SOCIETY
The Omaha Sunday Bee
AMUSEMENTS
VOL. 51-NO. SO.
PARTTWO
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FKUIIUARY 1 11)22.
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Benef U Bridge
Committee
Hem
Att? in
Johnson.
Three large affairs will be given on Shrove Tuesday. February 28,
as a filling climax to the festivities of the winter season which practically
loses with the beginning of Jx-nt, March 1. They are the benefit briclgc
for the Day Nursery, (Juri;i;r the afternoon at the Burgcss-Nash tea room,
and in the evening, the dance at' the Blackstoue hotel, given by Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Baldrigc, and the March Gras ball in Council Bluffs, which has
attracted considerable interest in Omaha.
One hundred tubles will he set for the Nursery benefit bridge and
many of these have already been reserved through Mrs. E. S. Westbrook
and Mrs. Alvin F. Johnson.- A special luncheon from which part of the
proceeds w ill go to the nursery will precede the game. Mrs. II. H. Bald
rigc is chairman for the nursery. '
Mrs. Alvin F. 'Johnson is chairman for the benefit bridge committee.
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an's Service, a board, which established the only "day" nursery in Omaha Y
and whichjcvotcs its energies-to this enterprise only. .Mrs. Jolinscm-is
publicity chairman for the league and. she had charge of Day Ntfrserjr.
Mrs. Milton Barlow, who is treasurer for the brtdge partyy.is char:
trr member of the National league, and has been its treasurer since the
day nursery was established here. Mrs;E. M. Syfcrt, who has been active
in the National league $mc':"itvas founded here iirl917, is publicity chair
man for the bridge. '
Mrs. Ward Burgess is ticket chairman for the benefit. She is' assist
ant secretary for the Day Nursery, with which she has been identified since
it was established in March, 1019. Mrs. Edgar M. Morsman, jr., is chair
man of prizes for the day. She has given much service to the National
league and to the. day nursery during their existence here,
Mrs. Glenn C. Wharton, chairman of tables for the 28th, was recently
elected to the National league board. She did important service for the
league during the war as a member of the motor corps,- driving her own
rar and giving up entire days at a time toMhis work. Later she did motor
corps work for the Society for the Relief of the Disabled in behalf of the
league. . ' '
Miss Gladys Peters is vice chairman for the bridge party. She was
recently elected a member of the National league board from the Junior
league. She did important war work, has served as Junior league presi
dent and as queen of Ak-Sar-Ben.
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Sam X-ni vHv-
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Mrs: :; Wheeler Will
piscuWork of
Leg islature ,:
"You, as a member of the Grace
M. Wheeler class in citizenship, arc
invited with any friends you may
care to bring, to the talk on the
work of the legislature of 1921 on
Friday, February 24. at 3 p. m, at
the Burgcss-Nash auditorium."
This invitation has been mailed out
to all members of the citizenship
class who registered during the meet
ings last spring. It is known some
names were not recorded. They arc
included In this public invitation, as
well as all who are interested, ac
cording to Mrs. Halleck Rose, who
has the matter in charge.
Masonic Benefit
Musical
There will be a musical entertain
ment at the Shrine temple on Satur
day evening, February 25 as a
benefit for the Masonic boys' home.
The program will consist of in
strumental music by the Shrine
band, singing by the Scottish
Rite quartet, solo by Mrs. Gilbert
Brown,' whistling number by Miss
Florence Stcunenbcrg and a solo by
Miss Frances Wyatt. Miss Ade
laide Fogg, assisted by Doris Ycagcr
and Frances Alvord. will do some
dance numbers, LcRoy Francis will
do a blackface monologe and dance,
and motion pictures will follow. The
musical part of the program is under
the direction of Mrs. Ray J. Abbott.
Sixty-five tables have been re
served for the benefit bridge to be
given at the Burgcss-Nash tearoom
by the National League for Woman's
Service for the Day Nursery, ac
cording to Mrs. Glenn C. Whar
ton, in charge of tables for the af
fair. Miss Daphne Peter, Mrs. Hen
ry Bohling. Mrs. Ralph M. Peters
and Mrs. Lawrence Brinkcr will
play together.
Mrs. Charles F. McLaughlin will
have as her guests Mrs. Miles Stan
dish, Mrs. Fred V. Thomas, and
Miss' Hilda Hammer.
Mrs. W..A. C. Johnson, Mrs. F. A.
Nash. Mrs.. Joseph .Barker and Mrs.
V. J. ' Foye will ' make up - one, ' ta
ble. .' i , ......
With Mrs Fred 'Metz will be Mrs.
A. D. Peters, Mrs. Arthur F. Smith
and Miss Harriet Metz.'
Mrs. J. Paul Scanlon has reserved
four tables, Mrs. Charles Gardener,
three; Mrs.. Harry Mallo, three;
Mrs. E. C. Bruuncr, three; Mrs.
W. K. Foote, two; Mrs. Roy Bloom,
two; Mrs. L. J. Healcy, two; Mrs.
George Scabury, two. Tables have
been reserved by Mrs. John Cald
well, Mrs. E. C. McShane, Miss Jessi
Carrigan, Mrs. Howard II. Bal
drige,. Mrs. William Hill i Clarke,
Mrs. A. L, Reed, Mrs. Nellie Kitch
en, Mrs. W. R. Wood, Mrs. Blanche
Paterson, Mrs. A. V. Kinsler, Mrs.
Sophie McDermott, Mrs. George W.
Doane, Mrs. II. W. Hicks. Mrs. W.
L. Carcv, Mrs. Victor White, Mrs.
W. B. 'Tagg, Mrs. B. B. Tucker.
Mrs. Charles Tucker, Mrs. Charles
T. Kountzc,, Mrs. Charles Van Al
stinc, Mrs. J. J. Hess, Mrs. Charles
McDonald, Mr. Morris- Dunham,
Mrs. C. K. Smith. Mrs. F...S. West
brook, Mis Grctchen Hess, Miss
Geraldinc lies. Mrs. P. C Hyson,
Mrs. Samuel Burns, Mrs.- Harley
Morchead. Mr. A. B. Curric, Mrs.
A. V. Shotwell.-Mrs. M. T. Barlow,
Mrs. Clifford Wilier, Mrs. Victor
Roscwater, Mrs. Joe Wright. Mrs.
Harry Kelley. Mrs. Arthur Rogers,
Mrs. M. C. Peters, Mis Kathcrine
Thuinmel, and Miss Emily Burke.
Reservations for bridge tables may
be made from Mrs. Alvin F. John
son, .chairman of the benefit party,
or Mrs. E. S. Westbrook. Tickets
may be purchased at the door.
Reservations for the special lunch
eon which will be served before the
game should be made through the
Burgcss-N'asdi tearoom, A percent
age of the luncheon receipts will go
to the day nursery. . .
Yates School Will
Observe Birthday
of Longfellow
Yates Parent-Teachers will spon
sor a moving picture program at the
school auditorium F'riday, February
24, commemorating Longfellow's
birthday.
The pictures shown will be "Paul
Rcvere's Ride" and "Evangeline."
They will be shown at 3 p. m. for
the children, when punils will give
readings from Longfellow's poems,
At 7:30 the program will be repeat
ed for. the parents.
The Omaha College club quartet
will sing, "Into the Silent Land,"
by Arthur Phillips, and a serenade,
"Good Night, Beloved," by Nevin
Harris, words by Longfellow. Mem
bers of the qnartet ' are. Mrs. J. E.
W. Wallace, Mrs. A. F. Leermak
ers, Isabellc Alcorn and Bertha
Ehlers.
Clever Clef Club Party
Verges on Disaster
at Some Points
By GABBY
Til. Clef chili l Iuii Ih'cii u
moui for it drier panic, mid
the (amy diets pirtv width
Mi l.urlU .Mini kuvc ut ,lic I 'old
Loyal Ut Monday evening wan no
exception. From the moment the
Grand Mar.h UrteJ oil the lucky
club incnihm bad a rohckiiitf piod
lime.
One ut the mo-l ihuimiiiK of the
cotume at worn by Mrn. X.
ilrrt of blaik and white Mripcd kilk
which had belonged to her grand
mother, It was made with a long,
(lowing kirt. a tixhi-iinitnj barque
ami worn with nutu that covered
half her finger. A little bonnet.
tantcd becomingly over her face,
and he carried a kiualt black Mtin
ftumdiade. Her hair was arranged in
artful ringlet., lu fact, she was a
complete picture- of 00 years ago. At
the end of the evening, on her way
to her hotcV room, Mrs. X took
the wrong turning. She counted
"two doors to the right." a lr di
rections were, and, turning the knob,
Ctihhed open the door 'and 'walked
rikkly into a lighted room. Then
she emitted a faint scream, for the
had picked the wroujt room, and, kit
ting propped up in bed comfortably
reading, was a strange and startled
gentleman. They say that his
screech was of a more vibrant nature
than hers. It was not until she had
reached home (having been so en
grossed in her own horror) that she
realized what a shock it was for a
temperate, modern and unimagina
tive gentleman , to be aroused from
his absorbing story by an apparition
of his grandmother sailing into the
room.
It must be a disadvantage at times
to be a "wonder girl." Eugene
Dennis was among the guests Mon
day evening, and it seems that her
mind is quicker than her feet. Or
perhaps she was concentrating on
the Tay'or mystery. At any rate one
of her partners confided to a friend:
"I don't know what she thought of
me, but I know. what I thought of
her dancing." ,'
A sudden horrible possibility oc
curred to him.
"My God," he -whispered hoarse
ly," do you suppose she could read
my mind?"
But Miss Dennis was not the only
one whose other talents outshone her
gift for dancing. An invitation to
the Clef club party was the signal
for a number of private dancing
lessons, so Gabby'.-hears tell. More
than one musician hied himself or
herself to a .teacher to brush up on
the latest jazz steps. And one tal
ented artist in the musical world an
nounced to the dancing teacher:
"Well, one thing I can do is keep
time."
The teacher neatly pricked tha"t
bubble when she. wearily remarked
after , the -session was ended: "You
may be able to keep your own time,
but you can't keep anybody else's."
IT'S all a bluff, girls this re
. signed look that men give when
a social function looms before.
"What's on tonight?" the tired
business man asks his wife in a deli
cately tense tone.
But man, more than woman, Gab
by believes, is a social creature. As
proof, note what he'does when left
to his own devices.
Several prominent society matrons
have recently departed from the city.
DETAYLS.
Have the ImthamU taken the oppor
tuuity to give mtriikc attention to
luinci, to get imii h-iu-tiltd rent, oi
to devote thrniM-lvrs to civic better
ment problem? In nonchnical ln
piage They have not!
Xo debutante ever engaged in i
diiier whitl f gaiety than thrit
uilclrn husband, One of them hold
ing a portion high in the financial
world was approached by a young
man the other day who a-ked the
I'iiuncirr if he would addrct. the
club at it next meeting.
"I'm very orry 1 cannot." a the
reply. I have every evening of thi
month taken."
And they're dot buMitrM engage
ment either, Gabby opines. Nor arc
they Mag parlies.
When these nun are not giving
elaborate and w ill-appointed dinner
parties handome theater aoirret or
twy fightome at bridge, they are
filling out or filling in (we prefer
the preposition "in") the parties of
their heavily indebted friends.
They'll be just "all worn out" when
their wives get back. '
WilAT is style? After all it
depends mostly on your point
of view. There are ways and
ways of putting on frill. Gabby
was lunching in a so-Called fashion
able restaurant he other day, when
the head waiter ushered in two
kindly-looking elderly, country
people,-who seemed rather overawed
by the magnificence, and were at a
loss as to how to dispose of their
wraps and bundles.
The menu too had an alarming
effect, and the supercilious manner
of the colored waiter did not miti
gate the ordeal of ordering. They
finally settled on croquettes, which
arrived in due time and in each cro
quette was daintily stuck a tooth
pirk surmounted by a colored paper
frill.
These last created a decided sensa
tion. The two regarded them with
delight, then eyed each other doubt
fully. She was the first to rise to
the occasion. You may remember
that the phrase runs the "mother of
invention," without any mention of
a paternal parent. Exacting the
frilled toothpick from the croquette
she placed it coyly in her mouth, the
yellow rosette bobbing while she
chewed. ' Husband followed her ex
ample with obvious relief, and when
the meal was over they left the room
with the frills still cocked at a jaunty
angle. The titters of the other
diners left them blissfully uncon
scious. Style? Oh man!
Colonial Breakfast
Reservations for the " colonial
breakfast to be given by the music
department of the Omaha Woman's
club, Wednesday,, 12 o'clock noon,
at the Y. W. C. A. may be made
with Mesdames George Henderson,
J. M. Lowe or F. A. Talmage be
fore Monday evening.
Following the luncheon Mrs. Ray
mond Austin will give a group of
old songs, in costume. Club mem
bers are requested to wear colonial
costumes. The affair is open to the
public. Husbands of members are
especially invited.
Fourteen Charming Girls Will Serve as Maids to the Mardi Gras Queen
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The wonder is that ,one church
could have so many pretty and
charming girls. Special maids to
the queen at the Mardi Gras ball,
February 28, will they be when the
women of Central chapter, St. Paul
Episcopal church of Council Bluffs
give their mammoth benefit at the
auditorium of their city.
The king and queen of Mardi
Gras are being selected by popular .
vote.
Mi$,s Nancy Stillman.. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Stillman is a
senior in high school. She . plans
'to enter Chicago university in Sep
tember. Her mother is chairman of
tickets for the ball. Marian Wal
lace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jv
E. Wallace is in her junior year
at Council Bluffs High school, jilar
aret Augustine is also a high school .
student.- ne is a caugmer oi ut.
and Mrs. Grant Augustine and her
mother is general chairman of the
balj. ... - i 1
Lluabctti Douglas, daughter oi
Mttiet
lt
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.wtrdi .Gras ball. Muriel Mann, line schoo' in Dr.venport. Ia. Hi
Mr. and Mrs. W. I.. Doujlas,
student . at Brownril . Hail. Her daughter of Re. "arid Mrs. W. E. fa.ther is rector of St. Paul Episcopal
mother is publicity chairman ior th. JMann is a graduate of St. Kathcr-i church, where hc plays the organ.
tlizabetk
Miss Mann is con
young musician.
Margaret Saucr,
sidcrcd a
daughter
tak-iit;
of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. E. Saucr, is another
high school student as are also
Esther Tuscy, daughter of Mrs.
Rose Pusev
daughter of
and
Mr.
'Worm a
Edith Sylvester,
and Mrs. E. 11
Sylvester, who is a senior this year.
Mary ' Elizabeth Innes, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. VJ Innes, and an
accomplished musician, was grad
uated from high school last June.
In the same class was Kathleen
Peacock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Peacock, who is teaching
kindergarten at Oak street school
this year.
Hazel Mae Larson is remembered
for her clever work in the musical
comedy "All Aboard," given recent
ly for the American Legion. She
s a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Larson and is a high school
student. It is whispered that Norma
Tyler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Taylor, will have an interest
ing announcement to make in the
future Viola -Allis and Claire
Kinzct are in the same class, each
of whom wears a beautiful diamond
ring. Miss Allis has attended
Browncll Hall. She is a daughter of
Mr. arid Mrs. W. R. Allis. Miss
Kinzcl js one of the four daughters
of Mr. and, Mrs. William Kinzei '
