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r.:i,n,'.aaa. m mm ft The Omaha Sunday Bee PART TWO WOMEN'S SECTION TART TWO SOCIETY, VOL. L NO. 17. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1920. 1 B TEN CENTS ect ion ma. ns Best Looking Men'Ajfe inv Business President in Improved Health " s u r i By GABBY DETAYLS. JUST, where can we find our best lookLg men? Exciting question. Where? In the theaters, on the silver sheet, the summer and winter tesorts for, male Aristocracy? "Ah, no," exclaim one Omaha miss. "Where we expect to find com monplace looking males with grim mouths and steely eyes, are the fin est and handsomest men of the country. It is in the business heart of this city for Jhere go our brain athletes as well lis those of another kind of fame. Of course, it's not features I am talking about; it's ex pression. In every tace can be read determination to do b'g things in a big way. Omaha's Wall Street claims our best looking men." And then this girl glanced at picture of a .clean-cut young chap which hung in her room. She Mr smiled and we knew and she smiled and we knew and she knew L jf we knew whence her inspiratic V""" the speech. She is just out of s inspiration for school an cantiui uutitgc--anu 13 l college and is telling everyone that she is just going to stay at home awhile and that her plans are indefinite, bo thev may be but included in them is a honey moon trip across the seas, A FEW days ago local "movie"' place was closed for repairs were being made Upon it. During the day the tele phone rang and a feminine voice asked: v"What are vou showing todav?" The repairman answered gruffly, "Closed for repairs. a "Who is starring?" continued the questioner. The man, tensing the humor of the situation, replied, "A. Work man." , ((T ISTEN to this," exclaimed J i an Omaha business girl who- was perusing a local newspaper on a crowded homeward bound street car a few evenings ago "In Australia, girls claim that it is easier to secure a husband than it is to get a house. "I'm almost tempted to try my Iwclr. I'm tired of being a spinster, besides, I need a vacation and even if I do fail to find a husband the trip will do me good." "It doesn't interest me," said her companion. "If houses are as scarce in Australia as they are in Omaha husbands might be pretty hard to get at that. ENTRANCE into the . matrimo nial state naturally presents to sensitive persons, but one young woman who recently became a brine added pn item to 'he list of things to be worried about. Shortly after the announcement of her engage ment had been made the young wo man called upon the clergyman who was to perform the ceremony. Her eyes were troubled, her mouth was lined with melancholy, her usually vivid color had fled, leaving her face pale and drawn. . "Can it be," lhought the clergy man as he received his young par ishioner in his study, "that this love ly young thing has discovered some insurmountable obstacle to her ap proaching marriage?" Tumultously she said: "I've come about my marriage. I can't bear to take your time, but I didn't know whom else to ask, and you have always been such a friend of the family." "My dear child," the clergman soothed, "of course you must let me help you." "It's about the ring," admitted the troubled bride-elect. "You know, I wanted to he married with a plat inum ring. Everybody has plat inum rings nowadays. Gold rings seem so commonplace, even vulgar I can't bear the thought of ever wearing a gold ring again and of course I'd have to wear my we idThg ring, although some people 'on't. But, then, I'm rather old-fashioned about wedding rings, although, of course,' I'm a suffragist. I don't understand it, any way, because ther people have platinum wedding rings, flow did they get mar-iedr Brought up standing by this di rect question the cfergyman par ried gracefully. It appeared, :.i any event, that the interview did not por tend the tragedy he had feared "Of course it is customary to he married with a ring," he ventured. "Yes. of course;" the troabled caller looked at him reproachfully. "But must it be a gold ring? that's what I want to know. 'My dear child," said the relieved clergyman, "you could be nnrried with a brass ring if you had such a thing. I could marry you witn any of the rings that you have on your fingers now. That sapphire ring, for instance, or the little pearl ring on your other hand." "Marry me with a sapphire ring!" clamored the fair one. "Why I never heard of such a thing!" She gave him a radiant smile. "I have the platinum rin? all picked out," she assured him. 'and now that you say that it's really legal for me to be married with It, I m perfectly nappy. H' OW many bachelors in Omaha are cooking their own meaisr The census bureau of the gov ernment did not include this query in the census questionnaire, b Gabby has a fairly accurate list, of Ctnalia bachelors who are doing their own cooking. . ' , Does the "Old Bach" long for a taste of home-made goodies like another used to make, or is he prac--" :icing eccmomy by refusing tp pay hoM and restaurant prices? With women entering politics, it is pointed, out, men will be drawn nearer the gas range as time goes on New apartments going up here and there are almost entirely equipped with kitchenettes for use i bachelor. College students have i ; ' . 11 1 1 r 1 1 i t sfifctf 1 UIM"""""i MiaHiHMMMaMMMMMMnMMaBMMBrf; Jwjm" """" """" WlfllUII II IP III ll'IIIIITin II I1ll'lllll I ''M'"71 QHj jjjtjj ' A )iri tun .P&ffljs Aiipwyfiiiiiiiiiiiiniii The Drama League The chairman of education for responsibility. The programs presented are largely the result of her work. Mrs. victor Rosewater, is holding that ofhee for the second year. Mrs. E. M. Syfcrt, president of the Drama league, says Mrs. Rosewater has st-ty cured a series of lectures and interpretations which will be of absorbing interest to play-goers, readers, Students and lovers of dramatic art. Mrs. George I'rinz it is who makes to come again. She is chairman of the courtesies committee, and, too, is serving her second year. Her poise and charm fit her admirably for the duties" which are her lot. Mrs. Henry S. McDonald is an ber of the organization. A membership of 1,000 is her hope for the Drama league this year. It now numbers Last year she was chairman of the The season proper opened last an illustrated lecture on "Modern Stage Decoration." Alfred Kreymborg of great novelty and vogue through Lima Beans, one of his plays for poem-mimes, will season on October 23. Kreymborg is said to be a dramatist and playright of much originality and the leader in the free verse movei(mt. He will in troduce the marionettes in Omaha in his play, "Lima Beans." Caliban m English Literature given by Miss Kate McHugh on November 9. Dr. Paul H. Grummann, head of versity of Nebraska, and on the board of the American Federation of Arts, will be heard in six lectures on "Interpretative Studies of Contem porary Plays." The lectures of Dr. Grummann will be given Tuesdays once or twice a month, the first lecture will be given on November 23. Gregory Zilboorg of the. Moscow the minister of labor in tlje Kerensky committee to receive and inform the Russia, will lecture on the drama of the modern theater. Miss Edith Wynne Matthison, last leading ladv for Sir Henry Irving, creator of Everyman in the morality play of that name and more recently Queen Katherine in Sir Harbert Tree's production of Henry VIII and Charles Rami Kennedy, author of Ihe Servant in the House, will be presented in dramatic, interpretations. ; , also taken to cooking and every night witnesses a beefsteak dinner or a Welsh rabbit spread in our local fraternity houses. Of course,' it is argued, the suf frage movement has no connection with this state of affairs, but it is significant that men took to cooking for themselves in large masses about the time the feminist movement gained headway throughout the country, there are scores of club men in this city, members of promi nent families, who can step into a kitchen at any time and cook a most elaborate breakfast, dinner or sup ner. A noted French chef recently acknowledged that a salad dressing which found great favor among his patrons was a creation oi a memDcr of the Princeton club, who had given him the recipe, and that he had many things to learn in the way of new dishes from college bachelors. Letf to themselves and thrown upon their own resources men will usually evolve dishes of their own out of sheer love of experiment. In fact, a fashionable , eastern restaur ant is now servings-pancakes with a tomato sauce filler thaj were evolved by a lonely bachelor. Ginger bread w'ith a fig jelly filler is also claimed as the conception of another lonely male. Whether a steady increase of cooks among bachelors of the male persuasion presents a menace to the institution of marriage remains to be seen, but it is not improbable that, as woman was the first cook on earth, man will be the last. OUR latest fad and fancy is the Wishing Cult have you joined one? Really, my dears, it i? quite the thing, you know. At an informal luncheon held a short time pas,t one brown-haired divorcee confided to a group ot intimate friends that she es a member. "You know, if one just wishes and concentrates enough on the wish, it will surely come true," she told them. From these women the story has leaked out that the grass widow is very much interested in the hus-M band ot a ciiiianooa trienn, ana now since she has joined the cult she is wishing that "B will die so that I mav have J for my hu& band." ' . "If wishes were autos, ' "Beggars might ride." "And many a husband "Would have a new bride." the Omaha Drama league has a big the stranger within our gates want v enthusiastic officer and a charter mem over JOO. Mrs. McDonald is treasurer. bulletin committee. May, when Frederic McConnell gave give the first program of the winter will be the subject of a lecture to be the School of Fine Arts of the Uni Art theater,.author and secretary of government, and a member of the Root commission of conditions in The month of September carried younger set who are students in schools, both in the east and west, and October, too, wjll claim its quota, early tall are now making preparations to do so. J wo lovely sisters, the Misses Charmian and ihelma Hrtctson, are to leave our city diiring the coming week, a they will depart lor New York City Wedncday, October 1 - ' Women otart A Unique Project By E. C. SNYDER. It has 'remained for women to start a' movement to provide a suit able convention hall and an up-to-date theater in the national capital. Katharine S. Brown, Glcnna Smith Tinnin and Mary Holland Kinkaid are the projectors of an enterprise looking toward the erection of a great buildiitg in Washington that will house three auditoriums under one roof and will cost upwards of $2,000,000. Supporting the efforts of the three projectors is a Founders' association to be composed of 100 women prominent in professional, business and official positions in Washington. The one qualification required cf a Founder is that she shall have made a success in some hue of work. There are now about 75 Founders enrolled, each a stock- T r r ' To Spend Winter in away the great majority of Omaha's for many who did not leave in the holder !n the Washington Theater Productions, Inc., which has in re hearsal, "Heigh-Ho," a musical sa tire that it is believed wilt earn, a substantial fund for the theater build up 8-. A site for the building has been selected and plans have been drawn. According to the plans there will be a concert hall that will seat 2.500 and this will have a stage large enough for 500 additional chairs, thus assuring accommodations for conventions of average size. In addition to .the concert hall there will be a producing theater with a capacity of 1,500 and a chil dren's theate or houses of play that seats 1,000. The three auditoriums will open off a large central lobby and in times of special convention demands, all can be utilized. There isMo be, also, a greenroom where club meetings, chamber concerts and receptions can be held. While the promotion of the build ing is carried on, the company will produce plays, which wil be sent out through the regular channels. "Heigh-Ho," which is booked by the Shuberts, will open November U in the new Annapblis2theater and will play in Baltimore and Richmond, coming to Washington on fhe9th. Nation's Metropolis 13. These girls are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Brictson. The Misses Brictson will spend the winter in New York and will devote their time to the study of voice under William Brady. The holiday season will probably bring their return for a short time when they will participate in the gayeties of the yuletide, only to go eastward once more to continue their work. Contrary to the usual "high-brow" expectations arouaed when women provide entertainment, the Founders have chosen a vehicle that promises to be all the tired business man could desire, a novelty including music, dancing and amusing fea tures of various sorts. Since the enterprise distinctly helones to Washington, the costumes and scen ery will be made here. J. here will be a few young girls belonging to Washington in the cast, all of 'hem professionals. Special stress is put on the fact that the productions will represent the best attainment in dramatic art and will compete for popularity in the regular theatrical field. Miss Brown, president of the cor poration, is a college woman who lias devoted many years to the the ater. She has been western pro ducer for New Ybrk managers and has owned her own companies. Mrs. Tinnin has long maintained in Wash ington a studio that has been a center of various artistic activities. She has made fame for herself by her method of dramatic training for dancers. Mrs. Kinkaid is a newspaper and magazine writer who was once a member of the staff of an Omaha paper and since then has occupied important editorial positions in Chi cago and New York City. Mrs. Kin kaid is a sister-in-law of "Uncle Mose" Kinkaid, congressman from the Sixth Nebraska district. The Founders' association is ' a unique organization, the only one of its kind in the United States, but it suggests great possibilities for the future. Its members represent al most as many vocations as indi viduals. V Tuesday Mus i cal Launches On Year's Work The Tuesday Musical club, a pioneer organization in , Omaha music, is now announcing its plans for the coming year. Committees have -been formed to carry on the various line of endeavor of the ,club and world-famous artists have been secured to perform before its mem bers and all Omaha music lovers. The officers who were elected last spring for the season of 1920-21 are: Mrs. A. V. Kinslcr, president; Mrs. O. T. Eastman, vice-president; Miss Gladys Peters, recording secretary; Mrs. . W. A'xtell, membership sec retary; Mrs. Forrest Richardson, treasurer; Mrs. A. D. Dunn, auditor, and Mrs. I.ucien, Stephens, Mrs. R. Needier Howell and Mrs. W. J. Hynts, directors. The committees for the year are: Program Mrs. R. Beechcr How ell, chairman; Mrs. C. M. Wilhelm, Mrs. W. F. Baxter and Mrs. George Mclniyre. Membership Mrs. C. W. Axtell, chairman; Mrs. Harvev Milliken' Mrs. Alfred J. Brown, Mrs. William R. Watson, Mrs. Robert Turner of Council Bluffs, Miss Harriet Smith and Miss Gertrude Louie Ernst. ( Nominating Mrs. C. M. Wilhelm, chairman; Mrs. R. Beechcr Howell and Mrs. Charles T. Kountze. Publicity Mrs. Lucien Stephens, chairman; Mrs. I. E. Summers, Miss Frances Wessclls. Miss Eugenie Whitmore, Miss Helen Smith and Miss Olga Metz. Courtesy Mrs. S. S. Caldwell, chairman; Mrs. Myron Learned and Miss Mary. Munchhoff. As has previously been announced the opening program will be given on Sunday afternoon. November 7, when Anna Case, the beautiful voung soprano of the Metropolitan Opera company, will be presented in a song recital at the Brandeis theater at J o'clock. Following Christmas, on Thursday evening, December ,0, Anna Pav lowa and her Ballet Russe, including the entire Drury Lane (London) or ganization, and a symphony orches tra will be one of the big attractions of the week. This organization, con sisting of 50 danc.-rs and an orches tra of 20 men, will be the most pre tentions attraction ever offered to the members and friends of the Tuesday Musical club and will be taken to the Auditorium for prescn Utw. . i On the evening of February 3 Sereci RarhnirmiiKitf tin- poser-pianist, will be heard in recital at the Brandeis theater at 8:15 o'clock. At the same place on Sunday aft ernoon, February 27. at .? o'clock. Frances Nash, the brilliant voung pianist who claims Omaha I f her home and Louis Graveure, Lai iione, will be presented in a joint reci'al. Frit Kreisler, one cf the worM's greatest living violinists, will bring Bureau of The Bet. Washington. Oct 9. There are many evidences of I marked and continued improvement in the president's health. But not withstanding this it is not expected ihat there will be any of the state itccptions held in the White House during the coming winter. If wilt, however, give Mrs. Wilson a great er opportunity for relaxation anil during these beautiful fall days, she and the president are enjoying the pretty drives 'round about Washing ton. The president, for the first time in two vears, received the justices of ihe United States supreme cou-t last Monday, this annual visit of th. i-M,rt hnitv tn the chief ex ecutive having been omitted last year because cf his illness, l uey were received in the blue parlor where the president shook hands with each of th- nine members and with Francis Key Green, marshal of the court, who accompanied them. Mrs. Wilson has endorsed the Princesses ball to be held at the Cotton Palace at Waco, Tex.. Oc tober 30, bv the appointment of Mi Charlotte Freeman Clark, daugh'er of 'Mr. and Mrs. Watson Freeman Clark, as representative of the Dis trict of Columbia. While the ball is an annual eventC its significance this season is much more than local as the governor of Texas has s-nf a formal invitation to the governor of each state'to appoint a representa tive belle as a princess. The prin cesses will be entertained for several days in Waco as guests of the state. Mrs. Wilson was requested to make the selection of a Washington prin cess. Mrs. Clark and her daughter are now on their way to Washington from their summer home at Cape Clark. . , The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall will probably. confine their social activities this winter strictlv to official functions. Mrs. Marshall vitl do her part, but she has not vet recovered from the death of their adopted child, John Morrison Mar shall. The festivities of last week were but a forerunner of the nr.d-winter gayeties to come. There were two large dinner parties at the British embassy and another by the French charge d'affairs, Prin.ce de Beam. The distinguished vsitors from overseas came to Washington for the tercentenary celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims, ihen there was the visit of that famous French man, .General Fayolle. Besides the dinner parties in their honor there was a trip to Mt. Vernon hen the secretary of the navy and Mrs. Dan iels were hosts on the Mayflower, the president's yacht. Gen. John J. .Pershing entertained in honor of General Fayolle at luncheon at the Army and Navy club. The distin guished Frenchman who represented bis government at the convention of the American Legion in Cleveland, presented General Pershing with the Frnch military medal. Judge and Mrs. Constantine Smyth will present their daughter, Miss Catherine Smyth, to society in Washington this winter. She will give a tea in Christmas week when she will make her formal bow. She is an attractive young girl, ktenly interested in sports and accom plished in the game of tennis and an excellent rider. She was educated ! in the rarfc riace convent in umara, j and afterwards went to the convent ; at Manhattanville, N. Y. She has made manv friends in Washington among the" "sub-debs" of the past few years and will be one of the pop ular buds of this season. Senator Hitchcock has returned from a short trip in the middle west where he made a series of speeches. Mrs. Hitchcock and Miss Ruth Hitchcock have returned to their R street home for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Switzlfr of Omaha, spent the week at the Shore ham on their way south for a short visit. the season to a close en Friday evening, March 11, at the Auditor ium. Active membership in the Tuesday Musical club are this year limited to 600. The dues are $7.50 and any person wishing to join may mail a check for that amount to Mrs. Forest Richardson, treasurer, 5215 Webster street. The gallery membership ($2.01) which was popular last ye:ir, is again open to men and women. This mem bership is limited to' 250. The student membership is limited to 275 and the dues are $3.")0. Stu dents to he eligible to membership must be recehiug musical iuftruc tion at the present timeand applica tion for membership must be made through their teachers. Mrs. Max Obendorfer. music chairman of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, has been secured by the Omaha Woman's club and the Tuesday Musical club for a lec ture recital at the Y. W. C. A. audi torium. Wednesday afternoon, Oc tober 27. Members of the two or ganizations will be admitted to the lecture on their cards. Omaha Chapter D A. R. Omaha chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will hold its opening meeting of the season Tues day afternoon at 2:.?0 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. J. M. Mctcalf. 1234 Soulh Tenth sti'et. Plans for the coming vear's work will be outlined by Mrs."C. II. Aull. The girls of the Kiwanis club wili Inriiish iustrutnent.il music. A so. clal hour will f.Mlow. Mrs. R. A. Fmley. regent, ill have charge f the urofii aui. 4 .si '. il