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The Omaha Sunday JBee
PART TWO
SOCIETY,
PART TWO
WOMEN'S SECTION
TEN CENTS
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1920.
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, 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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art. !P Omahj Mr John Lee
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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
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