PART TWO
EDITORIAL
"The Omaha
Sunday
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VOL. XLIX NO. 40.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1920.
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Gabby Tells of
People, Pins
And Pearls
By GABBY DETAYLS.
IN a lovely jewelry shop a few
days ago, Gabby spied two
Omaha men. They were close
ly examining several diamond and
sapphire pins. The older of the
two is one of our confirmed bachel
ors'. After watching them a few
minutes it was evident that the
bachelor was making the purchase.
You say, perhaps, it was a scarf pin
maybe so, but lovely bar pins of
that style are not generally worn
by the sterner sex. Business and
politics have always been foremost
in the mind and heart of this man
and many will be very much
surprised to hear that Cupid has
evidently overcome all objections.
As to whom the pin will be given
Gabby suspects that in a short time,
an Omaha girl noy visiting in the
west will receive it. She comes
from a family of three sisters, two
of whom are married.
Of course, a pin is not a ring, but
when a man buys such a pin for a
girl well, it must mean something.
"Ah. could there In thin world be fouud
Some little ipot of happy (round
Without the village tattllnc"
Alas it seems there is no such,
for tattling there is everywhere.
Perhaps that is one reason why
Gabby hears of so many family
skeletons. Read on and you will
see where this skeleton comes m.
Residing here is a former political
light who Served his country in
Washington, D. C, for, many years.
Living with him is his daughter.
During a recetit convention, peo
ple were asked to open their homes
to the strangers, because hotels
could not accommodate them all.
Gladly did they respond and the
beautiful home of the above men
tioned family was one which was
placed at the disposal of the visi
tors. One afternoon, the guests (as their
self-styled hostess chose to call
them) telephoned her. They wished
to make certain that they might
gain entrance to the house to se
cure some theater tickets which
they had left behind. The hostess
Wishing to be obliging offered to
find them and send her chauffeur to
deliver them. This is how her kind
ness was received, "Indeed not I Do
you suppose we want to have any
one rummaging through our belong
ings? We shall be out to get them
Ourselves!"
The hostess, being. a real lady,
quietly hung tit '"thrfcifi&. The
next evening she saw one of the
"guests" enter the house just before
the dinner hour and go up to her
room. "We have guests," reflected
the hostess, "but I shall invite her
to join us anyway." Whereupon
she sent a maid upstairs with a
message to the effec that there,
would be other guests at dinner, but
her presence, too, would be wel
comed. Friendliness was met with
. friendliness. Down came the guest
robed in petticoat and dressing
sacque. And that's whero the skel
eton cames in.
AGE-OLD legends and disputes
about the power of pearls to
grow and multiply alter theic
separation from the uyster arc being
revived in London as the result of
. the mystery covering a bag of pearls
owned by Sir Edward Birch. They
were bought nineteen years , ago
from a native Borneo woman, and
since are said to have increased in
size, number and beauty. The story
runs:
"Sir Ernest thought little of his
purchase at the time, the pearls be
ing only of pinhead size and care
lessly thrown together in a small
black bag. He presented them to
his wife, who also taid little heed
to them until a short time ago.
"Opening the black bag. Lady
Birch found, much to her amaze
ment, that there were enough pearls
in the bag to make a two string
necklace of 250 small pearls, a minia
ture framed in alternate diamonds
and pearls the latter selected gems
of fair size a gold chain set with
rubies and pearls of good size, and
last, but most interesting, a heaped
up pile of pearls ranging from the
tiniest baby pearls to others fully
equal in size and color to those in
the necklace."
Upon hearing this tale, ' Gabby
visited all the local jewelers to ask
if their pearls increase in number as
they lie intheir velvet-lined case's.
"It's a fish story," they declare. So
Gabby advises her friends not to
try this as a get-rich-quick scheme.
In his "Book of the Pearl" Mr.
Kunz tells a belief which has ex
isted for many years in the Malay
archipelago that several selectd
pearls of a good size sealed in a box
R-ith a few grains of rice for nour
ishment will increase in number as
well as size. It is said that small
indentations can be observed in the
graini of rice sealed up with the
ocarls as if a small rodent had nib
, bled a bite from the end of each
grain.
One expanation of the growth in
numbers theory is that the Baroque
. pearl is made up of a number of
smaller pearls and that sometimes
jne or more of these collected
jearls are separate from the'group,
ind in this manner gives credulous
Nrsom the belief that another pearl
Has been grown.
t TTTHT shouldn't a girl pro-
VV Pse ? belligerently de
' inanded one Omaha girl. at
t recent gathering of socially elect
roung "buds." Pink ear's, hidden
jnder masses o hair, struggled to
gain a place where they might en
joy the coming discussion more
fully. - "Why shouldn't she T
chorused a dozen other fair "young
thing," the wise bachelors, who
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Student of Dramatics
One of the most ambitious of high school students is Gertrude
Broadwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Broadwell. At present
she is a junior at South High and will graduate in June, 1921, thus
completing the required course in three and one half years. Fol
lowing her graduation she expects to attend the University of
Nebraska. She is much interested in. -dramatics, .having appeared
on the programs of numerous benefits given here and according
to her friends she possesses unusual talent.
have passed the 25 mark, are pleased
to call them.
"Just look at (mentioning a
well-known matron) rejoined the
first spdaker." "I am positive she
did not marry her husband because
of any love for him. She thought
she might never have another
chance to have a Mrs. prefacing heri
name and therefore she grabbtd the
only male eligible at-the moment.
Did you ever see a man marry a
girl he did not like. Never!- He
doesn't even "date" Vwith her if she
is not attractive in his eyes. But
the poor girl! Alas! and alack! If
she does not accept the invitations
she receives then it is sit at home
and be ah eld maid! .
Another miss,-- whose beautifully
tinted cheeks had grown a shade
more vivid during the discussion,
piped in her high shrill voice, "every
one of . ycj girls knows that I
would never dance' with Bob if 1
could help it. He simply tramps
all over my feet. But-rhe asks me
and I dare not refuse. If I did
then I would not have a dance all
evening. I like to dance with .Fred
we get along wqnderfully on the.
Poor, but pshaw! he has never asked
me for ages. Now, if the women
just had a few rights in such mat
ters, how happy I would be."
"The tlmi is coming." answered
cne hopeful soul, a trifle older than
the others. "No longer does a man
rise to give his seat in the street
car. We have won the ballot and
lost a lot of courtesy. But we
have what we want. Soon we' may
propose and "dispose as we olease
so hurrah! there is 1iope. I shall
yet marry the man of my choice."
"Ah, yes," said a white-haired
versation. "Man proposes, but!
woman disposes. There is an equal
ity In that." And then her Irish
wit asserted itself and with a little
laqgh she. Murmured dryly, "I am
not certain as to whether or not I
proposed to John. I am certain,
however, that" he did not propose to
me. it was an unfair ileal--1 roped.
him in' as it were. ' Perhaps you
would call it indirect influence," and
her melodious laughter communi
cated itself to the group.
YOU have heard, of course, that
politeness is the lubricant which
m!c ll ii'lidc rtf Bffttttr A f
one time during the past week
Gabby had occasion to converse
over the phone with a woman of
foreign birth. It seems there were
a number-of guests in her home
and their chatter prevented her
from hearing Gabby. She remon
strated with them several times and
finally Mile. Detayls heard her fairly
shriek at the other end of the wire
to the guests, "I told you POLITE
LY three times to SHUT UP."
When a Chinese girl is married,
she must wait four months before
etiquette allows her to pay her first
visit to her mother; but,, after this
initiatory call, it is within the bounds
of social custom and propriety for
her to visit the home of her parents
at any time
Shall Women
Vote? Clergy
men Reply-
That no man or woman, who
fails to go to the polls and cast a
ballot for all the officers on whom
he is eligible to vote, has the right
to complain about the laws or the
administration of them is a s'enti
menfoften expressed, "The ballot
s called the peaceable weapon tor
obtaining results in a democracy.
It operates slowly, some say, but
when the electorate utilizes that in
strument intelligently and fully, then
it will operate surely and well. It
is the constructive means afforded
citizens for expressing themselves
in the affairs of their government.
In the words of Carrie Chapman
Catt, "suffrage is won." Just how
largely women will visit the polls at
the elections this year, is a matter
cf speculation. "The logic of cir
cumstances gives the' vote alike to
the woman who wanted it and to
the woman who thought she did
not want it," according to Miss
Helen Taft. "Neither has the right
to neglect it."
What are some of the leaders of
thought in Omaha saying on the
question: "Shall women vote?" Says
Rev. Titus Lowe of the First
Methodist church:
Cannot Escape Obligation.
"It smacks of foolishness even to
aise such a question. The fight for
;he recognition of women for full
equality in citizenship has been
fought to a finish and has been won.
Certain "mopping up" operations in
many states will be necessary, but
the main issue is not in doubt. Un
restricted rights in the exercise of
citizenship now belong to women.
No woman can escape the obliga
tion to exercise those rights.
"In a republican form of govern
ment the final authority is with the
people, the voters. The' voters elect
Iheir officers. ' The voters make
the laws and change them. The
voters are finally responsible for
the administration of all local, state
and national affairs. There is no
possibility of evading this responsibility.
"If we have inefficient or corrupt
officials the voters are to blame. If
our laws are out-of-date, if they lack
teeth, if they make justice difficult,
the voters are to blame. If those
charged with the administration of
our laws art timid and lax, or harsh
and overbearing the voters are to
blame.
"Men or women who lazily or in
differently assume the attitude 'let
George do it' and fail to exercise
their right to vote are charter mem
bers of thev Shirkers' and Slackers'
club. There is only one possible
answer to the question: "Should
women vote?' " .
Four Reasons for Voting.
According to Robert F. Leavens
of the First Unitarian church there
are four excellent reasons for wo
men voting:
"The vote has become a duty. The
word itself comes from a Latin word
indicating votive offering or vow. A
vote is a prayer or vow registered
for the public weal.
"The vote is an informing process.
In order to vote at all intelligently
one must have some information and
some opinions regarding public af
fairs. -
"The vote has to no with matters
of civic interest in which women are
vitally interested and often more in
telligent than men such as public
schools and the public health.
"The vote and what comes with it
will bring husbands and wives and
children closer together in the home,
for even when they differ in opinion
they can at least exchange views,
which in the past has been more
often the exception than the rule."
A Matter of Conscience.
Father Lloyd Holsapple of St.
Barnabas rectory believes:
"It would seem to be obviously
the duty of every woman, and more
particularly the duty of the educated
and conscientious women, now that
fhey have the privilege of voting, to
exercise that privilege. There are
many, who, for very excellent rea
sons, did not wish to demand the
vote; but now that the vote is
theirs, they should surely recogn'zc
that not only, has a privilege been
granted them, but a new responsi
bility has been laid upon them. - It
should be the aim of every woman
to vote intelligently and conscien
tiously, and it is hard to see how any
woman who is. intelligent and con
scientious can evade this responsi
bility, when she realizes how great
ly such votes are needed."
Great Confidence in Woman Vote.
Rev. Edwin Hart Jenks holds
woman's standard high. His con
fidence in thejr .vote contemplates
nothing less than political regenera
tion: '
"Citizens of a republic like ours,
who have the right to vote ought
to vote. Voting is more than a
privilege it is a duty. '
"Majority rules. The most votes
constitutes a Nmajority. If we fail
to vote and bad government fol
lows, we needn't go about
grumbling that the majority want
something different, we have what
most of us' wanted, the votes, say
so.
"We nought to feel the purifying
influence of women in politics
henceforth. This country holds
women in highest respect as to their
ability. and purpose to vote for what
they believe to be best and right, I
believe. Those best qualified to
vot are most to be blamed if they
do not vote. I look for political
regeneration because women have
a vote and Mill conscientiously use
it."
Pray, Study, Think and Act.
Archbishop J. T. Harty considers
it a duty as well as privilege for
women to vote. In his talk on "Civ
ic Righteousness" at St. Cecelia's
I cathedral Sunday, March 14, he ad-
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Attractive Nebraska Girl
Miss Evelyn Ryan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Ryan of Grand Island, was a recent visitor in
Omaha. She is a member of the senior class at Kemper hall, Kenosha, Wis. Miss Ryan has taken
a strong and successful interest in dramatics and has been chosen to play Rosalind in "As You Like
It," the senior class play. She will attend college in the east next year. , .
vised women to take more interest
in public affffairs so that they may
be able to use the ballot intelligent
ly. "In closing, I would suggest
that you women pray,, study, think
and act," said the archbishop.
Archbishop Harty says further'!
"Woman's apostolate finds its
field of action in varying degrees
in the home and in the school and in
the state.
"In the state her responsibility
compels her to use the ballot as her
enlightened conscience may direct.
Woman's plafe in society is the im
portant one. Her womanhood has
placed humanity in her hands, so
that we rise or fall according as
woman is true to her womanhood.
She is the fountain of good or evil
to the race. Hence she is dowered
with high - prerogatives by the
Heavenly Father.
"Woman's duty compels her to
realize her dignity and her obliga
tion. Such realization must be the
foundation of all efficient work for
the betterment of the race. Let her,
therefore, insist on the rights of
womanhood by means of a con
scientious use of the ballot in the
making of sane laws and their ob
servance. . ,
"The influence of woman shall go
into business, society, and govern
ment. In this latter her intelligence,
her activity, her conscience will di
rect her in the use of the ballot. The
good woman has the qualification
for the ballot strength of mind,
steadiness, wisdom. ..
Social Stability Concerns Women.
Rabbi Frederick Cohn does not
fear the feminization of society. He
thinks the influence of the woman
vote is needed. "Women should
most certainly vote," he says, "now
that they have .the privilege. We
should always avail ourselves of our
privileges." .
Not only is it woman's privelege
to vote, it is a grand opportunity. She
can cast her vote on the side of right
and justice. We look to woman for
the finer things of life. With her
woman's instinct she is fitted to
discern what will really mak for
the good and welfare of society. SheJ
has been used to manr.Rns: her
household, guiding her children,
counselling her husband. Now she
can do directly what she has always
done indirectly, and be a positive,
practical force.
"We are facing most critical
times. Serious questions are to be
decided. The woman's judgment is
as good as the man's. She, more
over, is concerned, to guard thi
welfare of the home, its integrity,
the stability of society. Let her
voice be heard, and let her help it
to be heeded, by the ballot. .
"I do not fear the feminization of
society; perhaps we need the finer,
the more refining element. Wo
man's vote will tend to be. on the
side of the higher, better things of
life;. Woman's .vote will not tend
to mere double (or neutralize), that
of her husband. . They will politi
cally educate each other.'
C'Not only; is it now a privilege
Snd an opportunity for women to
vote, it has become her duty. Now
that she has the franchise she wil
not shirk her duty iii exercising it.
It would be just as reprehensible in
the woman not to vote 4s in the
man. She has now a solemn re
sponsibility which she must per
form for the welfare of the republic.
It is no longer a man's world, nor
a woman's world, but. a world of
men and women, .where men and
women must live together, and to
gether decide what is best for all
men and women." v.
Distinct Gain in Woman Vote.
The. words of Rev. Frank G.
Smith of the' First Congregational
church exhibit an inspiring faith in
the woman vote. Will women dis
appoint, such sentiment and confi
dence by spurning the ballot box as
a nuisance or something unworthy?
Will they: betray. democracy's trust
by refusing to accept her choicest
gift to them? "
"For . more than 25 years I have
been a persistent and tireless advo
cate of the 'enfranchisement of
women. My primary reason .for
this advocacy has not been neces
sarily a deep-seated conviction that
it would settle all the difficult
nrohlcms' of our national life, but it
has ncen my clear conviction that a
woman has the same right to the
ballot that a man has. She is a
subject of the -government under
which she lives, amenable to its
laws, subject to its taxations and
loyally and intimately related to all
its institutions: ' It seems to me
therefore entirely unfair and un
democratic that she should not have
the righf to' a share in .making, in
terpreting and . administering tine
laws of the land of which she is a
citizen.
"I firmly believe, however, v that
her advent into our governmental
life will be a distinct gain for the
nation in every way. Statistics will
readily show that she is more effi
cient and self-supporting industrial
ly than man is; that she is cleaner
and . more wholesome in her moral
life; that she is more zealous in her
spiritual life; that she is more true
and abiding, in her domestic! life;
that she "is loftier in her ideals,
nobler in her' purposes and more
righteous in tier intuitive instincts.
I firmly believe that her influence
in. our. life, municipal, state and na
tional, will be exalting, purifying
and ennobling5; and if the men of this
nation imagine for a single moment
that the women are going to vote
just as the men do, and therefore it
will make no; difference, they have
a rude awakening in store for them.
I hail with great joy and deep satis
faction the advent of woman into
governmental affairs."
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A Prayer.
Americanization Prize Contest.
New York State Federation.
Out of scarred, bleeding Europe
they will come
People from all nations of the earth,
Seeking an entrance here.
Vague longings they are . far too
tired to voice.
They ask America to still.-. And
they believe
f That - she will grant their
prayer.
And shall a law be made that they
be barred ?
Cast off. now war is doue. Turned
from her gates.
America Be kind. !
I Give not to liberty a flaming sword,
ur tear tne nanaage irom your
Goddes's' eyes
To find your Justice Blind
PHYLLIS H. BROWN.
Washington
Is Lionizing
Pershing
Bureau of The Bee,
Washington, March 20.
Washington is taking on its spring
atmosphere, which somehow always ,
seems just a little softer and more
alluring than that same atsmosphere ,
elsewhere. The crocuses, seem to .
come rigit out of the snow with ;
rare beauty. As the snow melts,
the bright green grass comes iin
medtely in its wake.
The spring-like weather . has
brought out the president,' who is ,.,
now taking almost daily automo- .
bile rides with Mrs. Wilson and :
always Dr. Grayson. That he is-
improving .substantially is proven by
(he fact that Mrs. Wilson and Miss'..?
Wilson have takeu some interest ",
in public things, Mrs. Wilson having :
been seen several times at the mati
nee and Miss Wilson having had
a box party or two at afternoon ;
concerts, and having been the spe
cial guest at several evening func
tions. - , ,
The first one of these was the ."
beautiful and thoroughly elegant
reception and ball of Jan Masaryk,
charge d'af fairs of that new republic ,
of Czecho-Slovakia, given, to cele
brate the birthday of his father, the
president. " - v
Mrs. Wilson was the guest of
honor at the third mobilization of
the Red Cross units of the District
of Columbia, held in the Masonic
auditorium on Tuesday afternoon.
She was accompanied by her mother
and sister, Mrs. Boiling, and was
enthusiastically received and greeted.
Miss Boardman presided and was -presented
with a gold loving cup ;
by the combined units, Mrs. Newton
D. Baker making the presentation
with a graceful speech. v
General Pershing is quite the so- .
cial lion again, or will be until to
morrow, when he will leave on an
other trip of inspection, which duty,
has kept him busy most of the-win-ter.
He and the members of his ,
staff are having a comfortable and
incidentally a good time in the sub-
"urban home of Mrs. Henry C. Cor
bin, which the general leased last
fall. They have dubbed it. "The
Chateau" and it is a merry little
household of male creatures even
to the scullery boys. General Per
shing was entertained by Mrs. Lou-
ise Cromwell Brooks on Wednesday .
night at a dinner party, followed by
a large dance. .
There is something of an exodus ,
-again, to Panama. The prince of
Wales, , who made hosts of real
friends in this country during: last -,
fall's visit here, will be there within
a' few weeks. He sailed this week.
on his famous ship, SRenown," for
a long absence from "England. The ;
object is primarily to visit Australia.
En route he will visit Panama and '
have a little peep no doubt at the ,
much discussed West Indies. The
president of Panama will entertain .
him in befitting style and perchance r
several ofvthe distinguished belles
whom he met in Washington will
find it necessary to go as far south ,
as Panama for their health. Miss '
Ramona Lefevre. sister of the
charge d'affaires of the Panama lega- '
tion here,, is the first one who went.
She left last Sunday and will return '
for the April weddings of which
there are many. '
.Washington is getting quite'an
inflrx of visitors from Nebraska,'
cn route fo or from Florida. Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Russell are at the
Willard, where they have spent a
week. They have been, entertained
and are. doing some entertaining t
themselves to keep them very busy.
On Tuesday evening they -had a .
large dinner party in the palm room
of the hotel. - " -J- ,! '
Mr. and Mrs. Gould Dietz, also of -'
Omaha, are spending a fortnight at
the Willard on their way home front
the south, and Mr. and Mts." Clark
Coif- are expected tomorrow "to
spend a week en route home.f
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Penfield,'
who have with them Mrs.-Pen field's ,
mother, Mrs. Frank Bacon of Oma-
ha, for the winter, will have some
guests next week whom they will
entertain rather quietly. They are '
all in deep mourning for Mr. Bacon. "
Thg'r guests, will be Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene W. Ong of Boston, who
will spend a week with the; Pen
fields. ... v.
Representative and Mrs. C. Frank
Reavis v ill have at least one Easter
guest, -their younger son, t. W.
Reavis. who is a senior at Cornell.
He will spend his Easter holidays
here. They are not sure whether
they will have a family reunion, as
C. Frank, jr., who now lives in
Cleveland, is not sure of being able
to get home at that time. .
Mrs. Chaties E. Johannes and
Mrs. E. W. Gunther of Omaha are
making a visit, here, staying at the
Washington.
Tuesday Musical Club.
The annual meeting for the elec
tion of officers of the Tuesday
Musical club will be held Tuesday.
April 6, at 3 p. m., at the home of
Mm. R. B. Howell. The nominating
committee presents the following
names for election: Mrs. A. V.
Kinsler, president; Mrs. Osgood T.
Eastman, vice president; Miss
Gladys Peters, recording secretary;
Mrs. C.- W. Axtell, membership sec
retary; Mrs. Forrest Richardson,
treasurer; Mrs. A. D. Dunn, auditor:
Mrs. Lucien Stephens, Mrs. R. B,
Howell and Mrs. W. J. Hynes, di
rectors, .i
Mrs. Yone Sunuki, who controls
the steel industry of Japan, dom-
"mates the sugar market there and
holds world monopoly in crude
camphor. She is 98 per cent owner
of Sunuki & Co.. with 60 steamships
and offices in London and Glasgow. .
It has been estimated that the prof
its of this company during the world
war were more than $200,000,000.
She is said to be the wealthiest
woman in the world.
