Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
Social Calendar.

MONDAY-Mrs. Ed r. Smith and Miss Ida
Smith. bridge party for the benefit of
the Child Saving institute; Lieutenant and
Mrs. w N. Haskell, Orpheum party; Mrs.
+. T. Swobe, informal bridge for Miss
Bennett; Mrs. 2. I. Lindsay, Informal
luncheon party; Capitol Dancing party at
Bridge club; Mrs. Herman Kountze.
luncheon for Monday Bridge Luncheon
club; Miss Jane Mcmillan theater party
Observation-Disclosures Ware. theater party
at Boyd's for Miss R~idenbaugh OF Boise
City, guest of Miss Galbraith; Fort Crook
Bowling club at the garrison; Mrs. II.
Abrahams and Mrs. J. finger. card party;
Minnehaha club, Mrs, Tough.
wEDNESDAY-Miss Mary Galbraith, aft
ernoon tea for Miss ~Ridenbaugh; Miss
Jane Mcmillan evening party for Mr.. and
Mrs. Kendall; Mrs. s. s. Caldwell, host
ess for the Amateur Musical club; Art
department Of Woman's club. kensington
at home OF Mrs: c; e Sumner; Mrs. A.
Nelson, X. X. K. club.
THURSDAY-Mrs. Rodney Bliss, kenslng-
ton for Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
Mrs. Frank Porter, card party; Mrs. o.
C.. Madison, swsstika club; Mrs. w. H.
Wigman, Bridge club.
PARLIAMENTARY hop at Fort Omaha
Junior Bridge club, Miss Congdcn.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Evening Dancing
club party at Chambers, with Hanscom
Park Dancing club as guests.
Omaha folks who ATTENDED the inaugural
ball at Washington returned with compari-
sons with our own Ak-Sar-Ben ball, which
are not at all unfavorable to our great
autumn social affair. This is what one
Omaha observer says:
THE inaugural ball is, of course, on a
much larger scale than our Ak-Sar-Ben
ball. The hall of the pension building in
which the ball is held in Washington Is
at least four times as large as that part
of our den that is devoted to the ball
What l would call the outside arrange
ments at Washington were much better
perfected than here in Omaha. Different
entrances were assigned to different classes
Of conveyances 50 that the private car.
riages came to one door. the automobile.
to another and the public and livery car
riages to another. All the principal livery,
men in Washington pooled their carriages
and issued a return ticket so that any on
snE a livery carriage on leaving the bal
room could take the first one that came vi
instead of waiting for the carriage tina
brought him. This did away with all de
lay, calling of numbers and Incident con
fusion. The check room facilities were am
pie, with plenty of attendants, so that Their,
was no congestion in the coat rooms.
On the floor, however, there was littl
UT NO Oruer, JUST u JumDieu mass OF prone
naders with nothing TO do but to gaze a
the occupants of the presidential box an
reserved galleries or stand around a SINAI
corner supposed to be allotted to dancers
One portion of the gallery was held 70
special guests and members OF the bal
committees. affording a n opportunity 70
the notables to get together. There was n
other prepared feature of the ball, excep
the entire Of the presidential party, whicI
consisted of a march by the president an
vice president and their wives, escorte
by members OF the committee in charge
through an aisle formed between ropes O
red, white and blue silk, held by the floo
men and leading around Il fountain in tn
center. AS soon as this performance wa
concluded those near enough whipped on
knives and cut the ropes In pieces 70
souvenirs. The spectacular representatio
of the browning of the queen by Kin
Ak-Sar-Ben with Its preliminary march c
courtlers and subsequent court quadrill
is much more impressive and entertainin
There was. OF course. much greater dispIa
of woman's finery and jewels at the inau
g~uration ball and a more Variegated exhibit
Of men in military uniforms, but all in a
Ak-Sar-Ben does not suffer by com
parison."