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TART TWO ;
SOCIETY? SECT ION
VOL. XLIX NO.. 29. .
OMAHA, SJJNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1920.
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"Nfever Again," "Is the New
Ye&r Resolution of
One Omaha Girl
There Are Many Ways to Become Popular, But a
' Placarded Suitcase Is an Excellent Intro
duction to Railroad Porters.
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GABBY has h;ard many New
Year resolutions, but this is
the most interesting of then;
all. Declares one Omaha girl,
"Never, never again will I permit
any rush of business to keep mc
from consulting a mirror severa
times a day." -The following ind
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By GABBY DETAYLS.
litcness in ner travels. Soon
was to know the reason for it.
Remarked the porter, "That bag
must have seen quite a bit of travel,
miss," as he eyed the suitcase. The
girl, suddenly awakening to the
cause of this respect for her deter
mined to" cling to it. "Yes, it has
dent caused her to make the resolve. ( been around the world twice," was
She was the recipient of a ca
"' during the past week made by a dis
tinguished young man, who was
home for the holidays. He attended
West Point, had been overseas, am1
was indeed most attractive. All
must admit that there is something
about the made word. "West Point,"
and the bars of a .lieutenant which
invariably thrills the heart or a
maid. Therefore you may be sare
milady was delighted to see him.
Hurriedly she rushed homeward,
all excitement concerning herisitor.
But upon looking in her mirror,
what a sight met her v eyes!
Numerous stray locks of hair sur
rounded a face badly discolored
with the smoke and dust, so com
mon to Omaha. And horrors 1 hav
ing yielded to a weakness for black
berry pie at luncheon that day, she
found she was wearing lips and
teeth of a Belgian blue, and as
everybody knows these articles arc
only worn in cherry red and pearly
white this season.
Now she sits and sadly shakes her
head, agreeing with Robert Burns
when he said: "
'Ah wd aom'a power th glftls Rt us,
To ourael'i a Hher see us."
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THE old saying '"Tis love that
makes the world go 'round,"
has for some time been para
phrased to ,"Tis money that makes
the.world go ound." One former
Ojnaha girl, "now residing in Chica
ne, discovered this fact only several
days ago when returning home for
the holidays. To, help identify' her
in the minds of readers, permit
Gabby to say that she is a stunning
brunette, engaged in the business
World of thV "Windy City." She
might easily be thought a Parisian
but . in reality claims the Emerald
Isle at the home of her ancestors.
She dresses faultlessly and is at
. i f ii i
?ncf tne envy ana priac ox an nci
I seems she had occasion to bor-
1ft suitcase irom a inena wueii
started home. The woman, who
ner of the said suitcase, has
trtveletf widely with the result that
it is much placarded with the names
ci European cities. .
As Missv?maha boarded the train
at Chicago the was much surprised
at the attention and courtesy she
received.. The, porter hovered about
seeming to seg k things which he
might do for her. In the "dining
car,1 she met with the most defer
ential treatment. , Nefrer before had
she encountered such ' unusual po-
Heart Beats
By A. K.
.JtiShts Reserved
...
Defeat
r Has served me well.
". My puny mind
Tripped lifly to and fro
Front gossip s slime .
To conversation's froth
From styles of party frocks
To chocolate drops '
Smart set hops
And latest scandal. ,
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Occasionally s ...
A serious thought
Came sweeping down
'My fluffy-ruffle path
It had its source in ego
And became a strouff desire
. To quite outshine
' Opponents tickle.
Disaster
Came upon me
Shattered frivolous notions .
And lay waste my dreams.
On the cruelesj rocks
Of black despair
It floundered
Knowing not which way
To turn.
Then n
Up and out .
Into the strife .1 labored,
Gulping all the bitterness
And tasting of the sweets
That came my way.
I found myself in turmoil i
Battling like a bat
Against the blinding light
Sometimes surging forward
Sometimes beaten back. v
.""ITill a new vision .
Floated out before me ,
I found a moral courage ,
A spiritual strength)
Uniting with new
Physical endurance. ,
Soon I saw
The beauties of the world
I saw its "mud,"
But also saw its "stars."
An X-ray from
The heavens -Lay
bare my worthless heart
And pictured well
The uselessness v
Of my once sheltered life.
It taught me vita! truths
Which I should ktow
Exhibited things
Which I should see.
All wastlings
re weaklings
Struggle Guilds the strength
Victory often follows'
A hopeless defeat .
Disaster proves "
A blessing in disguise.
:'S SELAH.
ner answer. It had! she lied only
in the spirit, not in the leter.
Travelers, take heed. The number
of tags on your bag determines the
amount of attention you will receive.
USUALLY one has to die .'to
beat the game. This isn't
true in Iowa if you are a
wealthy bachelor or old maid with
out heirs. Over there, you have to
live, to keep the state from getting
all your money live, or get mar
ried. t,
Some wealthy bachelors and rich
spinsjers within the last six years
have died minus kith or kin, and
Iowa derived . $4,820,000 thereby.
The state of Iowa does not permit
estates and big sums of money left
behind by those who die without
hers to go to waste. The thirty-fifth
general assembly provided for just
this emergency and arranged that
Iowa should receive all "left-overs",
unspoken for. The net result is
$4,820,000 in the permanent school
fund of the state.
The law is known as the collateral
inheritance tax. It provides for ad
vertising of estate for six months
after the death of any person who
apparently has neither children,
heirs or descendants. Should no
heirs appear, the state treasurer
swings back the vault door and the
state auditor merrily counts off the
dollars left by , the heirless de
cedents. "The moral is, for bachelors and
rich old maids to get married," said
an attache of the auditor's office. "If
you don't, well Iowa will spend
your money after you are dead and
gone." V
Gabby would have you know tha.t
the same thing can happen in, Ne
braska if there are no heirs. Thfifcf
is fair warning to rich : hachclors
and maids. Find a spouse!
GABBY is here. Gabby is there,
Gabby is everywhere. Just
how Mademoiselle Dctayls
finds out the secrets which he does
is known only to herself.
The members of the yotlnger set
no doubt re-member a high school
dance given at the Fontenelle during
the holidays. We wonder if any of
them happened to be in a certain
shadowy corner when an unusual in
cident occurred.
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a decided brunette and was always
popular in high' school circles. Her
engagement to an attractive young
man was rumored many times dur
ing the summer months, but the af
fair was evidently only a .passing
fancy, as she is no longer seen in
his company. 1
The boy, or rather young man;
belongs to an exclusive Omaha set
f.nd under the tutelage of his father
is attempting to learn the business
of his parent "from the ground up."
For some time past he has been
"rushine" a petite titian-haired
beauty and wasr dancing with her on
this particular evening.
As this couple approached the cor.
ner Miss Brunette and her partner
glided near. A pause and then the
two couples separated. Nothing un
usual in this, you sayr' No. but
those in the "corner state that the
pause was long enough to enable the
young man to kiss the girl of the
raven locks. Ah, that is different.
GABB
wive
ABBY frequently hears of
,-es and husbands who are
the best of "pals." And to
ttick- up the statement, a story is
usuallv told, illustrating the similar
ly of occupation or interest in the
iinarried pair. But that is not suf
ficient proot tor Uabby.
"I don't want to have interests'
separated from my husband," said
a. woman (the wife of a surgeon)
to Gabby recently, adding "I studied
Greek so that I could talk to him
in medical terms and when he per
forms an operation I Jmow enough
to understand just what he means
by every technical expression in
connection with it. I'd really like
to take up medicine soj that our in
terests could be even more closely
allied but he doesn't want me to."
Of course he doesn't 1 Don't you
suppose, young woman, that he gets
enough of that sort of thing in his
officcVand the hospital wards, .with
out bringing it to the bosom of his
family?' What he needs is relaxa-tion-change
ffom his routine of
work), and in case there is matter
for deep consultation he'I take it to
far wiser heads than yours for seri
ous discussion. .
True, husbands like to tell their
wives their troubles. Really they
expect-them to coincide with their
views on nearly every subject of gen
eral conversation the trivial every
day topics, but when it comes to
vital business mafters well, trulj",
you know, they know, and I know
that not all wives are-equal to a real
ly helpful adjustment or solution of
big business problems. They have
not the knowledge of what has gone
before nor fTie experience. Rather
is it their metier to provide the rest
ful atmosphere of home and com
panionship; readiness to enter whole
heartedly into plans for recreation
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Diplomatic
Breakfast
New Year
Nebraskans in the East,
Have Gay Celebrations
During Holiday
Season.
before-fhe-Wilson-administra-
in the New
on Thursday in
was a merrv
atmosphere
and pleasure; and a sufficient re
sponsiveness of-temperament to pro
vide inspiration and incentive to the
very best that is in them.
Men are pursuers ever they
would like to continue the chase of
t)tat will o' the wisp of love that
made their wives so desirable as
sweethearts but when wives be
come so fearful of losing their hus
band's affection arid interest that
they turn about and pursue them
to the extent of trying to pre-empt
even their business -and masculine
attributes it is Relieved that hus
bands will look farther afield for
what they desire in the way of fem
inity. .. t .
A smart young matron was heard
to say recently "Oh, yes, my hus
band says I'm always on the look
out for slights and he is so Jiurt
when he knows how keenly I" feel
these things. Except for my feel
ings in the matter it wouldn't make
a 'rap' of difference to him."
Poor shallow woman. W hat a pity
she didn't know she would never bj
Mrs. Joseph Barker and Son .
Mrs. Joseph Barker is one of our matrons' who left Omaha immediately after
the holidays for the east. She tvas accompanied by Mr. Barker. They will spend sev
eral days in New York and will then go to Thompson, Conn., to visit their daughter,
Elizabeth, who attends Misses Howe and Marot's school.
Miss Virginia Barker is now in school at Catonville, St.. Timothy's, Maryland.
Master Joseph, jr., who is the greatest pride of his mother's heart, remains here
during her absence. -
During the war Mrs. Barker' was a most ardent worker for the Eed Cross, but
since the closing of the various activities of that organization she has devoted the
greater part of her time to her home and Joseph, jr. .
Mr. and Mrs. Barker will return home Sunday, January 10.
in a position, to command respect
until she made herself superior to
what "they" thought or did.?
"The 'woman pal"- sounds delight
fully sporty and attractive. The
more lackadaisical Wives feel rather
envious of the 'woman . who rides,
rows; $wims and sprints with her
husband until she hears, aiack,
that the husband ol a certain "pal"
was heard o say, "I can't have 'you
hanging around when I go on that
trip to the Adirondack,?." And so
we lay aside the outing togs we were
getting together (in imagination)
lest we, too be just "hangin'
around" instead of the real ""pals"
our bright fancy pictures.
One romantic wife- naively de
clares that she's not going to per-
mit her husband to "take her for
granted."
"Often when we start out on a
trip I pretend that we've just been
married," she says, "and I make my
husband play up." Exciting, thrill
ing, 'tis true, but one wonders
whether or not-the tired, husband
gets as much rest from this sort
of game as he would ' otherwise.
Romance is a fiery, restless stoddess
disinclined to stir up the already
tired faculties.
There is a silence that is golden,
I but it is far removed from the dcad
i ly silence with which some hus
bands are greeted. Oh, no, not
greetedchilled by, rather, when
they enter their homrt. The stately
decorum of chaste, immaculate
grand dames who look through lit
eral physical and mental lorgnettes,
at one, absolutely devoid of any in
timate interest in their husbands,
thinking only of this or that social
function, the -latest grand opera, tire
chance of catching the most eligible
bachelor for her daughter.
As you talk to your husband do
you yawn, look bored, with eyes
that stare uncomprehendingly
through to the "function you're
planning? Better not! The light
of enthusiasm may die out of his
eyes, and when you later seek to
draw response from him you may
find only ashes of the love once so
lavishly showered upon you.
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Bee Bureau,
Washington, January
m HERE was something of
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tion
Year festivities
' Washington. It
' though a somber, celebration, witn a
; tew official homes open to visitors.
; The secretary cf state and Mr.
; Lansing gave the time-honored
diplomatic breakfast in their. home,
r. fmirtinn which in former seasons
i followed immediately after the great
official and public reception at the
White House on the first ofjanuarv.
On those occasions the scene was
one of almost unprecedented brilli-
:ance, tor au tne representatives o
r . ..j. ..r
foreign courts aim goveiiiiiicui
wore the gay apparel of their court
costumes, with all the decorations
they could claim, and as much fcr
mality and dignity were observed as
it is possible to have ip this country
President Wilson abandoned this
great New Year's day reception, an
institution known almost since the
founding of the ''government?-so
there has been no excuse for the
diplomats to wear these brilliant ,
togs at these breakfasts which, by
the way, were totally abandoned dur
ing the war period. The Jormer
custom was to have each member
of the diplomatic corps in Washing-;
ton, and th members of their fami"
iies, including ambassadors, minis- ,
ters, secretaries and attaches. This
year the secretary and Mrs. Lansing
invited only ambassadors and min
isters and the members of , their
families. It was a distinguished
company and a beautiful party.'
The only other official receptions
of that afternoon, which in former
years was the most brilliant and the.
busiest day of the year socially, ws
a large and brilliant one by the -set
retary of the navy and Mrs. Daniels,
and one of the secretary of'war and
Mrs. Baker, in the home of the as
sistant secretary" of war and Mrs.
Bcnedit Crowe II, at 1702 Twenty
second street, the former home of
the late Lt. Gen. Henry C. Corbin.
There were no assistants at the lat--ter
party, but Mrs. Daniels had with
them the chiefs of thedifferent' bu
reaus of the Navy department, and
their wives; a bevy of debutantes otj-
this year, and some girls of other
years, a number of young navy offii- r.
cers, and Mrs. Daniels' mother and
sisters. She had a ball room r ack
ranged oh the fourth floor of the
Daniels' mansion, as in former
years, (for Mrs. Daniels has held
this reception each year sin'ce she
has been in official life) transform-'
ing the attic into a quaint dancing
hall, with the' band from the May-
flower playing there all the after
noon. The Marine band was sta
tioned on tlie second floor and also
played through the
many - of the dance
danced on the first
quite the gayest spot
on New Year's day. And the callers
were not confined to men only-. TheV
wives, . daughters, mothers, sisters, t
etc.. were among the company... ,.. 1
The Congressional club held oneiil
house during the afternoon with truyl,
hers of the board receivings includj
ing Airs. u. frank Keavis of Fall
Uty, eb., who is treasurer of t!
club. The newly organized Wo
en's City club had open house to'
ana invited the members of the Ci
club, composed entirely of men,
special guests. All the other r!
houses and the hotels were arrayed
in gay ana lestive tasnion and held
as much revelry possible with no
spirits except human spirits in evT
deuce. -
Miss GertrudeNorris,' daughter of
the senator from Nebraska, who has
been with Senator and Mrs. Norris
during the holidays, started yester
day to return to her studies in the
state university at Lincoln, where
she is a student. She has had a gav
time among her old friends and
schoolmates here. .'-.' .
Major and Mrs. D. C. Stapleton
spent a very quiet Christmavin their
Washington home, as they are j;i
mourning for Mrs. Stapletor's i
brother who died in Omaha in the
fall, and Major Stapleton has been,
quite ill for a month.
Mrs. Frank S. Bacon is with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter S. Penfield. and ihir
baby daughter, and will spend the 'i
remainder ot, the winter here; with
them. They will take no part in any
festivities this year, owing to their
deep mourning for Mrs. TenfieldV
father, Mr. Bacon, w . 1
Judge and Mrs. Constantine V
smytn. tormerly of Omaha, have hf
as their guests their son and daue , J
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J3eru
Smyth of Philadelphia., who
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tciiuy Tiiarnea. i neyspent Cm
mas witn tneir parents and
Smyth had a pretty tea for
daugliter-m-law last Sundav
noon in her handsome apartm
Nxteenth street. She h
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afternoon and , jf
enthusiasts
floor. It was
in Washington " f.
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opportunity men ot meeting tl
cial and personal friends of l
bands family. They returns
in the week to Philadelphia
