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THE OMAHA StfNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 14. 1919.
Yeur vclcaUaa lip, O flowrra, are living prodi!-,
Eaek up a pulpit vry Uaf book.
Supplying to aijr fancy UBMroua taechtre
From IowIImI 'nooks. Horaco Smltk.
Ah ! Whm ahull all an'i rood
Bo oack man' rulo, and universal Poaeo
l.la like a ohaft of light across tbs land.
And liks a lant of booms athwart tha soa?
Alfred Tsanysoa.
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CLUBDQM
THIS Folk Theater movement is
one which has been under con
sideration for several years, but
only recently have plans been con-
crete enough to begin work in earn
est. . ;
! The executive committee, includ-
Mr. iC,mitt Riirn fr. fl. W.
Wattles, Miss Kate McHugh,
Ueorge wcintyre, i. w. msv-ui-lough,
R. E. Wilson and Keene Ab
bott, have this to say of the Folk
Theater movement:
, "Its name signifies its purpose; a
playhouse to be enjoyed and used by
the people. As a concert hall or as
an auditorium for lectures of cultur
al significance, the Folk Theater
will be cordially available. Primari
ly its aim is to be the home of
dramatic, literary and musical inter
est, not of Omaha alone, but of the
entire territory of which this city
is center.
"In a different way, 'but in a way
as serviceable, the Folk theater, with
its diversity of artistic influences,
should be made hardly less valuable
- and important than such an insti
tution as our public library. Being
a playhouse, its chief function is to
produce plays. Probably it will
maintain itself. It is not, however,
intended as a money-making enter
prise, but an institution which keeps
in mind that the theater, in its, best
estate, must not only entertain peo
ple, but must foster good taste and
beauty and vision.
: "It is not to be highbrow, but
hopes to be high-class. Work by
native authors will be in demand,
for it happens that Nebraska already
has a number of writers whose work
is welcomed by the leading periodi
cals and book publishers. Three of
these are poets of established repu
tation. Also there is a playwright
whose work has had metropolitan
production. Besides these there are
two writers of successful pageants.
To such people of letters, as well
as ta unknown writers, the Folk
theater will look for satisfactory
plays.
"The actual construction of. the
building is for the future. The im
mediate business of the project is
to establish standards and go ahead.
It begins with the employment of
stage director, Oscar Wilder Craik,
v.ho was formerly identified with
Stuart Walker's company, and who,
under the management of Harrison
Grev Fiske, played for a season at
the 'Booth and Comedy theaters.
New York, in , 'The .Fear Market.'
At the present time he is preparing
for production either at the Boyd
or the Brandeis theaters the delight
ful romance by Mark Twain. 'The
Trince and the Pauper.' Late in
January this wilt be mad a benefit
offering of the Folk theater."
Subscription blanks for shares of
stock are being circulated among
the people of Omaha tor the main
tenance of the Folk theater, incor
porated for $50,000. This subscrip-
Jc 1. marl lirrtn til nnH(rta n fl
ing that each holder of stock will be
entitled to reserve two seats for all
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dramatic productions before the
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Chapter B. X., P. E. O.
' ChaDter B. X. of the Pf E. O. sis
terhood will meet Tuesday with a
1 o'clock luncheon at the home of
Mrs. A. B. Cullison, 4911 Davenport
street, Mrs. Lulu Rhorbaugh, acting
hostess.
Benson Society
Benson Correspondent, Tel Walnut 5370
Personal
(Continoed From Preceding Page.)
Miss Mary Wattles, who is attend
ing the Marlborough school in Los
Angeles, will not return for the hol
idays. Miss Eleanor Rockhill of New
York, who is the guest of Miss
Esther Wilhelm, leaves Monday for
her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sturtevant
of Kansas City were expected in
Omaha to spend the holidays with
Mrs. Sturtevant's parents', Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Duval.
Mr, and Mrs. John M. Daugherty
returned Friday from Rochester,
Minn., where Mr. Daugherty under
went an operation at the Mayo hos
pital ,
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Kirkendall
have secured a house in Hollywood
for the winter and will leave im
mediately after the holidays , for
California.
Mrs.- Ben Gallagher leaves the
middle of January, for Long Beach,
Col.f. to spend .the remainder of the
winter.
Mr. Francis Murphy of St.' .Louis
is expected to spend the holidays at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Weller Mr. Murphy is the fiance of
Miss Marion Weller.
Mrs. William Fraser and son,
George, are visiting Mrs. Fraser's
mother in Dallas,' Tex. Mr. Fraser
will join them for the holidays.
Mrs. Thomas Heyward and chil
dren of Pittsburgh have arrived to
spend several weeks with Mrs. Hey
ward's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Busch.
Miss Helen McQuiston, daughter
of W. A. McQuiston, left December
7, to spend two months in Portland
Hard Time Social
Despite tht wintry weather" the
"hard time" social given by the Ep
worth league at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Gorton Roth was a de
cided success. Forty-three young
people were present and the evening
was spent in music and games, in
terspersed with laughter and origi
nal jokes. A dainty menu of two
courses was served. The first course
consisted of toothpicks and water,
served on large newspaper napkins.
The second course was ginger bread,
cocoa and apples. Preceding the
social a short board meeting was
held.
Swedish Bazaar.
The Swedish Lutheran church
held its annual bazaar last Thursday
night at the home of S. Bjork, 2402
North Sixtieth street. Many kinds
of fancy work and Swedish laces
and embroideries were on sale.
Ladies' Aid.
"Mrs Claud Reed, 3104 North
Fifty-eighth street, will be hostess
to the Ladies' Aid of the Presby
terian church next Wednesday after
noon. Their annual bazaar will be
held at this1 time and Mrs. Reed's
home x will be decora-ted with the
iancy work and beautiful articles
which the ladies have made for this
occasion. The regular business
meeting of the society will not be
dispensed with. Refreshments will
be served.
B. S. Chapter.
The B. S. chapter of the P. E. O.
sisterhood will meet with Mrs. J.
S. Wood 3306 Myrtle avenue, next
Monday at 2:30 p. m.. I
Standard Bearers.
The Standard Bearers gave a
Christmas party at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. S. C Hodder. The party
was in the nature of a surprise, the
occasion being the birthday of Mr.
Chesley Hodder, one of the Stand
ard Bearers.
Eastern , Star.
Mrs. C. G. Anderson was hostess
to the Eastern Star kensington last
Tuesday evening at her home in
Bensonhurst. Twenty-five were
present and the evening was spent
in music and games. Refreshments
were served.
Baptist Boosters.
The Baptist Booster club will hold
its bazaar . next Wednesday at
Twenty-fourth and Cuming streets.
Campfires.
The Minnehaha Campfire group
met last Thursday at-the home of
Lucille Jalas. These girls are mak
ing baskets and filling them with
clothing. At Christmas time poor
families, selected by the newspapers
will each be presented with one of
these baskets.
Freda Knee Hostess.
Miss Freda Knee will entertain
her Sunday School Class club at
her home the 15th of December.
Madsens Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Madsen and
two children, Carl, junior, and
Elmo, arrived home Saturday from
a sojourn of several months in
Scandinavian countries. Mrs. Mad
sen 'and the children left last May
for Copenhagen, Denmark, Mr.
Madsen joining them in September,
'i he ocean voyage home was made
and Seattle- She was accompanied
by her brother, Morgan McQuiston.
Miss Dorothy Weller is in Uuca
cago and is the guest of Miss Pau
line Hayward, who has visited her
in Oinahn.
Mr. and Mrs, John A. McShane
expect to leave January 1 for Coro
nado Breach. Cal., ' where they will
spend the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson
of Kearney, Neb., are inOmaha
and will remain until after the holi
days. Miss Helen Iloagland, who is at
tending St. Mary's schotrt at Garden
City, L. J., and Miss Emma noag
land, who is attending Bradford
academy at Bradford. Mass., are ex
pected home December 20 to spend
the holidays.
Mrs. Donald A. Chapin of Lincoln
spent Saturday in Omaha as the
guest of Mrs. Andrew Nesbit.
Miss Margaret Mulvihill, who is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. F.
Piper in Philadelphia, went to
Princeton last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Phelan have
returned from the east. They will
reside in Burlington, la.
Miss Enid Hunt leaves Thursday
for Grand Island, Neb.
A son, John Francis, jr., was bem
November 20 to Dr. and Mrs. John
F. McAvin. Mrs. McAvin was
formerly Miss Alvina Grapp.
on the Stawanger Faord, a Nor
wegian liner. -While on the island
of fcano in the North sea, Mrs.
.Madsen purchased a beautiful doll
for her little daughter, Elmo. This
doll was made by the natives of
the island and dressed in the native
costume worn by the islanders for
the last 100 years. Only one other
dclt from this island hat ever en
tered the United States.
Card Club.
Mrs. E. W. Norris was hostess to
the Keystone Park Card club at
her home last Saturday evening.
Kensington.
Mrs. T. Elton entertained the Key
stone Park kensington at a 10
o clock luncheon at her home list
Friday.
Soldier Dies.
Sergt. George Schaeffer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Schaeffer. died
last Monday, after an illness of four
months, at the family home on Sixty-first
street. Mr. Schaeffer spent
two years in the service of his
country, 17 months of that time he
me soent m France.
The funeral services were held
from the home at 2 o'clock Wednes
day. Present at this service and
also at Mount Hope cemetery, where
the interment took place, was the
American Legion in full timforrn,
Besides the mother and father, Ser
geant Schaeffer leaves one brother,
A. Schaeffer of Benson, four sis
ters, Mrs. Kate Petersen of Ben
nington, Mrs. Lizzie Kuerten of
Benson, Mrs. Clara Petersen and
Mrs. Mary Phorsen of Irvington.
M. E. Missionary.
The Home Missionary society of
the M. E. church met, last Friday
with Mrs. R. E. Sherbondy.
M. E. Ladies; Aid.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid will
will meet next Wednesday, Decem
ber 17, wJth Mrs. W. G. Smith, 3316
Dodge street. Luncheon rill be
served. Mrs. Smith will belassisted
by Mrs. Iverson.
Baptist S. S.
The Benson Baptist Sunday school
has arranged a miscellaneous Christ
mas program to be given at a uni
fied service of the Sunday school
and church Sunday morning, Decem
ber 21, the musical part of the pro
gram to consist of :a tenor solo by
Mr. Martin, two. .anthems by the
choir, a baritone 6olo by Mr. Ohier
and two selections by the school.
Mrs. John Giles will tell a Christmas
story and sweet meats will be given
to the children at the close of the
program.
Good Times Club.
Mrs., P. J. Dolcjs was hostess to
the Good Times club last Thursday
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season with relatives and friends.
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list. . . ,
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street, is recovering -from severe
cuts and bruises about the head and
face, caused by a fall down a stairs.
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June of Pittsburg, Pa., are visiting
aft the home or Mrsy Morgan's
mother, Mrs. J. C Campbell, dur
ing the holidays.
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is spending the winter with rela
tives in Bennington and Benson.
: Mrs. Walter Wier had as her
guests during the last week, Mr.
and Mrs. I. S. McCowan and family
of Gordon, Neb., who are on their
way to Seattle to spend the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Strasak of Lisco,
Neb., who are enroute to Texas for
the winter, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Wier.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Knee have
as their house guests for the week,
Mr. and Mrs. Ora and two children
of Clairmont, Wyo., and Mrs. Edith
Bax and three children of Lincoln,
Neb.
Mr. F. N. Smith of Baldwin, Wis.,
is visiting at the home of his son,
Mr. E. A. Smith and Mrs. Smith,
4909 Emmet street.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Robinson, Miss
Merle) Williams and Miss Mabel
Stowe visited with friends in Springs
field, Neb., the past week.
Mrs. K. Souders and son, George,
and daughter, Ruth, formerly of
Benson, were Sunday dinner guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H."
Wulff.
Miss Mabel Stowe has returned
to her home in Coon Rapids, la.
Miss Merle Williams accompanied
her and will visit at the Stowe, honi
for a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Morton gave
up their home on Sixty-fourth street
last week. Mrs. Morton and, daugh
ter, Mary, will reside with relatives
until spring, when Mr. Morton wilt
either buy or build.
Mrs. H. W. Galleher of Bassett,
Neb., mece of Dr. E. A. Mason, has
taken an apartment in tht Hamil
ton for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Turner and
daughter, Ruth, of Floyd, la., were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. C Kin
dig, the last week. They arc en
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place their daughter in Berkeley
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for Cumberland, la., to visit rela
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service of his country.
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