unday Bee
PART TWO X
SOCIETY SECTION
PART TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
VOL. XL VIII NO. 52.
QMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1919.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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Nelson-Grant
Bridal Party
The Nelson-Grant wed
ding, which took place
Monday evening at the
First Presbyterian church,
wa3 an interesting social
event of the week.
The bride is the daughter
of Colonel and Mrs. Frank
A. Grant. Colonel Grant
was in charge of the quar
termasters department here
during the first months of
the war and later was
transferred to Montreal,
where he was in charge of
the embarkation post at
that place. Since his
retirement he has selected
Omaha for his permanent
home.
The wedding was the
first wedding to be held in
the new First Presbyterian
church, at Thirty-fourth
and Farnam streets. It was
a large church affair with
many attendants. Miss
Dorothy Grant, a sister of
the bride, was- the maid of
honor and the Misses Alice
Duval of Montreal, Irene
Nelson, New Bedford,
Mass., Ann Hermansen and
Helen Grant were the
bridesmaids. The groom
wa3 attended by Joseph
Grant of Seattle, Wash., as
best man, and the following
ushers : Lieutenant H i b -bard,
Fort Omaha, Lieuten
ant Yates of the quarter
master's department, Harry
S. Byrne and Robert Horner.
SPRING FESTIVITIES TAKE ON NEW
ATMOSPHERE WITH THE EXTRA
SESSION OF CONGRESS .
Mr. and Mrs. R. Mills Silby, Who Recently Came Here From
Washington, Add To Musical Circles in Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben Girls Are Having a Wonderful
Time. ,
WASHINGTON has taken on
a fresh atmosphere of activ
tivity. The extra session of
congress has done its part toward
the spring festivities and crowded
conditions of streets and hotels, but
the returning soldiers and the vari
ous conventions have had : their
parts and are no small feature. The
summer weather is conducive to
gai den parties and all fresco dinners,
which are sure to be a feature of
the summer life here. No one ever
realized how many beautiful gar
dens there were in Washington un
til this manner of entertaining be
came the fashion.
Close upon the heels of the lovely
garden fete in the demons' home
in Georgetown, where the Japanese
masque "Sun Goddess" was given in
the al fresco theater covered with
blooming wistaria was the dinner
dance given by. the major general
commandant of the marine corps
and Mrs. George Barnett in the gar
den of their home in the barracks
on Tuesday evening. They had 50
young people at dinner ai.'d about
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Small tables were laid in the garden "suburbs of Norfolk. They are now
and a platform was erected at one
end for dancing. The Marine band
orchestra, eaolt and every member
of which is personally devoted to
Mrs. Barnett, played throughout the
dinner and for the dancing until the
wee small hours of the morning. A
seated supper was served at 1
o'clock and everyone has been en
thusiastic over the party.
Al fresco tea is quite the regula
tion afternoon diversion, and a
steady stream of autos and carriages,
may be found on all the surburban
roads, going to and coming froni
some one of the many between
seasons homes of Washingtonians.
Tea is almost as much of a neces
sity to the leisure class in this coun
try now as it is in England.
Ak-Sar-Ben Girls.
The Ak-Sar-Ben club of Nebraska
girls had a wonderful time on Tues
day evening at"1rbe Walter Reed
dancing. Mrs. Norris, wife of the
senator, from McCook, and Mrs.
Reavis, wife of the representative
from Falls City, chaperoned the
girls, who declared it was one of
the most interesting and thrilling
experiences of their lives. It h an
actual fact f at they danced with
men who had but one leg and a
"peg-stick." The agility of the men
with wooden legs is but a part of
what has been accomplished in re
construction work, as well as in sci
ence, for, of course, the wooden
members are made with greater jier
fection than ever before. The Ak-Sar-Bens
are joining with ,the Ne
braska association in a reception to
the four new republican members
of the Nebraska delegation and
their families. There will be1 but a
small party of "families," but the
reception will be a success, never
theless. The date has not been
fixed, but it will be early next
month. On the first Saturday of
each month they give a dance, invit
ing Nebraska men.
Mrs. Russell B. Harrison and her
cousin, Mrs. Withers, spent the
week-end in Norfolk with Mrs. Har
rison's son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Airs. Harry A. Williams, jr., in
their new home in one of the
cn the water front, a charming
nome tor the summer.
Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Bosworth of
Portland, Ore., spent the week here
at the Hotel Washington. Dr.
Bosworth grew up in McCook, Neb.,
but is now a resident of oPrtland,
where he practices medicine. He
has but recently returned from over
seas duty with the American ex
peditionary forces. Since he was
mustered out of service, he has been
taking a course of lectures in New
York, and will go from here to Chi
cago for another course before re
turning to Portland. Mrs. Bosworth
met him in New York, and will re
main with him. They have been
entertained by many old Nebraska
friends of Dr. Bosworth's, among
them Senator and Mrs. Norris. Dr.
Bosworth was a pupil of Mrs. Norris
in her school teaching days before
she married.
MusiX
Omaha has an interesting addi
tion to its music circles, as well as
its society circles in Mr. and Mrs.
R. Mills Silby who have recently
taken up their residence there. Mr. ;
Silby was for many years organist
and choirmaster of St. Patrick's.'
Catholic church in this city and re
signed to go into the service of his 1
native country Kugland. He. was
in the Canadian army and recently',
returned here, receivinR an offer
from the cathedral in Omaha where
he now is. Mrs. Silby is with him
there. She is a bride of only a .
few years, a charming and cultivat
ed woman, a native of Argentina.
She is a daughter of the late con- ',
sul general of Argentine in Canada.
Mr. J- A. Maguire. he was before v
her marriage to -Mr. Silby, Mrs.
Alice M. Drabble. She came here '
from England, where she spent
much of her time when she was not
in Buenos Aires." Their marriage
took place here in the home of the
bride's aunt, Mrs. Godfrey Ferris, in
(",fnriptnwn. Mr. Silliv. who is. a
son of the late John Hornsby Silby, v
of London, was for several years as
sistant choirmaster at Westminster j
cathedral in London under Richard
Tt-rry, choirmaster. He had full '
charge of the boys of the cathedral
choir. He was professor of singing
in the London College of Music.
A new recreation farm near Wil
low Grove, Montgomery county,
Pennsylvania, has been donated by .
Justice A. Simpson, jr., and his wife
for the enjoyment of poor children
in summer and convalescent or run-.
down girls unable to afford vacations
the remainder of the year.
After four years' absence because
of the war, the chaperon is reap-,
nearing in London, due, it is said, to
the American nurses and other war
workers who desire to be accompan
ied and directed on their sight-seeing
trips during their few leisure
hours. , .
Mirrors were used by Anglo-Sax- .
same custom obtained in the time of
Elizabeth and Janjes the First. They
formed the center of many fans at
that period and later. Before glass
was invented horn and metal were .
used. ,
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