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SOCIETY

Mendelssohn Choir Parties.

The Mendelssohn Choir will give a
concert this evening at the Body theater
under the direction of their leader,
Thomas J. Kelley, assisted by Isaac
Van Grove, pianist. A number of parties
will be given for this event.

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Kountze
will entertain at a box party for
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Burns.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Kennedy.

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With Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nash will
be Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bradford

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The guests in the box taken by Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Weller will include
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weller.
Mr. and Mrs. William McAdams.

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Mrs. John W. Towle and daughters,
Mrss Marlon and Miss Naomi Towle,
with Miss Helen Ingwersen, will occupy
one box.

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J. A. Cavers will entertain in his
box for
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Westbrook.
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Carlisic.
Miss Frances Wessells.

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Mr. and Mrs. George Payne will
have them
Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Halburt.
Miss Jessie Towne.

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Mrs. and Mrs. A. W. Gordon and Mrs.
Gordon's mother, Mrs. Ralph Breckenridge,
will entertain at a box party this
evening when their guests will be Mrs.
N. H. Loomis and Mrs. N. P. Updike.

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Other box parties will be given by
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Stewart, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Burgess, Mr. and Mrs.
Clement Chase and Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Munroe.

Walker- Langan Wedding.

Announcement is made of the marriage
of Miss Miriam Langan, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Langan,
and Francis T. Walker, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Francis T. Walker, sr., which
took place this morning at 6
o'clock at St. Cecelia's Cathedral. The
Rev. Father Hugh Gately performed
the ceremony which was witnessed by
only the immediate relatives.

The marriage comes as a complete
surprise to all of the friends of the
young couple, who were anticipating a
June wedding. The engagement was
announced a few weeks ago.

The bride was married in a traveling
suit of gray silk hand-embroidered
poplin, with a small black hat trimmed
with gray wings.

Miss Margaret Walker, sister of the
groom, and George Rily were the witnesses.

Mr. and Mrs. Walker left immediately
for Chicago, and upon their return,
a week hence, will be at home with
Mrs. Walker's parents, in Fairacres.

This couple were recently bridal attendants
at the wedding at St. Cecelia's
of the bride's brother, Cyril
Langan, to Miss Berealee Whitney.

Honor Mrs. Brandels.

Mrs. John L. Kennedy entertained
at a large tea party this afternoon at
her home in Fairacres in honor of Mrs.
Ervine John Brandels, who recently
came to Omaha to make her home.
This was the first large affair given
for this bride.

The decorations were in pink roses,
a bowl of which with pink candles
were used on the dining table.

Assisting throughout the roqais
were :

Mesdaines
E. A. Wiekham. S. S. Caldwell.
Harold Pritchett. A. C. Smith.
Milton Barlow. Glean Wharton.
Orgood Eastman. Leonard Everett.
L. L. Paxton. A. V. Kinsler.
F. A. Nash. Idva Wallace.
Arthur Kueline. A. L. Reed.
G. L Bradley. George Brandels.

Misses
Frances Wessels Hilda Hammer.
Jessie Millard.

In Cupid's Net.

Miss Maye L. Bloedorn and W. Carleton
Hector, both of Columbus, Neb.,
were married by the Rev. C. N. Dawson,
at the Dietz Memorial Church
parsonage, at 9 o'clock Monday morning.
Miss Lillian Bloedorn, sister of
the bride, was the only attendant.
They will make their home in Columbus.

The wedding of Miss Catherine
Nachtigall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Nachtigall, and Frederick P.
Coyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Coyle, took place this morning at 9
o'clock at St. Mary's Catholic church
on the South Side, and was followed
by a wedding breakfast and reception
at the home of the bride's parents.
The decorations were in pink and
white roses.

The Rev. Father Sinne of the St.
Mary's Magdalene's church performed
the ceremony.

The bride wore a gown of white
satin trimmed with pearls and rhinestones,
and carried organge blossoms
and bride's roses. She wore a long
tulle wedding veil. Her sisters, Miss
Margaret and Miss Theresa Nachtigall,
was bridesmaids. They wore
pink voile gowns and white lace hats,
and carried Killarney roses. The best
men were Emmet Eggleston and Anton
Sawatski.

Following a western wedding trip,
Mr. and Mrs. Coyle will be at home
after June 1 at 5108 South Thirty-ninth
street.

Cordon President.

Mrs. Ella W. Peattie of Chicago,
formerly of Omaha, was recently
elected president of the Cordon club,
whose members include a large number
of artists, writers and theatrical
people.

Mrs. Peattie is at present literary
editor of the Chicago Tribune, and was
formerly a member of the Omaha
World-Herald staff. She is also an
honorary member of the Omaha Woman's
Press club.

Social Clubs.

Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Jennings entertained
the members of the Comus club
and their husbands on Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Allen
and Miss Margaret Barries were guests
of the club. Prizes were won by Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Hood, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Everndon, Mrs. George Morris
and Mr. Charles Everson. Six tables
were placed for the game.

Chadwick-Craig Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Chadwick expect
to leave about the middle of this
month for New York City, going east
earlier than usual this summer, to attend
the wedding of their son, John
Chadwick of New York, to Miss Elizabeth
Craig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Craig of Rosemont, Pa.

The ceremony will take place on
June 9 at the home of the bride's parents.
It will be a quiet family affair,
performed in the afternoon.

Mr. Chadwick qualified as a mechanical
engineer at Cornell, although
he took instruction in many engineering
courses, and is looked upon as an
expert engineer. He is connected with
the Packard Motor Car company in
New York, in which city the young
people will make their home. His
bride is a Bryn Mawr girl.

Among the guests at the wedding
will be Rear-Admiral Chadwick of
Newport, uncle of the groom, and a
brother of J. C. Chadwick.

Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick's plans for
the summer are indefinite.

Social Forecast.

The members of St. James Orphanage
Sewing club will meet Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Martin
Lohleid, who was recently moved to
2764 Webster street.

Miss Marjorie Howland will entertain
two tables of bridge on Saturday
for Miss Ruth White of San Francisco,
who will be the weekend guest of
Miss Howland.

Kappa Alpha Theta.

The members of the Kappa Alpha
Theta sorority met this afternoon at
the home of Miss Lea Howard.

Purely Personal.

Miss Florence Almquist of Wahoo,
Neb., is the house guest of Mrs. Bernard
Johnston. Miss Almquist was
bridesmaid at Mrs. Johnston's wedding
a year ago, and will play the wedding
march at the wedding this evening
of Mrs. Johnston's sister, Miss Ellen
Bloom, and Charles Keller.

Mrs. Joseph Weinblatt and daughter,
Sylvia, of Los Angeles, are the guests
of Mrs. Weinblatt's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harris Glickman.

Mrs. Harry Bosworth of Chicago is
spending a few days with her sister,
Mrs. George Brandels. They leave Saturday
for a couple of weeks at French
Lick Springs, Ind.

Mrs. Fred Daugherty has joined Mr.
Daugherty at their ranch near Belmar,
Neb., J. M. Daugherty who accompanied
his son to the ranch, has returned
home. The younger Daughertys
have put into practice the "back to
the farm" theory, and expect to become
expert farmers.

Mrs. Joseph Drinker of Chicago who
came over for the Brinker-Burkley
wedding last week, left Monday for
her home. The Brinkers leave in about
two weeks for a month's trip to California,
and during their absence in the
west, Mrs. C. K. Coutant will remain
in Omaha, probably at the Blackstone.

Mrs. Charles Olson and Mrs. F. W.
Engler have returned from a stay of
several weeks in California.

Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Gordon and
daughter, Miss Katherine Gordon,
leaves Wednesday evening for a two
weeks' trip to Chicago and other eastern
cities. They will probably meet
Mrs. Gordon's brother, Warren Breckenridge,
who is a junior at Harvard
law school, and who has applied for
admission at the officer's training corp
at Fort Snolling, Minn.

AMERICAN GIRL REBUILDS
RUINED FRENCH TOWN

Paris, May 8,-- An American girl is
rebuilding a French village that early
in the war was turned into a scene of
desolation by the Germans. The girl
is Miss Daisy Polk and the village is
Vitrimont, lying between Nancy and
Luneville in French Lorraine.

Mrs. William Henry Crocker, wife
of a millionaire of San Francisco, Cal.,
is meeting the entire expense of rebuilding
the town. She has already
donated $80,000 to begin the work of
reconstruction. Miss Polk was chosen
by Mrs. Crocker to turn the ruins into
a model village, and she is already on
the job.

The inhabitants, scattered by the
German invasion, have returned and
have entered into the spirit of the
great task and are doing all they can
to aid the Americans in reconstruction
work. They feel a deep sense of gratitude
toward their benefactors, and
over the door of the first house rebuilt
by Miss Polk the Stars and Stripes
now shares equal honors with the
French tricolor.

Petition Signed by 30,000.

Topeka, Kan., May 8, -- Petitions
signed by 30,000 citizens of Kansas
and other states, asking that the federal
government prohibit the use of
foodstuffs for the manufacture of intoxicating
liquors during the period of
the war, have been mailed to President
Wilson by Governor Capper.