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- PART TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
The Omaha Sunday B
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-PART TWO .. ,
SOCIETY SECTION
VOL. XLIX NO. 28.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1919.
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Gabby Predicts Some Great
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StagedJust a Play in' One Act A Death Pact
Now Goes With Engagement Rings One
Maid Is After Money High Cos,t
of Lectures. '
By GABBY DETAYLS.
PEOPLE will talk about the H.
C. L. We , are almost disap
pointed Ho read that Christmas
dinners of charity went begging in
i New York City. What a depriva-
tion to the rich when we no longer
have the poor. One has a feeling
of such elegant satisfaction when
dispensing alms. Where will the
well-to-do turn for anecdotes, and
stories which serve as hubs upon
, which to turn tales of their own
superiority and Virtues. Instead of
1 being entertained by our excursions
among the poor and relation of our
slumming experiences, we can live
, 'for awhile o-r .shocks received
from .extravagances among those
with newly acquired wealth. .For
instance: .
v One contractor tells of his ditch
diggers who wear sjlk socks at their
work. Gabby doesn'f know whether
while gloves adorn their hands or
, not. nother tale of the newly-
.A local store had for sale some
rich, beautiful narrow material,
priced at $60 per yard. It was sold
' fqr trimming, and usually asked for
in terms of inches. Came a woman
and bought , enough for a dress.
Mr. B. was Interested. He in
vestigated. The .woman was a
, plumber's wife.
It looks as though society were
being made over. The plumbers'
ball and- the carpenters' annual fete
of the future will quite outshine the
' ' onpe brilliant affairs of -the "four
hundred." , .
FIVE HUNDRED, one thousand,
fifteen hundred! Going up!
And, the- higher they, are,
the worse they get. Perhaps the
next speaker who comes to Omaha
will receive $2,000. Who will be the
next? Please don't crowd. There
was Dunsany, who received $500 for
showjng us how good Kate McHugh
really is! Forbes-Robertson, who
was quite fine and artistic so what's
a cool thousand, an hour? And now
Ibanez who. Gabby is told drew
down $1,500 for an example of what
a good . valedictory address should
be. '.'V -(.
Perhaps that is hardly fair. He
did GabbV a real service. . It was
just like this: All her life she has
heard of George Washington and
Ahraham" Lincoln. To know that
'Washington was a great general and
Lincoln a wise statesman are bits of
information one does not pick up
" every. day.' Gabby now has these
, two gentlemen "placed," as it were.
' Then there is Wilson. He. gave
what may prove to be a valuable tip.
Wilson with white wings! Can you
imagine it' He has them all right in
Ibanez's vision. No - nice little
sprouts that Wpuldn t show when he
wears his frock coat but long,
hea'thy white appendages. In other
worids. Wilson is an angel. . We have
always suspected that angels were
men, .but foe. the first time we have
' gotten a line on their politics. The
angels are democrats! its as piain
as anything. In 1918, just before
. elections. Wilson asked that only
democrats be elected to congress. It
Wilson is a ranking angel just watch
out when Gabriel blows his "horn
and see if the call then is not for
democrats exclusively.
" There was one clever stunt, some
thing new. Ibanez closed with a
eulogy on the American flag. We
have seen it done a thousand times
after a poor vaudeville skefch. Have
the curtain ring down with the flag
flying. .
But we shouldn't complain. Ibanez
I , was bona fide almost. Certain
comments notwithstanding, he omit
' ted some subjects entirely from his
Spanish version Edgar Allen Poe,
for instance. ,
PERHAPS there are some in
Omaha who did not receive re
membrances from very dear
friends at the Yuletide Gabby be
lieves that she has solved the prob
lem of a number of these tardy
gifts. One of our attractive young
matrons, who sends out many, many
gifts, asked her husband to mail
the packages for her. With alacrity
he agreed to do so and the wife's
worries were at an end. Several
days later, a business acquaintance
of the husband was narrating con
cerning his experience! in mailing
packages. He had tti wait in line
so vfry long to find out the cost
of sending them. Spoke up the
young husband, "I did not have to
wait at all. I just threw the pack
ages into a mail chute." "Were
the packages stamped?" he was
asked. They were not and he is
wondering whether or not the gifts
were delivered and the recipients
forced to pay the postage. -
ANYONE can talk to the living.
The more unusual thing now
adays is to tilk with the dead.
,,Miss Dorothy McVane, daughter of
the late 'Professor MacVane of
Harvard University, possesses
marked occult powers and is a firm
believer in the survi al of person
ality after death. She had exchanged
with her fiance, a Roman prince
who was killed during the war, a sol
emn promise that Whichever oi the
two died lirst should return through
all cb.Macles and visit the other.
Gabbv phephesies that a similar
promise will go along with all en
. gagement rings hereafter, now that
the fashion is established.
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CENE: Inside Burgess-Nash
store.
Hour: Few minutes before open
ing hour, December, 1919.
Characters: Woman in sealskin
aacque; young man, agile, alert,
wearing cap and coat with large
pockets; floor .vaiker; clerks scurry
ing to their respective stalls.
Man and woman enter. He quick
ly draws from his pocket some sacks
such as are used for carrying money.
Without a word they are handed to
the woman. Unhesitatingly she
stuffs them into the front of her
fur coat. At this point the floor
walker brushes between the two,
separating them. "This store is not
yet open for business," he said
The young man started away.
Floorwalker seemed nervous but let
him depart. He gave the woman a
critical look and she too departed
The real facts in the case:
The young man had been unable
to bank the night before, money
received during the day's sale of
Red Cross seals. He arranged with
one of the Red Cross women to
transfer the money to her at Six
teenth and Harney, where he would
make a street car connection. They
met. They knew just what business
they had to transact. Conversation
was unnecessary; the morning was
bitter "cold. They stepped inside
the store and -the transfer of cash
was made. The woman in the case
declares she was going back and
make full explanation to the floor
walker, for fear if she does not,
she will be "spotted" and "trailed"
every time she has shopping to do
in that particular establishment.
"To let things drop at this stage
would compromise me with the
floorwalker. Not being a profession
al thief, it would compromise me
with the police department. So the
only way out is to make an honest"
confession to the floorwalker."
SO OFTEN it has been said that
America has become a nation of
the almighty dollar that many
of us have come to believe it. Gabby
recently decided that it was when
she heard the gossip concerning one
Omaha girl. Engaged to a very
promising . business' man is -this
brunette and every bne has expected
the wedding to take place in the
near future. She is a jolly type of
?rirl and , her quick repartee is a
source of constant amusement' to her
acquaintances. She has, hovever,
been confiding to an inti.Ti.te' friend
concerning a middle-aged but
wealthy bachelor. It seems that the
bachelor has paid some attention to
her. and althoug.i she cares rjo'hing
for him, the girl has encouraged
him. And why? , Because he, has
more money than the man to whom
she is to, marry. According to her
own statement, she would break the
engagement tomorrow if she thought
she might marry the bachelor. Mer
cenary! Gabby thinks that she is.
0" THE posers! What would we
do without a sense of humor
. and an extra chuckle on top.
At an exhibition of paintings, spon
sored by one "of our loc-1 organiza
tions, a gentleman of dollars and cul
tured mien, strolled around the im
promptu art gallery, scrutinizing
minutely every exhibit in the place.
He "Ahed" and he Ohed," and
grunted approval of each in turn.
He shook his head wisely and gazed
studiously at the portraits, the
scenes and the studies in colors
nd daubs. But, rhy dears, one must
not appear backwoodsy, or unculti
vated, or unappreciative of art and
so, if one is not really versed, one
must stumble into the discussion
anyway.
A friend of the gentleman- would
be critic, sauntered along and
laughingly commented: 'Haven't
seen anything of Cusack's, have you?
Again the eye .glass . found its
way to the squinting eye. After a
careful search the critic said: "Well,
no-o-o, I do not see anything of
Cusack s among this splendid col
fecticai. If' is a "representative col
lection! am surprised that the
great metropolitan gallery should
so overlook such a painter."
And he 'tapped his eye glass on
his thumb nail, enjoying to the 'nth
degree, his ignorance, of art and
the friend is chuckling yet for he
knows that Cusack is the sign
painter.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Lon
tclls some of the "fashionable
secrets" of the English ladies.
And when we hear this, our own
American "best dressers" seem not
so vulgar as our British sisters have
classed us.
In the shy and secluded mansions
up Bond street way, where the mys
teries of Paris are interpreted for
the beautification of "Lady This-and-That"
and the pauperization of
her swain, a period of tense and
! silent training is ended, for the win
ter style s-hows are now opfn.
Mazie Smith and Sadie Jones and
Emma O'Flynn swim before the en
tranced gaze of "Ladies Thus-and-So,"
poems, lyrics, dreams of grace.
Mazie and Sadie and Emma are
now Pam and Maurisette and'Cor
isonde. With the old, home-made
nam-s they shed their old home
made walks, but the new and high
toned names were acquired with less
pain than the rhythmic glide without
which no Paris ball room is com
plete. "There is nothing more difficult
HEART BEATS
Come to me
All ye gossips
And whisper ' '
In our ears
What our enemies
Are saying
Thinking
We shall never hear. ,
Tell me
O be sure and tell me!
That we're really
Not so bad
Just so awkward
And so clumsy
That we make good deeds
Seem bad.
Whispsr
That someone
Has advised you
Of our insincerity
Rut you quickly
"Up and told them" " '
That they all misunderstood.
That we tried
Yes tried most bravely
To be square
And true
And kind
But our natural disposition" .
Was a stubborn thing
To fight.
Then 1 like to hear
Of critics
Who think '.
Our efforts poor .
Cut that you
Defend those efforts
Say:
"Some few of them
Are good."
-ament you never
Saw so many
Enemies who judge
Unjustly
As the multitudes
Who tlnnk us
Selfish
fgnorant
And mean.
AH such honesty
s intended
For our pood
To bring us cheer
To catalog us fairly
Disturb a languid
Atmosphere.
They present Life's
Honest mirror
That we be not
Too submerged
In our confidence
And ego
And literary crimes.
' Bee, Bureau,
' . Washington, "Dec
ASHINGTON holiday sea
son belongs .literally to the
young people. And they
are making the best use of it pos
sible, with scarcely time allowed
for sleeping. Balls at the rate of
two and- three a night, dinners, a
dozen or so, and luncheons, teas
and theater parties, are all sand
wiched into the day's schedule.
Christmas was a quiet , day in
the White House, with a small
family party composed of the reg
ular household, and Mrs. Wilson's
mother, brother and sister. They
had dinner with the president and
Mrs. Wilson, butthe visit of the
grandchildren and the tree planned
for them, it was thought best to
postpone. k '
I he vice president ana Mrs.
Marshall, and the secretary of
state and Mrs. Lansing, are in their
separate homes for this week, but
will return to Washington next
week, 'in fact before the old year
is out.
The Lansings had their fi'St dip
lomatic function this season last
Monday night when they enter
tained a company of diplomats at
dinner.
They will follow this with a bnl-
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Washington Smart Set
, In Mad -Whirl of v
Activities ;
Wilsons Have Home Party Christmas, But Others at
Capital Are Feeling the Loss of Sleep After . f
Dances and Dinners and Theater
Parties. '
A Home-Maker
To speak the word "home" is to draw a rich, full and melodious chord from the
harp of the mind. The lilt of joy is In the harmony, the sustained tone of life's deeper
emotions and the exquisite beauty of theme. Home in its true sense,, represents the
center of life's best joys. ,
, A beautiful young matron' of Omaha, Mrs. A. J. Sistek, is demonstrating her
belief that this is true. When her mother, Mrs. C. L. Hempel, became president of the
Omaha Woman's club last spring, there seemed danger that careful attention to the
arduous duties of the office would result in some sacrifices of home life. Mrs. Sistek,
who was then living at the Blackstonc, was neither willing that her mother should be
overburdened with responsibility nor that her parents should forego any of the tradi
tional comforts of home. The problem was solved in her own way. She and her hus
band gave up their apartment and returned to the parental roof where Mrs. Sistek has
had entire charge of affairs. The artistic side has a strong appeal for her, giving that
delightful combination Of interest in the home-maker, the practical and the beautiful.
than a graceful walk," explained a
dove grey lady in a dove grey dis
play room of a dove grey old man
sion that was once the home of the
morganatic wife of an English king.
"We teach our model girls to
walk in a beautiful manner. It's a
fine art, and very difficult"
The draperies of a little stage
parted and a dream in white satin
paused a moment, glided down two
or three steps and moved gracefully
at out. Mercia it was this time spe
cialist in grace. .. ' ;
"We train our girls by' making
them walk balancing a book on their
heads," - the doye grey- lady con
tinues, ''
"A beautiful gown must be worn
by a beautiful girl, and the girl must
carry herself in a beautiful way."
Of such is art -built,, at some $250
the - garment, in the beautifully
lighted show rooms where society
is now viewing jts winter plumage.
Marie and Sadie and Emma have
been training for weeks.
, They are displaying the gowns,
incidentally, but it's the neutral
beauty of the girls and the newly-
liant function on the New Year's
ciay, giving the old-time "break
fast" in their honor, which has not
been given since the second year
of the late war.
Instead, however, of entertaining
the whole corps, including secre
taries and attaches of embassies and
legations, they will have but the am-'.
bassadors and ministers, and their '
respective families, because of fhe
vast growth of the corps, at-this im- '
portant post. , .
In former years it was quite com
fortable to have all the fcteign rep-.
resentatives and attaches sand their
families in one large arty ' Now
it is not possible to do tnis unless
the party is given in the Pan-American
Union building. .
The Lansings will have the break
fast this year in their own home,
wTiich is admirably adapted for en
tertaining a large company. The,;
"breakfast" consists of a formal re
ccntion with a buffet luncheon. It
is really one of the stateliest of state
occasions,
There -is still no prospect of any,
state functions at the White House.
The formal calling, which has gone ;
on for two months in th? cabinet
circle, and with Mrs. Marshall, wife
of the vice president, will begin in
earnest at the end of this week.
'One of the most worthy of all
charity balls will be held on Mon
day night in the great ball room of
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relief fund for" the Washington po-;
liccnien's families will be the bene-,
ficiary. Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh,
widow of the Colorado copper king,
is financing the ball, paying all ex
penses, so that all the proceeds may
go into the fund. Not only is she
doing this, but she is giving a Christ- ,
jnas tree party for the 660 children -of
policemen's' families, with a per-
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tree, which is being, trimrtied in one
of the other hall rooms of the Ward
man Park hotel, there will be a vaw-i :
picture show to especially interest
children. It is one of the handsom
est charities of this holiday season -Mrs.
Walsh's son-in-law, Edward
Beale McLean, son of the late John
R. McLean, contributed $1,000 tathe
fund, throueh Mrs. Walsh and her
committee, who are arranging the
festivity. , , ;
Representative and Mrs. Reavis of
Falls( City have enjoyed a visit from
their' two sons, C. Frank Reavis, jr.,
of Cleveland, and John Reavis froni
Cornell university. The former h '
returning to his business in Cleve- '
land tomorrow, and the latter jvili
remain here until the end of next
week. - ' ,
The success of the sp'endid per formance
of "Pinafore" on Mondaj
night in the Central High audito
rium, given ty tne. people s National
Opera company, under the direction
of Rollin Bond, recalls to mind that
Mr. Bond is a Nebraskan, and well
known throughout the state, in Icid-.
ing musical affairs. His-mother, Mrs;
Sarah1 A. Bond, with his sister, Miss
Ella Wheeler Bond, lives in Ord,'
Neb., where he was born and raised.
Mrs. Bond is a sister, of , the late
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, whose death
this autumn was a great shock to
her. Mr. Bond's Nebraska organiza
tion, known as Bond's band, was
known all over the state for many
years, as it was heard 'in Omaha at
the Ak-Sar-Ben' festivals each year;
at the state fairs in Lincoln, and at :
the trans-Mississippi and greater
American expositions in Omaha.
Mrs. Bond was ijot able to leave her
home in Ord and come east to the
funeral of her adored and gifted sis
ter, but she greatly prizes a telegram
from President. Wilson, offering his
sympathy and expressing his regret
at the posing of such a gifted
American writer and poetess.
Mr. Bond has lived in Washing-
ton only a little more than a year.
He came here in c&nnecf.or with
the war camp community opera,
which gave a week of grand opera
last spring in the Belasco theater,
which attracted wide-spread atten
tion and commendation. He or-'
ganized the Peoples National Opera
company this fall and gave one of
the best performance of "Pinafore"
ever heard in Washington. A. F..
M. Craig, a secretary of the British
embassy staff and a comedian of
exceptional talent, took the part of
Sir Joseph Porter K. C B. and
naturall' attracted society to . Hi
performance. He was an inimit
able success. The other parts were
taken by talented local singers, and
the chorus and orchestra, both or
ganized and conducted by Mr.
Bond, were better than many pro
fessionals. It was so great a suc
cess, that because of general request
the opera will be repeated early
next month with several perform
ances, Mr. Bond's wife, who was
known ir the literary world on the
Pacific coast as Genevieve Farnell-"
Bond was a great aid to1 him with
the women's chorus. She was for
some years the literary editor-of.
the Los Angeles Times, and is the
author of several published, books.
acquired grace of their carriage that
will send many an expensive pack
age xo the homes of the great In ,
those homes, no doubt, there will
be no balancing of books, but -only
an abiding wonder as to why the
Paris creation never looks half so
smart on the ball room floor, as it
did in the dpve grey show room.