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PART TWO,
EDITORIAL
The Omaha Sunday Be
PART TWO
AMUSEMENTS
VOL. -XLIX NO. 47.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1920..
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Velvet Hats
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By GABBY DETAYLS.
NO velvet hats trimmed with fur
when the mercury stands at
90 in the shade, no frail straw
headgear when winter snows are
flying and winter winds are howling!
This stern decree was pronounced
recently at a gathering held in New
York City street under the
direction of the Retail Millinery As
sociation of America, and Gabby
wants her friends to possess the in
formation so they will know what
to buy. Harry S. Bernhard, presi
dent of the association, had sent out
the call for the meeting, which was
attended by representatives of mil
linery interests, a group of models
and five beautiful young women
from the "Follies," who assisted
Heber McDonald in his poetic
dream of reintroducing the old fash
' ioncd summer girl to the American
people and thus "putting the kibosh
on the velvet hat racket"
"The beautiful summer being of
the past," said Mr. McDonald, T'ha3
during the last few years been re
placed by a young creature who
might have all manner of summery
frills on her frock but whose entire
appearance was ruined by a black
v.K-rt ht on which a DOwder oi
summer dust frequently rested,
while from under the brim rivulets
engendered by the warmth of the
millinery, deluged the heated brow
of'the wearer."
A lovely, vision garbed in black
and white organdie with a black and
white organdie hat fitted across the
scene and everybody said "Ah!" She
was followed by other delightful
summery visions in voite and chiffon
with hats to" match, or light pictuf
hats of leghorn and 'ace.
"That's the idea!" said Mr. Mc
Donald. "No woman will be able
to buy a velvet hat in any store in
America during the summer. Hats
and gowns will be sold together
wherever possible, so that women
will have summer hats to wear with
summer gowns." Cabby wonders if
furs for summer wear will not be
attacked next?
HOW do you spell your name
or how do others spell it? It
is an interesting fact that
many names are spelled in various
ways and that often people misun
derstand names .thus causing them
to misspell. Smith one of the
most common, of all names in
America has a number of legitimate
ways in which it may be spelled.
mong them are Smythe, Schmidt.
Schmid, Schmit, . Schmitt and
Smithe. Coad the name of a pio
neer Omaha family has been found
spelled in many ways at the local
postoffice. A few of them are:
Kode, Coed, Code, hod, Kood,
Cohd and Cod.
The name oT ' Brandeis nas oeen
. found masquerading in various dis
guises such as Brandise. Bpandize
Brandies and Brandis. The cogno
men of Kountze has hidden itself af;
Kounz. Kounts, Coontz and Counz.
Dietz is not quite as deceitful as it
has only been found to be spelled
as Deetz, Deets and Deits.
Voherty, Docherty, Daugherty
are different forms which have been
discovered as legitimate spellings of
the same name.
Even the placed Jones spruces up
a bit and sometimes become Johnes
or Johns, f
Kohle is a variation oPboth Cole
and Coal.
Kvenild (pronounced quenel), nas
been found under such forms as
Kwenel, Quenil, Kwenil and Quinil.
i Of the name Knode there are the
proverbial "57 varieties" of spelling.
Dr. A. R. Knode has kept a list of
all the misspellings of his name
which have come to his attention.
They total slightly over 60. Among
the most usual of them are Knoglc,
Komde. Knabc, K. Node. Klode,
Knodeltt, Kaniokee, Kanodi, Kurde,
Knodeth, Knoch, Konder, Kusde
and Knoch. '
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; The Spirit of Motherhood
TTTHERE have I come from, where did you pick me up?" the baby asked its mother.
Vy She answered half crying, half laughing, and clasping the baby to her breast
"You were hidden in my heart as its desire, my darling. You were in the dolls of my child
hood's games; and when with clay I made the image of my god every morning, I made and unmade you
then. v s N
"You were enshrined with our household deity, in his worship I worshipped you.
"In all my hopes and my loves, in my life, in the life of my mother you have lived.
"In the lap of the deathless Spirit who rules our home you have been nursed for ages. V,
"When in girlhood my heart was opening its petals you hovered as a fragrance abont it. x .
"Your tender softness bloomed in my youthful limbs, like a glow in the skys-before the sunrise.
"Heaven's first darling, twin-born with the morning light, you floated down the stream of the world's
life, and at last you have stranded on my heart.
"As I gaze on your face, mystery overwhelms me; you who belong to all have become mine.
' '"For fear of losing you I hold you tight to my breast. What magic has snared the world's treasure in
these slender arms of mine?" Rabindranath Tagore.
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ANITY, vanity, all is vanity."
But at last, girls, the young
men may not accuse us ot
being the only peacocks. Gabby has
heard of several young men who
would surely take a prize for this
trait. Who are they? Well, she can
only intimate. Suffice it to say that
they are freshmen and frat men at
the University of Nebraska Medical
college. At a party given several
weeks ago at one particular frat
house, the girls got a peep into the
study of one freshman. A sign, which
read, "A 's Drug Store and Beauty
Parlor," was indeed appropriate.
The beauty was furnished by por
traits of pretty co-eds from Lincoln.
And the drug store! On that subject
Gabby is wordless. Certain it is that
she was astonished at this complete
assortment of beauty aids. Bando
line, honey and almond cream, cuti
cule remover, nail polish, both liquid
and powder form as well as cake,
hand lotion, shaving cream, shaving
powder, talc of three varieties, bril
liantine, face lotions, vaseline, hair
tonic, perfume, toil water, and
scented and unscented bay rum were
but a few of the articles which were
lined up row on row.
The fact that freshmen are not al
lowed week night "dates" accounts
for the fact that the contents of the
bottles have not been seriously de
pleted since the beginning of the
school year.
Oh, what a dude that boy must be
on Sunday eve.
fT IERE is opportunity for some
I one to go down as a genius
through the ages. All he has
to do is to invent a new word. It
must be a word which can be ap
plied to an independent-spirited
woman who is married, manages .her
own household ,and yet does not
consider herself a household drudge.
Driving Club
Schedules
Matinee
THE scent of May blossoms borne
by a spring zepnyr across green
turf sprinkled with golden dan
delions, recalls vividly the old famil
iar Saturday matinees of the Omaha
Driving club. These popular out-of-door,
events will be resumed next
Saturday, May IS, when- the club,
now known as the Ak-Sar-Bcn Driv
ing club, will formally open its sea
son with a matinee to be held at the
new track at Ak-Sar-Ben field; Fol
lowing the races has long been one
of the favorite pastimes of society,
and the affair is hailed with delight
by the very enthusiastic members of
the club.
Thofinest specimens of the elite
in horses will compete in the run
ning, pacing and trotting races, as
Omaha men who are devotees of
this sport possess many blooded
animals. At present 100 horses are
being cared for at the chb stables.
George Brandeis, president of the
club, is the owner of extensive
stables. Others prominent in the or
ganization are: C. M. Buck, Dr. C.
C. Hall, J. D. Weaver, Otis M.
Smith, Ed Peterson, Everett Buck
ingham, L. G Nash, J. D. Creighton,
W. D. Hosford, A. P. Guiou, E. John
Brandeis, Bert Murphy, W. R.
Wood, Randall K. Brown, Gould
Dietz, T. C. Byrne, A. H. Richard
son and Dr. Grant Williams.
Members of the Omaha Riding
i club will be honor guests at 'the
i first matinee and will give a horse
i show. One of the features will be a
: parade of their horses around the
' one-mile track. Women members
i will probably be in the parade ad
ding a touch of color to the occasion
with the brilliance of their riding
costumes.
The grandstand is not as yet com
pleted, but w,hen the work on it is
finished it will indeed be a thing of
beauty and a joy forever to the on
lookers at the course. Automobilists
are cheered by the prospect that
they may occupy the circle within
the track and view the races from
their machines.
Tunnels have been constructed be
neath the course which will permit
motorists to reach their-amipithea-ter
without marring the velvety
smoothness of a highway on which
will trod only the dainty feet of
proudest equines.
Plans of this group of racing en
thusiasts are not limited thus, but
include the erection of an elaborate
clubhouse.
The landing field for planes is
situated close by the grounds of the
Driving club and exhibitions of the
skill of the 'sky pilots" will be in
order for these afternoons of amuse
ment and sport.
The races of the Great Western
circuit will be held here in the fall
in connection with the Ak-Sar-Ben
carnival and will be the prime at
traction for those interested in fhis
sport. One of the rules of the club
states that at the regular matinees,
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MRS. O. M. SMITH is the mother of two children, Robert Lin
coln, a student at Central High, and Izctta Clithero, who is
in her second year at Ferry Hall, Illinois. Her own children
being so- nearly grown, Mrs. Smith's interest has reached out to
include others. She is chairman of girls' clubs and classes at the
Social Settlement and all the children who attend there come within
the range of her mother heart. The office calls for complete devo
tion and sympathetic understanding. The respect and regard in
which -the several hundred children of the settlement hold Mrs.
Smith, is eloquent testimonial of her success in the work.
Wide Interests
Mother's Day
Program
Omaha chapter of the W. C. T.
U. will have charge of the evan
gelistic services at the House of
Hope, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Rev. Arthur Atack will deliver the
address. Musical numbers will be
given by a quartet including Miss
Ethel Woodbridge, soprano; Miss
Margaret Bradbury, contralto; Wal
ter D. Graham tenor, and George
Saltzgiver, baritone, under direction
of Mr. Graham. Miss Helen Hoag
land, accompanist.
Mrs. Minnie Tavender will present
the residents of the home with car
nations, the Mothers' day emblem.
all horses entered must be owned
and driven by club members. This
will be of much interest, for prom
inent Omahans will be seen-as par
ticipants in these weekly meets.
Attractive Groups.
MRS. BEDWELL with her two children, Betty Ann and Edgar
Hill, jr., form a pleasing picture. Mr. and Mrs. Bedwell
have recently moved into their new home in Dundee. "My
home and children occupy most of my time," declares Mrs. Bedwell.
But she is nevertheless seen often at Happy Hollow or the Field
club during the summer season. Mrs. Bedwell's mother, Eliza Doyle
Smith, is a talented composer of song and verse. She visited here
recently from her home in Chicago, where Mrs. Bedwell, too, lived
prior to her marriage.
THE chief interest of Mrs. Charles Beaton is in her home and
family, but knowing that a mother can best serve her family
by keeping youthful in spirit and broad in her ideals, Mrs.
Beaton retains active membership in the Omaha Country club, in
the Fine Arts society, the Drama league, the Tuesday Musical and
similar organizations. She came here a bride from Milwaukee
seven years ago. Her personality has won for her many friends,
not only among the younger set of which she is a member, but in
the older social groups of Omaha as well.
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Theyeppellation, "housewife" seems
to call forth hot resentment from
this class of women. When asked
at tUe Douglas county court house
during registration to state their
occupation, most of them, stumbled
over such a description of them
selves. In a recent number of'Mc
Clure's magazine, Hildegrade Haw
thorne, under the title, "The Great
est Self-Supporting Job," protests
against listing women who run and
operate their own households, as
"housewives." Gabby is inclined to
think it is all a matter of interpre
tation of the word. It may mean
something quite dignified and cred
itable, and probably the reason some
women resent it is that it has hadVa
more humiliating meaning in the
past The modern woman has much
to be thankful for in the change, but
evidently she doesn't want to be re
minded of the past by being called
what her grandmother was a housewife.
PEARLS or powder 1 Which
makes womankind the more
beautiful? "Powder!" is the
universal cry.' Then if thi be true
why do not more women follow that
advice. Gabby attended a recent for
mal gathering where women were
gowned in their very latest and
where each tried to excel all others
in appearance. Finery of every kind
was on display. Hair ornaments
(their price would make the average
person blush) finest lacy hose, metal
brocaded slippers, rings, bracelets
and necklaces rivaled one another in
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their resplendent glory. But alas!
This show did not add in the least to
the charms of the society matrons
present. Faces and arms shone as
the result of soapy water plentifully
applied and which had not been re
moved. Hair showed a complete
lack of brushing and almost a lack
of combing.
The most beautiful woman in the
whole assembly was one who was
very simply gowned. She wore no
ornaments. But her face was pow
dered and her hair was combed.
Gabby prefers powder to pearls.
M, now the boss won't know
whether we are working or
not," smiled a pretty stenog
rapher. The cause of her amusement
was one of those new typewriters,
the noiseless kind. Before her stood
the machine and as she tapped its
keys which responded so silently ,she
laughed again. The boss who was
so accustomed to the steady click
of typing in the outer office was
amazed at the silence. ' Forgetful of
the fact that he himself ordered this
new machine he stormed forth to ask
why the girls had not been working
that morning. It was soon explained
and he cannot complain as he him
self had desired the quiet.
"I feel rather sneaking when I
don't hear the click," commented
one girl.
"What's the fun of working when
you can't hear yourself get busy?"
said another.
"I think it is uncanny," said a
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Omaha Woman
Was Sponsor
For Vessel
MRS. JOHN WEBSTER
TO WLE, sponsor for the Ne
maha, which was launched on
April 24, has been featured in eastern
papers, with considerable credit to
Omaha. The Wilmington (N. JC.)
Journal says of the event:
'"To the shrieking accompaniment
of the welcoming whistles of her
twin sisters, the Winston-Salem and
the City of Joliet, the Nemaha,
9,600-ton freighter, yesterday after
noon at 2:45 o'clock slipped from
its ways at the Carolina shipyard
and acquired the status of a ship
afloat. The launching in the main
was not strikingly, different from
those which have preceded it. Every
thing went off on schedule time, as
planned, and without untoward in
cident Mrs. John Webster Towle
of Omaha, Neb., Broke the bottle of
Rock Springs water over the ship's
bow amid the cheering of several
hundred pefJple.
"A banquet was given just prior
to the launching of the ship in
honor of the sponsor, Mrs. Towle,
Of Omaha, Neb."
Actress Recruits
For Humane
Activities
"Leave it to the scouts," was the
comment of Minnie Maddern Fiske
Friday after listening to Rupert
Raschke of Sarotoga school give
his talk in behalf of humane work.
Rupert is 13 years old and a second
class scout.
A number of posters, which were
entered in -the recent poster exhibit
held here during Humane week, re
ceived much admiration from the
star of "Miss Nelly of Old N'Or
leans." The occasion was an informal tea
for the members of the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Humane society at
the Fontenelle. Mrs. Fiske spokj
on humane ork in many phases.
She is much interested in the estab
lishment of furfarms and the aboli
tion of the trapping of fur bearing
animals. In part she says:
"'We will shrink from physical
pain and torture. It is an instinct
of nature. We shrink from it for
ourselves and for our children and
loved ones. We seek desperately
inevery direction possible to avoid
or to alleviate it. But how many
of us unhesitatingly inflict upon the
creatures of the dumb world un
speakable suffering that not one' of
us would have the courage to face?
Last winter 4,000,000 cattle, turned
out to face the winter without food
or shelter, perished in the stock
gamble on the ranges. Trapping in
volves incredible acts of martyrdom
on the part of warm-blooded, sensi
tive creatures, who are capable of
suffering even as we suffer.
"There is a dawn of hope, in this
trapping problem. Imitation furs,
warm as real furs, of beautiful tex
ture and effect are now manu
factured and fur-bearing animal
farms are coming into existence. On
these farms animals are humanely
reared and humanely destroyed. Tie
fur is better "
It is the desire of this actress to
band women together and have
these organizations pledge their
members to refuse to buy trapped
furs. Omaha women present at her
talk were much interested and ex
pressed their wish to help Mrs.
Fiske in her work.
Washington
-Keeps Furs
And Fires
Bureau of The Bee,
Washington, May 8.
WASHINCrON'S summer
weather is discouraged. Furs
anti fires are still the rule,
where in ordinary seasons fans and
thin clothes have been required.
The president and Mrs. Wilson,
at fast unaccompanied by a physi
cian, have had a number of drives
during the week, on several occa
sions being out for several hours.
The Mayflower is fresh and clean
and spick and span, with fresh hang
ings to the various compartments
ready for the presidential party's
first outing aboard, but the weather
has so far notbeen enticing for such
pleasure trips.. There have been a .
nitrnber of informal tea parties on
board the Mayflower given by the
young officers, and there have been
one or two days when an additional
sail down the Potomac was enjoyed
on the little launch attached. The
yacht is an extremely pretty craft.
The boudoir of Mrs. Wilson is all
done over in wicker furniture, ivory
woodwork and creamy hangings
and upholsteruig, with touches of
pink. It is alTbut settled that the
president and his" family will not
leave the White House for the sum
mer, except for the trips on the
Mayflower which they will make
from time to time, until late in the
season, anyway.
Lady Geddes, wife of the British
ambassador, is being widely enter
tained in Washington. She has run
across many old friends, for while
she was born in Scotland, of Eng
lish parents, she spent .her young
girlhood on Staten Island, where
she received her education. Many
of those early friends are now liv
ing here, some of them high in of
ficial life and the meetings arc happy
ones. Lady Geddes will go back
fo her home in England next month
and when she returns to the em
bassy in ( the autumn her five chil
dren, three of them extremely
young ones, w!l come with her.
The latest fad of society girls and
women round about here, is the
successor to the amateur camera,
the movie camera. Numbers of the
leisure class are spending their time
operating these machines in their
drawing rooms, during dances, at
dinner parties, and getting the pic
tures of their children at play, and,
of themselves in their daily rides
and walks. It really is a thrilling
amusement, as much fun in the tak
ing of the pictures as it is in the
showing of them after developmert.
Especially are they popular in the
suburban homes and the many
country residences round about
Washington.
The all night parties among a
large element of Washington so
ciety are still a matter of terror to
the more conservative element, and
a thing generally to be deplored. It
is quite the rule to remain for a hot
breakfast, and last week, the guests
remained over the day for a dinner
party ,at night, all in the same big
apartment house, which is like a
little village. None of them are
prohibition parties. r
Senator and Mrs. Hitchcock were
among the guests at the dinner given
last evening by Lt. Col. and Mrs.
Francis T. A. Junkin of Chicago,
who are living here temporarily, in
honor of the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Baker. The Junkins are oc
cupying the lovely old residence
"Twin Oars," formerly the country
home of the late Gardiner Hubbard
;ind now owned and usually occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell,
son-in-law and daughter of the Hub-bards.
t Mrs. Stapleton, widow of Daniel
C Stapleton returned to their Wash
ington home today from Joliet, 111.,
v.here the remains of Mr. Stapleton
were interred in -the family lot on
Wednesday. Mrs. Stapleton's sis
ter, Mrs. Barber, was with hen
during the last few days of
Mr. Stapleton's illness, and re
mained here with little 5-year-old
Estellita Stapleton, while her mother
was gone this week. The funeral
took place on Tuesday morning from
St. Matthews church, with a requiem
mass celebrated by Monsignor Lee.
The honorary pallbearers were
the minister from Ecuador, Mr. Eliz-.
aide; Senator Hitchcock, Justie
Constantin J. Smythe- Gaillard
Hunt. Dr. Charles Marimry, Charles
C. Glover, George E. Hamilton,
Paul Johnson, Mai. Harry O'Neill,
Perry S. Heath, Jack Riddle, Ran
dall Hagner, Robert I. Fleming and
Richardson Gibson. Mrs. Staple
ton's two brothers, Frederick and
William Hamilton, and Mrs. Wil
liam Hamilton met her in Chicago
and accompanied the party to the
final resting place.
Representative and Mrs. Frank
Reavis are expecting the former's .
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. -and
Mrs. D. D. Reavis, of Omaha, to ar
rive tomorrow to make them a visit.
Progressive Tea
Mrs. W. H. Jones announces that
the church service league of the
Episcopal churches of Omaha are
planning a novel entertainment in
the way of a "progressive tea." com
plimentary to the visiting ladies at
tending the Diocesan council, on
Saturday afternoon. May 22. at the
Athletic club. Mrs. John B. Jones
is chairman. The various commit
tees and their chairmen are: Enter
tainment, Mrs Samuel Burns; pro
gram, Mrs. J. B. Jones: finance, Mrs.
Joseph Barker; publicity, Mrs. Wil
liam H. Jones: invitation, Mrs.
Charles Trimble; ushers, Mrs.
George C. Smith. The reception
committee will include Mrs. E. V.
Shayler, wife of the bishop of the
diocese of Nebraska, and wives of
, the clergy.
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