Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

"rhe lights are on, the music hushed,'
and another carnival and Ak-Sar- Ben ball
and the company incidental thereto have
passed and the fashonables are taking a
long breath today preparatory to the horse
show.
last week was Just about as full as it
could well have been. Not that there was
such crush Of entertainment but there
was no end OF things to do, and every body
had company besides There were we'd
dihgs the first OF the week. the carnival all
week, and the parades and the ball as a
lhale, not to speak of the lesser things,
and between them ali society has not had
a full breath, not full nights rest until
yesterday, and since then 1t has done little
else but rest.
This week there is just one event on the
caiendar--the horse show. OF course there
will be dinners and luncheons and all that
sort OF thing. but they will be purely Incl
dental.
The opening Monday evening promises to
surpass everything else of the year. All
OF the sixty odd boxes have been sold and
will be occupied for the season. Some mag
nihcent costumes will be worn this year,
and not less than a dozen prominent women
have brought back with them trousseaus
that surpass anything they have previously
worn. There will be score or more Of
attractive visiting girls and women in town
for the week, and they will be entertained
all along the line Of boxes
1t ls becoming evident that Dan Cupid
has been buster little fellow than most
people suspected all summer and his arch
cry has not been as much at random as
people imagined in spite of the seeming
airnlessness of his darts There has scarcely
been the usual number of suspects among
the fashionable set this fall and though
there have been weddings galore they have
been the elimination Of last seasons af-
fairs rather than anything new But last
week brought two announcements that are
quite as important as society could wish,
and the knowing ones say that there is
another due before long The busybodies
have for a long time been advising the
rest Of us to keep an eye on the debutante
set Of two years ago as the most promising
group in society and they still offer the
same advice, notwithstanding the two an
nouncements of the last week
Evelyn Dear--If they would just let us
women manage it once--of course, / mean
the ball. You really should have been here,
dear. You missed something-but one al
ways does, whether one attends or not,
and one Is sure to regret 1t either way.
They may say what they like about wom-
ems lack Of business ability, but when 1t
comes to managing balls and things most
any OF us might improve upon this big
annual OF ours, although Ak-Sar-Sen xl
ana his queen were spared a little of the
chagrln that their predecessors have been
IA a. knt0
The fact is, Evelyn, that the ball itself
was rather an improvement. To begin
with the dressing room arrangement, that
crush that has tempted the most loyal
OF omaha's daughters to shirk their duty,
was admirable. In fact for the first time
in the history of the whole enterprise II
was possible to get into one of those rooms
and get out again with any assurance that
ones clothes were still intact. There were
special rooms for the maids and the women
of the court, and there was the big south
room that relieved OF these, was ample
for other women. It's odd, isn't It, how
much depends upon getting started right
The whole evening went smoothly after
that, and we really didn't mind waiting
half hour or so to be admitted to the
refreshment room.
But the preliminary to the ball was
WAchOhNulg mdhaBSht Evelyn ANObOAy
knew anything, and the narrowing expert
enees OF last year had to be AL gone over
again. The invitations to the women OF
the court we're not sent out until the
eleventh hour, and those who served from
out OF town got here almost as soon as
their acceptances could. Talk about ''all
Quivera"-it sounds well, but the ball COM
mittee could scarcely have devised more
effectual system Of limiting the out OF
town representation at court among the
women than their tardy invitations. You
know. dear. what It means to get up a ball
gown. The planning Of 1t takes time
enough. even If 1t did not have TO be
made, but imagine appearing at court on
weeks notice. and from a small town
where things can't be gotten ready-made,
either. Really, think that the whole thing
needs a Board Of Lady Managers.
AS for the rest OF it-well, my head is
too added to go into details. but it's not
all bad to look back upon. and I'll tell it to
you another time, Your devoted
KATHRYN,
R01kaI Chft-Ghat