Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-23
/ III Woman's Work in the World III i
Just Between Ourselves
and Gabby DetaylS
Secrets Will Out
"Estaters" From the Country Are Giving Us
Competition and It Behooves Us to Come
Out of Our Comas to Compete

our doubts as to the congeniality OF
this select few if they are forced (by
the exclusion OF many good, Jolly
souls, who have spent more than
they have saved and laughed more
than they have frowned) to ningle
intimately.
Well. we should worry. II isn't
our affair, or our club, but it is orr
gossip column.
.
Coming events cast their sparkles
before and our minds Immediately
run along the lines of orange BIOS
SONS and tulle when a pretty girl
wears a solitaire. But this time we
have the same sparkles from a new
angle, for you see it's not an engage
inent ringl Everyone knows the
girl, for her charming personality
has won her many friends, but the
man in the case, who is overseas, is
not so familiar to us. But the ring
whereof we speak is worn on tbs
little fnger-instead of the fourth
and is a tiny band set with dia.
monds. 1t came from overseas and
was wrapped with clusters of mis-
tletoe and holly, for it was a yule
tide remembrance, you see. NAM
friends have admired the beautitu
gift, but not one has discovered thI
identity of the donor.
We hear on good authority tina,
this attractive maiden gave very
informal little tea not long age
when she told her intimate girl
friends of her engagement, but thS
formal announcement has not YET
been made. However, we are wait
ing eagerly for the next sparkle, as
we are confident it will radiate from
the fourth finger of milady's left
hand.
With all these scents, we con-
clude that there will be matrimony
to follow and so we wish to give
our bit to the bride--our bit Of adj
vice, we mean. The seven-hundreth
wife of Solomon 1--WE said before
that we are no good at figures) con-
fesses that matrimony is a colossal
job and that all one needs to know,
to be a perfect wife is to be angelic
of disposition, a proficient cook, an
expert in dietetics, hygienics aud eu-
genics, traiped nursing and domes-
tic service, plain sewing, interior
DECORATIONS; she must have a Cos
slipping knowledge of literature, art.
history, life everlasting, mental sci
ence and above all domestic econ
omy. This comes in the elemental
stage with more-much more to fol-
low. But weep not, dear girlies. for
matrimony is life job and you will
have plenty of time to complete the
course if you wish to become a per-
feet wife.
/ oh, motherl May l go out to
swim?
Yes, but stay out Of the water
And hang your furs On hickory
limb
While waiting for Neptune's
daughter.
This is one of the little paro-
dies "kind friends" are singing to a
| SlOup Va oONlCA9 WOAtAIAl VIII WEAk
to the Athletic club to "be present
when the sea nymph arrived at the
natatorium of said club. But many
of these enthusiastic ladies' who
were eager to learn the secret Of
fesh-reduction, of physical fitness
and, most of all, to see what a close
up of Annette would really look
like, came swathed n furs and win
ter toys.
But the heatl Ny, oh myl The
thermometer registered a suitable
temperature for swimmers, and,
while the ladies waited and waited
compilations grew more streaked
until signs and tappings Of feet filled
every corner of the place.
And then, too, many of our fair
maids and matrons sat on the edge
Of the pool waiting for Annette un.
til storms of protest burst forth.
So the school of little fishes fret
ted and swan and waited some more
for the beautiful nymph who did
not appear-and her reason was
! BECAUSE"