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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1916)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12, 191G. Personal Gossip : Society Notes : Woman's Work : Household Topics si October 11, 1916 Everybody is breathing 8 sigh of relief after the grand, gay time of Ak-Sar-Ben. Such a host of good times and great events in one week was unusual ana a great strain, no sooner had the parades, bigger and better than ever Defore, passed, than a president and his wife arrived and occasioned elaborate entertainment The two big Ak-Sar-Btn baHs were the climax of the week. But society was not (.Mowed to rest, for two big church weddings and countless par ties for the charming brides occupied all the spare time. As one society matron said yester- ,day, "After the wedding Monday evening we drew deep breath. It had all been so beautiful, but we were worn out At the time she was on her way to a luncheon for one of the Ak-Sar-Ben visitors. But even the visitors are departing. . Miss Louise Lewis of De Kalk, 111., and Miss Mar-' ian Thompson, who have been the fruests of Miss Helen Clarke, will eave todLV and tomorrow. Mrs. Dwight Denmead of Marshall town, la., who was matron of honor at - the Penfield-Bacon wedding, is staying a few days with Miss Eleanor Mackay and Mrs. Frank W. Bacon. For Miss Grosse. , Miss Irene Grosse of - Pasadena, Cal., who is a guest at the J. E. , George home, is being entertained extensively, Monday afternoon Mrs. Ross. Towle gave a tea at the Hotel Fontenelle in her honor. This even ing Mr. and Mrs. 'George and1 Miss Grosse will be the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Mayne of Council Bluffs. Saturday they will motor to Denison, la., to spend Sunday at the home of Mrs. George's father, Mr. W. A. McHenry. Miss Grosse will also be honor guest at an Orpheum party and supper at Die home of Mr. and Mrs. George Mon day evening,, and Thursday evening of this week they will give an infor mal dinner party for her at the Oma- na dub. '.' - ' ; PRESIDENT OF NEBRASKA SYNODICAL SOCIETY, "He Loves Me Not!" Copyright, lt!, International Newi Service. i By Nell Brinkley Matinee Party and Luncheon. - Miss Fern Wallace entertained at an Orpheum matinee party today, .followed by a matinee luncheon at ' the Hotel yyal for her cousin, Miss Ethel Tierney, whose marriage to Mr. Frank Heiffer wity take place October 19. The luncheon tables were prettily decorated with bridal favors. Those present were; Bethel Tleraer, ' Henrietta Wallace, Viola Moreertr. ''Mary O'Brien, Helen Anderaon, Haael Andersen. Terra Tt.rne. JEmme feenan. Edith Miller, Meadamee M Ifeadamee ' W, I Wllalneoa, A. B. Wlckitrt.ro. Business JVomen'a Club. Following close upon the success ful tconcert presented by Miss Edith L. "Wagoner on behalf of the Busi ness Women's club last evening at the Young Women's Christian association comes the announcement of a free lecture to be given tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Young Women's Christian association auditorium by the same organization. At that time ' Miss K, F. Worley will show some very interesting slides, which have come direct from Washington, on the ''Conservation of National Forests." Addresses Fine Arts Society. Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor, will address the members of the Fine Arts society at 11 o'clock Thursday morn ing in the ballroom at the Hotel Fon tenelle. , .-, . " District Convention. The Second district of the Woman's tt.li.-f Cnrna will meet in convention at Fremont tomorrow. The U. S. Grant Woman's Relief Corps of this city is sending a large delegation to the meeting. The members of this delegation are Mesdames Cora Talia ferro,, Abbie A. Adams, Lillian T. p..,lih Davie , E. E. Crane. Nora Melvin, Anna Long, A. A. Whit ney, Ida A. Miller, Bolona Morse, B. F. Diffenbacker, Helen Teffcoat, 0. B. Sweaiy, Lucy E. McMurray and Misses Sophia Schneider and Cora Stern, ,. .. . . , . . Wetterlng-Beecher Wedding. T1.. i,.AAina ni Miaa Mabel E Beecher and Mr. Ervie A. Westering took place at 5 o'clock Tuesdsy at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beecher. Rev. C. C. Meek of the Castelar Presbyterian MIUI1.U j lit. and Mrs. Westering have gone on a western weooing crip ana win he at home after November 1 in Omaha. I " ' " s Miss Anne Gifford entetamed at a smalt informal bridge party at her home this afternoon for the Misses Norma and Harriet Mac it ot am falo. ' Dinner for Misses Mack. Mr. and Mrs. William Schnorr are entertaining at dinner at their home this evening in honor of -the. house guests at the Charles Mete home. Misses Harriet and Norma Mack of Buffalo. A color scheme of yellow and blue will be used on the table. Covers will be laid for twelve. . P. E. O. Meeting. P. E. O. ideals will be discussed and .there will be a constitutional study at the meeting of Chapter M of the home of Mrs. F. A. Broadwell. Miss Robeson will assist tne nostras. Original Cooking Club. The members of the Original Cook ing club met for luncheon at the homes of - Mrs. Charles Thomas Kountze today. ' ; ' . , For Mrs. Pullman. Mrs. A. B. Carpenter entertained seven guests today at luncheon at the Fontenelle. Killarney rose formed the centerpiece. A matinee party at the Boyd theater followed the lunch eon. The guest of honor was Mrs. John Pullman' of Nogales, Ariz. , Special Meeting. A soecial meeting of the George A. Custer Woman's Relief Corps has been called by the president,' Mrs. Charles G. Everson, to be held at her MRS. JAMES BAILIE-BUTTER. Mrs. lames B. Butter has served as president of the Nebraska Synodical society of the Presbyterian church since it held its last convention here. six years afo. This year's convention opens at tne uunaee rresDyierian church his morning for a two-day session, over 121 delegates in attend ance. . Previously Mrs. Butter had served in the same capacity for seven years for the synod in oMntana, her former home. Her husband is pastor of the Pjesbyterian church in Flor ence. Word has been received that Mrs. Frank F. Senska, one of the principal speakers, is detained from attending by an attack of appendicitis. Mrs. Senska, who is a missionary from Bentaga, West Africa, is ill in an Iowa City hospital, Rev. and Mrs! L. W. Sullenberger ot Uuatemala and the Rev. H. S. Vincent of Japan will take Mrs. Senskas' place on the convention program. - ...,, home, Thirtieth and Pinkney streets, this evening at 8 o'clock. , Social Oossip. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davidge of Binghampton,' N. Y arrived last evening to visit Mr. and Mrs. Glen C. Wharton. The party of four mo tored together during the Wharton's eastern trip this summer. Miss Helen : Clarke's guests, the Misses Louise, be wis, of De Kalb, HI., and Marian Ihomnson. of Minne apolis, are leaving today and tomor row. Miss Lewis leaves for her home this evening and Miss Thompson will leave tomorrow evening. ' Mr.-and Mrs. F. J. Thatcher of Chicago left Monday for their home after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Otis M. Smith. ; Miss Mary Smith of Long Beach, Cat., is the 'guest of her brother. Mr. Otis M. Smith, and Mrs. Smith. She arrived Saturday and will probably leave inursday tor her home. Mr. and Mrs. W. , J. Lolvin are in' Chit hicago. spending the week Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brigham of Chicago returned to their home Sat urday after visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Colvin during Ak-Sar-Ben. v Mr. and Mrs. John C. Uaugherty of Greeley, Neb., who spent Ak-Sar-Ben week at the John M. Daugherty home, returned to their home Sun day morning. Mrs. John M. Uaugherty has left New York and is now visiting in Bos ton. She is expected in Omaha the last of the week. , ' v - The Right to Judge By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. Lon,g generations have gone to the making of each one of us. As fin ished individuals you and I stand for what we arc by " virtue of what our parents, our Grandparents and e'ven our remote and untiiouglit of ances tors were and thought and did. To our heredity we t!d tfic cus toms of our family, the training we got at home and at school, the press nf rirrnmatanres and the reactions of -our will upon these conditions. But that will, rememher, is an innerucu thing and not one entirely of our own making. ' What we do with the material that is given us we choose but the ma-teriat-was not of our selection. How then shall you and I, with a splendid ancestry, and a fortunate youth back of us, dare to judge the son of a drunken mother or the daughter of a thief? Who are we that we condemn the- criminal, the mentally unfit, the physically weak our brothers and sisters? What right have any of us to Judge or sit in judgement? One of the sanest, most practical men I know, who is at the same time one-of the finest, said to me recently: "What right have I to judge any hu man being? Each of us is a bundle of . complexities heredity, training, chance itself have gone to make each of us. I never condemn. I never judge. I always say to myself, "Well, my boy, if you had his baekground -and his start and a brain like his you might be doing as badly or worse.' . "I think each of us -has a right to have his likes and dislikes. I think each of us is justified in choosing his friends and surrounding himself with the people he likes and whose actions appeal to him. But I don't think one of us has the right to condemn any other human being's actions and to cast that person into the outer dark ness as a weakling or a cowara or an undesirable citizen not good enough for him to know." I looked at my splendid, earnest young friend and I remembered an other who had said this before him: "Neither do I condemn thee; go thou and sin no more." BEAUTY DOCTOR TELLS SECRET Detroit Beauty Doctor Gives Simple Recipe to Darken Gray Hair and Promote Its Growth. Miss Alice Whitney, a well-known beauty doctor of Detroit, Mich., re cently gave out the following state ment: "Anyone can prepare a simple mixture at home, at very little costt that will darkerKgray hair, promote its' growth and make it soft and glossy. To a half pint of water add 1 oz. of bay rum, a small box of Barbo Com pound and 'A oz, of glycerine. These -ingredients can be bought at any drug store at very little cost. Apply to tin hair twice a week until the desired shade is obtained. This will make a gray-haired person look twenty years younger. 'It is also fine to promote the growth of the hair and relieve itching and dandruff." Adv. Personal Mention. , Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Shirley of Omaf ha are at the Hotel Snapp in Ex celsior Springs, Mo., for a month's stay. Mrs. Stanley Hartman of Chicago. who has spent a week with her fa ther, Mr. Albert Cahn, left yesterday tor ner nome. she was accompanied by Mr. Albert Cahn, jr., who will make his home in Chicago. Miss Vera Furth of.New" York, who has been the guest of Mrs. Max Rei chenberg for several weeks, left yes terday for her home. . Miss Henrietta Wallace has return ed from Arthur, Neb. for a short visit and to attend the Pfeiffer-Tier-ney wedding next Thursday. Mrs. J C. Curran of Galesburg, 111., has arrived to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. C. G. Everson. Advice to Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. A Time far Co urate, tkear tym Fairfax: I am not quite SI. I started nn my career at 13 pr week a office boy and I now commvind 136 per week. The praldmt of my company haa told me that when I reach my majority. In four month, he wltl advance me to traffic manager at IUO per month, with cominla Ion. 1 do not iro about with any girl, a 1 live 1 21 of my aalary every week to my widowed mother. 1 have no brother, atater nor father, hence have eturk to my mother, for eh hue atwaya atuck to me. However, of late, for no apparent reaeon, ahe haa chan rod. and very often when I come from work ah praya thaV hard luck may be my lot. I don't really know what to do. but 1 woqld gladly' leave home tomorrow If I thought It would bring happlneaa to my dear o!4 mother, aa ahe le now close to M. Do you tnlDk I should leave home forfeit mr opportunity with my firm, but aand wy pra money nome 7 A HKAKTBRUKEW BUN. len't thla a time for courage? Tour ino- oeea has been unquestioned, but . are you smIrbi to wltl UitrlM th A rat trUI thai oomea to 4ouT Certainly not Tour mother undoubtedly la getting old and mean noth ing af what ah nra Bear with her. Con sult a ptclaltat and g on with your work, llaka the moat ot roar opportunities and faca life It cornea. Don't run away. If you could look Into the Uvea ot thousand, ot successful men you would And litany of them carrying burdens of which tha world knows nothing. Don't throw away four fu ture. When you do meet tha right girl she will admire 70a all th mora (or facing your problema rather than running away I Croat the at. Taste in Dressing Children Although a child looking like a small overdressed woman of the world is a far less common sight here than in European cities, children showing every sign of their mother's lack of taste are not wanting. The dressing of children needs the com bination of simplicity, utility, artistic design in keeping with the youth of the wearer and the fashions of the day, to say nothing of comfort, which will afford free movement and the unrestricted play of the body. One-piece garments are the best because they can be slipped over the head and fastened without undue fuss. They are, too, the simplest to make as well as the most comfort; able for the child to wearN In stocking the wardrobe of chil dren the two first things to be con sidered are the material and style. Children are peculiarly sensitive to the touch of material the wearing of anything at all rough being a regular martyrdom to many a delicate skin. Grown-ups have a marvellous range of fabrics whence to choose their gowns, the mother only has a limited assortment when it comes to the choosing of material for her small daughter's frocks. Linen, crash. gingham, muslin, soft silks' that is practically the entire' collection of really suitable weaves. Where style is concerned, variety is also restricted a larger or smaller sleeve, a high or low waist line, a collar of a different shape, these are the only details in which individual desire can have full play. The skirt must always hang straight and be more or less full; armhotes must always be large, tight ly fitting collars, closely encircling waist belts must always be absent. The trimming of the little frock must be conspicuous through its sim plicity, and anything in the nature of the bizarre noticeable only by its ab sence. A child is peculiarly sensitive to ridicule. When choosing a color consider your child's hair and eyes, and not your awn complexion. Pinks for nut brown maid, blue for the flaxen haired baby, or dark linen or serge lightened 'with white collars and cuffs are color schemes which always spell success. , Avoid the brick red and scarlet and hi.hop's purple youth-destroying col ors, which excite ridicule for the mother and pity for the unfortunate Victim 01 bad taste. Warning to the love-forlorn: Dpn't be superstitious. Street Wisdom , By ADA PATTERSON. Know well what the people Inarticu lately feel, for the very law of heaven la dimly written there." Carlyle. "I've seen that car akid. I'm afraid of a skidding car, ain't you?" "It depends on who is at the wheel." Two men stood on the curb at the street corner, looked at a small auto mobile and exchanged ideas. The words of the last contained much wis dom, of the streets, and of the draw ing room, of store and shop and tea room, of every place where assem ble thinking folk. "It depends upon who is at the wheel." We hear it when a new ven ture is discussed. Is it a business schemer We hear the prhase. Is a new club projected? We hear it. Is a new political organization being incubated? We hear it. "It depends upon who is at the wheel. That boat yonder battling among the rocks on its way to port seems to have small chance of reach ing shore. Will she? At once the question: What pilot is aboard? Who is at the wheel? Is he clear-eyed, clear-brained, fearless, one who knows his sea and his wheel? Is it Skipper Jones who hasn't drunk a drop for forty years or Skipper Smith who thinks it's all right for a sailor to seek his grog when ashore? If it's Skipper Smith, God help the sbuls on board. It depends on who is at the wheel." Business tin t touMed on dollars or Promissory notes or collateral security, t is founded on confidence. Will outsiders go into a new deal or won't they? It is simple enough. Who's at the wheel? If it is a man in whose brain and character they have confi dence they will go into the deal with scarce a question. it depends on who is at tne wheel." . , A social movement is on foot Will Mrs. Brown work in the bazaar? Mrs, Brown thinks the movement a worthy one. She has time, yes, but who is to manage itr Who is at the wheelf A name is mentioned that begets con fidence, the woman who will man' age it is of unimpeachable moral, so cial, financial character. Mrs. Brown smiles. She will work for the bazaar. Of a certainty. Who is at the wheel? Mrs. Brown should 'know her own mind and be independent of personal considerations. True, but Mrs. Brown is playing safe and that way likes safety. For a generation earnest woman, honest woman, devoted woman work ed for suffrage for her sex. She sained sround. but slowly, discourag- ingly slowly. A few women of New York, women of wealth, of social po sition, women who had many interests instead of one, who could not, by the bitterest foe of the cause, be called "cranks or radicals." signified that they had become suffragists. A wave of enthusiasm for woman suffrage swept parts of the country, ' swept some of the states into the suffrage port. It's that way with human nature. Only a few stand alone, fearless and unashamed. It may be as well. So-, ciety, like Mrs. Brown, is playing safe. Who are these human torch lights on the path of progress? Are they brightly burning ones? It that their last flare, or is it a steadily burn ing light? Society wants its torches to burn bright and true. Yes, it's that way with human na ture. In that last event of our lives, when we lie facing a growing dark ness and fearing to enter the waiting boat, we ask: "Is He at the wheel?" And comforted and strengthened are we, if we believe we know that He is. The moral of all which precedes being that if we are placed at a wheel of responsibility we make others glad that it is so. iiiiiiuiiiiiiiitiuinrininnuinuuiHuniuiuuniuuitimnsnmtrai 621 Residents of Nebraska registeredat Hotel Astot during the past', year. TIMES SQUARB v i 1000 Room. 700 with Bath. A cuisine which has made the Astot New York's leading Banqueting place. Single Rooau, without bath, $im to (;M Doubts 3.00 to a Single Rooms, with bath, ' 3.00 & Double 1 4.00 CO yja Parlor, Bedroom and bach, $ icu at 144 At Broadway, 44th to 43th Streets the center ot New York's social and business activitiea. In close proximity to all railway terminals. 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