The Omaha Sunday
Bee
PART TWO
SOCIETY
PAOES ONE TO TWELVE
PART TWO
MAGAZINE
PAGES ONE TO TWELVE
VOL. XLVI NO. 42.
OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1917.
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News of the Week in Social and Club Circles
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Social Calendar
Monday
Les Hiboux fraternity
dance at Harte hall.
Alpha Theta sorority, Miss
Erma Jones, hostess.
Dinner for Prof. E. M. Fling,
given by Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Dixon. v
Benefit card party for Y. W. C. A.
summer camp; Mrs. H. S. Weller,
hostess. .
Delta Gamma sorority; Mrs. Fred
A. Cuscaden, hostess.
Prettiest Mile. Golf club, evening
party; Mrs. Frank Johnson hos
tess. -Junior Bridge club, Mrs. John
Caldwell, hostess.
Malva White Shrine, Sojourners'
club, Mrs. Mary Drury, hostess.
Shrine Whist club, luncheon
and cards, at Blackstone.
Deborah Franklin club, luncheon
at Blackstone.
Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, Miss
Elizabeth Mitchell, hostess.
meeting of hospital class' or
v ganized by Mrs. E. H. Sprague
and Mrs. W. A. C. Johnson.
Amateur Musical club, Mrs. Harry
Steel, hostess.
Reservations will be limited to 300,
and club members are given the first
opportunity to secure them. After
April 1 college men not club mem
bers will be given the opportunity to
make reservations.
The Amateur Musieal club wilt
meet at the home of Mrs. Harry Steel
Friday,
Mrs. John Caldwell has invited tha
Junior Bridge club to meet with her
Tuesday afternoon. - . . '
Mrs. Mary Drury will be hostess
Tuesday afternoon for the Sojourn
ers' chib of Malva White Shrine. As
sisting the hostess will be Mrs. Helen
Connant, Mrs. J. P. Comstock, Mrs.
A. E. Green and Mrs. W. R. Howard.
HOLY WEEK or Passion Week,
upon which we are now enter
, ing, is a dreary social desert,
beyond which stretches the
green country-of all the rest of the
year when Lent does not exist. All
the devout people who haye been ob
serving Lent very strictly,' yet find
ing time to entertain at an occasional
luncheon or dinner party, will this
week retire to their prayer closets at
such times as they are not engaged in
wholly worth-while and serious occu
pations such as attending meetings'of
worthy, organizations or, rolling
bandages for the warring nations of
Europe or for use when we send our
own beloved . boys where they, . too,
.may need to. be swathed in bandages.
In San Francisco, -we are told, a
pretense of. keeping Lent was made
at first. : The social shingle was,
figuratively speaking, drawn in. But
along came so many delightful visit
ors that they had the same effect on
the social practitioners as does a pa
tient with a raging toothache on a
tender-hearted dentist. Social life
was resumed post haste. Little teas
and luncheons, "informal affairs be
cause nc are observing Lent," were
soon discarded and the season was
again in swing.
New York is said to be observing
Lent, but then how much does that
mean when every social nail that is
not firmly driven in its place gravi
tates to New York as to a magnet?
Washington is slowing down a bit,
but as much because of the adjourn
ment of our great and good legisla
tive body as for any other reason. It
is merely taking a short siesta before
it resumes its sport at the evening
lime of the social year.
Omaha's Restraint Remarkable.
Atlantic City, Palm Beach and the
other places that are the dream of
every little imaginative and ambitious
girl, whose dolls are "fine ladies" who
iravel abroad, are now at their prime.
Kverywhere else at the extremities of
the continent the dance goes on and
ioy is ynconfined. Omaha, however,
luring this week should be the true
Mecca of all religiously-inclined per
sons. Here no undue gayety will
icnipt you to break your resolutions
i.o renounce temporarily the world,
he flesh and the devil. You may be
s religious as you choose and you
vill be wholly' in keeping with the
social life of the metropolis, for it is
at a standstill. Why, the girls of a
certain parish are really having the
most exciting times of their lives by
attending the special services which
are' being conducted by the hand
some, unattached young pastor of
their church.
But, seriously' speaking, Omaha is
really a delightful place to be at this
time of the year when the warm
spring days come bursting the ,buds
on the trees, bringing up the crocuses
and the bright green blades of grass.
TravelersV who returned this week
from the sunny southland fejoiced to
find the climate here just as warm
and delightful as that which they had
recently quitted. All those who have
been away during the winter will
soon be hurrying home to open their
houses and their country clubs for a
brief space before they seek the sum
mer coolness, lake shores and moun
tains. ,
Post-Easter Joys Anticipated.
Miss Meliora and Miss Elizabeth
Davis, Miss Regina Connell, Miss'
Helen Ingwcrsen and a number of
other young Omaha girls are being
called away to attend the weddings
which are beginning to absorb society
all over the country. Here the wed
ding plans are becoming numerous
and all-engaging. When this last
week of penance is over the weddings
will pop up as thick as Easter rabbits
in the green spring grass. Every
where you go you hear of weddings
and wedding plans. At the dress
makers' particularly do women con
gregate, for every woman must have
a new spring outfit and the brides
and their maids and matrons must
have elaborate gowns and outfits.
Poor seamstresses! They are almost
as much rushed as before the Ak-Sar-Ben
ball. .
Next winter's plans are even now
being made. Those who are dissatis
fied with present houses are casting
about for new domiciles. One mater
famjlias has made her plans and an
nounced her desires so explicitly as
this:. "I must have a house with five
bedrooms, a sleeping porch, a sun
room, at least two baths and a garage
for two cars." Southern hotels are
said to be receiving reservations for
next winter's parties .who are making
plans whether we are in the throes of
war or not. .
Cupid's Successes Rumored.
Master Dan Cupid, bless his heart,
is said to have achieved considerable
success among .Omaha girls of late.
Society in Profile
WHAT is the severest test of feminine beauty? Milady's
profile, of course. Sparkling eyes, a Cupid's bow
mouth, or a generally expressive cast of countenance-meeting
one full front view may win the
beauty judge's heart by prejudice in favor of one of these
items, none of which can exert undue influence if only the
profile meets your gaze. Mellificia knew a man who plighted
his troth once to a girl with a perfect profile, so he said. The
Bee pictures here profiles classic and not so classic, pensive,
winsome, alert, all of them extremely expressive and indica
tive of the owners' personalities, according to, those who
know tnem oest. iney are
1. Mildred Bacon.
2. Marion Weller.
.1. Regina Connell.
4. Gladys Peters.
5. Mrs. H. M. Larra-bee.
6. Adele Stecher.
7. Mrs. Martin Harris.
8. Edith Finch.
9. Mrs. A. S. White.
10. Florence La Bos-chin.
11. Marie Chabot.
12. Mrs. Hardin Bean
13. Mrs. Robert Man
ley. 14. Helen Ingwersen.
One match between a popular girl, a
talented musician, who is the daugh
ter of a prominent physician, and the
son of a judge, which has been in the
making ever since high school days,
will reach its culmination on April 24.
For another wedding which will
take place on Easter Monday plans
for the wedding breakfast were heard
of long before the names of the prin
cipals were learned. That wedding
will be accompanied by at least two
other Easter Monday weddings. Both
of these have been previously herald
ed and long anticipated. On that day
Miss Ruth Gould will become the
bride of Mr. Warren Howard and
Miss Harriette Dixon of North Platte
will wed Dr. Frank M. Conlin ef
our own fair city. Miss Mary Burk
ley has decided that the time of her
wedding will be .early in May, but
has not yet chosen the day.
. On dit that a very interesting en
gagement is to be announced on Eas
ter Sunday. For the occasion there is
to be a grand gathering of the clan
in that household. The maid is one
of a large family, the man is a promi
nent young physician.
Another betrothal which may soon
be made known has been aided and
abetted by two good friends. These
two friends are "newly-weds." who,
before their marriage, were the best
chums of the young man and the
young woman now caught in Cupid's
net.
A certain young girt who attends
an eastern school is said to have an
engagement of long standing with a
young man who also attends an east
ern school and whose parents live
in Omaha. The name of this girl's
younger brother is constantly linked
with that of a charming dark-haired
girl from out of the city. This young
woman's fair-haired sister is known
to be engaged to an Omaha doctor
whose father is a Chicago broker.
Easter Brings Sojourners Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nash returned
Thursday from a month in California
at Coronado Beach and other places.
Mr. and Mrs. Moshier Colpetzer re
turn" today from five weeks in the
south. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wharton,
who, accompanied them, are now in
New York and will not be home until
the middle of April.
Mr. and Mrs. William Led, who have
returned from a winter in Florida, arc
stopping with Mrs. Leet's mother,
Mrs. E. L. Robertson. They may
sell their home in Manning, la., and
go to Alaska this summer to visit
Mrs. Leet's sister, Mrs.. Campbell, at
Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Butts have
returned from California. Mrs. Henry
D. Neely and Mrs. T. G. Turner of
Council Bluffs, who went out at the
same time, are expected home Mon
day. Mr. Neely joined Mrs. Neely
several weeks ago and will return
with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barker and
daughter, Virginia, and son, Joseph,
jr., with Mrs. E. P. Peck and Mrs.
Denise Barkatow, will be home this
evening from California. Mr. Barker.
uiUrMn nnrt Mm. Peek' have
been at La jolla since the middle of
February and were joined by Mr. and
Mrs. Barkalow three weeks ago. Miss
Elizabeth Barkalow will remain in
school at La Jolla.
Mrs. E. P. Smith has returned
from Haines City, Fla., where she
visited her son for some weeks. Her
daughter, Miss Ida Smith, who was
in California for over two months,
arrived home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Diet returned
Tuesday from Miami, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Gould Dietz arrived
home from their Honolulu trip Thurs
day morning. Mr. and Mrs. Dietz
found California full of Omaha peo
ple, and one day enjoyed luncheon
with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. George, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Nash and Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Barker. They were ac
companied home by Miss Henrietta
McArthur of Los lAngeles, who is a
cousin of Mrs. Dietz, and will spend
the summer here.
Mrs. F. W. Clarke and Miss Helen
Clarke will return Monday from
Beverlv Hills, Cal., where they have
been s'inofe the end of January. Mr.
Clarke returned two or three weeks
ago.
Omaha Colony at Resort.
Atlantic City is a favorite place
with Omaha travelers at this time.
Mr. and Mrs. Barton Millard and Jo
Millard, 2d, . were there this week
until Thursday, when they went to
Hartsdale, N. Y., to spend Easter
with Mr. and Mrs. George ' Chris
tiancy, and will be joined there by
Ray and Willard Millard for their
Easter holidays. -
Mrs. Charles Offutt, with Mrs. Vir
ginia Offutt, Miss Esther Wilhelm
and Miss Cutler of Detroit, were at
the Traymore last week, the girls re
turning to school this week. Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Bauin and Miss Katherine
Baum were also there last week, and
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baldrige are
still there, as are also Mrs. Warren
Rogers and Miss Mildred Rogers.
Easter In the School Set.
Miss Helen M. Chase, who is at
Miss Wheeler's Town and Country y
school in Providence, R. I., is spend
ing her Easter vacation in New York
City as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Allen.
Mr. Leslie Putt is home from the
state university for the Easter vaca
tion. : t '
Messrs. John and Stewart McDon
ald arrived home yesterday from the
state university to spend Easter with
their parents, Sir. and Mrs. H. S. Mc
Donald. Mr. Jarvis Offutt arrived home Sat
urday morning from Yale to spend a
few days of his spring vacation with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Yost.
Miss Gertrude Ernst, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Ernst, left yes
terday afternoon to spend her Easter
vacation with Mr. and Mrs. M. F.
Miller in Columbia, Mo.
The Misses Frances Bollard, Hazel
Cook. Alice Sheahey, Florence Jenks
and Louise Bailey arrived home yes
terday from the state university to
spend their spring vacation.
Miss Virginia Crofoot arrived home
Sunday from school m Washington
for her Easter vacation, Mr. Crofoot
met her in Des Moines in his car and
motored back with her.
Mr. Wendell W. Moore arrived
home Saturday from the state uni
versity to spend the spring vacation
with his parents.
Mr. Joseph Sorenson, who has been
home from the state university for
some time, Is still very seriously ill.
Miss Bernice Nelson will spend her
Easter vacation in Central City, Neb.,
visiting a school friend, Miss Flor
ence Bishop.
Mr. Randall Curtis was a guest the
last week at the Alpha Theta Chi
house in Lincoln.
What Society Has in Prospect.
The Friday Night Dancing club
members will give a dinner-dance at
the Hotel Rome April 13. Mr. Wil
lis C. Crosby and Mr. Harry F. Van
Arsdale have the arrangements in
charge.
The White Shrine Whist club has
made reservations for forty guests at
luncheon and cards at the Blackstone
Thursday.
The University club will give a
college dinner Thursday, April 12.
Among the Visitors.
Mrs. Llewellyn Jones of Tacoma,
Wash., arrived Saturday to visit her
mother, Mrs. Robert Doherty, at the
Merriam hotel. She expects to re
main in Omaha about a month and
after Easter her friends will arrange
many parties in her honor.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wells have
as their guests Mrs. Joseph J. Leh
man and her mother, Mrs. Margaret
Gerow of Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs.
Lehman are soon to move to Omaha,
since Mr. Lehman's business connec
tions call him here.
Miss Mildred Marr of Kansas City
will arrive the Saturday before Easter
for the Howard-Gould wedding and
will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L.
P. Loring.
Mrs. Walter Klopp is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burke,
before going to her new home in Kan
sas City, Mo Mr. Klopp has sold
his ranch in Muleshoe, Tex.
Miss Marjorie Fonte will be with
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Nieman until
June, when she will join her family
m Pasadena. Cal. ' - ,
Miss Virginia Robinson of Beatrice
is the week-end guest of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Reed and Miss "Peggy
Reed.
Miss Margaret Ashford of Sioux
City, who has been the guest of Miss
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