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Light Opera, Foot Ball,
Potato Soup--And
Always Romance
By GABBY
THERE is a glamor about foot
ball, there's no denying it. And
it doesn't always wear off with
a maiden's teens. Whether his grid
iron record at Central High and at
the University of Nebraska has
something to do with this young
man's success in the realm of a gen
tler sport, Gabby cannot tell. But
it undoubtedly taught ' him how . to
tackle. He is one of six stalwart
brothers, and is forced to spend a
good deal time out of town in con
nection with the grain business.
Theyoung person who poses as the
heroine of this tale is a tall, grace
ful blonde of a striking type, who is
a graduate of an eastern school.
She has three sisters and three
brothers, one of whom lately fell a
victim to Hymen. And now they
say this sister will be the next. The?,
friends already suspect an engage-,
ment, but if they aren't careful !
wedding may be slipped over with
out their knowledge. . ;
PERHAPS no play , recently : in
Omaha, with the possible ex
ception of our one evening of
Ibsen, has aroused "more contradic-.
tory comment than "Erminie," star
, ring DeWolf Hopper and Francis.
Wilson.
As a testimonial on one side, the
house was filled all three nights and
for a matinee. Add to this the
woman who was jumping up. and
down in line for the box office re
marking, "Oh, I don't see how I
can live till I get in, I love it so."
Then there was th( boy who was
"all for" the yellow-haired solo dan
cer, and the white-haired woman
who "enjoyed every second of it."
Buf there is another talc to tell,
too. There were : the sleepy souls
who thought the action intolerably
slow, and there was the young man
who looked with mild favor at the
picturesque flowing skirts, and
listened, a bit bored, to the sweetly
fcntimental tunes and summed it up,
"Why didn't I bring Aunt Lavinia?"
THE athletes seem to be the ir
resistible members of society
this fall, so, gentlemen, unless
you have at least a good coat of tan
to speak in your favor you might
as well give up. " Minneapolis is the
home town of this regular out-of-town
fellow, who has acquired a
splendid sunburn on Omaha golf
links this summer. He is a tall,
well-built chap, who has lived here
for the last three years, and is con
nected with the insurance business.
Here comes the disappointment
he is blonde, but she is not a bru
nette. In fact; she is one of the
rare titian type with red-gold hair, i
this girl who is seen so much in his.
company, bhe is tall and slender
and looks particularly well in the
blues and grays of the sport cos
tume she has been wearing this fall.
She has two sisters, one of whom is
married. If the young man ever
takes up matrimony with as much
intensity as he has recently taken up
bridge, he'll surely win the game.
So far society is a bit baffled by
this pair, as to jnst how serious
their interest in each other is. Good
work, says Gabby, keep them guess
in?) We are too discreet to tell all we
know. . x
ffTTTON'T you come to the
yy meeting of cur . public-
speaking department - to
morrow?" asked a member of the
Omaha Woman's club.
"You will please excuse me,"
came the courteous reply, "I get so
much public speaking at home."
Gabby believed her, knowing she
lias a family of three.
THE first three letters of his first
name are the same as the first
three letters of his last name.
Said three letters spell a word which
is something we all like to own.
A Darling Bungalow in Dundee
The evidence is against him. He
is building a house, a darling bun
galow in Dundee. A certain girl
has given up her professional duties
in an Omaha hospital and gone home
"to mother." L'nless Gabby is bad
ly mistaken she will be returning to
Omaha soon to preside over the at
tractive home which the man, with
his wide knowledge of real estate,
has been carefully planning for her.
WE hare heard of the New York
city bred child, who, on his
first trip to the country, failed
to recognize a cow, and of the pale
httle city girl, who when passes
boner on her first visit to the coun
try said, "I see you keep a bee,"
TolloWors offhePigshin
DETAYLS.
Gabby believes these stories, now
that she has learned of an Omaha
child who had never seen a package
of creamery butter.
Six boys from one of our grade
schools were carrying baskets of
food to as many families in the dusk
of Thanksgiving eve. Everywhere
their gilts were most acceptable. At
one place, however, it was indeed
giving food to the hungry. The fa
ther of the family was ill, and the
mother came to the door with six
children crowding around her.
"We have brought you a Thanks
giving dinner," said one of the boys
doffing his hat.-
"Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving?"
said the woman in a dazed way.
As the basket of good things was'
handed out a pound of creamery but
ter fell on the floor.
Picking it 'up a little boy asked,
"What is this, mother?"
"Butter, child," she replied. '
"Butter!" he cried. "I never saw
butter like this before!" '
NO. THE world' is not full of
. camouflage! ,;and deceit. If
there is not an honest man to
be found, there if atvlcast an honest
woman.
"What kind p' soup. ,is that?" said
Gabby, not pointing, but politely in
dicating with a nod of her head, as
she started down the line at a cafe
teria in . the basement of a local de
partment store the other day.
The girl tiehind the counter took
up a ladle which was emerged in the
creamy liquid and swished it
through from side to side..
"They call it pure Jackson," she
said in tones of extreme disgust (at
which moment Gabby discovered the
sign above reading 'Puree Jackson')
"but," and she lowered her voice
and looked furtively around, "it's just
plain potato soupl"
At Trinity cathedral, Saturday eve
ning, November 26, Daisy Jane Fry,
daughter of Thomas A. Fry. was
married to Robert Ross Wade, form
er! of Philadelphia. Bishop Ernest
November Bride
I. Mai : '
PART TWO
Golfers, Beware
the Pogo Stick
Is With Us
"There was a young lady named
Lolo,
Who decided to take up the pogo;
She jumped day and night
With her main and her might,
And now about pogo she's loco."
Pogo, a new outdoor sport re
cently introduced in this country
and which has become popular in
London and Paris, has made its ap
pearance in Omaha.
Pogo is great fun. If you don't
believe it, ask Sheridan and John
Byrne,' who go ' a-pogoing every
day.' So far as is known, the Byrne
pogo stick is the only one in Oma
ha, having' been brought here from
New. York by , Roy Byrne, . father
of Sheridan and John.
It is a sort of high-brow jump
ing stick and a 'little more removed
from the stilts of our youth. It is
something of a trick cane with an.
ingenious device near the bottom
made of Indian rubber and a spring.
You mount the pogo after the fash
ion with which children mount, a
scooter car. The pogo jumps you
along without the least jar and no
great amount of. physical, effort.
With its aid, 'tis said, even .pepless
persons are enabled to jump about
with much the same case as a care
free kangaroo on a brisk Novem
ber day., ;
The pogo stick originated among
the Dyak natives of Central Borneo, j
It is used in that country in con-,
ncction with sacrificial ceremonies
observed in the full moon. Only a
few privileged youths are permitted
to do the pogo, and immediately
after the, ceremony, the high priest I
gathers up the sticks and guards
them zealously until the next full
moon. It is said that a French trav
eler saw one of the pogo dances in
progress and made a sketch of the
stick.
V. Shayler officiated. The cathedral
altar and chancel were banked with
palms and white chrysanthemums
and were lighted with cathedral
candles. Preceding the ceremony,
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27,
Followers of the pigskin have
interest has attached to the Creighton college games where the team
has been of record strength under the coachship of Malclom Baldrige,
former Yale atar. '
At all local games Omaha society has turned out in gala attire filling
the boxes and overflowing generously into the grand stand.
Three adjoining boxes were snapped at the Creighton-South Dakota
game. In them are seen two of last aeason'a debutantes, Mist Dorothy
Judson and Miss Dorothy Belt; the president of the Junior League, Miss
Gertrude Stout; Mrs. George Doane, head of the Associated Charities in
Omaha; Miss Josephine Congdon and her fiance, Carl Paulson. From left
to right, the box occupants are:
Loring Elliott, Miss Dorothy Belt, Miss Dorothy Judson, Mrs. W.
B. T. Belt, T. C. Byrne. In the center group, front row, left to right: Miss
Gertrude Stout, Mrs. Henry Luberger, Dana C. Bradford, jr., Mrs. George
Doane, Will Coad and Mrs. E. A. Wickham of Council Bluffs. Mrs. Dana
C Bradford, hostess is immediately back of Mrs. George Doane. The
third group, left to right: Carl Paulson, Miss Josephine Congdon, Mrs.
Herbert French, Florence Rush, and in the next box can be seen Mrs.
Freeman Fitzgerald, wife of the assistant coach of the Creighton team.
Through a Gateway in Japan
A torii stood! three miles above the bay,
A gate of sacred ground,
' Arid when I wandered through a little way,
I paused and found
No temple steps, no lanterns and no shrine,
Only divinity
The solitary presence of a pine
Facing the sea. ,
Witter Bynner.
Fine
Arts Society Membership
Largest in History-Many
Attractions to Come
The records of the Omaha Society
of Fine Arts show that the organi
zation has a membership of more
than 909 active members and ' 12S
euarantors of the museum.'- More
than 400 new members have come
into the Fine Arts society this fall.
Mrs. Ward M. Burgess, who is now
serving her third term as head of the
Society of Fine Arts, has worked un
ceasingly, according to her co-workers,
to perfect this large organization
that a permanent museum may be
Open tO.tne pUDllC 01 uraana.- J. ui;
museum opened the first week in Oc
tober under the auspices of the soci
ety for a second season. The work
of Nebraska artists was shown dur
ing this month. At this time it was
decided . that this exhibition would
be an annual affair.
The work of the-artists of the
middle west is now being shown as
the November exhibit. While it is
comparatively a small exhibition,
during the first two weeks of its
hanging nearly 2,000 people have
visited the galleries. This is a rec
ord attendance for any small exhibi
tion which has been brought here
by the society.
Maurice Block, museum director,
announces the exhibition for De
cember to be the work of William
J. Potter, whose work has been
hung in all of the well known gal
leries of both this country as well
as Europe. Mr. Potter served as a
member of the jury for the work of
the Nebraska artists' exhibition.
The museum is open Sunday aft
Mrs. Fred Pitts gave an organ re
cital and Miss Elizabeth Fry. sister
of the bride, sang, "All Joy Be
Thine." and during the ceremony
Miss Fry sang, "Oh, Perfect Love."
The bride was given away by her
I father. Her dress, made of heavy
! white satin crepe, and cut en train,
I was embroidered in crystals anu
' pearls and trimmed with duchess and
point lace, worn by the bride's
mother at her own wedding. The
bridal cap was of rose point, brought
from Brussclls, and from the cap
hung the long tulle veil caught with
real orange blossoms. She. carried a
b6uquet of bride's roses, lilies of the
valley and orange blosscyns.
The bridesmaids were also gowned
in satin crepe, of various shades, to
make a rainbow effect. Their gowns
were trimmed with silver lace and
embroidery and their bouquets were
of chrysanthemums of different shades
of pinlt The matron" of honor, Mrs.
Arthur Iv etcher, wore jade green;
Miss Alice Fry. maid of honor, wore
apricot; Miss Ethel Fry was gowned
in turquoise blue, and Miss Anna Fry
. in rose" pink.
Rose petals were strewn from a
; pink and blue Dresden basket by lit
tle Kathryn De Haven, and Miss
. Victoria Netcher carried the ring in
'a large white chrysanthemum.
The best man was Lake Deuel, the
ushers were Wilson Bryan, Linn
t Campbell, Charles Rice, W. H. Pan
jsing. A reception for about 250 gyests
followed the ceremony at the Fry
home, which was decorated in pink
and white.
Out-of-town guests were Mrs. J. M.
Wade of Philadelphia, Mrs. M. R.
Karshin of Chicago, Mrs. Arthur
Netcher of Fessenden, N. D.; Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver Choale of San Diego,
CaL; Mrs. David De Haven of Far
go. X. D.; Mrs. J. Starn of Beatrice,
Xeb.f Mrs. Dan McCutchen of- Belle
Fourche, Sj D,
been many in Omaha this year. Unusual
ernoons from 2 until 6 o'clock. Mrs.
Edgar M.. Morsman, jr., chairman of
courtesy committee, has perfected
a :small organization of her commit
tee, who see that a member of the
society is a hostess sduring every
hour of the exhibition,
Dr. Louis Anspacher, who gives
the third lecture of the Fine Arts se
ries, speaks before the organization
Thursday, December 8, at 4 o'clock,
at Hotel Fontenelle. The lecturer is
the husband of the , well known
actress, Kathryn ' Kidder, who ap
peared a few years ago in Omaha as
a co-star with Louis James and
Frederick Ward. Dr. Anspacher is
a well' known playwright. Among
his latest successes was the play,
"The Unchasen Woman," one of the
most successful plays of both New
York and Chicago last year. We will
lecture on "Democracy and Irrespon
sibility." Day Nursery
Mrs. E. S. Westbrook was elected
chairman of the Omaha branch of
the National League to Women
service at a meeting of the board of
directors Friday morning at the Day
Nursery. - Mrs. E. M. Syfert was
chosen first vice chairman; Mrs.
Charles T. Kountze, second vice
chairman; Mrs. Edward Peck, third
vice chairman; Mrs. L. J. Healey,
secretary; Ward Burgess, assistant
secretary; M. T. Barlow, treasurer;
Miss Arabella Kimball, assistant
treasurer; Mrs. Howard Baldrige,
chairman of house and home com
mittee; Mrs. O. M. Smith, finance
chairman; Mrs. Alvin Johnson, pub
licity. Other members of the board
are: Mcsdames Luther Drake, E. F.
Folda, George Joslyn, Myron
Learned, E. W. Nash, Arthur C.
Smith, Joseph Polcar and T. G.
Travis. '
Mrs." Westbrook announces that
the Day Nursery, which is super
vised by' the Omaha branch of the
league, will remain open until the
first of April.
According to Mrs. Alvin John
son .the Day Nursery would like
more children. They can handle a
larger number without increase iu
the expense.
Rag-a-Jazz Boys
The Rag-A-Jazz boys are coming
back. At least there are wireless
whisperings in the air of a- concert
at the Fontenelle hotel in January
by these enterprising musicians who
went to Europe last year from the
University, of Nebraska. For the
most part they are Lincoln and Oma
ha boys. They gave frequent con
certs in Omaha before their depar
ture, and have been making a real
American "hit" abroad.
"The Dancing World." published
in London, said in a recent issue:
"The feature of this orchestra is a
baby saxophone which is played
with perfectly . marvelous effect"
Harold Peterson of Omaha is the
saxophonist The writer concluded:
"It was with great relief that I
found an orchestra which made
dancing a real pleasure. I . . .
Each man is a real musician, and
between them they will, unless I am
much mistaken, make the dancers in
London sit up and take notice as
they have never does before, ....
1921. .
1 B
Will, You Help to
Fill Their
Stockings
Just how many little stockings
will be filled on Christmas morning
and the number of little hungry
mouths fed on that day will depend,
to a certain extent, on the success
of a bazar which is to "be given by
the employes of the Northwestern
Bell Telephone company and the
Western Electric company Decem
ber 1, 2 and ' 3, at 1809 Douglas
street. The entire proceeds will be
used for food, clothing and fuel for
needy families of the city.
The bazar will include a wide va
riety of beautiful hand-made articles
suitable' for Christmas gifts. A doll
booth, apron, candy, handkerchief
and miscellaneous booths and a
country store will be features of the
affair. A musical program has been
planned for each evening.
The formal opening will be held
Thursday evening, with Mayor
James Dahlman presiding. Miss
Mollie Jones, chairman of the com
mittee in charge of the affair, is 'be
ing assisted by Mrs. Gus Gruben
and the Misses Martha Barsch, Rose
Johnson and Helen Kubat.
Woodman, Circles
Contribute to r
Charities
At a meeting of Omaha Woodmen
Circle federation Wednesday evening,
November 23, members voted to give
$20 to the City mission to. help in
furnishing -a room for the use of
mothers and their children, who are
temporarily without a home or means
of support. A $10 donation was made
to Father Flanagan's Home, to Hit
Young Women's Christian associa
tion, and the Salvation Army Rescue
Home; $5 to The Bee shoe fund and
$5 to the Omaha Daily News charity
fund. Plans were also made to take
care of some poor families on the
World-Herald's "Good Fellowship"
list for Christmas.
In addition to this philanthropic
work, the federation is planning a
large Christmas tree and celebration
Engagement
Mr. end Mrs. " Miiiard Malilon
Robertson announce the engagement
of their daughter. Miss Elizabeth
Loom is Robertson, to J. L. I'hur
mont ol St Louis, son of Mrs. J. C
John L. Kennedy Speaks
Before Woman's Club
Monday Afternoon
'' 'John L.' Kennedy will speak on his trip to Europe at the general
meeting of the Omaha Woman's club Monday afternoon, 2:30 o clock, in
the Burgess-Nash auditorium. The current topics department, Mrs. Mary
I. Creigh, leader, will have charge of the program. A song group, I
Know," by Straus, "The Star," Rogers, and ''Loves in My Heart, ' Wood
man, will be sung by Mrs. John W. Arnoldi, accompanied by Mrs. Irma
Podolak Klopp. A reading, "Miss Tubbs at the Sewing Circle,' will be
given by Mrs. Leo Gardiner. ,
During the business :hour F. A. Secord of the Telephone company
will explain the Dial System and Machine Switching. The president, Mrs.
Charles Johannes, will preside.
the Y. W. C. A., the home economics
department, Mrs. R. E, Frantz, lead
er, will have a sale of hand-made arti
cles and home-cooked foods and jel
lies for the benefit of the club build-
inir fund. The sale will be followed
by luncheon. Mrs. Isaac Douglas
will be leader of the day. - AH club
members are invited.
The public speaking department,
Mrs. O. Y. Kring, leader, will give
a party for new members Friday
afternoon. 2:30 o clock, at the Y. W,
C. A. The division leaders, ' Mes-
dames John Haarmann, O. W. Mai-
strom, W. E. Bolin and John Mul
lin will have charge of the program,
which will include readings, stories,
soeeches. pantomime, games and
one-act play entitled, "A Day 4 of
Life." An invitation is extended to
all club members.
Memberships in the woman s
chorus will be open until December
21. Those wishing to join may en
roll through the, Woman s club or
through the .associate membership
department,
"Lullabies .of .All Lands" will be a
feature of the second of a series of
programs, given by this department
December 14 in the auditorium of the
Y. W. C. A. for the benefit of the
club building fund. Mrs. F. J.' Far-
rington will have- charge of the pro
gram. The music department, Mrs.
W. E. Shafer, leader, meets for re
hearsal Wednesday of each week, 2
p. m., at the Y. W. C. A. auditorium,
tinder direction of Henry G. Cox. The
department has a membership of
more than 60.
for the children of the members of
all Woodmen Circle groves in the
city.
The next meeting will be held Fri
day evening, December 16.
Announced
Phurmnnt of Monroe, La. No date
has been set for-the wedding. Mrs
Robertftn rnd. her da-.igntcr are
spending t!:is winter in Holly wood;
TEN CENTS
Big Sisters Need
Wardrobe for
Tiny Protege v
ia j,
, The Big Sisters are in need of
warm clothing for one of their small
proteges, a year-old child, fatherless.
The mother has been out of work for
some time. It is a very deserving
case, according to Miss Grace Row
land, vice president of the organiza
tion. Anyone wishing to donate gar
ments is requested to send them to
Miss Rowland, 602 Peters Trust
building, Seventeenth and Farnam
streets, '
The Big Sisters is an organization
of business women whose purpose js
to aid and advise younger sisters in
the business world. That the work is
appreciated is evident from the let
ters received daily from girls who
have been guided by this association.
"I am spreading your wonderful
work among our young people," :
writes a young woman now teaching
school in another state, who was aid
ed financially by the Big Sisters when
she was working her way tnrougn
school. This young woman also re
quested membership in the organiza- -tion.
' -" "
Any one who knows of a girl who
is sick or friendless is requested to
call Mrs. H. E. Toedt, Harney 4816.
There is no publicity in connection
with any help extended, whether it
be financial aid, help in finding work
or assistance in bettering social con
ditions. Dr. Abbie Virginia Holmes
is president of the association, .
For Mrs. Burton
Mrs. Walter Roberts was hostess at
luncheon Saturday at the Brandeis
restaurant in honor of Mrs. James
Burton of Kansas City, who is the
guest over the week end of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Gallagher., Last evening
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Davis gave a din
ner at their home followed by danc
ing at the Brandeis restaurant for
Mrs. Burton. Their other guests were
the Messrs. and Mesdames Glenn
Wharton, Willard Hosford, Paul
Gallagher, Miss Elizabeth Davis,
Francis Gaines and Ben Warren.
Poet Discovered in
Omaha by Mr.
Bynner
Witter Bynner, poet, who spoke in
Omaha earlier this month, spent
several days in the city and met
many people. The most moving ex
perience rie naa nere, according to .
his own words, was finding "Golden
Rod and Lilies," a little volume of
poems by an Omaha writer, Robert
W. Gilbert, 5513 Harney street. The
book was published in 1908 and
since then Mr. Gilbert has written
several hundred or more poems at
intervals.
"A good anthology of modern
America poetry shotild'contain some
of the poems by Mr. Gilbert," said
Mr. Bynner.
One of the poems, which Mr. Byn
ner characterized as "a winged
poem, stanzas like cherubs about a
bright figure," reads:
Lord Jesuit, wise and debonair.
Listen to a. young mini prayer:
Ere the rood bright day beglni
Sweetly pardon all my alns;
When I rlsa from off my bed -May
my heart be. comforted
With the Tlslnn of ttiv fac
Glistening in every place;
When I ito to dresa, do tho
Hans a garland on my brow
Of such rhnlre and fragrant flow .re
Aa men call diurnal honra;
When I go to wash and est.
Do thou be. my drink and meat.
Be thoti on mr tM apread
Like spilled wine and broken breat. .
When I rle my work to da.
Do thou follow after, too,
Br a hand In every labor.
Like an honest friendly neighbor; ,
Tf f m.-kr me ,rett-r vera-a.
lialluw tbtm Kith, thy dear Bartiaa
a a.