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SOCIETY NOTES
LIFE'S MAZY WHIRL
The holiday gayeties art- past anil
then- is a lull this week in social do
ings. The last of the Omaha visitors
left on Monday after a round of parties
sufficiently numerous to satisfy the
most insatiable. The presence of sev
eral visitors in the city gave rather
more than the usual eclat to the Unity
cluh dance Tuesday evening. The
parties Kiven by Mrs. Underwood and
Mrs. Hirsching were the only large
card parties of the week except that
to he given this evening hy Mr. and
Mrs. Oakley and Mrs. Maxwell. The
musicales Riven by Mrs. Mitchell and
Mrs. Atwood were pleasant affairs as
was also the Phi Gamma Delta dance
given last night. University people
are just getting settled after their va
cation, and this dance was the first of
their post-holiday functions.
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The Unity club gave a brilliant danc
ing party Tuesday evening at Walsh
hall in honor of Miss Frances Levy, of
Sioux City, and Miss Sarbach, of Hol
ton, Kan. Ices were served between
dances. The party was noted for the
large number of handsome costumes
worn. Miss Levy, who is one of this
season's debutantes of Sioux City,
and a sparkling brunette beauty, wore
a Parisian gown of white Brussells net
over taffeta trimmed with white rib
bon, she carried American beauties;
Miss Sarbach, gray foulard, trimmed
with white applique and black velvet;
Miss Connie Sarbach, white organdie
over taffeta: Mrs. Katz. black velvet,
trimmed with renaissance lace, dia
monds: Mrs. L. J. Herzog. black Brus
sels net applique with taffeta, low coif
fure: Mrs. Charles Mayer, black and
white crepe de chine; Mrs. Henry
Mayer, old rose foulard satin; Mrs. R.
Ackermann. blue albatross, trimmed
with Arabian lace; Mrs. M. Ackermann.
white crepe de chine; Mrs. Aach, pink
mousseline de sole; Mrs. Weil, black
and white net: Mrs. M. Friend, green
foulard with white garnitures; Miss
Franck. gray crepe; Miss Hattie Berk
son, black crepe, corsage made decol
Iette. bouquet of pink roses; Miss Xell
Schlesinger. blue foulard; Miss Stry
ker. green albatross; Miss Sara Friend,
black crepe de chine, white garnitures:
Miss Mayer, white crepe. Among those
present were Messieurs and Mesdames
M. Ackermann. L. J. Herzog. Charles
Mayer. Henry Mayer. II. Ackermann, of
Scranton. Pa.. M. Friend. M. Weil.
M. M. Aach: Mrs. Katz. of Omaha:
Misses Levy, of Sioux City: Sarbach.
of Holten. Kan.. Connie Sarbach. of
Falrbury. Franck. Berkson. Xell
Schlesinger. Stryker. Sara Friend.
Mayer: Messrs. Sam Speier. of Bea
trice: Justin Sarbach. of Fairbury:
Hunoch. Loeb. and Carl Weil.
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Mrs. C. G. Underwoor and Mr.. H. R.
Hirsching gave pleasant card parties
on Wednesday and Thursday after
noons at the home of the former on
South Seventeenth street. The house
was profusely decorated with holly,
evergreens, red roses and carnations.
a color scheme of red and green being
carefully adhered to. Daylight was
excluded and red candles illumined the
house. Both hostesses wore white
gowns and red roses. Master Harold
Hirsching admitted the guests. Six
handed euchre was played. On Wed
nesday Mrs. R. M. Turner and Mrs. 11.
H. Oakley cut for the first prize and
Mrs. Turner won. A bronze statuette
was her reward. As second prize Mrs.
Peter Lau received a pretty water col
or. A two course luncheon, a feature
of which was green ice cream with
candied cherries, was served. The
decorations and prizes for the two
parties were the same. For Wednes
day invitations were extended to Mes
dames George Haskell. John S. Finch.
Morris Deutsch. of Holton, Kansas; G.
E. Barber. L. C. Burr. W. J. Bryan, F.
W. Brown. S. H. Atwood.. T. S. Allen.
Charles Mayer, Henry Mayer, G. H.
Clark, H. B. Ward. It. M. Turner, T. J.
Usher. W. K. Jakway. C. I. Jones, S. C.
Wilson, J. W. Winger. E. I'. Savage. A.
S. Tibbetts. J. C. Seacrest, O. E. Rector,
C. K. Pitcher. Uillle. It. H. Oakley. A.
K. Mitchell. James Manahan. W. Mor
ris. C. U. Lee. M. J. Waugh. W. K.
Kirker, A. P. Metcalf. Misses Burr,
Chuk. Beed, Meyer, Kirker.
Guests invited for Thursday after
noon were Mesdames Fisher, M. Jano
wltz. Charles Simpklns, II. B. Tomson,
W. L. Dayton. C. D. Traphagen, J. A.
Traphagen. C. J. Guenzel. H. M. Case
beer, M. Friend, M. Ackerman, R. Ack
erman. of Scranton, Pennsylvania; J.
K. Bennett, Lee Arnett, A. A. Scott.
C. 11. Budge. B. W. Richards. C. C.
Quiggle, M. Weil. L. P. Sine. C. F.
Harphani, Joseph Grainger. Oscar
Junge, M. A. Xewmark, L. D. Mun
son. F. Muddox. C. E. Latshaw. It. K.
Miss Mayme Taylor entertained
friends last Friday evening in honor of
the Misses Segleke of Omaha. The host
ess was assisted by Mrs. A. G. Davis.
At progressive crokinole prizes were
won by Mrs. Mary Tucker, Miss Keller,
Mr. Hurley Don Carlos and Mr. Smith,
and in shooting vacuum rifles Miss
Lena Segleke and Mr. Marvin Don
Carlos won the prizes. A program of
readings and music by Misses Keller.
Daily, Sinclair, Minnick, Tucker, and
Messrs. Edgar Wood and Wendal
Smith were rendered. Dainty refresh
ments were served. Those present weie
the Misses Segleke of Omaha; Misses
Pearl Minnick and Ocean K. Daily of
Peru; Misses Taylor, Branch, Sinclair
and Tucker of Lincoln; Misses Venia
Keller, Jennie Beerup and Mayme Tay
lor of University Place; Messrs. Yar
wood. Baer, Tucker of Lincoln; Mr.
Edgar Wood, Table Bock; Messrs.
Wendal Smith, Harley Don Carlos,
Marvin Don Carlos, Frank Swartz,
Ernest Day. Burt Taylor and Dr.
Shellhorn, University Place, and Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Davis.
Miss Sadie Thompson gave an elab
orate dinner last Friday evening at her
home, 2720 O street. The house was
lighted by candles. The dining room
was beautified with roses and carna-
MltS. D. E. THOMPSON'.
She has just returned to her home in Lincoln from a
prolonged visit in Europe and in Washington and other
astern cities. Mrs. Thompson has been absent from Lin
coln since last June. Although charmed by the rare sights
and experiences of her trip, she finds much pleasure in her
return home, where a warm welcome awaits her reappear
ance in the social life of the capital city.
Gift'en. L. W. Garoutte. Ingles. A. L.
Hoover. S. C. Hoover. O. M. Stone-
braker. Powell. F. P.. Harris, W. D.
Fitzgerald. J. H. Allen and Phelps, of
Oregon. Illinois; Misses McLaughlin.
Kate McLaughlin. Lansing, Johnson,
Nicholas.
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Miss Alice Auld gave a delightful
masquerade hist Friday evening which
gave great pleasure to the young peo
ple present. The impersonations were
varied and some of them were very
clever. Piano and phonograph music
and games were the principal enter
tainment offered. A picture gallery in
which were the baby pictures of many
of the guests afforded amusement. A
sumptuous three course luncheon was
served. Invitations were extended to
Misses De Putron. Nicholson, Mosher,
Hall. Lou Holmes. Crum, Wallace, Rob
erts. Georgia Field, Sweezy, Bell, Ir
vine. Meeker. Ethel Field. Erford, Mey
er, Spears, Buth Holmes. Hutton. Bak
er. Tucker. Watkins. Allen. Ernst.
Jones, Murray. Spalding; Messrs. Pet
ers, Miltonberger. Claude Moore, Munn,
Klmmel. Guthrie. Barwick. Mason,
Johnson. Frank Johnson. Guy Moore.
Lahr. Hallett, Mastin, Mosher. Down
ey. Burcham. Cochran, Hagensick,
Wharton. Wilson, Folmer, Sheldon.
Whiting, Beckman, Bell, Sheen.
tions. a color scheme of pink and green
being carried out. A menu of seven
courses was served by Miss Jessie
Thompson and Miss Kate Neta Cook.
The hostess was further assisted by
Miss Ada McFall. After dinner Mi.ss
Mary Given entertained the company
with piano music. Guests were Misses
Mary Ringer. Leona Robinson, Ada
McFall, Hattie Brown. Myrtle Critten
den. Bess Ringer. Kate Hymer, Gertie
Kenagy, Xell McFall; Messrs. Louis
Foltz. Guy Richards, Ralph Jones.
Harry Grupe. Dean Ringer. Burton
Robinson, Dunbaugh, McKay and Mr.
and Mrs. Merryman. Guests from out
of the city, were Miss Mary Given of
Des Moines: Messrs. Dunlevy and Hy
mer of Denver, and Mr. Blanchard of
Omaha.
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A Des Moines paper of i out date
contains an account of '.i- wedding
of Miss Grace Popjoy, daughter of Mrs.
M. H. Popjoy of Q and Fourteenth
streets, Lincoln, to Mr. Bobert Tuttle
of Des Moines. The marriage was
celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Willis in Des Moines. The
guests were received by Mr. and Mrs.
Willis and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Tuttle,
parents of the groom. The bride's
gown was of white Persian lawn hand-
somely trimmed with lace and inser
tion. The ring service was performed
by Reverend A. E. Griilith. Mr. and
Mrs. Tuttle will receive their friends
after February first at 319 Third street,
Des Moines. The bride is a sister of
Mrs. II. F. Peters of this city.
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Another new card club has been or
ganized purely for the pleasure of the
members. The club will meet fort
nightly on Monday evening, but the
holidays disarranged dates somewhat,
and the last meeting occurred last Sat
urday evening when the club was very
pleasantly entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Arnett. Six-handed euchre was
played and dainty refreshments were
served. The next meeting of the club
will occur on January 20th. Members
are Messieurs and Mesdames S. H. At
wood, A. B. Plrie, Lee Arnett, H. II.
Harley, W. A. Rankin, E. P. Hovey,
J. E. Hays. O. M. Stonebraker, M. L. (
Blackburn, Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Hollen
beck, and Mrs. Nellie P. Agnew.
Last Friday evening Miss Marie
Joers entertained the Q. A. T.'s and
their gentlemen friends. Six handed
razzle dazzle was played and Mr. Potts
won a beautiful picture as a reward
for a high score. Following were pres
ent: Misses McKay, Biltgen, McFar
lanil, Geiger, of Concordia, Kansas;
McGreer, Leese, Shafer, Howland,
Editli Erford, Mabel Erford. Barrick,
Gregory, Joers. JoDon; Messrs. Haw
ley, Fossler, Potts, Morse, Caldwell,
Patterson, Duncan, Wilson, Keefer,
Chambers Evans, Swain, Joers, Swal
low and Shoufieberger.
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On Saturday afternoon Miss Ethel
Gray, assisted by Miss Myrtle Keegan,
entertained a company of twenty young
people to celebrate her twelfth birth
day. A gift drawing, other games ami
music helped to make the hours pass
quickly. A birthday cake on which
twelve candles burned was cut and in
it were found a ring, a coin and a
thimble. Miss Winnie Crawford of
Syracuse assisted in serving light re
freshments. The young hostess re
ceived pretty gifts as souvenirs of tne
day.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Spencer enter
tained a company of friends who were
together last summer at Lake Okoboji
last Jriday evening in honor of Miss
Iva Beck, of Hampton, Iowa. Cro
kinole was played and the losers in the
game were required to toast marsh
mellows for the winners. Refresh
ments were served. Following were
present: Miss Beck. Miss Iva Miller,
Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Little. Mr. and .Mrs.
H. A. Rahcock, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Selleck.
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Mrs. Frank Smith and Miss Mary
Hawkins Rathbone gave a reception
Saturday evening at Walsh hall to the
parents of their dancing pupils. Mes
dames W. C. Wilson, Charles Mayer.
John B. Wright. I. G. Chapin. G. W.
Rhodes, A. S. Raymond, John Dorgan,
F. D. Levering and C. G. Crittenden as
sisted the hostesses. Ices were served
after the children's dances.
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Mrs. S. E. Cosford entertained th
ladies of the G. T. C. C. Friday after
noon. Prizes were won by Mrs. Ken-
yon and Mrs. Scott. Those present
were Mesdames Smith, Scott, Dye,
Church, Kenyon. Warren. Martin,
Gray, Kitlin, Sparks. Shepard, Ander
son; Mrs. Wansey and Mrs. Ferman of
Marysville, Kan.; Miss Rohl of Chica
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Misses Bridge and Abbott enter
tained the alumnae chapter of Delta
Gamma Monday evening at their home.
Thirteenth and G streets. The guests
were the Misses Harwood, Webster,
Bowen. Lansing, Starrett, Rice. Mulli
ken. Welch and Haggard; Mrs.
Haecker and Mrs. Brace.
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Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Little gave
a small dinner Saturday evening in
honor of their guest Miss Iva Beck, of
Hamilton, Iowa. Guests were Miss
Beck, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. A. Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard, and Mrs Sco
field of Shelby, Iowa.