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CLUBDOM
Calendar of Club Doings
Monday
Omaha Woman'a club, social science depart
ment, Y. W. C. A., 2:30 p. m.
Art lecture by Prof. Paul H. Qrummann, Hotel
Fontenelle, 4 p. m.
Chautauqua circle, Tennyson chapter, Mrs. W.
B. Howard, hostess, 2:30 p. m. .
Tuesday r
Omaha 'Woman's club, oratory department,
- ' Metropolitan hall, 10 a. m.
Business Women's club, Y. W. C. A., 7 p; m.
South Omaha Woman's club, Library" hall,
2:80 p. m.
Association of Collegiate Alumnae, vocational
guidance section, Y. W. C. A., 4 p. m.
Omaha Woman's club, current topics depart
ment, Y. W. C. A., 2:30 p.m.
Daughter of American Revolution, Omaha
chapter, Mrs. C. H. Aull, hostess, 2:30 p. m.
Omaha Woman's club, philosophy and ethics
department, Y. W. C. A., 4 p.m.
Business Girls' council, luncheon and prayer
meeting, court house, 11 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Art lectures by Raymond Wyer, Hotel Fonte
nelle, 4 p. m. and 8:80 p. m.
Wednesday
W.XI. T. U., Omaha branch, Y. M. C. A., 2:30
'pni. ..
W. C. T. XL. Frances Wlllard society, Mi's.
Charles R. Nordin, hostess, 3:30 p. m.
Art lecture by Raymond Wyer, Hotel Fonte
nelle, 4 p. m.
Thursday
Omaha Woman's club, art department, Y. W.
O. A., 10 a. m.
Wythe Story Tellers league, Public Library,
4:15 p. m. -
' Association of Collegiate Alumnae, dramatlo
section, Mrs. O. R. Maxwell, hostess, 4 p. m,
Benson Woman's club, Mrs. H. Rlvett, hostess.
Omaha Woman's club. Music department, Y.
W. C. A... 2:15 p. m.
. B'nal Brlth Ladles auxiliary, Lyric building,
8 p. m.
. J. F. W. club, Mrs. N. H, Seller, hostess.
Business Women's Council, Yj W. C. A., 8
P. V j , .'.
Friday- . . j -
South Omaha Woman's club,; music depart
ment, Mrs. A. J. Randall, hostess ' . '"v
Omaha Society of Fine Arts, Hotel Fontenelle,
P. m.
West Omaha Mothers' Culturedub.-Mrs. P. F.
Booordea. hostess. """ "
Scottish Rita Woman's club.,. Scottish Rite
cathedral, a p. m. .
UNIQUE, indeed. Is the Jubilee celebration
of the fiftieth anniversary, of the Young
Women's Christian association,- as. it, is
being observed all over the country this
whole month. In Omaha the celebration
has been separated' into four sections,. a week for
each division, and the work; of ho association will
be heralded and find recognition even to the veriest
nook and corner March 3 is the real birthday and 1
will be celebrated by "9 6 organisations.' In Omaha,
as n New York, there will-be a big pageant; with
a girl of 1868 and the girl of ;1816 side .by, 'side,
emphasizing the difference" in dress and other non
essentials,' but with the same high ideal of 'woman
hood. ' .' , ; i ','
Mrs. W. A. Wlllard heads the committee which '.
has in hand entire plans for the month's features.
Mss Ljdia McCague' was chairman for the member--ship
rally last week. Of especial interest was' the
charter and early members' meeting on Monday,
the local association having been organized in 1893.
The charter members who are still living in Omaha
I are: Mesdamee G.- W. Wickersham, Alexander
1 Hodge, Myron Learned, E. D. Van Court, Herbert
Rogers, J. O. Pbilllppi, Philip Potter, W. C. Shan
non, W. A. Yonson. John R. Webster, J. P. Lord,
W. S. Wilcox, Robert Anglin, Lucretla 8. Bradley,
; Martin Brown. B. F. Crummer, T. A. Creigh, A. N.
; Ferguson, F. L. Haller and Minnie Swartzlander.
. Miss Jane Fulton, Miss Emma Tiiorngate, Miss Jen
nie Simon and Miss Lydia McCague are also among
the 'early members ot the association.' The tea for
life !r.il sustaining members and the "mothers and
daugh'ers' " b.mnuet Friday evening brought out
hundreds of womtn.
This is publicity week, the chairman for which
is Mrs. 1). W. Merrow. The association's activities
will be brought to the notice of various women's
clubs and otbcr organizations every day this week.
The third week is call "Historical week" and In
Omaha will bo cc'.cbratcd by a historical pageant,
Girls of Yesterday and Today," in which 150 girls
will take part. Miss Louise Curtis has charge of'
the pageant. Mrs. C. A. Sherwood is chairman for
next week.
"Praise and Giving" week Is the fourth. Mrs.
(J. w. Garlocu Is chairman for the last week, while
Mrs. Charles E. Johannes has taken active charge
of the finance work.
The social end of the jubilee month is in charge
of a committee which includes Mrs. G. W. Wick
ersham, Mrs. Palmer F'ndley, Mrs. Frank Fitzger
ald and the Misses Esther IUwson and Cecil Lyon.
Over fifty speaking engagements will be filled
this week by secretaries and board members of the
Young Women's Christian association In observ
ance of Publicity week. The talks will be given
icoatly before women's club and in the churches.
Rehearsals are being held each evening for the
big pageant to be shown February 22. One hun
dred and fifty girls will take part. '
Miss Lily Strong, general secretary, has written
a jubilee song which is sung to the tune of "Old
. Plack Joe."
Additional Htl News on Page Four: - -
"Sweet Reasonableness" of Legal Lore Appeals to
Moria Cowell More than Any Other Form of Study or
Occupation and She Devotes Her Life to Its Pursuit
' "r-OKTIA," Miss Mona Cowell - has beea
1 I B christened.
rMiss Cowell is the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Aobert Cowell, a Vassar
college graduate, and now a student of
law at Creigbton University. For she is , "richly
left" and, like Shakespeare's' heroine, "she is fair
aDd fairer than the. word,- of wondrous virtues
nothing undervalued to Cato's daughter, ' Brutus'
Portia," so her friends say, "nor is the wide world
ignorant of her worth."
Endowed with more than the usual measure of
good looks, and the center of a group of merry
young people whom one would naturally expect to
rnter the social whirl, here Is a young girl who
prefers 'to' pore over Blarkstone, "Contracts,"
' Torts," "Property Laws," end other deep and
devious subjects beyond the ken of the average
debutante or social butterfly. -
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mSS HONA COWELL
Miss Cowell will be a most beautiful acquisition
to the Nebraska legal fraternity, for a perfect Manx
type of beauty Is she, with sparkling black eyes,
masses of dark, curly hair and delicate, roseplnk
complexion. It is recalled that during her High
school days, the statue of Abraham Lincoln which
now stands on the campus was unveiled. The fac
ulty of the High school was asked to determine the
loveliest girl in the school, that she might unveil
the statue. MonaCo well was the girl chosen.
While all the-girls ot her set were sent to pri
vate schools Mona steadfastly refused to follow
their example and insisted upon receiving her
training In the'publlc schools. Miss Cowell Is active
in the Girls' Friendly society of St.. Barnabas
church, as well as the local Vassar club .and like
her beautiful predecessor as a lawyer, Inez Mllbol
land, is a suffragist.
Miss Cowell visited In Richmond, Va., the last
summer and fall and set the southern city agog
with her beauty, wit and mentality. When they
learned of her intention to study law, her friends
insisted that she promise to return to Richmond
on completing her law course, to practice there. It
was then discovered that women cannot be admitted
to the bar, according to theJaws of Virginia. Noth
ing daunted, the chivalrous southerners declared
they would change the statutes, and, It is said, a
movement was Immediately Instituted to provide
for this contingency. All future women barristers
in Virginia, therefore, will be Indebted to the little
Omaha maiden for her Influence In bringing this
about.
"Work and play' Is Miss Cowell's motto, with
special emphasis on the "play," for she Is neither
a "highbrow" nor a "bluestocking," but. her
friends agree, work conies first with her and
then, lots of play.
SOCIETY
Social Calendar
Monday
Franco-Belgian Relief society, Mrs. Waltet
Page, hostess.
Entertainment by Temple Israel Sisterhood.
Dinner for Mrs. Jean Marie Gulslaln, Mrs. E.
W. Dixon, hostess.
Tuesday
ICt-A-VIrp dance, Rome hotel.
Centurion annual party, Rome hotel.
Exhibit tea, Mrs. George It. Uicknell, hostess.
Bridge for Miss Greta ixine, Miss - Gertrude
Metr, hontess. r
Wednesday
Thummel-Congdon wcddinR, Rochester, N. Y.
Afternoon bridge for Temple Israel Sister
hood, Mrs. Charles S. Elgutter, hostess.
Friday brldgo-luncheon, Miss Elizabeth Davis,'
hostess.
Thursday
' Brldgo Whist club, Mrs. Kit Carson, hostess.
Comus club, Mrs. Charles Everson, hostess.
Original Cooking club. Mrs. Herbert Wheeler,
hostess.
Omaha Woman's Tress club, luncheon, Hotel
Loyal.
Subscription club dance, Turpln's academy.
Dinner preceding Subscription dance, given by
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. George.
Tuesday Bridge club, Mrs. George Redick,
hostess.
Vesta chapter of Eastern Star Kensington,
Mrs. S. G. Robertson, hostess'.
Friday
Musical and Guest day, ScoUlr 3 cathedral.
Dundee Dancing club dance a, kite's hall.
Omaha club dinner-dance.
Dinner parties preceding Omaha club dance,
given by Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Redick, Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Eraser and Mr. and Mrs. I
F. Crofoot. .
University Mixers club dance, Chambers'
. academy.
Saturday
Lea Amies Whist club, Mrs. J. 3. Dlneen,
hostess. 1
Bridge luncheon at Hotel Loyal, Mesdames
Katie Grotte and A. M. Landauer, hostesses.
HE social week opens with a continuing
event, the exhibit, of , the Omaha Fine
Arts society a the Hotel Fontenelle. The
tons to be given by the women associated
with the society will form no small Item
in the week's affairs. Many dinners preceding gal
lery parties are also In planning. Not a few of
these last mentioned affairs are for out-6f-town
guests who will run In and out to see the pictures.
Many of the scheduled affairs of the week have
suffered a marked disarrangement and shifting of
dates. A few will not be held. Take the Junior
Tuesday Bridge club, for Instance, so many of Hi
members are out of town that, if tbe club were to
come together this week, it would have to almost
play solitaire.
The Franco-Belgian Relief society meets Mon
day with Mrs. Walter Tnge. .The society expects tc
send a box away this week. The consignment will
consist of children's garments, day wear and night
gowns, and also blankets made from blanket cloth
donated to tbe society.
The advent of a popular guest, Mrs, Edward
O'Brien, brings a grateful promise of new life and
things doing for some weeks to come. .The Hoxle
Clarks are expected to take their departure this
week, and someone Is wanted to take their place.
Many things are In planning for Mrs. O'Brien. An
other Interesting guest ar.d arrival Is. Mrs. Jean
Marie Gulslaln, who comes to Omaha for the first
time since her romantic marriage with a further
Interest attached to her personality she comes
here from the scene of wsr and with the pathetic
tragedy of Belgium about her. Mrs. Gulslaln has
been ill, but her sister, Mrs. E. W. Dixon, has
planned for her to meet thirty old friends tomor
row afternoon at an informal tea.
Perhaps, next to what Is doing, what Is saying
is the most Important. All Omaha Is, talking
smoke. It seems to obscure all other topics just
at present, and It is argued jtro and con if women
should smoke.
The hornet's nest was first stirred up about
two weeks ago when t lie management of the Hotel
Fontenelle posted notices that women should not
smoke on the balcony. j
Of course, it was not to be thought they were
for the members of tbe Omaha Fine Arts society,
and down came the notices last Monday.
"Who were the notices posted for?"
"Who was doing the smoking that women bad
to be warned?'" ,
These were soon the questions that were asking
everywhere.
Mr. Burbank was asked to square himself had
women smoked In the balcony of his Fontenelle?
If they had not, bis notices were a slander on
Omaha women.
"Yes, women had smoked in the balcony, Mr.
Lurbank admitted, and the notices had been posted
In all sincerity.
"What women had smoked?" came the next
question.
"Out-of-town women," Mr. Burbank wedged
around tbe issue. ,
It is very much akin in perplexity to the ques
tion of who started the war when a number of vari
ously well and ill-informed persons take the topic
up, and tbe discussion forms a vicious circle.
It would really seem that Manager Burbank of
the Hotel Fontenelle has another explanation
coming.
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