Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
washington Bureau. Omaha Bee

! Washington Bureau, Omaha Bee.'
IO OCIETY this week was very
~ materially affected by tht
death of Col. Theodore Roosevelt
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
Cancelled their social engagements
hntil after his funeral, as soon as the
announcement of his death was
made. John Barrett, director gen.
eral of the Pan-American union, had
out invitations for a brilliant dinner
company in honor of the new Chill
can AMBASSADOR and Nine. Matthew,
in which the vice president and
Mrs. Marshall were also to be
guests, and that was postponed un-
til next week. The assistant secre-
tary of state, William Phillips, who
was also assistant secretary of state
under Roosevelt, who sent him later
to London as first secretary of our
embassy, was to have a dinner
party on Monday night and he cam
celed it. Mrs Marshall also gave
up her Wednesday afternoon recep-
llOII Oll Tit SAINT dNNOulALs
The wives and daughters of sena-
tors and representatives are arrang-
ing their regular "at home" days
now that the excitement of the holi-
days are over and the home-comings
and reunions of the soldiers and
their families are on. The families
of the senators are returning to the
old-fashioned conventionality of be-
ing at home on Thursday afternoons
throughout the season, and the fam
lilies of the representatives are OBJ
serving their time-honored Tuesday
afternoon. These conventional days
were abandoned and lost sight of
rather generally for some years
past, but it was found to be very
confusing to visitors and discourage
ing to the constituents and their
families, so it has been resumed to a
very great extent. .
Gayest Place in Country.
The marine barracks on Monday
night was about the gayest place in
the country. Mrs. Barnett, wife of
the major general commandant, gave
a large and brilliant tea dance in
the afternoon in the band roo.1 to
present her daughter, Miss Leila
Gordon. There was little more than
time to dine between the end of the
tea and the beginning of the ball in
the evening at 10 o'clock, which
General and Mrs. Barnett gave as
a "follow-up" of the presentation
tea. The guests included the
debutante circle of this year, last
year and next year, with some of
the married debutantes" term
ridiculous in fact, but descriptive,
nevertheless, for many of last years
buds are the leading matrons now.
One of these created almost a SEN
sation at the last charity ball, given
on New Years night, by walking in
to the ball room after the supper,
a cigaret. She was gowned
in a striking costume, long and
narrow. of black velvet, with flowing
sleeves OF black tulle and brocaded
serpent in silver almost the full
length of the gown, which had mar
row, twisting little train, and with
which she wore high heeled scarlet
satin slippers. She strobe into the
ball room with her tall young hus-
band, with one Of the long; news
fashioned cigarets in her mouth,
which she pulled leisurely. and it
must be said rather gracefully, feck- |
ing the ashes quite skillfully upon
The floor, off at one side. Society |
can get used to anything, but it is !
not accustomed yet to that. This |
young woman is one Of
The best born and best connected |
buds of last season, and society was
Just bit startled.
Nebraska Girls.
The Nebraska Girls club gave
dance last evening in the Western !
High school, one of the most pre-
tentious, we'll equipped buildings in
this part of the country. The men |
we're mostly from Nebraska, army |