The Omaha Sunday Bee
PART TWO
SOCIETY
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VOL. XL VI NO. 38.
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sflCi (PpJ r" M555v Mas. James If cKwley )
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MRS. WILLIAM W. FARISH AND HER DAUGHTERS,
Annette and Florence, of Montclair, N. J., who spent a
few days laet week at "Hillside guests of Mrs. Farish's
aunt, Mrs. Henry W. Yates. Mrs. Farish was formerly Miss
Florrie Lemon of St. Joseph and has many friends here.
Both young women are debutantes of this winter.
Social Calendar
Mondv
Monday Bridge club, Mrs. E. A.
Higgins. hostess.
Original Monday Bridge club,
Mrs. A. G. Beeson.
Luncheon for Miss Marie
Hodge,' Mrs. M. D. Cameron,
hostess, at Blackstone.
Tuesday
Winter Dancing club, Dundee
hall.
Pagalco club dance at Keep's
Dancing academy.
Jolly Twelve club. Miss Geor
gia Astleford, hostess.
Informal bridge for Mrs. F. N.
Heller, Mrs. Fred Wallace,
hostess.
Tuesday Bridge club, Mrs. John
Redick, hostess.
Wednesday
Valentine dinner-dance at Uni
versity club.
Rothschild-Orkin wedding at
home of Mr. and Mrs. Max
Orkin.
Kensington for Miss Marie
Hodge, Miss Hazel Evans,
hostess.
Gamma Sigma club party given
by Mrs. Fred Wallace for her
husband.
Thursday
Original Cooking club with Mrs.
W. S. Poppleton.
Reception and ball of Knights
Templar, at the Blackstone.
Original Cooking club, Mrs.
William Sears Poppleton, hos
tess. Saturday
Delta Delta Delta meeting, Mrs.
Eugene Coffeen, hostess.
Rite Dancing club party at Scot
tish Rite cathedral.
Luncheon for Miss Marie Hodge,
Mrs. G. A. Rohrbough, host
ess. THIS month of February is full of
such splendid excuses for social
affairs that the marvel is we
are not having more of them.
These days of birthdays of great men
would be a fitting climax for a winter
social season. The trouble is that so
many serious matters . are . being
brought to our attention that we have
no time nor energy for mere pleasure,
Really a great deal of what one
might call promiscuous entertaining is
being done. Not a day passes that does
not record some little luncheon for a
visitor or some gathering of friendly
women at one of the delightful hotels.
The afternoons usually see some of
the business men forsaking their of-
fices to join their fair friends for the
tea dansante at the Fontenelle. A
reasonable number of theatrical at-
tractions has also furnished an excuse
for theater parties with their attend-
ant suppers at the hotels and dancing
afterward.
The suffrage luncheon at the Black-
stone Wednesday was a highly "blue
blood" affair viewed from a socictv
standpoint. It was a "suit luncheon"
if you should ask the dress, and very
charming suits they were, too. One
Df those who attended said. "It is said
that one can judge a woman's station
irom ner footwear and her headgear.
Since the feet were hidden, I could
only judge from the hats, but they in-
dicated a select company."
Yesterday evening was a crowded
one. Every music lover who could
attended the recital given by Mrs. Mac
Dowell at the Young Women's Chris
tian association auditorium. The
fraternity contingent attended the
Beta Theta Pi alumni dancing party
which was ffiven at th lTnivrctrv
club. Still another set, and this was
perhaiw the gayest of the three, com-
prised the members of last year's
Saturday subscription dance club.
The Misses Meliora and Elizabeth
of the
Davis originated the idea of gathering
the crowd for another dance this year
and largely through their efforts the
party was a brilliant success. It may
be that the lone effort of this club
during this season will be followed,
with other parties of similar nature
before spring.
One week more and a little over
and Lent will be upon us. Parties for
Miss Marie Hodge a February bride
still continue to occupy a great manv
.afternoons. Two popular dancing
parties will take place this week, the
one given by the Winter Dancing
club at Dundee hall and the other a
Valentine dinner dance at the University-
club. .!
The Creighton University Glee club
concert Thursday evening will re
ceive the hearty support of all friends
of the school and ils students. It is
the only large local college musical
event which Omaha boasts, and as
such holds a unique place in social
affairs. Managers and directors of
the chib stoutly assert that the event
will be well worth hearing and will be
novel in its nature. Box parties and
line parties for the performance arc
planned by many people.
Dunsany Is Nephew of Plunkett.
Special interest attaches to one of
the four playlets which the Portman
teau players bring to the Boyd thea
ter February 2,i. ' 'i he Gods of the
Mountain," by tlie Irislt playwright.
Lord Dunsany, on account of the fact
that i,ord Dunsany is a nephew of
Sir Horace Plunkett, who comes 'to
Omaha quite frequently, or used to
before the war, to look after his vast
real estate holdings in Nebraska and
here in the city.
Lord Dunsany is spoken of as the
greatest living writer of short dramas
in the last number of Current Opin
ion. The local center of the Drama
league is sponsoring the appearance
of. the Portmanteau theater here, ten
business men having been induced
to make the necessary guarantee for
the production. Mrs. J. T. Stewart
2d and-Mrs. Samuel Burns accom
plished tins.
Social Settlement Activities.
A veritable bee-hive of activity is
the Social settlement on the South
Side. Greatest interest is shown in
the .Saturday morning sewing class
of Mrs. F. S. Harma, which includes
not only sixty-eight girls, but also
tllirty boys, all between the ages of
an' yrs. The boys would
rather do manual training, of course,
bat since the board has been unable
to secure a volunteer instructor, the
')oy9 ' not considere it unmanly or
beneath them to learn to sew. In-
dee(l thy can now mend their own
clothes, Mrs. L. M. Lord vouches for
them. .
Mrs. Hanna is a trained volunteer
worker. Before coming to Omaha,
she worked in the Rivington Street
and Hartley House Settlements in
New York. So thorough is Mrs.
H"a in her methods that in order
,0 teach ,ne children how to sew on
bn'tons properly, she went to a tailor
snoP anl 'earned how herself. First
llle children are taught to make
Samplers using all the kinds of
stitches they will later reouire. Now
'be girls are making outing flannel
petticoats and the boys are making att'er., childre'n and a nurse, leave to
mufflers. day for Belleaif, Fla.
story hour for the children. Tuesday
evenings, the West Side Jollies, a
girls' club, arranges dancing parties.
Thm-sday evenings, a class of girls,
who are learning dressmaking, meet
to cook and serve their own dinner
first.
Volunteer workers will always be
welcomed at the settlement, Mrs.
Lord announces.
Away to Balmy Climss.
Mrs. E. E. Calvin and Miss Nellie
Calvin have gone to California, ilr.
Week
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MRS. JOSEPH MAUL METCALF, president of the Equal Franchise society. Mrs. Met
calf is the daughter of the late Colonel J. N. Cornish, pioneer Omaha banker, and a sister
of Judge Albert J. Cornish of Lincoln and Edward J. Cornish, high in New York financial
circles. Her big home is often opened for social functions.
Calvin accompanied them west, but
will not remain long.
Dr. and Mrs. Ewing Brown
left
last week for iexas.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Fort and
daughter, Louise, were ' in Omaha
Tuesday in their private car on their
way to California, and were joined
nere oy Mr ana Mrs. v . n Murray,
1 hir. will rrnn a mntilh cr
weeks.
Mrs. Fort and Miss Louise
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spent
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Barker at the Blackstone.
Mrs. Ben Gallagher and son, Ben,
left Thursday for Los Angeles, to be
gone several weeks.
Mrs. Jay Northrup will leave Mon
day for Miami, Fla., where she will
spend three months with her brother,
Mr. J. R. Shane.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wharton. Mr.
and Mrs. Moshier Colpetzer and. Mr.
and Mrs. Ward Burgess plan to
leave about the 20th for New York,
and from there will go to Palm
Beach and Belleair.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Brady and
l- n-n. n :.u .u.
Informal Entertaining.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Storz enter-
tained Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beaton,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Met, Mr. and
Mrs. Will Schnorr, Miss Ophelia
Hayden and Mr. Charles McLaugh
lin at dinner at their home Thursday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Carlisle enter
tained Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Meyer and
Mr. and Mrs. bdwin hwobe at dinner
Friday evening at their home. :
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Meyer gave a
dinner Thursday cycukg ior Ucaad
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1917.
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Mrs. Charles Meyer of Los Angeles.
The other guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Wharton and Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Davis.'
Social Gossip.
Mrs. E. C. Jensen returned Monday
from luifi mnnth in San Antrtnin
where she visited the home of Miss.
Tt ,: t? a.
rautine roruiran.
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Chicago to spend the week-end with
their son, Robert. Mrs. Howe will
remain a week or so longer.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Eraser have
retained from Excelsior Springs.
Mrs. w. r. liaxter is expected home
from New York today. . .
Mr. and Mrs. C. Louis Meyer are
expected home , this week, the latter
from a visit in . St. Louis and Mr.
Meyer from a business trip east.
Mrs. Wilson left Tuesday for Bos-
ton and Cobassct to Visit' her uncle
and sister, Mr. Albert Brown and
Mrs. Larned, for a month or six
weeks.
Miss Marion Howe, who is studying
music in New York, is enjoying a
season 01 grana opera, i-asi ween sne
was a guest in the Henry Frick box
with Miss Margaret Homer, daugh-
ter of the
Homer.
singer, Madame Louise
Mr. and Mrs.' Arthur Keeline are
in Chicago visiting their sisters, Mrs.
Louis Jaques and Mrs. Conrad Spens.
Mr. and Mrs. Hone Clarke are
spending the winter in New York
uy, naving tanen a lurnisnen apart
ment at 45 East Eighty-second street,
where Mrs. Clarke's mother, Mrs. Ella
Squires, is with them.
Mrs. John C. Drexcl and her sons,
.John and. Herbert, and. her mother,
Mrs. John Brandt, left for California
for a month's slay. '
Mr. and Mrs. V. I. Coad have re
turned from Minneapolis.
Notes from Engagement Book.
Mrs. Gunner Nasbtirs will enter
tain the members of the Alpha Phi
Alumnae association on Monday aft
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crnoon at the regular monthly meet
ing. Mrs. Louis Oldficld will entertain
the W. W. club at luncheon at her
home Wednesday.
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton will
be hostess for this week's meeting of
tne booking club,
Prettiest Mile Women's Golf club
will meet Thursday morning at 10
o'clock for golf at Clark's indoor
course and from there will go lo the
Blackstone for luncheon at 1 o'clock.
This meeting was posiponcd from
Wednesday afternoon,
Miss Arabell Kimball will hold her
annual sale of gold fish at her home
on St. Valentine's day for the benefit
of the Creche. Miss Kimball raises
the gold fish herself and has a variety
ot Deautilul ones.
Knights Templar in full uniform
will throng the Blackstone Thursday
evening for their annual reception and
ball. Mr. Luther li. Hoyt, the emi
nent commander of the organization,
is at the head of arrangements.
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Wood will en-
tertain the Harmony dub n
urday evening.
ext Sat-
Bridal Couple Returns.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Mac Mar
tin have rcturjted from Detroit, where
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Club Circles
MRS. JAMES M'KINLEY with William, or "Billy," and
Margaret McKinley, a delightful southern woman who is
now making her home in Omaha. Her husband, Captain
McKinley, who is in charge of the rcruitin station here,
is a nephew of the martyred president, William McKin
ley, for whom their little son was named.
RRAN'GF.MENTS for all dis
trict conventions of the Ne
braska Federation of Women's
clubs have been made, Mrs. J.
V Paul of St. Paul, the state presi
drnl, announces. Mrs. C. F. Humph
rey, president of the First district, "will
hold convention at Brock. April. M;
Second district, Mrs. J.. . Welch,
president. Omaha, last part of April;
Third, Mrs. Erskine, at Oakland,
March 27-28; Fourth. Mrs. Fenton. at
Wymote, March 29-.W; Fifth. Mrs.
Dunham, at Curtis, March 19-21, and
Sixth, Mrs. Tolhert, president, at
North l'lafte, the date not set as yet.
Mrs. Paul also takes steps lo re
vive interest in baby health week.
Mrs. K. K. J. Edholin of Omaha, Mrs.
Emma . R. Davison of Lincoln and
Mr. Hugh La Masters of Tecumseh,
health, home economics and civics'
clwirman, will once more co-operate
wilh the United Slates Department
of Labor and fieneral Federation of
Women's cluhs this year, in the con
duct of a baby health week cam
paign. "As the welfare of babies cannot be
separated from the welfare of their
mothers, material care is a sub
ject that will he introduced in the
coming campaign in May," she writes.
'Each chairman and your president
be glad to help any desiring help
or literature on this subject.
"Baby welfare work is one of the
most worth while things that has been
undertaken by the clubs. The greatly
decreased death rate, demonstrates
this beyond a peradventure. The first
pebble has been cast upon the sea
of facts regarding baby welfare and
we hope and ,1elieve that the waves
extend to the tartlier most sec
tions of the world.
"Medical inspection in the schools
will,' in our opinion, be a move to
ward a better school system and a
.stronger citizenship, and we would
favor steps to make it compulsory."
Owing to I he pressure of. other
duties. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young lias
been obliged to resign the chairman
ship of the department of education
in the General Federation of Women's
clubs. Mrs. Mary C. Parker of West
ern Reserve university of Ohio, has
accented this important office and is
L-,a vocational training in (he
training in
schools.
Mrs. Paul and Mrs. A. G. Peter,
sou of Aurora, former state presi
dents, will attend the mid-winter con
ference of eight Mississippi Valley
states' federations, which will he
held in Minneapolis, February 20.
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, who spoke in
Omaha two years ago, will give a tea
for the visiting clubwomen. The first
conference of the sore ever held was
entertained in Omaha.
Mrs. F. II. Cole has a letter from
Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowlcs, general
federation president, bearing sad news
of the death of Dr. Cowlcs' mother.
Miss Georgia Bacon, another General
Federation officer, is quite ill.
Supreme P. E. O. Convention Here.
Plans for the national P. E. O. sis
terhood convention, which will be
held in Omaha in October, were dis-
cussed at a special conference of
Omaha chapters Saturday at the Fon
tenelle. The national president, who
is a Nebraska woman, Mrs. E. G.
Drake of Beatrice, came to assist in
making arrangements. She and Mr.
Drake are with their children, Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Drake, for the week-end.
Mrs. Drake is also vice regent for
the Nebraska Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution.
Five hundred women will come on
ior tne Dig convention, it is expected.
Already the local P. E. O. has
snug fund on hand to entertain the
visiting clubwomen, each of the chap
ters having taken different methods
to raise the money. Some held
Qiristma.v-salejodier-s-maax tag rags
COPY FIVE CENTS.
Club Calendar
Monday
Omaha AVomsii's club, politiral
and social science department,
, Metropolitan club house, 2:J0
'p.m. ,
Chauuuqua circle, Tennyson
chapter, Mrs. H. F. Curtiss,
. hostess, 2 p. m,
Woman's club, oratory
department, 10 a. m.; current
topics, 2:,10; philosophy and
ethics, 4 p. m.
Association of Collegiate Alum
nae, vocational guidance sec
tion, room No. 212 Central
High school, 4 p. m.
Drama league, Blackstone hotel,
4 p. m.
P. E. O. sisterhood, Chapter B,
P., Mrs. H. L. Harrington,
hostess, 2 p. m.
Daughters of American Revolu
tion, Omaha chapter, Mrs, J.
C. Wteth, hostess, 2:30 p. m.
North Side Mothers' club, Mrs.
Charles Ziebarth, 1:30 p. m.
Business Women's council, court
house, 11 to Z p. m.
Business Women's club, Y. W.
C. A., 7 p. m.
Y. W. H. A, Paxton block club
rooms, 8 p. m.
Woman's dub, Mrs.
John O. Yeiser, hostess, 2:50
p. m.
P. E. O. sisterhood. Chapter B.
K.. Mrs. J. T. Buchanan, host
ess, 2:,10 p. m.
W. C. T.i U Frances WilAard
union, Y. W. C. A., 2 p. m.
Omaha Woman's Press club,
Hotel Loyal, 12:30 p. m.
Woman's club, art de
partment, 10 a. m.; music, 2:30
p. m.
. Omaha Story Tellers' league,
Mrs. C. W. Axtell, hostess,
4:15 p. m.
P. E. O. sisterhood, Chapter E,
Mrs. G. W. Tribble, hostess, 2
p. m.
Association of Collegiate Alum
nae, tea, Mrs. H. E. New
branch,, hostess, 4 p. m.
Benson Woman's club, Benson
city hall, 2 p. m.
of American Widows,
Mrs. B. C. Turpin, hostess,
7:30 p. m.
King's Daughters, Mrs. William
Berry, hostess, 2:30 p. m.
Saturday
Association of Collegiate Alum
. nae,'. Hotel Fontenelle, 2:30
p. m.
P. E. O. sisterhood, Chapter M,
Mrs. William Berry, hostess,
2:30 p. m,
North Side Mothers' club, eve
ning party, Mrs. S. F. Miller,
hostess:
and still more unique plans have not
1)ecn divulged.
Work of the Club Women.
Miss Kate .Neville of. Kansas City
' , SSS'SJJ
of the Times" before the pofitical and
social science department of the Oma
ha Woman's club Monday at 2:30
o'clock at Metropolitan club house.
Mrs. F, J. Birss, who vnt to Lincoln ,
last week in the interests of four bills
endorsl at the last department meet
ing, will report her success with the
legislators. Mrs. D. G. Craighead
will tell the status of these bills now.
Mrs. Edward A. Thomann will sing.
When the nratorv ffpnnrtmnt
. meets tuesday morning at 10 oclock
the members will rehearse rhcir open
nay program to be given the. first,
week in March.
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