Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

The Social Calendar.
MoNDAY-Military ball at the Rome hotel
for General and Mrs. Charles Morton
ter; Monday Bridge club meeting at the
home OF Mrs. A. @. Beeson; Mr.. and
Mrs c. w, Hnli, dinner; household eco
club, tea for Mrs. Margaret J. Blair and
Mrs Nenie Kedzie Jones.
Omaha Woman club mas,pak at the
home Of Mrs. Thomas Brown for visiting
women speakers at the Corn exposition;
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Remington, dinner
for mfr and Mrs. w. A.. Paxton; Mrs.
Harry May, bridge party; Mrs. Edward
clay, Quinto club,
WEDNESDAY 49, Mid-week Bridge club
meeting at the home OF Mrs. T. l.. Davis;
hndheon at Hanson's for President
Schtrman Of Cornell university by local
Cornell alumni; Mrs. Horace Everett
Bluffs, tea for Mrs. Tofrey Everett; pf.
and Mrs. John Pulver, "wednesday Night
Bridge club Mrs. j.. p. Redman X. X X.
club, luncheon at the H~enshaw; Miss
Alice Switzler, New Remington club;
Mrs Charles stevens, Alternate Card
club; visiting nurse meeting; ID. A. "A.
dancing party,
THURsDAY-Mrs. Samuel Burns and Mrs,
Charles ountze afternoon tea for Mrs.
Easfman; Miss Ethel Turkey and Mrs.
LYDIA Morrison, 0 O'clock coffee; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. King, National Whist club; Mrs.
y. f.. Martt matinee party Tor Gums
FRIDAY - Current topics department,
Omaha Woman's club, luncheon at Han
sons for Mrs. W! j. Bryan Mrs. George
Sheldon and, Mrs. A. c. s~hallenberger,
and the visiting women speakers OF the
Corn exposition, Junior Bridge club meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Louis Clarkei
Mrs ID, T. McGrath, II. g. l.. club.
sATuRDAY-Mrs. Edward johnson, lat
home" for Mrs. Nellie Kedzie Jones OF
Kalamazoo, Mich.
society is making elaborate preparations
for the military ball, which will be given
Monday night at the Rome by the officers
of Fort Omaha, Fort Crook and the gen.
erai staff at the headquarters of the De
. partment of the Missouri. Because Of the
distance of the forts from the Rome many
of the military people are arranging din
ner parties in Omaha preceding the ball,
and many Omaha hosts and hostesses are
planning to entertain some of the army
folks at dinner before the ball. Many OF
the army people Will also remain in town
all night. 1t has been many years since
Omaha has had a real military bah, and
the Invitations TO this social function have
been eagerly awaited by many OF the local
society people.
The ball VIII be an imposing spectacle
and the sigh viii be beautiful and one
long TO be remembered by those included
in the invitation list. The Sixteenth in
fantrk has been stationed at Fort Crook
for oyer a year and the officers have made
many friends in Omaha.
The in charge OF the ball con-
sists of Lieutenant w. N. Haskell. Lieu
tenant Troupe Miller. Captain Eldred War
field. Lieutenant Miehaelis and Lieutenant
Leasure.t
In the receiving line will be General and
Mrs. Charles Morton, General and Mrs
~ II - E-l-.Al a,l AHw- G,r
MENUS Gardener'pf Fort Crook and Colonel
and Mrs, William Blasford OF Fort Omaha
Among the out-of-town guests will be
Lieutenant w. b. Carter. aide to Genera
Carter, and Mrs. Carter. Lieutenant Carter
who is aide to his father, and Lieutenant
Albert Gilmore will move to Omaha wher
General Carter comes to succeed Genera
Morton, December Is.
Saturday afternoon over $50 acceptanceF
had been received by Lieutenant Miller, ane
probably a large number more will be re-
ceived before Monday evening.
Several social affairs which had beer
planned for some of the out-of-town guests
for Monday have been postponed. and the
military ball will take precedence over al
other affairs of the day, bridge parties and
luncheons being shelved for the time be-
Ing.
Several Omaha hostesses expressed them
selves recently upon their ideas of the
thoughtlessness Of some of the society
women who do not take the time to answer
their invitations. ones hostess said thai
she always remembered the ones who came
late and disc the ones who neglected Il
answer and these names were taken OF
her list. Another hostess who is plan
ming to entertain In the near future SAID
she would like to see her friends list with
the names crossed off that she, too, Nigh
omit them. SO It seems there is to b,
a tabooed list, At a recent l o'clock lunch.
con. the hostess was obliged to telephone
two guests at II o'clock on the day o.
the party TO ask them IL they were golnl
10 accept her invitation, Ingenious one
are trying 10 suggest a remedy. One tina
sound quite feasible is to have notes o
acceptance and notes of regrets engraved
so that 1t would only be necessary to ad
dress them. To- the general excuse is 'thel
haven't hed time.
saturday was Governors Day" at thu
corn show and the courtesies committee