Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-03


"oh. pshawl" murmured young matron
whose gown cost more than many a clerk
Is paid in year, that's Just as bad as
having II 60 to Mrs Kountze What can
that little girl do with a belt buokleg''
Some OF the women who tried their skin
in this game were: Miss Kirkendall. Miss
Mary Lee Mcshane, Miss Bessie Brady,
Mrs. Edward westbrooke, Miss Elizabeth
Congdon, Miss Thomas, Mrs. Samuel Burns
ir.. Miss warfield. Miss Natalie Merriam,
Miss Mary Morgan. Miss Montgomery, Miss
Helen Davis, Mrs. j. 2. Butler, Miss Doane,
Miss Dewey, Miss Faith Potter. Mrs f. A.
Nash, Miss Ruth Hammer. Miss Laura
Congdon. Mrs. Herbert Wheeler. Miss
Phoebe Smith, Miss Moorehead. Miss Hazel
Connell, Mrs. Robert Bell, Mrs Hoxie Clark
Of st. Louis, Mrs Floyd Smith, Mrs. VIII
Redick. Miss Anne Browne OF Tennessee.
Mrs. D. NJ. Vinsonhaler Mrs. Harry Cum
ings, Mrs. w. d. Bancker, Mrs, Eva wal
lace and Mrs. Ella sauires.
Cnddies in n Race.
To give society a chance to rest after
these exhausting psstimes a sack race for
caddies was pulled on. Twenty-Five lads
entered. The race was a good one because
so many of them had accidents and fell
down Fred Larson, the smallest chap In
the lot, won out and pocketed the prize
Of S.
Still further to afford the gymkhanaites
an opportunity to recover the vital energy
lost in the four events held a brief inter-
mission was taken. It was not long, how
ever, before FIVE young men declared them
selves In fit trim to stand behind a cam
vas wall and be sunfiower babies while the
women tried to hit them in the face with
rubber balls. Each man put his face
through a giant sunfiower with the seeds
knocked out and made a monologue actor
out Of himself so as to disconcert the
marksmen. These promising Ezra Ken
dals were Mr.. Guiou, Mr.. Wilson Lowe,
Mr.. w. d. Bancker, Mr. Samuel Burns, jr.
and Mr. Ed Swobe They looked very
comiCal In the sunfiower frames and said
many warranted funny things. This show
was in charge Of Miss Belle Dewey and
Miss Daisy Doane and was a glittering
success.
shot from sunny Tennessee.
The babies seemed to be justified in not
feeling scared until Miss Anne Browne OF
Tennessee was seen approaching through
the throng. Miss Browne can be seen quite
ways Her first ball was shot towards
the babies in a style that would make
Jack Pfeister sit up and ask who did Il
The missile cut nick In one of the
! frames, hit the club house wall bounded
In the air and they are still searching fol
It. The five martyrs dropped on their
knees, but after a conference with two
walters, returned to face Miss Brown
somewhat fortified in courage but nc
longer saying funny things. There is nc
telling what might have happened II Mr.
Bancker had not made a droll face and
caused Miss Browne to laugh as she threw
the next ball. As a result the force of the
blow was shattered and Mr.. Guiou wa.
but slightly injured. The third shot wen
| wild. Later Mrs. A. L. Reed Mrs Her
bert Wheeler and Miss Hazel Connell eact
| hit man and tied for the prize
silver Irvine ball. The girl from Ten
nessee was disheartened by her victim ;,
wounded upper lip and Miss Connell wal
an easy winner.
Real GdIf Was Played.
| The Bally-ho Foursome was the fun
NEST event Of the day Clubs were uset
instead of golf sticks and tennis bali
knocked over the green's. The competin,
| couples were Bob Burns in full Highland
costume of kits and Ross Towle in tn,
most elegant green robe and black hal
seen on the grounds, and John Redick as ,
vaudeville. German comedian and GeorR,
| Pritchett as a ballet LADY in full lack O
regalia. His wig was particularly hideous
The Burns-Towle couple won the mattel
| and jewel case apiece The p,ayer
were escorted over the course by the bant
and few hundred jeering spectators.
With a silver knife as trophy a numbe
OF nice appearing boys did a domino rae
for the benefit Of mankind. Each carryinl
suit case ran rapidly for the neares
bunker, behind which he opened the case
extracted a pink domino and a tiny para
sol and chased back home as soon as DOS
sibie, still hauling the suit case. Harr
Montgomery won. His competitors in
cluded Ben Gallagher, Richard Baum. JAG,
Baum, Willard Butler, Elmer Redick an
d. e. Chantler.
Automobile fitting.
Mr.. Guiou and Mrs. Westbrooke car
tured the automobile fitting contest afte
1t looked as though Dick KimbaII and Mis-
kimball were sure winners. There wer
six rings to be speared by the women, tn
men driving the machines. Both spec
and the number Of rings captured counte
In the score. Mr.. Kimball Travelled Il,
swiftest, but Mr.. Guiou was the more praC
ticed hand, and had a consort who owne
as cool nerve and as good an eye as an
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five out of the six rings and knocked III
other down. Miss Kimball landed only tw
rings. Others in the contest were: M
Bancker and Mrs Cumingsl Mr. Cumins
and Miss Cummings, Hugh McWhorter an
Miss Adele McHugh, Mr.. MCGEE and Mr.
VIII Burns. The prizes were a gol
trimmed cigar case and silver paple
poudre case.
Then came the cotllion march on III
green with nearly every couple present
it. The ribbons dissi9ated would hay
wrapped Sss sSS, 800 boxes of candy, It
estimated. The event was a great success
This closed the gymkhana., Dinner Il
Z an unprecedented number of diners 10
lowed and dancing came later in the ever
| inE.
The judges of events were: Mrs. He
; man Kountze, Mrs. Ella squlres and NJ
: John s. Brady. Mr.. Brady made a lit
speech in presenting the prizes, which We
the incest ever conferred at a CountI
club gymkhana.
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