Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-14
Easter Balls
Given for
Charity
Reform in Women's Dress
Interests Men-Miss
Wilson Socializes.
Bee Bureau,
Washington, March Is.

planning the Easter Dcneflt DallS ana
other festivities, which usually have
the excuse of worthy charity at
tached to them. The Woman's Army
and Navy league will this year have
their Easter ball on "Wednesday
night of Easter week, instead of
Easter Monday night, as they have
always had. Monday night this
time was pre-empted by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, who
are giving the Dixie ball on that
night. 1t will be one of the pretty
affairs of the season. The Army and
Navy league is a particularly worthy
affair, as the proceeds of the ball
go to the aid of the families of en-
listed men.
This week opened with much
gayety, by the elaborate reception
and dance of the Ohio society at
Rauscher's, and the brilliant reccp-
ton and ball of the Czecho-
Slovakian charge d'affaires. Jan
Masaryk, who gave his first enter
tainment in honor of the birthday of
his father, the president of his coun-
try, whose birthday has been made
national holiday in that country.
Mr.. Masaryk's party was quite the
prettiest private party given so far
at the Willard this season, except
for the Valentine tea of Mrs. George
Mesta of Pittsburgh.
The question of reform in the
fashions for women's clothes is in
teresting almost as many men as
women, in Washington, and it is =
significant fact that invariably they
are against the prevailing scantiness
of material observed, especially in
the evening clothes of this season. I.
This has been brewing for some
time, and is really at the bottom of
the reinstating in favor Of the eve
ming gloves for men. Many of the
men have complained bitterly, that
with the backless gowns of women
and girls, they could find no agree
able spot for their hand in dancing,
as they disiked to place their own
hand on the bare baek'of lady.-0f,
course there is. always a mans
handkerchief available for such use.
as in the quarter-of-a-century-ago
beau. who then used his handker-
chief to protect the lady's gown from
the possible moisture of his own
hand.
Miss Margaret Wilson was among
the guests at the reception Monday
night of Mr.. Masaryk and wore a
striking costume of peacock blue
chiffon and tulle, which was made
very full, and hung straight from
her shoulders to the feet, in long
deep lines and barren of belt or
girdle. 1t was trimmed with touches
Of gold and the drapery was over
skirt of gold lace. In her hair she
wore wreath of gold leaves. This
is the first time Miss Wilson has
been at any evening affair, or large
function, since her father was taken
sick. On Saturday night, previous,
she was entertained at dinner by.
Mrs. Wilson's brother and sister-in-,
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Rolfe Boiling,
who had an interesting company to
meet her and which started gossip
ing tongues a-wagging again of the
possibility of Miss Wilson becoming
a sisterin-law tc her stepmother.
1t is quite an cid story, for the
president is very fond of Mrs. Will
sons favorite brother, and he has
always been their most frequent
guest at theaters and on rides. Miss
Wilson has not been we'll. She spent
six weeks or more at Ashevillc, N.
C., this winter, from where she re-
turned but a fortnight ago.
Senator Hitchcock and his daugh-
ter, Miss Ruth Hitchcock, attended
Mr.. Masaryks reception also. On
Tuesday evening Miss Hitchcock at
tended the ride at the Riding and
Hunt club and was among those
riding in the drill.
Representative and Mrs. c. +.
Reavis will have as their guests for
the late spring the formers brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Da-
vid Reavis OF Falls City, Neb., who
will arrive here about the first of
May. Representative and Mrs.
Reavis were among the guests at
dinner Wednesday evening of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Reside at the
Chevy Chase club.
Mrs. Whitcomb and Mrs. Brad
field, mother and sister of Mrs.
Warren S. Blackwell of Omaha,
spent this week in Washington at
Hotel Washington. They were en-
tertained several times by Mrs. Jef-
ferris, wife of Representative A. w.
Jefferis of Omaha, who had them
as her guests at luncheon at the
capitol and in the senate and house
galleries, to hear some interesting
legislation debated. Mrs. Jefferis
returned from her visit to her sister
iii Illinois last Saturday.
Miss Ellen w. Mellen, chief clerk
of the money department of the
Federal Reserve bank of New York,
has under her supervision 225 girls n
as money counters. So adept is
Miss Mellen in the art of counting
money that she recently made a rec
ord of counting 1000 bank notes in
less than four minutes. She has been
counting money since 1905, when
she entered the employ Of the
United States government at Wash
ington in the Treasury department.
Miss Josephine c. Kramer desert
cd the stage to become a detective
and in TIE four years she has been
following this line of work she has
never had failure Durioo tba x,,.r