Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-05

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The Omaha club celebrates Mardi Gras with
big dinner dance the dancers last chance for forty
long days AS has been the case ever since the
club has taken up these dances again the Tues
day affair gives every promise OF a great success
all proving there is nothing like ones own club
after all--no actresses nor out-of-town women
there who may offend propriety by smoking In the
corridors.
There has been a steady leaving OF popular
hostesses oil the last week and one more matron,
who makes up local smartdom, is preparing to
leave this week next.
About tho middle of the week the various Len
ten sewing clubs will begin to make their plans
and arrange the good work which is to engage
them during the penitentlal season.
On Saturday in the visit OF the naturalist Mr.
Ernest Harold Baynes, to Omaha, one may look for
an event that is more than quasi social Mr. Baynes
not only interests the humble lover of nature
who loves birds as part of the landscape ON which
they may gaze; but his talks and his efforts are
OF particular interest to the owners of homes with
pretty grounds and the possessors OF country seats
Mr. Baynos will speak in the evening at the First
BAPTIST church and in the afternoon at the Com
mercal club. His talk on wild Birds and How &c
Entertain Them" is that has found its most
earnest listeners among the richest men and women
in the country. Grounds and estates have been
modelled upon schemes in line with what Mr..
Baynes advocates
Omaha. with its wealth of tree and shrubbery
growth about its many handsome homes seems
especially filled with freeholders who have space
TO put into practice Mr.. Baynes wel-proved
theories.
The naturalist comes from Meriden N. H., "the
bird village" 1t was here that Percy MacCaye's
famous bird masque. Sanctuary" first played
with Mr.. Baynes playing Shy" to the "ornis'' OF
Miss Eleanor Wilson. daughter OF the president
end now Mrs. McAdoo, wife of the secretary OF the
treasury
Many owners OF beautiful homes throughout
this state and western Iowa planning TO be in
Omaha next Saturday to hear Mr.. Baynes. lake
the great John Burroughs. he is Of the very
few of his class OF scientists who have never been
called mature fakirs."
The young men of Creighton university Mixers
club making arrangements very joyously for
their dance tomorrow evening at Chambers
academy. They feel their ball is a great event be-
cause II shall be graced by 1.-THE governor and the
governors lady" Preceding the ball Governor
Morehead and Mrs. Morehead will be honor guests
at dinner at the Fontenelle given for them by
the Mixers club
The quarterly meeting OF the Nebraska Chapter
United States Daughters of 1919. is another item
OF interest for the week. This meeting will be
held Tuesday at the home of Mrs. c. H. Mun
Mrs Max Hosteter of Shelton will come down to
make a patriotic talk for this occasion Mrs. Hos
teller is active in many womens organizations
throughout the state. Aside from patriotic So
oeties and the federated woman's club movement,
she is connected with the Mothers Day Assoca-
ton and the Ladies' Legislative league, organised
recently at Lincoln among women whose husbands
in the legislature
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