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PARTTWO
. WOMEN'S SECTION
PART TWO
SOCIETY
VOL. L NO. SO.
. JOMAHA; StJNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1921
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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''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
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, -Forrher Omaha GrL Returns for 'Visit
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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
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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'
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"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-
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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 , '
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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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, . , - '
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