Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 2, 1916, Page 8

B THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1916. Society Notes - o P»eoq, Go CAUSES WOMAN’S | Oscar Wilde's “Lady Windemere's Fan' bert, the procesds to be devoted to the | for which numerous rehearsals wers held, | peeny lunch fund of the club. CLUB PLAY TO BE PUT OFF |hae been postponed indefinitely. The | e oraiery Sopartment B SoW rehiars Pressntation was planned by the or&torY | o two short plays to be given for the On account of so much iliness among | department of the Omaha Woman's slub o6 (70 FI00 DOVE Wmembers of the cast, the production of |under the leadership of Mre. W. C. Lam- BRANDEIS STORES, The Great Silk Show in Full Swing Wonderful Assortments and Unusual Prices. ~THOSE WHO CAME, to see the exhibition on Monday stayed to buy—never has Omaha had the opportunity to share in a more remarkable Silk event. In keeping with the policy that has placed this store far in the lead and maintains this supremacy, this purchase of Silks right at a time when the foreign markets are offering practically nothing is little short of marvelous. Dame Fashion quotes Silks in all her advance notes for spring, and the ad- vantages of purchasing in this sale are so apparent to every woman who follows Fashion’s dictates that it needs but a little reminder on our part to awaken femininity to the fact that NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY. All the newest weaves, textures and colors. —A brief of the stock reads this way: New 40-Inch Gabardine Crepe, $1.50. 40-Inch New Crepe Satin Buiting, $3.50. New Foulards, 40-inch; Cheney Bros.,, shower proof, $1.89. 86-Tneh All Bilk Suiting Faille, $1.50. 36.Inch New Stripe, Check and Plaid Chiffon Taffeta, $1.50. Georgette Crepes, newest and most wanted ¢ 40-Inch All Silk Cashmere Charmeuse, 98c. | shades, $1.50. | 40-Inch French Crepe, $1.50. 40-Inch Novelty Georgette Crepes, $1.95 to 33 and 86.Inch Rushtung and Cascade Suit- $2.95 36-Inch Black Messaline, T9c. 40-Inch Crepe de Jeunesse, $1.95. Heavy Striped Chameleon 'Suede Cashmere Satins, $2.50. 42.Inch Novelty Georgette Crepes, $1.856 to ing Silks, $1.50. Taffeta Silks, 36 and 40-Inch Chiffon, Swiss, Radiant and Radium, $1.26 to $1.95. 36-Inch Shepherd Check, Chiffon Taffeta and Louisine, 8¢, Tub Silks in wonderful assortment, 36 inches $3.25. wide, T0¢ to $1.96. Beautiful Toie du Nord Plaids, $1.60. —The best of the coming season’s Silks, and the Brandeis Stores never made a better showing. Special Selling Thursday of New Suits and Silk Dresses —We are setting the pace with the season’s newest styles at the most moderate prices. Any woman who would be well dressed and economically, too, will do well to follow the daily announcements from this Cloak and Suit Store. Every day has its own full interest for every woman—these Thursday specials are par- ticularly likeable. oy The Suits at $19.00 -——Are in the new nobby belted, flared and flared boxy models with the new wide cut novelty skirts, and made of Gabardines, Poplins, Black and 'White Checks, Serges, etc. Every desirable color of the season. Women’s and misses’ sizes. y The Silk Dresses at $13.75 —Come in the smart new Russian effects, showing the pretty basques and combinations of georgettc and taffeta or charmeuse. The colors are Hague and Copenhagen Blues, Mouse, Reseda, Mahogany, Navy, Bay Leaf and Black. Women’s and misses’ sizes. Blouses Smart 'Georgette Crepe " " In the New “High Shades” —Héré is a gpecial lot of quife the daintiest and smartest Blouses we have seen this season. Georgette* Crepe, that wonder material for fine blouses, is used in many exquisite ways. —The new ‘‘high shades’ are one of their greatest attrac- tions, including Peace Gray, Rese, Nile Green, Emerald Green, White, Flesh, etc. New ideas in collars and cuffs; revers and frills have been worked in with wonderful effect. —T‘ge are wonderful values at their prices of $5.98 to $8.98. XS m Tpg of Style and Value dO SSShoe g o i ey Ve Good News From the Neckwear Store —Swiss Embroidered Collars and Collar and Cuff Sets, all reduced for quick dispersal Thursday— 15¢c —You will find many re- markable little offerings— dainty and fine for Spring wear. Excellent choosing for those who come early. best known for style correct ness and absolute comfort. The specially treated sole of the Red Cross Shoe bends with every motion of the foot. Properly fitted with a Red Cross Shoe means the end of your foot troubles, with the added satisfaction of correct fashion and beauty. ~—Our line of Red Cross Shoes is com- plete in all sizes and styles. Come in q and ask to be fitted with a Red Cross Shoe. ~The prices are very reason- able, ranging to $5.00 —Delicious ‘‘Pompeian Bitter Sweets,’’ fresh from our Candy Kitchen. Pure, rich flavor, creamy choeolate with crushed fruit and nut centers, Our great big attraction for Thursday. At c times we sell it for 40c a 1b. ssip_-:- Entertainme 'THIMBLE CLUB HAS Which Eligible Maids structed on Preparedness. ‘ | MARRIAGE In- THE REAL ISSUE | By MELLIFICIA—March 1. A really, truly Gridiron | was given in O L) evening. The Thimble club gave the stunt at a ban- quet at the Hotel Loyal to fifty guests The treatment was unique Everything was glven political or military nomen- clature and aspect--they treated ‘“pre- paredness,’ ‘campalgns’ and ‘“candi- dates”—and all the while they were deal- ing with domestic affairs. A weil-known maid of the Thimbles gave an excellent talk on ‘Prepared- nbss,"” showing a deep insight into mili- tary lore and technique, and va'ng terms that ft might have taken the West Pomt trajning iteelf to acquire. But the fit- ness she was speaking for was the pre- paring of & girl to get her husband, and, | Drex ’s Arch Preserver A shoe scientifically con- structed to preserve the beauty of the foot. This shoe is made of fine glazed kid and mo constructed that the arch receives the sup- port necessary, doing away with the bunglesome heavy arch prop inserted in the shoe. It is neat and attractive in appearance and light on the foot. In two styles, one like {llus- tration, the other with a m dium narrow toe, doing away with the Orthopedic appearance. The price is— $5.00 Parcel Post Paid Drexel Shoe Co. 1419 Famam St. UNIQUE BANQUET! g Regular Gridiron Club Affair at club atfair | tentton Mr. Roy Sunderland presented [tion of Mr. Morley Young. | given in the church at § o'clock, getting him, to take of him nad the home In which he was to be housed A matron very cleverly outlined ‘“The Last Campaign.” But it was neither a| battle, political mor military, that she desoribed, but the last wedding in he family. The father of two very interesting Iit- | tle girls spoke of ‘“The Future Candi- | dates,” but the candidates were the girls and the offices they were seeking was marriage The program was opened by a toast by the president of the eclub, Mrs. J. H Dument, and then while all the married | members and the bachelors stood at st- each maid with an old-fashioned bouquet in a paper lace frill Parish Affairs. 8t. Paul's Episcopal church gives & musicale this evehing at the home of Mrs. C. E. Baldwin, A program with fifteen musical numbers will be given. Thik is the first of the musicales of this season. The newly Installed rector, Rev. Arthur Marsh, is considering making these musicales a regular entertainment of the church organization and another will be given soon after Easter. The popularity of the parties given at All Saints' parish house seems more marked with each affalr. On Friday evening the last party before Lent will be glven, with dancing and cards the order of.the affair. The Athletic club will give an exhibition under the direc- St. Barnabas' church will give a musi- cale in the gulld room Tuesday evening Sunday afternoon, March 12, a cantats. ‘Penitence, Pardon and Peace” will be Prettiest Mile Party. The ladies of the«Prettiest Mile Golf club gave a lesap year party Tuesday evening at the Prairie Park club_house to seventy couples. The promoters of the affair were Misses Grace Northrup and Clara Flinn, assisted by Mrs. W. H. Flinn, president of the club, and Mrs A. D. Northrup, secretary. After cards and dancing, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Need- nam gave a supper at their home to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Emerson and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hawk. On the Calendar. Mrs. Arthur Crittenden Smith will give & luncheon at hér home Thursday after- noen for Mrs. Ferguson of New York, mother and guest of Mrs. Lowrie Childs. Mrs. Ludovic F. Crofoot gives an iIn- formal musicale and tea her home at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. Fiveproot. Hasopean. HOTEL LOYAL 16th and Capitol, NERRASKA. OMARA, . (s State Trade Specially lnvited Rooms, $1.00 and $1.50 With Bath, $1.50 and Up Cafe the Very Best Popular Prices STOP AT THE LOYAL HEAD OF D. A. R. CHAPTER THAT | GIVES FONTENELLE TABLET. Past Festivities. Mrs. J. A. Rogers was hostess at the meeting of the Paramount Whist club Friday evening. were Mrs. Alex Jetes, Mrs. W. Smith, Mrs. George Reye, Mr. D. E. Lovejoy, Mr. Alex Jetes and Mr. P. Mehrens, Mr. and Mrs. F. Lovering are the new mem- bers. Mrs. H. Keating is the next hostess. wr. and Mrs. R. H Sunday in honor of Mr. day snniversary. Covers were laid for: Messrs. and Mesdames— Otto Zoeller, Carl Gerry, John Schmidt, Elmer Giitiam Misses— Misses— Kila Zoeller, Margaret Gilliam, Kistler entertained Kistler's birth- Dorothy Kistler, Elsie Zoeller. Mesars. — Mesars.— Metz, Paul Zoeller, Otto Schmidt Emil Schmidt, A group of relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mre. David Cooper Sunday and gave them a pleasant sur- prise party in honor of their seven- teenth wedding anniveréary. Those pres- ent were Mesgrs. and Mesdames— David Cooper, M. Horwich of Harrls Horwlich, South side, M. L. Horwich, Abe Levy, William Frieden, Abe Galinsky of Aaron Rubenstein, Abe Holland, Council Bluffs, Henry Nathanson. Sam Rubin, Mesdames— Mesdames— Fanny Demoratsky, Sol Wolsky. M — isses— Galinsky of Gertrude Cooper, Ethel Rubin, Miriam Rubin, Fani Council Bluffs, Lilllan Levy of South Side, Harriet Soslya Sadle Levy, Wolsky. Harrlet Cooper, Mesars. — Messrs. — W. Demoratsky, W. Levy of 8outh Herman Freiden, Side, E. W. Cooper. Master Milton Wolsky. Social Gossip. Mrs. B. F. Crummer is expecting Mrs. L. G. Von Furman of New York. Mrs. Von Furnam is on her way to Denver and will make a short sojourn in Omaha. On Thuradey afternoon Mrs. Crummer will give a luncheon at her home in honor of her guest You Are Cordially Invited to Attend Our Preliminary Opening of SPRING MILLINERY | Which Will Introduce Most Advanced Modes { For Immediate and Early Spring Wear Thursday, March Second A Aside from clever adaptations of Paris models you will find many smart American originations. Second Floor Those winning prizes | Club Doings BRONZE TABLET IN HONOR OF INDIAN Daughters of American Revolution Place Fontenelle Memorial in Hotel Lobby. EXERCISES DURING AFTERNOON A handsome brongze tablet dedicated to jthe late Chief Logan Fontenelle was un velled in the lobby of the hotel wSich bears name at 3 o'clock yesterday. Major isaac Sadler chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, headed by Mra William Archibald Smith, made the pre- sentations the tablet being unvelled by Mre, Charles H. Aull, state regent of the Daughters. Mra. George Thacher Guern sey, Kansas state regent, and a sister of Mrs. Aull, was the guest of honor. The tablet, which wae placed on the east wall of the lobby, was draped with a flag which was once the possession of Logan Fontenelle. The flag bears thirty- one stars, indicating the number of states in the union while he was chieftain, 1851 5. A discrepancy in the spelling of the name “Fontenelle,” from which one let ter was omitted, will be corrected later. The unvelling exercises were preceded by a luncheon at the hotel, at which Robert F. Gilder spoke on “Logan Fon tenelle—His Bifghplace and Burlal Place and Mrs. Harriet 8. MacMurphy on “The Ancestry and Decendant of Logan Fonte nelle.” Mrs. F. R. Straight, regent of Omaha chapter, was also a guest at the luncheon, for which forty-five covers were placed Purely patriotic decorations, principally silk flags, were used. The High school Glee club sang “The Star Spangled Ban- ner' at the exercises Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Major Isaac Sadier chapter. Next Monday Nebraska chapter of the Colonial Dames of America, of which Mrs, Arthur Crittenden Smith {s president, will present a portrait of Fontenelle to the hotel News of the Wayfarers. New arrivals from Omaha at the Hotel Snapp In Excelsior Springs are W, F. Bain, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Ledwich Mrs. Bertha Colpetzer is at the Sani- tarilum in Battle Creek, Mich.,, having gone there to take advantage of the health facilities of the institution. Miss Sadie L. Hayden, Miss Ophelia Hayden and Mr. Joe J. Hayden are all enjoying a visit of several weeks' length in southern California. During the past week they have been stopping at the Hotel Clark, Los Angeles, Farewell Luncheon. A few of Mr. Dwight Baum's offize assoclates entertained him at lunchecn Tuesday at the Loyal. Mr. Baum, who has been with the Standard Ofl company for the past three years, will make Ho}: drege, Neb, his new home. The follow: ing were present: Messrs.— Mesars.— Dwight Baum, C. Hollestelle, James Gllmore, E. Hobari Harold Alleman, C. J. ®, L. Jones, Leo J. Byrne, Clark Kline, Charles Verity, Plamondon, A. W. Johansen, A. T. Johnson, George Nelson, Harry Cross. Special Meetings. ‘The Scottweh Rife Women's elub will have a special meeting Friday after- noon at 2:® o'clock of all those who are interesting Il! assisting at the reunion. The ..olx club officers will meet at the home of Mr. Harold Linahan Wednesday evening and an introduction committee wu. be chosen for the club's dance at liarte hall Friday evening. Lininger Travel Club. Mrs. Frank Haller entertained the members of the Lininger Travel club at a luncheon given at the Limtnger art gal lery this afternoon. Mm Haller has taken a special interest in this club since its formation several years ago. For Mrs. Nicholson. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac E. Congdon give a dinner at their home this evening to ten guests in honor of Mrs, Meredith Nichol son of Indlanapolls. The table will be decorated with s g flowers. Brownell Alumnae Plans. Mrs. Miles Standish and the executive committee of the Alumnae assoclation of Brownell Hall are planning for a lunch- eon Thursday afternoon, April 27, at the Fontenelle. It is the object of the alumnae to get into touch with all the “old girls” in Omaha and adjacent towns, whether students or former teach- ers at Brownell Hall. A league or club of all former atudents and members of the faculty of the school to co-operate with the alumnae is one of the things in planning. Stork Special. A son, Webster, jr., was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Webster Mills, at Berch Knoll. Mrs. Mills was formerly Miss Irma Staples. Personal Mention. Mrs. udllle D. 8. Reitz and son, Wal- ter Spurck of Bolse, Idaho, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Graham. Mrs. Willlam M. Locke of Stanton, Neb., returned to her home Tuesday after a week's vis t with her mother, Mrs. John E. Haarmann Mrs. Locke, who was formerly Miss Elsa Haarmann, also went down to Lincoln last week for the Alpha Phi sorority banquet | Few Fail to File Income Tax Lists Yeaterday, March 1, was the final day for making returns for vorporations and personal income taxes. Collector of In- ternal Rvenue Loomis reported that there are almost no delinquents at all in this district tus year. Last year there were many COLLINS AND JORNSON CONFESS AND GO TO PEN Walter Collins and Paul Johnson, oon- fehsed highwaymen, cntered pleas of guilty In criminal court and were sen- tenced to serve from three (o fifteen years in the penitentiary Collins and Johnson heid up & crowded saloon 132 South Twentieth street several months ago, but in escaping Col lins was riously wounded by Frank | Pletro, ba r., who opened fire. The men escaped, but were caught aft- erward by the poliee. Collins is 24 years oli and Johnson is 25. Both clatm to be homeless and unmarried. They refused to admit that they had perpetrated sim- lar crmes here, and other victims falled e —— 4