Omaha daily bee., 1891-12-06

fashion of ''afternoon teas'' holds Its own
and steadily gains in favor. There Is no
other form Of entertain ment in which one can
pay off so many obligations at enc time WIN
so little expense. So much Tor the hostess.
AS for the guest, it means simply giving up
a little time in an afternoon. One has but TO
say ''good afternoon to ones hostess, adleus
are considered unnecessary and 1t Is possible
to "do'' eight or ten teas in one afternoon.
Afternoon tea itself has come to stay, ana
many a pretty little romance has started
over the dainty tea table with its pretty ap-
pointments.
Evening calls are quite out of fashion now,
and 1t Is much pleasanter to drop In OF an
afternoon and have a cup OF tea with ones
hostess on the way home than IL used to be
when an evening had to be given up to call
ing.
What are they dong at the Omaha clubP'
said a club man in reply to a question, dying
of dry rot. Really there is little doing and
little talked about that would interest a
dozen people outside The club walls. They
play pool and billiards, drink a little some
times, have some charming midnight sup
pers, but outside of these very mud dlssipa-
tions Omaha club men are a very exemplary
set. or course when such good follows as
John Tebbitts comes back to town, things
brace up a little, but they soon DRIFT BACK 10
talk Of the annual club ball, but as it does not
occur till late IT the season, or just before
Lent, the chances are that for some time to
come definite action will not be taken"
Are we to have a charity ball. Surely
there Is need of the money that is derived
from such an event and there are as many
poor now in Omaha as in past years, proba-
bly, more. The winter bids fair to be a long
and a severe one. Why then should not the
leaders of flight and life, get together and
give a real old-fashioned ball for "Sweet
Charity Sake" Who will start the ball
IA. - - .I. l..,ll
together in harmony and revive a custom
which, of late years, has been more honored
in the breach than in the observance.
Musicale Rose.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Buchanan gave last
Saturday evening, a charmingly informal
musicale at their pretty new residence on
south Thirty-nlnth avenue, in honor of
Judge and Mrs. Barlow of Chadron, Neb.,
and Miss Barber of Watertown, Wis. The
house was exquisitely decorated with chry-
santhemums, roses and smilax, a pretty
feature of the evening being the substitution
of waxen tapers, shaded effectively IN pink,
for the gas lights, although the chandeliers
were also decorated with pink shades.
Tho ev emit was in the nature of a house
warming, 1t being the first large party to
meet congenially under the roof Of the hos
pltable host and hostess. The house Is
thoroughly modern in architecture, the design
being TO do way with folding doors and in
their stead substitute arches and portieres,
thus giving, when needed, the appearance of
one large salon, the sigh line being prettily
broken by archwuys. The hall is roomy,
while the rooms of are delightfully."- cosy and
comfortable, Just such a home as you would
expect the general passenger agent of the
Fremont, Elkhorn Il Missouri Valley rail-
road and his wife to occupy. There
mas been no attempt at lavish display either
in decoration or furnishings but, what Is far
~pleasanter, it bears the impress of gentle
Refinement In every feature.
The drawing room was, for tho occasion,
converted into the music room, whore tho
pianos were placed for those assisting in
the program,
Mime. Muentefering began the charming
evening by playing a SchumaEn Fantastic,
which met with discriminating applause
from the devotees of music present, many of
them being amateurs of no small ability.
Mrs. Fred Nye, who is the possessor of a
very sweet soprano voice, sang
with pleasant effect a dainty Florian song
which had for It's theme ''love In a cottage.n
A quartette for two pianos, Hungarian
Dances by Brahms, followed and was one
OF the distinct successes OF the evening, the
players being Mime, Muenteferng, Miss
Clara Hawley, Mr.. Roy Smith of Fremont
and Mrs. Buchanan.
Miss hiiliard, who has created a furore
by her clever reading since her
evening at the Lininger art gallery,
recited the Studio,n which won an