Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-24
SOCIETY KEEN on FLYING
All Eyes Are Now Turned to the
Creighton Field.
EAGER FOR THE TENNIS TOURNEY
leaders OF SorIetS Have Found the
Week Most 1usy, Win the
sacnEerfest and Othcr
Conventions.

Conventions.
wants TO IIs.
Familiar pleasu.ss uc,e. seem
To gladden. u,als uuii lot,
We slight the joys Ue nave aud dream
Of those that We have ho"
Ny kingdom sor p horse, man airl;
But gaspcd and 4u..... clan- ne cti,
When first ,ID l.J .".. car 1e su.eIi
And now the creature wants 10 b'.
social calendar.
NONDAY-Nrs p. o. Games, luncheon for
Misses Wai.rtI of HsoohAn. g. r.; Mrs..
Joseph Po,car luncheon d, hapDg Hollow
for Miss Dorothy iagutoa; Miss Naune
Tnson bovllng party al Field club;
aviation NEE. at Creighton 'ied.
tt ESDAY Airs. beorse Barke.. " .s,
Charles MarUn aud Mrs. Frank Martin,
luncheon az Field CLUB: Miss Edna Ban
lett luncheon a. Happy Hollow for Mis-
luncheon al Field cluo. ladies' DAY al
Happy Hollow and Field club; nidWeek
dinner dance at Happy Hollow, aviation
meet.
WEDNESDAY-Mr y. h. Hochstetler,
luncheon for Misses Walther OK Brook
Ign, Misses Ruth and Caroline Harding
afternoon lea; midweek dinner dance AT
Field club; aviation meet.
THURSDAY Ladies day At Happy Hol-
low and Field club; dance Of Rod and
Gun club
SATURDAY, Dinner dance al Happy Hol-
low and Field clubs, week end dance
At Rod and Gun club.
Aeronautics are the all absorbing interest
just now with all society And literally all
roads lead to Creighton field How long 1t
will he before The airship suppants the
land motor car is stlll probematic even for
the aeronauts themselves, and so the more
intricate question Of how long 1t will be
~. (, al
Of the land cars and take up instead the
more thrilling air sport is still beyond
speculations 1t may come, but now
Now. the established fact is that society
is fascinated by the flights and assidu-
ously attending the Aviation meet at
Creighton field. All other facts are over
Swallowed by this one fact and therefore
the week will De largely a chronicle OF
watch parties to watch not the flight of
the year out the flight of the bird-men.
Unlike the winter vigil these summer ones
take place not when the twenty -four hour
day closes, but when the daylight gives
way TO twilight. 1t is literally true that
the flight is against the crimson OF sunset
and gains therefore a beauty always APP
preciated by the watching crowds.
All of the interest, however, does not
center about this sunset long flights for the
events Of The earlier hours are Of equal
interest: the balloon flights and other air
ship events being included.
News from the front is good news this
time. The Sixteenth regiment infantry,
U. S. A., which recently was forced TO
leave its priced quarters at Fort Crook, and
journey to the far north, In fact to Alaska
itself, is pleased, more than pleased with
what fate had in store for 1t there. This news
from front states that those who were sched-
uled for duty at Fort Seward upon arrival
were pleasantly surprised at Its new quar-
tiers Instead of the shaclSs and appurten-
ances OF frontier life, which they had eN-
pected. they found large three-story houses,
electric lighted and modern in every re-
spect in quite the hest we've ever had.
Those who go further into the country
have yet to report, but probably the same
rehearsal of opinion will be made
Furthermore these letters from the front
tell Of incidents of interest on the journey
out One young officer, who had found
life near Omaha particularly pleasant, cap
tlvatng, in fact, had habit OF dropping
off the train at stations where the time
allowed for more than a minutes stop
and take constitutional The observing
noticed that these walks often included q
visit to the telegraph office.
At way station In Wyoming ne swung
Off the stiil moving train, hurdled tracks
to the station and disappeared Within. Tint
imaginative pictured MIN twirlins the pen
Gil scribbling, erasing an drying TO maxi
ten words carry all he wanted to say. Th'
nervous began to worry and consult thei
watches The engine whlstled, but the OF
feer did not hear nor leave the office.
AaIa nm af hI
officers absence, for the engine would no
consciously play him such trick, tn
engine started and soon was whrling mer
rily down the iron way, railroad cosche
filled with Uncle Sans fighting men, fol
lowed.
The telegrapher emerged from the office
found no train, looked about at the in
peopled plains and wondered what h
should; and could do.
OF course the anxious soon got into com
munlcation with the engine and the en-
gineer persuaded her to push the trim bac
and they eventually picked up the office
who would telegraph and all that was al
highland forgotten
But-who in Omaha, received the tele
gram3
August / is date which IL aread
marked In large letters In the engagemer
books OF society, for August is the dat
OF the beginning Of play In the Nations
Clay Court Tennis tournament at the Fiel
club This big tennis meet, which hs
Just acquired the dignity of nations
title. having previously been known al III
Midwest tournament is exceedingly pop,
lar with all tennis devotees, those VIII
WELD the racquet and those who only pla
the game as spectators.
For the entertainment OF the vlstlns tel
mis- experts the program Is already a.
nouneed; Monday evening guests at n
Ak-sar-Ben Tuesday evening, Gymkhau
at the Country club; Wednesday, dance
Field club; Thursday evening, motor ca
ride; Friday evening, smoker and banqu
at the Field club.
In the saenserfest society found its e
pectations more than fulfilled ana the col
eerts OF absorbing interest. IL Is true tn