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SO CIET Y 'SECTION
PART TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
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VOL. XLVIII NO. 41.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, ? MARCH "23, 1919.
" SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
Local Drama
League '
BeActivfe
By Consent of Public and Press' Mrs. Edward Monroe Syfert Is
Reporter for Drama League and Glubs:: of Every Kind '
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Pageants and Plays
and Lectures to Be -
Featured During
v.' the' Year.
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,MAHA, nejver again, shall be a
barnstorm center but is to
have dramatic art features in
its best forms if .the present plans'
of the Drama league materialize.
After two years of inactivity dur
ing the war, the league gathered
its members and their friends in a
large and enthusiastic audience to
greet Baroness Huard. This was
. the initial performance after the lull
A ,. The coming year is the tercen-
tenary of the birthday of severa
of our American poets. New York
has just celebrated that of our thorv
oughly American poet Lowell.
1 England was-represeBted at the cel
ebration, by the nqyelist and play
wright, John GalsworthjvT
It has been suggested , that the
league honor these men during the
coming year "by a great patriotic
. pageant, grouping around the pic-
f . ; turea events ot . their lives scenes
from - their-poems and historical
scenes of tne stirring days when we
struck the shackles from the slave
'and welded oustates into a nation.
, Such a pageant, they , believe,
could be made an' artistic success
and would, help to rouse the - feel
ing of love of country, and of pride
jn her achievements. It was only
four years ago that a, few women,
interested in the dramas met in the
" Fontenelle hotel to talk over organ-i
izing a league in Orilaha. Among
these women were Mrs. Porter
Peck, Mjs. Lowry ' Childs, Mrs;
Clement Chase, Mrs. E. M. Fair
field, Mrs. H. L. Cummjngs, Mrs. A.'
Jefferis and Miss-Kate McHugh.
..tn two" years it had become one of
l- the established institutions of the
city. , '
' Modern Drama. v .
Ap interest in the study of mod
ern drama was roused .by readings
anrl lectures. Findinar the oublic
library not well supplied viH these
piays, me league purcnase a col
lection, which later became the.
property of the library. -, .
Some of the most noted lecturers
, brought by the league-re Stough
flJh Holborn of Oxford, Lady Greg
ory of the Irish theater. Granville
Barker was brought by the com
bined work of the league and the
Society of Fine Arts.
The league, through its bulletins,
kept its members informed as to
the merits of plays being, presented
in' our city of in New York or
Chicago.
They also brought to our city the
Portmanteau theater. '
On Friday, March 21, it presented
-Mrs. A. Starr Best, the-founder of
the league, who gave an address on
"Community ' Recreation ' Against
" Bolshevism. Mrs. Best . at the
1 luncheon eiven in her honor talked
. of the coming meeting of the na-
tional league, which will be held in
Chicago April 23 to 27. "All over
the country," she said, "the league
is rousing t6 a new interest since
the close of the war." - y ;
Drama League Board Members.
7 President," Miss Kate A. McHugh;
. - first vice president, Mrs. . Warren
Blackwcll; second vice president,
vMrs. Luther Drake; third vice presi
dent, 'Mrs. Myron Learned; fourth
vice president, Mrs. J. E. Summers;
fifth vice president, Mrs. Victor
Rosewater; recording . secretary,
Mrs. E. C. Twamley; corresponding
secretary Mrs. George B. Prinz;
, treasurer, Mrs. A. W. Jefferis; chair
man of education, Mrs. Samuel
Burns; publicity, Mrs. E-M. Syfert;
membership, Mrs. Clement Chase;
courtesies. Mrs. Howard Baldrige;
-plays, Mrs. E. M. Fairfield; auditingrf
MISS raoeil xvuiiuan.
Just a word more about the
Drama League of 'America, organ
ized April 25, 1910, which has as its
officers andl directors the following
prominent women: v
j President, Mrs. A. Starr Best,
' Evanston, 111.;, secretary, Mrs. John
T. Edwards, Chicago; treasurer,
; WilliamT. Abbott, Central Trust
' Company of Illinois. Vice presi
dents,' Brander Matthews, New
York City; Mrs. William S. Heffer
an, Chicago? Mr. Richard Burton,
Minneapolis; Mrs. Otis Skinner,
Philadelphia; Frank C Brown, Bos
ton; Mrs. Fred W. Vaughan, San
Francisco. Directors; Raymond M.
Alden, Urbana, Ill. Louis K. Ans
pacher, New York; George P.
Baker, Boston; Mrs. Wilbur F.
Blackford, Chicago; S. H. Clark,
Chicago; Percival Chubh, St Louis;
Gilbson Gardner, . Washington;
Theodore B. Hinckley, University of
Chicago; Miss Alice M. Huston,
Evanston, lit.; Eames MacVeagh,
Mrs. T. XreiehtOn Mat
thews, New Orleans;Mrs. William
Vaughn Moody, Chicago; Benedict
P-pot, Chicago; Felix E. Schelling,
r nuaaeipnia: J. n. wmwmj,
or, IH. ,
At the coming national conven-
tion. to be held in Chicago April 23
P x t?, 27 tlere is expected an unusu-
d"y large gathering or men ana
women interested in, things dra
matic Delegates to the meeting
will probably bring back to Omaha
inspiration to new forms of ctivity
nd the league confidently hope for
Rreat success in the coming year.
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By ADELAIDE KENNERLY.
ONE. morning we palled the
Blackstone and asked for Mrs
Syfert Mrs. Edward Monroe
Syfert and were informed that Mrs.
Syfert was out making the rounds
of the newspapers; that-she was one
of the early risers and that we (had"
little chance, of finding her in after
9 a. m. :
And then, into our office, tripped
the lady of picture-hat-and-white-
ffpats with her publicity. Weaver
know exactly what kind of publicity
she has prepared all typed in purple
l u: t- a... :4.
is the Drama league, the next day
the Fraterna) League for'Womans
Service jwgjl substituting for some
body else ana . pernaps tne next
dav it will be Liberty Loan or some
other "drive."
Recently Mrs. Syfert has beerf ac
auaintine us with the merits, the
educational advantages, the splendid-
entertainment-Iooking-toward- high-
ef-standardssin-art-and-literature, of
the Dwmi league and assuring us
that said' organization needs oodles
and oodles of publicity. We all
sighed then Mrs. Syfert ' smiled
and thev world was all rosy again
for she is one of those naturally
nice reporters who drops her pose
(ifshe has any) like an old muff
or something and - discusses - head
lines and how much of the copy she
has writteji will find its way into
the paper.'In fact the writing clan,
unless they are rushed ior copy, are
very likely to discuss everything
from ships to shoes and sealing wax.
Since the beginning of. the war
Mrs. Syfert has been an earnest,
serious worker for the various drives
and campaigns. She was secretary
of the second Liberty loan and vice
chairman and secretary of the third
Liberty loan. So successful had
she been with this war work that
when announcement was m-ade that
the fourth loan was on its way a
MRS. EDWARD
more responsible ' wqrk was given
her state chairman woman's com
mittee of publicity. -This meant pub
licity not only, for Omaha papers,
but Lincoln and the entire state
press-. y j v
Women throughput . the country
remember her as being the most
beautiful -president of anyAvoman's
club in America. This is the re
sult of a story with picture of Mrs.
Syfert, published when she was
president of the Omaha Woman's
club.
When drives were in their infancy
that is. before we had experienced
a new drive of . some kind every
day Mrs.' Syfert was given one
week in which to organize for the
first Red Cross Christmas campaign.
At the end of the week there were
1,000 women co-operating.
And in the meantime, between
secretaryship and chairmanships
came the victory ball. Someone was
needed to help '"put the affair over"
MONROE SYFERT -
and Mrs. Syfert was recommended
for publicity chairman (or reporter,
as she prefers to be called) foithe
victory ball, which was so bril
liantly launched.
Between newspaper women it is
conceded that Mrs. Syfert is one of
them tnd has become so because of
her willingness to take suggestions,
because she is never dictatorial and
always pleased, with whatever-thM
formed on all her subjects and when
there is, doubt" in her mind she
trips down to the library for mem
ory refreshments. It matters not
whether it is fine arts, drama or
literature, or rummage sales, or
white elephants, she keeps facts at
her finger tips..
Mrs. Syfert's pleasant manner,
together with her resourcefulness
and determination to have a bran
new lead for every story has won
for her a plaoe vwitn both public and
press.
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To One
I have in me a tendency to bate,
Yet see with-joy that; tendency abate
As each new year against my casement knocks
And leaves, his drift among my temple locks.
For sometimes I have hated hard and long,
And found, too late, that I had hated wrong.
I hold, at length, one dominant belief: y
Hate comes but when acquaintance is too brief.
So now, when half inclined to nurture spite
Against some one I deem eschews the right,
I let not judgment yield unto my huff, ' ,
But say, "I do not kn6v him well enough."
For always comes this thought to give me pause,
To plead the erring human's doubtful cause:
Although my eyes discover only ill,
- God knows him through and through yet loves him still.
Exchange.
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I Hate
Gabby Gabs
White All:'
join In
Your Private Affairs'
Publicly Discussed
Among Charitable
Kind Friends.
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.,(. By GABBY DETAYLS.
"X T OW just why don't the womet, "
at the Athletic club pool wnt
to bathe. We supposed it war -because
they were immaculatel
clean and resented being told tc '
scrub with soap and water, but now
we hear from several reliable source!
that some of them realty do need the
brush applied before taking their
plunge. for the protection of others. .
. The rule at vthe bathing pool is'
this--every person, man or woman,
must Jake an honest-to-goodness.
bath and be perfectly clean before
entering the pool. Since that is the
rule the men bathe and make no pro
test therefore, there is no trouble. ,
But the womenl My, myl When th
maids politely tell them where the
soap, towls and other scrubbing ac- ;
cessories are to be found, they sniff,
and sneer and pass right on into the
pool. We suspected the women were
so clean that a suggestion to clean
up wasan insult, but nol We have
just heard it whispered that the
really, clean ones don't mind at all
they are so accustomed to water and
the bath it's the ones wjho need it
most that object.
Many a highwater-mark hides be- '
neath theKolinsky coat. '
IT took a dainty bit of a girl with
a roll of bills ) in her slender
little right hand, with the declar
ation that $50 of it was on its way -to
purchase silk undies, to bring out
real, sympathetic ahs, and ohs, from
a bevy of feminine beauty on the
subject of dress reform.
Are silk undjes too thin?
Is georgette' too transparent?
Are ribbons and laces Jmmodest?
-Does the heart of a siren beat
beneath each filmy "Teddy?" -
"Oh, what are these dull reform
ers talking about?" sighed onev
pretty little thing. "It isn't sinful
to wear' beautiful undies. I just
J love them!"
isn't so much I I boughti a half
dozen pieces and my $50 was gone.
But, oh, how lovely they are! I
suppose I should have bought a top
suit or a coat or more shoes or
flannel skirts, but a whole wardrobe
of those substantial, durable clothes
would not give me a single, thrill:
Those ribbons and laces jrfst tone
pretty faces, and I shall rfever rest ;
until I have a wee bit of a pocket,
on my best knickers to carry my
powder puff. Why, I love ,to pull
those filmy creations out of my
dresser and pet them and smooth
them and and, even hug them." '' ,
v So we believe (since extracting
from these girls their real- senti
ments) that dress reform and a
possibility of tabooing silk undies
are out of the question. Andw
know another thing: It isn't "the '.
sirens or the vrmpires or the ques
tionable characters alone who invest ;
in these non-essentials, but the dear,
sweet little girls with pure thoughts
and clean souls n'everything that's,"
-vljoveliest in womanhood. Gabby
fknows now that "girls shall be -
judged not by their tint of skin
nor by the gods they serve, the
vintage that they drink, nor by the
way they fignt, or love or sin, but ,
by the quality" of the undies they
wear
THINKING it over I have me
deubts whether a trio (one mar .
and two datrisels fair) heard
Jascha Heifetz. , -
Oh, yes, indeed, in the ancestral 1
"proudities" it'll be prominent that
they "saw" him and they did, too .
but it was just because of those per
fectiy abominable things called
clothes and all, these folks can nev
er say they've heard him.
He-was all dressed up in dress -suit
so fine just ready to Catch and
reflect the notes of the violin on the ,
sfiff white shirt. .
They both the women fair had :
spent fairly hours in arranging that
artful coil of the hair; in adjusting
four huge, sparkly rings on thr
proper angle of the fourth and third
finger proper balance, don't you,
know and their dress! -V
Well, the j?t of the dress out riv
aled the rings. ' " ''
They came just at the psychologi
cal moment, sat on the stage and
tried many seats for this was the "
first time they'd had to sit there and
didn't know the best angle. "
Then it took fully five minutes to
adjust- his the man's coat on the
Lback of the seat; another ten or '
so to remove the luxurious black
coat of milady on the right that -clung
horridly to the net sleeve and '
caused her to be so embarrassed v.
that she pouted. By that time the H
companion on the left was in dire
distress her coat needed fixing too. "
And all the time his own kept 'j
tumbling down as he leaned over.
It tickled the ear of his fiext in front
neighbor who had to be "beg par
doned'j again and again, till the first
part of the concert was over before.
the triplet was settled. v. I .
And then the hair needed fixing ;
and in doing' it off came poor gal- ?
lant's black-rimmed glasses it took "
several minutes to discover whether ;
they were broken.
But when the time for applause
came they all joined in and whenv
Jascha Heifetz came to bow he
never knew there were three, who
could say that they had seen but,
alas, had not heard, his conewfc '
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