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The Omaha Sunday Bee PART TWO WOMEN'S SECTION PART TWO SOCIETY VOL. L NO. 39. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 13, 1921. 1 B TEN CENTS rri ans ion Practice and Omahans Are Scattered at Easter Preaching Differ .... f"& -1 IlggPRXTo S ct e yiWlllsllllWMMKWMIininillH Ill ITS ' X By GABBY DETAYLS. PRACTICE what you preach is an admonition we have often heard! Charles Rann Kennedy seems to know how toapply it. Mr. Kennedy wrote "The Sertant in the House," "The Terrible Meek," and other dramas with a strong moral lesson. He was put to a test of his preachings when he appeared be fore th Drama league, Thursday af ternoon at the Fontenelle hotel. Edith Wynne Matthison, his gifted wife, was giving some tensely emotional lines and giving them ex ceedingly well when a woman in the very front of the audience was seized with a coughing spell, she struggled to silence the sound. See ing her dilemma, Mr. Kennedy quiet ly handed forward a glass of water from the platform table. There was no trace of annoyance on his face, and none on the part of Miss Matthi son who was enveloped in the lines which she was living for the moment. It was done so unpretentiously that many in the audience failed to notice it. The act of Mr. Kennedy could only come from one with thought for the other person. The selfish public speaker resents any intrusion on his own perfection. The broad man recognizes distress anywhere, at any time, and instinctively turns to alleviate it. Gabby wonders how many of us, under the same circum stances, would have done what Mr. Kennedy did. AMONG a little group of-friends during his stay in Omaha, Charles Rann Kennedy told of his boyhood pleasure in blowing bubbles. The gleaming, opalescent colors fascinated him; the perfection and grace of them lured him always back to the bubble as a source of delight. As he grew older, he leund a de sire creeping into. his heart to blow a bubble, scintillating with brilliance and perfect in form, that would not burst. The desire became a part of his being. "I gained my wish," he announced. "I have it here in my Edith," he said, inclining his figure toward the beautiful wife, whoV, it is said, he adores. WHEN Gabby read the follow ing little story in the "Merry Go Round" by Katharine Lane of the New York Mail it held ro special interest for her, but now that she knows the principals well, i it's different. The Princeton man is a brother of Thomas Niles of Pitts burgh, who married Miss Eleanor Austin, daughter of M.-. and Mrs. T. W. Austin of this city.- Thus forti : ficd, read: ' "Maybe you have had a young man in your home with a talent for dia lect. Yhenv the brother . of the Princeton man was married he got a dash of candid advice. 'Better give up imitating Irish, colored and other comedians. Your wife won't bear it as easily as we did.' The brother v grinned. 'Oh, she talks baby talk herself, I have a comeback if there are any complaints.' "But now there is a baby. The Princeton man returned from a week-end with his new - Jhew, a figure of "mic despa:-. "'Know what has happened? Mjr brother agreed to give up his dial led habit if his wife would stop her baby talk. So they , compromised. Now they both lisp. They almost got me to do it. I just missed say ing 'thugar' to a waiter this noon.'" EYER go away from home for a rest and find that all your friends had gone to the same place for the same reason? Then did" Sou all try to be polite and tell every one that you are really glad "she" happened to come, etc., etc.? A woman who went to Excel sior Springs last year, confided to Gabby that she ' went there for a -complete rest, no telephone calls, no bridge games, no pleasantries of any kind, just air, food, sleep and baths in steady doses for two solid weeks. But did she carry out her plans? How could she? Mrs. Dazzling Light, a charming friend from St. Louis, was there con tinually looking for "another one to rill out at bridge." (Our friend is a good bridge player.) Then there-was a dear little bud from Kansas City who had visited an Omaha debu tante the preceding winter. Her mother was called away hurriedly . and left her child to th immediate and tender mercies of Mrs. Omaha. The Excelsior Spring march seems to be under way again. Gabby wishes rest and recuperation to all who seek the solace of that nearby watering place. May there be no "buds" or bridge fiends on hand to mar the low mental ebb which makes the place desirable. Dundee Woman's Club Presents Playlet The Dundee Woman's club.will present a one-act play entitled ' "Trifles,- by Susan Glaspell, Wed nesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. George Edgerly, 5110 Cuming street. The parts will be taken by Mes dames Charles Leslie, A. P. Over gaard, F. S. Clark, L. J. Greer and Miss Olive Ferguson. During the business session, which opens at 2 o'clock, the re vision of the constitution and by laws will be brought before the club by Mesdames J. F. Ferguson auu W. B. Howard.. Presidents of Six Nebraska Club Districts A great, big, well-oiled machine is the Nebraska Federation Women's clubs with its more than 12,000 mem bers., There are the state officers, beginning with Mrs. John Slaker of Hastings, pTsident; there is the rep resentative, from this state to the na tional body, the General Federation of Women's cUibs, Mrs. Addison E. .Sheldon,' Lincoln, director by title. Then therfc are the state subdivisions called districts, each one with its president and other officers. In ad dition to these officials, the state federation has department chairmen in both state and districts, carrying on study and work in such subjects as "literature," "industrial and social conditions," "h o m e economics," "education,", "art" and many more appropriate and important branches. In the spring, the district conven tions are the big events" of club life. The state meetings occur in the fall. The !ub districts in the state follow exactly the congression al districts which number six in Net braska. The presidents of thesu club divisions, and the dates of spring meetings, arc: First District: Mrs. W. L. Morrill? iter rwig, president. . The meeting I oe held in Falls City, April 5, will Second District: Mrs. L. M. Lord of Omaha, president. Convention will meet at the Omaha Y, W. C. A.. Aprils, U, witlf the-Railway Mail Service club as hostess. Mrs. J. G. Hart is president of the hostess or ganization. Third District: Mrs. W. E. Minier, Oakland, president.. Central City will be the place of meeting and May 3 to S the dates. This is the latest of the spring meetings. Fourth District: MissEffic Detrich of Yerk, president. April 19 to 20 Milady's Jewel .Styles Jewels,' those intriguing bits of beauty for which men have died! And not content with letting us admire and praise their loveliness, designers have found new methods o'f making every feminine heart long for the exquisite gems. One of the latest notes in jewel fashion are the smart link bracelets of platinum se't with diamonds, diamonds and sap phires, or diamonds and emeralds. Mrs. Fred Hamilton possesses one set with diamonds. It gives a spark a sparkling touch to the most drab costume. Milady's watch at present is but a glorified bracelet for when set with brilliant stones none would guess the ,i r t, .:,:.. uuiuaiiaii vaiut. VI mv. iiitiii:v less the owner is caught stealing a glance at the tiny dial hidden under neath the gems. Delicately fashioned ovals, oblongs and pastils of dia monds are so hung on ribbons of black that their faces are completely hidderfrom view. Mrs. W. H. Mc Cord has two diamond and platinum watches. i Mrs. J. E. Summers is auothcr Omaha woman who has a unique bit of jewelry. Hers is; a most attrac tive brooch whlcB cldsely resembles a basket of flowers.- The nodding blossoms in all their colors are but tiny jewels which glisten as though the sun had not dried the morning dew on their petals. - effij, 3 this district will convene at Crete for their annual meeting. Fifth District: Mrs.-E. E. Burr of Guide Rock, president, will call her district in convention, April 26 and 27 at Grand Island. . Sixth District: Mrs. George Frater pof North Platte is president. "Our Nebraska will be the slogan of this 1 meeting scheduled for- May .10, 11, 12. , The affair promises to be es pecially a Nebraska meeting. Each year, three of the districts elect officers. The year 1921 calls for elections in districts 1, 3 and 5. The even-numbered districts elected- of ficers last year for a two-year period. Affairs to Honor Eastern Guest During her stay in Omaha Mrs. E L. Gulick of Brookline, Mass., will be entertained at a number of affairs. Mrs. Gulick, who is the sponsor of the Aloha Camps for' Girls in the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire, arrives in Omaha Sunday morning. She will bring with her a motion picture of camp activities which 'wjll be shown Monday and Tuesday afternoons and evenings at the Rialto. - . . Mrs. Gulick will be the guest of Miss Helen Smails at dinner Sunday. Mrs. Edgar H. Scott- will entertain at dinner for this visitor Monday eve ning and Mrs. Herbert Smails will give a luncheon Tuesday. On Tues day afternoon' Mrs. Gulick will re ceive visitors on the mezzanine floor of the Fontenellefrom 4 to 6, when she will explain activities and pur ic luv lo muse mier poses ot the camps to those eSted She will leave Omaha WednesHav. While ins this city she will be a guest at the home of Mrs. Charles G. Mc Donald. Chesterton Here Monday Unusual interest has been aroused by the announcement that Gilbert K. Chesterton, the brilliant English essayist, dramatist, novelist and poet, is to visit Omaha under the auspices of the Fine Arts society off Monday, March 14, at 4 p. m., when he will lecture at the Fontefrell hotel. His siibjrct will he "The Ignorance of I the Educated." UZV '-GttoSL Rock) fir fs ifesr ' Mr. Chesterton, who has earned a world-wide . reputation as a brilliant philosopher, epigrammatist and phrasemaker. has a large following on both sides of the Atlantic. So great is his versatility, that he has' not only earned a high reputation as a f'rofound thinker and scholarly es sayist, but rlso as a fascinating writ t of fictiou and an inspiring jjoet. t2 - :(f Hi.;. His es'says and stories reach thou sands of readers every week through the English newspapers, weekly journals and magazines, and, it is said, are read with avidity in book form. This is his first visit to this country. Tickets for the lecture may be pur chased at A. Hospe company, Mat- thew's Book Store and at the door, w White House Is Popular Bureau of The Bee Washington, March 12. It is almost ' summer time in Washington. What with the croc uses, the tulips, the birds and the really hot weather, the" new admin istration is bright and active, and most encouraging to social festivi ties even though it is the lentcn sea son. Throngs from the south are keeping the hotels filled. People are coming north to get ..cooled off a bit, for they all report they have suffered with the heat in Georgia and v Florida all the winter. The North and South Carolinas where it is more mountainous are more com fortable and some of the south ward visitors are lingering there un til March is safely out of the way. The traditional crosuscs on the White House lawns peeped forth only to be trampled by the eager crowds who have had free access to the grounds since the fourth of March, 1921. Hundreds of men, women and children" have stood about on the grass and about the porte cochere all of the days and most of the nights just gazing at the mansion, the trees, and trying to get a close-up view . of the new President and Mrs. Harding in their goings and comings. They have had a house full of ..visitors who. havt come in for their share of the public gaze, for the president , and his estimable wife arc most hospit able and their guests have lrce use of everything in the White House stables as well as whatever is with in the house. There are a number of machines, all new, and freshly emblazoned with the familiar coat-of-arms of the U. S. A. set in the large whitd disc on the doors, which flit about the city all day and evening, carry ing guests and personal friends in tljcir-sightseeing trips and their calls. Sometimes it is the first lady of the land, herself, accompanied by a sistcr-in-law or a niece, and sometimes it is Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Upham, national committeeman and his attractive wife, who are be ing sent for a drive after a call at the White House, or sonic of the old friends from Marion who lin gered after the inauguration day. , There have been several dinner parlies and several lunch parties at tin U White HOUSC during the past , Convention of D.A.R. Opens Tuesday The state conference of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution will be held at Columbus Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, of this week. Delegates from the Omaha chap ter will include Mrs. B. A. Finlcy, regent,, and Mesdames h J. Stubbs, W. W. McBride, E. P. Larmon and Mrs. Charles IL Aull, vice president general of national society. Mrs. J. B. Reynolds will also attend. The Major Isaac Saldcr chapter will be represented by Mrs. William Archibald Smith, regent, and Mes dames Roland M. Jpnes, J.- J. Rcimers and S. K. Hanford. An interesting feature of the pro gram given by the Omaha chapter Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Homer C. Sttiulz, was an ad dress by the Rev. L. F. Townsend of the McCabe Methodist church, in which he emphasized the great need of Christian education in our schools. The chapter voted a fund to the Chinese relief and also decided to contribute to the support of a French orphan for another year. week, the guests being relatives of the president and Mrs. Harding and other visitors here for the inaugura tion. It was a wonderful time for republicans, ancf for some .demo crats, for there are many of the lat ter still here who may remain for some time yet. All have found the new chief executive and his wife de lightful in every way. They are both cordial, affable, glad to see people and they make people glad to see them. Mrs. Harding's selection of a so cial secretary , is' one which has pleased every circle in Washington. Miss Laura Harlan, who has al ready taken up her new duties as the first social secretary of the land, is as well known socially as she is in her professional capacity. She is a-daughter of ,the late Mr. Justice and Mrs. John M. Harlan. Her father was one of the most familiar and popular figures in Washington life for many years. His family were equally well known, but were of the very conservative type, according to ethics of the supreme court circle. His children were all beautifully educated and charmingly cultivated. There were several sons in the family, but only two daughters, the Misses Laura ind Ruth Harlan, neither ever having married. After the death of their parents, Miss Laura Harlan took up the secretary work, and has acted in this capacity to many of the most distinguished hostesses in Washington' societv. Also, for some of the leading nius'i cal organizations of the country who give concerts here, for she has al ways been interested in music and has been a student of it throughout her life. She even managed a little series of evening concerts last year, all of which were charmingly artistic affairs. Miss Harlan is tall and fair, with a bright, sweet face, and with the gentle manner and soft voice of the "lady born and lady bred." She is a blonde, and has worn nose glasses for many years. She has been the social secretaryN for the presiding hostess at the British embassy here for several Regimes; has been for several years, secretary to Mrs. Fre lingluiyscn, wife of the senator from New Jersey, and for the wile of the (Turo to !' Two, Column Servo.) At the glorious Easter tide Oma hans arc to be scattered far and wide across the broad land and not a few will be sojourning in foreign coun tries at the time. Mr. and Mrs. George Brandeis, who arc at the present time completing a tour of the European continent will prob ably be sailing homeward o'er the briny deep on Resstircction Morn. Mrs. '.. T. Lindsay and her sister, Ethel Evans, will have the novel ex perience of celebrating this great re ligious festival in the City of the . Seven Hills, Rome, where all the majesty and pomp of the Old World will be fittingly displayed at Easter tide. Miss Almarine Campbell will b in Paris where this holiday is ever greeted with royal enthusiasms. Mr. and Mrs. Gould Diet. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Dunn, and W. F. Baxter, now on a voyage to points in South Atnerica will probably be in either New York City or Wash ington, D. C. The capital city will without doubt have niaiii' visitors from Omaha. Miss Willow O'Brien, a student at Manhattanville college in New York, will go down to spend her holidays with Miss Esther McVann, a former Omaha girl. Mrs. Henry Doorly will be at the Hitchcock home there at that time and will be joined by her daughter, Margaret, who attends the Cathedral school for girls. ' Mrs. Joe B. Redficld leaves this week ,for Northampton, Mass., to . join her daughter, Miss Ruth Red field, at Smith college. They will go to Boston, New York and Atlantic City for the Easter vacation. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Reed and Mrs. R. W. Carpenter leave March 19 for Excelsior Springs to remain two . weeks. They will remain at the Springs for Easter. New York and Atlantic City appar ently divide honors for popularity with Omahans. Vernelle Head, who is studying voice in New York, will go to the Boardwalk city to spend her Easter holidays. Mrs. Josephine Ellingwood and daughter, Jane, will also be there. Mrs. Arthur Mclz has gone east and will he joined at Atlantic City by her son, Louis, now enrolled at the Boston School of Technology. Mrs. F. W. .Tudson, Mrs. W. J. Hyncs, ' Miss Dorothy Judson and young Billy Hynes, one of the bovs at Hill school, who is now enjoying a lengthy vacation from school regime because of the scarlet fever, will all be at this most luring of east ern resorts. Mr." and Mrs. E. P. Myers, who have been in Cub recently, will spend Easter witjh their daughter, Esther, a student at Manhattanville, in New York, The charms of California may perhaps prove too strong for Mrs. ' Joseph Barker and Mrs. C. T. Kountze, who are now whiling away the early spring days on its lovely shores. It is possible that they may return home but their plans are not definite at this date. Mrs. Fred Hamilton and her sister, Ann Rob ertson, will remain in California until later in the spring. Miss Pearl Kiingbcil and Miss Virginia Ilalpine, who are spending several months in California, re main there for Easter time. Mrs. E. H. Sprague will remain in Chicago until April 1, when she plans to return home. Misses Elizabeth end Meliora Davis will be in HOopestcn, 111., as the guests of Mrs. .Donald McFer ron during the coining festival days. The school set, toe, have their trips for this season. The Welles ley girls have various plans. Irene Simpson will go to New. York. Dorothy Arter will be the guest of friends at Marblehead, Mass. Fran ces Tatton will make her holidays take over a wide range of territory, including Bridgeport and New Haven, Conn., and New York City. Miss Helen Hoagland, who at- tends school at Garden City, N. Y.,' will return home to spend the spring1 holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Hoagland. Virginia Barker will probably come home from St. Tim'othy's school in Baltimore, Md. Emily Burke, a Vassar student, will visit with school friends in Ut falo, N. Y., New Haven and New Briton, Conn. Another Vassar girl, Peggy Reed, will join her sister. Miss Erna Reed, now spending sev eral months in New York City. Ann Axtell is planning to visit in Exeter, N. H., with schoolmates from S.mith college. Flora Marsh will leave Kentplace school. Summitt, N. J., for brief visits in New York and Washington. Margaret Eastman, the only Oma ha miss attending Highland. Hall, Holidaysbtirg, Pa., will be a guest at the home of her uncle, George East man, in Orange, N. J. Lucile Lathrop, a Rockford col lege senior, will divide- her Easter holidays between friends in Kokomo and Hammond. Ind. Rowena Pixlcy's plans for the coming vacation are indefinite as yet. She is attending Dana Hall. To Present Omaha Writers The Omaha Drama league wjll ? resent the Craik company at ".he 'ontonelie on Tuesday afternoon, March 22, at 4 o'clock, in two one act plavs "White Lies," by Mar garet Hitchcock Doorly, winner of the first prize in the year's contest of the Omaha Woman's Press club, and "Once a Year," by Mary Learned. Mr. Lcamcd's play was pre; tilted by the Craik company last winter and was enthusiastically received. Many who could not at tend Mr. Craik's matinee tea the day he prevented the play have insisted that it be repeated. A nominal oor Ice w'l! be charged nottiicmbci i who uix welcome to attend.
