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Sunday Bee
SECTION TWO
WOMEN'S NEWS
SECTION TWO
SOCIETY
VOL. XLIX NO. 50.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1320.
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By GABB
Y KINGDOM for a horse"
cried the knight-arrant of
old. Today our modern
knights sadly exclaim, "My king
dom for a house." Many there
tre who would gladly give their all
dlmost) to find a dwelling place.
Hotels and apartments are crowded,
and homes can neither be rented
nor bought. Any roof is preferable
to none and a' number of fastidious
people are residing in unusually odd
localities for those of their station
in-life.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Reynolds are
confronted with a humorous situa
tion. They are building a home in
Happy Hollow Circle which will not
he completed Until late-in July.
Their former home,, which was spld
some time ago, is still occupied by
them, but must; be vacated July 1.
Friends have asked where the family
will reside in the interim and great
i their surprise to be answered,
"We shall live in the attic of the new
house until the lower floors are
completed." . .
They may vision hot, dusty, poor
ly ventilated rooms on the upper
floor and recall pictures of old
iashioned, musty garrels where the
nicknacks of years are sorted.
But Gabby, having seen the Rey
nolds home, pities them not. as she
herself would prefer their attic to
many of our present-day crowded
apartments or noisy hotels- ,
-H, where, oh where, has my
I) little Wog gone?" A"valu
able airedale puppy is miss
ing and his household, with one ex
ception, is mourning his loss. The
exception, a well-known Omaha ma
tron, confided to Gabby her hopes
that the dog would not be found.
"My husband bought him for our
little son not long ago and there has
been .no peace in our family since.
He has chewed up everything he
could find, from rubbers to rugs
and only last week destroyed the
maid's new hat, which I had to re
place with a check for $18.50. And
to think I had been saving that
money for a new chapeau to wear to
the Field club opening."
An Omaha woman hired
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a mara ot ocanainavian
origin who had been in this country
a verv short time- The servant soon
acquired a beau and was very much I
pleased when alter some weens sne
announced to her mistress that she
was soon to be married. She was
filled with pride and boasted that
she was to marry a man who did
not have an ordinary name. ,No,
she would never be Mrs. Johnson,
Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Anderson, or any
of those very plebian surnames.
After much coaxing she was per
suaded to tell her secret. Great was
the amusement, therefore, of the
household when she proclaimed
that she would be "Mrs. John
Smith." ,
MRS. CHARLES DIETRICH of
' Hastings, who has recently
returned from Connecticut,
where she was a member of the fly
ing squadron which stormed the cit
adels of that state in an effort to
persuade the governor to call a spe
cial session of the legislature-for
the purpose of . acting on the fed
eral suffrage amendment, tells this
"story: . i
In that flying squadron were rep
resentatives from all states of the
union. Among suggestions for mak
ing themselves effective was the
proposal bv some of the women
that each de'legate wear a yellow suf
frace pennant about a foot long,
bearing the name of the state she
represented. Did they do it? No,
for the reason that one of the prom
nent local Connecticut suffragists
thought it would be rather toO( con
spicuous to appear in publio-so "ban
nered." The western women, full
of spirit and enthusiasm, deferred to
the lovely Nw England leader, but
they are still smiling over a sense
of propriety which balks at wear
, ing a modest-sized banner carrying
the ntme of one's home state.
V'SNITY, wounded and-bleeding,
what a pitiable object. An
Omaha woman recently di
vorced received a good bit of noto
riety at the hands of the press. This
fact appeared not to bother her in
the least, as she spoke freely on all
occasions before the scribes of
newspaperdom. '
But oh! a picture, of this woman
appeared in a local paper. Immedi
ately editors were confronted by an
irate woman, anger glinting in her
eyes. Why did they use her 'pic
ture? Why? Why did' they ever
use that awful picture? If they had
only told her she could have given
them a very beautiful one. "I don't
mind the- notoriety so much," she
cried, "but can't you please use a
good picture of me and not let
everyone think me so ugly?" She
was finally placated with a promise
that the beautiful picture would be
used in the future, thus proving to
he world that the goddess Venus
.".ad not neglected her. ,
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WHO hasn't heard of match
makers 7 those people who
are never satisfied -until they
ee their entire kith and kin.Mriends
and otherwise, safely launched upon
the high seas, of matrimony. Once
the sntjj-has put out to sea they
promptly lose all interest in the frail
bark and , confine themselves to
- leading another couple into the web
of Hymen. ) . , . :
But permit Gabby to introduce to
you one of our most handsome '.and
eligible bachelors, the most capable
"match-breaker" of this city. Why
he is so very anti-matrimony, no one
DETAYLS.
knows. But an anti he is and a most
effective one.
His general plan is to prevent en
gagements and if not to prevent
them, then to cure them as rapidly
as possible. He bothers not about
the girl, but confines his attentions
to the young Lochinvar, be. he of
the west or east. He' discusses
matrimony from every possible an
gle, inveigles the poor and unsus
pecting swain into an argument and
then by sheer wit wins the debate.
Persistence oftentimes wins and the
.erstwhile Lothario joins the ranks
ot the celibates.
Why this brown-eyed, black
haired and blapk-mustached business
man should be so ambitious to save
his acquaintances from listening
to the chimes of the wedding bells
is indeed a mystery. Omaha girls
are hoping, nevertheless, that some
time, some place, some how, the
foxy little germ of love will lodge
in his heart and then what a joy it
will be to the onlookers. ;
H, this high cost of living will
soon discourage Gabby. ..' We
have established investigating
committees and fair price commit
tees, we have put at the head of
them many reputable business men,
we have pledged them to establish
fair prices, to no longer profiteer,
ana to root out tins evil. ; '
At the head of one such committee
is a man who deals in woman's ap
parel of tfarioqs kinds. Gabby was
in the millinery department of his
store wifh a friend a few weeks ago.
They looked at many hats and final
ly decided upon one. Then just a
few days later Gabby and another
young woman were in the same
shop to purchase a chapeau for a
pretty school miss.
There Mile. Detayls spied a hat.
which on the occasion of her fj,rst
visit had been marked $10. It was
on a table where a huge sign an
nounced that all the hats displayed
beneath its banner were half price.
What a bargain.VShe rushed over,
picked up the hat. Just imagine it!
She would get a chic bit of head
gear for $5. But alas, the saleslady
produced the tag on the hat. 'Twas
marked $25. "Only $12.50, it.is on
sale;" you see," explained the oblig
ing clerk. ' ,
Next to a man or a woman, the
most interesting thing in the world
is a book, says one. Some would
take'exception to this statement, as
serting that there, are books far more
interesting than the average human
being. .
Without trying to -settle the
question, we may safely remark
that an interest in one does not pre
clude companionship with" the other.
Rather, books and folks arM to each
other's glory in a many-mirrored
way. Friendships oftimes create lit
erary bonds- and congenialities in
literary taskl, frequently tend to il
luminate the path jf, friendship.
"Things equal to the same
thing are equal to each other," says
the old axiom. Does it follow that
people who like the same books like
each other. If so, then we know
from1 the following that there are
some kindred spirits in Omaha.
During the past week,-a question
has been posted at the Omaha public
library, "What is your favorite
By the flow-of the inland rivr
Whence the fleets of iron have
.. . fled, '
Where the blades of the grave
grass quiver
Asleep are the ranks of the dead:
Under, the sod and the dew.
Waiting for the judgment day; ,
Under the one the Blue
Under the other, the Gray,
Francis Miles Finch.
I I soon discourage Gabby. .. We I II V tyf hBVW ; t' I ' ' Mil
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novel?" To this question more-than
100 replies were received in a few
days, many of them obviously from
children. ( , , j ,
"David Copperfield" is Favorite.
"David Copperfield, . of course,
reads one reply. "Dickens' David
Copperfield," arid "David -Copper-field
by Charles Dickens," more pre
cisely says another. And so on one
after another, the" replies go, giving
by a 10 per cent vote, first place
among favorites to this splendid old
novel. And every one who preferred
this book knew how. to spell it!
Nor does this author's popularity
end there. "Our Mutual Friend"
appears ove the signature of, Lu
cien Stephens, and "Bleak House,"
says Mrs. S. F. Woodbridge's. bal
lot. "Tile of Two ,Cities" is also
mentioned. ;
"My favorite novel is .'Vanity
Fair,' " writes J. J. Boucher. "Silas
Marner," "Pilgrim's Progress,""Ben
Hur" and "Les Miserables" -were
named by others, just as you would
expect them to be. : ,
: Have You Civic Consciousness.
Have you civic' consciousness? ' If
so, you-would have replied to. that
question, had you seen it at the
library. You would have felt it
your duty, knowing that the library
authorities . had some reason for
wishing to accumulate the informa
tion. Miss Harriet I. Mac Murphy
proved herself iot only civic-ly con
scious, but apparently conscientious
and also civil when, she wrote:
' "When I was a small child it was
'The Wide, Wide World.' A little
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later it was 'Little Women,' .'Swiss
Family Robinson and 'Uncle Tom's
Cabin.' Now I do not read novels.'
Nine books were . listed by one
painstaking individual, who followed
with the explanation, "It is very
hard for me to choose my favorite
from those herein listed." He must
be one who takes himself seriously
good citizens, too, such are but
you don't chooie them for com-
panions on summer vacation trips."
Robert Louis (spelled Loius)
Stevenson and Henry Wadsworth
.(spelled. Wadworth) Longfellow,
written in juvenile outlines, were
the favorite "novels" of two respon
sive patrons of the library. "Popu
lar Mechanics," declared two more
readers, and "Fairy Tales" ' came
from what must, have been a de
mure, and, we please to think, a shy,
big-blue-eyed miss. '
Lutie Stearns Responds. - .
"Fitzgerald This side of para
dise Lutie Steams," wrote Lutie
with her customary directness, cap
italizing, in true librarian style, only
the initialTvord in the title. -We
wish Mis,, Stearns had told us why
this is her favorite novel, for,,, we
know she, has a reason. It would
be a good one to hear, too, .we ven
ture, .Aid though perhaps humorous
ly put, would make us think and,
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Juvenile Volunteers '
Peter Rabbit says Victoria Ferris,
and "little Red Riding hood (we fol
low copy on caps) from Josephine
Ferris. -By exact measurement the
word Josephine sprawls over three
and one-half incnVs, linear measure,
lfaving half an inch on the card into
which she cramped the last name.
About 7 years. old, -.we think. -And
Mrs. Guy Kiddoo- is a member of
the Junior league, an organization
known in Omaha for' the service it
renders the community. A charac
teristic example of the .purposes of
this group may be found in thA
Christmas party given at the City
Missioh. It was attended by . 400
people, children and oarents, who
had the real tim of their lives.
Mayor Ed Smith was Santa Claus.
Community singing of -American
songs was a feature of the occasion.
Mrs. Kiddo and Miss Elizabeth
Davis were in charge of the affair. .
Mrs. Kiddo is corresponding
secretary for the league, and. is also
member
occupational
therapy committee of which
Daphne Peters is chairman. ,
Particular interest is evidenced in
the Omaha Junior league at this
time because of their announcement
of a -Frolic, to., be. held .at the. Coun
try club on the night of June 15.
Most of the plans for the occasion
have been kept a secret, but whis
pered words indicate something of
unusual interest.
at that age' writing one's name is a
matter tf moment, and if too much
exuberance appears at first it is not
surprising. ' Josephine will learn
that good writing, like life itself, is
necessarily an adjustment to the
space wherein or whereon we move.
And how old -'do. you suppose is
Maggie Elias, who records "Sleepin
Beauty" as her favorite in all litera
ture. Old ; Books Best.
A great. delight it is to have ac
cess to such a democratic and spon
taneous accumulation of informa
tion. We " could .continue with
speculations and observations- in
definitely; but travel far as we may,
we are always forced back to the
conclusion that old book, like old
friends, are best. "Ramona,"."John
Halifax, Gentleman," "House - of
Sevlkf Gables." "King Arthur and
His Knights," are not forgotten.
There is a sprinkling, of the new, to
be sure. Some of the authors whose
works are mentioned several times
in ..the "returns" are Jack London,
Alice Hegan Rice. Mrs. Humphrey
Ward, Alexander Dumas. Mary Rob
erts Rinehart. Harold Bell Wright,
Zane Grey, Gene Stratton Porter,
Booth Tarkihgtcn, Charlotte Brorite
and Robert Louis Stevenson.
What, now, is you favorite novel?
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A Bride of
. Omaha's first June bride is to be
Miss Helen Clarke, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. W. Clarke. Her mar
riage, to LJoyd' Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard S. Smith of this!
city, will take place. Tuesday "after
noon, June 1, at All Saints church.
Bishop Ernest Shayler will officiate.
A somewhat "unusual feature of
-the wedding will be that the bride
will have no attendants, but the
'groom will be attended by his
brother, Richard Smith. The ushers
will be Frederick W. Clarke, jr.,
brother of the bride, and A. I.
Creigh. Miss Clarke plans to be
married in her traveling suit.
A number of affairs have been
given for this pretty bride-to-be,
Mesdames George Thummel, John
L. McCague, jr., Frederick Bucholz,
Clarence .mhherspn. C' A. Roeder
anH Miss HpIpii Murnhv havinsr
been among the hostesse.s.
Mr. Smith and his bride will re
side in Dundee. . ,.
Tuesday
junior League Report
The
sound.
word "report" has a formal
"The entertainment corn
el it tee, gave seven performances,
does not thrill, unless one pauses' to
reflect upon the joy" which a group
of young, enthusiastic girls, talented
in arts of graces of a modern-day
can carry to a body of shut-ins dur
ing an afternoon. ' ', '
. To speak of a class in occupational
therapy suggests something technic
al and scientific. But to say that a lit
tle girl lying helpless . in a hospital
was tutored regularly by a member of
the committee, so that she 'was able
to keep up" with her school work; or
that permanently disabled ones have.
been ' taught to do things, not only
to occupy weary hours, but leading
to a means of financial -independence;
or that friendly, visits were
made where kindness was physician
these glimpses more truly present
the accomplishment of this, com
mittee than the recitation of a
technical name together with a rec
ord of the number of visits made or.
materials furnished.
"A children' library of 2,000
books," does not tell of the mad
scramble for books by children sft
orfjlj' -he muffled drum's sad roll has" rfc?P",
soldier's last tatoo; eF&k.
'-9nET ,nore on ''e's Para'i sna'l meet GTyV)
ctfX That brave and fallen, few, oSis&'i
c&Ty n fame's eternal camping Mfa)
$J"V5z " Their silent tents are spread, 7ybSi
' iWWja." 'And glory guards," ' with solemn r&f
TmO .The bivouac of the dead. fCtYh
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Graduates
In June
Miss Izetta Clithero Smith, at
tractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.
M. Smith, will graduate from Ferry
Hail, Illinois, ..Saturday, June 12.
Miss Smith possesses a. pleasing
contralto voice and ' is a popular
member of the school set. She has
been active on school programs, has
served on several committees and is
a member of the senior council.
Miss Smith will specialize in
music and language next year but
has not decided where she will con
tinue her studies. She is a former
pupil of Brownell Hall. Miss Smith
is greatly interested in Social Settle
ment work and hopes to enter that
field when she finishes school. She
is interested in outdoor sports espe
cially motoring and riding. She
drives her own car and is an expert
equestrienne. . ; '
Miss Adele Plummer, a former
graduate of Ferry. Hall and a student
at the University ofe.Nebraska, will
serve asusher for Miss Smith at the
commencement exercises.
Mrs. Smith will leave Tune 8 to at.
tend her daughter's graduation.
the City Mission, nor "does it hint
cf the little foreign boy who wanted
to keep his gay picture book home
a week longer for mother to read;
lvordoes it record the hours of serv
ice given by Miss Louise White and
her assistants in securing and in
dexing books, assisting the chil
dren in making selections, all the
while, teaching cleanliness, manners
and true Americanism.
And so the report given by Miss
Erna Reed, president of the Junior
league, Omaha, at the national con
vention, held in St. Louis, May 5
8, must be interpreted under the
brilliant and, gay lights which im
agination can turn upon it. Those
who have followed only casually the
activities of he Junior league dur
ing the year know that they have
been a real factor in the welfare
work of Omaha.- Following is state
ment of the year's .work:
The Junior league of Omaha begs
to Submit the following report:
Sewing classes meeting once a
week were formed in tne fall and
have helped four organizations:
Child Saving institute, Visiting
Nurse association, City Mission,
' Bet Bureau,
Washington, May 29.
Washington is still hoping for at
least one garden party with agree
rble weather before " the summer j
over, but as et each one planned
has been a' disappointment. , The
eldest inhabitant knows no such sea
son, ever. The house of representa
t.'ves and the Washington corre
spondents, and the wives of all these,
went to Grasslands, the Country
club, last Sunday with hopes for an
al fresco party in that quaint and
really lovely - old place,1 on the in-',
vitation of the speaker of the hourfe '
and Mrs. Fr;derick H. Gillett It
was rather an unusual party and tKc
quaint litt'e country tjouse had not
held a company of politicians like
that for very many years. Away
back in the Cleveland administra
tion. .-' y
The secretary of state and Mrs.
Colby gave their first dinner pa.ty
in their official position on Wednes
day evening, having the Spanish am
bassador and Mine, de Riano as
their gyests of honor. Should the
French ambassador, M. Jusserand,
retire, while Senor de Riano is stiil
here, the latter would become dean
of the diplomatic corps. j.-r
Mrs. Day, wife of Col. Clarence
Day, who has been, much of the
winter and spring in Washington;,
left this week for Panama to join
Colonel Day, whj is stationed there.
She has been entertained . almost
constantly for weeks past Mrs.
Victor Kauffman has given several
luncheons and dinner parties in her
honor. ' a
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd M. Smith of
Omaha and their daughter, Miss
Eleanor Smith, spent the week in
Washington at the Shoreham. They
will leave in a few days for Con
cord, N. H to be present at the
graduat ng exercises of St. Paul's
school, where their son, Floyd, jr',
will graduate. They will also visit
at "Ashantee," the country home of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth,
near Avon, N. Y,, where Mrs.
Smith's brother,- Mr. Robert Shive
rick, is staying. On their return to
Omaha they will spend but a few
days and then go on to .California
for the democratic convention and
for other, visits. - . ; '
Mrs. Harry A. Williams jr., of
Norfolk, spent tl.e week in Wash
ington with relatives and was busy
every minute of her time, being en
tertained by old friends here. Shjt
was formerly Miss Marthena 'Harrf
son and -was practically reared -in
Omaha. Mrs. Flood, wife of Repre
sentative H. D. Flood, who "was
maid of honor at Mrs. Williams'
wedding, entertained for her. Mrs.
Franck Hyatt, Miss Lowe and Miss
Brooks also had small companies for
her. Mrs. Williams was Miss
brooks' guest. She made a one day's
visit in Baltimore during the week.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Reavis of.
Fails City, who have been visiting',
their brother and sister, Represen
tative and Mrs. C. Frank Reavis;
made a week's visit td Myersdale,'
Pa., and "returned here yesterday.
Mrs. Frank R. Wilson of New York,
sister of Mrs. D. D. Reavis,' spent,
the week with the Realises and yes
terday entertained at luncheon fof
her hosts and her relatives, having
among the guests some well known
Nebraska ladies. Mrs. John R. Rob
erts, also of Nebraska, will entertain
at luncheon at the Cosmos club in.
honor ot Mrs. D. D. Keavis early.
next week, and Mrs. Stanley, wife oE
Com. fcmery Stanley, win have a
luncheon early in the week for her.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Reavis will
leave later next week for New York
and then go to Boston, making the
trip to Boston y water. They will
return to their home by way of .Buf- '
falo - and the Great Lakes," taking
their time en route.
Congressman and Mrs. Teff eris
had as their dinner guests on Sun
day of last week Judge and Mrs. .
Kohert t. tvans ot Dakota Ctv and
theif house guests, Mrs. William F.
Warner and Mrs. , Fannie Crozier, .
also of Dakota City, who are making "
an extended visit to friends in the
east. '-
Salvation Army Rescue home.
. A motor corps was organized to
answer any calls. '
Ihe entertainment committee has
given seven performances. Two at
City Mission, two at Social settle
ment. House of Hope, Old Peo
ples home, University hospital. -
' Two girls who had had trainintr
and experience in occupational
therapy in New York have trained
a class which has been visitinar
"shut-ins" and the charity hospital
The City Mission committeV Of-,
ganized classes in sewing, knitting,
domestic science, and kindergarten
work; also a children's library of
over 2,000 books. , -The
league turned in $12,000 in the
Salvation Army drive, and $2,462 in
the Red Cross membership drive
front canvass of wholesale grocery,
hardware and implement houses, and .
$500 for relief of devastated France.
The league has been identified
with the following organizations
(luring the winter:
Associated Charities, Red Crops'
home service department. Red Cross
Christmas seals, relief of devastated
France, fatherless v children of
France. City Mission, social settle
ment, Child Saving institute, House
of Hope, Old People's home. Sal
vation Army Rescue home. Visiting '"
Nurse association. Society for th
Relief of the Disabled, day nursery,
Community; service, , American
Legion, Ak-Sar-Ben. V
Three, lectures havevbeen given at
general meetings given by leaders, m
chanty work,
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