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PART TWO
SOCIETY
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PART TWO
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VOL. XL VI NO. , 45.
News of
iS'ocm Calendar
Monday
Bridal dinner nd rehearsal for
Slabaugh-Aikin wedding, given'
by Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Aikin.
Reception and dinner for Rabbi
Leon Harrison of St. Louis, Mo,
at Fontenelle.
Luncheon at Blackstone for Miss
Anna Welch, Mrs. John Weir,
hostess; evening bridge, Miss
Katherine Sullivan, hostess.
Evening party for Comu$ club,
given by Mr. and Mrs. Ben F.
Marti.
Junior Bridge club, Mrs. Austin
Bailey, hostess.
Informal bridge for Miss Phyllis
Luman of Salt Lake City, Miss
Marion Towle, hostess.
Tuesday
Carter Lake Swimming and Bowl
ing club luncheon at Wellington
Inn.
Slabaugh-Aikin welding.
Afternoon bridge for Miss Anna
Welch, Miss Evelyn McCaffrey,
hostess; evening bridge, Mrs.
Harry Welch, hostess.
Informal afternoon for Mrs. Clem
Waldron of Beach N. D., Mrs.
Paul A. 'Havens, hostess.
Bruckner-Morrison wedding at St.,
John's church.
Wednesday
Lynch-O'Connor wedding at St.
Peter's church.
Bridge for Miss Anna Welch, Mrs.
Will Schopp, hostess.
Luncheon at Blackstone for liter
ature class, Mrs. A. H. Fetters,
hostess.
Luncheon for Miss Mary Burkley,
Mrs. Moshier Colpetzer, hostess.
Bridge-luncheon at Blackstone,
given by Mrs. F. R. Robinson
and Mrs. M. M. Murray.
Thursday
Luncheon for Miss Mary Burkley,
Mrs. George B. Thummel, hos
tess. Bridge for Miss Anna Welch, Miss
Mae O'Brien, hostess.
Novelty Dancing club, Keep's
academy.
Thomas-Skriver wedding. V
Winormissit club, Mrs. D. K.
Smith, hostess.
Conventional club, Mrs. J. P. Fal
lon. Knights of Columbus card party
and reception.
Kramer-Spiesberger wedding at
Hotel Biltmore in New York.
Box party, given by Mr. and Mrs.
Ward Burgess.
Friday
Special supper-dance at Fontenelle,
10 p. m.
Afternoon for Mrs. Clem Waldron,
Mrs. Samuel Reynolds, hostess.
Saturday
Opening dinner dance at Omaha
Country club.
Brinker-Burkley wedding dinner,
given by Mr. Frank J. Burkley
at Country club.
Luncheon for Miss Mary Burkley,
Mrs. N. C. Leary, hostesi.
the Week
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Spring Brides and Pre-Nuptial
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ARDS have been issued by Mr.
Francis Joseph Burkley for
the marriage of his daughter,
Mary Frances, to Mr. Lawrence
Brinker, on Thursday evening. May
3, at his home. Archbishop J. J. Harty
will officiate at the service, which
will be his first in Omaha. Only rela
tives and close friends will be present
at 8:30, but separate cards have been
issued to a great number of friends
for a reception between the hours of
9 and 11.
Mr. Burkley and his sister. Miss
Burkley, will give up their house at
138 North Twenty-eighth avenue,
after the wedding to his daughter,
Mrs. J. MacMillan Harding, and Mr.
Harding, who now live 't 115 .North
Thirty-eighth avenue. They have not
made definite plans, but may travel a
little before establishing themselves
in another home. Mr. Brinker and his
bride will be at home after August 1
iiHthe home which the Hardings will
vacate.
For Miss Burkley several parties
are planned this week, including a
luncheon by Mrs. Moshier Colpetzer
on Wednesday, one Thursday by Mrs.
George B. Thummel and on Saturday
by Mrs. N. C Leary and the dinner
party at the opening of the Country
club, at which Mr, Elmer Redick will
entertain Miss Burklev and her
fiance. Mr. Brinker. Miss Ellen
Creighton will give a tea for Miss
Burkley the following Sunday eve
ning. The marriage of Miss Gertrude
Aikin and Mr. Willard Slabaugh will
take place Tuesday evening at the
home of the bride's parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Joseph M. Aikin. Miss Amy
Burgess of Winona, III., who. with
the bride, was the inspiration for sev
eral parties since her arrival, will be
main of honor, and Miss Ruth Sla
baugh will be bridesmaid. Little Bar
bara Baird and her brother, Billy,
children of Mr. and Mrs. Claire Baird,
are to be flower girl and ring bearer,
and Miss Grace Slabaugh will play
the wedding march. Mr. Temple Mc
Fayden will 'ie best man. The last
of the bridal parties for this popular
young couple will be the bridal din
ner, followed by rehearsal at the
home of the bride's parents.
Three much-feted brides will be
married the last of the week. Wed
nesday will see the marriage of Miss
Mary O'Connor, dauffhter of lit. and
I Mrs. John J. O'Connor, to Mr. John
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formed at St. Peter's Catholic church
at 9 in the morning. A wedding
breakfast for the relatives at the home
of the bride's parents will follow. Miss
Nettie Bushman will be maid of
honor, Miss Mary Byron of Daven
port, la., who arrived Saturday, will
play the wedding march, and Mr. M.
R. Hanna will act as best man.
Thursday the marriage of Miss
Dorothea Skriver to Dr. Roscoe
Thomas will be solemnized at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Peder.A. Skfiver, and Saturday
will take place the wedding of Miss
Anna Welch and Mr. Joseph Mullin.
Miss Welch has the extreme distinc
tion of being guest of honor at five
bridge parties in four days this week,
as well as at several luncheons and
evening affairs.
For Miss Ellen Bloom, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bloom, whose
marriage to Mr. Charles Keller will
take place May 8 many parties are
being given. Her sister, Mrs. Bern
ard Johnston, entertained for her
Tuesday a week ago. Miss Anna Ed
quist entertained at a shower a week
ago Saturday. Last Tuesday evening
Miss Esther Johnson entertained in
formally, while on Thursday after
noon Miss Lillian Henrickson gave a
kensington for this May bride. Sat
urday afternoon Mrs. N. P. Swanson
entertained for Miss Bloom, and on
Saturday evening Miss Olga Johnson
gave a kitchen shower. Miss Bloom
spent the week-end at Lincoln, where
many affairs were given in her honor.
Florence. Leaders
TTISTORIC old Florence, once a
El Mormon settlement, now
proudly acclaims herself part of
great and growing Omaha. Its so
cial and clubs leaders, too, residents
for many years of the pretty little
village on the outskirts of Omaha,
now come within the scope of
one who records passing persons
and events. Mrs. R. H. Olmsted,
Mrs. Irving Allison, Mrs. Will H.
Thompson, Mrs. W. L. Ross and
Mrs. John H. Price have lived a
long while in Florence, loth to
bring themselves closer to the
city's center of activities. Each
of them expresses great pleasure,
however, at the unification of
Omaha and its suburbs.
SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL
Circles :
Cupid's Darts
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Lindmier an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Linnie Leota Lindmier,
to Leslie Edward Noel, son of Mr.
J. F. Noel of Lincoln. The wed
ding will take place soon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Krause of
West Point announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Onetah, to
Mr. Arthur F. Tramp, son of Mr.
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wedding will take place at Grace
Lutheran church, Tuesday, May 8,
at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. John A. Fuller announces
the engagement of her daughter,
Minerva Purrington Fuller, to Dr.
Torrence Calvin Moyer of Lincoln,
Neb., the wedding fo take place
May 10. Owing to a recent be
reavement in the family of the
bride it will be a quiet wedding,
with only the members of the fam
ily and immediate relatives present.
Miss Fuller is the daughter of
one of Omaha's oldest pioneer
familic: and has a large circle of
friends. She is a graduate of Cen
tral High school and Dr. Moyer is
a graduate of the university col
lege of medicine. The young cou
ple will make their home in Lin
coln. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cullen an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Beatrice Irene, to Mr.
Frederick Edward Pimental of
San Francisco. The wedding will
take place Wednesday at the
Sacred Heart church in San Fran
cisco, the Rev. Father McQuaid
performing the ceremony. Mr. Pi
mental and his bride will spend
the honeymoon in Los Angeles,
after which they will go to their
new home in Vallcjo, Cal.
Residence Changes
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Shelton are
giving up their home on Harney
street, as Mrs. Shelton leaves the
first of May for Denver, to be with
her sister awhile, and will spend most
of the summer in Colorado, where
Mr. Shelton hat ranch interests.
Mr. and Mrs. -Howard Baldrige wilt
move from the Fontenelle to the
Blackstone for the summer on the
first of May.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Wicker
sham have sold their home in Dun
dee and taken a place at 106 South
Thrity-eight street until they build
a new home in Dundee.
22, 1917.
Activities
Country Club's Opening Dinner-Dance Will
Be an Early and Brilliant Social Function
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MAHA'S Country club will
open earlier this year than
ever before in its history. The
date has been set for April 28,
that is, Saturday of this week
Anno Domini 1917. Some ma
licious persons have circulated the ru
mor that the patrons of this exclusive
club pushed forward the date of open
ing in order to take advantage of the
three days remaining before liquid re
freshments will ooze out of Nebraska,
leaving it bone dry The patrons did
clamor for an early date, it is true,
but the reason for their insistence was
the feeling that a season beginning
later and closing in the early fall is
far too short for the enjoyment of the
pleasures which the long period of
agreeable weather allows. For a long
time it has been warm enough and
dry enough to enjoy golf on the links,
but without the attendant pleasures of
an open club house much of the joy
was tost. Long after the club is
closed in the fall the days and even
ings are warm enough to make driv
ing out to the country desirable.
There are so many luncheons and
dinner dances that can be given bet
ter at the Country club than at any
Franco-Belgian Art
Omaha to Aid
EN THOUSAND French and
Belgian artists have been killed
in the European war, it was
estimated in February. How
many more are now dead it is not
possible to estimate. In addition to
those who are dead many are badly
wounded or maimed for life. Some
have lost eyesight, others have lost
right hands, arms, or limbs. The
problem of injured artists is being
met by the American artists in Paris
by establishing a home where these
helpless men can be taught to do
work with their hands if blind, to use
their left hands if deprived of the
right, and other practical means of
relief.
Now Omaha is to have an oppor
tunity to do its bit for the benefit of
those needy men and the wives and
children of those who are dead. They
have no tangible means of support
on which to rely, for the artist's capi
ta! is not in houses or lands, in live
stock or grain, it is in his imagina
tion and in his hand which wields the
brush. An enormous exhibit of the
works of French and Belgian artists
which was on display in the Panama
Pacific exoosition, practically intact,
is comin, to Omaha May 3 to 16 and
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other place, and so many people con
gregate there to do all manner of
things, athletic and otherwise, that it
seemed only reasonable for the man
agement to extend the season as it
has, in order to let the members have
their full measure of enjoyment.
Reservations for the opening din
npr dance are-nouriniT in -in large
numbers. So far the list includes theJ
names of Mrs. F. A. Nash, with
reservations for twenty; Dr. W. O.
Bridges, twelve; F. W. Clarke, ten;
M. C. Peters, twelve; J. F. Stout, six
teen; R. L. Huntley, six; Dr. F. N.
Conner and S. S. Caldwell, eight, and
King Denman and R. C. Howe, four.
One of the. largest parties will be the
Brinker-Burkley wedding party,
whom MrV Elmer Redick will have as
his guests.
Happy Hollow club will open at
about its usual time, on May 26. The
Field club will probably give its open
ing dinner dance on the same Satur
day. These two openings are a month
later than the County club's, so that
when the season at that club has
taken on an air of habitualncss the
other two will blossom forth in all
the glory of new life. Carter Lake
Exhibit in
Wounded Artists
will be hung in the Auditorium at the
expense of the Omaha Fine Arts so
ciety. During that time it , will be
open from the hours of 10 to 10 each
day. Some of the canvases are enor
mous, so that they could not be hung
in many places where they have
been.
All are for sale, the proceeds to
go to the wounded artists themselves
or to their wives and children. Not
a cent comes to the society which is
bringing them here. One of the most
beautiful paintings in the exhibit,
"The Lovers," by Henri Martin, has
been sold to the Albright gallery in
Buffalo, N. Y. It and all the other
pictures sold, remain in the collec
tion, so long as it travels. Many of
the paintings, etchings and drawings
are very reasonable in price, but their
sale would result in untold comfort
to some sufferer on the other side of
the water.
Mrs. George B. Prinz calls atten
tion to the appeal made by the Duch
ess d'Zzes: " ,
"Instinct prompts me to utter my
cry of distress in the direction of the
United States, and I feel confident
that it will be heard and win response.
From the depth of my heart I cry,
'Help I Help for the artists and fam
ilies of artists who have been ruined
or bereaved by the wJj" .-
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day, May 30; or Decoration day. .The
chief attraction at this club is the
water, and since this element becomes
popular much later than golf, it is
safe to delay the initial day of the
season. Seymour Lake club, it is
thought, will be the last to open. Nu
merous improvements which are be
ing made in the lake and grounds will
not be fully completed until later.
Preceding the opening of the Coun
try club by one mglit, the Hotel Fon
tenelle, whose supper dansants have
been' the social rendezvous for the
winter season, will give a special sup
per dance beginning at 10 o'clock.
Sojourners Return Home.
Mrs. A. H. Murdock has returned
from a three months' trip in Califor
nia, where she went with her daugh
ter. Miss Maurine Murdock, whom
she left at Long Beach to spend the
summer. "
f Mrs.' Arthur J. Cooley and chil
dren arrived home Thursday from
Winter Park, Florida, where they
have been since early in January.
They have been visiting in Chicago
and Burlington, Ta enroute home.
Mrs. Allan Robinson and son,
Dean, returned i hursday - trom at,
Augustine, Fla. 1
Mr. and Mrs. C. WT Lyman re
turned Saturday, from over three
months at Coronado Beach, in Cal
ifornia. ,
Mr. Victor B. Caldwel and son,
David, arrived home Thursday even
ing from California, where they have
been since the first of March.
E. M. Morsman, with his' niece,
Miss Mabel Harper, and aon, Joseph,
of Chicago, will be home Monday
from California. Mr. Morsman and
Miss Harper have spent the winter ,
there, but Joseph Morsman was called
west by his father's illness several '
weeks ago and remained to accom
pany him home.
Mrs. C. C. Rosewater is expected
back the first of the week from the
east.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Davis returned
Monday from a short trip to New
York. Miss Elizabeth and Miss Mel
iora Davis returned Saturday even
ing from two weeks' visit .in Mem
phis, Tenn., stopping in Kansas City
with Miss Mildred Butler enroute
home.
Mrs. Harold Gifford and Miss
Anne Gifford, who are now in Bos
ton, will be home the end of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. . Stevens and
Mrs. Ben Wood, jr., have returned
from three weeks in New York.
Mr. J. de Forest Richards returned
Thursday from a six weeks' sojourn
at Hot Springs, Vs., and ther point,
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