Sunday Bee
PAST TWO
SOCIETY
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PART TWO
MAGAZINE
PAGES ONE TO EIGHT
VOL. XLVI NO. 47.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1917.
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News: of the Week in Social Circles : Activities in Women's Realm
The
Omaha
War Casts Its Shadow Over Social
World; Mendelssohn Choir Sings
SERIOUS words are uttered these
days by our elders who have
seen wars before and have
studied their history from be
ginning to end. These world-worn
sages predict that in another year all
such purely frivolous matters as social
events will have melted from the face
if the earth. Next year there will
be no Red Cross ball like the huge
successful one of Tuesday night at
!he Fontenelle. The rich of the city
of Omaha will be "counting the cost"
as the poor are now, while the poor
heaven help them! will be sorely
distressed.
This week more than anv time vet
has brought social economies. So
far they are small items or tentative
restrictions which will help to con
serve the nation's money and food.
Hostesses say, "We will not give elab
orate dinners, because that would not
be in sympathy with the spirit of the
times." Others say, "Don't mention
our flowers; they were simple." So
cial clubs or luncheon club members
say, "This was our last social meet
ing of the year; when we meet again j
win uistuss pians lor n.ea i-ross
work." Other clubs are economizing
on floral decorations. Travelers who
returned from the east this week say
that pn every hand they were greeted
by war talk. Mr. Harry Byrne, who
as one of the eight national officers
of Kappa Sigma fraternity went to
New York lait week to be present at
the national convention of the organ
ization, said that the remarks of the
Speaker who preceded him and of the
two who followed him were devoted
entirely to a discussion of war.
War relief work now occupies all
the spare time of Omaha society peo
ple. It is interesting to note that
Mrs. Joseph Cudahy, whose charitable
work during her residence in Omaha
took such practical forms, is in charge
of one of the most interesting divi
sions of work for soldiers in Chi
cago. Under her care the "comfort
is-" directed cnlefly to supplying
the needs of militiamen, who, as a
Chicago writer puts it, are less sea
soned than the regular army and need
encouragement and petting. Comfort
bags are the stock in trade of the
shop. These are filled with tobacco,
pipe, socks, towel, cake of soap, tal
cum powder, tooth brush, pack of
cards, tooth paste and ihe like to
be sent to the training camps. The
newest department and - the-- most
tempting one. is devoted to the col
lection of jamsr jellies, preserves and
other"good things for the wounded in
convalescent hospitals. The women
believe that even if we may not have
many wounded in battle for some time
Cupid Plans Early
: May Weddings
Dan Cupid mischievous spirit of the
spring, has set his seal on each day
of this week but Saturday. Even for
that who knows what time will bring
forth? Monday and Tuesday Miss
Ellen Bloom, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfre l Bloom, will be the center
of interest among her friends. The
evening of the first day will see the
bridal dinner at the home of her par
ents, followed by a rehearsal, and
Tue-rlay at 8:30 will be solemnized
her marriage to Mr. Charles W.
Keller. Miss Lillian Henrickson will
be maid of honor and'sole attendant
upon the bride and Mr. Alvin Bloom
will be best mau. Miss Florence Ahl
quist of Wahoo, an intimate friend of
the bride, will come to play the wed
ding march. Another chum, Mis3
t Ruth Olson, of Lincoln, came Satur-
day, in time to entertain for Miss
Bloom, and the will sing . t the cere
mony, One of the largest parties of the
week will be the tea given by Mrs.
John L. Kennedy for Mrs. Ervine
John fyandeis, who is numbered
among the new Omaha brides. Mrs.
Brandeis was the -object of much
pleasant comment at the Red Cross
ball last Tuesday eveening when she.
gave her pretty Pierrot dance. Her
animation and her girlish grace won
the hearts of the onlookers
Announcement is made today that
on Wednesday Miss Amy Winifred
Humphrey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. O. Humphrey, will be united in
marriage with Mr. John P. Duffy at
St. Peter's church. A wedding break
fast at the home of the bride's par
ents for the immediate family will
follow.
A very quiet wedding will be held
at the home of Mrs.-John A. Fuller
Thursday, when her daughter, Min
erva, will be united in marriage with
Dr. Torrence Calvin Moyer of Lin
coln. Owinjj to a recent bereavement
in the family, this marriage will be as
unostentatious as th?t of Miss Adel
aide Vance to Mr. Harold Thomas of
Lincoln last weeek. The bridal pair
will be unattended. Dr. A. A. De
Larme of the First Baptist church
will perform the ceremony at 3 in
:he afternoon.
Friday Mrs. E. Lynne Kilgore will
entertain for Miss Flodell Higgins,
hose marriage to 'Mr. Earl Floyd
Sragg will take place June 6. Miss
Higgins was guest of honor at a May
day party a. the home of Miss Mary
E. Chase Saturday.
"What Society Fis in Prospect
Mrs. C. F. McGrew and 15er daugh
ter, Mrs. Wilson Austin, who arrived
Thursday from Pelham Manor, New
York, will be at home Monday after
noons 'to their friends during Mrs.
Austin's visit.
A dance for the benefit of All
Saints' church is planned for May 15
by Mrs. Tom Davis and her division
)f the Parish Aid society of the
:hurch. The dance will be given at
'he home of Mr, and Mrs. D. C.
Bradford, who have a ball room
iccommodating sixty or seventy. In
.Irs. Davis' division are Mrs. Brad
srd, Mrs; Sam Burns. Mrs. Edwin
iwobe. Mrs. Alvin Johnson, Mrs. G.
A. Meyer, Mrs. Glen Wharton, Mrs.
Social Calendar
Monday i
Luncheon for Miss Phyllis Luman,
Miss Marian Towle, hostess.
Monday Bridge Luncheon club.
Mrs. J. M. 'Me: alf, hostess.
Monday Bridge Luncheon club,
Mrs. O. M. imitli, hostess.
Comus club, entertained by- Mr.
and Mrs. Orvil Jennings.
Dinner for Keller-Bloom wedding
party, given by Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred Bloom.
Opening women's golf play at
Country club, 12:30 p. rri.
L'Alliance Francaise, Mrs. Arthur
C. Smith, hostess.
Tuesday
Keller-Bloom wedding.
Knigl.ts of Columbus dance at
Keep's academy.
Tea for Mrs. E. John Brandeis,
Mrs. John L. Kennedy, hostess.
Box parties for Mendelssohn Choir
concert at Boyd theater.
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Miss
Loa Howard, hostess.
Wednesday
Bridge for All Saints' Parish Aid,
Mrs. John T. Yates, hostess.
Matinee party for W. W. club.
Mid-week dinner dance at Coun
try club.
Duffy-Humphrey wedding at St.
Peter's church.
Thursday s
Moyer-Fuller wedding.
J. F. W. club, Mrs. Carl Wilson,
hostess.
entertainment by Miss
Lucine Finch at Blackstone.
Luncheon for Miss Flodell Hig-
gins, Mrs. E. L. Kilgore, hostess.
Junior circle, AH Saints' church,
benefit bridge, Mrs. E. A. Hig-
gins, hostess.
Amateur Musical club, Mrs. Harry
Nicholson, hostess.
Saturday
Week-end dinner dance at Coun
try club.
to cofhe the life in camp will bring
much sickness. An effort is being
made to enlist every housewife in set
ting aside a share of her preserved
and dried fruits for this purpos. In
Omaha this work is in the care of
Mrs. T. J. Stewart, 2d. ,
The work of Mrs. Stewart's divi
8TOii TWy' similar 4e that in Chicago
except that nobody here has begun
the collection of sweet edibles. Plans
are being formulated may even now
be completed to make, food con
tribute to the cause, however. Mrs.
Stewart and Mrs. Samuel Burns plan
Sam Caldwell and Mrs. Charles H.
Brown.
Miss Lucine Finch, who tells dar
key stories at the Blackstone Friday
evening, does not confine herself to
story telling. She has also written
songs for children and has published
a little book of verses called "Two
in Arcady." Her recital is under the
management of Mrs. William E. Mar
tin, who brings Mrs. Anthony Mer
rill to Omaha.
Mr. W. N. Chambers will close his
dancing classes for the year with a
complimetary recital fdr little folks
and their friends at the Hotel Castle
Saturday afternoon and a recital for
older pupils and their friends in the
.evening. Classic and plastic dances
will be interspersed with social
dances.
Independent circle of Band No. 5
will give the last of its series of card
parties Monday afternoon at Lyceum
hall. ' '
L'Alliance Francaise will meet
Monday evening at the home of Mrs.
Arthur Crittenden Smith. Madame
A. M. Borglum will give a dramatic
reading and Mrs. Smith will report
on the national meeting of the alli
ance, which she attended when in the
east.
The Omaha Woman's Golf associa
tion will meet at the Country club
Monday at 2:30 o'clock if the weather
permits for its first golf play of the
year..
Press Women Hunt Record.
In presenting "The Record Ro
manco," by Miss Henrietta M. Rees,
one of the plays "which will have a
premiere at the Blackstone hotel the
evening of May 15, under the aus
pices of the Omaha Woman's Press
club, an original phonograph record
is necessary. Records are not made
except in New York City and entail
immense expense, so the club de
spaired until one of the members re
membered that Dr. F. H. Millener,
electrical expert of the Union Pacific,
had done considerable experimenting
with phonographs and might be able
to help in the dilemma.
Dr. Miilener was consulted and in
turn conferred with B. C. Deaver of
the Edison Dictating Machine com
pany. Both thought that by means
of a dictaphone and a resounding ap
paratus a record could be made which
would serv; in the emergency.
Schmoller & Mueller loaned a piano
room and Mrs. Hazel Smith Eldridge
made several experiments Friday aft
ernoon and a successful result is an
ticipated. The wcrds to the song
used, "The Sunbeam," were written
by Miss Rees and adapted to music
by Ben Stanley of Trinity cathedral.
News of the Visitors. 1
- Mrs. W. E. Curtis, formerly Miss
Janet Wallace, is expected in Omaha
in about ten days to visit her cousin,
Miss Elizabeth Black.
Miss Lucine Finch, who comes to
give a story-telling evening - at the
Blackstone Friday, will be the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kountze
while here.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Miller arrived
last week from Los Angeles, to spend
the summer with their daughter, Mrs.
r. .Mcdrew, ana Mr. McGrew.
Mrs. W. S. Lamb of Euraka. Cal.,
to serve tea each afternoon during the sohn choir a "made-in-Omaha" prod
art txhihit at the Auditorium ti-i se- m't Thti- nnrtm or h. ft-
cure the wherewithal to buy supplies
f-, If i:.i .
iui jigmiug men. xi June id juuiii
is set aside in one corner art lovers
will find the exhibit an additionally
delightful place to visit. Perhaps we
shall see such delightful combinations
of art and Bohcmianism as this stroll
ing around under the canvases with
catalogue in one hand and tea cup in
the other, long-haired laddies, and
blue-eyed lassies drinking deep of art
and that cup which cheers bm not
inebnateo.
Each year we Omahans have a
musical treat exclusively, our own.
Even since Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Kelly have changed their residence to
the city of Chicago, nearby, we have
been pleased to consider the Mendels-
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'E'VE got
Mrs.
Boyd
in unison.
They are two of Omaha's most expert
women marksmen, taking their practice
at the Omaha Gun club grounds and on
hunting and camping trips with their hus
bands. ,300tii'8xIi, ond"fully good exer
cise, said Mrs. Reese. "Of course, the
recoil ot the guns makes your shoulder
black and blue for a while, but you net
so you don't mind it." .
There is talk of organizing a woman's
corps of sharp shooters and to affiliate it
with the National League for Woman
Service. The Omaha Gun club and the
Greater Omaha Rifle and Revolver club
have offered the use of their practice
ranges to women who wish to learn.
Mrs. W. A. Pixley often hunts with
her husband, who is also teaching his
daughter, Virginia, and Miss Mary Me
geath, the Ak-Sar-Ben queen, how to
shoot. Mrs. Fred Hamilton and Mrs.
George Redick are good shots.
(Imaha Wnm.an Recalls Meetinas
With Artists Whose Works Are Here
HAVING met several of the
artists whose paintings are
in the French-Belgian collec
tion, Mrs. Howard Baldrige
is perhaps more interested than any
other Omaha woman in the exhibit
now open at the Auditorium.
"When I entered the exhibit' Fri
day the paintings of Albert Besnard,
Jacques Blanche, Boutet de Monvel,
Caro-Delvaille and Gaston La Touche
brought back vividly to my mind the
summer of 1909 that I spent in Paris,
arriving there in time for the spring
salons," said Mrs. Baldrige. "It was
in the interests of the Omaha Society
of Fine Arts, then a struggling art
class nurtured and kept alive by such
lovers of art as Mesdames Lowrie
Childs, Charles Russell, A. W. Bow
man, M. B. Lowrie, Arthur Crittenden
Smith, J. W. Griffith and A. W. Jef
feris. that I met many of these fa
mous artists and their wives. I was
asked by that year's committee to
open the fall session by a talk on the
pictures of the two famous spring ex
hibits, and a bit of gossip about the
artists themselves. Owing to my
rotten French and the inconvenience
of not having a handle to my name,
I found breaking into ultra French
art circles in order to quiz famous
men for the benefit of an art society
way off in the middle of the states
anything but an easy task. Alfred
Koll, whose frighting Horses ana
self-portrait are in this present ex
hibit, was that year s president of the
Beaux Arts, and a great , personal
friend of Albert Besnard, who today
is the master of the French painting,
as was Auguste Rodin of sculpture.
When the work ot a new artist is
accepted by the committee and is
hung 'on the line,' he is 'tea-d' and
feted by his friends and all the other
artists, and I was fortunate enough
to attend some twenty reunions
given in honor of these 'line men.'
At that time Besnard had just finished
his final decorations for the ceiling
of the Petit Palais on the Champs
Elysees, besides some exquisite bits
of vivid coloring in which he so de
lights. He was a distinguished gray
haired man, with a charming person
ality, and my atrocious French so
amused him that he asked Madame
Besnard to invite me for tea so that
he could really discover what I
wanted.
"We called Sunday afternoon, and
is the guest of her niece, Mrs. P. H.
Philbin, and Mr. Philbin.
Homer Conant and his sister, Mrs.
F. W. Harwood, of New York, with
her children, Warner and Betty, ar
rived Thursday to spend a month
with their mother, Mrs. M. II. Conant,
at the Sanford hotel.
The Misses Bessie and Jaflct Ed
holm arrivedSaturday from Virginia
to be with their father, Albert Ed
tolm, at the B'.ackstone.
Miss Jean Barkalow of Denver,
who is the guest of her aunt. Mrs. B.
B. Wood, is the daughter of Mrs.
(Continued on Pnga Two, Column One.)
j most eujovable musical affairs of that
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nature which we chronicle Tuesday
evening at the Boyd theater will be
given lite closing concert for this
year. The presence of Mrs. Kelly,
who has come over from Chicago with
her director husband to take
part, insures an interesting con
cert, for her wonderful personal
ity always dominates the choir. Box
holders for the evening are Messrs.
and Mcsdames C. T. Kountze, L. C.
Na,sh and Dick Stewart, Mrs. E. W.
Nash, Mr. J. A. Cavers, Messrs. and
Mesdames, W. J. Burgess, George
Payn, C. F. Wcllec, Clement Chae,
J. W. Towle, J. A. Munroe, A. W.
Gordon and Mrs. Ralph Brecken
ridge. the drop on your
Keese and Mrs.
Russell might exclaim
I found Madame and Monsieur Bes
nard in their charming little French
garden. It looked like a bit of brilli
ant tapestry. Two gorgeously colored
parrots, scolding and mocking, car
ried out the effect. He showed us his
two enormous studios and I was
especially interested in the scaffolding
he used when painting his mural dec
orations. He is a brilliant colorist
and Madame Besnard told me his
finishing touches were always added
with the parrots flying madly after
each other, around and around the
studio, excited and teased into action
by the:r master. While there. Mon
sieur Joseph Avy called. (I note he
has two paintings in this Omaha ex
hibit.) He was then engaged to Mile.
Besnard, a charming girl of 22, who
had never been inside a cafe, nor at
tended any theater except the grand
opera. She told me this in English
which she had learned at a French
school, and Monsieur Avy and her
father beamed with pride over her,
wonderful accomplishment. Her pro
ficierfcy in English meant much more
to them apparently, than their gift of
painting
"Charles Cottet exhibited in that
year s salon, a picture ot Brittany
very similar to the one of his which
we have here. Boutet de Monvel was
showing thrcei exquisite decorative
panels of Joan d" Arc, intended for
the celebration at Kheims. Caro Del-
vaille was being much feted that
spring owing to a new note he had
struck in art in his canvas called "A
Plastic Group.' Charles Hoffbauer
was then a young artist who had re
ceived the distinction of having his
painting "Madison Square Garden at
Night" hung in the Luxembourg. He
had then nevef been in America,
which goes to prove that it is the
effect and not the truth that wins out
in art. Gaston La Touche was show
ing several of his famous fete scenes
such as are in this exhibit.
Simon had a much commented on
canvas in that year's salon, called "A
Study in Whites." In taWing with
him I learned that in no place had he
used pure white paint. His artistic
eye was trained to detect notes of
color in all values.
Jacques Blanche was exhibiting the
same portrait of Henry James vNiich
is in this collection: He was much in
terested in what I had to tell of
middle west art struggles and was
most kind in seeing that I met well
known artists.
In this exhibit I noted one of Jules
Adler's characteristic pictures of peo
ple of the Faubourg, and his friend,
Anian-Jcan's typical canvas of gos
siping society girls."
All these artists have works on ex
hibit in the Omaha collection.
One afternoon, Mrs. Baldrige
went up the Seine in company with
several American artists, lo visit
Auguste Rodin at his summe'r studio.
' I four..1 him a great, quiet, thinking
man, and like his big, roughly hewed
masterpieces, leaving much in his
conversation to the imagination," said
Mrs. Baldrige.
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Army News Scanned for Notes
On Officers Once Stationed Here
ARMY news has once more
jumped to first interest, fol
lowing the temporary lull
when the posts at Fort Omaha
and Fort Crook were deserted. Each
day brings its item of news relating
to army folk well known to local so
ciety because the principals were for
merly stationed here.
Lieutenant Colonel Fred W. Sla
don, U. S. A., is in command of the
school established at the Presidio at
San Francisco for noncommissioned
officers recommended for temporary
commissions. Colonel Sladen was at
one time a resident of Omaha.
Recently in New York Captain Wil
liam N. Haskell was given a brilliant
banquet1 by the officers of the Sixty
ninth New York infantry, in which
regiment Captain Haskell served as
colonel during its service on the Mex
ican border. A beautiful Tiffanylov
ing cup was presented to him. Cap
tain Haskell is well known here, as he
and his family were stationed at Fort
Omaha for some time.
Colonel and Mrs. J. M. Arrasmith
and son, James, are at Montgomery,
Ala., temporarily, the colonel having
becA ordered there on mustering duty.
Mrs. George A. Hoagland and her
daughter, Mrs. J. E. Summers, leave
today for San Francisco to meet Cap
tain and Mrs. David Stone and family,
due to arrive Tuesday from Honolulu,
where they have been for the last
four years. Captain Stone is assigned
to duty at San Diego to take charge
of the building of airplane sheds for
the army. Mrs. Stone is Mrs. Hoag
land's younger daughter.
Mrs. Harold Geiger and little
daughter, who have been stopping
with Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Bridges.
joined her husband, Captain Geiger,
at Fort Omaha Wednesday and will
remain there as long as the captain
is on duty.
Clarkson Millspaugh and Chauncey
Dewey, son and son-in-law of the
$otd
late Mishop Millspaugh of Topeka,
have both gone into army service,
the latter having taken the training
at Pittsburgh' last summer and now
holding s commission as major.
Harry Stephens of Montclair, N.
J., youngest brother of Lucien Ste
phens of this city and well known
here, has been commissioned as cap
tain of ordnance with the New Jersey.
troops. He expects to be qrcjered out
for duty any time.
Late reoorts of Omaha men who
have volunteered to serve Uncle Sam
indicate they will soon be lound in.
almost every field of work.
Ray Byrne, son of T. C. Byrne,
with four other seniors of the med
ical school of Creighton university
left Sunday for Marc Island, Cal., to
enter training for the medical corps
of the navy at the navy hospital there
They were given their diplomas te
fore their departure. '
John Reed, son of Harry D. Reed,
and a graduate last June from Shat
tuck, has joined the officers' re..erv
corps, passing his examination at
Fort Omaha last Saturday.
Sidney Cullingham, son of Mrs.
R. Bcecher Howell, left last week for
Fort Sam Houston to enter training
in the aviation service. Lyman Phil
lips and Vincent M. Shook, both high
school boys, also enlisted for the
same service and have gone to Fort
Logan, Colo., where they ire equip
ped before going to their posts of
training. ..- . .
Hal Brady has passed his examina
tion for the offiaers' reserve corps
and expects to go to Fort Riley to
the training camp with about sixty
other men from St. Joseph, Mo.
Morton Wakeley, son of Lucius
Wakeley, will "o from Cornell to one)
of the training camps. .
Fritz Bucholz, who was called
home by the death of his father, re
turns to Yale to complete his junior
year before going into active service
