SOCIETY
EDITORIAL
The Omaha Sunday Bee
AMUSEMENTS
FEATURES
VOU 51-NO. 38.
TART TWO
OMAHA, SUN'DAV MORNING, MARCH 5, 1022.
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FIVE CENTS
Travelers Home Again
Mr. Frank Judon mid Mr. W. J. Ilynr are two well liiowit
matron who usually break the monotony of the lute winter with sit
caitrrn trip. Both have returned within the Ij few day (rum i several
week' aojourn in New York and Atlantic City. In the latter v'ace
tltry were joined by Mi Dorothy Judon wlio went tist early in Feb
ruary to attend the Dartmouth winter carnival. Mia Judou arrived
home about a werlc ao, but Mr. Judson Hopped (or a lcrt viit in
Miitneapoli and Mr. Hyues (petit a lew day in Chicago en route.
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Husbands Are Stakes at
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Smart Bridge Bank
President Chosen
Omaha Woman of Quiet Taste Engages in Bull Fight
in Gay Seville and Dines With King Alphonse
Lover Ranchman Is Millionaire
1 By GABBY DETAYLS.
TACTION is much, much stranger
M filar, truth fiaKrtr AttfiAnA witVi
a sigh, as she ruminated boretf
Iy oftthe mild gossip and tittle-tattle
of the eek. A certain blond young
lady was seen at the theater with' a
dark-haired cavalier. What of it?
queried Gabby.' Mn the language of
Penrod, "Ain't tF;y go a' Tight?"
And she set hersclrV.to dream of the
ideal Gabby story, ( the kind that
would fill her heart with unutterable
bliss if it only really happened.
Today you have the result, and, dear
public, you mustn't believe a word
of them, for they are nothing in the
world but Big Black Lies, written
with no malicious or deep-dyed in
tent, but solely to amuse.
A CERTAIN handsome resi
dence built in the early Roc
occo style and situated in the
West Farnam district, was the-scene
of a unique bridge party the othet
afternoon. Ostensibly 'four women
f-at quietly playing younj;, well
tlressed women, whose jeweled finft
crs caught the light as their hands
hovered over the . card table, But
beneath the surface there lttaked a
grim' tenseness.- No cent-a-point or
quarter-a-corner for them. The
four,', all of them are well-known
matrons in the "cercle elite," were
playing for Husbands. Yes, their
own husbands!
It all started the night before, so
Gabby is informed, when one of
them, a dashing, titian-haired beauty,
offered to sell her spouse for 'two
bits. : She was at once taken up by
two friends who heard the remark,
and, to make the proposition a sport
ing one, they ' decided to play for
him. . A fourth matron, whom so
ciety has deemed a most devoted
wife, declared she would join them,
so this afternoon saw the unwitting
husbands pooled. sv , : '
The four chattered lightly of other
things between the hands, but the
playing was feverish. - Individual
scores were kept, the winner to have
first choice of the prizes. It was no
time to trifle. One of the husbands
had recently been elected a bank
president. -.-'
An occasional- "double" was
snapped out, but the .. bidding was
conservative for the most part. Two
hours was the time limit, and there
was no pretense of nonchalance,
while each woman added, her score
on the dainty little patent adding
machine which the hostess, one of
Omaha's crack bridge players, pus
chased for her home some months
ago to insure accuracy in her guests
results. "One would better be care
ful than cashless," was -her cryptic
remark upon its installation.
The winner, without a moment's
hesitation, chose the bank president,
and the other prizes were awarded
in order. The four parted in appar
ent amity. However, according - to
inside information, the winner has
hurled confusion into the midst of
things. Upon the discovery that the
bank president wote a toupe she has
firmly declared all bets to be off.
AN OMAHA society leader who
has long been noted for her
daring pursuit, of sports and
fads, is driving away' that most insid
ious enemy of her set, ennui, with a
new diversion. She is at present inj
gay Seville, and, according to letters
received by friends here, she received
a tremendous ovation at the last bull
fight, where, - with her accustomed
recklessness and "je ne sais quoi,"
she donned, a matador's garb (or is
it a toreador?) and outwitted, tricked
and completely baffled one of the
most treacherous and ferocious bulls
in Spain. -
The vast arena was hushed as the
combat raged, and it was not until
she had won an unexpected victory
by that old ruse of seizing the bull
by the horns that pandemonium
broke loose. "Buena la Americana,"
"San Luis . Obispo" and Buenas
noches. es muy mall were some
of the shouts that burst from a
thousand throats as she flourished
her red "embarcadero" and smiled
gayly at the admiring throng before
modestly retiring to her dressing
room.
This' young woman has always
been one who disliked notoriety, so
it is no surprise to her friends that
she slipped unobtrusively away from
her triumph, to dine quietly with
King Alphonse and Queen Victoria
Eugenie.
Wherever she goes this unusual
girl has a faculty of getting at the
real throbbing heart of things. Sur
face impressions have never satisfied
this ardent traveler. It will be re
membered that in the Hawaiian .is
lands she mastered the technicalities
of the hula huia with ease, in Pekin
she won the international chop sticks
rweepstakes, and in India, following
the example of the Yogi, she once
stood on her left foot under a banyan
tree for 48 hours. It gave her an in
sight into Indian politics that she
could never have acquired otherwise,
she -asserted, beside , contributing to
that poise which is so remarkably
her own. - '
THE .young set' is about to lose
one of its most attractive mem
bers in. the person of a petite
miss of 19 summers, whose perfect
p'ulchritude can only be compared to
that of Norma Talmadge, Katherine
McDonald and Elsie Ferguson rolled
into one. . Great will be the wail that
will go up when she leaves Omaha,
as she is elected to do. Her dancing
is only equaled by her flirting, they
say, and that in turn can only be
rivaled by her superb horsemanship.
She may be met any morning canter
ing along the paved streets of Dun
dee in the wee sma' hours when most
of her friends are still in bed, say
about 10:30 at the latest. ' "
It is this equestrian talent that is
at the bottom of the affair of the
heart that is to leave a dozen shat
tered hearts behind her when she
quits Omaha Jor the' Rockies. It
was last summer on a "dude" ranch
that she met the stunning young
cowboy with whom she is now plan
ning an elopement. It was her riding
which first fascinated him. He is of
the type which proves so irresistible
to women, fearless, silent, masterful,
in fact a "woman's man."
For him she is willing to give up
all the luxuries with . which her
father, , a . successful corporation
lawyer, has surrounded her. For
him she will lay aside her sumptuous
imported gowns for simple - Mina
Taylors. But hist I For Gabby has
a tremendous surprise in store for
you. and for - the charming miss
herself. For not even she knows
The Significant
Drama Events
of Year
New York Drama League
' Jury Selects Events
, and Persons.
Today in . New York city at the
Hotel Waldorf Astoria will be given
the annual dinner of the New York
Drama league.' Particular interest
centers in this dinner because of the
guests of honor who are the person
ages representative of the ten most
significant events of the theatrical
season.- Selected for the honor this
year as stated in the Drama Cal
endar for February .20, 1922, are:
Lee Simonson, for his beautiful
stage-settings in connection with
the Theater Guild productions, es
pecially in "He Who Gets Slapped."
Eugene O'Neill (chosen last year
also), whose play "Anna Christie,"
is perhaps the most notable of the
season and who has to his credit also
this season "The Straw" with its
moments of haunting beauty and in
preparation by the Provincetown
players,, "The Hairy Ape" and "The
Last Man.
Pauline , Lord, whose - deeply
poignant . presentation . of Anna
Christie in the before-mentioned
play, has a quiet eloquence of ex
pressional appeal that . is unforget-
ablc. . ,
Jiva Le uaiiienne tor- her con
stantly deepening study of the little
servant girl whose disastrous mar
riage .to" the egotistical Liliom
awakens and strengthens woman
hood. ' , , ,
Thomas Wilfred, who with ' his
color-organ ' has brought into our
lives a new expressional force. -
Allan Pollock, that' arresting yet
pathetic figure in "A Bill of Divorce
ment," the broke, love-hungry hus
band and father returning to ' his
home unexpected and unwanted. :
Gilbert Emery, author of "The
Hero," a "first-play" of unusual
merit originally produced last 'sea
son. . -.. -
Augustin Duncan, creator of con
vincing pictures of quiet domestic
life disclosing depths of " passion,
yearning and aspiration both moving
and sincere.
The Misses Lewisohn, who have
maintained consistently for seven
years in : their Neighborhood Play
house its original purpose of being
"a community playhouse where the
traditions of the neighborhood ; can
find artistic expression," where any
one with special gifts can contribute
his talent and where interesting
production of serious plays and
comedies as well as the lighter
forms of entertainment may be
found,
Robert Edmund Jones, artist In
stage-settings.
Other guests of honor will be the
jury who made these selections,
among whom are found the names
of 'Kenneth MacGowan, Dhan
Gopal Mukerji and Thomas Wood
Stevens, who have been heard in
Omaha.
Omaha women who are members
of the New York Drama league are
Mrs. E. M. Syfert, Mrs. Henry S.
McDonald and Miss Mary Irene
Wallace,
Pleasant Reminder i
of a Stay j
Abroad '
Correct Styles Showing
Printed Instead of
Engraved Invitations
Mr. and Mr. William tutl have
had a pleasant reminder thi week
of their residence in Pari mine
year ago, in an invitation to the
wedding of MUs Ynr Keyntieut,
stepdaughter o( Lady Aliee Keyn
liens ui Brussels and Mr. IIukIi tub
ou, our minister to l'oluttd.
When they first knew hint, Mr.
Gilt. sot) wa a Undent at The Sr.
Lonne School of Diplomacy. Jle
and his mother, Calit'oruimts, occu
pied an apartment adjoining the
btuIU mite and the lour were very
good friends for more than a year,
while Mr. and Mrs. Stull were in
Pari. Mr. Gibson ha remained
abroad in various diplomatic capac
ities until now he carries the title
"envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States
of America to Poland. Mis name
was linked frequently early in the
war, with that of Richard Harding
Davis. His marriage took place
Monday of this past week.
The most interesting observation
on the invitation itself is that though
involving those of unimpeachable
social standing, it is printed, not en
graved. This is indicative of the
simplicity which is the correct thing
in Europe, says Madam August
Borglum. Whether or not we are
following the European custom, it
is true, according to Madam Borg
lum, that many fastidious easterners
have adopted printed invitations for
fashionable and formal affairs. The
idea is carried even further, and
penned. notes are used for event
which formerly would have called
for engraved cards.
Why not the printing instead of
engraving? The loss is only that
little sense of delight one feels in
running his thumb or forefinger
over the shiny black raised letters.
Great Artist
Be Heard
to
The coming of Matzenauer at the
auditorium March 24 is one of the
musical events not only of the sea
son, but of Omaha musical life.
Matzenauer is considered the world's
greatest contralto. According to
Mrs. R. Beecher Howell, there is
not an artist on the American con
cert stage today of whose work .the
critics are so unanimous in enthusi
astic praise. -
Critics have called her a Juno for
beauty, a cathedral for dramatic
force, and her voice a "most - pre
cious distillation of art and heart."
"It has been my dream of dreams
to hear her," said Miss Mary Mun
chhoff of the Metropolitan star.
"She is the most magnificent artist
in the United States, not only a sin
ger, but a great musician. It will be
tremendously , interesting to hear
her." ,:
- The Tuesday Musical club will
present Matzenauer.
Musical Club to Give Program.
The Fortnightly Musical club will
meet Tuesday, March 7 at 2:15. at
the home of Mrs. Eloise Wood Mil
liken, who will be assisted by Mrs.
Ted Richards. The leader will be
Mrs. Ernest A. Reese, and the honor
guest of the afternoon will be Will
iam Hetherington, who will play sev
eral viola numbers. Upon the pro
gram will appear the Mesdamts Fred
Miss Holderi Quietly Wed
Mr. laiub It. Naylur wa a lrid o( Jjt Wednesday, She wa
formerly Mi Market If olden, the dautsltter ( Mr. II. T, llolden,
.The inainae ceremony, which wat performed before inrmbeta f the
iuiinetlute untitles, took pUe at the I u t CouKretutkiiikl rhurrh, the
Kev. Frank U. .Smith ofiuUiittg. The hride wore a navy blue ut of
(luvclyne trimmed with mole and blue ullrta hat to inaUh. She had
0 attendant. After May 1 Mr, and Mrs. Nay lor wilt he at home
in Chadron, Neb.
Mrs acoq : B:jYhg? j
C. Hill, George F.- Johnston, George
M. Tumson, Joseph Berger, W. f .
Robertson, A. R. Burnite, Roy Page.
Attractive Mother and Two-year Old Son
that this romantic lover, this bronz
ed, hard-muscled, young rider who
capturedher heart was Princeton '16.
Little does she surmise that he saw
four years of service in the war and
won three citations and a war cross
with six palms and four cocoanuts.
Least of all does she dream that her
w-edding trip is to be a trio around
the world in his private vacht And
don't breathe a word of it to he'r for
Gabby wouldn't give away the secret
for worlds 1
zJMET
Mr. George P. Pratt is the attrac
tive young mother of Thomas Pey
ton Pratt who will be 2 years old
May 1. Although devoted to her
home interests, Mrs, Pratt finds, time
to give her quota of hours to Junior
League work each week. She is also
an active member of the Faculty
club of the University of Nebraska
College of Medicine, her husband,
Dr, Pratt, being a member of the
staff. Mrs. Pratt's girlhood home
was at Macedonia, la. She attended
school at St Mary's Knoxville, 111.
The Pratts spent last season at
Okoboji and are planning a motor
trip east for .the coming summer.
What Is An
Accelerated
School?
Li the February number of Normal
Instructor and Primary Plans there
is an interesting article on the ac
celerated school written by an Oma
ha woman,' Edna Cotner (Mrs.
Samuel Cotner)'. The . article is
based upon observation of an accel
erated school, which was operated
in this city for two years at the
Field school under direction of Miss
Ruby Johnson. .
The following is taken from Mrs.
Cotner's article:
"Is the accelerated school a mere
experiment, or has it come to stay?
All may not agree with one parent
who said. It is the one big move
ment in the common school educa
tion of today whose tendency . is to
favor the unusual mind by making
it free. The progress and even the
existence of our civilization depends
upon the development of the better
mind.' . .
"The accelerated school is only
one of the special schools planned
for. a special group that are being
organized in various cities. The
term accelerated has been applied to
these schools for the reason that the
pupils are advanced more rapidly
than in the ordinary or. orthodox
school. They are the special schools
for mentally superior children that
are being tried out in a few of our
larger cities. In the average com
mon school, children are grouped ac
cording to age and the size of their
bodies, while in the accelerated
school they are grouped according
to mental capacity, taking into con
sideration, of course, the physical
health -necessary to enable the chil
dren to use properly their mental
faculties. A few scientific articles
about these schools have appeared,
but people generally yes, even
many teachers have either never
heard of them or have only a dubious
idea of what they are.
"It must be admitted that there has
been an insistent demand for an im
provement in the elementary educa
tional system of this country. This
demand has not been the result of
a mere desire for a change, for
something different. It has come
from our most intelligent parents
and some of our leading educators
who have maintained that the orth
odox school has a tendency to pro
duce mediocrity and to stifle initia
tive and originality.
-
"The school hours were from 9
to noon, from 1 to 2:30 p. m. Each
child admitted to the school had
scored high in intelligence tests and
Beads Are Not
Always What
They Seem
Omaha Traveler Is In
trigued by Isle of
Torto Rico.
' The next time jou wear your
leaded hat or K"n. look rlotrty
and see if perhaps the hf.nU are not
teally teed alter all. Mis Ethel
Harrington, who Mcnt several weeks
it Chritm time with her sUtcr,
Mis Aldene Harrington, in Porto
Rico, dieovered that wonderful,
ready made head grow on many of
the tree and shrub in that M-nii.
tropical land, and brought baik a
quantity of them to use for trim
tniim. . They come In every ie from
piuhrad to the end of your tlmml
and are all color, red, black and
gray predominating,' Some arebeai
khape, and all grow in pods. One
fetching variety you illicit eat b.
mistake, thinking them to he "rr
hots," fr they are just the size an
color of cinnamon drops and hava
a high luster.
Mis Harrington purchased som
of them in the big semi-open max
ket in San Juan, where they are cm
exhibition along with baskets,
strange tropical fruits and flowers
and the rough pottery that the na
tives make. A good many she col
lected herself, however, tramping
about in the mountains which rise
close behind the town. Wherever
she went on these expeditions, Mis
Harrington found the natives friend
ly and helpful.
Sharks at Crap Shooting.
In fact on Christmas day Miss
Harrington confessed that she lost
all her small change in a genuine
American crap game. "We started
out for a tramp and passed a group
of natives boys shooting craps. I
couldn't resist asking for a turn, and
they grinned from ear to car, but
took all the cash I had They are
great gamblers. They aft an easy
going people but ardef' patriots."
she said. "They resent American in
fluence and investments in their
beautiful island, but to the individual
they are always kind and interested.
There is no middle class there. They
are either well off and own many
acres of tobacco and bananas and
coffee, or they are poverty poor, and
live in thatched huts, bare of most
of the necessities of life as we see
it. The most beautiful drawn work
in the world is done by the Porto
Rican women, and on the average
they get 25 cents a day, for their
work. The whole island is under
cultivation and the fincas, or farms,
are spread out all over the moun
tain slopes."
Banana Soup Popular.
Miss Barrington lived with a Por
to Rican family during her stay and
so had a better chance than the
usual tourist to learn of their life.
"Oh, the garlic 1" she moaned. ,
"Af f.rei- T tlmrrVit T nl,l'
stand it, but I came to like the
fruits and vegetables which they use
in great abundance instead of meat,
and ,1 grew very fond of the bananas.
They are nothing like the bananas
in our market. They use them
there for a vegetable and almost.
rever eat them raw. They, bake
them or fry "them or even make
them into soup, and there is one
.t 1 . i -i it i . ,
K1UU IdllCU MIC JJldldllU,
which is much bigger than the others
and is green in color when ripe. The
natives themselves are crazy about
the wild oranges, and you see them
being sold everywhere on the streets
where the stands take the place of
popcorn wagons. Ihe natives peel
them round and round the way we
would peel an apple and then suck
them. It is the ideal way, and no
Porto Rican is disturbed however
loud you may suck." '
The language of the island is
Spanish since it came into American
possession only at the end of the
Spanish-American war. Miss Bar
rington pronounced some of the first
names which are common among
them, lovely musical names like
Demetrio, Jesus, Antonio, or, for
the girls, Trinita, Maria or Conchi--ta.
During the war when the na--tives
were made American citizens
and many of the men were in train
ing for the United States army, the
American officers had to issue an
order that all the; soldiers should
wear their names written across the
front of their caps, as they could
not keep them straight any other
way.
The Perfect Playground.
Miss Barrington and her sister
had several delightful motor trips
during her stay. They found the old
Spanish military roads In wonderful
condition still. The drive around
the island is 350 miles long.
"It is an ideal vacation spot," said
Miss Barrington. "It is no won
der the natives love it so. They
say a Porto , Rican can never be
happy anywhere else."
' v sjv.vtt 1 -Vlll UltllUtU uy 1LI UJC I
teachers as a child physically strong
and mentally above the average.
This class was doing the work of
two semesters in one; it was finish
ing the eighth grade and only a
year ago it had been finishing the
sixth grade. No, these pupils had
not skipped a grade but they had
worked I Overworked? School
nurses, physician, and parents pro
nounced them in good physical con
dition; scales showed that they were
growing normally in weight; and
their - bright, happy faces bore
no signs of ill health or the
strain of having been 'crowded be
yond their years.' The class was
lollowing the city public school
course of study. Recitations, which
were not labeled as such, were of
ten discussions led by some mem
ber of the class. Lesson assign
ments were not necessarily definite.
"Statistics showing results of many
standard tests and 'old-fashioned'
tests that had been given frequently
during the year, proved that pupil
of the accelerated school scored as
high in tests as pupils in the sa've
grade in other schools of the city.
"While the children in the accele
(Tor to Fax lor. Col'
T.)