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i I The Omaha Sunday JBee PART TWO SOCIETY, PART TWO WOMEN'S SECTION TEN CENTS OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1920. 1 B mans e i o n ' I : i VOL. L NO. 21. 7" : ! S ct B V , A Fashionable "'Hotel Sans - Napkins ' By CABBY DETAYLS. " ' DO you remember the' story which irqpressed you back in . high school history about the x beautiful Austrian, Marie Antoinette, queen of France in French revolu- tionary days. You pictured her as " she drove elegantly along one day vith her cortege, pursued by a hungry, desperate mob crying for ..bread. "''Give them bread," said this wom an of luxury who co ild not under A stand the language of the poor. "Alas, niadame, thare is none," re plied her maid sadly. - "Then give them cake," ordered "Marie Antoinette, acpording to the historian. But we need not delve into our histories, nor even draw on our ac cumulated fund of knowledge for little incidents of, this character. ' They may be found right here in Omaha at one of our most fashion ' able hotels. Here is a bit' of cn ' vrrsation which took place in the dining room of the hotel last week. Gabby leaves k to you if it doesn't sound like the remarks which passed between Marie Antoinette and her maid back in but why be statistical, especially when dates are hard to. remember. ' "Waitress," said the breakfast guest sweetly, "please bring me a napkin. ., ''But madam, there are none re plied the girl sadly; . v "Then bring me a table cloth," said milady. Here the story de- v parts in likeness from the original edition This madam got the table cloth. And she used it! ' ."Why use table cloths instead of napkins," the ' curious-minded per son asks. Gabby , doesn't attempt . to be scientific. Nor does she seek to moralize, or- explain. The simple fart js that one of our best hotels " recently 'substituted paper. napkins (.for linen, and now offersno nap kins at all. It is true one woman was .fortnuate enough to secure a table cloth "in , lieu thereof," but others must carry their napkins with them to the elegant dining xoom if , they just can't do without, v Some say the hotel is soon to be pld and that the owners refuse to spend any money for such trnjs as table linen and window cleaning. 3 "We feel hke slave's," said ' one bright woman. "We know we are sqpn to be sold, and we go around , saving to each other, 'I wonder who is "going to buy us. Who will own us next week? " ! "TTOU man, or woman, of rotund-1 Y ity, of soft rounded cuwes. of pompous prosperity, of m cream 'puffiness, beware 1 Tht- scholarly mind is taking a 'decided stand against you. Far better to diet than be ridiculed for sharp tongues "are beginning tolash your tender flesh. One of those inclined to make fun of the more weighty members of - the race is John Cowper Powys, who in his lecture Wednesday at the Fonteneile pictured the optimist as .feeing a fat i'puffed-up" person lov- ing the joys of living in direct con trast to the lean pessimist who craves suicide. " , "It is more dignified," sajd he, "to commit suicide, than to waddle through life." , - ' rPS sh 5s wearine a ring, a I beautiful ring of sapphires and diamonds. You might think.it a dinner ring, but Gabby thinks it will mean all three meah. every day, if plans go well. We won't tell her najjj nor 'even her nickname. She used to attend Central-high school, and was a student at the state uni versity last year where she was a member of one of the' oldest and best knwn sororities. She is,one of -A the many society girls who has for saken the aftrnooA bridge game . and the aimless morning shopping tour for the more thrilljng world f .knci'nffcc h was art attendant at an out-of-town weddijij recently .tmrlfv eictr 'ct trt ev- ample which our heroine soon .may follcfw. , " Tti man if vflll mfist knOW. IS ah Omaha boy, but k- at present in an - adipmmg state engaged in me auto mobile business. He is an expert at the steering wheel, and we think some time belbre the spring days comes again, he will Steer his car right up to the altarwith- a very pretty girl at his sid. , A weeNittle miss residing in a local apartment house evident ly has her own' ideas of the proper educational methods needed Miowadays. This little red-head is a great favorite ' every Jvhere and numbers her friends Sy dozens. A favorite of hers is the freckle-facec elevator tov in the apartment house. Each day he has some toy, piece 1 candy or a flower for her and she looks forward to his daily arrival. One day hecame without, a gift Seeing that she was much hurt by his lack of jhoughtfulness, he sought to explain. "You see. May, am studying to be an architect so that I can build houses and it takes an awful lot of . time and I just had to study so hard I forgot all about everything else." "Oh, what your studying that for? Why don't you study how to make money in a hurry?" v. D 0 you buy more quickly trom a blonde than a brunette Scientists are telling us that the blonde is more alert, quicker, inore active, mentally than the bru nette, but that when blonde is u. r . ?a , Ai Ji iff ift dealing with a, brunette customer, he is likely to deliver his selling points so "rapidly" that the brunett cus tomer, having, slower mental pro cesses, cartnot keep up with him and so the effect of the salesman's efforts is lost. On the other hand, it is said, the brunette or dark-haired salesman in dealing with a blonde customer would be too slow in de livering his yelling points, so that the blonde would -be likely to get bored. Of course, there are innu merable exceptions to all such gen eral classifications. There are very quicK brunettes and very slow blondes. , - -s, v "Do not think that the fact, that the bfonde has a more alert and active .mind means that he has a better mind than the brunette. He is merely quicker in his mental pro cesses, according to scientists. There are many other things to be taken into consideration when judging the ofj ft5?" -K'A- W ' :," 1 : i . entire mental equipment and the pos sible success of either type in reat underttkings." I A Curly hair usually denotes a quick perception and a hasty temper, we are told. People with curly hair are usually good natured, but impulsive. While red hair shows a hasty tem per, auburn-haired people are kind and sympathetic and tine auburn hair shows an excellent mind. Glossy black hair inclined , to be wavy or curly indicates keen perception and usually a cautious and secretive rfa ture, but the person with Jlack curTy hair would not be as quick mentally as 'the person with blonde, curly hair. . Golden hanr denotes caprice and physical nervousness. -v Blonde-haired persons may be more alert, but the -dark-haired fra ternity need not feel troubled, never theless, for Charles Kassel, in an article in the Popular Science month ly, published several yean- ago, stated that biography shows the great ma jority of geniuses to have had dark hair, although their eyes were gray r grayish blue. ' Softly clustering curls, rather than straight stiff hair, he found, was. characteristic of gen ius, especially of poets. Coarse, stiff hair is declared by all anajysts ol physiognomy to indicate something of coarseness in the possessor's char acter. ' (n ENTLEMEN only, gen- I Tr-Icmen preferred, run the advertisements for furnished rooms in the daily papers. "Ladies" seem to be in high disfavor. The fe male of the species seems, indeed, to be considered more deadly than the male. Frequent comment is made upon this situation and the question "why" is asked. Gabby sees many reasons for it. .Women occupy their rooms ,Mrs. Burgess And Finex Arts The name of Mrs. Ward Burgesr is brightly interwoven with the prog rlss of fine arts in Omaha. Re elected president last spring, Mjs. Burgess again heads the organiza tion of which she has been a sincere and effective member for the tast eight years. Her co-workers' say she has a'conviction about the place of art in America and is confident and efficient in working toward defi nite goals along the line of progress in Omaha. With the coming of an art direc tor, a new era seems to have dawned for the Omaha Society of Fifte Arts. A history of the development of the body in Omaha, prepared by Mrs. Alfred Darlow, publicity chairman, " is therefore of particular interest at , this time. , t First Meeting. After much thought and many discussions, in regard to Omaha ad vancing and broadening in every di rectipn eAept along the lines of cul ture, and art, a few women, 29 in number, 'gathered together on Atfril 26, 1906, at the Omaha public libra- , ry for the purpose,, of organizing ' an art study class. A temporary -chairman and secretary were elected and other details of organization ar ranged. Mrs. A. W. Jefferfs was elected president of the Omaha So ciety of Fine Arts." ' Charter Members. This first little group of women was composed of Mesdames C. , W. Russell, C. C., Wright, C. S. Mont gomery, W. W. Grigor, C. E. Jo hannes, H. D. Foy, F. A. Thomp son, Georgev Marples, Irving T. Bax- . ter, W. G.'UrerA. W. Jeffris, H. W. Pemock, M. D. Hussie, W. C. Sunderlaiid, George Bickndl, C. H. Dewey, J. W. Griffith, E. G. Mc Gilton, R. B. Elliott, Helen T. Cjri gor,F. H. Blake, C. A. Sweet, James T. Lee, M. B. Lowrie.v A. W. "Bow man, George Payne, Wm. H. Gats ratt, and Misses T. J. Barrows Sira Anna Downs. To this preliminary body of Jv, were added 35 merrnTers as follows, making a total of 64 charter members: S. D. Barkalow, Milton TBarlow, Jrvtng iJaxter, C C Belden, E. A. Benson. Warren S. Blackweil. A. W. Bowman, yicfor ' B., Caldwell, Richard Carrier, F. H. Cole, Ralph B ' Elliott. rArtTrtir- English, C. M. Fowler, W.H. Garrett, Harold Gif ford, John W, Griffith, T. S. Grigpr, W. H. Hancock, Edward Johnson, Gearge A. Joslyn, Z. T. Lindscy, A. J. Love, C. S. Montgomery, C, G. McDonald, John McDonald, E. G. McGjlton, Charles Offut, Walter Page, G. H. Payne, William G. Ure, W. D. Williams. C. W. Russell. II F. Wyman, J. O. Yeiser and Miss Jessie Millard. ; First Program. The first program of the Omaha Society of Fine Arts occurred Oc tober 18, 1906, and being the first was a memorable occasion. The subject was "Leonardo da yinci." Mesdames .-Elliott, Page, Montgom ery, Blackweil and Grigor were in charge. It IS worthy of mention that at this second meeting 69 mem bers had been enrolled. Some of the lines thought most advantageous for pursuit were lecture courses, story telling with stereopticon views, and loan collections of pho tographs and slides. , Program on noted artists and sculptors and au thors were prepared by members. A question of great importance came up at the sixth meeting as to wheth ep Raphael was the "greatest artist in the world." The question is still pending. .1 At the 11th regular meeting a Michael Angefo program was pre pared. It was always the aim of the committee in charge to choose not only artists and famous sculp tors but worthy men who yet had the vicissitudes of life to bear and had not reached the i pinnacle of fame from , a worldly standpoint. The love for art and high ideals was being advocated and promoted tn every possible waf, lectures were being arranged for, at least-five orjMrs j0hn W.HJriffith at her home six times a year, exhibitions "at least or Miss Grace Gassette, in the fall - nnrp a vpar and nftn fin During the winter of. 1911 Freneh art, from the beginning of the 19th4 century down to the present time, The first reception and social more than men. They are more like ly to spend their evenings at nome. They arejnore likely to have callers and there is quite a rub. Are you renting a room or a suite of rooms," one landlady asked a fem inine petitioner who inquired. about parlor privileges. "Vomen ask more favors- than men, such as the use of a sewing machine, electric iron, or even, laundry priv ileges. They practice more small economies than men. , A man. will pay higher rent for his room than a woman. Perhaps he can better afford it, but that is of no concern to a landlady. Not only are such agencies as the Y. W. C. A. and the proposed. Salva tion Army home for working girls tif real value in a community, but more good women who can spare a room4the society has ever made in a single at reasonable rates, are needed for the girl of slender purse and good purpose, V yN s ' y" w Lk tJu&OtL. ! Chairman of Teams Under the leadership of Mrs. Frank Judson, chairman of the women's teams in the Y. W. C. A. budget campaign, more than 500 workers will invade the city commencing Tuesday morning. November 9, and continuing intil the evening of November 16. Unlike many financial campaigns, thert will be no house-to-house canvass or tag day. Workers will confine themselves to a card system, calling only upon persons whose cards they hold. f Mrs. Judson has been prominently identified with the very suc cessful development of Camp Brewster, which is probably a forerun ner of what she will accomplish as head of the women's teams in their effort to secure an adequate budget for the Y. W. C. A. during the coming jear. Social affairs will be forgotten for the week by this charming and popular society matron while she devotes herself to Y. W.' C. A.. finance. x Ftench Women Are Seen Smoking on The Street 4 A woman smoking on the streetl That is a sight America has thus far been spared. The Parisienne jsnoi so deprived, according to Mrs. C. A. Hull, who writes to friends here that she has seen several women smok ing onthe streets of Paris. Mrs. Hullj will probably have many inter esting "comments to make on "La France" in the 'postwar days, upon her return to Omaha. She sailed for home- October 23 after-receiving her diploma -from the Yersin school for her study there in French during these past months. Her husband, Dr. Hull, has gone east to meet her. It is their plan to spend the month of November in New York City, re turning then to0maha. .event for a fecturer was given by fectur V.N3ri of 1906. The next occurred oiv No vember 29,-when 54 members of the - Qmaha Society of Fine Arts char tered a car and visited the Lincoln Society of Fine Arts --Warm nos pitality Vas accorded . the Omaha delegation. A private view was given of the splendid collection in the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hall, i The Nebraska university was visited, where an interesting collec tion of paintings from '11 parts of the Uufted States were being exhib ited. " . ' 'Notable Exhibit. ' ' Two of the most noted exhibitions of paintings in the history of the Omaha Society of Fine Arts were held inJ915 and mo. 111 111 4 71kl 111U V. AkiWAaJvaw. . . i n f notable ol we two collections ww showh at the Hotel Fonteneile. It was made up ot loans airecny irom th artisls and from museums and individual non-resident owners. This exhibition included priceless paint ings of old masters, never on view outside of ' the various ownerships. The Chamber of Commerce placed publicity in 800 state papers on this exhibit. M-any people came to Oma ha at that time for the express pur pose of viewing this rare and beau tiful exhibition. Inness "and Cazin were both represented. Seven paint ings were purchased. T ,Tw6 by "Frank Reed Whiteside." vwere se cured by Mr. and Mts.. C. N. Dietz. one of which was presented to the Art society. Louise Upton Brum back's "Morning on the Beach." was purchased by Mrs. Harold Gifford. One of the most notable canvasses that found its way into the society and involve" the largest expenditure painting was E. W. RedfieTd's "Road to the River." Prinetz's "The Au thor," and Peyraad'i ".The Birches," Mus i cal-Soc i al , Event of the ( Season 1 The recital of Anna Case, popular American soprano, who appears here on Thursday evening, Novem ber 11, at the Erandeis theater, un der auspices of the Tuesday Musical club, promises to be one the happy musical and social events of the theatrical season. Miss Case's ap pearances have long been one of the social events of the Metropolitan season in the east and crowded auditorium, a "stage banked' with flowers, and applause only stilled by more than a dozen encores are rec ognized feature, according to critics. Of Miss Casethe New York Herald said under date of January 21. 1919: , "Miss Anna' Case gave her annual song recital last night at Carnegie Fall before an audience which quite f.Jled the huge auditorium. In a gown of silver end gold she floated out to a palm banked stage as lovelv a vision as ever graced a New York concert hall. What beauty and grace can do for a singer was done for Miss Case last night before she ut tered a note, and when to this was was added one of the most luscious nstural voices now to beheard in the-world of song, the popularity of thjs young American soprano was not difficult to understand." were purchasedby the Blackstone Holding Co., for the Blackstone ho tel " ' "Friemfs of 'Art." In the year 1914 and 1915 the for mation of a chapter of "The Friends of Art' in connection-with the Fine Th. tnnroiArts society was carried to a finale , - , . . . ann cravA anHpl imnfit t rha nAv A - ...,- art. !P Omahj Mr John Lee . . :j"'",v, V,7 Byrne, vice president; W. W. Head, treasurer, and Xharles U George, secretary; Francis A, Brogan, Ward M. Burgess and Charles M. Wilhelm, board membersv , ' To Secure Art Director. Mrs. Ward Burgess, president of the Omaha Society of Fine Arts, who has been one of the strongest and most ardent workers in the society, very generously proposed at the an nual meeting of April 28, 1920, giv ing a sum of $2,500 for a period of three years could a like sum be se cured in, order to maintain an art director. The committee in. charge of securing the balance have met with most gratifying results. This proves positively that there i( a preat interest in art land indicates that we are, ready to put forth a project that will ultimately give Omaha an art museum. Mrs. Bur gess' efforts and time are given un stiritingly to the Organization she hetdv . ' " Many Changes At Capitol March 4 . Bureau of The Bee, Washington, Nov. 6. Washington has settled down into its pre-inaugural attitude of ex pectancy. The week has been onef of almost unprecedented interest to society, ollidal and residential. Never have the women read thev papers so diligently. 'They have eagerly scanned the election returns to (see what friends are. to be re turned here after March 4.; While the changes heie are kaleidoscopic from year to year, this coming one will be the greatest in many seasons. Many old friends will be returning, for among the names mentioned for the high places -In the next adminis tration are a number who have been identified prominently with official life before, some very conspicuously. The women who retire from official life with leaving scores of personal friends, behind them have themselves only to blame, for nowhere is it easier to make lasting friendship than in Washington. - p v The woman who forgets that her husband's or her father s position is for but a comparatively short period comes- to a startling realization at the end of that period, and if she has failed in graciousness and cour tesy in any quarter it is cnecKea against her m no generous terms. The ex-cabint, or ex-senatorial hostess, or other "ex," who returns here to visit and receives ' an ' avalanche of invitations and calls, , may feel gratified at her own person- ' ality, for had she not made personal friends she would be entirely ignored and apparently forgotten. Wash ington society is. a fickle commodity. V It greets the incoming officials with tk same smile with which it speeds the departing and "exes" 4iave no ' plaSc here except the personal one. The year has been a signficant one in that it has brought woman into' What tfie majority has claimed is her, pwn. The greater number of them were keen to get to the polls and personally cast their first vote for , the chief executive of the nation. The cabinet women for the most part voted. . Along the lines of the general rec ognition of women, the play, "Son- ya, given during the week in Wash" ington, was an interesting on?. It was written by a woman, Gabryella Zapolska, who is th first Polish J playwright to receive recognition in tne literary and citamatic woriu. ine members of the diplomatic corps, all of smart society and official, filled the little theater throughout the week and enjoyed the rich. Oriental set tings, rugs and hangings, many of them having been loaned by the Shah of Persia for the presentation in this country. i The announcement of the engage ment Of Miss Catherine Smyth, younger daughter of Judge Smyth, chief justice of the district- court of appeals, to Chailes W. Butgess of Omaha, created no end of surprise and interest in Washington, where society was locking forward to the debut of the petite bride-elect. The date had been set for December 27, for her debut tea, and now instead there will be a wedding in January. Mr, Burgess spent last week here when the date and the plans were al most completed. The Burgesses are well remembered here " during s the wai when Mr. Burgess' father, Ward BWgess pme here to aid Mr. Van derlip in his part of the war work. There will be an interesting wedding party and innumerable prc-nuptial festivites attending the wedding, which will take place the middle of January in the home of Justice and Mrs. Smyth at 2400 Fourteenth street. The engagement of Miss Eliza beth Harrison to James Blaine Walker New York, youngest child of the late President Benjamin Har rison and grand-nephew of the late J.mes G. Blaine, secretary of state in Benjamin Harrison's cabinet, is of great interest in Omaha as well as in a number of other cities. Miss Harrison is the half sister of Maj. Russell B. Harrison, son-in-law of Mrs. Alvin Saunders of Omaha and ver'y strongly resembles her dis- ' I tinguished half sister, Mrs. James""" ' Robert McKee of New York. She ' is a girl of distinct beauty and won- . j rierful coloring and with a "brilliant mind well cultivated. She has beeri admitted to the bar of Indiana and was graduated in international law from Columbia college, New "York It has been her ambition to practice ' i the profession of her father. The) 1 wedding is expected to take place in the earlyrtinter in New York, where Miss Harrison and her mother have l:?d an apartment, and spent their, j winters for some years.. The young; American Portia is known and ad mired in Washington society. She has visited the late Mrs. Caroline Parker Kuhn, first wife of General Joseph" Kuhn, and : more recently; Miss Georgia Schofield, now Mrs; Washburn of New York, whese guest she was during their debutante season. The Congressional club where the women of -the congressional circle ?nd of official society in general meet frequently, will not open its doors before the first of December, or just previous, in time for the assembling of the session on December 5. Every s one is rejoicing over the re-election of Mr. Keavis of Falls City, as it will insure the return of the club's treasurer, Mrs. Rcavis, who is avery popular and very active member of the club, and who has made a splendid officer. " Commander ajid Mrs. R. J. traeton, the latter, the daughter of Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, formerly of Crete, Neb., had a short visit last week from the Chancellor of the University of Nebraska and Mrs. Samuel H. Avery, who spent the .(Continued ea fact Tw-Bj i i i