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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1921)
UNDAY BEE The O PART TWO SOCIETY PART TWO WOMEN'S SECTION VOL L NO. 32. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1921. 1 B TEN CENTS sXo :m art's S ect ton MAHA ' - 4 ; 2 Gqiden Rule Still Up to Date By GABBY DETAYLS. rllEN will we learn to respect the common good? Three instances of people who tailed: 1. A woman . with three children came into a l'ullman car, where liabby was comfortably settled for a day's travel. The first thing they wanted being "spoiled," they natu , rally wanted something was a drink. Much to their delight, they discovered where and how to get the little paper cups for ice water. Having returned o their seats and drunk the water, they threw the cups on the floor. The performance was repeated over and over again. When they left the train after a ride of little more than an "hour Gabby asked the porter to count the cups scattered aftout on the floor, lrurty fourl ' : : 1 2. .. I It was at the Union station the other evening. In a crowd held inside the iron gates a man was talk- I ingsnoiaiiy 10 not hear his complaint, but she be came aware of his Vords when he said: "I turned on every light in my bedroom and in the bathroom. f I ' checked the drain in the bathtub, turned on the hot and cold water and left. That'll cost them more than a dollar," he said with coarse glee as he moved toward the "gates and his train outside. 3. In a furnished apartment house in Omaha where the management owns the linens, a housewife used a napkin for an oven cloth one day. When she scorched it her only com ment was, "Why worry, it isn t mine." . An alley' thug is a menace, but you do not lose your faith in all hu manity when, you contemplate htm. The man or woman who does not respett the ownership, the" rights or the comforts of others ' 'ors 'V.11 an alley thug, for the whole of civi lization comes down a notch when l'e leaves nark. The alley thug i ofttiifics a man toward whom so ciety has failed in some respect. The iv.mi qr woman who lacks "spect for the common good is usually t lie one who has reaped most largely the benefits of civilization. . Get one's attitude on the common good, that is. the rights and welfare oi others, tnd you have a complete r-velation of his character, TIME:' About two weeks ago. 11:30 P. m. Place: Home of salesman for one of Omaha s large establishments. . . U-:f. . ,,,-oiioT.p awaiting hus- lie in , - band who arrives wn.. ,un vneeted as .husbands d"Vhat made you so late getting h''C)h Istcpped at a lunch counter on the way. and got to talking to "Lunch counter! W hy John you told me ytu -were going t0 .P."" uet You didn't, you couldn t he about it." Tears gathered in her '"l' should sifv not Kittic. I was hut 1 didn't. I mean I thought 1 -- as going to a banquet, but I didn t. The firm invited all of us. salesmen, but. well, it was Just like this: "First the brought around canned soup witfi a little moral support in the nature of crackers and celery. mighty pretty girl waiico on and urged me to have more of the -otip. 1 refused.. thinking of all the pood thi""? to come, turkey, maybe and craiioerries and oyster dress ing Our firnV is A good one, you know, and we fellows on the road have worked mighty hard to get business in the face of falling prices, Imagine m'fc surprise when the sec ond course proved to be lemon pie and coffee. That was finis, ftale, fait accompli, or whatever means that's all there was, there wasn t T .... '. n k any more. .ow am n"mK l" sorrv the rest of my life that I didn't take a second helping of soup and another bouquet of celery." Gabby cannot tell you the name of the firm who gave this "ban quet," but if you run across a pep less salesman who doesn't threaten to exterminate you if you intimate Irs "house" isn't the best on earth, maybe you will have a clue. - . ; ) X- 1 - i HEYN PHOTO later often :" Better. Drama for Omaha Mrs M. M. Lcvings is deeply-interested in better dramaTfor Omaha.' The l7olk theater was one of her" special interests last year and this season she is ardentKf supporting the matinec-tcas at the Craik studio. Not only has she assisted at-the-tea table for these .delightful -weekly affairs, but sh': designed the attractive draperies for thisf "little" theater. -s Mrs. Levings' is numbered among the best players ot golf in. the .'city. iKnjoj mg the ouf-of-daors as much as she docs,, it is not surprising thaKshe is zealous for the" most wholesome form of that great indoor entertainment, the drama. ' III If " SB 0T.. . . Jx. V .'''...h. il I More Money to Movies Than Education MARSDEN Omaha Girl Enj oy s SocietyvLife in Manila - , Departing for California " The world's the, same the' work! over, and whether-wif go to gay Farce or foggy ; London, . or yet to llone Koiur. Honolulu or Manila,! Omaha Miss to Be Away From Social Affairs of Late Winter. tfflM Dcspite the mild a inter ' season Wlira.sifc'a ha-? thus far chioved. main.' if thcrc. are American women there, Qmahaas are daily going' westward AYBF. vou know her and may je vou don t. V on nave miss ed something if 5'0" don't. thpre is1 certain to. be" much social life. Miss-Ruth McDonald, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Mc Donald is now visiting in Manila, Philippine Islands, with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Butler formerly of Nebraska. Miss McDonald is being exten sively entertained , at the . present time, which is the social season in Manila. In March the Butler family and their guest will go to the mountains on the island' to avoid the extreme heat' of the city during the spring and summer. Mrs. Sutler attended: Browncll Hall here and later was a student at the University of Nebraska. Her father, C. M. Cotterman. was at 'cine time postmaster genera-1 at. Manila and is among the' oldest of American residents there in point , ot years spent in the city. ' ' , A letter received a., few days ago by Mrs. McDonald frpm her daugh ter was dated December -J 4'. Prep arations were then - being, made for the holiday season. ' to California, which seems to have a magnetic attraction for those ot our city. One of the younger set ' who will be lost to the social activi- ties of the late winter' in Omaha is'. Miss Marjorie . Cavers. With her father, J. A. Cavers, she leaves at a future .date not yet .set for -Los' Angeles i and other points on the western coast. Mr. Cavers and his daughter will probably return to -Omaha before the Eastertide. life began for her at the University of Nebraska, though she was born somewhat earlier than that, a very superior town in the state. She was a popular member of an envia ble sorority in college.-Brothers and sisters has she none. "I'm all the children our folRs have got" she herself puts it, "got" being super fluous,' though expressive. This irreistible, modern, young woman spent some months in Oma ha last summer when she not only did sonrt clever literary work, but made, as the Podunk Weekly Ga zette would say," "a host of admir ing friends." It is not surprising that she shuld return to Omaha tor a visit at tirst opportunity. She dashed in this last week, after several months at home with the only father and nother she ever had. She said she had been shopping. A handsome s;lk Bolivia coat of dark blue and mart sailor hat with a dazzling striped band of black and gold run ning around the crown like a picket fence, seem to bear out her state ment. Conversation revealed, however, that she had hoiieht some Other thinsrs a larce tablecloth, a dresser .-arf r.f linn itll filpt laCC I V more clar th ivonicn ne-z . ...v.. .. j..op hout thlr Riiklcn siUees! HiSCtS, a dainty llincneoil set Ot ; Those warm imlnshea madeira, and the "most adorable-' set , Thouch .lie t. imeMv riupif ri orcakiasi aisnr. ,, me ju-i ia iicur 'l'heso were not for herself she as-; They're un s-j! - sured she was-shoppim; tor mother Gabby might have bcli'.-vcd' !:er had she not pulled off 'her long brown gloves, revealing a high, huge spark ler. - "Is that all yon bought " asked Gabby, hoping for direct admission. "Oh, no, a set of rolling pins, yon know they come in sets now." which seemed to Gabby a complete confession.: . , The young man wes in, Lincoln and we think in the words of a so ciety editor, "the young couple will reside there." Everybody look at mf. Everybody laugha,. to ne M new galoshes. Some there are who slare a bit But It worries not a whit My cuto galoshcr. Along the streets in state they ge. Filppity floppity through the show, My big galoshes. The buckles are not f.ist-ned now Even though 1 look a "cow'.' In my galoshes. Tf vou wish to cruirl..e. Better not Just close our eyes To my galoshes. Overshoe! they onre wre tailed Until into fashion rran-led My dear galoshes mi iiwi ' J v- jmv To the Land of the Lay . A-na'tive daughter of Omaha is Miss Henrietta Rees. whose parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rees, were numbered among Omaha's distinguished pioneers. ' During the present season Miss Rees will acid tix her already extensive travels in this country, a-trip to Honolulu, the land .of the lay. She will leave (maha January .30. to sail for the islands Feb ruary'0 in' company with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rees. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Harnsberger of Springfield, 111., and Mrs. Helen Cudlipp of Portland, Ore. The return voyage will be made in March. Miss Rees is very well known in musical and literary-circles ;n Pmaha as well as in other -parts of the country. She holds the de gree of associate in the American Guild of Organists, is a graduate of the I'nivcrsitv of Nebraska, a prominent member of the.Omana Clef club, the Omaha Woman's Press club, of which she was presi dent last yeaiC and the Omaha Society of Fine Arts, for whom she served as publicity chairman in 1919-1920: she is a member of the Omafca Drama league, the Tuesday. Musical and numerous other cultural and social societies.' Swimming and occasional golf balance her more serious pursuits, while among the most delightful of her ' personal charms is the grace of huinlr, that rare and leavening gift. Russian Drama 1st Women Voters Wi 11 Subject of Dr. I Meet Next . rnday . Zilboorg f Dr. Gregory Zilboorg, former i secretary to the minister of labor The district meeting of the League of Women Voters, will be held Fri- dav afternoon. January 28, in the ! a member of the committee appoint- I council chamber of the city hall. ed to receive and intorm the Koot airs, uiaries nuonaru, caairnian 01 commission from the United States concerning the conditions in Russia, - will lecture under the auspices of ihe Drama league at the 1-ontenello the Omaha unit, is endeavoring to get delegates to attend ffom vari ous organizations in the city. Leg islative measures, citv welfare, a Mrs. Addison I. Sheldon ot Lin coln, a member of the Children's Code-commission, addressed a meet- jing of the Hastings League of Women Voters, Thursday, January 20, which li'lled the Congregational church of that city to capacity. There was great interest manifest in Mrs. Sheldon's presentation of the subject of the "Children's Code."- Opportunities Equalled. "Four-fifths of t he children of Ne braska live in the country or in towns with a population of less than 2.500, and yet practically all the legislation on the statute books at , the present time is for the benefit of city children, or the-relatively small number of special children, the. deficients, delinquents and depend ents," said Mrs.- Sheldon. "It has- )ecn the purpose of the coinims - sion," she continued, "to equalize opportunities for all the children ot the state and to create ' conditions wjiich will make lor the develop ment of character." More Money for Movies Than Education. Mrs. Sheldon dwelt at some length on the moving picture censorship bill which the commission included among its recommendations at the request of many organizations of , the state. She called attention to. the fact that similar hills arc bcivig introduced in 31 legislatures this winter. William A. Pinkcrton, the ! chief of the famous detective bureau. in ?m address before a meeting of ; police chiefs last June made a. plea for censorship of movies to check 'the wave of crime which has spread ' over the country, Mrs. Sheldon said. : She read replies to a questionnaire ! sent to all city superintendents of school1;, there was marked unanim ity in' all the answers which showed that a very large propor tion of all school children attend the movies regularly, and with de moralizing effect. Many of the edu cators volunteered to come to Lin coln at their own expense to testify 'before the legislature. More money Was spent in Nebraska on admis sions to the movies last year, as serted Mrs. Sheldon, than the total amount expended in the state for education. No School in 214 Districts. ' Mrs. Sheldon surprised her audi ence by stating that no school -was held in 214 school districts of the state last year. School was held less than four months in 266 dis tricts. In districts where the total enrollment was 64,000 children, the average attendance was less than 40 days. "Nebraska needs to be ashamed of its educational standing among the states of the union, for it ranks 25th on tHe list," said Mr?. Sheldon. "The new education bill." said Mri. Sheldon, "would make the com pulsory school law apply to town and country alike and would pro hibit the granting of work permits to -children during- school hours. The district would gra'iit scholar ships to any children whose earn ings were considered- necessary for family support." Correct Defects in Childhood. The army draft showed that 4 per cent of our men could not read or write. It also showed, Mrs. Shel don Mated, that one-third of our young men were physically unfit for military service, and that most oi the defects could have been cor rected in childhood. The present law provides that teachers shall make physical examinations hut they are seldom competent to do the work. The code provides that every school district shall employ a nurse or physician to make these examina tions, and to give instruction in the laws of health. To care more efficiently for the special classes of children, the defi cients and delinquents, the commis sion proposes a bureau of juvenile research, which, in simple language, Mrs. Sheldon explained, simply j meant employing a few experts to make examinations and suggestions from time to time for the benefit of these children who come into the care of the state, that they may bo made as nearly normal, self-supporting citizens as possible. The state institution at Beatrice accommodates about 700 feeble minded, but an in vestigation carried on by the State Child Welfare bureau has shown that there are at least 4,000 children F riday. January 28, at 4 p. m. - Dr. I citizenship school aiuLother matters j who, should be there. The moron. I Zilboore's sub'ect will be the "Mos- cow Art Theater." Drama league I lectures are open to the public. Ail 1 admission fee is charged. ' 1 Dr. Zilboorsr is a graduate of the I'nivcrsitv of l'ttrograd and of thiVt'nc legislature and wishes to interest i Vsycho-Neurological Institute of jail women in . legislation that will ' I'otrograd. For sonic years he was i iiicji protection and development oi ; with the -Moscow Art. theater. . children. . i . 1918 he wa editor of the dailv. i MVs. Ifallcck 1 Rose will talk " The Cause of the People." and th; j 10 minutes on the citienship school ; weekly, "'Theatrical Worjd." . Late ! to be conducted by Mrs. II. II. in 1V19 he came to the L'nited .States ! Wheeler of Lincoln. 'Mrs. F. H. ! through Holland. In the latter Cole will speak on cii! service, i country he spent two months lectur- Judge Howard Kennedy will speak ing on Russian and European con- on the children's code commission. . Uition will come up for discussion. Ot-; or high grade feeble minded mdi- ficers for the ensuing year w ill bc.j vidual, is the greatest danger to so elected at this mass meeting. ! cicty. All the state reform institu- Thc' league is especially interested ( tions. including the penitentiary, aj in' the children's code "bills before largely recruited from their number. Children Against Hogs. The children's code commission is asking for an appropriation of $100. 000 a year lor its educational pro gram, and about $50,000 for the Lecture Change He Dc;iks fiveral 'modern lau- .! milages and delivers his lectures in F.nglish, French or Russian. Both : the foreign and the .United, States . press speak in most flattering term of his abili'y as a natural and bril ; liant orator. lie is the author 'of ' 'The Passing , of the Old OnW in F.uropr." Me ' is a contributor to the New Republic, i The Dial, The Nation and The : 1 r-j in u , It is said that many of the mi-1 'win at tne couixn ciianmer. ine . portant . members of "the Moscow j suhiect for the lecture is, "Men in Art theater are making their escape i Societies." ! frrtm Bolshevist Ku.-sia by wy of: . Constantinople to Scrvia. Thdy are ters." and "Uncle .uiy.i" giving performances at the fitate ! N'orwrgiau p!a, "In llu- : Theati-r f Mit'garia. Their reper-' Lift-," by Ku:t llauisim tnr- in 'hub's I rhi kho 's "Th- widow ot Auto.1 I'l ln khov is i I hi'iry Orchard," "Thc Thrvc Sis-; tin- re in gee hand vi ila ei. The lecture by Dr. II. U. Alexan der of the University, of Nebraska to be given Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock under auspices of the Omaha School Forum will be held at the Chamber of Commerce instead o" the council chamber, city hall. The evening lecture at 8 o'clock 'w ill he 1 M,oks biemiium for the state child welfare bureau, and the administration of the rest of its iogram. 'The totaj ap propriation would amount to a lax yof 19'.. cents on an estate of $5,000. For a comparison Mrs. SJieldou i Quoted some appropriations made bv the 19P) legislature; $100,000 for hogs. $151,000, for other animals, $"5,000 for fish and game. Only 14 New Measures. Of the 5.5 hills presented by the children's code commission, three arc amendments, seven are repeal of existing laws, and only W ar original measures. The legislation dealing with children on the statute at the present time, having and irip II one i ; hecn passed hy many sessions ot the legislature, does not al! func tion together, some of it is conilict- ' ing. The commission has endeav ored to harmonize- and standardize all the child legislation. "Much of the alue oi their work will he lost " said Mrs. Sheldon, "if part nf the code is adopted, hut not the wholfc" r '