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and evening to the members and friends
of Plymouth Congregational church. No
invitations were Issued.
Miss Phlllippl of Omaha, was a guest
the Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter
house on Wednesday and Thursday of
this week.
The members of the Lincoln Light In
fantry will give their monthly dance
Monday evening at their armory in the
Fraternity building.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Dorgan enter
tained a few friends informally Tuesday
evening, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Rollln
Miles of Connecticut.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Dorgan, Mr. and
Mrs. Clinton R. Lee and Mrs. Marsland
of New York, occupied a box at "The
Prince of Pilsen" performance Thursday
evening.
Delta Gammas who attended Miss
Jackson and Mr. Hoagland's wedding In
Omaha, Wednesday evening, were Misses
Welch, Garten, Stone, Daniels, Tidball
and Honeywell.
A handsome dinner was given last
evening by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Baura at
their home in Omaha, in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. D. E. Thompson. Covers were
laid for twenty.
Mrs. C, I. Jones entertained the L. A.
kensington on Tuesday and the after
noon was merrily spent by the members
and their two guests, Mrs. Holden of
Denver and Mrs. W. C. Mills.
Delta Upsilon fraternity gave an in
formal party last night at the chapter
house. Two colored minstrels gave a
performance, and there was dancing. A
luncheon was served. Twenty couples
were present.
The marriage of Miss Jennie Gertrude
Bell and Mr. Frank I. Ringer will occur
next Thursday morning at half after ten
o'clock, at the home of the bride's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Bell, 931 D
street.
Married on, January the seventh at
Cllftondale, Massachusetts, by the Rev
erend C. H. Mix, Mrs. Julia Sumner
Crewitt and Mr. George Wesley Stoddard
of Belfast, Maine. No cards.
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The eastern papers say that Sunday is
becoming more and more popular as a
day of entertaining in the large cities,
and luncheons, dinners and musicales
are" as likely to be given on that day as
on any other in the weelc
The marriage of Miss Ada Bell McFall,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mc
Fall to Mr. Jesse Dernell Bell, of Bell
wood, will be celebrated next Wednes
day evening at half after seven o'clock,
at Grace Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Anderson have
begun housekeeping In the cottage
formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. W.
G. Morrison at 1539 South Twenty-first
street Mr. and Mrs. Morrison have taken
apartments at the Lincoln for the winter.
Wednesday evening a bowling party
was given by some of the high school
students. The following were present
Grace Meeker, Grace Erwin, Myrtle Hud
son, Margaret Byers, Katherine Sprague.
Alvina Hopp, Russel Burrus, Rees Wil
kinson, Edward Dally, Henry "Roth, Bee
thoven Hulhorst and Homer Sawyer.
Among Lincoln visitors to Omaha,
mentioned In last week's Excelsior, were
Miss Luella Lansing, who was the guest
of Miss Harris; Miss Jessie Outcalt, who
was the guest of her aunt. Mrs. Baum:
Miss Claire Funke, who was the guest
of Miss Gertrude White, and Miss Lillian
Fitzgerald, who visited Omaha friends.
The ladles of the First Presbyterian
church will give a reception in the church
parlors Tuesda'y evening for the Presby
terian students in the state university.
A short musical program will be pre
sented by -Mrs. R. A. Holyoke, Mrs. E.
Lewis Baker, Mr. George Johnston, Mr.
B. B. Gillespie. Mr. Howard I. Klrk
patrick, and Mr. and Mrs. Will O'Shea.
Mrs. Crockett and her daughter stood
at the exhibition before a painting which
represented a soldier, pale and exhausted,
with hollow cheeks and staring eyes. On
the frame were the words, "After the
Attack of Lutzen." "What Is 'Lutzen,'
Mary Anne," asked Mrs. Crockett. Mary
Anne did not know. "Well, anyway,"
said Mrs. Crockett, with conviction, "it's
a terrible disease. I can see that easy
enough without anybody telling me."
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Mother Why, Alice, don't you love
your baby brother?
Alice What's the use? He wouldn't
know it, If I did.
CLUB NOTES
THE WEEK'S REVIEW
The home department of the AVoman's
club met on Thursday to listen to a talk
by Mrs. E. L. Hlnman on "The Signific
ance of Play."
Grand Rapids, Michigan, has a city
federation composed of eighteen clubs,
with a total membership of almost two
thousand women.
"Dens" and cozy corners were con
demned for their bad Influence on young
women, at a meeting of the Chicago
South Side Women's club last week.
Madame Westermann and Mrs. Max
Westermann entertained the Faculty
Women's club on Wednesday. Mrs. R. A.
Holyoke entertained the ladles with
songs.
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The West Side Literary club of Grand
Rapids dedicated a new club house re
cently, the twelfth In Michigan. This
new building was the gift of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Furman.
Mrs. J. M. Pile of Wayne, Nebraska,
has been appointed a member of the ed
ucational committee of the General Fed
eration of Women's clubs. Mrs. Pile
was chairman of the program committee
for the Columbus meeting of the Ne
braska federation.
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The Chicago Woman's club holds Sun
day afternoon meetings at the Michigan
Avenue club rooms, for women whoso
work prevents them from attending the
regular weekday meetings. These "open
door" sessions are open to all. The
hours are from three to six, and in addi
tion to a program, literary or musical,
there Is a social hour over a cup of tea.
The literature department of the Wo
man's club, Mrs. George Hibner leader,
will have charge of the program at the
regular meeting of the club Monday af
ternoon. M13S Elizabeth Michener and
Miss Mary Smith will play a sonata for
violin and piano by Rubinstein. Miss
Howell, of the elocution department of
the university, will give a program ot
readings.
The Monroe doctrine was a popular
subject at men'B clubs this week as it
was discussed both at the Round Table,
and at the Laymen's club. The former
met with Mr. II. E. Lewis with Mr. J.
E. Miller ns leader, the latter was enter
tained by Doctor S. E. Cook and Mr.
George E. Hibner was the leader. The
discussion was lively at both places, and
a member of one of these clubs remarked
that "the members were so Interested
that they all wanted to talk at once, the
same as at women's clubs."
Chapter K of P. E. O. met Monday
evening with Mrs. Stevens, 1612 E street.
Mrs. Axtell, who was on the program
for a book review, was unable to be pres
ent, so the formal program wns dis
pensed with. Within a fortnight each
member Is expected to earn one dol
lar, to be added to the fund to be used
In defraying the expenses of the national
convention to be held here next sum
mer. The next meeting will be held at
the home of Miss Mickey, when the
ladles will tell how they earned their dol
lars. H-
Mr. Leon Vincent, lecturing before the
New England club of Boston recently,
contrasted the personal cleanliness of
the Americans with their slovenliness of
speech, and deplored the fact that the
amount of care that they are accus
tomed to devote to their clothing and the
persons generally Is not extended to their
expressions of thought. The poverty of
resource In this respect, the speaker de
clared. Is astonishing, even among those
whose education should have given them
a proper equipment, and the cultivated
class In this country Is faithless to Its
trust as a guardian of the purity of the
English language.
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Sorosis met at the Art Gallery on Tues
day. After a short business session In
one of the classrooms, the leader, Mrs. T.
M. Hodgman. took charge of the meet
ing. She gave a brief resume of former
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