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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. JULY 26. 1917. Enter the Knitting Needle. At this juncture, enter the knitting needle 1 In the days when knitting was a favorite amusement of our grand mothers, utility rather than beauty was considered in making the imple ments of that trade. Somewhere in houses where things of age are treas ured there are sure to be bunches of old knitting needles tied together and put away. These needles are long plain points of steel with no orna mentation of any kind. Several years ago when the intro duction of scarfs and sweater coats brought knitting into favor among a few of the older people, large wooden needles came on the market for use in fashioning these large articles. Now that the great craze for knitting eye binders, socks for soldiers, woolen jackets for sailors and wool and silken sweater coats for each pretty x has swept over the country an entiri ly new style of knitting needles has come into vogue. Amber or jade in every color, red, yellow, blue, green and rose is being shown in the form of long ornamented knitting needles. Inside the gorgeous ly knitting bags which hang on so many arms there is sure to be a pair of these beautiful needles. One woman, whom Mellificia saw last week improving her time knitting while she waited for a salesman to wait upon her, was making a bright red wool sweater on a pair of long bright red needles. Miss Florence Nason has a pair of these bright red ones. Jewelers are showing even more ornate needles than these, for some are gold mounted and jeweled until the old-fashioned steel needles would not be able to recognize them as members of the knitting needle fam ily. Ivory needles with gold heads set with sky-blue stones make a pretty sight when weaving through soft silk or yarn of sky-blue wool. Mrs. Allen Parmer can boast of some of the genuine old needles which her grandmother used sixty years ago. These she employs busily in making eye binders for the wounded abroad. Jnside information says that the prize 'or the next women's golf tournament nay be a pair of knitting needles. Since it is an assured fact that any number of golf players who go to Manawa next Monday will take with them their knitting bags in order that between times they may sit on the cool porches of the boat club plying their needles, the prize will surely be appreciated. ' Young-Calvert Wedding. First large courch wedding ever celebrated in Benson and fust mar riage ceremony to be performed in the new Benson Methohist church will be the distinction of the nup tial ceremony of Miss Gertrude Cal vert, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. John Calvert, and Mr. Roy Young,' son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Young. The ceremony will be performed tonight at 8:30 by the bride's father, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. U. G. Brown, district superintendent. The bride will wear a gown of white silk crepe dc chine with georgette crepe and pearl trimmings. The skirt is cut in round length and a jacket effect of the georgette crepe edged with pearl will cover the bod ice. A long tulle veil will be held in place with white sweet peas. She will carry a shower bouquet of bride's roses and sweet peas. Miss Edith Calvert, sister of the bride, as maid of honor, will wear a simple gown of pink silk with rosebud trimmings and will carry an arm bou quet of pink roses. Little Miss Grace Young, sister of the bridegroom, in a white lingerie dress, will carry the ring in a lily. Mr. William Wilson will be best man. The ushers will be Messrs. John Calvert. Earl Young, Fred Davey and Walter Hitch. Mr. and Mrs. Young will leave to night for a wedding trip to Chey enne, after which they will be at home at the home of the bridegroom's par ents for the present. Mr. Young has enlisted in . the government service in the engineering department and is only awaiting his appointment. ' Twenty-five out-of-town guests at tended the ceremony. Over 300 in vitations were issued. At Seymour Lake Country Club. More than fifty men participated iii the first of a series of good fellow ship dinners, which was given for men only, at the club Tuesday night. Generous quantities of old-fashioned fried chicken and biscuits were the prevailing "table decoration." The club quartet contributed to the musi cal program and was assisted by the entire company. The chief surprise of the evening was the advent of the "woman of 1918." Mr. Henry Ny gaard interpreted the part, being clad in the new and popular feminalls, and the accessories included white silk hose, patent leather pumps, wedding and diamond rings, chic white straw hat, beneath which rolls of dark braids were visible. From the depths of a knitting bag he produced many favors, which he presented to the guests. Mr. R. E. Sunderland, as toastmaster, brought responses from Judge J. W. Woodrough, Messrs. Fred Carey, James Allen, D. A. John son, Arthur Swanson, Roy Dennis and others. The second of the series of bene fit card parties will be given Thurs day afternoon, to which all women are invited. One of the larger par ties will be entertained by Mrs. E. O. Furen, who will have eighteen guests. The regular Friday night dancing party has been postponed until Sat urday for this week only. At the Field Club. Twenty-five tables were filled with plavers at the bridge tournament at the" Field club Tuesday, proceeds of which were turned over to the Daugh ters of the American Revolution, to apply, on their fund toward a conva lescent hospital for Nebraska soldiers abroad. Fifty-one dollars resulted from admission fees. Mrs. A. Donne gan won the teakwood taboret, Mrs. Charles Garvey. the Chinese rose jar; Mrs. H. K. Schaffer, the Japanese sweet box; Mrs. Howard McMonies, the pair of white kid gloves; Mrs. Frank Coudry, the picture of Madame LeBrun and daughter, and Mrs. Grant Williams, the mahogany tray. At the Boat Club. A party of Omahans motored over to the Council Bluffs Rowing associa tion Tuesday night for dinner and spent the evening dancing as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. David son. Mrs. W. S. Rigdon and Mrs. Perry Eadollett are spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clarke in Red VALUABLE GIFT GIVEN TO W. 0. T. U. HEAD. MRS. N. J. M'KITTRICK. When members of the Omaha Woman's Christian Temperance un ion learned that their president, Mrs. N. J. McKittrick, had been robbed of her gold watch a month ago they clubbed together and presented her with a handsome gold wrist watch. So generous was the response of the members, however, that enough re mained to purchase a leather hand bag. This bag, with a coin purse filled with the remaining change, was presented to Mrs. McKittrick at the picnic of the organization at Miller park today. Oak, la. They will be accompanied on their return by their host and hostess, who are frequent visitors in Council Bluffs and Omaha, and a fish supper will be given in their honor at the club probably Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hughes and family are spending two weeks at the Boat club. On the Calender. Mrs. A. C. Nerness will have fifteen rucsIs at luncheon at the Blackstone T --Jay. j. E. Pulver will entertain a i of five at luncheon at Happy I n.'.. mv club Thursday. Here and There With Society. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Mills and daughter, Miss Ruth Mills, left today for a motor trip among the northern lakes. They will be gone during the month of August. Registering at the Hotel McAplin from Omaha during the last week have been: Mr. and Mrs. F. Pratt Harwood, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fine, Messrs. J. J. Crowley, James Aherne, C. D. Armstrong, Joseph L. Wolf, Mark Leon, J. T. Washob and F. H. Myers. "... Mrs. C. D. Sturtevant is in Chi cago enroute from a visit with her son, Austin, at Culver Military acad emy. In and Out of the Bee Hive. Miss Florence Ellsworth, with her brother, Mr. William Ellsworth, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ells worth, returned Tuesday from a mo tor trip to Kansas City, Fort Leav enworth, Falls City. Plattsmouth and Atchison, Kan. Mrs. E. L. Harper and daughter, Pearl, of Carthage, 111., have just re turned to their home after a visit with Mrs. Harper'f children, Mr. Charles H. Harper, Mr. Hugh H. Harper and Miss Lillie Harper, in Omaha. Miss Florence Stevens is visiting in Macedonia. Ia. Mr. J. H. Ueiling, Mr. R. M. Tib bits, jr., and Mr. C. F. Kohl of Has tings are registered at the Blackstone during' the state golf tournament at the Country club. Pleasures Past. A dancing party was given at the Hanscom Park pavilion Monday night in honor of Miss Belle Krueger of Chicago, who was the guest of Miss Jessie Krueeer, of this city. About twenty-five couples were pres ent. Miss Krueger Jett tor Chicago Tuesday, making several stops on her way home. Comfort Kits Given to Boys Drafted for Service The rrv nf "rliaritv hfffinnpth at home" could not justly be shouted at the twenty-hive Daughters ot the American Revolution women who wnrWfd at the armv building Tues day afternoon making comfort kits. nwarH ihp rinse rit their husv day thirty comfort kits were dis tributed to young men who have just been drafted. "The boys lined up at the door of our headquarters," said Mrs. Philip Potter, "and not one was turned away ... , - - i until tne supply was exnausicu. Kuael Savs He is Much In Need of a Vacation "After all I've gone through with lately I guess I need a vacation," Po lice Commissioner Kugel told callers. He expects to leave about Saturday for Minneapolis for three weeks. Mrs. Kugel and children will leave for Minneapolis Thursday. WHY SOCIETY WOMEN WASH THEIR OWN HAIR They do, not because it is a fad, but because they wish to obtain the greatest possible hair beauty and be sure they are not using anything harmful. They have found that in washing the hair it is never wise to use a makeshift, but is always ad visable to use a preparation made for shampooing only. Many of our friends say they get the best results from a simple home-made canthrox mixture. You can use this at a cost of about three cents a shampoo by getting some canthrox from your druggist, and dissolving a teaspoonful in a cup of hot water. This makes enough shampoo liquid to apply to all the hair instead of just the top of the head, as with most preparations. Dandruff, excess oil and dirt are dis solved and entirely disappear in the rinsing water. Your hair will be so fluffy that it will look much heavier than it is. Its lustre and softness will also delight you. Advertisement. NEED MORE WOMEN TO SOLICIT PLEDGES Districts Cannot All Be Covered by Available Women; Some Have Taken Charge of Several. "More women canvassers," is the plea of Mrs. H. C. Sumney, head of the committee in charge of the city- wide canvass to get housewives to sign the conservation of food pledge card. We are badly in need ot women to canvass the districts east of Twen tieth street, from Leavenworth to Cuming. We also need workers from Cuming to Lake streets," said Mrs. Sumney this morning. Ihis is a patriotic duty that many women with a little spare time can perform as conveniently as not. This canvass is ordered by the government and it is a fine chance to do a little useful work for Uncle Sam." When questioned regarding the ru mor making this canvass compulsory, however, Mrs. Sumney said: "I be lieve that this rumor is entirely with out foundation. Compulsion in such a matter would be utterly impractica ble. Someone must have confounded this canvass with the general reg istration of women for national serv ice, which is to take place in the fall and which will be compulsory." Regarding the attitude taken by a number of Omaha women, who re fused to sign the pledge card because they resented Uncle Sam's interfer ence in the small wastes of their households, when speculators were endangering millions of bushels of grain, without government interven tion, Mrs. Sumney said, "When this attitude was recently brough' to the attention of Mr. Hoover by Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers, a national suf frage leader, he told her that this was not the time for patriotic women to question the doings of the govern ment. The government is doing all it can to protect the country from these gigantic wastes, but the process is ponderous and slow. We are a military nation now, and it is up to us to taken orders without question, believing that if we do our duty in a small way, the government will take care of the greater concerns that come under its larger jurisdiction. This is the attitude Omaha women should take." Mrs. Paul Rivett has been ap pointed chairman of the canvass in Florence, and Mrs. C. F. llotchkiss of the Benson districts'. Miss Evelyn Grim, who worked all through the Prettiest Mile and also covered another large district in that vicinity, has already completed her work and asked for more districts to conquer. Mrs. Mayek Widoe has voluntarily taken charge of the whole South Side. She expects to get a number of wo men to help her. The Misses Louise Folk. lone Warner and Lorraine Warner, triple handed, have undertaken to cover thirty districts lying between Redick avenue and Fort street. This territory includes a scattered, hilly part of town, most tedious to canvass, espe cially in the warm weather, What Women Are Doing Lorain, O., is to have women mail carriers. The War department is planning to use women raido operators. Connecticut was the first state which gives to married women the power to make a will. Miss Julia E. Kersting receives a salary of $1,500 a year as secretary of the new State Clemency board of Ohio. A woman professor at Vassar re cently bought a small plot in the Maine woods and built a house en tirely herself. Mrs. A. S. Burleson, wife of the postmaster general, has written sev eral successful plays and dramatic sketches. Women in commercial and profes sional life hold a better position in the United States than in any other country. : Miss Martha Maynard is manager of the Civic Orchestral society of New York City, an organization of eight-five musicians. Night work for women in factories and laundries in Wisconsin is pro hibited by recent order of the State Industrial commission. The Massachusetts Woman's Chris tian Temperance union has suggested the appointment of women to aid in police work in towns where army training camps are established. Within the next two months the Pennsylvania railroad expects to have more than 200 women working as train dispatchers, operators and sta tion agents at important stations along its main line. It is reported from Rome that the pope has selected Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians, as the recipient of the Golden Rose, the great pontifical Vi3jfffEiiMp : lltlftW Wth Stockinet Covering f Br? 'J 'I h ficikBB i r ; iillv lAcl,ui,vt Armour ftatitr$ Point a$plld fir.) ! lf & i I ' ' t!!ztEczcV ' :F ltlH Armo,"'tSlarHamtandBaeoi are fc vor ! by I ' mtU SttFTtv tfc : illtf Aim crfal houewiee for their "lwiya-undrd Bl-lltlFt: ?f giillliriliil jL t T I f quality and blgb food value. Their flavor pro- I ' t'.th I Mf Ft fctVTV cUlm thdt fcoodnaee. Y era 11 know tbem by I I 1 It &Jdfflrjt tS2d:II 'ItUl th Armonr Oral Label, tbt famon quality. L" .'' lfMjJTfTtOSiJSx 1 1 mrl1 ' toPn,0,t TcelUnc In food product. VAW 'f't'l I C"3 O1 .i i IE itt -ll HoM. BnAaU, Mgr., 13th mid JonM. 1). 10M. I Officer from Fort Snellina Back for Mother's Funeral Jzs. Uir' of the Fourth Nebraska regiment rec ommended by Colonel Baehr to at tend the officers' reserve training camp at Fort Snclling, arrived in Omaha Monday to attend the funeral of his mother, who died Saturday at Council Bluffs. He leaves for Fort Snclling: today. Sergeant Fishbourne stated the "noncoms" from the Fourth were get ting along fine and would, in his opin ion, show up as good, if not better, than the officers selected from civil life. Says Husband Has Not Paid AlimOnV Due Her quoi- of drafted men in each district , ... ' ,, , ! will take three days. As there is Gertrude E. Lurrah has filed pa-, 011, onc phVsician on Mch exemp pers in district court against Llif-ltion boan, u ;s oei;cvcd jt would be ford E. Miller, Flo Les apartments, in ib)e ,0 exaniinc A mca oti. manager of the Avery company, al-, k(i jn ,hc t,rec-lav period, leging nonpayment of alimony. They j Each board probablv will appoint were divorced April 7, 1905. as lany cxtra physicians as arc husband has an income of more than $3,00(1 a vcar and owns property in York county worth $25,000. They have two small children. The mother asks the court to grant her $1,100 maintenance money and $25 a month for each of the chil dren until they reach the age of 18. More Than Three Thousand Turned. Over to Red Cross Four thousand eighty-six dollars and fifty cents was the amount cleared for the Red Cross work from "The Rattle of the Ancre," played at the Brandeis last week. One thousand dollars of this was turned over to the national associa tion, but the remaining $3,486.50 was turned over this morning to Gould DieU for the Omaha chapter. This work was in charge of the Omaha Motel Men's association. The money will be used on the ambulance fund. HYMENEAL Limas-Sperry. Miss Doris Sperry, daughter of George Sperry, and Juan Linias of Brighton, la., were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge at his residence Tuesday noon. They were accom panied by Isabel Linias, Mrs. Effie Glover and little Miss Mable Glover. Chappell-Kelly. Miss Irene Kelly, daughter o Frank R. Kelly of North Bend. Neb., and Raymond W. Chappell of Ben son were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge at his residence Tuesday afternoon at 5. The groom's father and sister, Edward A. Chappell and Miss Bessie of Benson accompanied them. Peterson-Mattespn. Miss Mildred Matteson, daughter of Oscar Matteson, and Arthur O. Peterson were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge at his residence Tuesday evening at 8. They were accompanied by the bride's mother, Clyde F. Matteson and Miss Dorothy Matteson. honor annually bestowed upon some most worthy individual. The leader in the education of woiyen in Japan is Miss Umcko Tsuda, a graduate of Bryn Mawr col lege, who was one of the first five girls sent by the government of her country to the United States to study. The New York Infirmary for Women and Children, founded in 1854 by a pioneer suffragist and physician, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, is to offer to the government the first ambu lance unit composed entirely of women. y The Strongest lixilcInThs Chain of Homelconomyls fliii A. JOtstWr Why Bake In Kitchen Heat ? Let SdmbePoU-Ycu Just Eat Jlvoid Imitations and Substitutes PYTRA nftf,T(M ON j MJjUUlUtt& ,U" ! EXEMPTION BOARDS No Claims for Exemption Will Be Heard Until Double Draft Quota is Physically Ex amined. When the six exemption boards in Douglas county begin work, which will not be until after master lists of draft numbers drawn in Washing ton reach Omaha, it will probably be necessary to call in extra physi cians for the period of the examina tions. Physical examinations of double the No claims for exemptions will be heard until after double the cjuota of drafted men arc examined m each district. These claims will then be heard in the order in which the men were drafted, not in the order in which they arc filed. Must Wait Their Turns. Every drafted man will have to wait his turn, no matter how anx ious he is to claim exemption. Exemption board members daily are receiving hundreds of appeals from fathers, mothers and relatives of drafted men who wish early in formation as to "what the chances are," etc. "We'll play no favorites," said Act ing County Judge Sundblad, chair man of one of the exemption boards. "Everyone will have a fair oppor tunity to claim exemption and then appeal to higher authorities if he is not satisfied with our finding. "The government docs not want to take a man who really has depend ents actual dependents who would suffer if he were called to the colors. "Also, a man does not have to claim exemption on grounds of phy sical defects. There will be enough doctors to deride whether a. man is physically able to stand army life. "If he isn't, then the government does not want him. However, I've heard since the number! were drawn in Washington, many men have dis covered heretofore unknown defects. f Exemption boards will decide wheth- imaginary." South Siders Ready. Perry Wheeler, clerk of the police court and a member of the South Side exemption board, says that the board is ready to go to work as soon as the of.icial numbers are received from Washington. "We received a circular from the government Tuesday authorizing us to require additional affidavits in cases which we thought called for them. Three affidavits are required, onc from the man who is drafted, one from his dependent, and one fronj some disinterested person. More may be asked for if the board thinks it necessary. "In case the board feels that any Swedes afct one is not being absolutely fair in their request for exemption, it is to notify the United States attorney and thorough investigation will be made. "The government wishes us to pro tect anyone who is really dependent. We are to use common sense and give each claim for exemption our careful consideration." Canning and Preserving Recipes ! Booklet containing full directions . I J J 1 , I nnu Kummen moeis ior marKing jars (Ktfc. Call at office of OMAHA GAS COMPANY, 1509 Howard Street. Made in II Whole Wheat. More Nutritious than Bread J . 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