People the
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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
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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.