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unday Bee PART TWO EDITORIAL PART TWO . amusement's VOL. XUX NO. 39. OMAHA SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1920. 1 B SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS New Recipe Which Kind The Omaha S : ; : 1 : 1 1 I " : . m'v -J"'"v . i A w Easter Balls Given for Charity Reform in Women's Dress Interests Men Miss ; ' 'Wilson Socializes. Fine Arts Chairman .For Salad Dressing Of a Guest Are You? Large Membership of the Organization Brings , Many Attractions " 4. Greenwich Village Has Many Followers in Omaha Society. By CABBY DETAYLS. WEST FARNAM matron en A tertained at dinner a short time azo. Beine an excellent cook, she decided to make the salad dressing for the affair. She did and all wis veil until at the dinner table she tasted her concoction. How flat that dressing was! Excus ing herself, "she hurried into the kitchen, and there, before her eyes, stood a bottle of dusting oil. which she had evidently used instead of saltfd oil. She rushed into the dining room and tiicoherentTy tried to explain it to the guests. Two of the women waxed hysterical; they would die, tney were certain they were poisoned. "An- antidote, quick," they cried. One of the guests, a doctor, at tempted to cairn them. He had not ed the composition of the oil and stated that it was absolutely harm less. Bol; women, nevertheless, were ill for tVo days thereafter, al though those who had eaten larger portions felt ro bad effects. THERE- exists in our fair city an organization smacking some what of the life of Greenwich Village, but which masquerades as a society patronizing all the fine arts. Very exclusive are the members and most select are their gatherings at the homes of members. At one time they decided to take into their group rn Omaha clergyman. He was in vited to attend a meeting '. which music, painting and literature were discussed. During the evening the women present indulged themselves in numerous dainty gold-tipped cig arets. . The clergyman may have winced once or twice, but he made a noble effort to conceal -his distaste for the gathering. He was asked at the close of the meeting to write a brief .statement of .his opinion of the pro gram. Upon this rested his eligi bility to membership. The officers retired in secret conclave to decide the momentous question. This is what they read, "I shall never at tend another meeting, though I, should be asked 40 time?,". ; GABBY lunched at a local club one day last week. But no on knew she was there. At least not two men seated at an ad- j joining table discussing - their wives respectively. "My wife has only two faults" said one. "She has no conception of the value of time. I always allow from 30 minutes to an hour -when keeping an appoint ment with her. And second, she geta up In a cheerful mood in the morning. 1 always maintain a si lence verging onto a grouch until about 10 a. m. and I must confess it aggravates me to see her so fresh and smiley" "My wife," returned the elder of the two men, "ha only one fault but I believe it equals in magnitude th; two your wife possesses. My wife " he repeated, "has no conception of the value of money. She was going shopping the other day without, in tending to make any large or definite purchases, and I left a $20 bill, thinking that might help ket her in tow. 1 reasoned that she might spend the $20 extravagantly on something like an ornamented hair pin or a pair of fancy hose, but at least I thought she could not travel far afield on the amount. Alas, it was a case of you-are-mistaken don't it, for at dinner that evening she complacently and sweetlv re marked that she had made 10 $2 de posits on C. Or D. deliveries!" There we are! Twenty dollars nowadays is only good for deposits on C. O. D. deliveries, h buys noth ing. . TFlEhigh cost of living is af fecting many. One Omaha busi ness man had a well supplied wardrobe previous to the advance in prices and therefore had no need to buv other clothing. He has, how ever., attained rather a reputation for being a very good dresser ana his immaculate appearance always evokes comment from Jess neat friends. . ... A few days ago he had occasion to send a suit to the cleaners. When i it was returned it bore proudly a button inscribed, "I am making my old clothes do." Somewhat cha grined, he remarked to his wife, I did not know the 'whole. town was aware of it." A MURDER was nearly com mitted a short time ago by a prominent matron. Oh, no, site- did not wound the man she did not even shoot but she would, had there been any necessity for the act. - Gabby received the story at second hand and, therefore, will not vouch for the minute details, but the gen eral plot can ne'er be distorted. The man of the house discovered a leak in the gaspipes and. not wishing to have his family, asphyx N iated he telephoned His woes to the company. All this, occurred early in the morning before the women of the home had yet arisen from their slumbers. Having thus performed his duty, as he considered it, he de parted .to the scene of his labors, a luxurious downtown office. A couple of hours later in the morning, the doorbell rang. A man "'. . a strange man demanded .en trance "to fix the leak in the gas pip-" ' . ' T did not send for you. There is no leak in the gas pipes here," was the'matron's response. - "But I was called here," and the ma continued to protest, insisting f ft WWII F-'-:.- 7 3r TO, m0 f mfL few v A Newcomer to Omaha . . ,A popular matron is Mrs. Donald Howe, who came to Omaha as a bride last November, her mar riage having taken place October 8. Her former, home was Milton, a suburb of Boston, Mass., where as pretty Rachel Farrington she was a leader in all affairs. It is Mrs. Howe's intention to return to the east next summer, where she will spend severaT weeks renewing friendships and visiting relatives. hat he must be let in to' make the necessary repairs. "I shall call the police." asserted tne woman, at the same time reach ing for a small revolver which was handy. Without more ado, the repair man hastily departed. Upon the husband's return home for luncheon -he inquired as to whether or not the pipes had been fixed. A light dawned in the mind of the wife. "No," she replied, "but I'll call and see that some one "attends to it immediately." THE "price on a. lock of hair of any popular author or matinee idol has decreased even though groceries have gone up, according to Miss Mary A. Jordan of the Smith college English 'deparlmep.t who notes a change in the trend of the modern girl's attitude toward au thors of "best sellers" and heroes of the drama. - The modern girl, according to Miss Jordan, "is daring tfr-ber writs mg and in her reading, hut she is conservative in the formation of her opinion. She does not become easily enthusiastic, but once she is aroused lev . " ' - -; . i donate fm Hv&m only death can alter her devotion. She differs from her brother in that she msists upon quality and will not pardon a work if it have one start ling flaw." ( v "When Lord Dunsany lectures to her," says, Miss Jordan, "she is not carried away 1by his poetic presence. Beneath the surface of his flow of words she finds a mixed metaphor and Dunsany has lost a friend. "Another writer that his stirred the readers of America and England has not created a ripple at Smith college. Daisy Ashford's 'The Young Visiters,' which at Yale and at Har vard was read, laughed at, approved and parodied met only with indiffer ence at the Northampton college. The book was not of value as a work of English, the girls believed, thoughthey admitted that it might be of interest to the student of child psychology. 'Of modern writers, Mary Roberts Rinehart has had probably the greatest' influence among women students. Samuel Merwin, whom the all-forgiving college boy met with favor, is not known at Smith or at Mount Holyoke, and Stepcn Mc Kenna, who placed a popular 'Sonia' in the colleges for women, has lost his audience before his heroine's marriage. "Alfred Noyes is the poet of Smith college girls and p. Henry is ac knowledged the "favorite of mod ern short story writers. Poe is no girl's hero, and the same cause that is responsible for the latter fact may also be assigned for the lack of in terest that has greeted the opinions of Sir Oliver Lodge. "At the present time writings of Mount Holyoke and of Smith stu dents usually take the form of a poem in free verse or of a drama. Amy Lowell is the inspiration for the former and the movies are re sponsible for the latter. For all oc casions the college author writes . a play and the occasion during the coming spring is more likely than not to be a money raising meeting for a college fund campaign." Miss Jordan says that it is im possibleto make a thorough canvass of girl readers. They are varied, many of them reading the first thing at Innd. She believes,. however, that authors of novels and dramas will do well to take the hint which the mod ern girl has dropped and not at tempt to play too lightly upon the shallow emotions. . At a special gathering of just ladies" during the past week the subject of guests in the home came uu for discussion. It was agreed that wc are glad to see some people come and glad to sec others go. . Said one woman whom . we all know, (she has high regard for her furniture) : "Last year I invited two girls whose mother was ill to spend their school holiday with me. Never again 1 "Little Margaret was 7, her sister, Mary, 13. My mahogany table bears a reminder of little Margie, for the dear child carefully traced out the English alphabet with a nice sharp pin. Twice I corrected the'littlc girl for this, but Margaret had never learned obedience and became de cidedly defiant. K "There were only a few things to eat that the children liked. These were among expensive, hard-to-gct foods and usually quiet unsuited to a child. They had been pampered to death at home and their anemic little bodies were typical of what happens when a child is allowed to select its food." - "J just love to have May visit" me, remarked another woman, whose many household cares keep her from visiting very often. Yet her face lighted up at the very thought of May's coming. May is a bachelor girl. Shejives in a tiny apartment all by herself. She is always glad when one'of her married friends calls her up to spend a week-end. And what makes May such a desirable guest? She is the sort of girl who breezes into your house with a smile and the word praise you were not ex pecting. You might he feeling a bit blue about your health and at iust this moment May would LMbw in with her "Why, Sally, you're looking younger than ever suppose you're losing so much weight why. you've gotten right down to the old girlish figure again." i And immediately you feel stronger and you feel yourself pinning up the stray locks and as you hustle about to get May a bite of supper, you find yourself chatting about every thing under, the sun, from new hats to favorite movie stars. May has a psychological effect on you whetlv er voii know it or not. She is al- ! ways part.of your -household. ." You never have to especially plan lot her. If vou have beef why, it's just the kind of meat she loves and it. you have hsn wny sne iiKes it better than any meat in the woj-ld. Your window sills may be dusty There " may he a dozen - different things awry in your home. But May knows how difficult it is to keep everything just so especially when one's health is not up to scratch. And when you attempt to i excuse your little laxities in house- "ll. . Keening, May assures you wun a smile that you keep house wondar- fultv well and she is not sure she could do half so well if she had such (darling kiddies to play with. Then there is the man guest. We like the man who can adapt him self to our mode of living. The jolly fellow who smiles at break fast and has ;i pleasant word be fore retiring for the night. We like the guest who does not forget to show his appreciation by recipro cating. A bachelor spent a week in the apartment of friends we had known down south. The young, wife and her husband did everything in their power to make it pleasant for their guest. Ytt this young bachelor made absolutely no effort at recipro cating. Reciprocating- is really more a matter of spirit than of expense. A simple little letter sincerely ex pressing one's gratitude would have satisfied these good people that their guest appreciated their ef forts in his behalf. Yet that letter never came. Nor did a few flowers 'from the florist, nor an invitation to the theater ever come from this thoughtless guest. Having guests, or being a guest, can be among the very sweet things of life. And the guest we like is the one apparently in sym pathy with our mode of living. The guest we like never enters into our homes with a supercilious manner. The guest we like reciprocates. Atlantic City to Be Only A Few Miles Away 1 The Atlantic City Boardwalk fete to be given April 16 and-17 at the Auditorium in Council Bluffs by the Central chapter of St. Pauls church, is to be the biggest affair of its kind ever given in this vicinity, according to Mrs. W. L. Douglass, who is chairman of entertainment. Advance sale of tickets has already begun. Mrs. X. W. Kynett is chairman of committees,-Mrs. Fay Bolin, secre tary and Mrs. W. S. Stillman, treas urer. Gus Renze will assist Mrs. Douglass. One side of the Auditor ium will represent the ocean and sandy beach. The center of the building will be the boardwalk with a portion reserved for dancing. The other side of the Auditorium will be used for shops and concessions. Among the Omaha Women who will assist , in this Council Bluffs benefit, are Mesdames Charles T. Stewart, William Coppock, Emmet Tinley, Robert Mtillis, Charles R. Hanr.an, jr., E. H. Doolittle and George Van Brunt. Proceeds will be used for the Parish house fund of the St. Pauls Episcopal church. - , t The Omaha Society of Fine Art., has this year the largest member ship in Its history, 726. Mrs. E. L. Burke is chairman of the member ship committee. The Fine Arts' membership supports the series of exhibits which are brought to Omahd during a season. This year the Voss exhibit, the Ben Foster and Gardner Symons collection, the children's exhibit at the South Side library and the Redfield exhibit have"' been offered the public. The Red field exhibit may now be seen at the Omaha public library, where it will continue to be shown during library hours until Wednesday. March 17. Hundreds of interested people have already attended this exhibit, which is free to the public, and it is hoped that as many moro will view it during the next few ' days. - 5he membership of the Fine Art. society also supports the course of lectures given each year by cele brated art lecturers and other prominent speakers. There is a strone sentiment of appreciation among members of the society to ward Mrs. Burke, who has quietly, but effectively, executed the duties Drama League WU1 Present Hindu Lecturer The Omaha Drama league will present Dhan Gopal Mukerji at the Hotel Fontenelle, at 4 o'clock, Tues day, March 30, in "The India of Tagore aid Kipling." Mr. Mukerji is a writer as well as a lecturerxMrs. Luther Drake of Omaha heard this Hindu speaker several years ago on the Pacific coast and speaks in high terms of his ability and power. Of him the Evanston (111.) News- Index says: lhe lecture room of the W oman s club was filled with members of the Druma club and their guests yes terday, who listened with delight to Mr. Dhan Gopal Mukerji of Cal cutta, who spoke on 'Hindu Drama.' ioung, attractive, eager, full of en thusiasm for his subject and at that golden period of life when the eternal verities are for the first, last and only time beheld without . a shadow, he had among his wares something to please the most -indif ferent. In fluent r and expressive English, with the most spontaneous of movements and gestures, he exalted the spiritual life and dra matic art of his own oeople with a naive exaggeration charming for its sincerity. His lecture last month be fore the Drama league in Chicago was one of the ftnest ever enjoyed by the members and aroused the deepest enthusiasm. Not only does the young Hindu know how to treat his material most ably,, but he brings to his audiences, a knowledge and fresh insight rarely before offered regarding Oriental literature and hilosophy. The factorv girls of Lancashire, England, have a Christmas kissing custom all their own. When the holidays are about to commence erouos of trirls band themselves to gether, with the intention of kissing all the males in the factory. The men. on being kissed, are expected to contribute small sums toward a fund to provide refreshments and entertainment later in the day. Quite a number of women in Spain hold important educational positions and others are working as journal ists on leading newspapers, but as : yet there are comparatively few wo men physicians. 'i A Recent Visitor Mrs. William Fitzgerald of Troy, N. Y., formerly Esther Bryne, has been an Omaha visitor during the Lenten season. She was the guest of her parents,. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bryne. A number of informal af fairs were given in her honor. Mrs. Fitzgerald returned to her horn Thursday. pi "t' r - (T" t J Rt f M of her office upon which so much of the success of the organization depends. 1 Masquerade Party Suggested by Fairy Tale Lent, the silent 40 days, has en veloped affairs of society in a gray mantle of stillness which is broken only by an occasional tea, informal luncheon, and twosomes and four somes at dinner. It is indeed a fit ting time for the society editotto tack a neat card op her door say ing "Gone to luncheon; will return Easter Monday." Sorority and fraternity parties in local schools and the University of Nebraska somewhat, vary the monotony, especially for members of the younger set. Again, there have been several young matrons who re turned for visits in their . former homes during the season of social dullness. Washington's birthday was an excuse for numerous parties and St. Patricks Day will be a gala oc casion even for those not from the Land of Erin. This, changeable month with its sudden turns of -weather from balmy SDnnsr to a terrific snow and vice a-versa has been an inspiration for the Mad Hatter and March Hare oartv which it tiow in vogue. Per haos it is a "loony, daffy, and crazv"- idea but then this is the month of March. Sir Host and Lady Hostess array themselves for the af fair as should become the Maddest Hatter and the wildest March Harq Their guests must each delve into the thrillinsr tales of Alice in Won derland once more to find a fitting costume. Who would not wish to be a Queen or Knave of Hearts? Even the Cheshire Cat and .Mock Turtle will have their followers. And of course, Alice herself must be present. What shall we have to eat, is, no doubt, a most trying question to the hostess. Don't you remember the food Alice ate when she 'grew small or large? It would be the ap propriate delicacy for the feast. Anij do not forget the wishing ring, it is absolutely indispensable. Let us wish that wc shall see you in Wonder land. The women of four Spanish na tions Spain, Argentina, Uruguay and Cuba have applied for affilia tion with the International Women's Suffrage Alliance. Bee Bureau, T Washington, March 13. 'Washington society is busy now planning the Easter benefit balls and other festivities, which .usually have the excuse of a worthy charity at tached to them. The Woman's Army and Navy league will this year have; their Easter ball on Wednesday night of Easter week, instead of Easter Monday night, as they have , always had. Monday night this time was pre-empted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who are giving the Dixie ball on that night. It will be one of the pretty affairs of the season. The Army and Navy league is a particularly worthy , affair, as the proceeds of the ball go to the aid of the families of en listed men. This week opened with much gayety, by the elaborate reception and dance of the Ohio society at ' Rauschcr's, and the briliant 'recep tion and ball of the Czecho Slovakian charge , d'affaires. Jan Masaryk, who gave his first enter tainment, in honor of the birthday of his father, the president of his co'un- try, whose birthday has been made' a national holiday in that country. Mr. Masaryk's party was quite the prettiest private party given so far at the Willard this season, except for the Valentine tea of Mrs. George . Mesta of Pittsburgh. The question of reform in the fashions for women's clothes is in teresting almost as many men as women, in Washington, and it, is a ; significant fact that invariably they ? are against' the prevailing scantiness of material observed, especially ia the evening-clothes of this season.. This has been brewing for some . time, and is really at the bottom of the reinstating in favor of the eve ning gloves for men." Many of the men have complained bitterly; tha with the backless gowns of women and girls, they could find no agree-, able spot for their hand in dancing,' as they disliked to place their owif hand on the bare backfof a ladyOl course there "is- always a man's handkerchief available for such use. as in the quarter-of-a-century-ago beau, who then used his handker-"" chief to protect the lady's gown frdm . , the possible moisture of his own hand. Miss Margaret Wilson was among the guests at the reception Monday night- of Mr. Masaryk and wore a striking Costume of peacock blue chiffon and tulle, which was mada , very full, and hung straight from' her shoulders to the feet, in long -deep lines and barren of belt or girdle. It was trimmed with touches of gold and the drapery was over a skirt of gold lace. In her hair she wore a wreath of gold leaves. This is the first time Miss Wilson has;, been at any evening affair, or large function, since her father was taken sick. On Saturday night, previous, she was entertained at "dinner by. -Mrs. Wilson's brother "and sister-in-' If.w, Mr. and "Mrs. Rolfe Boiling,; who had an interesting company to ; meet her and which started jrossio- ing tongues a-wsgging again of the possibility of Miss Wilson becoming a sister-in-law to her steomother.- It is quite an eld storv. for the president is very fond of Mrs. Wil son's favorite brother, and he has always been their most frequent guest at theaters and on rides. Miss Wilson has not been well. She spent six weeksor more at Asheville, N. C, this winter, from where she .re- turned but a fortnight ago, Senator Hitchcock and his daugh ter, Miss Ruth Hitchcock, attended Mr.' Masaryk's reception also. On Tuesday evening Miss Hitchcock at-w tended the ride at the Riding and Hunt club and was anions those ' riding in the drill. Representative and Mrs. C. F. Reavis will have as their guests for the late spring the former's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Da vid Reavis of Falls City, Neb., who will arrive here about the first of May. Representative and Mrs. : Reavis were anions: the euests at dinner Wednesday evening of Mr. -and Mrs. Howard Reeside at the Chevy Chase club. Mrs. Whitcomb and Mrs. Brarl- fiejd, mother and sister of Mrs. Warren S. Blackwell of Omaha. spent 'this week in Washington at Hotel Washington. They were en tertained several times by Mrs. Jef- ' feris. wife of Renresentative A. W. Jefferis of Omaha, who had them as her gucstst luncheon at the . capitol and in the senate and house galleries, to hear some interesting legislation debated. Mrs. Jefferis returned from her visit to her sister in Illinois last Saturday. . ' " Miss Ellen W. Mellen. chief clerk . of the money department of the; Federal Reserve bank of New York, ": has under her supervision 225 girls V as money counters. So adem is ; Miss Mellen in the art of counting: money that she recently made a rec- ord of counting 1,000 bank notes in, less than four minutes. She has been V counting money since 1905, when ' she entered the employ of the United States government at Wash ington in the Treasury department. Miss Josephine C Kramer desert ed the stage to become a detective -and in the four years she has been following this line of work she has never had a failure. During the war. ; he was instrumental in rounding tip more than 1,000 army slackers. " i