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; OMAHA, ' SUNDAY MORNIJG JANUARY 13, 1918.
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I .Charming Matron;
'1 MRS. JEAN MARIE GUIS-
W hin of Cmbridge, Mass.
is th guest of her mother, Mrs.
Victor Cof man. Mr. fnd Mr.'x
Guislaln were in Brussels at the.
time of the German invasion of ,
Belgium and were virtually kept
prisoners fof eighteen- months,
as the strictest watch was kept f
upon alt foreigners. ' v v " "
"I can scarcely speak of out' X
exnerience in Belgium." ii!d v
, Mrs.,Guislain. "The things that
'-wf read and hear in this country .C
Jlt . so horrible as they really
wore.", ' j
' The sufllring among the poor
people even 'at that time was fer
riy e, and,' of course, . is much
worse now, as ihe Guislalns left
r wo years ago.'. , ,y
j. Known m umahft, is, a Belgian A
artist of note;. His marriago to, T
T .the attractive Omaha girl, Miss
4. jkoso lonman, was one jt ro- a.
rnantic interest because of. his X
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xraiety.'Folk
Luj of the Uniform Brings
:Cupid from His -Lair .
When Society is.
. Supposedly
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By MELLIFICIA.
T HERE is nothing doing in a social
way (these days. " Isn't there? OL
coarse me -lists 01 lunctieons, dinners
and dances has diminished and a poor
t society editor tearsher hair trying to
make air jntormai little tea look ;Mke
an honest-to-stoodness function. 'but
really there is an added zest to living
tnese war days. -r v ' x
First, there are the warAune brides.
; 'They marry some Saturday afternoon
'immediately after -luncheon when the
r ' wedding was planned for next May
and call Mellificia the" following Wed
nesday to tell her al, about the wed
ding and the uniforms and everything.
" The new. Husband,! officer or private,
, goes ipff to France to do his bit and
th. pretty; bride sits downrin. her
' father's house : to, knit, and jwait for!
the war to-end. '. ,r ' -,iv
, Even, more tantalizing is ; the. en
'Wged eirl. One--has such a time de
ciding , whether she will be .true to
eyes of blue- while so - many brown
ones are about And will the wedding
t?ke place soon, or after nhe war? v
Tear, dear, our brairf is m a whirl
these days. AVJien th men' are at
home on, furloughs fhe the society
editor is"aftaid to even sleep, forhese
.ouptes have such a habit of slipping
1 fwitnout herjcnowledge.., , "
. There s! one-spurce ot great joy
, these "days and that is in watching. the
. young girls, qf 1? and 0 whose heart
, the war hasipt drmmedj Their hori
, . zon has been greatlyvirightened for
. there is nothing so fascinating as an
v "affair" with an interesting young
v': man of 21 or so and a bud of 18, and
there i no time like the present for
these aforesaid-affairs. There isNnoth
; ing so very thrilling about'the boys
; whoare, at .home and haore always
' been iut add to the illusion of youth
.' the hire of a uniformvTthe glamour
of distance and the hazards of incon
" -itancy and you havef a combination
bound to cure the most chronic case
of ennui. , - y';
y One thrills, to the fingertips over a
pst card from Camp-Funston or
Cody, but let one of theWhite.cn-;
Cffiofaly Osaio
MQNDAY . S "- - ' . r,"
v Ditiner party for Mr.' Charles Lohn giv$n by Mr. ;
, " x and Mrs.' A. P. Durkes. ; "
'TUESDAY-' y 7 , ,vl Y y
' Dinner for Mr.vand Mrs. Hoxie Clark given by Mr.
and Mrs. L. F. Crotoot. , j r '
- Tri Delta sorority luncheon, Mrs. Eugene Coffeen,
,vy, -' hostess. ,-" ' ' ; .;' v
Alpha Omicron Pi sorority luncheon, c Mrs. Victor '
Smith, hostess. ... , - y.
WEDNESDAY ' ' , '..'..
; Trinity Parish AidMuncheon Mrs. Latham Davis,
- - hostess., . ' - ,
, Merrymakers' club dancing party at Keep's. acad- !
" emy. . --; v', . ty.y . ;
, i ' Meeting of the Women's Golf cluto of the Prettiest" :
; '. MHp f1llV' Mrs ft f! ' M nrriartn Vincfaao ' .
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'TUTISSV MARJORY SMITH is
iUJtnown everywhere for her happy-
,go-luqky .disposition. Shef was com
placently nnisning a sanawicn hi
Heaton s the other day.vwhen a
friend of hers passed her table. 4
"I'm triad to see you. believe me,
said the indomitable Mariorie. as the
friend sdt down. Tve ordered & cents
worth of rflnch and I've only got
15 cents m my purse.'
-Tire discussion, a heated one. nlaced
"7 tne majorjiy aeciaeqiy againsi
"Bill." Looking innocent but listen
ingJntently to these - (Jretty young
things giving their opinion of some
popular or notorious person,1 1 finally
decided that they were pouncing on-
some movie actor, v
; ."He would be all right if he' didn't
gWe us so much silly by-play. It's
to'o ridiculous for anything and 1 he
tires me out." i ;.
. Were they discussing Bill , Harte,
or Bill Farnum, or Bill West, or Bill
Russell, or Bill Stowcll, of Bill Court
ney, or; Bill Mason, or Bill Desmqrid,
oc. Bills lollier, uuncan, uuiette,
Nigi, Beeves, Shay? Then, of course,
mue is ciuic . ourxe anu puue
Puzzled and unable -to place the
blame on justihe right "Bill, Tasked
them to ecpWW , ' ' .. .. ; '
1 '.'Who is .the.sifly one of whom you
sptak?" 4'' "
i "Why, Sbakespcarf, of course Bill
Shakesmeare'i'' - .Vv
XAnd so "saying we bring4he im-
jnortais and the- slap-sticks together
ut one .chain of thought. .. . . X
VpU' know,' there is ' ' f uni " side
even to gijim war, ifwe can ohly
see it A patriptfc young chap of my
acouajnjance'isvery anxious to have
a hand in finishing the kaiser." His
2uestionnaire arrived the other day
nd after much .cogitating and ' deep
thought on his part, it was finally
filled ourto the satijfactiop of Uncle
sam. .' : . . -
"Really, lie ai'4 laughingly, to Gab
V the other dav. "I feel real well c
qiiaioted with,, myself now. : ,
rT'HERE are no more "ptifflhtoQ" lnft
t A "7ft rh office of McDojiald & Son.
architects, -tor Oabby heard Mr. Alan
wcuopaid, say so the oxper day. v-
' "We married off all the bachelor!
in the office, last summer." said the
junior member of. the firm, laughingly,
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.CsletAclaibMedfies. the .:-1
X ID) i 'ct 'ate ' of -F a In n o in
;DuTcing the Holidays Eccjnomy as 'Forgfytten and
Wonderful (New Gowns'Enhanced the; JBeauty
- -1 THURSDAY-
1 ' Cinosara club dance at Scottish Rite cathprlrat
- Original booking , club, 'Mrs.. Charles Kountze, ;u
hostess. - - .v - , . C . '. A ?if;
J. F. Wclub luncheon, Mrs. C. E; Goddard, hostess-; 4
' FRIDAY ' ' J , .;- v,. -4
raraea iorJonn MOiiormarjr rnneorr.
I y y Amateur -Musical, club,'-Miss Eugenie Whitmo're, :
" Le Mars club dance at Keep's academy. ; .
lSATURDAY ' , . ' -Vi .
f Meeting of the L'AHiance Francaise. Madame August,
- y,v M. Bdrglum, hostess., . . ' y X
hTthc war keeps on! Can oh think
' " existence ana men come
down (in your parachute), to a boiled
potato kin J of a life that we led be
fore the war? ,.. y ,
Can you let your mind run ahead to
the days- after the war? Whai sou
veni.s the girls will have of the great
dram ? Who will be the first to feet
a postal from Berlin niaHed within a
stflTfe's throw of the kaiser's" palace?
And when Johnny comes; marching
home,' how the flags' will fly and the
bands will playl These' are exhiliarat-
tnv timc aro all torAinn .
. ... O I -xV, " ' w D..UUIIIK Ull IIHJ
to the world! We fear that marriage tiptoes wondering, what will happen
will become a humdrurA impossibility I next. '. t v ' .
back said Mrs.1 Shotwell laughingly.
That evening Mri ; Newbranqh
called her to say that 'her picture was
in The Bee., all three, tiews. In a
Wevcr of impatiende : Mrs. .Shotwell
waited for th nan,r In rnm T rV.
ig througlrit carefully oh no page"
! could She find her nhntmyranJi." Cnintr
to the 'phone she called Mrs. New
branch.,, .. , - , ,
"Mv-olctur Isn't in T Rii
Mrs. Shotwelf. ! ' ' :
' Yes, it is, replied Mrs. Newbranch,
"look on page seven"; :; V I y-
Mrs. Shotwell.did so, and there was
Maggie-the Maggie which has made
McManus famous and there "were
three, views of her,' front, profile and
backN Mrs. ShotWl. laughs heartily
as she tells it andjinothin J daunfed,
goes on her. way doing hei, bit in Red
Cross and numberless other activities.
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velopes marked in great letters
"Opened by Censor" come from
"over there", and the issive inside
will be treasured lontf after the ink
has grown dim nd the tender mes
sage forgotten. These arethe thrills
the waf.has brought to afT the "sub
debs" whoje excitement used To con
sist in a Saturday afternoon movie or
a Sunday auto trip If she knits a
sweater for Jim. who is at Funstoh.
the same, mair takes a box of luscious
fudge to Harry,, who is at the-Great
Lakes naval ' training station. Twd
thousand fem the air. and takes
time to mail a letter to the only girl
WArv.K. tne new year nows
for the nation, the nation's
" ' capital has. by a snecial.well-
considered effort, won from the-; war-
eluded. worldone week of joy arfd
comparaiive gayeiy lor us young peo
ple, its soldier boys'jnd the strangers
within, its gates.
-.for .hospitality-is still lhe cardinal
virtue ot Washington and in the last
Week has been oracticed in itsltruest
rx r... r - e t, - ' .
rose, ior lew or tnese nosts ana
nostesseTno nave openeanneir ball
rooms and made gay their, homes have
any hopt of return except in--the
Knowledge ot pleasure conferred.
: The Christmas ball in aid of the
Children's Country Home, with one or
two supper dances, gave the buds and
their elder sisters an. opportunity of
wearing" new and pretty gownsall of
tne models ot ms. . v .
Miss Minna' Blair' and the fisies
Tottle, the latter frequently mistakln
" hjwib. -are muyiging m cnarmmg
black tulle gowns on youthful lines
with much embellishment of silver,
gold and jet. Miss Mary Sanger, who
has returned to Washington .with her
parenUthe.- former assistant secre
tary of war andTifts. William Cary
Sanger, and is now a younc ladv ih
society, is charming in a gown of pink
f.iille on the smartest of new lines,
with a high relief of Dale blue intro
duced in what old-time modistes call
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pipings, Mrs. ganger, wn chaperoned
her daughferi-lQokefl smart5 as fiver
ahd very little older than-when she
was' one of the leading ladies Jf the
Hoosevelt administration in a hand
some gown-of gray satin embroidered
in small steel and silver beads.
Stenographepsvjxlease note. v ;
GABIjy was walking in Eighteenth
, . t 'auivu wiicn sue no
ticed - Salisbury- steak with .Bnr-
ilelaise sauce on the bill "of fare.
saijsDury : steak vas a new one
n Gabby so she orderedNit and whaf
do you think they brouKht her?
Hamburger, as you live, v
Whv diseuise. it as - "SallsSnrwVU
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wen. you Know what wou d hannen
if Hamburger andi Bordelaise met on
one "plate I England and France are
allies though. , V ; y-:
MRS." Franklin - Shotwell (s one of
the most efficient workers in
Omaha, No matter what site, under
takea, whether it be a church benefit
or a large bridge, the affair is always
success- For this- reason MjyV
Sljotwell is In great demand, byher
friends. ,.. Mrs. Harvey Newbrarich
called her,one day not long ago to
solicit her aid in the knitting section
of the Red Cross.
Yet 1 11 do it, if you will have my
M ISS VERNA ELSINGER ' was
lecturing iof her class in Red
Cross civilian relief work.
Statistic -show that'children of di
vorced couples become incorrigible in
greater :numbers when 1eft in the
custody of the mother, than with the
father, the lesson , developed. The
children seem fo miss the strength
and disipline of thS - father, it was
pointed out. ' , -
"Some merev man tampered" wiu
those'stati8tics, Tfear," Miss Elsigner
vouchsafed. , v"v--' . ' "
- And she is'such a pretty blonde to
hate. men sol And has such de-' '
lighjtul southern 'drawl fa her volcfh
QNE of - Omaha's young - maftrona, - -
has been fredklng.'V Her effort have.
Drougiu surjpruing results during the
last few months. t to the elis-ht; of
her family and herself. , r
"Oh." said th vounff matron in
aiiother occupant , oWier car, "it I ,
continue to grdw thin I shall have
som real sporty clothes. c I lost alt
interest while I was so stout.
: "Yes;, , mother," put inl her young
son, get some real swell ones like . v
our ntiw tnaid has.": , ? - - , -
ABBY was walking on Eighteenth
V4, street, near the Saunders!Mnnedy
Duuaing wnen sne neara an innocent
appearing citizen tell "Spike" j Ken- ' ,
nedyiabout the time he won $156 in
one hourat the great American game
of poker. - ,
. Did you believe it, f SpikeT'
AN perusing Po1l3r"the Shopper's
v page in The Bee first week, which '
Gabby does each Sunday (and advises '
you to do likewise), she noticed that
Polly went into ecstacies over the
ladies waiting room M the American
garage, "tastefully furnished in sott,
woodsy brown, Sticky furniture.'
Gabby isn't, English, but anyway,
she decided to go ove and seewhat
ticky furniture was and how- a man
could have nerve ennugh toask; the -dear
puttjic to sit on his' "Sticky" fur- '
niture. ; v;.' ;. . '. ... x
She found he was really an awfully
nice sort. H. A. Cameron is his name,
and it wasn't Sticky furniture at -all, - '
but Stickley, which is different. . .
' .Polly is looking for .that typesetter.
She's got murder in, her prettjreyet-
ANOTHER engagement , It was .'
hinted to Gabbv bVithe e-i'rl hcrolf
She is a pretty blonde. a""Rockford
college girl, and lives in Dundee. No,
it s ; notv Miss Gladys Goodman, but
you're getting' warnvThis young miss
has been Nvery active in Red Cross
work and is extremely oboular with
the younger set The announcement-
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picture in the paperMrojit, profile andl is coming very soon. Watch for it! 1 ' 1
handsome as eer in a Worth gown of
black, satin heavily, embroidered in
gold. This k made on thp name
vere line the former Miss Katharine,
: Miss Cecelie McCallum, one of this
year s most popular buds, and a grand
daughter ot the late Senator John
Sherman, on Ohio,, like the maid sung
of in the "Mikado,") is "t charming
sight, to see' in a wonderfully smart
gown of apricot crepe in a new weave
that is buperseding the familiai geor
gette. This' is a matter of drapery by
a master hand with the edges of the
broidered in crystal- and white beads.
MissMcCallum was . one of .the
acknowledKed belles of the "Christmas
ball," where a number of young ma-j
trons snared in the honors of a very
merry evening.
, Mr9.7oseph Leiter, who atted as
hostess, rtreived the very smart com
pany where four out of five menywere
in' uniform, in stunning gown of
sapphire blue Velvet, with the narrow
frain of brocade in the same color.
The .bodice was particularly smgrt,
with fallx'ofduchesse lace giving a
lonr-tcrtha effecf and also forminar
the short sleeves. .Mrs.xWilliam F.
Hitt. in town for Christmas vth her
mother-in-law, Mrs. R. R. Hitt, ws
which her evening gowns are fanwus
lading is aisnnciion trom tne ncn
ness of material and grace of their
wearer, young Mrs.'Hittwore a single-string
of pearls, but .no other
ornaments. , . ; ,
, Miss Bessie Edwards, General ClarJ
ence K. fcdwards" debutante daughter,
wore a bla;k g'own of chiffon velvet
and tulle, which desnite its lark of
Color, was youthful and. becoming and
must cnccuve, as its wearer was con-i
stantiy surrounded, by i
cavaliers.- , Even,;, the blue-coated
Frehchmen, who, officially speaking,
do not dance during war time, find
a ball room a congenial, atmosphere
in wncn to cultivate the agreeable so
cial relations 'of the two-yennhlir
- Miss Virginil MacKiy-Smith; daugh
ter oi tne late bishop of Philadel
phia,: who., according to liery friends.
sacrifice her; affection to her patriot
ism when she dismissed for allvtitne
herhatfdsome German suitoi at the
beginning of the war, ' was a very
graceful figure in a 3rriarrlv made
gown of, silver, brocade, , with, its
drapery .of sequin-studded vtulle in
opal and; silver, with' which she car
ried a large and very handsonre- fan
of white ostrich. .v,, .
' Mjss Carolyn N" ashk, wnp 'returned
to her nurse's uniform aad hospital ;
training next day, was as" of old the
real ballroom belle in a becohiing
gown of French blue velvet.vwith the
t?ii V - "-w.iw.mh lisuwii ui i-rci;n oinc velvet, witn tne
filkins has worn from hpi dpf-iit a?irnrcfiW a .t -1 J j
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i ' uegree or style tor silver lace,
Miss Ruth Wilson, daughter of
Rear Admiral Henry C Wilson, U.
S. N., another daughter of ihe serv
ice! devoting herself largely to prac
tical trainiug for war, work, danced
cheerfully as ever in a very, becomine
velvet gown , of her : favorite soft
green- . ..V -' . W-
The entertaining for "this particular
bud will be almost, continuous,' as
her family connections include snrh
ntfy' surrounded, by ? uniformedTtsPitable aunts as Mrs. Stephen B.
aliers.- , Even, , the blue-coated EI,k,ns and Mrs. Arthur Lee, 'while
otner near relatives 'are Mrs.-"Billy '
Hitt. Mrs. Blaine Elkins and fr
Chester Barnett, the popular Katha- ;
nne urown-oi a tew years ago.'
Mr, and Mrs.-Edward .BealcMc-
Lean, while folio wine th nl an fit
three-bourse dinners as adopted bV a
score or more of wealthy hosts last
season, are not limit in c their exoendi-
tures tt the number of guests enter-
tained or the, vhmds offered, conse
quently, the dance thev ;. nve xia, '
Wednesday evening for ,Mr. and Mrs.
Eton Oliver Cromwell, the . latterVar
cousin ' of ,Mr. McLean, ,was not a
supperless function or a "cheap and
hungry" one. which is trie wav a cer
tain dowager describes the "small and.;
early" dances of the younger set. N
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