Omaha daily bee., 1892-01-10
WEEKS SOCIAL CAIETIES.
Society Shaking OFF the Lethargy Of Holt
day Time.
DoINGS OF THE FASHIONABLE SET.
a Brilliant Afternoon Reception at the
MfIlard-''Jack the Ripper In Omaha
Mention of Prominent
People.

The distinctive social event of a rather
quiet week in the realms Of fashion was the
reception given by the ladies of the Millard
Thursday from . until 8 o'clock.
The day was au ideal one and the maids
and matrons Of the haut monde embraced
the opportunity to meet the leaders of social
life for the first time since the holidays.
Tho parlors and adjoining rooms on the
4 second floor of the hotel were magnlhcently
, decorated with palms, ferns and smiiax,
while immense rose bowls, filed with roses,
Christmas lines and other dollhouse flowers,
added their wealth of color to AN inspiring
scene, made doubly so by the presence of
beautifully costumed women.
Refreshments were served in the rooms off
TIE ordinary ana were on an elaborate scale.
/much more so than is usual at an afternoon
affair such as this was.
Nothing was spared by Mr.. Swobe, who
rendered this reception to the LADIES' who
make the Millard their home, aud from be-
ginning to end the afternoon was crowded
with pleasure.
There have been many beautiful balls and
parties at the Millnrd in times past, but none
of them have even equalled the reception of
Thursday last. During the hours of the re-
ceptfon Omaha's four hundred graced the
occasion by their presence, the absence of
stiffness and formality being particularly
remarked.
The guests were received by Mrs. Swobe,
Mrs. Levi Carter, Mrs. Frank Muir, Mrs.
Dietz, Mrs. Andrew Rosewater, Mrs. Il. II.
Richie and Mrs. Victor Coffman.
Mrs. Swobe were a most beautiful costume
OF black lace and turquoise silk, d~ecollete
and entralne in addition to supurb diamonds.
Mrs. Carter, who is always one of TIE best
dressed OF the women, wore yellow bro
cade and crepe trimmed with cut jet passe-
menterie and black ribbons. Mrs. Dietz,
whose gowns always attract attention, wore
q becoming costume of red silk
combined with black net. MRS, An.
ported toilette of maize colored
silk, combined with green, heavily embroid-
cred with pearls. Mrs. Coffman was gowned
In black silk with jet passementerie. Mrs.
Muir, q strikiDgly pretty woman, was lovely
In an old rose and white silk, the bodice be-
ing ornamented with pink. Mrs. Richie,
whose first introduction it was to many of
the Omaha fair sex, was prettily arrayed in
black net. In addition to the receiving party,
Miss Nash, Miss Brown, Miss Sherwood and
Miss Moore assisted throughout the parlors
III entertaining the guests.
Among those present were Mesdames DIR.
Duryea, Reed, }. p. Williams. Thompson,
Nichols, Sloan. W.. V. Morse, Miner, Bah
cock, Squires, Thurston, Dewey, Snyder, L.
). Rogers, Warren Rogers, Adolph Never,
Hopkins, Gost, Brown, Thayer, Catlin, Dan
Wheeler, Harry Mccormick. Remington,
Carter, aBarkalow, Ames, Riley, Meday,
4 { olpetzef, Paxton, Sharp, Burns, Kennedy,
s&t{au, Richardson, Harvey, L%udington, Wes-
Nps$, Lee, Lander, Balcombe, Chase, Nc
J%ssenna, Clarkson, Wakeley. Doane, Kill
patrick, Kimball. Nash, Dundy, Coe, Pease,
Moore, Pratt, Drake IN addition to a large
number of unmarried women.