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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1904)
People the r" ISAAC NOYES, riONEER FARMER AND STATE SENATOR FROM DUUr.UH t'OI'NTY. WHO RECENTLY DIED AT HIS HOME. .SAAC NOYES. who died at Ills homo HE near Waterloo, Douglas toun'.y. Neb., on Decern h?r 19, was one of the pioneers of the state, com lns here from New York In 1857. He remained In Nebraska two years, secur ing a fine farm In this county, and th'.n returned to New York, where ho was mar ried In lssn and continued to live for twenty yeais. In 1S79 he returned to Doug las county mid settled on the farm he had acquired In his pioneer days. He ws a native of Saratoga county, New York, ar.d was 75 years of age at the time of 11 death. In politics Mr. Noyes was a repub lican and In religion a Presbyterian. Twlca he was elected a member of the New YorlC general assembly and twice he was chosen by the people of Douglas county to be a member of the Nebraska state senate. Ih was a director of the Omaha Theological seminary and the Bellevue college. A wire and three children survlvo him. Aaron Cahn was another of the pioneers of the state of Nebraska whose life went out with the closing year. He was a na tive of Germany, but came to the United States when a young man and settled first at Cincinnati. O., coming to Omaha In If 67. February 1, 1S54, he was married at Clrcin nati to Miss Hellman, a sister of the lfite Meyer Hellman. A pathetic feature of h i death was the fact that he and li's wife had looked forward for months to the ce'e bration of their golden wedding nnd had prayed that they might te spared to eb serve It. Mr. and Mrs. Cahn were the fi st Jewish family to settle permanently in Omaha, For many years he was engiged In the clothing business, being associated with his brother-in-law, M. Hellman, under the firm name of M. Hellman & Co. He was prominent in social affairs, being an accomplished amateur musician and a member of several singing societies and tha Turnvereln. A widow and three sons sur vive him. On December 1 Mrs. Nina n. Ecker of Wlsner, Neb., issued a little paper called IRLS should be reminded that too I la I soft hands suggest a soft brain, I I that hand and hraln hnth ornw and aro educated together. Every girl shou'.d cook, sew, clean, turn. ish and perhaps wash, have something to do with flower., develop name domestic taste In place of the shame so often 'felt by high school girls for their lowly homes ' (or which, their education breeds calamitous distaste. Making this estimate of what a girl should be able to do and urging women to go back to the' washtubs and bake ovens,' dignify household' labor by regarding It a3 a science' to. be taught and acquired, Mrs Iynden Evans" in an' address before 'the Chicago Woman's' c'ub U'ged that "in. the" end the highest results' for the' human race will be attained ' la4 pie. spiritual and in-, tellectual recognition" of tha' eternal femi nine and the everlasting mascmline." "Women will' riever.be the equal of men," declared Mrs. Evans "until they lift their peculiar occupations to the height of in tellectual development and moral power which has won recognition In all the other. . fie'.ds of life and will In this. This attain ment men are today waiting to applaud." : Mrs. Evans' subject was "The Training of Our Marthas.". The speaker deplored the fact that it Is necessary to introduce (acts to demonstrate that home making Is a woman's occupation. "We have In America," said the speaker, "15,00,0(0 of piivata homes. It Is a safe conclusion that every home must have some kind of a housekeeper, good, bad or IncMfferent, thetefore t'.-.ere must be 15K)0,0i0 of housekeepers. Add to this number 2,KiO, 0C0 of domestic workers and we have 17, 0,0(0 of women at least engaged ti borne. Public If X i 1 Y AARON CAHN, PIONEER OMAHA MER CHANT, WHO PASSED AWAY ON DK CKM11KU 2a. MR. AND MRS. V. IT. COITI.D OF YORK, THEIR UOLDEN WEDDING. "The Club Record," devoted to women an I women's clubs, and sent It out all over the elate, to club women. She has been In the newspaper business with her husband, J. C. Ecker, for about twenty years, in Nebraska and Iowa. For three years she was edi tor nnd publisher of tho Dixon Tribune at Dixon, Neb., and about two years ago Mr. Ecker purchased the AVInslde Tribune, and she has been his assistant In the office until last spring, when Mr. Ecker was obliged to go west fur bis health, and is still in Wash ington. Since that time Mrs. Ecker has haj chargo of the Tribune nnd has been very successful in its publication. Sho prints the little club paper herself, doing ull tho work except the presswork. "Nature study has now become a fad among us," said Prof. Thomas 11. Mao- . Trr-mr Woman Pleads the Cause of Home making as agufn?t 3,000,001 In outside occu pations." Mrs. Evans then declared that the women taking advantage of higher education to engage In professions have Increased one-' tenth of 1 per cent compared with trade at 8 per cent. "This means " declared the . speaker, "that our present education, us given nt , large' unfits the woman for her home life by neglecting to develop her knowledge and ability, by lowering her Ideal of home . life, and does not fit her for anything else. , The absolute Incompetency of the ordinary ' girl when she first comes from school 1 fully realized only by the parent who tiles to fit her Into her usefulness In the home or the friend who tries to find her em ployment If sho needs It." ' Mrs. Evans urged that home making U regarded by the large masses of women to day as a necessary evil rather than as a 'privilege. Sho held that the problem of ' divorce is one "which we are all reluc tuntly facing, that the foundation of-the-national life, tha home, Id In need of fos tering care," and that the, saddest put of this situation is that the danger which threatens Is greatest In the .so-called bet-, ter educated classes, and those who are striving to attain a false education, which they consider higher. "It Is the hard working, home making wifo of the laboring man that will tide in over thin national error," declared tha speaker. Mrs. Evans laid tho blame at the door of the modern rchool for the aversion of the average girl to domestic work. "Sho comes oat of lon.T years of school, ' declared the speaker, "In which home man agement and home occupations have found little or no place; she has been care fully trained to demand a reason for every is Interested In NINA R. ECKER OK WIN I.m.,. .--I, Pfiil.lSHl "CLVB RECORD." SIDE. NER , ;r OK THE W1IO RECENTLY CELEBRATED bride, professor of botany In tho SUte university of Iowa. "So-called 'nature work' is conspicuous In several grades. Text books professing to give the Informa tion needful for nature study or nature work are very numerous. There is a de mand fur a more extended knowledge of the natural world und un effort everywhere to satisfy that demand. Nature study is simply a sympathetic attempt to bring known truth concerning the natural world to the attention and comprehension of thoso' who would learn. All that Is offered In nature study today will be, of course, in accordance with the principles of art and science. In other winds, real nature study Is real science, differing from the more formal presentation of scientific truth only In that it Is less comprehensive, less com plete and holds In view a somewhat dif- thing and Is then expected to take up an occupation in which she Is given no reason for unytliing, exe-ept usage, past and pres ent. To the frivolous mind It is too confin ing, and sho turns to afternoon teas and luncheons ois fine opportunities either to escape her domestic problems or to abuse her servants to her neighbors." . Mrs. .Evans, declared that she would not deny women higher education, that they should be given all they want, but that it should be directed to usefulness In tha home. ., "This does not mean washing dishes nnd dusting without Intelligence,'? asserted Mrs. Evans. "It means the understanding of sanitary laws, tho grasp of keeping the human, machine In order, tho inspiration of art, the expression of peace und cheerful ness. It means spiritual insight, educa tional power, -manual ability. To the wom an who holds the c-mfort of u man: bat tling with tho world In her hands her call ing is us high as is that of a commandant of a battleship." .... Mrs. Evans denied that housekeeping lacks the opportunity for tho display of woman's creative ability, as has been charged by the professional women, -.t. i "The arrangement of color and comfort of the home," she argued, "the variety nec essary to a good table, the maintaining of an atmosphere of hospitality nnd mutual helpfulness all these call for an outpour ing of self, of the constant adjustment of circumstances to high ideals that Is none the less creative because transitory." Mrs. Evans urged that housewives should give, tin Ir servants un opportunity for study In domestic science, that children should be taught that they are a useful and inteurul part of the household by Loin - ',4 i PROF. THOMAS II. M'P.RIDE OK loWA STATE I'NIVKIiSITY WHO IS 1'ISH 1NO NATI VE FT1HY. fcrcnt purpose. The purpose of science Is primarily the attainment of truth, of ull truth; the purpose of nature study Is rather the development of sentiment. It Is not myth, it Is not nonsense, It la not childish legend; It In truth, scientifically ascertained and suppurtcd truth, simply and clearly stated. Writers of books for nature study, In an effoort to arouse sym pathy and Interest in minds immature, either put science Into baby talk or so mingle science nnd fiction that the story becomes valueless. Furthermore, the study of geology, the making nnd distribution of soils, the making of the bills, tho valleys, are all legitimate objects of nature study, to which attention should be paid in any plan of nature study, especially among an agricultural people." Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Could, who Just cel ebrated their golden wedd tig, have spent over thirty years of their mnrrl -d life a residents of the city cf York, Yerk cninty, Neb. Mr. Gould was born January 10, 1S25, in New York City, where he spent tho earlier part of his life. M-s. Goull, whose maiden name was Jane Ellen Rounds, was born October 17, 1S-S, nnd gr. w to w man hood In Bergen county, New Jers'y. Mr. nnd Mrs. Gould were married nt Patcrngue, L. I., December 7, ix:3. Botli have btcn lifelong members of the Cungri gatiuuat chucch. Tluy nre the pnrrnts of tlx chil dren, nil living nnd residing at Yoik, and nre tho grandparents of eighteen grand children. The nccompnnylng picture was taken the day of their fiftieth nnnlvf rsary on which occasion they were lit home to about 100 of their old-tlmo friends. They still live In their own home with iimpa means for nil their needs. Their lives a brightened nnd cared for by a div t d son. Mr. Evert Gould, anil their daugh'er, Mrs. Lucy Gould Northup of tho success ful business firm of Gould & Northup. With these and their other children and grandchildren, whose Hist thought Is of "pa" and "ma" nnd "grandpa" end "grandma," they little realize what tlm has done in Its onward march of years. assigned duties to perform at an early age. The speaker deo-ned that domestio science should be made u part of the pub lic school curriculum and made an integral part of a girl's education and not a fad. "It should be done soberly and discreet ly," she said. "Here in Chicago there Is a great need of co-operation with the board of education for a high standard in thia work." Mrs. Evans urged tho establishment by an Intelligent body of experienced house keepers of "un educational Institution that can be the Instrument of Its usefulness." This body, the speaker declared, should co operate with educators and advise them. It should conduct experiments leading to the best methods of applying tho science to the home. It should encourage original research and should conduct mothers' meetings where the mothers are shown how to co-dperata with their daughters studying in the schools, thus bringing practical results. It should develop train ing so that women needing to earn a live lihood may find It In some domestic fields. "The kitchen is the heart of the home," she said. "Its Industries Intelligently un derstood nre tho most educational of all possible influences, and to overcome the alienation school often breeds for home life In the modern American girl is one of our most serious problems." "Up Against If Tho queen of Shcba had received King Solomon's gifts. "No," she wept, "I didn't enjoy Ihom on bit. Ho took the price tugs off and X don't know whero to exchange them!" , Sobbing, she Le walled the stupidity eJ the tuastulh e nilnJ.