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PAET TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
PAGES 1 TO 12
PART TWO
AMUSEMENTS
PAGES 1 TO 12
VOL. XL VII NO. 44.
OMAHA, SUNDAY 'MORNING. APRIL 11. 1018.
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THE success of the conservation
campaign in Omaha is due to
organization and co-operation.
Not only are the district chairmen
and block vigilantes proving them
selves faithful and ready to do any
thing which will further the work of
conservation, but the principals, the
teachers and pupils of the public
schools have joined the ranks," said
Miss Nellie Farnsworth, federal food
agent.
"Realizing that whatever you
would incorporate into the life of the
people, you must teach in the public
schools, the teachers are taking time
to teach the lessons of conservation.
In the Park school the one-minute
patriotic speeches, given by the pupils
of the eighth grade Wednesday, were
worked out as a language excersise."
"If each one of you takes care of
the little wastes in your home -the
big war will soon take care of itself.
Women of the United States are the
final arbiters of this appalling con
flict." wrote Neva Fowler in her paper
on "The Houskeeper Decides the
War."
"As they write their market lists
they determine the fate of the state and
its foes. Cook the kaiser's goose on
your own stoves.
"Victory over there is being
weighed upon grocers scales tover
here. The flag out front signifies noth
ing unless it 'is also hanging in the
ice box. Whoever pampers special
tastes hampers the army dines upon
the very Stars and Stripes."
"The best way to conserve food
to send to the allies is by each family
having a war garden thereby helping
to feed ourselves," wrote Altman Swi
hart. "Every person has a little space Vff
ground to cultivate r'TdTFift'Til
vacant lot and by so doing raise veg
tables that take the place of wheat and
meat as they furnish all the nourish
ment our body needs, v
Don't be satisfied by on!, raising
one crop a yearj. Have two or three.
Turnips and cabbages are good to
raise after every other thing is gone.
"Little war gardens on good soil.
Some sunshine and some rain.
Used by those who loyally toil
Will produce much profit and gain."
Food to Win the War.
"We must fight with guns of grain
and bullets of beans. That we must
hurl bombs of cabbages and face the
foe with bayonets of corn. We must
down them with broadsides of po
tatoes, onions and peas," wrote Ella
Headberg.
"Every spuare foot of tillable soil
left implanted this year will provide
an added place for our foe to stand
on.
"The way we in American can help
win the war is by the power of the
plow and spade, harrow and hoe. '
At this moment no words in all the
world are truer than these, "Food Will
Win the War," and no command more
divine than "Produce It."
Miss Farnsworth will continue the
regular instruction classes and address
district meetings as follows this week:
Monday 2:30 p. m., Pacific school,
Mrs. C. C Perhune, chairman; Mon
day, 7:30 p. m., Druid Hill school,
Mrs. Walter J. Taylor, chairman. In
struction class, subject "Fruits, Des
serts and conservation of sugar.
Tuesday, 3 .o'clock, Long schools,
Mrs. A. S. Pinto, chairman; Wednes
day, 3 o'clock, Monmouth Park school,
Mrs. George J. DanieJ, chairman;
Thursday, 3:15 p. m., Saunders school,
Airs. R. E. Winkleman, chairman;
Instruction class, subject, "Salads;"
Friday, 3 o'clock, Kountze Memorial
church; Friday, 7:45 p. m., Howard
"Kennedy school, Mrs. H. H. Weymul
ler, chairman; Instruction class, sub
ject, "Poultry, Fish, Meat Substitues."
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Both surgical dressings and hospital
garments departments of work are
lone by the Scottish Rite Woman's
:lub Red Cross unit, which meets all
day Wednesday in the cathedral. At
ihe meeting Friday the club voted to
buy a $1,000 bond. A Bond of the
name denomination was purchased in
the last drive.
The meeting . of the Dundee
Woman's "club on Wednesday will be
devoted to making surgical dressings
it the Dundee Presbyterian church.
The members will meet at 2:30 p. m.
Dundee division of the First Con
gregational church women's society,
'met Friday and completed 235 tray
cloths for the Nebraska base hospital.
Mrs. E. L. Scott donated the ma
terial. Mrs. .Scott, Airs. J. tfetnune,
Mrs. T. O
Wentwortn, -Mrs. ranme
Manning and Mrs. Lucretia S. Brad
ley had charge of the work.
Miss Vera Harvalis and Mrs. John j
Beshilas. chairmen ot committees so
liciting Liberty bond subscriptions
from the local Greek settlement, re
port more than $2,500 in the third
drive, continuing the splendid show
ing made by the Greeks in previous
drives. Members of the mens De
mosthcnianJeague, who gave ?1,0W,
rill assist the women m making col
lections, turning in their funds
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Assigned! t Cejr
Patriotic "Beat59
BY GABBY DETAYLS.
PARADE notes may seem a bit late,
but Gabby is still thrilling over
the glorious affair, and welcomes any
one who briugs her even a berated tale
about it.
One Red Cross worker told her thai
as her section of the big procession
passed a certain spot on Farnam
street with their white veils fluttering
in the breezes, a gay grouup of young
men on the curb sang out the popular
air, "We don't want to get well, we
don't want to ge't well, we are having
a wonderful time."
Another girl who donned her Re!
Cross outfit and walked just behind
the little pony who was gotten up
with stars to advertise the Red Star
animal relief work, heard some people
referring to her band as "nurses for
horses."
"Although we were a husky looking
lot. I think they overestimated our
ability," commented the little Rd
Grosser, who really does her patriotic
work pounding a typwriter in the
Omaha Red Cross chapter.
m HERE
was a very concrete ex
in Omaha this week of
1 ample
the boys in khaki coming bravely to
the relief of "the little tellow.
It was the day the Omaha Wom
an's club held the ceremony of push
ing the big city Liberty tank up
Farnam street.
On top of the big war weapon the
two buglers were stationed. Beside
them a tableau was staged, in winch
little Miss Marguerite Devin repre
sented Miss Colunibia and Master
James Duffy posed as Uncle Sam.
Down below Major Maher stood on
a soap box and told the crowds they
should fight with bonds.
Everything was going well, when
small Uncle Sam's, foot slipped
through the top of the tank and it
took the combined efforts of the two
husky patriots to keep the little
patriot in his place of honor. One of
the rescuers took the extra precau
tion of placing the baby Columbia in
a more secure spot.
TN AN Omaha
Red Cross work-
i slmn there is a woman said to be
under federal surveillance. She in
voked the wrath of her co-workers
in this wise:
All were making pneumonia jack
ets. Suddenly the words "crooked
work of the government" assailed
incredulous ears. Everybody prompt
ly "sat up and took notice." The voice
continued:
"The government has stolen all of
my property. I don't think the gov
ernment is rieht and I never will
think it is right until it give
my
property back to me.
An out-ot-town
worker corn-
mented:
"She is trying to break into jail
and she'll get there, tot. Evidently,
she doesn't know 20 years in prison
is the penalty now for disloyal state
ments." The first speaker glared at the
stranger.
"Shut your mouth," she snapped.
"If you don't want to hear this, you
don't need to listen."
"I wasn't really talking to you, but
I am now. I'm listening hard, too.
Now listen to this: The government
did not steal your property, and L'm
going to report you."
Following this three women left
the room, .-Vnuouncing they would
not work with a traitor, while an
other, frightened the woman into hys
teria with this remark:
"I have two sons in the army and
I would shoot a spy at sight."
-The woman preferred to tveep
rather than retract her remark and
those in charge of the workshop re
ported her.
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1SS ELIZABETH ROONEY,
principal of Monmouth Park
school, happened into, her kinder
garten room to watch the tots make
some simple articles in connection
with Red Cross work.
One of the boys, his face all seri
ousness, looked up into the prin
cipal's face and said: "Oh, gee, 1 feel
awful patriotic and I also feel awful
tired. Miss Kooncy, let's sing 'Amer
ica.' "
The principal led the singing.
T1 WO fair young things were saun
tering up Farnam street, when
our perfectly good Liberty bank burst
on their vision.
"Well," said one, "! never thought
they would let them put a filling sta
tion right in front of the court
house.
Her ' companion evidently was
awake, for she replied quickly :
"Well, it is a filling station for
Uncle Sam, all right."
m HE latest thing if you arc a wom-
' an celebrity and have one, is to
carry your bethrothed along with you
on your lecture or concert tour, as
part of your entourage.
Madame Siinonc Pugct was accom
panied to Omaha by Lieutenant
Wheeler to whom her betrothal was
announced shortly afterward. Last
week Miss Frieda Hempcl had with
her in Omaha I'll i 1 D. Kahn. Her
engagement to Mr. Kahn va an
nounced in New York recently.
A T THE Park school district con
servation meeting Wednesday, a
German boy. whose fat her is a
butcher, gave a talk on "Saving
Meat." The little fellow chose his
own subject and developed it in a
most patriotic manner, according to
Miss Clara Mason, school principal.
At Lifosjrty Bank "
The Rev. Robert Leavens and A. A.
McLaughlin will speak on the steps
of the Liberty bank Monday at 12:30
p. m. Senator Norris Brown will be
the speaker at the same hour Tues
day. Wednesday Rev. Titus Lowe
will talk at noon and at 2:30 p. m.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Washington
will speak
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WasMngtom Leadlo
'ationi m Ww Drives
Meferaofctes Actra
tVnisliiilKtoii Hiiri'ini of The
Onmliil IW, (i Sstrret.
WASHINGTON society has
pledged itself to Liberty loan
and Red Cross work for this
week, almost to the exclusion of so
cial, festivities. It turned out very
handsomely for the two performances
of the French players, of the Theater
du Vicux Colombier, of which M. Jac
ques Copeau is the head, and which
is established in New York for the re
mainder of the war. The theater is
the pet of Paris, and is nowin its
own theater in New York, which
was formerly the Garrick. The com
pany gave two performances, a com
edy and a tragedy, and the most dis
tinguished men and women in Wash
ington formed the audiences. Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson was a guest of the
French ambassador and Mme. Jusse
rand for the former, and the Brazilian
ambassador and Mme. da Gania, and
the Italian ambassador and Countess
di Cellere were their guests for the
other. All other boxes had guests in
the same circle and the houses were
coloVf,ul in the matter of handsome
women, brilliant jewels and lovely
clothes. Major General and Mrs.
Barnett entertained the company at
tea at the marine barracks and had a
large and distinguished company to
meet them, and Mrs. George Vandcr
bilt gave a beautiful dinner party in
their honor, followed, by a larger re
ception Sunday evening. Everybody
noke French at all of these artairs,
showing how completely Washington
ians arc in touch with our allies, for
every one who does not now speak
French is studying it diligently, and
the town is flooded with teachers.
Newcomers In Capitol.
Dr. Skinner of the' University of
Nebraska and Mrs. Skinner arrived
in Washington this week and are
establshed at 2945 Kilbournc street.
Dr. Skinner will be greatly missed
from the university as head of the
physics department, but he. will he of
great assistance in the signal corps,
U. S. A., as he is recognized as one of
the best authorities on light in this
country.
Major Harry Bowlby and Mrs.
Bowlbv are in Washington, located
at 3317 Wisconsin avenue. Major
Bowlby is the son of Mr. Clarence
Bowlby. editor of the Crete Demo
crat, and Mrs. Bowlby will be remem
bered bv Nebraskans as Miss Lva
Wallacc'of Lincoln. Major Bowlby is
stationed at the American University
camp with the 20th engineers and will
have charge of 1,000 men. These
troops are now being gathered and
the desired number will shortly be
reached when they will sail for
France.
James Phillips and Herman Yost
CavaxaugL
arc Nebraska boys who are also sta
tioned at American University Park.
They are with the 101 h engineers.
Mr. Phillips is a Hastings man and
Mr. Yost's home is in Lincoln, where
lie attended the Nebraska university.
He has for some time past been
with his father, a well known lumber
man of Nebraska, as manager of va
rious yards over the state.
For Liberty Loan.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes of Crete,
Neb., was this week placed on the
woman's committee for the third
Liberty loan campaign, representing
the playgrounds, of which she is di
rector. She has arranged a program
of activities for every day, after they
open for the season, to arouse en
thusiasm among the youngsters. Spe
cial speakers and entertainments will
he arranged for the playgrounds where
the children of foreign parentage as
semble. Mrs. Rhodes has also
thought out a plan for the closing
day, the committee having decided
that the grand finale on May day was
to be in the hands of the children.
Mrs. Rhodes is arranging a Liberty
pageant to be given on the grounds
around the Washington momi'iif'
and there will be music and probably
fireworks in the early evening.
Omaha people wilibe interested to
know that Mrs. Nathan I'ost, wife
of Commander Nathan Post, of the
LlJnited Slates navy, now with the At
lanlic fleet, will move into their new
home at 3101 Eighteenth street early
next week. Her small son, Richard,
has entirely recovered from a severe
attack of the measles. Mrs. Post is a
daughter of E. C. Jordan of Omaha.
Mrs. C. C. George of Omaha, who
has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Peck, the latter formerly of Omaha,
has returned to her home.
Reception for Averys.
Notwithstanding the very inclement
weather, a large number of Nebras
kans and former residents of the state
assembled in Washington club hall
Wednesday evening in honor of Pres
ident and Mrs. Samuel Avery of the
University of Nebraska. President
Fred Nielson of the Nebraska State
association of this city presided, the
principal speech being made by Dr.
Avery. Other sprakers were Vice
President W. H. Whalan of Lincoln
and J. W. Searson, a well known
school man of Nebraska, formerly an
instructor at the Peru Normal school,
where he had charge of the English
department, now at Manhattan college,
Kansas, in charge of the same de
partment. The evening was further
enlivened by a mimical procram, the
occasion being especially delightful to
Nebraikaas mow in. the national op-
Promoted B y District
Federated Clubs
War work in every department of
federated club work will be em
phasized when chairmen give their
reports at the annual meeting of the
Second district, Nebraska Federation
of Women's clubs, which convenes
April 19 in Ralston. The Ralston
Woman's club is hostess for this 15th
yearly convention and the place of
meeting is the bciiatiful club house
at Seymour lake.
Mrs. Addison K. Sheldon of Lin
coln, stale president, is expected to
present the matter of the establish
ment of furlough houses for our sol
diers in France, definite war work
undertaken by the General Federa
tion of Women's clubs. Mrs. Halleck
Rose, state art chairman, will advo
cate teaching industrial drawing in
the schools as' a war measure, indeed
how best to shape departmental work
to suit war needs will be the princi
pal point of view presented, accord
ing to the district president, Mrs.
J. W. Welch.
The Girls' Mental Culture club of
Blair, the only girls' federated club
in this district, will report on its Red
Cross work, to which the members'
time is exclusively given over this
year-
Federal Judge J. W. Woodrough,
Mrs. E. N. St rah I, Mayor Oscar
Brage, Mrs. D. C. Dodds, president of
the Hostess' club; Mrs. M. H. Black
well, Mrs. R. N. Edway, Miss Effie
Ryan and Mrs. Charles Leslie are
among those who will appear on the
program.
Delegates are notified that the car
leaves the South Side at 9:15 a. m.,
arriving in Ralston at 9:45. Registra
tion will be from 10 to 10:30 a. m.
Mrs. Welch announces the follow
ing committee:
Nominating committee, presidents
of clubs of district, chairman, Mrs. F.
C. Kennedy, president Valley
Woman's clubs; secretary of election,
Mrs. C. T. Hubbard, Dundee; tellers,
Mrs. N. 'M. Graham, South Omaha;
Miss Viva Lippincott. Blair Girls'
club; credentials committee, Mrs. J.
II. Adams, Ralston; Mrs. P. J. Pos
tle, Papillion; resolutions committee,
Mrs. J. J. Dodds. Dundee, Mrs. J. C.
Lawrence, Omaha; Mrs. N. E. John
son, Valley Mothers' club.
Delegates from the Omaha
Woman':-, club are Mesdames A. L.
Fernald, E. S. lewcll, C. A. Sherwood,
F. D. Odcll, Ben Baker, William
Berry, Mary I. Creigh, F. L. Burnett,
John Mnllin and Joseph Lawrence.
For General Boucher -
General BouchefT the distinguished
Frenchman who will speak Wednes
day evening, under the auspices of
the Alliance Francaise, will be honor
guest at an informal tea given by
Miss May Mahoney at her home in
the afternoon.
.Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamilton will
entertain at dinner that evening for
General Boucher and the directors of
the society.
Kilpatrick's Red Cross auxiliary
met Friday night to sew for the Ne
braska base hospital unit. Robert
Cuvvell r;ii,i the material
necessary
or k to pe
Service Flag
Star Typifies
Women's Hope
Omaha Girl, Intent on Sol
dier Emblem, is Photo
graphed fo Boy
in Army
OT all the battles of the war an
fought on the other side of tlu
ocean. To the little sitter lei
at home the big, gleaming star on th.
service flag represents a jolly, bit
brother who is far away and whos
absence leaves such a gap in the fam
ily circle. Gone are the days whet
his cheery whistle sounded throug!
the house and all that is left are the
memories that bring a lump to the
throat and a mist to the eyes.
One little Omaha sister has fouti..
a way to bring home to the brother in
the cantonment camp, however. Sit
ting in her funny window, looking a
the service ilag of which she is sc
proud, Mis3 Dorothy Cavanaugh.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. W
Cavanaugh, devised a scheme to senc,
a bit of home to her brother, Mark
Cavanaugh who is at Camp Cody
Denting, N. M. "Louis Bostwick was
told of her p'.an and with the aid ot
his camera and artist's eye he -produced
some like-life, photographs of
the Cavanaugh family in their home.
The pictures were taken on the eve
of Miss Dorothy's departure for
Washington where she attends Na
tional Park Seminary and were put
jnto a lovely book. Intimate littla
scenes they arc, taken inside the.
house and out-of-doors. A lovely
Mudy of the young girl standing out
side the house just tinder the Service
flag in the window decotates the cov
er of the book. The one taken in the
sun-room window has an especial ap
peal, typifying as it does, the altitudi
f all American womanhood thinly
ing and waiting for their boys in the
service.
A real sisterly letter will be slipped
inside the cover and then away the
little messenger of cheer will go to
the. young noUdier who is soon to
leave for setvice overseas.
' The last lew lines of the little not
seem to have an appeal all their own
and to exprets in words the thought
of the young girl in the window:
Dear Brother:
At noon on Sunday thesepictures
were made for you. In the evening
I left for Washington and National
l'ark Seminary. Saying good-bye to
the folks and leaving the dear old
home was the hardest job of my
life.
As my trunks went out ahead of me
it seemed as if something was pulling
me out into the cold world. .But the
bright star in the window seemed
brighter still.
How small my sacrifice compared
io the braver on your part to add
your strength and help to win the war
for a great liberty loving nation.
It's all for you dear. The prayers
of a loving sister will follow you
every day and night.
DOROTHY.
Uncle Sam Cells for
Uncle Sam's call to arms to rcg v
ter all babies under 5 years of a;;e
has been answered by 280 Omaha
children in the first three days of the
"Save the Babies" campaign in this
city. The baby welfare work will be
promoted until April, 1919.
The purpose of this countrywide
baby enlistment is to ascertain the
physical fitness of the future citizens'.
A record card is made out, one part
of which is given to the baby's
mother and the other kept on file.
The age, height, weight and physical
condition of the child are entered on
the card. Advice is given to the
parent for the betterment of the
health of the registered baby.
Mrs. Draper Smith, head of the
child welfare department for the
State Council of Defense, women's
committee, heads the campaign in Ne
braska. Mrs. C. W. Pollard is in charge of
the clerical work. Assisting her are
Mesdames W. R. Adair, J. H. Beaton,
C. H. Waters, George Morton, P. C.
Hyson, Isaac Douglas, W. N. Wood
ward, W. H. Thomas, Harold Jolly,
Sam Rees, jr.; Howard McMonics,
Joseph Polcar, R. J. Brown, H. J.
Hendie, Mueller, E. W. Christie,
Seller, Misses Doris Johnson 'and
Lilian Sheldon.
More Nurses Needed.
More nurses are wanted. Severa'
of the hospitals have loaned the serv
ice of their nurses and the school
nurse in each district is also help
ing. The present rate of speed is 3P
registrations an hour. At Friday's,
visit to Walnut Hill 62 little ones
were registered and at the Clifton
Hill registration there were 104.
Any registered nurse's services will
be accepted. Senior nurses are needed
for the weighing and measuring work.
The schedule for the coming week
is as follows: Monday, Vinton and
South Lincoln schools; Tuesday,
Comenius and Lincoln; Wednesday,
Corrigan, West Sf3e; Thursday,
Franklin and Webster; Friday, Mon
mouth Park and Central Park; Satur
day, Druid Hill and Howard Ken
nedy. The Red Cross canteen at Fort
Omaha is doing a thriving business
since opening the soda-wjater foun
tain Thursday, and the increased
space secured by the recent addit'on ,
to the canteen hut enables more n.-;it
to be served at a time.
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