The Omaha
PART TWO
I .WOMEN'S SECTION
PART TWO
SOCIETY,
VOL. L NO. 15.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1920. f 1 B
TEN CENTS
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What Became
Of That
r Pamn 1
By GABBY DETAYLS
MEMBERS of the Omaha Walk
ing, club are beginning to,
wonder what became of the
summer camp that was promised at
the annual meeting last January.
Edwin S. Jewell, president of the
club, says that Lewis M. Whitehead,
chairman of the camp committee,
.ntf1tO,.rl i?tU .Via ink a C A
vim uflitu nun iu juu vi null
ing a desirable location.
It appears that Mr. Whitehead and
Ilia Cftmmittd. urtinf -. tUe, ( nra
Manawa country several times v in
, May and June, but the water refused
- to go down and the land refused to
come up, so the effort to establish a
camp in the wilds of Iowa was re
luctantly abandoned for the season.
Ed Kennedy, a member of the
committee, determined to find a suit
able camp site if it took all summer.
He led one expedition to La Platte,
but on account of the extreme heat
and due to the fact that an enterpris
ing farmer was displaying a tempt
pi-
ing stock of honev, he found it d
ncuu to Keep tne minas' ot tne c
plorers on the business at hand,
On another occasion the aforesaid
Kennedy led a party by boat to an
island in the Missouri river off Riv
crview park. This expedition might
have ended .disastrously if it had not
been forthe heroic efforts of R. B.
Gray, who carried, the girls on his
back through a quarter mile of deep
mud to the landing place, and to the
presince of mind of Leo Bozell, who
accomplished the engineering feat of
disentangling the boat from a sar.d
wi iii iniuaiivaiii uu mc ivLUlll II IJJ,
just as curfew was piercing the night
air from the Omaha shore.
A third exploration was made in
tt. r-n.i . j:i:i tu .
me imuuiu uiMiiii. nr sun wa 5 jj
not quite as hot as it was on the Lai
1 Platte trip, but it was hot enough
In mak'p the shallnw watprc flAwinu
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over the white sands look inviting,
and a swim was indulged in before
the picnic lunch was served. ,
VTUl.ll HIV OlTlllJlllVU II.IU1 utu lu
land where their clothes had been
deposited it was found that a colony
. of grasshoppers had been making
merry by eating large holes in al!
the,' undergarments that had been
hung on the hickory limbs along the
shore. ) -
As the summer season has ended,
it will probably not ' be known
whether or not' a summer camp was
discovered until the committee re-
Jorts at the next annual meeting in
anuary. - -
G ABBY was chatting a few days
ago in a local shop and looking
lat the, autumn display of chic
chapeaux. The saleswoman was
i most pleasing and made a number
of good suggestions concerning style
- and so forth." Conversation grad
ually drifted toward the interesting
ganre of selling and Gabby attempted
to draw out the little woman an'd
learn the reason for her success.
! "It is simple," spoke this clever
- miss, but Gabby thinks it requires a
real intuition to sell hats. We shall,
however, hear the story from the
saleswoman. i
. "The ' stout people iare hard to
please. If you ever let them catch
a full' length glance of themselves
the sate is lost, however becoming
the hat shown them. Offer madam
a chair, and if she is rather fat she
will gladly accept your invitation to
be seated. Place before her a small
glass so that she may only behold
her face and the surmounting hat.
Not too much ,of her shoulders. A
hat which becomes her face will most
often receive her approbation. I
first used this method with Mrs.
, you know she is very stout, and
since men sne tras oeen my aevoieu
friend as well as customer1 and sings
my praises eternally. And then, there
is Miss . She is unusually sharp
of features and of ?n angular figure.
This plan combined with subdued
light was a marked success with her.
You know no-matter how that hat
will look upon. Her she will never
forget the first inipression, which
to say the least, ,tfas very compli
mentary. J
"The greatest difficulty, however,
is the woman whet, wears unbecom
Ving dresses. A gown whicli does
not look well on its wearer' will
spoil the effect of the most beauti
ful hat and it is often 'a task to
kfep these women away from a full
Jehgth mirror. Of course, if a hat
makes a stout woman appear thin,
or vice versa, I hurry them to the
long mirror and usually the sale is
made."
Gabby, who had been seated at
a small mirror, then betook herself
to the one of full length. The hat
did not look the smie. Was she
too fat, too sharp of feature or was
her dress unbecoming. Something
was wrong and she left without
making a purchase. The' sales
woman had made her too wise.
HAVE you heard about the
woman voter up in Maine who
knifed her party ticket because
one of its legislative candidates was
a plumber who had sent her an "out
rageous" bill for fixing her bath
room? .
Quite a hue and cry is being raised
over it, but it seems to Gabby that
the woman showed pretty good
sense, providing, of course, that the
bill was really unreasonable. A man
who would . graft off his business
patronage would graft off the state.
' Maybe it sounds silly, but Gabby
knows of a man in Omaha who did
something even more amusing. He
put a woman out of a position be
cause she was too fat to suit him.
; Chauncey Depew takes an optimis
tic view of the Maine plumber's
case. He maintains that human na
ture is much the same in all ranks,
ages and parties.
-To illustrate his own opinion ot
the Maine woman voter's attitude
toward her party ticket, he tells a
story from his own experience of a
strike on a certain section of the
New York Central. The men went
. itof iiii iii y 1 ' mi 1 1 i m i "'MTU Mmmmmmmil)0SW
i . . . . '
on strike without apparent cause
and without appearing to know what
they were striking for. They only
knew they had been "told" to strike.
And it .took considerable research
to disclose the fact that the strike
had been called, because one of their
leaders had been refused a free ride
by a conductor. .-'',.
ONE of our prominent Omaha
bachelors we like him too
well to tell his real name who
is going to be married to a charm
ing brunette before Father Time
brings us a new year, made a dis
covery recently. What kind ot a
discovery was it? Gabby won't At
tempt to givi it a name, but vill let
you iudge.
This bachelor was looking for a
suitable apartment the modern
substitute for a rose-clad cottage.
High and low, north, south, east and
west he hac gone. Finally he found
one with no long waiting list at
tached and which seemed attractive
enough to answer.
1 "What chance is there of getting
this?'" lit inquired of the owner.
"A good one. There is only one
person ahead of you. She Has al
ready engaged it, but if for any rea
son she goes back on her bargain
I'll let you know at once."
"Who has spoken for . it?" the
eager hbme-finder politely inquired,
with wild visions of bribing off his
rival for the place, or telling him it
was iu the tornado zone', or that the
plsce was haunted, 015 whatever
might be most effective in securing
the place for himself. "
"Miss So-and-So," came the
prompt reply to an astonished
young man wno neara tne nome ot
his own bride-to-be.
Now, Gabby asks you,-what kind
of a discovery -did he make? Did
he' learn that their tastes are abso
lutely suited? Or did. he learn that
the clever little miss was more fore
handed than he, or. could it be per
ish the thought that she has a
mind of her own?- ,
THE way the gossip's tongue doth
wag! Verily, merrily, merrily.
A Dundee woman appeared at
a luncheon party a short time ago
with a large bruise on her cheek. Her
simple explanation was to ihe effect
that she had fallen downstairs with
the said ' result. True it was, ( for
Gabby had an "inside track" 'and
was present at the time of the acci
dent. . A few days later, however,
she heard from one of those who
attended the luncheon ,'T wonder if
Mr. and Mrs. get along all right,
you know she looked the other day
as though she had been struck."
ID you Wend the ball? Gabby
D
knows one beautiful matron
who did, but vows "never
again." In the first place
husband absolutely refused to wear
a dress suit therefore no dancing.
Secondly, he behaved in the most
disgraceful fashion, i. e., he criticized
rather loudly the gown of a woman
who was sitting tiearby and who in
advertently turned around she was
one of Mrs. Matron's dearest friends.
And la'stly,, our matron caught the
skirt of her smart tailleur in a chair
and thus ruined an expensive cos
tume. Was not her cup of sorrow
filled to overflowing?
Phi Rho Sigma.
The following students at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, rollege of med
icine, have been pledged to Iota
chapter, Phi Rho Sigma fraternity:
Howard H. Bennett, Hot Springs,
S. D.; Albert C. Edwards, Omaha;
Glenn F. Evarts, Lincoln; John Gil
ligan, Neligh; William D. Harris,
Valley; George A. Haslam, Fre
mont; Arch Hocfer, Friend; Dwight
Hughes, Bayard; George Johnson,
Lincoln; J. Hewitt Judd, . Lincoln;
Clinton Kenner, Utica; William D.
Lear, Springview, and C L. E. 01
soti,' Pacific Junction, la.
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Camp Fire Girls
Will Greet You
On Saturday
Tag day for the Camp Fire girls'
on Saturday1, October 2, will be suc
cessful if leadership counts for any
thing. Mrs. H. H. Baldrige is chair
man for the day.' Her marked abil
ity as an executive, and her wide ex
perience in organization work, added
to the time and labor which she is
giving unstintingly, are an encour
aging promise for the occasion. Mrs.
Baldrige is vice president ' of the
board of directors. . ",'
Mrs. E. A. Pegau has a large vis
ion for the work of the Camp Fire
girls. She sees the development of
fine womanhood through the law of
the order, which demands that the
girls "seek beauty, give service, pur
sue knowledge, be trustworthy, hold
on to health, glorify work, be happy."
Mrs. Regau is chairman of publicity
for tag day, and treasurer of the
board of directors.
Mrs. Charles Hubbard is president
of the board of directors for , the
Camp Fire girls. She anticipates
generous and cheerful contributions
to their funds iext Saturday. All
money collected will be usad.to con
tinue and develop the work for-the
girls right here in Omaha. "This is
the first time we have .asked the pub
lic for anything," said Mrs. Hubbard
a few days ago. For several weeks
Mrs. Hubbard has been engaged in
preliminary work at the Camp , Fire
headquarters in, the Patterson block,
in the interest of their tag day. All
the directors "have (been assisting.
They are, in addition to herself, Mrs.
Baldrige and Mrs. Pegau: Mesdames
Conrad Young, Irving Cutter, W. W
Hoagland, J, Frank Carpenter, H.
Herbert Rogers, George Roberts,
Edgar Scott, Paul Gallagher, Charles
Elgutter, Robert. Leavens, V7 T.
Moore, G. A. Young, J. C. Buffing
ton, .W. R. Coates, Benjamin New
man, O. H, Bartmettler and G C.
Cunningham, and the Misses Gladys'
Shamp, Nell Ryan, Ruth Kinsler,
Mary Louise-Guy, Gladys Goodman.
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The Camp, Fire Girls
' By Mrs. Edw4rii A. Pegau. ,
rWe have in Omajha an organiza
tion ot girls wno are: trying to carry
out ideals of better womanhood in
much the same way as the Boy
Scouts are striving for better man
hood. ' ! '
A girl needs a high ideal ex
pressed through an adequate symbol
kept alive by active service, in con
crete and definite ways. This is
just what a camp fire when properly
Conducted, accomplishes for her.
The Camp Fire Girls' organization
is especially for girls between the
ages of 12 and"-16. The iprograms
are built and -developed 'on , the
knowledge that'girls are fundamen
tallydifferent from boys, and that
no matter how much . moder life
tends to throw them into the busi
ness world, their callings are pri
marily different.' The. program of
the Camp Fire Girls' faces' squarely
this fact of the fundamental differ
ences of boys and girls, and , meets
them. It not only develops the
girl physically, and trains her to be,
a better mother, daughter and citi
zen., but it helps the inner girl. ,-
The watchword pf the Camp Fire
Girls" is Wohelo, wfoiicli mcaHs work,
health and love. The word is made
of the first two letters of each word.
Because around the fire the first
home was really built, fire has been
choseq, as the, symbol of the Camp
Fire Girls' movement.) Woman's
work in the world iront the earliest
times weis centered at the fire. The
program of the Camp Fire Girls
keeps girls in their home. It helps
them discover the pleasant and in
teresting things about their homes
and encourages them to have their
meetings in their 'mothers' parlors
and enjoy themselves more when
they are at home than - when, they
are seeking excitement on the street.
THe honor system is divided into
seven groups or classes and home
craft is the first of these.
It took some time to establish
the fact thaf women were people
Surely if the child is father of the
man, the girl Js mother of the
woman, and' that is the beginning
and the end of the circle of a sturdy,
healthy and sane nation; for the
woman is mother of the man. We
are just awakening to the need of
directing the play and emotions of
our girls just as we have been di
recting the play-and emotions of ou
boys. Thd women as well as the
men of"the next generation will be
citizens with -sacred duties-to pier
form. It is time we began to rea
lize the" necessity for training 'these
future citizens. ' ,
The Camp Fire Girls of Omaha
have been practically self-supporting
until now. very year there
has been a camp conducted for girls
which has done wonders for those
who attended. During this camp the
girls pass tests and are awarded
their honors just as the Boy Scouts
at their camps. They have their
tasks for each day, besides the en
joyment of out-of-door life.
Their honors are symbolized by
beads. Every time a certain task
is accomplished they receive a bead
as an honor. For Instance honors
are awarded for the care of chil
dren, for home duties, for citizenship
tests, for out-of door life tests and
for hand-craft. -
.The camp fire organization has
fore, although the members have
helped in every drive which has been
conducted tor otner causes, lhey
now need mnnpv fnr rarrvmcr nn
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their work, as the, organization has
grown -until there are now 900 mem
bers .divided into 69 erotins with
guardians. And it has become neces
sary to. maintain a headquarters with
an executive secretary and a busi
ness secretary.
We are having a tag day October
2. and hone that the mihlir itll
respond so that we can carry on the
worK and maintain a profitable and
eniovable summer nmn
i should like to state here some of
tne puDiic work ot Lamp Fire Girls,
In the ta.S dav for thp rhiMrot. nf
devastated France at Christmas last
year they collected $1,000. March
6 in the near east rplipf dm. tii
collected $1,000. , Poppy day for the
uiuicriess cnnaren ot trance, $400,
and tag day forthe same organiza
tion. $1,500. At Christmas timo tK
itraoe m dresses tor the Associated
Chanties; they made 116 yarn balls
for the babes' crihs fnr th run a
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saving institute. 1
ill Jnvem hpr and nai-m t..
year they sold $160 worth of Christ
mas seals for the Ttiberculos
cieiy. in the Woman's club
economy camnnicn thoir H;ctr;K.., j
3,000 booklets;' in work in behalf of
ueigian Daoies they distributed 15,
000 namnhlets. ami th
$200 for the War Mothers May 1. .
. ivlrs. .Lane s group, the Okihi, are
now supporting a French orphan,
and the Omaha council is support
ing two.
Each year they have assisted on
the visiting Nurse tag .day.
The exerntivp rnn.;t t u
Camp Fire Girls want permanent
financing for, this most worthy or-
State Convention
Of Clubs
Mrs. Johta Slaker of Hastings,
president ot the ISiebraska Federation
of Women's Clubs, and Mrs M n
Cameron of Omaha, chairman of
tne program committee, held a con
ference in Lincoln last week in re
gard to the oroeram of the ta
meeting to be held in Fremont at
tne congregational church the last
week in October.
It is the Dlan of the nrncram mm.
mittee to conserve time for the state
reports and have less outside talent
than usual.
Business sessions are to be held
in ihe morning, conferences in t'.e
afternoon, and the evening sessions
wilt . be devoted to inspirational
meetings.
A board meeting is to be held
Monday eveping, October 25, and
the convention will onen Wmaiiv
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Cameron will go to Fremont
this week to confer with Mrs. D. V.
Stevens', president of the Fremont
Woman's club and chairman nf In.
cal arrangements.
Informal Tea. , ,
Mrs. Roger P. Holman will en
tertain infnnnallv at o
w. Ml E I. U CI l 11,1
home Thursday afternoon in honor
ot miss Bessie frances Holman,
who will be a bride of the week,
and Miss Maxjon'e Sime oi St. Paul,
who arrives Thursrfav tn Iia a ort,oct
at the Holman home.
Washington
Makes Gay
Plans
Bureau of The Bee,
Washington, Sept. 25. , .
Washington society is preparing
for a gay winter. This is to be the
Jast winter of the present adminis
tration and everything indicates that
the ladies of. the cabinet circle and
all those in the official world who
rose to social prominence with them,,
will make the most of this, theii;
last fling at the festive and facinat-.
ing social game at the nation's cap
ital. - j
There is not much to be expected
of the White House socially during
the coming winter. While there is
no reason for a'arm at this .time, as
to the president's condition, his con
tinued ill health and his failure to
respond to treatment is a source of
poignant grief. While in no danger,
the president is certainly in no con
dition to enter into, much less thari
to enjov, any social gaieties. Just
what will be done about the official
functions of the coming season is,
entirely 'a matter of conjecture.
The first of the official reception
iVthat given in honor of the diplo-
nifitic corps, who, as , the guestso
the nation,' are quite properly givea
the first consideration. This comes
early in January. The diplomats
come in full uniform, with all their
insignia. There is a babble of many
tongues and a brilliant array and
it is no wonder that these receptions
are so much sought and conse
quently so difficult' to obtain. The
second reception is for , the judi
ciary, held the latter part of the
month; the third is given in honor;
of the congress early in February,
and the fourth to the army and
navy, just before the beginning o
the Lenten season, when fashionable
society, if it doesn't don "sack cloth
and ashes" at least has the welcome
opportunity of taking a long breath.
These four affairs of state are the
essentials of the delightfully elusive
social fabric that makes Washing
ton society. If the president's con- '
dition is such as to preclude his tak
ing his pi'oper share iu these as the
head of the nation it is very much
to be .doubtedif they will be given
at 'all, If the unfortunate condition
should occur it may dampen the ar
dor, but only in a measure atleast
will it deter those ' in the social
swim. For addqd to those who are
haying their last fling at the social
gaieties of Washington life there
will be this winter, the great army
of those who, hope to be strictly
"in the going" of the next adminis
tration... While the political world
may -regard the outcome of the fait"
elections as yet undecided, social
Washington has settled it as its be
lief in the coming change of those
in power and is adjusting itself ac
cordingly. Nowidow's weeds were
ever more flippantly flung to the .
winds to don the brilliance of the
bride than Washington's society is
adjusting itself to circumstances, be
those circumstances what they may.
It's off with the old and on with the
new. It 'pays homage, not where
it ,is due, but where it is a duty.
It pays to serve no less than it pays
to smile. The peaceful pink teas of
the past will give place this winter
to many political plots, now that
women have come into- their Very;
own.
Autumn weddings are coming intot
prominence and by the middle of
October the calendar will hold al
most as many weddings as the
famous month of June. The first
important wedding of this fall sea
son was that on Tuesday afternoon
of Miss Pauline. Kindleberger,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Kindleberger to. : Capt. Maxwell
Kirby, U. S. Ai , The ceremony; .
was performed at , 4:30 m pictur
esque old St. Johns, church and was
attended by & large and fashionable
company. A reception for the mem
bers of the wedding party, relatives
and! out-of-town guests followed at
Rasucher's.
The marriage , of Miss Barthat
Yung -Kwai, daughter of the counse
lor of the f Chinese legation and
Madame Yung Kwai to Mr. Levr
Luverkrop of New York and Peru
was announced the early part -of, the
week. The ceremony Ws per-
formed on Aust31 inAnnapolis
by the Rev, James L.i Smiley, rector,
of St. Amis Episcopal church, and
both bride and bridegroom were un-4.
attended.,; The counselor and Ma
dame Yung Kwai werinot told of the
marriage until their return this week
from the north, where they have been
tor the summer. r
The marriage of Miss Christines
Hesler,, daughter of Mr, John Hes
ler of York, Neb., to Capt. Charles
R. Brooke, son of Mr. and Mrs,'
Robert W. Brooke, of -Seat Pleasant
Md., is announced.' The ceremony,
was performed on Thursday morn-
ing, September 16, at 11 o'clock in St,
Anes church by Rev.' Francis
K. -Nitchie, assisted by tjie Rev. C,
D. Weedon. , Captain Brooke serv-
ed as war surgeon' with the British
expeditionary forces for 20 months
and at one time was thevonly medical
officer with the famous Royal ScotV
tish battalion. iSnce, his .return to '
this country he 'has been 'stationed '
at the U. S. A. general hospital at
Fort McHenry. Va., and more re
cently at WaUer Reed hospital here.
senator and Mrs. Gilbert Hitch
cock and their daughter. Miss Ruth
Hitchcock, have returned from At
lantic fty where they spent several
weeks and have reopened their new
home on R street for the winter. The
senator is now in the west and Mrs,
Hitchcock is making a short visit in
New York. '
Mrs. Sapleton. widow of CoL
D. C. Sta'pleton of Omaha, has re
turned to her home here after spend
ing the summer in Atlantic City. She
was accompanied by her small "
daughter, and her sister-in-law. Mrs.
C William Hamilton of Omaha, and
her little dauchtcr. Marion. Mrs.
Hamilton and her daughter will re
turn to their home in Omaha at thfi
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end, of, a few weeks.
