THE DAILY NEBRASKA
fJlUY CftMPS FIELD
FOH SOCIAL SERVICE
Nebraska Student in Salvation
Army War Work Tell Ex
periencea at Vespen
A little cllmpse of the bljt vision
of social service, a It rm to Miss
Helen Sparks, now student in the
University of Nebraska, while doing
8aJratlon Array war work in the Uni
ted State during the recent war, riv
eted the attt-ntlon of a large audience
at vespers Tuesday when an addicss
by Miss Sparka featured the program.
"I lost tny faith In man and 1 lost
my faith in Cod." the declared. a me
referred to the terrible human wreck
age of New York City and the titter
selfishness of Its people. Then a
with a man who had rone through the
same experience brought to hei a vi
sion of a supreme God with men and
women participating In His big work
Instead of doing the petty thing.
Her first Insight Into the real mean
ing of social service came while doing
work In the labor department. There
she was associated with people who
devoted their entire time to the bet
terment of living conditions of work
Jng people.
Upon her return home she founu
that with few exceptions, the women
of her town who had been college vo
mm, were doing only petty. srlfirh
things, absolutely dis'i-cgardinc the op
portunity le VrVi tfc." 1 :-ot-diers
adjust themselves to civil life.
Miss Sparks first did canteen work
at Camp Cody, New Mexico, then she
entered the work in the labor depart
ment at New York and later wa..
transferred to canfeen service i:' the
embarkation camp at New York.
Miss Sparks appeared in her f:Ov.v
lien Arr.M- w;. worker's un-forn.
The other parts of the vesper pio
grsim were devotional exercises led
by Miss Marian Wyman and a piano
solo by Miss Mary Elizabeth G pIihhi.
"I could have listened to that all
nt:ht" and "Vespers are getting bet
ter all the time" are remarks heard
at the close f the program.
BUBBLES
P
Just because someone yella "Watch
out" la no sign that they want to
know the time.
A freshman Indulging In remlula
cences the other day, recalled that
a ear ago. he was combing his hair
pompadour.
A man who recently bought n pair
of shoes made the remark that iney
reminded him of a group of suffra
gettes. In that their tongues are el
wn out of place.
Essay No. S Ths 8 O'clock
The 8 o'clock class is about as
popular on the campus as a compul
sory convocation would be. The pre
paration for this class Is accomplished
by rising at a quarter of 8, putting
on the outer raiment In the next BTe
minutes. Then decorating the exter
ior of the countenance with shredded
wheat for the next 5, and then the
dash to the class. Said dash is exe
cuted by putting six coppers In the
ulging coffers of one Mr. Sharpe,
or by the use of the machine, vulgar
ly known as automobile. Some stu
dents still walk, but they are in the
minority and need not be considered.
The tired and sleepy look as the
classroom Is entered, conveys to me
students already assembled tueie,
that vou have been out late the night
Uioie. Hut to the instructor this
look means something different. It
shows the aforementioned pedagogue
ihst you have burned the midnight
oil into the wee small hours, in an
nori to master his course thorough
ly. Immediately after the class 'uas
begun, a sound sleep should be in
dulged in until S:50. when it is
; 't-ied good form to come to life snd
:mike the exit into the huge mass of
humanity and become lost in its
midst until 24 hours have elapsed,
when a repetition of the above aain
takes place.
Tomorrow: The haircut, or a head
ol the times.
J h is it that the girl who never
, Jij any work in her life, is always
A NEW O. HENRY BOOK , - (., v wnen a man caHs up for a dale?
A new O. Henry book, "Waif.- an 1
Strays." is to be brought out Ottobtr j We met a young man the olher (,ay
11th by Doubleday. Page & Company, j who leminded us of Buffalo Bm 1Ic
A dozen short stories never beu-.e ! wag a good gcout
published in a popular edition are j
here assembled. Together with them
appears a wealth of anecdote, rem in- A COMMON EXPERIENCE
jcsasnsiE;
TIIE COLLEGE WORLD
isccncc, .:iJ appreciation of the man
who invested with new- wonder the
City of Too Many Caliphs. Among the
lories is included "The Snow Man,"'
Ihe la.'t talc O. Henry c-vtr vorked
on. Death, it will be remembered,
struck him down before the end wps
reached and Harris Merton L;-on
who now also is dead finished the
story in accordance with an outline
O. Henry had sketched to him. The
Lyon ending is given in the forthcom
ing book.
The personal reminiscences are
'contributed by Arthur W. Page, who
quotes vividly from O. Henry's cor
respondence, George Jean Nathan.
Arthur Bartlett Maurice and others.
F. P. A., of the New York Tribune,
tells of his collaboration with O. Hen
ry on the one occasion when the lal
ier attempted to write for the stateg.
-Christopher Morley, whose new nov
el, "The Haunted Bookshop," is ct eat
ing considerable furore on its own
Account Just now, contributes an ap
preciation in verse.- So does Vachel
Lindsay. And there are critical esti
mates by William Lyon Phelps, Sie
phen Leacock, the Canadian humorist,
and A. Et. John Adcock. Another lea
lure of considerable interest is a com
plete index to all the O. Henry stor
ies. Taken altogether, the new book
promises a budget of material which
jxo lover of O. Henry can afford to
miss.
"I tell you, gentlemen," said the
great explorer to the crowd in the
hotel smoking room, who were listen
ing breathlessly to his recital, ' you
can't imagine what things are like in
the Arctic regions."
"Oh, I don't know," said one. "Even
If we haven't seen it, we can imagine
what it feels like."
"I doubt it. It's impossible until
you've really seen it ; until you e
stood there a small insignificant
atom, surrounded by vast stretches of
white"
"Oh, yes I know!" I've been like
that."
"Really!" And where was that may
I ask?"
"First time I appeared in pub')c in
a dress shirt: "Dallas News.
Little AAnnie was very fond of ripe
olives, and her mother had to watch
her to see that she did not indulg- too
freely. One day there was company
and Anne managed to have the olive
dish stopped near her plate. After the
dinner her mother pointed to the pile
of pits on Annes' plate and asked:
"How could you make such a pig ol
yourself? I should think you would
be ashamed to see so many pits, and
ashamed to have others see them."
Anne hung her head and replied: I
was. That's the reason I threw all
the rest of them on the floor."
A woman recently received a notice
from the medical inspector of a cer
tain school that "after careful exam
ination it develops that your small
son's tonsils are infected and must
be removed at once." To which she
made reply: "Dear Doctor I nave
received your note In regard to the
removal of my young son's tonsil.',
which action, I gather, must be taUcn
immediately. I assure you that am
ready and eager to follow yontr ad
vice, and would do so instantly but
for the fact that you have neglected
to state where you wish them re
moved to. The tonsils you speak of
are now, I believe, in a bottle hi Dr.
Blank's office, having been held in
trust by him for me since the spring
of 1915. Do you wish them removed
to the school building, or your office,
or elsewhere? Yours very truly,
Mrs. J. B."
A stranger dining at a foreign hotel
was accosted by a detective, who said
to him: "Beg your pardon, we are
in search of an esctped convict, and
as matter of form you will oblipe us
by showing your passport" "Do I
look like a conrlctr "Possibly nol.
In any case I shall require to see your
passport" The stranger, feeling an
noyed presented the officer with the
bill of fare and the latter commenced
to read: "Sheep's head, leg of mut
ton, rig's feet.' 'Very good." ho ob
served, "the description tallies,
will please came along with us.
An honest old farmer came in me
house and found a sewing machine
agent demonstrating to the wo-aen
what fine work It would do. The
agent asked the farmer to bring htm
a shingle, and said: "I will show you
that the Wonder Worker machine will
do heavy work, for I will stitcn r:ht
across the tip of the shingle, whore
it is at least one-sixteenth of an inch
thick." "Not interested." said ..ie
farmer. "Over 'crost here Tout inree
miles northeast a young man but'.! a
house last summer and III be durrcd
If his wife didn't take her mechanical
wonder sewln machine and stllei- on
ev'ry blame course of clapboards,
from gable and eaves clean down to
the sills." As the agent slammei n is
machine into his light truck and
chugged away the farmer turned to
his wife and said: "Well. Rita. I
Vou sewed that agent up all light, didn r i :
Now let's have supper."
The University or North Dakon re
quires Its fieshmen to wear pink :.nd
green skull caps to all athletic evrnts.
The W. A. A. or DePauw I'nlvtj.al
ty Is conducting series or hikes. A
considerable amount or Interest Is be
ing shown In the work.
Exsailors or the intver::y n Il
linois have organlxed themselves Into
a society. Not such a bad Idea tor
Nebraska.
It Is thought that Oklahoma will be
the birthplace of the first national re
ligious fraternity, since the Y. M. C.
A. and the Y. W. have both doubled
their activity.
At the University or Nevada fresh
men are compelled to attend yell
meetings under penalty of a dip In a
lake or ditch. They also must wear a
white cap similar to a "gob" hat at
all times.
IN DAYS GONE BY
Two Years Ago Today
Four Minute men urged food ennsor
tion. Freshmen Olympic try-outs toni.;ht.
Huskers hold long scrimmage ,ie j
paring for battle with Missouri tig- j
ers. I
One Year Ago '
S. A. T. C. lads were using more I
than 3,000 sheets of paper daily.
Captain Hubke said the prospects
wore good to score on the Fort Oma- j
ha balloon school the next Saturd; y.
THE PARIS OF THE NOVELIs.
Where stood the tavern at which
Thackeray found the bouillebaisse
that inspired him to song? What
the precisce locality of the house whi
ther Maupassant's Georges du Roy
went to visit Madame Forest ier?
Where was Balzac living when Tie
brought into being Pere Gorir srd
who lived 'round the corner, and wuat
did it all have to do with Pere Goiiot,
anyway? These, and a hundred others
like them, are the questions Arthur
Uprtlett Maurice answers in his lonn
coming book, "The Paris of the Nov
elists," scheduled for publication Oc
tober 11th by Doubleday, Page & Com
pany. And whether you have ever
given thought to such questions or
not, you can scarcely help being fas
cinated by the manner in whicn fir.
Maurice sets forth the answers.
The people of Monte Cristo," "The
Three Musketeers," "Trilby," all the
books of Paris you ever read and
loved, take on new life in these pa
ges and move again for your delecta
tion. The trails of British and Amer
ican writers who have invaded Paris
through their stories are also picked
up and traced out for you. Kipling.
Richard Harding Davis, O. Henry,
Booth Tarkington, Harry Leon Wilson
all these have at one time o: an
other turned the steps of their plots
Paris-ward. Just whre ar. when and
how and what came of It all Mr. Mau
rice knows and tells you in this In
timate, chatty, gossipy, highly Infor
mal volume. The result is more .han
merely a book of literary reminis
cence and anecdote. It is a delightful
travel book, a study of French man
ners and a guide to thet heart ot me
world's capital" as well.
A number of graceful line drawings
and old etchings enhance the appeal
of the text.
THE WRONG OFFICE
An absent-minded professor out of
a Job got one temporarily as a book
agent.
"Permit me to show you a new dlc
tionery of the English language." he
said to the first man on whom he
called.
"But I don't speak the English lan
guage," impatiently responded the
man, who happened to be a busy
lawyer.
"I Ibeg your pardon," hastily
apologized the absent-minded profes
sor, as he backed out.
"Germany can argue and fuss, out
shell get practically nothing off the
Jeace treaty." The Speaker was Rep
resentative Stcene-svin. "Yes. he
went on, "Gcimaii's declamations
are as futile as the interruptions of
the widow. This wldovr. her black
edged handkerchief to eyes, sat
listening to -.ti late hu'bppd's funer
al sermon. And the d-u depf-rted,
said the preacher 'was singuleily
blessed In his helpmate, now left a
disconsolate widow of sixty-one
years.' 'Fifty-nine, If you please,
doctor only fifty-nine,' said the
widow sharply, and then she re
sumed her weeping."
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