Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-02-29

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I ing these early days of Lent,
adjusting itself to the changes
in the cabinet and some other cir
cles. Resident society and the leis-
ure class are busy shifting. Those
who are here are leaving for the
south or New York for the opera,
and some even for California. Those
who are in the south and in Califor-
MIA are about to get back to Wash
ingto1 for a spring season.
Society assembled on Monday
evening, in the Belasco theater, u
the call of Mrs. Henry F. Dimock OF
New York, who makes her winter
home in Washington now. She ;s
sister of the late William c. Whit
ney and is famous patron of music
and the arts in New York, Boston
and Bar Harbor. Mrs. Dimock is
president of the George Washing
ton Memorial association. which
purposes building suitable me.
mortal to the Father OF his Country.
and at the same time to give to
Washington building for use as
museum for relics Of our foreign
wars" and which will contain sew
eral halls which may be thrown to-
gether for one huge convention hall
Hiss Margaret Wilson returned
to the White House on Tuesday
morning from six weeks stay in
Ashevilie, N. G. She came back
in time for the funeral OF Maj. Ray
mond Pullman, chief Of police Of the
District OF Columbia, who worked
SO much with the first Mrs. Wilson
and with her daughters in their
Summing work the first few years
of the Wilson administration, work
which ended in the abandonment OF
the squalid homes in alleys. It also
resulted in the appointment 81
Major Pullman to- be Chief OF Po-
lice, at, the age OF 81 years, the
youngest police chief known.
, The changes in the cabinet circle
thus far have placed but one unnlar-
ried man there, and that is Judge
John Barton Payne. He is wild
over OF less than a year, and is 10
become Secretary of the Interior,
succeeding Mr.. Lane on March |
Mrs. Payne died in Chicago quite
suddenly. She was sister Of the
former U. S. minister to Japan.
Judge and Mrs. Payne always made
their home in Mr.. Bryan's country
place in Virginia, and their city
home was on l street at the corner
of Sixteenth, where her conser-
,vatory and garden were the chief
attractions of the mansion.
Secretary and Mrs. Lane will make
their future home in New York. Mr..
Lane will go there early in March!
but his wife and daughter will re-
main in their comfortable apartment
here until after. Miss Lane is mar
ried to Phillip Kaufman about the
Goth of April. Their engagement
was announced several weeks ago,
and Miss Lane is the first one of this
years debutantes to succunb 10
Cupid's wiles. ,a. ~ ~ B
Mr.. Sidney Smith OF Omaha speni
last week in Washington, joining
Mrs. Smith i'll the home Of her
brother, the assistant secretary OF
the treasury, Jouett Shouse, whe-s
she has been visiting for six weeks.
Mrs. Smith has been deliberately en-
tertained throughout her visit, Mrs.
Shouse being one OF the popular
hostesses in official circles. There
was constant round of luncheons,
teas, dinners, bridge parties and re-
until the two ladies were
almost worn out. Mrs. Smith, re-
NAMED over for the entertainments
at the Congressional club, the club
breakfast, and the musicale on FRI
day of last week, given by Mrs. Car
IL JdSOpS Doiuos LIZ SIdI liiIuS Gull
poser of the inimitable songs OF hu.
man interest. She gave one OF her
programs and the club
was enthusiastic over her and her
singing. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith left
last Sunday for Atlantic City, t.
give Mrs. Smith a chance to re-
cuperate from her strenuous visit IT.
before returning &c
their home in Omaha.
Rollin Bond, formerly Of Omaha
and Lincoln, now director and or
ganizer of the Peoples Opera. COM
pany here, is rehearsing robin
Hood" for the next offering in Eng
lish opera Mr.. and Mrs. Bond are
busy with the work every one OF
their waking minutes, for it takes
personal efforts to keep alive these
local music affairs in Washington.
He has given Washington the best
performances of opera by local tai
snt heard here in many years.
Miss Blanch Bolln, soprano, and
aer sister, Alma, pianist, are to give
. program at the Arts club this
spring. .ls
: Representative A. w. Jefferis eel.
.brated George Washington's birth
lay by visiting his birthplace in
Chester county. Pennsylvania. He
made an address in a school house
rear Coatesville. where. he learned
lis first lessons in the three RS, and
where he had thrilling experience
lmong the old men and women who
new' him as baby and . school
10Y, and later. On IS >. schootmastes