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PART TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
PART TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
VOL. XL VIII NO. .32.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1919.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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Mrs. Stephens Enjoys Publicity
Vork and Adores 3-Em Dashes
J box of fudge in my own
apartment with nothing to
do but enjoy life!"
This exclamation from a petit wo
man of great ambition and remark
able energy who came hustling into
the Bee office one day two minutes
after 12 the deadline, brought peals
of laughter from the group of sea
soned tappers not wire tappers but
tappers of the ktys that click off the -;At a certain minute every day
r " . j c 1 1 'they look for her to come Juistling
mica iiu jincj oj topy which appc4i
later in tne day chronicling good
news and bad news. , 1 ,
"Honest, Mrs. Stephens?" we ask
ed, for it was Mrs. Lucien Stephens,
publicity chairman, Omaha Red
Cross, exclaiming.
"Well, no, not honest. But I am
so tired. I couldn't get people's
publicity today and I know that be
ing publicity chairman , for the
Omaha chapter of the American
Red Cross is the hardest jobnder
the sun. Why, President Wilson's
is nothing compared to- this. After
all, my " work I can't get my copy
in. the paper because I happen to be
a few minutes late. It's a shame
that's what it is. Can't you make
one exception? -Don't tell me that
the forms are locked or that the
3-tn dashes are all gone to press."
Then she dropped into a rickety
chair of "unwelcome" and collected
her shattered nerves. A sense of
humor is, with Mrs. Stephens as
Oh! Terrible
Tales Told
by Gaby
If We Were' Not All
Friends and Good Na
tured This Would
Never Do
By GABBY DETAYLS ,
BUZZ, ' buzz, go the gossips'
tongues. We seem to have
fallen into a perfect orgy of
gossipping now that we; can settle
back aft d fold .our hands-and watch
our neighbors; Quite- the nicest
dance of the season was givenFri
day evening at one of the beautiful
homes. It has been many months
since, this particular home was open
to a large number, of guests, and
the party was Npiobably more en
joyable because of this bit of nov
elty. The flowers were lovely, tall
vases of roses being., used through
the rooms, and everyone tfeemed to
have a beautiful time.' But, ah!
Wait! On the self-same evening
there was a concert given by One
of our talented daughters, and ev
e very one planned 'to go wt
thought!
Imagine our surprise 'when the
news of the dance floated to the
keen ears of the society scribes,
lor the hostess had been so very act
ive in the musical club which pre
sented the young pianist. What is
it? Professional jealousy? Indif
ference? It is hard to tell, bu the
: officers of this musical organization
. say, "Uncivil?" and "unpatriotic."
Take your choice! ' . .
,l We are easterly awaiting the re
turn of the society girls who for
sook their eiderdown lives to labor
, early and late in the hospitals across
. the sea. One of the most beautiful
of these girls is soon to be at home,
and there it a hint of a coming
wedding in the air! "He" has been
overseas, too, and just think how in
teresting the nuptials -will be!
Armv circles are & bit quiet. Mrs.
. Jacob W. S. Vuc5t of Fort Omaha,
has gone to" Florida, and, with this
tharming hoatess avs-ay, the little so
cial whirl Inside the post seems to
have come to ai standstill. Very
soon, no doubt, these attractive
army matrons will be waving good
bye to their Omaha friends and re
turning to their eastern homes.
Kven the, war has its advantages, for
iL-has indeed brought some charm
ing folk to our gates. ,
Quite the prettiest wedding of the
. season will - take place within the
next two weeks. Miss Gertrude
Porter, the bride-to-be. will have
Miss Hortense Cueva of Brooklyn,'
as her maid-of-honor. We have
had the pleasure of meeting this at
tractive eastern maid, and in a
filmv bridesmaid's- gown with an
armful of roses she will be a charm
ing addition to any wedding. Miss
Helen i'earce and Miss Mary Fuller
will also attend the bride, and. of
course, the bridegroom we -almost
forgot him! Mr. Robert Edwards
will have Mr. Edwin Doerr of Chi
cago, a fraternity brother, as best
man. The calendar will be crowded
with affairs for this young couple
from now on. for they are very
popular with the younper set. The
honeymoon is quite the best yet.
however, for a trip to Australia is a
bit out of the ordinary to say the
least. A beautiful ocean voyage of
21 days, stops at Hawaii and all
sorts of lovelv things will make this
trip an epoch, in the lives of the
newly wedded pair.
The marriape of Miss Fauh'ne
Mullin and Mr. Lester Drishaus was
quite a surprise, although we had
ccn them together a great dca! at
the clubs and hotels. The bride
war alwavs quite the most stylish
of the girls, she looked as if she
had stepped from between the cov
ers . . of Vogue. You should have
seen her on her wee'dinpr day in
Mich a chic suit of tanoe trimmed in
acccon fur. and the tiniest of black
with many another, a saving grace.
It saved her this time and she soon
saw the humor of the situation.
"All. these scoops I brought you
about the sock quota and the knit
ting brigade and the salvage depart
ment do not seem to excite you at
all and I have worked fast and furi
ously to get them," she laughed.
Newspaper women in Omaha have
grown 'to consider Mrs. Stephens
one of them, so determined -is she to
handle publicity in the proper man-
into the newspaper offices this is
just under the dead -line, for she
workf until the last chance is ruled
out. If she does not come in Mrs.
Stephens is sure to telephone. ,
Yes, indeedy, she has worked her
self out of .,te cub , class did that
when she made the "sock quota"
famous during the. autumn of 1918.
Mrs. Stephens was well known in
newspaper circles as chairman of
the Tuesday Musical club, for which
organization she "put over" public
ity for three years, but it was after
she became reporter for the Red
Cross that hr popularity grew by
leaps and bounds in the realm of
ink and printing presses,
"Why, newspaper work is the
most fascinating undertaking I have
ever known anything about. I love
the atmosphere, I love the girls and
the printed stories and the compe
tition. . '
"But, oh, how cautious one must
bel I have learned never to repeat
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straw hats with little French roses
peeping out at the corners.
By the way, aren't the straw hats
early? Quite like the hardy cro
cuses poking their heads out of the
snow. Everyone seems to have a
straw bonnet. Miss Ruth Leeder is
wearing such a spooky one iu tan
and blue with little perky feathers
of tan.
Dance nights at the Athletic club
are very gay, for 'ednesday and
Saturday we see everyone we know
in the dining room. It is interesting
to have lunch at the club. We saw
Miss Mary Megeath with her fi
ance, Mr. Herbert Connell, having
a cozy little two-some the other
day. Miss Megeath looked very well
in a velvet suit of the maroon shade
and small black straw hat. It is to
a word in one office that I have
heard in another.. The most inno
cent little suggestion may be a
"scoop" and that would get me in
bad with the "scooped" paper for
ever and ever. Folks say a woman
cannot keep her mouth closed, but
if they only knew how many nights
I have gone home chuckling. to my
self and almost dying to tell some
grave secret or to repeat some mor
sel of scandal.' the whole theorv
would be upset. That is what I call
suppressing news it sounds much
lovelier than 'keeping your mouth
closed. .
Mrs. .Stephens expresses herself
freely on the subject ot women af
ter the war. She 'denies that they
will forsake the homes for'outside
work. , .
"Such a thing is impossible far
fetched.. Why, home is much more
attractive when you have been out I
hustling, doing interesting 'things,
than when you rest and rust all-day
and grow weary and tired of ease.
Home is a wonderful place I love
it, and so do other women, but that
is. no reason why we cannot also t
have outside duties." ','
' Mrs. Stephens is working for the
"star"-class. She wishes to be a
specialist; And when she Has learn
ed H about 3-m dashes, news stor
ies and votes of thanks, ' deadlines
and clean copy, there is no doubt
that this well known ' chairman of
publicity wijl forget the lure of the
fudge box ; and the entertaining
novel. . - .
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be an early Spring wedding or a late
winter one? It is a bit hard to say,
hut wonderful things are being made
for the trousseau and the new
home, that is sure.
A Dundee matron, who employed
a new laundress last week, was
amazed when she observed Mandy
had brought along an alarm clock
which she promptly set to ring at
the noon hour. .
"Why do you need the clock?"
she inquired. ...
"Ah ain't gwine let yu all fergit
when it's time to eat." Mandy in
formed her. "Ah ain't gwine miss
out."
Mandy intimated she had had oc
casion to add "Big Ecu" to her
equipment.
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Mrs. Martin Defends Motor Corps
Mrs. W.'E. Martin, speaking for
the Red Cross motor corps, of
which she' is captain, said:
"Anyone who . thinks all the mo
tor corps has to do is to look pretty
in uniform can have my job. Every
time a troop train of wounded men
comes in at least 15 of our corps
take them for a rideabout the city,
then to dinner, then to the theater
and then have to wait around until
12 o'clock in order to carry them
back to their laic trains. - That isn't
any fun,- that's worr "
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Mrs. Martin gives as another in
stance of devotion to duty on the
part of the. motor corps the work
of Mrs. W. C. Edmonstoii of Rals
ton, a member of the corps.
"For nine successive days during
the 'flu' epidemic Mrs. Edmonston
drove eight miles to Omaha for a
visiting nurse, carried her backNto
Ralston, assisted her for nine hours
each day in nursing 'flu' patients,
then brought the nurse back to
Omaha. Just making the trips back
and forth totaled ii miles a day, to
say nothing of their work in the in-
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Cost of Mrs., Stephen's
' Uniform
Canteen hat.-. . .) . . .$4.50
Suit on- han,d.i. 0.00
Equipment, one pencil lift- '
. ed from Bee society " '
editor's desk .00.
Paper scraps ..r.. .'...,- .00 ,-
Total
,$4.50
In Memoriam'
A winter day, but the south wind
blew,
And the moon was full last
night,
No hint of December storm and
sleet,
As the soul stood poised for
flight. .
Oh; beautiful day,, a memory)
Of, spring and summer, too, --With
a thriH of hope and a song
of praise, '
For its flight, the soul chose
you. -
When the sun went down in the
golden west
And the moon came up from
the east, '
On the borderland of night and
day.
The beat of a great heart
ceasTi.
And the soul went over the low
gray line, :
As the beautiful day was done,
In morning light of a fairer day
Was the Great Adventure be
gun. And we who mourn that never
again
Will he smile in th old.'.weet
waX. . .
Can only rejoice that for him
was dawned
The light of a Perfect Dav.
FRANK FAIR.
j! Women-in
Call Charge Unfair
3ffis. Lucien
Qjrepzetts
Cost of Motor Corps
Uniforms
National i League for Woman'i
Service
Figures quoted by Mrs. W. A.
Smith.
Cotton khaki uniforms, $14.50
Wool khaki, $45.00 to $50.00.
Cap, $2.25 Puttees, $4.00.
Shirt, $1.25 to $2.50.
. Belt and insignia furnished by
league. -
Drama League Brings
Baroness Frances
... Wilson Huard
The Baroness Frances Wilson
Huard will speak here on "My
Year Among the Fighters" at the
FonteneUe .on - February 21 at 4
o'clock under the auspices oU the
Drama.league.
Madame Huard is the author of
two remarkable books, "My Home
in , the. Field of Honor" and "My
Home in the Field of Mercy." In
ber lecture the baroness will give
an insight, into the antebellum days
thai, are not known on this side of
the Atlantic.
Madame Huard. living quietly in
her chateau 60 miles northeast of
Paris, suddenly found terself abso
lutely alone in the war zone save
for a few young servants, and she
tells .of her awakening to the full
realization of the meaning of war
by the immediate appearance of
thousands of pitiful refugees. Her
unwillingness to believe in the stor
ies of the creed "kulture" caused
her to remain to minister to those
in need, and the delay was followed
by her hair-breadth escape and as
tounding adventures on the high
roads of France.
. When the tide of battle turned
there followed the triumphant re
turn of her little party across the
still smoking battlefield, the de
spair at finding her exquisite chat
eau looted and- defiled, her every
treasure stolen or defaced, the
cleaning up and the installation of
a military hospital. It is a glorious
story of rehabilitation of the home
in the field of honor into' a home of
me,rcy and succor for the wounded
French. The narrative is simple,
wonderful in its simplicity, told as
it is by a orilliant woman of rare
talents.
The highest salaried woman in
the New York state payroll is Mrs.
Paul E. Wilson, who is to receive
$8,000 a year 'for her services as a
member of the State Industrial com
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Uniform
A BEE Reader" with his
J charge against Omaha wo
" men's motor ;orps members
"who doll themselves up in $150
uniforms and make a grand show of
themselves." in a letter printed in
The Bee Sunday, certainly aroused
the displeasure of local wearers of
the uniform in both the Red Cross
and national league for women's
service in motor corps.
Mrs. William Archibald Smith,
chairman of the Woman's Service
league is strong in defense of her
corps.
"No branch of war service entails
as much self-sacrifice and giving
Up of personal comfort as tliat of
the motor corps. The charge that .
they spend $150 for uniforms is
ridiculous. Only three women have
the wool khaki uniforms. Mrs. E.
S. Westbrook, major of the corps,
has risen at 5 a. m. to make 6 a. m.
calls. '.
"During the nine days of the
street car strike, our motor corpse
made 228 calls for the Visiting!
Nurse association alone. The nurses
would have been seriously crippled
in their fight against the epidemic
without the help of the motor
corps. Our -corps makes calls nights
and Sundays, and have given up
luncheons, parties and social en
gagements without number in re
sponse1 to the call to duty.
"In November we made 869 calls.
JThe women motorists pay all ex
pense for the upkeep of their cars
and for the gasoline." 4
Mrs. T. H. McDearmon of the
Red Cross motor corps said she had
used 70 gallons of gasoline last
month in Red Cross calls.
There are only a few women in '
the motor corps who deserve the
opinion of "The Bee Reader" said
Mrs. McDearmon. ' '
"Some of them who drive around
with bull dogs in their wonderful
cars, only respond to troop trains
calls, never to the work of civilian
relief department, which means
transporting women workers into
the poorer districts.
"They just come down when the
troop trains pass through, pick out
the best looking soldiers to take for
a ride, entirely ignoring the poorer
looking or soldiers of foreign origin.
"One of the women has had her
uniform skirt cut short and narrow,
to make it more modish and with
.this, she wears high-heeled shoe
though the rule is that only flat
heeled shoes can be worn."
There is no regard for military
discipline supposed to be enforced
in the motor corps, she said. '
"Privates pay no attention to
their superior officers," said Mrs.
McDearmon, who is first lieutenant
in the corps.
Omaha Red Cross corps figure
quoted by Mrs. T. H. McDearmon.
I'nlform 137.60
Puttees 4.f'0
Belt S 2.75
Cap 2.(0
Tout.
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Annual Meeting of the
Nebraska Humane '
Society Jan. 23
The annual meeting of The Ne
braska Humane society will be held
January 23, 191? at 6:15 at the First
Presbyterian church, Thirty-fourth
and Farnam streets. This meeting
will be held in conjunction with a
dinner served by the ladies of the
church to which all friends are cor-
dially invited to be present. Friend?
planning to be present are urger, .
to telephone the church secretary
Harney 2526, for number of .reser
vations required.
The society has recently secured
the services of Welcome W. Brad
ley, formerly executive officer of the
Minnesota society. It is the inten
tion to develop both branches of the
society, especially that branch per
taining to Uhe welfare of children"
and to continue the prevention oi
cruelty to animals. Special effort
will be directed in securing co-operation
with school authorities
throughout the staten the interesi
of humane education and to sup
plement this work with exhibits for
the prevention of wrongs of chil-dren,--and
to help and instruct
mothers in the care of babies.' The
society will be properly equipped
To aid the dependent, defective chil
dren, and to assist in the preven
tion and suppressing condition-:
to the downfall of child-life.
The Humane society will co
operate with existing organizations,
also with the state, county and city
authorities in the protection and
enforcing laws pertaining to chil
dren. Some of the special numbers
on their program for the year, aside
from the hurriane educational fea
tures, is a special program for "The
JBe Kind to Animal" week. It i
suggested this year prizes be offered
to boys and girls for the best poster
on this week. It is hoped to be.
able to offer these prizes for the
children of Omaha schools and one
for Lincoln' schools, and possibl?
one for the schools outside of tN
two cities. There is another num
ber on the program pertaining to a
co-operation in bringing about what
might be called a "Big Brother"
movement. The object to be ob
tained is bringing to the little
brother who is dependent, or even
on the road to delinquency, a help
ing hand in a brotherly manner.
Some of these items on the pro
gram can best be handled by what
is termed an auxiliary which would
be composed of the women mem
bers organized to carry on supple
mentary work as they may deem
advisable.
It is hoped to have the board of
trustees composed of laymen hand
ling the business and affairs, ami
then to have the woman's auxiliary
to take up these items of special
program for 1919,
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