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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1902)
,,m',rrwmnnmtmm 6 THE COURIER IN h.( I I M SOCIETY NOTES LIFE'S MAZY WHIRL The season of sackcloth and ashes has been ushered In, and society will lie demure for a tit no. though by no means Idle. A few of the ultra devout, of those who are worn almost to the hone with frivolities and wish to rest, will isolate themselves, hut the throw? will go on entertaining, in a small and juiet way perhaps, hut the small and quiet ways are frequently the most charming. The aristocratic violet with Its relined odor will he more appro priate for decorations than the gorge ous rose, which Haunts Its gay color with such assurance all year. With the violets goes well the gray gown, the lovely gray, which is equally be coming to tile rosy cheeked maid or the gray haired matron. Black, too, is en regie at present and so very ef fective. In descriptions of gowns worn at functions in the east many black ones are noted. At a swell wed ding last week in Philadelphia, the mother and two sisters of the bride wore gowns of black velvet, and the third sister wore gray. At a meeting of the Matinee Musicale on Monday several handsome matrons who ap peared on the program were gowned in black with touches of white, and in the audience were many black cos tumes, noticeably one with which was worn a love of a black silk coat with levers of ermine, and a black hat with drooping plunu. Apropos of Ient and music the latter Is as appropriate with the former as are gray gowns and violets, and several musicales are planned for the penitential season. Too bad that Cupid must nourish his red hearts so conspicuously yesterday, but Saint Valentine's day belongs to him and the saucy fellow must rule for once. - At -a fir rtr ,c Mr. and Mrs. Lionel C. Burr and Miss Hurr gave a brilliant reception and dance Saturday evening at Walsh hall in honor of their guests. MKs Doyle and Miss McDonald, or St. Jo seph. Missouri, two charming young ladies, by the way. Mrs. Hurr received her guests in an exquisite gray silk gown with pink garnitures; Miss Hurr wore pink mousseline de soie embroid ered with black and trimmed with black lace; Miss Doyle wore a lovely pink silk crepe trimmed with real lace, and Miss McDonald appeared in a most beautiful white gown trimmed as fashion at present decrees with billows of lace. The decorations throughout were In pink. Roses were in the receiving room. The dancing hall was adorned with many palms, blooming plants, and roses. In the dining room a centre piece of pink roses w;is on the table and silver sticks bore candles with flower shaped pink silk shades. The chandelier was fes tooned with smilax and roses. Punch was served all evening in the dancing hall, and supper was served in the din ing room. Mrs. Burr and Miss Burr were assisted by Mesdames W. E. Jak way, H. B. Tomson, Lewis Marshall W. O. Morrison, E. E. Henkle. Uom Curtice; Misses Hoover and Gahan The assisting ladies were all hand somely gowned, and rarely are so many beautiful costumes seen at a party as were noticed among the guests, many new frocks being worn. Besides the guests of honor there were present from out of town Miss Smith, Miss Cady and Messieurs Heath, Towie, Tukey. Cotton and Clark from Omaha, and Mr. Meadows from St. Joseph. .? .? j . rC C Every now and then a plaint is heard from some hostess who is giving a series of parties, the burden of which is this: She has arranged her lists and sent out her invitations for two, three, or four functions, when presently her telephone rings and Mrs. B. says, "I hate awfully to ask it, but Mr. B. will be out of town Tuesday evening, and we can not accept your invitation; would it be convenient for us to come Wednesday evening in stead? Another says we have an en gagement for Tuesday evening; can we come Wednesday evening just as well? Another will give a dinner on Thurs day evening; can not she and her hus band go on Tuesday or Wednesday? And so on, until the end of the chap ter, and tile poor hostess, who, of course, has smilingly complied with all these requests, (what else can she do?) is so bewildered that she has no idea whom her guests will be at any party. One hostess who gave a series some time ago said that at one time she thought her whole long list of friends would appear on one evening, so many had asked for changes. This causes no end of inconvenience, and no mat ter how anxious one is to attend a party at a certain home, one should send regrets If unable to attend on th? date for which one is asked. Not one alone, but many hostesses have re ferred to this annoying habit which has become general in Lincoln. MBS. PAUL H. HOLM. Popular in society and interested in art and music. Some of the clergymen of this and other cities request the ladies- in their congregations to remove their chap eaux during the service, and the ladies, most of them obligingly acquiesce. In a theatre, where every movement of the actors must be seen, it is necessary that the view be not obstructed. In a church it does not so much matter. True it is helpful to a listener to see the face of a speaker, but an occa sional flower or nodding plume on a hat in front, does not distract the thoughts as much as do the numerous pins which must be withdrawn and re-located, and the trouble of hold ing one's hat. "Long hair is :t glory to woman," but it is easily wind tossed and disarranged, and in the "garish lige of day" 'tis easily seen. Under these conditions not many women can sufficiently forget themselves to en gage in their devotions with the proper spirit. If the hats must come off let the churches, like the theatres, pro vide dressing rooms where hats can be left and coiffures arranged before the service begins, then can women forget themselves in the enticements of eloquent sermons, good music, and the hallowed atmosphere of the sanc tuary. At At At r vf 76 The Misses Enslow gave a delightful Valentine party last evening at their home. Twenty-seventh and Garfield streets. The decorations were red and white. Carnations adorned the draw ing room. On the wall was hung a red curtain and on it were pinned white objects which were targets for arrow; which were shot by the guests. The objects struck by the arrows revealed fortunes, for Instance, If an arrow pierced a broken heart It meant a broken engagement; if a pair of robins, you will wed in the springtime; if Cupid, too many lovers, and so forth. Refreshments were served in the din ing room which was decorated with red hearts. A large heart was suspended over the table and from it red ribbons extended to the corners where they were caught by clusters of small hearts. A heart shaped basket in the center of the table held red hearts on which were the names of the ladies, the men drew these hearts by the rib bons attached and thus secured part ners for refreshments. The sand wiches, ice cream and other viands were heart shaped. The guests were Misses Edith Crocker, Gertrude Ewing, Ada Waugh, Helen Torbltt, Mamie JIc Lee, Charlotte Enslow, Leona I'olland, Jennie Beerup, Minnie Beerup. May Prescott. Maude Ewing. Madge Hill. Madge Bushard, Bertha Reynolds, Florence Prescott. Jessie Duncan, Bertha Youngblut. Floy Morrow; Messrs. Ferguson, Kyle, Beckman, O'Shea, Pollard. Hill. Brown. Rose, . Roberts, Enslow, Yarwood, Jenkins. Duncan, Brigham, Prescott, Enslow, Ewing. Youngblut. Ai At Ai The Patriarchs gave their annual banquet Saturday evening in the or dinary, at the Lincoln hotel. The ta ble was pretty indeed. It was lighted by forty red candles in brass candle sticks and candlebra, and twined in and out between the candles were del icate feathery fern vines. The hand some evening gowns worn by the la dies added to the pleasing effect. Mr. F. M. Hall presided as toastmaster and in a witty way introduced the following subjects and speakeis: "The Patriarchs." Mr. I. M. Raymond: Mr. Raymond spoke first of the Patriarchs of the Bible saying that he himself must be one of them, because his name is Isaac. In speaking of the Patriarchs' of Lincoln, Mr. Raymond paid a fit ting compliment to the ability and tact of the president, Mrs. C. E. Yates, who is serving her second term. Mr. W. F. Kelley spoke on "City Politics"; Mr. C. H. Morrill. "The Federal Bri gade;" Mrs. W. G. Langworthy Taylor, "Carnival Chimes." ; Jc Mr. Herbert States was initiated into the mysteries and joys of Phi Kappa Psi Saturday evening. After the cere mony a sumptuous banquet was served in the dining room of the chap ter house. A profusion of roses, car nations and ferns adorned the table. Numerous pretty gifts sent by mem bers of the sororities proved the popu larity of the Phi Psis. Mr. F. M. De weese presided as toastmaster. The program of toasts was: "The Growth of Phi Kappa Psi in Nebraska," Mr. W. R. Heartt; "Recollections of Fra ternity Life," Professor Archibald Haecker; "Life in the Frat Hou?e." Mr. Louis Korsmeyer; "Phi Kappa Psi in the University." Mr. A. J. Ixjdwith. The initiate. Mr. States, was asked to respond to a toast but he had not suf ficiently recovered from the agitation caused by being inducted into the fra ternity to do credit to his new rela tions, and he begged that his speech be postponed. - The junior "prom"' at the state uni versity was a great attraction for many of Omaha's young people last week. Among those who went to Lin coln Friday and remained until Sat urday were Mr. and Mrs. Luther Kountze, Miss Cotton, Miss Richard son. Miss Spurgin, Miss Curtis, Miss Edith Smith, Mr. Hascall, Mr. Tukey. Mr. Creigh, Mr. Millard, Mr. Paxton, Mr. Heath and Mr. Cotton. Miss Smith and Miss Spurgin were guests of Mrs. Thompson and re mained for the dance given by Miss Rurr Saturday evening World-Herald, February 9. ., .- Mrs. Nathaniel Sylvester ll.trwonl has issued invitations to the marriage of lier daughter. Miss Helen Cook Har- wood to Mr. Clarence Melville Chase, to be celebrated February the twenty lift h at the family home. Miss Har wood is one of Lincoln's most attract ive young ladies who will be greatly missed from the capital city. Mr. Chase is a son of the director of the conservatory of music at Hillsdale, Michigan, and is himself a pianist of note in Boston. Mr. Chase and his bride will go to Germany immediately after -their marriage where they will remain until the autumn when they will return to the states and will reside in Boston. ... ... ... .- tr ." Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Ilarphani enter tained the members of the J. O. C. card club and a few other guests Monday evening for Miss Horan. Club mem bers present were Messieurs and Mes dames L. W. Garoutte. L. P. Sine. C. C. Quiggle, S. S. Whiting, W. J. Turn er, II. M. Casebeer, J. F. Hutcliins. G. E. Hibner, J. L. Kellogg, C. J. Guenzel; others present: Messieurs and Mes dames W. L. Dayton. E. W. Nelson. M. W. Folsom, H. T. Folsom, Clinton R. Lee, T. J. Usher, Ralph E. Johnson, H. H. Harley, F. B. Harris, C. H. Rudge, C. D. Traphagen, II. B. Ward, C. D. Gibbs. J" J" V" C T Many pleasant Informal parties are being given for the visiting young ladies who are the guests of Lincoln hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Morri son gave a supper Sunday evening in their honor and Mrs. Homer Honeywell entertained them this afternoon. On Tuesday Mrs. Ross Curtice gave a small kensington at which some of those present were Miss Burr and her two guests, Miss McDonald and Miss Doyle: Mrs. Levering and her guest. Miss Hammer; Mrs. Branch and her guest. Miss Wakefield; Miss Putnam and Miss Truax; Mrs. George Woods and Miss Rinehart. j .? - V rC '" In compliment to one of their-members. Miss Eleanor Raymond, who was a star in the Chimes of Normandy Tuesday evening, the Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity gave a theatre party to witness the production. Those of the party were Misses Margaret Wliedon, Elizabeth Cunningham, Ellen Gere, Marie! Gere. Houtz, Locke, Adelloyd Whiting, Stevens, Helen Wilson, Louise Hargreaves, Ruth Raymond, Richards, Hargreaves, Outcalt. Nancy Cunningham, Claire Funke, Dorothy Griggs. C " T The W. T. M. met Wednesday with Mrs. Mickey. 3033 O street. Quotations from Thomas Mackay were given after which the afternoon was devoted to so ciability and a delicious three course luncheon. The next regular meeting will occur on the twenty-seventh at the home of Mrs. Lane, Twenty-sixth and S streets. Quotations will be from James Russell Lowell. On the evening of March first the dub will give a hard times party at the home of Mrs. Hess, Twenty-sixth and Vine streets. .' - . tC c - A happy surprise was perpetrated last Friday evening on Miss Lela Mc Kinney at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James McKinney. T2.1 North Sixteenth street. Cards and danc ing filled the hours with pleasure. Those present were Misses A. Morris sey. Agness Morrissey, M. Cunning ham. H. Slade, A. Kegan, Marguerite Boynton, M. Keegan: L. Carlson, F. McGeer, W. Gettle. A. Brown. W. Burton, C. Myers, S. Boynton. ft- - Vif About thirty- young men from the high school and business olliccs have organized a fraternity which they have dubbed "The Royal Order of Wolves." They have fitted up pleasant apart ments in a business block where they can spend their leisure hours pleas antly and where they can entertain their friends. They will give a series of parties soon. - . . c .- .- Mrs. Georgia Bell and Miss Curtis entertained the E. E. D. kensington Wednesday afternoon. All of the mem bers and a few guests were present. A yellow luncheon was served in two courses.