mis bee: umaha, fkiday, july '26, 1918.
Coriducied by Ella Fleishman
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There Was Great
Speculation
, One' Year Ago
THERE was some speculation a
year ago as to what the great
army of girls would do when
the boys were all takenthat is, the
best of the boys. Perhaps, as never
before, they discussed ' openly .and
frankly their, views on love, marriage
and war brides. . , '
But as the boys left by the thou
sands, Uncle Sam chronicled a call
for help from the fair sex. His call
meant opportunity. ,He pave the fe
male of the species a chance to prove
whether they were merely clinging
vines or real human beings. ,,
Great fear and trembling prevailed
immediately after thi first call.
Would our women come forward as
tbe suffragists had said they would?
Would they make good or would
they fizzle like Fourth of July fire
crackers have since the beginning of
the-war? "" " .
When the girls proved themselves
more efficient than their stronger
brothers in so many instances, another
call; was heralded, and yet another,
until now we are wondering what we
shall do without girls they are leav
ing in such great numbers.
What book is it that says: 'The
Lord will provide?" ' '
, OTOTiOTT FOK THE D AY?
Doing Good.
t If it's right for you to do it,
Don't you" know there's i
V
! terest to it?
v Anri vnu'li pet it oh. so many T
For the joy of doing good $
X And the half of it has never
f yet been told. t
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Motor Parties. 1
. There is nothing quite so refreshing
after a long hot day as a motor ride
followed by dinner at Bellevue col
lege. The college has become very
i popular this sammer and Tuesday
evening a number of parties were giv
en including Byron Clow, who had
seven guests, while smaller parties
were given by M. T. Gentleman and
Mrs. B. A. Woodland.
" Parties were' given Wednesday eve
ning by Dr. Palmer Findley, who had
eight guests; H. H. McGrath, six,
and Herbert Rogers, five. Foursomes
were given by C. H. Beardsley and
Dr. D, C. Quigley.
Information.
A Red Cross information desk has
beeen installedat the Union .station
for the use of traveling soldiers and
sailors and any civilian who desires
information." Mrs. J. C. Dahlman is
chairman and will have a canteen
worker every day Sunday excepted
from 9;30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., to an
swer questions and give information.
Telephone Douglas 1492. One day of
each week is given to each captain,
who appoints her workers for the
day.
Captainn. Days.
" Mrs. Sam Bums, Company C Monday.
Mrs. Healey, Company A Tuesday.
Mrs. Prlna, Company B Wednesday.
Mrs. W. B. Culley, Company G Thursday.
Mm. Healey, Company A Friday.
Mrs. Baldrtfre, Company H Saturday.
Mm. A.,F.' Smith, Company F Reaerva.
Picnic Dinner.
Mrs. William Hickman entertained
at a picnic dinner in her country
home, Charles Crossing, Wednesday
evening fdr Mrs. C. V. Arnold, Mrs.
M. Peyton, Miss Isabelle Capescius
and Miss Minna Swoboda.
Comrade Club.
Special cars wilt take the Comrade
club girls to the dance Saturday eve
ning at the Knights of Columbus hut
at Florence Field. The girls will
meet at Sixteenth and Farnam
streets at 7:30. ; ' , ; y, ,
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;PE10MALS
Miss'Eljzabeth Deuel of Chicago is
the guest of Miss Martha Leavitt and
MJss Elizabeth Wellman.
'Miss Isabel Milroy left Wednesday
for Des Moines to be gone a week. or
10 days. ' ,
"Miss Abbie Rose will spend the
month of August at her home in Des
Moines.-
' Lt Charles Moriarty of Fort
Omaha, and sister, Viola Moriarty,
have gone to Grand Island to visit
theij: brother.
Mrs. George E. Dovey, who has
been in the Wise Memorial hospital
for some time, has been removed to
her home in Plattsmouth and her con
dition is very critical. .Mrs. John E.
Hazzard of New York arrived this
morning and Lt. and Mrs. Floyd
Harding have been at the Dovey
home' for several days, also- Mrs.
George F. Salter, of Falls City. ,
f Mrs. R. B. Zachary and 'Mrs. Wal
ter Silver will spend the month of
August in Estes Park. . ,
Mr. Barnett Yetter, formerly of
Thermopolis, Wyo., ha3 enlisted and
is now at Camp Dodge.
Mrs. G! A. Woodland is spending a
few days at Belle vue;
Hurrah! for Florida. ' .
. ' Florida has a coast defense organi
sation of 30 or 35 women, equipped,
uniformed and armed by one English,
woman, resident in Florida. This body
patrols the coast day and night, quite
without male assistance. Foreign
aews "service reports that organiza
tions like this are working extremely
well for coast defense in England.
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An Oversight ' V
"One woman came up to register
for service anywhere preferably in
dangerous posts in France.- In a few
minutes she came running back and
said that in her excitement fche Jiad
quite ' forgotten her husband, and
would like to take bint with Jtafc too."
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Pretty Omaha Recruit t
Leaves for Capital
City Sunday
leak ' Z. J&t'A.
UNCLE, SAM, most popular of
emloyers, has a new Omaha re
cruit in Miss Leah Keith, who
leaves Sunday night for Washington,
where she will be employed in the
bureau of animal industry. Miss Keith
is a graduate of the Commercial high
school. Immediately after her gradu
ation three years ago, joined the staff
of the Twentieth Century Farmer, in
the editorial department, where she
remained until the paper was sold.
E. Z. Russell, formerly editor of the
Twentieth Century Farmer, is now
in charge of all work relating to hogs
and pork production in Washington,
and Miss Keith will be in his depart
ment. Miss Keith has a host of friends
in Omaha, who regret to lose her, but
wish her the best of good fortune in
her new position and congratulate
Uncle Sam on securing her services.
Work Through August.
Interesting work through August
will be done by the Cathedral Auxil
iary of which Mrs. F. A. Nash is
chairman. This auxiliary will make
garments for Belgian children refu
gees. One box containing 203 gar
ments will be sent September 1. It
will be filled with wraps. They are
like little military capes made of dark
blue waterproof cloth with three
pockets on the inside and a high
collar fastened with three buttons.
Size 14 for either boy or girL Mrs.
Zachary and her assistants cut these
wraps.
Faithful cutters.
Mrs. R. B. Zachary, chairman of the
cutting department, Masonic Temple,
wishes to thank her" vice chairman
and faithful helpers who have made
possible the cutting of so many sup
plies. She hopes that they will return
to their work in the fall with renewed
interest. Mrs. Zachary and Mrs. Sil
ver have cleaned house, oiled the ma
chines and put everything in order to
begin work September 1.
Cuttings for Salvage.
Many boxes of cutting have been
turned over to the salvage department
by .the cutting department. The
greater portion of this salvage comes
From shirt pockets, front pieces and
collars. Mrs. Zachary, herself, has
Cut 45,000 collars since she began
last October. She has lost only five
days' work, averaging from eight to
ten hours a day, Sundays included.
New Machines, i
Five new sock knitting machines
have been installed in Judge Wake
jey's jury room. Mrs. Arthur Guiou
is in charge, with a number of girls
who are learning to operate the ma
chines with a view to becoming teach
ers. All who wish to learn to operate
these machines may call Mrs. Guiou
for information, . j
Public Shop. '
Mrs. rrank Elhck, chairman, an
nounces that the Public Shop will be
open Saturday morning from 8:30
until I in order to finish the work on
hand. All supervisors and workers
are asked to be present
Canteen Service. .
Mrs. Jay Burns has been appointed
chairman for box lunches and :
freshments. She believes she has a
most capable and efficient committee.
Mrs. Burns and her helpers put up
400 box lunches in a few hours for
the draft men who left Monday. '
Sweaters Donated. , - '
Three Links Auxiliary of Valley,
Neb.. Mrs. John Parsons as chairman.
donated 33 perfectly knitted sweaters
to the knitting department of the
umaha Ked Uoss.
Soldiers send word that there is
absolutely no substitute for the hand
knitted foot. The tops of socks are
entirely satisfactory made by machine,
but the feet, they say, should be done
by hand, i
All shirts must be returned to the
Public Shop Friday whether or not
the buttonholes are made. v i
Douglas county has 2,000 individual
knitters and 200 auxiliaries.
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By RUTH B. WHITNEY.
WHEN the brutal bully threatens
his victim he sometimes says,
"I'll make you like it." War
is the bully who has taken timid,
home-loving women and thrust them
out into the world of work, and he
is "making them like it."
One after another the doors are
opening to women doors that have
been barred for centuries. "Women's
work" is becoming . a broader and
broader term, and soon all work will
be women's work. A few years ago
a woman truck driver would have
been something to gasp over, and she
would have been harpooned by the
disapproving glances of those whose
religion declares that "women's
sphere is the home." Now there is
a licensed woman truck driver in
Omaha, and she creates scarcely a
ripple of curosity as she guides her
flivver carefully and discreetly
through the crowded streets.
First in Omaha.
Mrs. W. H. Brandt was the first
woman to make her appearance in this
capacity in Omaha. Quiet, efficient,
dressed in a simple one-piece costume
of khaki or navy blue, she began her
work early in the summer. Curious
glances followed her, but sitting
straight at her wheel, eyes on the
traffic cop, she was so intent on do
ing" her work well and without im
periling the safety of others, that she
was unconscious of the interest she
aroused.
Like most pioneers, Mrs. Brandt
took up this line of 'work not de
liberately but through a peculiar com
bination of circumstances, Mr. and
Mrs. Brandt lived like thousands of
other families a year ago. Mr. Brandt
had a delivery truck, which he rented
to ' the Omaha Printing company,
drawing a salary for operating his
truck. Mrs7. Brandt busied herself in
her home. War made inroads on the
forces of the printing company. One
after another the young men left
by the way of draft or enlistment.
Finally the shipping clerk answered
his country's call, and the vacant posi
tion was offered to Mr. Brandt and ac
cepted. This left -the operation of the
truck in other hands, and not always
most competent hands. Night after
night . Mr.. Brandt went home and
complained bitterly to his wfe of the
treatment received by the truck. Final
ly Mrs. Brandt exclaimed, '"Why 'don't
rou let me drive that car forrou?
can do it." "And I just told her to
go ahead and do. it, then," said Mr.
Brandt That was several months ago
and Jhe shipping clerk has no com
plaint to make of his new employe,
except that it seems to him she must
drive too fast, as she covers her
route in such quick time.
The Winning Spirit.
"I can drive just as well as a man,"
said Mrs. Brandt "A woman can do
anything a man can do except to
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throw a big bale or barrel on her
shoulder, and we don't have such
heavy things to handle here- Crank
ing was hard until I had a self-starter
put on my machine. Clothes were
one of the worst problems I had to
meet You can't wear georgette or
voile gowns on a truck, nor kitchen
aprons either, and those are the only
things I could find ready made in
the stores. I finally solved the prob
lem by getting some heavy cotton
goods in tan and blue and making
some plain gowns, working evenings
and Sundays."
Mrs. Brandt has a young son who
attends Commercial High school and
who works with her on the truck
in vacation and after school on school
days. In this way she is able to re
lieve a man for war duty and at the
same time look after her boy;
"It is very interesting work," de
clared Mrs. Brandt, and I am going
to keep on with it until after the
war is over, and by that time I am
afraid I'll like it so well I won't
want to give it up at all."
Delivery boys and truck drivers ac
cept Mrs. Brandt readily into their
fellowship. Occasionally they call
friendly greetings to her, but they are
never rude nor rough, and Mrs.
Brandt accepts these demonstrations
of comradeship with dignity, but in
the friendly spirit in which they are
given.
One day as Mrs. Erandt was park
ing her truck a taxi driver stepped
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0 up to her and removed his cap po
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"I see yo are still at work," he
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Carefully Watched. ,
i "At first I could not think why he
was talking to me," said Mrs. Brandt
in describing the interview. "I thought
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forgotten him, he seemed to know so
much about me and .to be so friendly.
He said he had hftsn watching me
with interest and if I wanted a job
driving a taxi he could get it for
me."
Mrs. Brandt does not realize how
much interest people take in her, but
a number of firms are watching her
skillful handling of her truck, with
a view of placing women on the trucks
they are operating. Thus she is the
beginning of an entirely new field of
activity for women, and doubtless will
soon be followed by numbers of
others emulating her success.
Hoover Take Note.
. "Mr. Hoover does not know the
great truth that no woman ever
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out of the country and see how much
cooking would be done." Dr. Shaw.
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