Omaha Sunday Bee
PART TWO. .
SOCIETY". SECTION
PART TWO. v " .
SOCIETY SECTION
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VOL. XLVIII NO.
Omaha' Welcomes Charming
r Newcomer-rMrs William
Ritchie, jr. of Vermont
Hunu me unusual way nowers
whicn spring bat transplanted
into Omaha's society sarden is
Mrs. William Ritchie, jr, of the
Blackstone our lady of the pic
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The beautiful Lake Champlain dis
trict in Vermont was her home
until she was 10 years old, but it
' ; was the years that she spent grow
. ing "up in the west that make her
, , unhesitatingly call this prairie, "the
true land."
The lady luit why the kitten?
Because though ' she loves all ani
mals, this little studio kitten at-
- tracted her because it had, as he
naively explained, "a business in
life; it earns its own living which
is more than mapy women could
say." . '; .
Its business, that on this occasion
v ..was interrupted, isNto 'jump up on
the big,- black studio camera, arch
, its back, and attract the' attention
of self-conscious subjects. When
-' this is over the kitten disappears. .
The other reason for the cat, was
that the aunt for whom this picture
was taken, and with whom Mrs.
Ritchie lived as a girl, is an ex
treme lover of animals. On the old
fashioned estate sloping down to the
shore ol Lake Champlain she lives
with her many animals and as a
- little girl Mrs. Ritchie remembers
weekly visits with'-her aunt, the
" nurse1 and a carriage full of dogs
. and cats, to the veterinary for -a
v manicure and all the "beautifiers"
that belong to such petted animals.,
s There was even a family cemetery
; foa the family animals; ... ;
j Then Dan Cupid cunningly gave
, an - unusual phase to the Ritchie
. romance. He commenced back in
the lives of, their parents, who were
- close friends. , ? .
When William ' Ritchie " was a
- sturdy boy of 3, a 'little baby girl,
Eunice Osborne (the present Mrs.
Ritchie) .came into' th world and
wore the first baby dress that little
William Ritchie.ir., had worn.l
j Then the little boy's mother died
"'nd.-the little girl's family, mojed
away,
'. tBut then came a very important
' occasion as the years went by
' William's father married a very dear
friends of Eunice's mother and lit
' .4 tie Eunice .was the flower girl at
her future father-in-law's wedding.
... Of course they grewXup. 1 The
Osbornes moved to Grand Island,
Neb. Eunice went to St Kathryn's
Jn Davenport and Brownell Hall m
r Omaha school while -William be
Tbeeam a law student at. University
or Nebraska! " '
But both spent their vacations at
, :he Osborne home in Grand Island
t nd th inevitable happened., r.
. It had to," Mr. Ritchie said.
One memorable year followed in
' a little town,' where she was the
' only woman who had her "washing
' done," and where they all belonged
i to the one and only woman's club.
, During the war, while, Mr. Ritchie
' gave up his practice for the-service,
" Mrs. Ritchie made many friends.at
' both Camp" Funston and Camp
Dodge, where Captain Ritchie was
stationed. - 1
- Her interests are many and her
enthusiasm was catching. She
. studied the violin with real interest
and the piano "enough to please
Gbby Keeps
: ; Gabfestive -Alone
:
'rlHE'S back," girls,1 from overseas
where she was, i we suppose,
very popular wih the wounded
soldiers. At least she was popular
in Omaha for a while after her return.-
But she yawns and sighed
that she doesn't know what to do
in provincial little Omaha. There
are-no men, she says. And just to
think of that, Mr. Omahanl 250,000
of yott and not one interested in our
'pretty returned . overseas worker.)
How will she ever endure living at
home againt My wordl .
. TUSTto keep you,' dear reader-
I friend, from becoming discour
aged with the race and your
sex, we'll say that we haven't met
many of them who spoke as this
v woman did right out in the open. "
Our lady, under the sharp click
of Gabby's keys, has inherited a
large ''sum of money through no
' fault Or effort or intelligence of her
own. It descended upon her like
the cloak of Elijah and she couldn't
help it "Nevertheless she lives in
s Council Bluffs and remarked recent
ly in very audible tones that she did
not wish to ride in filthy street cars
.with the peasant erowa.v We pre
' cum - he meant stenographers.
bookkeepers, saleswomen, teacherrt
and newspaper writers. Ana tnen
she dropped her handkerchief and
nobody rushed, to pick.it up. With
head high she passed on: "Let some
poor unfortunate who wears a less
expensive corset than I, pick it up."
We of the peasant-but-intelligent
c'ass are tfoping that an epidemic of
this sort is not taking root in the
V Bluffs...; - . "o.' , -"
' A ,T .the peace luncheon the wo
l men started on time. Score
AA one. Every woman received
an important looking badge. Score
, tWO. v;K:.,:- & ,:
But we haven't heard a single wo
man say" that: she received suste
nance enough to keep her from being
irritable. Neither have we heard
6S.
myself 'and a Jew friends," her
own words. And she adores ; a
home. . ' ,
The one thing she does not enjoy
but really dislikes- it is walking.
And she ojwis right up to it
"But Mr. Ritchie doesn't either,
so that does not matter", she
laughed. "
Thus all golf, and such are
tabooed in the Ritchie family.-
Omaha has seen Mrs. ; Ritchie's
enthusiasm at the Maytime lunch in
which she was very interested. She
loves Nebraska.; the orairies. and
any plan for the upbuilding of her
own school, Browneu jnau.s.
So she isn't a stranger and Omaha
may claim her as her own
one say that her guests were seated
with ' her or that there - was order
brought of chaos even at the. pro
verbial eleventh hour. . ; .
Admitting that it is some Job to
corral 700 women or men or child
ren, yet we s venture tovsuggest or
hint, or explain that it might facili
tate matters in future it tables were
reserved for oaTties all labeled and
tagged n'evctytbing. ?This would at
least take care of many groups.' ;
There may have been oodles of
food. Just because we did not see
it is no sign it wasn't there, but we
do know that a lady-finger-sized
sandwich and two bites of salad is
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rather light diet for an average nor
mal, regular healthy-appetite.
.We're voting" for system ; at' the
next peace luncheon.', ....
Coiit dots are prominent this sea
son.. Navy blue silks withx dots the
sire of half ,a 'dolJar' areVhot at all
bizarre. The discs are m soft tones
of green, yellow- and cerise edged
with a white hair Jint circle. ;There
arealso exquisite voiles' ' with " the
large coin dots which sell at $1.65
a yard. : Those in black and white
effects are particularly attractive.
There is an' increasing demand for
voiles as the season advanf : ' ,,
l;.;'.;..., OMAHA,. SUNDAY
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"Good Bye Fox
J Thegirl 'ho 'pretended " to TbiJ
literary and .when asked which one-)
of Sirl-Walter; Scott' poems ' she
enjoycu post took a wiia guess and
said "Seotf. Emulsion" has i : counU?" '
terpartiin a young iady with his
toric ambitions who applied to Di
rector Alien Holubar for a part in
wTll Vltrht -. Vlannm...'; . Tt.
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MQRNING,: JUNE. J&;: W19.
roie in question ,was tnat ot a
young Russian girl., i Holubar was
anxious to ' draw the girl out -when
she admitted Russian ancestry.,'' -'
, 'T suppose Vou've'1. read Tolstoi
and' Turgenieff?-, he queried'.--.
"Oh yes, sir; 1; love them both,"
the girl replied. - -:" ' -. A
iWhich.' book 'of ' the 'former, do
y6u prefer most?" he .continued,' be
lievjng that if she Avis a true actress"
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swered without a quiver.'li
And the rmisicians "on the set
howled themi elver, hoarse thinking
of -how Tosti ; the - composer would
t lie
Washingtoh; Society Folks See Nebraska
Girl Ivlarried to a Lieutenantof the ,
'Washington, June 14. (Bureau of
The Pee.) Washington's proverbial
sweltering weather-vf this week ra
ther discouraged social entertain
ments, .but hostesses, official and
otherwise, are nevertheless, in these
days,' always ' busy, . and so they
have been throughout the excessive
heat which began last Saturday. The
Secretary Daniels were in the south
for the week-end; the Bakers spent
a day or so in Baltimore; the Red
fields were down the river on the
Isis, the secretary on an inspection
trip, and every one who could speed
away to the - cool "haunts V in the
country, at least for the week-end, if
not for a month's outing. 7
. The Bakers and the Daniels re
turned for the Chateau Thierry an
niversary celebration at the marine
have liked to have been mixed up
with ; the : socialistic philosopher
Tolstoi. -,.'
The womej's . division of the
United States, employment service,
Department of Labor, recruited over
a half million women to aid indus
trial work in the. prosecution of the
war., in the first year 61 . its exist
ence. -'I
Mrs, Maibelle Lovegrove, of Pitts
burghv Pa., founded and maintains
"Appreciation Cottage,", at Cape
May, N.v J., where she4 entertains
wounded men of the service, j
SINGLE
. United States Army. :
barracks on Monday evening, and
Mrs. Barnett also returned from a
flying trip to Boston to christen the
battleship. Sinclair, named for her
grandfather, the late Admiral Sin
clair, in time to speak at that serv
ice. Mrs. Baker, wife of the secre
tary of . war, - sang some patriotic
songs, which style of singing she" is
now confining her efforts to: Mrs'.
Feland, wife of Gen. Logan Feland,
who, was in .command at Belleau
Wood, sang charmingly and artis
tically; the Marine band played, and
a quartet of marines, under the lead
ership of Sergeant Wilson, sang.
Belleau Wood has recentlybeen re
named by the French "The Wood of
the Marines," in honor of the bril
liant fighting and the marvelous re
Suits of our marines, so many of
whom lost their lives on that field.
Secretaries Baker and Daniels and
Mrs. Barnett all spoke of what they
saw in that country, each one of
44) om has visited the spots since
the armistice was signed.
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Patriotic Scene. '.
, Monday afternoon iv patriotic
scene was enacted in the ball room
at the Wiliard, the last act of a long
series of activities of the women of
the District of Columbia in the in
terest of the Liberty loans. Mrs.
William Gibbs McAdoo, wife of for
mer secretary of the .treasury and
youngest daughter ofc the president
catnedown from New York for the
occasion. She is chairman of the
National ; Women's Liberty loan
committee. ,,Mrs. Wesley Martin
Stoner, chairman of the district com
mittee, presided at the ceremony
awarding medals to the women pro
moters of the loan, who had worked
so hard and so successfully in its
interest. Mrs. Glass, wife of the
secretary of the treasury, and Mrs,
McAdoo pinned the medals upon the
women as they were called to the
platform. ' The medals were made
from the metal of German cannons
captured by the allies. v They are the
color of silver now, and a -little
larger than a silver half dollar.,: Upon
one, side is an engraving of ' the
Treasury department under which"
is an eagle with out-spread wings,
and under , that, the words. Victory
LiBerty Loans. Upon the other is
engraved "Awarded by the U. S.
Treasury Department for patriotic
service in behalf of the Liberty
loans; Made from captured German
cannon.' ; They were hung upon rib
bons of red, white and blue. Both
Mrs. Glass arid Mrs, McAdoo made
pretty .little, presentation , speeches
and it was a very pretty and happy
occasion! Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes,
of Crete, Neb., head of the Washing
ton playgrounds, received pne. Mrs.
Franklin Townsend, niece of the
former U. S. minister to Belgium
and Portugal, and, Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend. sang several beautiful
songs. She is a beautiful woman and
f gifted singer. Mrs. McAdoo, had
not been seen in" Washington for
six months or more and she was en
thusiastically received. She. looked
very young and girlish in a vety
simple frock of dark blue serge and
dark blue satin, in a one-piece ef
fect. It was made short and had
long satin, sleeves and she Woreone
of her favorite small, turbans pe
culiarly becoming to her beauty.
She spent the week with her cousin,
tfrs. A. D: W. Erskine in her New
Hampshire avenue home and was
entertained 'quite informally by a
few old friends. Mrs. Erskinr is a
cousin on her mother's side of the
family.
Last night a large reception, as
brilliant as one can be made in this
hot weather, was given at the Pan
American building for the delegates
to ; the Pan-American Congress,
which held its session in the Pan
American Union building. The eve
ning sessions, most of which took
the form of moving picture shows
of the South and Central American
HER STAR OF GOLD
, By HELEN ROWLAND
Kisses and smiles and bis lips, for you
- And happiness all that your heart can holdl
For the star-in your window, thank God, is blue ' -
But the star that I wear on my heart is goldl
Your boy will march by in the gallant row v
Of heroes, chered by the waiting line .
On a grave in Flanders, where the poppies blow, '
' They are laying a wreath, today, for minel - '
And yet I shall stand in the'erowded place, '
" And cheer; with the rest, for your boy you'll see!
: For the glory that shines in your glowing- face
Is naught to the glory that throbs in me I
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" Then gaze not at me with that pitying glance, '
For do you not know that I share yourpride, .
And that there, where the long brown files advance,..
; Your hero and mine march side by side. -
Oh, can you not see him come striding' there v
With the old free swing of his strong young thighs,
And the little cap set on his shining hair,
And the gay little smile in his dear young eyes? -
For my boy lives still in the heart of me; ; '
He fives where the poppies blow red and yet.
He lives in t.he soul of a world made free,
And the heart of a world that shall not forget!
And I do not weep, and I
And you never shall think, nor dream, nojr know.
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s i pass you, smiling,
ine nttie wnite cross
-Nay, mother, here's joy and his lips for you. . -
And happiness all that your life can hold!
For the star in your windowr thank God, is blue'.
Though the sttrthat I wear on my heart is goldl -
COPY FIVE CENTS
countries, interfered with many din
ner parties. The acting secretary of
state and Mrs. Frank L. Folk acted '
as hosts last evening. The party "
was a! fresco and one of the most
picturesque.,1 , v
In connection with the congress,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Penfield en
tertained several times at dinner.
Un , Monday evening they had tv
new Peruvian ambassador and -Mme.
de Tudala as the guests of .. -honor,
with a small but charming
company to meet them. On Tues-
day the new minister- from Salva
dor and Mme. Sol were their honor
guests.,
Miss Hart Married.
Washington was deeply interested
in thewedding of last Friday of
Miss Else Hart, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. C Hart, the former a
well-known banker of Edgar,. Neb., .
and Lieut. Robert H. Davidson, for.
merly of the U. S. A., recently ol
the ordnance corps U. S. A., son oi
Judge S. P. Davidson of Omaha.
The bride came on from her Ne-
braska home for the' ceremony, ow
ing to the difficulty of the bride-
groom's obtaining sufficient leave
of absence. She arrived here at 11
O'clock on Friday morning and the
ceremony was performed at' 12 in
the hbme of Mr. and Mrs. Newton,
L. Cojlamer, old friends of the fami
lies' of both the bride and bride
groom. I Rev. J. J. Queally officiated
in the presence of just a few mem
bers of the families. The house, a
charming one of the distinctly mod- . '
em type, picturesque and unique,,
was a bower of spring flowers, near
ly all from the superb garden of the
Collamers. Roses were everywhere v
in abundance. The bride's brother, '
Charles Hart, U, S. N' acted as best
man, and Mr. Collamer gave j the
bride in marriage. A breakfast Was v
served immediately following, after
which the bride and bridesrrabm left
for Old Point. Comfort to spentl i
few days at the Hotel Chamberlain. .
The breakfast table was a veritable
picture with trailing vines and perky .
flowers all about the edge ofUt
fountain which plays in this room
the year around and pink flowers on
the table, scattered over it, in Jap
anese fashion. The garden, which .,
greets the eye through the windows .
of this, tQojvjs one. of the beautiful v
here. - . ,. . .
Omahana. ,
Mrs. Russell Harrison and her
.motherMrs. Alvin Saunders, lef&on .
Sunday to return to the Saunders'
home in. Omaha. They will spend
the summer there. Mr. William
Henry Harrison 3rd' is there for f
short time from his studies in Lin
coln and is leaving shortly for the
Yellowstone Park, where he will
spend the remainder of the' summer.
Mrs. , Harrison's cousin, Mrs. 'With
ers, whojjoent several months with '
her here last wjnter and spring, re
turned to Chicago last week. She'
spent the previous week-end in Nor
folk with Mrs. Harrison as guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Williams
jr., in their handsome new home in '
the suburbs of Norfolk. Miss '
Frances Saunders, another cousin of
Mrs. Harrison, who previously spent '
many winters in Washington, has
returned here within the past month v
to make her home for the present
Miss Carrie Summers left early fn
the week to make some visits in "
Omaha after spending the winter Sn
Washington. , ...
Miss Pearl Reid of Lincoln, who
has been in Washington during the
period of the war doing her share
of war work for the government
has completed her task and returned -to
her home. Miss Reid was vice-
president of the Ak-sar-ben club .
and very active in all its affairs, as '
well as in the work of the Girls'
Knitting club, which met regularly
in the homes of Senator Norris and
of Representative Reavis. :
do not sigh.
wiin neaa neia nign, .
wnere tne poppies blow.
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