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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1923)
Building Supply ' Firms Organize F orm Informal Organization to Aid Material Dealers and Protect Public. Fifty-five local building material firms have entered Into an Informal organization which will meet once a month to exchange experiences with contractors to whom they furnish goods. At the organization meeting last Thursday at Hotel Fontenelle, repre sentatives of the firms involved de clared they occasionally found it nec essary to file mechanics' liens to re cover payment for material furnished various contractors. The meeting was < ailed by the chairman of the build ing committee of the Associated Re tail Credit bureau. The firms also plan to sit as a board of censors on contractors, according to ihe announcement, which says they should "get together and refuse to sell certain contractors without first nt least bringing the property owner into full knowledge of how the con tractor carried on his business pre viously." Frosted bulbs are used in so many of the piano and bridge lamps. They give a much softer and prettier glow to the room than the brighter lamps. m Seven Little Eskimo Youngsters Learn to Prefer Warm Sun of Nebraska to Midnight Sun of Alaska Homeland at Mother’s Jewels Orphanage at York A child of 9. her eyes wide In won der, sat huddled in a corner of a tiny igloo crudely fashioned out of earth and stone in an Eskimo colony a short distance from Nome, Alaska. Outside the mournful howl of a "husky” dog echoed eerily across the snow-covered wastes. The igloo was one of the largest and better kept in the village and un til a few days before the home of a contented, happy family. Its sup ply of fish was more than sufficient to carry the family through tho win ter, its occupants were warmly clad in skins and furs taken from animals trapped only a few weeks before and all was peace and contentment. Then suddenly had come the grim specter of tragedy. A strange illness seized upon tho father and carried him away in death. A few hours lat er the wife and mother contracted the same peculiar malady and she. too, died. Only Child Remains. Neighbors came and took away the body of the father, then that of the mother. Only the child of 9 re mained. Soon the word trickled Into Nome of the lonesogie little orphan in the Eskimo colony. She had no relatives and the other Eskimo families In tho colony were too poor to care for her. So it was that a representative of the Woman’s Home Missionary so ciety of the Methodist church followed a dog team into the Eskimo village one day to investigate this report. And that is why there is now a No. 7 in the group of Eskimo children at the Mother's Jewels home conducted by the Woman's Home Missionary so ciety of the Methodist church at York. Neb. Driven From Siberia. Strange children of the earth are the Eskimos. They thrive on snow and ice and their favOrtts diet 1b raw fish. According to Sir "Clements Markham, the English explorer, who * The Stepper,* is coming; he will tell you about his “love affairs” and his girl’s mother, the kid Ibrother and the whole family, but— His Hat will be the big thing . . . just see him I TOMORROW made something of a study of this strange race, the Eskimos are rem nants of an ancient Siberian tribe, the Onkilon, and were driven out by the fierce waves of Tartar Invasion in the middle ages. In this theory Robert E. Peary, who discovered the north pole, agrees. He points out that some GET THE PRICE on that typewriter you arc planning to buy and then get ours. You’ll find it 25% to 50% Cheaper We Sell All Kindi of Typewriter* All-Makes Typewriter Co. 205 South 18th Street Her Dream Realized - MRS JACK HOUK • SIS TINNCSSII ST . LAWRINCI. MAS. EVERY young woman like Mrs. Houk before her marriage dreams dreams and has visions of her ideal home with her husband, and healthy, happy children to make her joy complete. But as time goes on her dreams arc not realized, she has no children, her life is embittered and it is hard for her to be reconciled to the conditions as they exist. To every young woman who is in this condition the following letter should bring hope and encouragement, as we know of numberless homes that have been blessed with children, just as this home was, after all hope had been abandoned. Here Follows Mrs. Houk’s Personal Letter: **I wan of a nervous disposition and always had a tired, worn-out feeling. I would get sharp pain* in my sida when working too hard or when walking too much and sometimes I would have those awful drsracd down feelings. I have had such troubles since I was a very young girl and had got very little result from all the medicine I had taken, and one doctor told me that I would never have children unless I had an operation. I had heard a great deal »bout Lydia E. I'inkham’s Vegetable Compound so I thought I would try its liy tho time 1 had finished tho fourth bottle I noticed a rhnngo In my health. We took a trip to California at this time and I kept on with tho medicine. My health continued to improve and I now have a big, healthy baby boy six months old. 1 am not. doing my own housework yet as I want to get good and strong first a. it mean, a lot to my buliv for mo to be well while ho is nursing. I have sis.ken highly of the Vegotable Compound to my fiiends, and I am more than willing for you to use these farts as a tcetimonial.”-Mrs. JACK IIOUK, 1315 Tennessee St., Uw re nee, Kansas. Ailing Women are advised to try Lydia £. Pinkkam’s Afedetable Compound LYDIA E.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. 4.VNM, MASS. No. 1—Administration building of Uie Mother's Jewels Home at York. No. 2—Hoy*’ building and school, which ha* succeeded the stone and earth igloo for five Eskimo boy* at the home. No. 3—Barns of Mother's Jewels Home. , No. 1—Brother and sister, Erika and Fred Iair»on, who came to Ne braska from Alaska in 1921. No. 5—Kev. John Calvert, superintendent of the home, and the seven E-kimo youngsters who are under Ills care. The woman is Mi** Fdla Huff man. whose task It is to superintend the preparation of 318 meal* a day for tile 96 children of tli^ home. No. 6—Paul. I.ena and Elizabeth Byers, who are becoming a* used to the warm sun of Nebraska as they used to be to the midnight sun of Alaska. j Eskimo* are distinctly Mongolian in I typo and display many oriental char i acteristics. They are short in stature land the woman are short and plump. They posses* powerful torsos, but their legs are slender. Their color is light brown. Hut no matter what may be their origin these seven Eskimo youngsters who have found a welcome In the Mothers Jewels home at York are rapidly on their way to becoming good, substantial American citizens, j They've forgotten that they once' thought raw fish was a delicacy and much prefer the sweetmeats of their American cousins. Ji's a far cry from Nome, Alaska, where Boreas at play Is a raging tor ment, and the plains of Nebraska, where the grass sprouts a verdant green and the corn ripes under th» rays of a hot sun. But the seven Eskimo youngsters acclimated them selves very rapidly, according to Rev. John Calvert, superintendent of the borne. Eight Grades in Four Years. The first of the Eskimo children lo come to the Nebraska home is Paul Byers. He is now 18 years old. Paul came to York from Nome on October 13, 1918. Already he ha# reached the eighth grade In school nnd his touch ers report him a very bright and apt pupil. Two years later, In August, 1920, Paul's sisters Joined him at the home They are Lena, who now is 13, and Elisabeth, who is 11. With the Byers girls came Mar garet Ijtngdon. who Is now Just 12 years old. and the foil .wing year, on September 2. 1921, came two more, Erika Larson. 14. and her little broth er. Fred, who now is 10. The latest arrival and the youngest BSTAWT- ICB l*»S Milton Pogers and sons LVco>*TANy Hardware •"4 Household Utilities ” 1515 HARNEY ST. Monday Only Specials from our Good Housekeeping Dept. Electric T oasters Flip Flop Style For rrlBp. golden browrn toast—Ju»t the way you want It as you want it, A beau tiful, roomy, fully nickeled automatic elec tric toaster. Turns the toast no burned fingers. A remarkable price, Monday only, 2-TEAlt t.l Alt AMUR rant Electric Curlers A high-grade guaranteed electric cut line Iron. Two ultra. Never get* Ion hot. Full nickel with ebony handle. Very apeclal Monday only - *mnll flit# I nrir KIm la Orare Charles, who la only 9. She arrived November 22, 1922. Good Students. » According to Superintendent Calvert the Ksklmo youngster* are Industri ous and mentally alert. Their moral fiber, he declares, Is excellent. They ure good average students and they get along well with the other chil dren. They are happy, joyous youngsters who have learned to play like their American cousins. They are all am bitious, according to Superintendent Calvert. Some of them hope to re turn some day to their native land to be teachers. It costs the home about <300 a year to keep each of these children, according to the superintendent'* estimate. After they reach high school age the cost will Increase some what. 90 Orphans at Home. The Mother's Jewels Home In all cares for 96 orphan children. Rev. John Calvert, who is superintendent of the home, took charge last October. Previously Mr. Calvert was pastor of the Methodist church in Benson. The home Is located on a farm which is within walking distance of church and the high school in Tork. It is surrounded by trees and shrub bery and has a large playgrounds for the youngsters. It is not conducted as an institution but rather as a real home where each child has a place of his own. Randall Cottage, known as the-Ba byfold, is the home of the little chil dren from 3 to 3 years old. They have their own playground and own din ing room and are under the care of a matron specially assigned to them, except during kindergarten hours. A new building, Spurlock's Cottage, is the boys’ house. Here, with two matrons in charge, live 32 boys, the : youngest 6 and the oldest 17. In the basement is a playroom. The girls have four dormitories of their own. Children Help With Work. The children do a large part of the I housework except cooking and in the laundry, where they help. Their tasks are assigned for the month and each one has something to do. Older boys assist with the chores and other farm work. The other boys take care of their own house, making beds, eweep , ing and dusting floor*, etc. The girls al»o receive regular assignments. The home has its own school for , grades up to the eighth. The older | children In the eighth grade or the high school attend the Tork public schools. In addition music and sewing (i.oro each week. Athletics play a large part in the kfe of tr.e boys. They have their j baseball, football, basket bail teams, their gymnasium and their play ground. The school Is supported by the Wo man’s Home Missionary society of the Methodist church In Nebraska. Central Freshman Girl? to Meet at “Y~* Club Room? Central High school freshmen girls will hold a meeting in the T. W. C. A. club rooms next Monday afternoon. The Technical and Central Bible classes will hold their meetings the same afternoon in the covenant room, j The Federated clubs’ supper will be at 6 Monday. Mrs. Palmer Findley, local president of the T. W. C A , will speak on “Leadership.’’ Indi vidual cTub meetings will be held fol , lowing Mrs. Findley’s talk. A new "purpose class” will start at the "T” next Monday at 5:10. Class ' in millinery will be held at t:30. THE ALL-ELASTIC CORSET “The Corset of the Hour” Brandeis brings New York Treo ar tistry to Omaha for the first time. Beginning Monday, Miss De Laudin who, by special arrangement, will give An exposition of New Spring Treo Elastic and Semi Elastic Girdles Nationally known and admittedly superior. Too much emphasis cannot be placed upon the cor*etle*» evil, for the health of every woman depends greatly upon scientific corseting. “Elastic corset ing means greater comfort." A complete line of the newest models will be on display all this week, begin ning Monday, in our Third Floor Cor set Dept. You are Cordially Invited AUDITORIUM T March 17 Nfifn^l Hfitii, $\MK •• ««U VmrrnAmf * t M. At % mtklArtuw ItHtt*! 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