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    What,
Women Are
Doing in the World
NEW PEESIDENT SACKED
HEART ALUMNAE.
Tennyson chapter of the Chautau
qua circle will meet at the public li
brary Monday afternoon at 2:30. The
lesson for the day will be "France
Under the Republic," the first two
chapters, and the subject of discus
sion will be "Foundations of Modern
Europe," led by Mrs. W. A. George.
Items of interest on Serbia will be
the response roll call.
Rev. A. A. De Larme of the First
.Baptist church will speak at the Bus
iness Women's council Tuesday in
the court house. The Kings' Daugh
ters of Central United Presbyterian
church will serve luncheon between
11 and 2 o'clock.
Mrs. G. A. Roberts will be hostess
for tJie West Omaha Mothers' Cul
ture club Friday afternoon at hfcr
home, 204 North Fifty-second street.
Roll call response will be quotations
from James Fcnimore Cooper and the
meeting will be given over to the last
fifteen chapters of "The Last of the
Mohicans," which the club has been
studying.
Mrs. W. W. Carmichael, Mrs. T. W.
Cox and Mrs. J. E. D.ugan will enter
tain club members and their hus
bands at an open meeting to be held
at Mrs. Dugan's home the evening of
December 15. ,
In the absence of Mrs. Edgar Allen,
who was called to California, Mrs. F.
B. Bryant will assume chairmanship
of the Omaha Woman's club commit
tee working with the Franco-Belgian
Relief society Wednesday afternoons.
The women roll bandages and make
surgical dressings for European field
hospitals,
Do laws on our statute books con
flict with divine law? To set at rest
some questions on this score, Mrs. C.
W. Hayes, leader of the political and
social science department, Omaha
Woman's club, has arranged i three
cornered discussion for Monday after
noon's meeting. Rev. A. B. Marshall
of the theological seminary will talk
on "Religion and the Law; Gus Mil
ler of the juvenile, court, "Humanity
and the Law," and J. Dean Ringer on
"Law and Justice."
A few moments will be devoted to
an informal Thanksgiving service.
We shall take an inventory of our
blessings and count what we in this
country have to be thankful for.
There is too much grumbling about
the high cost of living and no ac
knowledgement of our many bless
ings," said Mrs. Hayes. An invitation
has been extended all club members
to attend the department meeting.
The first lesson in correct diction
will be given by oratory department
members of the Woman's club Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock in the
Metropolitan club bouse. Mispro
nounced words will be the object
lesson. '
At 4 o'clock that afternoon Mrs. T.
H. Tibbies, will review "Influence and
How to Exert It," by the Japanese
author, Yoritomo-Tashi. This will be
for the philosophy and ethics depart
ment. "David's Sons" will be the Bible
subject ' considered by the current
topics department Tuesday at 2:30
o'clock. Current events and some new
books will be reviewed following the
Bible lesson. ' ,,
Mrs. J. J. Melick will lead the pro
gram on Italian art for the art depart
ment, Omaha Woman's club, Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock. Mantegna,
master of the Paduan school; Bellini,;
founder of the Venetian school, and
Carpaccio are the artists whose works
will be discussed.
Madame Laure de Vilmar, soprano,
who has come from abroad to take up
her residence in Omaha, together with
Jean Lamont Schaeffer, violinist, will
give the program for the music de
partment, Omaha Woman's club, on
Thursday at 2:30 o'clock. Madame de
Vilmar will preface their musical num
bers with a talk on "Music in Paris."
Nebraska's early history, the terri
torial governors and the Omaha In
dians will furnish the program for
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ITrsCharks C.Allison
Major Isaac Sadler chapter, Daugh
ters of the American Revolution, Sat
urday at 2:30 o'clock, at the home of
Mrs. Edward B. Gibbs. Mrs. Walter
Halsey will tell about the Indians and
Miss Marjorie Diddock, a descendant
of Joseph La Flesche, last chief of
the Omaha Indians, and a student at
Bellevue college, will sing Indian
folk songs'. Miss Diddock's home is
at Walthill, Neb.
New religious movements, Chris
tian Science, ethical culture, spiritual
ism and theosophy will be presented
to the Clio club this afternoon by the
Misses Helen Sommer, Edna Levine,
Malvina Newman and Ella Fleish
man. The meeting will be held -at
the home of Miss Blanche Frank.
Important business is scheduled for
the meeting of Omaha Suffrage asso
ciation Wednesday at 2:30 o'clock at
Lyric hall This will be the first
meeting presided over by the new
president, Mrs. R. E. McKelvy.
Shakespeare's "King Lear" will be
taken tr by Mu Sigma Wednesday
morning at the home of Mrs. C. C.
Belden, 4909 California street Mrs.
John Austin will discuss the origin
and function of the fool in Shake
speare's drama;- Mrs. G. W. Noble,
Mrs. P. M. Conklin and Mrs. C M.
Axtell will contrast the characters of
Kent and Gloucester, Edgar and Ed
mund, Cordelia with those of Goneril
and Regan, and Miss May Riale will
talk on "Lear, i Psychological
Study." Mrs. I, W. Carpenter leads
the program and Mrs. H, D. Neely
the infortna) discussion. 4 . , ,
Suggested changes in the constitu
tion will betaken vp by Drama league
members Tuesday at. i o'clock at the
public, library. .Following the busi-.
ness meeting at 4 o'clock, Miss Kate
McHugh, the president, will read and
interpret Percy Mackaye's "Caliban
by the Yellow Sands." ,: '
M. R. T.' Frant nr.iUnt nt th
Woman's club of the Railway Mail
service, will entertain rluh mmht
and former members Wednesday
aitcrnuon at a Kensington. ,
The leaders and chairmen' of the
Neighborhood Bible classes met at the
Young Men's Christian association
aionaay aiiernoon. i ne lessons
given for the next two weeks were
the Deluge and Nations, Uen. i to 11,
and Abraham's Call. Gen 12. Mrs.
Charles Wright sang "The Lord is
My shepherd.
A memorial program for absent
members has been arranged for chap
ter M of P. E. O. sisterhood, Satur
day, under the direction of Mrs. M.
O. Mabery. Mrs. Mabery and Lulu
B. Mathews are to be hostesses.
Miss Ruth Fisher will be hostess
for the story tellers' section. Associa
tion of Collegiate Alumnae, Wednes
day at 4 o clock, instead ot Mrs. Rob
ert Gantt. Miss Ruth Thompson will
tell an American story and Miss Mary
Bourke a French story.
Juliet Wilbor Tompkins' "The Seed
of the Righteous" will be studied by
the Dundee Woman's, club Wednes
day, at the home of Mrs. A. C. Cross
man. Mrs. W. H. Hancock, who
leads the round table discussion, will
be assisted bv Mrs. Clyde Drew and
Mrs. T. L. Combs. Mrs. A. D. Brad
ley will give items of current interest.
Thomas J. Kelly's "Little Story of
the Epiphany" will be told by Mrs.
C. W. Pollard, leader of the program,
at the Omaha story tellers league
meeting Thursday at the public
library. Mr. Kelly is the Omaha mu
sician who divides his time between
here and Chicago. Miss Agnes Somers
will give Wagner s biography ana
Mrs. Raymond Hayward will tell the
story of "The Flying Dutchman."
i
The governments of Norway and
Sweden will be discussed by the litera
ture department, South Omaha
Woman's club, Tuesday when it meets
at Library hall. Mrs. J. B. Watkins
is leader of the program. Mrs. t. M.
Sloane and Mrs. A. W. Miller will
tell about the royal families of the
two countries; Mrs. J. B. Watkins,
law-making; Dr. A. W. Ralston, rights
of suffrage and local government, and
Mrs. C. L. Talbot, armies and navies.
A social meeting of the Miller Park
Mothers' circle will be held Wednes
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
home of Mrs, W, Benson, 2820 Ellison
avenue. The hostess will be assisted
by Mesdames E. Melvin, B. C Little-
held, U A. Tennant, 1. f. Davis, r..
W. Peets and Charles Thiem.
Plans for the organization's Christ
mas charity will be taken up by the
city federation of Child Conservation
leagues, Monday at 2 o'clock at the
Young Women's Christian association.
Mrs. J. E. Goodrich will be hostess
tor tne aermo ciuo juesaay. Mrs.
Bergen will read the biography of
John Greenleaf Whittier.
Benson Woman's club will hold its
last meeting till after the new year
Inursday at the city hall. Mrs.
Armstrong will lead the program of
Drama. Mrs. W. A. Wilcox will
read a paper, "The Philosophy of
Ibsen; Mrs. t. L. Hodder will give
a review on "A Doll's House," and
Mrs. H. Rivett gives an interpretative
reading of Rostand's "Chanticleer."
The P. E. O. sisterhood of Benson
held a parliamentary drill Monday
at the home of Mrs. Tracy, with Mrs.
A. werness as leader. (Jn Decem
ber 11 a social meeting will be held.
It will be a children's party, an an
nual affair. , ' 1
.Mrs. Harry Knudsen will be hostess
lor the Benson B. L. s. club at her
home Tuesday afternoon for a card
party. .
' A business meeting of Chapter B.
K. of the P. E. O. sisterhood will be
held Monday at the home of Miss
Agnes Livesey, in advance of the tea
and. Christmas Sale which the chap
ter will Hold Wednesday at the borne
of Mrs. John Turner Buchanan.
Mrs. J. J. Stubbs was re-elected
president of Nebraska chapter, United
States Daughters of 1812, at the an
nual meeting held Friday at the home
of Mrs. Byron Peterson. Mrs. George
B. Darr is the honorary president
Mrs. C. E. Adams is first vice presi
dent; Mrs. G. A. Moses of Crawford,
aecond vice president; Mrs. Byron
Peterson, recording secretary; Mrs. S.
A. Collins, corresponding secretary;
Mrs.,E. F. Brailey, treasurer; Mrs.
Silas Wright,' registrar, and Mrs.
Warren Perry of Jairbury, historian.
Mrs. John A. Ryan, Mrs. Max Hos
tetler of Shelton and Mrs. Thomas
Wood of David City are board mem
bers. George Crook Woman's Relief
corps will meet Friday to elect officers
for next year. The meeting will be in
Memorial hall, court house.
General Henry W. Lawton auxil
iary to Camp Lee Forby of the Span
ish War Veterans, will meet at Me
morial hall Wednesday at 2 o'clock
to elect officers.
Mrs. Conant will be hostess for the
Sojourners' club ' of Malva White
Shrine Tuesday afternoon at her
home, Hotel Harley. Assisting her
will be Mrs. W. W. Kerr, Mrs. H. C.
Barton and Mrs. A. G. Rocheford.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Prettiest Mile Golf club Tuesday
evening, at the home of Mrs. C. S.
Rainbolt, will occur the annual elec
tion of officers. The present officers
are: Mrs. W. H. Flynn, president;
Mrs. A. M. Smith, vice president;
Mrs. A. D. Northrup, secretary; Mrs.
F. M. High, treasurer, and Mrs. R.
W. Emerson, press correspondent.
Miss Kate A. McHugh will speak
on "The Novel and What We May
Gain From It" before Temple Israel
sisterhood Monday at 2:30 o'clock at
Temple Israel, Park avenue and Jack
son street. Effie Steen Kittelson will
talk on "Personalities," illustrated by
poems from the classics. A piano solo,
"Lc Dernier Sourire," will be given
by Mrs. A. Pollack. The program is
in charge of Mrs. C. S. Elgutter.
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The Society of American Widows
will hold a bazar Saturday at 206
Crounse building, opposite the postof
fice. The proceeds of the bazar will
be used to carry on the work of the
society and start a building fund.
Bricks will be sold, in the form of red
boxes filled with candy, to help swell
the building fund.
Election of officers will take place
at the meeting of U. S. Grant Wom
an's Relief corps Tuesday at 2:30
o'clock at Memorial hall.
Chapter E of P. E. O. sisterhood
meets Thursday at the home of Mrs.
F. M. Penney, 405 North Thirty
ninth -street. The meeting is an all
day one, the time to be spent cro
cheting and braiding rugs, the pro
ceeds from which will help defray
expenses for entertaining the su
preme convention in Omaha next
year. Orchard-Wilhelm company has
promised to purchase all rugs made
by the sisterhood.
A special meeting of the ladies' aux
iliary will be held in the Young Men's
Hebrew association club rooms, Pax
ton block, Monday evening at 8
o'clock.
McKinlcy ladies' auxiliary to B'nai
B'rith is giving a dancing parry for
members and their guests Tuesday
evening at Miss Cooper's studio in
the Lyric building.
T. w. c. A. Kotos.
The Sunday veeper .ervlce Is to be an
Informal meeting In the parlor. Mlu Olga
Bitner will turnleh ; violin munlc. Mlae
Bather Rtamata will be the heatea.
Monday evening at 7 o'clock the Hewing
elaaaea of the domeetlc arts department will
have a bazar In the parlor on the flrat floor.
Noveltlea for Chrtatmaa alfta will be there
for Bale.-
Wednesday evening, December t, the C
A. A. C. club will have a Chrtatmaa ban
quet at the aasoelaUon building.
West Ambler
Social Activities
Mr. and Mrs. John Robshaw of
West Side have taken a new bunga
low home at Fifty-fourth and Pacific
for the .winter.
Mrs. A. M. Kelley returned
Wednesday from Medalia, Minn.,
where she has been the guest of her
son since October 1.
Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson had
as. their guests Thursday her sister,
Mrs. George Peck, husband and son,
Kenneth Dale, and Miss Agnes Kache
of South Omaha.
Rev. W. H. Downing and wife spent
Thanksgiving with relatives at Nick
erson, Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nielson and two
children spent the week-end with her
sister in Council Bluffs.
Mr. and Mrs. William Moore of
Benson spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. M. Roderick.
The teachers and pupils of West
Lawn school gave their annual box
supper at the building on Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. C. Underwood, who has been
the guest the last month of Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Plummer, left for home
in Topeka Monday. I
AndreV Jacobsen, who is attending
school near Lincoln, came home to
spend Thanksgiving with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Jacobsen. '
Mrs. M. McCain attended the wed
ding of her grandson, George Scott,
to Miss Grace Dudley on Thanksgiv
ing day.
Messrs. Claude Plummer and Joe
Brave of Rosebud agency, South Da
kota, were week-end guests of the for
mer's brother, C. M. Plummer, and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Fulmer had as
their Thanksgiving guests her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Van Meter,
and aunt, Mrs. Sam Willard, of Ham
burg, la.
Mrs. Charles Baarman has been
caring for her nephew, William
Aughe, jr., in Council Bluffs the last
week while he has been ill with lung
fever.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berger, who
have been living on west Poppleton
street for the summer, have gone back
to O'Neil to live.
Mrs. M. Moore returned Sunday
from Waneta, la., where she had been
called to see her mother, Mrs.
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All Popnlar Makes, Including the Weil
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Phone" Dooglae 02&3 for Appointment.
Christmas Greeting Cards
Many ice and Exclusive
Novelties
Place your orders for engraving. New Christmas seals. Tags and
Labels. Crane's Highland Linen Box Papers. Desk Sets. Card
Cases. Brass Novelties. Portfolios. Writing Lap Tablets. Law
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v Make up your gift list Come in and look around.
The Moyer Stationery Co.
1611 Farnam Stmt.
Thompsen, who was stricken with
paralysis.
Mrs. and Mrs. J. Rapp entertained
Mrs. J. Shine and daughter, MisS
Viola, of Kearney the last week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Vaughn, parents
of Mr. Hoover and former residents
of West Side, from Weston, la., were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Long.
Frank Cockayne and wife had as
their house guests Thanksgiving their
aunt's family, Mr. and Mrs. William
Vickers, and their nephew, J. Bos
tock, wife and daughter. Vera, of
Glenwood, la.
Mrs. R. Brady and daughter, Mil
dred Alice, of Keota, Colo., arrived
Sunday evening for a few days' visit
with her aunt, Mrs. A. Jackson, and
family, leaving Wednesday evening
for Bloomington, III., to visit her
mother.
Mrs. H. S. Miller was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cress in South
Omaha Thursday, who gave a feast
for their house guests, Mrs. J. Case
and daughter, Mrs. Carrie Click, and
son, Earl.
Arthur Rodgers returned home Sat
urday morning from Palisade, Neb.,
where he has been holding evangelis
tic services the- last month, and will
spend Thanksgiving and week-end
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Rodgers, on west Arbor street.
Charles Watkins, wife and children
autoed in from Creston, la., Thurs
day morning and surprised their sis
ter, Miss Josephine Fisher, bringing
well-filled baskets of a prepared
Thanksgiving dinner.
' Miss Gurtfia Long, assisted by the
pupils at Oakdale school on west
Center street, gave a fine Thanksgiv
ing program to the patrons of the
school on Wednesday afternoon, fol
lowed by a substantial treat by the
teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jensen gave a
Thanksgiving feast and reunion at
their home in Eckerman Thursday.
Plates were laid for nineteen. Three
were present, Mrs. Jensen's parents,
Mr. and Mrs., Martin Johnson; her
brothers, Fred John and Will John
son, wife and daughter, ana sister,
Mrs. Grant Hayes, husband and fiva
children and Mrs. Joseph Boyer, hus
band and two children.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gantz and
daughter, Miss Adda, were guests on
Thursday of their son and brother,
G. Gantz, and family in Monmouth
Park, i
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