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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. The Omaha if 1 ft-? yjff; a f" ' : I 1"' 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 1 f HI aHHitinnal crnctc fnr ilonriticr 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. , . A.-,.Jir. fNl r j - s&h..:., rrm lllill l.