Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

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Mrs. Herman Kountze and Mrs. Hall;
Miss Gwendolen White, bridge party i'm
honor Of Miss Alice Carey McGrew and
Miss Dorothy Morgan; Bowen-McStraslc
wedding.
Observation-Disclosures Card club meet
THURsDAY-Miss Mabel Hicks, bridge
luncheon for Miss Nina Criss; Mrs. Mont
gomery Harris entertains Charmonte
club; meeting Of Friday Kensington club.
FRIDAY-Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Burmesler,
Jr., theater party.
SATURDAY-Mrs. William Hill Clarke,
bridge party for Miss Peters; Weeks
Mrs. C. N. Dietz. box party at Orpheumi
January hop at Fort Crook; Mr.. and Mrs.
G. j. Scannell, card party.
Each year at this season the wanderlust
takes the place Of social ambition and
Omaha people flee to all corners of the
globe. The California colony increases
each winter. Scores of people have left
town and among those who will leave
shortly will be: Or. and Mrs. A. b. Somers,
who leave January q for a trip to Mexico
and other southern points. Mrs. William j.
Hynes and Master William Hynes, accom-
panied by Mrs. Hynes' parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Pickens of Hastings, left Friday for
the Pacific coast. Mrs. Charles G. McDon-
aid and her mother, Mrs. Edward b.. Clarke
Of Milford, Conn, will leave January rs to
spend six weeks in California.
Mrs. T. M. Orr and her mother, Mrs.
Russell, have gone to Tarpon Springs, Fla,
where Mrs. Russell will spend the winter.
Mrs. Orr will visit in New York, New
Haven and other eastern points before re-
turning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Magee leave the
first of February for Green Cove Springs,
Fla, to spend a couple of months.
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Louis Bradford and son, Mr.. Robert Brad
ford, sail from San Francisco on the
steamship Cleveland, to be gone about five
months on a tour around the world. Mr..
and Mrs. C. F. McGrew and Miss McGrew
also sail the same day from New York on
the steamer. Groesser Kurfuerst, going as
far as Constantlnople, the Holy Land and
Egypt
Miss Mabel Balcombe will leave Tuesday,
January 25, for New York, to join Mrs.
Herman Kountze and two eastern friends
of the latter, and sail for Europe, January
20. on the Cincinnati, Hamburg-American
line, taking the Mediterranean route. Miss
Balcombe will land at Genoa, Italy, and
go to Milan to visit her sister, Mrs. Lewis
S. Reed, who, with her husband and son,
Lewis b. Reed, is living there. Mrs.
Kountze may stop in Milan also, to make
a short stay with Mrs. Reed. They will re-
main abroad for an indefinite time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould Dietz. also Mr.. and
Mrs. c. r.. Tyler and Miss Tyler of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, will sail from New York, Jan
uary % on the Bluecher. They stop at st.
Thomas, Para, Bahia, Santos, Brazil;
Montevideo, Uruguay; Buenos Ayres, in
Argentine, and will then go as far south
as the cape, when they will return to
Buenos Ayres and make the trip by rail
across the continent to Valparaiso, cross
ing the Andes. After the return to- Buenos
Ayres several stops win be made on the
northern trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Updike will leave
next week for Los Angeles, Cal.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. A. Cudahy and Miss
Jean Cudahy, Mrs. E. w. Nash and Miss
Frances Nash, and Miss Bess Baum ex-
pect to leave the first Of next month for
California to spend several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs, G. w. Wattles expect to
some time in March.
The histories OF some of the beautiful
sleighs once owned by we'll known Omaha
families would make an interesting story.
Mr.. A. G. Smith, who has always been an
enthusiastic horseman, had a beautiful
sleigh, which after three or four Snow
less winters, he endeavored to sell. After
several months it was sold for a song
and this season when Mr.. Smith rented a
sleigh for one day, he paid a small
fortune for the use OF it.
General Henderson and Mr.. Gould Dietz
have each been regreting the fact that
they gave away their horses when the
automobiles crowded them off the streets,
for horses are necessary for a real sleigh
ing party. General Henderson had a Rus
sian sleigh which was much admired.
Mr.. @. w. Wattles had an especially
attractive large sleigh with scarlet
cushions and decorations and tuneful
sleigh bells. Some one who was hard
hearted and envious stole the bells and the
moths Toasted on the cushions.
Mr.. Frank McGlnn has solved the
problem Of coasting without walking back
up the hills. and without the assistance
of horses to draw the coaster up. The
party rode up the hill in a automobile
which also drew the cosater or traveller,
Evelyn Dear; Can you realize that II is
almost Lent and what that means? OF
course, we who have had q few seasons
appreciate q Dreaming spell bul ~ u
tedious for the kindergarten-bless 'em,
And that reminds me. they have been hay
ing a peck of trouble-the boys have, poor
things. You know the hotel parties are
SO popular the last few years, but they
afford such temptation to the youngsters
and some OF them have had to be taken
home before the parties We're over, Ism
It awful2 Their mothers were awfully
wrought up about il and some Of then
have been perfectly frank in expressing
their opinions about IL, too. The hostesses
have gotten even by informing their daugh.
ters-and a few others-that those young
men would not be welcome callers in fu.
ture. Al any rate one hostess did that
but her daughter retaliated with the re
minder that 1T was father who furnished
the champagne" That was not this sea
son, but his winter has brought its owl
unfortunate incidents. OF course, few PEG
pie would have the courage to eliminat,
champagne and the other things, but som,
OF the older men ave been perfect angels
about IL. Good angels, Evelyn, dear, 70
they have fairly lowered over the boys anC
kept them out of trouble. One man VIII,
happened to be the host, by the way, spen
every possible minute In the refreshmen
room and the way he found partners 10
shosa hovs and other things TO Keen than