The . Omaha Sunday Bee
WOMEN'S SECTION
VOL. 51 NO. 21.
PART TWO
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1921.
1 B
TEN CENTS
Good Supply of Firemen
Eastern Visitors in Omaha
Pretty California Sisters Here
and Policemen in the
Upcoming Generation
SOCIETY
Xkfhetitie
- Mrs. . George Lunt is spending a
few weeks in Omaha enroute from
her, summer home in Paris Hill,
Me., to Pasadena, where she will
spend the winter. She is the guest
of her brother, Edward L. Burke,
and Mrs. Burke.
Miss Gather Suggests "Use
for Clothes Brush-War
Over Cottonwoods
By GABBY
, ALLIA est omnis divisa in
partes tres," if Gabby re
members . her Caesar.
-The same might be said of Omaha
since Willa Cathers visit, only in
stead of language being the cause of
separation, it is the cottonwood tree.
There are those who favor the
cottonwood, those who do not, and
those who live- in apartment houses
and care nothing about; trees one
way of the other so long as they
sret good janitor service.
- "Plant the cottonwood," urged
Miss Cather. "Never mind the fluff
that floats down on your blue serge
suit. You can buy a clothes brush
for that," said she approximately if
not exactlv. -
Shortly after the conclusion of
her lecture ihe storm broke.
"The cottonwood is a short-lived
tree," said the conservatives.. "Why
olant for SO instead of 100 yearsr
"Dangerous talk," moaned the
' germ fiend who can be found in any
audience. "The cottonwood harbors
a worm, which, if allowed to breed
will in time kill all our Nebraska
trees."
"Thfey grow to a beautiful height,
as Miss Cather said," minced one
little woman, "and for that very rea
son thev tooole over easily. Our
entire family was very nearly killed
in the early days when a strong
wind blew over a big tree near our
house. It crashed into our kitchen,
and if it hadn t been night, and all
of us in bed asleep, "
; "You can't plant anything else
"near them," 'wailed a woman.' the
kind whose husband-reads-a-farm-maeazine.-
so-of-course-she-ought-to
know.- "They sap up all the mois
ture around.
. Gabby resolved to get at the truth
of the matter." She -sought authori
tative advice. And where could she
get it better than. from Raymond J.
Pool, professor of botany at the Uni
versity of Nebraska? Professor
Pool replied promptly to a letter of
inquiry irom uabby. tt may seem
like boasting, but with the aid of
two dictionaries and an encyclope
dia Gabby 'was able to understand
perfectly the words of this learned
gentleman.
Briefly, these were his points:
'If the farmer wants a rapidly
growing tree as ' shelter or for
groves, I would include the cotton
wood among the . few species he
might use.
"The tree has served- many useful
purposes in the state in the list of
, which is the landscape feature.
"I would not think of suggesting
the cottonwood as a street or lawn
tree. ,
"The trees (cottonwood) are com
monly very badly infested and that
constitutes one of their drawbacks,
yet I do not consider that a suf
ficient reason to abandon it. i believe
there is no scientific basis for pos-.
sible deleterious influence upon
other species of the neighborhood.
I would not discourage its plant
ing for certain purposes., However a
list to be preferred for street and
park planting in eastern Nebraska
would include the white, elm, the red
oak, the pin oak, the sycamore, the
groen ash, the .honey locust, the
hackberry and the linden."
All of which Gabby takes to mean
that a cottonwood is better than no
tree at all. It is quick growing. It
is beautiful, - lending itself .to the
painter's brush as Miss Cather sug
gested. It is all right for the open
country and along banks of streams
but other species are preferable for
streets and parks in .eastern Ne
braska. NO. Those bottle cases ordered
by the Drama league Thurs
day, the day Percy Mackaye
lectured here, had no 'contents."
T-hey were empty, sadly empty.
It all came about through Mr.
. Wc$.
Miss Kathryn Squier is a former
O mafia girl, who is spending this
week in Omaha as the guest of Miss
Elizabeth Barker and Miss Virginia
Pixlcy. Miss Squier is a graduate
of Brownell Hall and has also at
DETAYLS.
Mackaye, himself. He wanted a
desk, "a high desk, and not a music
rack," for his lecture. It seems that
the gentleman leans, and leans
hard, and if the desk is too low he
has "to double," as he himself de
scribed it.
He looked rather delicate and
fragile and the committee was sym
pathetic. Though it was 3 p. m.
and the lecture was scheduled for
4 o'clock. -thev launched forth to a
local furniture store, obtaining a $98
table upon which they secured im
mediate delivery.
But," alasT It was not high
enough. That is where the empty
cases came in. Enough of them
were secured from the hotel where
the lecture was held, and piled atop
each other, to . give the desired
height for the poet-lecturer.
But .
What if! Yes, what if this house
built upon the sands, as :: were,
should go tumbling down during the
lecture? The risk was too great, for
Mr. Mackave had already warned
that he leaned. Too much of a risk
so out they went.
Another trip to the furniture
store. This time a dear little chif
fonier was chosen. In great haste
it was transported to the scene of
leaning. Good! , The height was
right. Now for a covering. Al
ready the early-comers were arriv
ing and speed was necessary. A
strip of dark green velvet was
brought in Gabby knows not from
where, and hastily draped around
the chiffonier. Graceful and Gre
cian it looked when arranged. Happy
and histrionic was the poet who
stood behind it. .,
"The best thing I ever had, he
said almost enthusiastically after the
lecture. . , , ' .
-Resourcefulness, thy name Is. the
chairman of the house committee
for the Drama league. ,
AMERICA is developing a type,
according. to Miss Mary Bo
land, noted and if you talked
with her you would add charming,
actress who appeared, at The' Or
pheum last week.
Miss Boland became aware of this
when she saw our armies in France.
There were so many of him she
had to acknowledge the type.
"He is tall, not as tall as the Aus
tralian, but a good height," said
Miss Boland in describing him. "He
has good color in his face and looks
rueeed. His hair is tawny and his
eyes invariably. blue. He has strong
teeth." .
Have you ever seen him? Stand
at Sixteenth and Farnum any day
and you will. He suggests Scandi
navia. Scotland and even Germany,
but has none of the Latin in his
make-up. ,. . .
Now the next job is to find the
typical American beauty. Miss Bo
land herself might quaiify with her
smiling blue eyes, and golden hair.
THERE may not be much in a
name, but sometimes there can
be a lot in a slogan according
to a member of the Junior league.
A little girl came into the North
Side baby station the other day and
announced proudly, "We're going to
have a baby in Uecemter.
One of the workers looked up and
replied sweetly. "How lovely! I
the stork going to bring it, dear?
"Oh, no. The Alamito milk wagon
is going to bring it" ' '
How come? marvelled the work
er and asked another . question or
two.
"Well." explained the little girl
confidently, "I heard mamma siy
we were going to take from the
Alamito in December and on their
wagon it says, "Babies supplied
daily."
George Lutttt,
(GATCMeu PHOTOS
tended the Lincoln school in Provi
dence, R. I., and Ward Belmont
college. She is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Waite Squier. Since leav
ing Omaha the family have made
their home in Evanston. .
Pupils of Public
Schools Stage
Pageant
The Pageant, "Nebraska," to be
given at the Brandeis, November
10 for the Teachers convention
comprises a cast of nearly 600 pu
pils of the Omaha public schools,
and is by far , the most elaborate
production the ' public schools have
ever staged here. Rehearsals have
been in progress since school opened
in September. ". .'.'. '
The pageant is the work of Dr.
Hartley B. Alexander of the. Uni
versity of Nebraska, who wrote the
book, and Howard I. Kirkpatrick,
who wrote the music.
But three of the five original acts
of the pageant are to be given. The
first act is the coming of the pio
neers led by-the Spirit of the Prog
ress," a part taken by-Virginia Fran.
The cast is from -Central High. A
battle ' for , ihe possession of.- the
fields takes place between the grass
hoppers and the birds, with victory
to the birds. The Spirit of the'West,
portrayed by Norma Mack, enters,
surrounded by Golden Hopes, lit
tle tots from the kindergartens, and
after their dance ; Dorothy Stein
baugh, as the Voice of the West, has
a vocal solo.
The second act, "The Plainsmen,"
tells the story of early days, the In
dians and the French Voyageurs.
Especially effective is the chorus of
whipsters. The parts are taken by
the South Omaha high school, with
Helen Nightingale as the Corn
Spirit," Homer Hubbard, a chieftain;
Charles Moore, Charles Seymour,
scouts; James Doty and Jack Mur
phy, voyageurs. ,
"Nebraska and the Nation," the
third act, is given by Commerce
High and-Benson. , It is the' history
of Nebraska's statehood. Mrs. Ma
bel Reid will act Liberty, a speaking
part; Ida. Hughes and Lois Avery
will do solo dances; Mrs. Fred Ellis
will, be a French peasant and Dor
othy Wahl will take the part of Ne
braska. The chairman ' of the pageant is
Miss Lena . May Williams, di-
This group of attractive girls from
Commerce High will take the part
of the Passing Years in the Pageant
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lifers
N.uthly runny Breachta
Threw a IKhl.4 match
Ittght Into eume ahaylng.
To If th.jr would clch.
Soon the wood wae blailnf, '
Klainea nd amoke aronei
Pan riiahed through tht friJ.n
Ttc ble failure hoee.
Olowlnt with ancltament,
"Tim la fun," an id Dan,
"I mean to b a fireman.
When I grow to ba a man."
So it it with children. A new
experience, a new personage on
their horizons, and they change
their minds about what they are go
ing to be, when they are men and
women.
Firemen and policemen are very
attractive occupations to them.
Chadbotirne Moorhead, age 8.
: used to think he would become a
1 fireman, but later changed to engin
eer or street car conductor. Now
j he thinks he will be a farmer, ac
'cording to ll-year-cld Harley, jr.,
; who has made up his mind to be a
lawyer. "I like to arsue," he said
i as a resaon for his choice,
i . . . .. .
William J. wcuanrey, jr., na
decided in his 6-year-old brain that
he will be a policeman and "take
care of everybody." He elucidates
further by saying that his 4-year-eld
sister, whom he calls "Timmy,"
is "going to be a lady."
Most thrilling of all was Kathar
ine Kennedy, 6-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Kennedy.
She plans to be "an airplane driver."
So no matter what happens to Ruth
Law, the world at large may be
sure some one will rise to take the
place of this venturesome and skill
ful woman.
Willard Hosford. j'r., age 9, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Willard S. Hosford,
says he is having the "most aw
ful time deciding between an air
plane man and a salesman like his
father."
Charles Beaton, j'r., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Beaton, hopes to
be an engineer on a train when he
grows up. .
Kuggles WestbrooK, son ot air.
and Mrs. E. S. Westbrook, is also
lecomotively inclined. His nurse says
they never go autoing but Ruggles
must be taken to the viaduct to sec
the trains. He has an electric train
now, and is patiently waiting for
Santa Claus to bring him another
one for Christmas. Richard, age 8,
a year older than his brother, is go-
inir to be a doctor nice nis grana-
father, Richard C. Moor.
It is little wonder that Charles
Harding has chosen his father s
business (ice cream) as the most
desirable in the world... He prob
ably, reasons that when business is
dull, he can occupy himself eating
big, cold mounds of pink, white and
chocolate. . '
Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C
Fraser. has a three-fold ambition
stored away for manhood. He means
to play foot ball, base ball and. be a
rector of expression at Central- High,
and the assistant chairman is Miss
Marion Reed.
In charge of the dancing are Miss
Constance Flatt, Miss trances
Pearson. Mrs. Orietta Chittenden,
Mrs. Timmy Musselmann. Ira Jones
is chairman of, the organization, as
sisted by Mrs. Alice Jfeterson. cnair
man of choruses is Miss Juliet Mc-
Cune, and her committee are Mrs.
Carol Pitts, Mrs. Florence Fixler,
Miss Mabel Shipherd, Miss Flora
Ellis. jCostumes are under the direc
tion of Helen Thompson, and the
Misses Bertha Neale, Kathryn Low
rv. Teanette McDonald, Lucy Hart,
Myrtle DeGraff, Jessie Stitt, Elsie
Howe. The dramatics committee in
cludes Mrs. Mabel Reed, and the
Misses Julia : Newcomb, Josephine
Starrett and Clara Janouch. Miss
Clara Mackia is in charge of make
up, and Miss Zora Shields and Miss
Jessie Towne are 'he literary com
mittee. R. H. Johnson assists Hen
ry Cox with the orchestra; H. E.
Bennett and Louis Pexton do
lights and floats; Miss Parker and
Miss Mary McNamara tend to the
other properties. The business man
ager is Fred Hilll, and his assist
ants are R. M. Marre and Miss Mary
Austin. -
Music will be funnished by an or
chestra of 60 pieces from the three
high schools led by Henry Cox.
Commerce High Girls'
"Nebraska to be put on at the Bran.
deis November 10 for the teachers'
convention. Their costumes are of
Panny'e angrr Tapa,
race all red with Ira;
Bald that llttla children
Muatu'l play iln lira.
CallM a fcl pollraman, '
Kan waa not afraid:
Took hla club and helmet,
And policeman played.
"I'm not ana bit frightened.
Catch rne It you cani
X mean to ba a 'copper
Whan i grow to ba a man."
lawyer. I lis father has succeeded In
doing all three, and why should he
not? He is making progress al
ready for even at his early age of six
Jie can "kick as high as the house,"
according to his own statement. His
sisters, Dorothy, 10, and Mary, 7,
will be school teachers. Dorothy
v.'ill not instruct in the kindergarten
or early grades because "they don't
know anything." Mary still respects
kindergarteners, and may give them
the training which Dorothy will not.
Mrs. Halleck Rose said, "I can
not tell you what Hudson is going
to be tonight. Last week he was i
going to build ships. Homer, who
is older, thinks he will be lawyer,
like his father,
Barbara Baird, 12, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clair Baird, says she wants
to be "either a good wife or a school
teacher." Her brother, William
James, age 8, will be a lawyer like
his father and grandfather, unless
there should be a war and in that
case he would "rather be a soldier
more than anything else." Janet
Josephine, age 5, will be a teacher.
David Crofoot, age 12, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ludovic Crofoot, is to be
a naval architect and his brother,
Michael, age 10, intends to follow
the railroad business. Asked what
branch he would go into he replied
that he intended to start at the be
ginning and work up.
"What am I going to do when I
grow up?" repeated Everett Kem
per, age 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
L.' Kemper. "Oh, gee, well you can
put me down as a wireless operator."
His brother. Lane, age 7, is greatly
interested in horses and hopes to go
into the horse business when he is
old enough.
"I would like to be a lawyer or go
in the wholesale dry goods business,
or do anything that has pep to it
besides those two," said Sheridan
Byrne, aged 12, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy T. Byrne. His brother John,
age 10, who at one time aspired to
be a fireman, says he is undecided
at present as he can't choose between
a race track driver and an airplane
pilot. Dicky Byrne, age 4, says he
is going to be j'ust like his' father
When' he is a man. f ."'
Some children were found who
are influenced by the movies, . re
minding one of the last verse of a
rhyme which goes:
' But lt'a mlgVty hard to gueaa
Just zactly what I'm Kcma be;
It seema to change Juet all the tlma .
With every pitcher show I aee. .
The Military . and
the Mayor Will
Attend Ball
The presence of Mayor Dahlman
and Mrs. Dahlman, with officers and
their ladies from Fort Crook, will
lend an official air to the Armistice
ball, to he given at the Fontenelle,
Friday night, by Marion Crandell
unit, Women's Overseas Service
league. ' .
Miss Helen Cornell, the president,
invited the mayor at the reception
given in honor of the Belgian war
hero, Gen. Baron Jacques, the city's
guest of honor. Thursday.
Brilliant-hued posters advertising
the dance appeared in downtown
windows this, week, and the. demand
for tickets indicates a huge success
for the overseas girls' first public
venture.
The service girls, in uniform, will
march in the Armistice Day parade,
preceding their dance, i
' Social Settlement
The W I. . L. L. club wiircele-
brate its first birthday anniversary
with a party Thursday evening at
8:30 o'clock at the Social Settle
ment house.
Dance Will Be Feature of Pageant
ra nbow colors and in their iridescent
globes there will be electric lights.
Standing, left to right: Helene
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f: Vi 1
'liliiik L MS
laa MaMaaaMaa - -wiWWW' a
Ida tyoretice Prime
Washington Will
Have Unusual
Season'
Bureau of The Bee,
Washington, Nov. 5
Washington is in a state of prep
aration. Preparation for its most im
portant season in many years and a
similar one, social history relates, to
that period in Washington following
the war of 1812 when European
celebrities, literary, artistic and
scientific, were attracted to this land
of wealth and prosperity. It was
wealth of resources then, not wealth
in dollars. And it is recorded that at
that time the foreign visitors of dis
tinction had quite as much trouble
in finding quarters with the comforts
they were accustomed to, as these
visitors of today, and for the most
part they were invited as guests, in
the homes of the leading citizens.
Three of the leading hostesses of
the diplomatic circle hastened back
from Europe to be here in time to
take part in the ' greetings to last
week's distinguished guests." They
are Mme. Jusserand, wife of the
French ambassador; Baroness de
Carter, wife of the Belgian ambassa
dor, and Mme. Le Breton, wife of
the Argentine ambassador. ';
It may be interesting to women,
that the two receptions of last week,
the one in the Italian embassy for
General Diaz and that in the French
embassy gave the keynote to thel
fashions for the seasons evening.
clothes this year in Washington, and
it looks as though the record would
be broken for the display of rich fab
rics and rare jewels. Rumor has it
that the wonderful emeralds and dia
monds ci the Empress Josephine,
the gift of Napoleon, to her, which
have recently been brought to New
York for sale, will be seen in Wash
ington this winter on the person of
the enormously wealthy woman
whom this rumor claims is negotiat
ing for them. . : '
Next to the embassies, the homes
of the secretary .of the navy and the
secretary of war will be the scenes
of greatest social ' festivities during
the next two months.
Upon Mrs. Denby, wife of the sec
retary of the navy, will fall the bur
den of the entertaining for the vis
iting naval heroes. The honorable
position of admiral of the navy re
mains unfilled since the death of
Admiral Dewey. Admiral Sims
would be next in point of precedence
to the secretary of the navy, were
he Here, but he is not likely to be
(Turn to Pace Two, Column Seven.) '
G.lle, Lillian Snow, Helen Empkey;
Eva Leach, Flossie Cooper, Helene
Phillips, Jennie Gait
VHKYN PHOTO!
-& Miss Ida Prime and Miss Pauline
Prime of Los Angeles are guests of
Dr. and Mrs James Prime. They
are students of the Cumock School
Nebraska Girl Describes
Wash Day in Far
Away Norway
. (Miss Esther Gunnison of Aurora, Neb.,' a frequent visitor with rela
tives in Omaha, was a student at Oxford, England, last year. During her
stay abroad she visited Norvny, the land of which she writes in this story.)
By ESTHER GUNNISON.
It was in the summer time that I
sailed to the land of lakes, forests
and mountains, to the land of the
midnight sun.
4 A robust, flaxen-haired daughter
of Norway had invited me to spend
the summer in her sod-roofed cot
tage or one of the little Norweigan
lakes. : Thus it was I made the ac
quaintance of the thrifty cottagers
dwelling near the sea side and wit
nessed a ''wash day" unlike any I
had ever seen before.
- U5on the evening of my arrival
my hostess had shown me a. fine old
walnut chest of drawers in which I
might "keep my under linens, and
not until she discovered the modest
dimensions of my traveling case did
she reaalize her error in assigning a
chiffonier of six ereat drawers for
the under linens of an American
guest.
' Wash day in the Scaudanavian
countries does not come frequently
Indeed among the cottagers and vil
lage folk, "wash day" is a seasonal
event, sometimes reserved 'entirely
for early spring, mid-summer and
late summer. It is obvious why the
chiffonier occupies ' an importapt
place among the few substantial
pieces of furniture in the neat Nor
weiean cottages. In the deep draw
ers of the chiffonier, are stored such
quantities of household and "under
linens" as would take the breath of
the most enterprising of American
housewives.
One morning shortly after my ar
rival, I was awakened by sounds of
cheerful voices in a storeroom and
woodshed near my window. From
the eagerness and earnestness of the
conversation, it seemed that the topic
of discussion might well be one of
universal importance, but I soon dis
pelled' all fears of news of another
outbreak in Poland or a cloudburst
in Nebraska when I discovered that
it was nothing more serious than ar
rangements being made for "wash
day" on the morrow. A kindly
neighbor and her buxom daughter
had come to help my hostess prepare
Sitting, left to right: hmma L.
Johnsen, Josephine Lustig, Ruth
Elliott, Ruth Slater, Alice Thomas,
Margaret Sorenson,
(RritziQ, ,
of Expression in Los Angeles and
after Christmas they will return to
the school to take up their dramatic
work again.
for the event, and it was thin I was
permitted to watch the process of
washing in Norway; it was then t
made a mental inventory of the sup
ply of "linens" of a Norwegian
housewife.
To begin with,' there came the-assortment
of articles to be washed.
Tall baskets were brought forth and
dozens yea scores of towels, sheets
and pillow cases were placed in a
pile, while from 10 to 20 changes of
"under linens" formed little moun
tains of separate articles.
Thercwere nightgowns made of
fine linens and muslins, some Heavy '
with tucks and embroidery and neat
ly finished feather stitched seams.
Long sleeves and high necks afford
ed a striking contrast to the dainty
flimsiness of the American lingerie
lost in the depths of the top drawet
of my chiffonier. . Chemises, hand
embroidered, petticoats, much be
ruffled with insertions and lace of
crochet, plain vests of linen, drawers
and corset covers varying in elabo
ration were assorted and placed in
their proper places.
There were white holiday aprons
with borders of Hardanger embroid
ery, hemstitch or crossstitch, gath
ered at the waist and finished with
lorig sashes; there were kitchen
aprons in deep blue and . white
stripes, there were blouses and
blouses I Stained articles were given
careful attention, while the piles of
clothing and table linens were reas-
sorted and classified as to ' texture,
embroidery, etc. . 1
The fire had been built in the
"store house" stove and clouds of
steam were coming from the large
copper boiler filled with rainwater
that had been caught in heavy
wooden tubs. And while the day
was still morning, "wash day" was '
well begun.
When afternoon came on the fol
lowing day, the clothes were ready
for rinsing. It was then I was per
mitted to follow a procession to the
like where ereat smooth rocks in
the water's edge were sought out for
the final process of cleansing. Other
women, -with kerchiefs tied over their
hair, sleeves rolled above plump el
bows and feet bare had come to the
lake, for the same purpose.' '
The "linens" ready for rinsing had
been rung out , and placed in coils
around the inner edges of clean
wooden tubs. The tubs had been
placed in little wagons and eulict
down to the edge of the lake. Large
rocks were selected, some out in the
water 10 or IS feet from the coast
line. Here the housewife placed her
clothes; taking one article at a time
she shook it backward and forward
in the clear water of the lake press
ing each piece at intervals on the
rock much as one would knead a
lump of dough. Tub after tub of ar
ticles had been treated in this man
ner and when night came the process
of rinsing had been completed and
the "linens" taken back to the cot
tage for drying.
With the first peep of dawn on
the day following, the clothes were
hung on heavy cord clothes lines;
some were spread on low bushes,
others were bleaching on the grass
all white and spotless as infinite
pains, and the blue waters of a Nor
weigan lake could make them..
Girls Basket Ball
Three . girls' basket ball teams
wil r''y' at the Creighton gymna
sium Wednesday evening, November
9, as the opening of a three days
bazaar for the benefit of the. build
ing fund of the Sisters of Mercy.
The bazar will be held November
10, 11 and 12 at Jacobs Hall. The
basket ball will be a double-reader:
St. Birchman's against St. Mary's,
and St. Mary's against St John's.
Miss Gertrude llcElligott is the
captain of St. Birchman s. Miss
Genevieve Mulick and Miss Viola
Dolan captain St. John's and Sk
Mary's respectively.
