Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
COUNCIL
BLUFFS


Miss Rosa NJ Raabe. returned mis-
sionary from Corea, was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs F. w. Van Druff
Monday. Miss Raabe has been
spending her furlough at her former
i home in Oakland and is now EN-
route to a convention at St. Louis.
Monday Unit K auxiliary met at
the home of Mrs. McCrae and made
their plans for the winters activities.
The members of the musical de-
partment of the Council Bluffs
Womans club met Monday at the
home OF Mrs. r. S. Palmer. The
club took up the development of
Italian music and its composers.
Mrs. Ray Clark reviewed the founda-
ton of musical art, noting the works
of Palestrina, whose compositions
are still used in the churches of
Rome She was followed by Mrs.
Carl Taylor, who sang Send Me a
Rose From Home" by ]. F. Cook,
and "You Better Bide Wee" The
development of the art of music,
which for thousand years was un-
der the control Of the church pro-
vided the theme of a very interesting
paper by Mrs. Alice Sipherd. Mrs.
!. N. Day played the piano solo,
The Brook" by Willie Pope and
Norwegian dance by Greig. Mrs. A.
c. Bullock discussed the life and
works of Monte Verde, who pro-
duced some of the forerunners of
modern music, though he was con-
sidered a musical revolutionist in
j his own day. Mrs. ]. E. Wallace
made report on current events in
the musical world and the meeting
was closed by community singing.
Mrs. E. c. Worthington wife of
the major OF the 168th infantry, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. H.
Rothert, of the Shugart apartments.
Tuesday Mrs. Thomas Metcalf, jr.,
and Mrs. ], H. Kintz gave a | o'clock
buffet luncheon to members of the
Garden club in honor of Mrs. Met
calls house guest, Mrs. F. E. Cox.
i The luncheon was followed by a
business meeting for the election of
officers for the coming year. Mrs.
Henry Cutler was elected president,
Mrs. Thomas Officer, vice president,
and Mrs. Lonis Squires secretary
treasurer. A committee will be ap-
pointed to arrange the program.
announcement has been made
here of the marriage of Miss Cecil
Langmade of this city and 1t.
John ]. Kehoe of Jersey City, N. J.
The wedding occurred at the Church
of the Blessed Sacrament, Chicago,
last Monday. The young couple were
attended by Miss Mary Kehoe Of
Jersey City and John P. Shouvlin of
Springfield, o. Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Marshall, uncle and aunt of the
bride, were hosts at the wedding
breakfast, served after the ceremony
at the LaSalle hotel. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kehoe will make their home in
Detroit for the present. The bride
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. f. Langmade of this city, who
went on to Chicago to attend the
ceremony.
Bluffs chapter of St. Paurs guild
has indefinitely postponed the picnic
planned for last Friday, on account
of the death of George Davis, jr.
The Girls Friendly society held
business meeting at the home of
Miss Caroline Pfeiffer on Wednesday
evening. A social hour followed the
transaction of the routine business.
The club has planned to sell picture
post cards of the interior of the
church and of the rectory for the
benefit of their funds.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Rich enter
tanned the members of the Home
! Economics department of the Coun-
ell Bluffs Woman's club on We'd
nesday. The members met at the
auditorium and were taken by auto
to the scene of the afternoons &C
tivities. At roll call each guest re-
sponded with some suggestion OF
thrift, CLEANED from personal expe-
rience, which tradition says Is the
best of all teachers. The organiza-
ton has planned to emphasize this
thought ali through the year and
each program has been arranged
with this as its basic principle. Mrs.
e. w. Turner, Mrs. Martin Hughes,
Mrs. F. J. Duerr, Mrs. Pettibone
and Mrs. Sidney Smith were assist
ant hostesses and provided hot ,
chicken pie, escalloped potatoes,
baked beans and coffee and each :
guest brought some contribution to
the menu. While it is said that
every rule e thrift was observed,
no mere reporter could discover the
lack of any of the pre-war dainties
so, priced on such gala occasions.
Mrs. Fl. c. Rusch will entertain on
October % with Mrs. w. J. Lever
EFT, Mrs. ]. E. Wallace, Mrs. w. P.
Hughes and Mrs. Page Morrison as
assistants.
Announcements have been re-
ceived here of the marriage of 1t.
Thomas Harvey, formerly of this
city, and Miss Dorothy Prentice of
Tenafly, N. J, The ceremony was
performed at Camp Mcclellan, An
niston, Ala. Lieutenant Harvey was
in the Rainbow division, but has been
ordered back to this country as an
Instructor in the environments.
The first study program OF the
history and literature department
Of the Council Bluffs Woman's club
was held on Thursday at the library.
The club has taken up French his
Tory and the subjects discussed in =
.luded the conflict between the king
Ind the assembly, Necker, Mirabeau,
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