Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-23
Bv GARRY DETAYLS.

INITY sistersl would a word
II with theel For verify it is time
~ for us to wake up-come out
of our take-it-for-granted coma and
notice the women from the farms.
Our city has been athrong with
outsiders this week. We have had
more conventions to the square
block than any place in the country
outside Of New York and Chicago.
Naturally when the men come in
for a week of business-and-pleas-
ure, many of the women of these
families take advantage of the op.
portunity to enjoy our hospitality
also. -....--
There has been, for some time, a
debate going on as to whether wom-
en- should use rouge and powder. 1t
was about $3.50 so far as we can
learn from the public press; one so
denouncing the custom as belonging
to wild women; the other SO giving
rhymes and reasons why the fair
sex should, by the use of certain
cosmetics, become fairer. We sat
back, laughed, agreed and disagreed,
and continued to use or not to use,
rouge and powder, according to our
habits of other days. r..
But one day this week we rushed
into a quick lunch affair in self-de-
tense, Zone of those days when we
must lunch quickly or not at alb,
and found the place crowded with
strangers. The men were well
dressed, good looking, straight-for-
ward appearing souls; but their
compilations were a little weather.
beaten, which led US to suspect that
they were farmers. We listened and
were sure of it because they were
talking markets, government and in
ternational problems.
But the womenl Mercy me! Such
pretty, MISUNDERSTANDING
womeni Why, girls dear! their hats
were models" and their gowns
were fashioned" after something.
And the way they wore theml Par
don, please, for all these breathless
explanations, but it was an awak-
ening to us. They were perfectly
at ease; they performed no gym
nastics with the silver; they ordered
casually without embarrassment and
were quite as much at home as we
who trot around the streets of the
cities every day-and they looked as
though they had a lot more money.
AT last, we have come to the
question Of cosmetics. These wom-
en- were not only adopts in the art
of powder, rouge and cream make.
UP but so skillfully had they applied
the lip sticks and mascara that it
made some of us city sisters look
like daubs of paint. Since our shock
we admit that we have a great deal
more respect for rouge and lip
sticks after we gazed admiringly at
Eour friends from the country.
Now girls, it's just like thisl
| We've got to spruce up a bit, be
more careful about our heels, our
coiffures, the angle of our hats and
the length of our skirts if we do
not wish our sisters from the farms
to put US to shame.
| Western farms and farmers
should be modern in every way
therefore we shall speak Of them
hereafter, not as farms and farmers
but as estates and estaters. We
are game and have no sour grapes
-
Our millionaire" club members
are still on the fence as to whether
their dues shall be $500. or $1,000. 4
year. They have so much money
that they care nothing about ex,
penses, but several Of them being
substantial business men, are "argu,
| flying" and it seems to be some.
thing about hold-up. We cannot
understand this, since we are all sc
accustomed to being "held up" thai
we take it as a part of the routine
| If the dues go up to $1,000 (pleast
don't take our word for the figures
because we have poor memories
there will be an exclusive few priv,
LEGGED to gather at this club. Blu
casting our finger over the list o.
the ultra-ultra wealthy, we hav,