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PABT TWO
AMUSEMENTS
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PAST TWO
SOCIETY
PAGES ONE TO EIGHT
VOL. XLVII NO. 3.
r OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1917.
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News of tUe Week in 'Social Circles . ; Activities in Women's Realm
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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
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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.
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