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2 B THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY. AUGUST 14, 1921. Society Knudsen-Lindburg. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Lindburg an nounce the marriage of their daugh ter, Lorene, to Arthur W. Knudsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Knudsen. The ceremony, which took place Tuesday noon at the home of the bride's parents, was performed be fore an improvised altar banked with ferns and cathedral candles. Kev. A. K. Walborn of St. Lukes Luth eran church officiated. Mis Geneva LindburK and Earl Knudsen served as attendants. Miss Olga Jacobson sang a solo, accom panied by Miss Doris Lindburg. After a wedding trip through Estes Tark Mr. and Mrs. Knudsen will be at home at lt03 North Thirty third street. Engagement Announced. Mr. and Mrs. J. Goldberg an nounce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Jennettc, to Harry Korhman of this city. No date has been set for the wed ding. Wedding Announcement. Announcement is made by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Zerzan of the approaching marriage of their daugh ter, Victoria, to Franke E. Nagle of this city. The wedding will take place at the Holy Name church. Thursday morning, September 1, at 9 o'clock. The Rev. Father Urbanus will officiate. The attendants will be Miss Helen Nagle, sister of the groom, and Al Zerzan, brother of the bride. The couple will be at home after Sep tember IS in this city. Engagement Announced. Mrs. Florence Virginia Russell of Winchester, Va., has announced the engagement of her daughter, Mary Lee Henrietta, to Joseph H. Schmidt of Washington, D. G, for merly of Omaha. The wedding is expected to take place in the. early autumn. y . Entertains at Dance. Miss Catherine Allcman enter tained a party at the dance Satur day evening at Happy Hollow club. The guests were Misses Jane Hor ton, Genene Noble, Elizabeth Ort man, Frances Swift, Doris -Pinker-ton, Natalie Hastings, Pauline Over ton, Josephine Drapier, . .Messrs. Ward Lindley, Gordon Smith, Pressly Findley, Eugene Ely, Ed ward Wellman, Gay Holmquist, By ron Hastings, Ralph Redficld, Cor nelius Clarke, Harry Leavitt and Sam and Howard Wertheimer. ., , Affair for Visitor. ' Miss Helen Cain entertained at a slumber party at her home Wednes day evening complimentary to Miss Thelma Ward of Los Angeles, Cal., who is visiting at the Ca'n home. The guests, who included members of the A. K. Alumnae club of Cen tral High school, were Marion Fisher, Gertrude Harte,' Ann Wy man, Catherine Hadfield, Lillian Kavan, Bess and Amy Howell. Dinner and Theater Party. Miss Thyrza Fair entertained at dinner at the home of her mother, Mrs. D. H. Fair, Saturday evening, fdiCwedby.a theater party. The af fair was in honor of Mrs. Fair's niece, Miss Gwendolyn Schafer. The guests included Miss Schafer, Lucille Hoffman, Olga Stewart, Martha Bal lantine, Hazel, Marion and . Grace Giles. Newcomer from Fargo. Mrs. Philo Brockwav and three children of Fargo, N. D., arrived in Omaha Saturday, where with Mr. Brockway they will make their per manent home. They are at the Hamilton temporarily. Mrs. Brockway was publicity di rector of the drama section of the Fine Arts society in Fargo. She is an accomplished player of piano and pipe organ. Birthday Party Mrs. E. F. Scott will entertain at an afternoon party Tuesday at her home in honor of the seventh birth day anniversary of her daughter, Shirley Jane. Tti crneets will include Janet Baird, Rose Foster, Alice Winger, Vireinia Peterson, Olive Fibbins, Jimmie Moise and J Luncheon for Visitor. ! Miss Lorna McMartin entertained at luncheon at Happy Hollow club, Saturday, complimentary to Mrs. L. A. Crandall of Lincoln, who is vis iting her. The guests were Mrs. Victor Shevvbere. Misses Florence and Frances Morrow, Kathenne Lineburg, Eleanor Slabaugh, Patricia Bender and Miriam McMartin. Leaves for Toronto. Miss Frances Ross, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Ross, leaves Sep tember 1 for Toronto, Canada, where she will spend next winter studying pipe organ.. While there she will reside with an aunt, Mrs. Allen Lind say. En route to Toronto she will visit relatives in Chicago and New YorK. Patriotic Societies Picnic Patriotic societies and theif fam ilies are invited to participate in a picnic and basket supper Wednesday afternoon and evening at Elmwood park. ... The outing, which is being spon sored by the American War Moth ers, will be in the nature of a get acauainted affair. Liberty Chapter Kensington. The meeting of Liberty Chapter Kensington scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed until Friday afternoon and will be held at Happy Hollow club. Mrs. Florence Basler Palmer will have charge of the program. Wins Tournament. Miss Dorothy Baker was cham pion in the tennis tournament re cently held for nurses at the Clark son hospital. Miss Beulah Kennedy was runner-up. Card PartV. A card party will be given Tues day afternoon by Holy Angels parish at their hall, Twenty-eighth street and Fowler avenue. Church Picnic. The Aid society of the Dundee Presbyterian church will hold their annual picnic at Krug park, Friday, August 19. Illini Club Luncheon. The Illini club of the University of "fltinois Alumni association will meet for luncheon Wednesday, Au gust 24. at the Fontenclle hotel. Engagement Announced ) H 1 ) ihx fi V. l v Personals 1 Mr. and Mrs. G S. Kelley . an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Eunice Nancy, to Henry G. Windheim, jr., of this city. The wedding will take place in October. Miss Kelley is a graduate of Cen tral High school. Mr. Windheim has completed a course at Commer cial High. Goes Abroad ijpj "y Ai Rinehart-Marsden Photo. Miss Guenn Godard, who has been associated with the Nebraska Hu mane society here, left early this week for Topeka, Kan., where she will visit relatives previous to her departure for Europe. Miss God ard sails about September 1 to be with the Red Cross relief in foreign countries. Her exact .destination is unknown at the present time. Carter Lake Christ Child Society The Sunset club of the Christ ChUA sorictv entertained the boys' club of the center at a dancing party at Hanscom park Monday evening. Fifty. couples attended and the chap-ri-ino lirerp Mpsrl.imes A. V. KillS- ler, S. B. Doyle, William J.- Hynes, and the Misses Mary i. rrouix, Margaret McShane and Mary Cot ter. y;ftw rViilrfrpn of the center and 25 from the colored branch, chap .,,l K MU Sarah Shanlev. head resident of the center, attended the Dahlman picnic at Krug pane rn dsy. The base ball team of the Christ Child center won the pennant in class C, Gate City league. New Camp Fire Group. A Camp Fire group was organized at Brady, Neb., last week, taking the name of the'Algonka group, which means "to blaze the trail for others. There were 12 charter members. Dorothy Abercrombie was chosen president, Anna Elliott, vice presi dent; Irma Garner, secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. J. H. Ball, guardian, Mrs. N. C. Bowen and Mrs. William Nye, sponsors. Mrs. Arthur Gentzler of Gothenburg as sisted in the organization. July Report of Associated Charities' Work. Total No. of cases handled dur ing month 329 Interview in office....... 349 Application for relief 234 Investigations for other cities... 23 Visits made during the month... 363 ' Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Spencer enter tained six guests at dinner Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Holzman had a party of six at dinner Saturday evening. A dinner was given by Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Hass at their cottage Sat urday evening. Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Van Orsdel, Mr. and Mrs. L. O. True and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Coffeen. Mrs. D. G. Robb gave a picnic supper Friday evening complimen tary to.T. A, Tice. Dorothy. Parmalee had 12 girls at a swimming party Saturday. . Mrs. Mary McKay and Lucille Tweed of Seattle motored to Omaha via Yellowstone park to visit Miss Eleanor Dickman. Mr. and Mrs. James Hebbard and children of Lincoln are visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Tice. Gertrude Pray left Saturday for Lincoln to remain two weeks. Happy Hollow. f Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Hamilton had as their guests at Happy Hollow club Saturday evening Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Young, Charlotte Young and Ham ilton Young of Gering, Neb.; Mrs. Edwin Thompson of Dallas, Tex., and E. O. Hamilton of Los Angeles, Cal. With fr and Mrs. N. .H. Tvson were Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Pickard, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ralph, Dr. J. B. Ralph, Virginia Ralph, John Ralph and Eugene Pickard. Among others who entertained were C. F. Schwager, who had eight guests; F. F, Martin, six; J. C. Buf- hngton, six; is. u. myaen, six. c. P Pptprcnn. N A. Hancock. Mrs. John Parish and Leo Wilson enter tained toursomes. Country Club. Mr. and Mrs. George Prinz en tertained a party of 12 at the din ner dance at the Country club Sat urday evening and C. W. Hamilton had three guests. ADVERTISEMENT EyeStrain? This Simple Mixture Helps Omaha people with eye trouble should . try . simple camphor, hy drastis, witchhazel, etc., as mixed in Lavoptik eye wash. It can do no harm and may surprise you. One man with weak, watery eyes and aching eye balls reports Lavoptik helped him almost at once. Another similar case reports eyes began feeling better with.1 first treatment. One small bottle usually helps weak, strained eyes Miss Peggy Reed is spending 10 days at Washington, la. Mr. and Mrs. Ware Hall motored to Nebraska City Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hendicks are motoring to Long Pine, Neb. Miss Marjorie Christie is visiting Miss Stella Fhillipi in Bruening, Neb. Mrs. J. J. Damrich of Mobile, Ala., is visiting at the J. J. Hanighcn home. Mrs. Harry A. Wolf returned this week from a month's stay at Atlan tic City. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Devereux and children returned Thursday by mo tor from Estes Park. Mrs. E. A. Weir is expected home Sunday from a three months' visit on the Atlantic coast. Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Thomp son have gone to Oakland, la., where they will reside. J. H. Hansen will return August 20 from Cass Lake, Minn., where he is visiting his family. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bradford ar rive home the latter part of the month from northern Wisconsin. Mrs. E. S. Westbrook, who was at Estes Park earlier in the summer, is now at Pryor Lake, Minn. , A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Konisky at St. Joseph hospital Saturday, August 13. 0 Philip Chase, who is spending the summer in Omaha, has gone to New York for a three-weeks' stay. Mrs. J. A. Williams and daugh ter, Constance, left Saturday to spend several weeks in Denver. Mrs. A. D. Hoag and daughter, Berte. have returned from an eastern trip. They were gone two months. A daughter, Regina Marie, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert W. Kim ball. August 11 at St. Joseph hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Freimann an nounce the . birth of a son, Ray Doyle, August 12, at St. Joseph hos pital. . Miss Lucille Schall leaves Tues day for St. Joseph and Kansas City, Mo., where she will spend two weeks'. Dr. and Mrs. Glenn D. Whitcomb announce the birth of a daughter, at Swedish Mission hospital, on Au gust 11. Dr. F. J. Wearne and George Forgan return Monday from a trip to Alaska. They have been gone since June. Mrs. Frank Pepper and son, Har old, are spending several weeks at Colorado Springs, Estes Park and Boulder. Miss Carrie Cahn, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. Cahn, for the last month, has gone to Chicago. Mrs. D. J. Adams and daughter, Grace, who are visiting in Superior, Neb., will "return to Omaha about September 1. Dr. and Mrs. R. Mills Silby, who left Thursday for a motor trip to Chicago and Milwaukee, will return September 1. Miss Eloise Binns left recently for PliiVacrn .hf will' later bo to Alden. Mich., where she will remain until late in the autumn. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hughes are touring Estes Park. They will re main in Colorado until the latter part of the month. Mrs. Charles Beaton and children will be home from the Wisconsin lakes next Wednesday. Mr. Beaton preceded them home. Mrs. F. A. Nash and daughter, Emma, who have been visiting Mrs. Charles T. Kountze at Cape Cod, Mass., arrive home August 24. Mrs. Fred Humphrey, who has t P.larkson hosoital for the last five weeks, has been removed to her apartment at the Dartmoor. Ti Dornthv Guckert has re turned from Lake Okoboji where she and Miss Dorothy Nolan were guests of Misses Rebecca and tieien Moore. Miss Olive Townsend of Lansing, Mich., who has been visiting Mrs. George Wood for the past month, Daughter's Guest Mrs, M. E. Morse of Lincoln has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. John R. Golden, of Omaha, this summer. She will remain until Oc tober 1. Mrs. Morse is an interested mem ber of the Lincoln Woman's club, and her daughter, Mrs. Golden, is prominent in the Omaha Woman's club activities, being chairman of the house and home committee for the coming year. Mrs. Morse also belong to the Open Forum of Lin coln, a body which brings up for free discussion the big topics of the day. Before taking up residence in Lincoln 10 years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Morse had- made their home in Ne braska City for a quarter of a cen tury. Some delightful social affairs have been given for Mrs. Morse here. On some occasions she has shared honors with Mrs. M. A. Woodruff, mother of Mrs. Charles J. Hubbard, and Mrs. S. T. Mc- Clure of Topeka, Kan., mother ot Mrs. Victor Kropf. Buy Now and Save $35 to $100 on a Columbia Grafonola The World's Best Phonograph 1 delivers this beautiful cabinet Grafonola to your home; Your choice of mahogany, walnut or golden oak finishes. This is the most popu lar of all Columbia Grafonolas and has been reduced from $120 back to old-time prices as before the war. Now $85 ) 11 Pay the balance at t 7 $1.50 per week. There is no reason for any home to be without music when we offer such a wonderful saving as this, and our terms of $1 down are in reach of every purse. Call tomorrow, select your Grafonola and records and we deliver the complete outfit to your home. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. 1514-16-18 Dodge Street Phone Douglas 1623 has decided to remain in Omaha for the winter. Mrs. Frank' Keogh and children will return tiie ena oi tne' momn from Ephraim, Wis., where they spent the summer. Mr. Keogh is home already. MU Margaret Parish left Satur day for Lake Okoboji, where she will attend a house party given by Miss Loraine Jacobs, who was a class mate at Monticello seminary. Rev. F. P. McManus of St. Fran cis ' parish leaves thi week to join Bishop Drumm and a party of other Des Moines people for a tour of Europe. They will sail from New York and plan to take the Mediter ranean trip. Their itinerary includes many interesting places and Father McManus will be gone until just be fore Christn.as. Misses Clco Hale and Augusta fhristianson of the Fengcr bo . I left Friday for Minneapolis and Cbis age lake for their vacation. They will return about September 1. Miss Gwrndlyn Wolfe, daughter of Mrs. J. M. Baldrige, who is touring Europe this summer, was m southern France when word was last received by Miss Winifred Smith. Captain and Mrs. Harry K. Har mon and their son, Armstrong, have left Washington and are in New York City, where they will sail for Europe, to be gone several months. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barker and daughters. Misses Elizabeth and Vir ginia Barker, will return to Omaha September 2. after spending the sum mer on the Bar F "ranch, near Sheri dan, Wyo. Mrs. W. J. Phelan of Burlington, la., is spending several weeks in Omaha. She came to visit her mother, Mrs. Frank Dunnigan, be fore the latter left for an extended western trip. Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Davis are i.i. t.-m l,mV Vinnovmoon to the west and through the Canadian Rock ies and are in their own home at 115 South Fifty-first street. Mrs. Davis was formerly Miss Olga Metz. Miss Maurine Richardson leaves Monday for a week's visit in Chi cago; from there she will go to To ledo. O., where she will be the guest of Miss Ann Higginson. before en tering the National Park seminary in the fall. Captain and Mrs. C. F. Adams and two-wceks-old son. Clarence Freder ick, of Davton, O, are visiting at the home o'f Mrs. Adams' father. M. P Ryan. Captain and Mrs. Adams were formerly at Fort Omaha. They are en route to Detroit. Mrs. N. B. Updike and son, Nel son, jr., have returned home from an extended western trip. They toured Glacier park then went to Seattle taking the boat trip to Van couver. B. C. Enroute home they stopped at Lake Louise and Banff. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hascltine and daughter, Helen, and son, DonnM, are motoring to Chicago. Mr. Haseltine and Donald return the lat ter part of the month. Mrs. Hascl tine and Helen will remain in the east until Miss Helen enters Rogers Hall at Lowell, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Metz are ex pected from Buffalo in September, to visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metz. Mrs. Metz was for merly Miss Norma Mack of Buf falo, daughter of Norman Mack, and this couple make an Ak-Sar-Ben visit to Omaha an annual event. Mrs, J. M. Stafford, with her three children, who has been visiting her Style Without Extravagance 1517 Douglas Street -A New Department- Silk Hosiery Anticipating the opening of our new store we have assembled in 'all completeness a showing of silk hosiery that for quality and value is difficult to find a rival. 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