Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23

| NeleCtiOnS. Those present were; MI and
! Mrs. Woolworth. Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon Mr..
and Mira Abbot. Mr.. and Mrs Charles A.
| C0e. MIR. and Mrs H. Matthes. Mr. and
| Mrs Ed Sterrlcker. Miss Eith Kuhne
Miss Ella O'Brien, Mr. Galbraith. Mrs. Dunn
Mrs Dubois Mrs. Nichols and Master Earl
Sterrlcker.
The Rifles Leap Year Dance.
One OF the functions Of the season and
one which enivened the last few days of the
social world previous to the dawn OF lent,
was the swell leap year dancing party ten
derei to the Thurston Rifles by their young
| female friends last Monday evening. The
| home of the company presented an inviting
appearance. The fragrance of cut flowers
was evidenced everywhere. while the COM
pany colors. red, blue and old gold were
| equally conspicuous and were worn by many
! of the women.
The ball room seemed as radiant as noon
day. The chandeliers we're decorated with
| wreaths of smilax, while on the piano were
| garlands OF carnations and clusters OF la
| France roses. The floor was in excellent
| condition and the music was all that could
| be desired. prelude to the party was a
short informal reception. and the guardsmen
and their fellow friends were given this op-
| portunity to acquaint themselves with the
| circumstances in which they were placed.
| The grand march, to the strains OF
| Sous,'s rifle Regiment March," in which
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| magnificent scene This somewhat unique
| pagcnt was led by Lieutenant Stockham and
| Mis-, Schmidt who introduced several pretty
| and fancy figures The festivities of the
| evening being thus inaugurated, the GUS
toms of leap year parties were well followed,
the gentlemen not being allowed to leave
their seats without being attended by lady
| escort
| The men conducted themselves much bet
| ter than was at first expected, although 1t
h,,y tn t,it utth and snn
woman brush by couple of times be-
| fore she could locate her partner for the
dance. But before the evening was half gone
| the mists of embarrassment had been dis
PEELED and the boys had assumed modest,
yet somewhat cheerful air and did the
best they knew how, while their fair friends
were much more at home in their new dig
nifty. A feature Of their hospitality was the
invisibility of wall flowers while they spared
no efforts In seeing that their partners were
well served with the delicious punch and
light refreshments that were had in the
cafe Their kindness in permitting gentle
mans choice twice on the program was
| greatly appreciated, and the boys lost none
Of their freedom with the "Belles OF
Liberty" while on another occasion their
evenings enjoyment was again frightened
by the Sunshine of Paradise Alley" Other
than theae two dances the program and the
fcrmality of the evening were not varied.
Six charming and popular young lady friends
Of the company, Miss Schmidt, Pegau, Hazel
Schmidt Becher, Tompsett and Mrs. VIII
Fisher, robed in rich attire, composed the
committee to whom is due much honor and
credit for their successful efforts.
Mrs. Carriers Reception.
very pretty gaslght reception was given
Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Richard Car
rier The drawing room was decorated with
large punches of carnations, red roses and
smilaX Mrs Carrier with her mother, Mrs.
William Lehmer received her guests. Mrs.
Carrier wore gown or pink and white
Dresden silk. with duchess lace and dia-
monds Mrs. Lehmer wore a rich silk dress.
In the library raspberry ice was served
by Mrs. Cartan, who wore blue shadow
waist, trimmed with American beauties. and
black satin skirt; Miss Millard. who wore
white brocaded satin Louis Quinze coat
and white satin skirt.
In the dining room which trimmed
in pink. the table was very pretty with
large cut glass vase filed with la France
roses as a centevpiece and candelabra.
Here Mrs. Baum in fellow and white
striped satin served tea. and Mrs. Baldridge
in black brocaded satin, with light blue
chiffon fancy waist, served chocolate.
Others assisting were Mrs. j. N. H. Patrick
in black satin brocaded in pink flowers. Mrs.
w V. Morse wore a gown of pale green
b-ocaded satin trimmed in pink brocaded
satin and point lace; Miss Morse a white
satin and embroidered mousseline de sole;
Miss Allen corn -colored Dresden silk
trimmed in lace and ribbons; Miss Crounse
dotted tulle bodice over heliotrope silk
with dark skirt: Mrs. Charles Offutt an
crgande over blue silk; Miss Lehmer be-
coming gown of white organde over pink
silk trimmed with white carnaions MISS
Margaret Lehmer yellow organdie over yell
low silk.
The reception hours were from tc; and
in the evening from 8 until IL o'clock.
Musical and Literary Entertainments.
The guests of the Hotel Drexel gave COM
plimentary musical and literary entertain
ment to their friends on Friday evening.
About eighty persons were present and
very pleasant time was had. On account
of the length of the program but one encore
could be granted in order to give all an
opportunity to be heard. The following was
the program:
overture-NIartha ..;;.o:;;.'.'''' ;o,,; 9ii'h
Fancy dance-caucpchan ai;.;:i;;:'.''.''.'' n,,ac.;x
Recitations"A Tale Of Old Florennce,.,".
Mrs, +; T.; sutherland
so"g-F0r Mr A. r. E'fE"!3yi e. Sutherland
9Ha5te5PraWS9" Mnsssmei ~ Fl E'ies Green F. 4 Green,
MeSoa'''e'i Drexcl mcl and id Heffeinnger.,
Pianos Kaneniaoi ostrow 'RrhlnsteiI mnSsra
sons-Mersy MSrqrfa Roam Mrs W. H 'iSTeen Green
soag and Dance-KissIing Meath ,,in,,ov the
Stars ..................MrS. X. -. 11ui'iey
Imitations-The Captains Speech
Mr.. O'Bren.
Song-Henrietta Have You Met Her
Mrs +. A. Green.
Piano Duet-Mozarts oxen Waltz z.,......
Master and Miss Phoenix.
Readngs-Address to Mummy. ...:...
Horace Smith ,.........Mrs. II M. Plumb
Song MISS GlDson
Piano-5th Nocturne. miss iiarte
Song-I.et All Obey...........;;..'Mr. Gibson
Auto Harp-Selcctions.. .Mr. A. fanoW
A Musical Surprise.
musical was given at the home OF Mrs.
Lininger last Thursday afternoon as sur
prise for Mrs. Haller, to celebrate her BIRTH
day. She had been invited out to lunch and
on her return found the spacious rooms In
possession of her friends. The musical pro-
gram was a very delightful one and thor
oughly enjoyed by those present.
The Euterpean club. composed OF the
Misses Chamberlain of Council Bluffs, Misses
Emma and May Balbach. Darlene Coe, Misses
Allen and Mrs. Mahoney, played several
beautiful selections. Two of the prettiest
were "An Dich" and "Le Coucher du Soleil."
Miss Allen whisted "The Mocking Bird
very cleverly.
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