Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31

Weddings arc 10 take place THIS fali
that we had thought that cupid
might desist for just a few weeks
and allow us little rest Alas, there
is no hope for that willy little laughing
god continues to keep Gabby busy
His tiny arrows are making their
mark each day in the hearts of Oma-
ha maidens. His latest trick is to
find cavaliers for our pretty girls in
other cities. This makes it doubly
hard for Gabby. IF an Omaha man
is pursuing one of our maidens fair
it is possible to watch the parties
and see who takes who. But, if an
out-of-town man is paying court to a
popular misses, Gabby really has a
difficult time. Tamperng with the
mails is strictly forbidden, you know.
Our eyes, however, are very sharp
and our ears are very keen. We
have heard a tiny whisper going
from one to another lately concern
ing lovely miss. 1t is said she is
engaged to Chicago man. Of
course, no one is absolutely certain
but-of recent months, Omaha suit
ors have found that their attentions
were not as welcome to this girl as
in former times.
This miss is small and a brunette
with large dark gray eyes. She at
tended Bryn Mawr and was very
popular student there. Sometime
ago she entered the business world
and has been very successful. How
ever, if the little god of love will
have his way she will soon be wear
ing golden circlet on her left hand.
r OST: the great American
=, homel We heard a prominent
- Omaha woman decrying the
fact that the old-fashioned home
with cookies in the jar and dust on
the mantel is thing of the past.
She has but recently returned from
Washington, where that great fra-
ternity of apartment jewellers are
legion, and she finds a goodly num-
Der of the same mystic order in
our own busy metropolis.
Even these miniature homes are
merely service stations where we
powder our noses and generally re-
construct for the event on the cal
endar, for we're married at the
church, we entertain at the club,
and our funeral sermon is read at
the undertakers. With rents soar
ing and indignation meetings held
by the renters we are wondering if
the American home won't again
come into its own.
A drive through Dundee some
evening will prove that our
thoughts are virtually turning
'homeward" for such cunning little
nests with sun room,' regular man
size kitchens and sunny yard for
baby to frolic in are going up at
surprising rate of speed. The happy
brides and bridegrooms are study
ing blue prints and adding long col
umns of figures and on quiet Sum
day afternoons we pass them motor
ing suburb-ward to look at their
precious lot, just to see if it's still
there.
Back to the homes, has become
the Omaha slogan, and the rent
profiteers will be weeping and wall
ing when these numerous dovecots
are completed. Mr.. and Mrs. L. F.
Crofoot are probably planning the
the most beautiful home in the city,
for it is to be a wonderful structure.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l. Root have
chosen Fairacres, with its broad
sweep of wooded hills as their new
location, and will begin building
very soon.
1DANCE enthusiasts of Omaha,
ID hearken to this bit of gossip
~ from Newport. 1t comes
straight from the exclusive resort
and, indeed, isn't Newport the
barometer of things a Ia mode
Gilda Gray has given the world the
"shimmy artistic" Here is her
recipe for the new dance.
Fall into position, erect, with hor-
izontally extended arms.
Smile.
Premonitory shiver located in the
hips.
Gradual extension upward of
culver.
Two short steps to right.
Culver starts downward.
Reaches hips and descends to
knees.
Two short steps to the left.
Everything shaking but feet.
Society is dancing the "shimmy."
The young Count Mario di Zoppola,
Italy, bridegroom husband of the
former Edith Mortimer, is one of
the leading opponents of the newest
dance at Newport, where the pair
are passing their honeymoon, pre-
paratory to sailing for Naples. His
bride insists that he can "shimmy"
as we'll as any American, and that is
sufficient endorsement. for Ameri-
cans have the reputation of evolv-
ing and celebrating more strange
dauces than South African tribe.
The only rival against whom the
Italian noBfeman has to protect his
title as leading Jazz exponent is
"Laddie" Sanford. "Laddie," whose
nickname has become such an insti-
tuition that scarcely anyone remem-
bers the one conferred on him at his
christening, long since created a
-furore in fashionable circles around
Newport by his terpsichorean ac-
complishments.
This season his "shimmy" is in
comparable. Mrs. John Wanamaker,
jr., whose own graceful and skillful
dancing constitutes her an author
ity, declares that young Sanford is
the best society dancer Newport