The Omaha Sunday Bee
WOMEN'S SECTION
FEATURES
EDITORIAL
AMUSEMENTS
VOL. 51-NO. 40.
TAUT TWO
OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 30. 1922.
1-H
FIVE CUNTS
Is a Dress
Ever Just
a Dress?
by CABBY DETAYLS.
C0 Ml'CII i in ilie point of view.
7 At ii'l age lr the feminine, a
new ii"r i a thing of jwjr. Hie
1 1 : 4 of 5 l iiilrrlrj in a briiiht
nfw frock itixl assume that the bal-
aucc ( the universe i likewise con
rented, "i-re my new lrer lie
iuhciv commands. (At 5, we
I'k'i-n't liarned t conceal our ego.)
The cvoliitiuti of remark from 5
. to .'J it about o:
At S: "See my new dre!"
At In: "It nukci mc look grown
"
t 25: "Its aulullv smart."
At : "It'i youthful.-
t 45: "lie line give i slender
eif-ct.-
At 55: What the difference. A
iren i a dress."
(If Gahbv's reader take lue with
her at all. it will be over the last re
niaik. on the ground that at no
age i a woman indilferent to her
appear an rr, and especially in the
present era.)
"OotiJiln- U. Guliljlo. k, will thou ba
mln?
'in. tny mat th. air ! say I'm In lima,
lit . y in th .( and I'm htr on
III ixl.
Ho pray i-;l in I'm luky end that n
la aol "
Some such plea ha apparently
hceu made within the pan week, and
it two beaming countenance are any
evidence, it has not fallen on deaf
ear. The young man arrived the
other day to defend hi title in a
certain athletic contest, hut those
who know ay that he has, also been
defending it in other fields where the
golden-haired young woman award
the prize.
When two attractive young men
are waging a conllict fpr one' hand
and heart life becomes interesting.
This battle is one which ha shown
signs of lasting as long as the great
war, and involving as many neutrals,
tor all their friends had taken side.
Vigorous offensives on both fronts
ended last fall with the apparent
rout of one of the attacking forces
and a victory for the other. But
ciiiec then both armies have with
drawn to long range positions and
settled down to a steady siege, one
in the east and one in the south. Dan
gerous bombardment has gone on
under cover of the United States
mails, and 'the besieged fair has had
a chance to git down and think it
over. Press dispatches from the
iront announce that the east, though
generally supposed the stronger, has
lost to the south and that an arm
istice has already -been signed. A
treaty is being negotiated at the pres
ent time in Omaha, and the two sig
natories, seem to be on the friendliest
nT 1 t-1 111 (vi"" .
Hie only thing , left for Mr. New
York seems to ue to Deal a strategic
retreat. . . ' , - ,A
IX these days of equal rights
when Beatrice Fairfax constant
ly -receives letters from stern
oiing men who inquire as to why
girls shouldn't take them out to din-,
nor or the movies, any little signs
that gallantry still exists in the male
bosom should be carefully watched
for and noted. The male honey
moouer is perhaps a species apart:
all have heard of the groom who
buttered his bride's toast. But
delicate courtesy witnessed recently
by an Omaha woman in the dining
car puts all other historic examples
to sbanrff.
The groom shades of the Chev
alier Bayard 1 was a Frenchman,
and his bride was of the same na
tionality, Hi attentions and solici
.tude for her comfort were marked
throughout the .meal, but the cli
max came when the waiter brought
the after-dinner i coffee. With a
. magnificent flourish the young hus
Mrs. Irving C Wood leaves today
for Cincinnati, O., to attend the
trustees and bureau secretaries meet
ings of the national woman's home
missionary society of the Methodist
' church. Mrs. Wood is the national
board secretary of needlework.
Dr. and Mrs. Wood are world
travelers having encompased the
earth several times, and they usually
spend their winters in California or
Florida. Since their return to Oma
ha this spring, they have resided at
ha FoutCUCllc
, Various Church Activities Claim Attention ,
J' '1 ill x I
s f l ) l
Junior Leagufe Cymbal Dancers the'"Cutie Chorus"
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3 CU' FlRunning Races Are
tPl v 7N Announced by
1 r J r i. J l I now inierestea tne women oi rr'Ijl
KlSiJSr X32SiZi S Lj jl The program starts Saturday. I i
nf .r: :fl A I Trimble, tecretary and manager, has I fT 3
I t7t ' '! V . . i I been most successful in securing ! I' ' 1 V 3Nf . .v-Jl
1
"C
YMBAL dancers" 'are these attractive Junior leaguers, Mesdames
Jack Summers, Milton Peterson, Robert Burns, Naasson Young,
Mi Dnmthv Belt and her euest from Kansas City, Miss Cath
erine Dickey. Others in this chorus are Mesdames Paul Gallagher, Chester
Dudley, Yale Holland, Charles Allison, Misses Virginia Pixley and Dorothy
Judson. . - ' .
Mrs. Herbert French is chapcronc for this group which will appear in
several different numbers. The Cymbal dance is part of the Arabian Court
scene, the opening number, in which Miss Harriet Mctz will appear as the
princess and Robert Reasoner as the prince. Mrs. Naasson Young is the
"lead" in the cymbal dance chorus, . ..
May 12 and 13 are the dates when the Junior league show will be given
at the Brandeis. Cities all over the country have been presenting Junior
league shows this season. New York included. The prospect in Omaha is
for the most successful event of its kind given anywhere this year..
band deposited three lumps of sugar
in her coffee and earnestly -stirred
and blended it for her. He did it
with a manly openness that called
Americans to witness 'that he would
not allow his wife to do the heavy
w-ork of the household.
Overdoing it, you say with a -iirl-ing
lip, and yet call to mind those
dining car lumps of sugar and your
struggles to make them dissolve.
There have been times when all of
us, confronted with them, have
longed for a pick and shovel brigade.
Mrs. Wood was one of the most
interested and effective workers in
the recent drive for funds for the
City Mission. -
Miss Helen Doyle will have the
role of "Mrs. Montgomery," the
muchly-married women," in "Jig
gers," a musical comedy to be'pre
sented at the Brandeis theater. May
7, 8 and 9 under the auspices of the
Knights of Columbus. '
The cast includes 13 young peo
pie of the city. Robert F. Sheehan
is directing the performance.
'. V T) K .... ,v
I I il winners" during the winter, accord-' I. ' i
GABBY chatted with a young
man who had changed from a
more to a less congenial posi
tion. "Why did you do it?" she asked.
"More money.". ,"
"Well, one must eat," she ob
served. "One LOVES to eat," he cor
rected. '
. . ;
Irish lace edges a radium silk com
bination, with tiny tucks as its only
other adornment.
Mrs. Frank G. Smith, wife, of the
pasWr of the First Central Congre
gational church,' will be honor guest
at the progressive dinner to be given
by division five of the women's so
ciety of the church, Wednesday eve
ning. The date for the dinner, which
is a benefit tor" the etiurch building
fund, was chosen in recognition of
Mrs. Smith's birthday anniversary.
' Hostesses and their assistants in
clude: Mesdames E. G. McGilton.
' Edward J. Connor. Glen H. -Fritz, C
G, Mcouald, T, W. Austin, Eleanor
How interested the women of
Omaha are in the Ak-Sar-Bcn run
ning races to be held June 3 to 17
at the Ak-Sar-Bcn field, can he told
by the many inquiries received daily
at the Ak-Sar-Bcn office. Are the
dates definite? When will the scats
be on sale? are two of the most
popular questions.
The program starts Saturday,
June 3 at 2:30 p. m. Charles L.
Trimble, secretary and manager, has
been most successful in securing
stables from Havana, New Orleans,
T'ajuana, Lexington. Louisville and
other tracks. These horses for the
most part have been "heavy money
winners" during the winter, accord-
inar to Mr. Trimble, and the enthu
siastic fans who have been follow
ing Ihe horses throughout the win
ter have expressed their dcliglit m
being able to see these animals per
form on the Omaha track in June.
Of particular interest to society is
the race for the $1,500 purse to be
held Wednesday, June 7. This race
is called the Queen's Plate, sugges
tive in name of both the queen and
a plate. On this day the owner
of the winning horse will receive
from the hands of Miss Claire
Daugherty, reigning queen of Ak-Sar-Ben.
a silver plate. This trophy
along with the cup which ; Mi.
Arthur Guiou will present the win
ner of the $2,000, the King's Derby,
will be on display in downtown win
dows a few days prior to the races.
Mr. Guiou, reigning king of Ak-Sar-Ben,
will be in attendance at
the races every' day . with other
members' of the board. Miss
Daugherty, too, has promised to be
a frequent guest and has already
enlisted her maids in planning box
parties.
The weatherman promises sport
clothes weather for the two weeks
following June 3, the shop's are go
ing to display the lovely clothes and
the fair ladies who will grace the
grandstand each day will add much
to the beauty and interest of affairs
at the field. ' '
Austin , Niles. Alfred H. Clarke, W.
'A. Piel, C. S. Connor. S. E. Deadl
ier, A. J. lfasson, E. W. Arthur,
Stanley Jack, C. R. Sherman, E. W.
Exlcy, R. L. Young, John Robbins,
Frank Garvin, C. B. Brown. Leo
Bozcll, Wyman Robbins, C. A. Os
trandcr. V. L. Pierpont, J. T. Gunth
cr, C V. Brock. W. R. Unthank. J.
E. Wallace, L. K. Moore, C. H. Mul
b'n.'H. W. Peters, C. B. Snyder. C
T. Edec, Miss Agnes Somers and
Miss Gallic McConnell.
Reservations mav be made with
ills, C, G, McDonald, chairman,
Revue of 1922 Presented by Miss Fogg
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MISS ADELAIDE FOGG will
present her 1922 dance revue
at the Brandeis theater Wed
nesday evening, May. 3. Scores of
pretty children from babyhood up
will appear, among them Doris Yea
ger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Yeager, who will present "Fan
tasee Impromptu;" Virginia Hoff
man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Hoffman, will dance Little Missey"
in a clever costume, and Ellen Pe
terson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Peterson, will present "The
Chase."
This is the fourth annual recital
given by Miss Fogg, who herself
will dance the "Italian Flower Girl"
and i "May Time" numbers. The
sisters of Mt. St. Marys and St.
Berchmans have accented an invita
tion to attend the Wednesday morn-g,-
ing oress renearsai. . .
Fifteenth Annual
Convention; of
Sixth District
"Know America Be American,"
is the theme of the fifteenth annual
convention of the Sixth district, Ne
braska Federation - of Women's
Clubs to be held in O'Neill May 2,
3 and 4. ..
Mrs. George Frater of North
Platte, president of the "Big Sixth,"
will preside. The convention opens
Tuesday evening at 7:45 o'clock in
the Knights of Columbus hall. '
; Mrs. C. L. Hempel of Omaha, state
chairman of American Citizenship,
will be one of the speakers at the
Wednesday morning session. Mrs. E.
B. Penney of, Fullcrton. state presi
dent, will be the principal speaker
Wednesday evening. Officers will be
elected Thursday morning.
The convention will close with a
good fellowship supper Thursday
evening, Mrs. Frater, toastmistress.
The following toasts will be given:
"American Clubs," Mrs. W. P. Heath.
Chadron; "American People," Mrs;
C. L. Hcmpcl, -Omaha; '"American
Men,". Mrs. C. B. Scott, O'Neill;
"American Women," Mrs. L. W.
Tolbert, Kearney; "American Chil
dren," Mrs. Arthur Gcntzler, Goth
enburg; "American Schools." Mrs.
George C. Stevenson, Broken Bow;
"American Welfare," Mrs. T. J. Wil
burn, Atkinson; "American Culture,"
Mrs. Edgar Pennev, Fullerton;
"American Homes," Mrs. F. J. Dish
ncr. O'Neill; "American," Mrs. A. E.
Sheldon, Lincoln.
There arc 89 clubs in the district,
which comprises all the counties of
the Sixjh congressional district. , .
Omaha Girls at
National Over-'
Seas Meet
Mic Helen Cornell and LIU
Fleishman left Friday for Washing
ton to attend the first national coif
veutiou and reunion of women wh
.erved oversea during the war. A
ilecial car will carry the Chicago
delegation, headed by Mi Louise
Wells, slated to succeed Mr. Os
wald Chew of Philadelphia a the
next president.
Memorial service at the grave of
the unknown toldirr in Arlington are
scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Ad
drenc by Ambassador Jusieraud
of France and Sir Auckland Gedde
of England, General l'crthiug. Mis
Mabel lioardiuan and Couuu-
Helen Goblet d'Alvirlla uf llelgiuin;
a reception at the White lloime by
President and Mr. Harding and a
tea at the home of Mr. Lara Ander
son are included on the program.
Wednesday morning the women in
uniform will make an appeal for a
national charter at a hearing of th;
senate judiciary committee.
Mis Ethel Fullawav. who has been
visiting in Philadelphia, will attend
the convention a an alternate.
L. O. E. Club.
The I.. O. E. club will give a
card party and luncheon at the Fou
tcnclle Tuesday at 1 p. m. Reser
vations should be made with Mrs.
Kav Goodrow or Mrs. Charles Marshall.
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Making Money as
The Sweet Sixteen club can't de
cide whether it has more fun mak
ing its. money or spending it.
This club is composed of 16 girls,
alumni of the High School of Com
merce. Under the direction of Miss
Johanna Anderson, and with the as
sistance of the Anderson double
male quartet, they have been pre
senting evening programs of song
this winter and spring.
With the proceeds they heard
Matzcnauer, the Wesleyan Glee club,
gave a banquet at The Conant fol
lowed by a theater party to sec
David Warfield, and are planning
now to hear Galli Curci, May 27.
Speech Education
Program Outline
for Next Year
Mrs. H. J. Holmes, leader of the
department of speech education, for
merly known as the public speaking
department of the Omaha Woman's
club, announces the following' course
of instruction for next year: ' The
psychology of speech training; Eng
lish diction phonetics, articulation,
pronunciation; vocabulary building
word study, synonyms, antonyms;
speech construction ends of speech,
unity, coherence, emphasis, amplifi
cation of topic sentences, outline
making, etc.; physical health and
poise relaxation exercises, respon
sive gesture, standing and walking,
etc.; voice culture breathing, range
and flexibility of voice, tone color,
etc.; poetic interpretation an iiUcr
pictative slu.iV lit 1US Rf omiucut
Millet and Raphael Arc Carrying on
Work of Americanization
I In l ine Art society ha just
chrd a successful season, it six
teentji, and it i good to think of the
thoutand who have enjoed the ic
turn which have been exhibited un
der their au.pice. and who have
heard the men of letter whom the
society ha brought here a speak
er, lint the year ha been success
ful in another field, one of which
many of the member and certainly
the public at large i Ignorant.
It 1 the Fine Art society who
have for the lat three year given
a number of picture annually to
the settlement on the South Side,
and thi collection now number over
a hundred. Many settlement have
picture galleries, but Omaha i uni
que, ay Mr. Ralph Dowd. tor the
picture do not ttay in the sett le
nient, but are loaned out, one at a
time to any family which wants one.
They must promise to take care of
the picture, give it a wall all to it
self, and at the end of the month
tliry exchange it for another.
The pictures are print, well
framed, mostly colored and all real
art. The subject are patriotic, holy,
or landscape, and include the work
of the masters of all countries and
ages. Among the most popular are
(he madonnas of Michael Angelo
and Raphael, and the interior of the
Dutch school with their scenes of
Jolly as Spending
Sweet Sixteen club will present its
fifth concert of the year, which will
include songs and parts of the oper
etta. "The Wind Mill," Wednesday
evening, May 3, at the Lowe avenue
Presbyterian church. They will make
two more appearances this season,
at Pearl M. T. and Central Park
Congregational churches.
Members of the club are Misses
Mildred Cone, Mildreth Greeting,
Myrtle and May Anderson, Aleen.
Hansen, Jessie Lorenz, Marie Halme,
Helen Larson, Gertrude Reidy, May
Reynolds, Willadee Robinson,
Dorothy St. Claire, Lorena Sallan
der, Adeline Shalberg, Helen Ste
nicka and Myrtle Swanson.
English and American poets; dra
matic interpretation the interpreta
tion, staging and, study of the con
struction of plays, classical and
modern.
The general purpose of the course
of instruction is to give each mem
ber a strong desire for speech power
as a personal possession, to liberate
her creative, appreciative and ex
pressive impulses and to give oppor
tunity for practice under intelligent,
sympathetic criticism and helpful in
struction. Professor Edwin Puis will be the
instructor.
May Day Concert.
The first of a series of May con
certs, featuring an orchestra of 30
pieces, under direction of Robert
Cuscadcn will be given Monday
morning, 10:30 o'clock, in the Bur-gess-Nash
tea room, under the aus
pices of the Omaha Woman's club.
Louise Janeen Wylie, soprano, will
be the soloist on the opening pror
grain.
Tickets will be on sale at the door.i
homely family life which appeal, be
cause it i what the people them
.elves know,
"The rhildien are mote apt to lit
the patriotic pictures, fur they ia
learned in the American school th'
stone that the picture portray,"
explained Mrs, l.id, "The Spirit
. 7o' is an especial favorite, TU
o'der people are always eagrr ic
learn what the picture rrpiescnt.
They are tilted with pride when thv
can say "My Ko.ie. she know about
that." The women are apt to like
I icture of mother and children, and
the men like picture of the fields
they all love Millet.
"It is the father whn usually are
the hardest to reach. The neighbor
hood i largely Slav, and the men
work cither in ihe packing plant .
on the Union Pacific track. They
are dead tired at night, and the older
one particularly are slow at puking
i;p our language and American ways
lint through the picture and
through the muic department thev
are being reached. It u the father'
who are the quickest to respond to
these two form of art. and it is
often the father who come to th
settlement house, careftt'tw earryirit
the picture they have enjoyed for the
last month and eagrr to ptr' out a
new cne."
At first there wa a good deal f
hesitancy about accepting the offer
of a picture. Harh experience with
peddler and with cheap furniture
on the installment plan had made
them wary. They were afraid that
at the end of the month the cash col
lector would appear. But a time
wore on the good new spread, anlf
now. according to Mrs. Dowd, manv
more pictures could be used than the
stock on hand.
Mrs. Dowd say that to her
knowledge Omaha is the only city
where such a circulating picture gal
lery has been tried out. The idea
came to her several years ago when
she was working for the Santa Fe.
investigating claims'. The work
took her into the homes ef these
people, and she found that they were
crazy about any kind of pictures.
She used to clip pretty magazine
covers for them. . When Mrs. Dowd
came to the Omaha Settlement .the
Fine Arts society made it possible
for her .to put into effect her cher
ished scheme.
The nationality of the artist i
always explained when the picture
is loaned and they are encouraged to
feel proud when he was . of their
own race. The language of art i.
universal, and it is being found one
of the best influence in Americani-
ork.
City . Turned Over,
to Leaguers a
Week Hence
Mrs. Glenn C. Wharton, who ha:
charge of the ticket sale of the
Junior League Revue, reports a good
sale of the boxes. There are, how
ever, a few boxes left and anyone
desiring one should communicate
with Mrs. Wharton.
Mr.' Ward Burgess could not find
any one who would tell him def
initely whether Friday or Saturday
night's performance would be tht
better, so he compromised by tak
ing a box for each night. Othei
box holders are Mrs. E. S. West
brook, who purchased the first box;
Mrs. Howard Baldrige. G. W, Me
geath, J. T. Stewart, John Madden
Mrs.. George Joslyn, Mrs. F. H,
Clark, jr.; Mrs. F. E. Clark, Charles
Young, Mrs. Louis Clark and Mrs.
Barton Millard will share a Ijox.
The Women's Faculty club of the
University of Nebraska hospital has
reserved 30 scats for the nurses at
Saturday, matinee. -
A delegation headed by Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Raymond of Lincoln has
made a reservation for 36 seats. This
party from Lincoln will spend the '
week-end at the Hotel Fontenelle
where they have engaged rooms.
The Hotel Fontenelle management
announces a special dinner preced
ing Saturday night's performance,
especially prepared for the many
guests who will' be here for the
Revue and who will spend the week
end at the hotel. Reservations for
this dinner can be made with Mr.
Bencfield. Hotel Fontenelle.
Many Junior league members will
have house guests for the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Mitchell of
Uura to fan Call
ray
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