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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1916)
13 Personal Gossip : Society Notes : Woman's Work : Household Topics THE REE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1916. December 8, 1916. A "mere inan" called my attention to the subject of today's chat. (The "mere man" happens to be my boss, but, since it -would not do to reveal his name, 1 have the melancholy pleasure this once of designating him as a mere man). Said the mere man: "Once my masculine wonderment was excited by learning of the custom in practice among mothers and daugh ters of laying away articles in the 'bride chest.' " It wa a thrifty, pretty custom which good old housewives cherished. They laid away in their old rough-hewn wood chests heavy linens, sprinkled thick' with lavender and such clean smelling perfumes, in view of the time when the daughter would have a home of her own in which to use the sheets and the table linen, the lace and the garments made with such pains. The presence of so many rare old laces, so many finely stitched garments, such priceless embroideries and such handsome old linen sheets among our treasured possessions to day is due to the infinite care and skill with which our great-great-grandmothers wrought for their bride chests. Modern woman does not find mar riage the only field open to her, she becomes bashful about admitting her ambitions in that respect and dis guises her bride chest under the name of "hope box." With equal thrift, but less painstaking care, the girl of to day hides away in her cedar chest sil ver, tatted and crocheted lace, dainty caps and many, many more things. Now, however, the "mere man" comes along and tells me the joke is on us, for what with all our interest in public affairs and business, and clubs and other out-of-the-home mat ters, marriage is fleeing from us in mortal terror of our militancy and with glee the man tells me of the lat est name tor the bride chest, the "God knows when box," he calls it. Alas! ENGAGEMENT OF POPULAR GIRL IS ANNOUNCED. SSJe V . r. v 1 ? 1 Making Pets of Birds sen since Thanksgiving left this morning for their home. iliss liugcnie Vv'hitmore is now visiting in Chicago. Dinner for Sister. Mr, and Mrs- W. J. Aitchison en tertained at dinner last evening in honor of Mrs. Aitchison's sister, Mrs W. J. Gaskell of Kansas City, who has been with her for a week. Mrs. Gas kell has been honor guest at a num ber of informal affairs during her stay. She leaves for her home today. Stork Special. A daughter was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Coad. Mrs Coad was formerly Miss Irene Mc Connell and the little girl is the first grandchild of Mr. and 'Mrs. A. B. McConnell. Celebrate Anniversary. Last Saturday Mr. and Mrs.' Fred Gille celebrated their forty-fifth wed , ding anniversary at their home. They were married in Omaha and have been residents of the city since the early '60s. A very enjoyable Evening was spem. nmong tnose present were: Messrs. and Mesdunes Charles N. Ullle, iel,os s. Clark. Jesse Mozingo, John Camenslnd. Mesdames S. C. Seeds of ' Baker, Mont: R. Holltngsworta. J. TVahl, Misses Margaret Jensen, (iraoe Gille, Kathertne Camenzind. Messrs. Carl Camenzind, -Will Trttl, Master H. J. Kelley. J. W. ftavfn . , L. Rassmuasen, Otto Rassmussen. Mesdames Nels Jensen, George Goodh&rt, Anna Kolley. Misses Helen Gille, Messrs. John 'Tritz. Kensington for Mrs. Bittenger. Complimentary to Mrs. Marie J. Bittenger of Des Moines, a promi nent woman in the work of the Woman's Relief corps of Iowa, Mrs. Charles G. Everson will entertain at a kensington at her home Saturday afternoon. The guests will include: Mesdames Mesdames Sarah Gardner, Elizabeth Pelroonet C. B. Mapes, J. H. Hale. J.OU Bauer, P. B. Gould. Andrew Traynor, Press Club Dinner. The Omaha Woman's Press club met for dinner in the grill room of the Hotel Loyal last evening to an nounce the results of its successful literary contest. The tables were ar ranged in the form of a square U, and nine tall vases filled with pink Kil larnev rnscs. the c-ift nf Mrs Mvmn Learned, formed the decorations. The guests included the judges in the contest. Those present were: Alegars, and Mesuam George Bcrnhard. Prtnz, , Myron Learned. Wayland Magee, Robert Rutledge, Mesdames R. K. MrKelvy. A. Hwartzla&der, Messrs. T. W. McCullough, Jean lmffiald. Misses Faith Iloel. May Mahoney, Margaret McShane, Henrietta Rees, Irma Oross, V-imma Rosicky, Jennie I.. Redfield, Kdlth Tobltt, W. A. Peters, H. G. Shedd. Martin Harris, Paul Wlfitham. Mllea GreenlesT. Mesdames Harriet MacMurphy, Jo Barton. Messrs. C. L. Thomas, I. ou Sumner. Misses l.ldw Wilson, Mary Duffy, Amy Gilmore. Helen Gallagher, Mary Gallagher. Elizabeth Kern, Rose Roskky. Anne Johnston. Engagement Announced. Mr. and Mrs. Will W. McBride an nounce the engagement of their daughter Grace to Mr. Harvey P. Thorsen of Chicago. Miss McBride is a very popular young Omaha woman, a graduate of Central High school and a talented violinist. For three years she studied at the American Conservatory in Chicago, under Her bert Butler, and since has been teach ing and doing concert work. Last June she gave a delightful recital at the First Congregational church of this city. She will be at home to spend Christmas with her parents. Mr. Thorsen specialized at the Uni versity of Chicago and is now circu lation manager of the wide-spread business magazine system. Events of the Day. Mrs. E. W. Gunther entertained at luncheon at the Blackstone today. Amateur Musical Club. The Amateur Musical club met to day with Mrs. George Barker, jr. This is the first meeting of the club tor the year and trom this time regu lar meetings will be held. A program ot Oerinan music was given today. UuD members include: Mesdames T. J. Mahoney A. I. Root Harry Steele , George Barker, Jr. E. A. Balrd Misses Gretchen McConnell Mesdames Gilbert Hitchrork George Mclntyre Harry Nlrholsen J. A. C. Kennedy N. P. Dodge Misses Eugenie Wbitmore Belle Von Mansfeld Club Luncheon. Mrs. D. J. Lahey entertained at a luncheon Wednesday at her home in Ikard Court, for the members and guests of the G. N. H. club. American Beauty roses were used in the living and dining rooms and the same color was used throughout the luncheon. Covers were laid for: Mesdamea- Mesdames Jacob Irmsek, Fred C. Rogers, James 8. Loney, James W. iDaniels, Walter P. Burkley, Howard A. Hoagland, Lester P. Weetcott, J. W. Herron. Will CHelnrlchs. Earl L. 'Hlgglna. Wedding Announcement. Mr. Hans C. Molgard, jr., and Miss lj-ace Blagdon of lalmadge, Neb., were married Monday in Nebraska City. The bridal couple was accom panied byi Miss Minnie Beccard and Mr. Floyd Goldsby, also of Tal madge. Mr. and Mrs. Molgard will make their home in Omaha, at 2412 St. Mary's avenue. On the Calendar. Mrs. Edward M. Syfert, president of the Omaha Woman's club, will en tertain the board of directors at luncheon at the Blackstone Saturday. The Original Cooking club met Wednesday with Mrs. Luther Kountze. Mrs. Moshier Colpetzer will be the hostess of the club in two weeks. Miss Loretto Dc . Lone, will enter tain at a studio breakfast Saturday complimentary to Rita Mario and the ten girls of her orchestra, who are playing at the Orpheum this week. Some of Miss De Lone's harp pupils will also be present- The Saturday Evening Dinner club, which was to have met Saturday evening of this -week with Mr. and Mrs. Baui Hern, will not meet until the evening of New Year's day. At that time Mr. and Mrs. Hern will en tertain the club. By GARRETT P. SERVISS. The basis of the interest excited by pet animals is the exhibition ot mind, or intelligence, which Their as sociation with human beings calls forth. We are everywhere looking for indications of the possession of mental power, and wherever .the slightest trace of it appears we feci that we have met with something akin to ourselves. The bird mind is in some ways the most interesting of all that we encounter below our own level, be cause of the peculiar physical struc ture and powers of its possessor. When a bird seems to have a dawn ing comprehension of our wishes or intentions, and responds to our ad vances, the impression that it pro duces is somehow different from that made by similar indications of intel ligence shown by four-foot creatures confined like ourselves to terrestrial locomotion. ome ot tne stories told ot the in telligence of birds are almost in credible. For instance, Prof. George Romanes, in his book on "Animal In telligence," describes an automaton onee publicly exhibited in England which performed certain movements in any order that the spectators might demand. It turned out that the secret motive power was a canary bird con cealed in the appartaus which had been taught to run in dofferent direc tions in response to particular words of command, and its weight, acting through levers, set the mechanism in motion. There is a well-accredited story of a golden eagle which, having been caught in a fox-trap that mutilated its claw, submitted to a surgical op eration, at the Paris Zoological gar dens, in a manner which impressed all the observers with a conviction that the eagle comprehended the in tentions of its surgical attendants. Ot course, in such accidental cases the onlookers are liable to ascribe to the animals concerned more intelligence than they may really possess, but long familiarity with pet ai" fords a' better ground of judgment. Linked with the .example is a re cent one of a golden eagle caught when very small by a British soldier in the Balkans, and now as tame as a canary. Wilson, the ornithologist, related a remarkable story of a pet crow, in Delaware, which lived for years with its master, and performed many curious tricks to the amusement of the family of visitors, but at last sud denly; disappeared. It was believed tohave been shot, but nearly a year Talks for Children. Mr. Harry O. Palmer will talk .to the children of the Junior Audubon society Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the assembly room of the public library on his experiences at Camp Hale, in New Hampshire. Vivid Colors in Vogue. Vivid colors appear in some of the French coats, always with the fur to tone the coloring down. A coat of orange yellow showed a lining of a certain greenish blue, and though the tning sounds crude, so unerringly were the shades attuned that the effect was as harmonious as it was unusual. Brilliant linings are greatly liked even or especially when the coat is of a dark or neutral tint or of white. Eagle Brought Up as a Pet by an English Officer. , order. "If the sentence be composed of a few words, the first two or three later, as its master was standing with some friends, one morning, on the shore of a river, a flock of crows arc sai( ovfr over agajni ,d then passed and one of them, leaving it companions. Hew straight toward the men and alighted on the shoulder of its old master, "gabbling away with great volubility." But it refused to let itself be caught or detained, and after having, as it were, made a passing call for the sake of old friendship, flew away in pur suit of the flock, now far off ill the skv, and was never seen again. The wonderful power of mimicry,! possessed by parrots is the chief cause of their popularity as pets, for no more striking evidence of quasi human intelligence could be given by a bird than the capacity torepeat words and sentences with an appearance of com prehending their meaning. What could be. more amusing than the con duct of the parrot belonging to the famous French naturalist, Buffon, which, after being taught to offer its claw to anyone who saidv "Polly give me your claw," at length acquired the habit of itself asking for its claw and theu holding up the claw in re sponse to its own demand I The description from Dr. Samuel Wilks, F. R. S. of the education of a parrot, must interest every person who is fond of animal pets, and be sides it throws some light on 'the workings of the bird's brains. When beginning to teach a sentence to a parrot, says Dr. Wilks, it must be re peated many times, aid all the while the bird listens attentively, putting the opening of its car as near the speaker as possible. After a few hours the bird is heard trying to repeat the phrase that it 'has listened to. The first at tempts are "very poor and ludi crous," but eventually the words are repeated perfectly in their proper Tips on Winter Styles Blouses show Russian embroideries and also designs carried out in che nille. Mole and mink are the furs that travel together just now in fashion's estimation. The silver and gold tones so much in evidence this season are to be reck oned with among evening coats ap pearing not only in rich brocades but in the form of heavy laces, big tassels, etc. , Japanese ano) other oriental trim mings are much in vogne for the dec oration of evening wraps and also for dinner frocks of satin or velvet. Evening wraps are frequently en riched with ornaments- of pearls and strasse. ; V A beautiful coat in wine red velvet with bag collar of dark fur, shows the lower half of the cape-like sleeve made of heavy silver lace, tied aft the wrist with silver ribbon, the long ends floating down over the velvet to the coat hem. Big silver tassels dec orate the fronts. Enchanting little restaurant hats in the new mushroom shape have irather-l high crowns made entirely of jet se quins and brims of shirred black net several layers of the net shirred on light wires. The whole hat is light and dainty in effect, for the jet crown is, made of net also, with wafer-thin sequins sewed closely together. There are lovely new somber tinted velvets, with real Japanese or Chinese designs in the willow patterns. There are also white velvets with round discs with inset designs such as occur in real cashmere shawls, which will make un into delightful evening coats, for which, also, there are two other new materials both so closely resemb ling fur that they may easily be taken for it. These materials are likely to be greatly in demand for edgings as bands to Russian blouses and jackets, used like galoons, and for skirt trim mings. A smart way to make a fur hat this year is with a wide band of fur mink, mole or beaver for a straight turban brim "and shirred " velvet in gunmetal gray or mole color for a crown. The band of fur is wired at the upper and lower edges, and after attaching it to the velvet crown, the lower edge is bent into an elongated shape and the upper edge plaited, bent or fluted so that the turban adjusts itself to the shape of the head. An upstanding hedge of goura, sprouting above the velvet crown, adds to the smart (Kfect. Vanity Boxes More popular than , ever. They are made in very artistic designs; plain, en graved or with gold stripe. Sterling Silver, $11 to $20 RYAN JEWELRY CO., Rose Bldf 16th and Farnam. THE XMAS GIFT SHOP. another and another word added, un til the sentence is complete, the pro nunciation being at first very imper fect, and then becoming gradually more complete until, the task is accomplished. Thus hour after hour will the bird be iudefatigably working at the sen tence, and not until some days have elapsed will it be perfect. Dr. Wilks adds that the process pursued by the parrot seemed to be exactly what he had observed in a child learning a French phrase. Nuts Are Nourishing 111- sharp winds ot autumn arc, ; "htiltrr," which can then be spread I ringing in their t vain not only sparK-j on bread. The nut bowl should be ' linif "-In-t-ks ami increased apnetites, kept heaped un the side table, as an b-il a h.u-v'i nl '-idi 1'khI value Mow-i otherwise hasty, inadequate meal can ever ti fieiiut-Mtlv happens that we be made substantial by the addition of do ""I appreciate .sufficitmtly Ih-j I walnuts, almonds or filberts. The 'iiing- that are close at bund and in-1 protein of mils is exactly what grow epensivr. am1 litis serins to be true! in -hiidrin should have. til nallve nuts Hickories. CDesl- The nld.fahinned mrllinH nf erarlt- ill s nuts with the edge of f flaliron or a hammer resulted not only in loos ened kernels, but in bruised fingers, M' it has always been considered that nut-cracking is an unpleasant, untidy proceeding, better to he done at some other place than the family table. This criticism, however, does not stand before the up-to-date cracking devices, which make it possible to do lite work both efficiently and pleas antly at the table. One of these is a large scissors-like gripper, which has enough leverage to crack the nut so that the meat comes out whole. Another novelty is a bowl of polished wood with a permanent sheller, oper ating by the pressure of a screwing handle, which bears down on the nut, thus bursting it and allowing the nut meats to fall out whole. The I same device comes with a clamp. ,-liich can be fastened to the edge o! the table. For kitchen use the lat ter is most practical and far superior id the old simple lever "cracker." J If the housewife who thinks that nuts are a luxury or a sweetmeat will once try making nut dishes, she will be surprised at their number and var iety. When meat palls or when its price is soaring too high, try a nut roast. A nut hash is much more at 'ractive than meat hash. Peanuts can f be combined in numberless ways and n a most delicious cream puree made using peanut butter. Use chestnuts " for fowl stuffing or a vegetable ac companiment to beefsteak and yoa,' will be surprised at the deliciotis. novel piquancy of this inexpenaivej" dish. - .ii-ts. Iniitcrniiis, black walnuts, fil 1 V-ris - v. hieli may all he found ii wood, and aionK lite road. I'ntil recently aiways irgarded as h delicacy or a vnitt'ection, nuts are at last taking their place as true food. ; s'ning us the highest food value, com parable lo meat, tat and starch, in he smallesl condensed shape. It is ; i o longer a ioke that a handiul of I peanuts urnisltes as much nutriment ; a pound of meal, or that a doren lilntonds are sufficient for half the food supply of a meal. Most nuts , consist of proiein and oil. The ex teptinns are that group to which the ! chestnut belongs, and which consist j i lntost entirely of ktarch. The poorer people of foreign countries hav 1 shown us its possibilities as a stuf fing, boiled as a vegetable or pre served as those delicious "inarrons" Nuts for Children. Alllumgh nul? may have been con sidered indigestible, these unpleasant results ltae been due generally not to the nut itself, but to the manner in which it was eaten. Of course, they will prove a tax if eaten on top of an otherwise heavy meal, or when combined with rich sugar or if thev are not thoroughly masticated. But children should have nuts, and plenty of them, and they should be taught to chew them thoroughly, and in case of some nuts, especially almonds, the tough outer coating should be removed by blanching in . boiling water. It is also an easy matter to grind nuts through the meat chopper, eithe.' in coarse particles or in the form of 15TH AND DOUGLAS We Will Give You "Inside Inf ormation"Coricern ing Our Sale for Today. Saturday. December, 9 U n A Maw V 1- last week and gave him two Instructions. First He was to buy only "desirable" merchandise, from the standpoints of style, quality and make. Sec ondHe was to buy this merchandise at a re duced -price. We expect bargains from the manufacturers at this time of year, the same as you expect bar gains from us. i He succeeded. We received something like 640 Coats, Suits and Dresses by express the tint part of this week all desirable garments, and every one bought at a discount from the regular whole- Bale price. ' These Garments Will Be Placed on Sale Saturday and You Will Be Gioen the Benefit of the Saving We Made 1 $ A Rack of Winter Coats Values $15 to $18.50. . . These are some of our special purchase. The lot Includes wool velours, mixtures, pebble cheviots and fancy striped plush coats In the season's adopted styles and In all colors and sites. Coats worth to (18.50, for 110.00. , . ..... .. 10 50 Silk or Serge Dresses t Values $16.50 to $22.50. 1 Including the popular long-line effect with pleats from the shoul der. Materials are- serge, 'crepe de chine, crepe' meteor and taffeta In navy, black, brown, green, and burgundy. . ; 12 Plush Coats A Big New Stock That We Bought at Reduced Prices And You Get the Benefit. $22.50 Plush Coats $15.00 $30.00 Plush Coats, $22.50 $35.00 Plush Coats, $26.00 $40.00 Plush Coats, $29.75 $50,00 Plush Coats, $37.60 Fur Trimmed. Silk Waists Crepe de Chine, Jap Silk Lace Trimmed $1.75 Women's Suits Half and .Less Velvet, Broadcloth, Gabardine, Poplin. $20.00 Suits for.... ,.. $9.50 .$25.X) Suits for $11.95 $30.00 Suits for $14.60 $35.00 Suits for $18.75 $40.00 Suits for $19.50 SILK WAISTS Tailored or Fancy Values to $4.25 $2.95 19 OOUfrLAS Women's Furs' Fur Sets J Fur Muffs. ' Fur Scarfs , f I off SEPARATE SKIRTS Solid colors, Plaids, Stripes. : Any Skirt in stock . v ' Vsoff Choice oi the. stock Any Lace or Silk Waist ' Up to' $8.50 for1 , $4.95 Including the new shades Flame, Bisque, Chartreuse, Gojd, Beige, Flesh, White. Use the telephone for Bee Want Ads. Tyler 1000 Seven trunk lines. Intelligent ad-takers. One Cent Per Word. Ask For and GET X SHOES FOR THE LITTLE MAN Social Gossip. Mrs. G. W. Carlyle Whiting left Monday for Brownville, Tex., to join her husband, after spending five weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sweet. Mrs. A. S. Sherman, Mrs. N. B. Nicholsen and Miss Gracia Nichol spii of Burlington, la., who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nichol- Most every boy puts up a bigger howl about get ting "just the kind of shoes" he winta than he does about any other article of his wearing apparel. That's why so many boys insist on coming here. They're sure of getting the style and the parent is sure of getting the quality. Whatever the children's needs, we have the right shoe for them. Prices range from $2.50 up, according to size. eI3 a. DOUGLAS. EVERY WOMAN IN OMAHA SHOULD SEE THIS NEW Twilight Grey WALK-OVER Kid-Buck Boot The -tines are beautiful. Has long. tapering vamp, full Louis covered heel, high tops with blind eye lets; in Tact, we think that this ihoe is about the class of Omaha and very reasonably; priced, at $750 to MO Ml c s m r ii F n I J pimi I 1 Xmas e Christmas Slippers for Men and Women We have a complete stock of splendid House Slippers for men and women, in the popular styles, and at prices that will surely suit you. WALKOVER BOOT SHOP J17 South 16th St., Between Harney and Faraam Sts. mmmmmmmmmSfSKmmmmHim nullum i&i Cat the Round Package , Used for Yi Century. Caution jvold Substitutes. PHitA SWAlItO Mn i;wia,w.s.. MORLICCfS THE ORIGINAL " MALTED MILK Made from clean, rich milk with the ex. tract of select malted grain, malted in our own Malt Houses under sanitary conditions. Infant and ckildnn thrive on It. Agrmu with thm wakeMt tlamach of (A oanlid or tht amL Nndt no cooking nor addition of milk. ; Nourishes and sustains more than tea, coffee, ete. " Should be kept at home or when traveling. Ann- t tntuua food-drink may be prepared in a moment, y A glassful hot before retiring induces re freshing deep. Also in lunch tablet form for business i i Substitutes Cost YOU Sam Pries ' Take a Package Home) "WAIT" On Sunday, when the family asks: ; "What's for dessert?" tell them to wait and see. You have something nice for them in our Sunday special. This week it's ' , PEACH MARMALADE