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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1918)
JX V "V The Omaha Sunday Bee s- PART; TWO SOCIETY SECTION PAGES 1 TO 10 ,-" PART TWO ' AMUSEMENTS , PA0E3 1 TO 10 V ( V VOL. XLTO NO. 47. OMAHA, SUNDAY ISfbitNING, MAY 6, 191. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Oilitif the 'Womm inlfciliiie iu iSAife. tht$K mn iptKin : - wrafrars 1 Wai Land Army Mrs. L. A.' Dermody First Omaha Farmerette to Enlist Her Land and Herself to Win the War Good for Complexion f oil INTRODUCING the war's latest feminine product "the farmerette." She is Mrs. Leo A. Dermody, the first prominent Omaha woman who has enlisted her land and herself to help win the war. When the United States broke with Germany a year ago, Mrs. Dermody, who is the wife of one of Omaha's leading surgeons, had a vision of the day when her husband would leave her for his part in the war. How could she do her share? She could not go with him. Such is war's fate for the doctor's wife, Since she mid once been a rural school teacher, Mrs. Dermody knew something' about "the cows and chickens" and she decided that "down on the farm" she could do her patriotic bit. Federal Food Agent Talks on Importance of Two Conserva tion Means So the handsome Dermody home in Dundee was disposed of and a big iheck exchanged for 240 acres near Bennington, and the lady of the house i donned her natty feminalls and today she can put her hand on her heart and MW,H4''M'Wi say "I can do every known farm chore." The proof that this is no idle boast is here in black and white. It is the - picture story of a farmerette's day, "I simply love it all,"x declares the lady farmer. "If I can sneak up on these adorable little 'white pigs, I'll show you one of them." The photo 'grapher caught her "sneaking up." Perhaps the most unusual thing the pretty farmerette includes in her day's work is oiling the windmill. Right up the dizzy heights she climbs. "I'll bet there isn't another woman in Nebraska who would do that!" exclaimed one admiring "mere man" who happened along. Those two gray mules up in the corner there are the pride of Mrs. Der mody's life. She went to the stock yards and bid for them in public auction, had them delivered to a stable on Harney street and went down herself, "t led them to a nearby harness shop, then to an implement house in the south part of the city and after buying a waon, drove her team out to the farm. Is Fflow Qffita iGsrjpemt, in Stock Bmyiir&g i v "The doctor really was awfully proud of the bargain I made. I paid $400 for them and I have been offered $750. I now buy all the stock. I bought thesejour mules which I use when plowing." That's another task of the day. An acre and a half for'potatoes have already beem put in and more plowing is being done every day, although just now more time is being devoted to the garden stuff. The long lines of tender green shoots prove that this is "young onion time." It's young radish and young lettuce time, as well besides being little chicken time, and of course every day is milking day. All of which hardly gives-any leisue to paint one's barn but this pioneer "farmerette" finds time. She didn't, however, find a ladder long enough, and so there's an unpainted spot way Hip at the top. The lady farmer has to Use her head as well as her hands and feet. The ' mistress of the Dermody farm knows how to do this, too. A pasture was needing a new fence. Instead of ordering pqsts from the lumber yard, Mrs. Dermody bought a few acres of timber land, sent rjer men to saw the trees into the proper lengths, thereby saving enough fora good many war savings stamps. i Apart from the dreams Mrs. Dermody has of reaping a bumper crop this fall, she confidentially admits that she feels like a million dollars and that farming, while very' hard on one's manicure, is wonderful for the com plexion. i . ' When the women of, this part of the country learn from this first of their number to leave city life to go "back to the land," just how efficiently and pleasantly a farmerette can do her bit, there is sure to be a woman's land -army invasion. The man behind the gun may depend on the woman behind the hoe to make the mess call interesting, here in the corn belt as well as in the eastern states, where the farmerette fashion daUy grows in popularity. ARDENING and food preserva- I j Hon are important phases of conservation that are being em phasized in the district meetings and instruction schools conducted by Miss Nellie Farnsworth, federal food agent. Reports are coming in from the va rious districts of the city show excel lent work on the part of the Block Vigilants. In the Miller park district Mrs. Dean Gregg, chairman 685 calls have been made in the interests of conservation. To the woman who-is unsuccessful with her first attempt at breadmaking with the various substitute flours the experience of Mrs. G. R) Spencer of Florence will prove helpful. One baking of bread was not very light, so, being too patriotic to feed the bread to the chickens; Mrs. Spencer baked it for a long time until it was very dry and then put it through the food grinder. A little molasses was cooked as for making , popcorn balls and poured over the" bread crumbs. This proved a delightful breakfast food, served with cream, as. each crumb was coated with molasses and 'no sugar was needed. Several new instruction classes' will be started in the next two weeks at Mason, Clifton Hill and Lothrop schools. The lessons given cover all the foods in the diet and recipes are given to illustrate each lesson. . This week's program: v- Monday Lothrop, Mrs. Maynard C. Cofe, chairman; In the Christian church. Twenty third and Lothrop, at 8 o'clock. At 7: JO f. m. the Instruction clasi at Druid Hill ichool will have a lesson on "Canning; By the Cold Pack Method," Mrs. W. J. Taylor, chairman. Tuesday 2:30 p. m., Caatelftr ichool, sub ject, "Substitutes;" 7 p. m., Mason school. Instruction class; subject, "Cereals, Break fast Foods;" Mrs. J. P. Winn, chairman. Wednesday 2 p. m.. Pacific district, In the Omaha City mission, Mrs. L. A. Klger and Miss Anthony co-operating. Mrs. Mas ters will give a demonstration. Misa Farns worth will speak on "Substitutes." Thursday 3:15 p. m., Paundors School, Mrs. It. E. Winkelmnn, chairman. Instruc tion clans; subject, "The Balanced Ration Planning iloals." Friday 2:30 p. m., Farnam school, Mrs. O. E. Miekcl, chairman. Prof. Hood of the University of Nebraska will speak on "Gar dening;." Mi;s Farnsworth will speak on "Practical Patriotism;" 7:46 p. m., Howard Kennedy school, Mrs. W. H. Weymuller, chairman. Instruction elan; subject Salads.' TPailing ike cow T (Ki Pky for M Cross Rcrd I Mad Croc Tell Be tirn8 Oalblbf wan? TTl OR the benefit of" the organiza tion's war fund the Young Women's Hebrew association -will present the humorous playlet, "The Lamentable Tragedy of Julius Cae sar," Monday evening in the Paxton block club rooms, under the direction of Mrs. Effie S. Kittelson. This organization's subscriptions to the- third Liberty loan now total $3..'i00. In ddition $400 lias been sub scribed by members through other sources. A subcommittee, composed of Misses Lena Meyerson and Re becca Bercovici, is in charge of the canvass. This club last January inaugurated a selling campaign, for war saving stamps and reports that members have purchased approximately $500 worth of stamps. They have reor ganized their last year's Red Cross knitting circle, which disbanded this spring through lack of wool, and have formed a Red Cross auxiliary to meet weekly in the evenings. This is a small club of young work ing girls, the majority of whom arc under 21 years of age. As many of them are still paying for their bonds of the first issue, it was necessary, in ordftr to nuet the payments on their new subscriptions, to pledge them selves to observe the severesj economy. HAVE you ever heard that Ne braska is fainprl fnr her nrpttw I Scotia WoroaH i girls? Miss Sybil Nelson was one of the cheer dispensers as a troop SCOTlA, Neb., claims first place for individual Red Cross work in the state, and-Mrs. Dee Vinecore carries off the palm in Scotia. Since No vember 20 Mrs.' Vinecore has made 100 hospital bed shirts, 16 suits of pajamas, designed and 'pieced a spe cial Red Cross quilt for sale, pieced and quilted five quilts, knotted one hospital comforter, clipped three comfort pillows, knitted seven sweat ers, 14 pairs of socks, two pairs of wristlets and three helmets, and is now piecing a beautiful service flas; quilt. . She has' had charge of the sewing department at the local Red Cross rooms and taught many others to knit. Her son enlisted last year, though but 19 years of age, and is now in France, i Patriotic Verses If I w.cre worth a million Do you know what I would do! I would put it nil In Liberty bonds To help our Sammies through. rtut I'll ao to work for Rpd Cross With all my might and main To bring; them comfort "Over There" So (hey will come home again. Hut they are there to get the kaiser ' ' And all hln Herman crowd. Oh! won't that be a glorious day When we can shout, and shout. Hurrah! for all our Sammy boys, So good so brava so true v For God la certainly with them; Rest assured. Ha will bring them through. Mrs. Charles Anderson. train went through the other day and imagine her surprise to receive a let ter from one of the men from Fun ston. Evidently his thoughts were ;.ot altogether on the chocolate and fruit the blue-veiled canteenrs gave him, for he wrote in his letter to this one particular Omaha girl: "Well, I always said that all the pretty girls lived in Kentucky, but I certainly take off my hat to the Omaha girls, they are second to hone!'' D. RETTV little Mrs. E. S. West A brook, in her fetching motor driver's uniform of the Na tional League for Woman's Service, not only illustrates the old saw that "A thing of beauty is a joy forever," but the sight of, her in her khaki uni form, dispensing goodies and smokes to the boys at the railroad stations before they start for Funston, is a great comfort to mothers , of the boys. This was demonstrated one day last week when a white-haired mother rushed up to Mrs. WesHbrook, hold ing her hand close as she exclaimed in relief: "Are you going along with" my boy? Then 1 know he will be well taken care of." Mrs. Westbrook's uniform had given the mother the impression that she, too, was to accompany the boys to Funston. Because of her motor driving service which wduld not give her sufficient time to return - home and change into the Red Cross can teen garb, when a call is given for duty on short notice, Mrs. Westbrook is permitted by Mrs. Luther Kountze, head of the Red Cross canteen com mittee, to wear her motor driver's suit while doing the canteen work, Mrs. Westbrook had a near-tragic experience the same afternoon. The" patriotic worker noted a mysterious- looking man carrying a large,- black suitcase, who walked nervously back and forward on the station platform ' Every few minutes he would ap proach the gatemen or the . station . master, the "red caps", or anyone handy, and ask them if they could tell him when the next troop train was coming in. i Visions of a pro-German enemy dynamiting a troop, train crowded through Mrs. Westbrook's brain, and Gabby can tell youshe was certainly on the job watching the , strange man's every movement,'so you can . imagine her consternation when said : man approached her with his oft-re- peated question. ; , . "I don't know." replied Mrs.' West brook. . ' y - "Do you mean 'you don't know'-ar don't you want to tell me' he per sisted. N. "Take my answer as yoa like," Mrs. (Continued on Part Three, Col una Om4