Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-04


MONDAY-Qui Vive Dancing club party
TUESDAY-Miss Schencks matinee party;
Miss Ida Edmiston entertains the Thim-
bic club.
WEDNESDAY 49, Orcutt-Kelinc wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Buchanan card party
in the evening and Mrs Buchanan caro-
party in the afternoon; Mrs. Fred Metz,
"a rds; Mrs. Ray WEIGH. a bridge party;
Mrs. w. p Durkee entertains the west
End Bridge club.
Miss Mary Lee McShane bridge lunch
con; Mrs. f. V. Lewis and Miss Lewis
coffee 49,,
FRIDAY-N l. T. Whist club meeting;
Hanscom Park club dancing party. 49,
SATIrRDAY-Cadct officers hop; Mrs W.
T. Burns buffet luncheon.
The psn-Hellenic dance the Cotillion
clubs mask party and one or two other
really exceptional affairs saved last week
from, being absolutely dull. Az a matter
Of fact 1t did not develop all that 1t
promised. and IL It had not been for the
matinee and that never falling standby,
the luncheon. the visiting girl might have
had some real reason to feel neglected.
Besides affording a most delightful even
ing to a hundred or more college men and
women, the Pan-Hellenic dance served to
awaken the college spirit pretty generally
among Omaha graduates and fraternity
members and perhaps too, to stimulate a
little more sympathetic understanding and
tolerance of the generous collection of fads
with which that over-energetc set, sent
back to school last month, INDUCED itself
and anna zed it's friends and relatives dur
ing the holidays At least one father has
come to see things little differently since
Thursday night and Friday he increased
the check mailed to a 14-year-old son in a
T.; all
ance. Il had come mighty near forgetting
something" he remarked to his wife.
The Riding club has already proven a
boon that promises to rob the Lenten sea-
son of its worst-that is, II the weather is
half way possible. At all times of the day,
but more specially the early part, one may
see some of the enthusiasts out for canter
on the boulevard, in the parks even on
the downtown streets. Omaha is coming
to have a lot of good saddle horses and
this has led to the discovery that Omaha
also has a lot of women who look i'm
mensely well on horseback-as we'll as
other places. And not few good whips
are to be found among them, too; such
accomplished ones, in fact, that the auto
fever is threatened with a backset among
the fashionable women. Considered aside
from the actual sport. almost any, woman
looks better in a chic riding habit or driv-
ing costume, handling the ribbons thar
she does hidden behind the goggles and the
rest of the outlandish gear prescribed for
women motorists. OF course, there is the
ladylike little electric buggy with it's nice
little bell, that admits of stunning cos
tunes, but II 1t is the sport that the
woman is after, that thrill that comes back
through the tight-drawn reins or with
every throb of the machine, there is simply
nothing to do but put on the goggles. tie
on ones clothes and take the wheel-ol
else hold on tight while somebody else does
AS matter of fact, one recognizes the
woman by her machine for women motor
lists look wonderfully alike Fashion has
as yet failed to evolve anything attractiv,
in the way of automobile clothes, and abou
the only thing that remains in the way Of
variety is the color of wells. But there are
some enthusiastic women motorists il
Omaha, and one forgets all about how they
look in his admiration of tho dexterity witt
which they manage their machines
A lot of people are out of town just a.
present-more than most people realize un
less they have had occasion TO check up