Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 29, 1915, Page 6

‘Society By MELLIFICIA. Tuesday, December 28, 1915. EW ORLEANS has come out openly and announced that it is so- N clally and hyglenically the winter capital of the United States. the clalm. 1 the New York Journal of Commerce. New Orleans quotes the New York Herald to back it up in There are many press criterions also quoted, Including New Orleans has the social lure, in that it does hold the trump card, and the beauly of it 1s, up its sleeve and a mirror on the wall opposite. 5 m Gras days.” e New Orleans society (s much like a nobleman who has many titles, or it has more than one trump, as well as a few cards | “The midwinter season in the south has mever known the brilllanecy { has come to it this year,” says the Herald of New York; ‘it has cap- cd this year the things which are more properly native to it to attract (e stranger and bring from afar the men and women who have been for .y winters part of the social life of the old Creole city during the Maral -, 1 [} t L] : ! jeve: ‘Byrne, four; Mr. Frank Boyd, ten; Mr. The celebrated “‘spangled set” is often open to strangers and brilliant enough to suit the most exacting, and it can show them the best and some of the exclusive personages of the far south. Orpheum Parties. The iollowing reservations have been made for Orpheum parties on New Year's Mr. Louis Hiller, ten; Mr. Maurice Meyer, ten; Dr. B. W. Christie, twenty; Mr. E. R. Havghton, elgh Muntel, ten; Mr, M. Rehfel Mrs. Clarence Bergman, four; ¥. 8. Carlysie, fourteen; Mr. I. Ziegler, four; Mr. J. J. MeGuire, six; Mr. E. C. Mr. H. Hart, stx; Dr. H. Walke elght; Mr. Georye F. Howell, four, M A. B. Warren, twenty-four; Mr. Robert Trimble, four; Mr, B. F. Thompson, four; Mr. H. J. Adams, elghteen; Mr. W. L. Randall, six; Mr, J. B. Kats, four; Mr. E. F. Jackson, three; Mr. E. V. Armstrong, six; Mr. R. E. Harrls, six; Mr. 3. Donohue, six; Mr. H. A. Jacobberge: eighteen; Mr, A. A. Liddell, four; Mr, C. W. Newport, four; Mr. W. T. Byrne elght (box); Mr. H. N. Goodell, elght Mr. W. T. Page, six; Tom McVittie, six; Adolph Stors, eight: N. A. Splesberger, four; C. B. Spence, six; C. Stoddard, five; J. Foster, elght; W. C. Ruasell, six. Three of the largest parties on that evening will be the Tuesday Bridge club with eighteen, Another large party will be & number of the members of the Thursday Subscription Dancing reservations having been made for twenty. Sl another party of twenty-four will be composed mostly of members of the Saturdey Evening Subscription club. Dance for lnhi—-ltyn. The brilllant affair of the week will be | the dance given this evening at the Hotel honor of their brothers, home for the holiday vacation, Messis. Joseph, Ray ‘The festivities sngggi g £ ¥ 2 will | performed the ceremony. ‘I‘ g¥% i i tumwa newspapers. The young will make their future home in Ottumwa. Cornwell-Timble Wedding. The marriage of Ml George Trimble, daughter of Mrs. John Philip Trimble, to Mr, Charles Oscar Cornwell of Chicago, forty-five minutes after seven o'clock in the chapel of the episcopal residence, Ut Goerke, four; Mr. C. D, Sturdevant, ten; | the Right Rev. Arthur L. Willlams, @ Me. J. A. C. Kennedy, four; Mr. C. E. |bishop of the diocese of Omaha, officla- & Hutchinson, six; Mr, H. H, Fish, seven; | ting. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Charles Trimble, and she approached the altar without attendants. Only dmmediate members of the families of the bride and bridegroom were present, The bride wore a taflored suit of tweed, the fabric sent to her from England. 1t was fashioned in semi-Norfolk mode. The corsage bouquet was of violets and liles of the valley. The bodice to the tweed sult was of gray and white striped pussy willow taffeta, made In tallored style, and the hat was unique with a purple straw rim dnq crown of purple crepe de chine and tailored bow of purple ribbon, Boots of ivery kid completed the costume. ’ The bride's only ornament was the gift of the bridegroom, & necklace with a crystal center, set in platinum, sur- rounded with diamonds. Mr. and Mrs, Cornwell go to Cuba on theilr honeymoon_and will be at home in Chicago after March 1. Huston-Ashton Wedding. Miss Mary E, Ashton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Copple, was evening at 8 o'clock at the home of the bridegroom's mother, to Mr. Fontenelle by the Barton. Millards io{wWalter 1. Huston, son.of Mrs. May v ¥, Rev. Charles N. Dawson, pastor of the Dietz Memorial Methodist church, Past Festivities. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Cook entertained &t dinner Sunday evening, for Mr. De Forest Dumas of Oklahoma. The table was decorated with poinsettas and red shaded candles. The favors were mimia- ture Christmas trees. Covers were placed On The Pan-Hellenlo assoclation of Omaha will give their semi-annual luncheon at Hotel Fontenelle Wednesday after- This soclety is composed of all the letter women's assoclations in the Omaha club Thursaay afternoon for Miss Eilste Smith of Wilmington, the guest of Mrs. Walter Griffith. Covers will for elght. Y afterncon Miss ting and elections of officers. mee add on the Calendar at their home, Cove Dinner for Cowgills. Nash, the ah T that was to have bee for: [ 2 Martin s connected with one of the Ot- couple was solemnized WednesGay evening at | Mona Cowell will give a luncheon Cowell gives tea for Mrs. George Aperoon of Minnea- ils. e Omaha Woman's Press club will meet at the Hotel Fontenelle Thursday at 4 o'clock for tea and annual The members of the Churh Extension soplety will hold their next meeting Wed- nesday evening, at the home of Mrs. Wil- will be laid for twenty-three guests and the decorations Miss Mellora ! will be Christmas emblems and flowers. will not entertain at dinner this r. Oscar Wesion The invitations the Owing to the lliness of Ars, B, W. TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR HUS- BANDS AND WIVES. & member of the light-fingered gentry with a string of allases—the city has sets, many sets, all smart, where one may shine for the occasion and meet any one profitable to meet. | | RS TAEED. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Dec. 20.--Mrs. Justus Sheffield, wife of a New York lawyer, in the course of her suit for di- vorce In the courts here has set forth tén commandments, each for husbands and wives. Mrs. Eheffield Is sulng on |the grounds of cruelty and alleges that her busband is not the man of her dreams. She has written a book, in which she sets forth her ideal man and plctures her husband as a rather unde- sirable character. Among the command- ments for wives are the following: ‘“Thou shalt not bore thy husband. “Thou shalt obey him-—sometimes—un- certainty hath charms when minds are masculine. ““Thou shalt be fresh and sweet and dainty as a shower bouquet; for lingerie good cook above government bonds.” Among the commandments for men ap- pears: “Remember thy mother-in-law—to keep her guessing—for a wise mother-in-law loveth a cheerful liar, and a good ex~ ouse s better than none. ‘“Thou shalt not toy with dange | though, verily, live impuise has low ve tago domesticity beaten to a frazale. “Thou shalt be a man, dependable as thy best investment, thoroughbred as a racer, mellow as old wine, constant as thy club dues, then of a surety will favor cling to thee as lichen to an old oak tree,'" ettt i Miss Connell will return sarly next week 6 spend the balance of her vacation be- fore réturning east to school. Mrs, R. W. Connell, who expected to accompany her @aughter, is detained hers. John Singleton Switzler, §r., 18 home from Ann Arbor and spending the holi- day vacation with his mother at Fort Crook. ‘We have just receiv- ed a new style high boot which we have christened The Lexard. It has a Spanish Lonie heel and flexible welt / sole, 'a black kid, The price is — $4 and $5 We are also show- ing this new, attractive number in the African brown shade in soft kid leather. The price is— n siven by her for Mr. and Mrs. Cow ’ $ will be glven at the home of Mrs. L’;“f 5 and 6 Crofoot, this evening. Covers will be latd Parcel Post Paid DREXEL 1419 Farnam St, is more to be desired than rubles and a DIVORCE GAINS A LAP ON DAN GUPID | Seventy-Five More Couples Ask ‘ Separation and Forty-Four Less Are Wedded. | RATIO 18 NOW THREE TO ONE | Seventy-four more divorce suits | | were filed and forty-four fewer cou- | { ples were married in Omaha in 1916 |than in 1914, according to statistics | {compiled by “Cupid” Stubbendorf, taarriage license clerk, and Fred A Gordon, of the office of the clerk of | the district court, the home of the| divorce demon. | Cupid’s grief as the result of this| showing is allayed to a small degree | by one fact, the numbe: of divorce | decrees granted ‘having been reduced by twenty-one in 1915, as compared with the previous year. There were 2402 marrlage licenses granted In Omaha this year and 70| divorce suits were started In 1914 there were 2,446 licenses and 631 div decrees. The figures for the last few days of the year are estimated. | The ratio of marriages to divorces de- | creased from 3.9 to 1 In 1914 to 3.4 in 1915, | with the result that there is now practi- cally one divorce to every three mar- fiages in Omaha. The number of divorce suits which were tried and in which decrees were entered, however, was reduced to 375 In 1915 as tompared with 39 in 1914. More marriage licenses were issued dur- ing the last six months of 1916 than dur- ing the first six months, the figures be- and 1,297 and 1,105, Twenty-seven divorce sults were dis- missed {n 1915. Of these, however, a num- ber were remewed after attempted re- conclliations had failed. | H. G. BOCK TO REPRESENT TWO ROADS IN THIS CITY H. G. Bock, formerly traveling pas- senger agent for the Denver & Rio Grande road, January 1 will become its general agent, with offices in the Wood men of the World building. He will als represent the Western Pacific in the same capacity, on $1.50 we Art Goods and Bric-a-Brac Must Go, Too Demands Stock, carrying thousands of articles, made In 20 Per Cent Off except Silver, Gold, Bronze, Marble, Pottery, Ivory, Natural T e e into this pre-inventory Price Slashing | Complete Violin Outfits............... $6 to $350 Woods, go Sale; only 20 days in which to sell the over stock of $20,000, in art stock goods, which embraces Electric Lamps in Gold in newest Perujap and Tudor Shaped Shades, at from $3.76 to $75.00. Candle Sticks, Night Lamps, In mahogany, white ind oak woods, from $1.00 up. PREINVENTORY SALE New Pianos, Player Pianos, Good Pianos The World‘Renowned KRANICH & BACH, KIMBALL, BUSH & LANE, Popular CABLE-NELSON, the HINZE and GEREARD PIANOS, BEHR BROS., HENDERSON and HOSPE PIANOS. Imagine a Dependable, New Piano for Only $163 Iy payments; other instruments of high-grade at $195, $226, $318, $340, $395, and Player-Planos that were $450 to $850, now $375 to $600, at sums and terms to suit your circumstances. FOR 20 DAYS—ONLY 18 MORE DAYS Music Stock Cut to Meet Violin Cases, wood and leather Violin Bows, imported Music Stands, Japanned and nickel. . Mandolins, high grade Mandolin Cases, canvas and leather Guitars, American manufacture ... -$1.25 to 825 Silver Ware in 8heffield silver, from 60¢ up. B Sets, Smoker's Sets, Book. Racks, Book Ends, Umbrella S8tands, Cornucopias, Desk Sets and many art pleces in brass, at a straight discount of 20 per cent off, Cordova Leather, Ladies’ Bags, Pads, Bill Books, g;h;)k Ends, Diaries, Leather Frames, at 20 Per Cent Banjos, standard makes Drums, orchestra and band Cornets, brass and silver Clarinets, Perfect scale . Flutes, Boehm & Albert Piccolo, at .. Flowers, Artificial Roses, full bloom, 26¢. Brass Instruments Butter Cups, Daisies, Nasturtiums, Poinsettas, from 10c up. | Bugles, regulation .. Vases in Bronzed Sterling Silver, Vasekraft Harmonlcas, imported ¢ Vases, Holland Vases, Niolak Vases. them at 20 Per Cent Off. Marble Statuary, Composition Statuary, 20 Per Cent Off. Mottoes, framed and in sheet, 20 Per Cent Off, Pohison Qallery, novelties embracing hundreds of u-telul necessaries, cut with the 20 Per Cent Dis- count, Picture Prices Cut facsimile pictures, No charge for fitting. A. HOSPE CO. Every one of | Accordeons, German and Italian . Bwiss Music Boxes Music Rolls, real leather . Music Bags, morocco .... 3 ...86 to 825 5¢ to §7.50 ‘75¢ to $10 .82 to 310 Orchestra Bells, Saxophones, Harps, Cellos and all accessories for musical instruments. 20 per cent discount on all paintings, water col- ors, pastel pictures, steel engravings, etchings, artotypes, ready-made frames and made-to-order framgz. 1513-1515 Douglas Street 25¢ Children’s Cashmere Gloves, | on sale at, pair.... | Children’s 25¢c Wool Gloves. 155 Women's 85¢c Leatherette Gioves go at, per pair............ 49¢ Women's Gloves, on sale at........ 25¢ Child’s Leather Gauntlets or Mittens, sale price........45¢ $2.00 8ilk Scarfs, plain and fan- oy, on sale $1.25 Fiber 8i 85¢c Mercerized 8ilk Scarfs. 80c Fascinators and Hoods. GLOVES I . KNIT GOODS i Chlildren's 19¢ Velvet Bonnef sale price, edch............5¢ et 735,00 26 Plush Coats, worth $15, clearance sale price for only— '8.98 16 Plush Coats with fur worth $22.50. Sale wlpmmmxuu. worth to $15, at, cl nlol { Wait for It! The Smart Winter Coats We Have Re An Event in Our Greatest January White Sale Begins Next Monday, January 3d. The big features about this sale which we wish to em- phasize the strongest are: Our purchases were made before cotton prices soared to their present formidable height; this sale will establish a high record in value, variety of styles, completeness of sizes and quantities of each. Want and Men's Cast Skates, on sale, pair Skates? Stee! 65¢ | Tempered pair..$1.85 Skates, per pair..95¢, $1.25 and $3.00 Sporting Goods Dept. il . | Boys’ Clothing $7.50 to $10 Boys Suits..$5.00 $4 to $5 Boys' Overcoats.$2.95 $4 to $5 Boys’ Mackinaws $2,95 | 75¢ Corduroy Knickers...489¢ Sweater Coats, $1.50 value..§1 vl sale price, pair....40¢ | Boys' and Men's Nickel Plated | duced--- the Great Year End Clearing Sale Ocats that are now at the szenith of their ‘fashionable popularity-—at the height of their season—wanted now as at no other time! And yet they are reduced. Coats full of the swing and style that belong to the wide | flare, the ripple, the cadet and redingote and semi-military styles. Materials are the rich velours and plushes of various textures, corduroys and fanoy coatings. High chin-chin col- lars, cuffs and bands of fur, ete. Clearance time knows no favorites, and the benefits are Bargains in Children’s Coats Wool | Girls’ Coats, Heavy Wool| Heavy Wool| Heavy Coats, worth | Coats, worth| Coats, worth| worth to $15, | ing. sale price— to $5.98, at—| to $7.00, at—| to $10, at— price— 256 Fine White Chinchilla Coats, worth to $25.00, at sale '10.00 66 Fine Coafs of different materials, worth to $50. Sale %95.00 dren’s $10 Coats, clear- §289| 5398 5495 8875 *13.85 IS — 50c Boot Silk Hoslery.... Misses’, Child’s 25¢ Hoee.12%0 Men's 8/4¢ Rockford Socks..B¢ Women's 15¢c Cotton Hose..10¢ $3 Munsing Unlon Suits.§1.79 $1.25 Munsing Union Suits.89¢ 59¢ Fleeced Cot. Un. Suits.38¢ 50c Fleeced Cot. Un. Suits.28¢ 38¢ Fleeced Cot. Un, Suits. 250 Child's 25¢ Cotten Vests and 12% /BLAN About 1,500 Crepe de Chine, Solrre 8ilk, Plaid, Taffeta, Chif- Striped Silks, Radlum Taf- fon, Blou I e et $2.98 Slightly Solled Lingerie Blouses, worth !o $1.25; a:lo price. .88¢ 8l ly Solled $3.00 Lingerie Il% sale price......81.45 1 Crepe de Chine Blouses, e de Chine Blouses, values to ; on sale........ $1.79 Satin, Crepe Chi nd “I::‘ Blouses, $5 v&aa,.. Ku.oo Large Size White Cotton Comforts, on sale ;/W "~ Aftef Xn;;s éleuancegie KETS — COMFORT $7.50 Genuine U. 8. Army Blankets, tan, on sale, per pair, at.. $2.50 124 Woolnap Cotton Blankets, sale price, per pair, $6.00 Fine All-Wool Plald Blankets, per pair, clearance sal. $5,00 Fine All-Wool Blankets, cleara $5.50 Fine Wool Filled White B $2.00 124 Heavy Twilled Cotton nkets, on sale, Fleeced Cotton Blank $7.00 and $8.00 Fine All-Wool Blankets, on sale at, pair. $4.50 Wool Filled 114 Double Blank sale price, pair $3.00 Mixed Feather Filled Bed Pillows, oh sale at, pair. 50c All Clean Feather Filled Bed Pillows, sale price, pair. $4.00 All Goose Feather Bed Pillows, sale price, per pair. $1.00 Comforts, white cotton filled, sale price, per pair. $1.50 Large Size White Cotton Comforts, sale price, pair. sale price, pair. $2.50 and $2.75 Extra Large Comforts, sale price, pair. . Men's Fu o Ls rnishings | 60 doz. 26c Wool Muffiers 1220 75¢ Negligee Golf Shirts...48¢ Men's 16¢c Cotton Hose 15 doz, Men's $1 Un. Suits.88¢ Men's 25¢ Slik Neckwear...19¢ 25¢c 8ilk Fiber Hose, pair..15¢ Fine $3.50 8ilk Muffiers.$1,.49 Men's $1.50 Union Suits..95¢ $1.50 and $1.75 Dress Shirts | Men's, Boys’ ‘75c Gloves...39¢ | \01 Dress, Street Gloves....G9¢ — or BOOKS at g OFF SOME 33 oFr SOV 1/ oFR During our great Christmas book sale many books be- came more or less soiled and by the enormous Wome crowds that handled and looked at All such books Men's $1.25 Slippers, pair..98¢ | and many others that we wish to close out quick have been Wom. $3. | gathered up and marked at reduced prices as above. .. o $690.0090- Shoen . 1100 All CALENDARS at HALF PRICE Women's Felt Slippers Bath Slippers, all kinds Women's $5 Shees, pair. §2 85 | Shoes---Slippers Child's Blue Felt Slippers. .25¢ --25¢ Men's 8lippers, emb., pair.39¢ Slumber Slippers 25¢ Women's Felt Slippers....88¢ 26¢