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The Omaha Sunday Bee PART TWO WOMEN'S SECTION TART TWO SOCIETY VOL. 51 NO. 5. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1921. 1 B TEN CENTS Tragedy of the Noodleless' Boston Visitor Says That Omaha Day Nursery Is a Model Home "A Glass of Jelly for the Nursery" When You Put Up Your Winter Supply Mrs. Summers and Miss Cartan to France Soup, or the Mystery Of a Mashed Potato i Pickpockets Can Be Jailed, But What Can Be Done With People Who Talk About Their Food? I By GABBY IT was a hot day at an Omaha club. Forty reservations had been made for the special ladies' luncheon, up to the night before. Within an hour of the time for serving, 77 additions were phoned in. The kind-hearted manager and ac commodating staff scurried around heroically in their effort to serve three times the number on which preparations had been based. Perhaps the chef did over-season one' dish in his haste. Perhaps the cake was too browu on the bottom, but Is bad food a good subject, or, Did anyone make allowances? Possibly the original 40 who had a sense of obligation, did, but not the 70 and seven among whom Gabby was seated. Their one topic oi conversation, exclusively, but not exclusive, was the food. - The food, the food, nothing but the food. Gabby has talked with murderess es; she has seen pickpockets at work; she has had close contact with worn en who have visited too often the flowing bowl But these people are less discour aging, more easily explained and more quickly obviated from one's life than those who will discuss in minute detail the food before them. A murderess can be electrocuted, a pickpocket is jailed sooner or later and there is, or was, the Keeley cure for inebriates. There seems to be, as nearly as Gabby can discover, no legal or eleemosynary institution where these "food experts" can be done away with. One can only forti fy himself against them by devel oping powers of endurance. Gabby needed all of hers derived from "The Daily Dozen" and other sources to sit through the attack on that luncheon, that hot day, last week. The Curtain Lifts. "Awfully poor luncheon, isn't it," said the first woman by way of prologue. Then the curtain, as it were, was lifted on the scene. Second woman: "Yes, I don't like this salad. I wonder why they didn't have Thousand Island dressing." (Remember the late 77). Third woman: "I don't like this salad and I couldn't give the soup anything." Late Comer, Just Seated "The soup? The soup?" (Voice rising with excitement). 5"- ' .:, Third Woman "Yes. Didn't you j get any soup?" Late Comer "No, I didn't get any soup." Chorus "Why, they didn't bring her any soup." ' . "Weil, my dear, you didn't miss much when you missed the soup. There weren't even any noodles in it." (From one who had been silent heretofore). Exactly at this point, chronologi- i cally, a woman, probably one of the originally considerate 40, made a pit iful little sally about the gladiolas (accent on the "i") in what seemed an effort to change the topic cf the day. "Yes. gladiolas" (accent on the "o") "however you pronounce it," (sweetly apologetic). "They're so profurious' this year," said the wom an who-didn't - get - any - soup - that-vouldn't-have-had-any - noodles-in-it, if she had. A Cut Back. Silence a moment while minds traveled back. Fourth Woman "Well the soup I could stand, but croquettes I de spise." "Yes, I hate croquettes, too. They always remind me of left-overs. (This breathlessly from a woman who wore a "done-over expres sion.) By this time the meat course was served all around and the clever little woman with a propensity-for Thousand Island dressing, made the shrewd observation that some had Leen given French fried potatoes and some mashed. "How funny V "Why did they do it!" "Certainly queer!" "I wish I had the French f rys." (This from those with the mashed.) "You could have mine, dear, if I hadn't already eaten them, though really they were no cod," said one almost self-sacrificing person. Then followed a pitched batttle between two rather athletic -figures, one .attacking and one defending the gravy. . . There was no physical violence and for this Gabby was grateful, though comments on the meal con tinued until it Mas devoured down to the last crumb. Making a Lady. After all it takes so little to make or unmake a lady, in the nice old meaning of the word. Eastern board ing schools, a house full oL maids, butlers and valets are unnecessary. A little common sense, a little good taste, a little care for others, and the trick is turned. But a lady a woman will never be, who talks loudly about the food she cats--or doesn't eat. The fault is a common one. Not only at this gathering, but at numerous others has Gabby heard such conversation. Gabby suggests the dramatization of this little sl:t under some such name as "The Zoodless Soup" or "The Mystery of the Mashed Po tato." ' w HATS a wedding without a wedding ring? Well, it's a weddine iust the same. The massive door of the vault swung slowly into place just at the i hour tJ three. At that very moment j DETAYLS. a dazzling young woman rushed into the bank and hurried toward the vault with a look of dismay. "Oh, I'm so sorry to trcuble you, but really you must open the vault again, please." "We would like to oblige you," said , the clerk in charge, "but it isn't within our power. 'The clocks are set 42 hours ahead, so you see we can't possibly open the door until 9 o'clock Monday morning." "I don't care what time the old clocks are set for," said the D. Y. V., in none too sweet a tone, "that vault simply must be opened. Once again the kindly clerk care fully explained that there was no way of opening the cold steel doer after the magic clocks had been set. "But this is my wedding day," cried the now frantic D. W. Y., "and I can't, oh, I simply can't be mar ried without my wedding ring,'' she repeated, hysterically but she was. TWAS just before the wedding day Of Mrs. U-Know's niece, And auntie dear we sadly fear Wai far from having peace. The florist and the minister,, The bridesmaids and the bride, Were causing troubles great and small. Till auntie nearly cried." Now auntie in the days of war Led motor corps brigades And worked so very hard each day Directing all her aides. She was a speedy driver, The traffic rules she knew; And when to left or right she turned Her arm waved into view. So when a-shopping she did go To aid the worried bride Her head she lest amidst the aisle Which looiued so long and wide. And now the town is laughing At auntie, so we hear, For in the store her arms shot out The crowded aisles to clear. TyTOTHING but knees on the V .Athletic club roof last ' night," remarked a flapper nonchantly "Yes, there was a good breeze," her friend replied with unconcern. Omaha stores will soon be offering special powder puffs for the knee as they are already doing in New York and Paris. Gabby thinks these joints are all a -beastly bore anyway. It took her seasons of 'cold-creaming and mas saging to soften elbows .which had been hardened by long years of faith ful service supporting an empty head over a school desk, and now comes the necessity of plumping and tint ing the ' epidermis overlaying the patella! It's a simpler task, this latter, how-ever, for in the case of most of us, our knees are not calloused either from praying or scrubbing as were our elbows from thinking. Nebraska Woman's Relief Corps Active The Nebraska Woman's Relief corps, with a membership of 5,031, is one of the most active women's organizations in the state. There are 88 corps and of these 15 have a membership of 100 or more. Farra gut corps. No. 10, of Lincoln, is the largest,' having over 350 members and John A. Dix corps of Blair is second in size. The first work of the W. R. C is to aid and comfort the members of the Grand Army of the Republic and their dependent ones, to encourage loyalty to country, inspire patriot ism and perpetuate the memory of the soldier dead in the sacred observ ance of Memorial day. In addition to this there is work along the lines of Americanization, child welfare and thrift. Maiiy flags have been presented to schools and Sunday schools in the state by the various corps. They have also been presented to cities, public libraries, G. A. R. posts and Ameri can Legion posts. Many patriotic programs are given- under the super vision of the Wr. R. C commemor ating the birthdays of our illustrious dead, national anniversaries, peace and flag days. The corps in the state contributed to the near east relief fund during the past year. Each year flowers rre purchased and sent to the super intendent of Fort McPherson mili tary cemetery, a national burying ground six miles from Maxwell, Neb. One corps is sewing for the Red Cross in order that the quota of garments for the needy children in Europe assigned to the Red Cross may be completed. Omaha has four active corps, U. S. Grant, George A. Custer, George Crook and Phil Kearney on the south side. Any woman who has attained the age of 16 years is eligible to mem bership. Officers of the Nebraska state corps include Lola Wintersteen of Republican City, Jennie Gowdy of Hastings, senior vice president; M. Clara Feenan, Omaha, junior vice president; Josie C. Bennett. Har vard, secretary; Sclestine Troyer, Grand Island, treasurer; Minnie Williams, Blair, press correspondent; Ella Brooks Reese, Broken Bow, patriotic instructor; Blanche Mc Connaughey, Gibbon, counsellor; Lottie Green, Lincoln, chaplain; Bertha Travis, Republican City, in stituting and installing officer, Anna L. Maxon, senior aide; legislative committee Mellie C Kwds. Central City; Abbie A. Adams, Omaha, and Minnie D, Bell of Lincoln, photo swrx, - - . l 1 '. s. ... y y v , WNEHAKT 'fitAXSDEN PHOT tT.'Jly S " . Ttfiss CaitzevitiQ Cariatt Jtfrs. xT.. .Summers: J . 1 . ; . - : Former Omahem at Monastery in England! Members of Sidney Powell's fam- j ilv in Omaha have received inter- esung jeuers irom nun since ne icu t t t i ir his home in New York for a visit in London. A letter written several weeks ago tells of his first visit to a Roman Catholic monastery: "Arrived at Ryde from Ports mouth and took a tram to the es planade, where I had been told I should have to fight with taxi and cab drivers. I passed them all and picked out the vehicle I wanted, an old landeau of the Queen Victoria vintage, black body with yellow sides and doors. The driver sat on a high box and I lounged back for a three-mile trip through lovely hedges, oak trees and here andL there a tnatenca cottage; it was Deauii- fut. ' - ' - "The monk porter- received and turned me over to the guest-master who showed me to tny austere but pleasant room. Two quaint windows looked out on the drive, over the walled-in monastery garden, to the wooded hills of the beautiful island. My friend Frere Gray came to me and we had a nice chat. At 8 o'clock the bell rang for supper. Father Abbott preceded me into the dining ball, and upon entering he poured w ater on my hands from a silver urn. I dried them on a linen cloth which was handed me. "The abbott sat at a table at the end of the room all by himself. Around the other three sides were long tables for the 70 monks. My table was all alone in the center of everything. I stood there by my self while they stood, chanted and prayed. When they sat I sat also. All through the meal not a word was said, but up in the pulpit on our side an old monk read out loud secu lar French history in French. After closing prayers we were al lowed a half hour in which to walk and talk. Church was held at 9 p. m. and then I was shown to my room. No one can talk from 9 p. m. till 9 a. m. "Morning 1 beautiful beyond words 1 only the many birds singing and sunshine over all. A brown-robed monk "with hood and wooden sabots putters around the garden, and be yond the wooded hills and fields of daisies. Breakfast cohsists of bread, butter and coffee. A stroll around the monastery grounds under long avenues of old oaks, past hedges and out where I can see all of the sound and the shores of England. ' "At 4 o'clock the big celebration of the' Sacred Heart took place and many men and women came" to see the procession which took place after the service in the church. The French monks had made many large designs on the walks of iris leaves and petals of different colored flowers. In the procession the monks walked around thein, but the father abbott and head priests walked over them. Each monk carried a long candle and then, 'too, there was a canopy with four urns and an in cense swinger. , "After this, tea in the refectory. Chicago Musical Center This Summer j i Miss Henrietta Reese and - Miss ; Corinne Paulson are stopping at the ! Hotel Ambassador in Chicago, where they have found a musicat at mosphere. Godowsky, Rudolph Ganz, Herbert Witherspoon and Richard Hageman are among the celebrities there. Chicago is quite a musical center this summer according to Miss Rees, Miss Paulson, Miss Adelyn Wood and Miss Helen McCaffrey, who are themselves engaged in musical pur suits in that city this summer. Many of the greatest opera stars are sing ing at "Ravinia" and some of the most famous teachers are conducting master class. Mrs. J. E. Summers and Miss Catherine Cartan leave Omaha July 23 to sail, on the 27th for Havre, France. Mrs. Summers will motor through France with her sister Mrs. David Stone, wife of Colonel Stone, who has been stationed at Coblcnz. She will return in September, . . Miss Cartan, granddaughter of Mrs. E. W. Nash, will visit her aunt, Mrs. Frances Nash Watson, and Colonel Watson, in Paris, remaining for school in France during the winter season. Junior League The surgical dressings class of the Omaha Junior league, organized last November under the chairmanship of Miss' Ellen Creighton. has made 1,753 -small sponges, 2,759 large sponges, 5,578 long dressings, 4,486 applicators,, nine mouth pieces and 119 crinoline pieces. This work was accomplished in 275 hours and 25 minutes. - The three sewing circles together have made more that 2,254 articles from October, 1920, to June, 1921. Mrs., Ralph Peters' sewing circle has had a total attendance fot,Tlb year ot JV4 girls. They have. sewed mostly for the Salvation Army Res cue home, making 20 infants' flannel petticoats, two flannel nightgowns and five complete layettes, each con sisting of three dimity slips, two flannel nightgowns,, two flannel pet ticoats, two. nainsook petticoats, one knitted sacque, one knitted bonnet, one shawl, 12 napkins, one comfort, made of cheese cloth and cotton and tufted with yarn, and one blanket made of samples sewed together. Be sides this work the girls made 314 napkins for the Visiting Nurse asso ciation out of material bought by the Junior league, and hemmed 103 hand towels for the University hos pital. Some of the girls also helped make costumes for the Junior league frolic at one meeting. Miss Catherine Thummel's cir-. cle has had a total attendance for the year of 382 girls. These girls have made 359 hand towels, 31 face Miss CSovoihy coiner 6ATCMELL fc&oToihy V, y ' cZne.&eais Miss Dorothy Collier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Collier, with her parents and brother, leaves today on a four-months' western motor trip. .Miss Collier's family will go first to Yellowstone park, then to Seattle. and south on the Pacific coast, returning via the southern route. Miss Jane Beats, who has been doing post-graduate work at the Cincinnati conservatory under Thomas Kelly, is home for the sum mer. She will be soloist at the First Baptist church during her stay here. Her voice, which is a mezzo-contralto, has "great range, being vibrant and warm throughout and full of nuances, tints and shades." r according to the Musical Courier of last June. . Sewing Circles cloths, 63 baby bands, 228 napkins, 49 apron bibs, mended 47 sheets for the University hospital, made 40 sa teen bridge table covers for the Junior league card party, 11 dresses for the Associated Charities, 33 boys? waists, 27 ..long-sleeved aprons,' for the Creche and 94 napkins for "the Visiting Nurse -association, besides working on costumes' for 'the frolic at one meeting. ; . t ' ' .- . 'Mrs. Herbert. Davis, formerly Miss Olga Metz, was chairman of the third sewing group', until Janu ary, when she resigned. She was succeeded by Mrs. John Caldwell! This circle" had a total attendance for the year oi 361 girls. These girls have sewed entirely for the University hospital, making 80 hand towels besides two bolts of material cut and made into towels, 12 blank ets made from small samples, 92 apron bibs', 14 sheets, 16 aprons, 118 baby bands, 17 bibs, 100 dresser scarfs and 302 napkins. They also sewed at one meeting on costumes for the frolic. The total work done for the Uni versity hospital by the three circles during the past year is as follows: Made 600 hand towels, 530 napkins, 181 baby bands, 141 apron bibs, 100 dresser scarfs, 31 face cloths, 14 sheets and mended 47 sheets and 17 bibs. This report was made to the Jun ior league by Mrs. Clarke Powell, chairman of the sewing and surgical dressings circles. Collier Leaves ; . HOME. PORTRAIT Nebraska Woman At National Meetings, Miss Clarissa Delano of Lincoln, field director of citizenship in the extension service of the University of Nebraska, is attending the two weeks school of political education being conducted by the National League of Women Voters at Chau tauqua, N. Y. The school is under the direction of Miss Emily Kneu buhl, . educational director for the Minnesota League of Women'Voters. who gave the opening address on "Political Education for Women." "Mrs. Maud W'ood 'Park, president of the National league and an authority on federal legislation, is giving a series of five lecturers on "The House - of Representatives," "The' Senate," "Pending Federal Legislation," "National Reforms in Administration," and "The National League of Women Voters." Other women of national reputa tion will lecture before the school, the object of which is "encouraging and improving community organiza tions; giving concrete and definite political education in such a way as to make it possible for those taking the work to pass it on to the 27, 000,000 new voters now citizens." A speakers' bureau for the Ne braska League of Women Voters is being formed by Mrs. C G. Ryan of Grand Island, president. Requests have been sent out to a large number of women asking them to volunteer their services. It is expected that there will be many calls for speakers on the Shepard-Towner bill snd the program for limiting armaments. Mrs. Ryan's aim is to secure as many women as possible who are qualified to speak on these subjects or on the purposes and work.of the league. Miss Beats Returns . i. "" (T 'i .''-'' . , "The neglected child is from 2 to 5 years of age," Dr. Paul W. Emer son of Boston has said. That is one reason why he believes in day nurseries. The Omaha Day nursery at Twenty-fourth and St. Marys is a year 'round charity. Passing there any day one may see groups of neatly clad little tots playing in the sand pile or swinging on the shady lawn. Counting noses at the noon day meal, one discovers that from 30 to 35 children are being cared for daily at this home. Well Trained Children. The place is a model of clean liness with only three regular workers in the large old residence. Each child has his separate comb on a hook bearing his name, just like a sorority house. Separate towels and separate bibs are used for each child. So carefully trained are the children that they keep their bibs perfectly free from spots for an entire week. They say "Thank You" when kind Mrs. Dean gives them their wholesome soup, bread and jelly sandwiches and pudding at noon.- Glass of Jelly, a Slogan. The supply of jelly which was do nated by Omaha women last winter is now practically exhausted. That means plain bread and butter in stead of the jelly sandwiches which are given only after a plain one has been eaten. A glass of jelly for the Day nursery, when you are putting up your own supply, is a good slogan to adopt I Dr. Emerson who visited the home, unexpectedly last May, says it is the cleanest place of its kind he has seen. Mrs. Smith to Leave. Mrs. William Archibald Smith, who has been devoted to the inter ests of the home, leaves soon for California. Mrs. W. L. Selby will take the place of Mrs. Smith in the work. Every day finds either Mrs. Smith or Mrs. Selby "on the job," with volunteer service. A trained nurse has charge of the children under 5. Her youngest child,- 8 months old, is the pet of the place. The discipline is some thing of a marvel, and no physical punishment is ever administered. The children are granted freedom and full opportunity for expressing Dundee Woman's Club Reading Program The program committee of the Dundee Woman's "club, Mrs. John O. Yeiser, chairman; Mrs. George CEdgerly and -Mrs. Floyd Clark have arranged the following reading program for next year's work: Orama: "Back to Methusaleh," by Bernard Shaw; "Pawns," Drinkwa ter; "The Dragon," Lady Gregory; Miss Lulu Bett, Zona Gale. Novels: "The Sage of the For sytts," -Galsworthy; "Fathers and Sons," Ivan Turgeniev; "The Age of Innocence," Edith Wharton; "Main Street," Sinclair Lewis. "Short Stories of 1920," awarded the O. Henry prize and 'The Two Mothers," by John Neihardt, will complete the year's work. individually but they are taught the rights of others, nd habits of cleanliness and politeness, particu larly at tabic. Nap for 35. What mother could dream of put ting 35 children to sleep tor a nap after luncheon? Yet that is done successfully every day at the nur sery. From 1 to 4 o'clock'the place is perfectly still while the sand man holds sway. No child will be taken into the nursery during the day. He inu?st have been entered before 9 a. in. V isitors arc welcomed at any time any day except during this nap period. These, children belong to widow who must work, or to widower who arc not able to employ housekeeper in their own homes while they go out to earn a living. Whenever a child comes from a home where both parents are working a special investigation is made and extenu ating circumstances must be proven before the Day nursery will accept him. Small Charge. The charge made the parent or parents varies according to the in come and ranges from 10 to 20 cent a day, which by no means cover the actual cost. The deficit must be supplied in some other way. The National League for Women's Serv ice, which sponsors the nursery, is planning a white elephant sale in the fall to help raise funds fcr the cause. Friends of Nursery. "We could not possibly have car ried on this work," said Mrs. Smith, "had it not been for donations re ceived. The J. Burns Bread com pany supplies the nursery with bread without charge, and the Etch ison Ice company donates all the ice needed. Dr. Kathleen Sullivan give gratuitous medical service. The building occupied is the offering of the T. R. Kimballs. A visit to the nursery is convinc ing cf the high standards and fine ness of the work and suggests the great possibility of a day nursery in Omaha if adequate funds can be secured. Washington Society Bureau of The Bee, -Washington, July 16. There has been some cessation ofv misummer social festivities during ' the unprecedented heat in spite of the visits and arrivals of many important new officials. Even the diplomats who. usually remain here as long ,3s congress is sitting, " have many of them succumbed to the call of the sea and mountains, and gone hither for a respite. The president and Mrs. Harding remain true to the word of the pres ident some weeks ago that he would remain here while there was business to transact. They have their daily visitors and guests and take their outings on the Mayflower, where Mrs. Harding has her tea parties now in preference to the south porti co of the White House. OnTues day Mrs. Harding went to the capi tol to hear the president make his speech to congress and on Thursday afternoon she had as her guests at tea and for a sail on the Mayflower the women newspaper writers of Washington, whom she had enter tained before, first at tea in her own home just after the president's nomi nation, and then shortly after the in auguration, at a tea in the White House. Tuesday, before she went to the capitol. Mrs. Harding had as her guests at luncheon Miss Landis of Cleveland and Miss Laura Harlan, both of whom accompanied her to the capitol. Wednesday Dr. J. F. Stephan, Mr. Michael Gallagher and Carmi Thompson, all of Cleveland, had luncheon with the president and Mrs. Harding. The advent of the new chief jus- ' tice this week occasioned a little rip ple of festivity for those few days. On Monday evening he dined with the president and Mrs. Harding at the White House. Attorney Gen- ' eral Daugherty and one or two per sonal friends were the other guests. Mrs. Hitchcock, wife of the sena tor from Omaha, is in Atlantic Ciity for the summer, as she wa last summer. This year she is at the Ritz Carlton. Miss Hitchcock will divide her time between Atlantic City with her mother, and a number of eastern resorts, where she will make visits. Miss Esther McLaughlin, daughter of Representative M. O. McLaugh lin of York. Neb., was a delegate to the Christian Endeavor convention held in New York, from the 6th to the 11th of this month. She will make a visit to the sea shore before returning to join her parents here. She wentxas a delegate from the Sherwood Presbyterian church in this city, where the McLaughlins are members. Representative Jefferis of Omaha will return tomorrow from the of ficial trip of a committee of senators and representatives to Canada. His family will remain here until con- j gress takes a recess. Miss Janet Jef feris, who was to have gone home for a visit during the summer, has changed her plans and will remain with her mother here. Mrs. Van Deusen, formerly of Omaha, spent the past fortnight in Washington and was entertained in formally at luncheon and at dinner by Mrs. Jefferis. Mrs. Van Deusen came to spend a few days with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dana Van Deusen of Omaha, who stopped on their way from Mrs. Van Deusen's home in Virginia. (Tarn to Pi Xw. Claa Elf bk) .A v