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The Omaha Sunday Bee WOMEN'S SECTION PART TWO PART TWO SOCIETY TEN CENTS VOL. 51 NO. 7. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1921. 1 B Dictionary Is Antiquated Nowadays ' By GABBY DETAYLS. ii PARTMENT A suite or JA sot of rooms," says good old man Webster. This learned gentleman was well-intentioned, no doubt, and possibly cor rect architecturally speaking. But, thinks Gabby, he failed to take cog nizance of the human 'clement. A few days ago a friend who lives at one of our most fashionable apart ments told Gabby of young Mr. and Mrs. X, who also reside there. Mr. X leaves the house for business at a late morning hour, properly attired for the sober job of extracting assistance from his assistants with a weekly salary for himself in view. His wife, looking like a gorgeous poppy or a vivid sunflower, accord ing to mood, soon follows. ' She returns after lunching at some home or club. She dons a sporting attire. Her husband comes home aft er his two hours' work and does like wise. Away they spin together for their outdoor recreation, returning in time to make an attractive dinner toi let. Again they're off. This time they remain away until the wee small hours have almost grown to man hood. A saatch of rest and the wheels begin to whirr on a new day. "Apartment." then in their case, at least, is "a place where one changes one's clothes." They do not eat there, the sleep they get is in cidental, and their entertaining is done outside. The place is a deposi tory for their various changes of costume, a wardrobe, a dressing room, as it were. Gabby proposes a new dictionary of modern interpretations based upon things as is. She asks her friends to send in some good defini tions which will he compiled and presented later in these columns. HE is the son of a prominent business man. Evidently his prowess at rowing and golf won him favor at Hs eastern uni versity from no less a personage than the charming daughter of the president himself. Matters seem to be progressing! Ss-.id president, who has resigned that honorable position to accept a diplomatic post in the orient, passed through Omaha this week with his family. The Omaha son, quick to seize an opportunity, hustlid his parents down to the station and presented them to the parents of "the" girl. It seemed to be a cordial, happy meet ing. But time, tide and trains wait for no man or no man's son. All too soon the train pulled out. The young man had not had his say. He swung aboard and traveled part way across the state for a longer visit with this distinguished party. And what do you suppose they talked about? Tt e bumper -w heat crop? Perhaps. Coiifi'rtions in the orient? Maybe, and maybe not. Far wore likely, their conversation centered on a beauti ful girl whom our Wall, light com olexioned Omaha -son will bring icre to live in the future if Gabby 's guess and the young man's wish "pan" out. .' mHE EDITOR" for July 2 I tells "How to Write Free -1- Verse." Gabby thinks it may be of practical value to her readers and reproduces it: "Poetry can be taught by mail and anybody can construct a free verse poem that an American editor will pay money for by the simple ex pedient of adding a single line of passionate emotion. It would not be safe to leave the student to his own devices at the start; he could quite safely be given a little list of last lines which could be used (pref erably in italics) in any poem of the kind. "Oh, God!". ...is one; "Ah! the pain," is another. Behold the final result: "Misty air. s A row . Of flat houses. A long, straight street. A solitary policeman With a shlnr caps. . . ' A rod pillar-box a bor la ths fllstanca 'Whistling tuns. Ah, 04t ths pain." Beautiful Example Of a Simple Kindness Real kindness comes irorn, the heart. It may be expressed via tlie pocketbook, but it doesn't start there. It may call for hours of service, but it is greatly more than expendi ture of time. Most kindnesses are very simple acts; most of them pass unnoticed. But all of them spring from the heart, from an unselfish thought. A most beautiful example of simple kindness is found at the home of Miss Jessie Millard. For five years Miss Millard has had a watering trough for horses in front of her place. 'This year she had a tank irstalled. It holds 75 gallons and is filled three times a day. The ice man, the milk man, the grocery boy, the casual driver, all stop at this re freshing stand. Do the" horses know the trough is there? Do they care? Last week a grocery boy drove tip across the street to make de liveries. While he was in the house, the horses pulled over to the tank, drank deeply and returned to their post awaiting the youthful driver. This kindness which comes from the heart does not weary of well doing. Miss Millard (who is a mem ber of the Humane society), is as faithful and enthusiastic about keeping the tank filled as she was the first summer .the trough was there. Is the tank a great expense? Does H call for considerable time? Neither. For it is a kindness. And real kindness, you know. Comes from the heart, " 11 ! 4 JU-., 1 wmmmmmm ilpilllpl ilk' Popular High Miss Frances Yeager, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Charles A. Yeager, and sister, Doris, leaves the second week in August for a motor trip to the Minnesota lakes. Miss Yeager will act as chauffeur for the party. Miss Yeager, who is a popular member of the school set, will be a senior at Central High school next year. She is particularly interested in interior decorating and hopes to con tinue her studies at an eastern art school following her graduation from Central High. Miss Yeager won distinction in decorating the auditorium of the school for Purple and White week last year and was also awarded honors in decorating during her sophomore year. Musician of Note Visits Omaha An interesting visitor in the city this past week was Miss Jeanne Boyd, guest at the home of Mrs. Elmer Lindquist. She was honored with many social affairs during her stay here. Miss Boyd lives in Chicago, but was formerly k Fremont girl, daugh ter of Mrs. A. F. Plambeck, who now .resides there. Composer and "professional accompanist" is Miss Boyd. High praise has been given her by prominent critics. Among her best known songs are "In Italy," "Wind From the South," "At Morning," "I Have a Ren dezvous With Death" and "When the Bobolink Sings." Miss Boyd left Thursday for Fremont, where she will visit her mother before returning to Chicago. Famous Singers to Appear Here The second of a series of concerts under the auspices of the Omaha Business Woman's club will be giv en next season by Reed Miller, tenor, and Nevada Van der Veer, contralto. Mr. Miller has appeared with the New York Symphony orchestra, the Chicago orchestra and the New York Oratorio society. He has been engaged as soloist for the Worcester festival, the Ann Arbor festival, To ronto Mendelssohn choir, the Apollo club of Chicago and the Handel and Haydn society of Boston. Mr. Mil ler is at present soloist of St. Thom as church in New York. Nevada Ven der Veer, who in pri vate life is the wife of the tenor, is of Dutch descent and a native of New York. Following her musical training in this country she studied with masters abroad, both in France and! England. In the latter country she appeared in a series of histori cal recitals that are said to have won instant recognition for her tal ent. Mine. Ven der Veer is said to have a wide repertoire of classic songs of all nations, oratorios, cantatas and operass. She has toured this con- try with the ew York Symphony orchestra under Walter Damrosch, the Theodore Thomas orchestra of Chicag and with other notable or chestras and organizations of AmericaV Her vtice is said to be of a dis tinctive quality and has often been likened to the tones of a 'cello. In addition to her concert and recital work, Maidame Ven der Veer holds the position of soloist at one of the most famous churches in the coun try the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas, on Fifth avenue, New York, V0 Oi K.-.V. mm ess- oatchelu. ..(f) School Student "Main Street" Is Presented As Drama "Main Street" has been dramatized. On July 18 it was presented to In dianapolis theater-goers by Stuart Walker's players. A reviewer of the production declares, "There is more Broadway than Main Street in the Harriet Ford-Harvey O'Higgins stage rendering of Sinclair Lewis' novel and the result if not 'Main Street' is yet a play not uninterest ing and not without distinction. "Very little -of the irony and the biting realism that comes through the piling up of minute and photo graphic detail gets into the play. In fact, the first act is rather closer kin to Winchell Smith's or George Co hen's pictures of small-town life than to that of Sinclair Lewis. "The whole picture of Gopher Prairie, by comparison with the novel, is wcak. "The adapters are more successful in the later acts. Skillful and effec tive drama Is here, some of it lighted up with stray lines that give uncom mon reality to the characters. "The emphasis is considerably shifted, but the story of the novel is pretty faithfully followed. An honest and often fruitful effort is made to suggest the critical undercurrent of the novel." Golf at Fremont Among the Omaha golfers who will go to Fremont for the open day there Tuesday are Mesdames M. M. Lcvings, E. V. Arnold, Howard Goodrich, Allen Dudley, Karl Lin inger, Charles Smith, E. D. Sliirey, R. F. Hanson, Houston H. Harper, C. H. Ashton, Robert Craig, Miss Daphne Peters and Mrs. E. H. Sprague, who is planning to go if her wrist oroves well enough to play. A :....., II Photo Stiivetnati Mrs. Shireman Will Reside in Utah Mrs. J. J. Shireman, with her husband, will leave in a few days for Provo, Utah, to reside permanently. They will motor across country, making stops at all interesting places en route. ' Mrs. Shireman has been a popular member of the Omaha Field club, where she is frequently seen on the golf course. She was one of the par ticipants in the open day meet at Prettiest" Mile club Wednesday of this past week. Day Nursery Is Upon the departure of Mrs. Wrilliam Archibald Smith for California, wnere sne will reside, Mrs. waiter and duties of Mrs. Smith as chairman Service her chief duty being at the has been active in this work for some her regime will be a most successful Calendar for 1922 To Be Issued In October , "The calendar" in League of Women . Voters' parlance, means a 1922 calender which will be issued by that organization in October. It will carry pictures and quotations of famous Nebraskans and will sell for $1. This price will leave a margin for profit to the state and the local leagues disposing of them. Among the authors who will be presented are Willa Cather, who for merly lived at Fairbury; A. L. Bixby of Lincoln, John Neihardt of Ban Or 1 ",: HP If 1 vr.u Selby op Favored Charity seiDy will assume me responsibilities of the National League for Woman's Omaha Day Nursery. Mrs. Selby time and it has been predicted that one. croft, Dorothy Canfield, who resid ed in Lincoln when Iier father was chancellor of the state university, A' II 1 1 rf H ir " ' ' - - i ' and William Reed Dunroy, a mem ber of The Bee staff in 1899. Artists who will appear in this in ft. zTeatztie Ml teresting publication will be Rollin Kirby, Dwight Kirsch, Grant Ray oard and Gutzon Borglum. The Princess Fatima at Capitol Bureau of The Bee, Washington, July 30. Dog days have no teirors for those who are remaining' in Wash ington this summer. They have been so thoroughly innoculated with heat that everyone is resigned to it and simply does the best possible to secure comfort. Autos, the country clubs and the river arc the solution. The capitol is indeed an interesting place these July days and the gal leries present unprecedented pic tures for this season. The leading ladies of the admin istration are to be seen there almost daily, dressed in costumes of the filmiest and most modish type. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, who returned to her Washington home 10 days ago from a visit to Oyster Bay and other points on Long Island, is in her accustomed seat in (tie mem bers' gallery of the housb of repre sentatives almost every day, re maining some days throughout the afternoon until the tea hour, and other days, at least until a lata luncheon hour. On Tuesday, when she was there, she was all in white, with a floppy leghorn hat with tiny, French flowers on it. Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Coolidg sometimes join the little group in one of the galleries. Mrs. Hardina goes into the executive gallery oJ the house and the diplomatic gallery of the senate and Mrs. Coolidge hai her own seat in the senate, the front bench in the senators' family gallery, Mrs. Harding has come to be re- garded as the best gowned woman in Washington, not only for the cut and material of her clothes, but for th absolute good taste in their selection and the appropriateness for each oc casion. Mrs. Coolidge is plainly progressing in the matter of her cos tumes, for when she came she was distinctly severe in her dressing and very plain. She has added more and more smart touches and grown mor youthful in the color and style ol clothes and hats. Mrs. Harding was indisposed for a few days last week and remained closely at home, eschewing the trip to the mountain camp with the presi dent for the week-end,and saving hei strength for the rather arduous trip they are making this week-end on the Mayflower. This modern and luxurious ship is taking them and a few guests to thee tercentenary cele bration of the landing on these shores of that other quaint and prim itive Mayflower. The president and party are expected to go on up the coast and be the guests for a day or two of the secretary of war and Mrs. Weeks in their summer home near Lancaster, N. H. Washington has experienced many a thrill, but none for a Iotj thtitr-ifr-equal that of the appearance of the Princess Fatima, sultana of K'.iabul and sister of the sultan . of Afghanistan, in Peacock alley of the Wrillard hotel, on Sunday, when she fed the hotel cat in the public dining room, and on Monday afternoon when she went to the White House by appointment, to be received by the president. She is accompanied to Washington by her nephew, ths crown prince of Afghanistan, Prince Zerdecheno, and her three sons, Hashm Khan, Mohammed Azam Khan and Mohammed Khan, the "Khan" meaning prince. They were received in the blue room by1 President Harding and were accom panied by Lt. Sterling Lynam, U. S. N. They carried two suitcases with gifts in them for both President and Mrs. Harding. For this visit the princess wore a gown made after the fashion of her native country. It was much like our "one-piece" gowns and was of pink satin brocaded heavily in gold. The skirt reached scarcely to the royal knees and her royal legs were encased in hunter's green silk stock ings. A girdle of heavy gold cords was hung loosely about her waist A green veil, the tint of her stockings, enveloped her head and body, reach ing the floor. This she handled withi as much skill and grace as a Spanish woman does a fan. The princess wore in her cars long and broad gold earrings, large tassel effects, which lay upon her ample shoulders, " and screwed into one side of her nose was a stunning, valuable sapphire set rouncl with diamonds and set in gold, just such as is called a screw earring by American ladies On more stately occasions, the princess wears in the hole in her nostril, a diamond of much greater value, which might almost serve as a mild headlight. She was an as tounding figure, her European shoes, rery low-quartered patent leather pumps fitting very tightly and mak ing her lock very uncomfortable seeming entirely out of place, The only other ornaments she wore were many strands of gold beads and chains about her neck which hung long in front and hid ornaments hanging from them all around. Her sons all wore plain European business suits with native hats, while the crown prince was dressed in proper afternoon clothes, of frock coat, four-in-hand tie, silk beaver hat and a cane. He has lived for some years in New York, having married an American girl. From the White House, the unusual and pic turesque party went to the capitol senate end. Here they sent in for Senator Medill McCormick whom the princess knew, and after ex change of greetings, he escorted them to the gallery for senators' families, where they sat for some time. The princess came here to place her sons in college and is so charmed with Washington that she is considering remaining here during their four years' residence in this country. The day after he received the Princess Fatima, President Harding received Mohammed Vali Khan, the personal representative of Amir Amanulla Khan, king of Afghani stan, who is here seeking diplomatic (Turn to Fax Tour, Column Tiro.)
