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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1917. POPULAB GIRL WHO WILL WED TUESDAY By MELL'.FICIA-Sept. 17 Fort Omaha Canteen Popular. Omaha society women know no rest these days. Between Red Cross "classes, providing, the boyj who are leaving for training camps or for "some unknown poin-with comfort kits and delicious box lunches or their knitting, which is always with them, they are in a constant whirl. The Red Cross canteen at Fort Omaha, which was open for the first time Saturday, is the newest hobby j ot many, of our well-known society women ana young girls. - Mrs. Luther Kountze. chairman of the refreshment committee, is ten eral manager of the canteen and is on hand evcry; day to see .that all goes as it should. Mrs. Howard Baldrige is Mrs. Kountze's right-hand assist ant on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and Mrs. Max Hcischman on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. - With the help of a group of young so ciety girls, tney serve the hungry throng. Indeed, it is a throng, for, as Mrs. C. T. Kountze expressed it, the boys stand in line 400 deep. V On Sunday, which was a busy time, Mrs. Baldrige assisted Mrs. Kountze all day, with the help of Miss Marjory smith, Miss Erna Reed and Miss Emily Keller. Today . Mrs Francis Brogan and Mrs. Baldrige were in change, with the Misses Louise White, Ruth and Grace Sla- oaugn, Erna Kecd and Margorie Smith assisting them. "The boys are most enthusiTstic and appreciative. They keep us the busiest during the rush hours, which are from 10 until 1 and 4 nutil 8, when the canteen closes. "There is always a huge crowd for breakfast and the canteen is crowded by 7 o'clock in the morning," said Mrs. Kountze, who is there herself to oversee the corps of colored help which is employed, Family Reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ringwalt and son, Joseph, jr., of New York, will arrive October 1 (o visit Mr. Ring , wait's parents, Mr. and Mrs. f. R, Ringwalt. This is the first visit home of Mr. and Mrs. Ringwalt since their marriage. Mrs. Ringwalt will be re membered as Miss Marguerite Sto witts of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Bradford will arrive at the same time from California to visit at the Ringwalt home. -,, . , ' , , At the Country Club.' , Mr. and Mrs. .Luther Drake will en tertain at a dinner party Wednesday evening at the Country club for twenty-two guests. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Clarke will en tertain Tuesday evening at a dinner party for ten guests. 5 Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Eastman enter tained a supper party last night in cluding the following: : ?, x Maar. nd Meidamen Luther Drk, C. C. Gnorgt. Honry Wymiin, V Mr.. Walter Pate. - With Mr. and Mrs. Wcstbrook were the Misses Louise White, Meliora and Elizabeth Davis, Mr. D. E. Gallegher and Lieutenants Ovitt and Haskey of Fort Omaha. R. B. Towle had six guests at sup per, Captain Fleischman, five, and W. D. Hosford, six. Others having supper at the club with small parties were Guy Furay, M. R. Smith, W. H. Mo Cord, E. H. Sprague, Frank Judson and F. W. Lake. 7 ' Gtdcltfs Jeeft The wedding of Miss Gladys Seely, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Seely of Lincoln, and Mr. Joseph A. Volz will be solemnized at St. Mary's church on the South Side at 9 o'clock. It will be a quiet affair, with only Miss Hortense Gust and Mr. Carl Volz, brother of the groom, as at tendants. The bride will be married in her traveling suit of purple velour with a large purple hat to match, and will wear a corsage bouquet of Mrs. Ward's roses. , Miss Gust will wear a smart betro silver-tone suit with a hat of chiffon velvet and a corsage bouquet of Ward roses. - A wedding breakfast will be served after the ceremony. The ,young couple will taki a short honeymoon, after" which they will be at home in Martin, S. D.. where the groom is engaged in business. WAR SPIRIT SHOWN IN FALL DESIGNS Fall Openings in Fashion Cen ters Attract Milady to View the Latest Creations. training camp at Plattsburg, spent Sunday with his grandmother. Mrs. C. B. Rustin. Lieutenant Macintosh is on his way to Chickamautrua Springs, Ga., where he has been or dered. Lieutenant Will F. Noble, who i also stationed at Camp Dodge, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Noble. The Prettiest Mile Club. Mrs. C, H. Mullen will entertain at luncheon at the Prettiest Mile club Tuesday for eight guests. Mr. Charles W. Martin will enter tain the members of the Real Estate exchange at a luncheon Wednesday at the club. Rector-Chapin Wedding. Another army wedding which will be of interest to Omaha people was that of Miss Lillian Chapin of Lin- rnln tn I antiiin Vnvln llivxnn Urrtnr of this city, which took place in Phila delphia Saturday afternoons Miss Chapin is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irving G. Chapin of Lincoln and Captain Rector is the-son of Mr. and Mr. E. T. Rector of this city. - The wedding was a quiet affair, only the bride's and groom's parents and sister, Mrs. Robert Talbot, and Ir ving Chapin, the bride's brother, be ing present Immediately after the ceremony the young couple left for a short honeymoon trip to New York City, after which they will be located at Wrightstown, N. J., where Cap tain Rector is in the artillery branch of the service at Camp Dix. Mrs. Rector has a host of friends In Omaha, where she has frequently visited at the home of Mrs. Chester Nieman. She is a graduate of the Girton school in Chicago and at tended WellesTey college. With her sister she spent last winter traveling - in Japan. . . ... . . ' , Captain Rector is a graduate of Dartmouth college and a popular member of the Happy Hollow club. He received his commission at Madi son barracks, New York. WitVi thi Rntrn in h Armv Sergeant Ted Anderson, a member of the medical corps stationed at Des Moines, is herein four days' leave " of absence, visiting his aunt, Mrs. J. E. Helms. Mrs. Helms' son, Donald, is also in the service,, being a member of the infantry stationed in Honolulu, - Hawaii. ,f ; . v..- Lieutenant Norton F. Engelman, who it 'attached to the transportation headquarters at Camp Dodge, la., spent Sunday with his -parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Engelman, Mr. Howard Baldrige spent Sunday in Des Moines with his son, Malcolm, who is stationed at Camp Dodge. Lieutenant Kenneth Macintosh, who has been stationed at Fort Leav enworth, Kan., since the 'close of the At Carter Lake Club. Covers were laid for thirtv ni-nnl for supper at Carter Lake club last evening. Among those entertaining were Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Whitehouse, who had ten. and Mr. Rov Bloom. who had twelve. ' At Seymour Lake Club. ine last card party of the season was given this afternoon at Seymour i-atce ciud, wnen titty people were Iiresent. n Mrs. Raymond Overmyer and Mrs. Roy Dennis acted as hostesses-and there were five prizes for the those noiaing nign scores. ; , . Orpheum, Parties. f Among those entertaining at the Orpheum this evening will be Mr. w. Camnen, who will have fourteen; i. c. jnowiana, six: tt. if. Mann, seven, and R. Drexel five. The fol lowing will have foursome parties: H. F, Byrne, T. J. Flynn, O. C. Red ick, T. C. Stewart of Council Bluff, H. C. Kirchbauh, Charles Meti and L, M. Cohen. r Mrs. T. G. Dwyer will have a niati ness party Tuesday afternoon for eight guests. , . . '.. Monday was a great day for milady. The crowds in 4he stores bore testi mony to the fact that there was some thing of extraordinary interest to her going on. It was the "fall opening" and the grand exposition of new gowns and hats. The Brandeis Stores. Bureess- Nash store and Thompson, Belde'n & Co., were all in holiday dress. specially decorated M the women's ready-to-wear and' hat departments. The clerks seemed filled with the in spiration of the new styles. such gowns I such hats I They sur pass description. The great designers in Paris certainly are not much dis tracted by the war. Their genius seems to flame even higher than it did in time of peace. Their creations are marvels and many were the Ohs" and "Ahs" heard in the beau tiful dress salons of the stores as the women feasted their eyes on the very ,atest, the "deTnier en, of Dame ashion. Inspired By War. The creative artists drew some what from the great war for theiir in spiration in this fall's styles. Many of the hats are shaped like the French helmets and Italian bersaglicn hats. urple has seen its day in hats and now taupe, niger brown and black are having their turn. In the tailored suits trimness nd military severity are noticeable. There a noticeable scarcity of evening gowns, the presumption being that during the war evening social affairs will be less popular than usual. The brighter shades of velvet are used in them. Skirts are long and wide. Real Fur Trimmings. Party gowns shown at the stvle shows have long sleeves made of tulle. Venetian meteor and georgette crepe are the materials most favoredJ old authors. I thought I had, read . u. .f.. 1 1. 1 1 1 ri u..i -u 1. 1 . Futurd Affairs. . miss narriet waiters entertained a tew triends informally this afternoon 'at her home at a knitting bee. She will also give a luncheon at the Coun try club Wednesday in honor of thu Misses Emma and Helen .Warren, of Brooklyn, w. wno are the guests of Miss Clara Hart. Eighteen guests have been invited. , Miss Walters will return to Kemper Hall at Kenosha, Wis., next Monday, where shC will be in the senior class. v - . Miss Olga Metz is planning a luncheon for Thursday at the Coun try club for twelve guests. Miss Metz will return to Miss Spence's school in New York the end of the month. Among the other Omaha girls who will attend the same school this year are the Misses Louise Clarke, Claire Daugherty and Dor othy Belt.' ( - . , , -The motor nicnic which was planned by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Reese for Sun day, in honor of Miss Nina.Clithero of Chicago, was postponed until the end of this week. Miss Clithero motored to York, Neb., with Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Smith to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are planning a dinner party for their guest on Wednesday evening. . , V Mr. Rogers is planning a luncheon for the Princeton men who are old time friends of Mr. Rosrers for some time this week, the exact date being yet oeen set. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Swobe will en tertain at a family dinner party Thursday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Rogers of Trenton. N. J., whS arrived Sunday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rogers. The Columbia club will give a card party Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at Lyceum hall. There will be twenty prizes for thoseplding high scores. Social Gossip. " v Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Peck will leave Wednesday for an extended eastern trip. Mr. Peck will attend the Grain Men's convention in Buffalo, after which he and Mr. Peck will visit friends in Tarrytowh, N. Y. 1 Mr. Harold PafTenrath will leave this evening for Boonville,1 Mo., to attend the Kemper Miltary school. Miss Loa Howard who is a mem ber of the Kappa Alpha Theta soror ity, went to Lincoln Thursday to as sist in the arduous duties of rushing week. She will be gone several days. '; . 1 1 Chambers' School OF DANCINS. V. MOTH, CASTLE. REOPENS "!.. Si t. ... &llrm' & JUI CIiT Sit., tot. 29. t 0. at, CMIOM eiMta. st. st. n. U4IM- citu, !? waa a. i-emmut. Studio Dm. IWI. Rm WilMt Stl for the afternoon frock and real fur trimmings are used, especially sable, ermine ana KOiinsKy. The windows of the local stores were wonders of beauty and the wom en paid full homage to the art of the window dressers and the wonderful creations of the gown, and hat artists. The stores reported that the inter est shown by the women in the beau tiful things and the number of sales made even this early area forecast of a busy season and proof that business booms in time of war.' Serqeant Maqnev Home On Furlough from Camp Dodge Sergeant Vernon Magney of the truck drivers' division at Camp Dodge Des Moines,' is home on a two days' furlough. He returned to Omaha with his father, County Attorney Magney, and family, who spent Sunday at Camp Dodge. Sergeant Masrnev is a son of the county attorney. To Dance Night Before - Leaving for Their School Twenty students of the Kemper Military academy at Boonville, Mo., will be guests at a dinner-dance at the Field club tonight. Nineteen of ahe party are Omaha boys and one resides in Iowa. Tomorrow they leave In a special to take up their school duties, . 1 - The Manicure Lady By WILLIAM F. KIRK. "The old gent was 68 years old yes terday," said the Manicure Lady. "Gee George, I am glad my father has such good health. He's one grand old dad." "I hope he lives to be a hundred and never gets sick, said the Head Barbery generously. "That's all the tough goingU wish him, kid." "I think he would live to be a hun dred if he don't worry top much about brother Wilfred," saidfhe Manicure Lady "Wilfred ain't got no job yet, and he is getting kind of melancholy. He wrote a poem about father being 6s, and read it to the old gent, and it made such a hit with father that he gave Wilfred a five case note- be fore he had time to think. The old gent ought to have been tickled with thai," said the Head Barber. "Mv ooor old dad died when he was htty. He got in front of a mov ing tram that kept movihz. "Oh, I wish that hadn't happened, George!" said the Manicure Lady, Put l am sure he is happier now. "I hope so," said the Head Bar ber. "He was always happy as long as ne uvea. 1 Know mat. tit had the same kind of a disposition'you've got, fvid. Nothing teased him. "Us folks with sweet natures kind of lucky when you stop to think ot it, said the Manicure Lady. Now, my sister Mayme ain't blessed that way. h.very time there s a nice cool breeze blowing she says it is going to blow up a rainstorm, lhat s Mayme, "It's too bad to be born that way, said the Head Barber. "Not meaning no disrespect to your sister, ji sh ever gets married it will be a rough muddy track her husband has got to travel. 1 wouldn t want to be him. "You wouldn't get no chance to be him, even if you was single, said th Manicure Lady. "Sister Mayme has some face and figure, believe me, George. And If she don't marry some distinguished, rich gent, I miss my guess. he would be some queen 111 society, too, George. Fine manners comes as natural to her as rouh. stuff comes to her dear old father. You just oughta see her table manners and the way she can talk about them What Women Are Doing lot, but she's got me beat forty ways, she can say almost half Mr. bhake speare wrote by heart." . "That won't get her nothing, say U - - - j . u tt j nig nrim lie wiuic, aaiu 111c iicau Barber. "A lot of people can say what he wrote, but they couldn't write it." " "You couldn't vvvite it, either," said the Manicure Lady. What are you trying to get at that Mayme is dumb? I hope you don't get no notion like that in your little head, George." l dwnt say that," said the Head Barber. "She couldn't be dumb and be your sister. Anybody in this shop would know you wasn't dumb if they waited a minute any time ot the day. If you could work as good as you could, talk you'd get a raise every week." 4 "Yes .admitted the Manicure Lady, 1 always prided myselt on my powers of expression. If Wilfred could, write like I talk he'd get independent. I wish I was independent. "If you was any more independent. Kid,' said the Head Barber. "I'd be working for you. ASK FOR and GET IKlorlicfc's The Original Malted Milk Substitutes Cost YOU Sam Pries, . ; ' - Truth in Trade The letter "T" stands for Thome's but more especially does : it stand for "TRUTH in TRADE" than which this store seeks nov better guide in daily activities. Every garment throughout .the store bears the impress, of better tilings In women's wear. Every price ticket tells ' a simple truthful story of profits split in twain. ' Suits for the Business Woman There are Suits of gabardine ,of serge, of poplin, burella, polret twill, tricotlne; some are plain tailored, others with t i 7; Just .enough trimming to re- Z4 lleve the severity up H Beautiful Blouses and Dresses In all the approved shades and etyles await your In spection. Half the profit hag been deducted from each price tag. AT WELCOME ARCH V 1812 FARNAM STREET: Two women have been added to the police force of Hattiesburg, Miss. The Stock exchange of Leeds, Eng land, has elected its first woman member. Women have been licened as guides in the Rocky Mountain National park of Colorado. 1 A brass band composed entirely of young women is one of the boast of Ogden, Utah. The Metal Polishers'Jnternational union has voted to admit women to its membership. Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the secretary of state, is an expert in tht1. Spanish language. In New Zealand the laws prohibit women workers from operating any kinds - of machinery. Nearly 6,000 women in New York City earn livelihood as musicians or teachers of music. The oldest of the women's college! fraternities is the Alpha Delta Pi, which was founded at Wesleyan Female college in 1851. Girl students at Bryn Mawr college this winter will eat vegetables which they have raised and canned them selves. Women are expected -to pre dominate on the juries in California the coming year, owing to the short age of men. Under the proposed reorganization of the Russian judiciary system women will be eligible to appoint ment as judges and magistrates. Seven Indian girls from the gov ernment school at the Red Lake agency competed in the bread-baking contest at the recent Minnesota state fair. , Khaki uniforms and regulation rifles will be a part of the equipment of the Woman's Home Guard com pany, organized by prominent society women of Tampa, Fla. Many Attend Funeral of Mrs. J. F. Stout Sunday Funeral services W Lida M. Stout, wife of John F.v Sout, were held at the home Sunday afternoon. Rev. Dr. Young, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church, of which she was a member, conducted the services. He spoke appreciatively of her Christian activities and especially of her serv ices as director and treasurer of the Young Women's Christian associa tion and as president of the Ladies' Aid society of that church. The church choir sang her favorite hymn, 'Crossing the Bar." K Tt LaJ tUn Ia Vir Skin home at Cambridge, O., this morning for interment The body was accom panied by her husband and daughter, Miss Gertrude, and her sister, Miss Nan Stitt. They will be met at Cam bridge by her son, Robert J. Stout, formerly with the Commerce National bank of, New York, bit now in the officers' training camp at Plattsburg. 5 ' 1 vv 1 m. n Announcing Our Fall Exhibit TUESDA Y EVENING 8 to 9:30 O'Clock September Eighteenth, Nineteen Seventeen 9 In announcing the date set aside foe- the formal exhibiV of the authentic Fashions for Fall, aa gathered by this store for your approval and Inspection, please accept this printed message as our personal invitation to you to visit our st6re on this important Fashion occasion. In view of the scarcity of goods and the general tendency toward higher costs, we have through painstaking care and through the exercising of unusual efforts, secured merchandise of a distinctive character designed upon the accepted mode of fashion yet within price limits-so as to maintain the value-giving standard set by this store. By .assembling these superior stocks for Fall, we feel we have scored a distinct achievement 9 That this Exhibit will be an occasion decidedly interesting and will prove of great value to you In determining your Fall purchases, you will at once agree. And so we again extend you a very cordial Invitation to visit our store Tuesday evening between 8 and 9:80 p. m. and view at your leisure, the specially arranged displays and the collection of Fall wearables gathered for the sole purpose of meeting, fully and completely, your preferences, i . ,H3 9 In departing front- the usual custom of holding this event in the afternoon, it is with the view of making it more convenient for the House wife, the man in the Family, the children the business woman and the school teacher to attend. Three-Piece Orchestra Tuesday Evening, 8 to 9:30 Living Models will depict the eerreet modes in apparel for women and Juveniles loffotnt I lj you have tried the, rest; ow try the best fS '-their 70 yearJWy 7Ae" otherVbman'S expert en CC if the cheapest ybu yei. " rWe refer to e very user of the Charter Oak tt YOUR DttUR THUS J UUC YOU WTOTHI M6WE Of ANOTHER MA, WRITE TO US CHARTER OAK STOVE AND RANGE CO. ST. LOUIS Range Conquered by Electricity ' The mighty Rockies, the Belts and the Bitter Roots have bowed their lofty heads before the onward progress of man. The limitless energy of their tumbling cataracts has been harnessed to furnish power for the giant electric locomotives which haul the heavy steel trains of the "Milwaukee Road" across their rugged slopes. And now another great mountain range the snow-capped Cascades in Washington has felt the hand of the conqueror. The work of electrifying the 211 miles of line through this range is well under way. Mountain travel is given a new charm no smudge of smoke paints its black line across snow-tlad vistas travel is dean, smooth, silent i ( When next you journey to Butte, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and other Pacific Northwest Cities travel the electric way via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. , ncctrificaiion and weitem Iraeel litetaiart frte oti request x , " Ticket Office, 1317 Farnam Street, Omaha EUGENE DUVAL, General Agent ii i ii ii i - - rr im. , i1L i