Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-09
Topics For
Sunday
T alks
Gabby Gives Broad Hints
Some Facts-Basis
for Many Sunday
Smiles.
By GABBY DETAILS,

4
w erage American married
" woman of today? Why is it
that she becomes fat, nervous and
irritable? Says the famous DR.. Ell
len c. Porter:
by her incessant warfare against
encroaching flesh the married
woman in comfortable circumstances
admits that she is usually over
weight. By her frequent resort to
Sanitariums and rest cures she
shows that her nervous system fire.
1uently is out of gear. By her as
siduous patronage of beauty cul-
t1-isls she comedies that the thick,
glossy hair, the firm unwrinkled
checks, the glowing color of perfect
health are not hers.
THE trouble with many sheltered,
prosperous married women in Amer
lea is that they lead the lazy life
and their husbands encourage them
in it.
"The married woman in comfort
able circumstances eats too much
and moves about too little. She fire.
quently has FIVE hearty meals day
breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and
supper. Being in her home, and so
close to the base of supplies, she
can eat bit of this and that be-
tween meals. There lis a great
temptation to keep box of candy
always beside her-and there is the
affectionate husband to bring home
the candy. No wonder the matron
gets fat, even while she is young.
"Then, too, she needs activity OUT
side her home. The old argument
that the woman with children can
find enough to keep her busy if she
will devote all her time to thep in
sense is true. However, the
woman who does this not only suf-
fers personally, but the children suf-
fer. They are better off, and their
mother is more valuable mother
to them if, through activities other
than purely domestic, she brings
new ideas and new viewpoints into
the home.
LET her walk, play tennis, play
golf, swim-indulge in any good,
vigorous sport. One of the great
factors of good health is happiness
Instead of so much indoor social
activity, leading to late hours and
dissipation, let the young married
woman seek her good times through
athletics.
. 1T is not necessary for a married
woman to be a vegetable. In fact.
being a vegetable is the worst pos
siblc thing for her health and happi-
ness, not to say that of her family.
Husbands do not like vegetable
wives.
Instead of haunting the beauty
parlors, let the wife who wants to
keep her youth and good looks learn
how TO work and how to play. The
war had a wonderfully revivifying
effect on many married women who
had Deen leading the lazy life, be-
cause it pulled them out of their ruts
and gave them healthful activities.
Athletics for her body and activ-
. ity for her mind will make the
American wife and mother the sane,
healthy, vigorous, beautiful and
happy creature she sometimes is and
always ought to be"
NHERE is one very interesting
story going about town since
Il the Winter Garden ball, Octo-
Der 80. Omaha men appeared to be
much impressed by the members OF
the cast and a number of them or
ganized impromptu parties for the
girls. One young Beau Brummel
from Courcil Bluffs attended the ball
and took with him the lady of his
heart, very pretty Omaha maiden
prominent in social circles. She is
the younger of two sisters, whose
parents are we'll known, the older
sister being a bride for the past few
months. Mr.. B. B. of c. B. soon
became interested in one, of the
"vampy vamps" and quickly asked
that beautifully unclad creature out
to supper. Quite a wonderful time
he had until he suddenly remem-
bered that the duty of an escort is
tic see young woman home. Hur-
riedly he rushed back to the ball
room at 2:30 a. m. only to find that
everyone had gone. How did the
Omaha girl get home? He, does not
know and is so Inundated over the
fact that he doubts if he shall ever
: be able to speak to her again.
We have also heard that two Oma-
ha widowers had chop suey party
with two of the girls at an all-night
Chinese restaurant.
One Omaha matron was hostess
that evening until the wee small
hours at a ham and eggs party which
she would not give to the society ed
itor. Manv a tale has been whis-
pered about that members of our
most exclusive circles were not on
their best behavior that evening.
CAYS one Omaha miss, II shall
never be engaged until l am q
~ years old" Nay, nay, my dear
you are far too lovely to escape
from Master Cupid's tricky arrows
In fact, should you by some chance
escape him, then to escape the tell
ing, tattling tongue of Gabby, you
must become engaged and announce
the fact. Many romance has been
furthered by Gabby's column, fol
she is ever in sympathy with the de.
voted knight who seeks the love Of
his lady fair.
It is not so very long ago that
one Omaha man began to think that
his tireless siege at the heart of q
popular maiden would be unavail
ing. Gabby heard, and sympathiz
ing, began to wonder how she might
aid him. Promptly she put on he,
thinking cap" She called Mis-: