SUNDAY, "FEBRUARY 5, 1939 MUSIC. ART DAILY NEBRASKAN
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'Solitaire on her lily white
hand' was cost of 1873 kiss
'Godey's Ladies book' reveals fact that
subtle pursuance of women put men on guard
By Marian Bremers.
Love making in 1873 was never called orange peeling or
pitching woo. The heroines in Godey's Ladies Book kissed the
hero only after a sparkling solitaire rested on her lily white
hand, and then ehaperones flittered in the background.
Yet sometimes women did the pursuing, perhaps subtly,
yet with results. Here is a quote of one fellow's thoughts in
NU art student paints mural
for Valentine post office
Katherine Faulkner, winner of Texas contest,
depicts nineteenth century depot scene
By Clyde Martz.
Nearinp completion is the large mural painting, "End of
the Line," being painted by Katherine Faulkner of the Fine
Arts department. The painting will be installed some time in
March in the new Post Office building at Valentine, Nebraska.
Winning recognition in a Texas competition last year, in
which over 150 artists, living west of the Mississippi partici
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a story titled Bessie's Wooing. "I
will be on my guard, and not to
be led like a bird to the snake.
One evening found her in my arms
my betrothed. I had yielded
she had won."
Term "Gold-Digger" Not New.
If the modern girl is called a
"gold-digger," she can place the
blame on her ancestors. One dis
couraged journalist in this yel
lowed magazine said, "Observe
our modern girlhood . . . With her
there is no feeling, or at least no
expression of love. If she marries,
it must be under no such foolish
idea. Magnificent Jupiter, where
can be found a woman of heart?"
When mothers arranged love
matches, they expected their
daughters to take the news with
joy as can be seen by this dialog.
"If you let Saxon slip your net,
it's a gone case with you matrimo
nially. Capers may be excused in
a colt, but when a nag reaches
your age, we look for steady go
ing. I mean to be master of this
shebang, and those who won't
knuckle under to my rules may
quit."
Parents Worried Then, Too.
Beneath the gilded manners
back in 1873, ladies found ways to
adventure, and parents had to
spend time worrying. Villains
weren't always mustache twirling
men and heroes didn't always live
up to standard. For last advice to
readers this journalist of '73 de
clared, "Slip no longer, destroy
the frozen track with the sunshine
of your own hearts. Examine the
planks upon which you build, no
bly confess your faults, and the
evil spirit within each breast will
leave you victors of a great and
glorious battle field."
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BY JIM DeWOLF.
For the first time of this school
year the DAILY NEBRASKAN
is featuring a movie column, a
movie column designed to inform
the campus on the good shows
that are here and the good shows
that are coming. Also from time
to time there will be bits of Holly
wood gossip, personals about the
stars and their doing that have not
been printed before. The purpose
of this column is not so much to
review every show in town but to
review the best flickers and make
the readers either want or not
want to see them.
Playing now at the LINCOLN.
"Faris Honeymoon" now run
ning at the Lincoln until Thurs
day, will pack in Bing Crosby
fans as this is one of the finest
he has ever made. Song writers
have given Crosby hits like
"Your A Sweet Little Headache"
and "The Funny Old Hills" to
sing and the producers have given
him a swell supporting cast of
Shirley Ross, Edward Everett Hor
ton and Ben Blue to mention a
few. Ben Blue is up to par with
his restlessness and simple expres
sions to provide the humor but Is
close pressed for first place by all
members of the cast including
Crosby. "Paris Honeymoon" has
been playing to fun packed houses
all over the country and the humor
rivals the best of the year. The
songs by Crosby draw the music
lovers.
Playing at the STUART.
"Idiot' Delight" has an attrac
tion for all Nebraskans as the
first quarter of the story is laid
in Omaha. Norma Shearer and
Clark Gable demonstrate their
versatility, aa Miss Shearer, whose
most recent roles starred her in
"Marie Antoinette" and "Romeo
and Juliet," now becomes an acro
batic performer with a cheap vau-
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Surrealist's nude
finds resting place
in ancient U. hall
Down in the basement of vener
able old U hall, where the quips
and caricatures of the Daily Ne
braska staff once adorned the
walls, the surrealists have found
an inconspicuous outlet for their
energies. Students who came to
class in the office of Dr. Willis
Bowen and Emil Telle found a four
foot chalk drawing of a mutilated
nude, with her arms and legs con
veniently severed for the attach
ment of chains and a leaky bucket
of water. Out of her head grew a
grinning snake.
Mr. Telle tells the story that one
of his students didn't know the
first thing about his final exams,
so was allowed to pass if he would
draw a good picture for his teach
er. The truth, however, is that the
drawing was rendered by one of
Nebraska's famous artists, one
who has had solo exhibits of his
work displayed in the galleries of
Morrill.
Surrealism flourished in U hall
until yesterday. Then an unwit
ting student destroyed, before any
one could stop her, the work of art
with a few strokes of an eraser.
Bettie Zabriskie
to leave faculty
Noted university cellist
to be married in March
Marriage takes Miss Bettie Za
briskie, instructor in cello at the
university school of music, from
the faculty roster March 1. Dur
ing the last five years of service
on the campus, Miss Zabriskie has
built up the reputation of being
one of the most outstanding cel
lists of the middle west.
In a joint concert with Herbert
Schmidt of the piano faculty, with
whom she has appeared in innu
merable recitals, the resigning
cellist made her final appearance
as a member. of the university in
structing force at the Temple last
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Zabriskie appeared this
year as guest soloist with the Lin
coln Symphony orchestra, as well
as with several other leading or
chestras of the country. Her musi
cal education was gathered in
America and abroad; here under
the direction of Hans Hess in Chi
cago, and Bedrick Vaska of New
York, and abroad under the in
struction of Alexanian at the
Ecole Normale in Paris.
deville troupe and Gable after
"Test Pilot" is a devil-may-care
hoofer and actor of all kinds who
meets Miss Shearer in Omaha and
both fall lightly in love.
The supporting cast is the best
seen in recent films. Edward Ar
nold, Burgess Meredith, Skeets
Gallagher. and Charles Coburn
make this' show a success and fill
in the background.
"Idiot's Delight" won the Pu
litzer prize as a stage play writ
ten by Robert Sherwood. Sher
wood also wrote the screen play
and took advantage of the greater
range afforded by the screen. This
show has a deep moral story about
war that makes it hard to forget
Hoffman
Cancelled
Ex-Governor Hoffman
of New Jersey, sched
uled to speak at the
Union today, will not
make his appearance.
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Once was,
Old timers say,
When good little students
Went to all their classes
And spent spare hours
In the library.
They as didn't,
Old timers say
Were riff-raff: .
Publications people,
Bridge fiends,
Femmes.
Same could be found,
Old timers say,
Any hour,
Any day,
In those coke dives
Fringing the campus.
Such sinning,
Old timers say,
Was beneath the contempt
Of the God-fearing,
The hard-working,
And the faculty.
But now
All is different,
Thanks to the SUB.
Even the pure in heart
Have joined
The lesiure classes.
Now
Everyone is wholesome,
And plays without shame,
And attends lectures
On the fullest spending
Of leisure.
And now that
Spare time is a virtue,
"Strictly union,
Long underwear"
There's little kick in it
For the women.
While us guys
Tear into ping pong.
The gals
Stick to the old fashioned
Cheroot and coke consumption
And conquests.
All this
Salutary spirit
And good clean fun
Sponsored by the Union
Is lost on
, The dames
One day
It will be recognized
That guys want recreation
From their leisure
And femmes,
A meal ticket.
Coed Counsel invites
new girls to taffy pull
All new second semester women
students have been invited by the
Coed oCunselors to attend a party
this afternoon in Ellen Smith hall
from 2:30 to 4:30 o'clock.
In charge of the event is Max
ine Lake, Coed Counselor mem
ber, who has arranged for a taffy
pull. Miss Mary Kline will lead
games.
"It is far better that the college
youth of America are hailing band
leaders than heiling bund leaders."
Comedian Eddie Cantor.
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Is Rues Gibson's motto,
so for dry cleaning and
laundry
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Visitors modernize
ancient sculpture
by using cosmetics
Research experts working for
the various motion picture com
panies have brought to light many
interesting facts concerning the in
timate lives of people of bygone
ages, but an anonymous visitor to
the sculpture gallery in Morrill has
gone them one better to reveal
that ancient Greeks wear lipstick,
Medicis of the middle ages mani
cure their nails, and that death
carries a red flower.
Copies of Greek, Renaissance,
and modern sculpture have been
touched up by gallery visitors.
Michelangelo's famous statue of
one of the Medici has been given
an up to date manicure, a Greek
bust has been endowed with a pair
of ruby Hps, and a flower in the
hand of the angel of death has
been painted red.
Art lovers are very familiar
with the acts committed in an
effort to bring the statues "up to
date." It is a good thing that the
statues are made out of stone or
visitors of the type that paint the
statues might leave them with
their hair in the new upswing
style.
The department of printing at
Carnegie Institute of Technology
has equipment valued at more
than 5250,000.
The first students of Villanova
college were required to furnish
themselves with large silver
spoons.
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pated, .miss tfaumner was chosen
to paint the Valentine mural.
Three paintings, depicting the va
rious phases of Texan life, entered
for competition, were the basis of
the choice.
Painting typical of Valentine.
End of the Line portrays a de
pot scene of the last century,
where the overland wagons were
receiving the produce of an old
fashioned train. Typical of Val
entine, the point at which the
trains of the east unloaded their
goods for further transportation
by horse and wagon, the painting
tries to outline all phases of west
ern life.
With the hills and plains of
Western Nebraska serving as a
background to the scene, and the
typical general merchandise store
and the husky porters, bent with
the loads, familiar scenes in the
memories of the people, the paint
See MURAL on page 6.
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