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UK. The Omaha Sunday Bee s. PART TWO ' WOMEN'S SECTION PART TWO SOCIETY VOL. L -NO. 34. OMAHA, SUNpAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1921. 1B TEN CENTS man s ion S 3 G t Many , Things Not Learned In Books By GABBY DETAYLS. TvD YOU remember the . play I I wmcn ran some years ago called "Seven Days?" If so, you will recall a scene where a young man tried ' to make a cake by following a recipe. How ambiguous is language, anyway! "Take two eggs and separate them," the recipe said. The young man sol emnly placed one egg, on the table and the other on the stove otv the tar side of the room. "Pour in a cup of milk and beat it." He poured in tho milk as directed and hurriedly left the room, which was his idea of "beat it." 1 It seemed like a jolly little farce at the time, which Gabby never sup posed could really have hapened. hut to Cabby's willing ears has come a tale this week indicating that the author of '.'Seven Days" based his comedy on fact. . The newest bride you know -licr iianic well wanted to make a choco late pudding. She had never made one before. Her husband likes .xhocolate pudding. Naturally she .wanted to please him. So she se cured recipe book reputed to be feliaBTc. Eggs, flour, chocolate, and, well, whatever else goes into , a chocolate pudding, Gabby doesn't know, herself, were eently dropped into a dish and the dish shoved into the oven. No stirring or mixing to it; the recipe didn t call for it. Ihe result was a solid mass with two cooked eggs nestling in (lie center. y.Of course the pudding could not be eaten, and this dear little blonde was for dropping the- pudding, pan and book down the garbage chute at her apartment house on the boule vard. A kind neighbor from across ihe hall dissuaded her and offered to make the same thing from the same recipe, just to see what would hap pen. When she started beating the eggs and pouring in milk the newest bride took on a look of astonish ment. "But the book didn't say I should do that."- '. "There are many things we don't learn from books," replied the kind and sage friend, who proceeded to make a delicious pudding, which we hope friend husband enjoyed .that night. BALU fans, movie fans and many other fans we have had with us for a long-time, but a new one is cropping up in our midst. It is the wedding "fan." Have you seen any of them? No, they have no distinguishing marks that make tlnftn appear dif ferent from the rest of mankind. They usually are very modishly dressed, drive the latest model car and look "money" but not the type which "struck" oil just last night. Several recent brides are certain that there were a number of unin vited guests at their weddings, large church affairs, and some are con vinced that the wedding fans were present at the reception which fol lowed the nuptials. - A real conundrum- is the person, who, without any right whatever, will enter a church where only spe cially bidden friends are supposed to go, or the home of a stranger, min gle with the guests and eat quanti ties of salads, sandwiches and ices. Tn' order to avoid the presence of this pest a number of girls .have had very quiet weddings to which 'only relatives and the most in timate friends were asked. But others who love the glitter and .. glamour of the big wedding have discussed the plan of telling guests to bring their invitations with them. This, if enforced, would be an ef ficient method of ridding the city of this nuisance. But, perchance, should someone appear at the church door and declare he had forgotten or lost the preckuis bit of pasteboard, who wpuld deny him? None. The wedding fan is here to stay, unless some drastic measures are taken against him. G ABBY received a note a few J days ago irom a trieira wno 13 W11I1IU6 ......... days in the balmy south. The letter was a hurried one and more than once the pen slipped and the writer had used her pen to suppty lack of an eraser. Describing a party she suddenly noted that instead of writing most informal she had writ tenwhat do you suppose? Her next sentence tells all. "John (meaning her husband)," thought it was 'most Infernal anyhow, so I was expressing the sentiments ot one-half of the family." .; i8 x " IMAGINE yourself receiving the following-4etter, you who are in perfect health, using the limbs blessed nature provided for you in the first place. A friend handed this letter to Gabby. The friend had no use for an artificial limb and doubt less received the epistle through some kind of a mistake. If you can place yourself in her position you may enjoy the letter as much as she did and perhaps be as thankful as was she that you really are "not in terested:" "You certainly would not object to getting a better leg than your old one, because none of them is too good. It will pay you to investi ' gate about any artificial limb that is offered to you. "What you want is a leg that will come the closest possible to a natu ral leg. You want a leg that will enable you to walk naturally and easily a leg that is strong enough to last and a leg that is light enough so it won't tire you all out lugging iraround. ; "No wooden leg on earth will give you the service you require. This has been proven over and over again by many hundreds of people. " "The only sensible, successful . ar tificial limb is " . t But that would be advertising. it .Jin irMroj? J k. -dfe M m Re-Elect Board of Directors of .J Society On January 28, at a meeting of the Society for the Relief of the Disabled the entire board of directors were re-elected. The society, the purpose of which is to aid crippled people to obtain proper .medical care, has a membership of 228." It has been in existence here two years and co-operates with the Visiting Nurse asso ciation. A membership drive' will be inaugurated next week under the leadership of Mrs. A. L. Reed, mem bership chairman. The board of di rectors include: Mesdameu C. T. Kounlze A. P. Uulou C. M. Wllhclm Willard Hosford U. S. Westbrook ' John Redlclt Frank. Judsua . i Louis 'Clarke Victor Rosewater A. C. Stokes X. B. Updike- Irving S. Cutter 0"o. VV. Doane, -jr. Misses Florence McCabe Barton Millard 1'Iavke Powell Jt T. 1. Davis , r.. F. Kloke . .Charles Mets ' Draper Smith W. J. Hyne William. A. Smith A. L. Reed Clarke Colt -' Q. Alexander Young Luther Drake Daphne Peters Charlotte Townscnd Guenn Goddard Doctors . f J. P. Lord ' Irving S. Cutter Robert Shrock A. C. Stokes W. Eugenes Wolcott J. E. Edwards Newell Jotlts H. W. Von Sohulte Floyd Clarke , A. I Dermody ; . Messrs. J. H. Beveridge . ' F. A. Brogan Wellesley College ' Mrs. C. E. Burton has been made chairman of the Wellesley "Organiza tion in this district in their effort to secure funds for the Alma Mater. A rummage sale for next" month is planned as -one source of revenue. Frances Patton, who is attending Wellesley this1 year, is planning to visit Cornell during Junior week. Freshmen 4at Cornell are permitted to participate in Junior week this year for the first time. Fine Arts Society Brings Pottery . .Exhibit . I r- ' ' ' ' The Omaha Society of Fine-Arts will . have an exhibition of pottery beginning Monday,, February 7, and lastingvuntil February 27. ' This ex hibition -will be the fifth the society has brought to "Omaha since the opening of the season in November. Some of the pieces to be shown will come' from ' the famous Robineau porcelains, as wefl as the Fulper pot tery. Some Newcomb pottery will be shown; also the Paul Revere pottery ware. The exhibit will be held as usual at the Omaha library. Those in charge have -gone to a great deal of trouble in the room decorations and arrangement of the different potteries, according to Mrs. Alfred Darlow,' publicity . chairman, who continues: ' "This exhibition is the first of the kind ever held In Omaha, -and the Society of Fine Arts is desirous ot the Omaha public showing its inter est in this as they have in the former exhibits recently held. The recent Lent or No Lent -..- . ... i .. . Society Must Entertain Lent, t. j; season of prayer and fasting, will be ushered in next week by Ash Wednesday. The day be fore, knofyn'as Shrove Tuesday, will bring to a close the pre-lenten fes tivities. :; ' Tuesday evening two weddings are to be celebrated. ' That of Miss Mildreth Street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Street, and William Boycr will -take .place at the home of the bride. " An out-of-town wed ding will be that of Miss Helen Ruff of St. Paul, who will become, the bride of Arthur Scribner of this city. A dance will aiso"be given Shrove Tuesday evening by the Creighton Barristers a( the Blackstone. The Omaha Woman's Press club will meet for tea at the, Y. W. C. A. the afternoon of Shrove Tuesday and a 'luncheon will be given the same day by Mrs. George Voss at the Omaha; club to honor Mrs. Joseph Gafneau Ringwalt of New York City, who is visiting Mrs. J. R. Ringwalt. For the season of Lent special music is being arranged for St. Ce celias cathedral by Dr. R. Mills Silby. From Palnr Sunday to Eas ter the organ will be silent, the choir to be unaccompanied.'. Services for holy week at the cathedral will be patterned after those of St. Peters church, the Vatican, at Rome. . Of ' course the Sundays of the weeks preceding Easter arcaccord ing.to the church calendar, not in cluded in Lent, and many a delight ful evening supper is plapned by hostesses to break the ennui of the corning weeks. ' Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Devereaux are planning to give some informal dinners at .their home dur ing Lent. i Mrs. H. L. Portcrfield will give f. luncheon Thursday, February 10, at her home. - Mr. and Mrs! Frank Boyd will en tertain at dinner "Friday, February 11, for 12 guests.Y . The. Winter Dancing club is plan ning a masquerade early in the Len ten season, February 11, and expect a large attendance in spite of the season. : A Lenten dinner, is planned by Mrs. Charles G. McDonald to honor her guest, 'Miss August McGlasson of Beacon, N. Y. This' will be a home'affair on the evening of Feb ruary 11. , The last of the series of the mat inee teas at he Craik Studio will be held Saturday, February 12. Kappa -sjigma fraternity will be Book Plate exhibit . Droved to be most successful in bringing out lov ers of the highest ideals. The "Old Masters also ' showed beyond a doubt that the west is equally versed in the best to be had. The cata logues will give one a.dctailed list of the articles, as well as an interest m. knowing that one of the most ex clusive exhibits will 'be their pleas ure for .the next three weeks. The hours will be from 9 a. m. to 5:30 p, m. week days and 2vp. m. to 6 p. m. Sundays. . For the .benefit of those who cannot come in the daytime an cflort is being made to keep the library open at least two nishts a week." ' - , entertained at a formal dinner party at the Valentine dance of the Uni--versity club on Saturday evening, February 12, and the majority o the invited guests are planning to , at tend, although the party is during the time of : penance. ' ' A glance at the calendar discloses, though, that the next few weeks in deed hold a number of holidays. There is the birthday of Lincoln, whiph-gives a valid excuse for en tertaimng, and the celebration of St. Valentine day is a real inspiration for parties. Washington's birthday happily falls during February, the 22d of the month, and will without doubt be the occasion of a number of affairs. - i Kappa Sigma fraternity will again j break the social ban when many i Omaha alumni go to Lincoln to at-i tend -the annual dance ana nanquet cn February 18 and 19. , February 18, Friday everting, brines Madame Louise Homer, con tralto, and her charming daughter, Miss Louise, soprano, in a joint re cital ; at the-Auditorium under the ausnices of the' First Central Con- Krecrational church. And whoe'er said that we might not enjoy a bit of;song during Lent? No one, we feel . certain.' - February 25 and 26 will take a number of Omahans to Lincoln, as Phi Delta Theta will give a dance there the 25th and a banquet on the evenine following. :. Alumni mem bers have been asked and will at tend even though social affairs at this time are frowned upon by many. Another musical event is the ap pearance of Frances Nash : Watson, Omaha pianist, in a concert at the Brandeis thd afternoon of Sunday, February 27, under th; auspices of the Tuesday Musical club. Omaha musi lovers are planning to be pres ent en masse to welcome the citys own dauehter. March 3 will bring the return of the great contralto Madame Schu man Heink, who will -give a pro cram under the auspices of the women of the First Central Con rrreeational church. Fritz Kreisler'i 'violin. will charm us on the evening of Friday, March 11, at the Auditorium. This artist w;ilt be another of those brought here by the -Tuesday Musical club. From this date on, the calendar appears a long and dreary blank with but. one exception. A bit of emerald green peeps out and we re member that "St. Patricks day will be here Tuesday, March 17. On the feast of that dear old saint from Ireland we must' all be gay. Many of the younger set, includ ing a number. of the '"buds," and a large number of the married set have gone away or arc planning to leave Omaha during the dull season which is to come. The Orient, Europe, Cali fornia, New York, and 100 other places are to engross their attention, while enthusiasm .in Omaha society wanes. . - Easter dav, which falls on March 27, this year, will be a glorious awakening from a long "sleep for Omaha and straightway we will gin to prepare for a bevy of brides and bridesmaid, sweet girl gradu ates and just dozens upon dozens of parties for the months of April, May and-June. Beyond that we dare not contemplate 1 Frances Howell Engaged Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Howell announce the engagement of their younger daughter, Frances Louise, to Miles Porchcr McSweency of Bufort, South Carolina. "At the present time Mfss Howell is away from Omaha being the guest of her sister, Mrs. Harry Pollard, formerly Eunice Howell, at the home of the latter on Terra Ccia Island,, near Tampa, Florida. No date has been set for the marriage but it will take ptaee during- the spring months. Miss Howell was graduated from Central Higliyschool in 1918. She is interested in athletics and is' tal ented musically. Last winter sjie resided in Florida and went south this year immediately after the holi days. She met her fiancee while at Terra Ccia last year. Mr. McSweeuey is a member of a well-known South Carolinian family- His late father was at onetime governor of that state. His mother now resides at Bufort. He attended the University of South Carolina. . Following their marriage the' cou ple will reside in Bufort for a time, but will not make their home per manently there as Mr.. McSweeney's interests demand that he divide his time among Cuba. Florida, , Bufort and New York City. Mrs. George De Lacv J Mrs. George - DeLacy, one of Omaha',3 most charming matrons, is the new president of the Pan Hel lenic association in Omaha. Mrs. De Lacy, an alumnae" of Alpha" Phi succeeds Mrs. Robert McGague, ol Kappa, Kappa Gamma. The- Pan Hellenic, inter-sorority organization, is purelyv social in character. Two .big. functions arc given during the year, a Christmas and an early sum mer luncheon. Young Tr avel e r Garnering Memories Memories, if they are pleasant ones, are always dear to us, but oftentimes our memory fails us and weare unable to recall clearly events of the ast. No such thing will hap pen to Miss SAlmarine Campbell concerning her interesting trip abroad. Each letter which is re ceived here by her mother, Mrs. J. W. Campbell, is carefully put away awaiting the daughter's return from the European continent. This Oma ha girl is also keeping' a book in which pictures and notes about places of v interest which she has visited are kept. Perhaps the letters will read strangely to Miss Camp bell several years from now, for ac cording to her mother the adjectives are "rather extravagant." lhis young traveler, who last sea son was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Ne braska, has, if her plans did not go awry, been in Rome within the last few weeks.. With her aunt, Mrs. E. J. Preston, and cousin. Miss 'Floren tine Preston, of Paris, and Miss Kathcrinc Thompson of Fort Worth, Tex., who comprise this little 'party of tourists, Miss Campbell will tour Italy during the Lenten season. She will, without doubt, see much of inter est there, as the customs for ob servance of Lent in Italy are most elaborate. They will return to Paris for the ceremonies of holy week ajid the celebration of Easter Sunday. Dunne April they are planning to go to Switzerland and Holland, later making a short journey into Eng land. Miss Campbell will probably remain abroad until next fall. Drama League. Prof. Paul H. Grummann of the University of Nebraska will eive the be-past of a series of interpretative stud ies of contemporary plays Tuesday afternoon, February 15, at 4 oVlock at the Fontcnclle, under auspices of the Drama league. The closing lecture will be on Brie,ux's "Letter of u' " " ' r i WJ!; 'il' m' - ...... ' UL . . "" ",'"' Speaks tcWomen and Girls . Dr. Wilhelmina Christenscn is one of the speakers ,who will appear on the Community jifcnter program to be given Friday evening at Edward Rosewater school under thedirec tion of R. A. Kirkpatrick. Miss Ethel Parsons, attorney, will also address the gathering of women and children. Musical numbers will be given by the Girls' Glee club of Qca tral High, under direction of Mrs. C. M. Pitts, Edith May. Miller, Mrs. D. E. White, Mrs. A. T. Ander son ancLFrieda Philips. " Miss Lor ctta Boroff will dance. Mrs. Charles Metz Appointed to . 1 Office Mrs. Charles Metz has been ap pointed chairman of the home serv ice section of the Omaha chapter, American Red Cross, succeeding Mrs. C-M. Wilhelm. The home service section served 1258 disabled ex-service men during the month of January. ' ' . Mrs. Metz was an active worker in this department of the Red Cross all through the war and has now taken up the work again, ' spending part of each day . in the local Red Cross offices. Mrs. A. F. Lecrmaker3 has been appointed chairman of tlie nursing activities committee of the Omaha chapter, succeeding Mrs.- W. E. Bolin. Among other things, this committee organizes classes in home nursing. Any girl or woman above 16 years of age, who desires to take this home nursing course, consisting of 15 lessons, may do so by calling at the Red Cross offices, 202 city hall, or telephoning Tyler 2723. i Mrs. Leermakers xhad "charge 'of the hospital room of the Red Cross canteen at the Union station during the war, and has given much of her time to this cause. R. M. Switzler, chairman of the Omaha chapter, has called an ex ecutive committee meeting for Mon day, the 7th. at the Athletic club at 12:15 o'clock, Phi Delts Will Attend Annual ' Banquet " Phi Delta Theta alumni consider that "things do'ne by . halves are never done right," therefore, they ,voted at their last meeting to at tend in a body the annual banquet of Nebraska Alpha chapter. The banquet will be held Saturday even ing, February 26, at the new chap ter' house -in Lincoln which a nun oer . ot the alumni .have not yet visited. An informal dance will be given, on Friday evening the 25th, at the Rosewilde to which the alum ni have also been" asked. It is not known as yet the, number who will aitena me dance, j y The active chapter at Lincoln will issue the fraternity paper. "The Howl," within ten days and copies are to be sent to the alumni or ganizations in order to arouse en thusiasm for the'banquet. Consider ing the action taken by Omaha alumni there need be no "Howl" coming. . The Omaha members include: E. A. Benson i;. v. Martin Ntwman Benson Frank T. Merlin John Brownlee . . Theodore W. Metcalfe Frank Bullta C. Louis Meyer FoRer Craven R. . Neelv Harry C. DeLamatreM. E. Nortnwall H. W. DeLamatre Dr. D. P.. Owen C. C. Georra K C P... ' M. A. Hall t Charles Ji. Peterson! .iiic noucit , .1. L.e.!le Putt Alvln F. Johnson I.yle Rushton J. A. C. Kennedy Amos Thomas Dr. A. B.. LlndquestWaller P. Thomas Elmer Llndquest Harry A. Tukoy It. H. II. McClnnahanOcorRe Tunniollff r'.''it. McOollouKh Robert 11. TpUlUe C. F. McLaughlin v Concerning Tourists. Mrs. Frank Colpetzer'and , Mrs. George Haverstick, who went abroad some months ago, have re cently been at Cannes, on the Ri vera, in France. : They spent a num ber of weeks at this very fashiona ble resortof southern France. Mrs. Colpetzef is planning a tour of Italy. Mrs. Z. T. Lindsay and Miss Ethel Evans of New York, who sailed with Mrs. Colpcter and Mrs. Haverstick, -.r. nmv i.i fn...... .t...t-r... ..... . ".v. i-s.rL miuimuk exten sive, tour of the Nile country. Mrs. Harding Will Go to Florida Bureau of The Bee, Washington, Feb. 5. The Wilson administration, social ly, is not experiencing its dying "gasps," but Is going through a dy ing "rush" in these last few days b lore Lent sets in. The season will not be dead very many days. feJr ' after the first week of sackcloth and ashes society will rise again to more dinners.- teas, luncheons and even dances ' as a farewell to various fnends, and a welcome to various others. - Off with the old and on with the new is an easy condition, and Wash ington has had so much of it that it , is but spice to the life. Mrs. Harry Xew, wife of the senator from In diana, and Mrs. McLean are with the hrst-lady-pf-the-land-elect in New York, assisting in the selection of . certain parts of her wardrobe, which necessarily have to be different and more numerous than she has ever , had before. They are incidentally assisting in giving her recreation and maintaining her privacy where it is possibles Mrs. Harding was very tired after her work of selecting from her -Washington home what she wanted with her the next few years in the White House, and perhaps looking somewhat to the future what she would like to still have with her in the private home to which she may retire after the close of the next administration. -rShe needs la real test, for he has had little since she ' boarded the train which took her to the Chicago convention which turned the tide of her whole life. She is a practical woman and one who recognizes the fitness of things, and she has done her part well since she came into the limelight of thc"coun trv. . She will soon go to St. Augustine. Fla., to join the president-elect and his party, where they will have a period of real, rest a calm before a storm, for it will be A storm of ex citement for Mrs. Harding when she steps into her place as mistress of the White House, She will inaugur ate many changes from what has been the social policy the past eight years. There has been some pressure brought to bear for the return of the old Saturday afternoon recep tion to women, given through many administrations by the mistress of the mansion, and abandoned by Mrs. Roosevelt from the beginning of her regime. There is, however, no inti mation forthcoming as yet, as to just what plans Mrs. Harding has made, if any, for her social program. President Wilson, fo'r the first time. since he was stricken with illness on his western trip, attended the theater, last Tuesday evening, going with Mrs. Wilson to see the performance of "Abraham Lincoln." They thought they were entering quietly and un observed through -a side door near their box, liut the audience almost immediately recognized them arrd gave them a rousing reception. ' On last bunday altcmoon a steaay stream of vehicles were to be found, all headed towards High' View, ths suburban home of Mrs. Henry C. Co'rbin, now leased and occupied by one of the heroes of the great war. Gen.' John J. Pershing. Society in large numbers paid their respects to the general at lhis second one of Ins "at homes." Now are the tables .turned when bachelors have "at home" days and maids and matrons hasten to call. This time it was Mrs. Baker, ife of the secretary of war, "who was first aid to the gen eral, ably seconded by the late Mrs. Pershing's stepmother, "Mrs. VVar ren, wife of Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming. Mrs. Warren usually acts as hostess ly General Pershing when he give dinners, breakfasts and lawn parties, as he does frequently. The guests were . received in the general's library, and . in the dining room beyond a bounti ' ful table was presided over by Mrs. Pitney, wife of Justice Mahlon Pit ney, of the supreme court; Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg, wife of the sen ator from Minnesota; Mrs. Fox; . Connor and Commissioner Mabel , Boardman. . N' The Congressional club will have ' Mrs. Woodrow Wilsflh for their guest of, honor at. their annual . breakfast, February 8, at Rauscher's, when one of their unique and dis- tinctiverograms will be given, be ginning at 12 o'clock. Miss Ruth Hitchcock was among the guests at the dinner given on Tuesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walker for the later's sister, Mrs. E. R. Finkenstaedt of Cleve- , land, who is their guest. The nartv went on to the ball of Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood and Mr. Eno. for their nieces, Miss Graves and Miss Lno, both of New York. ( Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt of New York spent the week as the guest of Miss Mildred Bromwell and -was the guest of honor at a round ci, festivities for young peopl John Shanahan of Omaha, secre tary to Representative A. W. Jef feris of Omaha, made a pronounced hit this week at the several per formances of the St. Patrick Player when they gave the "Patter R of 1921," in Carroll hall, for several Catholic charities, the Hoover relief, and on Monday evening will give it ior me Denent ot the American v Legion. It was beautifully ore- Sented running" as smoothly as a professional performance and with out a hitch. The company is made up of particularly handsome and talented girls and good looking and talented men. Mr. Shanahan nut on a sketch called, "An Old Fashioned Sketch." which was excellently done and well received. Mr. Shanahan filled in the nlace of some nne at a few days' notice and his accomplish ment was in consequence all the , more praised. y Albert W. JefTeris, jr., son of the.V representative rrom Omaha, left on Wednesday night for a several weeks' trip to Panama to return here in time for the inaugural cei m onj. ( , K iiV i'3"""! V'l"--.!.,.