Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-13

Many Functions of More or Less Inn
portancc In the city,

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Omaha were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
L. H. Mcrrom last week
Miss Neiman Of Schuyler who visited
with MIR. and Mrs Charles Campbell during
the early part of the week. returned to her
| home Wednesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. George Keeline and family
left on Monday for Jacksonville, Fla, where
they will spend the winter
Mr.. and Mrs. William Robinson have
| gone to Florida for the winter. They will
| spend most of their time in Maitland, a very
| popular winter resort there.
Judge and Mrs. Reed have returned from
! Arizona where they have been travelling
| for some time.
! Miss Eleanor Montgomery is in st. Louis.
where she will visit for some time
Miss Jannette Guitar of Columbia Mo-, is
the guest OF Mrs. Horace Everett.
| The Woman's Musical club will hold its
| next meeting with Miss Grace Beebe, on
| Glen avenue
The Women's Musical club was well repre-
! sented at the piano recital given by
| Golowsky in Omaha Tuesday evening, an in
| vitation having been extended the members
| of the musical club of this city to attend
! the reception given the celebrated artist
by the Woman's club of Omaha. In the
| afternoon quite number availed themselves
oL the opportunity OF more closely viewing
the noted pianist.
! Mr. and Mrs C. L. Hesse entertained a
| party OF young people Monday evening in
| honor Of their nephew, Herbert Burnham
the occasion being the celebration of his
| birthday.
Miss Montgomery entertained number of
| friends in a delightful manner at dinner
on Tuesday evening. Covers were laid for
Twelve, Those present were: The Misses
| Key, Dodge Barnard, Guitar Montgomery;
Messrs Mayne, Wright, Dawson, Woodbury.,
| Everett, Metcalf and Dodge
on Friday evening the first dancing party
! OF the season was given at Royal Arcanum
| nall by the dancing club. 1t was certainly
credit to the members in every respect
Ihe iloor in good condition with an excellent
orchestra left nothing to be desired
lhose present were: Misses Bowman,
Moore, Bennett, Reed, Troutman, Gavin,
| Dodge, Smith. Pinney, Guitar, Key Vincent,
Wickham, Wells, Martin, Heating Baldwin,
Lutz, Barnard, Gleason Tulleys, Baker,
tarnsworth Sadie Farnsworth Snyder Pat
terson and Morse, Alexander and Kisson of
Omaha
| Messrs. Bowman, Empkie, Cooley. Omaha
| Squires. Hattenhauer SHEPPARD Douglass
| Wright BiXby, Empkie, Dodge Mayne Pat
terson, Haas, Jones, Griffith Fenlon. Wells.
| Mcdowell, Hays, Gleason, Crockwell Daw-
| son. O'Keefe, Woodbury., Blaine, Mueller.
| Wickham, Butler. Pratt. Hess E. A. Wick
| ham, Farnsworth, McCheney, Van Brunt:
| Messrs. and Mesdames Zurmuehlen Shep-
hard, Troutman. Brinsmaid, Casady, John
Davis, F. Davis, Burkley, Omaha; Wright,
| Mesdames Vincent, Atchson.
Miss MAZE Waite entertained the " C. B.
c. b." club Wednesday evening at her home
! on Seventh street with an extremely novel
charadc the name being "Incompatiblity."
! Those present were: The Misses Albright
| Wickham, Beesly, Holenbeck, Trautman,
| Hill, Thomas Davenport Waite; Messrs
Mcdonald, Pardey, Edwards, Fields, H.
Pardey, Waite Pnney.
Miss Bullard entertained informally at
| luncheon NJ
| on Wednesday.
The first card party of the season was
| given by Mr.. and Mrs. E. II. Merriam at
| their home on Third avenue Wednesday even
| ing in honor of the Misses Kissom and Alex
| ander Of Omaha. The house was prettiy
decorated with flowers and fairy lamps The
| prizes, which were very pretty, were carried
off by Mrs A. w. Cassidy and DR.. II. A.
Woodbury.. There were twelve tables Those
present were:
| Messrs. Dawson, Wright, Mayne, Metcalf,
Woodbury., Empkie, Josslyn, OKeefe, Haas
and Douglass; Mes2rs and Mesdames Pat
! terson, Casady, Macrae Wright Hart, Ben
| der, Brnsmaid, Powell of Omaha, Howells
and Merriam; Misses Vincent, Key, Moore,
| Farnsworth, Sadie Farnsworth, Brown
| Rhyan. Ross, Anna Ross, Bullard Guitar,
Montgomery, Dodge and Able, Kssom, Alex
ander of Omaha.
Mrs. DR.. Janney is confined to her home
, with severe attack of la grippe
Miss Able of Omaha visited with friends
| here last week.
! Mrs. Judge Powell and niece &C Omaha
| were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. L. III. Mer.
| riam last week.
| Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haas are at home to
! friends at the Grand.
| The society circus at the Coliseum In
| Omaha Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
| OF last week was well attended by admirers
of the sawdust ring from this side Tuesday
evening. Council Bluffs was especially well
| represented
very unique affair in the shape of
stag dinner was given by Fred Murphy Sat
! urday evening. The time was spent merrily
in felsting and all went well until they We're
broken in u.cn by a number Of their girl
friends. who did no: propose to be sighted
in this manner. The boys took it good
naturedly and invited them to participate in
the feast, which they did with hearty good
Will In the party were Mesors. Fields. Ed
wards, Pardey, H. Pardey, Beardsly, Melon
aid, Murphy, Folsom, Pinney; Misses Trout
man, Hill, Waite, Wickham, Thomas AL
bright, Davenport.
One of the pleasant events of the week
was the revival of the Up-to-Date Whist
club at the residence of DR.. and Mrs. Bar
stow Wednesday evening. The club was or
ganized last winter, and was one of the most
successful and enjoyable clubs in the city.
The meetings are held once week at the
homes of the members, and the Mitchell
system of progressive duplicate is played.
The club has no officers, no rules and no dues.
The high score was made Wednesday even
ing by Mrs Shepard and Mr. Wickham,
north and south; Mrs. Shea and Mr. Loomis,
east and west. Among the members are
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Loom.s DR.. and Mrs.
Barstcw, Mr. and Mrs. /. NJ Treynor, Mr..
and Mrs. o. p. Wickham, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
C. Cary, Mr.. and Mrs j. ]. Shea. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace Shepard, Mr.. and Mrs C. r.
Hannah, Mr.. and Mrs H. V. Burkley,
Omaha; Mrs. Key. Mrs. Albright and Mrs.
McCune. The club will meet with Mr.. and
Mrs. Wickham Tuesday evening.
The Mems club OF ST. Paul's church met
at the house OF l. NJ. Treynor Wednesday
night An interesting program was rem
dered. ID. c. Blodmen gave a history OF the
meetings CT the laymen OF st. Paul's parish
Colonel Daley also made a short address
Music was furnished by the clubs quartet,
!. NJ. Treynor, C, b. Aitcheson, VIII Rig
don and j. II. Simm9 Mr.. Aitcheson sang a
solo. Refreshments were served. Those pres
ent were: Rev. l.. p. Mcdonald, Messrs. ID.
C. Bloomer Medard Duquette, NJ Treynor.
c. B. Aitcheson ID. B.. Daley, j. C. De |
Haven. II. A. Cox, Rev. Mr. Bensted, J. II. |
Simms, Ed Lanzendorfer, w. J. jameson, |
Jacob Eckles, NJ. f. Rohrer, II. Daley, Frank
Everest. Will Rigdon.
The Council Bluffs High school foot ball |
team viii give its annual hop at Chambers
hall Friday evening
Misses sylvia and Grace Messmore have |
left to visit relatives at Boone, Madrid and |