Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 19, 1916, Page 17

[ earwe ’ SOCIETY PAGES ONE TO SIX VOL. XLV-—NO. 40 bbbt CLUBDOM Calendar of Club Doings Monday— Omaha Woman's club, social science depart- ment, Y. W, C. A, 2:30 p. m Drama league, city hall, 4 p. m. Association of Collegiate Alumnae, music section, Mrs, H. L. Mossman, hostess, 4 SUNDAY MORNING, PART TWO SOCIETY PAGES ONE TO SIX SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Home, Kiddies and Acting Interest Her Karl F. Adams Finds Her Life Interest in Her Home, Little Girl, and Knowledge of the Theater bbb SOCIETY h Soclal Calendar Monaay- Afternoon bridge for Mrs. David Beaton, guest of Mrs. Harvey Milliken, Mrs. Jack Sharpe, hoates, Benefit eard party given by George A. Custer Woman's Relief corps I Tuesday ” ”I ||| i 3 Franco Belgian Reliof society, Mrs. Bdgar H nl | cott, hostes 10, m Tuesday— |||| lll S Y Mendelssohn Choir concert, with Julia Claus Omaha Woman's elub, oratory department, W sen, soprano, Boyd theater. Metropolitan hall, 10 a. m. X ||| i &7 sl Wednesday Business Girle’ council, luncheon and prayer 3 Chureh social and candy sale, Unitarfan parish meeting, court house, 11 to 2 p. m Louse. South Omaha Woman's club, Library hall, 2:30 p. m 3 chopter of the Eastern Star North Side Mothers' club, Mrs, BE. O. Carson, | 3 o v 3 3 Thursday— hostess, 1:30 p. m. Omaha Woman's club, current topics depart- ment, Y. W. C. A, 2:30 p. m. Association of Collegiate Alumnae, vocational guidance section, Y. W. C. A, 4 p. m, ||I'”: \ : . Ll Friday— U. 8. Grant Women's Relief Corps, Memorial l e ¥y p. m. it l Chautauqua circle, Tennyson chapter, Mrs ’ E. G. Hampton, hostess, 2:30 p. m ‘ ‘ Card party at Masonic temple, given by Vesta 1. i W elub, Mre, Otto Shoers, hostess Kensington at Holy Angels elub hall Luncheon for Mre, 1. V. Arnold, Mrs, C. H. Ashton, hostess le and recevtion given by Scottish Rite hall, 2 p. m. el 5% %l ibL whliBsonk ) otht i R PR 3 X Saan | 3 man's club at cathedral 5 i ) ub St hy s e 4 (”n'.ll\fl 4"";‘“\»‘ (\\j N PI,\! "\‘"’1 anc i “ ¥ | Afternoon bridege at Hotel Fontenelle, Mrs, 1. department, C. A 4D m. |y Rusiness Women's club, Y. W. C. A i 3 A \ RE b o \ Gluck, hostess siness : : ; 11 “,\.. | A New York Symphony orchestra box partios at Soclety of American Widows, Y. M y : \ : Mk P. E. O. sisterhood, chapter B. P, Mrs. J. L \ 3 L \ : T . Saturday-— Harrington, hostess. ] “I » ¥ . A% $ 3 N 0 Les Amies Whist eclub, Mrs, H., M Barr, |![’. . Wednesday— Wl \ i & & : ik W. C. T. U., Frances Willard society, Mrs 'Hl““””u'" Nu‘ ¥ L George Young, hostess, 2 p. m W. C. T. U, Omaha soclety, Mre. Mick, hostess, 2:30 p. m Society of American Widows, Y. W. 7:30 p. m. Mothers' Culture club, Mrs. George Mickel, oA Ny S § HE social calendar these days is enough 1§ : ¢ & : & . AR 3 to put one in mind of a famous book by the late Klbert Hubbard., It was a handsome volume, as beautiful a bound thing as ever came out of East Aurora, ond the right size, not too big, an excellent thing i ! 3 . > in a book. This work was entitled “An Essay on Thursday— LR f Rl g \ Rilence,” and it usually came to one as a gift Wyche Story Tellers’ league, public library, e v A SR ¥ S VRS from gome friend. It was laid away for future 4:15 p. m. 3 5 o A Bl S St Gt U reading —one felt, a8 tuking it from its wrappings, Omaha Woman's club, art department, Y. W. b LR R G b s { o y £ that {t was somcthing more than passing rare, a 0, ALY A M, Do R Y § g B, special tidbit of philosophy with an underlying Benson Woman's club, Mrs, W. H. Loechner, . S ; gl & 4 § veln of the artist in it, a little recurrent note all hostess, 2:30 p. m. : s ; : A - Fo »rg% § 100 fine for the ordinary hour, B'nai B'rith Ladies’ Auxillary, Lyric hall, e 3 3 ¥ 4 4 3 8 p. m. Omaha Woman's club, music department, Y. W. C. A,, 2:30 p. m. Bengon B. L. 8. club, St. Bernard’s hall, i Mi»x‘n:r'la:,;hn:;f lild: ,:)c“ty' Jpugiog T m o 8 : o i Y ¢ Y ) 4 ST ol s N, 1f only we might put out such a calendar these Friday— % § i TR 2 3 ¥ N Lenten days! West Omaha Mothers’ Culture club, Mrs, W, Sl hostess. At last came the psychological moment when one wanted to read Fra Elbertus on silence, and the book was taken down and opened. Its pages were ¢16afy of a single word; it held— u perfect silence, R SR e But, speaking of books, reminds me that it is é £ PR § N S N . ol G ¢ X f R saild that many books of divers import are now W. Carmichael, hostess, 8 p. m. P £ 3 3 p § e 3 being read in Omaha, especially among the set Saturda.y— that have been dancing, bridging, skating, dining Agsociation of Collegiate Alumnae, drama and flitting away the gay season just passed. section, Miss Bess Dumont, hostess, 10:45 ’ i 8 A » St RN e ps A -4 : In fact reading seems the popular penance a. m, : & £ y % P ; of the season ! } it The books leading the sale, It almost goes ABY HEALTH WEEK" was a great o & R e { ¢ 5 § $ without saying, are the Russian atrocities lately 2 “ success in Omaha last week. Busy * o : i \ : PRl W YoRs A [ described with such pathological exactness by a phiyslefats: gave amply. of Matbitinie P - R : g S ¥ : D i certain Oxford man to a select assemblage of Analianyios.’ cominip- helirakibe T ne i A 4 S e o el Omaha women. In all truth the unprecedented iia : fn* loctures and. healtHeEalkS ‘4% ¢ 5 ¢ e ¥ boom in these books is enough to make one give they rarely do before laymen; health officers and ; ¢ il "v“,('";l” 'fd“""r publisher has not found a unique health organizations co<operated beautifully in : . 3 & e AR ’»"“ 48 way of sending forth a publicity man. putting on the health exhibit, and all the eclub- A 2 D \q‘ * s R L 3 Since Lent has commenced in all earnest, seri- women worked together magnificently in making b e e e T ‘ Spae ok S X W ous books have come forward with a great bound, their greatest single venture a success, ) SR o ¥ L : v end tired business men, who former'y asked for To Mrs. K. R, J. Bdholm, Nebraska agent for £ fi 4 3 2 R . e e AT . the latest detective tale, are demanding something ¥o Mrs, K. R..J. Bdholm, > & : /e Ji it : 2 E ke s L that will bring back the “deep, deep thoughts of the federal children’s bureau and chairman of the g / B R : R ol : youth” once more to their consciousness, health committee of the Nebraska Federation of 3 i 5 f 3 > v - 3 L 8 ¢ 4 - i ; 3 Women's Clubs, belongs especial credit for the & W A0 e s AR ) } it ; Other years books for Lenten reading lay on success of the exbibit e 4 i - i i % B v .. b 5 e 3 G the stalls as a mere matter of form, but this year Two of Omaha's largest organizations, the : J ; Hu i e ! 5 SR AR R 4 ¢ they are selling as fast as they can be supplied, Omaha Society of Fine Arts and the Social Settle- ; w LA S | il A ey Of course it is the war, some are saylng. But ment assoeiation, held their annual elections last : f / i ; VR LR P fioy ! ; e humanity has always moved to extremes, and, per- MR 1t gl soisarll ogh o el & 80 i e e s o Ve haps, it Is only time for the pendulum to swing to PRI AR e L s e 5 1 1 A % I M By d the other end of mortal's fancy. T — CARELARRERmIne. AR LR RBIAIEY RUNSRIRK - NS : ‘ ¢ % i ; £ g S EA T It is a reading Lent above everything else, and AL e Mudes Now e comyr * 5 ! T § y : e thero is not half the covert afternoon bridging that geveral of the finest lecturers on the platform, [ b vl iy i ! - £ % spEN N dttd Sasiier n he menthy Mg g ol R L e el | ¢ fin 4 o : One book which is getting a quick grasp on Baywend Wyrer, Altred Nopss. John Cowper B0 g ' £ select favor is “The Book of the Homeless,” sold T K T g s ' r 3 - -y ¢ 4 y 7 \ for the benefit of the Franco-Belgian Relief so- brougit to Omaha—surely an imposing list of . V' 8 5 A ' % % SHOLERA 18 AT, QTVRRCS, RO, i ; ¢ The brightest spot in the events of the peni- le 41 Se ‘tll me :m “‘m11~ e t}li‘;‘.’“ ’\r:d ll’ylln‘\nln”::';\'|~I':“ 2 5 ; 4 Iy KA\[?L F ADAMS vesterday from New York, the daughters of two “1"“' (:. ) . cceol ".,“ll \p‘-.;m-“ ¥ f .\:‘”“' . v e : y . J 4 ¥ Py ;va pn;pula: matrons. But (:um will be nothing N § h ‘ i i - - 4 ! L oing for the younger set this Easter vacatio most efficien . year. A suc stul year at _ 2 v : / ANN LOUISE the edict has gone out from the mothers, i the Settle lous i there (I)I'* one of the 5 f - “The school set were rushed to death during pleasan ros) s for those deeply interested in § o o 4 p the Christmas vacation,” said a prominent woman the work E 3 . p p this afternoon; ‘“‘there seemed something doing all Clubwomen will lesd a more leisurely life this L 4 - 4 the time. A girl home from her school last week, ide from the usual run of club meetings - ; { Christmas had as exciting a time of it as a de- and lectures, principal interest centers in the com L butante. I hardly got a sight of my own daughter ing of Miss Helen Bennett of Chicago, manager of < ¢ during the whole time. Now, when ghe gets home, the Collegiate Bureau of Occupations she must devote herself to her mother—she must stay with me quietly and talk and answer all the questions I meant to ask her during the holidays. Miss Bennett will be in Omaha Thursday, en b L'”‘l'(‘,'w"L“‘_"l‘“"I‘If"!’|‘ U il ”(‘11”'4‘“”“ > RS. KARL F. ADAMS has two inter- ability and is just now hard at work coaching the lighttul e At M Der AURIE A8 Bl A bl g P eg et e o g muvgrin ests in life—one is her baby, Ann wenior play of the High SBchool of Commeree, in ) - . o . g Louise, and the other is the drama. which each member of the class ig to participa all-day sessions and fortnightly meetings, brings Mrs. Adams is the wife of the new In Springfield, Ill., which was their last home u).,k‘n‘ with Mrs, Adams’ supervision, insures a added Lenten activities. Much of the sewing of perintendent of the High BSchool Mrs. Adams coached the senior plays of all three - uished presentation of the comedy. Mrs, Adams the season is now going to the hospitals of France. of Commerce and Is a recent acquisition to Oma- high schools and was forced to relinquish her does not favor women taking men's parts in pub- The appeal has lately gone out for 5,000 pairs of * ba’'s coterie of earnest young matrons ccaching of the plays of the Woman's club and lic performances, such as ‘vuu»ul a great deal of socks, wanted immediately; shirts, pajamas, un- In the baby health exhibit at the court house the College club because of their remaval to - ~usement at the Woman's club last Monday bleached sheeting and cotton flannel for the hos- last week Mrs, Adams was exceedingly engrossed, Omaha I do not oppose it for any foolish reason, but pital wards and operating rooms, The wounds of Laving represented the Association of Collegiate In Cleveland, too, where Mrs. Adams taught Dbecause I do not consider it artistic. When men the high-power shells of modern artillery are of Alumnae on the list of hostesses. Her life is very Latin in the schools before her marriage, in fact 'a4ke women's parts, we expect it to be funny, and such a severe nature that the clothing of the pa- completely wrapped up in her beautiful goldem- wherever she has been, the wife of the new super it 1s laughable, but when woten dress for men's tlents is quickly destroyed in the hospitals, and so ired daughter, whose presence is like a beam of intendent has been in great demand to coach ama- PAarts it is apt to verge on the ridiculous.” the constant demand for new garments, especlally sunshine and always calls forth unstinted admira- teur theatricals. So it is not surprising that this The wite of the new superintendent is a gradu- *Shirts and underwear tion Little Anna Louise is a strictly scientifie energetic little woman has once more slipped into ate of Western Reserve college and has found a The Unitarian society give a social meeting and baby, having been brousht up with a wise regard Ler work, to the great delight of the high school number of congenial friends in the Association ot ¢andy sale at their parish house Wedneaday even- for all the learned doctors had to say with regard students with whom she is immensely popular Collegiate Alumpae and the*Drama league, with !D& A musical program, with readings and recita- to safeguarding her health The play is Jerome K. Jerome's “Fanny and which organizations she has become connected 1008, Will also be given Additional Club News on Page Four Mrs. Adams is a dramatic coach of no mean the Servant Problem” and promises to be a de- since her arrival AdditionalzSociety News om Next P plece of zcting The middle of May is * date set, but rehearsals are already under way, She will address the local school teachers and also the girl students at the Central High school, her talks being given under the auspices of the teach ers’ fund and the college women’s organization Mrs. Frances Ford, one of the early presidents of the Omaha Woman's club and the “‘mother” of the social science department of the club, will be an interesting guest of next week. Mrs. Ford is now connected with the children’s department of the Chicago Daily News and comes to Omaha for the open program of the social sclemce depart- ment, March 27. The Omaha Woman’s Press club is planning a luncheon in her honor and the Woman's club will give a tea following the meet ing