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THE OitAIIA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 30. 1914. 3-B ft X What Women Are Doing in the World 1 Calendar. TtmSDAT Board of trustees. Old Peo ple's Hmm, Young Vomm i Christian association. V. . Qrant Woman's Re lief Corp, Memorial hall. Child Con servation Lwsjrue of America, Benson Methodist church. WEDNESDAY Omaha, SuffTaKS moc lu ll on. Mr. Thor. Jonrensen hostesa Ob man-American Women's Relief ss swlatlon, Gw-man Horn. THURSDAY Emma Holland, Flower mtMlon. . BATURDAT Douglas county suffra- rally at WaUwIoa. KS. N. H. NHXBON. preslAmt M of the Omaha, Woman's olub, wfll b at horn to olub mem ber! who wish to all on bua ness or to discuss olub matters every Friday afternoon durlnf the olub year. Mrs. Nelson's home Is at 05 North Fiftieth avenue. Th opening meeting of the club will bo Monday, Or toser 6. at which time reports from dele gates to the biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's clubs will be beard. All department meeting; of the club will be held the early part of the week, no meetings being held later than Thursday morning. This will necessitate a change In the meeting date of the French department. The music depart rnent will also meet on Wednesday after noon,' Instead of Thursday. The state convention will be held at Pawnee City, October 13. Mrs. F. H. Cole, ex-president of the State Federation of Women's clubs, re turned Thursday from her old home at iWarren, III., where she went following the biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's clubs. Before the adjournment of the executive board at this meeting Mrs. Cole was unanl ; mously elected chairman of the civil ser ' wloe reform department. This was the offlos flUed by the late Mrs. Sarah Piatt Decker following her presidency of the General Federation. At that time Mrs. Pecker chose as her assistants Mrs. Imogens B. Oakley and Mra Cole, and Mrs. Col ss the chairman now was ac corded the same privilege of choosing her assistants on the committee. While In. (Warren Mrs. .Cole was present at the opening of the Daughters of Veterans Home, in which she was Interested since her father, B. O. Pierce, was surgeon In the Ninety-sixth Illinois volunteer regl 'tnent , The German-American Women's Relief association will meet Wednesday at the German Home for Its weekly "coffee." Mrs. Adotph Brandos will furnish the refreshments and an admission charge of 10 cents will be made, the proceeds to go towards the fund for the German widow and orphans of the present war. The women decided at the meeting held Thurs day that the money should not revert to the Red Cross society, as was previously announced, since they thought that the government would best oare ' for the wounded. There will also be a raffle at the meeting Wednesday: Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Chicago and John I Kennedy will be the speakers at ths Douglas county suffrage rally which will be held at Waterloo Saturday even ing. Automobile parties will go from Omaha as well as other points in the county and there will be a ptcnlo supper in tne para. Mrs. Funk, together with Mrs. Graoe Wilbur trout, Mrs. Med 111 McCormiok and Mrs. Sherman Booth, are known as the "Big' Four" who won suf , frag In nilnoia All county officers and many of the state officials will attend. Mrs. Z. T. Lindsay 0f Benson Is county chairman. Mrs. B. O. Grover was elected president of the West Sid Women's Christian Tem perance union at a meeting held Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. B. B. Gants. Mrs. Frank Dunn is the new vie president; Mrs. B. H. Stevens, secretary; Mra Joseph GHlmore, treasurer. Mrs. EX H. Stevens and Miss Adda Gaats were elected delegates to the stats temperance convention. ' -A regular meeting of the V. S. Grant Women's Relief corps No. 104 will . b held Tuesday afternoon at 9:30 o'clock at Memorial hall. Among ths guests who have visited meetings of this corps dur ing the last month were Mrs. E. J. Clark, president of the George' A. Custer Wom en's Relief corps; Mrs. Lillian A. Eddy, president of ths Memory Day association, and Mrs. Abble A. Adams, past national president and now national councillor. Mrs. Adams has transferred her member ship from the Superior corps to the V. 8. Grant corps. , . The Omaha Baptist association , wtll hold a four days' session at Riverside, near Tekamah, September 1-4. The state Baptist convention will be held at the Calvary church In Omaha In October. The board of trustees of the Old Peo ple's bom will meet Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock aTtha Toung Women's Chris tian association. A definite decision with resard to opening up a campaign for a new building for the Old People's bom will be reached at this meeting. Through the courtesy of Mrs. Finch, proprietor of the Diamond moving pic ture theater, the old people attended a performance at this theater Monday aft ernoon. The same courtesy has been ex - tended to them by the Lothrop theater management. Local Women's Christian Temperance unions have received a cai from the na tional organisation to observe Sunday, September I as "Peace Day," when prayers will be offered all over the coun try for th cessation of the European war. At a meeting of ths Frances Wll lard Women's .Christian Temperance union held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. H. Craddock. a com mittee was appointed to arrange for th .obrvance of this day. Appointment of department superintendents for the com ing year was mad as follows: Antl-nar-cotlcs and scientific temperance, Mrs. J. A. Taliaferro; evancgllstlo work, Mrs. Carrie King; franchise. Mrs. George Co veil; flower mission. Mra T. R. Ward; literature, Mrs. Frank Butts; mercy and relief, Mrs. J. A. Dal sell; medal contest, Mrs. J. II. Craddock; press, Mrs. C. J. Roberts; Sunday observance. Mrs. Carrie Scott; temple, Mrs. George Co veil; Union Signal, Mrs. M. A. Jenkins; mothers' meetings, Mrs. H. M. Craig; social meet ktgs, Mrs. A. C. Anderson; parliamentary sag, Mrs. R- E. McKelvy; Juvenile tourt work, Mra F. A. Follansbe. Th following department superln ndeats were appointed at a meeting of Omaha Women's Christian Temper anc union held Wednesday afternoon at th Toung Woman's Christian association assembly room: Parliamentary Usag. Mrs. D. C Johns; mothsrs' meetings, Mra. Merry Omahans m:,.m,m r,'..i i .11. 1 m. T. ...,.. ,,i,r,i n .., - ' 7. ,.. . 'I ' " 1 r A - ; :;??. 'fi'J'''". v - :.stS ' ' v-' J- ; . I r .k v if I f ' s fW x , i FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ABCVK-MIS8 MART R. GREIST, MASTER RONET. MRS. HERBERT BOTLER, DORI8 KRAMER, MRS. G. H. KRAMER. STANDING H, B. BOTLE8, W. B. RONET, MRS. NICHOLS. MRS. W, R RONET, O. H. KRAMER. Fanny Manning; Sunday school work, Mrs. James McClalr; flower mission, Mrs. Nellie Patton; young people's branch, Mrs. W. A. Chains; franchise, Mrs. Pearl Brady; Sabbath observance, Mrs. John Smith; anti-narcotlos and scientlflo tem perance Instruction, Mrs.- W. T. Graham; press, Mrs. C. C. VanKuran; purity, Mrs. D. R. Hum; medal contest. Mrs. Edith Shlnrock; Union Signal, Mrs. Clara Jeter; social meeting. Mrs. David Linn; evan gelistic, Mrs. F. A. High; mercy and re lief, Mrs. Sarah Towell; Jail and prisons. Mra A. H. Ahlqulst; literature, Mr. Daisy Dunlap: legislation and petition, Mrs. Allc Mlnnlck; medical temperance. Mrs. W. H. MlcV; purity in literature and art. Mrs. Bertha Getschmann. The Omaha Suffrage association" will hold a resrular meeting, followed by a tea, at th horn of Mts. Thor Jorgensen, 10U1 fars: avenue, weanesaay nnvun at t o'clock. Mrs. Z. T. Lindsay will arwiwk on "The Need for Workers in th Campaign"; Miss Helen McCoy will read a paper on "Suffrage In Wellesley col lege" and Miss Syvla Hatflell of Council Bluffs will glvs a vocal solo. The pro gram meetings of this organization are open to ths public. Th first meeting of th year of the Dundee Woman's club will be a luncheon on September 25, at the home of Mra D. A. Benson. This affair Is designated In the club calendar as a conversation on the text books and th outline planned for this year's study. Th following novels and plays have been chosen for study: Churchill's 'Th Inside of th Cup," Charles Rann Ken nedy's "Th Servant In th House," Ib sen "A Doll's Hons."' Harrison's "V, V.'s Eyes," Maeterlinck's Monna Vanna," Edith Wharton's "Th Custom of th Country" and VTh louss of Mirth." Hauptmann's "Th Sunken Bell," , Percy MacKaye's "A Thousand, Year Ago," Locke's "Th Fortunate Touth," Ro stand's TAlglon," Galsworthy- "Strife" and Arnold Bennett's "Milestones." Mrs. John Telser, Mrs. Charles Leslie and Mrs. T. L. Comb are th program committee. Th club Is entering on Its nineteenth year and has seventy-two members The officers are: Mrs. G. C. Edgerly, presi dent; Mrs. G. E. Fisher, vine president; Mrs. T. R. Braden, secretary ; and Mrs 5. J. Hubbard, treasurer. Miss Charlotte IB. Whit will organise a Child Conservation leagu Tuesday after noon at I o'clock at the Methodist ehurcb of Benson. Miss White will gtv her leo ture on "Social Purity." , Th Benson Foreign Missionary society held Its closing meeting for th year Wednesday. The mite boxes were found to contain enough over th sustalnanoe of a missionary to grant a life member ship, which was voted to Mrs. A. Alack, wife of th Methodist pastor. The Benson Woman's club held its an nual picnic at Elmwood park Tuesday. A ( cV clock basket supper was served. Mes dames Hooper. Parker and Starret were the commute In charge. The South Omaha circle of th Child Conservation League of America was or gsnixed in the lecture room of the South Omaha library Friday. Th officers elected were: Mrs. C. F. Mahl, president; Mra A- L. Hunter, vie president; Mra W. C- Herrold, secretary. This Is th second circle of th leagu which has been formed In Omaha. Other leagues are soon to ba organised In dif ferent sections of th city. Th first regular meeting of ths circle will bs held September 10. ' Antl-suffrag activities will reopen with a large public meeting to be held Friday evening, the plac to be announced later. Miss Minnie Bronson. secretary of ths National Antl-Suffrag society, and Miss Marjory Dorman of ths Wag Earners' leagu of Now Tork City, are expected In Omaha September 10. and will spend two months In ths five western states la which "votes for women" Is an Issu this fall. According to Mrs. William Achlbald Smith, secretary of ths local society. Miss Bronson has donated two months of her at the Lonergan Farm time without salary to help the opposulri J j TYI ' tion party. In response to a call for as- mrOllctTaarCl S l laU. slstanc by Mrs. Dodge, th national president. Mrs. Smith states that tb combined membership of men and women, active and associate members, of the anti-suffrage ranks, passes th I. 308 mark. Over 7,000 circular letters have been sent out from th local offlc In th last few weeks and 5,000 more wtll bs sent out before the campaign closes. Mrs. E. P. Peck, chairman of th ex ecutive board, and Mrs. L. F. Crofoot and Mrs. John C. Cowln, members of th board, will return shortly from th east to take- up the work. The antl-suffrag society will have a day at ths state fair, probably September II. when a number of Omaha women will go down to Lincoln. It Is thought that Miss Bronson and Mrs. Crumpacker will be the speakers. Mrs. Crumpacker addressed a meeting at Gresham Wednesday and on in South Omaha Friday evening. Stfrs. C. J. Roberts, president of th (Frances Wlllard Women's ) Christian Temperance union, was presented with a framed picture of th Slstlne Madonna at th meeting of the olub Wednesday. Mrs. Roberts Is just moving Into- a new horn, her former horn having been destroyed In th tornado. 1 Subway Clothing Co, is in New Hands A new ownership has taksn possession of th Subway Clothing company located at Sixteenth and Douglas street. Eventually It Is th purpose to convert this store-room into a women's ready-to-wear shop, to be known a th Sub way Cloak and Suit company. And to do this at th . earliest mlnut possible a sals of th present Men's and Boy's stock of merchandise will be bald. To accomplish this and th new owner ship has decided to close th store for th next few day during which tlm they will take Inventory and prepare for a big cleaning out sal to begin on Satur day September a Julius Orkin Buys His New Fall Stock Julius Orkin has returned from New Tork. where ba spent ths last three weeks buying "his fall stock of women's ready-to-wear appareL Mr. Orkin state. that ths fall styles ars beautiful and that bis stock will be re splendent with all th new creation. These new goods will be su-rtvlng within ths Immediate future, and th mesdames andmisses of Omaha are extended an Invitation by Mr. Orkin to inspect his stock before making their fall purchases. DR. VAN CAMP HOMESTEAD ' TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION Th old Dr. Van Camp homestead, on th southeast corner of Twentieth and Webster streets, Is to be sold at auction. Th property consists of a large frame houss and a row of three brick- flats, built by Dr. Van Camp. Th buildings oocuTSy a corner lot, tUxlSl feet, fronting on Twentieth street Th neighborhood enjoyed the distinction of having har bored Omaha' wall known pioneer fam ilies, among them, th Baloorobas, Dr. Mercer and Dr. Moor. Th sal was scheduled for last Wednes day, but owing to requests from parties out In ths state, who are Interested In bidding, it has been postponed for a week Having rormarly been owned by th Byron Reed company, ths property Is now ons of tbs most profitable holdings of th estate of th late Harry Marwwlts. and us neing aisposea or in order to close it. Arthur Msrowits, under whose direction th sal Is being conducted, aserts that considerable Interest Is being manifested, i.ot alone among real estate dealers, but among speculators as well. Th sal will b held September I at I p. m. for an Outing for Branch Stores Finds Imitation If imitation ' Is the slncerest flattery, Fred Brodegaard, the Omaha Jeweler has cause to consider himself duly flat tered, since his" scheme of doing business through 250 branch store in Nebrsska and"Iowa Is to be Imitated by on of tb largeet "Store" Incorporations in United States. Th August number of "The Mail Order Journal" gives details about the United Cigar Stores plan, identically the same system which Brode- gaard's company lnauguarated In - 1911, for placing a high-grado of watches and Jewelry with responsible' firms In smaller towns. Tb Mall Order Journal article reaas: "While th United Cigar Stores Co. has stores of Its own In nearly all larger cities and In the largest even quit number of them. It Is r.ow reaching out to cover th smaller towns by Inducing cigar dealers In such places to aot as selling agents for Its' goods. This local agent will display the well known 'United' sign." "Agencies so far started have been near New Tork City but as th demand for agencies Is increasing. It is probable that th country will ba divided Into districts." "I think a good deal of business in ths smaller towns will be don on this plan In th future" svvs Mr. Brodegaard, "be cause It is a real boon to th consumer as well as to the town merchant On tb other hand our company is built up entirely on Nebraska and Iowa capital. lots of It being supplied by small in v as tors, and In this manner I think ws have successfully scattered ths "mail order soar,' which was th small town mer chants bugaboo a few years ago. KENNEDY TALKS SUFFRAGE AT GREEVY LAWN MEETING "Foreign-born citlsens, who now enjoy th right to vote In America should not deny, that right to native American women," said John L. Kennedy, in a speech to a neighborhood gathering of Seventh ward men and women on M. J. Greavy'B lawn at Twenty-ninth and Hick ory streets. Mayor Dahlman mad an address of welcome to the crowd. Mra D. O.. Craighead spoke on suffrage. Th "president's flag," presented to M. J. Greevey some years ago by ex President Taft when the Seventh Ward club launched a boom for th ex-president' re-election, floated at the top of the mast Suffrage pennants accompa nied It CONDITION OF M. W. ARMOUR ' IS VERY MUCH IMPROVED Th condition of M. W. Armour, head window decorator of th Brandela stores, who fell from a car at Park avenue and Leavenworth streets Thursday afternoon sustaining a concussion of th brain, Is steadily Improving, according to the state, ment of Dr. B. W. Christie, 330 Be build' Ing, th attending physician. At present Mr. Armour doesn't recall the accident. but- he can recognise friend and his mind Is slowly clearing. First Anniversary It afford) me much pleasure to announce the arrival of the very latest novelties of materials and styles in ladles' tailor triads cos tume that will be fashionable for VMM rAIX A STB WXHTZja KstaaOV. 1S14. My success in the past year has been due to the fact that patron, are always assured of beat qual ity, eorreot style, arUsti work Saansaip, perfect fit My collection is well worthy ef your early inspection, and th price ars exceptionally reason able DAVID MILLER XtADXZr Popmlas arioso. TA1VOM lt a-aatea aik. FICKS GETS JUT OF PARIS Omaha People Hare Strenuous Time When War it Declared. SAILING OF BOAT IS DELAYED Watt Test tys Aboard Vessel Re fer It Is Permitted t.eare Pert for the t'nltrA 9ats. Alex Flrk, a broker In tb Omaha Na tional Bank bulMlng. and hla wife, have Just returned from France, where they were enjoying a vacation when the war broke between France and the Germane. Mr. and Mrs. Flrk were In Paris at the time and were scheduled to depart on the Imperstor from Cherbourg. The Tnv perator cancelled sailing and Mr. Flrk was forced to remain In France another two weeka before departure. He Intended to leave August 1. but when the sailing of the German boat was cancelled he transferred his transporta tion to a French line. Aa the La France, the boat he intended to return on, left Havre, he waa compelled to get pass ports. He waited In line four or five days at the office of the American con sul to secure passports. By that time martial law was In force and the situa tion became trying. "Th German cafes were destroyed." deolared Mr. Flrk. "and the French cafes announced no charge would be given when payment waa tendered. Because of this many Americana suffered, but w were fortunate, aa we had American Ex press company traveling checks snd were able to cash them for the smallest coins. Other brands of exchange could not be ohsnged snd many Americans experi enced many trying times. "I waited In line four hours to secure railroad transportation from Paris to Havre. Then we were forced to b at th station at T o'clock In the morning to board th train which left at . The trip, usually taking four half hours, took ten hours. 'Then when w reached Havre th La Franc did not salt Ws waited ten days aboard that boat Th sanitary condi tions became bad and th food was poor. Many left th boat and tried to make their way Into England. They got left. We atuck to the ship and finally sailed on the 14th. We saw but on battleship on our trip across a British cruiser about thirty miles out of New Tork. "Our trunks and baggage are still in Paris. W were only permitted to take one hand grip with us and, aa a result. w ware forced to make th best of things during our twenty-day" stay on th lutkt Tirk a l 1 1 . . - . t inn w win pn.ui 9 vuf moil s do not know." OMAHA FISHERMEN LAND SOME EXCELLENT CATCHES Clark Powell, Harry Tukey and Sam Burns, a, trio of nifty Waltons, returned Friday night from a week's fishing ex pedltlon which Included Lakes OkoboJI Green lake. Diamond lake and Nest lake. Th trio cam back with a big catch of fish including baas, pik and pickerel Their catches were large and the fish were large. The bass and pike averaged three and a half pounds. MISS LUELLA PEGAU HAS SAILED TRQM WAR ZONE Mrs. Julia Rahn has received word from her sister, Miss Luella Pegau. who has not been heard from sine th decla ration of war, that shs had sailed from Rotterdam and would reach New Tork September 1 Miss Pegau was visiting relatives In Germany and had arrived ther Just previous to the declaration of war. ""JjJ ---. , sN-iu.iil iill-illtlsWflliMs-lMssWiiisS-Uiklsfi I Irtsl slush IB. r .,-- , s, .n., I-MmI.h a Hi .IM...1 .n- f II ie II tast New Fall Coat in Serge are shown at $12. SO and $15 r Silk Basque Dresses SJSsBBBBSJBBBSVasBBBVj . aassSJBBBBBBBSBBSSBBlBBSSSBBSBSBSH BSeS"BSSSSSSsSSaSSSV Handsome silk afternoon dresses in the fashionable basque and Rus sian tunic styles at $19 and $25 dresses that are very unusual in their style and quality. They are of satins and crepes de chine, black and navy. Fall Dresses, $15 They ar of satin, charmeuse or serge and satin combination tn the smart basque SWUU IVU1USUM VtlWl. t UCJ rO I 1 f, 11 f. np to the minute in every way, and will Interest every woman who wants real style and moderate cost. MISS EDWARDS DANCES FOR THE A. 0. U. W. Ifx fjKajrjrEi Zee . EdwxvcU Ancient Order of United Workmen lodge No. IS, Tuesday night August IS. gave the first of what 1 Intended to be a monthly entertainment for members snd their families. Th progrsm consisted of tarda, singing, danotng and refreshments. the special features being character Just As Good or t'j A 1 Sssfll"' - nence of the wonderful STEINWAY 4 It it the recognised standard of the world. After all. in aot . 3 the best the cheapest In the end, go why hesitate to buy a Stein- way since It la at your command at a trifling higher cost? By W buying a Btelnway you close the avenue of future regret. Steinway Uprights f500 Steinway Grands $71)0 S Easy Monthly Terms If Desired. The only store In Nebraska or Western Iowa where. you can buy new Btelnway Pianos. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. s t 1311-13 FARNAM ST., OMAHA. o&bxst riAJro xctrsx nr nra wibt. sstaxxxszbs xtst. New Fall Suits $39, $45 and $49 The creators of the Autumn suit fashions have touched the keynote of the practical and sen sible, combined with unusual grace and beauty. The suits on show here illustrate these features. The long redingote, the Bmart direc toire and trim tailor-made, are all that the most exacting could ask in suits. The aristocratic broadcloths are again In evi dence, as are the pretty poplins, gabardines, serges and novelty weaves. Colors are varied enough to provide for every e. Among the best are the African browns. nautler, Copenhagen, Hague and navy blues, the new Russian green, plum and wistaria. Handsome Suits, $25, $35 eBBBBSiSM ISSBlaSSSlSSSBBSSSSSBaSaS SSSBBBBSSSBBSSSSnSSSBBSSlSSSSV SBBSaSBBBBMBlBBBBBBSBBI VsBSS S) Twenty different styles in suits at these popular prices. All the smart new ideas, splendiii tailoring, fashionable shades and fine materials. Every one is distinguished and dignified in appearance. All are ex ceptional at the price. ? M dsnclng by Mnry Eileen Edwards, snnn by Miss Betty Town snd John McTag ge rt Knights of the Grip ' to Prepare for the Annual Convention At the national convention of the Trav elera' Protective Association--of America, held In Houston. Tex., in June of this year. Omaha was aelected as ths con vention city for ISIS. The convention will continue over three days and not less than ?.o'0 delegatrs, many of them ac companied by their wives, will be her. The members of Omaha po"!. A, Travel era' Protective Association of America, upon which devolves the duties of look ing after the details of the convention, have railed a meeting for Saturday even Inn, September B, at 7:30 o'clock In th Paxtnn hotel. At that meeting N. Stan ley nrown, president of the local post will preside and he, together with mem bera'of a committee, will explain what Is necessary to make the 1P1S convention th best over held by th association. BODY OF MISS C0CKSEDGE WILL NOT BE EXHUMED No evidence has been found supporting a request from relatives of the late Miss Dorothy Cocksedge that her body be ex humed on the theory that a criminal agency was " responsible for her death, according to a report made to M. A. Hall, British consul in Omaha. No further In vestigation of th case Is now contem plated. Mis Cocksedge. who wss th daughter of a British army officer In India, died In Nicholas Benn hospital. Her body is In Forest Lawn cemetery. County At torney Masmey believes ther was no Irregularity connected with th young woman's death. Nearly As Good As a Steinvay is the war cry of all Balemen who have not the privilege of selling this famous Piano. Could anything be more convincing testimony to the unapproaolied emi- Dl VI luauJ new muuses 'Pli oca a -wtM -Vists! rt rr V sv-nrn L. siv-uv CV4. U UJ..U OUlVVU lUl tilt) first time. They are copies of high price imported models, with the new cape back. Made of crepe de chine, charmeuse and chiffon combination. Priced at $4.50, $5, $5.98 up to $7.50. 'I New Basque Blouses, now so '"J popular at $5 and $7.50. flew Fall Sldrts Many of these are the new Russian tnnlo styles with pretty satin combinations. Prices a.8 and $ 12.60. New Klosfit PetticoatJ, $5.00. i tntst