The Omaha Sunday Bee
PART TWO
WOMEN'S SECTION
PART TWO
SOCIETY
VOL. L NO. 42. '
THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1921.
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By GABBY DETAYLS.
WASN'T it George Eliot who
said in one of her many excel
lent books that a difference in
sense of humor has been responsible
tor most of the divorces ever given?
ii were not sue, then it was
some other sage person, for indeed
it is a sage remark.
One with any breadth of mind can
overlook religious differences. A
highly educated person can regard
with some calmness and sympathy
the man without intellectual attain
ments. A man who sees nothing in
grand opera can even rise to the tol
eration of a wife who does. But let
some one laugh appreciatively at
something which you do notthink is
funny and an eternal chasm 'sudden
ly yawns between you.
Some one tells you a risque story.
The white page of his personality is
forever besmirched in your mind be
cause what seemed funny to him
seems vulgar to you.
A neighbor of yours at the theatre
laughs at a joke so old it has whis
kers (now do you think "so old it has
whiskers" is funny? Gabby does not;
it offends her sense of the beautiful,
but some would enjoy the remark)
as we were saying, your "neighbor
laughs at some poor, old, antiquated
joke, such as "Why does a chicken
cross the road," the answer being,
(apologies for giving it) "To get on
the other side," and you wonder
where in heaven's name the man has
been living the last half century.
You are irritated, impatient.
Laughing at the misfortunes of
others is a very common weakness,
or humorous development if you
care to so regard it. Then there is
the everlasting punster, who in an
effort fo play on a word, steals the
stage"! H an actor would say, no mat
ter ho i serious or worthy the con
versat 'rti. Thus did a friend of
Gabbj 'a few evenings ago. "We
bad ji p turned on Taylor street,"
narrat one of the company in the
midst s a gripping hold-up story..
"Wc that suits me," interrupted
the p-ui ter, pulling at his coat lapels.
To ' e man of sharp wit. a com
mon jc 'e, calling for no mental flash,
is a co e, uninteresting thing. Gab
by sat i01 table recently with a man
who ei vs the flashes,
"Yoi eiouki have heard the speech
from t se new president of our so
ciety," e said.
Not knowing just what he had in
mind, Gabby played sate by com
menting: -
: "Very fine, no doubt. One would
expect a good speech from an at
torney." -
N "We Vid expect a good speech."
Of cJursc that ended the matter.
A "follow-up" from any one would
have been bungling.'
An original person is always a de
light. Gabby encountered such an
one at a dinner recently. "Do
you know Miss Blank?" asked Gab
by, contemplating an introduction.
"Approximately," said the original
one, thereby telling briefly what
would have called for a lengthy ex
planation from another to the effect,
"I haven't met her, but have seen
her so many times that I feel as
though J knew her perfectly, and she
knows a very dear iriend of mine,"
and so on.
That same day the o. o. described
a woman, saying, "She is -a misde
umor." To Gabby that seemed ade
quate, and also funny.
At the state university it is an un
written law that students shall
laugh at all the "prdf's" jokes. The
idea seems to be that such conduct
yiomotes the general waif are and
acts as a sort of guarantee that
credits will be given at the close of
the semester.
And now, going back to the begin
ning, divorces. Husbands and wives
, who can laugh heartily and sincere
ly together are not the 6nes who get
divorces. When you begin to frown
at things your husband considers
funny, and when he upbraids you for
your idea of a joke, watch out, watch
out, watch out. The day of dark
ness is upon you.
TAKING one's self too seriously
is one of the gravest errors a
civilized human being can com
mit.. It is an exaggerated form of
"ego." ' .
Gabby once knew a man, a shoe
clerk, a good honest fellow who took
himself too seriously. Several years
ago when the question of prohibition
wasthe subject of the hour. Gabby
asked this young man how he stood
on it. Know ing him as one too ex
emplary to be interesting, imagine
her surprise when he Said:
"Well, really, in my position I
think it would- be unwise tor mc to
commit myself." 1
Rattier a contrast, but still too
serious minded, is the butterfly girl
who can make a remark like this:
"I don't like, So-and-so. He is
just a social climber. He is always
trying to date me up for something."
Ah hem! One is to infer then that
a date with her would help the
young man .ascend that dangerous
and wobbly ladder - which affords
such poor view, "even when one has
reached the top. '
Serious-minded people arc likely to
be rery exacting m dealing vit
others. They seem to have a feeling
that everything depends upon their
ideas, and their methods, making no
allowances for the originality or in
dividuality of the other fellow.
WE hear a new star has been
discovered into which our so
lar systems could be dropped
without taking much space. Looks
as though we did not matter much
after all.
Gabby thinks a splendid recipe for
anyone who is "burdened down with
a sense of his own importance is
this:
Go out into an open field on a
calm clear night, and, standing in
silence, took up through miles and
thousands of miles at the blue heav-
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ens and the twinkling stars.' It will
sort of line you -up with your
self, v
One prominent Omaha man says
some people take , themselves so
seriously that they, overwork. "We
should study ourselves and know
our limitations. Jt is a sin to
stretch one's self beyond the limits
which the .constitution can stand.
We should do only what we caivdo
with dignity, grace and sureness."
uabby hadn t thought of tust that
angle that the woman who over
does in the world's work is merely
taking herself too seriously. And is
she not? The solution is not to be in
different and lazy, but to eet the
right proportions,-the relative values
of things, to know our limitations
ana cnoose mscriminaieiy what we
will undertake. Then strike with
swiftness and precision, yet never
feeling that all is lost if our own
plans do not carry.
MODESTY in dress. Tis the
question of the hour. Are our
clothes modest or immodest?
Judged by the standards of fashion
of some 30 years ago, they are very
well, to put it mildly, shocking. In
those days a girl whose gown dis
played her ankle was considered just
awfully bold and daring.
Gabby has an acquaintance who is
most conservative in the style of her
gowns and she frets quite a bit over
each one lest it be at all extreme in
fashion.
Recently when having a street
dress fitted she complained to the
modiste that the skirt was entirely
too short. The latter replied by or
dering her to sit down.
Madame Fashion's disciple then
gave forth her decree, "It is extreme
ly modest. I cannot set your knees."
Ruth Anderson Engaged
Announcement was made Tuesday of the engagement of Miss Ruth
Anderson to Dr. E. D. Johnson. Miss Anderson is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs J. T. Anderson, and a sister of Mrs.. C. W. Southwell She. has
been attending the -University of Nebraska where she was recently
initiated into Alpha Phi sorority Owing to the fact that her marriage
will take place early in the month of June she will not return to school
following the Easter holidays. Dr. Johnson was, graduated from the
University of Nebraska College of Medicine and is a member of Phi Rho
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Phi Beta Pi fraternity is making
elaborate social plans for the month
of April. Alpha Psi chapter of Uni
versity of Nebraska College of Med
icine and Alpha Alpha chapter of
Crcighton College of Medicine are
uniting in the arrangements for these
affairs.
The party in which the feminine
mind is more interested, or, rather,
in which it is only interested, is an
informal dancing party to be given
at Happy Hollow club on Saturday
evening, April 30.
Music, such as Nebraskans often
.ear, is not quite appropriate for
their party in, the estimate of these
fraternity men, so the; -Green Mill
orchestra is coming from Chicago
to play for the affair. Dr. and Mrs.
II. E. Eggerss will be among the
chaperons.
' The committee in charge includes
Charles Laughaurn, Herman Bode
mer and Lawrence Custer, from the
Nebraska chapter, and Edward Mc
Carten, Paul Duffy, Bernard Kcn
ney and Edmund McMahon, from
the Creighton chapter.
The fraternity banquet, wUch wilt
be held earlier in the month, April
16, at the University club, has n-
charms for girls, for it's a' man's
party absolutely. It is the first joint
banquet of the two Omaha chapter
Among the guests on the occasion
will be Dr. Law? .on Q. Lowry of
Iowa City, Dr. W. A. Pansier of
Minneapolis, Dr. C. M. Nigro of
Kansas City, Dr. C. E. Tumicliffe of
St. Paul and Dr. H. A. Walhers
New Orleans.
April Dance Recitals
"April showers bring May flowers." No.t all showers of April are of
rain, however, nor are all flowers seen of the garden variety. In Omaha,
at least, April brings showers of dancing recitals and their results are a
revelation of "buds" of the human variety.
The April dance recitals include one by the pupils of Miss Mary
Cooper at the Brandeis, Monday evening, April 4; another, by the pupils
of Miss Pleasant Holyoke, Monday evening, April 11, at the Brandeis,
and a third by Miss Adelaide Fogg's young followers of Terpsichore on
Saturday evening, April 30, also at the Brandeis. -
The central group shown in the picture above, pupils of Miss Cooper,
from left to right, are: Catherine Gallagher, Betty Hickey, Catherine Ben
son, Marjorie Corey, Lillian . Simpson, Ruth Gordon and Mildred
Juggenmos.
The Grecian figures at the extreme left and right, Martha McAulcy
and Audrey Kilgore, are among the fair young dancers of Miss Holyoke.
Little Beverly Miller is a pupil-of Miss Adelaide Fogg. She enjoys
dancing, and in that she does not differ-from other little girls, for dancing
seems as naturally delightful to them all as birds and sunshine and
flowers. : . , .
Fine Arts Society
Brings Sinclair
.' Lewis
The Omaha Society of Fine Arts
is announcing Sinclair Lewis of New
York, author of "Main Street" and
other books of. interest, in a lecture
on "Modern Fiction, a Criticism of
Life." Mr. Lewis will speak t the
Fontenelle April 8, at 4 p. m. Tickets
may be secured at Matthews Book
store and A. Hospe company, as well
as -at the door of the ball room the
afternoon of the lecture.
Jewelry Exhibit.
Under the auspices of the Omaha
Society . of Fine Arts, Mr. Frank
Gardner Hale, "Dean of the Jewelers
Gild," Boston, 'and "Master Crafts
man" of the Arts, and Crafts society,
will give a gallery talk on Thursday,
April 7, at 4 p. m., at the public li
brary. This talk will be in connec
tion with his jewelry exhibit which
will be open to' the public as well as
to the members of the society. The
exhibit will remain until April IS, in
clusive. There are 70 pieces in this
exhibit.
The exhibit will be open for one
week at the library from 9 a. m. to
. Important Social
. Monday
Louise Clarke,' luncheon at home
for Mildred Rhodes.
Carl Paulsen and Dean Weaver,
dinner dance at Country club for
Mildred Rhodes and Ware Hall.
Pupils of Miss Mary Cooper, danci
ing recital at. Brandeis. .
Junior . League Sewing Groups
meet.
Tuesday ;
Fort Crook Bridge Club, meeting
at Officer's Club of post.
Gwendolen Wolfe, luncheon for
Mildred Rhodes.
Mr and Mrs. W. H. Ithodes, din
ner for Mildred Rhodes and Ware
Hall. -
Fortnightly Musical Club, two pi
ano recitals given by Dorothy Mor
ton Jobst and Adely.n Wood.
' Tuesday musical club election of
officers' at Fontenelle.
Wednesday
Mrs. R, D. Ne.cly and Mrs. D. 0.
DramaLeagueWill
Hear Miss
McHugh
Miss Kate McHugh, honorary pres
ident of the Drama League will ap
pear before that organization in an
interpretation of "Deburan" by Sacha
Guitry, at the annual meeting of the
league, Monday, April 11, Fontenelle
hotel, 3:30 p. m. . "Deburau" has
been playing in New York this sea
son at the Belasco theatre under the
direction of David Belasco.
5:30 p. m. daily and from 2 to 6 p.
m. on Sundays. Monday and Satur
day evenings will not be kept open
as heretofore. -
Dearth Exhibit.
The Henry Golden Dearth exhibit
will remain until April 4, inclusive.
More than 2,300 people have seen it
here.
" South Side Exhibit.
The exhibit of cut designs which
was brought here from the Elgin, 111.,
Art Department of Public Schools, is
still open in the South Omaha pub
lic library, South Side, and is open
daily from 2 to 5 p. m.
Affairs of Week
Robertson, luncheon' , at University
Club
Wedding of Mildred Rhodes and
W:ire Hall.
Wedding oi Miss Leta Fitzpatrick
and Earl White of Pittsburgh.
Thursday , . ; .
Junior League, monthly meeting.
' frs. C. K. Weller and Mrs. E. H.
Stnrie, Northside Auction bridge
dub. . :
Friday .
' Winter Dancing Club, dance at
Hartc hall. . . . -
Junior Musical Club , recital at
Firt Central Congregational Church.
Mrs. A. F. Jonas, tea for Mrs. Carl
Gray. . .
Fort Omaha Woman's Bridge
Club.
Mrs. Walter Klopp, bridge for
Ms. Sidney Smith of Hartford. '
Saturday '
Choir Concert at Auditorium un
der direction of Dr, R. Mills Silby,
.,
, Snowy Easter lilies amid the soft
greenness of ferns formed a most at
tractive setting for the wedding of
Miss Virginia Offutt and Milo Gates
on Saturday evening at the First
Presbyterian church. The Rev. Ed
win Hart Jenks read the marriage
lines. Preceding the ceremony Mrs.
Louise Shattuck Zabriskie gave an
organ number.
'Miss Gertrude Stout, the bride's
only attendant, wore a simple gown
of sea foam green taffeta made vvith
rounded neck and sleeveless and
without a train. J Beaded tulle, taf
fetta flowers and medallions beaded
on the gown 'formed the only trim
ming. A huge arm bouquet of
iiiaiden hair ferns and lilies of the
valley completed her costume.
Hie bride was attractively gownej
in soft white satin made with draped
lines, high, rounded neck and sleeve
less. The skirt was medium length.
The long train of white satin was
lined with shirred chiffon and covered
with tulle. The veil of real lace
framed the bride's face in an odd cap
effect and cascaded over the train. A
bouquet of blush pink sweet peas and
orchids completed the bridal cos
tume. ' '
Henry Luberger acted as bestman.
The ushers were George Metcalfe,
J. Porter Allen, Herbert French,
Malcolm Baldrige, Robert Byrne and
Louis Clarke.
The bride attended Brownell Hall
Helen Parish to Wed
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The engagement of Miss Helen Parish to F. M. Russell of Lincoln
was announced on .Wednesday. Miss Parish is a daughter of Mrs. John
W.. Parish. Her marriage will take place next fall. Miss Parish formerly
attended Central Higli school and was graduated from Monticcllo semi
nary at Godfrey, III. Mr. Russell is the son ot Mrs. A. Russell of Ames,
la. He was graduated from Iowa State college at Ames where he was
a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Mr. Russell resided in Omaha
for a short time, but now makes his home in Lincoln.
here and Rosemary Hall in Green
wich, Conn. She later was a student
at Miss Spence's school in New
York from which she was gradu
ated in 1917. At the coronation of
Mrs. Isaac Carpenter, formerly
Elizabeth Reed, as Ak-Sar-Ben
queen, she was a special maid.
She is prominent in the activities of
the Junior league and other charit
able organizations.
Mr. Gates was graduated from
Doane college and also attended
Union Theological seminary. He
served overseas during the war.
Immediately following , the cere
mony an informal reception for a
few intimate friends of the bride
and groom was held at the home of
the bride's mother, Mrs. Charles
Offutt. Mrs. Offutt was gowned in
black net. Airs. A. E. Gates of
Genoa, Neb., mother of the groom,
wore a gown of gray charmeuse.
Mr. Gates was also here-for the
wedding. Another guest from out-of-town
was Faul Lowden of Min
neapolis. .
The bride's traveling costume was
a suit of dark blue with which she
wore a fur neck piece and a small
hat of brown and henna.
Mr. an,d Mrs. Gates have gone to
New York City on their honey
moon trip. They will visit other
eastern points during their absence,
but their itinerary is not definite!
On Tuesday evening they will be
joined in New York by Mr. and Mrs.
Burdette Kirkendall, who were mar
ried Saturday evening in Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Kirkendall was, formerly Miss
Mary Cooper. A dinner and theater
party 'is planned by a number of
Omaha people now east in honor of
these two couples.
Mr. and Mrs. Gates will return
to Omaha May 1 and will be at
home at 145 North Thirty-fourth
street.
Bureau of The Bee, .
Washington, April 2.
Society women and women ediH
cators joined efforts this week tit
Washington to establish world
peace, to purchase a national club
nousc, and to merge into one or
ganization the Association of Col
legiate Alumnae and the Southern
Association of College Women. The
building proposed for purchase by
the association is now occupied by,
the Men's City club. It is the for
mer home of the late Col. Augustus
C. Tyler, who built it upon the site
of the home of the late Benjamin
F. Tracy of Brooklyn, which was
burned shortly after he became sec
retary of the navy in President Har
rison's cabinet and in which fire his
wife and daughter and one or two
servants lost their lives. Every ves
tige of the Tracy ' home was dei
stroyed after the fatal tire and the
spot stood neglected for several
years, until ttv: Tylers bought it and
built upon it the spacious home
which has been a clubhouse for some
years. It was occupied previously by
the former ambassador from Russia
and Baroness . Rosen and their
farajly, during his regime here as the
representative of the late czar.
The convention was an intensely
interesting one and was atttended by
a number of brilliant functions dur
ing the week, chief among which was
the reception given the delegates by
Mrs. Harding in the White House
on Wednesday afternoon. She re
ceived the ladies, nearly 400 of them,
at 4 o'clock. She was un
assisted and the only cabinet
hostess present was Mrs. Herbert
Hoover, -wife of the secretary pf
commerce, who was a delegate from
California. The delegates were head
ed by Mrs. Marvin B. Rosenberry of
Wisconsin, president of the Associa
tion of College Almunae; Miss Mary
Leal Harkness, president of the
Southern College Women, and Miss
Sibyl Baker, president of the Wash
ington branch of the A. C. A., who
is acting as a sort of hostess to all
the other delegates. Mrs. Harding re
ceived her .guests in the great .east
room. They passed on through the
green room, the blue room, the red
room and through the state dining
room. The portico doors from the
blue room on to the portico, were
open, as an invitation to the ladies
to step out and take a look at the
loveliness to be seen from that
point, but the weather was rather
too chilly to induce them to remain
long outside. The magnolia, flower
ing cherry and plum trees and th
stunning fountain,' playing gayly,
were a beautiful foreground for the
stately Washington monument, the
Potomac and the Virginia hills in the
background: The bright sunshine
enhanaed the scene.
Mrs. Harding wore one of her fa
vorite gowns of blue chiffon and
georgette with soft lace about the
neck, and a band of black velvet with
a handsome diamond pendant - sus
pended from it about the throat. Her
hair was immaculately dressed as it
always is and she was most gracious.
There was no music and no tea table.
Mrs. Harding is an honorary member
Of the College Women's club of this
city.
A brilliant tea was given on Tues-f
day afternoon in the club house,
when the delegates were entertained
by the Washington branch. Miss
Sibyl Baker headed the receiving line,
which consisted of Mrs. Coolidge,
wife of the vice president, who is a
member of the College Women's .
club; Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Mrs
Lansing and the presidents of the
two organizations holding the con
vention. Nebraska delegates to the Associa
tion of Collegiate Alumnae conven
tion this week included Mr. Weeks,
wife of Lt. Col. C. W. Weeks of
Lincoln, and Mrs. W. R. Coates of
Omaha. The marriage of Lt. Col.
and Mrs. Weeks is the result of a
university romance as they met while
students at the University of Nebras
ka in Lincoln, just as Lt. Commander,
and Mrs. Emory Stanley did. Mrs.
Coates has been east for some weeks
visiting a brother in Boston and
friends in other places. She is exi
pec ted home next week.
The annual banquet of the Associa
tion of Collegiate Alumnae was held :
on Thursday evening; Mrs. Hoover
entertained the California delegation
at luncheon on Tuesday; and tonight
the College Women's club gave their,
spring banquet with Mrs. Calvin,
Coolidge as the guest of honor, many
of the delegates remaining over for
this function, although the convention
closed yesterday.
President and Mrs.. Harding meaa
to make the best possible use of the
Mayflower, the presidential yacht.
The strong taste of hot weather
which seemed to mean prolonged
and severe weather during the sum
mcr was probably responsible for,
the order to place the yacht in readi
ness for use at any moment. It has
been intimated by j,rs. Harding's
many friends that their yachting par
ties will not be selfish ones, but that
they intend to have parties for tea
and parties for dinner, each accomi
panied by a sail down the Potomac,
Their rest trips will be 'their week
end trips when they will go practical
ly alone.
Mrs. Jeffcris, wife of Reprcsenta
live A. W. Jefferis, has taken posses
sion of her new apartment in the St.
Regis. Representative Jefferis is still
in their home in Omaha and will not
return here until the time of the
opening of congress. Representa
tive and Mrs. Jefferis' marriage also
is the result of a university romance.
Thcir's is the Michigan state uni
versity. Mr. Jefferis was a foot ball
player and during a game at the uni
versity he was hurt and carried into
the girls' sorority house where Mis.
Jefferis, as Miss" Helen Mahrkey of
Illinois, happened to be. She min
istered to him and played "first aid,"
and their courtship began then and
there.
