VOL. XLVI NO. 43. ' X OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1917. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. -
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Brides Now Take
'. - Muck Interest in
, RIDES, bridals and the engage
ments whicn precede them will
bccuOY the center of the stage
- ' this. post-Easter week. Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock will be solem
jiized the marriage of Miss May Mc
Namara, daughter of Mrs.- N. McNa
mart, to Mr. Ernest W. Truman, well
known business man of Lincoln. The
marriage will be a quiet affair at the
home of the bride's mother,with only
relatives present. Rev; D. T. Harring
ton will perform the ceremony.' Out-of-town
guests at the service will be
Mr. Truman's,.' mother,' Mrs. G.; S.
Truman; Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Pickett
and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Truman, jr.,
Nif Lincoln. The bridal pair will leave
i' Monday evening for a six weeks' or
two months' trip to. the south, Dy way
of Washington, Norfolk, Jacksonville,
to New Orleans They will make their
home in Lincoln.
Miss McNaman' is a graduate of
Sacred Heart seminary, was for some
time president of the-Alumnae asso
iation of that school and ir an ac
complished' pianist. She has a delight
ful personality which has helped her
to attain the particular success which
' has been hers in the business world.
Mr. Truman was born and educated
in England and spent, several years in
J England before he located in Lincoln
, twenty years ago. He is a member of
the Lincoln Country, Elks', Commer
cial and Ad -clubs and is well known
in this city.
. Miss Ruth Gould will be one of the
attractive Easter Monday brides. ' At
8 o'clock Monday evening at the
' Church of the Good Shepherd will
occur her marriage to Mr. Warren
Howard. The ceremony will be fol
lowed by a reception for the younger
set at the new home of the bride's
parents. Mr.' and Mrs. R..-H. Gould
Miss Katherine Gould will be her
sister's only attendant, and two more
. beautiful and charming girls, it would
' be hard to find. Mr. Merle Howard
will be his brother's Best man. -The
ushers will be Dr. George Hansen, of
Hastings, Neb.; Mr. Clyde Barton or
Pawnee City, and Mr. Herbert Ryan
and Mr. Chester Nieman of ' Omaha.
All the men with the exception of
Mr. Nieman are Beta Theta Pi- fra
ternity brothers of the bridegroom.
In North Platte on Tuesday Miss
Harriette Dixon, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry T. Dixon, and Dr. Frank
M. Coniin of this city, will be united
in ntarriage at 8 oclock at the home
of the bride's parents A reception
will follow. Dr. Conlin's brother, Mr.
Will Coniin, of Madison, Wis., will
be best man. The ushers will be
Messrs, J. M. Harding, Thomas Mc
Shane, Lloyd Smith and John Laten
ser. Other Omaha people who are
. to be present at the ceremony are
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harding, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Riggs. Mrs. Justus
Lowe and Mr. Vo
Jon H. Foster rti
Dallas, S. Dt , -
One of the much-feted brides-to-be
is Miss Bernice Whitney. With her
' fiance, Mr. Cyril Langan, she is be
ing entertained by her large circle
ot triends. 1 he young couple ar4
keeping, their wedding date secret,
but it will be some time shortly.
, Invitations are out for the marriage
if Miss Gertrude Leonard Aikin,
laughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M.
Aiken, to Mr. Willard Slabaunli. son
of Judge and Mrs. W. W. Slabaugh,
Qenfer.of Stage;
Cumin0yeddings
on April 24 at 8 o'clock at the bride's
home. Miss Amy Burgess of Wenona,
111., is coming to. serve as ,mid of
honor (or her friend,. Miss Ruth Sla
baugh will.be bridesmaid, Mr. Tem
ple McFayden will act as best man
and little Barbara and Billy Baird
will be the flower girl and ring bearer.
This bride-to-be has kept her-secret
well until the Lenten season was
over, making her. engagement an
nouncement only today and has not
given her friends opportunity to en
tertain for her. . .
A bride of the last week is Mrs.
W. A.- Nelson; who was .before, her
marriage Miss Cora McHenry. She
is the pretty daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. McHenry and her hus
band is the son of Dr. and Mrs. F.
A. Nelson. They were united in
marriage last Saturday at 4 o'clock at
St .Andrew's Episcopal church by
theKev. J. E. Flockhart The wed
ding was a deep secret from "all
friends and relatives with the ex
ception of the two mothers. After
April 10 Mr. and Mrs. Nelson will
be' at home at 4110 Dodge street.'
A handsome Omaha bachelor, who
is very popular among the young wo
men of his acquaintance, is now in
California? where he is to be married
this week to a Los Angeles girl. Few
Omaha people know the reason for
the young man's western .trip and it
is said that several young women who
looked with favor upon the young
Apollo will suffer slight heart twinges
when they learn the news.
Next week on the eighteenth of
April, date famous for the ride of
Paul Revere,. Miss Christina Kath
ryn Leydeckev daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Leydecker, will be united
in marriage with Dr. John F. Shee
han of Watervliet, N. Y.,'at 6 o'clock
in the morning at St. John's Catholic
church. A. wedding breakfast at the
home of the bride's parents will fol
low the service and then the young
people will leave for the (last. Miss
Margaret uaire mneen win dc wit
maid of honor. Dr. Sheehan is ex
pected to arrive ii. Omaha Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hofmann today
announce the approaching marriage
of theidaughter, Clara, to Mr. Ed
ward Mftrearty, son 'of Mr. and Mrs
Ed F. Morearty, which will take place
Wednesday, April 18, at S o'clock in
the afternoon at St. Mary's Magdalene
church. ,
Miss Blanche BusV, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. C- Busk, will wed
Mr. Albert J. Covert, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James R. Covert, of Washington,
D. C, after the commencement ex
ercises in June, when both young
people graduate from the University
of Nebraska. The announcement
was made known to intimate friends
at a luncheon given last week at the
Blackstone. f
Miss Busk is a member of the Al
pha Chi Omega sorority and regi
mental sponsor, and Mr. Covert is a
member of the Delta Chi fraternity.
The wedding will be a strictly col
lege and fraternity affair. . 1
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Haze announce
the engagement of their daughter.
Miss Nancyt to Mr. Victor Backlund
of Wellington, Kan, the wedding to
take place May 21. Miss Haze is a
graduate of the Omaha High school
Pas Two, Colvaul One.)
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Mondays ' , T ' J
Luncheon, at Blackstone for Miss
Esther Spindler . of . Council
?' Bluffs, Miss Gertrude Wheeler
;.. and .Miss. Elizabeth. Konig
- tnarher. .hostesses. ,
Evening affair for. Wilcox-Spindler
; wedding .party, . miss jeanncuc
' . Greenshields and Miss Marian
Saunders,.hostesses. .
Howard-Gould wedding at Church
of the Good Shepherd, followed
by .reception at home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. R. Gould.; ;
Monday Bridge Luncheon club at
Blackstone, Mrs; George Squires,
hostess.
Card party, Miss Ida Smith, host
ess. - - ' -
Truman-McNamara wedding at
home of bride's mother, Mrs. N.
McNamara. '
Luncheon for Miss Bernice Whit
ney, Miss Marian Langan, host
ess. - ' '
Tea for Miss Gene Burroughs of
Lincoln, Mrs. Brandon Howell,
hostess. ' .. ' -"
Tuesday
Benefit bridge' party, Mrs. H. S.
Weller, hostess.
Dinner for Wilcox-Spindler wed
ding party, Miss Gertrude Tin
ley, hostess.
Snyder-Snyder wedding atv St.
Stephen's Episcopal -' church,
Washington, D. C
Clairmont Bridge club, Mrs. Wil
liam Hotz, hostess. ;
Luncheon for Miss Bernice Whit-
, ney, , Miss Marjorie Howland,
hostess.
Dinner at Blackstone for Miss Ber
; nice Whitney and Mr. Cyril
, Langan, given by Mr. Frank T.
Walker, jr. ,
Wednesday i
Friend, of Arts, annual dinner and
art exhibit, at Fontenelle.
Dinner for Archbishop J. J. Harty,
Mrs. Ben Gallagher, hostess.
Bridal dinner for Wilcox-Spindler
' wedding party, given by Mr. and
Mrs. John J. Spindler.
Sheehan-Leydecker wedding, at St
John's church. .
Thursday '
University club college dinner for
men. ' , v '
Wilcox-Spindler wedding at First
Presbyterian church, ; Council
Bluffs, followed by reception at
' home of bride's parents.
Evening partyfor Miss Dorothea
Skriver and Dr. Roscoe Thomas,
given1 by Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Cockrell. .
Winormissit .club luncheon, Mrs.
B J. Scannell, hostess.
Original Cooking club luncheon,
with Mrs. Moshier Colpetzer.
Friday . : . .
Junior club dance at Blackstone.
Amateur Musical club, Mrs. Harry
Steel,, hoess.
Kensington for Mrs. William
Jacobus, Mrs. Louis E, Hurt
" hostess.
Junior Bridge club, Mrs. Austin
- Gailey, hostess..) .
Saturday
Tea for Miss Dorothea Skriver,
Miss Annetta Keiner, hostess.
Local Women Ready to Serve '
: Country in Either War kor Peace
M"
EMBERS of the National
League For Woman s Service
are marking time until after
the meeting of the executive
committee, Monday morning at 10
o'clock in the new headquarters,
which, have been fitted up in the First
National bank building, next' to the
army recruiting station. When the
executive committee has made its
plans and Systematized its work more
thoroughly, the doors of the Service
League room will be thrown open
to any woman in the city of Omaha
or thereabouts, who wishes to offer
hr services in any way to her coun
try. At that time arrangements will
be made for the public mass meet,
ing, which wi)l place before all the
women of this community the propa
ganda of the National League for
Woman's Service v .'
Some do not understand that this
league is intended to be a permanent
organization. Any woman who can
do anything useful, from the ro.iing
of bandagei to the driving of an army
motor, will be asked to give her serv
ice to the Kovernmenfin this crisis.
If, however, this war should be of
short duration, as many believe, the
work of -tlTE" organization will not
cease. It will exist as a trained body
of women all over .the nation, so that
in case of any recurrence of war or
in the event of great disaster such
as floods, cyclone orfire, it will be
able- to offer succor to those in need.
There are eleven divisions of work
from which the women can choose,
but under the emergency program en
tailed by the present war they have
chosen four divisions in which to spe
cialize. , '
Since it is said that Fort Crook
is to be one of the twelve great cen
tral mobilizing stations of the country
there will be plenty . of work for
Omaha women to do. Members of the
executive committee will be on hand
all day long to assign volunteers, to
their proper spheres. The Red Cross
branch, which is being organized here
will have its headquarters in the
Service League room. The Red Cross
is one of the departments of the vast
field covered by the National League
for Woman's Service.,, ,-,', ; . ,
To Mrs. Lowrie Childs belongs the
honor of sending the first registration
to the league.- She was - followed
closely-by MVs. William Archibald
Smith, who is the chairman of the
Omaha branch. Mrs. Childs, as head
of the committee' on social service
and welfare work, has already re
cruited three almost four detach
ments,' composed of not more than
thirty women each, appointed thrde
commandants, and - altogether has
about 100 women in view as recruits.
Mrs. Childs reports that everyone
seems anxious to Volunteer for work
and expects that when the headquar-.
ters are opened Monday the response
will be immediate.
Mrs. Myron Learned has consented
to be commandant of one of the de
tachments and will enlist the mem
bers of the Omaha Woman's Press
club i.i her corps. This comes un
der Mrs. Childs department of so
cial service and welfare work. :
Notest Random. ,'.;
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Good have taken
a cottage at Carter Lake club, for the
junrmer and will take possession of
it the middle of the month.
The studio recital which was to
have been given by Miss Selma Skeen
at Miss Loretta De Lone's . studio
Wednesday evening has been post
poned until April 28.
All the little folk) who are to take
part in the war benefit dancing recital
given by Miss Mary Cooper's dancing
classes at the Brandeis theater Friday
evening and. Saturday afternoon, of
next week have learned their parts to
perfection and now live in a comma
ous whirl of anticipation.' The dress
rehearsal at the theater will take
place Thursday of this week.-
Mr. and Mrs. D. C Bradford are
expected home from California Thurs
day. . I , ' '..'. .' ...
Omaha Society Emerges from the
. ; ; .Lenten Dusk Into Easter Gaiety
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AR!S horrors have, not yet
.dampened the ardor 'with
' which feminine ' society , ap-,
proaches the glad 'day on
which it decks itself in' garments gty
a: d blossoms, forth with new Jife and
beauty. Just as the growing things
about us ..have hid themselves away
from the gaze of all beholders to re
appear' anon- changed - and refresh
ed, so society has withdrawn from
itelf more and more during Lent un
til this last week of religious observ
ance has been a social blank.
Touay. all the repression, penance
and abstinence vanishes to be . re
placed by glad rejoicing. This week
will be a reve! of joy, the season will
be in. its prime again, and all society
win gird up itselt tor tne grand race
to the goal o. summer vacations. A
few of the school sets are still en
joying vacations, but soon they, too
will resume the quest ot knowledge.
From now until the time for summer
trips to begin there is so much to be
done. Serious things are . engaging
society to. an unusual extent. Fre
quent inform?!" gatherings are brought
about by these matters ot business,
which, really partake of the nature of
functions. Social clubs, which have
not met for several weeks, will re
turn to their .former schedule this
week. In general life will resume its
natural appearance, but with added
activity. y1 ' ( . k ;
Easter Week Festivities.
Mrs. B. J. Scannell of Prairie Park
will entertain the Winormissit club
Thursday at a 1 o clock luncheon.
.Mrs. Floyd Grovey and Mrs. Ar
thur Fuchs are planning a luncheon.
at the Fontenelle some time this week
for Miss Bernice Whitney, an April
bride. - ; '
Patrotic decorations and ' special
favors will be a feature ot the mill,
tary hop of the high school set Fri
day evening at Keep's academy.
Charles Morearty and Leonard
Bourke have the affair in charge, the
chaperones including Mr. and Mrs
W.. T. BOurke, Mr, and Mrs. .Ja. f,
Morearty .and Colonel and Mrs. H. F;.
Elsa'sser. ...i . '., i ,
.The White Shrine Whist club- will
meet-Monday afternoon-at the Ma
sonic temple. ' ' N.
Mr and Mrs. T: F. Kennedy will
give ,a 1 dinner- Monday evening to a
few friends', and afterwards the
party ' will go . to' the Stecher
Caddock wrestling match at the Audio
torium. - . ; "
Mrs. Ben Gallagher will, entertain
at dinner Wednesday evening in
honor of .Archbishop Ji J. Harty.
Knights of Columbus have on their
calendar, r complimentary dance to
their J members, visiting knights and
feminine friends at Keeps academy
on Thursday; a complimentary card
party for, knights and their friends at
the duo rooms -the evening- ot April
26 and a complimentary dance at
Keep s on May 8.
Among the. Visitors.
Hugh. Millard arrived Friday fronv.
Oregon to join his parents and
brother, Mr and Mrs. Alfred Millard
and Ted Millard, who have been at
the . Fontenelle for some time. Mr.
Millard has sold his Oregon fruit
ranch .and his plans" for the future
are unsettled; . i
Mrs. Paul Gallagher and little
daughter are going to Kansas City
Thursday to visit Mrs. Kincaid, Mrs.
Gallagher's mother.
Miss Eugenie Patterson, who wen
to Des Moines Tuesday to spend the -week
with Mr. and Mrs, Fred Hub
bell, is expected back today.
Miss' Susanna Jobst, who has been! -visiting
Miss Clarice Browne for the
last , week, returned Friday evening
to her home in Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Pollack and
three children of Havana, Cuba, ar
rive in Omaha the first of this week
to visit Mr. Pollack's mother and his ,
sister, Mrs. -Charles Elgutter. They
are at present in Chicago, having left
Cuba before the declaration of war. i
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