THE COURIER.
honor of Major and Mrs. Stoney and
Mrs. Charles Fosselman.
Mrs. Frank Irvine entertained Les
Bobemiennes on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Friend entertained
the Unity club Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Weesel and Mr. Hennock were the
successful players.
Mrs. Silas A. Holcomb will give a one
o'clock luncheon next Wednesday.
Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Ward will give a
seven o'clock supper next Tueiday in
compliment to Mrs. Robertson and Mrs.
Shipman both of Chicago.
Mrs. A. W. Field will give a card
party next Saturday.
Mrs. George E. Shipman (born Rich
ardson) is the guest of Mrs. Barbour.
Miss " Carrie C. Dennis has gone to
Chicago for a few days' visit with her
sister, Mrs. Manning.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mayer left yes
terday for an extended visit in New
York and other eastern cities.
Mi6ses Crounse. Miss Wilson was also a
guest. The young ladies served a chaf
ing dish eupper and with dancing and
other impromptu amusements, passed a
very jolly evening.
LeB Bohemiennes and husbands cele
brated the birthday of Mrs. F. W.
Brown. Mrs. Brown had been absent
in Omaha during the week and had re
ceived no hint of the visit. A beautiful
silver candelabrum was presented to
Mrs. Brown as a reminder of the event.
A delicious chafing dish lunch was pre
pared from the good things provided by
the members in their picnic baskets.
The Tuesday Night club gave the first
dance of the season last week at Walsh
hall. Parties will now be given once in
two weeks during the remainder of the
winter. These will be as informal as
possible. Those present Tuesday night
were Misses Nance, Burruss, Bess Bur
rues, Chapin, Morgan, Jenkins, Wirt,
Agnew, HargreaveB, Henry, Cole, Pad
dock, Clark, Daniels, Hammond; Messrs.
Anderson, Ames, Rickette, Marlay, Mor
rison. Brown. Drain. McCreery, An-
Mesdames Warner and E. E. Spencer drews, Norval, Raymond, Turpin, Clark,
will entertain the M. M whist club this Orr and Schick.
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mawe enter
tained the Four Fours last evening.
Last Week's Functions.
The eighteenth anniversary of the
founding of Alpha Epsilon chapter of
Sigma Chi was fittingly celebrated on
Friday night by a banquet at the Lin
coln hotel. About forty alumni and
active "Sige" eat down to an elaborate
eight-course dinner, accompanied by
orchestral music. The Hon. Paul F.
Clark acted as toastmaster of the eve
ning, and gained much applause by the
witty manner in which he called for the
following toasts: "Alpha Epsilon," H.
D. Landis; "The Western Sige;" A. A.
Bischof; "The Alumni of Alpha Epsi
lon," Hon. J. H. Mockett; "Odds and
Ends," non. Jacob V. Wolfe; "The
Hoosier Sige," Prof. C. R. Richards;
"Duty of Alumni to Active Chapter,"
Dr. J. F. Stevens; "The Whit Cross,"
Hon. E. H. Hinshaw; "Sigma Chi in
the Late War," Hon. George D. Meikle
John, assistant secretary of war; "Un
published House Documents," Hon.
David H. Mercer. Those present were
Hon. George D. Meiklejohn, assistant
secretary of war; Hon. David H. Mercer,
Hon. E. II. HinBhaw, Hon. Paul F.
Clark, Hon. Jacob V. Wolfe, Hon. J. H.
Mockett, jr., Prof. C. R. Richards, Dr.
J. F. Stevens, Frederick Shepherd, H.
Mr. George Hippee Rogers and Miss
Anna Rogers have returned to the city
after a six months' European trip. The
greater part of the summer was Bpent
among the fjords and mountains of Nor
way, "the land of the midnight sun."
Later they saw the Passion Play at
Oberammergau, made a tour through
Tyrol and returned to Paris in time to
eee the close of the Exposition and the
enthusiastic reception accorded Presi
dent Kruger.
Lambda Pi chapter of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon on Friday evening at the chap
ter house informally banqueted Willard
Clapp, who has just returned from the
biennial convention at Boston. After
an elegant spread, the members listened
to the following toasts, George Bartlett
acting as symosiarch: "To Our Found
er," Charles Stewart; "Photonoteros ek
Asephias," Guy M. Cowgill; "Loyalty,"
W. Hugh Edmiston; "In SasBiety,"
George Shidler; "Violets," William P.
Wallace; "Purple and Gold," H. J.
Klinge; "Boston, 1900," Charles Willard
Clapp.
Omaha Notes.
Two of Omaha's old families were
united Thursday evening by the mar
riage of Miss Delia Chandler and Mr.
John Patrick at the residence of Miss
Chandler's aunt, Mrs. J. J. Brown.
C. Eddy, Henry Shannon, Joe Shannon, Only about thirty-five guests witnessed
C. W. Mayne, C. S. Young, Charles A. the ceremony, no one outside the two
Patterson, A. A. Bischof, V. P. Sheldon, families and their relatives being pres
L. R. Ewart, H. D. Landis, L. B. Stuhr. ent except Mr. and Mrs. Myron Learn
William P. Fitzgerald, R. D. Montgom- ed, MiB8 Laura Morse and Doctor Roy
ery, R. R. Ramey, O. G. Home, Fred Crummer. The Rev. T. J. Ma'ckay
Hawksworth, F. D. Stratton, D. W.
Hansen, R. H. Hinshaw, J. L. Van
Berg, H. P. Patterson, J. A. Kees, H. C.
Arends and W. C. Saxton.
The Sans Souci club gave one of their
enjoyable dancing parties on Thurs
day night at Walsh hall. It was an
"emigrant" party and the guests all ap
peared in the costumes of those just
arriving from other countries. The mot
ley gathering of pretended Swedes,
Germans and Russians afforded infinite
officiated, the ceremory being very sim
ple and performed at seven o'clock
promptly. The orchestra UBhered the
bridal party in to the strain of the
Lohengrin march, which waB changed
to Schubert's Serenade during the cere
mony. MiBs Chandler waB attended by
her cousin, Miss Jeanie Brown, who
wore a doited yellow batiste cut low and
made quite Binmlv. She rnrriM
large bouquet of violets. Mr. Robert
Patrick acted as best man for his broth-
amurament. The follnwir n,) . the groom, and Mr. J. J. Brown eave
in the fun: Messrs. and Meadamea the bride BWay in the Place f her fath-
Jarrett, Halley, Carpenter. Mead. Lud- "' wh08e hea,th would not Perm't of
his presence. The bride in a soft white
gown of crepe de chine elaborately in
serted with bandB of chifTon lengthwise
of the skirt and around the train was a
cuarmmg picture as sde Btood in fiont
wig, J. Stephens; Misses Ball, Barrick,
Morse, Robinson, Wilson, BHtgen, Dom
ing, Gregory, Chambers, Dalby, Dona
hue, Clinton, Anthony; Messrs. Ringer,
Woodruff. Painter. Ewart. Mnn An.
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derson,EvanB,Hawley, Chambers, Pat- pa,m banked Place where they
terson, Swain, De Soon and Tucker. reived congratulations after the cere
.. , , , moDy- She carried an armfull of Amer
The active and alumnae members of ican Beauties and wore the vail of tulle
Kappa Alpha Theta entertained infor- which is bo much more becom than
mally on Thursday night at the home of the most beautiful lace TeU em ?s
Miss Kathenne Agnew m honor of the The yoke and sleeves of the bodice were
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HEVl &0tf SKVRTS .
An advance shipment of golf
skirts reaoVy for inspection now.
The very late thing1 the styles
that'll be worn this spring. You
ought to see them.
Golf skirts of double faced
C goods, medium weight,
new spring colors, some-
thing entirely new in
f stitching, our price, each,$2.97
Golf skirts of Oxford gray
wool cloth, medium
nmitrVii- now cTinnfc lnf
stitching, our price, each. 3.97.
Golf skirts in 5 different
style, all new shades,
double faced goods, very
pretty trimming around
bottom of skirt these
are extremely new and
out-of-the-ordinary goods. Our price 5.00
About fort7 new dress skirts, different styles
and grades all late styles, the correct thing
for the coming- spring- season. Prices ranere
$5.00, 6.00, 7.50, 10.00 and $15.00
There is havoc among the lingering winter lines
fcsr-
suits, waists, jackets, etc., are being offered at
ures having- nothing- in common with cost or value
so far below these that an inspection is necessar' for
you to thoroughl)' appreciate the saving.
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If you have never been to California you can have
no idea of how agreeably you can pass the winter there.
The weather is perfect not bo warm as to be enervat
ing nor so cold as to be uncomfortable.
If you take the Burlington Route you will reach
California three days after you leave Lincoln. No
Changes of cars are necessary.
Thro' touriBt cars for Los Angeles leave the Burl
ington station every Tuesday morning ana every Thurs
day evening.
City Ticket Office
Gor. 10th and O Streets.
Telephone 235.
Burlington Depot
7th St., Between P and Q.
Telephone 25.
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