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The Omaha Sunday Bee PART TWO SOCIETY PART TWO AMUSEMENTS V VOL. XLVII NO. 25. T3 o sxGxsiietDy winnigini Wash Dishes amd Mp F1fs In Washington Hide ' in Palace Autos to Vegetable Stalls and Market in "Gowns" to Economize. By MELLIFICIA. S.ARTORIALLY smart Washing ion has exploited a lot ol uld, tlioni,'li beautiful, clothes at the fir ball of the winter, a benefit cc. But be assured lhat our capi :,. citv is not wearing old.clothes be cause it lias no new oncJ tar from ! that. There arc rumors to the effect ! that it lias taken the honors from Paris, according to our latest infor mation. Kow everyone is on the qui vivc for the "Buds' ball," another benefit dance. By all the laws of the social game, a debutante heretofore has stood for teas, if she stood for any thing, and Washington Anly waits to see this group of girls who have vol unteered to be tealess debutantes, at their first ball to draw a definite con clusion as to the lengths 'society at the capital is prepared to go in the way ol war-time economy. Only Examples. It has had eloquent example for three, winters from the women who i if the pace for the diplomatic corps Madame Jusserand, wife of the! French ambassador, dean of the I corps, is known to have practiced a constant self-sacrifice in order to be able to respond to the countless calls ; that have been inade upon her purse ! since the war began. Countess rh Lei lere, wife of the Italian ambassador has neither added to her wardrobe! nor subscribed to sweets.iJor w Iiich j she has a great liking. She discour-! ages them at tables where she is to dine, and it is said by those w ho know her most intimately thai not even so much as a piece of chocolate has passed her lips in ocr three year. .Nothing could be. simpler than the. apparel of Lady Spring Rice and hei children. Even the most indefatiga ble of society reporters would refrain from a mention nf the, British am bassador's wife's hat. Jt is not lor 'publication, though the embassy could turn out no mure impressive ropiganda among I lie women of i' Washington. Hoover Guest at Economy Kitchen. Herbert Hoover, the aposlle. of food economy, is learning something about what women can do in his line. What mere man could have evolved a luncheon for 10 at ,SI.W net? The women who are runninu the war economy kitchen accomplished that feat last week, including the amount of gas included in cooking the luncheon in the sum total of cost am having Mr. Hoover as a w itne-s. With Mrs. Hoover and the assistant secre tary of agriculture and- Mrs. Carl Vroontan, he was among the 10 who sat down to the luncheon served in the basement of a building where the Mexican embassy used to have its offices, now one of the colony of buildings Mr. Hoover has absorbed in 'tf campaign of conservation. Mrs. Wetmore Washes Dishes. Preparations began early in the morning, time fortunately not yet be ing in the class with wheat and sugar. Mrs. Charles Whitman Wetmore, the former Elizabeth Bisland, who came inio fame as Nelly Bly's competitor in a race against time around the world, chatelaine now of one of the smartest establishments in Washing ton, and incidentally a leading spirit in the war economy kitchen, drew up the menu. Also she was its chief ex ecutive, seeing it through from the market to the dishpan. She went her self down to the Central market in one of the handsomest cars in town, behind two men in livery, tor the put - i chase of a hanisktu with which lo cn-j titli the split pea soup which made 'n. . 1 1 -: ( lim, nrst course. t ne nainsKin usi ,i cuts. The co-t of running the tar was not included among the evenses of the luncheon, as every one was aereed that the purchase could hae ben accomplished without its instru mentality. To see Mrs. Wetmore skimming around amorrg the market stalls was something of a sensation, for she is one of the most exquisitely dainty women and had to make more than one explanation of her presence in the market house ) more prac tical acquaintances chum she en countered making t!" ir daily rounds. The luncheon was sencd at 1 o'clock, the split pea soup, into which bad al.-o gouc'part of a pit-t of milk. bein0' lol lowed by a scallop of hh and pota toes which consumed the rest of the pint of milk. There were mufhns, .?0 of them, made of shorts, beaten up and baked by the presiding genius, Mrs. Wetmore, and as a finale there were baked apples. The luncheon was a satisfactory demonstration not only tO those who partook of it. but to the many interested women who frequent the kitchen Pr '"' beuclit of ii.- m- Mrs.' .Vender bilt Mops the Floor. J h-h v.al:itur v.as the inevitable m e and sleeve went tip over sol lovelv elbows a the business went on, every oik taking her part as naturallv as Mrs. George Yatidcrbilt now takes her mop tor the daily '-ans inst o tie noor oi uicm If '. W: W " n il Grs-an4 111! I II . :.::v.'. fijtr, jOKVVri .COMO Tf- .:": ,WiiW 11 Pv.v.' : V.1 TV I ' ::;f-m ht . i Social Calendar Monday- Box parties for grand opera. Tuesday Thimble club, Mrs. hostess. White, Woman's Gull club of Prettiest Mile, Mrs. Lula Jerome, hostess. Christmas bazar of Holv Xame arish at Knights of Columbus hall. Wednesday La Zalle club dancing party at Keep's academy. Rockford College club, Mrs. C. A. Woodland, hostess. Afternoon card party given by Co lumbian club at Lyceum hall. Afternoon bridge for Miss Alice Duval, Mrs. Will Schnorr, host ess. Thursday Ciiiosa.ni club, o!dfahio':cd danc ing party at I he Scottish rite cathedral. Dinner-danc j for the Jewish sol diers, given by li'Xai B'rith at Rome hotel. Benefit card party and dance given by Bemis Park Red Cross unit at Fontenclle. Dinner at the Flatiron hotel given by Omaha Peru club. Friday Lecture by Mi 5. Anthoiiv Men ill at the Blaekstonr; followed by luncheon, Mrs. John McShanc, hostess. Christmas bazar and dinitcy at First Presbyterian church. Bazar and cafeteria dinner at First Congregatioiiiil church. Tea for Miss Alice Duval, Mrs. Earl Burkett, hostess. Saturday Week-End club dancing party at Fontenelle. Tea for pupils of Mrs. Douglas Welpton, Miss Mabel Allen, hostess. iiuiii which tiic refrcshnu nt i orps of tin Red Cross, of which she is a member, serves its coffee and sand wiches to the trainloads of soldiers who pass this way almost every day. There are plenty of servants in the Va.iderbilt menage, but their pres ence in the little refreshment booth would not be in accord with the spirit of the undertaking. We are now in position to draw our own conclusions about their economy. Win Prizes at Masque. Miss Fmuia Christie as Mis Lib erty and Mr. H. Goldstein as Prince Charming won first prizes at the rirst annual masque ball g'ven Friday eve ning at Keep's academy. Miss Phe lan as an Indian maiden, and J. C. Crandall as a Spanish gentleman, won sec6nd prizes, and Miss Rupp and O. L. Schnoor prizes for the beat, comic costumes. oi.cii.ng mglit of ! a . . - 1 X l rv-y -1 7 1 . an if -s ' ' III I 1 FOLKS WE ENGAGED Finished in Three Weeks. North Presbyterian Church Red Cross auxiliary, which numbers be tween oO and 70 women, working un der Mrs. H.'B. Noyes, finished in-the last three weeks 250 abdnominal binders, 210 triangulars, SO T binders, 34 pairs of pillow slips and 12 surgical dressings. Mrs. . S. Haarmann and Mrs. Frank Vetter arc the censors. Benefit Cards. 'J he Deborah iiounces a Red Franklin society an ( toss benefit card partv, which will be given at the Rlaekstone Wednesday afternoon, I)e- I eember 12. The proceeds of the af- fair will go to the Red Cross. The committee m charge ot tne artair comprise Mesdames. Lauria J. Quin by, Bertha Bettschmann and C. E. Corev. Holy Name Parish Bazar. Women of the Hoi Name parish will hold a bazar December 4 to 7 in the Knights of Columbus lodge rooms. A booth where miscellaneous articles will be sold. a. pantry booth and a fancy work booth will be a feature of the bazar. A number of valuable prizes will be given away, including a victrola ami a Liberty bond. Defense Women to Raise Funds. The woman's committee of the Nebraska State Council for Defense begins its big drive for expense funds December 13. This committee has been active lin its work in behalf of the conservation campaign and other patriotic work and has been put to considerable expense in the way of registration cards, pledge cards, etc., and is badly in need of funds to carry on the Vork. Christro&s Bazar and Dinner. A Christmas bazar and turkey din ner will be given Friday by women OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1917. Y CHATTER AByT (QOETY EMQW WE AiE BMLY W RELIEFS AN BENEFITS j of First' Presbyterian church. The I sale will be on all day, the articles sold to be inexpensive and practical as befits;" -war-times, but the dinner will be. served between the hours of 11:50 and I o'clock. Cirde Three, headed by Mrs. Mary I. Creigh and Mrs. Harry Lloyd, has charge of the dinner, and the bazar is in the bands of all the women of the Ladies' Aid society, the officers of which are Mr-. 1 C. F. Yost,-Mrs. G. I.. Bradley, Mrs. . A. 1). Peters, Mrs. Henry McDonald and Mrs. . J. I.radoun . General's Books to Be Sold. Miss Elizabeth Black has put un sale at Matthews' and at Kiesei's fifty volumes of the late General C. F. Manderson's book, "The Twin Seven Shooters," a story written by him around an experience in the civil war. The book is possessed by only a few, of his friends. It w ill sell for $1 and the proceeds will go to the Red Cross, a use which Miss Black feels would be heartily Vppro ed -by the general himself. Miss Clack i- the late ciieral's cousin. Hem Hospital Sheets. Mrs. Cuthbert Vincent, president of the Scottish Rite Woman's club, has issued another call for the Red Cross auxiliary to rally at the cathedral Wednesday to hem hospital sheets all day for the Red Cross. A hot lunch eon will jc served for the women workers. Muse Proceeds for War Relief. Kobeit Shirley of the Muse v.il! give the proceeds of the five perform ances Wedi.jsday to the war relief. Mrs. George Jewelt, the indefatigable worker in the war rcKi i, hopes to sell a,thousand tickets and realiz. a snug sum for the work. Although the war relief or the national surgical dress ings committee, as it is more properly called, is a national auxiliary of the , . . i. 7 cyujCy it ' Re, atv ( toss, it has to finance itself is therciun miiio nir necesny ot raising money continually to keep up its work of buying and preparing surgical dressings. The picture at the Muse Wednesday will be "France in Arms," and the tickets will be the usual price, 10 and 20 tents. Service League Conference. Mis tiiacc I'aik'r. national com mandant lor the League tor Women's iScrviic, will he in Omaha Tuesday, j December 11, f-.r ihe state conference ! ut ihe league, which will be held at the Foiitenelle. Miss Parker has been ' ake! to sfnd uiic of the other na tional officers if she herself i.. unable to come. A large luncheon is planned to pre cede the afternoon meeting, reserva tions for which are in charge of Mrs. L. J. Healey. Scarlet Bonnet. A playette, "."-cat let Bonnet," under the diiection of Miss Maiy Wallace, with five little gills taking part, will be a feature of the bazar given bv the Ladies' society of the First Congrega tional church in the church parlors. Dorothy Sherman, Charlotte McDon ald, Polly Robins, Dorothy Guckert and Maude Brown are the little actresses. Each division of the society will have a booth, including fancy linens, fancy bags, children's garments, candy and china. A cafeteria in charge of oung lauics will also be a teatuie of tne bazar, am supper at -hc modated. A. those w no w isli to ;i e church mav be ccom- i a:idv booth, a fish pond and a fortune'- teller will iic'.p to keep patrons happy. In keeping with war-time a"tiities. charities and benefits, the decorations will be red. white and blue, with American flags waving overhead. Powell's Profiles, No. 4. Miss Mildred Rhodes is the at tractive young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter 11. Rhodes. She is a graduate of last year's class at Brownell hall and this year took up her residence at the Three Arts club in Chicago in order to pursue her studies at the Chicago Art in stitute. Her parents are expected home today from spending Thanksgiving, together with their daughter, with Mr. Rhodes' moth er in Illinois. Mrs. A. R. Holaban of Milwaukee, who has been visiting her son, Mr. Beit Holahan, at the Blackstone, left Saturday for Los Anccles. where she ! will spend the winter. Miss Agnes Scott left Sunday for I. us Angelas, where she is stopping at the Shoreham. Colonel S. S. Curlia and Miss Lynn Curtis, who have been at flic Fonte nclle tor the last month, return today i to New Vork. Early in January they ! expect to go to Palm Beach, where i they spent last winter at the Break ers. Mr. and Mrs. Ralp Wednesday to their Fortieth street. i Fetets moved new home on laicme and Douglas Peters joined their sister. Miss Gladys Pe ters, in New York at the Biltmore for then Thanksgiving dinner, and Miss Eina Reed went tiom Vassar to Bos ton with three of her college mates to visit one of the latter. Miss Claire Daugherty, who is at Miss Spcncc's, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Baum and Miss Katherine Baum for the day, and Edward Daugherty went from Andover to Brockton, Mass., with a school friend. Miss Louise Clarke, from Spencc's, was with her aunt, Williams, for the da . Miss Mrs. Milton Wiiliatns, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Williams, arrived Sunday from Detroit, accompanied by his wife, to spend the week here, leaving tod a;. . Mr. Palmer Lamoreaux, who has been in Phoenix, Ariz., for some time, will return the latter part of the week. Mrs. C. K. Coutant arrives Mon day to visit her nephew and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Blinker. M r. and Mis. E. If. Sprague -.a e l!Ol con into town lrom tlicir In summer home and will be at I Bl i -ks: one for the winter. Mis. E. W. Nash, M;s- 1 :.oacs Nash and Miss Crofoot .itr;cd home Thanksgiving morn in j; iiom the cast, having stopped over '" t.h:cagO (Continued on 1'gr Inn. iliinin On SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Little Bits of Information Added to What You Have Makes a Little Bit More. By GABY DETAYLES. INSTEAD of being content to real ize a good profit of JU or 15 per cent on their investment a certain few men of our country have taken advantage of Avar and increased their profits to 200 and .500 per cent. The government, being advised of this fact, has appointed a board to do something about excess profits. Since most of us must send flesh and blood to battle', it has been sug gested that these "war pigs" send part of their money (made by taking ad vantage of war conditions), to help fi nance our struggle to help feed some of these boys who arc offering their lives for the cause. A man in our midst lias been chosen as one of a few to meet in Washing ton to regulate "unfair play." It has been told to me, sub rosa, that he represents fair play in every walk of life that he believes in justice to all. In his window there hangs a serv ice flag on which there appears three stars. "What docs that mean?"'? asked my companion. "His three sons have gone to war," was her reply. "And his wife and daughter arc tireless workers for flic Red ."ross and war reliefs. Now he also is serving his country. All he has in the world has been offered willingly for the fight for democracy, and be loves those bovs dearer than his life." How paltrv is meie money com pared to the lives of his three sons? How little does the man sacrifice who gives only a part of the gold ho has gained because of the bloody bat tles going on in the trenches? How small is the man who asks nich a patriot as this father of three soldiers to do what be can to keep his ill-gotten wealth from our coun try.'' The man who gives all his wealth has not given one-half as much as the parent who gives one son. A CERTAIN ' bachelor maid, charming and musical, invited two soldiers to Thanksgiving dinner. In describing her "rathers" to a good friend no detail was omitted. "J should like two boys who arc musical. They must be refined, but not snobs; educated enough to under stand the conversation of my family and they must be !ean-cut chaps. For such boys I shall prepare a good dinner no one will be bored and ev erybody happy." Said her friend: "After learning so much of your 'rathers' I am wonder ing whether your intentions arc adoptive or matrimonial." "Neither," spoke she "patriotic." The chapter closes here. T HE absence of corsage bouquets was very noticeable at the charitv ball. They seemed to be blooming everywhere-" at the Ak-Sar-Een ball, for tile fashion of holding the flowers while dancing made bright splotches of color against the black coats of the men. But, alas! if the truth must be told 1 fear that we are beginning to Ikovcrize on flowers and men as well as everything else, these days. I noticed so often two or more pretty girls with but one man at the Fonte nelle and, oh, so few tlowers. It seemed to be the forecast of Planless dances. Mav lhat day never come! E EPcAL sweet ouug tinrg- were waiting on the third floor for the elevator to take them down to the street. Ihey waited and waited, tang and tang, but no elevator. "Let's walk down," uiged one it.? patient young miss. "No, indeed! Not me. Elevatoring is one thing we haven't been asked to Hooverize on yet so me for the elevators, while they're running," re plied one of the sweet young things. And they waited to ride down in the elevator. HAT ability and cfioit do not g" unnoticed in Omaha is evidenced a little incident thai occurred at the concert given tor the Ar menian relief a week or so ago by Misses Adciyii Wood and Dorothy Morton. One man who was con gratulating Miss Wood after the con cert told her that he enjoyed the mu sic so much that he felt that the ad mission price was too small and that if she would call at his office in the morning he would give a little more toward the causs. The "little more" proved to be a check for $30 when the omig lady called upon mm tne net Jay. Scrmo Club Luncheon. .Mrs. J. J. Gearhart will e;.!c. I .. i members of the Sermo Literary cb:b at luncheon at her home Tuesday al 1 o'clock. Mrs. G. T. Lindley, leader of the program, will re,J a paper mi i lean McClain Io;uiC
