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VOL. XLVm NO. 11.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25. 1918.
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THE face and figure of a movie actress, even to Mary Pick
ford curls, adorn the little woman who has turned to the
useful work of repairing electrical apparatus that another
man may be added to our c$untry s fighting forces.
Grace Jackson Heynemann is the first Omaha woman to
enter this field, having gone to work for the Wolfe Electric corn
party some months ago. And she is making good. In spite
of her womanly charm, she shows herself adaptable and com-;
petent.in this new wartime occupation, according to her em
ployer. Mrs. Heynemann has a beautiful voice and has often been
encouraged to study for the stage, but circumstances have pre
ventedJ She is charming, vivacious and undeniably pretty.
She is an accomplished swimmer and very popular at the Carter
Lake club.
. All ,social pleasures she has now given up to help remedy
the labor shortage. Even her beautifully manicured fingernails
have been sacrificed to the grim war god. Only the nails on
her two little fingers remain long and pink. "The one reminder
that I was once a lady," she laughingly exclaimed.
A trim, mannish shirtwaist and a stiff collar, with a very
plain skirt, protected by a work apron, constitute the costume
she wears t he'rwork. "When a woman does a man's work
she should discard the frills of idleness and dress appropri
ately," is her dress creed. The little femininities are reserved
for the leisure hours.
Splicing wires, oiling motors, cleaning machinery these
are the things on which she spends her days, with an occasional
excursion in the selling end of the electrical game, when she
demonstrates a washing machine, an electric fan or iron, or
some other household convenience to a customer.
I War has shown us many things, and one ofthem is that
curls and dimples often conceal grim determination and real
ability to do the useful work of the world. '
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On August Twenty-eight
There'll be a fete.
Be sure the date don't o'erlook
And make a pie
For the boys who fly,
And the soldiers at Fort
Crook.
? For the Florence Field,
Ana p es xor an tne ooys mane.
It will them remind
They're just the kind
"That mother used to make
And the boys we sec
Who're in the navy
Are on the list invited.
For all who will
Can have their fill;
N6 sailor -or soldier will be
v slighted.
I May fate be kind
For this act of womankind.
In no hospital may they lie in
bed,
And no need of hearses
Or Red Cross Nurses,
Because they're been overfed.
Mrs. J. M. Johnson, 123
North Thirty-third.. ,
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. Omaha friends of Miss Nellie
Wing Farnsworth, federal home
demonstration ageht, have received
complimentary copies of her book,
"The Rural School Lunch," embody
ing valuable information as to the
health-giving properties of certain'
foods for children, with suitable re
cipes and other useful information
regarding the planning and manage
ment of these school lunches.
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A Prayer
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Help me, O God, to keep before jny eyes
The larger'visions of this war; to be
.Inspired each day by noble thoughts that rise
Of duty, honor, country and of Thee.
Help me to think of war as on vast whole . ..
Of human effort struggling toward the right,
'Ever advancing nearer to the goal
Of freedom, from the iron rule of might,
Lest I forget, and in my sorrow tee
Only the face of him who goes from me.
- Written by 8oIdtre Wife.
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Why 'American Amy Nurses- Need EsjcM jj
X MM',M4M Helen Hoy Greeley of the New York Bar, Attorney for H-H"HM"MM"H"! I
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IT IS hard to believe that although
the army nurse corps has been an
integral part of the United States
army for 18 years, the status of its
members has never been denned. It
has never occurred to the army heads
that there was any need of saying
flesh, fowl or good red herring offi
cer, private or hired extra. That is,
it never occurred to them until a
group of New York women headed
by Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch-and
Mrs. H. O. Hevemeyer organized the
committee to secure rank for nurses
and publicly insisted that nurses
should have some definite status and
military rank be given them.
Not only is the nurse frequently
humiliated by the kind of treatment
accorded her by her superiors and in
feriors alike, but the efficiency of the
whole nursing service is impaired by
the general uncertainty as to her
position. Her authority to give orders
is continually disputed by enlisted
men aerfing as orderlies; friction
and dangerous delays In the execu
tion of orders result, affecting ad
versely the welfare of wounded pa
tients; and the general morale of the
whole hospital is lowered by the at
mosphere of irritation, resentment
and discouragement The insignia of
rank would give ' conclusive notice
to all that nurses are officers and are
to be obeyed.
So the women, assisted by many
army men and all the nursing authori
ties have been saying to the army
heads: "Why try to educate thou
sands of men through written instru
ments when insignia are available?
Why not improve the service and
honor the nurses at the same time?
Australia and Canada had the same
problem and solved it by giving rela
tive rank. Can America with the
same problem do less generously by
her devoted army nurses? Relative
rank is very little to ask or give. It
is not commissioned. Nor will it carry
either the pay or the power of com-
mand incident to actual rank of the
samt grade. But, shadowy as it is,
it will carry the right to the all-essential
insignia and the dignity ot the
name, and it will give conclusive no
tice to all that nurses are officers and
are to be obeyed. Last, but not least,
it will quicken the spirit of the whole
corps.
Some of the army heads under
stand and agree, but unfortunately
some at the very top are tightly
bound with the painful beliefs that a
military establishment should be ex
clusively masculine and that a woman
lieutenant is unthinkable, however
necessary.
In March, 1918, the women sought
rank from congress. In May, after
their hearing before the house mili
tary affairs committee, the war col
lege, which is the advisory division of
the War department, said: "Hold up
your legislation we think we can
give you all you want through a reg
ulation." The women stalled 'their
bill and waited for the mountain to
labor. The mouse it brought forth
was not rank, but a place in the table
of grades immediately below that of
second lieutenant The chief of staff,
however, to whom this recommenda
tion of the war college went for ap
proval, thought this too much and re
duced the nurse two grades, placing
her just above the sergeants and just
below the West Point cadets. Thus
the mature woman of high profession
al training and experience, already on
the firing line, who is bombed by the
Huns on every moonlight night, but
who faces the dangers of the front
with the same disregard of personal
safety as her brother in the trenches,
is graded below the school boy still
studying in the military academy.
So the women's committee are re
newing their demand on congress for
relative rank. Their bill, senate bill
No. 4,811, and house bill No. 12,698, has
been introduced by Senator Lewis of
Illinois and Representative Raker of
California. It follows closely the Aus
tralian , and Canadian systems and
asks the relative rank of major for the
nurse corps superintendent (1), of
captain for the assistant superintend
ents, directors and assistant direc
tors ( 9 or 12); of first lieutenant for
chief nurses (as many as there are
hospitals); and of second lieutenant
for staff nurses. It further provides
that they shall wear the regular in
signia and that they shall have au
thority only 'in medical, sanitary and
nursing matters in military hospitals,
next after the medical officers of the
army. ,
When congress resumes business
sessions late in August after its va
cation, there will be a hearing be
fore Senators Hitchcock, Sheppard
and Sutherland of the military affairs
committee, who havexbeen appointed
a sub-committee to consider this bill.
The house military affairs committee
has already had the bill before it hut
in the absence of definite 'instruction
from the War department has shown
no disposition to favor it. Every
effort therefore must be made to se
cure favorable action by both of
these important committees if con
gress is to pass the measure.
The doctors, the dentists, the vet
erinarians, the chiropodists, all have
sought rank and all but the last have
obtained it, not relative but absolute
rank and all that goes with it Why
not the nurses? Australia, Canada,
even England can accord their nurses
the courtesies and dignity of officers.
Why not America?
Call District
I Salvage Work
Red Cross Organizes i
City Into Districts to I
Facilitate Waste
COMPLETE organisation ol the
city to facilitate work of the
Red Cross salvage department
is announced by Mrs. Frank' Adams,
chairman. How important this de
partment has become is evidenced by
figures submitted for July. Receipts
were $1,508.30 of which $1,079.19 ac
crued from salvage. : The sum of
$1,000 was turned over to the Omaha
Red Cross chapter, making a total of
$3,625 already turned into the chapter
fund. '
Business men and housewives who
rave salvage they wduld donate to the
Red Cross are urged to telephone tht
lieutenants of their district as follows!
Florence Captain, Mrs, H. L. Hel
frick; lieutenats, Mrs. F. ! E. . Babbitt
and Mrs. Emma Clark . ' 1 - '
Miller Park, Fort to Weed, Flor
ence boulevard to Thirty-sixth street
Captain, Mrs. Frank Russell; lieu
tenants, Mesdames Dean Gregg, M.
O. Boydston, M. Nordquist. Charles
Ziebarth, Peter Krogh, M. O. Head
ley, F. L. Johnson, J. J. Johnson,: L.
J. Dyhrberz.
Prairie Park, Fort to Ames. Twenty-fourth
to Thirtieth Captain. Mrs.
B. G. King; lieutenants, Mesdames
Oral Lockhart, John A. ' Metcalf,
Percy E. Gwynne Claude 'Shannon,
W. B. Burkett. , - . .
District Between Fort and Bristol,
Florence Boulevard and - Twenty
fourth Street Captain, Mrs. ; E. jl
Conlev- -lieutenants, Mesdames QbCk
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