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The Omaha Sunday Bee PAST TVO SOCIETY PAGES ONE TO EIGHT PART TWO SOCIETY PAGES ONE TO EIGHT VOL. XLV NO. 30. OMAHA, SUNDAY Mor.NlNd, JANUARY !, 1!U. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. e Really ad to Look Twice to B Sure CLUBDOM Calendar of Club Doings Monday omaha Woman's club, social science depart ment, Mrs. Thomas Brown, hostess, 2:30 P. m. Child Conservation leagues, city federation, Schmoller & Mueller auditorium, 2 p. m. Chautauqua circle. Tennyson chapter, Mrs. E. O. Hampton, hostess, 2:30 p. m. Tuesday Business Women's club, Y. W. C. A., 7 p. m. South Omaha Woman's club, Library hall, 2:30 p. m. Association of Collegiate Alumnae, vocational guidance section, Y. W. C. A., 4 p. ni. Daughters of American Revolution, Omaha chapter, Mrs. J. B. Reynolds, hostess. North Side Mothers' club, Mrs. H. W. Dorst, hostess. Omaha Woman's club, oratory department, Y. W. C. A., 10 a. m. Omaha Woman's club, parliamentary law class at 2 p. m., followed by current topics' de partment at 2:30 p. m. Omaha Woman's club, philosophy and ethics department, Y. W. C. A., 4 p. m. Business Women's council, court house, 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. " George A. Custer Woman's Relief Corps, Memorial hall, 2 p. m. , Custer post and corps, Joint installation, Me morial hall, 8 p. m. Wednesday W. C. T. V., Omaha society, Y. M. C. A., at 2:30 p. m. W. C. T. U., Frances Willard society, Mrs. D. J. Burden, hostess. Benson Foreign Missionary society, Mrs. P. A. Legge, hostess. Thursday' Wyche Story Tellers' league, public llbraix 4:15 P. m. Omaha Woman's club, art department, Y. W. C. A., 10 a. m. Benson Woman's club, Mrs. W. F. Vernor, hostess. Business Womea's council, ; Y. W. C. A., . 7 p. a. Omaha Woman's -olubr music, department, ,Y. W. C. A 2:15 p. m. Friday Omaha Society of Fine Arts, Hotel Fontenelle, 4 p. m. Scottish Rite Woman's club', Scottish Rite cathedral. West Omaha Mothers' Culture club, Mrs. W. W. Cannlchael, hostess. Central Park Mothers' club, school auditor ium, 2:30 p. m. , Saturday Association of Collegiate Alumnae, open pro gram by drama section, High school audi torium, 2:30 p. m. South Omaha Woman's club, music depart ment, Mrs. A. J. Randall, hostess. FOUR concrete lines of work are outlined by Mrs. Percy Pennybacker, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, in recent bulletins urging careful consideration of these topics upon club women. First is the school manse or the "teacherage," proposed by Mrs. Pennybacker. The school manse means suitable homes for rural school teachers, with the advent of which it is believed the highest type of teacher will be attracted to country dis tricts and the school manse vlll become a civic an well as an educational center. Secondly, is the appeal to youth. This is another of Mrs. Pennybackers favorite pleas, for she knows that if the work of the federation is to be kept up to the present high standard there must be fresh recruits from those , who wear the "rose of youth'"' upon them. The clubwoman's duty to the immigrant is the third point. This subject is especially timely now In view of the grave situation that must fol low the European war, when millions of widows and orphans as well as weakened, disabled men will doubtless turn their faces towards our shores. What Is to bo Hone with these people, is a ques tion calling for earnest consideiRtion on the patt of all clubwomen. Individual responsibility is the last point of Ihe four. The general federations and state fed erations are made up of individual women, each of whom owes something to these organizations. By doing ever the duty nearest in her home and in her club, she unconsciously builds character, and character Is the finest possible foundation for the superstructure of federation. But she should take a particular interest In some line of federation activity, and be prepared to render service along that line. may be home econo mics, public health, music or whatever most strongly appeals to her. She should also keep in touch with the work of the organizations by reading the General Federation Magazine and state organs where they are printed; the pro ceedings of each biennial convention and council: and In every way possible, familiarise herself with tbe beneficent activities of the organization of which her club Is a part. Suggestions for the development of the above four topics may be secured by addressing Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Bureau of Information, Ports mouth. N. II. Additional Club News on Page Three. Another Very Striking Example of Three Omaha Matrons Whose Personal Resemblance is So Re markable that Their Friends Frequently Find Themselves at a Loss to Distinguish Between Them and to Avoid Addressing One for the Other 1 1 I'oppleton, and I was ever so complimented, for all are fine looking women. But. I don't think I re semble any of them at all, at least 1 can see no resemblance." In the extended travels of the u'hltmore family all over the world, Mrs. Whltmore has often been told that she resembles Mrs. Diaz, the wife of the late Mexican president, Porfirio Diaz. Since The Bee begin to trace likenesses among well known Omaha women, great Interest has been manifested in this elusive study. Among those frequently mistaken for each ether or In whom the likeness has aroused com ment are Mrs. Richard Carrier and Mrs. Charles McDonald; Mrs. Charles T. Kountze and Mrs. Thomas J. Kelly; Miss Daisy Doane and Miss Lil lian Fitch; Miss Lurlle Bacon and Miss Harriet Metz; Mrs. Lowrle Chllds and Mrs. A. W. Jefferls. J " - 'W. i-t VX ( u mm i rMrvii i j iiiii i mmm mm B MxMComiell MRS. II. P. WH1TMORE, Mrs. R. W. Con nell and Mrs. F. W. Carmichael con stitute another trio of charming so ciety women who are constantly be ing taken for one another, so strong is the resem blance they bear to each other. All three are tall, well buiit, good looking women of the darker type, with particularly at tractive, large dark eyes. Each of the three is constantly being taken for the other two at luncheons, teas, theaters, as well as on the street, which causes a great deal of amusement to their many friends. Dean Beecher, formerly of Omaha, frequently n.ade the mistake of addressing Mrs. Connell as Mrs. Whltmore, on one occasion in particular when he met Mrs. Connell in tbe Whltmore store. At the Woman's club one day, two women who l ad been trying enegretically to reach Mrs. Con nell all day, heaved a sigh of relief when they entered the room and saw Mrs. Carmichael there. At first glance, both women had taken Mrs. Car michael for Mrs. Connell. Both Mrs. Connell and Mrs. Carmichael are active in philanthropic work, Mrs. Connell having long served the Visiting Nurse association as treasurer and on the board of directors. While engaged in this work she was frequently taken for Mrs. Carmichael, as well as Mrs. Whltmore. Mrs. Carmichael laughingly admits that she Is taken for so many women Instead of her own sweet relf that she is beginning to doubt her own Iden tity! "Not only have I been taken for Mrs. Whlt more and Mrs. Connell, but I am so often mis taken by my neighbors here for Mrs. E. E. Msgea end Mrs. N. H. Nelson, and for Mrs. A. B. Currie. Once, too, I was addressed as Mrs. William Sears A V! I iV Carmicfael SOCIETY Social Calendar Monday- Dinner and box party at the Boyd theatre, given by Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Summers. Woman's day at the Indoor Golf school. Drexel-Colwell wedding. Drama class, Miss Kate McIIugh, hostess and leader. Tuesday Afternoon bridge, Mrs. Coe Buchanan, hostess. Tuesday Bridge club, Miss Marlon Kuhn, hostess. Senior Tuesday Bridge clubj Miss Elisabeth Congdon, hostess. Kensington-Luncheon club, Mrs. Robert Fisher, hostess. Box party for Miss Ellen Wylle, Mrs. 8. B. Doyle, hostess. Dance at Fontenelle by the Crelghton Mixers club. Franco-Belgian Relief society, Mrs. O. C. Red- lck, hostess. Tuesday evening Auction Bridge club, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ralph, host and hostess. Wednesday Luncheon for Miss Olive Raftree and Miss Helen Mary Hulnie, Mrs. J. H. Beaton, hos tess. Luncheon for Mrs. Stanley Hartman and Mrs. George Laler, Mrs. Frank H. Myers, hos tess. Mid-week Drama circle, Mrs. M. T. Barlow, hostess. New Wednesday Drama class, Miss Zora Shields, hostess.' Luncheon for Mrs. Thomas Heyward, Mrs. R.' B. Busch, hostess, Thursday Louise Homer concert parties at Boyd theater. Original Cooking club, Mrs. Charles Kountze hostess. Vesta chapter dance at Chambers' aeademy. Comus club, Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Jennings, host and hostess. Omaha Woman's Press club, luncheon at Hotel Loyal. Box party at Boyd's, Mr., and Mrs. Hoxle Clarke, host and hostess. Kensington club of Vesta chapter, O. E, S. entertainment,' Mrs. " John ..E.;':"Simpson! hostess. ' . , .. . Subscription club dance at Turpln's hall. J. F. W. club, Mrs. E. B. Lqmbeck; hostess; Friday Friday Bridge club, Miss Mary Burkley. hostess. Drama class, Mrs. H. H. Baldrlge, hostess. Saturday University club dinner-dance. LEAP Year entertainment and merriment were the motif of many of the entertain ments of the last week and there are no signs that there may be any abatement for the ensuing weeks. The empty, old Joke that comes around every four years Is here again, women are giving lunch eons and suppers to men, choosing their partners and doing the asking for the dances. Some of the popular clubs are planning many affairs In this spirit and the men apparently are liking: It Im mensely. . - The question asks Itself Just what Is there lr It? Just why do men went to sit back and be sought out as partners? Do they grow effeminate once every four years? Is r man's assumption to leadership but a pose he assumes is he reslly at heart a vine that longs to ding? "Sheer nonsense, mere tomniyrot,' says the &ray-halred matron of many rounded out years, "the men don't like it, they are merely amused at the ' novelty. It Is. mere curiosity with them they are having a chance to see what women's taste may be hke? "Zoologists say that parrots are the most cur ious of animals and we all know what killed the Illustrious cat; but the male genus homo discounts them all. A man welcomes leap year solely for one reason he fancies it gives him a line on woman's taste snd sn estimate on his own powers of fascination. For this reason only he is willing to sit back smil ing, wafting to be chosen. . ' But under It all he is the caveman still and the I: ue born son of his famed ancestor who went court ing with a club. If a betrothal ever did result from a leap-year proposal,' It is diamonds to doughnuts that the mas cullne subject was a mollycoddle that might hare been as easily trapped any year in the centurr. " And there is snother thing about It all does a woman follow her taste or her inclination when she (hooses a partner at a leap year affair? "But there are more engagements during leap year." some one Is already protesting. Of course, there are, no one Is denying that. There is nothing that brings a man right about face like Jealousy. Love, to be sure. Is the motive of marrying and all the fine things that the poets have said about the tender sentiment are perfectly true. But how many men amongst us are delicately enough attuned to know they are In love until they are made Jealous? Of course, there will be many an engagement the outcome of the social events of this leap yearj but they shan't come of the partners who r chosen but the ones who are not. ' , Additional Society New on-HextrTteC