Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-16
Gabby Does Not Vouch
For Anything, but She
Usually Tells Facts
Oh, Che! Your HON e.
Grown M 0 d els Are
Frights. Ugh ! Helpl
WE are expecting ii TO hit
wv Omaha most any minutel
wv And when II does thern will

And when IL does, there VIII
be nothing in New York or any.
where in the world, more enthusi
astically welcomed than the Splash
Tea"
firing OF tango teas. pink teas and
Of the dansants, New York has found
brand new way Of serving this In
dispensable beverage, The idea was,
we presume, taken from the sea
nymph and the rules and methods
OF acquiring the necessary agility,
from the Japanese aerohats.
By-the-way, we refer to the
Splash Tea" as you probably know
after reading the second paragraph
Of this chatter. This splash tea"
served in a swimming pool, Is the
newest fad.
Remember the last time you bal
anced a cup of tea on one knee and
plate on the other and expected
the worst TO happen1 Well the re-
quirsments of the newest tea party
are that one must be able TO swim
out to the center of the pool with
one hand, balancing the tray with
tea things above water with the
other. Ones most proficient guests
must swim about the tray and take
their cups. Then tea is poured,
sweetened, favored, stirred and
drunk. Splash teas are never served
in water less than six feet deep.
1.-THE tea promises to become
popular in New York" says our
Manhattan authority, although from
the nature of its requirement 1t is
not likely to attain to the rage on
Broadway that some of its predeces-
sors have had, as it eliminates one
of the chief 'raisons d'etre' of the
old-fashioned tea, namely, gossip
There are several places where
Omaha women might learn to ac-
comolish this feat-we mention the
Y. W., the Athletic club for inn
mediate use, although, if the fad
doesn't hit us for a few weeks we
might add a few of the resorts
within automobile reach Of the city
Still mentally wandering around
the metropolis, we notice that the
society women have organized a
Tank Corps club as means of
keeping together the Treat En-
Rough" corps upon their discharge
from service. The club rooms will
contain all that is attractive TO the
ex-fighters. Of course, we are only
surm:sing or suggesting or limiting,
but we venture to say that a Tank
club" might be popular organiza-
ton in Omaha. 1t might also be a
means of keeping husbands and
wives together-at the club, Of
course-with Everything attractive,
and refreshments, we presume-at
the "Tank Club" but, then we may
be mistaken, since there are several
dehnitions-we're only taking the,
well. er, the popular-Um, yes, now
shat that's settled.
One swallow does not make
summer but two straw bonnets and
Ora Cne do make a spring and we
were on our tip-toes when the little
man of fashion in his sealskin coat
came in to invite us to a really, hon
est-to-goodness style show at the
Blackstone Thursday. Our hopes
were tinged with rose, for surely
we expected to be whisked from
prosaic Omaha into the livery and
gold of Lady Duff Gordon's Paris
shop.
But after ali It was only the ball
room at the Blackstone, with few
palms added and oh, such
squeaky orchestral Ora Cne came
out finally, with his incest bow, and
gave us very clever little metro
politan atmosphere. When he spoke
of his 'charmant' models, we
frightened, for we felt sure they
would be Junos or Billie Burkes OF
something.
A soft (?) lifting little note from
the violin, and the lights fiiekered
out We sat on the edge Of our
chairs and Miss Model Number One
stepped out. She was pretty but
vaguely familiar and her suit was
very lsmart-with its little blue hat
trimmed in wheat and roses, but
still she looked very pale-poor girl,
perhaps she was tired. After twirIing
about several times she skipped of
and another of the mannikins step
ped forth and at the same minute
bang, went the spot light.
We gasped, we chokedl Merci
such a sallowness. We longed ia
rush forth and lend her a little pink
from a small and wicked box lodg.
ing in our bag. And you should have
seen the poor lady walll-really il
was dreadful. OF course, she wore
one of the new slinky skirts and was
probably afraid Of skidding, but She
had the funniest little hop, skip and
jump. She held her arms out straight
in front of her, just what she ex-
pected we do not know, probably
bouquet or something.
Finally we had them all named and
the pretty gowns were almost
eclipsed BY the Omaha goddessea
who wore them. There was Miss Hop
and Miss Mouth Open (she had that
"adenoidy" look. you knowD And
then there was Miss Sunbeam, she
really was sweet, gave such a pretty
| little smile mhen she emerged in a
new gown
But waitl These were only the
street suits and afternoon dresses
and we trembled when we remem-
bered the sleeveless dinner gown.
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