The Omaha Sunday -Bee
WOMEN'S SECTION
FEATURES
EDITORIAIJ
AMUSEMENTS
VOL 51-NO. 47.
PART TWO
Superlatives
Are Costly
Indulgence
By CABBY DETAYL8.
SUPERLATIVES ft costly in.
dulgmre, if you value III effect
of vuiir word, tiabby is
prcvHuly cxpnste on geography
as an asrl in polite conversation; cm
the exceeding charm of good rimmi
ation and the B'ory i( graceful car
riage. And Mhile thee column, ire
not a rorrcKindrn(e court in I he
right tiling to do any say, she would
now want her readers against su
Illative. "These are the best tandiilies I
have eaten this year," an rarringed
tuinr exclaims at tea.
, "lhe sjmdMithrt are delicious,"
says another.
You believe the Mtr and doubt
the formrr. Why? lleiauc ot the
superlative. People arc naturally
suspicious of superlatives, suspicious
without even knowing they ate. How
iiiurh more diKiitfied t "The and
withes are delicious." than "These
are the best I have eaten thi year.''
And how niuili aafcrl Suppose a
hostess at nouie former tea were
around. Wouldn't you rcrnt the
"brt this year," though? Hut "do
tifioita" would provoke only lirr ap
roval.
"lie preached the longest (rrmon
I ever heard!"
'"He preached for three ItoursS"
How muih more forceful is the
definite statement of the duration of
the sermon. "The longest I ever
beard," sounds a little bit "fishy."
You wouldn't take the remark too
seriously. You would think the
speaker a little impatient and per
haps inaccurate. 1
The superlative is to bjjmc!
It should be. There are not many
things in life that are the beM. the
longest, the loveliest, the thickest,
the thinnest, the ugliest, or any of
. the extremes.
Gabby in reminded of a Mother
Cioose poem which ran something
like this:
"If nobody'i tall than ou, you muat b
tall. .
If nobo.ly a amaller than you, you muat
ha mall.
If nnondy'a envIM you. you'ra a poor alf.
If noboUy'a anvlrd you, envy youraelf." etc.
In other words, there is usually
something a little more extreme than
the thing about which we speak, and
if we would be believed, if we would
temper our speech, if we would be
free from exaggeration, conserva
tive and forceful, we 'should never
' use a superlative.
'She's the prettiest woman in
town." You hear the remark and
instantly try to think of some 'One
you consider prettier.
"She is a very handsome woman.1
No' one would think about quarreling
with you over that remark. Your
point would be better made by far
than when using a superlative.
Superlatives have a use, else why
teach children in school to compare
adjectives, but they should be ton
fined to statements about which there
; is no controversy, such as "The Pa
cific is the largest ocean." They
should be used when they are a mat
ter of fact, rather 'than of opinion.
Others will and should resent, your
, superlatives of opinion, so, don't
use 'em. .
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 7, 1922.
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K1VK CB.NTS
Junior League
Chinese Chorus
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Stenographer the Only Indispensable
Woman in Bus iness Says New
York Employ ment Manager v
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THERE are complications con
nected with modern woman.
Sometimes she goes into busi
ness and sometimes that business is
opposed in some ways to the busi
ness in which her husband is en
gaged. But that does not occasion
any difficulty, unless there is a child
in the family. '
At least this is the generat con
clusion Gabby draws fro.m the fol
lowing incident: ,
One of the candidates' for the Good
Will trip to France, sponsored by
The Bee, is a most attractive and
successful businesswoman. Her
company, which is a big -national
concern, is backing her all over Jhe
United States. She is doing all she
can for'devastated France and is an
ticipating a journey across the seas.
The husband of this candidate is
a prominent officer in another' con-
cern,' whjch likewise has a candidate.
He is planning at night and working
by day for the candidate of his com
pany, who has every prospect of be
inp one of the winners.
Husband and wife understand each
other, and the situation. They have
had a jolly time about it at home.
But it is not a funny matter at
all to their little girt She wants
"mother" to go to France. She can't
understand how "daddy," who is so
fond of mother, could possibly help
any other "girl." The other night she
lay down and cried about it. Explan
ations did not help. She was con
soled only when her father told het;
that he himself would buy as many
votes for mother as, he did for the
other" girl. '
Central High Glee
- Clubs at Dietz
Church Tonight
Under the direction of Mrs. Carol
M. Pitts, the boys' and girls' glee
clubs of Central high school will
give a sacred concert this evening at
8 o'clock at the Dietz M. E. church.
The two clubs have a combined
chorus of 70 voices. Their opening
anthem will be Gounod's "By Baby
Ion's Wrave." The boys' club will
sing "Tis I, Be Not Afraid" and
"The Wayside Cross," with Jack
Kerschner taking the solo part in
the latter.
"Crossing the Bar." and "Chorus
of Seraphims" from "Paradise Lost,"
will be the girls' glee club numbers,
A religious characteristic in the
form of an anthem for eight-part
chorus work, is "Listen to the
Lambs," which yi11 be sung utv
accompanied. Miss Dorothy Mem
baugh will sing "How Beautiful
Upon the Mountains." "The Little
Brown Church in the Vale," and
"Recessional" will be other numbers.
Miss Lela Turner will accompany
"In the whole world of business
only one woman is .indispensable.
Despite all the publicity given to wo
men who hold the unusual and re
sponsible jobs the only girl we can
not well do without . is the sten
ographer. A strike of stenographers
could stop business. We could man
age somehow without the rest''
lhus spake the New York Sun in
recent issue, putting the words in
the mouth of an employment man
ager, who said further:.-
"The stenographer is the most Inde
pendent and moat appreciated woman in
tno worm or worn. She doean't s ten ok
for the salary merely. She accepts her
poaitfon for the sake of what goea with
It. In & manner of speaking; every sten
ographer's job' is a diplomatic appoint
ment. It may lead to anything. .
vshe never forgets her main business,
which Is entirely feminine.' She doean't
make any silly talk of losing herself in
Guests From'Gities
Nearby Will, See
League Frolic
The week-end ofthe annual Junior
league frolic is always a popular time-f
to have guests, and this year is prov
ing no exception. Miss Catherine
Dickey of Kansas City has been
here for two weeks and will take an
active part in the show. Friday her
sister, Miss ' Madeline Dickey, and
Mrs. Grant . Dickey will arrfv to be
the guests of Miss Dorothy Belt.
In the same party will be the Messrs.
Gage Frick, Kenneth Shea. W. ' T.
McCord and Marion Sharp of Kan-
sas uty.
Miss 'Dorothy Judson will have as
her guests Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Mitchell of Minneapolis, who are
to arrive Friday. Miss Judson was
recently bridesmaid for : Mrs. Mitch
ell, whovwas formerly Miss Miriam
Confer. - ; i ?
There will b 'a number of par
ties from Lincoln ' for the occasion.
With Mr. and Mrs. George De Lacy
will be Mr. and Mrs. E.- J. Faulkner
and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Faulkner of
Lincoln; with Mr. and. Mrs. Earl
Foster will be Mr.: and Mrs. Fred
Palmer, and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ju
lian will entertain Mr. and Mrs.
Verne Hedde, also of Lincoln.
Miss Marion Risser of Lincoln
will be guest of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Clarke. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mar
tin of Sioux City and Miss Margaret
Manley of Sioux Lity will be with
Miss Mildred Weston over the week
end. Other Sioux City folk who will
come to Omaha to attend the frolic
are the Messrs. and Mesdames W.
E. Palmer. Kirk Kingsbury and
Arthur Hanford.
Mr. and Mrs. -E. A. Creighton are
expecting Mr. and Mrs. Clarke
Mitchell of Lincoln to stay with
them. "
From Lincoln also will come Mr.
and Mrs. I. M. Raymond and a par
ty of friends. Mrs. Kaymond was
chairman of the Junior League show
recently, given in Lincoln
her work. She gets the letters out. She
does not rant about the way the keya
call her. But she gets to work In the
morning. She goes Into the world of Husi
nesa without any great notiona of
her own Importance or her own possi
bilities. She does not at all object to
the fact that she la a woman; she sees
tilings in nearly their proper relation;
ahe accepta herself aa Just average.
.mats wny sne la wanted and in
dispenaable and welt treated.. Ever hear
of a stenographer breaking down from
overwork? Typists often enough, but sel
dom the average stenographer. She is
the one peraon who auccessfully bucks
the machine of . modern business. She
doesn't mind being a Cog In the country
of the main chance.
The stenographer doean't Reed to
speak for herself. She cornea and goes. She
it youtn. ane puts the color Into the
territory of the telephone. She auppllea
the missing link' of human Interest In. a
mechanical day's work, Here'a to her!
Long may she touch type and make a
nice landing."
No, no dear man. You are wrong.
You'd have an awful time in your
business world -without telephone
girls to "Get Smith on the wire," or
without the great army of clerks at
whose salaries men substitutes could
not quickly be found. What would
happen to the theatrical business
without women? Or to the big fac
tories of all kinds where nimble
fingers represent the human eontri
bution to the product? And where
would be our school system, which
certainly bears relation to business,
without the thousands of patient
women who are giving true service
in this field?. How about nurses,
seamstresses, domestic servants?
. The, trouble with the man who ii
speaking is that he likes to domin
ate, evidently, and he likes women
who don't interfere with him. He
wants service! And he thinks the
ecstatic joy a woman finds in serv
ing a man ought to tie a consiaera
tion. ,He likes -women without any
notions of their own possibilities."
Well, girls, don't be deceived. On
a grand average, women are not as
largely nor as effectively engaged in
business as men. They probably
never will be, nor would thinking
people wish them to be." They are
trul destined for a bigger job than
the world of industry offers to them.
But
If you are in the business 'world,
try to perceive your greatest possi
bilities there, and live up to them,
even though you might be swept
beyond a stenographic position and
occasional compliments, like the fore
going, which do not buy bread for
the physical being nor , yet
satisfy the desire for progress and
achievement which God implanted in
the soul of human kind, in woman,
as well as man. - .
V T.tft tn rich: Winifred Smith Mrs. LawreaeeV Brinker. Marion Coarl i
Josephine Congdon, Mrs. Kaymond Low, Mrs. Yale Jiolttndf, lead), Mil
dred Butler, Mrs.. George Pratt, Mrs. Newman Benson, Gertrude Stout,
Helen Walker. Insert, Miss Gertrude Stout, president of the Junior league.
' Qne sumptuous, brilliant scene will follow another at the Junior League
Revue, Friday and Saturday nights of this week, Brandeis theater. An
Arabian ononis opens Act 1, where will be seen a prince and a princess,
ladies of the court, special dancers, flower slaves and men slaves. Eight
scenes full of beauty and jingle complete the act.
Scene 1, Act 2, will be the much anticipated "style show." Beauty and
fashion' will there be rarely-combined. The "Indian Scene" will follow
and then inimitable Rosie Burgess as the. lead in "Bad, Bad Man." Every
one will cover up his jewels and hide his pocketbook, during this number.
The Chinese scene pictured above, will be a gorgeous part, of the second
act. - .;''.
Virgil Haggart as Henry Hunter; Jack Peacock as (Philip Withgrub,
and Mrs. Yale Holland as Ming Fay, have the leading roles in this thrilling
scene. , Chinese coolies, who will assist the Chinese maidens, coyly posing
here, are: Foye Porter, Phil Downs, Richard Smith, Robert Reasoher,
Ellison Vinsonhaler, Frank Campbell, Donald Kiplinger, Floyd Smith, Guy
Beckett and Milton Rogers. Miss Mildred Rogers is the group chaperone.
Good Deeds Will ; Follow the '"Junior
League Revue of This - Week
Engagement of Interest.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Seery of
Topeka, Kan., announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Irene, - -to
Xenophon P. Smith of Omaha, son
of Dr. and Mrs. Frank G. Smith.
The wedding will take place in To
peka in late June. Miss Seery vis
ited at the Smith home at faster
time. Both she and Mr. Smith are
graduates of the University of Kan
sas, and she is a member of Kappa
Kappa Gamma, while he is 'a Phi
Delta Thcta.
The Day Nursery has established
itself In the hearts of Omaha people.
It is there tiny tots may be left
during the day while, their mothers
are at work. The cases are investi
gated to make such they , are worthy
and a small daily fee is asked of those
who can -pay.
The National League for Women s
Service,-which has maintained the
nursery for several years is relin
quishing the responsibility June 1 and
the Junior, league is taking it over
a's their own charity. They will
both manage and finance the institu
tion. -
' The proceeds from the annual
league revue. May 12, 13 at the
Brandeis, will be used to support
the nursery. This annual show is
the, only means the league has of
making money. It is being presented
this year for - the third timewith
Mrs. Louis Clarke in charge.
The baby-station and the nurse at
Twenty-fifth and Decatur have been
financed by the leaguers this past
year and will be contiilued during
the coming season. '
During the first year of the
league's existence the presidents
weije Miss Harriet Smith, Mrs. Paul
Gallagher and Miss Erna Reed. The
City Mission, the Red . Cross social
service department, the Day Nursery
and other organizations- were bene
ficiaries "of the leaguers' time and
treasury. ' . 1
Occupational therapy in the chil
dren's ward at the University of Ne
braska Medical hospital, was the spe
cial work of the league during Miss'
Gladys Peters' presidency. Sewing
classes were held for the University
hospital, the Salvation Army, Rescue
Home,, the Creche and Associated
Charities.- ,
"This year the league furnished a
room at the Salvation Army Rescue
Home, donated a piano to the chil
dren's ward at the University hos
pital and provided a piano for the
nurses. They assisted at the . As
sociated Charities dinner dance early
in September.- ' ' '
These facts, which only in a brief
way cover the good 'work -of the
Junior league in Omaha during the
past three years, give assurance that
much good will come after the revue
of this week, which in itself promises
to be good. The annual election of
the Junior league will occur at the
first meeting in June.
;
Ancient May Pole Revived
May day is one of the oldest of the English festivals, and its popularity
has persevered for centuries. May Pole dancing was at one time so wide
spread in England that those stern brethren, the Puritans, denounced May
Poles as "idols, about which the people leape and daunce as heathen;" and
parliament went so. far as to ban the revelry by statute.
. The good old customs of the day seem to be- dying out in America,
except for annual revivals at such girls' colleges as Bryn Mawr and Welles
ley where winding the May Pole with bright ribbons is one of the events of
the year. ' ,
The Omaha University club took a stand, and determined that they
would carry on the old time1 traditions, so at their party last evening a
brightly decked May Pole was one of the central features; For those who
preferred the one-step to skipping about the pole, there was dancing of a
tamer sort during dinner and afterward, and there were tables of bridge for
the still more sedate. ;
About ISO were prestnt, tho-se having reservations including the
Messrs. and Mesdames Miles Standish, who had six guests; L. G. Wood
ford, who had 10; D. H.. Dunham, eight; A. P. Creigh, E. F. Leary, George
Sumner, who entertained 15, and a number of Dutch treat parties. One of
the largest of these was composed of Mr. and Mrs. Alan, McDonald. Mr
and Mrs. Earl Burkett, Mr. and Mrs. Milo T. "Gates, Dr. and Mrs. Edwin
Davis. Miss Emily Keller. Miss Ratchel Metcalfe. Ed Phelps, Dr. George
Boehler, C. Clarke. Fritz Koenig and Dr. Robert Schrock.
Mr. and Mrs.-E. H. Beemer had 10 guests, and R. A. Nealy and R. A.
V an Orsdale entertained a party of eight
i
Legion Auxiliary
Holds Memorial
Service Today
. The , Woman's auxiliary to the
American Legion will conduct a
memorial service this afternoon, 2
o'clock, for the soldier dead of the
World war,- at the Legion circle in
West Lawn cemetery. . AH patriotic
clubs and organizations are invited
to participate. Rev. Lloyd Holsap
pic, ' chaplain for ,'; Douglas County
post will speak and Trinity Cathedral
choir will furnish the music.
Following the exercises at West
Lawn the auxiliary will plant daisies
on the graves of the dead soldiers
who are buried in other Omaha ceme
teries. Mrs. John Kilmartin, presi
dent of the auxiliary,: will be in
charge of. arrangements.
Inducements
Offered to
Vacationer
4f aiiiiii in Onulu i mine,
thing new. 'lhe ?e mhh urar the IAr
and mountains ht usually (ailed
raily in June, prnuiiiing .titration.
to return jut in nine fur the
AaSar-Hrn fall rnvitie. (tut
ctMtditiutit lave cluhgid. Omaha ts
otfertnn through AW Sr-Prn a new
kite ot festivity whith i rauiiig peo
ple to pemt the firt two wrrk of
vacation in Omaha and the lat two
weeks al. From June J la 17 the
Ak-Sar -Urn running rates will te
held at Ak Sar-Urn field. Ivurope,
the lukra, the tummum. the coun
try all will git their alurr of Oma
ha prujilc, but nut until after thrae
rarea,
Min CUire lUukhrrty, reigning
iurr of Ak-Sar-IWn, U touteniplat
iug a trip ! with tit r mother, hut
a atuioua an ahe lit leave the city,
ahe Im pt (iiin.nl the boaid of
Rovrrtuin that ahe will rriiMtn un
til alter ahe ha performed lhe one
remaining duty la hrr kingdom
that of pirvi'tiiiK to the winner of
the 'Ak-Sar-Hrn Queen' I'late on
June 7. the ailvrr pUtc Her nuida.
loo. ( Mitt he in attendance, and
ihounh a number of thitn are now
in achool and plan to apend the sum
mer away from Omaha, they expect
lo he in the eity during the race.
Georite Bramh-ia h an Omalun
who uuallv will not say a month
ahead that lie Mill be in the city, but
aince the firat of the year Mr. Bran
dci has announced by intention of
seeing every rare. fr. and Mr.
Charles Beaton, Mr. and Mrs. Ward
Burgess and certainly the families of
lhe 12 governors will wait until after
June 17, lo board their respective
trains. And it Mill be a hnppy, satisfied
group who see the finish of the last
race on the lat day. Every race will
be a "thriller," is the motto of those
in charge. -
Elaborate Stage
Set for Queen
Esther Cantata
The drama-cantatas of "Queer.
Esther," which will be given iu the
Shrine auditorium, Masonic temple,
Tuesday evening, May 9, by Maple
Leaf chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, tinder the personal direction of
Mrs. Joseph C. Lawrence, promise
to be elaborate in every detail.
The chorus of over 100 includes
some of Omaha's best singers. Ber
nard Johnston, Ak-Sar-Ben chorus
director, is leader. Mrs. Nettie Allen,
pianist, and the Elias orchestra will
furnish the music. Miss Gertrude
Godman sings the obligatos. Miss
Mary Cooper's pupils will give IS
dance numbers, appearing in. tihe
first and third acts. Many of the cast
of 10 speaking parts have received
professional training. - -r '
Speoial scenery has been made for
the play and the costumes, dcsigr.cd
by Oscar Lteben, are valued , .at
$5,000.- There are three acts.
Queen Esther's room, the throne
room of King Ahasuerus - and
the garden scene with the banquet
table in the distance. Magnifirent
litrhtinc effects are in chartrp of
Howard Holland and Edward Kctcll.
R. W. Barrett is stage manager and
Walter F. Ottman is manager.
The curtain will raise atS:lS.
Tickets are on sale at the Unitt-Do-cekal
drug store. ,
To Summer in California
, v ' -
yl bc
Mrs. Wyman vRobbins and small
son, Keith, will leave the latter part
of the month' for Pasadena, Cal.,
where they will spend the summer
with Mrs, Kobbins' mother, Mrs. D.
A. Foote, and sister, Mrs. Edward
McCament.
Mrs. Robbins' sister-in-law. Mrs.
Leo Bozell. and Mr. Bozell, will ac
company them a far as San Fran
cisco, where Mr. Bozell wilt attend
a convention. Mrs. Bozell will spend
a month in Pasadena before return
ing to Omaha. Mrs. Robbins and
son olan to return abbut September L