Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-02
MAHA was on tiptoe Monday
afternoon. The leading lit
~ erary lights were rushing hith-

n MAHA was on tiptoe Monday
afternoon. The leading lit
~ ersry lights were rushing hith-
err and thither, to a luncheon for
Powys, to round up their intellec-
tual friends, and to, reach the Fon-
stcnelle sbys< aossloclf.ims4iufeAtesii hear
the Englishman talk on Gabriel
RAnnunzio. For Gabriel is so de-
fightfully immoral you know. At
the appointed hour the creme de la
creme assembled--it was the thing
to do. They came ,velveted, hated
and lorgnetted, in limousines, taxis
and fiivvers. The lecturer came
forth, finally, gowned in a cassock-
like robe and began to peal forth
strains Of Latin and high-brow
English. Poppies from the astral
plane crept in and soon there was
listlessness apparent to the most
casual observer. Gabby was there
on an inspection tour as well as
to hear the lecture. just as she was
observing this lack of interest, Mr..
Powys said: d'Annunzio is immoral. I
His books, in some places, are SO
broad as to,"--every head. popped
up; every ear was keen Tor what
might come. But disappointing as
it may have been. the speaker
handled his subject in a mastery,
and too delicate "a manner.
* Casual glances by any one of that
large audience. would satisfy the
most fastidious person that the in
tellectuals of Omaha were there.
! Gabby admitted twas proud of
the gray matter assembled. And
she was passing this thought on to
her companion when Powys :poke
Of Byron. One Of. the high-brows.
hear, squirting in an inquiring man
ner, asked the woman seated next
to her: "Byronl Who's Byron?
Who's Byron?"
There is much in every name II you
know how to get It out.
TTAS there ever been JOY with
II out its accompanying sorrow?
- 1t seems that tears must al
ways 60 with smiles to make US
more fully appreciate happiness.
Gabby's column is often filled with
chattering, 1aughable gossip, but
there are times when she gives to
, her readers tale of sadness.
< Today one of the worlds greatest
and most beautiful prima donnas is
penniless and blind. She is Minnie
: Hauk. 1t is said that the once ia
! nous singer is SO poor that she has
sold her jewels to buy bread. She
is widowed, her titled husband,
Baron Ernest. Won Hesse-Wartegg,
having died a year ago. She is
practically blind, and can hardly
grope her way from room to reom
Of the villa on, the shores Of Lake
Lucerne, once occupied by Richard
Wagner, but her home for years! 1t
is heavily mortgaged: she is bur-
dened with debts contracted by her
late husband; her securitiesvdoubt-
less owing to the warfare OF no
value, she writes American officials
in Switzerland,
Minnie Hauk has been called
"New York's own nightingale" for
she was born there on November
; Is, 1852. AS a girl she sang in
Christ church choir while continuI
ing her studies. And her first oper-
attic appearance was made when
she sang Norma in Brooklyn in
1869.
She sang Carmen" 600 times. and
all over the world. For. though
Minnie. Hauk was American-born
and made her first success in her
native land, her fame was inter-
national. Probably few musicians
from the United States have ever
appeared in so many different parts
OF the globe The beautiful tmer-
lean singer was tremendous fav-
orite with ROYALTIES of the last CEN