- PART TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
TART TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
VOL. XLIX NO. 30.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1920.
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;Gabby Hears a Bit of News
About Cars and Girls
j And Leap Year
She Has Abandoned Cross-Barred Veils Forever and
Will Cling to Dots and Dashes and Scrolls
There Are Tricks That Only the
Census Taker Knows
By GABBY DETAYLS.
NOW tilings are all mixed up.
A well known man in Oma
lia, whose picture we see
often O. so often -bought a fine
new car for a Christmas present and
ordered it sent to a certain address
not his home. However, such
things are often swerved from their
course these "under cover" gifts
and the Car was driven up to the
home of the purchaser by mistake.
The man choked and stammered
the wife did not need another car.
did not want one, and, in fact, had
often expressed her dislike for that
particular model. Now there is an
other bowl of family hash to be di
gested. . J,
ONE of Omaha's most beautiful
matrons, and at one time presi
dent of the Woman's club, met
several friends at a meeting Monday
and each in turn exclaimed: "Are
you ill? How bad you look." Tues
day, she laughed at the idea and
sauntered out again to some board
meeting and several remarks about
her health led her to believe that
there; must be something radically
wrong. This would never, never do.
She could not allow herself to be ill
a strong woman, who had always
ujoyed excellent health, etc. So the
matron went straightway home and
resorted to very drastic antidotes for
illness. Two days later madam
.entered Cabby's office, bright as a
spring morning and beautiful as a
picture, all except a veil which was
woven in squares, or horizontal and
vertical lines. And because madam
had spoken several times and moved
her. chin, the lines were lopping in '
sagging positions which gave the
lady in question a very haggard
look. ,
"Why, Gabby!" she exclaimed," do
you mean to tell me that a veil of
this kind gives .one a sagging look
arAlinH tlli vc anH rhin? Thaf'o
what caused those women to worry
over my health and I took all that
medicine thinking to ward off a spell
of fever. Never again"
And off came the veil, revealing
eyes -without lines and a chin with
out ' sags a perfect specimen . of
health and beauty. Gabby suspects
she is going after the saleswoman
who sold her t!itTfcil, since" the1;
member of the Woman's club have
resolved to buy only the absolute
necessities.
HASa certain young, attractive
swain been fooling his friends
for months and months?
Many are the times he has been
rumored engaged to a very ' petite
blonde just as sweet and popular
as she can be, too. The young man
served overseas. He attended the
efficers' training camp at Fort
Snclling in the first days of the war.
After spending a short while in
service in France he received a very
high commission. He has been
described as "very good looking
with the most wonderful ,pair of
eye" (Gabby would like to tell you
w hether they are blue or brown, but
really she has forgotten.) Friends
of the two have looked anxiously
for.' the announcement ' fotf some
time, and expected it immediately
on his return from abroad. But
still Time goes on and nothing de
velops. I5ow friends of both think they
ell guessed wrong, for. those
wlio know the girl say she just
loves to be asked out with other
men, and the girls who have al
ways admired those eyes feel free
to ask them anywhere, now, even
without the petite blonde accom
panying them.
fTIGS is Pigs." (which Frecl
J Stone would say is expres-
sive though ungrammati
cal), and we should call a spade a
spade. But is a housewife a house
wife or an office assistant? Census
takers who are at work in Omaha
telt Gabby that women are more
shy on this point than over that
threadbare jest o;i woman's age.
What is there about that good old
Saxon word, housewife, that twen
tieth century dames should shy at
it? According? to Solomon, "many
daughters have done virtuously,"
but the housewife outranks them
all.
One woman who lives in a1 red
brick house west of town, so dis
liked giving her occupation as
- housewife that she called herself
"office assistant," on the strength of
having occasionally received and
replied to messages in her husband's
office. "Maid" was- so universally
rejected by, young women in do
mestic service that the term "house
hold assistant -was coined to solve
woutided pride and "save the face"
. as the Chines-say of those for
merly designated as "hired girls."
WHEN the French people sur
rounded the palace of Marie
Antoinette, the queen asked
what they wished. "Bread," was the
answer. "Then why is it not given
them," was the royal reply. "Ma
'dame, there is no bread." "Give
them cake," replied the ruler, show
ing: her slight understanding of
economics.
Such i. situation has agaitT re
curred in history. The scene is a
fashionable jewelry shop in New
York City. .The time was just a few
weeks ago. An extravagantly
gowned woman" entered asking' to
see diamond necklaces, picked out
one priced $.20,000, paid for it with
20 $1,000 bills from her handbag,
and started to walk out . with it
around her neck. The salesman
:;- -
venturing to suggest that diamonds
were not commonly worn in the
morning, she bought a pearl neck
lace for $25,000, dropped the dia
monds into her handbag, and went'
cheerfully on her way. I
Motto: If there is no bread eat
cake; if diamonds are not fashion
able, wear pearls even though more
expensive.
Of course this doesn't happen
every day, even in New York, but
the nationwide epidemic of diamond
and fur buying', on a scale that might
be called splurging, recalls the old
days of the English "nabobs," who
came home from India laden with
wealth and amazed the nation with
their wild extravagances.
WITH the sound of the siren
which marked the passing of
1919, there entered 1920 hold
ing high before him the caption,
Leap. Year. According to the mar
riage bureau records, however, it
will not have its usual significance
for they prove that there are no
more marriages in it than in the
otner three years.
The questtftn, "Do women propose
in Leap Year," is asked again and
again.
"I should say "not," answers one
pretty debutante.
"Nonsense," replies the bachelor
maid.
, "Not in this day and date," comes
from a matron.
Yet, out of the depths of any easy
chair and from behind a cloud of
smoke, a masculine voice gives ut
terance to "The year does not make
any difference to a woman. She'll
do it any time." Perhaps the man is
single, more likely not. "Well,"
snaps the assertive little woman,
"My husband did not say i.n
Well, my dear, Gabby will bet
good money that your husband and
A T t , 1
cvciy inner nusuana nas at some
time or other "sprung" that time
honored joke. Be prepared there
fore, its season has again begun and
there is only one way to effectually
silence the man who relates it. Do
as one matron here did not so long
ago.
Twas quite a social Batherinc this
cowple-were attendrng afld Mrr Hus
band, attempting to be witty, nar
rated at length as to how his wife
proposed to him. She bore with it,
listening patiently until the end
when she dryly remarked, "If I had
not you never would have had the
nerve to do it yourself."
- The laugh was certainly on the
man in this case and he has ceased
to narrate his favorite tale.
Heart Beats
By A. K,
All Right Reserved-'
Two boys were born
In the same
New town
A town in the wonderful
West
Where Fate is fair
With all who care
For the truest
And the best.
Two hands were dealt
From the deck of Life
Faces turned up
To the world
One's cards were aces
And kings
No less
While the other
Drew only treys-
One has idled 1
His time, away
In foolish pursuits
And reckless bets
Trusting his aces ',
And kings to win,
He leaped
Without looking
Bet without thinking
Fair plays
He only scorned '
For luck was his
Given at birth
So why
Should he bother with
Discards and treys,
But the holder
Of treys
Made the best
Of his days x
No idling -f
Or wasting of time
Donned a thinking cap ;
And began to work
With his seemingly
Worthless hand.
His eye on his reckless
Opponent he kept
'nd knew
How he wasted his cards
His wits grew sharp
His sight grew keen
And one day he won
From the other
- His kings
With four of a kind
His treys.
GoiJd luck
And big hands
In the game of Life ,
Do not insure the cad
And the one who draws
Nothing higher than treys
May rest assured
That it's how he plays
And not always
A handicap ,
That w'ins
In the final reckoning.
SELAH,'
A Charm tcf All Who Know Her
As a beam of the sun gives forth warmth and-brightness, so does
the smile of Mrs. Isaac Carpenter radiate joy an.d contentment. There
are many silver-haired women in the city who are much beloved, but
none more so than this quiet and benevolent matron "Any movement of
civic or of chartiable welfare is loyally supported by her and she is al-
ways willing to aid in any way. '
Ever sincere, frank and unassuming, much of her work is unheeded
and she wends her unobtrusive way spreading good cheer.
For many years she has been deeply interested in religious . and
missionary work and has always taken an active part in organizations
i of this nature.
.
The Old People's home on Fontenelle boulevard, however, has be
come her favorite philanthropy and her eagerness to benefit it in every
v way is most inspiring to co-workers. She is now vice president of the
board of trustees for the home.
Through her untiring efforts many little comforts and pleasures
have been given to the residents which have brought to them much
happiness. Her ideas are always for the betterment of condition's,
showing her progressive and constructive trend of thought. '
Despite her many activities, this Omaha matron's first and most im
portant role is that of home-maker. Her greatest pride is in her children,
Mrs. Arthur Lockwood, Mrs. George Barker, jr., Mrs. Ralph
Kiewit and Isaac Carpenter, Jr.
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Society I s
Gay Minus
Wilsons
Nebraskans Take Promi
nent Parts In Best So
cial Affairs at the
Capital
Bee Bureau, ,
Washington, Jan. 10.
WHATEVER of an official so
cial season Washington will
have this year is now on.
While there will be no social affairs
in the White House this winter, the
other officials and their families of
j the government will be active to "
! some extent. This leaves a great
field for the smart resident society,
vwhich has grown in amazing pro-
portions since me Dcginnmg .vi inc
Roosevelt first administration, for '
it was in that regime that smart
and wealthy New Yorkers, Uos-'
tonians and Philadclphians were at
tracted to Washington, who had
scarcely known it existed, previous
ly. It was during thattime that ;
the greater number of several million-dollar
homes were erected for
fashionables to occupy a few months
rarh winter. And more have been .
attracted each year stnee, until
Washington is almost a real tne- -
tronolis.
Mr. Carter Glass, secretary of the
treasury will transfer himself to
the senate as soon as the president
can spare him. And then the next
to go, though not yet announced.
is the secretary of state, Mr. Lan-
sing, appointed first to the' State
department by Mr. Roosevelt, as
counsellor, and promoted to secre' 1
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lary oi &itic uv i iciugui vvusimi.
Coming events of greater or less
importance more than frequently
cast their shadows before, over so
ciety's teacup, and the teacup gos
sip asserts positively that Mr.
Lansing will retire as sopn as suc
cessors to the other two cabinet
members are appointed.
It is well known among their
closest irienas inar ne wouia nave
retired from the cabinet long ere,
thisj had it not been for the presi
dent's breakdown in health. The tea
cups further decree that Irank
Lyon Polk, first counselor of the
State department, in which he suc
ceeded Mr. Lansing, and now "un
der secretary of State," a position
created tor mm, as tne counseior
ship was created for Mr. Lansing,
will berthg uext secretary of state.
All this is very pleasant to society
since, if society must lose Mrs.
Lansing, Mrs. Polk will be a grati
fying and pleasing successor to her.
cl. i l i r d:
one iicta jum iciuiucu liuui l 4i la
where she went with Mr. Polk, who
there also, succeeded Mr. Lansing
at the peace table.
Nearly all of the cabinet hos
tesses observed their Wednesday
afternoon at home this week. Mrs.
r t ii. t ! . .i. t .
AiaiMLaii, wiine nut in uic tauinei
circle, is of it, also was at' home.
There were a fairly good rumber of
callers, but the ('pep" has all gone
out of cabinetcalling, as it was in
the days past. Mrs. Lansing, Mrs.
Lane. Cwho is more or less' of an
-invalid) and Mrs. Houston clearly
announced a week ago that they
had decided not to return any calls.
Gradually they "took k back" with
regard, first to diplomatic calls, and
then so far as their "husbands' com
mittees in congrcss'f were con
cerned. But that has not restored
the inhospitable feeling which tbt
first announcement created. In
fact it has, if anything, made it
worse. So the toothsome dishes
of the tea table, most of it, is left
over --for another time, for con
gressional women will not accept
that sort of half and half program.
This is a precedent not oefore
known in American society, and,
with the White House affairs absent
from the social calendar of 1919-20,
and some of the leading hostesses in
official society willing to receive
calls, but not make them, there is
not a great incentive for gayety.
Mrs. Marshall, wife of the vice presi
dent, and Mrs. Daniels and Mrs.
Baker came out frankly and an
nounced they found no difficulty in
returning their calls and would make
no change in their social ethics. The
others have made no statement one
way or another, and the understand
ing is that they will follow the ex
ample of Mrs. Marshall.
Nebraskans.
Charles Saunders, who came on
for the holidays and spent Christmas
with his mother and sister, Mrs. Al
vin Saunders and Mrs. Russell Har
rison, in Norfolk with Mrs. Harri
son's daughter, Mrs. Harry Wil
liams, spent the following week in
Washington with his mother and
sister. Her started for Omaha last
Saturday night and went right on to
Lincoln, where the constitutional
convention is meeting, and of which
he is a member. William, Henry
Harrison. 3d, who was here with
his mother for a few weeks, return
ed to Omaha for the holidays and
will remain there indefinitely.
Miss Eunice Ensorjpf Omaha, who
was in Washington as a war worker
associated with Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes in the Playgrounds associa
tion, has returned to Washington
and is one of the high-salaried
women in the after-war service. She
is now with the vocational guidance
bureau. Her brother, . an aviator
during the war, is also in that bu
reau. Miss Ensor returned to De-
iron last winier to ner oia worit in
pageantry, and was there until this
winter, when she was induced to
come, back to Washington.
- Dr. Robert L. S. Straetton United
States navy spent the holidays with
his wife'and children in. the home of
Mrs. Straetton's mother. Mrs.
! Rhodes. He is on sea duty on the.
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