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12 B TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 13, 1!14. FATHER OF CONSTITUTION Pelatiah Webster Is He for Whom Honor is Asked. PETITION PUT UP TO CONGRESS rrnyr by llnnnt Taylor for Tnlilet to frmnry of Anthor or First Draft of Our Organic Americans have a very definite Idea as to who Daniel Webster was and aa to who Noah Webster was. but what docs tho average man know, off-hand, of I'clatlah Webster? Wlio was he? What grrat role did he play In tho Immortal drama of the founding of the greatest of governments? Any schoolboy well up In his grades will tell you glibly that Noah Webster was the author of the dictionary, that lan'c! Webster was ono of the greatest of American statesmen and orators, but ntk your schoolboy, your college boy, If you please, to tell you all about Pelatiah cbster and hear .what ho says. Yet Pelatiah Webster, It the United Ptntes congress acts favorably upon a Petition submitted to It tomorrow, will be given a place officially In the fore front of thoso who founded this republic, us the Inventor of our federal constitu tion. Aiiiitvpmnrr of I'lthllentlon. February 16, 19H. Is tho 131st anni versary of the publication at Philadel phia or Pelatiah Webster's epoch-making tract containing the first draft of the existing constitution of tho United States. Thus declares llannts Taylor, the petitioner, who, In person, lays the document beforo congress, praying: First, that on February 16. 1914, It (congress) will order this petition to bo reaa in cacn house and then published In the Congressional Ilecord. to the end that the people of the United State may rciicr unacrs.anu mo lacis involved in tho life work of one surely destined to stand out In the tlmo to come as ono of tho foremost founders of the republlo; second, that this petition bo then referred In each house to an appropriate commit tee who shall be directed to Inquire whether a tablet, or some other anDro- piiate memorial, should bo erected In or near the capltol in commemoration of me services of one who has contributed bo much not only to our honor and glory, but to the politics of tho world. First of TIiIm Fninll)', Pelatiah Webster was the first dis tinguished member of this great New Kngland family of Wcbstcrs. He was a master of tho science of financo ani economy. Says Mr. Taylor: 'On February 16, 183, he published at Philadelphia as his Invention, 'tho wholly novel theory of a federal government embodied soon thereafter by the federal convention of 17S7 In the existing consti tution of the United States. Tho Inven tion thua promulgated was elaborated In great detail and spread broadcast In a pamphlet of forty-seven pages. An original copy of that dwcli-malclng pub lication, entitled, 'A Dissertation on the political union and constitution of tho thirteen United States of North America, which Is necessary to their preservation and happiness; humbly offered to the publls by a citizen of Philadelphia.'" Reciting a good deal of what was pub lished by Webster, Sir. Taylor says: "Ills own presentation of his case Is conclusive." And; "Prior to Webster's publication there Is no trace of any other plan or project of a new constitution (thin Is tho second and existing consti tution) that can bo placed In contrast or rivalry with his 'wholly novel theory.' Tho gmat architect thus stands alone and Isolated from all rivals In the 'solitude of his own originality.' " DPvliloii of Government, Mr, Tjuj lor Bays Webster even saw the necessity and made the provision for dividing the government Into three de partmentslegislative, executive and Ju dicial, conceiving, therefore, the whole form of our organic law, Taylor further declares: "When the existing constitution of the United States waa given to the world, after the adjournment of the federal con vention on September 17, 1787, Pelatiah Webster, a citizen of Philadelphia, was ablo to greet and defend the child of his brain wtlh a father's zeal and a father's love. Then It was that he promptly took his place at the sldo of Washington, who nearly exhausted his moral authority In u supreme effort to force the states to ratify It" He then relates Incidents occurring In the course of Webster's defense of the document. As to Hamilton. As If anticipating what somn mlzht soj; hero In relation to Alexander Ham ilton's share of honor, the petitioner ob serves: "On the day Webster laid his complete and wholly novel nlan of a federal mv. ernment at the door of the continental congress, Madison, then 32, and Hamilton, then 10, were In their daces In that as sembly, In which Charles Plnckney, then took his place not long afterwards. Only tho blind and Infatuated will con tend that these vigilant and ambitious young statesmen, Intent upon Improving conditions then crying out for remedy, did not read and master all of the con tents of the great document, the first to propose the construction of a new federal system, published 'at the, seat of gov ernment,' under their very eyes on Feb ruary 16, 1783. As a trained and expert entcd financier and statesman of '57, Webster was certainly far better equipped to aolvo a problem. In Its essence, finan cial and commercial, than either Mad ison, Plnckney or Hamilton could have been at that time " Gossip About Music and the Musicians (Continued from Page Eleven.) Daughter, Taken from a tr . m . Motner Who Hefuses to Send Her to School llccause Mrs. Louise Noma, 414 Hickory street, refused to send her 15-year-old daughter lulso to', school Judge Hears of tho Juvcnllo court committed the child to nivervlow home. Tho girl and her mother maintained that It was ne'ee-sary for her to work to assist In paying for their home. ' DESK SERGEANT DOES NOT THINK WELU0F THIS JOKER Desk Sergeant Marshall at police head auarters. whn lm ti.n . . , viui'iuyiiiK ilil atomizer to relieve a touch of throat trouble for the last few dav. nniir.rt peculiar sensation unon imlnir ih arit. Friday. Suspecting something waawrong iu unvuvvicu mat some oi nis bosom companions had been mixing a little co caine with his medicine. Marshall I. sharpening a bowle knife on tho sole of nis hoot in anticipation of discovering tho culprit. ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS WILL HOLD MEETINGS SOON An antl-suffrago meeting will be held nt Turpln's hall, Twenty-eighth and Farnam streets, at p. m February 23. There will also be a meeting at the American theater at 8 o'clock Tuesday even ing. February 24. when Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, national president of the asso ciation opposed to woman suffrage, will preside at. both meetings. Miss llronson, general secretary of the association, will bo tho principal speaker. of the worda and music In opera which make It an Important factor In the spread of musical appreciation. Many a scoffer at classical music will attend the opera when you could not drag him to a concert. If the opera Is not too heavy for him, ns some of the Wagner operas undoubtedly are. ho will appreclato the music through the words with which It Is associated, and be sur prised at the wonderful effects which he not only sees but hears Interpreted. Finally some bright sparkling gem of melody will delight him and his capture Is complete. If he has tho opportunity of attending ngain and often, he wilt usually find more parts which will at tract him and which he would like to hear again, and before he knows It ho has built up for himself quite a treas ury of classical favorites. He has added himself to the ranks of the great music loving public, and Instead of being the original rcoffer, he may eventually buy a ivlctrola In order to hear the music again, or oven be guilty of attending concerts given by some favorite singer, or whero a favorite selection is on the program. Tho St. Iouls Symphony orchestra Ims a now business manager this season who Is not only new to them, but to orchestra management and on January 17 Iib wroto Miss Hopper, as follows: "I regret to Inform yoit our executive committee has refused to sanction tho tour I planned for tho last of February, so wo will not be able to come to Omaha ort tho 24th as arranged last September, t found It Impossible to secure engage ments sufficient to make tho tour possi ble, although at the tlmo I mnds the ar rangements with you, tho outlook was very favorable. I regret very much that It Is necessary to cancel this engagement which was made by me In ull good faith. Voura very truly, "A. J. GAINES." Since receiving this letter Mis Hopper has made persistant efforts to substltuto anothor orchestra, but In vain, so has heeded the urging of several musicians with whom she has discussed the cir cumstance and has nrranged for the Flonzaley quartet, April 13, the Monday after Easter. The only difficulty now Is tho absolute assurnnco of the theater, but prospects aro favorable. The Flonza ley quartet will then .give tho last con cert In the matinee series and subscribers holding tickets dated February ,24 can use them April 13. This will bo tho third appearance, of this organization, during five years nnd Its, conquest has always been complete. From tho most severe critics on both sides of the water, they have been called "the world's greatest chamber muslo organization." Miss Hopper also states that any sub scribers not perfectly satisfied with this arrangement may return tickets and money will be promptly refunded. The Minneapolis orchestra booked for May iS will come as announced. Ilranch No. G, of the National jts'ocur tlon of letter Carries, have Issued' cir culars announcing a concert to be given by Rclnald Werrenrath, baritone, and Miss Alma Clluck, soprano, at the Audi torium, Monday evening, March 2. This concert is to bo given under their auspices, for the purpose of raising funds tn order, to adequately entertain the bi-annual convention of tho Na tional Association of Letter Carriers, which meets In Omaha early In the fall of IBIS. The .artists with whom the have engaged for this cocert are wcl and favorably known elsewhere, and it will bo -their first appearance In Omaha. James K. Carnal announces that he will give a production of the "Crea tlon," by Hayden, at the" First Uaptlst church on the evening of Tuesday, March 10, assisted by a chorus of thirty Voices . Last Saturday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Kelly gave the second of their lecture-recitals and the fourth of the r season of "Four-Ojclocks," at thk as sembly hall of the Young Women'-. Christian association building. These af fairs on every Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock aro for the students of Mr ar.d Airs. Kelly, and they have become so popular that frequent queries have been made by telephone as to how ad mission might bo obtained; the fait that many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly and their students have enqurlcd about the.le student programs has made it almost necessary that some more public affairs jbe given and they will probably come on later In the season. I At ths lecture-recital last Saturday Mr. Kelly gave a complete lecture on tho comparative work of two famous song writers, Schumann nnd Schubert, In which he traced their progress through ' various stages, pointed out tho Influence j cn their work of other great masters . nnd drew out .the human and personal sldPjS of their lives, by anecdote. Incident, Illustration and quotation. Miss ICarbach ' tluslrated somo of tho most serious songs of Schubert, and Mrs. Dalo gaVe somo of tho Schumann songs In different styles. Sacred Musicale to Be Given Next Week at St, Philomena's A sacred concert Is to bo given Sunday of next week at St. Philomena's church for tho boneflt Of St, Philomena's school, a free school attended by over 200 chil dren under (ho Instruction of Father Stenson. The concert will bo under tho management. of Leo A. Hoffman. Henry Cox WW play the violin, whllo tho Omaha String orchestra will give sacred melo dies and Mrs. Leo A. Hoffmann will sing, by request, "Ave Maria." The St. Philomena's choir will also participate. The program Is as follows: Prelude to the "Assumption". ...Massenet Members of Omaha String orchestra with organ accompaniment. Henry Cox. director. "It Is" Enough".'.., I Elijah Mr. ruchard u Mem. 'Ave Vcrum" Gulllmant Misses Margaret Vocum, Genevieve Rush, Margaret Rrenpan, Mrs. It. E. Yocum; John Urennan, John Rush. James Rush, Charles Moriarlty; Phil McMlllln, director. 'Agnus Del" Dlzet Miss Mary McShanc. "Ave Mrla" 1 Schubert Henry Cox. Vocal duct '. Selected Mrs. Lange' and Mr. Burklcy. KleJIar melody, "lAst Sprlnu" OKog Htrlnir Orchestra nnd Orenn. "Avo Maria" (by request). ...Percy ICalin iwun vioun ouugaio, .Mr. tox.) Mrs. Leo A., Hoffmann. I "Gloria" , Marzo 8t. Phllomcnas Choir, a Domlnus Dcus....Mrs. Michael Harte b Qui Tolls Clinton Miller o Laudamus te Thomas Swift NOTED MEDIUM TO GIVE TESTS TO JDMAHA PUBLIC At the Brandcls theater Sunday night, February 22, Dr. Eddy, tho noted med ium, will give a seance for the purpose of demonstrating spirit power In tho llghtv The features which Dr. Eddy will present at the nrandels will Include slato writing and materialization test. Questions written and" retained by tha Interrogators will receive answers. 8 A New Page in Shoe History Announcement Ctfttra Sbss Ceaseay mm Wear Lager To. the Shoe Merchants of the West and South who want dependable, Western -Made Shoes with Character CENTRAL SHOE COMPANY, (successors to Barton Brothers) of Kansas City, Mo., have enlarged their business and in the future will sup- ly their customers with Western-Made hoes from their own specialty factories. They will retain the brands formerly made and now on their customers' shelves, 'and their customers will in future have the privilege of buying their shoes direct from the manufacturer. Their customers will receive new shoes, fresh from their factories each season. They will distrib ute the products of their fourteen (14) factory organizations, at the factory price for cash. J The Central Shoe ' Company assures " the trade" at all times a most complete and up-to-the-minute line of Men s, . Boy's, Girl's, Women's, "Misses' and . Children's Shoes, in all sizes. Central Shoe Company (successors to Barton Brothers) wish to thank their customers ' and friends for their past valued business, and announce that a stock of approxi mately One Million Dollars in modern, Western-Made Shoes will ba carried at all times for the convenience of the Shoe Trade. They solicit your shoe business upon the merits of their own Missouri-Made product. entire. 1 Dhoe Co. Thtlr Brand Nto and Complete Spring Catalogue will be mailed to tUe trade in March. Kansas City, Missouri, U. S. A. B. W. Aiken, N. W. Oklahoma. C. O. Haughmaji, 8. K. Kansas, O. W, lUmDcrger, Oolorado. O. A. Bernert. N. W. Missouri. B. V. Bloom, Northern Nebraska, H. N. Ilojrklu. 8. K. Texts. CI, O. Braden, Northern Kansas. J. W, Cox, Central Kansas. H. T. Doyas, Waeh'n and Montaaa, A. A. Dean. N. W. Arkansas. W, A. DonUTy, New Mexico. Central Shoe Company's Traveling Salesmen K. J. F. DuUoo, Oklahoma. B. 3. Plannery, Mississippi. . O. V, Qarreu, Iowa. V. B, Graham, Southern Nebraska. A. J, Gardner Montana. to. D. Hasl.tt, Oregon. W. K. Haydon. North'n California. V. 3. Hollls, N. W. Iowa. K, D. Ho wis, KaaUrn Arkansas. U. M. Jaxmon, Northsra Louiilaaa. p. A. Jones. XV'n Kans. and VT'n Uo. H. C Jones. N. Ms. and H, Cnlll. J. B. KalUkUr, Minnesota. A. F. Ktmtne, Kra City. O. M. Uintboir, Bo. California. W, H. rJttl iftfc, A,, ma B'nOkla. T. II. MonUn. Central Wn. Mo. K. 11. Morgan, N. W, Tr.as. IL B, Nslion. Bouth Dakota. O. U. Pa, Wyouiig and UonUna. Chat. C ktrr. Utah and Nsrada. A. T. Uoe, Kanias. John BculUn, N. K. Texas U. U. BttTcra, Weatern Texat, J. A. Btonebam, N. W. Texas. a. r. Bmlth. B. E. Mo. and N. K. Ark. K. D. Van Trees, Southern T-, j V, K. Wilson, loulsiana. t J. W. While, MittlMlppl. O. E. Van Trees. K. C, HoBse Sa'etm'a, W U. Oxien, K. C. Uouse B.liuu'n. The Mirac ofLocvdef and Dishes le THE women who have given so generously of their time and experience in preparing the AaminUtratlon Economy Oook Book are H distinctly hoiae-maktrs well noted tor their sensible, economical ana enectlve methods. Efficiency hss become a big word in business, and there it no reason why its magic should not extend to the home, which is the foundation for all business, all domestic, and all social life. These women 4fc. BaYe b"?, U!e4 to society, and enjoy It, but they do not; exist for society's sake. They interpret the signs of !S ,:!mi"-.VvP!lntLn? l1 ,0!iKer .nd trn,r litsrhood, built upox a senstblo and safe standard of firing. Their act 1 lnK i5a D?k J b. di'trlbuted at saeh a low price shows their greet dosire to help by civiDg the best they had at a price so low that it only covers the sctual cost of prlntlne and cUttrlbutton. THE keynote was sounded by President Wilson in Omaha during the last campaign when ha declared ''The n&Uan's problems today are problems of the home, and by tro same token thoy are women's problems.'' later, Speaker Clark repeated the chord In his opening speech at the first annual convontion of tha woman's National League in Washington, and the women within the sound of his Tolce got the harmony-thought-wave. The Economy Administration Oook Book, containing the choicest recipes of iSO leading women from every state In the Union is the result. JUST a glance at the Table "of Contents given below will show you the wide range of good recipes and the home subjects taken up In this most wonderful book. There is nothing absolutely nothing that basins to compare with it in oyglnallty and completeness. And Mr. Wiley, the colebrated Furs rood Expert, says, "This it a book that ought to tie in every home in this country." DEDICATED to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,, wife bf the President of the United States. 'Toreword by Dr. Harvey W. .Vlley." "Preface by the editors snd publishers." "Alphabetical list of contributors and their stages." PART ONE "History of the Wilson TamUy Oook Book.' "Leaves from the Wllsonramlly Cook Book (a book of choice recipes collected from various sources by the Presi dent's mother)." , "Culture and Cooking. (How to clean furniture, stain wood, gardening, etc.)." "White House Tableware." I "White House menus . (arranged by the wife of former president Tail Deiore retiring irom omce;. xne biswwhjou, family menus in the White House." PART TWO "Housekeepers' terms." "General contributors, arranged alphabetically by names. (A biography of the contributor heads each page.)" PART Miscellaneous recipes under Appetizers, Beverages. Bread and Bolls. Cakes, Loaf fend Layer. Small Cakes, Cookies, etc. Candles. Egg Dishes. Entrees. Fish and SheU Tlih. Ice Cream and Ices. Meats. Fastry, Flqs and Shorteskes. THREE the following headings: Flckles. Poultry and Oame. Preserves, Canned Fruits and Jellies. Puddings. Pudding Sauces, Cold Desserts. Salads and Sslad Dressings. Sandwiches. Bauces. Soups, . Vegetables. Meatless Dishes. PART FOUR The Care of Food in the Horns. Casserole. The Easiest Way. Flrelesa Cookery. Food for the Children' sTsble. Harmony Menus (menus of recent prominent func tiens. Paper Bag Cookery. Table of Food -Values. Table of Measurements, Tea Table Tips. Tea Table Trifles, Time Tables. . New Vegetables (dasheens, the roselle, Chinese cab bage, etc). Preserving the Health. Mrs. Franklin K. Lane (Wife of the Secretary of Interior) CALIFORNIA Mrs, Lane, wlfs of ths Sec retary of the Interior, was an odcial hostess In Washington for several years before her husband was appointed to a post in President Wilson's Cabinet. During those years Mr. Lane was a member of ths Inter-State Commerce Com mission, a position bringing ihlm in touch with men; espe cially lawyers, from all parts of the country. Her circle of acquaintances naturally in cluded tho wives of her hus band's associates snd was cor respondingly broad. So broad. indeed, that its thought waves easily reached from the Atlan ta to ths Paclfle and from the Canadian border to the Gulf. Mrs. Lane's maiden name waa Annie Wlntermuls. She was born in Elmlra, V. T., where her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wlntermuls, still reside. .She was married to Mr. Lane, then a newspaper man, in Teeoma, Washington, in 1B03, and has two children, Franklin K., Xr and a daughter, Nancy, Their hone is now, as it always has been, a favorite rendesvous for the people of simple living and high thinking. Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson (Wife of the Postmaster-General) TEXAS AND WASHINGTON, D. C. Mrs. Burleson was not a stran ger to the National capital and its connection when she entered the Wilson Cabinet circle March 4, 1813, for she spent many seasons there during her hus band's fourteen years' service in Congress from the Tenth district of Texas. In all that time,- de spite the demands of a (rowing family, she was in sympathetic tone with Washington City and Its needs, as well as with those of her native state. She has also taken keen Interest in the world of feminine activities; is sn author, playwright, and .said to be a suffragist, as well as a happy home-maker. Her family consists of a married daughter, Mrs, B. Van Wick Negley of Eaa Antonio, and two school girl daughters, the Misses Lucy and Sidney Burleson. Her principal literary works are three plays and a monologue, all of which have been given with marked success in Wsshlngton and New York. "His Secretary" appeared first, several years ago; "Her Hour" waa given by Washington talent at the playhouse for charity May S, ltis, and "The Deluge" was staged in New York in 1913, "An Afternoon Tea in Washington" Is a satirical monologue, much liked by dramatic readers. The reader of this wonderful book is brought into dose personal touch with 460 of the most notable woman in America, leadera of thought and fashion, literature,' music, art and civic circles. Biographical sketches and portraits accom pany most of the contributions, and it is through these Interesting sidelights that we gain a trne and accurate picture 'of the women whose life-long experience is here set down in permanent form as a memorial of their attention to ths greatest problem of the time. Mrs. Josephus Daniels (Wife of the Secretary ot Navy) NORTH CAROLINA Mrs. Daniels is a native ef the Pins Tree state. She is the daughter of the late Major Wm. II. and Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley, and. a grand daughter of Oovernor Worth of North Carolina. She was born and still lives in ths Worth family horns in Balelgh, within a few blocks of which is the beau tiful monument erected by the voluntary subscription of friends to the memory of her brother, Znslgn Worth Bagley, an early hero-victim of the Spanish American war. Like most southern women, Mrs. Daniels is very hospitable and entertains constantly but without ostenta tion or unnecessary formality, The setting of her official residence Is as nearly like that of her .homo in the southland as it waa possible to find in Washington. There she resides with the gracious dignity characteristic of generations of the women of her family, and there she is making social history as one of the charming leaders in tha coterie of the U. 8. Navy. Secretary and Mrs. Daniels have four splendid sens, Worth Bagley, Josephus, Jr., Jonathan Worth and Franklin A. Daniels. ssHlwSsH Mrs. David Franklin Houston (Wife ot the Secretary of Agriculture) MISSOURI Mrs. Houston, waa Helen Beall, a native ot Texas and member of one of the most prominent families In the state. Owing to the early death ef her parents, she waa reared by her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Turner, and after graduating with honor from the high school at Austin, attended the State University. She married Mr, Houston, then Adj. Pro fessor, later Professor of Polit ical Science, and finally Frssl dent of that institution. Be fore entering the Wilson Cabi net circle, she lived in St. Louis where her husband was chancel lor of the Washington Univer sity and she was identified with the social life of the city as well aa with that of the college. She is a woman of refinement, dir. nlty and tact: the soul of polite ness and Is always gracious. She is fold of society and society is fond of her, but she is not ths kind of woman to live on a round of gayety where never a single rational thought Is heard. She Is the devoted mother of three children a son of school age, another four years old, and a baby daughter Jess than a year old. She Is keenly and practically interested in the efforts of her hus band to reduce the cost of living for tho people of the United States. la orOr te allow this book tn (to Into every horn, the Editors oi the work have commanded that the price be fixed at 9o, an amount ttiat harely covers th co or prmtlnc and distribution. Cut out this ECONOMY UMHTIKICATB. sign your name and rt '".'A. '?rM. Pr!'!,ent it at The Uee office. 103 Bee building, together 'J1!?"; w.h,ch ,n' f 11X9(3 ti ,n Editor. The return ot tha WHERE YOU CAN GET BOOKS Bee Office I 103 Jl RnlMlns nm.U. J Main St. Council niuf fa. ttiltt N Su South Omaha. Add :S cents if tha book la to be sent you by express. 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