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The Omaha
PART vTWO
PART TWO
SOCIETY
j v WOMEN'S SECTION
VOL. L NO. 36.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1921.
TEN CENTS
X.
Echoes
From
Dartmouth
Carnival
Sunday bee
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We Wonder If
The Woman
Died
By GABBY DETAYLS.
AMBIGUITY is too often' found
in letters, as we discovered in
rather a startling way not long
ago. . Gabby was reading a letter
written by a former Omaha woman
nov residing out in the state, who
endeavored to relate in her own pe
culiar style the gossip of her villag
In part she wrote, "Mrs. took
worse last week and was buried
Monday."
Did the woman die? HorroYs!
We hope so.
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DO YOU think it is evil to gos
sip? Gabby has always
... thought so and her conscience
has always pricked her when she in
dulged. But here is a comfortable
new version which places responsi
bility entirely hpon the hearer.
A .woman said the other day of a
friend, "She is impossible. She ac
tually believes the gossip she hears."
"Believes it. Shouldn't she? Gab
by asked meekly.
Ccrtainfy not. There is no harm
in gossip. It's really lots of fun.
But T)elievfng it well . that, simply
places one beyond the. pale.
I
us
R RIDGE s'hould no .longer be're
garded as an amusement. It
amounts to a business among
its devotees. Gabby knows a charm
ing young matron who has been ni
the habit of leaving Omaha for the
hikes of the north during the sum
mer. , She takes her child and a
nurse along and makes expenses for
the trio at her bridge game.
It reminds one of the mother of
tight who ushered her family into a
street, car. I3 this your family or
a picnic, inquired a smiling con
ductor. "It's my 'family, and no
picnic," returned the woman gruffly.
So with this "game" little wom
an.. She plays the game, but it is
no fun. V t i s a straight business
proposition with her.
TN LIFE there are some few
I great moments for each of us,-
and in reviewing the past we
often find that when those moments
arrived we did not fully appreciate
them. Gabby knows a young man
cf that type. For a long, long time
he courted a prty miss, hoping, that
seme day she might be his bride.
. Cupid was with him, and not long
ago wedding bells rang for this, pair,
'but la and behold,, jshen thg cere
mony was finished
The wedding guests waited and held
' their breath; -x;
The beautiful room was 'still as death.
But neither bride , nor bridegroom
stirred ' ; " ;
Until from the minister came this
word, - , .
In sotto voce, a whisper aside,
"Hurry, hurry, and kiss your bride."'
TELEPHONE wires, between
Dcs Moines and . Omaha are
1 verv lmsv lies dav9.. , And
why? Well, ordinarily they would.
be busy between Lincoln ana jjcs
Moines, but the girl iu questiou is
uow visiting here. ,'.'
Just to identify her permit us to
say she .is an alumnae of Gamma. Phi
Ceta and during the last summer
was iivFrance and Switzerland. '
Upon her return the young man
proposed and her FYcnch came
.'.quickly to the'rescue, for she said,"
Out. oin'.'.' . .' ;
The ring is' on its way now from'
the shop of a famous jeweler in the
- cast and it was designed by the
former navy man himself.
- -"'It will be in October, but don't
breathe it to a soul," this brown
haired miss is breathing iiK ecstatic
whispers to her Omaha friends this
week. - . . ;
UTyY THEIR feet ye shall know
them," declares Prof. Martha
Bacon cf, Kansas university
at Lawrence, Kan. "She has -just fin
ished taking the pedographs, or foot
pictures, of all the coeds at that in
stitution., Amen, amen, we say to yeu, girls;
what won't some one spring on us
next in the line of reading our in
most thoughts? This professoress
has an idea that through pictures of
feet she can fathom the deep and
mysterious past of every fuzzy
headed blonde or dark-eyed brunette.
Just imagine having your fiance take
your footprints to the professor and
being told that you had a date two
j tars ago with his rival that he isn't
the first man you have kissed and
other, facts which you have carefully
kept from him. Imagine!
Thank goodness, there are such
things as shoes and we'll vow to
wear them night and day if this fad
becomes prevalent. No, sir, no one
will ever get our footprints!
Drama. League
Speakers
, Helen MacKcllar, who plays, thel
leading role in "The Storm, at the
Brandeis theater - early this week,
will speak before the Drama League,
Tuesday, February 22, at-4 p.' to. in
the ball room of the Fontenelle hotel.
Homer Conant who lias been de
signing stage costumes 'for. the
Shuberts in New York and' who will
soon go abroad for further study,
in dramatic properties, will speak on
the stage, and scenery a'nd costume
designing. , .'' . -: .
The public is invited to attend this
meeting without charg. Tliis invi
tation is issued especially for the
friends of1 Mr. Conant, says Mrs.
E. M. Syfcrt, president of the Drama
League, who may wish to hgar htm
peak while he" is in Omar i
D. A. R. Observe
Washington's
Birthday
fajor. Isaac'.; Sadler . chapter
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, will celebrate Washington's
birthday Tuesday afternoon. with a
colonial tea, from 3 to 5 o'clock, at
the home of Mrs. Harry G. Kelly,
SI 22 Burt street.. Colonial costumes
will be worn by the members.
, The program will include a guess
ing game, "Ancestral Bab;", ColonV
ial .Minuet: reading .ana dance in
costume, MissVRuth '' Johansen; co
lonial music played by a- string, trioJ;
including Mrs. ,'Robertr Edy.? Miss
G.raccMclotz and Miss Eva Bobbin,
and;a colonial exhibit. ,' . '
Omaha chapter. D. "A. ,R., will
entertain at,a Colonial tea, at the
home of Mrs. F. P. Kirkendall, 3727
Jackson Street Tuesday afternoon
from 3 to.S o'clock.: A patriotic pro
gram of music, will be given. "
' .The regent, , Mj;'; R. A. Finley'
and members assisting, , will wear
colonial costumes., 'f
Members may, invite' guests!
Get-Acquainted ' Club' to
, Give Washington'
; Party Tuesday.,
.' Tlir Get-Adfuainted, ctub is plan
ning a .'program of "interest" to' be
given at, the First Unitarian ; churchy
Tuesday evening, 8 o'clock, iri cele
bratiomof Washington's birthday." A
feature of hhe entertainrhenf will; be
dancing ; numbers by Miss Adelaide
Fogg . " (
N Tlie program for Sunday evening,
February ,20, will include a mono
logue .. by Mrs. 0.' W.-'Mals'trom;
piano and violin selections. Missjean
Stirling and Earl 'Stirling; com
munity singing and games. ' J
, Mr.-and Irs. C. W Russell will
bcliost and hostess' assisted by Miss
Jeanette McDonald. -. :-'. I
The ctub, which was organized for
the purpose of providing entertain
ment for strangers and lonely -mien
and women of all creeds, meets every
Sundav evening '?t' 7 o'clock, 'at" the
First "Unitarian., church,-. ThirtyJirst
and Harney streets.. '
C. L. Hempel Family., to
r:- Hold Reunion After
Easter Sunday.
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An interesting family. reunionNwill
take place the two weeks following
Raster Sunrlav tvlipn tVi r4iiltrn anA
grandchildren of Mr.'and Mrs.. C.4
L. Hempel will alt visit the parerital
home in this . city. One daughter;
Mrs. A. J. Sistek, and one son, Carl
Hempelf reside in Omaha. Another
daugliter, " Mrs. George P:,Abel,
-makes her home in this state, being
a resident of Lincoln. The other
son, Eugene TIempel, lives at Val
paraiso, Ind. He expects to arrive
in Omaja on Eastej Monday.
There are six grandchildren, "Mrs:
Sistek having one child; Mrs. Abel
and Eugene Hempel. two children;
Carl Hemp?!, one child. .
Drinkwater:s ;Play
Fasciriate.s .
or'
1 ; Montrose J. Moses, ' in j "The in
dependent" a year ago, told some in
teresting things about the play,
"Abraham Lincbln;"writte:i by John
Drinkwater, who will lecture at 'the
Fontenelle hotel at 4 o'clock ,Mon-;
day afternoon under auspices of the
Fine "Arts, society.:' V'.J,. ',. 1
Mr. Moses, "aVwriteV conceived the
clever idea of inx'itipgjGutzon,Brg
Jum, noted . sculptor; i;who lias "pro:
duced probably; the -greatest head of
Lincoln in existence,'., to - accompany
him to the play. (The' Bbrjlum. head
stands in the rotundaof -tjiecapit61
at Washingt6n.) .;' ; ')
.Now, a sculptor must know the,
man whom he is trying to, jve to
the world. He must Tiiiowlthelman'
.from his soul 'to the way he parts his
hair.-; Mr.-Borglumr-for' example1
studied the life and character of,Lin
coln for 15, years before he' touched
chisel to marble. T - i
; "I learned from :Mr. Eorglum,"
wrote Mr. Moses, "the size-; of Lin
coln's collar,' the way 'his hair was
btnished, when he changed the' part
jng. of it, the character , of Jus beard,
points that Mr. Drinkwater did not
have. to, concern imself ' with?But,!
though-the- sculotor.;: must ctt'ma for .
these . details, , he ' must!- not b'ffSn-J
siavea oy tnem. tie must.be ,cnie?y
!conc'erned with the spirit." ' .r .,
How- did. the-play -by- Drinkwater
affect the famous sculptor who'knew
so intimately not only -tlie 'physical
characteristicsof ; i he ; great' emanci-.
pator, but the spiritual nature' as
'Well? ,-; .,,,!"-;
To - judge ..from j- Moses' "i article-'"
Drinkwater,' somehow'; i or 'otlitry
t(irni?a the. trick. ? - tie has' give-iWi
"a living, a-spiritual 43nc6ln.?.;A ,v
"After thcplay,"' M'bses recounts,
"we sat long .into- the night talking
about Lincoln. That is to the credit-
-of-the Drinkwater play. -.- .1 heard
ijcw - siorjes or Lincom s motner,:
wiioir;he' tielpew bury on , a hillside,
where, he mightsee the spot every
day;'of "his early love, from which,.
eorgium says, marking .a line lnhis
face, he never.quite recovered. : v
"There is not one moment in' the
play thatyou are allowed to forget
Lincoln'sT stupendous' coping with
events. And t P. at is the. spirit. one
has while looking at the head done
by Gutzon Borglum.; Here are two
examples, ; thtref ore, of art making
history live the- one: in a play, the
other .in, marble; which speaki,'volr
umes, though it is.'silfent." . '
Though the nation's metropolis
has now claimed 'ibothy Gutzon and
bolon Borglum, Nebraska still likes
to remember that; they' once "were
hers.. Agister. Mrs. Alfred Darlow;
publicity chairman for the Fine Arts
societyi arid a brother, A. M. Borg
lum, well-kn)wn musician, both re-;
side).in Omaha; ;'
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and Mrs. A. P. Condon, is 4a yourig
swimmerof wide repute.,' She holds
many "honors' in" aquatic "pbrts,af-
,' l3tcl)ll lla;n Portrait.
though she lias. been, swimmihg little
more than a year, in iNel'raska and
western Iowa she holds the records
for ..the 20-yard, 40-yard,- ,100-jard
,ind ' 20-yard "swim... As well as
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. Mrs.iWillhvm Berry. and.Gus ,PSwa-isdiT will; appear in tableau
as "Betsy Ross and -.George .Wasliiington "at-.tbc. free municipal con
cert .Monday evening at the City . .Auditorium. " " " I
cert .Monday evenine at the Citv .
; -.It, is 'doubtful it the, Omaha public has had. opportunity to see
a more inspiring" and beautiful presentation than is promised in the
concert ,. of. Monday j njght. , Patriotic-and. colonial it will be, Avith
America as the'' keynote. ' ,-'. , . ' ' '.
D. A. R. women, .in 'their, picturesque costumes, will represent
1776to the accompanimeDt -of ''Yankee Doodle." The Daughters
of 1812 will represent thatvsfii'ring period irt American history, and
"The Star-Spangled Banner" 'will : be -: their, accompanying theme
in music- Civil war. Veterans, themselves will come in with martial
tread to -"Marching iThroughi Georgia.", Spanish war veteran' and
"A Hot Time" in the Old Town" , will go together, while "Keep the
Home Fires Buming"iwilf awaken alt hearts-to, American Legion
boys. ! '.This spectacular- arid rr'ouing concert "- will close- with . the
"Battle Hymn of :the -Republic." fester 'Bronsoii .Copper heads
the committee -which is. spdnsoringthese ' free-city concerts.
Citizenship .School
First Meets! "
Great interest arid (enthusiasm. have
been shown for the citizenship .school
to be' launched in Omaha Friday aft;
ernoon, February, 25,,- 3- o'clock,. in
he council chaniber of thcCity -hall.
Mrs. .H. H. Vfi?eler bf'rjncplnwjll
conduct, tlie . school.-. -It ( will rcon
sist of weekly lectures itlirOtjghv.a
period pf JO weeks.'. The fundamen
tal principles" of " American go've'rn
m.efit will beexp'lained. , ' "'
Practically all tlie' women's ,ori
-ranizafions in the ''city w'hiclf are
concerned 'with good citizerisliip are.
c'o-bperating -n makulg.-this setvopl
a success. The League 'Of' Women
V'oters is one of these organizations
Une ot tne -prime purposes--- ine
league, is eoucatiou . tor, cnize,nsaip.
and this school Irarmonizes entirely
with that, purpose. A, citizenship
school, similar in plan 'to 'the. Omaha
school, was conducted, in Qiicago
year- ago at the cfpsVorUieyast big
suffrage porivention. ..'It ,as a year,
ago the Lcagne pf, JJVomerl voters
was" officially born.. ' Puririg. the year,
citizenship .schools havebeen- con-,
ducted .all ovtr th,c' cguntry. "Jtfis a
credif to -.the progress of. Omaha."
says . Mrs. Charles Hubbard, ,.. lqr.al
chairman of tjhe league,, ""that . our,
women are backing Mrs. heeler s
school. - It indicates a desire' for rin-lelli-rent
citizenshiD.! r ; , :
..Tickets at,S0;ccntsifor the .entire
course of 10. lectures mayoe purr
chased at the dobr Vriday or at the
; Shermaa & McCpnnell drug stores..
Mrs,- Ilalleck Kose is general cnair
man for the school, representing the
former Equal Franchise; --..society,
which made -the -first, arrangements
for bringing Mrs.. Whcplcrl.here., ,
these titles (the diving-. chaiiiicjnship
of the same territory is -hers. .; ;,
Although; she "studies mufeic and
enjoys athlctic?vof "all 'kinds, this
Central High school junior devptes
the major part of her time to train-,
ing in water sports at the poollin
the Nicholas Senn hospitaK " ''
At present Mits .Condon, is -.preparing
for the meet to be held in
June at this - pool -by, the Western
Amateur Athletic union,, when .con
testants from five of six western
state will try fof.the titles of- the
assoculi " . ' .
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Washington, Feb. 19.
The Lenten -season goes merrily
on in Washington. '.There is no end
of dining, and of dancing. This week
opened' with a charity ball at the
Marine-barracks, when the southern
unit of the American Women's -Legion
arranged a pretty affair for the
benefit, of its work. .The mid-week
-was given over , to 'the "woman's
nh'rtv." wMrti apnihl(d nn MnnHav
i rv ! , rr i t c.s
4iiu i ucsuay.. J iitv- nau iiicir in si
gathering at the tea, which Mrs. Wil-ltam-Kent-
of California, one of the
fnbst .indefatigable workers for the
cause tf -Suffrage, gave.' It was at
her beautiful home .here, so redolent
of the "days "befo the w-ah," in this
case, meaning the civil war,' for. the
Kents bought oriC- of i the:- lovely,
roomy old. Homes in the. "West End"
which was a rendezvous for the ash
iona'bles pf'the ante helium, days and
which retains its southern style and
itiS beautiful; large garden. 4
The ceremony of the placing, of
the suffrage statue in the rotunda of
the.capitol, where the busts of Susan
B: Anthony.' Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Lucre.tia.Mott are 'on one ped
estal, was, a 'climax to the cause for
which those, .women ' worked ' and
longed "for, and which" is only just
accomplished, many years' after their
passing. . ' . .' ,
; ..The s convention of the woman's
party, which . opened at the Hotel
Washington on Wednesday morn
ing, took up all of W'ednesday,
Thursday and yesterday and closed
with a . brilliant, and huge banquet
last night in the largest ball room
of that hotel.
. The momentous question as to
whether the great-organization will
be disbanded, or whether the organ
ization wilf be continued under an
other name, has not at this writing
been .decided. They are a wonder
fully ylever- lot of women and have
a well organized body. They con
duct their conventions in a manlike
way and waste little or no time. It
was a well-dressed convention, too,
the mOdetn-fashions being well rep
resented. ,
' Mrs. .Bainhridge Colby addressed
the convention" Wednesday evening,
the ."international evening,' Com
missioner' Mabel Boarciina"! al
though knqwu tp be an anti-suffrag-((Turn
to 1'DEt Tpo, luluinn SU),
Echoes have come back to Oma
ha from many sources, from the big
carnival held during the week of Feb
ruary 7 at Dartmouth college, The
college is beautifully located among
the mountains of New Hampshire,
with spruce, pine, fir" and hemlock
trees about. Old Man Winter cov
ered all the laudscape with a soft,
glistening snow, just before the
round of indoor and outdoor sports
j)cgan, and, according to Mrs. Waller
Preston, who has just returned, this
afforded considerable relief to the
committee on skiing and toboRg.ni
ing. The buildings at Dartmouth are
uniformly constructed of red and
white brick. "
In this setting took place one of
the most successful round of festivi
ties ever enjoyed at that college..
Miss Dorothy Darlow, one of the
fortunate Omaha girls attending, de
clares she had only three hours sleep
in four days, and her statement is
borne out by Miss Jean Kennedy of
Mount Holyoke . college, who was
another guest at Dartmouth. Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Burns, Mr; and
Mrs. Walter Preston aud-Miss Freda
Haas, who is attending Smith col
lege, were also there, as well as the
Omaha boys who are students at the
college, including Richard Wagner,
Wendall Bevcridge," Richard Perry,
Clarence Moore, Warren Ege, Toe
Pollard,' Robert Booth, Ronald Jef
ferson, John Sunderland, Paul Nich
olson, Harold Moore, Stewart Sum
mers, and Harold jStreight.
The Omaha students at Dartmouth
are very prominent in school activi
ties, says Mrs. Preston. Mr. Ege
excels in music, being leader of a
stringed instrument symphony, Joe
Pollard is prominent -In connection
with the college paper. Mr. Booth
is teaching English and Mr Moore
was leader of the big "prom" last
year. ,
The strenuous program of enter
tainment went something like this:
Play, s-'Rise, Please." by the Dra- '
matic club, followed by a fraternity
dance lasting till breakfast time.,, A
10-mile drive to breakfast, some in
autos and others on sleds attached
to. the cars. Trlen tobogganing and
snow sflpcing- and swimming and
skiing contests' through the morn
ing. Luncheons, tea dances and elab
orate dinners and then the wonderful
Friday night carnival baH The
gowns at.this ball were exquisite, ac- .
cording to report from those who
attended. They were also very ex
treme. An orchestra from ; Boston
furnished the music. Favors weje
exquisite fancies in gold, silver and
even bejewelled. .: .
. A basket bay game between Dart
mouth and Harvard was a feature of
the carnival. Joy was heightened
for the merrymakers by Dartmouth's
sweeping victory. -
Miss Dorothy Darlow, who was
among those at the carnival, is now
in New York City. She attended the
Cornell dance this last week and the
"prom" at Dartmonth February 14.
Her cousin, Paul Borglum, son of
Solon Borglum, noted sculptor, is a
student at Dartmouth.
Girls who attend these winter and
spring festivities at the eastern col
leges are given 'fraternity houses, the
boys vacating to TJther quarters.
W'ith fheir chaperons they have
"carte blanche" to entire buildings.
Gothenburg Will
Hold .a Bird
Carnival
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A three-day bird carnival will be
held at GothenburgNeb., February
24, 25 and 26, the program being
carried out in full as"arrangcd by
the Audubon society for Nebraska
and South Dakota.
Boy Scouts under Scoutmaster
Harold Williams, Camp Fire Girls
under the leadership of Mrs.. W. J.
Birkofer and school children direct
ed by Miss Alice Marquisee as poster
lady, will participate. - (
D. D. Price, president of the Com
munity club, is assisting the scouts
in 'their educational research into
bird life. The climax of the bird
study, which has been going on dur
ing the month of February, will be
in the exhibition of more than 100
houses, feeding stations, hail shel
ters, rustic baths and snake and cat
guards. The scouts will explain and
demonstrate the imitation of the nat
ural habitat of their native birds.
Cash prizes will be given for th
best posters showing bird and child
life, made by the school children.
Two posters which have already at
tracted attention in the making ara
a copy of "The Bird Nest" and "Th
Song of the Lark." . ..
On the closing night a bluebird
luncheon will be served by the Camp
Fire Girls under the supervision f
Mrs. Mary Soules and Mrs. Arthur
Gentzler. The- proceeds from this
luncheon and the sale of the bird,
houses will go into the troop fund
of the Gothenburg Boy Scouts.
Gothenburg has long been con
spicuous for the development of
Camp Fire work undcr'direction of
Mrs. Birkofer. A camp on the bor
ders of a lake near town has .been
created by the girls. An under
ground room, which is the founda
tion of a building-to-be, is particu
larly interesting, because it was con
structed by the girls themselves. A
sleeping house set up on stilts be
neath the trees is also the work of
their hands. A good water supply is
available.
Many tourists on their journeys
cast .and west aero the state have
made this attractive spot their cmno
ing grorai ,
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