e Omaha Sunday Bee
PART TWO
SOCIETY
PAGES 1 TO 10
PART TWO
AMUSEMENTS
PAGES 1 TO 10
VOL. XLVII NO. 42.
OMAHA, x SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1918.
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Recessional Prayer
Easter, 1918
x By MARGARET WIDDEMER.
Now wide the scented lilies break,
And clear the Easter songs awake,
This Easter Day for Jesus' sake.
The saints in their bright windows glow,
And to and from communion slow
The quiet women come and go.
Rearing tht choir's boy- oices sing
Their carols, sharp-remembering
Lads young as they, one near-by spring
Lads ringed today by fire and steel
So deep that scarce their thoughts may feel
This quiet church where women kneel.
Within the windows' painted pride
Christ . nd His saints stand glorified.
Their strife long ceased this Estertide.
The strong young saints stand tall arow,
Glad with the glory that tey know
Their mothers' grLf passeo. long ago;
Yet they, with their bright robes outspread,.
And our youngfsons where fields run red.
They are one army, quick and dead.
Christ, Whom the grave gave back to reign,
Whose mother prays no more in pain,
Give us our sons back safe again!
- V
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By MELLIFICIA.
ASTER time is here!
one.' Led by the inspiring figure of
Vhat a Joan of Arc, the parade promises to
season of joy and glac ness itlPf tne most spectacular teature we
has always been, with itLi-P' .ever had. But who is Joan of
nit: AiidL is wiiai tauiiui icii juu
ise of awakening life reflected in
every budding branch and' flower!
This Year the Easter season takes on
a neursignificance. The dy when it
meant the donnine of a ew suit and
yiiat, a fragrant corsage bouquet andJ
pair ui suiiiy, iicvv puiiipa 19 i
tant, for with the shadow of war,
hanging over - our land frivolous
things have been put aside.
Serious, work fills .the days and Eas
ter this yiar promises to be more a
memorable one than ever before. The
Easter parade is a thing of the past;
in. fact, simpler living has become the
rule, and even the- Easter weddings
will be .without frills and, furbelows.
And these engagements, didn't we
predict -that they would burst into
bloom this week?
Doubt us not, for one of our most
attractive girls, Miss Elizabeth Carr,
a is one of khaki-clad Dan Cupid's vic
tims this spring. The announcement
of her engagement to Lieutenant
Walter S. Byrne does not surprise us
a bit, for Gabby has hinted, at it a
number of times. Christmas week
. she gave you a very broad hint, and
there are others coming, for Gabby
always knows! But letrs go back to
Miss Carr. April 11 she has chosen
for her wedding date, and Miss Ruth
Fitzgerald, whose heart is with the
army, too, will be bridesmaid. The
wedding will be a very quiet one and
military to the la3t degree. Of course,
the bride-elect's friends are planning
numbers of unique affairs, and already
pencils are busy making out lists and
planning decorations. Miss Ruth
Fitzgerald will give a shower Wed
nesday, and Tuesday, April 9, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Burket will entertain at an
evening bridge.
Early Summer Bride.
Miss Nellie Pritchard will be an
early summer bride, and her engage
ment to Mr. Samuel C. Maxwell is
announced today. This young couple
are to be envied, for they will enjoy
real farm life, as Mr. Maxwell isione
of the up-to-date young farmer? of
the' state.
The betrothal of liss Niomi
Towle to "Fritz" Bucb z, which was
announced Saturday, does not sur
prise us in the least.. In fact, we have
tust been sitting back waiting for it
all winter, and here it comes with the
daffodils and the tulips. Bo.h the
young people are so very well known
that everyone is deeply interested in
the romance, and wouldn't it be
lovely if the beautiful Towle home
would be opened for the wedding?
The bride-to-be is coming fox-a visit
very soon, and she wilf be luncheoned
,,and teaed. you may be sure.
Social Brightening.
With the end of the Lenten season
the social calendar will begin to
brighten, we are sure. There will be
no cessation of women's activities; in
fact they will be increased. With the
Liberty loan drive . soon to be
launched all our women will be en
gaged in the mysterious art of selling
bonds. They have been taking in
structions for some time and as they
are to have a bank all their own on
the court house grounds anyone
A-ould be delighted td buy a bond
roin these charming bankers. And
lon't let us forget the great parade
-scheduled for Saturday. Pick out
1 t. Ka1a1 rkniic nrA inm li
f ?reat army. - All business will suspend
ind the streets win De a mass oi wav
for it is a deeo secret. Whether she
be maid or maiden isf still a mystery
and the committee has not even
given us a hint as to who she may be.
The opening of the Fine Arts ex
hibit is always of great interest to us.
It is such a rest to come in from the
glare of the busy streets to the quietude
of the art gallery. Here one may rest
and study their favorite master at
their leisure and hurry on again to
the duties of the day with fresh in
spiration. Sunday afternoon will mark
the opening of the exhibit and it is ex
pected that the Easter crowds will
turn their steps to the exhibit, as it is
such a pleasant way to spend a Sun
day afternoon.
EASTER ENdSMEMIENTS
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Pritchard an
nounce the betrothal of their daugh
ter, Nellrr, to Mr. Samuel C. Maxwell
of Fremont. The wedding will take
place early in the summer.
Miss Pritchard is a graduate pi the
Central High school, late,r taking the
normal course. She has been teach
ing in the Druid Hill school for some
time.
Mr. Maxwell is a graduate of the
agricultural school of the Nebraska
university. The young people will
make their home on the Maxwell farm
near Fremont.
- Announcement is made of the ap
proaching wedding of Mr. Andrew
Mount Burns, eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jay Burns of this city, to JJiss
Mary Louise Taylor of Lexington,
Mo. '
The wedding will take place Mon
day afternoon at the home of the
bride's parents.
Mr. Burns is now a first lieutenant
in tto 7A infnrttrv croiA of f""amn
Dodge, Iowa. He won his commis
sion as second lieutenant at the first
officers' training camp at Fort Snell
ing, Minnesota, and on January 1 he
received his promotion to first lieu
tenant The young couple will make their
homt temporarily in Des Moines.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carr have
announced the engagement of their
daughter, Elizabeth, to Lieutenant
Walter S. Byrne of this city, now on
duty at the Watervliet arsenal, near
Troy, N. Y. The marriage is to take
place on Thursday,' April 11, when
Lieutenant "Byrne has a 10 days'
leave.
It is to be a quiet home wedding,
only intimate 'riends and relatives as
guests. Miss Ruth Fitzgerald is to
be the maid of honor and Harry
Byrne will act as best man for his
brother. Miss Carr is a graduate of
the high school and of Sayre college
at Lexington, Ky., and since finish
ing college has spent a good deal of
time in New York with her aunt,
Mrs. Joseph Garneau.
Mr. and Mrs. George Turner re
turned Tuesday from a shrort trip to
Texas. Thursday they leave' for Cali
fomia,.io be gone two or three weeks.
Upon their return Mrs. Turner goes
back to New York, where she spent
most of the winter. Mrs. Turner has
done concert work there. One of her
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most delightful experiences was sing
ing at Camp Dix, N. J., for the sol-
Hi'rc anH ehf is prtrjfffr) to uivp a
ing flags, for every woman will carry' wee there upon her return east '
(Gabby Gleaims
toay Bits I
Miss Elinor Kountze, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Kountze, was chosen for The Bee's Easter Sunday society feature. Posed with an
armful of Easter lilies, little Miss Kountze, with her sunny curls and sweet expression, seems the true embodiment of the Easter spirit.
Pir(0)Ea!s
Mr. F. E. Alexander and his sis
ters, the Misses Alexander have
closed their house and will be at the
Blackstone for a few weeks.
Mrs. Leila Schropshire has just re
ceived word that her husband, Cor
poral Schropshire, has arrived in
France. Corporal Schropshire is with
Company 14, motor suly division.
Mr. and Mrs. A.. Herzberg have had
as their Ruest Mr. C. K. Sunshine of
Cleveland, O., for a few days.
Lieutenant Harold T. Landeryou of
the 337th field artillery, who has been
stationed at Camp Dodge, left Satur
day for Fort Sill, Okl. Lieutenant
Landeryou will enter the School of
Fire. The instruction in the school is
for artillery officers and lasts ten
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parratt have re
turned to their home at Seymour Lake
Park. Thy lived in Fremont for the
last two years.
Floyd Smith, jr., will be home
next Thursday from Harvard for his
spring vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Martin will
move from the Blackstone Monday
to their summer home in Fairacres.
Mrs. George Palmer and her daugh,
ter, Jean, are at Atlantic City, thu
, SOCIAL CALENDAR
EASTER SUNDAY
Mueller-Van Dusen wedding in Washington, D. C.
Public opening of Fine Arts exhibit in new Masonic temple.
Teafor Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford of Denver, Mrs. F. H. Cole,
hostess, 4 to 6 p. m.
MONDAY
Alco club dancing party in Turpm's academy. '
Le Mars club dancing party in Keep's academy.
Alpha Phi Sorority, Miss Catherine Sturtevant, hostess.
-TUESDAY
Prettiest Mile Ladies' Golf club, game oh Miller park links.
WEDNESDAY )
Dunn-Liddell wedding in St. Cecilia's cathedral.
Miscellaneous shower for Miss Elizabeth Carr, Miss Ruth Fitz
' gerald, hostess.
. Phil Beta Pi dinner-dance at the Blackstone.
THURSDAY
Closing concert in the Charity Course given by Alice Nielsen in
Boyd theater. ,
Afternoon concert given by junior members of Tuesday Musical
club in Boyd theater.
Original Cooking club, Mrs. Ward Burgess, hostess.
FRIDAY '
Afternoon tea for Mrs. Harland Woods, Mrs. H. B. Bergquist,
hostess.
SATURDAY
Cadet Officers' club dancing party in Keep's academy.
Dinner given by University of Chicago alumni at Blackstone.
latter
week.
for her Easte vacation this
Mrs. Palmer will remain at
Atlantic City until after her son,
Merse; has had his spring vacation
from Harvard about April 14.
Robert Morsman has returned from
California, where he went to see hig.
father, E. M. Morsman, who has spent
the winter there. The latter will re
main west until the first of May.
Harkness Kountze is in Indian
apolis for his Easter holidays with
a schoolmate fitrni the Berkshire
school at Sheffield, Mass
Charity Ball
On Thursday, April 11, .a charity
ball for the benefit of the boys' in-
-dustrial home will be given at the
Auditorium. vThe hope is to raise
$10,000, which .will be spent to buy
IS or 20 acres of land outside of the
city on which to build a home for
boys who might otherwise be sent
to Kearney.
Father E. J. Flanagan has started
the home on a small scale at Twenty
fifth and' Dodge streets, in the old
Byron Reed home, and has about 30
boys there under his care now, but
wants a place large enough for 200.
Archbishop tjarty is sponsoring the
ball, and Mrs. Dan W. Gaines, Miss
Cassie Riley and Miss Alice O'Brien
are the board of directors in charge
of it.
Chicago Alumnae Dinner.
The alumnae of the University of
Chicago will entertain at dinner Satur
day evening at the Blackstone in
honor of Prof. Frank Miller and sev
eral other University of Chicago men
who will be in the city. The commit
tee is endeavoring to reach all sol
diers at nearby forts who are former
university men, that they may attend
the dinner. Reservations should be
made to Principal Masters or Miss
Irma Gross at Central High school.
Birthday Paty.
Master Ernest Pegau was 12 years
old Saturday, and to celebrate the
event he invited 12 of his boy friends
to a matinee party at the Orpheum.
Mrs. E. A. Pegau chaperoned the
party.
Picks Up Little Stories of"
' Fun arid Stores Them
Away in Her Mind
to Tell You ' f
By GABBY DETAYLS.
WOMEN had a fine little triumpi
Mioi- riA Kncinca tnJtn wlStft''
V V V. I V I V If UJIIIVJd 1IIV4I "
started out to run a second-han
clothing business for a week at thi
Auditorium under the direction of thi '
Red Cross, for the Belgium relief. "
As far as the b. m. went, they did
beautifully; only they didnt go any
further, and when the hour of being ,
snowed under came, they very clev "
erly and imploringly 'phoned . to th4 !
women a "Helpl-Come-at-once" mes
sage. .
Mrs. Arthur Guiou was one of the
war relief workers who received the
Explaining her presence from widen
a huge pile of last summer's housa
dresses.-babies' coats and men's sweat
ers, she said:
"Men are so funny. They planned"
this bit drive, secured this building,
sent the cars out to collect the dona
tions, and when they got the clothci '
here they didn't have an idea wha
they were going to do with them!"
Mrs. Guiou spoke with,authority, be
cause she is an experienced workei .
in this branch. Xne "Vassar club, oi
which she is a member, is carrying on
the Duryea relief work. She broughl -her
helpers, and they at once began
such a systematic system of unwrap
ping, sorting and packing that the-,
mere men were onJy able to look on
helplessly at their versatile wives.
The carload was shipped in perfect
order and on time, thanks to the wo
men who helped the men.
ft ABBY had just heard the justly
famous Mary Boyle O'Reilly and
had been thrilled to her very depthi
by the stirring tales of her life be
hind the lines. Hurrying out of the
Fontenelle she passed a little group
of suffragists. Mrs. H. C. Sumney,
who seemed to be spokesman, was
saying:
"Wasn't that a wonderful suffrage
speech, wasn't that a plea for equal
franchise though?" And the littU
group of women, which included Mrs.
Charles E. Johannes, Mrs. W. H. Gar.
rett, Mrs. W. F. Baxterjand Mi9S
Mona Cowell, all acquiesced. What a
versatile woman is Mary O'Reilly,
thought Gabby, she has won the
hearts of the newspaper scribes with
her witty stories of newspaper lite,
the Red Cross women love her for
the words of cheer and .encourage
ment she has brought them and now.
the suffragists claim that she is plead
ing their cause, which she certainly
WaS'
UTU.RE generations are going to
be thoioughly prepared for any
emergency if they are all like Junior
Nash.
This coming young citizen is so
eager to learn his Boy Scout First
Aid tactics that he bandages every
thing in sight. It's a common sight
to see legs of the dining room table,
the buffet, or arms of library chairs
in the handsome home of his mother,
Mrs. F. A. Nash, scientifically wound
with strips of antiseptic gauze.
Of course the practical scout pre
fers to use his small sister, Emma, as
a subject and only resorts to furniture
when she is away.
The other day Mrs.VNash found
Junior performing first aid on Em
ma's chubby little knee. The littla
girl was laughing merrily at the per
formance until her mother reminded
her that badly wounded people gen
erally register intense suffering.
A N Omaha girl wears $100 silk hose.
according to a representative oi
an eastern hosiery company, who was
in the city this week, and told r re
ceiving the order from one of Omai
ha's exclusive stores.
The hose were made especially for
this particular debutante. A peacock
design is embroidered on the ankles,
vari-colored threads have been r.sed
and the workmanship is exquisite.
"We talked about the order when
it came in." said the young salssman,
"and said we felt tempted to forward
a $7 pair of stockings to the yovng
woman and to tell her we were giv
ine the remaining $93 to the Red
Crosai" . ' .
M RS. W. E. RHOADES will never
1 A refuse her photograph to a
newspaper man, again at least, she
ought not to. .The Bee recently used
a photograph of this faithful member
ship chairman of the Visiting Nurse
association in - connection with the
campaign for new members. In re
sponse, Mrs. Rhoades received a
check with this nic little note . at
tached: "I saw your picture in the
paper and fell in love with it immedi
ately, so am sending you a check for
membership in the Visiting Nurse as
sociation.
The note was from an Omaha wo
man living on thi north side;