Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 21, 1916, Page 9

INSORORITY GIRLS T0 TAKE THE T0WN Trainloads En Route to Los Angeles to Be Entertained by Local Alpha Phis, By MELLIFICIA, June 20. Sorority girls will swarm the town | tomorrow—trainloads of them to stop | off here enroute to the Alpha Phi sor- ority conclave at Los Angeles. The special train from the east does not arrive until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, | but in the morning a large contingent | from Minnesota, Missouri, North Da- kota and other neighboring states | will arrive to join their sisters. In honor of these visitors the local Alpha Phis are planning a large| luncheon at the Hotel Fontenelle for 1 o'clock Wednesday. Miss Ruth Thomfson, Miss Mary McCague and Mrs. Lyman Overpeck; officers of the| local sorority, have the arrangements in charge. They will arrange other entertainment for the visiting girls| 4 and will have a large delegation at| the station to greet the sorority sis- ters on the special, which will stop| here for twenty minutes or more. Prominent Alpha Phis are Misses Margaret: McCoy, Katherine Sturte-| vant, Katherine Newbranch, Hannah Smylie, Ruth Ogle, Bernice Nelson, Irene Johnson, Mary Haller, Louise Stegner, Helen Nason and Mesdames | Le Gunner Nasburg, Elet Drake and C. H. Wright. Box Parties for Meg Burns. That many a man has a bit of Irish in his blood is the fact which the continued sale of seats for the play “Meg Burns” at the Krug seems to indicate. For Wednesday evening, June 28, boxes have been taken by Mr. and Mrs. R. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. George Cox, Miss Katie: Good- all and Dr. and Mrs. C. C,-Allison, Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Hamilton and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Despecher have | boxes for the following afternoon, and Saturday Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Dwyer will give a box .party. | Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCaffery and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Melady have taken boxes for the Thursday evening per- formance of “Meg Burns.” The Research club is planning to attend in a body. Lawson-Johnson Wedding. The wedding of Miss -Grace Law- son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tur- ner Lawson, to Harry G. Johnson took place at the home of the bride’s parents Friday evening at 8:30 o’clock, The Rev. M. W. Halverson performed the ceremony. The Lohengrin wed- ding march was played by Miss Es- ther Petersen. Miss Marion Lawson, niece of the bride, served as ring- bearer. Miss Sadie Christensen was bridesmaid, while Robert H. Wal- strom acted as best man. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will be at home after July 1, Eighty-Second Birthday. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Mealio enter- tained a number of their old friends at their apartment in.the Carlyle Sat- urday evening in honor of the eighty- second birthday of Mr. Mealio. The evening was spent with. music. and cards. . 7 Complimentary to Mrs. Payne. Mrs. Ward Burgess entertains at dinner_at her home this evening for Mrs. Harry Payne of New York, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Kountze, Dr, Bridges and Mr. Earl Gannett complete the party which will afterwards occupy the Kountze box at the Brandeis theater to see Maud Adams. Bridge Party Series. Mrs. B. A. McDermott entertained at the first of two auction bridge par- ties this afternoon at her home. Gar- den flowers brightened the rooms and five tables were placed for the game. Mrs. McDermott will entertain six- teen guests on Thursday. Les Hiboux Dance. The Les Hiboux fraternity, whi had planned a hayrack party to the | Seymour Lake Country club for this evéning, was forced to change its plans on account of the rain. The dance and luncheon will be given in- stead at Prairie Park club house to- night. The affair is in charge of Wal- ter Chamberlain and sixty-five guests will attend. Gives Slumber Party. Miss Edith Calvert entertained at a slumber party at her home Monday evening for the Loyal Daughter’s club at her home. A four-coursc breakfast was served Tuesday morn ng. Those present were: Misses— Misses— LUNCHEON AT THE FONTENEILE: of the Young Men's Christian associa- tion by Rev. B. Robert vofi der Lippe, pastor of Clifton Hill Presbyterian church. Mrs, C. A. Fried and Miss Ruth E. Dutcher witnessed the cere- mony. For Miss Darlow. Miss Ruth Mills entertained this afternoon at a bridge party in honor of Miss Ida Darlow, a June bride. The{ decorations used were pink roses. Those present were: Misses— Hazel Howard, Carol Howard, THE | Storz, and Mr, Earl Buck is schedul- | guest of Mrs. Charles T. Kountze, ed for the near future, the date, how- | will be honor guest at the fortnightly ever, not yet announced. Hunrhenln of the ()ma\ha \l\'(vman's — Press club Thursday. Mrs. Payne is For Out-of-Town Matron. a newspaper woman on the st)atf of In honor of Mrs. James P. Blake- | he Brooklyn Eagle, for which paper ney of Kansas City, Miss Margaret | e reported the republican, conven- Parks will entertain Mrs. Arthur A.| o, at Chicago. The affair will be Daly, Miss Katherine Parks and Mrs. given in the palm room of the Fonte- James P. Blakeney at luncheon at|aije. the Henshaw tomorrow at 1 o'clock, and then at the matinee performance of “The Little Minister.” | On the Calendar. At Happy Hollow. Dozens of dainty goungsters and youngsters grown older was the sight | Mrs. Charles S. Elgutter will enter- | tain very informally Friday afternoon, | when' the guests will be several visi- Ruth Gould. Helen Sorenson, Agnes Russell Chesney, Marian Carpenter, Lois Howell, at Happy Hollow today. The rain stopped in time to save the little lads and lassies from disappointment, and I MINNESOTA THE LAND OF HIAWATHA Your nearest and best vacation straight north—with ten thousand lakes and hundreds of square miles of great pine woods; fishing the finest in the world, besides bathing, canoeing and tramping in the woods; hotels, cottages, boarding houses or camps, whichever you prefer; you can get board and i lodging for about $10 or $12 per week and frequently Anne Russell, Louise Bedwell, Martha Noble, Hallle Wilson. Mesdames— Mesdames— i | Coe Buchanan, Albert Kurtz. | Mrs. William Archibold Smith | gives a matinee party Wednesday for Miss Darlow; Miss Cowell gives a luncheon at Happy Hollow Thursday; Miss Agnes Russell, a luncheon at the Country club Friday, and Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Borglum a dinner that same evening; Mrs. Frank Crawford, tea at the Fontenelle Saturday after- noon, while Miss Louise Curtis and urday evening at Happy Hollow for | this popularbride-elect. At the Field Club. Mrs. E. H. Bruening entertained her Tuesday card club at luncheon | at the-Field club today. After lunch- | eon the club joined with the new bridge tournament, which held its first meeting this afternoon, instead of having their private game. Her guests were: Mesdames— Mesdames— Harry Chapman, Will Roney, e Huff, Roy Dodge, Willtam . Giller, Owen. Mrs. John Shary entertained two tables of guests at luncheon before | the card game of the new Field club | bridge tournament. | Mrs. C. D. Sturtevant had six guests, Mrs. J. S. Dale, Mrs. A. V.| Shotwell, three, and Mrs. B. S. Baker, two. This is the initial day of the new bridge tournament which the women of the Field clyb are instituting for the purpose of getting better ac- quainted. They are offering a num- ber of beautiful prizes as an induce- | ment to their members td attend. The | response was most generous. A great many of the women took advantage of the luncheon facilities and enter- | tained. parties of from two to eight. | Others arrived only in time for the | playing. { Campfire Girls Give Play. The Kodawicka group of Campfire girls will give a play this evening at | the home of George W. Ryan. Under the direction of Miss Nelle Ryan the | girls have rehearsed this play, sym-| bolic of the meaning of the Campfire circles. It is a production which has been used among Campfire girls all over the country. The performance was to have been given out of doors, but the rain made it necessary to take it into the house. The girls hope to present their beautiful ceremony to as many friends as possible. | Wedding Plans. The wedding of Miss Louise Storz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gotth’eb‘: Mr. Randall Curtis give a dinner Sat-| | cier National park this summer. tors and their hostesses. i they came in full force to the first of | the season’s matinee dansants at the club. Mrs. George Alexander Young had a host of dancing sprites in her party. Richard Callahan had twenty of his At the Country.Club. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. George will en-| tertain six guests at the dinner-dance at the Country club Wednesday even- ing. : little classmates to dance with him. C. King Denman will have four|All the appointments for their party guests. were yellow and white, even to the the candy baskets which furnished sweet things. Mrs. Edward Callahan gave the first Press Club Luncheon. Mrs. Harry Payne of N its attraction to the tourist. The Northwestern, Rock Island and other railroads offer wonderful round trip rates by way of “circle tours;” that is, a different route going and com- ing. You can go to Atlantic City and back, wonderful “Atlantic City with its great boardwalk for only $57.30 from Omaha. And you can see the sights of other cities enroute with the liberal stopover privileges on these tickets. New York City on a circle tour ticket can be reached for $58.50, going by the way of Niag- ara Falls and returning by the way of Washington, D. C, Niagara Falls. An_ Interesting way to reach the east is over the Grand Trunk railway from Chicago. This great system VACATIONISTS ARE SELECTING ROUTES Railroads Point the Way for Sum- mer Outings in Beauty Spots of America. MOUNTAINS LURE TOURISTS Many vacationists from this part of the country will journey to GI?- t has been called the “climax of the grandeur of the Rockies.” Cascades and torrents tumbling from melting glaciers and glorious perspectives in countless hues make this a sight never to be forgotten. The Burlington route is advertising trips to Glacier park at $35 and “three national parks on a Burlington glacier ticket.” The easy and efficient way to plan a western vacation is to drop a line to the Denver tourist bureau and get their booklets describing the wonders and beauties of Colorado and the best way to see them. From Omaha to|; Denver the summer round trip rate is only $17.50 and from Denver there is a mine of scenery and grandeur to be seen, with only short trips to get to it. The booklets of this bureau de- scribe thirty-eight rail, auto and trol- ley sightseeing trips; also fourteen one-day trips. Circle Tours. The east with its great cities, its mills and factories, its- teeming popu- lation, its fascinating and fashionable route. This road has “seventy-seven varieties” of circle tours and on the way east you can take in such sights as the Thousand islands, Ni- agara Falls, Montreal and Quebec. Chicago is interesting to some peo- ple. And there one can find splendid accommodations in magnificent ho- Take a Cruise on make your vacation a cruise on the will greatly refresh you. two days to two weeks. cruises and is best reached by the Chicago Milwaukee W. E. BOCK, City 1317 Farnam St., Omaha. Get away from the heat and dust of the city. Decide today to cool comfort, bracing days and nights of sound sleep. A week’s trip Several attractive, moderate expense cruises have been arranged for this season, ranging in length from Chicago is the starting point for these splendid train service of the For rates, reservations or further information, call on or address the Great Lakes Great Lakes, where you ¢an have Mountain Wonderlands Beauties and grandeurs, piled together in every mood and whim of mighty nature. These do you see from the Chateau at Lake Louise in the very heart of the Canadian Pacific Rockies Reached by the world's greatest railway with its magnificent hotels at Lake Louise,Banff,Field, ® St. Paul Railway Passenger Agent, Phone Douglas 283. Glacier, Balfour. Jessie Bellls, June Grove Mildred Titzel, Irene Moulthrop Emma_Pilant, Mary Dierks, Trene Grau, Vera Marshail, Gertrude Calvert, Lottle Danlelson, "Lola Byars, Ruby Davey. Mary Roth, & Mesdames— Mesdames— M. Kroyer, J. Calvert Wedding Announcement. i Mr. Frank E. Smith and Miss Stella Murray of Shenandoah, Ia., were mar- ried- Monday afternoon in the parlors Hotel—— Marie Antoinette Broadway, 66th and 67th Sts. NEW YORK OITY. SITUATED in the most oon- venient location in town. Mod. ern in every detall, absolutely fireproof, within ten minutes of the leading department stores, shops and theaters, Convenlent to Pennsylvania and Grand Central Depota, Rooms; With Bath, $2.50 Per Day Up. Suites, $4.00 Per Day Up, 1 BOOMS $1.50 PER DAY Up, Restaurant of Unusual Exosllence. H. STANLEY GREEN] Managing Director, l less. | Akeley, Minn . .........$26.33 | Alexandria, Minn. .. . ...$23.77 Annandale, Minn. ... ... $19.97 Backus, Minn ..$25.65 Batt's Laks, Minn. .. L hah ] Bemid)i, Minn. ..$26.51 Buffaio, Minn........ | Detroit, Minn il Dorset, Minn. ... Il Duluth, Minn. . it Elysian, Minn. Jenkins, Minn. | La Porte, Minn | Write and let me give yo rates, etc. ) Phones: Douglas 260. A Minnesota vacation will relieve, if not cure, insomnia, nervousness, hay fever, indigestion and “grouchiness.” See how low the round trip fares are from Omaha via the Chicago Great Western: MINNESOTA VACATION FARES. and booklets, telling you where the big fish are, hotel P. F. BONORDEN, C. P. & T. A., 1522 Farnam St., Omaha. Sulphur swimming pools, golf, boating and fishing alternatewith mountain climbing and pony rid- ing over Alpine trails. For full information eall, phone or write for Tour No, V-29 THOS, J. WALL, G. A.P. D. 24 8. Clark sli.cx:‘xe.:nn or communicate with your local agent, land—almost hourand Madison Lake, Minn. .. .$15.42 P Deer River, Minn., (Marcell | at 10:45 p.m, arriving at x:'::; bor | York at same hours as before. Sl PG ot fiittt =~ It carries a drawing-ro9m sleeping car from Chicago Pelcan Rapids, Minn. 92850 | to Akron—a very desirable new feature, . Paul, Minn ... 1316 South Haven, Minn Spicer, Minn.......... Walker, Minn., (Cass Co.).......... Waterville, Minn. The Night Train to Wheeling now leaves at 10:30 p. m. instead of 9:00 | p. m., shortening the time 1 hour | and 10 minutes. | The Interstate Special at 10:45 a. | m. and the Chicago-New York | Limited at 5:45 p. m. maintain their excellent schedules . and superb equipment of Pullman drawing-room and compartment cars and obser- vation, lounging, library cars. The New York Day Express 1eaves at 8:30 a. m. as usual, All trains Je u free descriptive folders carries the traveler over a northern| BEE: OMAHA,\ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1916. of the social meetings of the Dundee Catholic Women's society. For the summer the club has decided to turn | the meetings into card parties. Mrs. | Society Notes -:- Personal Gossip -:- Entertainments -:- Club Do Anna and Sylvia Abrahamson, who wore vari-colored taffeta frocks. The ribbon stretchers were Dora Ringle, Eva Yousém, Anna the Misses | ¥ . of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M..F, Cook. E. R. Davenport, who left Omaha | about ten years ago and is now the Callahan used Shasta daisics at the | Cohn, Ruth Cohn, Elizabeth Harding | owner of the Star-Gazette of Elmira, party. | Mrs. W. C. Fraser had six at lunch- | eon For the dinner dance N. T. Leary! will have four, A, W. Friend three and W. Dawson two. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bertwell will en- tertain Mr. and Mrs. C. R, Belden and | the Misses Mary and Louise Brown. " Abrahamson-Yousem Wedding. The wedding of Miss Blanche You- sem, daughter of Mrs. J. Yousem, to| Julius Abrahamson took place Sun- day afternoon at 5 o'clock at Prairie | Park club house, Rabbi Frederick Cohn performing the ceremony. The bride was attired in white satin | and net with pearl trimmings and car- | ried a shower of lilies of the valley. Miss Florence Ringle, her brides- | maid, was gowned in pink taffeta and | carried pink roses. seaside resorts opens the wealth of | te! | | = {{e'w‘York Night Express ~later but faster | The New York Night Express on the Baltimore & | Ohio, formerly leaving Chica%s at 9 p. m. now leaves Through travelers from St. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha, Denver, 1 | Des Moines, Kansas City and the Pacific Coast, arriving in } the evening, may now make direct connections. | Grand Central Station, Fifth Ave. and Harrison 8t, Chicago Ticket Offices: 236 South Clark Street and All principal hotels. Grand Central Station, also 63rd Street Station. All trains via WASHINGTON, with liberal stopovers Baltimore & Ohio The bridesmaids were the Misses | Is at very moderate rates. The great New Kaiserhof, located right in the midst of the downtown district, has rooms at $1.50 a day and upward. and Helen Harding. The best man was Morris Cohn and the ushers were Ephraim Yousem and Emmanuel Yousem. Dinner followed the ceremony, at which 100 guests were present, An- other hundred were present at the re- ception. The young couple will be gone until |N. Y., is making a week's visit to his | brother, ‘A, C. Davenport of this city. Mrs. W. H. Alexander, for many * years a resident of Omaha, will ar- rive tomorrow for a few day's stay with the family of F. E. Alexander, 1326 South Thirtieth avenue, She is on her way to her home in Salt Lake i(‘ity after a long visit with her daughter in New York. ‘i;la"n:nae,:\(:sfhm will be at the Victoria Miss Mary. Henritta Smith _of | Portland, Ore., is in the city visiting | e Social Gossip. Miss Harriet Walters returned this morning from Kemper Hall to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walters. Miss Walt- ers will have a guest next week, Miss Edith Highfield, of Superior, Wis. Personal Mention. Mrs. DeForest Dumas arrived Sat- urday from Oklahoma and is the guest at the home of her uncle and aunt, | Mr. and Mrs. C. Hansen, Miss Smith | was formerly with the First National bank here. She is now private sec- retary to A. L. Mills, president of the First National bank of Portland, trustee of Harvard university,: mil- lionaire_and one of the biggest men on the Pacific coast. Miss Smith will visit other relatives and friends here and elsewhere in the course of her two months' vacation. Minnesota's many beautiful lakes will attract crowds., The Northern Pacific and the Minnesota & Interna- national railways penetrate this dis- trict. E. D. Rockwell, Citizen's Na- tional bank building, Des . Moines, agent, will send a beautiful booklet on the subject. to those interested. e - ¥ Mountain National ¥ Park is Omaha’s Near- est National Park —it is just an overnight trip from Omaha and splendid train service makes the journey a part of the pleasure of one’s vacation—a fitting preface to the surprises that await you in America’s newest national park and the most inter- esting section of Colorado’s Rockies. Whichever of the gateways to the Rocky~ =g S =7 \J \ - Mountain National v Park and Estes Park you may~ select, be sure to specify that ‘the journey from Omaha to Colorado be routed via | M Union Pacific System —heavily" ballasted, double-tracked roadbed, protected all the way by Automatic Electric Block Safety” Signals—features that make the journey pleasant and safe. Three Daily~ Trains to Colorado Departing from Union Station No. 11 leaves 7:45 a. m. (8tandard sleeper ready for occupancy 9:30 p. m. Union Station) Booklet “Colorado for the Tourist' and information about fares, routes, sleeping ear reservations, upon applieation to L. Beindorff, C. P. & T. A, f minutes ashington and New The Baltithore & Ohio is the short- estline from Chicago to Washington and the only line running solid equipment to New York via Wash- ington, Baltimore and Philadelphia without change of any kind. Liberal stopover privileges en route. Low summer tourist rates to New York, Boston and the Jersey Coast resorts. For complete schedules and full information call on or write to C.C. ELRICK, Traveling P Agent, 912-14 Woodmen of the World Bldg, Omaha, Neb. ”» No. 13 leaves 12:30 a. m. Phone Douglas 4000 1324 Farnam No. 15 leaves 4:20 p. m. night ‘/ & 8t., Omaha, Neb. Reduced summer tourist fares to Colorado, Yellowstone National Park and Pacifie Coaston sale dnilg roadway Jimited One of 10 All-Steel Trains. ‘CHICAGO to NEW YORK Leaves Chicago 12:40 moon Arrives New York 9:40 next morning ’ On any train, regardless of distance traveled, comfort and enjoyment are always experienced on LINES The dominant rule, under 9 all conditions, on all trains, is that sengers must o pleased.