Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

=s@ racked our slight frames
4E9$ although we must all ad-
- init that they were excel
lent lectures, every one of
them---a second spasm has seized US,
Z this time of musical events. The last
week has been full of music, we
might even go so far as to say that
there has been music in the air, il that
does not seem to you to border OH
the poetical.
: John Mccormack, of course, set the
pace and all the other events trailed
meekly along after his concert but it
was trail flooded with glory, never
theless. Tuesday evening the Audi
torium was filled with stupendous
audience composed both of society
people in elaborate evening dress, who
knew Mccormack by experience and
by reputation, and of the great masses
who came in their best bib and tucker
to hear Mccormack because he is
Irish or because they had heard his
phonograph records. 1t was credit
able gathering for Omaha from the
standpoint of appearance, of size and
of appreciation. The number of men
in clerical garb who dotted the audi
cnce might have made an onlooker
conclude that the clergymen are all
Irish, they were there in such abun-
dance.
The operas the latter part of the
week drew society people as we'll as
the concert, but for these occasions
they came as music lovers rather than
as fashionables. The boxes held
parties of prominent people, but as
one said, they didn't come so much
to appear dressed up as to enjoy what
they heard. The extreme lateness OF
the performances made supper parties
at the hotels following the numbers
very infrequent. Blue Paradise" too,
on Thursday and Friday nights was
musical attraction of different ma
ture which called forth many prom
inent persons.
Today we are to enjoy the concert
by Katherine Kemp Stillings at the
Metropolitan club house. Miss Still
ings, as the music notices tell, is
violinist of worth. For society inter
est we mention the fact that she is
visiting Miss Frances Nash, who has
prolonged her stay at home in order
10 enjoy visit from Miss Stilings,
and that Mrs. L. F. Crofoot. whom we
all delight to hear, will accompany
her.
Tuesday evening the Tuesday
Morning Musical club will give as its
third program of the year the concert
featuring the Flonzaley quartet and
Miss Corinne Paulson as its attrac-
tions. Boxes for the event have been
taken by Mrs. Charles Marcus Will
helm and Mrs. S. S. Caldwell, by Mrs
J. E. Summers and by Mrs. E. w.
Nash From Tuesday until Tuesday
this outlines the list of musical attrac-
tions which are occupying our social
elect.
The largest party to be given this
week Is the tea by Miss Daphne and
Miss Gladys Peters for Miss Regina
Connell. About 100 members of the
younger set have received cards for
the affair, which promises to be de-
lightful. Miss Regina is occupying a
unique position as one of two solitary
debutantes on Omaha's horizon this
year. Affairs for her seem never to
cease, and why should they? for she
seems to enjoy so thoroughly every
thing in which she takes part. On
Wednesday of last week Mrs. George
Redick gave bridge in her honor.
One of the interesting dinners
scheduled for this week is that at
which the Thimble club members will
entertain their husbands. The party
will be given at the Blackstone Thurs
day evening.
Two weeks and four days from to-