Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-29

corporal. The men are doing nicely in this
branch of the service and will be able to put
up a fine drill in a few weeks.
Lieutenant Charles H.. Wilson oficiated as
umpire in the foot ball game Thanksgiving
day between the universities of Nebraska
and Iowa.
The committee In charge of the promenade
concerts requests that members report re-
turns for tickets at their earliest convenience
in order that the committee may render its
final report.
The discipline committee have been
doing good work of late in overhauling the
accounts and collecting delinquent dues and
lines, something like 5000 having been cleared
up the past month.
Comrade Ho6gins has recovered from his
sprained wrist.
There is some talk of giving a series Of
monthly dances at the armory, which were
quite popular i'll past years and could be
made very successful this year with q little
rustllng. With the finest floor in tie city to
dance and the means of obtaining the best
music, it seems but natural to conclude that
the informal hops" would be well patron
lzed by the dancing community.
The Subscription Party.
The long anticipated ball under the aus
pices of the younger society men was given
Wednesday evening under exceptionally
pleasant circumstances at the Millard hotel,
the scene of many a brilliant dancing party
in times past.
The ball room was a veritable flower show,
the windows being banked with ferns and
chrysanthemums, the chandeliers were con-
cealed amid ropes of smilax, while palms
and hot house plants stood about in the re-
cesses in endless profuslon. The orchestra
was stationed in the northeast corner OF the
room entirely surrounded with palms,
rare exotics and chrysanthemums, the
scene being e~nticlng to a degree. Tn beaux
and bellies were present in large numbers,
and the picture made by the ever moving
humanity was fair to look upon. The younger
men and women, some of them just fresh
from convent hall and seminary for the
THANKSGIVING holidays, danced as If their
lives depended upon the amount of thorough
enjoyment they got of the occasion, and
altogether it was a jolly evening, as such
evenings deserve to be.
The costumes worn by the ladies were en-
trancing, many of them having been made
for the occasion. Among those who were
particularly charming were Mrs. Harry
Mccormick, in a gown of red crepe, decollete
and entraine, a most becoming costume for
her brunette beauty.
Mrs. John Mccormick, pretty and viva
cious, whose charms seem TO have grown
with her married life, wore a handsome gown
of blue silk.
Miss Margaret Cook wore a dainty toilette
of red silk and chiffon.
Miss Fritza Barnard appeared in a gray
and pink cashmere, which was exceedingly
becoming to her petite figure.
Mrs. Luclen Stephens wore q costume of
white silk and lace oyerdreSS, u model of the
dressmaker'S art.
Miss Helen smith, who is regarded as one
OF the p~rettiest girls III the metropolis, wore
a simple gown of white china silk.
Miss Margaret Moore, another of the
pretty Oman girls, wore a strikingly hand
some own of yellow crepe, trimmed grace
fully in morning glories.
Miss Alexander wore blue crepe; Miss
Pratt, pink silk and chiffon; Miss Weaver, u
dainty costume OF pink broadcloth; Miss
Langley, a cream mousselline de sole; Miss
Cleaver of Milwaukee, a Grecian costume of
old blue silk; Miss MAY Yates, green silk,
Miss Bowman, Grecian gown OF blue cash
mere, Miss Parker, a pretty white crepe and
mousselline dc sole; Miss Ada Parker, a
lovely pink crepe; Miss Doane, always eff
fectively gowned, on this occasion wore o
white cloth cashmere, made simply, but
effectively; Miss Skinner OF Cedar
Rapids, a red net toilette; Miss Hughes,
Kelley, a gown of white cloth;
Miss Butts of Council Bluffs, a smart gown
of blue cloth with silver passementerie.
Among the other young aides noticed were:
Ryball of New York, johnson, Lou Johnson,
Mrs. McAllister, Miss Turner, Miss Has
kell, Miss McShane, Miss WaReley, Miss
Van Camp, Miss Balch, Miss Tad Balch,
Miss Corby.
nThe gentlemen present were: Messrs.
John Mccormick, Harry Mccormick, Luclen
Stephens. Cook, Fred Mccormick, Charlton,
Fonda, Forsman, Ward, Drlscoll, Smith,
Burnley, Wood, Allen, Dietz, Clark, Tuck
ert, Miller, Lawrence. Downs, Parker, Fos-
benner, Wakefield, Moores. Foy. Knott, Mer-
rick, B. A. McAllister, Joplin, Colfax, FAX
ton, Morrow, Ward, Brown and Graves. Mr.,
aud Mrs. Charles Harvey, DR.. and Mrs.
Coffman, MIR and Mrs. Frank Range were
lockers on. A delicious supper was served