Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-03

1WO EXCELLENT musical attractions
will draw society audiences the first days
of this week Monday evening the Audi
4 forum boxes have all been taken for the
- Fritz Kreiser concert, which is the third
number of the Associated Retailers opera
and concert series. Society music lovers Inquire
largely in the list of subscribers for the entire
course of attractions and many others have taken
seats for tomorrow evenings performance that
large attendance of fashionables Is assured, On
Thanksgiving evening kresler played before,
society audience at the Odeon in St. Louis where
he was received with the enthusiasm everywhere
accorded the master vionist. It
Box holders for this concert are the same as for
Carmen" and III Trovatore,' with few additions.
They are Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Grittenden Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis C. Nash. Mr.. and Mrs. Ward M.
Burgess, Mr. and Mrs A. L. Reed, Mr.. and Mrs.
Burns, Mrs f. L. Kimba Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Thomas Kountze, DR.. and Mrs B. B. Davis, Mr..
and Mrs. George Bernhard Prinz. Mr.. and Mrs.
Luther L. Kountze Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Hoag-
land Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Redick and DR.. and
Mrs. ]. f. Summers.
Seldom does society have such pleasure and
VIII BE es eu when
Of city's best known matrons and popular
Lincoln musician in recital at the Brandeis thcater.
Mrs. Alanson |. Root and Mrs. Ludovic F. Crofoot
are two of the best known and most talented of
Omala's mons professional musicians. Mrs. Root
was formerly Miss Augusta Lehman of this city
and her voice was discovered when she was about
IS years of age. In Chicago where among other
places, she studied she created sensation in the
musical world Hers is OF the finest contralto
voices in the city. Mrs. Root is devoted wife and
mother, although as concert singer she might have
attained great prominence, had she chosen to de-
vote her life to that work She rarely sings in
public, but prefers to share her gift with her t-
mate friends
Mrs Crofoot, as Miss Mary Nash. also of Omaha.
gave great musical promise and had she so chosen
might have distinguished herself has her talented
sister, Miss Frances Nash. She has played for the
most part before audiences composed of members
of the Tuesday Morning Musical club and at the
Academy of the Sacred Heart.
Mrs. Lillian Helms Policy of Lincoln will be
remembered with pleasure, by Tuesday Morning
Musical club members, for she sang here before the
club several years ago. Her voice is soprano.
Saturday afternoon the Junior Musical club will
give its first little musicale of the year at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. White, when their daughter
daughter of Mr. and Mrs w. A. Pxley, a pupil Of
Miss Emily Cleve, is president of the club, and Miss
Gladys f. Nickel daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
E. Nickel, pupil of Henry Cox, is secretary These
students in the city, for membership in their club
requires certain amount of regular practice and
participation in their frequent recitals
So much talk of Christmas things minds US that
the holidays draw apace. Two more dates have
been added this week to the list of Christmas gay
cites planned for the young folk home for the holi
days. MI and Mrs. A. V. Kinsler will give dane
ing party at the Fontenclle on Friday evening, De.
cc.ber o. for the members of the younger set. The
same evening the Maltese club OF Central High
school is planning party at the Blackstone. The
Saturday before Christmas Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Barker will give dancing party at the Blackstone
for their daughter, Elizabeth, who returns from
school in Los Angeles, December 49,
The Franco Belgian Relief society card party is
already a glorious thing of the past. Over 500
tickets for the big affair sold. Women came
from all the neighboring hamlets to help the worthy
and to take their chance at the beautiful
prizes which Mrs. John A. McShane had solicited
from the generous merchants of the city.
Last week a dancing week. All the dancing
clubs OF the city had Thanksgiving affairs, the
Omaha club supper dance on the of Turkey day,
the Junior club dance the following evening the
University club dance Saturday evening, the Week
end Dancing clubs party and others too numerous
to mention were notable events. 1t does seem too
bad that say so little about dancing party!
|! ,ay lie brilliant occasion, but what more, pray
tell, can one tell? This week one of the pretty
dances will be given by the All Saints Altar gp;n
at the parish house Wednesday eveni-