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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1917)
J rrutf UIIV. HMAUA TTTIT.SnAV TTTT.V OA 1Q17 I! II l ' INI I II Kitten Plays Cupid. Engagement announcement parties bring to light many curious devices for making known the fascinating news of the betrothal of two young people. Hearts, cl course, are an old method, double hearts bearing names of the two principals arrow-shot hearts, candied hearts and so on ad infinitum, ad desperandum. At one pretty engagement luncheon, which you may remember, tiny photo graphs of the betrothed pair were con cealed in dainty engraved booklets: Oftentimes the announcement is made simply by word of mouth or the facts are conveyed on a small card at the place of each guest. Flowers tell the story, for some, not merely in the language of flowers which tells of ac cepted love, but by means of hidden announcement notes. One of the sororities down at the state university has an old custom in regard to engagement announcements. At the annual banquet of the organ ization, any girl who has become en gaged during the year is obliged to run once around the table, to signify by so doing her new state. You have doubtless heard of paper black cats tied in bags carrying the news to guests at a party, but per haps you never heard a real story of a cat who played Cupid and an nounced an engagement. Not long since a girl in a Nebraska town in vited a large company of her friends to a kensington at her home. All unsuspecting, they attended and spent the afternoon at their knitting and sewing on the lawn. While the guests were thus occupied in the house the hostess's pet kitten was ornamented with a little card tied around her neck and was put in a paper bag. When finally the guests were seated at the tea table the hostess untied the string of the sack and out popped kitty with her card. Such a scrambling as ensued to catch the cat and to read the card attached to her neck. It bore the name of the hostess and her fiance and their wedding date. Thus did one girl make her joyous secret known. Several engagements announced in Omaha this spring bring promise of fall weddings. At the Country Club. Enertaininng at supper at the Coun try club Sunday night were E. H. Sprague with twelve guests, J. E. Davidson and Glenn Wharton with eight guests each, Dr. Leroy Crum mer with a party of seven and Luther Kountze with six guests. Smaller parties were with E. M. Fairfield, E. S. Westbrook, Barton Millard, C. A. Carr of Fort Omaha, Dorothy Jud on, R. W. Gardner, J. S. Brady and Jack Summers. M. C. Peters has reservations 'for ten guests at the Wednesday night dinner dance. At Happy Hollow Club. Those who entertained at Happy Hollow club Sunday were W. H, Gar rat, E. R. Perfect, 0. P. Goodman, Frank B. Dale, J. E. Goodrich, W. L. Carey, H. G. Streight, G. M. Albers, E. Benedict, Charles Rich, C. J. Lyon, H. G. Brown, J. A. Epeneter, Dr. H. B. LeMere with eight guests, F. J. Norton, H. A. Koch, G. M. Gil christ, A. B. Brown, Simeon Jones, W. G. Fuller, A. L. Green with eight guests and F. B. Darr with a party of seven. Mrs. 0. P. Goodman has luncheon reservations for eight at the club Tuesday. . - , , At Seymour Lake Country Club. Complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. John Westerlin of Chicago, who are their house guests,, Mr. and Mrs. James Allen entertained at dinner Sunday night. Covers' were laid for eight guests. - - Mr. and Mrs. John Bekins will give a dinner party tonight in honor of the birthday anniversaries of their son, Paul, and Miss Louise Kinzie, of Arcadia. A combination birthday cake sufficiently large to hold the candles for both young people will be pre sented. ; i Mr. and Mrs. Julius Lyonl enter tained Mr. and Mrs. Leach and Mrs. A, C Dickerson at dinner Sunday night. - , Other diners at the club Sunday were: D. C. Johnson, who had three guests;- Miss Helen Donovan,' six; Allen Dudley, our; George- Francis, three; Mrs. V. B. Tagg, three; Cuy Beckett, four; James Allen, seven; Miss Anne Prange, two; C E. Par sons, three; Henry Nygaard, three; L. E. Norfleet, two, and J, J. Fitz gerald, eight " i Mr. H. C. Christianson entertained at a swimming party Sunday night Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McCarthy have moved to the Townsend cottage for the remainder of the summer. Mr. P. H. Dearmont and Mr. A. V. Miller and their families have taken a cottage and will enjoy the lake and other sports for the balance of the summer. The Misses Geraldine and Beatrice Johnson entertained at luncheon to day for a number of out-of-town guests. Baskets of sweet peas formed the centerpiece. At the Field Club. Sunday night supper guests at the Field club were M. D Porter, Thomas Coleman, R. H. Manley, H. G. Jor dan, W. H. Head, C R. Jewell, Xyle Hubbard, W. P. Thomas, Earl Buck, Dr. B. B. Davis. F. P. Loomis, Jack Sharpe, J. W. Battin. O. S. Lieben, Harley Conant and Dr. A. M. Som mar, R. H. Wernher, At Carter Lake Club. Mrs. Ruth Chapman of Sioux City is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyers at their cottage. Those who entertained at the club Sunday were Mrs. Byron Hart, Lieu tenant F. W. Goodale of Fort Omaha and D. G. Eldridge. J. F. Dimick also had eight guests and Roy Bloom six. Mr. G. Russel Petard had as his guests the Misses . Petard, Gladys Goodman. Mabel Anderson and SEASON'S DEBUTANTE TO SPEND MONTH ON RANCH. h'',- - llllllIIIIIIISl ' ' ' ' " , Can'ia OBrien Miss Carita O'Brien is leaving this week to remain until the last of Aug ust on the O'Brien ranch in western Nebraska. The luncheon which she was to have given today for the St. Mary's girls who are the guests of Miss Rodna Hughes in Council Bluffs has been cancelled. Florence Heggblade; Messrs. Howard H. Over and E. Bradley Mackson. Birth Announcement. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Lovell Sunday morning at Birch Knoll, a daughter who has been named Mary Jane. On Summer Trips. Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Callfas leave this evening with their house guest, Mr. l nomas tiilliaro of Waterloo, Canada, for a week's visit in Canada. They will stop at Lake Louise, Banff, Calgary, Regina and Winnipeg. Events of the Day. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Learned will entertain a foursome at dinner in the oriental room at the Blackstone to night. Social Gossip. Mr, C. E. Hochstetler has arrived from Kansas City and is stopping at the F. B. Hochstetler home. Mr. and Mrs. Hochstetler are now in Cali fornia. They stopped enroute at the Daughtery ranch near Ogallala, Neb., where their daughter, Mrs. Fred Daughtery, is spending the summer. Mrs. John S. Robinson and daugh ter Helen leave tonight for several weeks in the east. They will join Miss Katherine Robinson, who has been visiting friends and relatives near West Point N. Y. Miss Kath erine Robinson will enter her senior year at Smith college this fall. On the Calendar. Miss Marjorie Barret is entertaining at luncheon at the Blackstone Tues day for Miss Rodna Hughes of Coun cil Bluffs and her house guests. Ten girls will be included in the party. The visitors leave later in the week for a trip in the west. Women of Holy Angels' parish will give a card party Tuesday afternoon at the hall at Twenty-eighth and Fowler avenue. Mrs. P, G. Mittelbach has reser vations for eight guests at luncheon at. the Blackstone Thursday. 1 Reunion at Manawa of Heft and Hurd Families A family reunion was held Sunday at Manawa lake park in which the Hurd and Heft families participated in honor of the sole survivor of the old generation of Hefts, Mrs. Jane Heft Hurd, widow of the late Benjamin F. Hurd of Underwood, la. About eighty in all partook of the bounti ful picnic dinner. Among those present were Mrs. Jane Hurd, Underwood, la.;' Miss Mary Hurd, Underwood, la.; T. C. Heft, Council Bluffs, la.; H. O. Heft, Council Bluffs, la.; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cosby, Council Bluffs; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Moore, Elkhorn, Neb.; Mrs. Guy Dieggel, Neola, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Downs and family, Neola, la.; Mr. and Mrs. John Kelley and family, Council Bluffs, la.; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kirkendall and family, Council Bluffs, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gil pin and family, Exeter, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. John Hurd and family, Dum fries, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Will Heft, and family Council Bluffs, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Heft and family, Oak land. Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert White and family, Oakland, la.; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Heft and family, Oakland, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fenn and family, Carson, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fenn and family, Carson, la.; Mr. and Mrs.' Clarence Carspecken, Oakland, la.; Mrs. Alice Moore and family, Omaha, Neb.; Henry' Hazelton, Omaha, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. George Briggs, South Omaha, Neb.; Miss Mable Briggs, South Omaha, Neb.; V. G. Hiesrodt, South Omaha, Neb.; Mr. and -Mrs. Lee Philliphs and family, Omaha, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. C E. Powell and family, McClelland, la.; Mythel Fenn, Carson, la.; Arthur Hotze, Carson, la.; Adah Frantz, Carson, la.; Homer Heft, Oakland. Ia.; Ray Heft, Oak land, la.; Mrs. Nettie Cummings and family, Lamed, Kan.; Helen Hurd, Underwood, Ia. . v Omaha Man Writes From "Somewhere in France' A letter was received Thursday by C W: Marmon of 1309 South Thirty second street, from his brother. Lieu tenant J. A. Marmon, quartermaster's corps, U. S. A., who is somewhere in France with the first expeditionary command. Lieutenant Marmon was stationed in Omaha for six years, serving here in the pay department Prior to going to France he was stationed at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., and was with Gen eral Pershing in Mexico. While in Omaha Mr. and Mrs. Mar mon lived at 1245 South Twenty-fifth avenue and still own their home here. Making the Most Of Your Aacation - By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. '"I wonder if it will ever get to be the first of August. Gee! Won't I have a good time when that comes around,'! cried Hilda. "Me for the mountains. I've got a bunch of pretty clothes and I bet I have a swell time. There are lots of dandy fellows at the place where I'm going. What are you going to do, Lottie?" "Goine to stay right in little rold New York and sleep all day long and dance around every night. I have a bunch of dates with the fellows in my boarding house. None of them eoes the same time I do and they've promised to give me one grand time if I'll stay in little old Manhattan and keep them from getting lone some. And now, Marion, what are you going to dor "Oh, I'm going down to Atlantic City. I've got to stay in a cheap little place, but. I have some pretty clothes and I'll live right out on the board walk. Say, we three sure have nice vacations planned. We're going to have a good time in our own quiet way. I bet none of the boys in this office have half as much fun as we're going to get out of our two weeks. Let's find out what they're doing; I'd kind of like to see myself putting it over on the men folks for a change. , Investigation nroved that Fritz Condon was going to spend his two weeks at a boys' camp, where once he had been councillor. Ned James was going off with another chap on a canoeing trip and Phil Barclay was planning a "hike" through the Lake Champlain district. Norton Gregory was going down to his sis ter's bungalow and expected to read a lot of good things he'd been anxious to get at all winter: There wasn't a man in the office who described. his vacation in terms of a fashionable summer resort girls, dancing or so cial gayetyl Those are real people in a real office. I know girls who do go off to camps and who plan for very dif ferent vacations from those of Hilda, Lottie and Marion. But I am afraid their percentage is small. Every summer brings up a new version ot Gibson s famous old car toon, "The Only Man at the Beach.' Fashionable summer resorts are al most manless. If there is good golf or tennis or sailing the week-end brings in an influx of men who dance a bit on Saturday night to pay off uicir social oongaiions to tne worm and who squire a pretty girl about tne place, it she knows how to han dle the tiller of a boat or hold her own iii mixed doubles. But men are learning that a vaca tion ought to bring renewal, refresh ment both mental and physical change and rest for jaded nerves. The fairyland for vacationists lies outdoors, not in crowded hotel lob bies, not in over-heated ballrooms, not in stutty restaurants but out in the open we all find the heart of the true vacation. Two weeks of freedom from routine ought to send you back to work re freshed and renewed. If you are a dweller in a stuffy flat, won't a little of the simplicity of life on a farm be a wonderful thing for, you? If you are accustomed tothe routine of an office, what possible rest can you get from it in the routine of a life like this: Get up at 9, don white linen, breakfast at 10, sit on the piazza and discuss your neighbors, stroll down to the beach at 11, take your ocean dip at 12, lunch at 1:30, listen to the band concert and discuss your neigh bors some more, take a nap, dress for dinner, yawn through an even ing, yearning for the week-end party to bring in the men. At the end of two weeks of that come back to the city minus $75, which should have gone into your sav ings bank account, plus a little tan and the restless feeling that you aren't rested as you thought you'd be. Finding out which you really need the quiet of the country, the restful stimulation of deep-sea swimming, long hikes over mountain trails, the hush of the balsam woods and the peace of fishing in cool lakes, or the keen exertion of sports there must be some one thing which would send you back to work fit as a fiddle. It isn't dressing up and talking from morning to night to a lot of lazy, rocking-chair folk; it isn't dashing around in search of a good time; it isn't syping out for a husband it's just giving nature a chance to bathe and rest and heal you. Figure out your vacation from the point of view of efficiency. It's a crime to waste it. Advice to Lovelorn By Beatrice Fairfax You Are Wrong. Dar MIm Fairfax: I am going about In company with a girl who works in the am office. About two weeks ago one ot our employ era lost a aon and aha Instated on going to the funeral service In his house against my wishes. Do you think she was right? I would appreciate very much your advlct In thla case. O. V. What Is all the fuss about? The girl offered her respectful attention to people who were in sorrow.- Surely you would not have objected If she had gone to ahow her aympathy to fellow employee; why then object in this situation T Ara you a snob? There never can be any question ot pro priety about doing what one can to ahow kindness and aympathy to people who are In trouble. . "Brownatone" Tints Your Hair In a Minute Preferred to Slow Acting Dyes. The atralghtest road and the shortest cut to the certainty of an attractive and beauti ful appirnce la the use of "Browne ton-' Hair stain. Thla preparation will Instantly change gray, streaked or faded hair to the softest and rlohest golden brown, medium, dark brown or black Just as foil wish. Just comb or brush It Into your hair. Impossible of detec tion, will not rub or wash off, and needs retouching only aa the hair grows out, "Brownatone" hair ataln Is tar superior to "dyes," and la ab solutely harmless to every way. Sold b all drantata. In two s'.ies. !So and 11.00. If you ara of fered a substitute, save annoyance by re fusing It and ordering "Brownatone" direct from the maker. Insist on "Brownatone1 at your hair dresser's. A trial bottle and interesting booklet will be mailed fori IS cents. Mention shad de Address The Kenton Fharmacal Co eza Coj.in. Uldy. CoviiiKton, Ky Bold and Jkuaranteed In Omaha bv Sher man A . -olfnnll Drug Co. Stores and ether leauing For a Shopping Trip THIS model is of gray faille with soft blue velvet and fish-colored Georgette to trim it. But it is one of those adaptable frocks which will be cheerful and gay even if you make it of dull and lusterless crepe de chine. You can't help looking tall and slim if you follow these lines. "A word to the wise," you know. Rush Flabergasted When He Appears in Disabille Svlvester R. Rush, special assistant to the United States attorney general with offices in Omaha, is usually a most particular man about his dress. And so, when he appeared in his office the other morning without a collar or necktie adorning and set ting off the beauty of his person, his niece and stenographer, Mrs. David Dickinson, smiled and gave a gentle trill of laughter. . It must be pretty warm, uncle, when you come to the office like that," she said. Like what? inquired uncle. "Why, without a collar and neck tie, she replied. He raised a hand to his throat and then nearly fainted. Blushes mantled his massive brow. "Good gracious" and "Mercy mer he ejaculated. "I wondered why my friends on the street car and on the street stared at me and smiled so." Then he hurried out to a haberdash ery across the street and bought a collar and a '"swell" polka-dotted necktie. 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Your hair will bo so fluffy that it will look much heavier than it is. Its lustre and soft ness will also delight you, while the stimulated scalp gains the health which insures hair growth. Adv. What Women Are Doing t Mrs. Theodore 'Roosevelt, jr., is an instructor in the cooking school for naval reserves U Newport. President Van Hise'of the Univer sity of Wisconsin predicts world-wide woman suffrage after the war. In one of the largest lumber yards in Chicago, women are doing men's work and receiving men's pay. In a suit brought in the federal court in St. Louis under the contract labor law the jury decided that dress making is not an art and that a "premier dressmaker" is only a la borer. The honorarv degree of LL. D. which has been conferred by Fordhani university on Sister Mary Pauline Kelligar, president of the College of St. Elizabeth, comes to a nun for the first time in this country, and to a woman for the first time in the 300 years of work of the Jesuit order. Mrs. Paul Asks the Club Women to Help Soldiers Mrs. J. N. Paul, state president of the Nebraska Federation of 'ominv. Clubs, is sending the following appeal to club women all over the state: Now that our boys are about to leave us, It behooves us to make that going as pleas ant as possible, for they go soon, and will be gone a long time some of them may never come, back. I would urge every club woman to do all she ran Ao safeguard these boys while In her town against Intemper ance and vice. Make them feel that we per sonally care for them and their future, and that we have a debt of gratitude to repay, and we Want to repay it now. Above and beyond all, do not think because a man is a soldier he must necessarily sink to the lowest depths of degradation from choice. Many of our best and most cultured young men are In the ranks and they are far above the slacker who scoffs at them. The mo bilizing places have a responsibility to meet President Returns From 1 Three Days' Outing Washington, July 23.-President Wilson returned early today after a three-dav trip to Hampton Roads aboard the naval yacht Mayflower. which every, mother, wife and sweetheart will watch with jalous eyes. Remember, they go to protect you and me. ASK FOR and GET orlick's The Original Malted Milk i Substitute Cost YOU Sam Pile Grand Trunk Circle Tours Make Absolutely the Most Satisfactory Vacation Trips NOT only is the cost moderate, but by going- one route and returning another, with the liberal stop-over privileges granted, they afford a view and knowledge of this country and Canada unapproached by any other form of transportation. The Grand Trunk is the leader In circle tours. We have 77 vane- interest in the East which is SSrWl Address: not covered. Toronto, the Thou- IrlliiSWa J. D. McDONALD 6and Islands. Montreal. Quebec, frWrJEL3 Aut General PanMater Ateot New York. 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