The Omaha Sunday Bee
PART THREE
SOCIETY
PAGES ONE TO FOUR
PART THREE
SOCIETY
PAGES ONE TO FOUR
VOL." XLVI NO. 15. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1916. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
"What's in a Name, Anyhow?" You Ask Us
CLUBDOM
Calendar of Club Doings
Monday .
Child Conservation 1-aguc, Dundee circle;
Mrs. Miles Greenleaf, hostess; 2:30 p. m.
Tuesday
P. E. O. sisterhood, chapter B. P.; Mrs. D. V.
McVea, hostess; 2:30 p. m.
Business Women's council, luncheon and
prayer meeting, courthouse, 11 to 2 o clock.
Business Women's club itereopticon lecture,
Y. W. C. A., 7:45 p. m.
Prairie Park Needlecrat't club, club house,
2 p. in. x
Wednesday
Woman's Relief corps, George A. Custer
branch, Memorial hall, 1:30 p. m.
Dundee Woman's club; Mrs. G. C. Guinter,
hostess; 2:30 p. m.
Mothers' Culture club, luncheon, Mrs. George
E. Mickel, hostess, 1 p. m.
W. C. T. U, Frances Willard branch, . W.
C. A., 2 p. m. w ,
W. C. T. C, Omaha branch, . M. C. A.,
2:30 p. m.
W. W. club, Mrs. H. F. Shearer, hostess.
club, Benson city hall,
Thursday
' Benson Woman's
2:30 p. m.
P. E. O. sisterhood, Chapter B. K., evening
party at home of Mr. and Mrs. 'J. T. Bu
chanan. George Crook Woman's Relief corps, kensmg
ton, Mrs. F. J. Ferrcll, hostess.
Friday
Woman's auxiliary to Episcopal churches,
Omaha, South Side and Florence branches,
Trinity cathedral chapel, 10 a. m.. -
Society of American Widows, Crounse block,
7 p. m.
PROGRAMS for the two big state conven
tions, to be held in Hastings the first week
in October, that of trie Nebraska Woman.
Suffrage association and the .Nebraska Fed
eration of Women's Clubs, are out. The
suffragists meet for their thirty-sixth annual
and the club women their twenty-first annual
"love meet." Hastings will entertain at the7" same
time the two biggest women of both national or
ganizations, Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles of Los An
geles, who at the New York biennial was elected
to succeed Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker as president
of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt of New York, president
of the International as well as the National Woman
Suffrage association.
. A luncheon will be given for both national presi
dents on Tuesday, October 3, while both women will
speak that same evening at the opening meeting
of the federated woman's clubs, perhaps thefirst
time the heads of these two big organizations have
ever appeared on the same program. That Mrs.
Cowles is a voter, since she is a California woman,
and Mrs. Catt is not, it is interesting to note.
Omaha women on the program will be Mrs. F.
H. Cole, chairman of the civil service reform depart
ment for the general federation, who speaks on
"Women in Civil Service;" Mrs. C. W. Hayes, state
legislative chairman; Mrs. K. R. J. Edholm, state
health chairman; Mrs. E. M. Syfert, president of the
Omaha Woman's club; Mrs. M. D. Cameron, state
recording secretary; Mrs. F. J. Birss, who will lead a
conference on "How to Make Our Cities More Effi
cient;"' Mrs. R. E. McKelvy, who will speak on the
"Desirability of a Press Department." Mrs. Cole
will also give a report of the scholarship trustees.
Monday, October 2, is the opening day of the
suffrage convention, the big evening meeting to be
addressed by Mrs. Catt. Mrs,. W. E. Barklcy, state
president, will give the state suffragists some point
ers on a winning campaign.
Mrs. E. M. Syfert, the president; Mrs. Wiiliam
Berry, Mrs. John W. Gill, Mrs. James Liddell, Mrs.
F. J. Birss, Mrs. F. A. Howard arid Mrs. David
McGahey are the delegates to the federation meet
ing from the Omaha Woman's club.
Benson's Woman's club will be represented by
the president, Mrs. O. S. Brooks, and Mrs. C. A.
Tracy; the Woman's Club of the Railway Mail
Service by Mrs. O. M. Jones and Mrs. J. K. Bit
tinger, since the president, Mrs. R. L. Frantz, is
unable to attend. The Dundee Woman's club will
name its delegates at the meeting Wednesday. The
South Side Woman's club will send its president,
Mrs. P. J. Farrell, Mrs. J. B. Watkins, Mrs. R. P.
Falkner and Mrs. N. M. Graham.
Lists of delegates to the suffrage convention are
also well-nigh completed. Mrs. R. E. McKelvy,
president; Dr. Fay, Mesdames George C. Coveil,
C. S. Hartwick, A. 0. Carson, Thomas Brown, Her
bert McCoy and T. R. Ward are the delegates from
the Omaha Suffrage association; the alternates are
Miss Edith Ward, Mesdames Thomas Duffy, F. J.
Birss, Mary Carmack, A. O. Etan, Sherman Felt and
R. F. Gilder.
From the Equal Franchise society will go the
president, Mrs. J. M. Metcalf, and Mesdames E. M.
Fairfield, C. H, Johannes, Z. T. Lindsey, Edward
Burke, James Richardson, E. W. Gunthcr, Halleck
Rose, C. W. Russell and Mary Cannack.
Equal Franchise society will hold its annual meet
ing at the Hotel Fontenelle Thursday, October 12. at
3 o'clock. This will be one of the important fall
meetings. Mrs. W. E. Barkley, state suffrage presi
dent, will be present, and reports will be given of
both the national suffrage convention held at At
lantic City and the state meeting as well.
f The Political Equality league will be represented
by Mrs. F. D. Wead, its president; Mrs. Myrtle
Kelly, Miss Belle Dewey and others.
Local Women's Christian Temperance unions en
tertained the largest state convention that has ever
been held, last week, at the First Christian church.
The convention exceeded by 100 delegates any pre
vious state meeting, over 300 being the total. The
church was crowded for every session, especially in
the evening, when young people took part in the pro
gram. The 'presence of Mrs. William Jennings
Bryan, wife of the former secretary of state, who
has espoused the temperance cause so strongly, lent
additional interest to the meeting. Mrs. Bryan was ,
elected delegate-at-large to the national temperance '
convention in Indianapolis in November.
Such a graceful, diplomatic and capable executive
as Mrs. Mamie M. Claflin of University Place has
seldom presided over such a large body of women
in Omaha. Mrs. Claflin was re-elected to the presi
dency, as were all of the state officers but one.
Addtional Club News on Page Four '
Here Are Two Omaha Young Women Whose
Names Are Exactly Alike, and Maybe They Can
Answer You as to the Fun the Situation Involves
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SOCIETY
Social Calendar
Monday
Annual Golfers' dinner at Happy Hollow club.
Bridge-luncheon for Miss Lucile Bacon, given
by Mrs. Arthur Pinto.
Luncheon for Miss Ethel Tierney, given at
Carter Lake clubhouse by Tuesday Whist
club.
Doyle-Lewis wedding.
Luncheon at Country club for Miss Dorothy
Dennisor. Dunlop; Mrs, C. W. Russell,
hostess.
Box party at Boyd for special Ak-Sar-Ben
maids, given by Miss Nancy Boyer.
Tuesday
Ak-Sar-Ben fall Jubilee begins.
Krogan-Rice wdding in Austin, Texas,
Dramatic tea for Omaha Woman's Press club;
Mrs. Martin Harris, hostess.
Dinner at Happy Hollow club,' given by Miss
Henrietta (ilmorc tor Miss Helen Jackson
of Westlield, N. J.
at Field
club, Mrs, E, P, Smith,
Luncheon
hostess.
Bridge-luncheon for Miss Lucile Bacon, Mrs.
C. T. Kountze, hostess.
Luncheon at Field club, Mrs. R, D, Pollard,
hostess.
Afternoon affair for Miss' Ethel Tierny, given
by Miss Viola Morearty.
Rohrbaugh-Heaton wedding at Wahoo, Neb.
Luncheon at Field, club, Mrs. C. B, Bo wen,
hostess.
Closing bridge tournament at Field club.
Dinner dances at Happy Hollow and Seymour
Lake Country clubs.
Wednesday
Carruthers-Britton wedding.
Bridge-luncheon for Misl Lucile Bacon, given
by Mrs. J. W. Griffith.
Luncheon at Fontenelle, given by Mrs. George
M. Ribbrl for her daughter, Mrs. John Pull
man of Nogales, Ariz.
Thursday
Luncheon of Delta-Tau-Delta fraternity at
' University club.
Le Mars Dancing club party at Keep Dancing
academy.
Friday
Seymour Lake Country club closing dinner
dance,
Saturday
Closing dinner dances at Country, Field, Happy
Hollow and Carter Lake clubs.
Carnival en masque at Carter Lake club.
McCaffrey-Schoup wedding in Council Bluffs.
Percival-Hamilton wedding in Peoria, III,
Afternoon party for Miss Ethel Tierney, given
by Miss Helen Anderson.
Bridge party for Miss Lucile Bacon, Mrs. Os
good Eastman, hostess.
SUPPOSE your name was Miss Rhodes and'
you were attending high school, where you
were constantly being confused with a Miss
Rhoades. Of course you woud insist on.
letting everyone knew that your name was
Mildred Rhodes, but wouldn't you bt sur
prised to learn that the other young lady's name was
Mildred Rhoades also? Then, when in desperation
you insisted on being called by your full name, Mil
dred Bernice Rhodes, wouldn't you be absolutely
flabbergasted toknow that the other young lady's
name was Mildred Bernice Rhoades as well?
This is the situation which confronted the two
girls, Mildred Rhodes and Mildred Rhoades, the
whole year they spent in Central High school to
gether. Both are the slaughters of well-known
Omahans, but they bear no relation whatever to
each other. Mildred Rhoades is the daughter of
W. E. Rhoades and Mildred Rhodes is the daughter
of W. H. Rhodes. 7 '
Aside from a near similarity in the fathers' in
itials, the fathers of the two Mildreds are engaged
in somewhat the same line of business. Mr, Rhodes
buys and sells banks and bank stocks, while Mr.
Rhoades is connected with the United States Na
tional bank.
You can't distinguish the two Mildreds by tell
ing which organizations their mothers belong to,
either. It is a queer coincidence that both Mrs.
Rhodes and Mrs, Khoades are members of the
Fine Arts society, Visiting Nurse association, Old
People's home and Young Women's Christian asso
ciation. The young ladies are rejoicing in the fact that
this year they may perhaps preserve their own
identity, because Mildred Bernice Rhoades is going
away to Smith college, while Mildred Bernice
Rhodes will attend Brownell hall, where she is presi
dent of the senior class. '
Most of the young people Ire now safely set
v to work in colleges, boarding schools, preparatory
schools and high schools, and the grown-ups are
left to their own devices. The first important event,'
of course, is Ak-Sar-Ben. Tuesday the big annual
circus will begin. Already the stores have put on
their festive habiliments, the crowds are beginning
to gather and the air is filled with anticipation.
Carnival will reign until Saturday, October 7. Dur
ing this time carnival parties will be the order.
Theater parties will follow the parades and numer
ous guests will be entertained in the homes of well
known people. The ball on Friday evening and th
masked ball on Saturday evening will be the cul- v
mination of the fall jubilee. Then all hidden things
will be revealed and joy will reign in the realm
of King Ak-Sar-Ben over the accession to the throne
of another regal queen and king. '
' Wedding affairs and weddings are filling the'
autumn air. This week will see the climax of three
school romances. On Tuesday, Miss Helen'
Hcaton and Mr. Merrill Rohrbaugh will be united
in marriage. Mr. Rohrbaugh is prominent in fra
ternity circles, as is also Mr. Searle Holmes, whose
marriage will take place the following day. On
Saturday will occur the marriage of the Rev. George
A. Percivat and Miss Jean Hamilton. '
Tlfc marriage of Dr. Francis A. Brogan to Misi
Mary Cleo Rice, daughter oj Judge and Mrs. Ben
jamin Herbert Rice, will take place on Tuesday.
Each of these weddings will take place out of town.
The Rohrbaugh-Heaton wedding will take place in
Wahoo, Neb., the marriage ceremony of Mr. Searle
Holmes will be performed in Lansing,' Mich, the
marriage of Rev. Mr. Percival and Miss Hamilton
will be solemnized in Peoria, 111., and the Brogan
Rice wedding will be celebrated at the home of the
bride's parents in Austin, Tex.
Miss Leona Schoup of Council Bluffs and Mr.'
Sherman McCaffery will be united in marriage Sat
urday of this week in Council Bluffs at a large church
wedding. The Doyle-Lewis wedding, on Monday,
and the Carruthers-Britton wedding, on Wednes
day, are other events of the week. - .
This week we bid farewell to the Country elubs
for another season. We have had many joyous
times in them this warm summer and we pronounce
fervently the words, "Requiescat in pace." f
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