The Omaha
Sunday Bee
PART TWO
WOMEN'S SECTION
PART TWO
SOCIETY
VOL. L NO 41.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1921.
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Oriental Superstitions on
Jade and Amber Prevail '
, in. the Occident
By .GABBY DETAYLS.
THE orient casts its spell like a dark, silken, fluttering robe over all
who enter its domain. The white traveler frofn the Occident is no less
1 1' L-. 1 1 f (u K .,.. u : i. it i : i i . . . .
'"'J ueucellU ll.lUdli IIIC llrtl K-bMlUll'ti UailVCS W 1U UCdl UUl
their superstitions on tom-toms, and pray to heathen gods.
Many of the legends that lute in the far, mystic east, arc centered in
jewels and stones. Among these, none are more conspicuous than amber
and jade.
'"Clear as ambe.r," is air old saying which tells at once its story. An
encyclopedia will inform you that amber is "an exudation from trees of
the pine family," while some accounts state simply that amber drips from
trees into .salt water from where it is thrown back on the shore in hard
ened fofnij.
A nretticr stnrv is flip nn. I. .1,1 hv "
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eastern natives, who say that amber
is the "essence of the brilliant rays
of the setting sun, congealed in the
sea and cast upon the shore.''
.niDer is an old stone. It was a
. favorite object of trade and barter
between peoples of the Baltic 'coast,
and history tells us it was popular
in the Roman world. In .homer's
"Odyssey" we read:
"Kuryniarhus
necklace, richly
Received a golden
wrought
And set with amber beads,
as if
With sunshine."
that slowed
Another indication of the age of
amber is found in the fact that it
often contains ants, mosquitoes , or
other insects of species now extinct.
Mrs. 11. H. Baldrigc, who returned
this week from Honolulu, has a
handsome chain oi amber beads,
nail isome cnam o. amucr ucau,
made all the more : fascn,aig by the
inclusion of two tiny insects
Mrs. Baldrige's dhain is made up
of 108 beads the ntimbi necessary
to appease the wrath of the gods
against one for taking away a stona
which might otherwise beautify the
temples, or even be used for figures
of the gods themselves. Hers is a
Korean amber, supposed to be the
oldest of the several varieties. Am
ber and jade arc used in the Orient
as wc use precious stones.
Miss Margaret Baum has a chain
of large oval amber beads, buMiot
108 in number. Gabby wonders what
the gods have done to her to express
their unbroken wrath. Miss Baum
thinks it may be true that "the mills
of the gods grind slow," for so far
as she knows they have not yet
wreaked .their, vengeeancc upor her.
-She obtained her beads in Loudon
before, the war.
Mrs. E. S. Rood, who, was a
visitor in Hawaii this winter, is re
turning with three necklaces am-
rucr, jade, ana amctnysi.
Jade rivals amber in antiquity and
popularity. There are -pieces shown
in Honolulu which date back to cen
turies before Christ. Jade is prized
as a talisman; it is said to be pote-iit
in keeping for its wearer the good
(aith of all acquaintances and the de
votion of laved ones, it a flat piece of
it is worn on a ribbon around -ho
neck. Mrs. E. M. Syfcrt is often
seen wearing a pendant of carved
jade in such a way. .
Mrs. 'Myron Learned wears a
heavy carved piece of jade on an
apple green silk cord. The piece
was a gift secured in New York by
Mr. Learned for his wife.
Mrs. L. F. Crofoot has something
uniquejn the realm of jade, a dou
ble chain of beads brought her by
Mrs. Arthur Nash. Mrs. Arthur
Crittenden Smith has a most atluring
iAn nrrlflai-i" from China. Mrs. Wal
ter Preston wears a piece of carved
iade on a black silk cord. The de
sign is similar to that found on the
old willow pattern plates.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm have told
many interesting stories to their
friends since their return from the
orient, including bits of information
about amber and jade. Mr. Wilhelm
refers to amber as a sort of petrified
..d., TVin Vii-st amher market is
found in Korea, where a darker varie
ty is displayed than that which conies
from Germany. Canton, China, is the
best jade market, he says. ,Mrs. Wil
helm has a necklace of jade and a
string of round amber beads, j
Amber is a favorite material for
pipe stems and cigarct holders.
. When Gabby asked Mrs. Samuel
Burns if there was anything of. par
ticular interest about the piece of
jade she wears on a silken cord 'she
received this reply:
"The most interesting thing about
mv jade is that it is imitation," she
lesponded with a frankness which
marks her -is an individual, and a re
freshing individual. "I have always
wanted a piece of real jade and th'S
Club Department
Will Present
Play. '
.The parliamentary law derail
ment of the Omaha Woman's club,
Mrs.' A. L. Fernafri leader, will pre
sent a one-act play. "A Suffragett:
Town Meeting." by Lillian Clisby
Bridgham, at the open day meeting
of the Omaha Woman's club Mon
day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
The cast of characters will be as
follows:
Mrs. Manchesternioderator, Mis.
A. L. Fernald; Mrs. Briggs, towu
clerk, Mrs. O. Y. Kring; Mrs. Smart,
tax collector, Mrs. A. C. nderson;
Mrs. Grav, chief constable, Mrs. J.
W. Welshans; Mrs. Eaton, fence
'viewer. Mrs. H.i B. Whitehouse;
Mrs. Cash, tree warden, Mrs. L. F.
Easterly; -Mrs. Jones, superintendent
of 'streets, Mrs. W. H. Warwick;
Mrs. White, overseer of the poor.
Dr. Adda Wiley Ralston; Mrs.
Pouty, chairman of board of asses
sors," Mrs. John W. Haarmann; Mrs.
Snow,- milk inspector, Miss Marie
Niesmann; Mrs. Drake, highway
surveyor. Miss Gladys vShamo; Mrs.
Holmes, auditor, Mrs. W. F. Bur
dick; Mrs. Plain, chairman of .board
i
is as close asH have come to it,"
she continued.
"Are there any ornaments on your
cord?" Gabby askecl.
"Yes, there is a slide set with imi
tation diamonds," she persisted witb
continuing truthfulness.
The day was brightened for
Gabby.
Speaking of imitation, do you
know how to detect it in jade? It's
a matte- of temperature. The imi
tation quickly takes on the warmth
of the atmosphere while the real
does not. A piece placed against the
check will feel cool if it is real. As
for amber, it becomes strongly
electrified when rubbed which no
imitation will do. This power to at
tract may' account for some of the
superstitions around it. It will pick
up a piece of paper when magne
tized. The attractive power exhibited
by vamber was the first electrical
phenomenon observed by man and
e d ..dcc,ricit vas defived
frQm c,cct he namcnfo
an,jer
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Old places , in China are beincr
ruthlessly robbed of all their jade
pieces, to satisfy the demand both
at home and abroad for this attrac
tive stone.
Mrs. William Tracy Burns is the
possessor of a handsome piece which
the wears on a cord. Mrs. F. P,
Xirkcndall, too, , wears a piece
mounted on gold so pure that it is
soft to the touch.
A stunning necklace of jade (guar
anteed to be real) has been given to
Anne Morgan from the famous
Judge Clopton collection and, is now
on exhibition at vCartier's very ex
clusive shop in New York. It con
tains the charmed number of 108
beads, all large and perfect. The
American committee for devastated
France, through Miss Morgan, is
selling this necklace ''on shares."
(Of course it isn't raffling, since
there are laws against such methods
of disposing of things, but sonie one
will win the necklace.) Mrs. A. C.
Smith and Miss Mae Mahoney are
in charge of sales in Omaha. Some
one. will win tin's wonderful neck
lace. Let us hope the gods wink in
cur direction!
Miss Gwendolyn Wolfe has a
pretty piece of jade brought her by
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Baldrige from
Hawaii, and her mother, Mrs. Jo
seph M. Baldriae. is displaying an
amber pendant with a large green
bus cut in the center.
Fashioned in the form of a butter
fly, jade acquires a special signifi
cance in China, because of a legend
which relates that a youth in eager
pursuit of a many-hued butterfly
made his way into the garden of a
rich mandarin. Instead of being
punished for his trespass, the youth's
unceremonious visit led to his mar
riage with the mandarin's daughter.
Hence the figure of a butterfly is a
svmbol of successful love, ' and
Chinese bridegrooms are wont to
present jade butterflies to their
fiancees.
Mrs. Rood's' purchase of an ame
thyst necklace recalls to Gab.bys
mind the pretty legend about this
stone, which has been happily
treated in French verse. ,
The ' god Bacchus, offended at
sbme neglect "he had suffered, wa?
determined to avenge himself, and
declared that the first person he met,
as his train -passed along, should be
devoured by his tigers. Fate willed
it that this luckless mortal was a
beautiful and pure maiden named
Amethyst, who was on her way to
worship at the shrine of Diana. As
the ferocious beasts sprang toward
her, she souglit the protection of the
goddess, and was saved from a
worse fate by being turned into a
pure white stone. Recognizing the
miracle and repenting of his cruelty,
Bacchus poured the. juice of the
grape as libation over the petrified
body of the maiden, thus giving to
the stone,: the beautifuj hue that so
charms the beholder's eye.
I of health, Mrs. H. J. Bailey; Mrs.
Blunt, town treasurer. Mrs. F.. E.
Stanfield; Mfrs. Cate, chairman.
board of selectmen, Mrs. II.E. Sor-
jensen; Mrs. Sears, rhairman school
committee, Mrs. -T. L. Combs;
Bridget, Mrs. A. J-- .Nunn; Alaggie,
Mrs. Joseph Etl'fed; Nora, Mrs. J.
T. Maxwell; Mrs. Fiske, sister of
Mrs. Manchester, Mrs. J. R. Golden.
During the business hour, begin
ning at 2:30 p. in., delegates will be
elected for the Second district con
vention. National Federation of Wo
men's clubs, to be held in Omaha at
the Y. W. C. A. April 13 and 14, by
invitation of the Woman's club of
the railway mail service, and for the
state convention, which will be held
in the fall. .
The club is entitled to 11 delegates.
vThc president, Mrs. Charles L. Hcm
pel, will be -a delegate to the district
convention by virtue of her office, and
the president-elect, Mrs. Charles
Johannes, by virtue of her office will
be a delegate to the state convention.
The tellers will be Mrs. O. AH
Nickum, chairman, and Mesdames T.
W. Arnoldi, W. A. Durrette. J. E.
Bednar, F. H. Drake. A. H. Hippie,
Frank Reida, Ray Young, George
Magney, George W'ilson, W. W.
Davenport and the Misses Minnie
Barmian and Emma Feenan.
The directory will meet at 1:30
p. m.
Schumann -Heink
- Sings German
' Songs
Unstinted praise is given Mmc.
Sehumann.Heink by the Kansas City
Times for her appearance in that city
last week. (. "It is at least seven
years," the crjtic said, "since she
has sung "with such beauty oh tone,
such freedom or in such a reposeful
style. The strain and worry of the
war years have dropped from her,
leaving, her richer in emotion and
experience, and vocally herself
again."
An account is given by this paper
of a German song sung by Madam
Heink during her concert:
Sang a German Song.
" 'Again a request,' said the singer,
and paused a moment as if she were
not sure whether she ought to tell
what this .request was. 'But . it's in
German?' and this time there was a
question in her face. She left it to
thc audience, and the audience said
yes at first rather faintly.
, "Up in the front there was a little
woman with a care-worn face, her
hair drawn tightly back and not an
ornament on her simple black dress.
She applauded hardest of all. Her
hands said: 'Please, please, sing me
my native tongue again. -It has been
so long in disgrace, here in my be
loved adopted country. ' Lead it
back, you who can, and crown ft
with a song.'
"Mme. Schumann-Heink saw the
piteous face and spoke directly to it:
'It is a little Christmas soug. Stille
Nacht." Then everybody applauded,
and the contralto sang 'Holy Night'
in her cradle tongue, wrapping her
rich north German like a garment
around the divine sentiment cloth
ing" it in its native dress."
Schumann-Heink will sing in
Omaha Wednesday evening at the
Auditorium, under auspices of the
ladies of the. First Central Congre
gational church
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Easter Week Calendar
Sunday.
Porter Allen, motor picn?c in hon
or of Virginia Offutt and her fiance,
Milo Gates.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. ., Peters,
supper at the Omaha club for Mil
dred Rhodes and her fiance, Ware
Hall, s
Monday. 7
Elizabeth Barker, luncheon for
Mildred Rhodes, a 'bride-to-be.
Mrs. Cyril Langan, tea at her
home, complimentary to Mrs. Sid
ney Smith of Hartford, Conn.
Casper Offutt, Orpheum party fol
lowed by supper at Atnletic club,
in honor of his sister, Miss Virginia
Offutt, and her fiance, Milo Gates.
Catherine . Thummell's sewing
group of Junior league, meeting jjt
the home of Mrs. Harold Pritchett.
Mrs. Ralph Peters' group of Junior
league gfrls, meeting at the home
of Mrs. J. M. Harding.
Mrs. H. E.x Philptft, evening party
for B. T. club.
Trinity Cathedral parish dinner at
University club.
Mrs. John Caldwell's Junior league
sewing group, meeting at the home
of Mrs. Milton Petersen.
Company B ' of the Red Cross
Canteen, meeting at the home of
Mrs. O. C. Redick.
Creightou Barristers, dance .at
Blackstone. ' .
Colonel William Lister, dinner at
the Blackstone. 1
. Tuesday.
' Marian Coad, bridge party for Ma
rie Patterson, visitor from" Los An
geles. ,
Fort Crook Woman's Bridge club,
Mrs. .William Slaughter and Airs. S.
McPnerson Rutherford hostesses.
Women of First Central Congre
gational church. ' luncheon and tea.
St. Barnabas Guild for Nurses, eve
ning meeting at the home of Mrs.
S. W. Townsend.
Olga Metz, evening bridge party
for Virginia Offutt and Milo Gates.
Mrs. J. T. Anderson and Mrs. C.
W. Southwell, luncheon at Black
stone for Miss Ruth Anderson.
Adelyn Wood, evening bridge ,for
Mildred Rhodes and Ware Hall.
Women of All Saints church, din
ner at the parish house.
Le Mars club dance at Kel-Pine's
academy. .
Mrs. Alexander Loomis, tea for
Mrs. Sidney Smith of flartford,
Conn. . ,
Wednesday. '
Mrs. Lee Kennard and Mrs. E. A.
Baird, bridge luncheon at Kennard
home for Mary Hall of "Chicago,
guest at C. D. Sturtevanfr home.
Emily Keller, bridge luncheon for
Virginia Offutt, bride-elect.
Ruth Carter, luncheon for Mil
dred Rhodes, April bride, and Ma-,
rie Patterson of Los Angeles.
Margaret Parish, tea at her homJ.
Elizabeth Robertson, dinner at
Athletic club, honoring Mildred
Rhodes and her fiance. Ware Hall.
Liberty chapter, O. ' E. S., dance
at Masonic temple. '
Daughters- of 1812, benefit after
noon bridge party at the Fontenelic.
Schumann Heink in concert at
Municipal Auditorium.
Thursday.
Junior league board meeting.
Mrs. Marlon Brando, bridg
luncheon for Mildred Rhodes.
Regina Council, dinner for Vir
ginia Offutt and Milo Gates.
J. F. W. club, luncheon at home
of Mrs. Earl Sherman
Phi Tsi fraternity from Univer
sity of Nebraska, Lincoln, '' rush"
partyinformal dance at Haitc. hall,
Dundee.
Friday.
Election officers of Emma
Hoagland, Flower Mission at the
home of Mrs. Will V. Hoagland.,.
Scottish Rite - Woman's club,
afternoon card party at" Scottish
Rite cathedral.
Fjrt Omaha Woman's Bridge
cluV to be entertained by Mrs. Ad-,
. "1 v
Wellesley Club
Presents" Prof.
Macdougall
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The Wellesley club of Omaha will
present Prof. Hamilton C. Mac
dougall, head of the music depart
ment of Wellesley college in a bene
fit organ recital at 4 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon, April 7 at the First
Baptist church.
Prof. Macdougall is on a concert
tour of the country in the interest of
the 'semi-centennial - fund which is
being ra'ised for the benefit of the
college.
Mrs.!' Winthrop Lane will have
charge of the ticket sale.
dison Ei. Davis at the Officers' club
of the post. ' t
Lowe Avenue Presbyterian Aid
society, luncheon in church parlors.
Crescent club, April Fool dance at
Scottish Rite cathedral.
Morning Bridge club, bridge
luncheon at the home of Mrs. V.
D.' McIIugh. .
Gates-Offutt bridal ytlinncr at
Country club, followed by rehearsal
for wedding.
Saturday.
Kappa Kappa Gamma, monthly
luncheon at home of Mis. Guy
Kiddoo. v
Duchesne College and Convent of
the Sacred Heart, alumnae reunion
luncheon at the college building.
Gates-Offutt wedding at the First
Presbyterian church followed by in
formal reception at Offutt home.
Wedding of Mary Cooper of Pitts
burgh" and Burdette Kirkcndall of
Omaha,, in Pittsburgh. '
Chapter ' M.. P. E. O., luncheon
at William Bartley home.
Chapter, B. X., P. E; O., luncheon
at Athletic club. i
Washington's 'Little Season'
Opens Gaily With the
Passing of Lent
Bureau of f he Bee,
Washington, March 26.
Easter in Washington will rival
Easter in Rome more than will any
other city in the world. The Easter
week is so full of gayetics scheduled
for every waking hour of each day,
that it would be difficult for the so-
ciety woman to slip in another lunch
eon or tea. And as for dinners, the
invitations for them have been out
so long, and accepted so many days
ago, that they are forgotten save for
the entries in the "books'."
Entertainments will start tomor
row with breakfast parties, followed
by luncheons, teas, dinner parties,
dances and "at homes." Tilt last
named have taken on such impor
tance as to be no different from a
large pretentious reception, except
that no invitations ar6 issKtl.
Mrs. Harding and. Mrs. Coolidge
are active in their social plans for
the spring, or "little season," which
is a short, but a merry, one. Mrs.
Harding had a brilliant reception
last week for the members of the
diplomatic corps and their families,
at least the grownups of their fami
lies, and established a precedent in
the matter of assistants for the func
tion. She had with her tht wives of
the two Ohio senators, Mrs. Atlee
I'omerenc and Mrs. Frank B. Willis,
wife of the junior senator. In the
dining room, to assist in making the
guests comfortable, especially those
who were more or less strangers,
she had, Mrs. Harry S. Nw, wife of
the Indiana senator, and the wives
of the heads of the important parts
of the State department. Mrs.
Fletcher, wife of the undersecretary
of state; Mrs. Daring, wife of the
assistant secretary of state: Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss, wife of the
third assistant secretary of stnte, and
Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, nee Koon, wife
of the director of the consular serv
ice, and assistant to the secretary of
state. The historic old White' House
never looked more classical! v beau
tiful than on that occasion, with sim
ple decorations of well chosen spring
blossoms in each room.
Mrs. Haxding also established a
precedent in the arrangement of a.
fairs, she and her secretary, Miss
Harlan, having worked out the o.an
of having the guests assemble m the
east room and pass on from there
into the blue room, where the hosts
received them, and passing on com
fortably into the state dining room,
a much more Simple arrangement
than the one observed in former ad
ministrations. Mrs. Harding wore
on that occasion a very beautnal
gown of jade green satin, completely
veiled with fine, delicate lace, ta'upc
colored. It was most becoming to
Mrs. Harding?" The marine band
played in the main corridor and the
scene was one of the most brilliant
the old mansion has known since he
war set in, for the diplomats all wor?
tklr r-inrt rnstiimps and the ladies
accompanying them were in their
smartest and most elegant spring
clothes. A bountiful repast was
served in the state dining room,
one in which the touches of the mas
A Legend of Si am
Odd Ballet
Nurpber -
Brilliant grange, gleaming blue,
glittering gold, shining black, and
glistening green wilF form the ore
dominating colors in the costuming
for "A. Legend of Siam,"-a dance
divertisement which will be one of
the numbers at the recital given by
pupils of Pleasant Holyoke at the
Brandeis, April 11. f
vThe ideas for the costumes were
suggested to Miss Holyoke by Dr.
C. W. Mason, a farmer Omahan,
now a medical missionary to Siam.
All details' of color and line weri
carefully worked out according to
the description furnished by Dr.
Mason of the dress worn by various
classes ofjthc Siamese people.
The story of the dance is a com
mon one in that small nation of the
Orient where ( Buddha reigns as su
preme god.
Many, manv thousands of vcan
ago in a province of Siam lived an
evil spirit who was most jealous of
the great god, Buddha. Now, the
wicked one coveted "the magnificent
jewels which adorned the statue of
the mighty god m the temple but
fear kept him from steHng them.
One day while the pretty Siamese
maidens were taking their offerings
to the temple altar, a poor slave went
there to worship at the shrine and
became bewitched by the evil spirit.
Disregarding the consequences of
his daring act, the servant snatched
the jewels from the statue. Before
he had thc, however, to leave the
temple, the god rose in wrath and
smote the thief dead. !
Jane Ellis, as Buddha, w ill be I
resplendent in elaborate robes of !
green and gold. The slave, Helen
Brown, w ill be costumed in Rld j
with striking touches of black, and
the Evil Spirit, Grace Vodicka. will I
be garbed in black, the color of evil, I
with just a. bit of gold to relieve its i
, The Siamese maidens arc to wear
gorgeous creations of orange and
blue in vivid contrasts. This group
includrs Charlotte Brandt, Gene
vieve Finney, Janet Nolan, Ma'ion
Williams. Betty Smith, Alice Hail
ley. Ruth Roberts, Jean Mc.Gn.th,
Kloise Potter, Iris Kilaore, Audrey
Kilgofc,aud Martha McCormick.
ter hand of Mrs. Il.inliug wire to
bo ..oticcd.
On Mgnday afternoon the vice
president and Mrs. Coolidge held a
similar reception at the Willard,
where they are living, and had as
guests the diplomatic, circle,"sissisted
by Mrs. New and Mrs. Fran'.c,
wives of senators, who presided at
the tea table. The other assistants
at Mrs. Harding's reception compil
ed the little group of assisting lad;cs.
Mr. Coolidge, a wdmau of pro-,
nounced attractions and charming
poise, was handsomely gowned in
the fashionable pale gray georgette
crepe trimmed with bands of eyelet
embroidery, made 1a tunic faslnonl
opening over an embroidered . gray
skirt. The sash was of the embroid
ery and the sleeves were three-quarter
length. She wore gray suode
slippers and the only touch of con
trasting color was the bunch of vij
lets and lilies of the valley which :he
wore in Lor belt. No rule of prsce
dent was observed at the affair, the
Coolidge's first official function,, tne
guests being received just as.they ar
rived so as to avoid any unpleasant
crush.
Senator and Mrs. Norris are en
joying the quiet of the recess period
as Senator Norris has not been well
for some time and is recuperating -splendidly
without having to take
the trip to Battle Creek which he
had expected to do. He and Mrs.
Norris will stmain right in town
until the convening oi iuhkjj
April 11. .. f ,
Mrs. Andrews, wile of-the repre
sentative from Hastings, Neb., also
has been ill for some time, She is re
covering now quite rapidly, but Jias
little chance to take her place tin the
official life in which she is already
well known.
Senator and Mrs. Hitchcock and
Miss Ruth Hitchcock who went to
Asheville, N. C. a fortnight ago will
not return here until about April 10,
in time for the opening of congress.
Mrs. Hitchcock has not improved
as they had hoped she would with
the mild weather.
Mrs. Clarence R. Day, formerly
of Omaha, who has been seriously
ill for many weeks i9 able to get out
again though she is not accepting
invitations as yet. As soon as she
is stronger she will go to Panama1
for a several months stay. Mrs. Day
spent much time there during Cdt.
Day's station there and they have
hosts of friends who have been urg
ing her to visit them all the season.
She will observe a series of days at
home just previous to getting away,
but has been unable to set dates for
them as yet.
Representative' and Mrs. Jefferis
expect to take possession of their
new apartment at the St. Regis early
next month when for the first time
in a year they will feel settled for a
time.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Driees of
Omaha spent a week here at the
Hotel Washington on their way
from the soith. They left this weelc
for Chicago to make a visit with
friends before going cfti to their
home in the west.
Luncheon, Tea and
Bazar Given
Thursday
Ofc of the most attractive affairs
of the week will be the luncheon
and tea given by ladies of the First
Central Congregatiorial church on
Tuesday. Mrs. Robert Kloke and
Mrs. E. T. Ellis will serve as host
esses for the affair. All members of
the church or friends whei wish to
attend are invited to make reserva
tions through Mrs. N. B. Updike at
Harney 2934. '
Reservations have already been !
made' by Mesdames Ed Smith, !
George Doane, George Squires, J. 1
J. Brown, W. H. Head. W. H. Tay- j
Vr, John Harvey. R. C. Peters, J,
W. Towle, Walter Head. C. A. Hull,
J. E. Davidson, C. O. Talmage, W
E. Rhoades, Allen T'ukey, Bcn..Wood,
jr.; George Payne, Allen Koch and
C. S. Stebbins.
."i spring saie win aiso oe a ieaiure
of the occasion. Fancy and utility ar
ticles and home-made foods, includ
ing cakes, pies, breads, doughnuts
and candy, will be sold from 11
o'clock in the morning until the end
of the afternoon.
A ,- !, f
"Elections" Play
An entertaining playlet illustrating
the various things which may happen
at electicThs, will be presented Fri
day, "3 p. m., at the city hall, coun
cil chamber, under ausnices of the
citizenship school now in progress.
ine pupils ot hnie steen KittKson
will appear in the roles)
The public is invited to attend.
The play is instructive and highly
enjoyable, according to Mrs. Wheel
er, who has seen it given with great
success in Lincoln.
Egg Rolling,
One of the annual sights in the
city of Washington is Easter egg
rolling on the White House grounds
on Easter Monday, in which several
thousand childreu usually take paff.
The game is played in pairs, each
player having one egg. 'lliese are
rolled down hill, the unbroken egg
taking its rival if the 'latter, is
cracked. Long ago it took place on
the Capitol terraces.
This pretty custom has been out
of vogue for some fine, but Mrs.;
Harding has recently announced
that it 4 would be inaugurated again
this )c,