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unjday Bee jL PART TWO . yOMEJN'S SECTION s PAR T TWO SOCIETY VOL. L NO. 40. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1921. 1-i-B TKN CENTS s ion TheOm I L 1 iitJBtAo man s Meet "ESLllvj Chesterton ' Stirs To Depths ' By GABBY DETAYLS. GABBY ha tried to discover why it is people who did not like Gilbert K. Chesterton were so very angry about him. The fact tht a lecturer was a disappointment to many, would not be sufficient "in itself to account for the depth of feeling which has been displayed in Omaha this past week; nor yef is it reasonable to suppose that the fat fee demanded by mis man, oth erwise so modest about himself, could have been the real cause of it'. "Over Their Heads," The deep agitation seems to hav sprung fjom a fear on the part of intelligent, educated women that they might have missed the fine points of Chesterton's lecture; that it was "over their heads." They hr.ve spent their lives, many of them, in. training their minds, and when they were left at the close of the 'Chesterton lecture pitifully stranded "somewhere in France," they-began to lose confidence- in " themselves. Were there subtleties, was there a delicacy, a finesse, a delicious whim sicality, a something rare, spar kling and beautiful which they had missed? No, there .wasn't; there couldn't have been, they cry out And yet the critics said "Sq these women have been run ning about, pouncing on everyone they meet, asking, '"How did you like Chesterton?'- What tney mean is, ' "Please, please, 'assure me I am not a foot." , Clever if Not Clean.' Those who did approve liis lecture (upon investigation, Gabby finds the plural number can be used) were, in all three cases, friends in advance. They had read his writings, had en joyed them, and accepted him Some 'of his audience had . found him clever, if not clean, 'at the luncheon preceding the lecture; and were mor al, if not mental allies. It is doubtful if anyone would have championed Chesterton's lec ture all by its little 40-rhinutcj self, had the man come here unwept, un honorcd and unsung. Betterment or Amusement. Gabby is not one of those who craved a "message." She sometimes feels like a wireless receiving station as it is, and is grateful enough when she catifpull in her feelers or turn the switches off the job. Failing to get something of uplift or betterment at a lecture, however, she insists up on amusement. But the lecture by G K. C. was hardly her ideaof a wonderful time. He had nothing of the stii.g of Mtncken. the .cutting brilliance of Shaw or She buoyancy of, and probably not more of avoir dupois than our own Irvin Cobb. " Nothing Original About Boston Gabbv hasn't yet reached the point where she can indulge a supposedly original thinker who in speaking of Boston savs facetiously: "I presume ou have heard of the place. Nor does she regard it as a side-sphtting affair when one calls attention to the fact tKat while excavating for prehistoric man, we have never yet unearthed sisns reading,. "Visitors not 'allowed," or "Please do not .. handle.", ' , , All Dressed Up to Laugh. Man ntver had better chance to "make good" with an audience. I All marcels and smiles and modishly at tired thev pared up at him, ready to roll off their chairs, if need be, in order to "render unto Caesar" all that was due him by way of appre ciation. J '" - This attitude was apparent for x about 10 minues. Then Mr. Ches rattle around the bones of prehistoric man. and wide vcyed expectancy changed to. worried attentiyeness. .'-""., ' J , Reputation Saved Him, . Suddenly the speaker sat' down. The audience was dazed. There was sort of a "hush before the storm" atmosphere, without the. storm. Un certainty, unreality, emptiness were there and not sign of enthusiasm. His reputation alone saved him in , that hour! " ' ( HIS reputation 'sustained him And that reputation justified the Omaha , Society of Fine 'Arts in presenting Jiiiyi. Not one, of us going to New York .this season buT would have scrambled for a ticket to a Chesterton lecture. What ever our opinion of him, we shofl'd feel nothing but gratitude to the or ganization which made it possible for us to hear the man other folk-, are hearing and talk about him while the other tongues wag. After all, it is more 'diverting to find fault thanto accept. The se-i- ous-minded are given something to 1 worry about and she wits have a bet ter target-for their sharp words. r " N connection with Chesterto" Gabbv is reminded of a little fel- nvt with whom she walked a short distance not many evenings ago. The vmmgster had rcvetr.l bu-ky bundles. Gabby offeted tD share the burdens, but the gallant lad stoutly refused assistance Whe.i very short distance ( frcm hu louse. Gabby again asked if she touldn't carry one' or two of th: packages. "Oh, no." stud he, "you hardly Xet your while ou: of it" . ' - ' A SOCIAL acquaintance bureau is f the very newest thing out. A 1 young woman with entree into well, " even - into most anyone s ' cellar, which is saying something. . i 1 t L has estaoiisnea sucn a bureau. T, unuM tint An at all tn let vnn know who she is, because that would spoil all the fun. She takes only a v,rv four Mipntc rrtnrnf rafptt on them and charges them' handsome prices. 1 - For a certain sum of money which y rJfe r v. it jh f msmmms&mmr x j Admires Schumahn-Heink ' M rs. Carroll Bcfden is 'one of Ajie many ' Oma nans' whoare., greasy interested inUhe concert to'be given-by the famous contralto, Schu-mann-Heink. at the Auditorium, VVedncsday evening, March '30, un der the auspices oMhe women of the First Central Congregational church. Mrs. Belden is so fortunate as to have attended a reception for the singer in 1911 at Madison, Wis., when she conversed' with Madame Heink. - At the time-Mrs Belde'n was a student at the University of Wis consin. The reception. was given by members of the Wisconsin chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity of "which organization two of madame's sons' are mcmbers'n It is the" custom of the chapter at Wisconsin to entertain in honor of Madame Heink whenever she is stopping in their- city - . ' 'Mrs. Bel,de1i says of the "singer that she talks very little herself, but succeeds in making others speak freely and unaffectedly. She was very much interested in the affairs of thco-ed students of the university at the-time of her visit there and thoroughly enjoyed her chats with the nrtrlc ' f rc flfiMnn nl'jne ,r atlpnil . nmin tr . rrtlK-pr nf ttiic nprQntl. 111 .1. . . . O . M .IVl. 1. j ' I 1 1 .1 iV . . . . ' V. ....... t Vg ,11111 JJVi.v.. a age, who, according to those who know her, is "unusually interesting! and charming, 'with a most, magnetic perspnality." ' I is anything ; but paltry, she. agrees to secure certain "intrcductHJns and certain engagements for her clients. She is quick-witted pi TOurse and turns -every little opportunity" into social advantage for them. Said clients have ample funds, of course. Gabby sees thfs little "social bureau" from tiihVto time at fash ionable affairs and . selcctV clubs. Often, but not too often, two of her clients are with heft. " And reallv the clients do seem to be "getting on. , ,-''.. ' "It's tnorf fun than a regular job," this petite maid confided to Gabby. "And it appeals to my sense of humor. '.- . $ . -y GABBY ; ha .,' friepd who. is a newspaper womau. Being that, naturallyvshe Ts very busy. It is difficult to find time to continue Correspondence- with dear friends -of college days. She is'fesourc.e.ful.how ever, and this is the wayshe,man ages with one. friend. sAe "will let her tell her own storjS. ' .'. ' "I do so love to lveaf from'kate. She was such an irresistible, brilliant creature.' She is married now andt lives in a little town in New York State, yes, and has a baby. About every second or thir4- mohth, she sends me a snapshot, herself and baby and "dad" or perhaps just wee "Billy", himself. There, may be only a half dozen lines on the back of the picture, but they are always cap tivating and bring a vivid message from theonetiine chum. "Not having a baby, Whos picture I may send lier, I do the next best thinir. I send her mv writings, uiv child, you know. Sometimes no per: , sonal word accompanies, but at least she has glimpsed my interests, and I have hers, much more pleasantly be it said, than though slid were to write me pages saying, that a baby requires great-attentjpn, that his food is, agreeing with him, that she is canning fruit (in August) .and doing Christmas shopping in December." WE have afl . heard the story many timesif the man who stepped into-a restaurant and asked fof the proprietor, only to be told that the proprietor had "gone out to get something to'cat.'J Wehave all heard tfte story, yes. But we haven't all really sensed the experiences did a Lincoln woman this past week. She was driving to Omaha last Thursday in her dashing yellow car. It was lunch time.' She had an en gagement in Omaha, so it wasnot lunch -she wished, but for reasons not revealed to Gabby, she' stopped at restaurant in a small town, en rdute and asked for the proprietor." "He s gone . out for "lunch," a young waiter fniormed her. X '..'' ' - YOUNG college man, matrimony or money' first? Your answer is-4he money first, htfgirl aft erwards 'Gabby knows a -little boy in grammar school who has his own ideas on the subject , . "D-don' y'wish y-y-you ( was' all Hi-through -college?" he ! stytter ingly questioned a playmate; - "Um-lrunh' the other pnswered deintcrestdly. v . ' "Wwe-cll, a-as . s-s-soou as yuh g-get "' all th-tlirough c-c--coIlegc, fit-ir-st th-thing- yuh g-got t-to d-do is-s f-find yourself a wi-wifc"v , Ball Follows Concert Choir by A confert and ball, arranged by Dr. R. Mills Silby, will be given on the evening of Saturday, APr'l 9, at the Omaha -Auditorium at 8:15 o'clock. i - - This entertainfnent is for the bene fit "of the diocesiott music fund of St. Cecilia's cathedral. This fund sustains a free concert for the Omaha public, given on the first Sunday of every month. 1 " "To continue these concerts, which in the. past have proved among the most popular musical events of the month, it is necessary to keep the diocesiau music fund to full capac ity," says Miss Ellen Creighton, pub licity chairman for the affair. This is the first time the, Omaha public, for whose enjoyment these concerts are given, has been solicited for sup port. The following Omaha choirs will take part in the event: Boys' choir of St. Cecilia's cathedral, fegular mixed choir of St. Cecilia's cathedral, Mount St. Marys Glee club am choir of the Daughters of Isabella. Singer Is Ardent Friend of Films It may be due to the fact that southern California is her official residence and that the air iiv-tliat vi cinity is laden with movie germs, or it mav be something quite different, fbut whatever the case, the fact re mains that there is no more enthusK, astic tu'ovie fan than Schumann Heink. The great suiger seems never to tiref them in fact,, it is said that once in Atlantic City she attended seven movjes in one day and "came out smiling at the end." Madam herself has been often screened and frequently discovers herself featured in one or anotherJ weekly news service. On the occa sion of her recent trip to Europe to bring back her grandchildren Madam was filmed on the steamship Rotterdam and her picture exhibited a: an me leading meaicrs. Mine, Hcink will appear in' con cert at the Auditorium Wednesday evening, March 30, Minder auspiars of the Ladies' society First Central Congregational church. Register Now A citizenship school is in progress in Omaha. Every lecture given at that school, whether by Mrs. H.iH. Wheeler, leader, or others, has brought wut clearly the point that the iidividual citizens are in the last analysis' responsible for their own government. Proper-use of the bal lot is v one of the most important duties, to perform'in discharging that responsibility, according to the in structors, t Friday, March 25, is the last day ui I cgiaii auim iui muse w uu wiaii to vote in the spring primaries. ..Per sons, who have registered previously ;..nd have -not changed their, address need not re-register in order to vote. '" V Sm m t " - - ' - ,) 7 T' ? A r'-" ' 4 n r 1 1 r N Springtime; Holidays " Easter time will have special charms thisvseason for the girls of the school'set now attending east ern institutions of learning. Many of them, are planning interesting journeys for'the spring holidays. Miss De Weenta Conrad, daughter of Mr J and-Mrs. J. H. Conrad, now a senior at Dana Hall, Wellesley, Mass., will have a most delightful trip during her 10-day recess from school, March 24 to April 4. With 'her roommate, Nancy Leach of Minneapolis, and several class friends, she will go to Washington, D. C. The party will be chaperoned by tlvc parents of Miss Helen McLaughlin of Minneapolis,- a student at Pine Manor. ' . v Miss Conrad is one of the more popular members of her class at Dana Hall. As well as being treas urer of the French club and house captain of White Lodge where' she resides, she has one of the prom inent roles'in the senior play. She is also a member of the honorary scholastic society of the school, Tau Kappa Delta. Twelve of 45. eligible students were elected to the society this yeaK . . Creighton OleelThe Long and the U 'Club Will : . Appear Afte-r- an r absence of four years: from the .concert stage in Omaha, the' Creighton ' University Glee club i will again be heard in formal con cert at the Brandeis theater Thurs day, April 14. The coming concert will mark the ninth a"ppearance of thi organization. Due to the loss of many of the club's members to the service in 1917 and 1918, the mu sical activities m the university had to be practically suspended. How tvtr, in the fall of 1919, the Varsity Glee club was reorganized uncjer the direction of Henry Cox. Arrangements have been made for a. trip , through the state before the concert here. Engagements have been secured, at Columbus, GreVlcy, Hastings, Grand Island and North Platte. OriginaL plans "for the trip "included a date in Denver, but the refusal of the faculty to allow the men '. to absent themselves for ' at longer, period has . necessitated abandoning that. , r.The program for the coming con: cert includes a, number of features; among them the Yersity Saxophone Sextette. ; , ' Newcomer Among the attractive .matrons whd is a "recent addition to Omaha circles . is ' Mrs. Amos Kmgsley Meader. 1 his 'young newcomer' before her marriage a year ago was Miss Deborah Marian , Simmons, daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Sim mons of Cedar Rapids, la. ; i She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority at Coc col lege, in Cedar Rapids, where she attended for two years and was also a student at Smith college for ; two years from which she was arraduated ' in the class of 1 1917. Mrs. Meader is prominent in a' number of organizations, among them the Association of Collegiate alumnae, Smith Col legealumnae, Delta. Delfa Delta alumnae and a number of others. ': Mr. and Mrs. Meader came here last June from Chicago. At pres ent they are residing at the Fair yicw apartments.' Short of a .Question To bob or fiot to bob ; That is the question. Whether !tis better to wear Saucy flying locks Or, having clipped them unbecomingly, To grow "shaggy" in an effort At reformation. Someone please tell us: Is bobbed hay comjng in or going out? Ine mandates of fashion are sadly at var riance this Season and the whimsical old lady ' who has give them forth must have been in a most change able mood for the last several months. ' Some girls have but re cently shorn themselves of their "crowning glory," while others who did so some time ago are growing a bit "shaggy" in an attempt to let their hair grow long again." According to 'he reports from Paris, the "bob'' is passe there, but from New York the rumor comes that the charm pf short hair is rap idly winning new devotees in that eastern city. ' Inme Castle, the dancer, who originated the "Castle bob," is threat ening to' let her hair grow. "But if I do," this young woman is quoted as saying, "I shall cer tainly go down into the country for awhile until it is past the dread fully awkward length." Omaha j ha girls who represent both the pro and con of, this impor tant question. ..Miss 'Pleasant Holy ok;c has worn her hair shtrt for some time and declares slip likes it better every day. Among the younger school girls who affect this mode ate Frances .Ellick, Janet Nolan, Gene vieve Finney ana Martha Dox. Miss Marion Hamilton, one of the season's debutantes, ' thinks short hair "so comfortable" she plans to keep hers clipped Indefinitely. Miss Blanche DeUel, when attend ine Portia Swcett'ar Rocky Mountain camp at Steamship Springs, Colo.,1 a year ago last summer cut her hair but' later permitted it to grow out-t and now wears vt in a demurely con ventional coiflure. : Art Lecture Maurice Block, director of 'Art for the Omaha Society of Fine Arts, will frpeak on the "Henry Golden Dearth Exhibition of Paintings," at the Omaha public library Wednes day morning at,10:30 o'clock: The- exhibit is. now being shown at the library, and ivopen to the public ' First Lady to Be Social- Leader- '(t. , T Bureau of TTie Be, ' Washington, March 20, . Holy week.iist approaching, wilt, be a calm before one of the greatest social hurricanes '' Washington has seen jn many years. This Lenten season has not been observed asthe--lenten seasons in former limes. It was then fashionable to observe Lent. Indeed, it was not so very long ago that women and young girls actually wore more somber clothes during the 40 days of peni tence and fasting. Easter week has a schedule almost unprecedented for balls, ' wedding! and dinners. The cabinet circle, a little scattered just now, will be ali most complete by that time. The hostesses who had to return home to .lose their -houses and those who re mained at home to arrange their at fairs for long absence will return here by the first of April with one , or two exceptions, Mrs. Harding has a spring calendar full to overflow ing, with social festivities in tha White House. She is arranging a series of musicales, a series of SaN urday receptions and Saturday aft ernoon band concerts in the south' grounds of -the mansion, a1 number of dinner. parties and almost a con-' tinuous performance of luncheons and teas. J: ' v Mrs. Harding has given up almost all her time to seng people and en- . tertaining since she entered the White. House. She confines herself to no particular hours for receiving visitors, but is apt to keep at the re-: ceiving all day long. She and the president did not at tend a church service the first Suni day they were in the White House, but last Sunday they went to Cal vary Baptist, the largest Baptist. vchurch id the city, but not the most ' fashionable one. ' J hey attended the service there during the' president's terms as senator. v The customary crowd was in wait ing to see them enter and to see them depart, with photographers and movie men in abundance. The church was filled to its capacity with the ( curiously inclined rather than the de votionally, for never before had a president sat through- a church serv ice in that edifice. ' President Hard ing is the first Baptist president, A number of the Harding relatives are still in Washington and some r,f then . will remain for the whole spring season. A large party of them went to Philadelphia for the week end as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E." H. Mortimer,, who are very inti mate old friends of the Hardings.' In the partv were Dr. and Mrs. Georgj T Harding, Mr. and MrjE. E. Remsberg, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Votaw and Miss Abigail Harvey "Daisy" Harvey as she is more fa miliarly called A number of them made the trip to Philadelphia in the Mortimer machine and the ' others went up Mt train. They spent several days there and returned here by the middle' of. the week. - , Miss Harvey will spend some time at the Whitt Hous,e, in fact she will spenA a large part of the time of the next four years there,' She is a very charming person afi(J will be a great asset in the, circle in which she will be identified. She is a college wom an, charmingly cultivated, and has a most attractive personality and wears smart clothes in a smart way. The secretary of state and Mrs., v Hughes and the the secretary of the navy and Mrs. Denby both have houses to make ready and are busy" in that work new. ' Representative and Mrs. G Trank Reavis have had as their guest this week Mr.. Reavis' nephew. Worth . Faulkner, formerly of Nebraska now a successful singer on the profes sional stage. He was here this week with "May time," and made a pro nounced, hit. Mrs. Reavis enter tained a number of small parties for him during the week, but of course he had little .time far social affairs. Mrs. Stanley. Wife of I.t. Com mander Emory D. Stanley, had a tea party on Wednesday afternoon in her pretty home. It was scarcely a social festivity, -but was a very charming affair, nevertheless. Mrs. Stanley entertained the ladies of the Missionary society of her church, the Gunton Temple Memorial. She is president of the organization. Her house was prettily decorated with spring flowers and she ,had a beaui tiiully-appointed tea ahlc. Mrs. Stanley had" a little visit with' her old schoolmate, the wife of Governor McKelvie, during the in augural visit of the governor and his party, Mrs. McKelvie was taken ill during their short stay, which inter fered considerably with their social engagements. They were to have taken lunch at Highwood. with Gen eral Pershing, who asked some old friends to meet them on Saturday, March 5, but that was postpgped to the next day, ' They had a charming visit with the general who is an old friend. Walter Head of Omaha was with the general's party and had his daughter, Miss Vernelle Head, come down from lirr school in New York and- meect hiui here for the week. Mr. Head rehirttd to New York with his daughter before returning to Omaha. t Mrs. Henrietta- Norton Cole--of Syracuse, N. Y., has issued cards an nouncing the marriage of her daugh ter. Henrietta Wainwright Rurhank, to Don Hill Foster on Thursday, March 3, in Washington. D. C. The ceremotvu-was performed by the Rev, Earle Wilfley in the Rurlinglon in the presence of a small company of relatives and very close friends. Mr. Foster served through the late war with the rank of captain. He spent his early life in South Dakota and for some years was a resident of Omaha until the United States on-v (Turo tn Pnire Two, I'nturaa Klht4 " , , r I