Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
Council Bluffs
Social Notes

pihuuSo Nne dance that was given Men
day evening; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Mayue
gave q dinner in their honor on Thurs
dayi Mr.. and Mrs. c. q. Ouren enter
tAined for them Friday evening. unc MRS
Parsons and Mrs Dooley gave a lunch
con for Miss Dawson on Saturday. Other
affairs will come later.
Mrs. Frank Corey Of Omaha gave a
party wednesday afternoon IN honor Of
her godchild, Dorothea Sheely Of this
city, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Sheely. who won the red ribbon in Class
p IN the Pierce street baby health con-
test. The guests were twelve mothers
and their babies.
Mrs. p. e, Dunbar entertained the
members of the Mcpherson Avenus In
provement club at a special Ynsetin- On
Monday afternoon. The uembcrs spent
The time making aprons and sunbonnets,
20 fill orders, the proceeds to yo added
to the clubs treasury. After a busy
afternoon, refreshments were served ly
a-.he hostess. The regular meeting Of the
club Will be held Monday of next week,
the place TO be announced later
The meeting of the j. X. club has been
Indefinitely postponed on accoCut of i'll
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. +. Swan and Mr. and
! Mrs. W. A Stone entertained at an In
formal dance Monday evening in honor
OF Miss Edna Dawson and Mr.. Arthur
Mayne who are to be married soon.
! Twenty-four guests were present. The
rooms were cleared for dancing and
Winn's orchestra furnished music. Supper
was served late in the evening
( The regular meeting Of the Associated
Charities was held Monday afternoon at
I he Ila T., .A- 80 10,
president, Miss Dodge presided. Various
matters of routine business were trans
acted and regular reports given. Mrs,
Caroline johnson, superintendent of the
Creche, reported that during the past
month forty-eisht children have been
cared for at the institution. Membership
in the Young Women's Christian asso-
citation have been given to a number Of
the girls. and a number of them have
also been given gymnasium suits Mrs.
johnson reported that the response to
the request made last month for baby
clothes had been most generous, result
ing in the outfitting of the little folks
rho were in need of garments. Mrs. Ed
ward p. Schoentgen gave a talk on the
proposed plans for summer work. asking
the Associated Charities to cooperate
with the Mothers clubs and arrange to
/ have tho old children at the Creche Join
the Garden clubs. At the close Of Mrs.
Schoentgen's talk the association voted
to take up the work as suggested
Mrs. W. J. Leverett entertained the
members of Circle No. . of the First Con-
gregational church on Tuesday afternoon
at her home on East Pierce street A
short business session was held at which
various plans for the work were dis
aff EUhi ho
spent socially. Mrs. Leverett was as
sisted in entertaining by Mrs. o. ]. Nc
Manus and Mrs. A. B. Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. David o. Barnell, who
were recently married at Harlan. were
given a surprise Tuesday evening at the
home OF the brides mother Mrs. Jane
White, by a number of Omaha friends
who gave them miscellaneous shower.
All sorts of attractive things for house
keeping were brought by the guests. who
remained for social evening after the
surprise. About twenty-five guests were
present
Mrs. r. II. Hollingsworth entertained
the members of the Tuesday History
club at l o'clock luncheon at her home
on Tuesday afternoon. Luncheon was
followed by the usual study program.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Edward Dawson
have issued invitations to the wedding
OF their daughter, Edna Anna, and Mr..
Arthur Harlan Mayne. which will take
place at their home, S03 Seventh avenue,
March %, at 8 p. m.
A most elightful' party was given for
Mr.. and Mrs. George Butler Saturday
\evening at their home north of Crescent,
the occasion being the anniversary Of
their marriage. Five tables of progressive
high five were played and a course sup
per was served. Covers were placed for
twenty guests.
Morningside chapter Of st. Paurs guild
held combined meeting and tea Tues
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
George Shoemaker. 121 Stutsman street.
An especially interesting program was
enjoyed by the Ideal club on Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. D. S Ter
williger. The program opened with a dis
cussion of current events led by Mrs.
Will Pyper. after which the members
continued the study of Japan, taking up
for discussion the manners and customs
of the people OF that country. Mrs A.
g. Brown told most entertainingly Of the
home life, the food and the clothing Of
the Japanese. Mrs TerwilliEer described
some of the ceremonies and told Of the
holidays and festivals Mrs. ]. NJ. Oursler
told of some of the supeTstitions Of the
Japanese and interesting bits Of folk
lore. Mrs. NJ. B. Moon told Of the hos
pitality of the people OF Japan and
described the tea ceremony Of that
country. At a snort session it was de-
cided to hold a sale Of home cooking
for the purpose of raising the clubs
contribution to the scholarship and loan
fund. The regular meeting will be held
NIRext Tuesday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. Terwilliger.
The Woman's Club OF the Railway Mail
Service entertained at an evening party
Tuesday evening at the home Of Mrs.
w. S. Leighton on East Pierce street.
The husbands of the members were
guests for the evening and various games
and amusements were provided. Refresh
ments were served late in the evening,
Mrs. c. S. Lefferts entertained at the
first meeting of the Garden club for this
season. She was assisted in entertaining
by Mrs. ]. G.. Woodward. Plans for the
season were enthusiastically discussed,
and, while no members had flowers to
bring, several reported a most gratifying
showing among their bulbs The club
will have a regular year book this year.
appropriately bound in green, with
flower-bedecked cover, and will take up