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The Omaha Sunday Bee
PART TWO
AMUSEMENTS
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VOL. XLVII NO. 18.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1917.
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Two Omaha Brides Choose
Parents' Anniversaries
For Their Wedding Days
SELECTING the . wedding ad
versaries of their parents for
their own wedding date is a
pretty sentiment two Omaha brides
carried out in choosing these mo
mentous days. The wedding of Miss
Marion Pearsall and Mrs. J. Emer
son Goodrich, Wednesday evening of
this week, will be celebrated twenty
our years after the bride's parents',
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pearsall, took
place in Ohio.
Wedding guests at the first mar
riage ceremony who will come on for
the marriage in the secon geneation
are Mrs. CVB. Stowe and Mrs,. George
A. Kline of Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs.
James Pearsall, Dr. and Mrs. E. H.
Chambers and Dr. and Mrs. C. D.
Evans of Columbus and Mrs. Belle
Baker of Berekley, Cal., the bride's
grandmother.
Oilier out-of-town guests will be
Miss Emma Rowell of Rome, N. -Y.,
Mr. and Mrs. George McHenry of
Denison, la., and Mrs. Belle Davis
Pearsall and Miss Jane Pearsall of
Eau Claire, Wis.
Page-Palmer. .
Thursday, November 1, the twenty
ninth anniversary of her mother's and
father's wedding, has been chosen by
Miss. aye Edith Palmer, daughter of
Mr.' and Mrs. Guy M. Palmer, for her
wedding to Mr. Hubert A. Page of
Detroit, formerly of Omaha. - The
same minister, Rev. C. N. Dawson
of Dietz Memojial church, who read
the marriage lines for the parents,
will unite this couple in marriage, at
the home of the bride's parents. -
Mr. Page will arrive from Detroit
on October 25 and many pre-nuptial
affairs have" been planned for the
young couple. The first of these will
be a breakfast Sunday morning at
the home of Miss Palmer's sister, Mrs.
C. H. Blomberg oBenson.
North and South Unite.
Several 'interesting betrothal an
nouncements are made today, two of
them marking the union of an Oma
ha man and girl with representatives
of old southern families. Mr. and Mrs.
Foster Learmont Spain of Murfrees
boro, Tenn. announce the engagement
of their daughter, Cornelia Shannon,
and Mr. Daniel Greene Cary of Oma
ha, the we jding to take place Wednes
day afternoon, October 24. at 4
o'clock ait the Methodist Episcopal
church, in the bride's home towli.
The bride, who will be welcomed to
Omaha by Mr. CaryVfriends, was ed
ucated at the Vanderbilt university
4n Nashville, and has t.aveled ex
fensively abroad in company with the
daughter and niece of Congressman
Huston. Her uncle, Eugene Shannon,
is postmaster at Nashville.,
Lieutenant Colonel Bears, in the re
serve army, of Jackson, a cousin of
Mr. Cary, will be best man and among
the bridal attendants will be the
Misses Marie and Martha Walker of
Jackson, Tenn., Mr. Cary's nieces.
Vomble-Pre witt.
Mrs. M. A. Coley of Galena, Kan.,
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Elsie Prewitt, a teach
er in the Dundee school, and Mr. W.
Gray Womble of Norfolk, Va. The
wedding will take place some time
Jliis winter. 1
Both young people are of the col
lege set. Miss Prewitt is an Alpha
Chi ' Omega from the University of
Nebraska and Mr. Womble attended
the University of Pennsylvania and
graduated from Washington and Lee
university. He isv both an architect
and a civil engineer, t -;
The Womble home In Virginia wasfL.
one of the show places of the south
erners. It was the Illinois building
during the Jan.estown exposition and
was sold to the government when
Uncle Sam prepared the training
camp at Fortress Monroe, Hampton
Roads.
Mr. Womble is now in Omaha. 1
Former Omahans Wed.
, Mr, Louis -Klebba, well known in
musical circles and Miss Ueen Mi
chaelson, daughter iof Mr. and Mrs.
C O. Michaelson, Will be married in
Minneapolis Monday morning at 9
o'clock in the Catholic pro-cathedral.
All are former Omahans.
Mrs. Ellen Lynch and son, Ben
jamin, and Mr. and Mrs. John Mat
tern leave this morning to attend the
wedding. On their return they will
be accompanied by Mrs. Michaelson,
who will spend two weeks with old
friends here and then go to Chicago
for the grand opera season.
The young couple will go on an ex
tended eastern trip, visit relatives in
Brooklyn and will make their home
in Chicago on their return.
Social Calendar
Monday
Wedding of Miss Helen Laurance
and Dr E- L. Bennett of Fresno,
Cal., at Bisbee, Ariz.
Dundee Luncheon and Knitting
club, Miss Isabel Milroy, hos
tess. Luncheon at Fontenelle. Miss Mar-
garetha Grimmel, hostess.
Tuesday
Creighton" University Mixers'
dance at Keep's academy.
Women's luncheon day at Pret
tiest Mile club.
Dinner for Goodrich-Pearsall wed
ding party, followed by rehear
sal, given by Mr. and Mrs..
Charles Pearsall.
Wednesday
Goodrich-Pearsall wedding.
Elks' club dance in club rooms.
Evening card party at Prettiest
Mile club.
Trinity Parish Aid society, Mrs.
Dean Tancock, hostess.
Thursday
Luncheon at the Blackstone for
Mrs. Henry Mahanna, Mrs. F; A.
Welsh, hostess.
Fidelis club card party at Mark's
hall.
Friday
Friday Night Dancing club, Metro
politan hall.
Le Mars Dancing club, Keep's
academy.
Bridge and kensington given by
Mrs. Sen Elliott and Mrs. A, C.
Strang at Elliott home.
Informal reception at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jofi? Watkins.
For William Howard Taft, break
fast at Omaha club, given by ex
Senatoi and Mrs. Norris Brown;
luncheon by pine Arts society
and dinner by Palimpsest club at
Fontenelle.
Saturday
Week-End Dancing club at the
Fontenelle.
Children's matinee and dinner
dance ad Prettiest Mile club.
Harvest dinner-dance at Lnivcrsity
club.
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Visiting Girls Leave for Their Eastern Homes
Miss Laura Hilliard of Pittsburgh
and the - Misses Jean and Dorothy
Luke of Tarrytown and New York
City, are a trio, of perhaps the most
l popular guests the younger set of
Omaha fias ever known. They, with
Miss Katherine Baum, formerly of
Omaha, were the house guests of the
Misses Virginia Offutt and Esther
Wilhelm, two princesses of Ak-Sar-Ben's
court this year, and served as
Relief Fund Grows;
- Hale Etchings Sold
Over Tea and Cake
Eight of the etchings at the Walter
Hale exhibit have been sold and $50
has been realized for the gauze fund
of the war relief from the afternoon
teas held at the exhibit. Mrs. Myron
Learned, who is responsible for the
exhibit, is delighted with its success
war relief's. Miss Arabell Kimball,
Miss Gertrude Young and Mrs. Lee
Van Camp will be hostesses this week.
The exhibit will close Wednesday
and b thaVtime it is hoped that at
least $100 will be in the gauze fund.
A bolt of gauze costs $3.20 and
makes about 500 compresses, and
when one realizes that the war re
liefs last shipment of dressings in
cluded 4,000 compresses it is easily
understood how rapidly gauze and
money go. Mrs. Learned organized
a litrre circle last summer to cut the
gauze for compresses and has fur
nished all the gauze for it.
Huston-Hauck Wedding.
Miss Ida Irene Hauck and Mr.
Thomas Ray Huston were quietly
married in their newly furnished
home at 1912 Soutn Thirty-sixth
stree, Saturday at 6 o'clock, Rev.
George L. Peters officiating.
Thirteen is considered a lucky num
ber by these young people, for the
birthday of both bride and bridegroom
falls on the 13th, as does their wed
ding date.
Mrs. Huston is soloist at the First
Christian church. She studied three
years with Walter B. Graham and one
year with Mr. Frederic Freemantel.
Mr. Huston is a real estate man. The
bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. T.
LHauck, reside at Mason City, where
sne nas necn vismnj? lor the last
three weeks.
Mrs. Shourd Bckins, a bride of a
few months and a sister of Mrs. Hus
ton, resides in Omaha.
M. Fred Meis was best man, while
the bride's attendants were Mrs. R. R.
Mills, matron of honor, and Miss Lulu
McCartney and Miss Elizabeth Mills,
bridesmaids.
Celebrate Golden Wedding. '
Mr. and Mrs. Perry C. Hough cele
brated their golden wedding at an
evening's entertainment at their home
Wednesday. Eighty friends of the
couple besides members of the family
were present. Musical numbers were
given' by the "Grand Army quartet,"
avicalsoloby Miss Mabel Owens and
a reading by a granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hough, Miss Letia Tomy.
Many beautiful gifts were received
in honor of the occasion, among them
a purse of gold. Telegrams of con
gratulation also were received.
Mr. and Mrs. Hough were married
at Menasha, Wis., in 1867. Mr. Hough
is a civil war veteran, having enlisted
in Genoa atthe outbreak of the war
in CompanyG, 113th Illinois.
Among the out-of-town guests pres
ent were Mrs. C. J. Jones of New
Lenox, 111., and Mr. and Mrs.Ncwton
Hough of Fremont.
For the Misses Luke.
Mrs. A. B. McConnell gave a
luncheon at her home for Miss
Jean Luke and Miss Dorothy Luke of
New York, whose father and Mrs.
McConnell were children together in
the same town. To meet them Mrs.
McConnell asked Mrs. Richard Coad,
Mrs. C. M. Wilhelm, Miss Helen
Walker, Miss Wright of Chicago,
Miss Regina Connell, Miss Frances
Goodcll of Lodi, Miss Virginia Of
futt, Miss Esther Wilhelm and Misj
Laura Hilliard of Pittsburgh.
Cinosam Club.
The Cinosam Dancing club will
hold their first dance of the season
Thursday evening, October 25, at the
Scottish Rile cathedral
out-of-town maids of honor at the
ball.
The visitors leave Monday for their
eastern homes. All of them were
classmates at the Spence school in
New York.
Card P.arty Hostesses
Plan Several Affairs
For the Coming Week
A card party will be given Thurs
day afternoon by the Fidelis club
at its hall, Thirty-ninth and Webster.
High five and bridge will be played.
The following will be hostesses of
the afternoon: Mrs. E. E. Ayotte,
Mrs. J. H. Beaton, Mrs. W. M. Burke,
Mrs-T. Barnett, Mrs. H. D. Cooke,
Mrs. Thomas Cash, Mrs A. H. Cullen,
Mrs. C. T. Culleni Mrs. J H. Coes
feldt and Mrs. Nellie Dee.
On Friday the ladies of the Holy
Name parish will give a card pa'ty
at Mark's hall, Fouj-mta and Bur
dettc streets.
. The Order of Woman's Catholic
Foresters rf St. Mary's Magdalene
court No. 801 will give a high five
partv Thursday evening in the parlors
of, the St. Mary's Magdalene church
at Nineteenth and Dodge streets.
Prizes will be given and light refresh
ments will be served.
What Society Has in Prospect.
Mrs. Ben H. Elliott and Mrs. A.
C. Strang will give a large bridge
party aud kensington Friday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Elliott.
Fifty guests will be entertained.
Miss Margaretha Grimmel will en
tertain at luncheon Monday at the
Fonteneye. '
Mr. and Mrs. Jolnf D. Watkins will
celebate their twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary by an informal reception
at their home on the South Side Fri
day evening.
Le Mars club will give a dancing
party at Keep's academy, Friday eve
ning. Mrs.F. A. Welsh will entertain at
luncheon at the Blackstone Thursday
in honor of her mother, Mrs. Henry
Mahanna, of Santa Monica.
A card party will be given by the
North Side Progressive club at its
hall, Twenty-seventh street a'nd Fow
ler avenue, Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock.
Mr. Taft, Red Cross and '
War Activities Loom Up as
Ak-Sar-Ben Visitors Leave
conduct the women's committee
offices in the Saunders-Kennedy build
ing, and two busier women in a down
town office are not to be fou in this
city (Bee society editor's office ex
cepted). Departing Visitors.
Most of the Ak-Sar-iBen visitors
depart for their homes in the next Jew
days, which means that the round ol
luncheons, teas, .bridge and theater
parties which filled the past week's
calendar will come to an end and "wo
men of society will once more b
found at Red Cross headquarters in
the Baird building, oftener, even, than
in their own homes.
A FORMER president of the
United States, William Howard
Taff ntift lita ilav'a nrmrram in
Omaha Friday is, now a matter for
the society editor to concern herself
with, for this time ho political organ
ization, but a woman's Fine Arts so
ciety, sponsors his visit in the city.
The breakfast ex-Senator and Mrs.
Norris Brown are giving for him at
the Omaha club, a luncheon the
Omaha Society of Fine-Arts will give,
and a dinner of the Palimpsest club
at the ITontenclle, at each of which
Omaha's socially-elect will meet the
present chairman of the Red Cross
commisison, are all matters of social
moment.
Society's small talk is, by the same
token, no longer a matter of bridge
and teas (unless they are Red Cross
or war relief benefits). "Liberty
Bonds' is the topic of the hou. Mrs.
E. M. Fairficldnd Mrs. E. M. Syfert
One other important day there 1s on
the week's calendar, That is Satur
day, when the University club will
give a harvest horn dinner-dance to
usher in the winter's social activities
at the cjub.
Personals
Dr. and Mrs. Adolph Sachs returned
Friday iron, a seven weeks' trip in
the east, stopping at Niagara Falls,
New York and Washington. Mrs.
Saxe's mother and sister, Mrs. L. E.
Kncale, and Miss Grace Kneale, who
have been in Omaha since June, re
turned Thursday to their honu in Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Gilbert Blatshley of Fort
Scott, Kan., was the guest of Mrs. T.
F. Letton during the Methodist con
vention. Mrs. Blatshley is a delegate
to the meeting.
Mrs. Archibald S. Laurence has
gone to Chicago for the winter and
her house has been taken by Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Kennedy, jr.
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Hyson left Sat
urday evening for Chicago, to be gone
a week or ten days.
Colonel S. S. Curtis and Miss Lynn
Curtis have arrived from New York
and are at the Fontenelle for a month
or six weeks.
Major J. P. Lord will arrive Sun
day morning from Fort Riley to
spend a few days with his family.
Mrs. O. W. Durr has gone to Los
Angeles, where she will spcnd the
winter.
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Mrs. label Ogden is at the Birch
Knoll hospital for two weeks, after
which she will be at her new apart
ment at the Bcnbow.
Jerome Magee is stopping at the
Omaha club, having come in from
his ranch last week.
Miss Laura Scott is in(New York,
at the Martha Washington' hotel.
Mrs. k. D. Madden and her son,
Daniel Madden, of Nuttley, N. J., are
the guests of her son, John Madden,
and Mrs. Madden. Daniel Madden
came out to apply for the Balloon
school at Fort Omaha. '
Mr. and Mrs. Royal D. Miller and
sons, Wesley and Stanley, left Friday
for a ten days' outing in Des Moinei
and Minneapolis. ,
Mrs. Arthur Remington has re
turned from the east.
Miss Elizabeth Bertsch who is at
tending Doane college, is home foi
the week-end.
Mrs. T. F. Kennedy went to Chi
cago Monday to meet her sister, Mrs
Kalk of Washington, who return!
with her today.
Mrs. E. W. Nash expects to leav
soon to join her daughter, Miss Fran
ces Naw'.i, in the east.
Dr. Nelson Mercer is back from
California, where his wife and family
have been since last winter. They
have taken a house at 2783 West
Eighth street, Los Angeles.
Mrs. Harry C. Nicholson, who has
been i California for the last six or
seven weeks, will be home the middle
of this week.
Mrs. J. Van Renssalaer has re
turned from a visit to her son and
wife, Captain and Mrs. Frank Van
Renssalaer, in Washington-, D. C.
Captain Van Renssalaer, formerly of
this city, is in the quartermaster de
partment of the army and has been
in Washington since May. His
father-in-law, Colonel H. M. Lord,
is also stationed there.
Mrs. Arthur C. Smith arrived home
Wednesday from the east, where she
spent the summer at Cohasset. Miss
Harriet Smith remained in Chicago to
visit a few days and will be home
later.
Mrs. George Brandeis left Sunday
for three or four weeks in New York.
Mr. Brandies has gone west on a
hunting trip with a party of friends,
including several Chicago men.
Mr. and. Mrs. Henry Mahanna of
Santa Monica are the guests of Mrs.
Francis A. Welch.