
yellow, and so on.
Tom Brown, the celebrated artist,
knew a restaurant where the cus
tomers often had a difficulty in dis
tinguishing whether it was mutton or
beef they were eating. A puzzled
customer would summon the solitary
waiter to him to decide what it was
he was eating.
"Waiter! Waiter!" he would call.
"Yes, sir."
"Is this beef or mutton?" the per
plexed one would inquire, pointing to
his plate.
j "What did you ask for, sir?" the
; waiter would ask.
"Beef."
The waiter would cast an eye upon
the plate.
"And beef it is, sir, sure enough,"
he would reply. If the customer had,
however, asked for mutton, it was
mutton. Whichever the customer
wished it to he. that it was.
"1c requires a keen eye to search
below the surface of things," declared
Justice Hawkins.
"It is oirly acquired by practice, by
experience, and people have often
neither the time nor the inclination
to take the trouble to search out the
reality of things. We are bound to i
go, in a vast number of cases, by
what we are told."
Keen eyes are, indeed, needed. The
more useful the real person is, the
more eager is the impostor to pass
himself off in his place. At the pres
ent time numbers of young folk boys
and girls are looking forward to
qualifying themselves for livelihoods.
The people who will teach them how
to qualify themselves for posts are
worthy of every praise and encouragement.
But I am informed that the fee
snatcher is particularly busy just now.
He or she holds out before livelihood
seekers attractive salaries, and leads
those to whom such wages would be
a godsend to believe that appoint
ments are thick as blackberries.
Only, of course, you must first pay
a fee and receive so much tuition be
fore you can hope to pocket that re
ward. Disillusionment come-in the end.
The big rewards are found to be ex
traordinary exceptions among sal
aries so poor that the "qualified" one
could have done as well without
spending his money.
It will pay an anxious wage earner
to first of all "take the trouble to
search out the reality of things," be
fore parting with cash and wasting
precious time. There are people who,
instead of cheating him. will give
value for money. The "keen eye" is
an economy.
A woman friend of mine the other
day called at an establishment to ask
for a certain article, and was informed
by the manager that it was absolutely
unprocurable today. There was no de
mand. It was not turned out now.
"But I thought it was indispens
able?" she exclaimed, remembering its
proud title.
"So it was, madam," he informed
her- "So it was. But people found
they could do without it, so they did."
WATCH FOR THE HEADING
"THIS IS IT"
IN THURSDAY'S PAPERS.
IT EXPLAINS IT ALL.
When in BOSTON Stay at the
HOTEL BRUNSWICK
B0YLSTON ST., COR. CLARENDON, FACINO Copley Squahc
A,H lab clau, mod house, Intelligent aerria, plemnt rooma.anperiorcnl.tne. Ladles
traveling alone are aasuren ot couruoua attention. Check baggage to Back B Station, lean
trim there, and you are withio 5 miautea walk ol hotel. Baggage truafarred tree i I check, a,,
given our clerk wnea registering.
" PUH. lllOl.t llOOlia, tt.SO UH WITH BATH S.OO U.
Douair 2. SO " " " a 00 "
Am.icm Pun, H.0-0 . r,., , m4 t johi"pio-iito
Social Gossip.
Mrs. H. R. Bowen and children left
last evening for Kansas City, where
they will be joined by Mr. Bowen
and continue on to Excelsior Springs
for a visit.
Personal Mention.
Messrs. Loring Elliot and Herman
Hart have just returned from Lin
coln, where they were guests at the
ncta I beta fi house; also Messrs.
Donald Howe, Paul Griswold and
Charles Wdeth, who attended the
Alpha Theta Chi dance at Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Davis have as
their guest Miss Frances Young of
Broken Bow.
Miss Alice Duval will have as her
guest Miss Mary, Han Ion of Stonx
City. Miss Hanlon has been the
guest of Miss Mary Flannigan atjhe
Blackstone, but will go to the Duval
home Saturday. Several informal af
fairs are being planned for Miss Han-Ion.
Rugs Linoleums
Royal Wiltons, 9x12 $49.75
Bagdad Wiltons, 3x6 $ 4.95
These Ar Values
that cannot be duplicated for
manyvnoons to come.
When the present stock is ex
hausted our Linoleum Sale left
many short ends that are now in
the remnant list at 27e per yard.
Patterns yet remain of the
Inlaids at 85c. ,
Two -rolls of the pretty Print
Linoleum at 39c remain. Now is
your opportunity to get your Lin
oleum needs supplied.
WATCH FOR THE HEADING
"THIS IS IT"
IN THURSDAY'S PAPERS.
IT EXPLAINS IT ALL.
people have apparently received the
impression that the Blackstone Cafe ser
vice and the Entertainment Rooms on
the eighth floor are for the benefit of our
tenants only.
This impression is erroneous.
Hundreds of people who are not residents of this
buildinc are finding our dininff room a delightful
plaee to take their luncheon and--dinner on week
dayi, on Sundajri-any time, and on our eighth
floor hardly a night passes which does not find our
ball room or party rooms engaged by people who
are nonresidenttyof the building, who have learned
from experience that there Is no more luxuriout or
delightful plaee in Omaha in which to entertain or
to be entertained. ,
Our ball room, party rooms and roof garden msy
he engaged at very reasonable rates, 'concerning
which' Information will be gladly furnished upon
request. Telephone
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FOR MEN, 55e te $1.05
FOR WOMEN, 60c to $2.05
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An ereltutM Armour taturt.
l'alnt applitd for.
Armour' tytu$ed
The lamous Armour cure
imparts to Star Ham all
the high qualities of taste
and flavor; smoking in the
Stockinet Covering retains
all the goodness. The re
sult is the ham that sat
isfies the last bite as good
as the first
ARMOURftwcOMPAMV '
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Order a Whole Star Him from Year Dealer Today
Lok tor tht Blum aaaf re0ace OW Sign aWr ' aror front.
Sunday's chief assistants for the l;iM
eleven years, is an ordained minister
of the Congregational church.
The old-fashioned custom of goins
to market with a basket has been
resorted to by Milwaukee woman in
an effort to reduce the H. (.'. f..
The Georgia Federation uf
Woman's Clubs is, urging a change in
the Georgia law to permit the admit
tance of women to the state univer
sity regular courses of study for de
grees and diplomas.
Enthusiastic co-operation in the de
velopment by the Department uf La
bor of a national employment system
for the benefit of women and girls
has been promised by twenty-one
women's organizations havitrg a
membership of 6.000,000.
THIS JANUARY
Introductory Sale
BRINGS YOU
GREATER
CORSET
VALUES
than you will see for
a long time to come
? DISTINCT NEW MODELS
FOR THREE DISTINCT
V TYPES oi the FILL FIGURE
rSSte2
$too
309
S3oo
THREE piSTINCT MODELS
No. 355 - - $3.50
Self-Reducing
Auto-Massage
For the stout figure. In
curved frontsteels, clastic
supporting and reducing
bands. Low bust. Sizes
22 to 36:
No. 408 - - $4.00
Self-Reducing
Back-Resting
For the stout figure.
Reduces, supports, and
"rests your back." Low
bust. Sizes 22 to 36.
No. 309 - - $3.00
Back-Resting
Auto-Massage
For the medium-full or
"plump" figure. Low
bust; light weight. Sizes
20 to 30.
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