Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-12

" ENT launches into It's second week with
everything in fitting decorum with the
season. or the week just passed, Mon
~ day and Tuesday were most gay, and Ash
Wednesday dawned upon many pair OF
tired heels and toes wearied into willingness for
rest and abstinence.
OF course, luncheons. teas and dinners are an
other matter. 1t would be hard to find anything
In the writing and admonitions OF the early Chris
tain Fathers directly treating upon these subjects
For one thing. the holy men knew nothing about
tea, luncheons were not yet In vogue the
master mind that devised the game of bridge was
still many centuries unborn
There is no real reason, canonicaI or ethi-
CAL why hostess should be timid in owning an aft
ernoon affair between and Easter
Many affairs OF religious and phiianthropic
concern are on the calendar. retreat begins Mon
day among circle OF women, who will meet for
meditation and prayer at the Sacred Heart convent
few Of the number will retire for the while from
all worldly influences by taking up their abode
at the convent.
Among the more active interests win be the
lecture Monday afternoon at the Sacred Heart, un-
der the auspices of the alumnae by Prof Louis
II. Wetmore on THE Heresy and Orthodoxy of
Literature"
In Episcopalian circles the forming Of study
classes is pronounced feature OF Lenten piety
This study ia under the leadership of Mrs Philip
Potter, president OF the Womans Auxiliary OF the
Episcopal church for Nebraska. Mrs. Charles Tur-
ner Of Lincoln educational secretary Of the society
outlines the course for each week. For the coming
week. the classes win take up Missions in Mexico"
Other Omaha women actively interested ana lead
ers In these classes are: Mrs. Oscar williams Mrs
3. ID. Barkalow and Mrs. Albert Noe. Current
topics in the mission field and the study OF the
business of missions will constitute the course OF
all the Lenten classes
Il
the younger set begin coming home for their spring
vacations. From letters received in Omaha nv mar.
ents IL would seem that unusual number Of
young people are coming home this spring Not a
few Omaha students in eastern schools and coll
leges did not come home at the Christmas vaca-
ton. because of their parents fear OF the scarlet
fever contaglon. Now, with that danger past the
young people may be expected all the keener for n
sight of home for the mid-winter exile for safety
sake.
A social meeting will follow the business SEES.
sion OF the Omaha Fine Arts society Thursday aft.
ernoon at the Fontenee. Mrs. Leonard Everett
or Council Bluffs will give a reading on the Give
Young American Poets" presented earlier In the
season to the society by Mr.. Alfred Noyes and DIR.
John Cowper Powys. Mrs. Everett has made a
special study OF modern American verse writers
this winter and the members of the Fine Arts
society wish to get the viewpoint of a critic and
student and fellow countrywoman Mrs. Indovis
+. Crofoot will give several piano solos
me last meeting OF the Fine Arts society mis-
season in April will not be held at the FonteneIle.
The meeting place has been changed to the home
OF Mrs. Charles Thomas Kountze,
One Of the delightful promises of the week. and
coming much as a surprise. is the social meetine
10 follow the business session of the Fine Arts so
ciety at the Fontenelle Thursday afternoon. Mrs
Leonard Everett OF Council Bluffs will give a read
ing on the American poets that English critics i'm
ported for the occasion, have been explaining Ia
Omaha audiences this winter Following DIR,
Powys. Mrs. Everett. with her beauty and rare
charm OF personality and cultured intellectually
comes TO the society water from q mountain
brook after noisome seepage from dark and mys- I
FERROUS caverns.
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