WOMEN'S SECTION
SOCIETY
The Omaha Sunday Bee
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1921.
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EDITORIAL
AMUSEMENTS
TEN CENTS
They Get Any at All ?
By GABBY
HOW do business girls get their
exercise? How do they keep
physically fit?
"My work is my exercise, and
w'.ien I'm through believe me 1 want
to sit," said a saleswoman of suits
and coats in a local department store.
"A theater or automobile ride for
mine," said one of, her pals. "Nature
may be grand, but so is a limousine."
There are those, however, who
'sincerely prefer nature in the rough
to fashionable upholstery. Hiking is
a popular diversion in umar.a.
The Omaha Walking club with
approximately 200 members, half of
them women, snonsors wceklv hik-
tended. , Among . the " enthusiastic
morhbers are Misses Edith Tobitt,
Kate , Swartzlander, lone ; Duffy,
Annie Doyle, Eunice Stebbins, Ma'y
Somcrs, Allie Houston and Mme. B.
Chatelain. , . - ' -'
Thousands of girls in Omaha sit
&t a desk all day, typing, teaching,
keeping books, manipulating fwitch
boards, comptometers, etc., and as
many more, though on their feet,
are indoors, getting the minimum of
fresh air and no balanced exercise.
Typing to Keep Warm.
Fingering a typewriter " is not
very satisfactory exercise in spite of
a certain man, employer of two
voune women "stenos." It was a
bitter cold day last winter and the
:es were not warm. He stepped
out of his private sanctorum, rubbing
his hands, and asked the girls it they
were cold.
"No," they sweetly replied.
"Perhaps not, perhaps not," he
said somewhat embarrassed, "But
you are exercising 1"
Miss Margretha Grimmel, , whose
marriage will take place September
10, walked regularly from her home
in Dundee to the library, where she
was engaged until July 15, in the
reading room. Miss Grimmel is one
of the few business girls who have
gone in for horseback riding this
summer. Miss Winifred Smith is
another who gets her lungs full of
air and her muscles full of stretch
m the morning jaunt to business. .
Dancing Wins First Prise.
"What do you do for exercise after
yon have closed your desk at night,"
Gabby asked one young woman.
"I go home and read," she. re-
pnea. -
The most common answer is:
"I don't get any " or "Dancing!"
Dancing would probably win first
prize as the most used form of exer
cise for business girls.
Miss Mary Gant has gone in for
tennis. Mrs. John Farratt, who deals
in real estate, is a steady golfer, but
the large amount of daylight time
required to make a good player keeps
most business women out ' of this
game, which is considered ideal exer-
wait is a splendid example of a busi
ness woman who keeps her physical
efficiency up to her mental develop
ment. She plays tennis especially
well, and finds time both for horse
back riding and golf.
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for, her health. She and Miss Miriam
McMartin have been regular Friday-
nighters at the Athletic club pool.
One of our local hospitals has a
swimming pool where nurses dive
in .as nurses and come up mer
maids. The Camp Brewster pool
has ' attracted hundreds of busi
ness women this summer. Miss Bnss
Dumont, secretary at Central High,
is an accomplished swimmer, who in
dulges at every opportunity. She has
also a set of simple exercises which
she does every night and morning.
Several large business concerns of
Omaha Rive brief intermissions - for
calisthenics during the mornings and
afternoons. Indian clubs, dumb bells
and setting up exercises are resorted
to by some business girls, but cross
examination reveals the fact 'that it is
hard to "stick" to them. Gymnasium
classes such as are offered by the Y.
W. C. A., or the aesthetic dancing
there, are much more likely to hold
interest ', , '. '
One girl who used to . skip' rope
outside her apartment House has
abandoned that stimulating exercise
for the "daily dozen" which she de
clares keep her in fighting trim. ;
"Housework," say not a few, "is
my exercise." These ' are ' usually
married women . who - are . making
homes for their children or girls
who help an aged mother during the
evening and early morning hours. ,
Rolls and Coffee. ,
Mrs. Cally Wahlquist, member
ship committee chairman for the
Omaha - Business Women's club,
confesses that she rolls for her
health. "I can take four rolls in my
room." (Gabby suggests that this
with a cup of coffee would make a
good breakfast)
, How about it girls? Do we owe
it to ourselves to keep fit? - ,
By all means. Five or six min
utes a day devoted to the right land
of exercise will accomplish it, espe
cially if accompanied by quantities
of fresh water, a daily plunge, brisk,
snappy walks and diverting pastimes,
for the mind as well as the body
must have a balance of interests. ;
Nicholson s Play
a "Joy Box" of
Surprises
The achievements of Meredith
Nicholson, novelist, are of never-
failing interest in Omaha, for it was
here some years ago he wed the
brilliant Eugenie Kountze, sister of
Mrs. Richard Stewart II, Charles. T.
Kountze and Luther Kountze.
Mr. Nicholson's latest success is
"Honor Bright," a comedy written
by himself and an unrelated Kenyon
Nicholson, press agent for Stuart
Walker. The.play was presented in
Indianapolis August 22 by the Stuart
Walker company.
"Honor Bright", is characterized
by critics as "sweet, light, clean,
rapid, interesting, a well-written love
yarn with a clever, saucy ending."
It is said to have the smartness of
"Tea for Three," being altogether "a
joy box conUinit' many new and
interesting toys for those who are
'Isd B&' fia thj ppRYcntkmal comedy",
Our " Newest. Matrons" Take Their
Places in Society
: With the coming of crisp September and October days, when the sun
sends its soft autumnal rays through gold and russet-tinted tree tops, so
ciety forgets the relaxation of lazy summer time and turns its thoughts
toward- the activities of snowy winter.
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v Among the young matrons who are making plans for the coming season
are Mrs. Ware Hall, Mrs. Kenneth Norton, Mrs. Milo Gates and Mrs.
Reed Peters. . . ,
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Mrs. Hall, who was formerly Miss Mildred Rhodes, is now busily
planning for a new home. As yet, Mr. and Mrs. Hall have made no def
inite ararngements but will probably be located permanently within a couple
of months. ; At present they are at the W. H. Rhodes home.
Mrs. Kenneth Norton, formerly Janet Rockwell of Hornell, N. Y.,
Is residing at the Tadousac apartments. Her plans include naught but
"housekeeping" for the winter months, but society will claim her attention
very nuch as this newcomer is one of the popular matrons of the younger
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Mrs. Milo Gates, the former Virginia Offutt, will be prominent in
many of the activities this season as she is interested in Junior league work
and is also a member of the publicity committee of the Society of Fine
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. Mrs. Peters, who was Miss Marion Howe previous to her marriage,
is well known as a pianist here and will devote her time to affairs of music
during the winter. She is also interested in the Junior league and similar
organizations. :
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Helen Parish To
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Eighth.
Numbered among the October
brides will be Miss Helen Parish,
daughter of Mrs. John- W. Parish.
The marriage of Miss Parish to F.
M. Russell of Lincoln. Neb., will be
solemnized Saturday evening, Octo
ber 8, ax. All baints churtlt
Miss Margaret Parish, sister of the
bride-to-be, will be maid of honor.
Other details of the wedding have
not been completed as yet. Previous
to her marriage Miss Parish will
be honored at many . prenuptial
parties ' "
Attendant Chosen
For Home
Wedding
Miss Dorothy Balbach, fiancee of
Dr. W. Edwin Davis, has chosen
Miss Stella' Robinson and Miss Ruth
McCoy for her attendants at her
wedding on September 20.
- Lieut Arthur -Davis will act as
best man and little Mary Helen and
Ellery . Davis of Lincoln, niece and
nephew of Dr. Davis, will str1 th
the ribbons. '
The marriage will take place at the
Balbach home, Rev. A. F. Ernst of
ficiating. . The ceremony will be fol
lowed b M informal reception.
School Girls Leave in Golden
September
, When the September sun gilds the
willowy goldenrod and lends its
myriad of colors to the cosmos,
school girls gather up their books
and start off for- universities and
colleges. There will be an unusually
large enrollment of Omaha girls at
the University of Nebraska in Lin
coln this season. Some are entering
their freshman year; others are re
turning to continue their studies. On
September 19 the campus at the uni
versity will find the following girls
from our city treading its winding
pathways '
Mi was Mlsws
Isatvell Ptarall Helen Dlmond ',
Javena H.rpr Mary Hardy
Margaret Campbell Thareaa MuIIallT
Mildred Mayberrjr Ztta Mnllally
Coratby JaaJ . IuIm PrtauM F -
Misses
Ellen P. Bradshaw
Qenevleve Gallagher
Winifred Kerr
Roaalie Platner
Irene Mangold
Llla Wyman
Marjorle Wyman
Zoe Schalelc
Oladya ilickel
Frances Wahl
Mary E. Graham .
Pauline Coad
Marguerite Fallon
Mary Ure
Marcla Follmer t
Dorothy Payne
Pauline Burkett
Isabel Evans
Lois Thompson
Josselyn Stone
aertrude Broadwell
Mary Leslie
Dorothy Pond
Arvllla Johnson
Margaret Wattles
Helen walpole
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Miss Josephine Schurman, In this oriental costume, will be one of 12
Omaha society girls selling confections and novelties at the benefit dinner
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Whosoever Will May Come
to Omaha's Social and
Intellectual Feasts
Misses
Grace Bailey
Mary Thomaa
Ethel Whalen
Elizabeth Condon
Geraldlne Nusbaum
Emily Rosa
Bernlce MelerVarfen
Helen Stoltenbera;
Mildred Walker
Mildred Rockwell
Sara fimeaton
Frances Foot
Mercedes Abbott .
Cecil Fox
Helen Cain
Caroline Cain
Constance Parley
Mary Mann
Margaret McCaadles
Betty Kennedy
Alice M. Turoey
Dorothy Zust
Lucy Weir
Frances Burt
Ruth Miller
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BanA McDoaai4 .
A woman came to- Omaha last
winter from Chicago. Aside from
her interesting family, she knew no
one in the city. After two months
here, she confided to one 'of her new
friends that she had been hungry
for a good lecture.
"I am not lonesome, it isn't that,"
she said hesitatingly, "but a woman
in her home feels keenlyi the need
for contact with the outside world,
particularly along the lines of liter
ature and art." I had that contact
in Chicago and feel acutely the lack
of it here." ' .
; "Why don't "you join the Drama
league?" the, new friend suggested.
' "Drama league? You're -jokingl
I've, never been invited . and know
of no one who would think to ask
me. . "',
- "You don't need an invitation.
The mere desire to. attend the lec
tures and payment of a small sea
sonal fee makes you a member," was
the reply. '"',.''..
Within 24 hours' that woman had
joined the Drama league and Mrs.
Henry S. McDonald, 5101 Nicholas
street, treasurer, . has already re
ceived three dollars from this Chi
cago newcomer, for her membership
for this season. , '
- Tony Sarg and . his Marionettes
open the Drama league season, Oc
tober 28. Mme. Marie Lydia Stand
ish and Miss Gay Mac Laren and
other numbers will appear later.
' Democracy of Opportunity.
This democracy of ; opportunity
holds in the Omaha Society of Fine
Arts, in the Omaha Woman's club,
Tuesday ' Musical, (up to a limited
membership), and in numerous Other
local organizations.
Many of the most enjoyable so
cial affairs of the city are on this
good-will basis. Ak-Sar-Ben, with
its brilliant annual ball, asks only
that you be a loyal Nebraskan with
a small bit of money, to become a
member with all privileges. .
How Can One Small Evening Hold
So Much?
The dinner dance on September
15 for the Associated Charities is
"all-Omaha", irl its scope. For the
price of a good meal "whosoever
will, may come." On this occasion,
according to Mrs. F. L. Devereux,
publicity chairman, the Associated
Charities are offering: .
Th best ; dinner a famous chef can
cook ',..,,
Music by th Ralph Williams orchestra
which makes Victor and Brunswick rec
ords. . American Legion quartette and band.
Dancing between courses on a new ball
room floor. , ;
A midnight ravu by headllners at lo
cal playhouses that week.
Solos by Mary Jordan, noted contralto
of New York.
Chance to buy candles, clgarets,
whistles, horns and rattles,- from Omaha
beauties In fantastlo costumes.
And so the wonder grows, that
one small evening can carry all these
joys. Mrs. J. J. McMullen, Harney
1222, is taking reservations.
Tuesday Musical Year.
The Tuesday Musical club season
will open on the evening of October
13 when the Scotti opera company,
Antonio Scotti, general . director,
will be presented at the Auditorium
in a double bill, "L'Oracola" and
"rPagliacci." Erika Morini, the
wonderful young violinist, is another,
attraction to be offered.
Reinald Werrenraeh, baritone,
comes to the Brandeis the evening
of January 19.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, pianist, has
been engaged for Sunday afternoon,
February 12, Brandeis theater.
Mme. Matzenauer, the great con
tralto,' at the Auditorium . on the
evening of March 24 will bring the
season to a close. : -
Social ; Merry-Go-Round
Sunday, September 4.
Elizabeth Barker, evening tea for
Margretha Grimmel and Dorothy
Balbach', brides-to-be. '
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Welch, din
ner at Lakoma club. "
Monday. .
. Dr.. George , Boehler, dinner' for
Miss Grimmel and her fiance, George
Flack.
Tuesday. .
Dr. and Mrs. Charles McMartin,
dinner at Happy Hollow club.
Mrs. Leonard Trestor, luncheon
for Miss Grimmel.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles. McFayden,
dinner dance at - Country club for
Flack-Grimmel wedding party.
Wednesday.
Mrs. E.j A, Wolcott. luncheon at
Field club.
Mrs. Charles Lathroo. tea for her
daughters, Winifred and Lucile.
Airs. Ware. Hall, luncheon for
Louise Clarke, fiancee of Harkness
Kountze. :
Mrs. George Engler. afternoon
bridge for Miss Grimmel.
Mrs. Morton -Engelman, afternoon
affair for Miss Jacer Allen, fiancee
cj Howard, Pjmharg, i i ! 1
Dorothy Belt, dinner for Kountze
Clarke wedding party. .
Marion Coad, , dinner for Flack
Grimmel wedding party. 1
Mrs. George Prinz, theater party
for Kountze-Clarke wedding party.
Thursday.
Mrs. J. J. McMullen, tea for Miss
Clarke. .
t Mr. and Mrs. Luther Kountze,
dinner followed by dancing party for
Kountze-Clarke wedding party.
Friday.
Flack-Grimmel bridal dinner.
Dorothy Judson, dinner for
Mrs. R. Nile Booth and Mrs. Cecil
Kitchens, afternoon party for Miss
Jacey Allen. s
Saturday.
William Latta, dinner for Kountze
Clarke wedding party.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Dunham", din
ner for Dunham-Allen weddinsr
party.
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Sunday, September 11.
Ellison Vinsonhaler and Stewart ,
Summers, picnic supper for Kountxe- '
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