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Grandma Moses' Secret
"I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I feel satisfied with it. I was happy and contented, I knew nothing better and made the best out of what life offered. And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."-- GRANDMA MOSES
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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.
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The Diary
Ten Years Ago--1958
The City Council voted, 5 to 2, to put the Omaha Plan bond issues totaling $51,- 280,000 on the ballot. Voting now were Albert Veys and James Dworak.
President Nasser of Egypt began an 13-day tour of the Soviet Union.
Twenty-five Years Ago--1943
Nels-Gustave Samuelson, 33, killed his wife June 19, her friend, Miss Vivian Reah, 18, and himself at the Sameulson apartment, 104 South Twenty-fifth Street.
Lieut. Gen. Joseph Stilwell, in command of the Allied retreat in Burma, was home in Washington.
Fifty Years Ago--1918
The Omaha Woman's Club protested a zone postage bill before Congress. The club said it would raise the cost of magazines.
The World-Herald came out for the re-election of James Dahlman, Mayor for 12 years.
Seventy-five Years Ago---1893
A World-Herald editorial said: "Before the people begin to shiver about the Navajo Indian outbreak, we want to caution them to lay in a good supply of salt to use on the stories that may be expected.
Elia W. Peattie wrote about the "mockery of mourning dress" for the bereaved, saying "it will disappear only when superstition disappears."
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"Unfinished Business!" by DONALD CULROSS PEATTIE
I suppose everyone who has been privileged to talk a while with Robert Frost has come away treasuring a memory of that conversation fruity with wisdom. After such an hour with the great bust easy old poet, beside the hearth at his Vermont farm, I found the casual words above to linger longest in my thoughts.
Roll them about in your mind, you worried and hurried ones! Savor the richness of time and patience, of hope and faith, that lies in this simple utterance. For there is much in the business of our lives that we cannot hasten, for all the urgency of speed that today devils us. There is much--and this is true of the most important of our affairs--that cannot be concluded in a day, or a week, or a month, but must be let to take a guided course. We are too prone to bring it with us to our rest, and thrash it over uselessly. So I, for one, over and over, give thanks for the slyly sensible remark by Robert Frost.
He was, when I come to think of it, living as Nature lives. When an acorn fallen from an oak at last splits husk, sprouts, and begins to take root, how much unfinished business lies ahead of it! It has no contract with the sun and rain to have become an oak tree by a certain date. But with their help it will grow until it towers and spreads shade, in the good time we call God's. We ought as trustingly to let our plans and problems ripen to solution, knowing there is another Hand in the business beside our own. To leave a question to "unfinished business" is not to abandon the task. It is to attain the serenity which will give us strength to carry on with it when the call to effort comes.
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Prairie Schooner Issue Features Early Nebraska
Lincoln (UPI)-- A broad sample of Nebraska's literary tradition is contained in a 266-page Centennial issue of the Prairie Schooner, University of Nebraska literary quarterly.
Featured are early-day letters, diary entries, prose and poetry along with prize winning selections from the Centennial literary contest.
Gov. Norbert T. Tiemann, in a foreword, said the issue "reflects the richness, diversity and strength" of Nebraska's cultural contributions to America during its first one hundred years of statehood.
Editor Bernice Slote said the Centennial issue emphasizes the first third of the state's century of statehood "because those were the fabulous years and the time least known and understood in relation to the arts."
Presented are new views of Willia Cather, Mari Sandoz, John G. Neihardt and Wright Morris. There are also stories by Elia Peattie and Louise Pound and memories of George Woodberry.
The quarterly includes sections of Lincoln in 1894; the cultural life of Omaha in the 1880's and "Life Without Headlines" in the smaller communities before 1900.
Poetry works are by Myra Thorngate Barber, James Cole, Howard McKinley Corning, William Walter De Bolt and Paul Zimmer.
A short story by William Holland, a 1963 University graduate serving as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, and a special section, "New Verse by Young Writers," are among contemporary works.
Home Ec Teachers To Meet in Lincoln
Lincoln (AP)--Nebraska home economics teachers will emphasize clothing and textiles at an annual conference at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln starting Tuesday.
More than 250 are expected at the three-day meeting in Nebraska Center for Continuing Education on the agriculture campus.