PART TWO .
EDITORIAL
Sunday Bee
PART TWO
AMUSEMENTS'
VOL. XLIX NO. 42.
OMAriA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1920.
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MXo m os Meet t onlft
Gabby "Listens In" On the
Phone and Hears Young .
Bride Called Names
Why Do People Fear Burglars More Than They Used
to? People Who Embark Frequently on Matri
monial Seas Often Find Themselves in
Somewhat Embarrassing 'Situations. s
By GABBY DETAYLS.
A PRETTY young matron was
attempting to 'phone her
. grocer a few days ago. The
connection was made by the opera
tor, but wires became crossed, and
instead of being able to give her or
der for the evening meal, this house
keeper was "let in" on another con
versation. When at last the recent
bride was given a connection with
the grocery store, she remarked in
explanation: "It seems some one cut
in on the wire, Mr. Olson.". "Yes,"
- he replied, "there . were some other
hens on the phone." (Naturally a
butcher's mind runs to fowls.)
WE wonder just what a certain
-Omaha apartment contains.
We don't know, but at least
we have a right to our own sus
picions. The matron who resides
in this cosy little place was about
to leave the city for several weeks.
The society editor, ever eager for
news, phoned to ?sk the date of her
departure. Wailed the matron, "Oh,
please, I beg of you, do not put it
in the paper. I am so afraid that my
apartment will be robbed while I
am away." Then the wondering be
gan. Just what did this matron pos
sess that she feared losing? Her
jewels, we knew, were safely tucked
away in a bank vault with all her
silverware. It was also known that
a most obliging . neighbor had
promised to care for her plants and
ferns during their owner's absence:
Her oriental rugs were securely
placed in storage with numerous
other valuable articles of furniture.
So what wac the precious thing she
did not wish stolen?
Well Gabby realizes that it is
very wicked to tell tales, especially
on Easter Sunday but iabby thinks
she has solved the mystery and it is
' the cup that cheers."
' ' .
A PROMINENT Omaha girl,
- who recently married, now
resides in an eastern city.
Her husband had, been married be
fore. His first wife left the city
with her family shortly after the di
vorce was granted and he heard
nothing further from her. Not long
ago Mr. B, as we will call him, had
occasion to go to New York on a
business trip, and decided to take
his wife with him. In New York
he met a former business frieruLwho
invited them to dine at his home,
and assured Mrs. B that his wife
would look after her entertainment
during the day. Imagine Mr. B's
surprise when the hostess turned
out to be the first Mrs. B.
AT THE republican women's
meeting one Wednesday after
noon tiny white elephants were
sold to members of the G. O. P..
Several womenwore larger and
more handsome animals on fancy
chains or cords. "I want one like
yours," said a purchaser, indicating
the handsomely carved bit of ivory
worn by the woman in charge of
the distribution. "Really I don't
know where you could buy one. This
was a Christmas toy sent to one ot
my children," she confessed, tak
ing the trinket in her hand.
Now the antis may argue that
such is the influence of politics!
Robbing children of their toys. But
the pros will declare that children
are better for sharing,' their play
things with mother, especially in
the service of a good cause.
A T THE breakfast table several
l mornings past, a young hus
band adjured his wife to regis
ter at the polls before April 9. He
even offered to escort her there.
"Indeed," she answered, "do you
think I will vote the way you do?
1 should say notls You never have
voted for anyone who was elected,
so you can be sure I won't cast my
ballot for the people you are sup
porting. You are always on the los
ing side. So there my mind is
firmly made up and you can't change
it a bit"
ONE you&, Omaha clergyman
made a sad mistake when first
he came to this city perhaps
he has learned a lesson, at least
Gabby hopes he has. Unfortunately
, for this divine, when he walks, he
Just walks, he does not strut, or
have a peacock-ish air. Whetf he
talks, it is in a low, cultured, and
cultivated voice; he does not shout
or roar so as to inspire awe in the
minds of his hearers. But the young
man snouid have done so ht should
also have told broadcast that he
owned an expensive car, an equally
expensive piano, and that his parents
were wealthy easterners which,
alas, he did not. Yes, and to this he
should have added that he speaks a
foreign language fluently.
Some time ago, a celebrity was
brought here that Omahans might
witness his marvelous talent He
was 01 foreign birth and speaks
English very brokenly. The young
clergyman, who was one of the few
who spoke the celebrity's language
well, entertained hira throughout the
day, took him to dinner, showed him
the city and did everything to make
the day one of pleasure. This, how
ever, was unknown to all except a
very few.
That evening a wealthy Omaha
dowager gave a very grand recep
tion to honor the visitor. Invita
tions were sent far and wide to peo
ple of wealth and prominence.
The hour came for the greataf
faV. The honor guest was present
and lo! on the threshold he asked
for ' the young clergyman. The
clergyman was not there!
Afterwards it developed that the
hostess did not have this 'man on
her guest list. And why? Well, the
clergyman did not tell of himself
what Gabby has related, else he
surely would have been recognized
by these Omahans of culture (?).
GAN one learn manners from a
book? We have all known
the unetiquetted individual
whose spoon perhaps dips soup
alon the south edge when the north
should have been used, and who
transgresses the rules in the book
in other, and numerous, ways. But
perhaps the manners of this person
in the truest sense, are perfect. He
may be capable of total self-effacement
in considering the comfort and
welfare of a guest or friend. His
conduct springs from the heart,
which is infinitely more significant
and satisfactory than the conduct
which is governed by catalogued
rules, duly memorized and applied.
An entirely selfish person may live
by the book, and make you very un
comfortable. A poem from The Liv
ing age suggests "manners" not laid
down in print, but doubtless highly
pleasing to the recipient:
She came to meet me at the train.
And when I missed It, -came again
With welcome all undlmmed; for me
Fresh sconea appeared, fresh China tea.
She told me tho aome yeara had ranged
Since lest wa met I wit unchanged.
The maid she lent to give me aid
Was not the abashing kind of maid; -No
carbon balls with winter store
Were lurking in the bottom drawer;
The linen breathed of lavender.
The midnight biscuit-box was there;
Her choice of bed-time books were mint,
She sent my breakfast up at nine;
The bath was boiling hot and fit
For kings the things to cast In it.
She did not hunt me out to view
The ruin, or a cairn or two,
Nor aeem to entertain, yet still
I had no gaping hour to fill.
bad
Her dinner frock was quite
As Mine, the only one I had:
Her food was not the homely food
That's described as plain and good;
And when she sold gond-by, I thought
She really meant It all: in short.
She made me feel, tho home Is beat,
It's good to be a pampered gueitV" ',.
GABBY met a "gentlewoman'-' in
an exclusive, paying guest es
tablishment, who dallied coyly
on the fringe of th$ 400. .The daugh
ter of, a general and far front the
home of her blue4 blooded forbears,
she could beam with pleasure on the
"somebodies" but the glint in her
steel gray eyes froze and shriveled
the "nobodies."
She was an adept in getting the
antecedents of each newcomer from
the landlady. However, the pre
siding genius of the domicile had a
daughter, typical, half slavey, half
belle, possessing more than the usual
allotment of fire and mental attri
butes. , Goaded to mad rebellion by
the constant boycotting of undis
tinguished guests by the aristocratic
Miss Polly, she decided to have re
venge. A young millionaire (dabbling in
politics and too recently from col
lege to be readily identified by the
dowager of the boarding house) de
cided to take up his abode there
temporarily.. He was running for
office in the ward and his own home
was undergoing alterations. The
landlady having gone out of town
for a short visit, her daughter re
ceived him and permitted Miss
Polly to interview her on the new
comer. Just a "man for board."
Subsequently for all his six feet
two, he met the real masterpiece in
the line of Miss Polly's stony
glare. As henoted the lady draw
ing her skirts about her when she
met him on the stairs, as if fearing
contamination, he ruminated on the
strange adventures of political can
didates. -
Meanwhile Miss Polly's drab lit
tle niece made her bow to society
and aunty had pulled wires inter
minable and exhausted blood and
bone that she might meet the "right
people," making the most of her
own uncertain clutch on the circle
invwhich she longed to have her es
tablished. After a decent interval the land
lady's daughter cruelly and brutally
informed Miss Polly of the identity
of the young millionaire with the
result that smelling salts and cold
water were immediately needed by
both Miss Polly and her niece.
A YOUNG married couple in
Omaha have to move I The
words strike terror to the
soul for no place can they find to
go. Said the husband recently, "My
wife and I hope to live, to see the
day when some one will ask us if we
know where a house may be bought
or rented, so we can reply in a
Sickly voice with the words we have
so often heard, 'I don't know, I'm
sure; houses are awfully hard to
find.' "
Not only are houses hard to find,
but when found, are hard to pay
for. Still, by comparison we have
something to be thankful for in
Omaha. Gabby read recently of
apartments in London for which
$5,000 premium, or lease bribe must
be paid, after which the rent is
$4,500 a year exclusive of light and
heat. And such apartments I They
are clean and livable, but have none
of the little conveniences that make
work easier so that the servant
problem may be solved and the do
mestic strain relieved.
There is steam heat and electric
light throughout that much is to
the good and the halls and corri
dors are to be kept really warm,
but yon have to pay extra for heat
i Mr-is Jo$& v 4K3y n
S&r till W
fit " 0 X
Washington Society Is Quiet
Though Lent, Awakens
With Easter. Passing
Weddings, . Balls, Breakfasts and .Tea Dansants
Will Put Heads in Dizzy Whirl Beginning Mon
day Morning. Many Nebraskans Visiting
At' the Nation's . Capital City.
"THE CHOIR BOY," Posed by William Brooks of Trinity Cathedral, Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Brooks.
inside your front door as well as
light and gas.
Fireplaces in every room neces
sitate coal. Bunkers for this are
provided in the basement and the
janitor brings up the day's supply
before 10 o'clock each morning.
The kitchen is small, like our
American kitchens, with a large tiled
chimney in which a gas stove or one
of those abominations, a coal range,
may be fitted by the tenant There
are no built-in cabinets, no side
tables, not a shelf in this room. It is
merely a square, bare room.
Next to it and connecting is the
scullery, out of which the larder or
store enpooard opens. This is fitted
with wooden' shelves and a window,
but no connection with the service
lift no marble slab, no ventilator:
Provisions and ice (if such a com
modity is ever used in the flat) must
be carried through the service cor
ridor and the scullery, a distance of
at least 10 feet.
In the scullery are three closed
cupboards for stores and pots and
pans, all of which milst be trotted
back and forth to the kitchen, where
the table and cabinet, provided by
the tenant, will stand.
In the corridor, leading from the
main hall to the kitchen, the sink
and drain board are placed, and here,
unless it is a very sunshiny day, the
lights must be kept burning all day
long. A shelved closet fills the
space at the end of the drain board.
The bathroom is of good "size
with a bath and wash bowl, no
shower, no hot towel rods, no medi
cine closet or. glass shelves, but a
clean composite floor of a deep,
ugly wine , color and white tiles
shoulder high. The bathroom has
a window opening upon the area
shaft, which is lined with white
tiles. There are two lavatories. . '
No provision is made for laundry,
either in the flats or in the. base
ment and there is nowhere to do
any washing except in the sink,
which is very shallow and has .no
dip, ;
Although the roof of these new
fiats is flat, it has not occurred to
the architect to lay it out, for use
in summer by the-tenants, as is so
universally done in America now,
Unpolished pine floors, necessitate
the use of tacked-down carpets and
the entire absence , of all built-in
closets and shelves makes H neces
sary to retain the now universally
condemned heavy clothes cupboard
or wardrobe set upon carpet from
which it cannot be moved except
with the help of furniture movers.
The entrance to these flats is very
simple, the corridors are finished in
white marble and the-stairs, which
run around the elevators, are car
peted in heavy red velvet There ie
to be a restaurant in the basement
where tenants may have their food
or may order it to be served in their
apartments.
Our modern apartments in Amer
ica and even. right here in Omaha
offer much more than these "mod
ern" London apartments Which are
really attracting attention over
there,-- v.. .....,,.-.-.-,
Fine Arts Society
Will Co-Operate
! On Posters
The Omaha Society of Fine Arts
will to-operate with "the Humane so
ciety in the poster exhibit which will
be held during Humane week, April
12 to 17. ' Hundreds of beautifully
colored artistic posters, represent
ing original and purposeful thought
have been presented in the. four
classes of contest by grade and high
school pupils of Omaha. The pri
mary,' the intermediate and the high
school class, as well as a special
class for. the "bird bath," are the
four divisions: i
The fine arts lecture by George,
ereea , z.ug, scheduled tor April 6,
has been cancelled.
Folk Theatre
i The. directors of the Folk theater
announce, that the next production
will be given early in Mav. These
are to be under the personal direc
tion ot Kex Morehouse, a prominent
Omahan, as Oscar Craik will be out
of the city during the summer.
Marcus Curran, .who was recently
elected to the "board of directors,
has been appointed business man
ager of the Folk theater.
Springtime Dance
To Be Given On
, May Day
May day and springtime being
synonomous a characteristic dance
is to be staged at the benefit per
formance for the Christ Child so
ciety Saturday evening at the Bran
deis theater. .
The appellation is "Spring" and
it will be springlike in every detail.
The costumes worn -by the dancers
are now being made from beautiful
shimmering materials in shades of
the palest yellows, flesh tints, orchid,
apricot and white. The designs are
alike in flowing drapery, and the
dancers all are barefooted.
Those taking part include the
Misses Madeline Diesing, Pauline
Coad, Pauline Crane, Elizabeth El
liott, Cecelia Fox. Anna McCon
nell, Jane McConnell, Grace O'Brien,
Frances Patton, Virginia Pierce,
Eloise Searle, Frances Swift, Orpha
Travis, Mildred Walker, Merriam
Wiley and Dorothy Guckert.
Tea for College President.
. The Rockford College association
will give a tea Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. John H.
Beaton, 5211 Cass street, in honor
of Dr. William A. Maddox. oresi-
Ident of Rockford College. -
. Bureau of TheBee, 1
Washington, April 3.
Washington society experienced
the veritable ''calm before the
storm,", during the past week. Not
that society was strictly observing
ihe religious duties of Holy week,
but there was a real dearth of fes
tivities, save for the little shopping
luncheons at,, the downtown hotels,
or the clubs, and the dinners of
convenience, in the same places. For
there is a great scarcity of cooks,
and they hold themselves at very
high prices, all the way from $15
a week to $35. They are a modern
variety, too, and choose their own
hours and their own duties and re
fuse to infringe upon the duties of
other employes of the household.
So the mistresses of homes in Wash
ington have no path of roses just
now.
Tomorrow the spring season will
burst forth with a vigor it has not
known since 1914. There are wed
dings, balls, dinners, breakfasts, pa
per chases and tea dances enough
to put every head in a dizzy whirl,
beginning Monday morning. It is
gratifying, too, to the churchly peo
ple that the churches throughout
the Lenten season have been over
crowded. Mrs. Wilson has slipped
into St. Johns church through the
side door, just across the park from
the White House, a number of
times, but it must be said, not with
the same regularity she observed
before her marriage, and for a con
siderable time after it. She has for
several weeks now taken her accus
tomed Sunday afternoon motor
rides with the members of her fam
ily, indicating the continued inv
nrovement in the president's condi
tion. Mrs. Wilson had two young
nieees, the -Misses Lucy and
Ann Maury, of Big -.Stone Gap,
Va., spending the week-end a
the White House, and they had a
second machine last Sunday with
Mrs. Wilson's mother and sister and
brother, and the two girls, out for a
family motor party. The girls went
to' the apartment of their grand
mother and aunt. Miss Boiling, on
Monday, and spent the remainder
ot the week with them, lunching ana
dining frequently at the White
House, and driving with their dis
tinguished aunt. (-
The. center of social interest dur
ing the summer will likely be up
Nantucket wav from June to an in
definite time, as the president and
Mrs. Wilson will "move themselves
and a portion of the family, and all
of the clerical .force, to the Crane
place at Wood's Hole. Mass. The
Mayflower is being put in readiness
for the trip, and the presumption Is
that the president and Mrs. Wilson
and their regular body guard of se
cret service men, doctors, nurses
and servants, will make the trip ,
aboard. That is to be settled later,
however, and depends upon the
president's condition. The May
flower will hand around Cape
Cod all the summer, anyway, '
and short trips will be taken
on it from time to time. The
place is the summer home of the
newly appointed United States Min
ister to Lliina and Mrs. Charles K.
Crane, who have ' several houses
there. Secretary and Mrs. Houston
have x occupied one of the cottages
there each summer since the begin
ning of the Wilson administrations.
Miss Margaret Wilson has spent a
fortnight or more in New York but
will return here befoVe Tuesday.
Gossip persists that Miss Wilson's
voice has not recovered from her
attack of larynigitis of nearly three
months ago.
Representative and ' Mrs. Reavis
of Falls City, Neb., will entertain a
company of representatives in con
gress, and their wives at supper to
morrow evening. Their younger
son, Jack, came down from Cornell
university on Wednesday and will
spend his Eas(er vacation of 10 days
with them.
Miss Ruth Hitchcock is assisting
Miss Frances Hampson, chairman
of the young ladies' committee for
the Authors' Carnival ball of the
League of American Pen Women
on April 14, which is to be an in
teresting and picturesque affair. The
guests will be in the costume of a
well known character in a book, and
there will be booths for the sale of
books autographed by the authors;
manuscripts of music and various
donated articles of literary value. It
will be given in the Shentfan, 4iome
of Mrs. F. B. Moran, who is the
author of "Miss Washington of Vir
ginia" published and sold for the
benefit of the D. A. R. Continental
hall fund.
Judge Robert E. Evans, represen
tative from Dakota City, Neb., and
Mrs. Evans entertained at dinner
on Thursday evening and had
among their guests Representative
and Mrs. C. Frank Reavis of Falls
City, and Representative and Mrs.
M. O. McLaughlin of York, Neb.
T. J. Randolph Nicholas of
Omaha made a short visit in Wash
ington last week enroute to make a
visit to. his mother, Mrs. William
Cary Nicholas, at her country place,
"Atamasco," in the . fashionable
Green Spring Valley, just outside of
Baltimore. . .
Mrs. Andrews, wife of Represen
tative William E. Andrews of Hast
ings, is leaving by the middle of the
month to spend the remainder of
the spring and summer in the home
they are building this year. '
School Forum Will
Offer Citizen
ship Course.
Since the suffrage contention in
Chicago with he subsequent citizen
ship school under auspices of the
League of Women Voters, there
has been interest displayed through
out, the country in similar schools.
At one time it was thought there
would be such a school in connec
tion with the, Nebraska state suf
frage convention, but that conven
tion having been dated ahead to
June, the original citizenship school
idea has been abandoned,, though
there may be some form of it car
ried on, suffrage leaders say.
Immediately after the Chicago
convention, the Equal Franchise so
ciety put the Wheels in motion to
offer what would have been a highly
profitable course under the leader
ship of Mrs..H. H. Wheeler of Lin
coln, who is considered ' eminently
qualified for the responsibility. Mrs.
Wheeler found it impossible to un
dertake the task and to the regret
of all. interested this plan had to be
given up.
Now comes the Omaha School
forum with a plan for a course f
eight lectures by prominent educa
tors, designed to furnish women
with the information which they
need in order more intelligently fo
discharge their responsibilities as
voters.
These lectures will be given on
Saturdays beginning April 17. To
reach all groups of women each lec
ture will be given three times on
Saturday at 10 a. m., 2:30 and 8 p.
m. in the council chamber of the
city hall. A nominal fee will be
asked for the lectures;
The schedule is as follows:
April 17. "Pollttetl Parties." Prof. C
H. Meyerholi. Iowa Stat Teachers' col
lect. Cedar Falls, la.
April 4 "This Man Mad World," Prof.
B. A. Ross, University ot Wisconsin.
Mar 1 "Some Fundamentals of Amer
ican History," Prof. James A. James, Dean
Oraduate school. Northwestern university.
May "Proportional Ropreaentatlaa."
Walter 3. Millard, F'.eld Secretary Amer
ican Proportional Representation league.
May IS "The Nation knd World Pol
itics," Prof. J. W. Garner, University of
Illinois.
May 1J "Hoi. the Nation Is Financed,"
Prof. Horace -S. Secrlst, Northwestern
university.
May It "The Judiciary," Prof. P. O.
Hay. Northwestern university.
June S "How to Americanise Amer
ica." Miss Grace Abbott. Chair Executive
Committee ot Burea of Immigration, of
Illlno;,
Reorganization of
G.F.W.C. Is
Planned
' The reorganization of the working
policy of the General Federation of
Women's clubs is to be worked out
at its biennial convention in Des
M6ines, la., June 16-23. Mrs. Rob
ert Burdette of Pasadena, Cal.,
chairman of the reorganization com
mittee, has prepared and had ap
proved by the executive board of the
organization, plans relating to mem
bership, dues, representation at its
national meetings, the elimination of
unnecessary offices, the elmination
of direct membership by individual
clubs, the establishment of national
headquarters and the creation of an
advisory committee. These questions
will come up for consideration be
fore the JDes Moines convention by
the revision committee to be proper
ly correlated as amendments to the
organization's by-laws. The rules of
clubs. The offices of general fed
eration are to be simplified. Mem
bership shall consist of state and
territorial federations and foreign
clubs. The offiies of general fed
eration secretary and that of auditor
are to be done away wit!T if the new
plan goes through. The question of
establishing national headquarters
in either .Chicago or Washington
will also be considered, a special
committee on investigation having
been appointed.
Representation shall remain the
same, the basis of state and terri
torial membership being one dele
gate for the first 500 paid member
ships or less, and one delegate for
every other 500 paid memberships or
majority fraction thereof. The state
president and director of each state,
are, by virtue of their offices, addi
tional delegates.
Dues shall be on the basis of 10
cents per capita for the membership
of individual clubs holding direct
membership in state or territorial
federations. State and territorial
federations will pay annual dues of
$1 for each organization holding
direct or affiliated membership in
them. Annual dues for national and
international organizations shall b
$25 and for foreign clubs $5.
Under the new plan the office of
correcting secretary shall be elective
by the board of directors at a meet
ing immediately following a conven
tion,, the secretary so elected to be
from the same or a near-by state to
the one in which the president resides)