The Omaha
Sunday bee
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PART TWO
WOMEN'S SECTION
PART TWO
SOCIETY,
VOL. L NO. 11.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1920.
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Who Will Be
Ak-Sar-Ben
Queen?
By GABBY DETAYLS.
ONLY 26 more guessing
until the ball, and then
days
we'll
- know. Know what? Who the
queen of Quivera is, of course. Gab
by thinks one pretty miss who was
a special maid last year may herself
grace the throne this autumn. At
present she is in a northern city
with her mother and will not return
until about the middle of September,
as they "just can't come before that."
Perhaps she is having her regal gar
ments made there as it is a city noted
for its smart shops and artistic de
signers. But only time will telll
these alumnae meetings!
eavcnsl It is awful,
moaned a pretty lassie just
graduated from college. She was
speaking in accents loud and clear
of the meetings of her sorority alum
nae when Gabby happened upon her.
Questioned as to the reason for her
lamentations, she launched forth
upon a speech worthy of any politi
cian. Data of every kind was
brought forth, examined and the to
tal placed before the eyes and ears
of her audience. Her final re
marks were as follows:
"Four-fifths of the girls are mar
ried; one-fifth still husbaudless. All
the married ones, talk about is put
ting up jelly and preserves, canning,
housekeeping - in general. One
fourth of them are recent brides,
therefore, their favorite topic of
speech is Husband. The remainder
cf the married girls talk about their
d-a-r-l-i-n-g children. And what js
there for the spinsters to chime in
on? Nothing. I hereby announce
that I shall have a husband before
ever again attending one of those
meetings."
HASTE may not always make
waste, according to the old
maxim, but from real experi
ence most of us know that haste al
most inevitably and invariably
makes for embarrassment. One
charming matron who lives in Coun
cil Bluffs could testify to he truth
of this statement, if she would. But
you know the law does not require
one to give evidence against her or
himself. This pretty brunette, on a
shopping tour, suddenly discovered
that time had gone surprisingly fast
and that she would just barely have
time to return home and dress for
a social function which she wished
to attend in Omaha. All went well.
No blowouts, no trains blockingxhe
crossings, her hair went up just as
it should nor "did her son break his
arm to add jest to the performance,
and behold'at the pVoper hour she
appeared at the home of her hostess.
She enjoyed the feeling of having
defeated that arch enemy, Time, un
til a friend said: "I know you won't
mind my telling you, dear, for you
have a sense of humor. It's too
funny for anything. You are wear
ing one each of two pairs of stock
ings 1"
ALAS and alackl When we gain
one privilege we arc certain to
forfeit another. Nowadays we
hear, "I hope you will vote for me
during this coming fall here is my
card." But less and less do we hear,
"Pardon me, madam, won't you take
my seat; the street car is very
crowded, is it not?" ,
Men are becoming more- solicitous
for our mental and less for our
physical comfort.' But do we care?
Not a bit. Women don't value
cotirtesv which is nothing more
than veneer. A manwho is rude
because women have the ballot is a
crude creature looking for some ex
cuse -to show his real nature. The
w-nniaii who becomes boisterous be
cause she has a vote was always-
coarse at heart.. The man, and the
woman,: of true refinement will con
tinue to be courteous and thought
ful for others, regardless of an oc
casional trip to the polls.
ONE clique in Omaha is amused.
And all because of the antics
of one of its members. Safely
married for a number of years is she
but. also, at this late day she claims
to have found her true and only love
which is in her opinion a very
handsome army officer whose wife
is summering out of the city. The
man, however, very deservingly has
given her the "cold shoulder" but
all to no avail. Mr. Officer is pas
sionately devoted to his pretty young
wife and is old-fashioned enough to
belong to the new-fashioned mode
he is-really in love with her.
But the pursuer cares not for this
and continues to pursue, not Caring
whither the way may lead.
HERE is something new which
Gabby suggests for a world
.that is wearying of birthday
parties for youngsters, showers for
brides-to-be, wedding receptions and
anniversary parties a world where
even little celebrations of divorce
cause not a ripple of excitement. Be
hold, then, the ultimate in parties
a celebration in honor of the first
birthday of the family flivver.
It is from Truman Greenslitt's
own reliable Evening Standard, in
New Rochelle, that the following is
reprinted: "Miss Grace Perkins and
her brother Ray entertained about
50 guests at a dance in the garage
f hW home. 17 Hubert place,
Halcyon Park, to celebrate the firsK
birthday ot tneir rora seuan. nc
lawn and arbor were prettily deco
rated with Japanese lanterns and
colored electric lights, and music
was furnished by a three-ptece
string orchestra. There were sev
eral novelty dances and refresh
ments were served."
Does this introduce a new era m
entertaining? . '
I it possible that the public prints
of the future may contain- something
like this: "Mr. and Mrs. Browne
Van Fishen-Browne were the hosts
last night at their home ia Dundee
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aW." A pound nX;;" .:fal llvC.v- VJ'r ''i.'.y
at a charming shower in honor of
Esther, their Binder vacuum cleaner,
whose engagement to Claude, the
Daisy electric washing machine,
owned by Mrs. Matt J. Ohm, was
announced recently.
"The guests brought many pres
ents, including a number of extra
Jbrushes, dust bags and other spare
parts, which were presented to the
guest of honor." . .
. Or this: "Not a little excitement
was caused in Omaha circles last
week by a report that Babe Packi
lacc, the light six of the Van Hen
derson's, was to be divorced from
William Jay, jr., the front lpft tire.
The report was denied at the Van
Henderson home. The Packilacc
has been taken on a vaoation run to
the mountains."
"piOWN with the painted face"
II is the slogan of a new cru
sade, backed by some 1,400
members of a Brooklyn branch of a
national woman s organization, who
ar'e out to oppose the use of paint
and powder and to save nature's
beauty from the wiles of the allur
ing but evil rouge pot.
Says their state president: "By
persistency, influence and precept
we will endeavor to -wipe out the
cosmetic evil. The popularity of
paint and powder has reached the
stage where it behooves all Chris
tian women to put forth their best
efforts to destroy these demoraliz
itg influences."
Collect your complexions from
your dressers, girls, gather up your
lip sticks, eyebrow pencils, powder,
and those ever popular stars' and
crescents made from harmless black
court plaster wrap all these in a
neat little package, present it to the
reformers and they will see that it is
safely tucked away in the mission
ary barrel, to be sent to some de
serving Fiji chicftaincss.
"Are you going to part with your
vanity case," inquired Gabby of a
charming, vivacious matron. "I
should saynot," she replied. "The
cosmetic is not an jevil. . It is the
greatest boon to womankind and
mankind, too.
"And," she continued, "I'd like to
see anybody take mine away from
me. How could nine out of 10 of
the women you and I know do with
out the little touch of rouge we use
every day?
"If the women who meet to dis
cuss subjects such as the cosmetic
evil would offer some real solution
to the girls of the city," she added,
"there might be some use in their
meetings. If they -were, for in
stance, to hire the spacious roofs of
largebuildings and fit them up as
gyms, there might be some worth to
their endeavors. They might teach
girls the way to earn' for themselves
the complexion that most of them
have to 'fake.' But these Treformers
who think that the way to bring up
a child right is to hide the crackers
are all wrong.
"I 'have been at various conven
tions and other meetings twhere I
met many of the women who are
now opposing rouge arid powder, and
it seems to me that they are not
particularly fine examples of the
ideas they expound. Actually they
came to meetings with shirtwaists
that were not even clean. I think
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Convention of lJv-r
Meets f JHW NV;":1' V
Douglas County Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union will hold its
annual county convention in the
First Presbyterian- church, Thirty
fourth and Farnam streets, "llhurs
day. September 2. The meeting will
open with devotionals by Mrs. A.
Wr. Miller.
Song service will be led by Dr.
Jennie Callfas. Reports of county
officers will be 'given, also report of
the county superintendents and local
presidents. Noontide prayer will be
led by Mrs. E. B. Towl. Lunch will
be served by the Ladies' Aid of the
Presbyterian church .
i The afternoon session will open
at 1:30 with devotionals led by Mrs.
Ada Campbell, secretary of the Y.
W. C. A. Mr. A. J. Weaver of Falls
City, Neb., president of the consti
tutional convention, will give the ad
dress of the afternoon.
He will talk on the 41 amend
ments to our state constitution.
Election ol officers will follow.
Appointment of superintendent and
report of committees on resolutions
will be given before recess.
The evening session will begin at
7:30. The Y. M. C. A. quartet will
lead the music. Mrs. Mary Harris
Armour of Georgia will give an ad
dress on "A New Civilization." The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Dust Off Your
x Smiles
Get out
them off.
your smiles and dust
You will need them on
September 8. Get out some loose
change, too, for you will need that
along with your smile when a pretty
girl offers you a tag on that day for
the Visiting Nurse association.
This annual event, with which Oma
hans are familiar, is the chief source
of income for the association.
This association makes free
visits to the sick poor. Last year
its nurses made nearly 30,000 calls.
The ' Visiting Nurse association re
sponds to every call irrespective of
race or creed. It maintains an hour
ly service for those who are able to
pay for skilled nursing care in the
if they would turn theirattentioiuto
their own appearance they would
find much more to do than finding
fault with the girls who use rouge
and powder
Gabby has discovered that most
women advocate the use of rogue in
moderation.
What do you think about it? Do
you feel the same mental and physi
cal exhilaration at the end of a try
ing day that a dab of rouge can give
you? Do you meet your own eyes
in the dressing room glass with more
eatisfaction after you have applied
it Does it help you to buy your
new hat with more success? Or are
you an advocate of abolition of rouge
and powder?
Women Golfers to Compete
For Honors at Field
Club This Week
Omaha is interested. When the
world's best and Nebraska's best
come to town there is reason for in
terest. The "world's best" means
Varden and Ray, golfers, who will
play at the Country club Wednes
day, and "Nebraska's best" refers to
members of the Nebraska Women's
State Golf association, who will meet
for competitive games at the Omaha
Field club, beginning Monday, Au
gust 30, when qualification rounds
will be played. Match games will
open on Tuesday and be completed
probably Friday. The business
luncheon of the association will be
held Tuesday at the Field club, with
Mrs. Walter Silver of Omaha pre
siding by virtue of her office.
An out-of-town group especially
welcome at the tournament, accord
ing to Mrs. Silver, will come from
Lincoln, headed by Miss Louise
Pound, former state champion.
Miss Pound says she is coming
not because her game is in good
home when a part time or visit
service is all that is required. It
maintains a department for the after
car? of infantile paralysis; it has a
pay per visit service for industry;
it co-operates with the Nebraska
Tuberculosis association in combat
ting the white plague; it gives stu
dent nurses a two months' course in
public health nursing.
Annual membership dues in the
association are $1. More money is
needed that the staff of nurses may
be increased.
If you believe "the health of the
nation is the strength of the na
tion," count it a privilege to con
tribute on this tag day.
Help the nurses on September 8
and they will work the year around
for. you.
Mrs. 'Hull Visits
Historic
Places
Omahans who visited countries
across the Atlantic in former'' years
went to see historic scenes and mon
uments of which, perhaps, they had
studied in childhood days. Now
those who journey into France find
they are visiting places heretofore
unknown, but "which will long oc
cupy a large part of future histories.
Mrs. C. A. Hull, who is now in.
France, went on early in August to
Rethondes, Oise, where she will re
main until September 1, returning
then to Paris to spend two months.
The cottage where she is residing
is only a few miles from the Aisne
river. This Omaha woman, who is
abroad to study the French lan
guage, is living "en famille" with
French people, and so hears no Eng
lish. Of Rethondes, Mrs. Hull Says:
"It has become historic, for it was
here the Germans signed the armis
tice, coming blindfolded to Marshal
1 &&U&'& C - ' -.'"'Will JPftB ' CLUOTTj
shape, but because the friendliness
and hospitality of the Field club
women, the last time she enteied
made her "want to come again;"
and, too, she thinks herself entitled
to a few days off for play after a
strenuous literary season. She be
gan and has finished one book this
summer, is reading proof on a sec
ond, which will appear during the
year, and is collaborating on a third.
Miss Pound is professor of literature
at the University of Nebraska. She
has played the Field club course
twice since 1916.
Mrs. Ray Elliott, who was Miss
Anna Hammond before her mar
riage, is one of the greatest enthusi
asts at Lincoln's Country club. This
is her second season at the game and
she is said to be a highly promising
player.
Mrs. Charles Matson, formerly
Miss Ethel Bignell, has said she is
coming to the tournament for the in
terest and the inspiration afforded,
?Tfsf fMJ fft I ,lJis533Sa
War Work of Nebraska
That the war work of the womten
of Nebraska is rated in the very
highest class of patriotic accomplish
ment is the statement made in chap
ter 9 of the "Achievements of the
State Divisions" in the final reports
issued on August 7 at Washington
on the work of the woman's com
mittee of the United States council
of defense.
This interpretative report is the
work of Emily Newell Blair and
Foch's train, which was sidetracked;
at. the entrance to the Compiegne
forests.
"Yesterday we went to the near
by battlefields. I was fortunate in
having for my guide Madame' Mor
el's son, who was an officer durifig
the war, and who fought for three
years in this region. 'We passed
through Tracy le Val and many vil
lages in the Oise valley, all in ruins.
Noyon, which the Germans held the
first three years of the war, is com
pletely demolished. Most of the
places are uninhabitable, and the
few people who have returned live
in barrackf"
Convention of Clubs
Nebraska's poet-laureate, A.
Bixby of Lincoln, has said:
"When I creui that itltnt pond Inte the
great beyond
Where no atorma, DO Wan, bo thunder
clouds appall, v
I expect to hear folk! ujr, 'Thla remind,
me In a way.
Of the climate of Nebraska In the fall.' "
And we do really wonder, if those
golden shores are more enhanc
ing than one of our perfect au
tumn days. It is at this season the
Nebraska Federation of Women's
clubs holds its annual state conven
tion. Fremont extended a warm
hearted invitation for the meeting
this year, which was accepted. And
so in that thriving city, the last week
in October, representative club women-
from all over the state will as
semble. Fairbury was the meeting
place last year, when the silver
but does not expect to take away
the championship. This is her first
year as a golfer and she has never
played the Field club course. Mrs.
Matson has carried off many honors
in Lincoln at a singer.
Mn. Ross P. Curtice of Lincoln,
who was Miss Grace Burr, is ex
pected from Lake Okfiboji on Mon
day to enter the tournament. She is
the mother of Norman Curtice of
Omaha. Mrs. Curtice is described
as a "long driver." She has taken a
number of golf prizes at different
times.
Two good Lincoln players, former
Omaha girls, who may enter are
Mrs. I. M, Raymond, who was Miss
Marian -Connell, and Mrs. George
Proudtit, formerly Mary Morgan.
Miss J. S. Parr of Stanton and
Mrs. C. M. Johnston of Fremont are
among the out-state players who will
enter the tournament.
covers the period between April 21,
1917, to February 27, 1919. It gives
a succinct but comprehensive history
of the entire organized war activities
of the women of the United States.
It is most pleasant to note that the
state of Nebraska, under the leader
ship of the state chairman, Miss
Sarka B. Hrbkova of Lincoln, is
ranked with the first six states in
class A for especially effective and
remarkable achievements, not only
Junior League
Junior League girls, under the di
rection of Mrs. Louis Clarke and
Miss Gertrude Stout, will take charge
of the admission fees at the golf
matches to be played Wednesday at
the Country club by the professiona
als, Harry Vardon and Edward Ray.
The tag, which will admit onlook
ers to botly morning and afternoon
matches, will cost $1.
Women playing the Woman's
Golf tournament" expect to be pres
ent at the afternoon match,
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jubilee, or 25 years of Nebraska as a
state federation, was celebrated.
While' the convention this year is
to be largely a "working conference,"
according to Mrs. M. D. Cameron of
Omaha, chairman of program, one
lairge feature looms on the horizon.
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, president
of the general federation will appear.
Mrs. Wiirter is known as a great
inspirational speaker. Her intimate
knowledge of the federation policies
for the next two year's will spur the
state club women to greater and
more intelligent effort. Her coining
will be particularly pleasanjt for the
reason that the Nebraska delegation
at Des Moines very largely support
ed Mrs. Winter for the presidency
which she holds. She is no stranger
in Nebraska, having been here on
many previous occasions. She was
a speaker at the state convention at
Norfolk in 1915, being then general
federation chairman of literature.
She was in Omaha last January at
sessions of the general federation
board, at which itime she was sec
ond vice president of the federation
and chairman of Americanization.
During her stay in Omaha, she ad
dressed the Omaha Women s club on
"Americanization."
In securing Mrs. Winter for the
state convention Nebraska has main
tained her record for presenting the
new federation president at the first
state meeting after her election. Mrs.
Josiah Evans Cowles came under
these circumstances, also Mrs. Percy
V. Pennybackcr and Mrs. Philip
N. Moore.
Serving with Mrs. Cameron on the
program committee are Mrs. D. V.
Stephens of Fremont, who is chair
man of local arrangements, and Mrs.
E. O. Talbot of Kearney, past presi
dent of the Sixth district. Mrs. Cam
eron says program suggestions from
federated club members will be wel
comed by the committee.
Women
in carrying out the general orders of
the United States government, but
in originating purposeful and valu
able war work.
Abrilliant and untiring campaign
which swung into useful channels
the war zeal of every patriotic
woman in Nebraska was carried
through by the chairman, who was
appointed , by Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw and later elected by the rep
resentatives of all the women's or
ganizations in the state. The state
council of defense on which Miss
Hrbkova served as the only woman
member, supplied only $500 of the
funds necessary for the registrations
of the woman power of the state,
the women of the state themselves
raising all the rest of the , funds
necessary to carry out the numerous
activities required by the , govern
ment. All the other states rated in
class A by "the impartial observer"
as quoted in the Washington report,
were supplied from state or institu
tional resources with generous funds.
The accomplishments of Nebraska
women are all the more remarkable
by comparison.
Washington!
Tourists'
Mecca
Bureau of The Bee,
Washington, Aug. 28. i
Summer outings will be about end
ed in another week, or, at least,
wherever society is at that time, it
is apt to move to another place for;
the autumn season, if not for home
The sudden change in railroad ex
penses will make little difference to
the great mass of pleasure seekers,
for they either "tour" or never count ,
the cost of what they want to do.
Never has there been such an army
of tourists as there has been this
summer. And they re not all miU.
lionaires by any means. Some are
doing it because it is rnore luxurious
and more independent. Otjieri do
it because it is cheaper. It all de .
pends upon how one does it. Wash
ington has been the passing
through point all the season, front ,
early spring.
The White Sulphuf and Ho '
Springs of Virginia have never beta
more popul than they are thit
year, and automobile parties are far) .
too numerous to keep track of. In i
numerable traveling parties were
caught disastrously in the storms of j
this week, the ' clearing-up showers 3
of St, Swithin's memory, which i
made washouts and overflowing
streams all along the roads of Vir-
ginia. Trains every hour -were de-4,'1
positing disconsolate tourists who ',
had to abandon their cars roun4 1
about Roanoke and Fredericksburg; '
and get to Washington as best they;
could. Washington, in spite of itst
passing-through visitors, has had a '
summer season which has passed alt
records for dullness. Everybody,
who could get out of town has gone.
This week marked the beginning of .
the returnings. "
' ;
The oresident and Mrs. Wilson
continue their afternoon drives, anil 1
have scarcely missed a day througrnl
mtt tVipc wfr 40 (lav fnr wViirfi Kk'j
switnin is responsiDie, ana wnicn
ended this week, promptly on the
(- -t, j i
40th day. One of the dampest, driz.
zliest days of the whole period, the
chief executive and his wife were
met on the "Sixteenth street extend
ed" pike, riding in an open larg
tourine car. eiuovinsr the tiny dror
which were gradually making thejl
wet. I he president, wore a dar
cray raincoat, with dark gray ca
pulled well down over his face. H
looked better a .i brishter-jhjp:-
has before. ' !
Mrs. Wilson wore a espe. There I
were narrow black stripes and I
broad white onesf It was full and
big, and had a monk-like hood which
she drew up close around her neck
and ears, and which almost corn
pletely hid her face from the passer
by. Her hat was her favorite small
toque, of black, with a broad band
of fine black lace all around it, and
a tiny bunch of bead flowers in col
ors jtisf at the front. It was a com
fortable and most attractive con
tume.
Washington society had a great
surprise on Thursday, when the
marriage of Miss Marguerite Sim
onds, daughter of Mrs. C. C. CalV
houn of this city, to Arthur Drury,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Drury.
also ot this city, was announced.
The ceremony was performed early
in the week in New York, where the
young people, met, without having,
announced tlieir intentions to any,
of the members of their families
Mrs. Calhoun and her daughter
were spending the summer at the
former's beautiful home, Rosedale
House, at Frincton, N. J.
The pretty bride but recently
returned from a trip to Europe, J
wnuner sne naa gone to spend ths
summer in London and in France.
After about three weeks' absence
she suddenly wirelessed her mother;
from aboard ship to meet her in New
York. She had grown so thorough
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iy nomesicK, sne expiainea, tnat sne
could not stay away another minute
from her beloved paryents. She had
left her party in Paris and flown.
It is now believed that Cupid, rath
er than filial devotion, had induced
the sudden ending of the European,
trip.
The bride was the girl singled
out above all other girls he had met
in Washington and New York upon
whom to shower attentions. She is
the only one upon whom he made
a call. He danced with herseveni
times the first time he met her,
which was at the tea dance given by
Mrs. Joseph Leiter in his honor.
This did not make the girls of
Washington love the blonde beauty,
and when it came to the midnight
hall given by the Misses Hoar at
the Country club. Grasslands, fol
lowing the reception and dinner it
the British embassy, Miss Marguer
ite Siinonds was left off the invita
tion list. The Misses Hoar are step
daughters of the speaker of the
house of representatives, F. H. Gil
lctt. The prince discovered the
omission, and, after he had asked
for an invitation for her to the em
bassy reception he asked for an invii
tation to the ball of the Hoar girls.
both of which, of course, were forth
coming. At both of these function tl
and at each other one given here for.il
him his attentions to Miss Simonds
were pronouncea. ane was tne oniVl
one ot tne little coterie which hov
ered about him in Washington who
did not follow him to the White Sul
phur Springs, much to his expressed
regret. She said she had been made
conspicuous enough, and she de-'
rlinpH in mnkf it anv wnre, all if
which was much to her credit. Mr- &k
ururv is I ne inn or wea tnv narnt, ita.vii
whose name was known not minv ! v:?j
meuci Aiiuiia ijfti.iv in vuimciuun wiirt
tne now almost oosoicte beverage,
lager beer. The future home of the
nrave young people will De in Wash- f t
ington, where the bride made her: l
debut little more than a year, ag w
