Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-14
New Recipe
For Salad
Dressing
Greenwich Village Has
Many Followers in
Omaha Society.
BY GABBY DETAILS.


A WEST FARNAM matron en-
n tertaned at dinner a short
- time ago. Being an excellent
cook, she decided to make the salad
dressing for the affair. She did
and all was we'll until at the dinner
table she tasted her concoction.
How fiat that dressing was! Excus-
ing herself. she hurried into the
kitchen, and there. before her eyes,
stood bottle OF dusting oil. which
she had evidently used instead of
salad oil. She rushed into the
dining room and incoherently tried
to explain it to the guests. Two Of
the women waxed hysterical; they
would die, they were certain they
we're poisoned. "An antidote,
quick" they cried.
One of the guests, doctor, at
tempted to CAIN them. He had not
cd the composition of the Qil and
stated that il was absolutely harm
less. BorE women, nevertheless,
were i'll for two days thereafter, al
though those who had eaten larger
portions felt no bad effects.
10
; THERE exists in our fair city an
organization smacking some
what of the life of Greenwich
Village. but which masqucrades as a
society patronizing all the fine arts.
Very exclusive are the members and
most select are their gatherings at
the homes OF members. At one time
they decided to take into their group
en- Omaha clergyman. He was in
vited to attend meeting y. which
music, painting and literature were
discussed. During the evening the
women present indulged themselves
in numerous dainty gold-tipped Gig
arets.
The clergyman may have WINGED
once or twice, but he made a noble
effort to conceal his distaste for the
gathering. He was asked at the
close of the meeting to write brief
- statement of his opinion Of the pro-
gram. Upon this rested his eligi-
bility to membership. The officers
retired in secret conclave to decide
the momentous question. This is
what they read, 81 shall never at
tend another meeting, though /
should be asked 20 times" y.
ABBY lunched at a local club
= one day last week. But no
~ one knew she was there. At
least not two men seated at an ad-
joining table discussing their
wives-respectively. "My wife has
only two faults" said one. "She has
no conception of the value of time.
I always allow from 80 minutes to
an hour when keeping an appoint
ment with her. And second, she
gets up in a cheerful mood in the
morning. l always maintain 81
lenceN verging onto crouch until
about 10 a. m. and | must confess
Il aggravates me to see her so fresh
and smiley
"My wife," returned the elder OF
the two men, "has only one fault but
l believe it equals in magnitude the
two your wife possesses. My wife .
he repeated, "has no conception OF
the value of money She was going
shopping the other day without in
tending to make any large or definite
purchases. and | left a $40 bill.
thinking that might help keep her
in tow. | reasoned that she might
spend the $40 extravagantly on
something like an ornamented hair
pin or a pair of fancy hose, but at
least I thought she could not travel
far aheld on the amount. Alas. 1t
was case of you-are-mistaken-
don't it, for at dinner that evening
she complacently and sweetlv re-
marked that she had made 10 81 de-
posts on c. I'D. deliveriesp
There we are! Twenty dollars
nowadays is only good for deposits
on c. o. D. deliveries. + buys moth
ing
TINE high cost of living is at
fecting many. One Omaha bust.
Il ness man had a well supplied
wardrobe previous to the advance In
prices and therefore had no need to
buv other clothing. He has. how
ever, attained rather a reputation
for being a very good dresser and
his immaculate appearance always
evokes comment from less neat
friends.
A few days ago he had occasion
to send a suit to the cleaners. When
II was returned it bore proudly a
button inscribed, Il am making my
old clothes do" Somewhat cha
grined, he remarked to his wife, 4
did not know the whole town was
aware of it."
A MURDER was nearly COM
u mitted short time ago by
~ prominent matron. Oh, no,
She did not wound the man, she did
not even shoot but she would, had
there been any necessity for the act:
Gabby received the story at second
hand and, therefore, will not vouch
for the minute details, but the gen
eral plot can ne'er be distorted.
The man of the house discovered
a leak in the gas pipes and. not
wishing to have his family asphyx-
lated he telephoned his woes to the
company. All this occurred early
in the morning before the women OF
the home had yet arisen from their
slumbers. Having thus performed
his duty, as he considered It. he de-
parted to the scene of his labors,
luxurious downtown Office.
A couple of hours later in the
morning, the doorbell rang. A man
"a strange man-demanded en-