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The Omaha
PART TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
PART TWO
SOCIETY .SECTION
VOL. XLVIII NO. 51.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1919.
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Washington Society Folk Busy
With Horseshow Japanese
Masque and Congress
Heiress to Wed Young
Omaha Business
Man Soon
SUNDAY
SEE
Mrs. Champ Clark Gives Place to Mrs. Gillett, Wife of New Speaker
of the House Worn en Quite Opposite in '
Tact, Taste and Methods.
Bureau of The Be; Washington, May 81.
THE mammoth Salvation Army
ball, the opening of the horse
show, the Japanese masque,
the opening of congress, trie council
of the Colonial Dames of America,
and the conference of the National
Republican Women's Executive
committee, have been but a few of
the things which have made this a
busy week in Washington. The
opening of the new congress in ex
tra session was -a peculiarly inter
esting and important occasion, be
cause of so many new members
being sworn in, and a complete
change of leadership in the house of
representatives. Mrs. Champ Clark,
wife of the retiring speaker of th
house, now the minority leader of
that body, had a large and signifi
cant reception last week as her swan
song as the ranking hostess of that
circle. Mrs. Clark has a host of
friends here, made during her long
residence in Washington. She has
been identified with the women pro
moting woman suffrage, civic im
provements, temperance and uni
versal peace, instead of with the
butterflies' of society. Her recep
tions are unique in the social history
of Washington. She, has always
arranged a talk of some sort, usual
ly had a few men of importance
and prominence who have spoken
on Current topics, and the whole
tone of the affair was rather of a
lecture or literary society than the
mere meeting and drinking of tea
among women.
A New Leader.
Mrs. Gillett, wife of new speak
er, is of the directly opposite type.
She has been a member of Washing-
ton's exclusive, conservative and
aristocratic circle of society through
out her long residence here, first as
the daughter-in-law of the late Sena
tor Hoar, and the wife of Represen
tative Rockwood Hoar of Massachu
setts, and then as a wealthy and at
tractive widow until her marriage to
Representative Gillett, a prominent
bachelor of the weathy and ex
clusive class. Her two daughters,
the Misses Frances and Louise Hoar
who still live in the old home of
their late grandfather, the late sena
tor from Massachusetts, were de
butantes of two recent seasons, and
speedily became leaders in the smart
set of buds. They are very hand-
some girls, like their mother, and
have hecently gone in for private
theatricals and vaudeville stunts.
They are now acknowledged to be
among the very best dancers in ama
teur circles. They have danced solo
dances and in duos several times
this year in public, making a won
derful success, their performances
being quite equal to professionals.
They have been for two years among
fashionable clerks in the State de
partment, in that large circle of
young women who were taken in
the emergency of the department,
when the press of war work first
came. These clerks, strangely enough
were chosen from among the
wealthy and prominent circles of so
ciety, not as dollar-a-year clerks, but
as $1,100 to $1,400 clerks. The Hoar
girls resigned tut two months ago,
and since have been visiting in New
York and Massachusetts. They re
turned here with their mother a
week or more ago, to remainfor the
Gabby Gossips About Ready
Made Houses and
Christy's Opinions
- By GABBY DETAYLS
A FRIEND of ours visited the
studio of the famous south
paw illustrator, Howard Chan
dler, a few days ago, and passes on
a few of the facts she learned from
him the artist who is supposed to
be a judge in the couct of last ap
peals when it comes to judging art
and eliminating vulgarity.
Christy says: Beauty ana lm
modesty are often confused. Be
cause what is beautiful on one worn
an is immodest on another. A low
backed evening gown, for instance,
v. til be lovely on a young and slen
.!cr woman and give no hint of vul
garity. On a fat old person it's re
volting! io, you see, it isn t so
much the immodesty that causes the
shock; its the uglinessl
Mr. Christy admits that certain de
tails of attire are always monstrous.
The bustle, the pantalette. the bal
loon sleeve, the high collar and the
huge, overtrimmed hat. 'Happily
these have departed, permanently it
is hoped. Women are" better dressed
now, thinks artist Christy, than ever
before.
"Because," he explains, "we are
learning simplicity, elimination. The
simple, long line that follows the
form is the basic ideal for costume.
The vast majority of men, like sim
plicity and naturalness in women,
especially those they want to respect
and love."
"Bizarre or immodest styles at
tract because curiosity and desire
Tor thrills are human traits. And
there are always a few wotnen who
would rather be ridiculed than ig
nored. "Too much make-up is a crime
against beauty. Too little covering
is another. Both are the result of a
mistaken notion of what real beauty
early part of the extra session. Rep-'
resentative and Mrs. Gillett have
made their home in his Eighteenth
street home since their marriage.
Mrs. Gillett has not yet announced
any days at home for the spring
season.
Two New Hostesses.
There are but two of the new
hostesses in the Nebraska delega
tion, in Washington for the extra
session. These are Mrs. William E.
Andrews, wife of the new repre
sentative from Hastings and Mrs.
M. O. McLaughlin, wife of the new
representative from York, Neb. The
Andrews are in their Fairmont
street home, where they have spent
the winters ever since Mr. Andrews'
former service here, and where Mrs.
Andrews has been doing the bene
volent and patriotic work of having
a large number of young girl "war
workers" in the house, that they
might have proper food and care.
She has had many Nebraska girls,
and because the pressure was so
great, went outside her own state,
and has taken many others. She
now has 46 of them at her
table, just from a sheer sense of
duty.
Mrs. McLaughlin and her four
children, Esther, Ruth, John Hale
and Paul Pearson McLaughlin came
last week with Mr. McLaughlin and
are stablished in a comfortably fur
nished house which they have taken
on Jackson Avenue. They all were
present at the opening session of
congress to see Mr. McLaughlin
sworn in, except the tiny Paul Pear
son, who is but six months old. Mrs.
Reavis and Mrs. Andrews were also
present in the gallery for the open
ing. Miss "Billie" Dunn of York
came on with the McLaughlins, and
will make her home with them here,
while she is in the capacity of sec
reary to Representative McLaughlin.
Representative A. W. Jefferis of
Omaha, has taken an apartment at
the Burlington. His family will not
join him probably until September,
as the children are in school, and
they do not wish to establish a home
here in the hot weather.
Judge Evans of Dakota City is at
Congress Hall where "Uncle Mose"
Kinkaid is staying.
Mrs. Reavis was in charge of the
club rooms at Wardman Park Inn
on Friday, where the National Re
publican Women's Executive com
mittee held their conference this
week. They met to formulate plans
and make a schedule for the work of
the committee for the comping cam
paign, and to allow the new women
to meet each other. The Congress
ional Women's club which was clos
ed in March, will not open, this
spring or summer, in spite of the ex
tra session, if they follow the deci
sion of the new board. There is a
strong pressure being brought to
bear upon that committee to rescind
that order, and open the club, for
the benefit and comfort of the wo
men who propose to remain with
their husbands while the latter's
duties require his presence in Wash
ington. It looks, according to many
who ought to know, as though this
congress would last all summer.
Home Folks.
Mrs. Russell Harrison and her
cousin, Mrs. Withers, spent a couple
is. An excess of anything is destruc
tive to beauty."
"No sane person objects to the
touch of color that gives freshness
o the face, or the-dusting of powder
that takes away 'shine.' When cos
metics are not obviously cosmetics,
they belong to beauty. As soon as
they show, they are anathema, for
no man wants to see artificiality and
vulgarity in the woman he cares for.
"In dress it is pretty well estab
lished what is modest and what is
not. Personally, I think the low cut
gown is beautiful.
Now we may reconstruct our ex
aggerated notions both for and
against everything, multiply by 13,
and divide by 3 we have beauty
unadorned.
NOTHING is half so bad as we
believe it will be.
No suffering is so keen as that
which we anticipae.
We have predicted all sorts of re
sults, such as bolshevism and things,
if rents keep on going up and com
forts continue to go down.
But! Just listen to this!
Architect Atterbury of the Great
White Way says that here is no rea
son why we should not buy our
houses as we buy our shoes; that
the wholesale manufacture of blocks
would make it possible for a house
to be put together by four men in
three days and that his system would
greatly reduce tne cost.
e are living in a ready-made aee.
We wear ready-made shoes and
clothes. We .dodge, or try to dodge,
readv-made laws and automobiles.
Why should we persist in clinging to
the individualistic made-to-ordei
of days sightseeing at Annapolis
this week. Mrs. Harrison and her
mother, Mrs. Saunders, expect to
return to their home in Omaha at
the end of this month.
The Nebraska State dub is plan
ning a reception to the new members
of the delegation later in the month.
The Aksarben club, formed of Ne
braska girls was hostess of the :
Amiff at tVin Waltrr T?ppH hnsnit-!
al on Tuesday evening, at one of the
series of dances arranged by the
Red Cross, for the entertainment ot
the convalescent boys there.
UOILT
house, built of anywhere from six to
twelve different materials
So. Mr. Atterbury wants standard
houses, built of standardized ma
erials, in standardized parts. A five
or six room house can be built of
less than 100 different pieces all
slipped into place with a steel der
rick, fastened in a jiffy, and be
"ready to wear" three days after it
is started.
According to his plans, building a
house is just like a child building a
toy house of nursery blocks on a big
scale.
In this rapid era of chance and
Change we shall, perhaps, purchase
ready-inade houses. Next we will be
watching the ads for bargain sales.
UUi. Um T here is no limit to the
human mind and the mother of in
vention is a wise old soul.
EVERYTHING has its compen
sations and price, even the
ery dangerous and hazardous
hf of a bootlegger's companion.
.
ill mM t '
Early last week one of our popular
teachers stood on the corner of
Eighteenth and Farnam waiting to
cross when two cars drove past,
breaking all the speed laws and de
fying the pursuing officers of the
law. The car evidently contained
alcoholic and forbidden refresh
ments we surmise this much but
we know that the first car contained
two men and one smartly dressed
woman, whose chapeau a creation
of black lace and costly ornaments
was the envy of every woman
who couldn't afford it especially
those whose husbands' finances
were always depleted because said
liquid refreshments come so high.
But' Fate and the wind took a
hand, together they yanked the
chapeau from milady's readymadc
curls and hurled it at the feet of the
teacher who stood-on the crossing.
l ong she waited for the owner to
return and claim her licxl piece
Dut as yc say. everything has it
couipciisiUioii, cvcii to being a
&M:m:Ss ? :
teacher walking on two tired feet,
who now wears a large lace hat
with a smile and everything has
its price, even to the very lucrative
"profession" of dealing in forbidden
goods.
After Peace
As the first step in this trc-
mendous program the committee
has prevailed upon the international
j committee of the Red Cross at
(teneva to call a "convention of the
j Red Cross organizations of the
'world to meet at Geneva 30 days af-
! ler the declaration of peace.
The plans by which the peoples of
the world, through their Red Cross
oragnizations, may co-operate for
the betterment of humanity, are be
ing worked out at Cannes and will
he ready by the time the world's
Red Cross congress at Geneva be
gins its labors.
The world's leading experts in
public health, tuberculosis, hygiene'
sanitation and. child welfare have
been summoned to Cannes to assist
the committee. While measures for
handling problems of world relief in
emergencies, such as fires, famine
and pestilence will have a large
share in the program, sound ways
by which the public health may be
improved will be included, the uni
fication of effort being directed not
only toward relieving human suffer
ing and distress, but toward prevent
ing it.
In a recent statement Mr. Davi
suii had this to .-.ay uf the program
being .shaped by this committee:
"It is a program, both ideal and.
After Studying at Ames College to Be a Farm
erette and Manage Her Large Farms in
Iowa, Miss Fugitt Succumbs to Cupid.
A ROMANCE of schood days is
culminated today in the an
nouncement of the engagement
of Miss Margaret Fugitt and Mr.
Hubert S. Askew.
Miss Fuggitt. who has just re
cently come to Omaha to reside is a
welcome newcomer, but not strang
er, She is a graduate of Brownell
lall, where she attended school for
several years and is a well known-
member of the Delta Gamma soror
ity. Mr. Askew is prominent in busi
ness circles of Omaha
Miss Fugitt is the only child of
practical; ideal in that its supreme
aim is humanity; practical in that it
seeks means and measures to meet
the tragic crises which are daily
recurrent in the lives of all man
kind "Surely, the operation of such a
plan would develop a new fraternity
and sympathy among the peoples.
By s- doing, an important contribu
tion will have been made towards
the success of the league of nations,
and this present plan should be
viewed as a vital factor in the larger
undertaking.
"The league of nations aims to
hold all peoples together in an ef
fort to avoid war and to insure free
dom; this particular nlan aims at
; devising a procedure whereby all
I peoples may co-operate actively in
! promoting the health
ind happiness
ot one another.
the late H. E. Fugitt. Before com
ing to Omaha she lived with her
father in their country home at
Thurman, Iowa. At her father's
death she was left an heir to a
vast estate consisting mostly of
Iowa farms.
The responsibility of caring for
such a large inheritance looked huge
to the inexperienced hand, but she
bravely faced it and started imme
diately preparing herself for the ca
reer of lady farmer. To perfect her-;
self in this line she folowed tjte
highly graded course of Agriculture
at Ames University a course yery
popular with the ladies just sow
So, if it had not been for Daa,
Cupid stepping in with his sassy
bow and arrow, Miss Fugitt would
today be entering upon the career
of lady farmer, rather than at the
wife of Hubert S. Askew.
Cupid will play these little tricks
occasionally, and often just when
Destiny seems most sure of her
self. The wedding of Miss Fugitt and
Mr. Askew will be a very quiet af
fair. It will be celebrated at the
home of the groom's brother, Mr.
P. D. Askew and Mrs. Askew in the
Knickerbocker apartments.
After a wedding trip through the
west, the young people will reside
in Omaha.
Heart Beats
By A. K.
Though you're
Huddled
And hurdled
And jammed
Into a creeping
Trolley car
And swing from a strap
Or fall in the lap
Of someone
More fortunate than you
It never occurs
To the lady in furs
To scan the apparel
Of the one in spring
Bonnet and ties.
There isn't a chance
For half a glance
At your neighbors
Who dance
On your toes in the push.
But this new innovation
Is quite a sensation-
Riding downtown
When each one has a seat
In a comfortably neat
Jitney car.
We hailed one ourself
On a corner last week
And climbed in
With our "jitney" in hand
And when we were seated
Lo! Behold!
We completed
A trio in
"Spring a la mode"
For right out
In front of us
There were tan shoes
That laced
And each pair of hose
Matched the blue
In our clothes
And also the blue
Of our straw sailor hats.
Right there on the seat
Three girls sat
Mum with defeat
Their attempt to be different
Was thwarted.
Three blue, sailor hats,
Three blue tailored suits, ,
Six hose in the same
Shade of blue
Were complete in the
Tan low heeled ties.
We decided right there
That a "jit" five cent fare
- ught us more than
A score's auto rides.
Now we are convinced
Through and through
Ever since
How alike are we few
Who think we are
DIFFERENT
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