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PART THREE
SOCIETY
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The Omaha Sunday Bee
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SOCIETY.
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VOL. XLVI NO. 14 ,
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1916.
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Ak-Sar-Ben Queen Spends Summer in
Open
CLUBDOM
Calendar of Club Doings
Monday
Gymnasium rally, Y. W. C. A., 7 p. m.
P. E. O. sisterhood, Benson chapter, Mrs. t. A.
McGlasson, hostess, 2:30 p. m.
Tuesday
, W. C. T. U. state convention opening, First
Christian church, 9 a. m.
North Side Mothers' club; Mrs. G. R. Gilbert,
hostessj 2:30 p. m.
Business Girls Council, courthouse, 11 to i
o'clock. , ,,, .
Dundee Woman's club;, Mrs. W. L. Selby,
hostess; 2:30 p. m.
Society of American Widows, Crounse block,
Business Women's club, Y. W. C. A., 6:15 p. m.
Wednesday
Omaha Suffrage association election; Mrs.
A. C. Anderson, hostess; 2:30p. m.
Railway Mail Service Woman's club; Mrs. D.
C. Dodds, hostess; at Seymour Lake Coun
try club.
Omaha- Woman's club, music department,
luncheon at Carter Lake club.
Visiting Nurse association, directors meeting,
city hall, 10:30 a. m.
Miller Park Mothers' circle, reception to teach
ers, Miller Park school auditorium, 3:30 p. m.
General Lawton auxiliary, Memorial hall, 2 p.m.
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Thursday
Gymnasium exhibition, Y. W. C. a., 7 p. m.
Society of American Widows, Crounse block,
7-W P- . , ,,
Benson Baptist Missionary circle, Mrs. E. M.
Ehlers, hostess.
Friday
United States Daughters of 1812, Nebraska
chapter; Mrs. Edwin F. Brailey, hostess;
2 p. m. '
West Omaha Mothers' Culture club; Mrs. W.
E. Baehr, hostess; 2:30 p. m.
Saturday
Association of Collegiate Alumne, reception,
Mrs. John R. McDonald, hostess, 2:30 to
5 p. m. ,
OMAHA will be hostess for over 300 out-of-town
clubwomen this week, delegates to
the forty-second annual state convention
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union. Next to the suffragists and the
State Federation of Women's Clubs
meeting the temperance women's meetings have al
ways assumed a large slice of importance. ' This
meeting has its moment further enhanced by the
fact that the prohibition campaign comes to a
"showndown" this fall and the outlook is being
watched as eagerly by those "for" as "against."
Street meetings with women speakers to agitate
prohibition, which were held several times this
last week, carried one back to the days, or rather
nights, of the late ill-fated suffrage campaign when
Rosalie Jones, Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, Jane
Thomson,- Elsie Vandergrift Benedict a'nd 1 other
speakers from near and far presented their argu
ments to great crowds on the street corners. So
far Mrs. George W. Covell, pioneer Omaha club
woman, has been the chief prohibition advocate of
them all. y
A national figure, Mrs. Ella B. Boole, vice presi
dent of the whole Womens Christian Temperance
Union, will be the chief speaker at this week's con
vention.. Mrs. Boole has addressed Omaha, audi
ences before. William Jennings Bryan. is expected
to arrive in time to speak at , this meeting at any
rate Mrs. Bryan will be present to award the dia
mond medal in the grand oratorical contest. Mrs.
Mamie M. Clafflin of University Place, the state
president, will give one of the principal talks.
Other speakers are: Mrs. Adelaide Rood and
Mrs. Annetta Nesbitt of Lincoln, Mrs. Marie Wil
cox, Fairfield; Mrs. Harvey Nichols, David City;
Mrs. Adella Currier, St. Edward; Mrs. Martha
Hunter, Broken Bow; Mrs. E. L. Starrctt, Central
City, and Mrs. L. J. Bradbury of Burkett. Mrs. D.
C. John, Douglas county president, and Mrs. Sarah
Powell are two Omaha speakers included in the
program.
v Second in interest is the announcement of plans
for the Omaha Woman's club. For its meeting
place the club will return to the Metropolitan build
ing on Harney street, where meetings were held
prior to going to the Young Women's Christian
association last year. The building has been thor
oughly renovated and redecorated and a permanent
stage has been built in the large auditorium. The
decorations are in French gray and old rose, with
old rose draperies.
October 2 is the opening date. Mrs. Josiah Ev
ans Cowles of Los Angeles, General Federation
president, wilt be the guest of Omaha clubwomen
that day and will speak at the meeting at 2:30
o'clock.. From 4 to 6 that day a reception will be
given to Mrs. Cowles by local clubs belonging to
the Federation. , t
Mrs. E. M. Syfert, president of the club, makes
the following announcement of standing commit
tees: Auditing Mrs. Charles H. Marley, chairman;
Mrs. John O. Yeiser and Mrs. L. J. Healey.
Constitution Dr. Adda Wiley Ralston, Mrs.
George A. Magney and Mrs. Benjamin S. Bakr.
Courtesies Mrs. Jerome A. Lillie, Mrs. Avery
Lancaster and Miss Edith Ward.
House and Home Mrs. C. A. Sherwood, chair
man; and Mcsdames .T. R. Ward, C. O. Pickett, S.
S. Montgomery, Helen Phelan, F. S. McLafferty,
A. D. Northrup, Thomas H. Tracy, W. R. Birney,
George J. Henderson, E. A. Van Fleet, E. T. Yates,
Everett F. Stolpart and Miss Marjorie Bryant.
Library Two years: Mrs. Frank J. Hoel, Mrs.
John W. Gill. One year: Mrs. F. F. Porter, Mrs.
A. D. Bradley, Mrs. J. C. Hammond.
Membership Mrs. E. B. Towl, chairman. For
three years: . Mesdames John Douglas, J. T. John
ston, Edward S. Jewell, James Liddell and Earl E.
Sterricker. For two years: Mesdames W. J.
Roush, George A. Wilson, J. W. Bedford, C. B.
Coon and A. R. McFarland. One year: Mesdames
R. C. Jordan, C. H. Townsend, E. B. Towl, J. D.
Hise and Mary E. Horton.
Educational Mrs. W. S. Knight, chairman. For
three years: Mrs. J. A. Maxwell, Mrs. George B.
Darr. Two years: Mrs. J. H. Dumont. One year:
Mrs. Edward Johnson, Mrs. W. S. Knight.
Civics Miss Katherine Worley, chairman; Miss
Esther Johnson, Mrs". George Joslyn, Mrs. Mary
A. Wearne and Mrs. Stella Bedford Wilson.
Civil Service Reform Mrs. F. H. Cole, chairman;
Mesdames James C. Dahlman, Frank G. Odell and
Lc W. Edwards. V '
Conservation Mrs. Edgar Allen, chairman; Mrs.
William Berry and Mrs. Edward Phelan.
Health Mrs. K. R. J. Edholm, chairman; Mrs.
C. C. Ryan and Mrs. Herbert C. Sumney,
Miss Marian Howe and Her Friend, Miss Frances
King, Seem to Have Enjoyed Life on the Moun
tain Ranch, Where Pleasures Were New Always
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Marion Howe
SOCIETY
Social Calendar
Monday
Luncheon at Hotel Fontenelle for Mrs. Henry
Pennock of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. F. H. Cole,
hostess.
Tuesday
Bridge tournament at Field club.
Harvest home dinner at Carter Lake club.
Dinner dances at Happy Hollow and Seymour
Lake Country clubs.
Luncheon at Field club; Mrs. A. D. Merriim,
hostess.
Bridge party; Mrs. E. A. Higgins, hostess.
Birthday party at Seymour Lake Country club.
Bridge party for Miss Dorothy Dennison Dun
lop given by her aunt, Mrs. Oscar Williams.
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Wednesday
Dinner dances at Country and Field clubi.
Marriage of Miss Emma. S. Dickman to Mr.
Charles Reen Richey it Rapid City, S. D.
Fidelis club meeting at Happy Hollow club.
Bridge party; Mrs. E. A. Higgins, hostess.
Sievers-Wolfe wedding.
Original Cooking club, Mrs. Sam Burns, hoi
, tess. - ' -
Thursday . t
Comus club; Mrs. J. P. Dlmkk, hostess.
Luncheon at Happy Hollow club, given by Mrs.
E. R. Perfect. ,
Dinner dance it Happy Hollow club.
Women's luncheon at Field club,
Brownell hall opens.,
Harvest home dinner at Happy Hollow club. '
Comus club, Mrs. J. F. Dimick, hostess.
North Side Progressive club high five party at
' Prairie Park club house.
Friday V
Dinner dance at Seymour Lake Country ctub.
Patriotic costume ball at Seymour Lake Coun
try dub. . ,
Saturday ' ,
Dinner dances at Country, Field, Happy Hol
low, Carter Lake and Seymour Lake Coun
try clubs. ,
DWELLER in the mystic realm of Quivera,
if unwonted illness should o'ertake you
within the coming fortnight, methinks the
physician diagnosing your case would ex
claim, in the oft-quoted words of Shakes
peare s description of Cassius, "He hath a
lean and hungry look, he thinks too much." Mayhap
this prevalent malady of thought which is ravaging
the dominions of King Ak-Sar-Ben has attacked you,
too. Even now you may be muttering incoherently,
"A might be king and B might be queen; orchid
gowns would be a color scheme to harmonise with
C's hair, eyes and complexion; D deserves the posi
tion of king and ought to stand a good chance of
the position; E is a charming girl with all the other
requisites, perhaps she will be the queen," until,
like Goldberg in the comics, you feel like saying,
"Keeper, sweep out psdded cell 1916."
Every day brings the grind denouement closer,
but every hour mikes the mystery deeper. With
the exception of those fortunate beings who share
all secrets of state because they create them, no one
has fathomed the baffling enigma of the identity of
king and queen of Ak-Sar-Ben for 1916 and 1917.
The announcement of the special maids Friday,
which seemed to enlighten matters, has really made
the riddle more confusing than ever. For how
are we to know what affairs of state prevented those
who might have been maids from being maids, ind
how ire you going to tell whether they axe being
reserved for the position of queen?
It speaks well for Omaha's supply of beautiful
young women that there are so many eligible for
the position of queen after the ranks of the repre
sentative have been invaded to provide twelve special
maids such as the Misses Josephine Congdon, Regina
Connell, Grace Allison, Emily Keller, Marian Welter,
Helen Pearce, Marjorie Smith, Irene Carter, Mar
garetha Grimmel, Naomi Towte, Alice Coad and
Cireta O'Brien I
To be the first to wear the new crown jewels
of a realm will be a novel honor for the queen who
is to be. Crown, bracelets, scepter, necklace and
girdle of silver and rhinestone will be fresh from
the maker for her coronation. Queens there have
been who wore full sleeves and feather waist-lines.
Others have worn short sleeves and little trains.
Hair has been done high and tight or pompadoured
and full or low and -loosely coiled. What will this
year bring forth? The modern costumes of the maids
will give variety and will appeal to the ultra-modernist.
The orchid shades are planned to harmonise
beautifully with. the royal purple of . the . princes'
costumes. .
The Tuesday Morning Musical club has now set
the dates for the various attractions in its program
for this season. The first treat will be given the
evening of November 3 at the Brandeis theater, when
Andreas Pavley and Serge Oukranisky, Russian
dancers, with seven women dancers and an orchestra
of twenty-five musicians, will appear. A club pro
gram featuring Mrs. L. F. Crofoot, pianist, will be
given the afternoon of December 5. The concert
by Miss Julia Culp has been arranged for the evening
of February 8. The concert by Miss Corinne Paul
son, another local pianist, will be heard the after
noon of January 2. ,
Leopold Godowsky will make his appearance on
the afternoon of February 26. This number will at
tract much attention among Omaha music lovers.
Pablo Casals, and his wife, Susan Metcalfe-Casals,
will be the last program by outside talent, and will
take place the evening of March 6. Last of all
will be the students' program on April 3.
This splendid program, together with the pro
gram which is being offered by the retailers in the
charity concert course and the specialties of local
theaters and organizations, will prevent a dearth
of things artistic in Omaha this winter.
Miss Marian Howe has been a most gracious and
charming queen. The secret of her choice was most
successfully kept and no one has wished to supplant
her. The remark is so often made, "Miss Howe has
such a tailored look." That seems to me a fitting at
tribute for a modern queen. What we want nowadays
is the combination of beauty and brains, which is
indicated by a simply and stylishly-gowned woman.
Miss Howe seems to be at home wherever she is
placed. Splashing in the water of a mountain
stream this summer with her friend, Miss Frances
King, she was as much at ease as in a drawing room.
She is an expert horsewoman, a necessary attribute
for a queen even in these days of automobiles.
Miss Howe, with her fiiend, Miss Frances King,
and father and mother spent several glorious weeks
in the west this summer and brought Back with her
hosts of such charming snapshots of her good times
as we have here. This will be one of the last times
we shall be privileged to refer to her as Miss Marian
Howe, the ruling queen of Ak-Sar-Ben.
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