The Omaha Sunday
PAST TWO
EDITORIAL
PAGES ONE TO TWELVE
PART TWO
SOCIETY
PAGES ONE TO TWELVE
VOL. XLU-NO. 22.
OMAHA, SlTXl)AY MOliNMXtl, XOVKMHKK 17. 1012.
SIXdLIO VOW FIVE CENTS.
Prominent Omaha Women Take Pride in
Charity
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i MM! A. women are greatly Inieri'wted la
charity vopli aud much lime baa
been Bpent in this work by man?
prominent women of the city. Not
only havo individual cases been the
cause of hours of work on the part
of these women, but organizing and
maintaining large institutions for the aid of
humanity has taken much time in the lives of
these women.
In many cases these women have given their
assistance year In and year out for the upkeep of
those institutions and equally aa much time has
'been spent along the Hno3 of charity work as In
entertaining their friends.
One of tho oldest and most prominent work
ers in the city 1b Mrs. T. L. Kimball, who has
been president of tho Omaha Charity association,
operating the Crecho for twenty-five years. Tho
Creche has in all these years been well known in
tho city for the work it has done. At the present
time there arc twenty-five little folks who are
boarders there by tho month and ten who are day
attendants. It has been the wish of tho members
or this association to have a country homo for tho
children who aro placed in tho Creche by tho
month and this wish may be realized when the
will of a very good friend of Mrs. T. L. Kimball
is executed. A clause In this will states that the
hdme of this "friend" will go to this Omaha char
ity for the littlo people who are placed in the
Creche for a period of time longer than a day.
The name of this person who has considered tho.
welfare of these children 1b a secret to tho mem
bers of the executive board of this organization,
Lut will be made public later.
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Heart and Soul in Work
Hour after hour has been spent by Mrs. Kim
ball iu work and thought for the needs of tho
children and tho pareuts who havo como under
her attention. Mrs. Kimball has not only put her
heart and soul into tho welfare of this institution,
which allows a mother to work for tho support of
her young family and place her children In a good
homo for the day or week while her time Is spent
at her work, but for a quarter of a century Mrs.
Kimball has given most of her time in tho work
for theso little people and her reward has como
to her many times when tho little folk of the
Crecho who have grown up return and It can bo
teen that they aro fine men and women.
A good, clean home for the little tots during
the day under the right guidance, tho one step
toward providing and helping the working woman
to help herself; this aid has been given to an
average of 300 homes for tho last twenty-fivo
years. Perhapu the ono thing that the Crecho
-t'ands for more than any other is that the object
is to keep the home and family together and by
ti afntalnlng the home in a central part of tho
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ell, where women who must go to work early in .
tho morning can take their littlo ones. Mrs. Kim
ball has been tho one moro than any other woman
who has kept tho association together. When
several members of tiie board of directors a few
years ago wanted .to unite with the Child Saving
institute she took the stand that this was not a
placo whore children were taken to bo kept until
homes could be found, but a placo whero children
could be kept whllo parents were working during
tho day and keeping their small family together.
Whllo tho work as tho prosldent of . this as
sociation has taken up much of Mrs. Kimball's
time, bIio has always had time to glvo a amllo and
speak a gentle word of encouragement to any ono
person who ever went to her for nsslstanco. in
her work in tho Creche she has not only given her
time and financial assistance but each child In
thero knows Mrs. Kimball as being ono of his or
her best friends.
Establishes Flower Mission
Mrs. George A. Hoagland has not only been onu
of the foremost workers in .charity in tho city, but is
the founder of tho Emma Hoagland Flower Mis
sion, which is a memorial to her daughter. The
flower .mission is composed of tho young society
women of tho city. A certain number or them
go to the hospitals throughout the city ono morn
ing each week and to each sick person flowers are
given and also sent to many homes. To the sick
who aro in hospitals with no friends in the city
tho visits of these flower mission girls aro long
remembered. Not long ago a gentleman, whoso
residence Isdn an eastern city, was In Omaha and
inquired if the flower mission girls still took the
flowers to tho hospitals and recalled a tlmo when
he was passing through tho city, was taken 111
and hnd to go to the hospital. "Whllo there, ho
said, theso young women paid their "weekly visits
to tho hospital where he was. Ho Bald nono of his
friends knew that ho was III, but tho young women
left some. flowers in his room, tho only ones and
the only thought which had been given him by an
outsider, and ho remarked that ho would never
forget those roses. This man said that no flowers
hod been aB sweet to him either before or Binco
that morning when tho flower mission girls loft
tho roses in his room. Mrs. Hoagland has been
ono of tho generous givers to church societies and
charity institutions whenever she has been called
upon for assistance.
Mrs. Georgo A. Joslyn and Mrs. John C. Whar
ton, who aro both prominent In society and havo
many social demands made upon their time, havo
given hours of hard work and many thousands of
dallara to the needy in the city. Mrs. Joslyn has
ono of tho handsomest homes of the city and on
many occasions opeus It to the public for tho
benefit of some charity. Her music room, with
one of the finest pipe organs in the country, hau
been opened to many affairs so that many of her
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friends might hear somo noted organist play, in
her conservatory ono of tho host collections of
orchids in tho country can-bo found and Mrs. Jos
lyn has buun most thoughtful of the sick when
huge buncrfos of rosea and other flowers have
been sent from her grounds. "With all the de
mands made upon her tlmo alio always has a mo-'
inent to listen to the story of somo needy ono nnd
hor excellent judgment has been the means of
guiding many an institution to a safe aud sound
footing.
Luigo (Jinn to Charity
Mrs. Wharton mado one of tho largest gifts
to both tho Young "Men's Christian association
and Young Women's Christian association when
both theso institutions put tip tholr I buildings.
Thero wore fow larger gifts from private Individ
uals than tho ones mado, by Mrs. Wharton. Shu
is promlnont among tho socloty womon or tho
city and is on many boards governing charity In
stitutions. She is unother ono of the women who
never allows a aoclal engagement to interfere with
her tirao which she devotes to tho work for the
poor.
Equally well known in charity work In the
city is Mrs. Georgo Tildon, who has been president
of the Young Women'H Christian association tor
many years and Is also a prominent club woman,
having been president of tho Omaha Woman's
club and many church organizations, It Is to
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Mrs. Tllden perhaps moro than any othor woman
In the city thnt tho members of the Young
Women '8 Christian association owe their grati
tude for the new building, not for tho building
itself, but for the groat effort made by Mrs. Til
don In dlroctlng tho work of tho campaign, and It
was through her efforts largoly and tho confidence
that the general public had in hor ability to man
ago an Institution of tho kind that many of tho
large contributions to tho rund wuro made.
In many Instances the work concerning the
poor Iioh been done !' many Council Hlurfs women
and perhaps tho one who stands out most promi
nently In this work Is Miss Carolyn Dodgo of that
city, who Is prosldont of tho Associated Charities
o'f Hint city. Thero aro times whon fajnllliw or
Omaha movo to Council Iluf,fu and Mlw Dodgo
has beon ono or tho womon who has had time al
ways to see to It that tho needy have had pro
visions and In several casos has mado a personal
visit" to the homo of the family to find out just
what necessity Is needed. She Is one of the promi
nent society women of tKo olty and hor uoclal
duties are numerous. She Is also a prominent
club woman, both in Council HluffB and Omaha.
MIbh Dodge Is equally known In Omaha and Coun
cil Muff? aud fpend.i much of her time with her
Bister, Mrs. Edgar Scott, of this city. She comes
from one of tho oldest and most aristocratic fami
lies and has traveled extensively.
With tho history of tuo Visiting Nurse associa
tion names of many prominent socloty women aro
included, perhaps nono more pronifnont than the
name of Miss Louisa McPhorson, who haB given
much of hertinio for the wolfaro of this good
work which is being done iu the city. Miss Mc
phortton has beon connected with tho association
for sovorul years and no matter what tho duty has
boon which would aid tho cause for the poor
babies who wore Blck, and tholr mothers, she has
never considered herself and her time has al
ways been at tho disposal of tho socloty. These
duties ' havo not always been the most pleasant
and tho situations in which Miss McPliorson haa
been placed havo sometimes beon just a bit funny.
Many Italics Cured For
Ono of tho most Important features of tho worfi
of tho Visiting Nurso lust summer was tho baby
camp which was maintained by this association
and thC'iiursos who were sont from homo to homo
to show tho mothers tho proper care of tho baby.
In order to bring this to tho notice of tho publlo
and explain what the work was that was being
done a series of plcturos wero displayed at the
different theateiB in the city and Miss McPherson
gavo many overlings to tho task of making short
talks at tho theaters whero theso pictures were
presented. Miss McPheraon haB had tho assist
ance of many or tho young women of the city in
this work. Miss Clara Thomas, who has for many
years been aecrotary or tho Visiting Nurso aaso-
(Contlnued on Pace Eleven.)
