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AMUSEMENTS
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VOL. XLVII NO. 24.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25. 1917.
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By GABY DETAYLES.
DED CROSS and relief work is
fascinating, Mrs. O. C. Rcdick.
lV head of the surgical dressing.
department, Umaha branch of
the Red Cross, declares, "Women,"
she says, "who formerly devoted an
hour a day . are now giving three
fourths of their time to the work. At
first it was-perfect work now it is
quantity. But so thoroughly have
our women heen trained to do. per
fect work that they now tuVn out
great quantities in excellent shape.""
Other branches are having little
trouble with imperfect work. The joke
feA doing it poorly is a thing of the
jlast The fad is passing and women
are taking up their duties in earnest.
The . Canadian Red Cross leader
says: ... , ,
"One of the best traits of the wo
men of the. United States is that they
are not afraid to learn. America has
been in the war less than a year,
Canada has seen it through ""three
fears. S6 the Canadian Red Cross
can teach its sister organization across
the international border."
"Under -no circumstances would I
offer advice to your splendid Ameri
can, women." Lady Laura Borden
wife of the Canadian premier, who
heads the Red Cross in Canada, said
at her' office 'in the new customs
building.. "I know of the work they
are doing.. But if my experience , is
oivany benefit, I will give it gladly.
v'e are all one now. The Canadians'
fcid Americans have always been very
close to each other. We have the
same ideas and customs. Above all,
we feel here that President Wilson
has proved the man for the jfTace.
"You need have no worry-about
lack of workers 'as time goes on. I
have more women now, after' three
years, than lean handle. Sentiment
plays a great'part in the Red Cross
work, and it must be recognized. At
first some of; our things were-badly
made, but we had experts who did
them over. Then as quietly and kind
ly as We could we showed those wo
men their mistakes. Now practically I
all our women are experts, ue have
them all well .trained.
"The hardest' garment to get w;om
en to make i is the dressing gown.
Ever since Agnes Lautvvrote about
ours I havhad hundreds of letters
from the United States asking about
them. They are, as you know, made
irom the felt used in tanning and were
t one time made into rugs. This felt
was given to us and was dyed red. The
gowns were trimmed with Joffre blue
collar, cuffs .and cord. They are beau-
tiful. A manufacturer here told me
that he could not make them for $6
and ours cost us about $2.50. We are
depending on America to find dye for
us so that we can go on with them.
At least they will have the red collars
and cuffs. NThe men like the bright
colors. It bucks them up a bit. Every
thing els is so gray. It is for that rea
son that we are1 all knitting the red
ties for the men in the hospitals.
IS ONE name as good as another?
Jheda Bara doesn't think so. And
it cannot be denied that for eu
phonism "Theda Bara" in Cleo
patra has considerable of a lead on
Tfheodosia Goodman" in the same
role. At any rate, Supreme Court
Justice Donnelly does not deny it,
for he has granted a petition of the
screen's most successful vampire to
make the change and to further help
along a. good cause by allowing papa
'and mamma "and brother and sister
Goodman to drop their very plebeian
name and pick up "Bara."
Theda set at rest the speculation of
an anxious world by testifying that
she was born in Cincinnati and not in
the shadow of the pyramids, as an
eloquent press agent once declared.
She explained that she had taken tlte
name Bara on the stage because her
maternal grandfather was Francis
Bara de Coppet of Switzerland. She
declared that she had madcthe name
Bara celebrated through her own ef
forts, and for thai-reason she wanted
.the legal right, to accept checks made
out to her in'the name she uses on
the billboards. '
T WAS in a movie theater at the
I Saturday 5 o'clock show, and it
I had to do with two Sammies and
. their dogs. '. v -
The screen flashed a comedy. Short
ly after the appearance of the hero
and heroine a dog entered the scene:
The Sammies watched the picture
with interest; but their conversation,
which had hitherto been lively,- sud-
denly flagged. Presently, out of the
gloom came a low-toned:
"I'll wager, my dog misses me."
"Mine, too," was the almost in
audible response.
Then there was silence. The great
organ rolled out a melancholy chord,
"and the Sammies slumped perceptibjy
in their teats. ,
But again from the shadow, in : a
softly reminiscent tone: "Got a let
ter from the kid today, and he says
my dog goes to the corner every day
at a quarter to 12 to meet me. Sits
there a long time, whines a little and
barks, then sneaks back to the house
an4 crawls under the porch. 'Spose
ft wonders why I don't come"
'Mline was a regular pal. We went
everywhere together. And last year
when I was sick and he wasn't allowed
to tee me, he would curl up under
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POWELL'S PROFILES NO. 3.
Miss Virginia Offutt, only
daughter of Mrs. Charles Offutt,
was selected for the third of a
series of studies by The Bee's
artist, Doane Powell. ' Miss Offutt
finished at Miss Spence's school in
New York and was one ofthe at
tractive maids of honor in attend
ance on this year's Ak-Sar-Ben
queen. ,
Had the war not caused a gen
eral abandonment of debut parties
Miss Offutt would have been one
of the buds this winter. She is
active in Red Cross work. s
Miss Offutt is a granddaughter
Df Mr. and Mrs. Casper E. Yost,
fretting and scratching about when
ever I'd waken. I hated to leave him
almost as bad as I hated to leave
the folks. - You see," half apologeti
callyrwith a shadowy gesture of the
hand "he couldn't. understand why I
was going away and that I might
never come bacl! When he watched
me go down the street he barked his
gdodbye to me, just as though he ex
pected to see me afain at night; and
he might never It's tough on the
poor little chap!" ,
"Tough I Sure is."
Silence, moody and sympathetic,
iollowed. t
Then: '.TU wager mySlog misses
me."
"Mine, too." .
Once more there was silence. The
Sammies stirred uncomfortably. At
last one of them glanced furtively at
his companion, - and , immediately
snatched up his khaki -coat. "Let s
go."
"All right; I ar.i ready," was the in
stant reply.
Personals
' Mrs. Lloyd Craig of. Kansas City
and little daughter are visiting' Mrs.
Ji Frank Carpenter. ......
Mrs. Edward Hayden, whb is in
Excelsior Springs, and Mjss Ophelia
Hayden, in Washington, are expected
home before Thanksgiving.
News comes from Garden City,-' L.
I., of the birth 6f a daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. Clement Edward Gardiner
last week. Mrs. Gardiner was'form
erly Miss Margaret McPherson of
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AFTER
Real "Modi! Swagger" hf wt MaMs '
;. Audi' Pretty Matrira at Charitf'Ball;
Beautiful models in the most stun
ning evening gowns, smart sports
clothes, afternoon gowns and
"tailory" street costumes were the
attraction at thev Charity ballgiven
Friday evening at the Fontenelle for
the benefit of the Child Saving's In
stitute. The feature was of special interest
as the models were well known "so
ciety maids and matrons wearing
their own individual looking clothes.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. McPherson,
who now make, their home at Tbur
mont,. MdV' The baby is to be named
Louise Buchanan, after her aunt, Miss
Louis Buchanan McPherson.
Mrs. Arthur Byrd of Salt Lake City
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Ben
Gallagher, until after Thankssrivine.
,Mrs: Byrd, formerly Miss Emma Mc-
Lbrnick, has visited in Omaha fre
quently in the past and has many
frLnds here.
'Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Crofoot are in
New York,' to be gone until Tuesday.
They went from New York to Wash
ington, accompanied by Mrs. E. W.
Nash, who will come west with them.
- Mrl and Mrs. J. T.. Stewart, 2d, re
turned Wednesday from the east.
.Miss Florence Rahm has returned
from a everal weeks''visit in Ellsworth
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The real "model swagger" had been
practiced by the ypung women so
that the posing was done to perfec
tion. They walked and posed as
manikins on a platform at the end
of the ball room and iteemed to the
onlooker as if they were turning the
pages of "Vogue" and the lovely
models pictured therein "bad sudden
ly come to life. .'-
The reigning queen of Ak-Sar-Ben,
Miss Elizabeth Reed, made a striking
to California after the holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B..Rahm.
! Mrs. N. B. Updike and', Mrs.. C. J.
Ingwersen returned yesterday from
a week at Excelsior Springs. ,
L Miss Nellie Burke, sister of Bishop
Jiurke ot bt. JosepliIvarrived last week
and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Hamilton.. .' .' .
Mrs. Clifford Weller has gone to
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1 to nend
Thanksgiving with her N sister; Mrs.
Elias Vail, and Mr. Vail.
Mr .and Mrs. Charles T. Kountze
returned Thursday from New York.
fr. and Mrs. Craig Culbertson of
Louisville, Ky., are at the Fontenelle,
Mr. Culbertson having come here to
enter the balloon school. Mrs. Cul
bertson was one of the bridesmaids at
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picture in her regal robes, later ap
pearing in riding togs.
Miss Florence Neville looked as if
she had just come in from the links
with her very up-to-date golfing cos
tume, while Miss Marjorie Smith was
an attractive little ockey in her red
coat, white breeches and perky little
cap..
Mrs. W. N. Chambers was par
ticularly attractive in an afternoon
gown of taupe georgette with georg
ette hat of the same shade to matcn.
Mrs. Fred Hamilton's costume of
blue' serge with small black hat and,
beaver furs was very smart. Miss
Regina Connell also appeared in an
afternoon costume with large picture
hat to match. ,
Mrs. D. C. Bradford, Mrs. A. G.
Meyer, Miss Meloria Davis and Miss
Florence Neville were seen in the
"last word" in evening gowns, also
Mrs. Glen Wharton, who looked es
pecially stunning. -
The ball room was darkened at the
dosea huge spotlight turned on the
platform and Miss Regina Connell in
her robes as the Goddess of Liberty
appeared, holding her huge torch
aloft, every light aflame in her crown.
As the orchestra struck the opening
bark of the "Star Spangled Banner"
the great crowd stood and sang the
national air. It'was without doubt
the most striking picture of the eve
ning and a luting climax o the bril
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SocialCalendar
Sunday.
Dinner party ""and rehearsal for
Engler-Slabaugh wedding party,
given by Judge and Mrs. W. W.
Slabaugh. -
Monday.
Engler-Slabaugh. wedding at First
Christian churchy '
Vesta chapter dance and card
party at the Blackstone.
Tuesday.
Winter, Dancing - club party at
Harte hall.
Charityconcert at Blackstone.
Wednesday.
Creighton University Mixers club
dance at Keep s academy.
Week End Dancing club dinner
dance at the Blackstone.
Thanksgiving dinner-dance , at
PrettiestMile club.
Thursday. ,
Le Mars club dancing party at
Keep's academy. J
Mr. and Mrs. G C. Howe Thanks
giving dinner at the Prettiest
Mile club. i
Keeline-Undcland wedding.
Phi Beta Pi fraternity dance at the,
Blackstonel
Saturday. '
Qui Vive club dancing party at
Turpin's academy. .
Masquerade Dancing Party
The Friday Night Dancing club an
nounces thernnual masquerade which
will be given Friday evening, Novcm
ver 30, at the Metropolitan hall. A
tfumber of special features- have been
arranged, including the original Danse
de Cinderiila, as it was formerly pro
duced at the student parties in the
old' Latin quarter of Paris.
French Class Formed.
Several of the younger matrons and
girls have formed a class for the
study of French this winter and are
meeting Thursday mornings at the
home of Mrs. John McCague, jr., with
Mrs. McMillan as their instructor.
The class includes Mrs. McCague,
Mrs. Marold Pritchett, Mrs.v Jack
Webster, Mrs. Clyde Roeder, Miss
Betty Bruce. MiiS Elizabeth Davis
and Miss Daphnt Meters. , - f
Cheer Up!
The Best Is
Yet to Coine
Dame Fashion Wills That Sail
Spirits Shall -Be Cloaked '
In Bright Colors.
' By MELLIFICIA.
lfur-r-r:r-rl Shis-s-s:s--s-s! Ooh, how
the wind doth blow I ,
And as old man Kabibonokka turns
loose the north . blast we begin to
Uhink seriously of our winter ward
robe,
How shall we cloak our emotions?
is the question being asked by
women wno wish to conserve1 every
thing from soifial gossip to Thanks
giving turkey. ; :
War styles have simplified the dress
question so that it is no problem at
all to look beautiful compared to what
it was two years ago?" All new gowns
have "lines and, they arc the things
on which all sorts of costumes are
built. t
(Prominent women in Washington
dress as well in war time as in days of
peace. One correspondent writes that
all signs point to a triumph for Dame
Fashion m the winter just opening in
the national, capital.; "Not that
Washington women are vainer," says
the correspondent, "than their sisters
elsewhere, but because of the very
presence of the newly-arrived sisters '
who are establishing a more extrava
gant style of drMs than the average
Washington woman of smart society
has ever sustained, even iiutime of
peace and plenty. To dress well in
Washington has always meant to !
dress conservatively and appropriate
to the occasion, not extravagantly or
in the spirit of competition such as
stimulates trade in mqre commercial
cities.'-.... ,. :j .
"With millionaires by the score ar
riving from all parts of the country
and establishing their, families in the
largest and handsomest homes possi
ble to rent or to buy, there is naturally
a. noticeable increase in sable stoles,
sealskin coats, velvet gowns and the
most exclusive millinery on i, the
Streets, at the; country clubs, at the
play or .'wherever .-wofyeh, congregate:
"Mrs. Wilson lias given her ap
proval to tha satin afternoon gown
and is wearing a combination of white
.and bkek in American made ' satin
which nas me narrow, sugniiy arapea
skjrt almost entirely in black, with a
long coat bodice of white with rolled
collar of black embrbidered in white."
In , support of . the prediction' that
American women will help' to Jteep
life -cheerful by cloaking saddened
spirits in beautiful Vclothes, we ac
quaint you with the opinions of som
of our most prominent women. ,
Red, White and Blue.
Mrs. Rupert Hughes, Bedford Hills
. Y.: Personally I feel very strongly
from every viewpoint that we womer.
of America should not adopt the con
ventional black of mourning when wt
receive news ot our glorious dead. '
In. its place I would suggest 'the
wearing on the arm of a brassard of
red, white and blue, since for the
grief-stricken women there is only the
one consolation for that supreme sac
rifice, and pride in our country and
our heroes must.take its place in the
land. .'i-- .'.'
For widows and mothers I .suggest
as a source of tender expression in
memory- of their dead they dress
when possible in the color best loved
by their husband or son. I am k
deepest sympathy with the question.
Adelaide M. Hughes. ' .
; Maxine Elliot, New York: -To me
it is inconceivable that any woman
should wear conventional-mourning
for her relations who died in the war.
I should think that she would realize,
first of all, the pride in being able to
make the sacrifice. This should tem
per her individual sorrow. x On the
grounds of pure economy, 1 the cus
tom of mourning should be discour
aged as it involves useless and expen
sive manufacture and this is the day
of saving and common sense. :
From Mrs. Wiggs of Cabbage Patch.
Mrs. George LrRiggs, New' York:,,
All my life long I have stood against
pictorial, spectacular , mourninir
though abstaining from too gay .col
ors and 'scenes .betokens not only
sorrow but good taste. In war times '
I confess : obvious mourning carries '
a ' touch of distinction seeming to
say: "I have suffere ' and sacrificed
as was my privilege." But eVen that
does not convert me to It 1 Kate
Douglas Wiggui. ' vv
Mrs; Hartley Manners; New York:
I would suggest that American wo- ; ,
men who may lose their men in the
war should not "go into mourning" .
but should display on their clothing,
o denote the fact, some particular ;
insignia such as a band or star on
the collar or sleeve The wearing
of this badge would signify grief :at -the
departure of the loved ones and
joy in the manner in which it was
made. Laurette Taylor 'Manners.' S
Mrs. Atherton, New York: No,1 ao '
mourning. Gertrude Atherton. r
Mrs. Henry. S. Relmond. of NewY
York City writes a' verse on the
subject:
If my dear ana should go ta war.
And In Hi tlma th -worst ihould; com .
. to me,- ; . :.,'
t could not iwatha myaelf tn crape'
Or other outward aim tot Inward pala.
Far rather should I wear but gray ; . .
The-calm, eourajeouo. Under, peaceful fray
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Of resignation and of Fulth.--1 ? ,
So would I tell my little world, at least, '
I dared not mourn for one who died
Not of dlseaxe. or alow on-creeping age.
But gloriously for honor and the right ':..
In this way would I proudly then matte-
known .' . .. . ., ... '
The steel-gray badge of cpuruge loft tn me. '
Julie Redmond.
Everything points to the reign of 1
Dame Fashion. -'
Cheer up, tlje best is yet to aomsl
