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SOCIETY
The Omaha Sunday Bee
AMUSKM KNTS
vol .'iinu. rj.
PAKT TWO
OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING, FEKRUAKY I5)2..
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Few Rivals for Interest
A yroM bby Iu itw rI' Hr. 1 M;. J. A. Ilcuste ii-.li-mong
lite intfrc .ling thin.?. o !i , rf', iK,e xu J U.J J )f4ro!d. it
rrtn. .tnnur l,f:i iiinioii,
wll be just that awe M-mh I''
Hi mother va !; )rui!i
Dat'ri of I'liY. Nvti, ki.'if l;.r
nisrrie. iHc ws 4 iniinl.tr ..1
l)!u Gamin - it i t'i? l''"
vermy of NVbrtaVi, Slv !
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4)iiiU" a M'H4ii!i 4, tli'Micu t-f lr-
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." f cj A Mi Ki'irne Mit'Lii
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,11 .WmirmUle. ,f4. Ml. lt'i:Vj
iforiiiji ln', tuiriistr whr" tin Wr ftmdv hate a minimr home
tisi? Mr. Ri-titit i.uliir, 1'. .. t OkoUoii whet lly ilt probably
D-'.ir. i mi'iiiiiii tin rjr in t!t pa-i
r "..TLX' K 1 rrtn. .tnnur l,fi liiunioii, j
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Club Women
Will Stand
by Girls
Chairman Day Nursery
JYTks A.LJ?ushtom
Arthur Lycll Jr.
Mrs. J A .Henskc , Berry v Joscph
If You Would Have Guests iMarriagc of MissMcdical Fraternity I
Who kkFitv Choose Them
by the Pound
!. hi il f oi ihf ilrft'tt' r
!ir ilj'i'rr lirrlf umifrii jn'?
1 li.i i if .khiiIiV lor lirr?
I 11 iw 1 jit olikr woiiifo tip itl ilic
Bifji'""! lu's lu !ip ouiig gi! i
1 ihIj
I hr.tf tiiftiMii ate ju.cif'l i
Mf, K. II, iVmny of I ullfrinii,
'tfiil in .( Ilic Nrlnj.l4 $4ie ,.
f.iiiiu i.f WtMiiru'k clul, vim la
4 tl. l.in'lp i!4ti iif 41IHHI,
"I lu- h-hii i lir ami rnli rtiui
i v.r, r c4i 1y atliluilc I (t pl
l"itil llie joniiK tf tt I u Unlay," i--lid
ill iii4ltf ini.rin. '"'lUt
.i' iy and ne ( lite orM tuiUv
ui up. hi t lie iv iiiicriiaiunul iiuiul,
,4 l4i if niiml wltuli tilisiiiitfs
IMIllll.il f.lllll for llHtiull aillj 4IMMI.
j lit liltill,'
1 "I kin I'tiiimj.' in. iiiiui-in tm the
' sitl pi tnil.iv, lir i in tlir truiisi
1 lion iiri(ul 01 liic. in it Uy ami i;i'ii
,rr:'i"ii Ir4iili uiili lurbulriicc ami
. inH", llrr oiiiuitnl t'i"4r4mc
I il.ie not mtin t inc 1.0 tmuh a that
! instatd ilitinc ,-.-it U. tlut ni.iv 11141k
) a iii'm iiriii4t ria.
"In ilir mailer of tttc lic i in
UK'.tMiie a u ism oi t'ircuiiist.iiii'r,
l.f ilnf not Mt tlir iityli'n or niitlte
her tr,r. Men iliit.uc the ulyle
lor y it 1 ami wnincn; mm ir.jkr
llnir gurnuiiis and cll tlicin by ilic
wliolcs.ilr plan itiiil t'riticiicp ionl
iiitfly. In ct;il'Ii.liini; a s.ljlr the
"I'lappcr" style i feainred and not
only d the girl, but the women a!o
wear thciu. Whv blame the fiirls?
' There always have been and iherr
' always will be women and girls who
dre s flagrantly cvtreme. l!ut there
always lias been and always will be
'that great majority of women and
I 8'fl. who will dress for beauty and
j comfort. Kvcry generation goes
j through this same process of criti
cism of woman and her ways. It
ci-ms to me important that we shall
tallc and think les.s of the minority
who err and keen lny building up
I that big majority of the rigbt mind-
Albright Is
Announced
Gives Winter
Dance
By CABBY DETAYLS.
A HOSTESS Usually tries to get ! eoiir.se. kind providence lias already
guests together who "lit." j made him bald. Ferocious blood
meaning by that, people who j bounds, trained to ferret out flow
arc congenial. Coles Phillips, the nig tresses, will patrol the island
artist, evidently has another idea of I constantly. There will even be a
suests that "lit." lie likes a well-j three-mile limit and only bald pates
balanced crowd it appears, and there-; will dare cuter within it. Any citi
fore chooses his guests by thejzen wishing to raise a beard wiil
pound, if vwc are to believe a story! have to build a houseboat,
told by young Mr. and Mrs. Onia- When Gabby pleaded with 'him to
ha. recently returned from a visit in 1 consider the aesthetic side of hair,
V
Xi w York
We were quite charmed to be en
tertained une evening at the studio
of the famous illustrator, Mr. X.
related. " The party assembled,
"umietliing seemed wrong.
"Two girls and seven men." Mr.
Phillips ruminated, easting his eye costumes,
about. 'Hah, we need more girls." "What,
Whereupon, , according to the
narrator, Mr. Phillips hastily picked
up his reference book, and rustling
ll.e pages fluicklv, muttered, "Blonds,
blonds. 125 pounds, 130. Thirty
live!" he exclaimed with a tone of
finality, rushing to the telephone
with iiis numbers ready.
So blonds there were at 135
pounds each, to "fill" out the party.
They came and saw and we suppose
they conquered. Anyway, a "good
time was had by all." vouch the
Omahans who were a'mong those
present.
SOME months ago the C. A. R.
societv (Children of the Amer
ican Revolution), was organized
in Omaha. Many sons and daughters
of revolutionary ancestry have en
rolled and now possess the impres
sive gold-sealed certificates of mem
bership. The success of the idea is
well established in our city.
But every organization has its pi
oneer stage. There' was a meeting
along in the timber-clearing period
of the C. A. R.'s when discourage
ment weighed heavily on the brow
of one young eligible at least.
His niotber. approving of the pa
triotic ideals advanccd'by the found
ers, sent her voting son to a meet
ing; Alas no other son's mother had
done likewise and there he found
himself marooned in a sea of girls,
blondes, brunettes and some even
like himself of the titian persuasion.
Xot liking the situation but having
the qualities of a hero, the boy re
trained through the meeting. He an
nounced to his mother, however, up
on his return home: "I dont want
to belong to the C. A. R. Td rather
be a Elk." .
TO GO to a tropical island, tar.
far away from winter, or the
office, or the housework is a
dream which seems to exist in the
back of everyone's head. You con
tinue the dulcet imaginings with "no
dish -washing," or "no cabarets," or
"no lessons to study," according to
your particular age and pet antipa
thies, but you all agree that you
will lie upon the greensward under
a gently waving palm tree, and you
will live on bread fruit and pine
apples. Probably if most of is really
found .ourselves in such a position
we would behave like an actor on
a holiday in Bert Leston Taylor's
verse:
He bds his trappings with a Miout,
H stielvs th buskins for a Hay.
Th Rialto first lia sirolls about.
Then rushes to a matinee.'1 ,
Or we should worry ? lest our
neighbor's grass skirt was of a lat
er weave than our own.
Fut Gabby knows of one person
who has introduced an heretofore
unpubtished idea into his tropical
paradise. All day long be brushes
and washes and marceiles and drfss
cs women's hair. In his own private
dream there is the Jsland. and there
are palms and coconut. b-l thcr
is no one with hair. Xo one can
land on the island until his or her
head has been shaicd, utiles, of
he still remained linn. "1'eonle will
look much fiandsomcr without it,"
he maintained. "They will wear
bright turbans and wrap silks about
J.Udc- Jjeads, They- can thus pick
their favorite color, and they can
change their headgear' to match their
ho, varlct! I'm wearing
my new string ot beads this eve
ning. Bring 111c my scarlet turban,
and pin a few hybiscus blossoms
on it."
'Yes, yes, suuh a place would have
its advantages.
Mr. and Mrs. John Albrinht of
David City, Xcb., announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Josephine, to
Mr. Julius L. Otto, which took place
in St. Patricks cathedral, Xcw York
City, on Saturday, February 18.
After April 1 Mr. Otto and his bride
will be at home in Xcw York.
Miss Albright is a. former resident
of Omaha and a graduatc.-of Clark
son' Hospital School of Nursing. She
was for 'Jf time connected with the
Visiting Nurse staff. -,, . , ,
' The wedding is a culmination of a
war romance, Mrs. Otto having met
her husban din Vladivostok, Russia,
where she was stationed with the
American Red Cross. '
The bride is a sister ot Mrs. Ted
Kcogh of this city. .
Alpha Psi chapter of Phi Beta Ti
medical fraternity of University of
Nebraska entertained 75 couples at a
winter dancing party at the Black
stone hotel Friday evening. Red,
white, and blue streamers decorated
the ballroom. They were hosts to
representatives from the other fra
ternities of the medical school and
arc entertaining the , following out-of-town
men at a' week-end party:
Leonard Mangold, Joseph Whalen,
Chester Dixon,. William Novak, IIo
ba.rt Holger, Ralph Kelly, Iric Kelly,
all of Lincoln. The. chaperoncs for
the dancing party were Dr. and Mrs,
F. H. Kcnyon, D'r, and Mrs. H.
Kggcrs and Dr. J. Latta.
Dinner Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Myers enter
tained informally at dinner last evening.
The time has come." Mrs. Penney
said, ."when the Woman's club is
ready to stand sponsor for the girls
and young women of the community
as the Chamber of Commerce, the
Notary and Kiwanis. clubs sponsor
and promote the interests of the
bovs and voting men.
"The Woman's club must be a
suspension bridge with the woman
hood of America at one end and the
girlhood of America at the other and
the bridge must be a path of under
standing over which we may come
and ro for . mutual benefit. We
hope to approach. each. other- not by'
coercion, but by attraction.". -
Bv consent of 'the executive board
in the department of "AhicricanT cit
izenship, the Nebraska federation has
established a division of girls', or
ganizations which will endeavor to
affiliate girls' organizations with
women's clubs. The plan ilius far
is:
The request that local women 6
clubs shall ask the girls' organiza
tions to affiliate with them with or
without dues, to hi decided locally;
that the girls shall be entitled to ro-
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.Mrs. Howard II. Ualunge is
chairman of the day nursery which
is to be the beneficiary of the bridge
party of Tuesday afternoon. Bur-pcss-Xash
tea room. Mrs.. Baldrigc
did nothing less than "come to the
icscue" of the nursery last fall in
response to a plea from the Na
tional league board, the nursery
having been without a head since
the- departure of its chairman, Mrs.
William. Archibald Smith, for Cal
ifornia. The nursery under-. Mr?.
'Baldrigc' is 'considered a model ;'of
elTicicu'cyiand' cleanliness. -'
- 'Ther committee, under M rs. Bal
drige includes' Mesdamcs ' Walter
Page. W. K. Council. W. li. T. Belt.
W. S. Wilev. F. Fohla, K. A.
Pcgau. H. II. Fish. C. L Farns
worth and Frank Fields. "Two wom
en from this committee are assigned
Duties for one week each month
'and visit the nursery each dav dur
ing the week.
Mrs, E. S. Westbrook is chairman
of the National league board that
conducts and finances the day nurs
ery. Infants and children under
school agtf may be left at the nurs
ery each day except Sunday from
7:30 a. m. until 6 p. m. for a small
fee. They arc under the care of
a trained nurse and two assistant
nurse?. ,
rcsentation in the- county convention
and. to a place on the. progranv'to
Penney, must include the spiritual,
materia! 4'.'.i financial. . '
.ri.M fhrir wnrlr that the Com-VO.I ' We Snail 1111(1 mutual WOrtil in
I. -.' ' ,i,. ... I closer association together, ' the pres-
intertst of coming together as ) idont said
affiliated group for citizenship pro - ' . , , , . .
grams, community activities and so-j Our , womanhood hath glad, bright
cinl recreation mav promote cordial I visions, too,
relations and brine to the Kirl wom-i A,ul tor - the . old-time sweetness,
an leadership that is so much needed. .gone ,
This un-rrt-st. in the opinion of Mrs.! 0orl ?lves t"e
new.
Introducing Two Generations of the Bankers
HE recent burglaries and daring ;
daylight holdups are serious
enough in all conscience, but
they have their echoes in lighter
vein. One Omaha matron has
evolved something new in dinner
table accessories, which may come
in handy. As she sat down to her
Sunday dinner upon the last Sab
bath she turned and said solemnly to
the maid who was laying a formida
ble carving knife and fork on the
table:
"Haven't vou forgotten some
thing?" The girl looked puzzled. Mrs. Y
persisted.
"Yes, where is the revolver?"' she
inquired.
Th( rose lias its mlmirerj!.
The shrinking violet, ton:
R. Rums preferred the- daisy,
All wet with morning dew.
The orchid is eotk- ,
Quito the doggiest thing loVeur;
Uncle's lilk-s of the valley.
They twine with maiden hair.
The stiff rarnatlon has its placs
On luneh and dinner table.
But just about the end of Feb.
Wo want no hot "house label.
No. no! The thrill that stirs our
"Winter-worn imaginations
Comes when some hostess breathes Ifie
word?:
"Spring flowers, the decorations."
Music Societies
Endorse Mav
Concerts
Among the musical organizations
in the city to endorse the May fes
tival which is being sponsored by
the Omaha Woman's club for .the
benefit of the club building fund are
the City Concert club, Tuesday
Musical club, Fortnightly Musical,
Amateur Musical, Monday Musical.
Clef club? Omaha,. University School
of Music, public school music de
partment, Association chorus. Junior
Musical, Omaha College club, music
section and the Community Girls'
Choral society.
A scries of five concerts will be
uriven on the five Mondays in May
from 10 to 11:30 a. m., seventh floor
of Burgess-Nash store. There will
be an orchestra of 30, under direc
t:on of Robert Cuscaden. assisted
by local soloists, to be announced
later.
Attend Dance in Lincoln.
A number of Omaha girls went to
Lincoln Saturday to attend the Pi
Phi formal dance last night. They
were M'ss Louise Watkins. Miss
Esther Kink. Miss Mildred'Rockwell.
Mrs. Lee Huff jr.. Mrs. R. Bailey,
and Mrs. Richard Balliman. -
i iBiB:liS.ilSiiiiiwiSSP SMIS. until now
:4- Banker , , p4 jjjflJ
Two generations of the Banker
family are here presented to the
world. Both sets owe their being
to the clever needle- and ingenious
mind of Mrs. Charles Russell, and
the modern Bankers belong to Mrs.
Russell's o-year-old granddaughter,
Barbara Stott. They were her most
adored Christmas present.
There is an appeal in dolls that
may not be denied, be they Tony
Sarg's marionettes, or beloved, dirty,
old Raggedy Anne, whose smiling
features were reduced to an inex
pressive smudge by your early efforts
to wash her face. The one draw
back to the array of dolls owned by
most children is that they are all
little gij-1 dolls or little boy dolls or
baby dolls. A child has to play botii
parents and all grown up relations'
parts herself.
Not so with th- Banker fnmilv.
! There is Father Banker in hij hand
somely tailored suit and cotVcct bow
tie; there is Mother Banker, a real
glass of fashion, with jade ear rings,
skirts not too far below the knee,
and with a marcelle wave in her
darning cotton hair that is positively
dizzying. . Willie Banker has woolen
socks and high boots. Mab!e is ar
rayed in a delicate pink creation, an:l
Baby Banker has a knitted jacket
and booties, a high chair. and a per
ambulator. Xo well equipped baby
could ask for more.
Under the direction of Barbara the
fanfily goes through all the toils,
joys -and vicissitudes of everyday
American life. Father Banker goes
to the office. Mable and Willie take
naps, go to school and have the doc
tor when they are s'rk. Mother Bank
er cooks irrc "a '. ;" I '? and attend;
freqitcitt i.r j.
More tiiti-rcstt.ie than t'l'.vt,-.- mod
ern paragons artfully
When I grew too old to
play with thefn my younger brother
and sister adopted them, and 1 used
to hide the dolls for a week or two
at a time, and announce that they
had gone to Xew York for a trip.
My father came from New York and
.used to go back occasionally, so it
was the Mecca of our childhood. 1
would write letters back from the
Bankers describing their adventure?,
fnd mail them under a ston; near a
big maple in the yard. My. 'brother
and sister read the letters ,-digerly,
and when the Bankers returned .with
complete -wardrobes, they .used to be
in perfect "raptures. ' , The clothes
worn in the picture arc the fruit of
such a shopping tour on Filth ave
i'ue. They're absurd looking things,
ut children go pcrtcctly wild about
them."
It is a pointed commentary on
though they may be. are the originals j changing times that M rs. Banker
made by .Mrs. Kussclt years ago
when she was a child living near Al
gona. Ia., 40 miles from a railroad.
"We had to contrive our own
toys," explained Mrs. Russell, "I
never had a real doll until I was
quite a big girl, and I can remember
the church Christmas tree on which
it hung as vividly as if it were yes
terday. My family had sent for a
wax doll from the cast, a beautiful
doll, and when it was taken off the
tree and banded to mc. all I could
say was, 'It can't be for mc.'
"They were pioneer days," she
went! on, "but I wonder if children
do have as good times as we did. We
were perfectly happy with our honie
made playthings. I made the original
Banker family when I was about 8,
and sewed comsilk hair on them.
Whett this withered I snipped off
Curbed ' son. c ical.hair and tbot has lasted
Drama Authority
Speaks Here
Friday
Mr. Kenneth Magowau, who will
talk to- the J)rama league on Fridav,
March 3, at. the Fontcnclle about
"The Playwright of Tomorrow in
the Theater of Today," is, probably,
more capable of speaking on matters
pertaining to all aspects of modern
drama than any contemporary stu
dent. He is the dramatic critic on
the Xcw York Globe, conducts the
theatrical column of Vogue, is editor
of the Theater Arts Magazine and
author of "The Theater of Tomor
row." which is as elaborate a book
on stagecraft as has been published
for some time. It is an attempt to
confine in one a resume of the so
called new stagecraft, a survey of
the theater of our own time and a
forecast of .its probable develop
ment in the future. . '
A writer in the "Bookman" says
of Mr. Magowan: "He is not a
contented bystander, but is of the
theater itself. Slender, enthusiastic,
vivid in his- manner and in his pre
station of ideas, lie has many,plans.
both for the theater and for himself
as related to the theater.'' You have
only to .talkwith, him , for Jive min
utes to discover that, together yith
a noetic fdeling that is rare among
dramatic critics,, his first interest Js
in the practical' theater, iir working
with plays." Sorne day,' it is proph
esied, he will' become 'a great pro
ducer and' put his theories .into prac
tice.'..". '. ... . ...
It will undoubtedly , be 'remem
bered by the 'members of Mrs. Mcr-
"i ill's class, that she referred' to Mr.
Magowan more, than once as the
.foremost authority on' drama in
America 'today.- ; "'
Number one had no tect. Her
skirts swept the ground. - so why
bother? Ladies hail no feet hi those
days, for all the practical purposes
of the voime designer. As for the
first Mr. Banker he had a beard of
ample proportion and the creases in
his trouser legs were noticeably
lacking.
If Mrs. Banker jr.. ever- converses
with Mrs. Banker sr., their exchange
of ideas on woman's dress would be
worth hearing.. There is undeniably
a certain fire about the first Mrs.
Banker, a rugged strength of char
acter suitable to a pioneer house
keeper. Mrs. Russell herself admits
a weakness for her first darlings iu j
spite of the ravages of time audi
moths. Packed -away for safekeeping'
in a fox iu the attic, it is a sheltered ',
Irt'e which they now lead ftcr the i
adventuring! if their youthful days.'
i Kappa Kappa Gamma.'
'Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae
will meet for 1 o'clock luncheon '.Sat
urday at the home of Miss Mildred
Weston,--. 925. 'North .Thirty-ninth
street.' . '.' i i
Politics
You 'say a thousand things.
Persuasively, -
And with': strange passion hotly
I agree,
'And praise your zest, -And
then
A black bird sings
On April lilac, or field-taring
. men,
Ghostlike, with loaded twain,
Come down the twih't lane
To rest. '
And what is alt" your argument,
to mc? .
John "Drinkwatcr.
Washington
Society
Notes
I he laajcr ti tin- country )dse
nipii ed the train in,-. l the Hf W
uhuh uc pkiyrd 4 ile mvoihI i,i
official at (.n't.. 'J lie r4iui i l.lji.
rg 4 tud to il cto.c ncM We.l'ie.
uS uhtti the (Otocrwr of lent will
put on .uki!otli and hi'.. 'ie
I.. I fljle dinner (In -,ion lu bent
K'Wii iii the White l c and the
l.it M.ne reception was held 'M
llut,..il.!y rwiitiitf in ihe old tn.f.
.ion. It lu Ih-cii 4H tuiptecrdi i ted
i.on of gavcty, thank to Ibr rv.u
ilciiircrjcy ami Bf'i'4l Imspit.itilv tl
iii" I'u'M.li-nt and Mr. Hurdintr
The aitnv and navy wrre the1 ho ior
giitsU at 'Ihiiisday night' reception
and il was a it alway h, the nrvl
n o! brilliant ftiMi tioti of the c.n,
the (liploni.it if reception being alway
the most biilliaul, ,
Miliury Touch.
The rhiirinalioii of the uipH i jt
iciiptioiis have nude ilieui much
ioic loiin.il ami si.ttilv am Preu
i!i nt and Mr. Il.irihng have choc'i
the KooM'u't administration a a
p.nicrn In foljow in many tiling-.
I hry do not make a demur ot lh
iwrW alter the la-.! Kiicts h.ie
been received, a did their two pre
decessors the TatN and the Wilson.
There were supper during those two
aiiiuinis'tration and the host pat
took of Ihe food and drink, alont?
with the gncst', in ihe state ilium
room, (hatting with them like bot
in civil liic. President T.ift tievi-f
leit the firt floor until hr bad bade
the lat di parting guest, a good
night. Now the end of the recep
tions are marked with the fame for
mality as the beginning, with the;
Pre-idfiit and Mrs. Harding and the
receiving line led by eight military
and naval aides, nuking a formal
piocessiou through the blue room
door where they pas tinder tin
crossed silken flags held by the ma
rines who stand at either side of l-is
doorway, 'ind proceed through I'm
corridor to the stairway, the great
iron gates "it the foot being swim je
to and lock.-d as thev ascend 'i-
st iii.;.
State Decorations.
Mrs, Harding is one oi th: t'.-v
"first ladies" to give the personal
touch to the dccoiilions and arr.it:ic
nicnts for all Ihe formal function..
On the night of a state dinner Mr..
I Harding may almost always t:
louhd in the state dining room ,-ioi.nr
7:30 overlooking the table to sec if
her directions and suggestions about
the flowers and the china hav.- In-t-.i
carried out. She l as her own way
of doing thing.:, and her own ta.-tc
about arrangements, and it is a g.,od
way apd excellent taste. The riau
?ion has never looked so be; r.Ufel,
nor the table so lovely as under her
regime, so far. She has introduced
into th? floral decorations, ni v col
ors in each drawn? room and lar.
quantities of oik leaves and oth'r (
foliage in the banking of the m;.ri
tels and the trimming of the lotir
mirrors. A favorite arrangement cf
hers is to spray the mirrors up Ihe
L'i'. side with oak leaves ftuddeo
with blossonu which predominate in
the particular room.
. At the dinner last week, in ho-.'.jv
of the Speaker and Mrs. GilU'.t.
these for the st Me dining room. !a"gc
full blooms of white azalias. whic't
strongly resetubicd dogwood blos
.::ns across the tcom. They wire
n aiied almo-.t to the ceiling on ti'e
man-el and in th-: mound of ferns
which stood in the hollow part of tHe
U-shaped table.
Silver of Every Kind.
The table, hy the way. was laid
with the all-American china chosen
by the present Mrs. Woodrow Vtl
son, in the second Wilson adminis
tration. It is a beautiful example
of elegance and simplicity with a
broad band forming the escalloped
edge, of deep dark blue, the onl.v
other decoration being the coat of
arms of the. United States in gold,
in the center of the plate. But the.,
silver! It is of every kind and de
sign. Some of the knives have steel
blades with pearl handles; some have.
Ueel blades with ivory tinted bone,
handles, and some have steel blades
with the yellowest sort of handles
denoting their' advanced age. probably-
dating back to the Tyler ad
ministration as many of the spoons
and forks do. -They arc marked.
"President's House," while some of
the others have just the coat of arms
of the country engraved thereon A
few are marked. "White House." The
linciKand napcry is invariably very
heavy, '.of beautiful linen marked with'
"U;' S.'" in the -corners. There are
usually several, very long tablft
cloths nscd for the long table, at
state - dinners, " but just why the
White House should not be equipped
with proper and stately linen, silver
and other table appointments, made
for' the White -House alone, no one
appears to know.
-.Inithe matter of lists of guests at
tho -functions Mrs. Harding is quite
as independent as she is in matters
of her clothes and other things. For
the' first time almost in the history
of -state functions, a number of young
people were guests at a White
House sfcitc dinner last week. i
' , Nebraskans at Capital.
Mrs. Dc Putron and Miss Melinrla
( C. j. . f T ' 1.. . ,
. oiuari oi Lincoln, who nave occn
guests of Commander and Mrs.
Emory D. Stanley for several weeks,
have gone home. They came here
from Xew York and stopped on the
way home at Ashcville, N. C. and
in Tennessee. They lso visited
Quantico, Va.
George -Mason of Lincoln is spend
ing some days here at the Hotel
Raleigh. v
Miss Anna Evans, daughter of
Representative Robert E. Evans, of
Dakota City, had a pretty valen
tine luncheon last week with attrac
tive decorations of red flowers; sou
venirs of little red hearts, place mark
ers and bonbons, also heart-shaoed.
Representative Evans went down
In Alpv.-irutria itiic vjippL- fr,r iU e
sions of the National George Wash
ington Masonic Memorial association
which has perfected nlans lor a ?2.
SlIO.tKK) temple to be built at George
Washington park. Alexandria. Mr.
Evans acted as proxy for the grand
master of Nebraska, who was a dcle
sate and could not crt here. Georce
I Mason waj a dclesratc from Lincoln-