Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-21

! ono Of the conspicuous events was The at
! home given Friday evening by Mrs W. b.
Meiklc and Mis- HiREinson in honor Of
! their charming guest. Miss Eldridgc Il
/ New York, and Thursday evening Miss
/ Webster introduced her guest Miss Peck
} Of Chicago, al delightful bridge party.
Mrs. +. II. Morsm8n also gave a hand
/ somely appointed luncheon Friday in COM
! piiment TO Mrs. Rybun. who is the guest
of her sister Mrs. Tyler. in Council Bluffs;
| and there were several small functions.
which proved very pleasant
The opening Of the new street car line
between Omaha and Fort Crook means
much TO the society of both places and will
establish new relations between the resi-
dents Of that pretty post and the social
world Of Omaha Heretofore the train
service has been such that in order to at
tend any functions in Omaha. it was neces-
sary to come up in the afternoon and leave
early in the evening. or else spend the
/ night In the city The people Of Omahq
for this reason have never maintained more
than casual acquaintance with the off,
] GERS of the post and their families and
consequently the social life Of Omaha has
| lost much. for there are no more delightful
D
presence of the army set at social affairs
gives a brillancy. which is the delight Of
every hostess. The establishing of the car
service will possibly prove an aid to Dan
cupid also for there are many young Off
GERS at the fort who have been waiting
anXiously for the promised cars. and now
| that they can 20 back and forth with case
/ theN VIII undoubtedly figure prominently
IN the doings Of the younger set In fact.
one of ule most popular officers Of the post
announced last week that ne Intended to
have q sweetheart in Omaha as soon as
the cars began running
The formal closing Of the Country club
Saturday evening brought ont the largest
number Of members that has been present
for several weeks. III evening proved
very enjoyable, although there was a tinee
or regret and sadness N the gaietv. for the
country club affairs have an informal air
and enjoyment that "a lacking in the enter
tainments Of the winter one Of the NOR
REST dinner parties was that OF he two
golf teams captainad bv Mr. f. r.
sprague and MI. f. II. Gaines. the losing
team dining the winners. one of the
largest dinners was that of NJ. AID Ms
William Sears Poppletop, who entertained
IN honor of Miss Mary Peck os ChicaEo.
the guest of Miss Webster Covers were
laId for Miss Peck, Miss Webster. Miss
Marie Mohler. Mrs. Leroy Taylor of New
York, Mr.. f. w. Dixon. MI. Stockton Hetb.
Or. Bridges, Mr.. Earl Gahnatt. Mr. and
Mrs. w. O. Gilbert, Mr.. and Mrs Charles
I. kountze and Mr.. and Mrs. Poppleton.
captain Doane and Miss Daisy Doane en-
tcrtained at dinner Of eleven covers, their
guests being Mr.. and Mrs. g. w. Hull. Mr.
and Mrs II. L. Cummings Mr.. md Mrs
w. +. Martin, Major and Mrs Arrasmith
and Mr.. f. a. Brogan.
one of the dinner parties Of the evening
was composed Of Mr.. ami Mrs T. s West
brook, Mrs. Ella c. Nash. Miss Nvessails
Mr.. e. A. Cope, Mr. Jerome Magee and Mr.
and Mrs Ben Cotton
with Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Sprague were
Mrs. Isaac Coles. Mrs A. j.. Reed and
Mrs. Kirk of Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Davis had at their
table Mrs. Millspaugh of Topeka Kar.:
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Brady and Mr.. and Mrs
waiter Taylor Page. Mr. and Mrs w II
Burns gave dinner of twelve Corers
and Mr.. j. F. Baum and Mr. Walter Rob
erts each had eight guests. others enter
tanning were: Mr.. and Mrs. {. c. George
who had six guests Mr.. and Mrs C. II
Guiou, six; Mr. T.. r. IIamilton four, Mr..
and Mrs w. a. Redick, three MIR. and
Mrs G. h. Keller four; Mr. and Mrs II. A.
Fry, four; Judge and MIS-. Vinsonhaler.
four; Mr.. Tom McSh9ne six and Colonel
and Mrs. Pratt four