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The Omaha Sunday .
PART TWO
.WOMEN'S SECTION
PART TWO
S 0 C 1 E T Y
VOL. I, NO. 37.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1921.
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By GABBY DETAYLS. '
v NF. olir smart Omaha dress
I I ers. we mean a woman, not a
v-' piece of furniture, look home a
fetching hat of 'henna shade the other
day. She is ultra-modern, yet,
paradoxical as it may seem, slie likes
to get her husband's opinon of lier
new clothes.
, "How do you like it, dear," she
asked, turning this way and that.
"I think it is rather crazy-looking,"
he muttered.
"I might have expected that," she
replied, undaunted, "the rlerk told I
me it was 25 per cent off when I
bought it."
AULSILKt Omaha maul she
is. All her friends love her ;
the other folks haven't met
her vet. She has devoted herself
to study for these early; years of
her vounc womanhood. Only a few
.mouths ago she returned from the
west, where she had been leading
young tninds in the way they
should ifo. Her college, well the
" name of it iaes common as Jones
or Drown.
Mow conies the god Romance!
. The vounur man lives in the capital
.town of the stale, lie Is interested
in airplanes. In fact, he owns sev
eral. He can flv down any day
for a chat with this gentle, dark
haired miss. The air highways' Jtrc
not crowded and he seems to be
taking advantage of the fact.
Encatrmcnt? No. We have
heard no rumor of anything quite
so serious, but "to know her is to
love her," so Gabby, who worships
at the shrine of Cupid, is all antici
pation.
(TTTE HAVE tickets for the
W ..concert at the Auditorium'
' this evening, ' said a father
recently to his daughter. (Other
illl II I tie I A t.n iiiv i a i --. j w j
ing in California.) i
"Oh, is to tonight, askcu uaugn
ter lackadaisically.
F.veniutf came and down they
went in ample time for the musical i
tcstival.
"What a crowd! So many men,
thought daughter, leaking over the
huge mass pushing eagerly toward
'the doors.
Now daughter has attended Smith
college and has developed a philo
sophic mind. She looked the men
over and observed the wide variety
nf tvne renrcsented. lhcre were.
sonic of the most representative citi-
fiis without their wives she not- ,
ed, but there were also many men
who aooearcd to be laborers.
n ititf one to show, she ru
minated, "that we ac quite Eu-
en nan If Tlio rnmninn oeoole arc
becoming thoroughly appreciative of ;
the besfin music."
By that time father and daughter i
bad reached the door. They hand-
cd their concert tickets to the keep-
er who looked at them a moment j
and then catteu out Br'i-
"This ain't no concert, lady, this
is a wrestling match!"
i 'The concert must be a w eek
'from tonight, said father apologet
ically on the way home to daughter,
who was thinking persistently of that
dinner-dance she had turned down
tor the sake of "art."
r -
rnHE house was quite in order for!
Xthc attcrnoou tea guests, so un.
hostess thought. She had talccn
a last critical look ground. i he
flowers were artistically arranged.
The lights were sufficiently softened
for a iate afternoon affair. 1 he ven-
;i:.i!nn seemed adequate. ts, all
wis well. 1 !,'
Two or three guests arrived, were
, directed to the hostess' own room
(rem whence they soon emerged
chatting brightly. ..... ,aec '
- "I'll run upstairf, said the hostess
to herself at this point, and seif that j
everything has been attended to up
there." Up she went. S
Horrors! On the snowy white ;
coverlet of her bed lay a crumpled
' something. The maid must have-left ;
' the dish cloth there! Lovely lady ;
hostess' heart hank. All those, gtrli
downstairs had witnessed this rag! !
Hash! Other puests were coming. j
Something had to be done. Hastily ,
seizing the cause of her humiliatiMj
she rushed to the clothes chute"and !
dropped it down to lower regions.
Calming herself she descended to ;
the living room, where she at
temntrd to exnlain to the cany ,
comers that that (censored .out)
ivaid had left an old dish cloth o:i
the Ked. that she was mortified be-
vor.d words, etc, etc.
"Wc didn't see it," the trio as -
s.j.e(
"You're just being polite," argued
the hostess nervouslw
T wonder, now. said a brown
eyed debutante. "I left a handsome
linen towel I am embroidering on the
bed with my wraps. Do you sup
V pose it could '.save been that?"
i A maid was sent scurrying Uewt:
into the liasement to rescue the of
s fending "Tag" which proved to be
in reality the "handsome towel" of
the guest. N
Now if George Ade were writing
this story instead of Gabby, he
would tack on, a moral, saying:
Don't judge materials, or people,
too quickly. What looks like a
cotton rag may prove 10 De me
fiiest of embroidered linen.
PERSONALITY! What a world
of meaning in the word. No one
has yet defined the word satis
i factorily and perhaps no one- ever
will.
One of the chief delights in at
tending lectures aad concerts , is
found in the personality of the
celebrity. We are . constantly won
derirtjj what it is that lifts a man
above his fellows. What is the di
vine spark? Wliat is the per.-onality i
Cabby docs not pretend to have
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found the answer. But she has made
some observations.
: Were you aware of Mme. Homer's
j efficiency when you heard her recent-
i lyv at the Auditorium? Gabby
I thought (hat was the outstand
ing characteristic ot tins artist.
We are not speaking of her art,
mind you, but of personal quali
ties. Mine. Homer walked to the
center of the. stage with confidence
and purpose. She stood planted as
firmly as an oak white she sang, in
marked" contrast to her beautiful
daughter who reminded one of a
graceful reed growing in the waters,
bending with the gentle breezes
while singing its song. There is no
doubt Mme. Homer has been a
strong factor in the life of her chil
dren. One readily believes she has
managed her home well and yet
found time to conlirfue her career in
fa wholehearted way. No bickerings,
tio uncertainties, no taise fears. Nor
was there lack of Rraciousness and
affability, but over and above all,
strength and "efficiency were unmis
takably hers,
TIEN" there was John Drink
water. Gabby thought he had
a strong and pleasing personal
ity. ' W:c get '"impressions," "feel
ings" and "ideas" about people and
can't explain them, even though wc
ate sure we arc right.
Fortunately fur Gabby, she
bat;
. MQS. E . E .
next to a character analyst, Mabel
Warner Rugge, at the Drinkwater
program and learned a few whys
and wherefores about things. '
"Ah, here's a chap who will tell
you just what he really thinks," said
the dainty C. A., when M.r. Drink
water appeared.
"What makes you think so?-' ask
ed Gabby. ,
"Mental assurance is sljiwn in
every feature he possesses, the
height and squareness of his head
and the frbmincHce of his nose and
chin," came the reply. "Note his ex
pression of self-assurance."
Gabby noted. ;
Nor was DrinKwatcr disappointing
to thev analyst who nudged Gabby
significantly when the poet-dramatist
spoke fearlessly on the "right of the
artist to come forth into the com
mercial world," and exploit his own
work, after it was done, and done
to the best of his ability.
No simpering apology there..
Here was a man who would not
say that democracy means that all
men are equal."' More discriminating
than that were his words: "An ideal
democracy gives every man the op
portunity to be as good as he can
be in the light of his own character."
Nor did he shy at the question of
rationality. "Nationality." he said.
is not a question of one man being
better than another.
Nationality af-j
fords a spiritual mooring, a soil inJ
wnicn maiviauai growm west nour
ishes. Gabby was interested. She begged
LwJriend to jot down a hurried an
alysis of the man they were hearing.
This is about what she said:
"Mr. Dnnkwatcr's most pro
nounced characteristic is the promi
nence of his forehead at the eye
brows. This prominence, .together
with his expression, shows splendid
powers of concentration, good mem
ory,, keen observation and a vivid im
agination. He has mental courage
and sufficient aggressiveness to up
hold his own convictions. It is ir,
his hand that the artistic, emotional
and dramatic side of his natura
shows." 1 -
Did you not notice, as did Gabby,
the long pointed fingers and the
graceful motions of bis hand?
"Well, he is a pretty fine Britisher,
is he not?" Gabby ventured to ask ol
the little lady to whom so much was
revealed.
"Britisher!" she. cried out. "He is
British up to his ankles and Amer
ican the rest of the way."
'Which is only to say, "We liked
him very well.' '
Luncheon April 8
The League of Wmiim Voters will
pive a luncheon l ridav, April X, ;it
the l ontcucllc, lunorir(g Mis. II. II.
D. A. R. Give
Quaint costumes dating back more
than 100 years graced the figures of
members of Major-Isaac Sadler chap
ter, Daughters of the American Rev
olution -at the colonial tea TuesdayTquoise mosaics; gold bracelet and lit
afternoon at the home of Mrs.TIarry
Kelly.
A program of music and readings
nas given by Mrs. Robert Eby. Miss
Grace Melotz, Miss Eva Bobbitt and
Miss Ruth Johansen, under direction
of Mrs. William Archibald Smith,
regent of the chapter.
A novel exhibit' of colonial relics
belonging to members of the chapter
Brides-to-Be Now j
Choosing Dates I
For Weddings
.Springtime, blossom time., .wed
ding time is near and on the balmy
breezes are borne faint tinkles as 61
wedding bells ringing. Two April
wedding dates have been definitelv
settled. The first is that of Miss
Mary Cooper of Pittsburgh and
Burdctte' Kirkcndall of this city.
Their marriage will take place
April 2.
Miss Mildred Rhodx? and Ware
Hall arc to be married on Wednes
day evening, April 6. This wilt be
one of the loveliest of the early
spring weddings in the city.
Miss Olga Metz and Dr. Iferbert
Davis will have a June wedding but
the exact date -has not yet been
settled upou.
It is .rumored that Miss Esther
Smith, fincee of Richard Mallory,
has chosen Saturday evening, June
25, for her nuptials. N'o doubt this
wedding wilf be ope of the very un
usual ones of- the esrly summer sea
son. Omahans well remcmberc.d the
lovely and unique appointments at
the wedding of Miss Marjory Smith
and William Van Dorn of . Chicago
a year ago last Thanksgiving.
No plans have been made as yet
by Miss Virginia Offutt, who -is en
gaged to Milo Gates. (
, Jvliss Louise White, whose en
gagement to John S. Habert of Oak
land, Cal.j was announced a week
ago. is anotheY of the girls who has
decided upon a "rose and June',' wed
ding. ' '
Citizenship
School
Mrs. H. II. Wheeler of Lincoln
will give the second of her citizen
ship lectures Friday afternoon, at 3
o'clock, council chandler, city hall.
Her subject will be "Cities."
Prof. L. K. Aylsworth of the' Uni
versity of Nebraska, who is consid
ered an expert in the field of munici
palities, will also speak.
A resume of her first lecture on
"Constitutions" will be given in a
five-minute talk;
The committee in charge of these
meetings announces that they will
begin promptly at 3 o'clock.
One hundred and fifty women at
tended the Friday meeting and it is
thought a crowd even larger will be
present at the succeeding lectures.
Wherlcr of Lincoln and Mrs. Draper
Smith of Omaha, carriers of Ne
braska's clrctotf.l utr to Wa-hitig-;
ton. ,
ColonialTea
included a silver s teapot, homcsputV
linen table cover,' inkwell for, quill
pen, caudle mold, warming ston'c,
sewing table, dishes, 'chantilly shaw-l,
a gold chain and locket, set with tur
tle finger ring with chain attached to
carry handkerchief.. Many of' the
beautiful articles on'cxhibit belong to
Mrs. C. F. Wcller.
Members of the . chaptcf in the
group pictured above with the ex
ception of Mrs. Kelly, appeared on
the municipal concert program last
Monday evening at the City Auditor
ium. Miss Faye' Simon
- Bride of Mr.
Gardner
Pink and white roses, lighted ink
candles in silver candelabra, ;iud
dark green ferns formed an attractive
setting for the" pink and white wed
ding of Miss Faye Simoji and .Spray'
Gardner of Denver Saturday evening.
The nuptials took place at the home
of the bride's parents. Dr. and Mrs.
Frank Simon. Rev. Howard of' the
North Side Christian churgh readVhc
marriage service. - I
Mrs. Wardner Scott of Lincoln, the j
matron of honor, was simply gowned
in rose pink organdy trimmed with i
siiver ribbons. With this she wore a I
becoming hat of pink tulle and silver
, . , , , ,
ribbon and carried a shower bouquet
cf sweetheart roses. Mrs. Scott and
the bride Were both ' members' of Pi
Beta Tin sorority when attending the
University of Nebraska. Mrs. Scott
was formerly Elizabeth' Crawford of
this city.
The bridewas charming in a
gown of white lace combined' with
silver ribbons. The bodice was made
plain and the skirt was draped. The-'
veil or tulle tell from a wreath ot
lilies of the valley. A huge shower
bouquet of. white roses and lilies of
the valley completed the costume.
vwruncr ocou aciea as uie o-si
nan. both Mr. Scott and -Mr.
Gardner are members of the same
fraternity. Phi Kappa Fsi.
Mrs. Charles Pickett sang. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Carol
Berry, j 11c weauing marcn was
played by Miss Ruth Staplcton of
Broken Bow, Nebraska, a cousin of
the bride.
Following the . ccrcmonv an in-
format-reception was held for the
wedding guests. -
Mr. and Mrs.-Gardner have gone
on a western trip. . They will i)c at
home after March15.at the Mere
dith apartments, Denver.
Today's Concert
Indications arc that . a capacity
house will greet Miss Frances Nash,
pianist, and Louis Graveure, violinist.N
when they appear concert at the
Urandeis theater this afternoon under
auspices of the Tuesday Musical club.
Interest in the concert will be
deeper than even thc deep interest
which Omaha's neonJ have in mu
sical ait. It will hound to the depth',
of rrg.i
which her matw
Omaha
friends fed for Miss Nash.
Kreisler Owns
Violins:
Fritz Kreisler, the great violinist,
who- will appear at the Auditorium in
Omaha. March 11, underauspices of
the Tuesday Musical '"duly is the
possessor ot three extraordinary
violins. One is a rather small
Stradivarius, not large in tone but of
exquisite quality, which he uses often
for recitals in small halls. The sec
ond is a Gagliano, the work of one
of the earliest and most famous of
the Italian violin-makers who flour
ished in Florence in the first half of
the seventeenth century. The instru
ment, however, that he uses the most
is one made by Josef Guarhcri del
Gcsu which was formerly the prop
erty of the great Wilhelmy. '
This Guartierius is one of the fin
est instruments in existence and it
would be difficult to compute its val
ue in dillars and cents. The chances
arc, however, that if it were put up
for auction at Christie's in London
it would bring from $15,000 to $20,
000. It is a large instrument with the
big mellow tone characteristic of its
kind, and Kreisler uses -it' almosl
entirely when he playes concertos
with orchestra. He has other instru
ments, of course, but these arc the
most famous.
Drama League
I 91irl,es, R,a,"n Kcn"erd dramatist,
1 and Edith Wynne Matt uson, ac-
. ... annJpar :,, . nrft ftf
tress, will appear 111 a program of
dramatic internretations at the Fon-
tenclls on Thursday, March 10, at
4 o'clock- under auspices of the
Drama league. Tickets are on sale
at Matthews' Book store.
Miss Matthison is in private life,
the wife of Charles Rami Kennedy,
author of the well-known dramas,
The Servant in the House,' "The
! Icrri,)lc Metk;"' ,"T'le Army V-i,t!1
Banners" and "TTie Necessary Evil.'
Like Ellen Terry, Miss Matthison
-was born in Shakespeare's own coun-.
try of Warwickshire, England. She
is variously described by her host ot
admirers both in this country and
abroad as "the most enchanting ae
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IllV.TJ I'll lll .I.M.-II J(HUlll.g Ji"(iv
I and "the peerless interpreter ol
I Shakespeare's women."
j As Sir Henry Irving's last leading
! lady, ner Portia to his Shylock was
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Thc nj u thc t actor ,,ied sh(.
, d Rosamtmd t0 hi. Beckct.
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Presents Opera
Program
Walter WT.catlcy ot Lincoln,
operatic tenor, who has recently
completed a series of opera engage
ments in Australia, has consented to
take part in a program to be givht
here by the Amateur Musical club,
Friday evening. March 4, at the First
Presbyterian church.
Selections from thc opera Aida
will comprise the program. Others
participating will include Charlotte
Van Winkle lacohs. Ionise
lansen
Mrs
Vb..lk
Wilcv
Mrs. Verne
Miller
Howard Kciim-.!.
Klopp and b red C
Inna i
Lib-.
Soft, Misty
Land
Honolulu .ii'd the islands of
Hawaii arc being bioiight very close
lo Omaha this season by the many
travelers from our homeland lo this
adopted laud. Mrs. I".. S. Rood is
among these ttaveleis. She left
Omaha about the Inst of the jcar
and with a friend from California,
Mrs. .1. r WesL has been enjoying a
sojourn in Hawaii. A letter written
on her return voyage to relatives,
Kiu's much of gcneial, a.- well a",
Tpccial intcics'.. .here. Excerpts
from her letter follow :
"Wc were in a constant state ot
enthusiasm from the time we en
tered the halbor until the last wave
of handkerchiefs said goodby a
we moved slowv out le sea with
cis around our necks anil ribbons
streaming over the sides and th"
music playing g:iy airs to keep our
spirits up.
"We had a most delightful pas
sage over 01) the Ecuador. Kvcrv
tlitig was perfect from the person
nel of the passenger list to the small
est detail of the ship's service. The
table was wonderfully dainty. We,
had quail, squab, pheasant, guinea
en, turkey, artichokes, avacata
pears, salted almonds, conserved
Chinese' fruits and many delicaeies
I had not had since the war.
"Our friends have taken us on
long motor trips to see cane planta
tions and sugar mills and miles upon -miles
rif pineapples. There was
scarcely a road that did not afford
views of mountains and sea, the
mountains soft with their growth of
green, and the sea. rrflectinsr the sky,
deepening through all shades of blue
into 'Strong purple at thc horizon.
And rainbows so near that one felt
like reaching out to get the bag of
Erold hanging on thc ends of their.
It is the . softest, mistiest, loveliest
place in the world. You would pot
believe me, but painter's brush could
never put on canvas the brightness
and softness of its colors.
"There are all foods and fruits one
needs growing wild, guavas, man
goes, bread fruit, bananas and the
pineapples, rice, coffee and cocoa
nuts, as w'cp as the delectable papaia,
which grows on trees, but resembles
?. muskinelon in appearance.
"Thc Moana bote! at Waikiki beach
is a most attractive place and very
gay in the evening with music and
dancing on the broad lanais (veran
das), the women in their shimmering-'
evening gowns, and many of the
men in white duck. fToti coats or
regulation evening clothes.
"This kmaf encloses a court, and,
growing out of thc center of it is a
huge banyan tree under the spread
ing branches of which arc placed
smalt tables for cool drinks. This
whole court U lighted with hun
dreds of small colored electric
light bulbs which gives a most en
chanting effect.
Mrs.- If. H. Baldrige was one of
the most striking and popular ladies
to grace the lanai while she was
there. Both Mr. and Mrs. Baldrige
felt the lure of Honolulu so stronglv
thar there was some talk of therii
buying a beautiful home there to
winter in.
The greatest surprise was to meet
Mrs. J. E. Baum and Katherinc, who
had just arrived on the island.
""My plan is to stop in San Fran
cisco for two week, two weeks in
Los Angeles, aliftlcwhile in Santa
Barbara and home by April 3."
Southern Isle Is
Scene of Quiet
Wedding
A wedding among bJooming
orange blossoms is the fortune of
Miss Frances Louise Howell, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. How
ell of this city. The engagement of
this Omaha girl to Miles Porchcr
McSweene'y of Bufort, S. C, was
announced here February 6 and on
Saturday. v February 26, in Florida
where the orange blossoms are'now
in their fullest beauty thc marriage
took place.
The bridc.went to Florida, Janu
ary 1, to be the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Harry Pollard, formerly
Eunice Howell, at Terra Ccia Island,
during the winter months. She met
her fiance while in Florida a year'
ago.
The wedding was a very simple
affair taking place at the Tollard
home at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Orange blossoms were used through
the house in decorating the rooms.
Rev. Williams of Bradentown,
Fla., rcau the Episcopalian service
in the presence of immediate rela
tives of the couple and a few of
their intimate friends. Mrs. Mc
Sweency wore a smart traveling suit,
of brown with hat to match.
The couple motored to Tampa
shortly after thc ccremcmy and from
whence they went on their honey
moon trip.-" They plan to reside in
Buffalo for the next several months
but will not make their home per.
manently there as Mr. McSwceney's
interests make it necessary lor him
to divide bis time between Cuba
and points in the states.
Mr. and Mrs. ..Howell, pau-nts of
the bride, did not grt south for the
marriage owing to the fact that Mr.
Howell is at nresent convalescent
from a recent illness. Mrs. How.eU
leaves early in May to spend some
time at Kufort with her daughter.
The bride was cradiulcd from
Central High seli nd here alid was a
popular member of the young
school -It. Si-Ice her graduation
she has spent part of each rar with
hrr sister, Mrs. Pollard.
. Mr. MeSwreii' i the sun of :"
late c iovn mil MrSuceiK mi
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