THE COURIER U and evening to the members and friends of Plymouth Congregational church. No invitations were issued. i miss ir'nutippi 01 umana, was a guest ' at the "KaDDa KaDDa Gamma chanter 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. Rollin 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 Pllsen" performance Thursday evening. Delta Gammas who attended Miss Jackson and Mr. Hoagland's wedding In Omaha, Wednesday evening, were Misses Welch, Garten. Stone, Daniels, Tldball and Honeywell. A handsome dinner was given last evening by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. ,Baum 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. c 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. 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, Alvlna 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 ladies of the First Presbyterian church will give a reception in the church parlors Tuesday 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." CLUB NOTES THE WEEK'S REVIEW The eastern papers say that Sunday is Mother Why, Alice, don't you love your baby brother? Alice What's the use? He wouldn't know it, if I did. The home department of the Woman's club met on Thursday to listen to a talk by Mrs. E. L. Hlnman on "The Signific ance of Play." & i& v 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. & 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. The Chicago Woman's club holds Sun day afternoon meetings at the Michigan Avenue club rooms, for women whose 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. Miss 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 of readings. " The Monroe doctrine was a popular subject at men's clubs this week as It1 was discussed both at the Round Tuble, nnd at the Laymen's club. The former met with Mr. H. E. Lewis with Mr. J. E. Miller as leader, the latter was enter tained by Doctor S. E. Cook nnd Mr. George E. Hibner wan the leader. The discussion was lively at both placet, 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 was 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 ladies will tell how they earned their dol lars. 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 enulpment, and the cultivated class in this country Is faithless to Us trust as a guardian of the purity of the English language. Sorosls 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 y r LEADING LADIES OF WHITE HOUSE RETINUE r V NgSggK . x.mss 1 k. T&?Z&5&5' &&&& WSSrA s-r z;--- Zr .' " '? z X&ZZ&L 2fer JBirtahaiti Besides being leaders in dent Roosevelt's personal staff. a."?5S!5 55!!&5 . W-: . W3&Z22& rvmm r"l ' r' M4- JvTiri3'L i' &5Z &23& WeBXBJxjrJguLSbJl innmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimK jRpitHHi "y2Zr .FHf RKVi jftll J v.teL '&$ I I . 1$y J I i t'lfiiSrv-42 I I -&&ndn&r uvzviacvta Washington society, the three ladies whose photographs are reproduced above, enjoy special prominence as the wiv While their husbands stand high in the favor of the president, these ladles enjoy the personal friendship of Mrs. ) es of Presi- Rojevelt. f- ? . 5 ( '