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V .TheO PARTTWO . WOMEN'S SECTION PART TWO SOCIETY VOL. L NO. SO. . JOMAHA; StJNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1921 ten cents 4 1.1 if? V s i-l ,ti 1 1- if Daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stantorr Writes of Her Mother S3 Sunday Bee MAHA L ! ; ' 1 lei iff M j - 11 . . ' , . - , . fc. : t - o - A' 1 U - ;V PHY , i 1 i i hi . tii1. To Wlnteh The holiday season overy OTiiahahs are preparing for mid-winter trips,. Some are seeking the gayety of eastern musical centers, ' while others are planning to spend tJic remainder of the winter,; monthson the western coast. The balnV breezes of southern Cali fornia are calling many of our matrons,.' among iwhom 'is Mi's. . Charles Metz, who, with Mr. Metz, leaves' for Los Angeles the latter- part of January for an indefinite stay. -Mr. and Mrs. Fred Metz will leave at the same time. , ' Miss S event ; Eager to " ' Makes By GABBY MlbS Seventeen-Year-old of our 1 acquaintance is mos eager to grow up. During the past several monthtffevcry effort has been bent toward achieving the ap- pearance of at least 18 wiuters and summers. In an eastern school far fully plannediher'wardrobe for thew holidays, nd at Thanksgiving time whtn visiting in New York , sjic reveled in beiuties of the smartest liops. A.yerely plain tailored suit With trim sailor hat , to ''match was' her first purchase", this being quickly follev'd by several blouses, the like of which are affected by business women far removed -from tiic "debbie" stage.' Of course, '.cos tumes for social functions were con sidered, and upon hit return to school she possessed "a flinging v ' vampish" gowii of black velvet, made , with scanty scantier bodice. A1i! skirt 'and her; youth- iul spirits were joyous. Mie wotil'l look older mwv The boys would ti'eat her as" though she wce. fully 18, going on 19. Experiments ,with a poiffure' which tended toward a more stately appearance were very suwessful and it was with a nost felf-salisfiejl air Miss Omaha board ed the tram to return for the (holi days. - 1 '" She soon discovered a fellow traveler to be a young man of her elder brother's, circle,, who was re turning from his alma mater. Conversation went rieht merrily for some time until the boy wel hH I Li fA l . lAI "Honestly you don't rscem the same since you've been away to school. I, feel as though I should talk on psychology, and a lot of bunk like that. I guess you've Just grown up. You always seemed like such a little kid." , At this 17 glowed inwardly but not for long. "You "know you never seemed ust like the other girls to me. YoiTwere sort of old fashioned, sweet and feminine, the. kind of a girl that wears ruffles and, frills and leaves off the hair, nets and doesn't use big words or talk a lot about the 'new era' and junk we're all sick of hearing." At his the girl beside him re iTuemBered ber mannish suit,' her haiT net skinned tightly over blonde locks which curl most bewitchinly, if permitted, and her heart t sank. She rallied quickly, however, v and turned the subject into other Aan nels. - - . , In the dining car that evening the young man's keeti eye tioted a change in the appiarance of -our little friend. Into ther masculine eye there leaped a note of apprecia- lon tor the iainty picture ot eminine youth and beauty before him. - , V. . , "Yott see, they make us dress that horrid mannish grown up wayat school." the bWI timidlv Axolained as she blushed just like an oldf fash - loned girl, but whether because of fte fib or the "complimentary gazd tha boy. Gabbv doesn't know. 1 m ' or--.- in California een - Y f -Q 1 d , Grow; Up, - Mistake - DETAYLS, Into drug store stopped one daj A little miss just fresh from piny.-;.-She dropped n. nickel tin .the case. Andjfallctl for a, cone, .with happy face. ."(Her face, not the cone's.irf.,w J ' - - e i ''Cones are seven cents now. my child," The clTk Informed her its lie smiled. ' With! feellna; never born of fear . ; . Slie-sald, "I'll have a cold root beer. . (Note the variety.) "That is si cenls."-aid the clerk Albeit without sign of mirth. ! With just a glance along the floqr She turned awaylto leave the store. . v x (Was she hlufflmj.) "Walt, come back," the clerk cried out. "Tou've left your nickel." came his shout. "Oh'keep it if you will." said She "It Isn't worth athing to me." - (Ever feel tnat wajf yourself ?) This story.jwitfiout the embellish ment of verse, js told;by Mrs. H. J. Holmes as having taken place in an Omaha drug- store out on . East Dodge. Mr. or Mrs. Grownup, take heed. Remember, that practical prob lems of finance have crept even into that romarMic ealm of nildhood and make-believe. , Don't give your &nud a nickel to spend any more. Tt won't do him, her or it any good. MakeUt seven cents. . ANOTHER story,- illustrating the fact- that those "happy days of oliildhopd" are differ ent now than when yyon and 1 were young, Maggie." A nickel meant a whole bag of .candy in' those days 10 nigger babies, 10 chocolate mice,' an all-day sucker, a stick of licorrce and five, jaw-breakers. One cent wassomething to be appreciated, but 5, well, some people... always were just naturallylucky ! ' , - A benevolent-hearted woman was buying a box of candy not many days ago at a candy store grafted onto a cigar, shop in one of Our large office buildings. A young child of color, sometimes 'careless ly called "nigger," was "hangiii' round" rolling his big, meek eyes up' at her while she made her, pur chase. When she-paid for her mod est half pound of candyr she hand ed the clerk an extra nickel and asked' him (unknown to the child), to "give him a bit of candy." Unaware of the arrangement, the shabbilydressed, ad-eyed little fel low, seeing that the woman had fin ished her purchase, Jiterally sang out to the clerk, "Give me a quar ter's w'orth of chocolates with cher ries in 'cm." y . v - "Give me back my nickel."' said the' woman, -"and don't let the boy know I - insulted him." Whereon she fled. Exhibit of Old Masters Is . Impressive : By MRS. ALFRED DARLOW In- looking over the exhibit -of canvases done by "old masters" which is, .being held under the aus pices of Fine Arts society inhe pub lic library one is impressed by the exquisite coloring and harmony per- meating the very atmosphere of the room in whicbthe pictures are hung. "The Hon. Mrs. Davenport," bv Thomas Gainsborough, is especially . ; -- i n I J,r , -Forrher Omaha GrL Returns for 'Visit T r- y ,..., -r ,,. ,v. ,, , t- : ' ' j This interesting shadow picture Mr3. John R. Moser of Butte, Mont. where she i now resides." She has been aholiday visitor in Omaha witih her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Swoboda. arriving-December 22. She leaves today for her-home. , : u ' ' N. N Mrs. Moser was graduated from Brownell 'Hall in 1917, later spending two and a half years abroad. Motoring is one of? her favorite pleasures and sh; has particularly enjoyed it in the. great mountain. in the west. ' ,. - '. '.- ; ' - . .' - t : , ' ' N ; . . L to be commented upon. "A Gentle man,? by Lorenzo Lotto, an Italian artist, although representative of the jtitle, shows a gentleman of leisure as well as most studious in expres sion. vMme. Vigee Lebrun's "Child of Labadye Family" is most, beau tiful in its appeal as well as color. The Omaha Society of Fine Arts deserves unstinted praise for its sue- Margaret- Stanton Lawrence, daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who advocated "women's rights" 72 years "ago, has written' to the editor of the woman's section of The Bee regarding her mother. "I am an old lady myself now," she says, "and lived, through the days when my parents had rotten eggs, cabbages and brickbats hurled at them on the platform at Cooper Union, New York City, and Fanu eil Hall, Boston, by the great mobs who would not let them plead for the rights of the women or the ne groes. My mother visited your city (Omaha) many times when I lived there and spoke in your n)idst to large audiences, but a new genera tion has arisen since then. Mrs. Stanton spent some time .in Council Bluffs and is well remem bered there. .Mrs. Anna V. Metcalf of Omaha says shsremembers going with her mother to call on Mrs. Stanton. Uoth Mrs. Stanton and Susan B. Anthonv were entertained in the home of Mrs. J. N. Cornish of Omaha, mother of Mrs. Metcalf. "When mv mother was 33 years oid," Mrs. Lawrence relates, "mother ct three stalwart sons.-vshe ankher fr:ends held in Seneca' FallsN. Y., July-19 and 20, 1848, the first con vention, ever called to discuss the rights, of women. Frederick 'Doug lass, the brilliant orator, had come ,down from , Rochester, N. Y.i to speak at the meeting Mother asked him wliat it was that he saw that his people, . the lack slaves, needed to pnt-them on the fight plane. 'The ballot he promptly, replied. , And J. fee that the ballot is exactly what we women need,' said Elizabeth Cady' Slanto'n.' " ' v ,. V "Then she explained to him that she had drawn up thef' resolution, , will recall to ..her Omaha friends;" Mrs. Moser was married on September 7 last and moved to Butte. cessful efforts in bringing so far the best that can -be secured, this bejK the third exhibit since the opening of the 'season, October," 1920. The present exhibit of old masters- is loaned by courtesy' by the" noYed Enrich, galleries iof .New Ydrk. It is needless to say with exhibits of note being ' brought to -the portals oi our very door that art can be cn- . ' ' ' . which shortly . follows, that she would read it to the convention and that he must at once jump to liis teet-and make a short speech in fa vorof passing it. And then she would immediately' do likewise. . ' 'Resolved, That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves the sacred right of the elective franchise, a "My mother told Mr. Douglass that in the conferences they had been holding before the convention, where she had maintained that the ballot in the hands of woman was the keynote to the situation,-- L.ucre tia Mott, the great Quaker preacher irom rnnaaeirnia, naa jexciaimea, 'Oh, Lizzie, if thee demands that-thee will make us ridiculous! We must go slowly.' "And my father, Henry Brewster Stanton, the famous anti-slavery ora tor, who usually stood by my moth er in allshe did ancT-said, and who also worked and spoke for the cause of .woman, was so amazed at - her daring - when she confidedyto him what she intended doing and would not Jisten-to his advice that he left town and would noj attend the meet ings! " . ' "But my, mother felt , she was rieht and nothinar anyone said could 'turn her from her bourse. Frederick Douglass agreed with hei", and sa,id he would do all he could to help her carry her resolution. ' ' " . , "Then, too, she remembered the advice given her by Daniel O'Con uell, the far-famed Irish orator, whom she, had met in London, England, on her wedding trio in 1840. while! at tending the World's Anti-Slavery convention, to whiclrrrty lather had .been sent as 1 a delegate from the United States, and with whom my y 1 1 (Tarn to Pgre Tirej-B.) J' Miss Gretchen Swoboda. who is now joyed,tudied and appreciated with out always wending our way to other , climes to yjsit muscimis. A museum we have not yet attained, but with the spffit of public senti ment back of our Society of Fine Arts the time is ripe and ere long a museum will be an additional monu ment of bcautv to our growing city of Oma i , ' 1 1 I 1 Twiniiinm m u. i n riBT-iMSTsilUllii JSUSmmmmmJ I ' ' l j' """nr''l'f' " 'lJmK - W V ' - Habov Family Group, 1 V S Mrs ".' :.vW.. . ! 1 . j 1 Benefit Film For Big r; .'Sistfers ' A benefit performance wiis- be given for the Big Sisters association by the management of the Muse theater on Wednesday and Thurs day, evenings, january and 1.3, at- the Muse, theater, Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets, "flic .film to be shofon is "Honest Hutch," & Saturday Evening. fot.tory. , In addition to the film therq will be dancing num bers by pupils from the studio of Miss-Adtlaide Fogg and violin solos by Miss Edith Hall, formerly of St. Louis, who ,is a piipil of the cele brated Max Bendix of Ney York. Performances "on these two evenings wiil be at 6:30, 8:00 and 9:30. .. . r The Big Sisters is an association of 'business women, whose purpose is to'promote the welfare and happi ness of any girl or woman needing a big sisterj Loucly girls are helped to make friends. Worried and per plexed little; sisters arc given kindly counsel. Girls who are, in' financial difficulties are- helped over the hard places. Sick girls are visited. AU sorts of little kindnesses are shown girlsand women who are strangers in tfic city, t' '. ( , Very recently one little woman who had never been in the city be fore came here to enter one of the hospftals. She appealed to. Beatrice Fairfax before 'leaving home to find her a plapc whie her 3-year-old girl could be . boardedv while the mother was in the ' hospital. In co-operation with' the Big Sisters a place was found where the child was give nv loving cWe. The Big Sisters met the mother a the train with an automobile and saw her and the child safely established, .-which meant a great deal to such'an in experienced person. .v - ' ' ; The Big' Sisters were also able to give the , mother and little one a very happy Christinas. Christmas boxes Were sent to a young English woman, who j!s the yvidow of one of our soldiers, and who is in a hospital;, far from home and friends. A layette is being furnishedto a young unmarried mother who has been unable to prepare for-the' com ing of he baby. This is the first time the BifT Sis ters have appealed to the public td help raise f und to carry on their work. " f i s A.C.A Notes There will be a genera.1 meeting of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae Saturday at the.Chamber of Commerce. Luneheon will be served it 12 o'clock followed by a program ati:30 o'clock.-.'' Maurice' Block, art director for the Omaha Society of Fine Arts, will, speak on "American Art." Reservations, for the "hmcheon may be made with Mrs. H. B. Pat rick, Colfax 4004, before 9 ,a. m.ySat urday. . Mrs. ; J. .T. Maxwell, 2556 Marcy street, will be nostcss for the home education and drama sections of the A. C Ar Wednesday afternoon. The horn-: education section will meet at 1:30 o'clock."" Mrs. Phebe E. Fullaway will speak on "Cookery." The drama section will present a medieval French farce, "Monsieur Patelin," at 4 o'clock, under, the leadership of Mrs, Howarr Mc- . , ' - t ' Frank Keosrh and her rank, jr., look like the happy family group they are. Mary Alice, age 6, was named for her mother, and 18-month-old Frank, as the junior indicates, was named, for his father. Mrs. Kogh was form erly Miss Mary Alice Rogers,; daughter of the late Thomas Rogers. Her mother, .Mrs. Rogers, resides with Mrs. Keogh. Her grand father, Milton; Rogers, was one ofthe early settlers in Omaha. Mrs. Louis Nash is ber only Sister.. . , . . Burgess-Smyth Wedding 6f , Interest Both- Here and : ; -In Washington Bureau of The Bee, Washington, Jan. 8, The marriage pi Miss Catherine Smyth, younger daughter of Chief Justice (of thd courtof appeals of the District of Columbia) and Mrs, Constantine J. Smyth, formerly of Omaha, to Charles Ward Burgess, son of Mr. and Mrs., Ward Burgess of Omaha which will take place next Wednesday 'evening is of equal in- terest Jtere a,na in uinsna wnerc iuc voune neoole wilkmake their future hcineT The ceremony will be per formed at S:30 m the evening m the beautiful ball room of the elaborate apartmem house, '2400 Sixteejvth street, where the Smyths live. ArK ception with dancing ; 'will follow, when the company will . include of ficial, diplomatic .and resident -sp-cicty. ' " "' ' ' ' Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sib bcrnsen of Omaha, brother-in-law and sisler of the youthful bride, ar rived on Wednesday to remain until after the wedding. Both will be in the wedding party, Mr. Sibbernsen as one of the 'groomsmen and Mrs. Sibbernsen as matron of honor for her sister. : hs Catherine Cartan of New York will be the maid of hon or. She arrived here yesterday and Miss Claire Daugherty of Omaha, who will be one of the bridesmaids, arrived here Thursday. Miss Rosa Maye Kcndrick, daughter of Senator Kendrick of Wyoming, a debutante of this season, as the bride was to have been, will be the other brides maid. 'Mr. Burgess will have his father for his . best man, and trie groomsmen will include, in addition to Mr. Sibbernsen, Eugene Neville of New1 York, George E. Hamilton of this city, Lewis Bur-gess of Omaha, brother of the bridegroom, and Ed ward Smyth, brother of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Burgess and Lewis Iiurgess will arrive here on Monday with Mr. and , Mrs. L. C. Nash, all of Omaha.. The bride groom arrived .yesterday. A round . of entertainments has been planned ,for the young people and 'crowded into a short space of time. Last nighty Judge and Mrs. Van Orsdale entertained a company at dinner in honor of the bride. Today Miss Margaret Crosson, daughter of Dr. Henry J. Crosson, 'and a great niece of the late - Hon. James G. Blaine, gave a large luncheon in hon or, of Miss Smyth. Mr. and Mrs. Sib bernsen entertained a large company of young people with the bridal party at dinner, followed by dancing, at the Chevy Chase club and tomorrow Mrs. Francis William Hill will give a tea for them.. Miss Esther Mc Vann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L'. J. McVann, formerly of Omaha, will give a luncheon and in the eve ning Senator and Mrs. Kendrick will entertain at dinner for their daughter, in honor of-the bride and bridgegroom. Tuesday evening, after the rehearsal for the ceremony, the bride's parenis will entertain the bridal party at supper, with dancing. Moines. The cast will be as follows: "M. T'atplin." Mrs Anan Rivmnnit' "Guillemitt." Mrs. Roy Sunderland; "M. Lamblin," Mrs. Walter Stamlc- ven;- uraper, Airs. Howard Mc Moincs; "Judge," MsS AlkVne Thichoss. v lovely children. Mary Alice and j Ma j. -Harry O'Neill, forrberly of Myrtle' farm, Omaha, had anotTier one of his charming dinner parties ... at Beck Noch, near Fairfax, Va., on Monday evening. His guests, who went, out in automobiles, included Mrs. Ragsdale, widow of former Representative Ragsdale; Miss Hoff of New York, guest of Mrs. Rags dale, and Vernon Stiles, the well- ' known baritone, and his accompa nist, Thomas Hughes. Rollin Bond quite covered himself with glory as conductor and man- ager of the Washington Opera com pany when (hey gave several per formances last week of the "Chimes of Normandy." Tlu performance was beautifully given, musically and otherwise, and the orchestral chorus I and principals all showed ability and careful drilling. y Mrs. Bojid was in the cast, a pCtite, pretty and; viva--cious soubrette as iSerpolette. Mr. Bond is a nephew, of . the late' Ella' Wheeler Wilcox. His mother, Mrs.; Sarah Bond, and his -sister, Jiiss I Bond, still Jive in the, old" home at Ord,'Neb. . ', ry The . calling season m official so- " cicty in Washington - opened - this " week quite briskly, Wednesday was a particularly busy calling (day, given over, as it is, to the wives, and hostesses of the members 'of the. cabinet the vice, president and- the speaker of the house of representa tives;. Mrs. Marshal wife of the vice president, has done 'and' it doing "her t full duty to society, as far -as it is; possible, being A hotel . dweller, ! as she has been ' throughout Mr. Marshall's reeime here . She h.is becirin frail health and in mourninc U .1 t . - uiutii ui. nie. iime, oinerwise sne nas given her full quota of dinner parties and rceptions and, has, observed her day at home except when" illness has prevented, Her suite was crowded the last two Wednesdays, when she ' was foniially "at home" and had a' merry little, party of assistants.' Mrs. Colby, too wife of the secretary ot -f. state, has been a close second jo v Mrs. Marshall in fulfilling her "bfli-'''' cial duty to "society. - She. has in ad- ; dition entertained quite lavishly the ' residentiafset and the young people, who "are verv fdid of Mrs. Colhv and her three youlg daughters. They are seldom without guests in the house- and they Jstill more seldom dine alone, .Mrs. Colby is one, of the most charming, and one of the , handsomest ''womcn m official, soci ety. She" is without affectation and is both t gracious and graceful in a sweet,, womanly way. : 1 . . ; The Washington home of the ores- ident-elect and Mrs. Harding at 2J14 Wyoming avenue, has been offered to the vicU president-elect and . Mrs. Coolidge for their bfficiat home after March 4. It has. not been decided by the Coolidges whether they will . accept the Harding house, of course cn lease, or whether, they will re-, main as hotel guests liVcfc the, Mar shall have been for eight years. The " Coolidges will, come to "the Hotel Washington for the imfiigtiral festiv ities at least, ' and it is not at all v " definite whether or not they will re main there. The Harding house is v verv attractive, rmftfnrtahli- rrf. tag'e-.likc house. wi;h dose neighbors and in a very inaccessible place, ex cept for motorists, . , - ' lei j- :h ml c- s- ntj ie nri n at 10 rsi- tb n- n i fi ry' nd . -I ire ; tot 130 lie:, ak he B. i V