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' VOL.' XLIXy-NO. 46. - , 1 , " ts ' OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING , MAY 2, 1920. ;-;1(: ;V: y -',, , V ' " i 1
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Checks, Clubs,
Maidens and
Clothes
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By GABBY DETAYLS. ,
iC JfY wife and I get together
JVL w'"' our "s the rst
each month and decide
whom we shall favor with a check,''
6aid a young professional man of
Omaha jn a small gathering recent
ly. The hearty laugh which greeted
his remark indicated thorough fa
miliarity with th$ situation the fa
miliarity gaiued from similar expe
rience, Gapbyt suspects.
AN ENGAGEMENT 'which was
announced about two weeks
Has uiiici an luipresiing
'talc concerning it. -An, Omaha doc
tor who is recognized as an authori
ty iiv his profession paidcourtfor
some time to an only (faughte? of
a pioneer Omaha family But finaJly
realizing that the parents of the girl
thought him Entirely too old to
marry one. so very young he decided
to abandon his quest for love. Sud
denly, however, a former sweet-4
heart of the medical man appeared
on the scene here and he rapidly
transferred his affecti6ns. When she
left for the western coast he fol
lowed bag and baggage. One (week
after his arrival there, Gabby is told,
. he proposed and was accepted. Now
please tell us, which girl did he
does he. really love? '
4 (.r TI T C fTCOCK-PO R-r-
PRESIDENT Woman's
Club," re.adr he banner
conspicuously dispiiyecr A the lobby
of Hotel Fontenelle. Greai is the
consternation of republican and dry
democratic members of the Omaha
W6mans club upon viewing this
sign frir the first time. "When did
the Woman's club endorse Mr.
Hitchcock? asked an indignant
Member of Mrs. C. L. Hempel, pres
ident of the club. "It must be a mis
take," said another member, "I have
attended . every meeting and know
that this matter was not brought up
before the cTiib," she added. "No, the
Woman's club has not endorsed
Hitchcock or any other candidate,
as they decided some time ago to
keQ politics out of their meetings
and are trying to live up to the rul
ing," laughed Mrs. Hempel. As for
the sign, it js merely a guide to the
headquarters of the Woman's Hitch
cock dub, which is in the hotel.
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ABBY has listened at every
nook and corner, has patiently
searched to find the rumors of
a Leap Year proposal, but all in
vain, until a few days past. The girl
is at present in the east with her
nuther. . This blue-eyed maiden
has one married sister, a most at
trattive matron. The eligible bach
elor of whom we "speak is popular'
among the girls of the younger stt
and was rather a hero for a timef
as he was in the service overseas.
One of his two brothers, who are
both married, took a prominent girl
for his bride, last December. But
no more of this. Te proposal,1 so
we are told, was made .about six
'weeks ago, well after the beginning
of Leap Year, by one of the couple
t no one is sure which.- It was ac
cepted and the Omaha miss wore a
beautiful engagement ring for just
two weeks. Then the ring suddenly
disappeared. Where? Well, Gab
by isn't absolutely certain; Some
say. that it must have been a Leap
Year proposal which a gallant
young man couldn't be so impolite
at to- reject. We know they quart
reled. Others assert that this girl
, has "vampish" tendencies and de
sires to have a string of broken
hearts to wear. Others again de
clare that it was just a lover's quar
rel and that soon the affair will be
mended Gabby hopes that the' last
is true, and is almost sure it is, de
spite what the gossips tell over the
teacups. .
A league of. women. voters is on
the eve of organization inNebraslca.
And the ideal of America's finest
womanhood for the last century has
been written into its platform to
secure and enforce nati1al and
state 'legislation of importance to
women and children.
Women, national political workers
of both parties, are back of the
league and urging its complete or
ganization. It is strictly nonparti
san. It will form' a tribunal to
which both parties can bring new
issues,to be tested for merit.
Its slogan is! "Go into political
parties but vote no ticket that has
not been submitted to your intel
ligence and ratified , by your con
science' ,
The first convention, at which all
woman suffrage organizations of
Nebraska will 1 meet and officially
League " Is Nonpartisan
By' HERTHA LONG.
I t- , , A . , ,. ' t-uegun ncxi ween in icurasKd, mis.
dissolve, that their membership may fjames Richar(son will have charge
be merged into the league, will be
held m Omaha June 13, 14 and 15.
Mrs. Charles Dietrich, president
of . the , Nebraska Woman. Suffrage
association, has been named tempo
rary chairman.- Mrs. John N. Bald
win heads 'the local committee on
arrangements. '
Miss Margaret Schaffner will ar
rive in Omaha tomorrow morning,
an advance guard of. the nationally
noted women who will urge the or
ganization here.
Miss Schaffner is . a. graduate of
Vassar, a lawyer in active practice"
(m Chicago, serve abroad in the
ambulance service during the war,
and comes highly recommended as
an organizer by Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Catt. ;
, Miss Schaffner will campaign for
schools of citizenship among the
women throughout the state such as
ihe one 'already established in
Omaha. ,
She will talk for the league,'' the
need of political education, and for
the coming convention, , ,
'She will spend the day n Omaha
in conference with women here who
are, interested in the formation of
the league. .
The convention will be held at the
Blackstone and as the 13th of June is
a Sunday, some sort of, religiatis
service will be given cn that day,
possibly a memorial service for Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw.
Speakers for the convention will
be: Mrs. Maud Woqd Park of Bps
ton, natibnal cfiairman of the league;
Mrs.) George Gelllvorn of St. Louis,
national vice chairman and director
of the sixth group of states, ol which
Nebraska is one; Mrs. R. E. Ed
wards of Peru, Ind treasurer,- and
Mrs Solon Jacobs of Alabama.
Mrs. T. T. -Cotnam will direct the
memorial services for Dr. Shaw, if it
is decided that they will be held.
In the preliminary campaign to be
begun next week in Nebraska, Mrs.
of Miss Schaffner's schedule.
Mrs. H. C. Sumney, Mjss Schaff
ner and Mrs. Richardson will go to
Springfield on Tuesday, Platts
mouth, Wednesday, and other points
will be decided later.
In the meantime, Omaha wdmen
interested in the movement will
reach members or all women's so
cieties in the state by letter or by
telephone and urge them to come to
Omaha in June.
"A covering of' the bluest skies
. "That smiles and smiles and
smiles: -"A
loving breeze that bends the
. grass
"For miles and miles and miles.
"A multitude of loving hearts ,
. "For country and for God, v
"A multitude of loyal souls ,
"That tread a fertile sod.
"And that's Nebraska."
Dunroy.
QUITE a neighborhood row was
started by a trivial , incident
Mn the West Farnam district.
A -sou born to a prominent family t
naa seen ennstened Kobert ana
ts called "Bob." The child was
aoout a month old when a neighbor
found a stray dog, adopted him and
named the homeless creature. "Bob."
Thereupon the parents of the child
of . prominence grew indignant
never, thinking that their neighbors
being concerned with more weighty
matters, such as paying the grocery
bill, had entirely forgotten that there
"V&s another Bob in the vicinity.
" $
BISMARCK one time said that
it is "impossible to overesti
mate 4he stupidity of the hu
man race." To be sure, Bismarck
id chiefl? Kivns to observe and
tnus found a strong basis for his
remark.. But even in enlightened
America we find some astonishing
examples of-Stupidity, especially in
the field of music. .
Many people there are who don't
know anything about music. In
their effort to measure up, they pre
tend to "love"-anything which they
think they ought to appreciate.
When grand opera comes' along, or
an artist repute, they rush to the
box -office, or send in advance
checks in order to be doing the ap
proved thing. But they cannot de
ceive for tong.
At - least, they cannot deeeiye
Gabby. She saw their kind a week
ago . when the Tuesday Musical club
offered the BolmBallct and the Lit
tle Symphony ' to music lovers ' of,
Omaha. The symphony appeared
fjrst. They had been pronouced
good 'by critics who know; there
fore, tne would-be appreciative felt
perfectly safe in applauding with
white-gloved fingers, bowing and
smiling.' their approval generously
on all Sides. After the symphony
came 4he ballet
At this point, in the program, the
Little Symphony moved down into
the orchestra-pit to accompany the
dancers. As a prelude to the dance
numbers, the symphony gave a
rarely beautiful selection, during all
of whi'ch time the "pretenders" sat
and" buzzed. There was no sem
blance of interest or appreciation of
the exquisite music just a contin
ual whisper of voices. , Even those
who had some real response in their
souls to offer found their pleasure
irreparably marred by the stupid
ones. If the symphony was good
on the stage, wasn't it good in the
pit? That's what Gabby would like
to know. '
0
MAHA bachelors have been
much perplexed at the actions
of one'of their number. For
the last two weeks he has been"
seen constantly in the company of a
pretty young woman, the petite,
French type. They have lunched and
dined together daily at a downtown
hotel, t Somehow no one ever ac
costed the couple when it was nec
essary for the young man to intro
duce his companion. His friends de
cided 4hat since the girl bad but
recently arrived here and was the
guest of friends that perhaps . this
bachelor, so long Immune to the
wiles of the fairer sex, hadat- lasjt
succumbed. Finally the day of reck
oning came and the bachelor intro
duced the out-of-town woman to a
business acquaintance. ; Watching
were several inquisitive -x triends. 1 Hjcroushess of the situationbroke
iney saw consternation on tne iace i,.v,tr PatcprtKv im
of the man. who was being -presented
and naturally thought that a.
.marriage ' announcement was being
given. But, lo, when the tlaber
gasted one returned to their midst
he announced amidst much " laugh
ter i'She is his aunt, a married one
from the east." ' '
side and the corners were far from,
being rounded. In fact, they were
most abrupt. Approaching from
one direction Was a tall, young
rwoman, well known to Omahans, be
cause of her ability in artairs politi
cal. From the other direction Gabby
could ' see a short, heavy set man
eagerly bent toward the corner.
Neither was aware of the presence
of the other - and both were pro
gressing a a rapid pace. They con
tinued to progress when suddenly
that swift progress was interrupted
i : r i. T . u
uy a terrint uump. uuui niuum
glared, and then, realizing the lu-
into laughter. Passersby joined in
the merriment and one wag re-
marked, "They need to put a-danger
ign there." -
H'
rjlHERE are some jobs, women!
I undertake which cannot be
done in the. home. Breaking
down a referendum petition is Orte' of.
them, and Mrs. W. ,E. Barkley. of
Lincoln who has' given months .and
even years in an effort, to sustain
the suffrage law passed by the Ne
braska legislature; of. 1917, learned
a long time ago,. that, she had to be
right out on the field of battle and
away from her own home much of
the time in order to make an. effec
tive fight. - She has ' not neglected
her husband as the following -story
will testify. People call up the house
by telephone, 'and' not .finding; Mrs.
Barkley in, have phoned to'Mr.
Barkley a't his downtown .office in
an effort to reach his wife. ' -
"I don't know where she is, 1
simply do not know," he is reported
1o have said. "She is" always .at
home when I leave, in the. morning,
and 'is always there when I return
home at night. Where she is in the
meantime, I haven't the least idea.
Now I don't know where -you arej.'
but if you will take a stand oi some
nearby corner, and wait awhile, you
w ll see her, for she is sure to be
along sooner or later."
CNSIDERABLE trouble is
caused by the erection of new
buildings in Omaha and Gabby
will relate a bit of it to her readers.v
During the last week Gabby was
walking leisurely downtown when
she saw one of thos wooden barri
cades used to encircle, a building in
its infant stages of construction. A
narrow board walk was on the oUTs7 shoes with patent leather tigs' you
Attractive Omaha Sisters
f Omaha has many "attractive and beautiful matrons among whom
are Mrs. William Schopp and Mrs. Frank Selby. Mrs. Schopp.sfor
merly Miss Helen Norns, and Mrs. Seiby, nee Miss Mary Norris,
are, the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Norris of Benson. They are
real Omaha girls, having been born- here and having received their
education at Park Placethe academy of the Sacred Heart, in this
city. ' '
Omaha is to lose one of these charmiwg sisters as Mr. and Mrs.
Schopp are soon to make their home in Kearney, Neb. Mr. Schopp
is already located there and will be joined by Mrs. Schopp and
their little daughter, Rosemary, sometime this month.
Mrs. Selby is a proTninenmefiiber of the younger-set. She is
very much interested in interior decorating, and her artistic ability
' is expressed in her beautiful Jionie ihi Dundee. Her talent has been'
especially directed tq lamp shades of her awn handiwork, which adds
much to the loveliness of her home. ' ' ', '
A, PRUDISJT little miss living
in Dundee remarked to a boy
friend that she would not use
powder and paint like "some people
IJujow," thus giving the said young
man to understand that she disap
prpved.his friendship with another
girl whom . she believed to be one
of the. painting kind. The boy de
cided to ,be as blunt as she, and in
turn remarked .that powder and
paint . would considerably improve
, the ''complexions' of some girls he
krfew,' espetially those with -shiny
no'ses." And he looked directly upon
the snubby. shiny nose of the little
prude jn front of him,. , .
AVE "you noticed : that people
don't have .' bunday clothes
any' more?' People used to
have ' special, glorified garments to
be worn only on Sundays. ;
It was sometimes called the "best
dress." , And there was always a
second best, which had, been de
moted from its proud position of
Sunday "dress of the season before.
If you didvear your Sunday dress
on a week day you felt rather
solemn.about .it In the summer
there was usually a particular white
one, starched until it would scarcely
bend. Don't you remember how
you ached in church from trying to
sit o that your tiress and three
equally stiff petticoats shouldn't be
wrinkled.
Of course there was a Sunday hat
You only wore it in the morning, be
cause if you were allowed to go out
and play quietly on Sunday after
noon you had to wear your school
hat.
And the .thrill of- your Sunday
were always being told not to scuff,
but it was a needless order when
those shoes were new. As soon as
little girls arrived at the age of
yankf (about ll) they regafded pat
ent leather with respect.
It's too had. We have passed
quite out of that thrifty period. We
wear our best clothes every day and
the thrill is gone.
R.
S. V. P" What a tiny
meaningful thing those let
ters are tuckeM awav in
the comer of an invitation. "Re
pondez s'il vous plait," or "answer
if you please," are the French and
English of those initials. ;
'A prominent professional man in
Omaha, who came here some 12
months ago, and who is noted ' as
a . stickler for ethics in his profes
sion, has evidently never made'the
acquaintance of the translation , of
those letters. Shortly after his ar
rival he met one of the city's most
prominent hostesses. To , her he
expressed a desire to -know men and
women of his profession here. Very
charmingly she agreed to give him
this opportunity and told- him to
name the day and the. hour (which
he did). The ; hostess invited a
number of well known people and
many of high repute in professional
life. The hour arrived, as did the
guests. They waited -a . half hour,
an hour, two, three hours. But
the honor guest did not appear "oh
the scene of festivities. Several,
days later he made the lame excuse
to the hostess that he had been
ill and could not send word to her.
Indeed, he could not send a mts
sage, he who lived in a hotel where
servants are at the beck and call
of all! Some .time later this same
man so lax in "social ethics was in
vited to a dinner. R. S. V. P. ap
peared on the invitations as usual,
but no repjy did it ever evoke. He
may not be well versed in etiquette,
but Gabby thought everyone , had
heard of the Golden Rule. ,
THE high cost of parting with
daughter has urged manyxa
father in these latter days, to
discourage romance. The retson for
such discouragement no longer
exists. Calico has become a fad for
wedding gowns, along with the gen
eral movement toward overas jtor
men. A bride was recently married
in the east, in a gown costing $15.
It'was made of whije calico and the
voluminous veil was of cottont pet
ting. Who will be the first t in,
wmanar,
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Washington
Newcomers
H6nored
Bureau of The Bee,
Washington, May 1.
Washington society has had a
busy week greeting the families ol
the newVsecretary of state and the
new British ambassador, Bainbridge
Colby, and Sir Auckland Geddes.
Mrs Colby had a large reception for
the diplomatic corps, assistant secre
taries' of state and heads of the bu
reaus of the State department and
tlrcir wives. It was rather unprec
edented as the cards went out from
the State department, and although
they had only the namevof "Mrs.
Colby" on them, the secretary was
present and received witli bcr
throughout the afternoon. . Their
eldest daughter. Miss Katherine
Colby, also received with Mrs. Polk,
wife of the under-secretary of stae;
Mrs. Breckinridge Long, wife of the
third assistant secretary of stale,
presided at the tea table. The. Colby
have but one of their three daugh
ters with them, as one remained in
New York and the youngest is still
in school. : -
Sir Auckland and Lady Geddes
made (heir first appearance in, so
ciety at the great reception on Mon
day evening in the Pap-American
Union building, at which John Bari
rett, director .general of the .Pan
American Union, acted ' as-host in
honor of the tenth anniversary o',
the dedication of this unique ant,
beautiful edifice, the only one of it
kind in the United States. The plan
was )Jb have a brilliant al fresC,'
party, but the rain poured in. tor
tents all day, and there was aNoi
vember chill in the air. The lovely
Aztec garden and the picturesqu
little "annex" with its blue grotto
and tropical features were enjoyed
by the throng only as a pretty pic
ture from the windows of the great
Hall of the Americas where the re
ception was held and Terpsichore
reigned. Then the personal friends
of the director general, who had
been asked to remain, had a smaller
and more intimate party in the an
nex, with a more elaborate supper.
The secretary of state and Mrs.
Colby,, the Chilean ambassador and
Mme. Mathieu, the assistant director
of. the Pan-American Union and
Mme. Yanes, and the architect of
the beautiful building and Mrs. Al
bert Kelsey of New York, with Mr.
Barrett at the head of it, formed the
-receiving line. Each of the men in
the line .later made a speech lauding
the work of Mr. Barrett, who is re
tiring shortly, and extolled the men
who helped to make the building
possible. It is within its tropical at
mosphere that at least once each
month the bOard of governors, com
posed of the representatives here
from each one of the South and Cen
tral American republics, meet for
counsel with the secretary of state
as the head, ex-officio. ;
Mrs. Colby, who was before her
marriage Miss Nathalie Sedgely of
Stockbridge. Mass., and Lady
Geddes, both of whom appeared in
smart black gowns, made splendid
impressions, and haye already been
pronounced successes. Lady Geddes,
the daughter of ah Englishman, as
born in Scotland and reared and mar
ried on Staten Island. She was Miss
Isabella Ross, and has many ; old
friends in America. .- f
There has been considerable stir
amounting almost to a rebellion of
the more conservative chaperons,
against the very late "parties which
have been distinctly in vogue in
Washington the past season. Many
of them have begun at 1 o'clock and
1:30 and the company of course re
mains or a hot breakfast, some
times consisting pf an informal meal
around S o'clock, cooked in a chaf
ing dish or several chafing dishes,
by the more accomplished guests,
so as to do away with servants, and
sometimes a -formally prepared meal
by the chef. These parties are quite
the regular thing after the weekly
dances at clubs or following the sup
per dances at various hotels and
restaurants. There are a number of
young widowers and some bachelors
who have their own homes, and the
most frequent of these aftermath
parties have been in the homes of
sueh hosts, always properly chap
eroned, but the mothers are now
putting a veto on them. There is
also a threat in the same circles to
make war against backless gowns
and skirtless frocks (Turkish pan
tellettes being boldly substituted
many times) which although not
the le in Washington have ap
peared and been frowned on.
Senator Norris.has returned froa
his rather gratifying work in the Ne
braska campaign. He and Mrs Nor
ris expect a visit from their oldest
daughter, Mrs.' Nelson of Omaha,
who will come to Washington about
the last of June, probably ac
companying the next daughter who
is at school at the university in Lin
coln. Senator and Mrs, Hitchcock and
MissRuth Hitchcdck are expecting
to make a trip to Europe this sum
mer. Miss Hitchcock has had a
strenuous spring season with an al
most constant roun 1 of dinners and
dances, suppers and luncheons.
Genef'. Pershing has departed
for Panama and was obliged to leave
behind him pages of declined dinner
and supper dates. Never was there a
more popular dinner or dance guest
than the hero of the American army
in this last war. He is always care
fully chaperoned by one or more
members of his staff, most of whom
make ,their home with him in the
fashionable Chevy Chase "chateau"
which he has leased for an indefinite
time. -
Mrs. P. F. Larmon of Omaha
spent last week in Washington at
the Shoreham on her way from the
south
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