Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29
SOCIETY AT THANKSGIVING
Week Just Passed the GOyest Yot Of the
Social Year
MISS FLORENCE noRsEs COMING OUT
Aud Far More Thnu the Usual Numbcr
of Pleasant happenings Beside En-
IIyen the Ever Joyous Period
Round About ThnnIssEiNing.

eeption to the general rule, and the week
Just past holds the record thus far for
gayety The pace has been swift one, as
faded young men and maidens not few
can attest this morning; and ~ has tried
the capacity Of many who entered the com
petition without sufficient preliminary train
ing. The brilliant Monday Night club ball,
held this time, in defiance Of the club name,
on Wednesday. the altogether delightful re-
ception and iarciug party by means Of which
Miss Florence Morse was launched with due
ceremony into the social swim, the large
hop of the 'Moutczumas, the many smaller
but equally enjoyable balls, receptions, card
parties, dinners. teas and Chaiing-dsh eN-
perimcntg filed from end to end a week
which though 1t may be equalled, Is not
likely to be surpassed in activity during the
winter,
, Dinners might be expected to feature
of society columns during Thanksgiving
week by people who are past the purtanical
stage Of observance of the November festi-
val and have not yet wholly given them
selves over TO the foot ball cult. But as
matter of fact, folks when they dine at all
on Thanksgiving day dine very much as
they do on the other 364 DAYS of the year,
a little more elaborately. perhaps, and with
tho addition to ordinary bills of fare of GER
tain dishes of good old New England, pc
cuiar to the time. But dinners when en-
brace the members of more than one house
hold are so common on Thanksgiving day
that the list would be great out Of all rea-
SON In the older civilization of the eastern
states it Is possible to I'LL a long table with
three generations Of one family, the patrl-
archs at the ends and the many children ana
more grandchildren stretching between on
both sides OF a board which fairly groans
vii No n
the table is lighter and it is the grandchll-
dren who gruan. How some Of us remem-
Der It, and long for the old days in TINS
far western land, where the grandtathers
are few, There used to be pie Tor break
fast-four knds-on Thanksgiving day and
and on no other day in the year! People went
revcrcntly to church then, and paid to Di-
vine Providence the solemn tribute when
the founders of the day enjoined; and after
ward with glad hearts and happy faces ad-
dressed themselves to the feast which that
Providence had bestowed. Now, as like as
not they wholly avoid the sanctuary, ana
10 without their dinners in order to see a
couple OF dozen husky young gentlemen.
armed cap-a- pie, struggle and tumble about
on griiiron field in fierce and often deadly
competition for a pig-skn spherOid the in
trnsc worth of which is not over "a, And
then they go home, half frozen and
with pneumonia imminent, either sit
down to an evening Thanksgiving dinner
(which is an abomination) or else mix up
Welsh rabbit in chafing-dsh which they
are pretty apt to allow to get stringy and
gutta-pcrchy for want of sufficient stirring
Debut of Miss Florence Morse.
The third of the seasons debuantos was
auspiciously started on what bids fair to be
n VOYAGE of social triumphs last Tuesday
afternoon. when Miss Florence Morse was
formally introduced to society at recep-
tion given by Mrs. w. V. Morse for her
daughter. As on former occasions of
similar nature which have enlivened the
present season, the floral decorations were
elaborate and prOfuse. The rooms were
literaly filled with all the choicer varieties
of roses and chrysanthemums, the delicate
tints OF which were set OFF by the dark green
of smilaX and the verdure of palms and
ferns Yellow was the prevailing color In
the dining room, where Mrs. Gown and Mrs.
Shlvcrick poured tea and coffee at table
decked with chrysanthemums and ribbons
OF that hue.
Miss Florence Morse, whose popularity
among her friends, originally great, has in
creased with the widening Of the circle of
acquaintancos since her return from school
last summer, is a brunette of graceful fig,
uro and much charm of manner. At her
coming out she wore gown of white satin
and white tulle and her flowers were vio-
lets. Mrs. Morse received in a gown of
figured green velvet. with a vest of white
satin and opalescent trimming. Mrs. Morse
and Miss Florence We're assisted by Mrs.
william Lehmer, Mrs. Joseph Il. Lehmer,
Mrs. Richard Carrier. Mrs. Edward p. Peck,
Mrs. William II. Morris, Mrs. Charles Of
'utt, Mrs Henry w. Yates, Mrs George l.
Gilbert Miss Morse, Miss Crawford of Chi,
sago, Miss Peck, Miss Gilbert Miss Nash and
Miss DeyOr.
In the evening following the reception Mr.
and Mrs. Morse entertained at a dancing
party In celebration of their daughters
debut. The canvassed floors were in fine
condition and the music and refreshments
perfect after their kind. Miss Crawford of
Chicago assisted Mr.. and Mrs Morse. Miss
Morse and Miss Florence Morse in receiving
their guests. Those present were: Misses
Gilbert, Crounse, Nash Buck, Allen, Deyor
Sargent Abel of Dakota. Kountze Lindsey
Sloan, Pinney of Council Bluffs Hoagland
Crawford, Morse and Florence Morse; and
MeSsrs. CopCtzer, Young, Morsman, Pratt
Shiyerick, Colt, j. Il. George, Wilson, PIN
ney William 5. Rogers John Patrick, Floyd
Smith. Berlin, Wing Allen, Emplie. Lind
Sey, Cooley, Hoagand Palmer and Gown.
Monday Night Club.
The second of the Monday Night club par
ties which occurred at the Millard hotel
last Wednesday night, was even more sue
cessful. If that were possible than the
first OF the series. Some sixty couples were
present, and as before. dancing was not con
tlnued after II o'clock, The reception com
mittee consisted of Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Ali
son, Mrs. Love. Mrs. Rodick and Mrs
Hitchcock, Among those seen ON the floor
were Messrs and Mesdames c. Il. Smith.
Kirkendall, w. f.. Allen. Clifford Smith,
MelIlc, Charlton. Hull, Burkey Wheeler
Peck Mercer, Carter, Arthur c. Smith
Bradford Lent, Hitchcock, Forbes, w A.
Redlck, c, b. SQuires. Funk and Love;
Mrs, Vail, Mrs Colpetzer, Mrs. Marshall of
Lincoln Misses Curtis, Roal of Chicago
Alexander klssam Turkey, Lindsey, Crounse
Hunting Of Boston Moore. Montgomery NIL
lard, Dickinson. Peck Cady. Allen. Palmer.
Sloan Taylor Squires Rolfe anu Wilson of
Nebraska city, Buck Bartlett Kountze,
Pinney, Mount Bennett. Cook H-agland.
Florence Morse, Crawford OF Chicago.
Creighton and sharp; and Messrs. Clements
Chase, Hamilton and Lewis of Fort Crook.
Heth, c. c, Rosewater Young, Crary. Hall.
w. FarnUm Smith Colpet2or, Morsman.
Cooley, Perry, Tarleton, W. II. Wheeler.
George, Berlin, Redck Shiyerck Fonda,
Swobc, Gilbert, Mallalieu. Love, Dixon,
Creigh Palmer wilkins Robert Patrick