Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07

Pleasures Past.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Pearce entertained
Informally Saturday evening for Mrs.
Titus, guest OF Mrs. N. b. Updike.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Hunt of Florence are
entertaining today as their guests Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Calm and Mr.. Carl sobeski.
Mrs. William L. shearer gave a card
party at her home for her sister, Miss
Ruth Wiley Of Cody, Wyo. Eighteen guests
were present.
Major James h. Irwin entertained at
luncheon Saturday at the Omaha club. The
guest OF honor was Mr.. William II. Crane,
who was playing at the Boyd theater last
week.
Mrs. Chase Kennedy gave the fourth of
a series of box parties Saturday afternoon
at the Boyd to see William II. Crane in
Father and the Boys In the box were:
Mesdames, w. II. Carter, ]. C. Gown,
John G. Bourke, w. ". Carter, Chase Ken
needy.
Mrs. ]. w. Peck Of 2sl1 Dewey avenue,
entertained the Virginia club Wednesday
afternoon. a Dutch luncheon was served
and prizes were awarded to Mrs. l.. e.
Rogers and Mrs. It. ]. Davis. In two
weeks Mrs. Frank Leslie will entertain the
club.
Ex-senator Joseph II. Willard and daugh-
ter. Miss Willard. gave a dinner Saturday
evening. The guests were; DIR. and Mrs.
Edwin H.. jerks, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Car
penter. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hall, Mr..
and Mrs. George A. Joslyn, Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Bidwell. The table decorations
were daffodils, stevias and narcissus.
Captain and Mrs. George Ball had as
their guests at dinner Friday evening, when
they entertained for Miss Lucille Kitson,
Misses Mary Galbraith. Enid Valentine,
Lucille Kitsou, Genevieve Johnson; Messrs.
Captain Eldred Warfield, Lieutenant c. X.
Neulson. Lieutenant Shallenberger, Lieu
tenant Fooks, Captain and Mrs, George
Ball.
Miss Cleo Elkins entertained the Class
mates club Wednesday evening at $50
o'clock, the guest of honor being Mrs. w.
o. Edholm. The other guests were: Misses
Grace Barber, Katie Baumback, Halle Up
dixie, Hulda Nelson, Gertrude Barber and
Bell sprague. Music was the entertainment
OF the evening and refreshments were
served, the table decorations being red
shaded candles and red carnations.
The Kappa Alpha Theta sorority gave its
annual dancing party last evening ut the
Lincoln hotel in Lincoln and a number of
young women from Omaha were present.
Each sorority of the university gives one
Of these dances each year. They are always
very elaborate parties and a few men from
the different fraternitles are invited. Miss
lola Deliecker left Saturday TO attend the
dance and the other young people from
Omaha were Miss Alice Mccullough, Miss
Mary Fahs, Miss Irma Staples, Miss Grace
Rohrbough and Miss Olive Hammond.
A large and enjoyable children's party
was given Saturday afternoon by Mrs.
Fred Pearce for her little daughter, Helen,
in celebration OF her 18th birthday. A
pretty color scheme OF red and white was
used throughout the rooms. valentines
serving as favors. A feature of the after
Moons entertainment was a guess
ing contest. Each child wore something
which would represent some city, and
many clever and original ideas were
shown. Assisting Mrs, Pearce were Miss
Gretchen Williamson and Miss Helen Blish.
The children present were. little Misses:
Regina 'Connell, Margaret GetteD. Julia
Kuhn, Katherine Baum, Florence jerks,
Helen Ingwerson, Esther wilhelm. Hazel
Updike, Virginia offutt, Lillian Pearson,
Marian Coad, Alice Coad. Ruth Mccoy,
Helen Eastman. Catherine Conrad, De-
Weenta Conrad, Margretha Grimnel,
Eleanor MeGilton. Evelyn Ledwieh,
Dorothy Weller. Marian Weller, Virginia
Weller, Evelyn Entrikin, Gertrude Metz,
Alice Porterfield, Eleanor Austin. Florence
Russell. Dorothy Myers, Dorothy Black,
Airline Thompson, Pauline Adler Susanna
Jobst, Thelma selleek, Olga Metz, Wava
Graham. Isabel V~insonhaler. Irene Carter,
Marie Bloom. Margaret McClanahan, Doro-
thy Smith, zadelle Smith, Marguerite Mar
shall. Utah Renner, Blanche Welch, Mel
cedes Jensen, Lillian Head, Winifred
Brandt, Josephine Williams, Dorothy
Roades. Mildred Roades, Dorothy Guckert,
Camilla Edholm, Dorothy Judson, Cath
crime Denny, Agnes Biggar.