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The Omaha Sunday Bee PART TWO WOMEN'S SECTION FART TWO SOCIETY VOL. L-NO. 5. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1920. .1 B PRICE FIVE CENTS. OI'TSIDF OMAHA AN! COW. til. HUTKS. TEN CKNTS. ect ion ma.n s Does It Pay lo Join A Frat By GABBY DETAYLS. DOES it pay to join a frat? I. the years after a man has left college, is it a real asset to him to have been a Kappa Sip;, a Beta, a Phi Psi 6r any of the oth rrs? Some people think so but Mr. Carroll Belden tells a story which suggests that there are times when a man might better be unat tached to the Greeks, "letterally" speaking. . During reqent pre-convention days Mr. Belden distributed Coolidge lit erature. "Have faith in Massachu setts" was one of the documents, (and Mr. Belden thinks it had much to do with Coolidge's nomination.) Armed with a supply of these he stuck his head and hand in at a "Phi Gam" luncheon one day be speaking support of Coolidge, who is a member of that group. Mr Belden is a Beta himself but, know ing human nature, he appealed to the frat bunch from their point -jt view: "You ought to support Coolidge. He is a Phi Gam, you know." "A Phi Gam!" vociferated one of the party whose name we will with hold. "A Phi Garni Yesl Baker is a Phi Gam! Burleson is a Phi Garni Marshall is a Phi Gam! PI! be if I ever vote for another Phi Gam." ( TTDUNG MAN," said the fond Y father, "in giving you my daughter, I have entrusted you with the dearest treasure of my life." The young man was duly im pressed, and made no endeavor to conceal his emotion and his grati tude. Then he heard the patter of rain against the window. "Good ness me!" he exclaimed, "it's rain ing and I haven't my umbrella. May I borrow yours, sir, to keep me dry while I run to the station?" "Young man," said the fond parent, "I do not trust anyone with my umbrella!" This is Cabby's idea of "compara tive values" in life. ANOTHER romance has cropped up and we hear that all is well for the girl has answer ed in the affirmative. She attended frowirll hall and later the Univer sity of Omaha where she specialized in art craft jewelerv in which she is very adept. Her home is on Happy Hollow boulevard and she is much of the time driving a huge touring car. The young man who has won her favor is an accountant, one of those wfnrdswlffl" figures, but Gabby thinks he must possess wiz ardry in other lines too for she is certain an announcement ;s to be made very soon of this engagement. WE .wonder just .how many Omaha maidchs possess hymn books. Not many, judging from the girls we know, but what a legion there are who possess another kind of hymn book the H-I-M book. Gabby happened to see one of these a few days past in the li brary of an acquaintance and with the consent oi her hostess examined its contents. This attractive young matron, who before her marriage was very popular in the younger set, laughed as she saw Gabby's eyes bulging from their sockets when she read the title Hymn 250 posted above a picture of the said matron's hus band which occupied the very last page of the book. We then started at the beginning and turned page after page of this interesting diary. First, we found pictures of the woman, then the boys who were her ! "pals" during high school days, the brothers of her sorority sisters, ac quaintances made (luring summer trips and the young men who mar ried her . dearest friends. Under each in the peculiar script of our friend was written a quaint legend concerning "him" which will recall to her in later years the happy days of her girlhood. When rather curiously we asked whether or not her husband had ever seen the book she nodded in the affirmative and assured us that he had a "Her Book" which was quite as interesting, though not pos sessing as odd a title. H 3V many of our bachelors have ever seen themselves as others see them, Gabby wond ers? An eastern paper says that the city bachelor is perhaps the most selfish person that evolution has as yet introduced to society. The unattached male is . invited everywhere "to fill in." If a woman is entertaining she feels that she must provide her girl guests with plenty of nice bachelors. And so, again and again, these single gentler men, who are not supporting any family, maintaining any home, or bringing up any children, are the recipients of charming dinners, agreeable evening parties, with elab orate refreshments, teas, luncheons, drinks and favors. ' I They smoke husband's cigars and enjoy a social evening JvitTi music and free entertainment. Not once but hundreds of times. Often the same hostess or couple ehtertains the same bachelor, off and on, for a period of many years, in town am, country. Does he reciprocate? He does not. I A bride confided to Gabby that a 'friend of her husband came to Omaha shortly after Jier marriage. Her husband was proud -to en tertain his old pal and she worked hard in preparing a dinner in their small, maidless .apartment. The friend stayed all night, thus saving i hotel bill. Some weeks later he again came to town and telephoned the couple from the railroad station! Some more hard work for the bride and considerable actual financial outlay. She hesitated to complain, because it seemed to indicate penuriousness, but it did seem to her that, consider- Ill''',, . ' n!! 1 - "; ,"2sr , I ill'- - 'm . ' 'j Returns From Art School Miss Helen Yates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Yates, has returned to Omaha from Chicago, where she has been attending the Art institute du ring tne past, year. Her study has been especially di . - i i a j : , : a l Mli P.md i Mow HrloflnB lnaf crrino shp iva awarded ft nn 7.P for rected to costume designing. a Turkish effect costume of her Before returning to Omaha for the summer Miss Yates traveled eastward to Lake Champlain, New Haven and other points. She witnessed the Yale-Harvard base ball games and boat races. Air planing is one of her interests and she hopes to de velop into an expert aviatrix. ing the really great saving in hotci bills, the guest might contribute a box of candy or take the couple to a theater. The ytime came, when the couple had been imposed on so long, that they were forced to prevaricate and pretend that they were leaving home. ' J Of course all honor is not dead. The majority of men would soonet. starve than cheat a woman. There are the big hearted friends who ar rive with a car and a picnic hamper to take the whole family out on Sun days. There is the delightful bachelor "uncle," who always brings candy to the children; or the man who plans a box party at the theater to repay a dinner invitation. To which class do you belong, Mr. Bachelor? THE root of modern feminism is, . of course, the desire for money money that can be transformed into personal satisfac tion, Arnold Bennett has said. Gabby hadn't put the idea in these terms before, but don't they merit some thought? Bennett might better have said, she thinks, that the root of modern feminism is a desire for spiritual emancipation. It means about the same thing, and sounds much more aesthetic. Financial independence and spiritual emancipation are so closely related in the average hu man being, that the former condi tion is essential to the' latter state. Gabby knows a woman whose husband decides when they shall clean house. 'The same man de cides when the carpets are worn out. He decrees that fresh fruits are too expensive to buy; that bread, being cheaper, shall be purchased instead. He does not know that his wife connives with the grocer to sell fruit to her. writing it down on the bill as bread. And the poor woman does not know that in submitting to such a situation, she loses self-respect and even honor. Her charac ter is warped in the process. And the children who know what is go ing on, cannot be expected to have higher moral standards than they see in their parents. Yes, Bennett is right. Money is at the root of feminism. Gabby will even concede that he is right in th? remainder of his statement, "money lhat can "be transformed into per sonal satisfaction," provided he means by personal satisfaction, not jewels, or pedigreed airedales. but the joy which is born of independ ence of mind. And independence of mind comes not, without independ ence of purse. THERE is something new under :he sun. Or. rather, 3abby should say, under the clouds. In New York city there is a firm i f.'-'rrrtn . W'.'' 1 1 1 c maiui i ii , , l .', v own design. Mi ss Yates designs her Woman Voters' League Is Active The state board of directors of the League -of Women Voters an nounce that they have appointed all chairmen of committees to corre spond with the national committees. The state committees will be formed of women especially interested and active in the lines of work of the committees on which they serve. They will keep posted in their sub jects and will be ready to speak at club meetings in their neighbor hoods. The committees and their chairmen are as follows: American citizenship, Mrs. Addison E. Shel don, Lincoln; women in industry, Miss lone C. Duffy, Omaha; child welfare, Mrs. Draper Smith, Omaha; election laws and methods, Mrs. H. H. Wheeler, Lincoln; so cial hygiene. Dr. Jennie Callfas, Omaha; unification of laws, Mrs. Irene C. Buell, Ashland; food sup ply and demand, Mrs. C. G. Ryan, Grand Island; director research de partment, Miss Edna Bullock, Lin coln. The state board of Nebraska League of Women Voters feel very fortunate in having secured Mrs. Cooper King of Wichita, Kan., to hold citizenship schools and to or ganize for the league in Nebraska. Mrs. King is the secretary of the Kansas League of Women Voters and she is also president of the Twentieth Century club of Wichita, the second largest woman's club in Kansas, For many years Mrs. King served as president of the Wichita Parent-Teacher association. Mrs. King's special interest is child welfare. She has been actively engaged - in establishing baby which insures people against disap pointment on account of the weather. Perhaps you have planned a picnic and have arranged to get away from the office for a day. At consider able expense you have prepared an elaborate luncheon to Hake on your journey. But alas! The morning dawns with darkened sky. . Raindrops fall, and not only is the day's pleasure ruined, but there is an actual cash loss to you. There's where the in surance comes in. If yo.u have been wise and forehanded you have protected yourself financially, against such a situation. And who shall say it does not console one's ruffled feelings considerably to sal vage something from plans for promised joy gang aft a-gleyl '" 'my ' " " . - - i - own distinctly original gowns and Drama League Announces Classes The Omaha Drama league calls attention to the 10-day institute of the Drama League of America, to be held in Chicago, August 17-27. The purpose of this institute is to train community and institutional workers. Practical demonstrations wilt be given on the Chicago mu nicipal pier. The main subjects treated will be: Pageantry, drama for children, drama in the high school, how to i create and operate a Little theater, drama in the church and Sunday school, costuming, stagecratt, toiic dancftig, dramatic activities for em ployes. General lectures oil all these sub jects will be given, accompanied by typical class room work carried on insofar as possible in the laboratory method. The number to be accommodated is limited. Applications are neces sary. A registration and tuition fee will be charged. Mrs. E. M. Syfert, president of the Omaha Dramatic league, has further information regarding the in stitute. clinics, school clinics and child wel fare centers. She is at present, along with her other duties, vice president of an organization which provides a fresh air hospital for sick babies during the hot months. Mrs. King says she wishes to do her share as a voter to make this country the best possible place for children, tov give every child a chance to reach his highest develop ment, mentally, physically and mo rally. She feels the League of Women Voters is the organization best fitted to accomplish needed po litical and legislative improvement and for that reason is giving much of her time to promote its organiza tion. For the past year she has been holding citizenship schools in Kan sas. Her first meeting in Nebraska will be in Hastings. ! A number of counties in the state are already organized and doing active work in the enrollment. Sarpy county has 90 per cent of its women already on the membership list. It is the aim of the state league to have an organization in every county before the special election September 21, when both men ajd women vote on' the pro posed amendment to the state con stitution, one of which gives full suffrage to women, Bob of the House of Judy By FAITH DEDRICK. Speaking of first families such a phrase is not always applied to mere mortals. Out there in the side yard of the J. H. Millard home, where Miss Jessica Millard lives, is a real aristocracy of dogdom the House of Judy, if you please. For 12 years Miss Millard has been establishing the line. The first was a highly pedigreed bull ter rier, with a perfect dark brown complexion, dotted wjth white beauty spots. This first Judy lived ii the family 11 years. Siie reached a ripe and dignified dog age, was rather pompous and proud and pos sessed a touch of rheumatism, as be comes one of patrician ancestry. Her end, alas, was untimely. A base person, who never could have dreamed that such a lady as July I was to fall into his trap, set some poison. Judy, who was really old and wise, and who had warned her protegees against the very thing, had :a mental lapse and ate the poison i herself. It was, however, very clever ly camouflaged. Thus Judy, the first, admired of her own class and - - J l . i. - i i. . . . r . . j tnvicu uy me iu w uruws, diici qui lting up a stiff and plucky fight, suc- cumbed in the month of Apil, year of Our Lord, 1920. Miss Millard, unwilling that the manor house should be without a canine occupant, procured a second Judy, a regular scion of the Boston terrier nobility. Many dogs vied for the honor of the place, but only the finest was chosen. So appeared July II. Into the life of the home and neighborhood she entered with all her little dog heart, making many friends during her three months' stay. She was almost as much loved by her mistress as was her honored predecessor. But in all families there are trag ediestales which may be related from time to time around the grate fire or during the tea hour on the front lawn. Judy was to furnish material for one of these. One bright summer day, Judy II, fi'U of "wim, wigor and witality," was running across the street to a neighbor's, for a cosy chat some gossip, nice gossip, you know. Romping along so gay, so jolly but let us close our eyes upon the scene. A passing car one yelp the sound of applied brakes and poor Judy lay dead. She was not acting badly at the time it happened, cither. She was not running after the car, or aggravating the driver with her barking. (Only ill-bred dogs do that.) She was just pounc ing harmlessly over the pavement, on sociability bent, when the awful thing happened. Naturally Judy III had to be found. But this time it was a noble male who was to carry on the line Bob is his name. Bob of the House Will Visit Son In California The golden sands of California shores are once ajrain calling Omahanas and many are planning trips to that sunny state for the early fall. Amang them are Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Giller and daughter, Maxine, who leave in August for San Francisco. They plan to join Richard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Giller, who is spending the summer there, but the length af their stay in the west is yet indefinite. I I - To Spend Summer In West Miss Marjorie Menold, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. O. H. Menold, left Saturday for an extended western trip, including Boise, Idaho, and Portland, Ore. They will also visit several points in Cali fornia before returning to Omaha in September. Miss Menold attended Central High school and was graduated two years ago from Bradford academy in Massachusetts. of Judy beter describes him. With high-class intelligence and a seem ing knowledge of his background, he responds to either name, tearing up with dash and gusto to perform ap the tricks which his mistress has ta.ight him. In the course of animal events, Bob of the House of Judy wili doubtless pass on to his re . Sj: ' f miss Vbw "J MARJOR.ll ME NOLO UlNEKART , Jj4 ward, but having heard of the fate of the Judys I and II he will not go their way. He sniffs cau tiously all food before it passes his lips and never runs across the street to gossip. But haturally he would not gossip, being a man. A long and h-pny life then to Bob of the House of Judy! Washington Mid-Season Society Bureau of The Bee, Washington, July 17. "Midsummer" in Washington sounds more stupid than it is. While' cabinet officials and ambassadors are scarce in these parts just now, there are innumerable other very interesting people coming and go ing. Secretary of War and Mrs. Baker and their little family are all here, and the family of the secretary of the navy are remaining in their comfortable home in Washington. The secretary of state recently re turned from San Francisco and is spending the week-end with his fam ily on Long Island. He will he here again early next week. The sec retary of the treasury Is in town through the week and joins his fam ily at Wood's Hole, Mass., for the week ends. Mrs. Burleson and her daughters, Mrs. Negley of Texas and Miss Burleson, with the several Negley boys, have joined Mrs. Bur leson at Cape May where the post master general lias a cottage for the season and joins his family when he can. The Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Meredith are expected back here next week from Califor nia, but they will not remain long in their apartment. They will get away to the mountains shortly. At torney General and Mrs. Palmer are in their Pennsylvania home rest ing after the convention; the sec retary of comerce has recently join ed Mrs. Alexander and their family in their home in Missouri, Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Wilson and their large family are together in their Blossburg, Pa. home for the season. President and Mrs. Wilson will no doubt take some outings on the Mayflower next month, but only short ones and with no guests. The little ship is spic and span and most attractive with its new sum mer fittings and furnishings, the president's suite being all done in wicker and rose color, and Mrs. Wilson's boudoir being especially cool and dainty in white and rose with wicker furniture and touches of French blue. The White House is no uninviting place in which to spend the sizzling weeks, with its high ceilings, spacious rooms, in cool blues and greens, with white floor coverings as well as furniture slips, and busy electric fans every where and cool green arid fair tfTes the outlook from every window. The Secretary of War and Mrs. Baker who are beautifully situated at Beauvoir, the beautiful old place almost adjoining the cathedral on Woodley Lane, had a handsome din ner party on Wednesday evening in honor of the governor of Porto Rico and Mrs. Arthur Yeager, who are visiting in Washington, guests of Col. and Mrs. Townsend. It created no end of amusement when both the governor and Mrs. Yeager complained seriously and bitterly of the terrible heat here. The Bakers had as their guest for a part of the week Stanley King of Boston, who was Mr. Baker's private secretary during the war. Governor and Mrs. Yeager are making a quiet visit here as the governor is but just recover ing from an illness at Johns Hop kins hospital in Baltimore. Mrs. Baker went down and sang a number of solos at the Tuesday evening "Finance Sing," in the Muni tions building. General H. M. Lord, chief of finance, War department, with his staff and office force were guests of honor next to Mrs. Baker. She was enthusiastically received and at the end of the group of solos she carried off a gift of an armful of red roses. Charles S. Wengerd, director of the community music for the District of Columbia conducted the chorus composed of the musical clerks of the department. This Tues day afternoon "sing" has been a feature of this office for more than a year. Ralph Leopold, brother of Mrs. Baker, who had an operation per formed at Walker Reed hospital is recovering satisfactorily. Mr. and Mrs. C. Sibbernson of Omaha spent a fev days with the latter's parents, Jut'e and Mrs. Con stantine Smyth this week. When they leave tomorrow night to return to Omaha they will be accompanied by Mrs. Sibbernson's young sister. Miss Katherine Smyth, who will spend probably several months with them. Judge and Mrs. Smyth wiil go north for the month of August, probably to the White Mountains. Mrs. E. H. Watson, formerly Miss Dorothy Snyder, who was married several years ago in Omaha, is re turning from the west by way of the northern route. She went as a dele gate to the convention of the Mu Phi Si Sorority, as president of the Rho Beta chapter of this city and comes back supreme historian of the grand chapter. She was succeeded as presidejt by Miss Dorothy Ma cauley, and Mrs. David Snyder, sister of Mrs. Watson, was made a vice president of the Rho Beta chapter of this city. Commander and Mrs. R. J. Strae t ten the latter a daughter of Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, formerly of Crete, Neb., with their son, Renier, and daughter Clara, are in camp at picturesque Great Falls on the Vir ginia side, where they are enjoying the simple life after a long separa tion, and after Dr. Stracttcn's hong sea duty. He is medical officer on the Pennsylvania. About six years ago he was on recruiting duty in Omaha and has many friends there. He is a graduate of the Crete Medi cal college. Commander Mason Post, U. S. X., who was on recruiting dutv in Oma ha at the same time with Dr. Straet ten. has been ordered for duty again in Omaha, where he now is with his little family. 5 . f 1 , i K e . it 6-1 ii Ir k in 4. I th. ke1. r5? al.1 it