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PART TWO
WOMENS SECTION
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. SOCIETY
TheOmaha
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OL. L NO. 23.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1920.
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TEN CENTS
-iBb man's - Me ogorTM:
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Supe
'X
rstitions
WiU Hang
,; Around
" By GABBYVDOTAYLS
i i TT.VE y a pet scpersti-
, i u- i:5cr wiia r.evate-a
eyebrow. -Why, I haven't t.
taptrstujost arc for the ignorant
v Bnt pause a ttoment and rummage
roKcd the shelves of yoar cerebel-
--ra , among jour store of modern
-otonsiation and see .if there in't
tacked away in the corner some old, J
uhmt, iocg-orgortea saperstition
yoo'A forgotten was there, e .
Do yon pick op tie pia yon see
lying in the street?
Jf yon break a mirror does it tire
3 oa a mom cist's uneasmeis? Honest,
; When yon knock over the salt cel
lar, do yoa not becaase yo-i be-
Iiere it does any good of coarse, bat
becaase it can't do anv harm do rtm
- pinch and throw a otct voor j
left shoaider? j
-Do TOO dislike lA irrmt 9 kSlil
aia yoa gve yoar fnesd a knife
r; without adding peaay to break the
eharrn U'ocM mt .-v .
, ladder? Do yoa mind being the 13th f
oimerr,. - . f .... . a
-.These scperstitions are the most
popelar. - : .. ";.-
l wtnldaT leave lovt 09 Friday
on t a Bet-T declares Mfs. Charles
Seatoa. who confesses to other sap-.
crioas. . - ...
' Mrs. Charles if cLanshiu.
, -v having any, bat Gabby refers yoa
o Mrs. Beaton to learn her really
iroiv per new
Vonid yon pick np a'pennr for
lack," Gabby asked Mrs. Henry
- - Wyrrtan.
v "I icsght.pick it np. bnt sot for
. lack." she brightly retoitedV
"X ssdeed, I am not taper ti
tions," sail one yooay woman.
"Xot erea a teeasy, weensy bit?"
'Gabby urged. "WjM yoa hesitate
to sit at a table B.'Wr"
There' this sensibk; . intelligent
young wotaa weakened. "Well,
Xo-0-0, bnt I wouldn't wast to be
" the last one to sit down." "
That'tb fanny part of this pet
saperstition idea. Hostomen will
declare they have no s-persbtjons,
bat if yea discuss the subject with
them lone jenoagh, yoa win d: scorer
there is one turkiBg; aroosd some
where, spite of de-mls. ;
. Mrs. W. E. Shafer admits relact
actly that she fa saperstitwets aboat
opals. She had one once and dosat-
ed it to be saifrage melting pot
(Gabby wosders if that is why Ten-
lessee gave so much tronble in rati-
One' wootaa. asked aboct opals,
said indeed - she . was rot sper-
fctitioni aboat thera. that she would i
wear any jewels she cocid get fcerf
hands on. -
Are women tie only one who w ,
confess to snerstitions? Gabby has '
proof they are not. -
So worthy and respected a towns-1
man as G. W. Wattles u onassamed
of the fact tSat he does cot like to
look at a ttew moon over bis left
shoulder. -t ,
Harry O. Palraer.'prottuaent attor
1 ney, carries a silTer locket piece coo
tatair.g a picture of his mother and
brother. It was given feisa years
, go by a friend who called, it a
"charm piece." "Carry this," the
friend said, "and good lack wiH fol
low yoa." The ; snperstitioa has
grown with, the years, Mr. Palmer
. says. He refa'gioesly transfers it as
he changes from one snit to another.
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4ur. jranneT serrea wn ine Aineri
caa army is Siberia aad China. Start-
isg Oct one day on aa inspection trip
while in China, be discovered be bad
left the charmed, piece be hie A A
boy was sent back fire miles to get
h. -"lroo"d not tare gone on with-
crt tffor anything," Mr. Palmer
laid, . , - , -..,
- yo wonldn't expect a man
wtigticg' 255 pound to have a pet
koperstitioa, wonld yon?" George
DeLacy asked in reply to'.t.e qaes
tios. "
A great mazy cf our sapertitioes
cave grown np with cs throegh so
mazrr venerations that we. are hard-
-t enaciM of their presence. Many
fli these date back to the early Ro
mans and Greeks. .
Salt in ancient times was nsed ia
religions rites, and sepposed to possess-propitiatory
powers. Bnt when
a careless erapetor'r elbow -knocked
the salt dish orer its powers, were
lost, and the only way to bis are a
peaceful resumption of the meal was
to appease the evil powers by throw
ing a pinch of the spilled salt ove
the left shock, er. . ..
( The scperstitioa connected with a
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--s3 eeautitui uebutante. - - - .
Oner"tl.e Weiiest fcf tie leasoo'c debutantes is Mass Dorothy Belt, danghter of Mr.isd Mrs. V.
BTT- Belt. Snre Jser infoncal bowto soeietr & - Year Jim' vhri nk v a nuvsl tv. 11-
Sar-Bea tpteea, Ifisa Belt has" beenapopalnr;nentber of the young, set. - She is especajfy wTomioent
in Coasrtry clob Affairs. Miss Belt has attended Miss Bennett's school in New York City. Her par
ents will give aa elaborate debar party for, their daughter daring the holidays.- Miss' Beit Ivas cot
made definite plans for the later season. . - - " . j v
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and so likely to hare success
whateTer be does. - " ' 4 '
"J As for the innocent ' two-dollar bill
it got its repotatkm when sonse-care-less
shopper first handed-, it oat by
mistake tor a one-dollar bSl aad
didn't get the right change.-And the
poor 'two-dollar bill, that realty is"
as nice as any of the Long Green
family,.- has- been regarded with , a
coM and suspicions eye.
Coare now, what's yoars?
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MERE man can nerersolve the;
"etemat coestion " woman, i
One man go on a Jarnam L
street car last Sunday aiteraooa.' He 3
recognized a woman mend near the
front and sat down beside" her., . "
"I recognized yoa bx roar hat."
fbe smiled. ' , ... ,
- "Oh. dear me! By my'hatr ex
claimed Etc "1 knew I need a new
one, bat I'd!2a,t thick roa'd be so
ee 3r si as to ten me so.
"Oh, my, what hare I done now?"
cried the bewildered"rSaa.
"Why yoa told me yoa have 'Seen
my hat' a handred times before," de
clared Ere. ... - - .
-"WeJt, suppose t haTe. It's a Tery
pretty bat. 1 like it, I think yoa
have wonderful taste," stammered
the man. " . ,:. ...
fill forgrre yoa this time." smiled
the.womaH. who is Very, pretty and
wears beantifal clothes, but den't
te!! a woman again that yoa "recog
nize ber by -her hat.: It isn't beicg.
done. . -. . , .
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TS IT tbeprice of things we Eka!
or the things themselves? The
'Best American
Drama" of the
' ' Year , j
"Beyond the H onion," hv Eogene
O'Nei'l, is the play which Prof, taol
H. Grtnuriann of tie L'civers-"t oi
Nebraska wCl use ir the ftrt oi hiss
eonteicporary plays Taesaf, No-,
ember 23, at the FocteaeHe hotel
at 4 p. m, before the Omasa D.ama 1
league. '
Ecgere 0':H is the sea of
Tames O'NeHl of "Monte Crist"
fame. "Bavond the Horiron is his
J first fell length play. He is also a
liter 01 jjion p.jys ana nis seen
a member of the Providence Players
since their organization. This p!ay
is termed the "Xew Amer'cis Trag
edy," bat is said to be a tragedy
which rsie-t ccc-r in any ciriltaed
conntry of the norid wiere marriage
is a recognized rasntatton. at was,
first produced on February J, 1920,
and was awarded the Paf.tzer prize
f f S1.0CO by Colombia nairersity as
the best Americaa drama of the
year.- . ' " ' ": '
Walking Club to
r Hold All-Day;
Outing-
, The' Omaha Walkfagr clab will
hold an all day hike Saaday. No-
vticber 28, under the leadership of I
the ilissts Lorena Xnox and AUse
Houston. - "
Members will like Belleroe and
Fort Crook intensroan car at Twen-
ty-foarth aad X streets at 9 JO a. m
; The wa!k will start at a. ta
from Twenry-sevema. street station.
BeJ'evne, going east one mile, thence
south through LaP'atte. From La
Plae the party will take the road
thai rors close to the bluffs fast
he old lime kiln to Dyson's Hollow
on trie Hoctor Place.
. Tie next thing oa the program
will be Sanch and hot coffee. Vhichi
I will be served either Ja the lodge or
beside what is claimed to be'-tie'
rest spncg in AeDrasiav iierooers ,
are expected to bring a lanch and I
the. leaders will famish the, coffee, j
cream aed sagar. -'". 2
After ranch the walk will be can-
tisaed along an old abandoned read 1
Fort CroolZ Those who have had
enottgh ca take the car home from
this pesct. Thosevwho are still
risky mar continue the walk to
BeCerce. , - s
- Members who are (mahhf to start
early or who miss the 9i30 car may
take th 12:30 p. xn. Barlington train
to l-a Platte
From LaPlarte take-the road that
mas close to tae blafts, taraice to
the right at the Ense bin. ioictCK
the main party at Dyson's Hollow I
j on the Hoctor Place aboct 2 p. mj
i OnaccooDt of having an ail -day '
, walk in October and another all;
day wa!k ia November, and becaase S
'most of 'the members seem to be.
, favored with Thank. giving diaiftr;
j invitations, the committee on walks';
decJSed not t-pian a walk for 5
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evideuce is agaicst , ov Gabby
broken mirror dates from -Napcle- i c?rrfL- It 5 cnly slDce tlst maf that
on s campaiga in itaiy. wnen ue -
cideatly broke the glass over the
pictare of Josephine. Since glass had
always been coanected so any form p!atia!mi 4 ralcible for the
as symbobcal of lae aad deaJi,' tiamt of war implements.
Napoleon was overcome. Vf"r w,:!adT has coveted it. Heretoi
that some erfl had befailen Jose
phine. And becaase the broken glass
caused the great emperor nneasiness,
the woman on the street car today
pales when she drops her pocketbook
and her mirror breaks.
Other snperstnions are supposed
to have originated from theories
based on the working of itbe sab
conscions mind, or some deductions
arrived at by observing old sages
who knew bow to pat two and two
together. v
jrGmEg a knife to a friend, says
tfis- philosopher, was considered a
likely way to break off a friendship
becaase it" denoted some, sabcoa
sdons bat sinister thought oa the
part of the giver. '
He doped oat the bad lack that
was sepposed to follow a fellow who
walked ander a ladder ia this wise:
If a fellow is so lazy he takes the
chance of walking tmder a ladder in
stead of going aronad. he's Hkery to
meet with aa accident before long. -
Ketone np a pa. fee say v s a
plagium has ccme to take its royal
place among tne metals ot the world.
It is since scientists discovered that
man
's, that
w.i!ady has coveted it Heretofore it
had been nsed chiefly for dental pur
poses and for spark plags in motors.
. As the price of plhtincm rose snb
sti totes were nsed for1 dental par
poses and motors, bat platinum rbll
holds the premier place for electri
cal contacts in war materials. - The
demand for platmam, already
evinced .in jewelry-; increased dnr
rr.g the war, and as Rnssia's sapply
was eat off. aad the aasowat import
ed from Colombia, - small prices be
gan to soar. In the-f-.rst part of
1911 platistnn was worth $3905 a
troy ounce. Today it is aringin;
S13a a troy otmce.
lewelers sar the increased! price
has met witlt increased demand in i
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with the grayest tinge, less Jbrilliant
tnaa silver, bat taking a high polish,
bas foend widespread favor, espe
cially since it Can be finely spaa into
the most delicate designs. -
It stives the diamond a whiter ndi-
a-Ke. is very malleable and not at-;
tackee cy aay nararal acid, which
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Comings "and
Goings at
Capitol x
Borcaa of The Bee,
Washington, Nov. 20.
Cabinet making aad preparation
iT readjustments ia the ofhcial rir-
c!es," whfch; of coarse, affect every-
uung rise m asmegton. nave kept
society bosy since election day. And
it will keen it basier and busier nr.
til rresideat-elect Harding an
nounces his selecrkms for his offi
cial family of the forthcoming ad-
I family are observic? then rounds of
everyday life as gayly as thongh
their going were not the resrdt of ac
taal defeat bat was from personal
choice. -There are some cf them,
however, wio will r&taia with as in
other circles,' the. secretarys. of the
navy and Mrs. Dmieis. for instance,
beiag likely to remain on as "Senator
and. Mrs. Daniels-" The people of
their state are devoted to them both,
personally, and. have already de
clared that the secretary Shall repre
sent them in the senate at tfce next
vacancy. No lovelier hostess than
Mrs. Daniels has ever lived here, and
she is beloved by a wide circle of old
and new friends who wrill rejoice in
her. costiaaed home here. There is
no particular, class in which Mrs.
Daniels' popularity is greatest, aa
classes baring the same feeiinz for
her from the working girl ia the com
munity centers to the members ol the
diplomatic corps.
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There was a tear -family rennioa
at theViVferte Honse the last week-"
rod, wftef Mrs. William Gibbs Mc-
Adoo, Miss Margaret Wilson and
Miss Helen Woodrow" Bones came
down for a few days visit. They ar-
rived from New York on Friday and '
re tnrned to New York oa Tnesday.
The only missing member was Mrs.
Francis Bowes Sayre who cpnld not
leave fcer little family jost at this
time. Miss Boces. who was a mem-,
ber of the president's family
tVoaghoct their residence in Prince
ton, and dariag the years of their oc
ccpancy of the White Honse. aatil
the first presidential trip to Earooe.
-has not been at the White House
state she tame daring the President
aad Mrs. Wilson's absence in Europe
and packed and shipped her belong
ings to ber new home ia New York.
She Wok np important work with the
Red Cross at the outbreak of the
was and daring those last few years
she was a member of the Vhhe
Honse hoasebold, she attended to
her daties in that organization as
promptly and as regularly as thong
ner own oaity oreaa nepenaea cpoa
jk. Yhea the President and Mr,
i WHson sailed tot France she tratJ
) fetred fcer work to. the New York
jemcev where she has retnaineJ.
j She is finite the most attractive mem
1 ber of - the president's -iami!y. A
I handsome bnrstette. petneC erect,
j with well ronnded Egare and a fas-,,
j dilating sprightilaess of manner, a -j
touch of silver-ia her front hair and J
I a sweet womanHsess of e-mre&sian.
Mptu f 'rvikt-eVi t'nc l -Se host of admiring
iA vwv iviuiiiul Oi 1 1 LJO J rrieucs fcere. bhe bears the
Catherine Sniyth-Hfer ,
A gaest at the Ward M. Bargess bom " is Miss Caifcericn
. Smyth oCahington, D. C, fiancee . of Charles Barges. Miss
-Sttytij arrived Saturday, to spend some time "here. Her marriage "
to Mr. Bargess will take place ia Jansary at the home of net
nareats, Jadge acd Mrs. Constantine J.- Smyth, te Washington.
; It had been planned to have Miss Smyth make a formal bow to
Washington society during the holiday senate- but owing to the
aacoasceiaent of her engagement - these arrangements were
.dropped. , - " -
Mrs, C J. SibbernseB of Omaha is a taster of this visitor, and
Miss Smyth spent iLa last summer here at the SIbbertsen home.
In Fine Arts
Society
Omaha Society of Fine 'Art re
ports a splendid response -to metn
berskip in the society, according to
Mrs. tdwarjl L. Barke, chairman
of memfireliipyommiKee. New
in e racers are "beTog constantly-added.
The new manaal will soon be
completed aad sect ont to mem
bers. This keeps the former mem
bers m constant toScb with the new
members as. well as the officers for
the preceding jrear. Informatinn
regardiag 'membership in the Fine
Artssociety" may be secured bv
telepoarog JMrs- Edward L. Barke
Harney 62X5. Membership " is cn
hrnted and those iateresteil ri .
J rited to join.
Does entitle mentbers to all lec
tares, exhibitions,' astd meetings of
the society. There are more than
6T0 members. - -
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sibility of in trod no g the president
to his aresest wife, who 'was her
particular friesd jfor many, mpnths
before tfce presidential interest be
came pronoBBced. She is a second
coasin of the presidei:t.
Wasniagtoa will bare aa icfia?rf
yoattg people for the next week-end.
when the college boys aad girls will
come for Thanksgiving and the at
tending gayeties, f forming many
merry fcoase parries. Many of them
will hie themselves away for the
army and navy game on Satnrday.
There will be great charity baKs oa
Thanksgfvn.g eve and on Thanks
giving nfght, both ar.riT.il affairs for
which these two aaspkions nights
are reserved from year to year.
Representative aad Mrs. Frank
Reavis cf Fall Gty, Neb, have re
tarred to Washingtoa and are again
in their pretty home in Cleveland
Park. Their sons wiU not be with
them for Thanksgrvtef. bnt will both
come for Christmas. The older one
is bnsy in Cleveland, establishing
himself in the business world, while
the yonngef one is a;ain at Corne!L
The Rnrivi ir Kra. rm . .
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, uted in every way and on every
i hand, for Mr.
and Mtsl. Glenn .C Wharton derfaf success 'a his re-election, hav-
ectetaiXed at dinner at their 1e ! H 7 ?rlh"1 ?f,.his et. Mrs.
WTartons brother., Borderte Kirk-" w'nieh U P,. . '-.n
J endan, and isancecMiss Mary return t bold a basiness meeting of
Honored Guest
Mr.
rived Satnrday to be a jroest at the
whartoa home. The gnesu inclad-
m mt. JM Mrs. Isaac Carpenter, jr.;
"Mr. and Mrs. Loots Bar ges, Mt
'Fred Dangbertr. Miss Catfceriae
Smyth of W ashiagtoa. D. C; Drexel
I Sibberesen ,aad Charles Bargess.
i Mr. Kker,di'i"s mother, i(rs. F.
J P. Kirkeadall. WCV entertain inform
i ally- at a' lea Sunday afternoon for
ais i-ooper. .
Miss Dorothy Jndson is planning
an af an for Monday, honoring Miss
Cooper. .and Mrs. W. DJ Hosford
will entertain in her honor Tees-
"thriftr habit, aad the nsaa who picks', leads jewelers la declare that it is
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SJt ap X VWiA M.lfcLg WXilMSUK VaffUva ifc4 t wv IIHMI,
v- mj hcvb u loc uruc was raas oi -
Omaha ia her two sisters at the wedding of Clara Schneider and 1
Harry S. Byrne Wednesday evening at Fremont. Miss ifargSer- -ito
Schneider wax the bride's only attendant and - Mrs. Etta
Schneider Tamer of New York City, who returned, to her native
eiry some weeks ago to be present at the naptials, assisted at the
' large reception following th ceremony. , - , .- - - .
. The twa sisters are well known in Omaha. Ther are fre
qaeBt vtsiton here and have many friends ia this. city. They have '
oftea Tkited at thc.B. J. Diaaing home u tfce guests cf Miss1
Loaiae Dinning, ney Mrs. ABaa Tokey. Omaha mar hope to have
4fcem as gaesU more oftea in tha fotnre. sir.ee their sister, Mrs.'
Hairy Byrne, will be a permanent resident here npon retarn from
her wedding trip, December 1-. - - - " '
Omaha Business Women s. Club
Oa accoant of the closing sepper
and meeting for final reports for
the "finance campaign to be he'd at
room on second floor. Registrations
for sapper wiU be made as asxal at
the Ybarte Women's Christian kuv
the Y. WT. C A. oa Tnesdav eve-irixtinn Kofn 0-tn t-J- - -
cmg. the Besiaess Women's clab 1. Tb proajnni for the evening will
will meet for. sapper and hs evening j 5ieryQ leadership of 3! iss
nrrMr--.r. .i.. v t -!. . 1 tasice Cor-awav. A. W. Gos ilil
prograra at th lows Mens Chris- u-. -jj, sn,lt " r,-Z"
t tsaa association, ia t- itr-Sr ) tn-TM," "v
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Debutante
tative and Mrs. Ward araia be
Represenutive Albert "W. Jefseris
of Omaka refanted Fridav from the
west His secretary. John Shana
baa of Omaha, arrived oa Wednes
day. They had intended to make
the trip by motor, bat the roads re
maining very bad" they gave cp the
idea. Mr. and, Mrs. Jefferis will
spend vtHe winter at the Mesdota.
where Mrs. Jefferis has been since
her retarn here in September. Miss
Jdferis 'returned with her sM nas
entered school, ank A!bt W. Jef
feris, jr came also and went oa to "
New York aad entered Union col
lege. - - ,
The first debatan.e of the season
will be, Miss Marion Hamilton. Her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C Wi.l Ham
ilton, wiU give a - dancing party
Wedensday ..evening, November
2Vw- lhf. Hotcl FoateaeBe.
whea Mss Hamilton mill make her
formal bow to Omaha societr. There
inB m the ball room and
card tables will be placed in smaller
rooms for those who do not dance.
Mtss Hamilton attended Dnchesae
college here and has spent mnch
time in W ashincton. D ft . ;v.
aa Ak-Sar-Ben tcs year aga She
w .cave is ice leatme. the
.nnsT vaua socr gd
Mri. Harry A. Williarcs is ex
pected to retarn here in a day or two
to visit Miss Adrienee Love, who has
been her gnest in Norfolk since ber
return from Omaha, where she spent
some week with ber mother. Mrs.
RnsseB B. Harrison. Mrs. Williams'
coasts. Benjamin Harrison McKee.
who has been abroad since .France
went to wr.a visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James Robert McKee.
in 4New York, is making a visit ia
r a'"5'' oli ko1 ia Indianap
olis, He carce over for a few weeks
aad will retarn to Paris next month.
Mr- and Mrs.' Joseph Lewi, of.
.'man a made aa astmnka. -..-
AYashingtoa early this month to
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