The Omaha Sunday Bee
tWOMEN'S SECTION
SOCIETY
VOL. 51 NO. 26.
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J I i Mrs. C. C. George and her husband returned a week ago from I , Mrs. Ellcry L. Davis of Lincoln left Thursday for her home ,--"-sa1.v j.. ' ' , V-s
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Short, Tall,
Rich and
Follow
By GABBY
THE latest fad, would you know
it? Not the red-heeled slippers,
nor the beautiful ostrich fans of
brilliant hue, not the vanity case gar
ters, nor even the trick roses the deb
utantes wear on their gowns to con
ceal the dainty make-up box.
What is it "they" all talk about be
tween rounds at the afternoon bridge,
or in dressing rooms at the clubs and
theaters, or where two or three 'are
gathered on morning shopping
rounds?".' -- "' "" -- -It
used to be the - children, the
maids or the automobiles. But those
topics are passe and something of
momentous importance has come to
take their plac.e.'
Momentous, did Gabby say. Mo
mentous is right, for the very latest
fad is REDUCING. It's such a
fadil fad that even the thin women
have gone in for it.
Everybody's doing it!
Corsetiers as well as masseuses give
evidence.
"We are quite accustomed," say
sales ladies, "to having stout women
come in and ask for reducing cor
sets. But now we are being be
sieged by thin women requesting
them. And women who wear cor
sets measuring only 22 and 24 are
just as eager to reduce as their sis
ters witi ponderous proportions."
The real ladies of 'fashion in our
city are engaging in expensive baths
and masseuses of distinction. Those
with lesser means, are taking other
methods of getting their results, but
all of them have gone in for it, short,
tall, stout, thin, rich and poor. They
take not only baths, massages, exer
cises and a rigid diet, but they work
off considerable avoirdupois by talk
ing about the eight ounces they lost
yesterday morning and the two
pounds which departed hence last
week.
Gabby knows one lady of size in
Omaha who lost 40 pounds in 10 days.
Shi A buttermilk and orange diet
and the attention of an expert mas
seuse did it. She has recently re
claimed six of the 40 pounds, so all
is not well. She has abandoned social
activity for the present and is ap
plying herself to the task of becom
ing sylphlike.
One woman who weighs 113
pounds is desperately determined to
reduce to 110.
Dancing classes, gymnasiums and
golf courses are crowded with fol
lowers of the fad.
Society women there are who make
a real pleasure of trimming down
.their figures. When they begin to
bulge a bit here and there, they be
take themselves to some little pleas-J
tire resort not so far away where
baths and masseurs are obtainable,
and make a real occasion of it.
We haven't gone as far yet as
Dayton, O., where the Y; W. C. A.
advises mothers to "check your ba
bies and improve your health." A
kindergarten class there provides for
the children from 4 to 6, while mother
is busy establishing a swimming
record in the - "pool" or going
through a toe-touching exercise
which appeals to her as a flesh re
ducer as well as a muscle builder;
6-year-old Johnnie the while is dis
covering that if the yarn doled out to
him is called "blue" then so must be
the eyes of 5-year-old Mary two chairs
away.
After all it is about the most sensi
ble, fad extant Superfluous flesh is
an indictment against its carrier. It
worries him who has and him who
sees. - '
WHY all the world takes such
an interest in lovers is what
harrassed young lovers have
been asking for several centuries :f
not longer. There are those who
bav to have something to talk
Stout, Thin,
Poor All
the Fad
DETAYLS.
about, and there are some who like
to pose as cynics, and who see in
each new devotion a chance for a
few witticisms. But with the ma
jority of people it merely seems to
be the working out of the old adage,
"all the world loves a lover," and
if the world does, it quite naturally
wants to know about each new case.
There is something labout the mal
ady that is appealing and refreshing
to the jaded spirit. '
- Yet so long as other people do
manifest this violent curiosity as to
their intimate affairs, so long will
lovers resent it with the unanswer
able query, "Whose business is it
but our own?" And they will try
to elude prying eyes and "wagging
tongues as often as they can.
That seems to be the state of
mind of one couple at present, whose
engagement, though practically rec
ognized as such has never been an
nounced. And Gabby hears that they
are not going to announce it till
they are all ready to be married, and
that the time is drawing near when
they will startle the curious old
world with wedding invitations. She
is a light-haired, blue-eyed girl who
attended school here and in the east.
She has two brothers, one of whom
is married. She is famous for her
quick-witted repartee, or, to couch
it in uncourtly terms, she slings an
extra mean line.
The man is tall and dark, and is
in the contracting business. His
hobby is automobiles, and he goes
in especially for the low, rakish va
riety of street craft. They are con
stantly seen together in his latest
model, a Stevens.'
P. S. Gabby won't swear that it
is a Stevens. The only car she is
sure of is a Pierce-Arrow.
There was a little man and he had a
little gun,
As Mother Goose verses show,
And he shot a little duck for his' good
wife, Joan
But that was Ion; ago.
Now there Is a little man, and his nam
in Jack,
And 7 years old Is he,
And he found a little dueic on his own
front lawn,
; Right out in Dundee.
The poor little duck had a broken wing,
"Poor thin?, he's lost his. flock.
On his long way south," said Jack's wise
dad. t .
' "Now he couldn't go a block."
So they took duckle In and fed him some
corn.
And fattened him up for dinner
For they argued well that he might as
well be "et,"
And why lot him grow any thinner?
The butcher boy came with his apron
and his knife
To perform the last sad rite,
And dtfckle'e soul flew to the rice fields
green.
In the swamps where it's always light.
Then rook tdok'a hand and! stewed the
little duck
For a 1-o-n-g, 1-o-n-g time.
But the family, tried in vain to pick his
little bones,
His toughness was a crime.
Completely bested by the bird, the family
heard a ring
" At the front electric, bell.
And there stood a woman ademandlng
of her duck.
, The tale is sad to tell.
Six simoleons had she paid for duckie
and his' mate -To
exhibit at a fair.
Where she hoped to .win a blue ribbon
prize,
(For they were a handsome pair.)
"But duckie ' strayed." from home" the
family blushed for shame
And loud was his 'owner's wail
When, she heard of his taking off, his
sad -and sudden end.
' The end which ends our tale.
Games Wanted
Games are wanted for children at
the. Social Settlement, according to
airs. Alark 1-evings, one of the vol
unteer assistants in the work there.
Old games will be discarded for new
after Santa has made his round of
Omaha homes, and it is thought in
the exchange some may fall to the
lot of the Settlement, where they are
greatly needed. A telephone call to
Mrs. Levings. at Atlantic 3210, will
answer further inquiries.
PART TWO
Mrs. C. C. George and her husband returned a week ago from
Ashville, N. C, where they went last month for a rest. Mrs. George,
wha is one of Omaha's most charming society matrons, plans to spend
the winter quietly here.
The Land of Allah, the camel and the caravan. Miss Henrietta
Rees will see this -winter. She sails January 7 on the Adriatic with
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rees of Springfield, 111., and will visit early on
her tour, Madeira, Gilbraltar, Algiers, Monaco, Genoa, Naples and Egypt.
From Cairo Miss Rees' party will take a three weeks' trip up the Nile
on the steamer Sudan, going as far as Assuan. The Holy Land, Athens
and Naples will be visited later.. An overland trip is planned through
either Italy or Germany, with a stop of 10 days at the Riviera, from
where leisurely progress will be made to Paris. Miss Rees will sail
from Paris for America about the middle of April. She was a traveler
to Honolulu last season. ;
, Dorothy Masseyv
to Wed Edward
McCaffrey
The marriage of Miss Dorothy
Massey, daughter, of Mrs. Mary S.
Massey, and Edward H. McCaffrey,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen McCaf-
frey, will take place Wednesday
morning, 7:30, in the chapel of
Creighton university, Rev. Father
William P. Quinlan officiating.
Eileen and Sherwood McCaffrey,
sister and brother of the groom, will
be the attendants.
The bride will be married in her
traveling suit of dark blue duvetyn
trimmed in fox fur and hat of black
satin.
Following the ceremony the couple
will leave for ari eastern wedding
trio. They will be at home after
January 1 at the Hanscom apart
ments on i'ark avenue,
Miss Massey attended .St. Marys
school at Notre Dame, Ind. Mr. Mc
Caffrey is a graduate of Creighton
Law ccllege and a member of Delta
Theta Phi fraternity.
Sadler Chapter
Sponsors Music .
Programs
Major Isaac Sadler chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, Mrs. Roland Jones, president,
is sponsoring a scries of musical pro
grams to be held in the night schools
throughout the city. This is a part
of an extensive program of Ameri
canization and citizenship work that
is being carried on by the chapter.
Mrs. Margaret Richardson, who is
in charge of girls' work at the Y.
W. C. A., will have the Friendship
club of the "Y" sing Christmas carols
at the West Side school, December
IS, at 7:30 p. m.
Mrs. Ernest Reese, violinist, will
give a program at Kellom school on
December IS at 7:30 p. m., assisted
by Mrs. P. S. Dreibus, soprano, and
Mrs. Martin Donlon, cellist.
Harry Bell will have charge of the
program at Train school, Decem
ber 15, at 7:30 p. m., assisted byMiss
Clara Schnieder, Miss Anna Killian,
Mrs. H. Goettsche, Philip Krasne,
Max Guttman and Clarence Gard-
Col. McCullough
Will Address
Club Women
Col. T. W. McCullough will speak
on "Some Tendencies of the Modern
Drama," at the general ' meeting of
the Omaha Woman's club Monday
afternoon, 2:30 o'clock, in the Bur-gess-Nash
auditorium. The literature
department, Mrs. Edward Johnson,
leader, will have charge of the pro
gram. -
Vocal numbers will be given by the
Y. M. C. A. quartet, Messrs. Dean
Smith, Hugh Wallace, Edward Wil
liams and George Campbell.
The president, Mrs. Charles Johan
nes, will preside during the business
hour.
Birthday Party.
John Brain, jr.. had a birthday
party Saturday afternoon for 22 of
his little friends. The children had
a fish pond, and then sat around a
long table decorated with Christmas
favors, and each had an individual
birthday cake.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1921.
Drama . League
Charles Lyttle of the First Uni
tarian church, will address the Oma
ha Drama league, Tuesday, December
13, 4 p. m., Hotel Fontenejle ball
room. The Provincetown' players
and Eugene O'Neill will be discussed.
Small theaters are becoming more
and more an important factor in
theatricals in the cast and it is thought
consideration of them here will be
timely and beneficial.
This is the first of three lectures to
be given by local speakers. Miss
Kate McHugh, acting president of
the league, and Mary Irene Wallace,
now in the east, will come later.
A Tie That Binds
On her return trip from Sioux
City last week Mrs. Arthur Guiou
fell into conversation with an attrac
tive woman, who with her little girl
was returning to Des Moines. Mrs.
Guiou spoke of the time she was
giving to raising her quota of Vas
sar's salary endowment fund, only
to find that her companion was de
voting her spare time to the same
cause, so the two mutually delighted
alumnae sat and chatted of ways and
means. Mrs. Henry Frankel of Des
Moines, for so Mrs. Guiou discovered
her new friend's name to be, has in
vented a kind of tray which can be
attached to the window sill for feed
ing birds. It solves the problem of
New Officers
Wesfiroofc
The new head of the Omaha branch of the National League for Women's Service is Mrs. E. S. West
brook, who was throughout the war, chairman of' the. motor corps here. Her new position gives Mr.
Westbrook charge of the day nursery, which is carried on by the league.' - Mrs. M. T. Barlow, as treasurer
of the Service league, is also a member of the day nursery board. Both women have been connected with
the nursery since it was first opened, in 1918, at the - close of the war. The splendid care received by the
children left daily at the nursery while their mothers go out to work is well known. A matron and
three nurses are at the home, two of whom look after the 15 babies, whoare under one year, and one of
whom supervises the children of three and four in their play. Every child has two good meals during
the day and must take his nap after lunch. Mrs. Alvin Johnson is in charge of the Christmas plans, which
include a Christmas tree, presents of warm clothing and joys and a real ice cream party. The day nursery
will remain open all winter. . .
Mrs. Ellcry L. Davis of Lincoln
after a visit here with Dr. and Mrs.
was graduated in 1907 from the University of Nebraska, where she was
a' member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She is a very popular mem
ber of Lincoln's young married set.. Her son and daughter, Ellery, jr.,
and Mary Helen, were in the bridal party of Miss Dorothy Balbach,
whose marriage to Dr. Edwin Davis took place in September.
Mfs. Bradley Roe, a member of the Fortnightly Musical club, and
pupil of Louise Jansen Wylie, will leave early in January with her
husband and son, Bradley, jr., to reside in Chicago. Mrs. Roe plans
to continue her study of music with Charles W. Clarke at the Bush
conservatory in Chicago. She will sing a group of soprano songs for
the music department of the Omaha Woman's club at its meeting Wednes
day afternoon. Mrs. Irma Podalak Klopp will accompany her at the
piano, and Mrs. Joseph Burger on the violin.
Prayer
We
are at prayer when least wo
Know
A silent moment 'mid the glow
Of April on a wooded hill,
A footstep pausing by a rill
To hear that liquid ripple spill
Its music through the silent places
A light of love on little faces,
A thought caught up from life's dark
stream
The loveliest prayer .
Is when we dream.
Tou -thought to pray was lust to kneel
Within your closet, and to feel
The spirit of communion sweep
Your spirit to that vasty deep -"
Of His Immortal realm but men
Pray beat so often where they are ten
Or twenty, or a struggling host,
And prayers are little deeds nf love
That lift up like the Holy Ghost
To realms above!
We are at prayer when we make life
Less bitter with the human strife
That poisons and corrodes us so
With actions mean and small ar.d low.
We are at prayer when through the
drift
Of shadow and of care we reach
A loving, helping hand to lilt
To lives around us, to beseech
The sunlight for them and the chelr
Of a more favoring atmosphere.
And putting hate and anger by,
Bring heaven a little bit more near
And Christ more nigh!
Baltimore Sun.
cats, which has always annoyed bircf
lovers and saves the window sill
from setting untidy. This device is
being patented and Mrs. Frankel is
putting , it on sale for the Vassar
fund.
Mrs. Guiou is selling bridge scores,
which bear the new system of scor
ing by x and - signs.
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left Thursday for her home
Edwin Davis. Mrs. Davis
Overseas League to
Help American
Legion' '
The Women's Overseas Service
league donated $50 to the American
Legion Christmas dinner fund for
the families of needy ex-service men.
"We will take 10 of the 100 families
estimated to need aid as our quota,"
said Miss Helen Cornell, president.
Surplus money, if there is any, will
be used for meal tickets for stranded
buddies', Adj. H. C. Hough an
nounced. Mrs. J. E. Wallace of the "Omaha
College of Women's club tendered the
services of music and drama sections
of the organization to forward the
overseas girls' Christmas plans for
ex-service men in local hospitals and
at Fort Crook.
Two quartets, under. the direction
of Miss Avis Roberts, will sing Christ
mas carols in the hospitals, where
baskets xt fruit will be presented to
each sick veteran and another group,
under Mrs. Wallace, will give a 20
minute playlet at the holdiday enter
tainment at the post, Tuesday eve
ning, December 27, planned by the
overseas girls. '
The latter will also assist in the
Red Cross roll call.
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Dkts. Bradley tye
Washington
Society
Bureau of The Bee.
Washington, Dec. 10.
The galleries of the house of rep
resentatives presented a gay picture
on Moriday when the president en
tered and delivered in person his mes
sage to congress. Mrs. Harding went
early and occupied the executive gal
lery, accompanied by the under sec
retary of state and Mrs. Henry P.
Fletcher, Gen. and Mrs. Charles F.
Sawyer, Miss Laura Harlan, Mar
shall Sheppy of Toledo, O. and Jud
son C. Welliver of the White House
staff of correspondents. Those in the
legislative hall when she entered
recognized Mrs, Harding and rose to
their feet and applauded, standing un
til she and ' her party were seated.
Mrs.' Harding ' acknowledged the
greeting graciously and took her seat
in the front' row of the little gallery.
It was a strenuous day for Mrs
Harding, for in the afternoon she
went to the concert of the Philadel
phia orchestra, and in the evening
she accompanied the president to the
theater. Mrs. Harding's guests at
the concert were Lady Lee, wife of
the British admiral; Lady Borden,
wife of the former premier of Can
ada; Mme. Sse, wife of the minister
from China; Mme. Van Karneebeeck
Rosande, wife of the delegate from
the Netherlands to the conference,
and Miss Harlan. The party at the
theater, in addition to the president
and Mrs. Harding, were the director
of the budget, Gen. Charles G.
Dawes, and Mrs. Dawes, and Repre
sentative and Mrs. J. R. Mann of
Chicago.
Thursday evening a large dinner
party were entertained by President
and Mrs. Harding, the company in
cluding several of the visiting gov
ernors and their wives.
The Congressional club entertained
the ladies of the parties of the dele
gates to the conference at a beautiful
tea Thursday afternoon in the club
house, when the wife of the vice pres
ident and the wife of the speaker as
sisted the officers of the club in re
ceiving the distinguished company.
Representative William E. An
drews of Hastings, Neb., was a guest
of honor and the principal speaker
at tne annual luncheon of the Rubin
stein club on Wednesday, when they
had as other guests and speakers
Mrs. Dalgleish, president of the club;
Mrs. Seiberling of. Akron, O., for
mer president of the National Feder
ation of Music Clubs; Mr. C. C.
Calhoun, president of the Woman's
National Foundation; Mrs. Hobart
Brooks, first president of the Rubin
stein and now honorary president;
Hamlin Cogswell, director of music
in the public schools, and Herndon
Morsell a former director of the
Rubinstein club. Other special guests
at the speakers' table were Mrs.
Clarence B. Rheem, a former presi
dent of the club; T. Arthur Smith,
and Rev. Dr. Walter A.' Morgan.
A program of music followed the
luncheon and the speaking. ' Rev.
Mr. Andrews made an eloquent
speech, dwelling -upon the harmony
idea which had ruled in the Rubin
stein club, which has held together
and grown through 14 "years' exis
tence. It is composed of 100 of the
Trunkful of Sleeves for One Frock
Imagine traveling . about with six
pairs of sleeves to one frock. Im
agine wearing your sleeve as a
shoulder piece for warmth and pro
tection and dropping it in the restau
rant or at the card table, leaving the
arms exposed as they have been for
a year. Imagine appearing in an
evening gown of capucine brocade
one night with a Greek bodice clasp
ed on the shoulders with ivy leaves
done in brilliants and appearing the
next night in the same frock with
Dogess" sleeves built of metal net
and embroidery, banded with fur and
. touching tne ttoor.
1 One need not tax the imagination
I
HEVN PHOTO
A Personal Touch
Is Used Even on
Their Checks
Monogrammed stationery, why not
monogrammed checks? There are a
few in use in Omaha, but the ma
jority of people who wish their
checks to be distinctive have their
whole names printed on their checks.
The check used by Miss Grace Sor
enson is unique. It bears in the
upper left hand corner a tiny picture
ot tne cover ot tne ennaren i maga
zine of which she is the editor. The
design is of a little girl in a pink
dress rolling a hoop. The check
itself is white. '
Loyal B. Cohn has his monogram,
L. B. C, in the corner of his checks..
Among business firms the printed
name of the firm is almost always
used on checks, and many business
men have adopted the custom on
their personal checks, usually to save
trouble, in spite of the suggestion
made by one man that when men ac
quired a large enough account to
have their checks important their
hand writing tended to become illeg
ible. A good many women have taken
up the idea, partly perhaps, because
of the touch of individuality which it
lends. But all of them are well
known for their efficiency and it
may well be that they simply like to
be as business-like as their husbands
and brothers. Mrs. Charles T.
Kountze and her sister, Mrs. Samuel
Burns, both have their names on
their checks, and so does Mrs.
Luther Kountze. Miss Jessie Mil
lard is another whose name is
printed across the corner, and Mrs.
Victor B. Caldwell has her name
printed fn gray across one end of
her small blue check, and Mrs. John
Caldwell also uses printed checks to
avoid confusion. Mrs. Lynn Camp
bell, Mrs. Charles Offut and Mrs.
J. C. McClure all have adopted the
custom. It is particularly popular
with women who are treasurers for
various organizations and wish to
keep their several accounts easily
separated.'
leading women signers of Washing
ton, principally church choir soloists
and local concert singers. Mr. An
drews made a pretty tribute to the
art of music which had so dominant
an influence on everything in every
walk of life, and told the tale of how
ft was. once his ambition to be a
singer, and entered a church choir
as a tenor, somewhat because he was
interested in the fair organist of
that church. He afterwards became
a pupil of that organist and even
tually became her husband. He
made a beautiful tribute to Mrs. An
drews, who js still in their home ir.
Hastings, superintending the finish
ing touches on' its improvements.
He will go home about the 18th of
the month and spend Christmas
there and she will probably return
here with him early in January.
" Visiting in Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Brady of Fort
Worth, Tex., arrive December 18. to
spend the holidays here with Mr.
Brady's sister, Mrs. Thomas L.
Davis, and his father, John Brady.
too much. These things are done.
One has a box of sleeves or a tiny
trunk of them as one has a hat or
a shoe trunk. You may travel witli
two frocks and a full equipment of
sleeves borrowed from the ages and
recking with history
It may come about, if the fashion
lasts long enough, that women will
boast of finding a pair of 14th cen
tury sleeves in Florence that once
belonged to a personage and another
priceless pair which were worn hv
Catherine of Russia. These will he
added to the collection a one now
adds pictures and shoe bucklei an
snuli ioxes.