Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-28

Those members Of society who have COM
planned that the past week has been a dull
one for the holiday season will doubtless
have reason to be thankful that 1t has
been so before the close Of this week, for
there is enough gayety planned for the
next few days to tax the endurance of peo-
pie who have kept more regular hours than
society has OF late. Before the close OF
the week young and old, great and small,
will have had an inning, for there are
dances and dinner parties, receptions and
luncheons, teas and theater parties and
almost every other sort of gathering both
formal and informal, that promise to keep
society very much occupied The weeks
calendar, so far as it has been announced,
includes in part Monday evening-Mr. and
Mrs. Kirkendalrs dancing party for their
daughter, Miss Ada Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.
Cudahy's dancing party for their daughter,
Miss Jeanne, and Mr.. Edward Cudahy; the
meeting Of the Thistle club at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Hitchcock; a reunion Of
the Omaha High School class Of '99 at the
home Of Miss Blanche Rosewater; Miss
Paulene Schencks card party at Summit
place the Library party, at the Metropoli-
tan club, given by the members OF the Home
Queens circle; Miss Elma Rothschild's tea
in the afternoon for her guest, Miss Hirsch
OF Des Moines; Mrs. Francis Brogans en-
tertainment also in the afternoon, of the
French club, and the dancing party given
by the Omaha Guards in the evening. On
Tuesday evening a whole list of dinner
parties, to be followed by a dance at the
Metropolitan club, are summed up as dim
ner dance; at the Normandie that evening
a party of young people Of the Hanscom
park neighborhood will enjoy a dancing
party given in honor Of some of the girls
who are at home from school; the Omaha
High school class Of 1900 will hold its an
nual reunion at the home Of Mr.. Arthur
Smith, at 624 Park avenue. and Mrs. Ma
than Merriam will give a luncheon at
o'clock for her daughter, Miss Nathalie. On
Wednesday evening the dancing party to be
given by Mr.. Frank Brown at his home on
South Twenty-sixth avenue will be one OF
the weeks features, for though it has not
been so announced, it is in reality the in
PRODUCTION OF his daughter Miss Ella Mae
Brown, one OF the several charming girls
who finished" last spring and is now ready
10 enter society; from 3 until o'clock Mrs
Alex Buchanan will give a tea at her home
on Georgia avenue; the annual New Years
ball of the Metropolitan club in the even
ing; a dancing party given by the Elks and
another by the Thurston Rihes-not to
speak Of all the watch parties-will occupy
the evening OF course, Thursday is to be
the day Of days, and of all the things
planned the informal reception to be held
at the home OF Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wake
neld, at Twenty and Farnam streets,
by the young women who have been intro
duced this season, takes precedence; cut
on Park avenue at the home OF Mrs f. r.
Mcconnell another bevy OF young women
will keep open house, and from $3.50 to IL
in the evening Miss Margaret Preston and
Miss Mildred Lomax will receive at the
home OF the latter on Farnam street; the
High School Cadet ex-offcer's hop is one Of
the features OF the evening, and in the
afternoon Mrs. Herman Kountze will give
n tea. The reception to be given from s
until O'Clock by the Young Women's
Christian Association is to be something
more than the usual public reception and
the receiving and assisting party includes
a score or more OF the women who make
things popular and whose presence insures
the social success OF any AFFAIR. And then
there are the other public receptions, of
which everybody already knows. Fortu-
nately for society, Friday will be quiet
by comprehension the second OF the series
of cotillions, which is to be given at the
Metropolitan club in the evening" is the
largest AFFAIR though the luncheon to be
given that day by Mrs. Charles Offutt and
Mrs. c. e. Yost is to be a very smart af-
fair. Unity club will meet in the evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Lininger, and
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur will entertain
the Hanscom Park Card club. On Saturday
eve"ing the Dramatic club will give its
first production. my Lord in Livery" at
the home OF Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hitchcock,
and in the afternoon Mrs. A. L. Welsh and