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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1913)
he Omaha Sunday Bee 1 Copyright, U1J, by the tr Company. Great Britain nights Kosorved. . 7 " Very Unusual JTJ HOCA&P Look Into MIaoazinb Page m am urn m mi 9 Jt 2013 Women Wtt Wear 'tfrc. There'll Be No Kisses. There'll Be No Drinks. Nobody Will Get Old. Men Will Do Sewing. Millionaires Exiled. Only Insect Orchestras. , MRS. CHRISTIAN V. H13MMICK la Washington Boclcty'a most original perbonugo. Sho never docs any thing like anybody else. But, for tho mat ter of that, she doesn't have to. Sho la rich enough nnd clever enough to bo ablo to afford to do oxactly what aho pleases. AErs, Heminlck belongs to tho religious sect of Bahal which represents a form of Buddhism. She is an artist, and, -when not engaged In exorcising hor other, tal ents, she writes plays. Hor latest product In this line (to bo presented by a company of gifted amateurs In Washington for tho benefit of tho woman suffrngo causo) Is of a soml-farcical character, and is called "Somo Years Henco." It deals with things as thoy are oxpoctod to bo a cen tury from now, 2013. SCENE Tho House of Justlco In Wash ington. A beautiful veranda room; nt tho rear great arches and a balustrado; city view In far dlstanco. Persons alight from their aeroplanes upon tho balcony. Tho room Is very simple, but beautiful; tho furni ture is of wicker; all tho hangings look washable. Season, April; dato, 2013. Tho costumes of tho women suggest tho Chinese 6r Japanese. All wear short, fluffy trousors. Tho men dress much tho samo. Shoes are without heols. Tho hats aro all crownleoo, and, taken off In tho house, aro hung at tho belt A pretty maid, whoso narao is VIolot, opens tho scene. Sho Is drossed all In white, with short trousors and short sleeves. A whlto korchlof hides hor hair. Sho is busy with littlo white tablos that stand about, arranging flowors on each. Birds fly hither and thither, and butter flies are soon among tho flowers. Entor Reggie, with whom Violet en gages in an animated conversation. Thoy speak of a recent rovlval at tho principal church In town of an old-tlmo play called "Cnmlllo." It appears that the chief uso of the church Is as a thoatro tho most effective modo of conveying moral lessons being through tho medium of the play and the theatrical managor is a full-fledged bishop. The revival of "Camilla" has failed to exclto popular approval. Tho Servant Trootem in 2018, VIOLET! "I am servant hero eight hours a day. Then I go to tea at the White House I" VIOLET You Bee, In "Camllle," they kissed (In a disgusted tone). Well, you know that oven In our wayback towns that is considered dangerous. And, only fancy! the heroine of tho play had consumption, and sho wont about Just like the others, and had lovers, and all that sort of thing. Do you know, I think It Is wrong to have pro longed the lives of some of our ancestors, for their old-fashioned Ideas of morality will crop out If they wished to produce an old timer, why not somothing safe, like "Dam aged Goods"? By tho way, Reggie, you know 'the English Crown has offered a bar ony and a freo entree at court to any Amer ican millionaire who will go to England to live. How many such millionaires have emigrated, do you think? Why, 8,000, with their stupid families. Isn't that splendid news? It means 20,000 perfectly useless, Idle, selfish, greedy people disposed of. VIOLET -Calm yourself Lady Snuffbox. You forget this is not England, and intelli gence and achievement alono count hero. They are our titles. Artists, writers and thinkers are coming to our shores, for here they find their true place In society -tho real society. I am a servant but bo are you. Work I dignify; tlereforo It Is my form of worship. I am servant hero for eight hours a day; then my brother, the aide to our President, calls for me, and we go to a concert or a tea at the White Houw, something pleasant GERALDINE Oh. mamma, I don't think I will like marrying Cousin Percy, evn. It be is a-lord and has lots of money nnmm ' Tmrir "i--rt mm Our 100 Year Off Future v by the Versatile Mother of the Famous Barney Sisters LADY 8. -Am I alive? Pinch me! Oh, not so hard (as daughter does so). Why, Geraldlne, we came here ta procure the license of marriage, with Lord Percy, who Joins us soon. In this barbarous land the mother and girl must do this, they told me. REGGIE Yes, after sho proves that sho Is sufficiently oducated In tho care of tho home, looking out for babies, nursing, and other woman's branches. For, alas! we still have our ancestors' blood, and people still get sick occasionally though no one over desecrates the home by being ill in It Then she must have nn art,- or something worth while, for ignorance Is a terrible crime. It strikes me that the first thing of Importance would bo to correct your daughter's terribly out-of-dato clothes. Happily, I can look be yond clothes. I can undress and dress persons. LADY'S, (gasping for breath) And you, sir; what is to be your share? REGGIE Oh, I also must know about tho ohlld and the house, and assist In the house hold duties, In the laundry, and oh, lots of things. My wlfo will look after the children -while I go out to business, and I, in my rJL Lovo Bccno in the Everyday Costume of 2i REGGIE "Kisses! Oh, please. I shall dare! I never have have you? turn, will perform that Joyous service when sho is absent Tho education of the chil dren we shall divide. This makes homo life and responsibilities equal, In task and in pleasure, though, of course, most of tho housework Is now dono by electricity. Also wo shall share In the arrangement of flow ors. This Is a high art, and great honor Is accorded to anybody "who excels in it, as I do (showing buttons). This button was be stowed for efficiency in making my 'bachelor home all it should be tidy, sensible and at tractive. This one iwas for my insect orchestra. GERALDINE Thanks, Reggie. You are very pollto, but. too much so. Frankly, I like a little spice, and I am wild to have you snatch me roughly to you and cover mo with kisses. There, now! REGGIE Kisses! Oh, please, I shall not dare. I never have have you? But no. my mind must not dwell on these things. I am becoming dizzy. In old plays and roman ces I have read of un controlled persons flinging themselves In to each other's arms and kissing. But you, my noble and pure Geraldlne, could not be as such. GERALDINE (aside) Oh, couldn't I! (Td Reggie) I am Just a bit tired of my ped estal. Let's descend. (Puts a finger to his Hps.) Do you know how to kiss? It's really not bad. (Goes up very close. He stands stiff and frightened.) VIOLET (entering and Interrupting) What aro you doing to Reggie? He looks miserable. Here, Goraldlno, this has coma for you. (Gives her an English newspaper.), GERALDINE Oh, tho news at last (Sits and unfolds her paper, and Is soon burled behind Us pages.) . REGGIE What does It say? Wo use tho shorthand typo. GERALDINE I will read you all tho horrors: "Man kills four children with pis tol. Wife, frenzied at sight Jumps from window and may die. Drunkenness tho cause. Usually a good, kind man, etc." That's not exciting. Oh, here! "Millions Btarvo to death In China. Wlfo elopes with husband's friend. Woman arrested and put In prison for smashing windows." REGGIE Merciful heavens! Have you become so used to these horrors that thoy don't touch you? I am 111 to faint ness at the very mention. See the contrast. (Takes from pocket a small nnd beautiful newspaper print ed on baby-blue paper.) Doesn't II smell nice? Faint mint; that's for the morning paper. The evening paper has a slight perfume of Jas mine. (Reads a few agreeable Items.) (Lady Snuffbox tangs aoor and awakens the clergyman from a nap,) CLERGYMAN Pray, pardon me, Lady Snuffbox, I have been napping. Ah, I am not so young as I should be at my age only 150 years. But I was renewed too late. Science can arrest age, but it cannot restoro what is gone. I think that massage nnd the rage to keep young started about the year 1013. I was then fifty years of age 'too late, my dear lady, too late. VIOLET I shall soon be forty, bull I look eighteen. LADY S. (much Interested) Fortyl Why, I am only forty, and see the difference. How do you man age It? VIOLET By keeping the law and obeying the teaching. LADY S. The law! What has thafl to do with wrinkles and gray hair? VIOLET It is the law that one mustn't get into a temper or think ugly thoughts, or worry, or owe anybody, or envy anybody, or gossip. And one must eat only rice, grain, fresh vegetables and fruit. LADY S. In other words, to Hvo one may as well be dead. VIOLET Why didn't Geraldlne ask any one to dance last night? LADY S. It Is not our custom to seek partners for a dance, or In marriage. VIOLET How funny. Reggie has been hoping to be asked In marriage by mo for years. It is the right of a woman to pick out a husband. LADY S. I consider it quite indecent VIOLET If Geraldlne doesn't take him I suppose I shall, for tho sake- of economy. My frqodom Is burdened now by such a high tax. And then I love his achievements. Did you seo In the paper that his quartette of Jersoy mosquitoes had Bcored the highest success? He Is a genius. His audience numbered thousands, and all showed their delight by fairly burying him in petals of roses the usual applause. (Qoraldine refused Reggie.) VIOLET (when laughter has subsided, takes Reggie's arm and leads him to the clergyman) Dear doctor, I have decided to marry Reggie. Wo can both procure tho usual license for health, so let's get It over at onco (rubbing her cheek on his arm as he shows his Joy) and thus, Reggie, we can both save our bachelor taxes! 013. not Summer Dangers to Blondes LADY SNUFFBOX Stuff and nonsense What- do you. mean? GERALDINE Reggie has Just suggested that I marry him, and LADY 8. ReggleJ But you could have known him only ten minutes and have never been Introduced. REGGIE Oh, madam, how can one measure time? One minute of agony seems a minute. I might be with ono woman a century and cot love her; or, as now, ten minutes with another and I am filled with longings to live with her. Pray, con sent to our marriage. But It you wont, there is nothing to do but sign the .request papers, show suitability, Drove health, and there you aro with a marriage certifi cate. VIOLET And you, Reg Jtle, B avp jrqilC ' M"-,"r TB brunette is more or less pro tected from the violence of the sun's rays by the very color of her skin and hair. The darker she is naturally the greater her protection, and the less care she need take. But Just the reverse Is the case with the blonde. The fairer she is the more perfect prey Is she for the burning rays of the sun, and the more dangerous Is It for her to go about bareheaded, as so many of the girls do at the seaside and in the mountains. Tho faahionablq Woman of 2013, as Sho Will Appear oa Ftfl. Avonu-. TUm Tnftct Orchestra of 2013, as Seen, by Mn. Hrromick- If you are of light complexion and have ever been so foolish as to ex pose yourself in a bathing suit to the sun-rays on the beach for hours at a time, as some do, you will remember with considerable distinctness how. you suffered from the blistering o your skin. You did not know, per haps, that very serious complications in the skin were Bet up In this way, and that nature has all it can do 1 to throw off tho poisons generated by your 'foolish exposure. The protection of your eyes by the" shade cast by the bat-brim is no less Important for the glare of the strong sunlight, especially at the sea shore, where the sun-rays are re flected powerfully from sand and water, Is most trying upon the eyes and through the eyes upon the en tire system. The point of all the discussion la that there was never a more 6tupld, unpbyslologlcal and foolish fashion than that of going bareheaded in Bummer, especially for blondes, and as most of us are more blonde than brunette, it applies to a large ma Jority of men and women living in our latitude. If you would be well and really enjoy your Summer to the full be sensible enough to wear your bat and If you want to be very sure add tinted glasses to protect your yest from the glare.