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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1917)
I r The 6 maha Sunday Bee PABT TWO AMUSEMENTS PAGES ONE TO EIGHT PAST TWO SOCIETY PAGES ONE TO EIGHT VOL. XLVII NO. 3. r OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1917. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. News of tUe Week in 'Social Circles . ; Activities in Women's Realm P ; rrj-K$ ;w;mv' - I if fe n i f Vf& vxl - tJzrrsJ.T!. rr-v , - 1 t-Sx Sv- lK rikr(1 fKk v . I ' of July is on the. calendar nounced as entries, actually appeared. 7ahs4 f I 15? - . P5S T3 ft . 1 II IT aain. Wednesday of ' this Last year the spectators were not dis- S7 C I WW' y l 1 I?3i 5i V v SI -.-.'.'......,.j..vJ-.a:o...l i-.-..-fc..v,A jtv.v.ftv.,.w.oi:v:j 11 J II M l"- fH, " I PEOPLE are hegittntiig to leave.' someone said the other dav. i "soon they will all be Rone." That statement was a tritle ex aggerated, of course, but it indicates he fact that the summer exodus of fashionables to the cooler spots of the country has set in. 1 he eastern coast is said by some to be too dangerous for pleasure, but it was there that most of the early travelers directed their steps. Mr. and Mrs. August Mothe Borglum, who left last week for their summer home in Connec ticut, are the latest to go and Mr. and Mrs. VV. K. t.urlcv with Miss Lila Gurley of Washington will soon leave to spend the summer at the latter s home. Now the tide seems to have turned in favor of the lakes, so that the sum. mer cottagers are becoming the cynosure of all eyes. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Beaton were among the Omahans whose intention to leave for the lake region was announced last week. Mrs. Beaton will spend the summer at White's hotel, Oelaficld Wis., but Mr. Beaton will return aftei a month's vacation. Mr. and Mr J. W. Towle and. the Misses Marion and Naomi 1 owle left Thursday for a motor trip to Lake Minnetonka, where they will be at Glenn Morris Inn for two weeks Minneapolis papers- are already heralding the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Nicholson of Indianapolis, and their daughter, Elizabeth, and son, Lionel. They are expected to be at, home in the Church cottage to day. The arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Charles 1. Kountze on July 15, is also anticipated and they will reside in one of the Lafayette club cottages. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Sweatt and family of Minneapolis, well-known to Omahans, will also occupy one of these club cottages at Minnetonka beach. Anyone who is so fortunate as to possess a ranclj this year is spending or planning to spend some time there. Life on a ranch or life in one of the popular summercamps are the two most attractive vacation schemes for Omaha young people. Mrs. Edgar Morsman left last Sun day for the east to take .her daugh ter, Mary, to a girls' catup in New Hampshire. Mrs. Morsman returns in about two weeks and will then go to Estes park. Miss Wynne Fairfield and Miss Cornelia Baum are spending ten days at the Baum ranch near Cody, Neb. ihe ranch is the famous Buffalo Bi land recently purchased by ' the Baums. Dean Robinson and George Hoag land, son of Mr. and Mrs. raul Hoag land, left Saturday for "Highland Camp" at Plum Lake, Wis. Mrs. W. B.T. Belt and Miss Dor othy Belt, accompaniced by Messrs. Robert Downs, Allison Vinsonhaler and Ralph Campbell, motored to Prior lake Thursday. Mrs. Belt and Miss Dorothy expect to be at the lake all summer. Mr. Belt had ex pected to go .with them, but was called to New Yorlc on business, Mrs. Miriam Patterson Boyce and Miss Eugenie Patterson leave Thurs day for Okoboji to stay until the mid dle of September. Mrs. Victor Caldwell" returned Tuesday evening from the week-end at Christmas lake, and expects to return there some time this, week for the summer. Mr. H. P. Whitmore has returned 5rom California, where he and his laughter, Miss Eugenie, have been '.njoying two or three months on :hat hospitable coast. Miss Eugenie v i 1 1 not return till later, and is a ruest at present at "Aha Loma," the icautiful fruit ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Society to Patronize Red Cross Venders at Auto Races on Fourth OOD old roasting, jolly Fourth of July is on the calendar again. Wednesday of ' this week wilt be tne Dlisstul day of torpedoes, firecrackers and skyrockets. Of course, we on thi side of the briny deep will observe a "safe and sane" Fourth, leaving it en tirely to those of pur nation on the battle front in France to discharge the giant crackers. A very unsentimental young friend of ours with auburn hair remarked Thursday night that the prophecy for this July 4 is that'the day will be fair and that the moon will be full. De lightful combination for the children and the lovelorn! All day long the little folks may crack their torpedoes and burn their "sizzers" in peace with out one disappointing drop -of rain. After a morning of purely crackling delight their mammas and papas may take them in their tarchiest Sunday frocks and suits for a picnic at some of the parks. There they"" may play merrily until the kindly sun sinks in the west to give place to a dusk suit able for fireworks., , Some of the older people will go for Jong auto picnics out into the couutry. perhaps to some celebration in a shady jjrove where Omaha's silver-tongued orators are called into requisition each Fourth of July to assist the great American eagle to scream forth its message of defiance to the world. ' Society, hovyever, society -with a big S, will be found at the third and last gasoline derby which the promis ing city of Omaha will 'see for many a long and weary year. When the speedway was opened in 1915 crowds flocked to tee a disappointing race in which few of the great ' names an nounced as entries, actually appeared. Last year the spectators were not dis appointedin any of the thrills of the game, fo!- the racers were famous, the cars were many and a real awful accident, when one of the cars like a flash went over the railing into the posts of the grand stand, sending splinters flying thick into the air. This year, however, Omaha's social leaders, and, incidentally, our prom inent men-folks, will be found at the race track in force. The Ked Cross is making fifty girls and women' of the most exclusive families fixtures at the speedway so Iong as the crowd remains. Clad in their cool white garments, which arc finding so much use this year, and wearing flowing Red Cross caps and veils, they will be omnipresent. Where the automo biles are parked back of the judges' stand inside the row of pits, you whb sit in the grand stand, may see Mrs. Charles T. Kountie and ten young women helpers busily plying a trade in sandwiches, ice cream, cigars and chewing gum. For the benefit of the Red Cross they arc hoping that everyone will come hungry and without any sup plies of cigars and gum, for otherwise, what will .their sales be? Such hosts of committees as have been appointed for the occasion' you never did see! They are all working at some very important part of the preparations, but just what each has to do, we challenge you. to remember. Mrs. Howard Baldrige has charge of the refreshment sale. Mrs. C. A. Hull is chairman of the sandwich committee It. and Ik and if. an J in Dial A Jfertnan VQtrj and a Jair riend will meejwith her the night of July various country luba. and has at least six assistants who will meet with her the night of uly 3, to perform the fearful task of mak- ing enough sandwiches to serve the multitude. Now it might interest you to know that one of these assistants devoted her entire attention to the procuring of butter, another to bread and so on down the list of sandwich requisites. Mrs. E. T. Swobe and Mrs. E. S. Westbrook have charge of the ice cream cones. Mrs. C. L. Bur dick has the work of decorating the booths, where Mesdames Harry Tukey, W. A. C. Johnson, Henry Doorly, J. A. C. Kennedy and Arthur Remington will each keep from seven (to ten girls and young matrons sup plies with wares to vend. Mrs. F. A. Broganis in charge of the committee of women who have charge of these vendors. When all the sandwiches and ice cream are sold and all the race fans have gone home, these hard worked vendors will retire to their homes for a brief interval, after which thev will conclude the glorious Fourth of July with dinner dances at. the Two Weddings Which Unite Promi nent Families Now Chief Interest WITH the huge (awn fete Binnie Brae consigned to realm- of memories, we n ITH the huge (awn fetet the must look forward to other wartime achievements and to further social interests. The one purely social event of the week will be the marriage Tuesday morning at Trinity Cathedral of Miss Stella Louise Thummel to Mr. Frederick Werst Clarke. The wedding, as is , the custom for wartime affkirs, will be a simple function with few attendants, juiss Catherine Thummel will be her sister a maid-of-honor and Mr. (jeorge n. Thummel will serve Mr. Clarke as best man. . The marriage Saturday night of Miss Marthi Dale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Dale, and Mr. Alex ander l.ooinis, son of Mr. and Mrs. June and opened the page to Miss Ihiimmel's wedding in July. Before an altar of pink and white gladiolas. Rev. E. D. Hull of the Hanscom Park MethodisLxliurch read the marriage lines at 8:30 o clock. The charming bride wore a gown of hand embroidered duchess satin and tulle. From the shoulders of the simple, tight bodice, above sleeves of tulle, fell the long court train. The long yeil of tulle was simply arranged at the back of the head. An old-fashioned stiff bouquet of white gardenias, white roses and lilies of the valley in a lace paper frill completed the sim ple, handsome costume of the bride. Mrs. Sidney Smith of Hartford, Conn., was her sister's only attendant. She was gowned in yellow satin and silver to the tips of her toes and car ried an armful of white daisies with N. H. Loomis, was the social event origin. yellow centers, i.iuie miss which closed the nuptial calendar ot ' Martha wooa, lac uriaci uiesc, wots Social Calendar Tuesday Clarke-Thummel wedding at Trin ity cathedral. Dinner-dances at Happy Hollow and Carter Lake clubs. Weekly bridge tournament at Field club. of July box parties at the auto racrs. Fourth of July dinner-dances at Field club, Country and Carter Lake clubs. Dinner party at Country club given by Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Kountze. bridge luncheon at Happy Hollow club. Friday Dinner-dance at Seymour Lake Country club. Saturday Dinner-dances at Country, Field, Happy Hollow and Carter Lake Country clubs. a charming frock of val lace witli bows of blue and carried a basket ot sweetheart roses, Pink roses were used in the dining room, where the wedding supper vas served to relatives and a few intimate friends, who had witnessed the cere mony. Mr. and Mrs. Loomis left for a wedding trip through Yellowstone park and to tlie Dome Lake club in Wyoming. They will be at home after Octobor 1 In the Birchwood apartments. A strictly tailored suit of dark blue, with a feather toque tu match, was the bride's traveling cos tume. News o( Summer Travelers. Mr. and Mrs. Dan W. Gains leave Thursday for a six weeks' trip to New York City. They will make tin Great Lakes trip from Chicago to Br' iajg on the way to New York. i