Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Sunday Bee
WOMEN'S SECTION
VOL. 61 NO. 18.
PART TWO
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1921.
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TEN CENTS
Getting Dirty
Is Fun For
Club Presidents Prepare for Convention
Mother and Editor
Actress
SOCIETY
type
"Onward Ncbrcska" will be th
slogan of the 25th annual convention
of the Nebraska Federation of Wom
en's cluba to be held in Seward, Oc
tober 25-23. The state president.
Mrs. John Slaker of Hastings, will
preride.
Omaha will be represented at the
meeting by the Omaha Woman's
club, Dundee Woman's club, South
Omaha Woman's club, Benso
Woman'a club and the Omaha Worn
an's club of the Railway Mail Serv
ice.
Delegates from the Omaha Wom
an's club include tfce president, Mrs
Charles Johannes and Mesdames C
L. Hemoel, O. Y. Kr'ng, Edgar Al
len, J. M. Mullen, Philip Potter,
John Haarmann, Mary I. Cre'gh,
Ihariet Hubbard. Dr. Ada -Wiley
Ralston and Dr. Jennie Callfas.
Mrs. N. K. Sype, president, and
Gentleman of
Mistaken for
- By GABBY
GHURCH bazars are occasionally
termed "hold-ups," but it is not
often that a gentleman of the
cloth is mistaken for a gentleman of
the gat. - " . .
The other evening two sisters were
walking along on Fortieth street
when they saw a manly form of large
proportions aproaching. These ladies
were really held , up once, so they
knew what to do. "Drop back, and
u!iltr mtit a ittr hphinrl . me.", di
rected the eldet, "then he can't stop
us both and you can get help." This
strategy was carried out, but what
was the relief of the advance guard to
find that the suspicious character was
merely one of the athletic clergymen
of the city. So far he is ignorant of
the flutter he caused, but in these
dangerous days it would be a good
scheme for, all pedestrians, to affect
. illuminated placards, bearing their
name and business. v '
IF the dayof hand painted mot
toes were' not over, more than
one:' rented apartment . might
bear a variation from the" original
something like "God 'bless Jour
car." iAnd among all ,the car own
ers a myriad of. reasons are vouch
safed as to why a car is a necessity.
One young Omaha - man whose
business and social ties have given
him an unusually -large circle of ac
quaintances thought up a. new one
the other day. "The" real reason I
run around in my Ford so much is
that, it's the only way I can get by
n-rrvnne I see in the street, with
out stopping to chin." But then on
the other hand, Oscar, if you walk,
think of how much time you can
save that you would spend in jaw
ing with the traffic cops. : -
WHEN it comes to choosing be
tween one's girl and one s
education, what is a fellow to
do? Gabby hears that one young
nmadon h finaitv riclf(H tnainff an
attractive friend, who has herself
finished school, and has returned to
college..-Will she pine in faithful
loneliness or will she find consola
tion elsewhere? If the mantle of
Beatrice Fairfax would only descend
on Gabby she would like to prophesy
that the worried collegian has done
the right thing, and that this play
mate of his youth will remain a true
pal. But what is this we hear about
a body guard? Surely colleges favor
the honor system. . -
FF with the old, on with the
I I new," is a common cry.
They are-picking on the
calendar now.
Hon. Thomas D. Schall of Minne
sota introduced a bill in the 1 last
congress calling for a year of 13
months of 28 days each. ,
If you are good in mental arith
metic, you will quickly see that 13
times 28 makes 364. The extra day
will be New Years day and, like a
debonair bachelor, unattached..- Leap
Year day will be provided for in
the same independent way, only in
stead of coming between December
and January, it will fall into line
between June and July. - .
What would you suggest- as a
name f f r the extra month? How
V M I It
fen f vJ-
Mrs. Helen K. Morton will represent
the Dundee Woman's club.
the ; Cloth Is
Geritleman
DETAYLS.
would you like, "January, February,
Liberty, March," etc. That is the
proposal. ;
Under the present calendar sys
tem our category of questions might
go: .;
How many days make a week?
Answer, 60. How many minutes
make an hour? 60. How' many hours
mike a day? Twenty-four. How
many days make a week? Seven.
How many weeks make a month?
Nobody knows.
Most of us have to chant off
"Thirty days hath September," etc.,
before we can answer the last ques
tion. ;'.",.;.'f , :'
Under ,Jhe present system there
are three standards for payment of
employes, by, the day, the week and
the monUk, and some salaries are
paid annually. It is a" real job in
mathematics to figure out the worth
of a day or a week on the monthly
salary basis. The new calendar
would simplify ' such calculations.
When asked for ' her opinion on
the Liberty calendar, an Omaha bus
iness woman said: "How many Sat
urdays in a month? My life is regu
lated by that." The answer is that
pay day would come ss oftert by the
week and more often , by the 'month
under '.the. new system.
It . sounds like a most reasonable
proposition to Gabby. Her only ob
jection ' is found in ' the fact that
printed calendars ' will ' probably- be
done away, with under the new sys
tem, because we will soon have the
dsys of the month placed as abso
lutely as we now have days of the
teek. . The eighth ..will always be
Monday; the 19th always Friday,
and so on.v ! ,
But, think what having no' calen
dars would mean. "No more lurid
illustrations of cold boiled ham
hanging on-office walls, no more
soft-toned illustrations of "The Old
Bridjre". adorninir the : kitchen, No
more imposing pictures of life insur
ance buildings.
, Horrors 1 We might, have to fall
back on Corot, Nutting or some of
the old mastcrsrfor wall decoration.
IT - CERTAINLY does pay to
have a good' historical - back
ground. ' Gabby, who is only a
semi-base ' ball - fan, inquired of a
friend the other day, "Where do the
Yanks come from, anyway?"
The friend is a Boston girl. She
wrinkled . her forehead in thought
and then, as memory came to the
rescue she-Teplied glibly, "Oh, don't
you know? That was what they
called the Northerners during the
Civil War C'est la guerre I
HE admits it, and she isn't an
Omaha girl so her home must
be in a little western ' town
where he studied the rudiments of
hanking. This particular young gen
tleman, a member of one of Omaha's
eld families, is now on the staff of
a' large financial institution. When
quized lately on whether he intended
to become a member of a new local
organization he flatly replied, "Can't,
I'm saving my money to be married."
Gabby is. waiting expectantly for the
complete and formal announcement
TXes. tern Stirigl9if
From the South Omaha Woman's
club will be Mrs. Samuel C Shrig
ley, president ; Mrs. Willis A. Berger
and Mrs. Bruce McCulloch.
Delegates from the Benson Wom
When India Meets
Henry 'James
'1S V'
Letter
jWhcn Raihaua Tyabji of Hindus
tan was 13 she learned English. When
she was 17 she passed the" Cam
bridge examinations for i'B. A.- de
gree. At present she is 19 and the
letter we quote below is one which
she recently wrote to Carlotta Cor
pron. Miss Corpron is now in Omaha
with her aunt, Mrs.. Charles Nye.
For more than 10 years Miss Cor
pron lived nn . India where her fa
ther is in charge of a large hospi
tal. . ,
Of her friend, Raihaua, Miss Cor
pron says:
"She is a slight, dark girl of high
caste in her own country, a Moham
medan and a fine musician. The mas
tery of English shown in this letter
is nothing short of remarkable, and
from her style as well as her men
tal attainments, those who know her
prophesy that she may be the suc
cessor of Tagore in the' literary his
tory of -India. Tagore is one of the
persons she comments on in this let
ter: ',-:
" My Dear Carlotta"' '
Culpa meal Culpa meal Are you
very angry with me? Of course you
are. Now what can I do to pro
pitiate the jutly wrathful goddess?
Shalt I offer, incense at your altar?
Shall I offer up my pet . mosquito
as a sacrifice, that dear mosquito that
was ' buzzing around my head last
night with such intense, noisy and
venomous affection? If one mos
quito won't do,. I'm quite willing to
make it 100. Is it a bargain? You
give me your forgiveness and I'll
give you 100 mosquitoes, dead or
alive in any condition you choose.
Come, that's fair.
' ,Yes, that's all very well, you. say,
severely, but why did you not write
to me before? Well, to be perfectly
irank, plain and truthful, my- dear
Carlotta (all of which qualities- I
possess in a terrific degree-ahem),
I did not write to you because I
did not feel inclined, to; You see, I
am a person of moods, particularly
with people whom I like. I never can
bring myself to insult my friends by
writing them 'duty letters' institu
tions that peculiarly detest. You'll
not find me scribbling a pageful of
stale news to a person who ex
pects a letter simply that he or she
may not feel offended at , the delay
in answering. ' , ' " -
I am writing to you today because
I want to talk to you and no one
else. It is a yery subtle compliment,
I hope you appreciate it.- .:
"I - heard some ' beautiful piano
playine in MassOurie. 'The "Moon
light Sonata' is by Beethoven, Isn't
it? I heard that. I was powerfully af
fected by it. It is seldom your music
touches me as that sonata touched
me that time. What makes me very
impatient, however, is a phrase I
have heard many musical ladies ut
ter while looking through their mu
sic books to seek a congenial ditty:
'Oh,' this is no good this is all clas
sical stuff.' Among us only 'classical
stuff is styled music. We -find it
difficult to get used to nir concep
tion of it. -'
"I have read almost lothing the
last month or so. In Massourie I
read a little of Bernard Shaw, and
made the acqu:intance of a rather
fascinating author, J.. D. Beresford.
The book I" read, "These Lynnekers,'
is one of .those strenuous works that
keep your brain busv the whole time.
Another very charrag "new love' is
an's club are the president, Mrs.v C.
C. Beavers, Mrs. C. M. Wolfe and
Miss Ida Stieer.
The Woman's club of Railway
Mail Service will be represented by
Mrs. O. M. Jones, president, and
mrs. J. a. yuinn,
Mrs. L. M. Lord, president of the
Second district; Mrs. John Welch,
state treasurer; Mrs. M. C. Cameron,
state program chairman, and Mrs.
John R. Hughes, state chairman of
industrial and social conditions are
among other prominent ' Omaha
women who will attend.
A new state president is to be
elected this year. It is rumored that
Mrs. E. B. Penney of Fullerton, vice
president of the federation, will suc
ceed Mrs. Slaker.
, Among the speakers who will ap
pear on the program are John G.
Neihardt, Nebraska's poet laureate;
Miss Katherine Worley of Lincoln,
chairman of the state board of con
trol i Mrs. Rose V. S. Berry of
Berkley, Cal., general federation
chairman; department of fine arts.
Dr. G. E. Condra of the University
of Nebraska; George E. Martin,
president cf the Kearney state nor
mal school; Mrs. Addison E. Shel
don of Lincoln, G. F. director for
Nebraska, and M'ss Winifred Hyde,
head of the state federation informa
tion bureau, affiliated with the state
university.
Henry James. His 'Daisy Miller
and Other Stories' is a collection of
gems. He reminds me sometimes of
our old pittures and carvings. I
never saw anyone so keen on de
tails. His mind is as -sharp end keen
as a stiletto, and the designs it
carves are simply marvelous in their
powerful delicacy, their lightness and
yet their profundity. His vision is as
pitilessly searching, as relentlessly
penetrating as a powerful micro
scope.- Yet. there is a 1 continuous
flow of the milk. of human kind
ness beneath" the hard crust of an
absolutely dispassionate criticism.
She goes on to give her opinion
of one of India s great writers:
"Another source of endless de
light is that incarnation of eastern
mysticism, Rabindranath Tagore.
His Chitra is marvelous bewilder
ing, maddening. There is an aban
donment, and yet a restraint, a hold
ing himself in check and yet a giv
ing himself saway in this song of
sublime passion, which is complete
ly baffling; Which is hopelessly fas
cinating, enthralling. Read it, Car
lotta, read it once, that is, if you
haven't dope so already.
"Oh, dear, dear! Once I get start
ed on my favorite hobby-horse, I'm
very difficult indeed to stop."
General Meeting
Omaha Woman's
Club
The civics committee of the Oma
ha Woman's club, Mrs. W. S.
Knight, ' chairman, will have charge
of the open day program Monday
afternoon in the Burgess-Nash audi
torium : following the business hour,
which opens at 2:30 o'clock, the
president, Mrs., Charles Johannes,
presiding. 1 ' .
"A Suggestion for Greater Effi
ciency of Our Juvenile Court" will
be the subject of a talk given by
the Rev. Charles Lyttle, pastor of
the First Unitarian church.
Mrs. W. H. Smails will ?ing "In
the Steppe." by Gretchaninow, and
"Butterfly,"- by Fieler, accompanied
by Miss Helen bmaus.
. Autumn
Autumn morning and air like wine,
Mvstic colors, sunshine divine,
A winding road '. and leaves at play,
The gypsy song. lures me today.
Autumn twilight ' and nights that
. .-.thrill,'. -
Shadows dark, and winds that chill,
A cozev 'chair and fire bright.
The gypsy holds no charms tonight,
. . - .jlW a X.- . ,
By EMILY BURKE.
Marie Dresser leaned back com
fortably and laughed. She wai
clad in rose peignoir that nude her
words diffiruU to believe. "What
do I like to do when I have vaca
tion? I like to get dirty! When I'm
it home yt Los Angelri I go round
in a bungalow apron, and when 1
change for dinner I put on another
uungaiow apron. i have develop!
I deadly hatred for futt'nit ovei
clothes. Since I came on this trip
my niuincr ha written me wnnting
iu know wrwt m the world I have
brought with me, since most of my
wardrobe is still at home."
Miss Dresser, in nrivate lift Mrs.
Jack Gardner, appears at the Or-
pheum with her husband the week
of October 16. The past week they
l.ave had a vacation and have been
staying at the 2-ontenelle.
"Jack has been playing golf," she
said. "I have played some, too,
but my golf is the product of too
many different teachers to be good.
Every time I. go to a nPvt profes
sional he says, 'For goodness sake
alio taught you that stance, or that
swing,' and then they initiate me
into another school. Tennis is the
game I love. I hate not havlnc
anything to do. I can't understand
women who love to loaf. You see
women of 40 who haven t anything
to do and they look 60, and lot of
professional women of 60 who don f
look over 40. . I was the only girl
among 19 grandchildren, and grow
inu up with boys I learned to hustle.
And I'm glad of hvl wouldn't take
anything in the world for my 20
years of stage experience."
Miss Dresser has starred in New
York in both musical comedy and
straight comedy and has the enviabteJ
reputation of having played opposite
more men stars than any other
woman on the stage. She ha played
with such comedians as George. Co
han. Willie Collier and Ba"rney
Bernard, and of their methods' she
said, Every comedian has his wnihacf. the unusual experience and distJiction of editing a newspaper. For
way of getting laughs, and you have
to play up to every one of them dif
ferently in the way you handle your
lines and business. I'd just get to
thinking that I knew my stuff pretty
well and then along would come a
new comedian and, poufl I'd have
to begin all over again. Did you
ever know how much easier it is to
make people cry than laugh? And
vaudeville is the hardest of all, be
cause your time is so short, and you
have to make them like you right
off." And Miss ; Dresser . smiled
her friendliest smile wh.ich is very
pleasant, indeed. ' . .
It is odd to find such a store of
energy as -she possesses in a. real
Hoosier, and that is what Louise
Dresser is, -hailing from Riley's own
state, Indiana. She gave added
proof of the old saying that every
man in the world wants to do some
thing he isn't doing. . '
"I never talked to a man or
woman yet who didn't think that
he could act if he had a chance.
Maybe if was just when they were
kids they were, sure of their talent.
Now, I've always known-1 could
make good in the business world.
Maybe I will, too, for Jack and I
are devoted to California, and we
want to be able to stay at home."
Miss Dresser described , her own
childish footlight experiences. "My
brother and I wrote all our own
plays, of course, sometimes adapt
ing those that came to town. I
remember once I borrowed a whole
Miss Kiplinger;a' Bride
MRS. CHARLES ALLISON,
nee Dorothy Kiplinger, whose
wedding took place zt St.
Johns church Wednesday evening,
was gowned in white velvet and vel
vet' predominated in the costumes
of the bridesmaids, which gave an
unusual touch to one of the loveliest
of the fall weddings. The church
was decorated with palms and smilax,
and jthe altar was banked with
candles and yellow crysanthemums.
A reception followed at the home of
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.
D. Kiplinger,
M
Anions- the comoarativtlv newcomers to CmcTia is Mrs. C. M. Gruen-
tUm wIia ,m:i wv m ni rmlAmA
nine years she held the office and title
ter Signal
Her greatest interest and pleasure,
and her five children. Leutensnt Alfred uruentr.er, her eldest son, a
graduate of West Point Military academy, is now stationed at the Field
Artillery school at Camp Knox, Kentucky, as an instructor. . Homer, the
Second ion, hat been active in athletics at Creighton. Misl Leona, the
elder daughter, is a high student at Duchesne college and academy of the
Sacred Heart The youngest boy, Louis, and his small sister, Verona, are
attending St Cec lias school. -. .
Mrs. Gruenther is a member of the Omaha Drama league and Other
cultural organisations of the city,
A - New Rose; Is
Added to the ;
Mncompafables
The red, red rose has long been a
subject for the poet's song and has
ever been prized ..by., meaner man
for its subtle ' beauty and delicate
perfume.- ' , -'.
'Comes now a new variety to nod
its head along with the American
dollar from my mother to rent an
appropriate costume for 'Ro!e the
Little Prai'ie Flower,' and then I
forgot ta put on the lovely iringed
leggins. I was so mad that I made
them give the second act over again
so. I could wear them. .There's an
early outcrop of temperament for
you." . ' -. .
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HA
m Plafrt fntr Nh . wW ah
of editor-in-chief of the Platte Cen
however, are centered in her home
beauty, the ' Jacqueminot and the
other incomparables. '. It ' is called
The Crusader, which suggests cour
age, strength and physical beauty,
and ail of these qualities it has. ' It
is'a fine-petaled'rose. "To' see "ft is
to' love, it or to buy it the florists
might say. It is deeper in hue than
the v American beauty,' but not as
dark , as the Hoosier. ' Its ' stems;
which are often more than two feet
long, are strong and stiff in the win
ter.- It . opens . gracefully from
double center, and dear Mother Na
ture has picquoted the center points
of the rich velvet petals. '
. Miss Jessie Millard, is among the
Omaha women Who have shown
preference for The Crusader. It has
been very popular at fraternity and
sorority affairs at the state univer
sity, Lincoln, this year. Mrs. E. E.
Stan field, is another of its Omaha ad
mirers and the D. O. E. S. society
has chosen this blossom for use at
its initiation ceremonies. . -
Aviators Ball Will
Be An Exclusive
Society Event
', The First Annual Aviators' Ball
will take place at the Omaha Audi
torium the evening of November S.
The ball will come as the" closing
event of the Aero Congress to be
held here on November 3, 4 and 5,
and the opening event of the winter
social season, It will be held under
the auspices of the Junior League
and the Aero Club of America and
will be an invitation affair. Three
foreign nations will be represented
among the guests of honor, a list
which includes General Foch, Gen
eral Diaz of the Italian army, Gen
eral Charlton of the British Air
service and General Pershing," Bene
dict Crowle, the assistant secretary
of war,- General Omar Bundv of
Fort Crook, the winner of the Pulit
zer race which is to be a feature of
j the Aero Congress, . and various
rrencn and American aces.
In general the ball will follow the
plan of the Military ball given in
New-York. Aviators and officers
will ;: wear uniform, civilians full
dress. The aviation idea will be car
ried out in. the decorations. Jack
Peacock heads , the ball committee.
John G.-Neihardt
- Speaks Here
October 26
" John G. Neihardt, who speaks on
"Poetry and Education" 'in the audi-H
torium 'of Central Hieh school
Wednesday evening, October 26, at
8 o'clock, under the auspices of "the
Omaha School forum, was named
poet laureate through an act of the
state legislature. This is the only
honor of its kind ever conferred in
America, '. according to Miss Eliza
beth Hewitt, publicity chairman of
the forum. . r
Mr. Neihardt's lecture on "Poetry
and . Education" is the result of 28
years of study and writing of poetry.
The Literary Digest says, "There
is rugged Saxon strength and vigor
ous originality in the poetry of John
Washington
Season
Opens
Bureau of The Bet,
Washington, Oct IS.
The iraion cf dining in Wahing
ton was opened l'riil.iy night, Oc
tober 7, by the president and Mrs.
Harding with a dinner in the White
House, with Mrs. C'oolldge and the
former vice president and Mr. Mar
shall as the guetts of honor. Vice
rrcidcnt,Coolilge was out of town
keeping a speaking .engagement in
New i ork, eUe he would have been
there, too. It was a vlcaxjiit sort of
senatorial reunion, with Senator and
Mrs. l'ranci II. Warren, Senator '
Atlre Pomcrcne, the two Indiana
senators, Watson and New, and
their wives, Senator and Mrs. Frank
B. Kellogg and a couple of other
senators and Mr. Juxtice McKey
nolds, with whom the Marthalls
were staying, among the guests The
president was closely associated with '
the greater number of the guests, in
cluding Mr. Marshall, during the
years in the senate. These roy lit
tle parties, rather intimate affairs, are
a feature of the Harding administra
tion.
Woman's Foundation BalL
Early ball dates have been fixed,
the Woman's National Foundation
leading oil on November 10 with a
spectacular ball in the Willard ball
room, to be accompanied by a bril
liant pageant. Thanksgiving eve
will as usual be given over to the
Episcopal eye, ear and throat hos
pital benefit ball in the same ball
room. Thanksgiving night's ball will
be for the benefit of the Woman's
Navy Relief, also an annual affair
for that particular night. These
"regulars," however, will be as noth
ing in brilliance compared to what
will be iven for the foreign visitors
during the conference.
A beautiful party will be given in
the Pan-American building, ami sev
eral different ones are being ar
ranged with the president and Mrs.
Harding as hosts in the White
House. Each one of the embassies
and . legations whose countries will
be represented at the conference will
have both dinner parties and recep
tions, with the more strictly, femi
nine affairs of teas and luncheons in
between, making an almost continual
round of entertainment between the
sessions. The large French delega- '
tion, including M. Briand, Marshal .
Foch and the others,, will be housed
at the Willard, where they have
taken the whole seventh floor, com
prising 40 rooms.- The Belgians will
be in the same house, with 20 rooms
nn ! flnnr lirlnw. The British
delegates will be housed on Mxteentn
street, the house at tlie corner of
Sixteenth and S having been leased
for them, .,
xir ..
It was a wonderful gift which Mrs. vfc
O. H. P. Belmont recently made to
the National Woman's Party, of the
historic buildings comprising the old
capitol, .on First street facing the
east front of the capitol building. It
was in this temporary capitol that
James Monroe took the oath of office
and was sworn in as the fifth presi
dent of this country, before the capi
tol was rebuilt after ft was burned
by the British. The Woman's '
Party leased the building about a
year ago and hoped it might be their
permanent Quarters, though they,
scarcely dreamed of such a fairy gift
as Mrs. Belmont has made. '
- Mrs. Harding, true to her demo
cracy, 'took the "senate ladies" by
surprise at their Tuesday meeting,
which was 'well started as a love , .
feast when 6he arrived. She is a
member of the organization, hav
ing joined it as a senator's wife,
and there is a rule, made at the start
of the club, that once a member al
ways a member, so Mrs. Harding in
her elevated position, is still a mem
ber. , So she went off on Tuesday
accompanied by her secretary, Miss .
Harlan and 'entered their assembly -.
room unannounced. The surprise and -delight
is better imagined than -described
and no one enjoyed the oc casion
more than did Mrs, Harding.
She was charmingly gowned in a '
soft dark gown and small black hat
with a loner black satin coat lined .'
with white satin.
, 'r: New Society Shop.
The newest society shop, that re
cently opened by Mrs. Joseph Leiter,
in the house which was once pre- v
sented to the late Admiral Dewey by
the people of the United States, is.."
one of the most flourishing little
places of business in town. It is -
managed and financed by Mrs. Leiter 1
and is in actual charge of Mrs.
Ormsby McCannon, formerly Miss
Estelle Murray of Philadelphia. All
the sales ladies are from the ranks
of local smart society and the goods
offered are children's and misses ,
clothes and a special infant depart
ment is a special feature. ;
There is no immediate prospect
of Senator and Mrs. Norris return- .
ing to Washington, although the re
ports from the senator are that he
is improving very decidedly.1 lney " -y
are still in Wisconsin, where they
have recently been visited by their
jjvii-iiria n auu J vuuav.1 - uauu 11.1 1
Hazell Their home in Cleveland
park' remains closed. - . ' v
Lieutenant Commander and Mrs.
E. D. Stanley-and family have re-'
turned from Cape May, where they
spent the surmner. They gave up
their former quarters here and are j
established now in a new home at
1318 Massachusetts avenue, in the
neighborhood of Thomas circle, a
much .more-central location.
Mrs. John N. Baldwin of Omaha .
is visiting the Director General of
Railroads and Mrs. James G Davis
in their new home at 271S Connecti
cut avenue. On Monday Mrs. Davis
entertained at tea in honor of her '
little house party, which includes her
niece, Mrs. Victor Lamar of Atlanta
and Miss Zenna Sweet of Evansville,
111. The house was most attractive
in its decorations of roses and dahlias
with autumn foliage and the table
had a center piece of pink and -white
dahlias. The Misses Cummins, sis
ters of Senator Cummins of Iowa as
sisted. Horace Towner, wife of the
representative from Iowa; Miss
Mary Wallace, daughter of the sec
retary of agriculture, and Miss
Esther Smith presided at the tea
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