The Omaha Sunday Bee
SOCIETY
VOL. 51 NO. 27.
PART TWO
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18," 1921.
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FIVE CENTS
Blessed Are
They Who
Amuse
State Dinners
Inaugurated
for Season
WOMEN'S SECTION
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By CABBY DETAYLS.
..Q LESSED are the uncon
J ciou for they hall
amuse the world." Father
Flamiagan't boys were parading th
other day, and Gabby and a close
packed crowd were watching them.
In the center of a little eddy of hu
manity ou the sidewalk's edge stood
a family group, father, mother with
a baby on one arm, and little son
with his mouth open. Mother was
bending over him and suddenly with
out disturbing the baby's equilibrium
she bent over and Muck an experi
mental finger in the open mouth.
Son protested. "Ouch, that's mv
loose tooth."
"Now, son, I can pet that out for
you just as easy." his "mother be
guildcd hint, continuing to explore
with her finger while father watched
the process with interest, the band
blared, and the crowd surged about
them.
"Look, sonny, I can wiggle it all
around. Why I can pull it right out
for you now." . ' .
And she would have done it if son
had not saved h's outraged dignity
by doing some wiggling on his own
account and eluding her grasp.
GUPID wins over Mercury, lie
always does, but specific i in
stances never fail to be of in
terest ' ' v ' " "'..' ,.' ..
Mercury, as we remember . oup
classic myths1 and legends, bad
wings on his heels which made him
something of a speedy chap in get
ting around.
The Rag-A-Jazz boys who liave
been taking London by. storm since
they went over there from the. Uni
versity of Nebraska last spring have
been flying around and seeing things
in true Mercurial style. But. all. the
while Cupid has been tugging-away
at-the hearts of some of the boys
and at last the wee god is to have
' an inning. It ' is understood that
Gayle Grubb and Harold Peterson,
who 'sailed for home December JO,
have matrimonial dates on tin's side.
Dpnville' Fairchild sailed with tne'm,
ami Gabby is suspicious of him too.
,Thc other-three .boys, Edward Cres
set Bert 'Reed and Harold Schmidt'
J; ate goite to' Germany' and 'will, sail
Lim a' continental port January 7 '
Regardless of 'matrimony,-' however,
the Rag-a-Jazzf boys will continue to
make sweet music. They will all be
back in Nebraska,. Feruary 1 and for
four months from that date they will
play at Kcl-Pine's Wednesday nights,,
while lovers of the dance do the
light fantastic. Sj. Patricks day will
!e an added date. " ' ""
IF you wish to secure attention,
announce your engagement;
Gabby means attention in gen
eral, not just from, the man himself,
his attention being taken for granted
at the engagcnit nt stage. A New
York correspondent tlaims that the
following items make' up two days'
mail haul of a young woman who
recently announced her forthcoming
marriage: . . ' ; .
Three invitations from portrait
photographers (followed up by six
telephone calls) inviting her to conie
and be photographed "for the pa
persit won't cost anything unless,
of coursi you decide you'd like some
prints for yourself.
Two samples of wedding cake.
Invitations (and rates) from hotel
keepers in Atlantic . City, . Niagara
Falls, Washington, Los Angeles,
Florida and New Orleans.-,
Two books (one bound in white
silk, the other in blue leather) in
which to record all the details of the
Variety of
A variety pf interest characterizes
this preholiday season. Travelers are
preparing to leave; others are mak
ing ready for holiday guests. Charit
able activities claim the attention of
many Omaha matrons; theaters and
restaurants are thronged. Among the
travelers is Miss . Eva Dow, and
prominent among the workers for
charity is Mrs. W. E. Bolin.
Miss Dow, daughter of" Mr. and
Mrs. Charles N. Dow, sails from New
York, January 7 on the Adriatic for
Algiers. Africa, where she will spend
two months with her brother. Edward
Dow, American consul to that coun
try, Ea route to Algiers Mis Dow
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jT" These three pretty Omaha misses will take part in the style show I .ls ' , falpfl
Hapia " 's J' to be given at the Vassar club dance December 27. Although Miss Helen 1 1 "y - (, i o.
Snaliff SS Rogers is the only one who claims Vassar as an alma mater, Miss Marie Vli! - v ' . ' v Atiirtw
111SU1 lit r . HI x. j .1 Seville ana iviiss uertruue rw.ouni.zc arc liiviiiv; meir nine anu suuyuri 10 I k.lll Vw , .z '
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wedding, including guests, presents,
minister's name and the - like. Both
accompanied by invitations to place
orders for engraving. .' .
five invitations to consult interior
decorators. . ... . ' ,
, One letter from an exclusive home
furnishings shop and one equally
gushing from (th"e mail bags make
strange bedfellows) a not unknown
credit furniture house.
i Three letters advising the prospec
tive bride to urge upon her. husband-to-be
insuring his life, with the com
pany" "represented toy'. the under
signed." ' ,. , ,
Five booklets from automobile
sales representatives. , ,
, There were others in subsequent
mails, but all were along the same
lines and all of them began about as
follows:
"Dear Miss Whoozis: May we
not extend our heartiest congratula
tions to you in your great happiness?
Have you thought Of cominj? to At
lantic City for your honeymoon? We
enclose rates as well as" specimen
menu from our. luxurious dining
room," or "Have you thought of
buying your wedding cake from" and
so forth.
The prospective bridegroom, too,
of course, gets his share of the. mail,
but it is apparent by the difference
in quantity between the two that the
business seekers know that the best
way to '"approach", the swain is
through his sweetheart. -
Interest in Pre
Mts.WS. Soin
will stop at the Madeira islands and
Gibraltar.
Mr. and Mrs. Dow and children,
Edward, jr., and Rosemary, live in a
beautiful old villa, a Moorish palace,
situated on a hill-top overlooking the
Mediterranean sea. A lovely garden
filled with flowers, trees, shrubbery,
a tennis court and fountains sur
rounds the house, which has 16 large
rooms with thick stone walls and tile
floors.
Miss Dow is looking forward to a
gay winter,- as Algiers, which is the
capital of Algeria, is a popular winter
, resort with the social leaders of Eu-
I rope, and the season will be at its
height when she arrives.
Following ber visit la Algiers. alUs
Song Recital by
Girls' Community
Service League
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The Chorus club of the Girls
Community Service league will give
a song recital, Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock, in the club rooms, 210 Gard
ner building, 1712 Dodge street, un
der the direction of Mrs.- Noel Wal
lace. ;;The program will be followed
by dancing." ' - " ' - '- '
The, schedule for. the -week is as
follows: . -
.. Monday Cluga club supper, 6:30;
gymnasium, 7r30; Mrs. Charles Mus
selman, leader; volley ball, 8:30.
Tuesday Wamm .club supper,
6:30; home-making class, 7; Mrs. G.
B. Kennedy, leader; open house,
8:15; song recital, Mrs. Mary Lydia
Rowe, hostess.
. Wednesday Lafayette club sup
per, 6:30; design class, 7:30, Mrs. M.
L. Rowe, leader.
Thursday French class, 7, Miss
Bess Bossell, leader.
Friday D. T. A. club supper, 6:30;
Chorus club, 7, Mrs. Noel S. Wal
lace, leader; gymnasium, 8, Miss
Katherine Carrick, leader. ;
Saturday Dance, 8:30, all clubs
participating.
! Sunday Open house, 3:30.
- Holidays
Dow will tour Italy, Switzerland,
France, Belgium and the British isles.
She will sail for home from Liverpool
about the middle of May.
Mrs. W. E. Bolin organized the
flying squadron for the benefit of the
fifth annual Red Cross roll call.
, Mrs. Bolin was one of the most
prominent and energetic women war
workers of Omaha, . and since the
signing of ' the . armistice has given
much of her time to the Omaha
chapter of the Red Cross.
Her flying squadron visited all
public gatherings of Omaha during
the past week, and it is no doubt due
to her enthusiasm that the flvinir
auadron did to mn-b toward th nuc- !
cess of this j ear's Ked 4fg df'Vfc
These three pretty Omaha misses will take part in the style show
to be given at the Vassar club dance December 27. Although Miss Helen
Rogers is the only one who claims Vassar as an alma mater, Miss Marie
Neville and Miss Gertrude Kountze are giving their time and support to
the party,' which is to help raise Omaha's quota of the Vassar salary en
dowment fund. Twenty-five of the city's attractive young women are to
serve as models and display all the latest modes, be they for street, ball
room or beach wear.
. Miss Neville is to be one of the busiest of the young set during -the
coming holidays, as she will not only be in the style show, but is to be
hostess at a large party at the Blackstone on December 23. Soon after
the first of the year she will leave with her mother, Mrs. Elmer J. Neville,
for La Jolla, Cal., where Mr. and Mrs. Neville have a winter home.
Miss Kountze is to wear sport clothes in the style show, for the dash
which they need to set them off is particularly her own. She, too, has a
'full holiday schedule, as she leaves for. Lincoln the day after the Vassar
dance to attend a house party and dance given' by Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Hardy for their son,, Philip Hardy, from the Hill school. In Janu
ary Miss Kountze will go east with her mother, Mrs. Luther Kountze,.
to attend the Dartmouth prom.
,. This is Miss Rogers' first year at Vassar, but she is already an en
thusiastic supporter of the cause. ... She arrived in Omaha this morning
and wjll plunge into the round of gayeties which await the school set in
the next two weeks. Miss Rogers is one of this season's AkSar-Ben
princesses and one of the most charming of the school girls.
L. O. E. Club Fills Baskets
For Disabled Soldiers
In Hospitals.
The L. O. E. club will bring Christ
mas cheer to 72 disabled soldiers in
local hospitals. Each soldier will re
ceive on Christmas day a basket
filled with fruit, candy, nuts, home
made cookies, smokes and a linen
handkerchief.
The visiting committee of the club,
including Mesdames Charlotte Mel
chiors Jenkins, J. L. Krage, E. G.
Nelson, M. Thompson and Miss
Margaret Kennedy, have made 549
hospital calls since the middle of
June.
Theater Parties Popular Amid
. Gayeties of Holiday Season
In the costume which Fay Bain-
er wears as Ming Toy in "East Is
West," which will open an engage
ment of thrjee days at the Brandeis
theater tomorrow night, there is a
hair decoration known as a crown.
It is an intricate interweaving of
pearls, gold threads, jade and green
and bluS silk, and is sure to. be ob
served by every woman tf the
fashionable set who attends the
opening performance tomorrow
night and,, indeed, everyone seems
to be included in the list of reserva
tions. Among those who will en
tertain guests are:
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Norton, 11;
Miss Bertha Offutt, 10; Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Fish, eight; K. W. Jones,
eight.
Parties of six will be entertained
by Mr. and Mrs. Hoxie Clark, Mr.
and Mrs. S. Levy, Mr. and Mrs. H.
A. Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. W.' F.
Megeath and J. H. Wright.
Miss Gladys Peters will have a
party of five as will F. W. Thomas
and W. J. McCaffrey.
Foursomes are many, including
reservations by Mr. and Mrs. Ches
ter Nieman, Mr. and Mrs. S. S.
Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Nab
setdt, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Talmage,
Mr. and Mrs. Wr. W. Turner, Mr.
and .Mrs. W. M. Jeffers, Mr. and
Mrs. F. P. Loomis, Mr. and Mrs.
Wood Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Houser, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sullivan,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shirley, Dr. and
Mrs. J. E. Pulver, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles D. Beaton, Dr. and Mrs. "A.
Young, Mrs. Fred Rosenstock, and
. A Walk in Early Spring
. (Harmonizing a poem by my friend Liu, stationed at Chin-ning.)
Only to wanderers can come
. " -. Ever new the shock of beauty
Of white cloud and red cloud dawning from the sea,
" Of spring in the wild plum and river-willow . . .
I watch a yellow oriole dart in the sun
. And a green water plant reflected
Suddenly an old song fills .
My heart with home, my eyes with tears.
Tu Shen-yen (Witter Bynner) in December Asia.
ifr. Bjniwr write of this prwm. "From Ttj Tu't ffranitraUcr. Tn Bban-yoi. ttM tditon ef th
tntholofy I in tran.Ltinf .tertd s nntl pom. In wfau-li bit 4uit rtfet rbo til tb. way
fmra th tilth emnrf to nrrto pmittcnl f1-lii'n prevalent among cartam poKa ef rii inni
trwnt that bMitt? la to ba fonM onlT tn th unfamiliar. fncHtenuTlj. Ui p"om Uhitratw tho
d rrVnJt fan of 'fcarnooJrhis imubi. wlnn noeta mmtont pi i ? fi with their tvraa one avet
ort reeror w oan fum another rr i7j4'r the abef rtrw-rre to tee teiee altere
Engagement of Beatrice
Girl to Omaha Man
Is Announced.
Miss Katharine Howey, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. F, H. Howey of
Beatrice, has recently announced her
engagement to Melville BekinsJ son
of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Bekins of
Omaha. The wedding will take place
in the early spring.
Both young people are University
of Nebraska graduates, where Mr.
Bekins captained the basket ball team.
He is a member of Delta Tau Delta,
while Miss Howey is a Delta Gamma.
Messrs GwyerYates, A. B. Warren,
J. V. Towle, Harry Greenway, C.
E. Olsen, E. W. Julian, H. S.
Clarke, jr.; John Madden, Carlton
Woodward, H. G. Kelley, A. C. Pot
ter, H..Pierpont, R. G. Boyle, L. A.
McPherson and H. Bushnell.
Others who ha,ve made reserva
tions include Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Medlar,
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Thomas, Dr.
and Mrs. H. C. Sumney, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Rosacker, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Metz, Dr. and Mrs. L. B. Bushman.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Kloke, Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Jeffrey,. Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. E.
A. Creighton, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Schroeder, Dr. and Mrs. F. Conlin.,
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wickham, E. B.
Wirt, Dr. and Mrs. F. S. Mellinger,
Mrs. Warren Rogers, Mrs. L. F.
Crofoot, Mrs. Metcalfe, Miss Weller,
Mrs. E. A. Goss. Miss Hibbard, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Fitzgerald, T. J. Mc
Guire. J. J. O'Connor, B. Twamley
and Harry Burkley. .
Kappa Sigma
A party is to be given in Lincoln
for the active members of the Kappa
Sigma fraternity by Harold McGlas
son, Farley Young and Reginald
Roper at the K. of C. hall on Wed
nesday evening, December 21. The
party will be in the form of a duck
dinner-dance and the hall will be
decorated in gay holiday colors.
Cfiaperones are Mr. and Mfs. Victor
Krause. Patrons and patronesses
are Mr. and Mrs. C H. Roper Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Young and Mrs. C
E. McGlasson
Luncheon Date Set
for Pan Hellenic
a Winter Meet
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Wednesday, December 28, has been
set as the date for the annual Pan
Hellenic winter luncheon. The Bran
deis "private dining room has been
engaged and - all committees apt
pointed for the1 affair. ,
These details were arranged Thurs
day afternoon when representatives
from the following sororities met at
the home of the local president, Mrs.
George DeLacy: Mesdames Charles
Wright,. Alpha Phi; H. W. Potter,
Alpha Omicron Pi; Vincent Hascall,
Alpha Chi Omega; Cyrus Mason,
Kappa Delta Lester Klopp, Gamma
Phi Beta; Roy B. Hosic) Chi Ome
ga; Philip McCullough and John
Graham, Kappa Alpha Theta; - F.
L. Haas and Miss Ann Hermanson,
Delta Delta Delta; Misses Dorothy
Hippie, Kappa' Kappa Gamma, and
Bernice Meieryurgen, Pi Phi.
Delta Gamma, Delta Zeta and Al
pha Xi Delta were not represented.
The OmahaPan-Hellenic is an inter-sorority
; organization, entirely
social in purpose. It has two large
annual functions, one in the summer
and one in the winter season. More
than 100 are expected to attend the
coming holiday luncheon when elec
tion of officers will take place.
Committees appointed by the pres
ident for the winter meeting are:
, Nominating: Mesdames, Hascall,
Potter, McCullough.
Cards; , Mesdantes Klopp , and
Haas.
Luncheon arrangements: Misses
Hippie, .Beatrice Johnson (Delta
Gamma) and Mrs. McCullough. -
Place cards arid decorations:. Mrs.
Deyo Crane (Chi Omega), Misses
Hermanson and Meieryurgen.
Entertainment: Mrs. Morris Dun
ham (Pi Phi).
Loving cup (for scholarship at
University of Nebraska): Miss
Meieryurgen. " '
IJesponses to inviations, which will
beT mailtd out Tuesday, December
20, must be made Monday, Decem
ber 26, with Mrs. H. W.. Potter, 3419
Davenport, Ha 2533. ' If mailed, they
should reach her by that date.
" Invitations usually include national
sorority girls in Council Bluffs," Papil
lion, Waterloo, Valley and. other
nearby towns, also visiting sisters
from Lincoln or elsewhere.
Correct sorority lists should be in
the hands of Mrs. DeLacy not later
than Monday, December 19.
Pompoms " Are ' '
Quite the Thing
Pompoms are very smart this year
and it is quite simple to make them
at home out of yarn. To make these,
cut two round -pieces of cardboard
about two inches and a half in
diameter. Punch a hole in the center
and wind the yarn in and out until
the card is covered. Insert the
points of small scissors between the
two outer edges and cut the threads
after tying the yarn tightly between
the two pieces of cardboard. SHp
the cards off either end and trim the
pompom .down to the desired size.
Tassels are made by winding yarn
on a piece of cardboard about half
an inch longer than you desire the
finished tassel to be. Slip two or
three threads of yarn -between tne
cardboard and the yarn at one end
and tie tightly. . At the other cnd
cut the yarn so as to make the tassel
part A more attractive and finished
tassel is made ' bv ' winding yam
: around the taasft a few timpe altnrtt
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Christmas -Play at
v Presby terian
.Church .
?A Christmas play will be giveu De
cember's at" the First Presbyterian
church at7:30 p. m., under the direc
tion of Mrs. Alfred J. Brown. .It is
called a religious drama and wilt com
prise1 nativity-' songs and themes.
Members of the church, assistedvby
the choir and church quartet, will participate."-
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The cast includes Mrs. E. D.
White, the Misses Natalie Hastings,
Marcel Folda, : Ellen Brown and
Messrs. Hart, Jenks, A. B. Macpher
son, Carlton McGlasson, Francis D.
Bowers, Emmett-. S. Brambaugh,
Rodney Bliss; Charles Findley, Don
ald Haseltine, Eugene Ely, Prestly
Findley, Brypn Hastings, Braydon
Holmquist, Stanley Reif, Lawrence
Dodds, A. L. Hobbs and J. W, Rob
erts. .
Fine Arts Program Today
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Misses Dorothy Morton and Ade
lyn Wood will appear in a two-piano
recital Sunday afternoon, 4 o'clock,
in connection with the Fine Arts
society exhibit on the third floor of
the public library. For several years
these talented pianists have been do
ing two-piano work, beginning back
in war days, when they appeared on
an Armenian relief program. Since
then they have given programs for
the ' First Central Congregational
church, a war benefit at the govern
or's mansion, Lincoln; the Fort
nightly club, the state music teach
ers and the state school teachers.
The state school teachers heard
them last month when they were
on the program with May Peterson,
Metropolitan opera singer. Tomor
row evening they will plav at the
Fontenelle for the Ad-Sell league.
Both Miss Morton and Miss Wood
have, studied with Kfa l.Htuiow.
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Bureau of The Bee.
Washington, Dec 17.
The president and Mrs. Harding
th' wcik inaugurated their first se
rirt of date dinners in the White
House, when thev entertained the
vice president and the. members of
the cabinet and their wives at dinner
Thursday evening. The merry round
of official dm in r has therefore be
gun and will continue steadily until
every member of the cabinet has en
tertained the chief executive and his
wife, and each member and his wife
has in turn been entertained by each
other member.
The next social feature which will
interest ollicial society is whether
the cabinet hostesses will stand be
side Mrs. Harding at the state recep
tions which will begin next month
with tlu reception in honor of the
diplomatic corps, or whether the
President and Mrs. Harding and the
vice president and Mrs. Coolidge
will comprise that receiving line.
This would be a distinct knocking
out of all precedents established in
the early days of the republic, as the
wives of the cabinet officials have
always formed the "receiving line,"
standing in the order of their pre
cedence, next to the .wife of the vice
president, who of course stands next
to the president's wife. The cabinet
members themselves, have always
heretofore stood. immediately behind
this' line, so that they may be seen,
and recognized. It' is a long line
now, with the several added port
folios since those earlier days, and it
is a gatinlet to run, for the striking
person, but nevertheless a gratification
to many officials and society people
who otherwise come very little in
contact with these- higher officials.
Also, it is a time-honored custom.
It is not yet settled whether this
"line" will be abolished, but the gen
eral belief is that it may be.
Little Miss Mellon, the young
daughter of the secretary of the
treasury, acted as her father's official
hostess on Tuesday evening when he
entertained a company of dis
tinguished gentlemen at dinner in
honor of the British statesman,
Arthur J. Balfour. The dinner,
which was a very handsome affair,
was served in the spacious apartment
of the secretary, 1785 Massachusetts,
an apartment , house-de-luxe, one
which is quite equal in roominess
and beauty, to a well arranged man
sion. Miss Mellon received her fa
ther's guests and, was escorted to
table by Mr. Balfour, but she did not
remain to trie end of the dinner. The
secretary and' his daughter are plan
ning to spend the holidays in their
Pittsburgh home unless something
unforeseen prevents.
The 'Governor of .Nebraska and
Mrj. McKelvie were in Washington
last week for the dinner given in thp
White House by the President and
Mrs. Harding, who had a number of
governors of states, the Vice Presi
dent and Mrs. ' Coolidge and some
other guests. After the dinner Ruth
Draper, the, clever monologist, gave ,
a charming program in the east
room.
Genera! Pershing has been the
busiest sort of a host for more than
a week past. He had a luncheon in
(Turn to Faff Two, Ooltnaa Mx.)
August Borglum here and of Heia
rich Gebhardt of Boston and Her
bert Fryer of New York. At pres
ent she is accompanist for Mrs.
Douglas Welpton. She is a niece of
Mary Turner Salter, composer, and
toured one season with Mrs. Salter
and a cousin singer.
Miss Wood has studied with her
sister, Mrs. Harvey Milliken. Mrs.
Edith Waggoner and Jean Duffteld
of Omaha, later receiving her teach
er's certificate from Peabody Con
servatory of Baltimore, where she
did her work with Landow. Miss
Wood has done post work the Iat
two summers with Heniot Levy in
Chicago and she counts as a privi
lege the lesso-ns she has had with
Frances Nash. She is accompanist
for Miss Mary Mnnchhoff at present.
Misses Morton and Wood have
been friends since childhood when
they lived "across the street" fiom
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