PART TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
THE OMAHA
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PART TWO V
SOCIETY SECTION
VOL. XLIX NO. 8.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10,, 19l9.
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Gabby Knows of a Surprise Marriage
Which Will Take Place in the
Very Near Future
Certainty
A Few Minutes With the
Official Gossip Keeps
You Abreast of
the Times. x
By GABBY DETAYLS.
ANOTHER surprise wedding is
planned' for the near future.
The couple have intimated to
friends that no announcement will
be made until after the ceremony,
which will take place during the last
week of August.
The girl of the romance is of the
decidedly blonde type and has large
blue eyes. She is rather slender and
tall. She came to Omaha eight
years ago from a western coast
state, and during those years has
made for herself an enviable repu
tation as a musician.
The man, who has lived in Omaha
only a year, is well known in busi
ness circles here and is a member
of the Athletic club. He is from the
other extreme of our country, being'
a native New Englander.
They plan to take a southern
honeymoon trip and will be at home
in Omaha after October 1.'
It is another case in which "East
Meets West."
THERE are business trips, dull
prosaic things, but oh. those
little business and pleasure
combined, affairs! We know one
young man, who wears a very mili
tary mustache tnd he's one of our
rising young merchants, too, who
very recently embarked on such an
excursion. You see, he went to
New York on a "buying" trip so
he said. But the strange part of it
all was the girl, to whom he is very
devoted left the same week for the
east with her mother and sister.
Two and two make four, and Gabby
smiled to herself knowingly.
To be candid, she was so very in
terested that she subjected the
young gentleman to a little of the
third degree. He blushed well, way
beyond the mustache and admitted
that he was going to have a week's
vacation and that he would be the
member of a motoring party while
away. We will hint that the car be
longing to this prominent family
was shipped east and its not hard
to guess just who will be included
in the lovely trip through the east
ern states! Keep a watchful look
out! Dan Cupid may be riding on
the running board, one can't be
sure!
IT'S a bit refreshing to hear a
little style gossip from gay Paree
now that the French capital has
abandoned the crepe of wartime and
uonned the bright colors of victory.
At the French derby, which was run
in perfect weather, the scene at
Longchamps was brilliant.
The dress of the feminine onlook
ers was varied and many-hued.
Nevertheless, a few women man
aged to endow their clothes with
something of their own personality.
Washington Is Weeping
Tears Over the
Lost Vacation
They had modified the outrageous
lines of some of the new moots. One
a well-known figure in French so
ciety, tall, slim, gracious, wore a
brown taffetas drtss with flounces to
the waist, a tulle fichu on the bodice,
a rose at the belt, and on the head a
turban toque in Champagne tulle.
Another, an Englishwoman, wore a
black and white foulard, quite
simple, with winged sides falling
limply, a black hat trimmed with a
fringe of aigrettes, and for orna
ments, pearls. She carried a light,
shallow black sunshade with a
fringe of monkey fur about three
inches from the border. Neither of
these women wore skirts too short
or too tight; in fact, no really well
dressed woman had followed the ab
surd extreme's of fashion.
Some there were who had trans
gressed, but the majority have now
gone back to longer, fuller skirts,
even in tailor-mades. Sleeves, too,
are slightly longer, and some dresses
have quite long ones, but loose from
above the wrist, falling to a point.
Decolletes are as lo was ever, with
a saving mist of tulle to carry on the
illusion of a bodice.
The chapeaux were quite wonder
ful with their novel shapes and dec
oration. The vogue of fruit as a hat
trimming were very noticeable.
Light tulle toques have wreaths of
red and white currants, and one
toque was completely made of white
grapes. White muslin hats were well
worn with colored linen dresses
by quite young girls, anr some had
tiny wreaths of fruit or flowers
round the base of the crown. A
very strange hat was in black straw
with a poked front ending in ears
at each side, another was a jockey
cap in white and black and white
squares. Nothing looked better than
the black hats, whether in tulle,
shiny straw, or satin, and almost
always masses of aigrettes as trim
mings. There were some felt hats,
and a few Leghorns with long vel
vet streamers and flowers. Flowers
were also worn on dresses. One wo
man had a long spray of. roses fall
ing from her belt.
Sunshades were not used very
much, but the few that were were
either plain with a fringe as trim
ming, or most handsome and gor
geous brocades "in Eastern colors.
Shoes were fantastic, chiefly in
suede, bronze kid, or white. Beauti
ful buckles are worn, and the heels
are not quite so high as they were,
showing yet a further inclination
towards better sense.
I pays to advertise, said a
gentleman whose sense of
humor occasionally meets his
veiled and subtle sarcasm. And so
Gabby looked and listened for the
explanation, which came through 3
twinkle and a smile. The gentle
man held in his hand a copy of a
late and extremely popular mag
azine, whose stories had been ad
vertised in full page newspaper dis
play. "The advertisement," he remarked,
"said that this magazine contained
a 22,000-word novel; the most dras
tic, the most absorbing story of love
and mystery ever published b'y a
magazine famous for its fiction.
Page after page holds your breath.
It says: 'There was a bit of grass
in the buckle of her slipper, and in
the shrubbery a man lay dead. That
was the mystery that baffled Den-
As surely as rivers run down to
the sea, .
As sinners and saints do disagree,
As surely"as sun and its Maker are
one
So surely will right come to me.
As surely as day makes dark take
flight,
As surely as sunlight dispels the
night,
As sure as the rose ne'er its se
crets disclose
So surely will 1 reach the height.
Margaret Babcock.
American War Mothers.
Delegates will be elected to at
tend the national convention at the
meeting of the Omaha Chapter of
American War Mothers, which will
be held Thursday at the G. A. R.
hall at the court house.
Briny
Margaret Wilson Attends
Box Picnic White
House Lawn a
Ball Park.
Bee Bureau.
Washington, Aug. 9.
rriHE keenest disappointment is
L -
I telt-m
congressional circles
over the detention oi ine
house of representatives, after they
had made their arrangements to
have a recess, even going so far,
many of them as to buy their rail
road tickets. There was a weeping
and wailing in some of the families,
where wives and children had re
mained over with the promise of
husband and father to accompany
them on August 2. Now it is all off.
and "husband .and father" will stay
right on until the high cost of living
in Washington is not as high as it
was. kTime was, when t stay in
Washington throughout July and
August was looked upon as denoting
one of two things either heroism
or poverty." It has been discovered,
however, that there are many ways
of keeping entirely comfortable
within the shadow of the dome of
the capitol, and scores of official
people are doing it Even the thea
ters, three of which are running, to
say nothing of the scores of movies,
are crowded every night, with no
hint of abatement in the throngs.
Washington is but just awakening,
just beginning to be a grown-up city.
The president and Mrs. Wilson
are enjoying to the fullest the com
forts of life in the White House, and
the privileges of being president and
first lady of the land. The grounds
of the old mansion were never so
beautiful. ' The foliage is matured
and fulsome, and the hedge which
. surrounds the south gardens, and
separates it from the public walks
and the ellipse, has grown so high
that not even- six-footer standing
cn tip-toe can see the mansion from
the sidewalk.
The old fashioned gardens closeJ
to the house, on the soutn side,
make a beautiful colorful picture, a
lovely scene to the favored who en
joy visits on the portico and in the
grounds, while they make a tantaliz
ing Oil OI color io uic ran uu uis
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(Ti pays to advertise," said a The Frances Willard W. C. T. U. J mm' .JT "Hl. JkilXi I
I gentleman whose sense of wm hold an all dav meeting f M- JT XJ JWiAlWJi I
Wednesday, at Lake v i e ' ' ij
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man, "what I want to know is how f "WW iwJt&xrV lV vf 9' I
she got that blade of grass in Den- ' $ T lMje" & t, V:.... ""
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who pass by on the sidewalk and
peep through the hedge, which one
can do. The great ellipse is a thrill
ing scene each afternoon when the
public plays ball several different
sets of ball and the rest of the pub
lic sits around the edges and forms
the audience, or, the more demo
cratic of them loll around on the
grass near and enjoy the sports.
In the White House Yard.
It is a modern and wonderful use
to put the great beautiful elliptical
circle to. Hitherto the public has
been permitted to gaze upon the
beauty of its grass, but not until the
mammoth war set in was it peVmit
ted to make any use of it. On the
inside of the tall hedge which sur
rounds the president's "Back yard"
Miss Margaret Wilson frequently
may be seen on the tennis courts in
the middle of the White House
grounds towards the west side. She
plays a vigorous, good game and en
joys it like her father ettjoys golf.
Dr. Cary Grayson, the president's
naval aide and physician, is her fre
quent partner, and so is Joseph E.
Davies, former solicitor of the State
department.
Last Saturday Miss 'Wilson was
the guest of honor at the Civic Cen
ter box picnic, at the Central High
school, that is, in the stadium of the
high school, which strongly resem
bles the great Roman meeting place
for athletic games. It is arranged
in terraces, and is one of the show
places of the city, though few people
know of it, except those who have
actually been there. Miss Wilson,
who was directly responsible for the
opening of the public schools for
community centers, prepared her
box of supper like the rest of the
members. They were auctioned off
and the men bought them, the girl
whose box was bought having to be
the supper companion of the man
who bought it. Miss Wilson's box.
prepared in the White House, was
purchased by H. B. Learned, vice
president of the Board of Education
of Washington, for $2.75. The name
of the girls who owned the boxes
were not revealed until after all were
sold. Then it was with deep chagrin
that Mr. Learned "learned" that he
had paid so ignominious a price for
a box of food straight from 'the
White House, packed by the fair
hands of the first young lady of the
land Miss Wilson was literally
aAerzne Irene 3Dyiaff
Miss Dyball
Will Wed -,
. N.YMan -
Romance Began When Mr.
Smith Lived in Omaha
Before He, Enlisted in ,
U. S. Army.
A PRETTY school girl, with
eyes so brown, hied to eastern
halls of learning with stern ,
determination to master all the cul
inary and other domestic arts in.
eluded in the course known ai
"Home Economics.".' The god ol
love neglected his archery to peep
over her shoulder at her text book
on cooking, and such a recipe at lit
fashioned 1 Equal parts of moon
light and soft breezes, a few drops
of the essence of rose perfume, a
dash of khaki, a generouft portion of
delightful femininity the result, a
perfect confection of happiness, and
Mr. and Mrs. 'John G. Kuhn an- -nounce
the engagement of their
niece, Miss Katherine Irene Dyball.
to Frank Winthrop Smith, son of
Mr. ajid Mrs. James Smith of New
YorkCiy-
Miss Dyball chose National Park
seminary as her alma mater after .
the completion of her high school
course here. In the shadow of the
capitol, these fortunate .young girl:
who come from all corners of the
land study and play together. JVVitr
Annapolis so close by, with its'dash
ing young seamen in fascinating uni
forms, feminine minds are not al
ways focused on the three R's
There are hops, very military ana
very delightful, to , say nothing of
"June week," which is filled to the
brim with social affairs Jor the An
napolis students and their guests.
Miss Dyball is an accomplished
equestrienne, as horseback riding is
one of the specialties at the seminary.
Sororities play an important role
in the social life of the school and
during "rush week" the partie.3 fol
low each other in close succession
and the most unique affairs are
planned for the new girls. Miss
Dyball wears the bejewelled pin of
the Chi Psi Epsilon sorority.
Mr. Smith is well known in Oma
ha as he made his home here for',
two years following his graduation
from an eastern school. Upon the
declaration of war he enlistedr; for' .
his country's service with the en-
gineers and sailed for the war zone,
shortly after. He made a flying. trip V-
to Omaha at that time to bid good
bye to his pretty fiancee, before em
barking on that dangerous mission.'
While at an officer's training school
in France the armistice was signed,
and the young soldier returned be
fore receiving his commission. Mr.,
Smith is now engaged in business
in Schenectady, N. Y.
When the goddess of summer '
locked the doors of all the institu
tions of learning Miss Dyball vis
ited at the home oL her fiancee's
parents in New York. Many affairs
were given in her honor and dances
aboard the huge battleships were
among the pleasures enjoyed. Re
turning to Omaha the little bride-to-be
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Kuhn and will remain until the mid
dle of September. She is planning,
a trip to Kansas City" at that time
to vsit her roommate, Miss Jose
phine Bruce. To Washington then
she will go for one last round ol
good times at the Seminary for she
will participate at "rush week," leav
ing soon after for New Yrk.
i On one crisp October day, when
nature flings her 'gold and scarlet
banners in honor of this pretty bride,
a lovely wedding will take place al
that most romantic sanctuary, the
Little Church Around the Corner.
There will be just a few friends, a ' -myriad
of fragrant blossoms, the
ring and the book and the marriage
vows and then the congratulations
of a universe to this charmine nail
who have found the pot of gold ar
the end of the rainbow. The me-'
tropolis will claim the happy couple
for they will light the fire of love
on their home hearthstone in the
very heart of Gotham.
"one of them," enjoying the box
supper and enjoying the photo
graphing of herself in the midst of
the several hundred young people.
She afterwards stood in line with
the leaders, and received every one
of "those present." She wore a
jaunty suit of white linen, made with
a short moderately full skirt, a soft
white shiri waist, a loose semi-fitting
coat and no hat. She was long
ago voted a "good fellow."
A pretty little incident was re
counted by a Virginia friend pass-1 ward VII. Her ladyship is famed
ing through Washington a short
time ago. She said that she was in
London during the visit of the presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson, to King
George and Queen Mary. Among
the guests at one of the meals at
Buckingham Palace, was former,
Nanie Langhorne of Virginia, now
Lady Astor, wife of the, British Wil
liam Wraldorf Astor, who renounced
his American citizenship and was
rewarded with a title by King Ed-
not only for her beauty, both here
and in England, but for her wit
When the ladies retired to the draw
ing room, while the men lingered
over their coffee and cigars, prob
ably wine too. Lady. Astor slipped
close tothe first lady of America.
They N exchanged some pleasant
ness and her ladyship remarked it
was charming to meet a Wytheville
girl under such circumstances. She
made a sly wink at Mrs. Wilson and
is reported to have whispered
"pretty good for two poor Virginia
girls, eh what?" The Langhornes of
Virginia were rich in the beauty of
their women, but not in worldly
goods. Much like the Boilings.
The vice president and Mrs. Mar
shall had a little "flier" down into
North Carolina early in the week
where the vice president spoke be
fore the Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Marshall seldom makes him go
ready and-apparently' her little grip
packed, awaiting a moment's notice
to catch a train. They went down
on Monday and got back on Tues
day afternoon.
Mrs. C. B. Ward, wife of the rep
resentative from New York, who is
president of the Congressional club,
was in Washington a few days last
week, arranging affairs of the club
in connection with next seasons
work. They will probably open the
alone anywhere. She is always (Continued on Put xtu Section.)
Fort Crook
Since the opening of the swim
ming pool at Fort Crook several
parties have been given by the offi
cersof the post. Lieutenant and
Mrs. William J. Phillips will enter
tain at a large swimming party Sun
day aftemow, which will be fol
lowed by ft supfer at their quar
ters. Col. John Morris, who is to com
mand Fort Crook, is expected dur
ing the next week.
Lieut, and Mrs. J. D. Pomerene
left Tuesday to visit Mrs. Pomer
ene's parents in Lincoln. Lieu
tenant Pomerene has received his
discharge and they will makevtheir
home in Portland, Ore.
W. C. T. U. Meeting.
The' annual meeting of the Omaha
W. C. T. U. will be held in the par
lors of the Y. W. C. A. Wednesday
afternoon, August 13. Election of
officers and appointment of dele
gates to the county convention will
be held.
Church Meeting.
A special inter-session of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Trinity
Cathedral will be held at the Parish
House, Friday afternoon, .August
Spanish Club.
The' Omaha Spanish club will
meet Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
in Turner park. 30th and Farnam
streets.
