Nebraska Newspapers

    ■ Child Theater
^ Opens Season
•~*TJttle Women" will be presented
at the opening performance of the
Children’s Theater next Saturday,
February 9, at 1:39 p. m. In the
Btirgess-Nash auditorium.
The play, which was given very
successfully last year with nearly the
same sast, is repeated by request
The characters are as follows:
' Mrs. Marsh .Harriet Fonda
.Mildred Gorman
Jo .Jane Fonda
Amy .Charlotte Wells
Beth .Betty Davidson
Laprie .Fold Robinson
Hannah ...Margaret Walt*
I Mr. Lawrence .M. M. Levin ga
Traveler Speaks on
Red Russia
Mir Paul Dukes will lecture on
"The Secret Service in Red Russia"
Friday evening, February 8, at 8:15
p. ni., in the Chamber of Commerce
tonnes. The lecture Is under the
auspices of the Business and Profes
sional Women’s division of the cham
ber, and Is free on Invitation. Any
one wishing to attend may obtain
card* of invitation from the Chamber
of Commerce headquarters so long as
the seating capacity holds out.
Division Heads Appointed.
The executive board of the second
district. Nebraska Federation of Wo
men's Clubs, announce the appoint
ment of the following division chair
men.
Mrs. W. A. Baldwin, 2S14 Jackson
street, Omaha, Americanization, civ
ics community service, and lnter
-r^ioual relations.
Mrs. Marlon Webster, Valley, girls’
organizations.
Mrs. F. H. Cole, 1810 Spencer
sireet, education and library exten
sion. *
'♦s. H. ,T. Holmes, 4815 Douglas
street, Omaha, home economics and
conservation.
Mrs. O. A. Nickuni, 2891 Capitol
avenue, legislation and civil service.
Mrs. C. C. Beavers. 3331 North
Fifty-eighth street, health, child wel
fare, social and industrial condi
tions. »
Mill Della Robinson, art.
Mrs. Clair F. King, Papillion,
music.
Mrs. Millard Hangfeld, 118 North
Thirty-eighth street, literature.
Mrs. Joseph Koutsky, 4532 South
Nineteenth street, press and publicity.
These chairmen will serve until
their successors are appointed by the
new executive board after the dis
trict convention.
Omaha Woman’s Club.
Dr. James D. Wagner of the First
Methodist church will speak on "The
Menace of Non Interest In Civic Bet
terment’’ Monday afternoon st the
) open session of the Omaha Woman's
club. The program will be under ths
direction of the civic department.
Miss Julia Wise will give a Russian
folk dance while her sister, Miss
Della, will give a Spanish dance.
I Y. W. C. A.
Sunday—V. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A
Per service. Dr. Walter Judd will
T ic aartfecJatton quartet will sing
social hour from 6 p. m. to 6 p. m.
Hon dm —Central Freshmen club meet
ng. Y w C. A. clubrooms. Okobojt re
ports, 1:15; Technical Student club com
mittee meetings, 4 p. m
Junior Girl Reserves—Maaon triangle,
2; t’astelar triangle, 3:15; Lake triangle,
o; 15
Federation of Clubs—Supper aerved at •
p m. Speaker. Mrs. J. R. Hughes, on
'•Patriotism.*’ Individual club business
meetings. 7. Charm of Manner. Mrs.
Charles Mussleman, 8. This Is the first
number of a course of six talks on charm.
There will be no charge and any girl
in the city is welcome.
Educational Classes—Expression, 6 p.
m : millinery. *:30; ukulele, 7.
Tuesdny—Student club Bible class, Y.
W. C. A. clubrooms. 3:16. High school
advisers’ dinner. 6 p. m.
Junior Girl Reserves—Sherman trlanrle.
3:15; Bine Triangle club roller skating,
g:30 in the gym; educational classes, sew
ing. 7.
Wed need a v—South High School Student
club meeting. Wheeler Memorial church.
3 °,0 p. m ; Junior Girl Reserves. Or ace
Podge triangle. 3:30; I»throp triangle,
1:30
Indepartmental committee meeting,
•upper at 6 p. in.: educational classes,
etlquet. 6:30; drawing. 7 p. m.
Thursday—Central Student club msets
1n Y. W. C. A. clubrooms. 3:15 p. m.
Junior Girl Reserves, Comenlus triangle,
* Know your city trip, the More the Mer
rier club, meet at the Y. W. C. A. at 3.
gtippor at 6. Lord Lister student nurses.
All Saints parish house. 7:30 p. m.
Friday—Benson Student club meeting.
115. Alumnae club dinner and program.
( Junior iSIrl Reserve. Edward Roae
waler t»laiflFe, 3:15: Vinton trlRnfle J.lv.
Educational classes, millinery, 6.an.
Saturday_Interrlub council lunehson
gn4 meeting. 12 p. in. .
0 Junlof Girl Reserves. S. O. 8. meeting.
All offers come. 1:30 p. m.
| Camp Fire Girls
Ax It* Camp Fir© met at the home of
Helen Jlouseman Monday afternoon »nd
toad Iced * group of Camp Fire songs to
at the Monday meeting at 1 etnyle
for the "Know Omaha week,
/3Se» group are busy earning money to
•end their guardian. Mr*. Colin McKenzie,
mn A. delegate to the National < amp hire
at Kansan City. Mo.. March
1*Id«kl»Pr*r()up had a farewall loneh.on
at thn’T. W7 C. A. Satnrday for thatr
auardiah, Jliaa May I.aach. Other piisats
were tru-mlora of .the l.inka junior arouii
of / Ma.ll.on school; their n>« guard Ian.
Miss Hess Wllaon: liar aaaiatant. Miss
Helen Hwobn.la, Mlsa I,earh. Mia, Ouy and
Mi** Norma Was*. After the luncheon
the girls enjoyed a half hour In the gym
D8p^|Wgn group met Tuesday at the home
of Ruth Wlnthroup. These girls are prar
I thing for s plav. They are planning new
f-vi niahhigs for the shack where they hold
their t lexn p Fire meetings In wanner
" Tlie^riew ramn Fire group at Field
■« hool met at the school Monday after
noon and elected the following officers:
mlenee Wilson, president; Maxlns Ollier,
■n ret ary. *"d Mary A,lce *0**™- report
er Th«v have chosen for their group
os me. Na-wo-lo. which means nature,
work, love . . .
Wohalochee and Ganeshah© groups held
■ Joint rouncil fire Friday at the home
I nf their guardian. Mrs. George Traut. At
this time they took In a new group un
I lcp the guardianship of Mrs. G. C. Far
I, ,• The candles of work, health and
love were lighted hv Helen ITazen, Helene
Traut and Mary Kllen Snavefy. Jeanette
Hoenshtll gave the "Ode to the Fire”
• while June Bauble gave tlie legend. Rev.
II i'. Whitcomb of ihe Calvary Baptist
•huri'li gave an Interesting little talk on
[tv seven points of the GgQip Fire law.
Illiiebird group under the leadership of
M. * George Traut. met Monday at the
Iralva'V Baptist church. Four new girls,
-he W HI I coin .> tvins, Beatrice mid Bur
Mr» Priscilla Wing and Dorothy Lower
• ir» taken Into the group, making 27 In
* llsntnvwre group held a council fire
Monday at th« home of Pauline Pounds.
a-h«. became a Camp Firs girl, while nln©
»f 'i.-r girts took their woodgatherers rank,
|. n Williams, Frances Pugsley. Lola
Bell wood. Nelda Groves, Onal Cox, Mollle
Rartns Katharine Main, Magdalene Jor
|Hn Meg Hhlrley Peters
Aoliilir group met at Farnsm school
■ nd worked on thetr Camp Fire songs
Thursday afternoon Miss Josephlng
pra|d»-r helped with the singing and Miss
Flora Slukert visited the group. On Hat
m<f»y the group went for a hike when
J Giavina Muaaelmifi and Helen Minor
1 rooked the meal for honor tn outdoor
/ cooking!
i\ Mmtnka group held a business meeting
II It iL'heeler Memorial church Thursday.
jvS^Jean Berger and Mlsa Maly Louise
visited the group
Tninnkui! group held a special meeting
tundav afternoon at the Covenant church.
A ||rs Vera Orr Leach. their guardian, has
1 prove I to Hpencer. Neb., but they made
Jf liana with Miss Guy to contlnus to mast.
I
Auxiliary President
Mrs. H. l'.\ on a./ is iJ.e'ident of the
Ahamo auxiliary of Omaha Typo
graphical union, No. 190, which is
giving a dance and card party at
Metropolitan hall, Wednesday night,
February 20.
Congregational Doughnuts.
North Dundee'division of the First
Central Congregational church will
sell their famous doughnuts on Satur
day, February 9. at the stores of
Thomas Kilpatrick and Company,
1507 Dougla's street, Louis Sommers,
Forty-ninth and Dodge streets; Ernest
Buffett at Fifty-first street and
Underwood avenue, and Johnson and
Blind, Twenty-ninth and Leavenworth
streets.
Women will remain at the church
all day making doughnuts which will
be kept freshly supplied for the de
mand.
North Presbyterian Kndeavorers
to Present Play.
A three-act comedy, “It Pays to
Advertise,” given under auspices of
the North Presbyterian Christian En
deavor society by Misner players un
der the professional direction of Miss
Helen O. Sailing, will he presented
Saturday evening. February 9, at 8:15
at the church, Twenty-fourth and
Wirt streets.
Business Women's Club.
Miss Mabelle E. Casey, leader of
the February group, will be In charge
of the dinner of the Omaha Business
Women's club Tuesday at 6:15 In the
Y. AV. C. A. Special music by Miss
Ruth leisure will be followed by cur
rent events by Miss Celia M. Chase.
The leaders of the different “Indian
tribes" will report the number of
tickets sold for the Thurlow Lieurance
Indian concert, whicli is being pre
sented at the Brandeis theater Febri^
ary 11.
Other members of the February
committee which hue the destinies of
the menu and entertainment in
charge for the month are Misses Ha
zel Ball, Azalia Brown, Augusla
Bowen, Kate Christopher, Harriet
Curtis. Flora Frazey, Eva Guernsay,
Louis Gwln, Addle Green, Mrs. S.
Inglls, Minnie Loesch.’Lulu Mabarry,
Alta Morgan. Alma Peters, Anna Ras
mussen. Mrs. Lydia Rodstrom, Eliza
beth Shahan. Ina Shea. Elsie Vile
land. Florend Waterbury, Fannie 15.
AY allace and Anna Sikmund.
Postponement.
ladies' Auxiliary number 5, I. O.
r.. D., will hold its next meeting
Thursday, February 14, instead of
February 7, as formerly announced.
Hereafter meetings of the auxiliary
will take place on the second and
fourth Thursdays of every month in
stead of on the first and third.
Columbian Club.
Columbian Club of Sacred Heart
parish will give a card party, Wed
nesday afternoon, February 6, in the
hall at Twenty-second and Locust
streets. Hostesses will be Mrs. M. F.
Murphy, Mrs. Peter Jolly, Mrs.
Thomas Boyce, Mrs. AVilliam Bohan
and Mrs. John Backman.
Parkvale Presbyterian Ladies.
Ladies of the church an* congre
gation of Parkvale Presbyterian
church are invited to he present at
the monthly business meeting Thurs
day, February 7, at the home of Mrs.
Harold Crew, 3051 South Thirty-sec
ond avenue. The hostess will be as
sisted by Mrs. Jennie Savage.
Ladies Relief Society.
Connecting Link Lodge No. 457,
Ladies Society of the B. of L. F. A
K. will meet AA'ednesdav afternoon at1
2 o'clock in the Little Eagles Hall.
Weekly Club Calendar |
SUNDAY.
tirt-Arquaiotnl Hum, i p. r.i. at First
Unitarian churcn. Turner boulevard anti
. u.ney streets. Miss hose Koaicky arm
Min Lillian Sandberg, nosleases. Pro
gram by Saxton Family Orchestra and
.dins Koaeiyn Goldstein. *
House of Hope, 7915 North Thirtieth.
- di .; p, ii. i»v Kev. C, N bawiou,
,-amur o' Walnut Hill Methodist churcn.
and the church choir.
Old People's Home, 3325 Fontenelle
boulevard, &ervices at 3:3U, led by Kev.
15. U. Alagaret on "A Day s Work With
< anat." Mi*. H. D. Wilma and Airs. Ernst
Slranglen will have charge of the music.
Omaha Walking Cluo, hike through
Fontenelle forest. Take Fort Crook
street car at 3 p. in. from Twenty-fourth
and M streets, hike through forest end
ing at the club shack. Leader. Edwih S.
Jewell.
MONDAY.
Omaha Woman " l ino open meeting
Monday, February 4. m 2:30 p. m., at
me burgess-Naso auditorium. Program
by Civics department, "Know Omaha
NV eek.”
Tennyson Chautauqua Monday at 2 p.
rn. at Hie Y. W. C. A. Mrs. William Bur
ton, leader.
Dundee Chautauqua Monday at 1:30 p
in. with Mrs. Fred Elliot Jr. Leader, Airs,
b. H. Orchard.
Hellenic Chautauqua circle will meet
with Mrs. E. K. Heflin, 256b Kedick Av
enue. Alondav at 9 a. ni. Mrs. it. O.
.Schaffer, leader.
TUESDAY.
Omaha Business Women’s Club, dinner
at e:15 at the Y. W. C* A. Alffca Alabelle
E. Casey in charge. Music by Miss Ruth
Leisure; current events by Miss Celia M.
i.'hase. Leadere of "Indian tribes” will
report.
L. O. E. Number 1, 1 p. m luncheon at
the Athletic club. Reservations may be
made through Mrs. A. A. Corkle, Walnut
5061; and Airs. Pratt Harwood, Walnut
599 4.
P. E. O. Chapter B. H., J o’clock lunch
eon at the home of Mrs. E. Eppuly, 209
South Fifty first street. *Mrs. b. D.
Hughes, assisting hostess.
>oJourners Club Tuesday at 2:50 p. rn.
with Airs. A. F. Rimerman, 1318 North
Fortieth street.
Aa-Mnr-Ben division number 359 Ladles
Auxiliary to the Order of Railway Con
ductors. party at the home of Mrs. .1. H.
Davis, 2110 South Thirty-fourth street,
Tuesday evening, February §
Sfrmn Chib, Tuesday at the home of
Miss Lillian Owin, 5119 Burt street. Mrs.
15. H. Barnes will read a pauer on "The
Drama Play,” and Mrs. C. C*. Pixley is to
gave a reading.
Prettiest Mile I Julies’ C.olf Club will
hold Its regular meeting at the home of
Mrs. K. C. Goddard. 6306 Florence boule
vard, Tuesday at 2 p. rn. Mrs. O. G.
< raighead will give a‘ talk on her recent
trip abroad.
Dundee Parent Teacher*' Aasorintlon,
Tuesday at K p. m.. monthly meeting of
Harry A. Tukey, president.
Delta Gamma sorority, luncheon at 1
p. m Tuesday In Conklin hall. University
of Nebraska college of medicine. Hos
tesses Airs Harry Byrne. Miss Carol
ID.ward. Airs. Alelvln Beklns. Mambers
of the sorority will sew for cases in the
hospital.
IT. M. Grant Woman's Relief Corps will
holdL its regular meeting In Memorial
hall, court house, on Tuesday at 1:30 p.
rn. with the newly Installed officer* pre
siding. Members of ths Old Guard Post
are invited. *
Jewish Women’s Welfare organization,
address hy Judge L. B. Day of ths court
of domestic relations, at C p. in. Tuesday
at the Jewish Community tVnter. All
members urged to attend. A musical
program will follow Judge Dav e address.
Chapter It. K. of P. K. O. will meet for
a 1 o’clock luncheon at the home of
Airs. Maurice T. Smith, 5116 Capitol ave
nue. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison assisting
Mouth Omahn Woman's clnb, Tuesday,
at the home of Aire. A. H. Murdoch. 3301
Hickory street, at 2:30 p. m. Current
events; Mrs A L. Linguist, hook review.
Altman luncheon, J2:30, at Burgess
nash tea room. *
Omahn Woman's dub. literature de
partment, Tuesdav at 2 p. m.. at the Y.
W. C. A. Mrs. H E Bes'hler will give
a paper on the life of Joseph Conrad,
while Mrs J. I.. Masters will review
"The Rover." All club women are Invit
ed. Mrs. Edward Johnson, department
leader.
lieorfe Custer Woman's Relief corps
will be entertained at a sunshine party
at the home of Mrs. C. W. Campbell. 2924
Kontenelle boulevard, Tuesday, at 1 p, m.
Old Guard post No. 7 will be guests
Mlnne Luna Chautauqua elrele. Tues
day, at 2 p. m., with Mrs. Reese, 2016
Ohio street.
WEDNESDAY. .
Americanization committee. W. C. T.
1 luncheon Wednesday at 1 p. m, with
Mrs H S. iJetscher, 3019 Charles street.
Chapter ». P. P. E O, will meet for
a 1 o'clock luncheon on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 6, with Mrs. R. E. Parrott. BP16
'asH street. Mrs. G. A. Bartholomew
assisting
First Presbyterian church. Circle t,
Wednesday at 10:30 a. rn , in ths church
'•arlors t«» sew smocks for the Child Sav
Ing institute. I.unrheon hostesses. Miss
Margaret Rainey, Mrs. M. J. Stooker and
Mrs. R. V. McKenzie.
I*. O. E. No. 1. regular business meet
ing Wednesday at 8 p. in. In ths Elks’
club rooms. Election trf officers.
Ak-8ar-Ben chapter kensington at Ma
sonic temple Wednesday at 8 p. m. Mem
bers and friends Invited.
Business and Professional Women's
division. Omaha Chamber of Commerce,
dinner at 6:15 In the First Presbyterian i
church, Thirty-fourth and Farnam
streets. Art group In charge: Augusta
Bowen. leader. Program a surprise.
Omaha College dob, book review sec
tion. Wednesday, at 4 p. m , at the Ath
letic club. Rev. Ralph E. Bailey will
review the novel. "Where Else in the
World?" by J William Hudson
P. E. O., Chapter C. R.. Wednesday,
at 1 p m.. with Mrs. H P. Lee, 008
South Twenty-third street. Mrs. Robert .
Bishop will assist in entertaining.
Purent-Teacher association, Henry
Yates school. Wednesday at 3 p. m.. In
the school building. A film of special
Interest to mothers will be shown.
Comas rluh will meet with Mrs. George
R. Ledyard. 812 South Thirty-fifth street.
Wednesday, at 1 m.. for luncheon.
West Omaha Mothers’ club, Wednes
day. with Mrs. P. T Barber. 4152 Dav
enport street.
THt RSn.AY.
Omalia Women's Clnb—Art department
program on local artists, by Mrs John R
Golden, Mrs Roland Jones. Mrs Jessie
Cornish. Mrs A J Ifssssn. Mrs C. E.
I Johannes. Mrs Herschel Woodls. Mrs.
N. W. Davenport. Mrs. Avery Lsncaster
| and Mrs. M. J. Long
Daughters of t'nlon A eteran«—Betsy
Ross tent No 1. Initiation and aortal
| meeting, 2 p m , In Memorial hall, court
house. »,
Omaha Woman's Club—Home economics
1 department. Thursday at 10 a. rn. at
Petereen A Pegsu Baking eompdhy's plant,
Twelfth and Jackson streets.
Pearl Methodist Church-—Women a or
ganization. luncheon at 12:18 In church.
Miss Esther Johnson, probstlon officer,
will speak on "Misuse of I/Olsure Time a*
a Source of Crime." . _ _
P. K. O. Meter hood. Chanter C. 11.—
One o’clock luncheon at the home of Mrs.
Robert Zarherv. f>n« South Thirty-first
street; Mrs. W. R. MrGretr. assistant
hostess. _‘
All,, H. Howard t hnntowjna Cirri,—
At 7:30 p. m. «t th, T. W. C. A. m«
cusslon on the book "Party Battles of the
Jackson Period."
FRIDAY.
ftmltlati Kit* Homin', nub—
business meeting at the Scottish Rile
cathedral. Friday at 3 p m.
Unity Club—At the Unitarian church.
Friday at 8 p m Subject: A round
tah’c dismission of the modern esssylsts.
Omaha Chanter Daughters of tho Ameri
can Revolution ■■■Colonial dinner at the
Burgess-Nash tea room Friday evening
Miller Park Presbyterian Chnrch—Wo
man's society musical tes for the benefit
of the society, Friday, at ths Prettiest
Mile ( tub.
Iroyola Club—Will entertain at cards
Friday at 2:30 p. m. Hostesses sra Mes
darnes A. Anderson. Richard Cooney. M.
Garrick. Msrgaret Parry and Anne Byrne
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Publicity Chairman
Mrs. Joseph Koutsky. South
Nineteenth street, has just been ap
pointed chairman of press and, pub
licity for the convention of the sec
ond division of the Nebraska Federa
tion of Women's Clubs which will be
held here on April .1 and 4, She holds
the same office in the South Omaha
Woman's club.
Art Museum.
On Friday the exhibition, assembled
by Miss Sally Lewis of New York, of
modern art, paintings and drawings
by contemporary French and Ameri
can artists opened at the galleries In
the public library.
Six early drawing* by Redon are
of Interest. Three water colors by
Arthur B. Davies have been added to
the collection here. They were sent
from his exhibition at Ware’s gallery
in New York which closed January
10. One of tlie three, a mountain in
southern France, is the same moun
tain that Cezanne painted so often.
Mr. Davies spent last summer in and
around Aix, the home of Cezanne. Mr.
Davies lias recently been in the lime
light as the winner of the $2,500 peace
Christmas card prize. He i* repre
sented by nine drawings and water
colors In the present exhibition.
Wult Kuhn's work has been on ex
hibition at tlie Montrose galleries in
New York during January and Marie
l.aurenpin's paintings at the Wilden
steln galleries.
Of special note in connection with
these very modern paintings is the
group of eight African negro masks
of curved wood. Some of them are
supposed to date from as early as the
14th century. It was from these that
the elements of Cubism were derived,
and Cubism In its turn was the In
spiration that caused the negro sculp
tures to be sought for. The Brooklyn
museum, Field museum. Chicago, and
Natural History musetfm of New
York have Interesting and extensive
collections.
Miss Lewis, who is a collector of
national renown, accompanied this
exhibit to Omaha where she will re
main for two weeks. She will be
present in Ihe galleries this afternoon
from 3 to S to talk to any Interested
persons. She will also tie there on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
afternoons and alternate forenoons.
C. D. A. Dance.
The basket boll team of the Catho
lic Daughters of America will enter
tain at a dance Thursday evening,
February 7, in the club rooms, Pax
ton block.
The dance Is sponsored by the ath
lotic committee of the daughter*, con
sisting of Misses Sophia Rauber,
chairman: Martha Goodall, Tqgpe Dela
hanty, Catherine Carrlck, Julia
O’Connor and Marcella O'Connor.
They will he assisted by the baaket
hall team, including Misses Bernice
burke, captain; Marguerite Donahey,
Kinrim Cajiele, Claire I^utenegger,
Madie Ryan. Leona Wagman, Mar
ceJIc O’Connor, Marguerite Whalley,
Ursula Shanahan and Inex Klein.
During the evening members of the
team will sing and give a special
dance number. Th# Golden rod or
chestra will play.
Proceeds of the danc# will be used
to purchase the official uniform of
the Amateur Athletic association for
members of the team, which has won
every game this season and Is ~a
strong contender for first honor In
the coming A. A. U. champlnnshlp
meet to be sponsored by the Catholic
Daughters. Practice games have been
fceld twice a vjfM’k with Paul Shana
han as coach..
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Junior League
Baby clinics are being held twice a
month at the Junior league Day
Nursery under a committee chair
maned by Mrs. T. *i.. Davis. Dr. A.
G. Dow and Dr. Reynolds attend.
This extension of the nursery work
was inaugurated Thursday night with
a dinner for 40 of the mothers. Miss
Marlon Towle presid’d and talked on
child welfare.
From 40 to 50 children are cared
for daily at the nursery. The aver
age attendance a few years ago
was 20.
During the absence of Miss Gert
rude Stout in Arizona, Miss Katherine
Denny will serve as treasurer of the
board.
Word FromjJje Hammers.
Word has come from Santa Monica,
Cal., of the birth of a son t4 Mr.
and Mr*'. Harry Hammer of that
City, formerly of Omaha. This is
their third child.
Mrs. Hammer was Miss Nell Shep
herd of Condon, English vaudeville
actress. She came to America with
her mother in August of 1916. The
journey was made through submarine
infested waters. They landed safely
after several terrifying encounters
with German U-boats.
Mi-. Hammer was with Ringllngs’
circus at one time, also in vaudeville.
He played the cornet In the Rialto
orchestra when in Omaha.
"While we are strong for \Cali
fornia, we miss good old Omaha,"
writes Mr. Hammer. “Food is so
nrtuch better there than here, but of
course we have the ocean. We catch
the WOAW broadcast concerts once
in a while over a three-circuit regen
erator set.”
Mr. Hammer’s parents are Mr. and
Mrs. N. Hammer of 2504 South Twen
tieth street. Ofhaha.
Mt. St. Mary Concert.
Mt. St. Mary Glee club will give
Its seventh annual concert Sunday
afternoon. February 24, at 3 o'clock
in the new lyceum recently erected
on the convent grounds. Members
of the club have been trained by the
Slaters of Mercy and Dr. R. Mills
Silby, who will direct.
Mrs. Leo A. Hoffman, aoprano
aollst, will aseist and two numbers
will be given by Miss Juliette I«a
Point*, piano student at the echool.
Rebecca West Described.
(Coatlnnrd From Fas* Oar.)
and liked Wordsworth in a defensive
sort of way as though it absolved
them from liking anybody newer and
bolder ”
That she never knew the Joys of
restraint, or appreciated the protec
tion afforded to youth that it might
follow untrameled in the pathways of
learning, is clearly evident from the
following passage:
“There is only one period in my
life on which I look back with the
feeling that I was in prison. when I
was hold back by something more
than my own inertness, from the up
ward movement of life toward self
comprehension; and that was the time
when I lived in a world made by wo
men. For 50 years th# will of picked
women has worked unfettered at the
making of the system of secondary
education for girls, and it has result
ed 1n one of the most successful of
mankind's many attempta to make
youth a hateful thing.” letter on she
continues: "I, who love learning very
greatly, fled from school at 1*. ut
terly regardless of how precarious
the future n.lght be, so long as It did
not contain tha certainty of a uni
vereity career.” „
Ciiticiie* System.
She has only carping criticism for
her self-sacrificing Instructors: “These
women,” ehe Insists, “had nothing to
give. Not only was It necessary that
a teacher should attend her school In
Inconspicuous clothes and glva care
fully prepared lessons on chosen text
book*. It was also all that the edu
cational system permitted her to do."
It was before the headmistress that
Cecily Fairchild—who frequently he
lled her name—wa« Indicted for writ
ing a poem on "The Death ,of God"
In a rookery cieaa. She calls It “a
comic crime." for It wa* not the poem
writing that wa* reprehensible. It
was the time of making It, to the neg
lect of other duties. But Cecily, an
other Becky Sharp, would not be mat)?
to understand tha distinction.
In 190R, when she was but II, Cecily
I
Fairchild left school with no thought I
of continuing her education. The fol-1
lowing year she went up to London1
to try her fortune on the stage; but |
she was summarily dismissed for j
reading “Creative Evolution" during!
a rehearsal. The episode reminds us'
again of Becky Sharp.
Start Described
At 19 site became a reviewer on
the staff of the London Freewoman,
which lias since degenerated into The
Egoist. The paper was edited by
Kora Marsden, who tells us that one
day a young girl in her 'teens ap
peared at the editor's office with tin
article turning into drollery the so
lemnities of the punctilious Mrs.
Humphrey Ward, the noted Victor
ian novelist, and the niece of Matthew
Arnold. The girl gave her name as
Hegina Miriam Bloch, but It was
really Cecily Elizabeth Fairchild.
When the article appeared in print,
the writer had already assumed the
pseudonym of “Rebecca West,” the
name of the sinister heroins of
Isben's disagreeable play, Kosmer
holm."
Before a dozen of her contribu
tions had been published editors were
competing for Rebecca West's pun
gent articles. The young writer had
a meteoric career. The following year
she became a political writer on the
Clarion. Later she wrote literary re
views for the Daily News and the
Star, “Notes on Novels" for the sober
New Statesman, and was the star dra
matic critic in Time and Tide, a
feminist weekly Journal. On account
of her fearlessness in passing judg
ment, and her scathing wit, she
ranks higli as a reviewer of novels
in the public press, her rival until
recently having been the late Kath
erlne Mansfield—Mrs. J. Middleton
Murry, the wife of the editor of the
Athenaeum. 8ome one has described
Rebecca West's method of reviewing
by saying that “she Is just the high
browed reviewer of books who re
move the skin of her victims to the
accompaniment of a happv laugh."
Influenced by Wells.
Both in her life and in her literary
work Miss Fairchild has been influ
enced deeply by her personal acquain
tance with H. G. Wells, and by her
reading of Ibsen and other writers of
what is termed advanced thought,
for some little time Cecily was pri
vate secretary to H. G. Wells, a rela
tionship which left its impress on the
freedom-loving reactionary young la
dy. One recalls the fact that H. G.
j Wells began life in very humble cir
cumstances. He was the spn of Jos
eph Weils, a professional cricketer,
who afterward became a shop keeper.
His mother, who had been a lady’s
maid, became a housekeeper to eke
out the family fortunes. The boy s
early environment was that of the
lower middle claas and of shop life.
Possessed of t>nundless energy,
marked ability, and a bouyant enthu
siasm, he secured a scientific educa
tion at the University of London, and
when thrown on his own resources,
earned his living as a schoolmaster,
his subject being biology, and was &
private coach. Five years later he
essayed journalism in the Pall Mall
Gazette, the .Saturday Review and
Nature. The success of his first
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Mr**! f1««ir
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So Intimately Is the home life of
Mr. Wells drawn In "Mr. Brltling”
that one can readily picture the ad
vent and sojourn of Cecily Fairchild
in this country home. The freedom
of thought and expression of H. G.
Wells' could not but be reflected in
her, and the young woman, already
quite sophisticated, became so pro^
nounced in modern thought that one
gasps on remembering that her years
are but 31. In realistic experience
she has lived centuries.
In me Miss Fairchild brought out
her first book, “Hepry James, a
Critical Essay,” published In the year
of James’ death. It will be remem
bered that Henry James and H. G.
Wells had crossed pwords on matters
ef literary form, and the latter had
come off second best. It cannot be
expected, therefore, that Rebecca
West, as an ardent champion of
Wells would do Justice to the person
al end literary qualities of Henry
James. Throughout the essay sh*
takes great pleasure In raps at our
literary Idols in a skyrocket way.
Her first novelette, "The Return of
the Soldier,” which was greatly over
praised by the reviewers, appeared m
serial form in 1917, running in two
numbers of the Century.
In the winter of 1921 Rebecca West
,went out to Capri with the Compton
Mackenzies; and there. In a beauti
ful villa overlooking the Mediterran
ean sea, she iotttwl leisure to com
plete, "The Judge," her first real
novel. A tremendous but vterrlble
psychological drama, it Is In aome
respects autobiographical.
Of recent years Rebecca West has
been living in London at 36 Queen's
Gate Terrace. She came to America
last October, and has been lecturing
In various cities. She says that she
intends to remain in the United
States and become naturalized.
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