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The Omaha Sunday Bee
PART TWO
WOMEN'S SECTION
PART TWO
SOCIETY
VOL. L-NO. 45.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1921.
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'Hear Both Sides of All
Questions With Equal
Candor," Says Leader.
By GABBY DETAYLS.
ONE of the big program events of the convention of the League of
Women Voters in Cleveland, O., a week ago, was a debate on "The
Primary vs. the Convention." Honorable A. J. Beveridge of Indiana
spoke for the primary. Honorable Job Hedges of New York upheld the
convention.
The women of the league were, almost "to a man," in favor of the
primary plan. They had discussed the subject earlier in the week. They
had concluded among themselves that the convention system, along with
other short-comings, would 'et women back from 10 to 20 years in politics.
The opening speech by Senator Beveridge was brilliant and rushing.
Quick, incisive, expulsive and captivating were his words. His audience
was with him from the start and their vociferous applause at the end
proved them with him at the finish. Enthusiasm ran high.
One knowing the intense feeling of his hearers felt some apprehension
for the reception of Mr. Hedges.
Perhaps Mrs. Carrie - Chapman
Catt, who presided at the meeting,
sensed the situation.
Perhaps she knew Mr. Hedges
would say things the women would
not agree to or Deiieve.
Perhaps she feared they had made
up their minds for the primary plan
and would not weigu tairly tne evi
dence for the convention system.
At any rate, in presenting Mr.
Hedges, the second speaker, this is
about what she said:
"These gentlemen have come to
us at some sacrifice to their personal
and professional affairs. Perhaps no
where could there be found men bet
ter qualified to discuss the respective
sides of this question. We have
heard Mr. Beveridge. We will hear
Mr. Hedges. And in presenting him
to this audience (whereupon she
turned to Mr. Hedges) I would say
to him for yoJ, that the League of
Women Voters, regardless of its own
opinions, hears both sides of all
questions with equal candor."
" Such a hearty welcome as they
gave the speaker 1 How attentively
they listened to him, and how ap
preciative were they of the rich
humor and rare sarcasm for which
Mr. Hedges is known from coast to
coast. Audiences frequently assume
that their duty is to pass judgment,
not to listen. These wonjen listened.
The whole psychology of their at
titude was probably due to the words
of their presiding officer when she
said, "both sides of all questions
with equal candor."
"Both sides of all questions with
equal candor."
Good doctrine for the League of
Women Voters, is it not? Good for
any woman's organization, nest-cej
pas?
TTTHEN Job Hedges sat downi
y y at the. conclusion ot his speech,
" " in spite of the courteous treat
ment he had received from his au
dience, he called across the platform
to Mr. Beveridge:
"I think they like you better than
they do me, Beveridige."
The senator was on his feet in a
moment. "This is hardly a contest
for affection, sir," he flung back with
good-humored pointedness.
ALL thr, world is supposed to
love a lover, and especially at
this time of the year. But there
is somebody else all the world loves,
at any time of the year.. Who is
there among us but loves a "good
?port." To say a man os a woman
i.s a "good sport" is equivalent to
th? last dainty touch of the artist's
brush to his masterpiece.
But what, pray, do you say when
you mean the opposite of a : good
import. You may say a man is a
;oor sport, or a quitter, or a piker,
iiut somehow or other those words
' don't seem convincing. v
'Conges now Miss Henrietta Rees
Reservations
For Supper
Dance
All society is making preparations
for the Junior League Revue to be
held the afternoon and evening of
May 7, at the Gaycty theater. The
performers are rehearsing their parts
over and over again and the women
who will be in the audience ' are
planning their gowns for the affair.
Hosts and hostesses are also making
up their lists for the supper dance
at the Athletic club which will fol
low the evening performance.
Reservations have been made by
Isaac Raymond of Lincoln for a
Dutch treat party of 18 from Lin
coln. Wr. J. Foye of this city will en
tertain a party of 16 at the supper
dance. - Fred Daugherty will have
" 14 guests at supper.
Parties of 12 will be entertained bv
D. C. Bradford, Albert Deegan, ii.
C. Peters and Lawrence Brinker.
The largest party for which reser
vation has been made up to date i ;
one planned by Mr. and Mrs. Loui;.
Clarke for 26 guests.
Clarence Peters will entertain U
members of the younger set at the
supper. Parties of 10 will be given
by S. S. Caldwell, Charles Beaton,
Robert Garrett and Dean Weaver..
Others who have made reserva
tions for the affair include Mrs. C
C. Allison. Burdette Kirkendall. John
W. Towle, Lloyd Smith, F. H.
Bucholz. J. E. Summers Paul Gal
lagher, Mrs. E. E. Hart, Elizabeth
Davis, Mrs. Victor Caldwell, Hark
ness Kountze, William Latta, Dr. B.
B. Davis, H. H. Baldrige, Lewis
Burgess, F. H. Davis, Henry S.
Clarke. B. O. Talmage, Jack Hughes,
G. H. Gates, L. M. Milleny, J. C
Reail, F. B. Hochstetler, M. A.
Young, J. H. VVrightson, Guy Furay,
Harley Conant. Charles Hamilton,
R. A. Ryan. P; F. Paulson, C. C
Buchanan, C. A. Hull, G. C. Haines
and Harry Byrne.
who has but recently returned from
Honolulu. A New Zealander on the
returning steamer gave Miss Rees
a new word for her vocabulary. It
is pronounced "wowser" just like
the wow in bow-wow. It is spelled
a la British orthographical perver
sity, "worser."
Gabby commends the word to her
readers, but alas, she fears it will
soon be forgotten, for in fair Amer
ica we have, or should have, little
usage for a word meaning the op
posite of a "gpod sport."
THlFTEEN miles on one pair."
H Sounds like an advertisement
for automobile tires, does it
not?
Well, it isn't, but it's the boast of
a manufacturer of sheer silken hos
iery. Florence Walton, dancer, re
cently declared she is able to dance
just 15 miles in a pair of these silk
stocKings.
Ihey have figured it all out how
many steps Miss Walton takes dur
ing her act. The encores are all
reckoned, too. and it develons that
she covers exacty three miles in
every performance. That means that
she can wear a pair oi silk stockings
for five performances, and then they
go into the scranheap. unless the
scrubwomen see them first.
It a dancer gets 15 miles out of a
pair. of hose, the average wearer
should get more. Gabby reckons
that she crets from 50 to 60 miles out
of hers but perhaps they are not as
sneer as those Miss W alton wears.
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Mrs. Poppleton a Visitor
Mrs. W. S. Poppleton of New Poppleton is the daughter of Mrs. H.
York, well known in Omaha society, C. Smith and a sister of Mrs. Lu-
has returned to Omaha for a visit cien Stephens. Her son, William
of some months. She is occupying Sears, who is in school at Salisbury,
the suite of Mr. and Mrs. . Myron Conn., will come to Omaha in June
Learned at the Blackstone during to spend the vacation with his aunt,
their absence in Chicago. Mrs. Mrs. William Shannon.
I and Farnam, will give a travelogue
Qpp AiPkJI w't'1 naure-co'ore(l views of Alaska.
OCC ixicxova j-(,js wjn jje an exceptional oppor-
tunity to enjoy an evening in Alaska,
Edgar C Raine, Thursday eve- according to Mrs. W. W. Daven-
ning, April 28, 8 p. m., under the port. "
auspices of Circle Six of the First Tickets may be secured at church
Presbyterian church, Thirty-fourth office.
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Young May
On May Day evening, April 30,
will give a dance review at the Brandeis theater. A number of unusual
and interesting dances have been planned by Miss Fogg for this occasion.
A rather unique dance will be that of" smiling Frances Alvord who
will portray an artist, who, with brush and palette, makes ready to paint
his masterpiece.
Doris Yeager in her fluffy costume, will, in her dance, wish everyone
a very Happy New Year, as she is to represent the gay eve preceding
dawn of New Year's day.
Business Women Make
The Best Campers of
Summer Season
The joys of camping, of life in a Unt,
Are luring her now that wlntr ! pent.
Soon will she live In the great out of doore
And battles she'll fight with ten million
score
Of mosquitoes that buzzing about In the
niht
I.ul! Yictims to sleep ana then slyly bite.
She'll not wash her face or powder her
The daring camper feels a thrill. within herself these early springtime
days, and when the yellow dandelion flaunts its gold head above the fresh
green grass, she succumbs to the call of woodlands and plains, hills, and
valleys, tiny brooks and mighty rivers. , .
Strange to say, many of these campers are not young girls just freei
from the routine of school days, but rather it is the active, ale,rt business
woman, who chooses to spend her vacation days away from the noise
and smoke, the dirt and drabness of the city's summer.. ;
Two prominent business women, who are planning to spend thei
vacations on a camping trip, are Miss Lilyan A.. Richards and -Mis
Imogene McCague. They will leave Omaha the latter part' of June, o
early in July, to go to Albert Lea, Minn., where they will join Mis:
Anna Frydenlund,-another -business woman.
The journey will commence at Albert Lea in a touring car belonging
to Miss Frydenluhd. They will carry a camping outfit with tliem, and
they plan to buy their supplies from the farm homes where they stop,
in Freeborn and Steele counties in Minnesota. -
One week end will be spent at Minnetonka Beach. Another week
end the trio will: be theguests of a fourth business woman,' Miss. Mar
guerite Guthrie. Miss Guthrie has a summer bungalow located on .a
small tract of laad near Minneapolis, and here the travelers 'will spend
nose;
a short time. '.
They also plan to spend a few days of . their three weeks trip at
some of the . Minnespta resorts, so that their vacation days will include
a bit of 'frivolity and real social life, -as well as the "back to naturf'
element. '
Omaha Woman's
Club Closes
Season
The Omaha Woman's club will
I celebrate its 28th birthday anniver
sary with a breakfast, Monday at 11
a. m., in the auditorium of the Y.
YV r A - Th t;iKl imIH K fW.
1 orated' in yellow and white, the club
colors, and a huge birthday cake will
torm the centerpiece for the speak
ers' table. ...
Mrs. Charles Hempcl, president,
will preside. Past presidents and the
president-elect, Mrs. CharlesJdhan
nes, will respond to toasts." Mrs.
Harriet MacMurphy, first vice presi
dent, will speak on "Our Charter
Members."
. The president-elect, Mrs. Johannes,
past presidents and charter members
will be honor guests.
The directory o the club will meet
at 10:15 a. m. preceding the break
fast, and the last general meeting of
the year will open at 2:30 p. m. in
the Y. M. C. A. auditorium.
Department leaders and commit
tee chairmen will give their annual
reports, and the new president will
be introduced.
The club will adjourn until Oc-f
tober.
Day Dancers
Miss Adelaide Fogg and her pupils!
She'll wear great big shoes and wiggle
her toes.
Bridge clubs and lectures, the gay "tod
dle" too,
Will be as passe as old "Alice Blue."
She'll forget how to act at a regular din
ner And become the original "etiquette sin
ner." Major Pechkoff
Brings Message
From French
Maj. Zinovi Peckhoff, who is in
this country on a mission from the
French government'' to express its
gratitude to America, will speak at
the First Central Congregational
church, Thirty-sixth and Harney
streets, Thursday, at 8:15 p. m.,
under the auspices of L' Alliance
Francaise, the Junior league and
the American Legion.
' . Major Pechkoff was born in Rus
sia and completed 1 his university
work in France after which he made
an extended tour of the world, part
ly on foot. At the outbreak of the
war he. was living in Italy engaged
in literary work and heing tinaDie
to join the Russian forces he en
listed as 'a private in the French
foreign legion and from there earned
his commission. In the battle of
Champagne he received a wound
which necessitated tne amputation
of his right arm. Since the signing
of the armistice he has beet! doing
service of a diplomatic nature for
the French government.
The lecture is open to the public.
1 There is no admission charge. ,
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Brownell
The performance of "A Midsum
mer Night's Dream," which the pu
pils of Brownell 'Hall are present
ing at the Brandeis theater, Friday
evening, April 29, promises to b;
a- great- success, the sponsors say,
judging from the rehearsals which
are now in progress.
Since some ol the scenes are laid
in fairy land the opportunity is given
for a number of charming dances in
which , elves and fairfts participate.
Laura Richardson will plav Obcr
oh, kinrj of the Fairies, while Ti
tania, his queen, will be played by
Klinor Kountze. Her special at
tendant, Dorothy Lord, and Puck,
Dorothy Higgins, add muc to the
play-by clever and enthusiastic, in
terpretations of their parts.
Other girls well known to Omaha
Candle Club
The Candle club readme circle
will meet at the home of Mrs. L. B.
Wells, 2874 Vane street, Tuesday
evening at 7 o'clock. Miss Ruth
Parker, educational secretary, will
have charge of the lesson.
On Wednesday evening the club
will entertain at a Dutch treat dm-
Washington Taken Over
By Members of the
D. A. R. Society
Bureau of The Bee, 1
Washington, April 23.
Washington was almost "taken over" by the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution this week at their 30th continental congress. They were
a busy lot. They got down to work in an unusually short period of time
and accomplished it in a really businesslike manner. Of course there
were social affairs, many of them. There could not be be a D. A. R.
congress without social affairs. Each day was filled with luncheons,
teas, receptions, dinner parties, and every sort of a small affair which
could be sandwiched in between sessions. In fact sessions were cut short
in order not to interfere with some of them. But the daughters are
really learning to do things in a much more businesslike way than they
did 20 years ago.
Mrs. George Maynard ' Minor of Connecticut, president general, Is
a splendid presiding officer. She appears to have unlimited strength,
never grows weary, and never loses her equilibrium. Two former presi
dents general were on the platform on the opening day, and on other
important days, Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey of Kansas, Mrs. Minor's
predecessor, and Mrs. William Cummings Story of New Yorlc, Mrs.
Guernsey's predecessor. Mrs. Story has had a rather stormy D. A. R.
career, very popular with a large element, and very unpopular with
another verv large element in the society. She is a delegate to this
congress as a regent of a new chapter in New York, organized, it is said,
especially for her. Miss Florence Finch, her right hand aid throughout
her administrations, was an alternate and came down with Mrs. Story a
week before the congress opened.
The president and Mrs. Harding
received the Daughters on Wednes
day afternoon in the White House,
where a brilliant scene was enacted
The reception of the Daughters in
their own .Continental hall on Tues
day evening was probably the larg
est one they ever held. One woman
said she did not know there were so
many women in the country until
that night. The procession seemed
endless. Mrs. George Thachc
Guernsey stood beside Mrs. Minor
to receive the throng of guests. Mrs.
Story was present at the reception,
but was not invited to receive. Of
course, this made much feeling
among the Daughters, but did not
deter Mrs. Story from being in the
company. Talk of Mrs. Minor's suc
cessor, who is not to bo elected unt 1
the congress of 1923, was rife
throughout the week. Prominently
mentioned among the candidates-to-bc
are Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook
of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Austin C. Brandt
of Canton,. O., and Mrs. Waite of
Michigan, all of whom are well fitted
for the place and would lend dignity
I .inI ahili'tv tn ihf nneitirtn f rc
Guernsey is strongly talked of to
again head the Daughters, and Mrs.
Story is also, a very pronounced
Hall Play
society, Dorothy Davidson, Eleanor
Smith, Julia Caldwell, Marguerite
Hess and Elizabeth Morgan are im
portant member of the cast.
Many of the costumes are being
especially designed for this perform
ance in order that each may be char
acteristic and that the spectacular
effect may be as beautiful as possi
ble. Mrs. Harry" L. Minturn, instructor
of expression and dramatic art at
Brownell Hall, is coaching "A Mid
summer Night's Dream." Those who
remember "The Piper," given at .the
Brandeis last spring, and the Christ
mas pageant - given in All Saints
church in December, are anticipating
a most artistic production.
A number of box parties are being
planned for the evening of the 29th.
ner at the Flat Iron cafe at 6:30
o'clock, followed by a movie party.
All those who are planning to at
tend this affair are requested to meet
at Sixteenth and Howard streets at
6:15 o'clock. Reservations for the
dinner should be made by Tuesday
evening with Miss Rhea Hardt
meyer, Colfax 1024.
An invitation is extended for both
evenings to any girl in the city who
is lonely.
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boom having been launched by her
New York friends.
One of the greatest accomplish
ments of the Daughters this wet':
was the-saving to future generations
and tp the public of the quaint, his
toric old Yorktown, the scene of the
revolutionary battle of so much mo
ment to this young country. The
Daughters are to buy the place and
keep it as a park, a national shrine.
Many' of the property owners there
have donated the ground they own
and work will be begun there at
once. Mrs. Harry A. Smith of Vir
ginia was present at the congress on
Tuesday and made the offer of her
ground at Yorktown and of that of
other owners, which was received
with the utmost enthusiasm by the
congress.
Following the reception of Mrs.
Harding to the D. A. R. Mrs. Hard
ing received Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins,
widow of the late senator from West
Virginia and mother of the present
Senator- Davis Elkins, who succeed
ed to the seat his father occupied,
and her house guests, Mrs. James
Robert McKee of New York and
Mrs. Bates Batcheller of New York.
Mrs. McKee is a daughter of former '
President Benjamin Harrison and
was herself mistress of the. White
House during her mother's illness
and after her death. Mrs. McKee
usually makes at least one visit to
Washington each year" and her com
ing is the signal for a merry whirl
of entertaining. ' Mrs. Lansing, wife
of the former secretary of state and
daughter of General Harrison's sec
retary of state, John W. Foster, en
tertained a comoanv of 50 of Mrs.
McKee's old friends at luncheon in
her honor on Wednesday. Mrs.
Elkins has had several luncheons
and dinner parties in her honor when
other guests included distinguished
officials and their wives. She was
present on the stage of the Memorial
Continental hall several -times by
special invitation of the president
general during the congress, espe
cially on Thursday, when a resolu
tion was offered to establish a
scholarship in' Oxford college,- Ox
ford, O.. as a memorial to Caroline
Scott Harrison, wife of President
Benjamin Harrison, who was one of
the founders and the first president
general of the D. A. R, "Mrs. Harri
son's father, the late Dr. John With
erspoon Scott, was one of the found
ers of Oxford Female seminary, now
Oxford college, and it was there that
his daughter was educated and
where she met General Harrison ,
while he was a student at Miami uni- '
versity in Oxfdrd. They Were mar
ried there in the home of Dr. Scott,
(Tarn to Pace Two, Column Per en.)
Women Hold
Flower
Day'
"Buy a rose for the Christ Child"
will be the words greeting Omaha
early next Saturday morning.
The Christ Child society is one of
the well known local charitable or
ganizations and its work conducted
by the Catholic women of Omaha
has grown steadily year bv year.
Once a year the women of the so
ciety, hold a Flower day, the pro
ceeds of which are devoted td the ,
work of the organization. This
ear the event will occur on Satur
day, April 30.
Mrs. Louis C. Nash is resident of
the Christ Child society. The other
officers include Mrs. A. V. Kinsler.
nrst vice president; Miss Mary Cot
ter, second vice president; Miss
Nan Murphy, secretary, and Miss
Marie Leda Proulx treasurer. The
board of directors has as its mem
bers Mesdames T. T. Dwver. W. M.
Jeffers, T. P. Redmond, W. T.
Burns, W. A. C. Johnson, Arthur
Mullen, S. B. Doyle, F. A. Nash. C.
A. Hamilton, M. R. Murphy, Misses
Mary Cotter. Blanche Kinsler and
Margaret McShane.
A community center, located at
Seventh and William streets, and a
branch center at Twenty-fourth and
Parker streets, are the particular in
terest of the society. Miss Sara
Shanley is the resident head at the
center and Miss Vera Dendincer is
her assistant. Eleven classes of va
rious kinds for girls and 14 classes
of widely different interests for boys
are conducted by 35 volunteer teach
ers. Baby welfare work and Amer-.
canization work are carried on as
well. The society is strictly non
sectarian. During the last year 500 new gar
ments were distriDuted to needy
children and 80 layettes of 30 gar
ments each were distributed to va
rious hospitals.
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