TITK OMAHA SUNDAY BKK: DIXKMBEIt 27, 1014. 3 B What Women Are Doing in the World 3.MAHT WOUNDED IN BERLIN Multitude of War Victims Being Treated at German Capital. pVER A THOUSAND HOSPITALS Clafc Calcadar. ftTONPAT Royal Bluss, entertainment st Old Peoria's Horn. - TVKPPAY ' bonaUon JLey", OM Peo ple's Horn fe.liNK.SDAT Dundee Woman's cluN Mn B. R. Hume, hostess. Franc Willard Woman's Christian Temper snot union at OM People's Home, Omaha Woroan'a Christian Temperance ii Ion at Toun Men's Christian asso ciation. Fontenelln ohapter. Order of the Eastern Mar, Mrs Clarence Rubrn dahl. hostess. French department, Omaha Woman's club, 10 a. m st res Idenco, studio of Miss May Mahoney. THURSDAY Benson Woman s olub, watch party. Bra ma Hoasrland, flower mission. (Notices for this column should be mailed or telephoned to the club editor before Friday noon.) T O REMEMBER her friends at the holiday season with an original booklet entitled "Love's Token." was the pleasure of Miss Msry E. Lunn of the Methodist Deaconess Home. ' Besides Christmas verses, the booklet contains appropriate Thanksgiving-, New Tears. Easter,. Fourth of July and birthday verses, and a brief history of how the verses came to be written. Miss Lunn Is actively Interested In the Oak Btreet Mission and came to Omaha from the east to assist In the campaign for funds for a more substantial settle ment house. . Bhe is one of the oldest deaconesses In point of service, having been so engaged for twenty-five years. Smallest Accommodates Forty rases While I.arsrer Ones Care foe Foir llanarrd to lx Han- drcd at One Time. The Frances Willard Women's Christian Temperance union will meet at the Old People's Home, 1214 Wirt street, Wednes day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. A miscel laneous program of muslo and readings In which members of the Young People's branch of the Frances Willard society win take - part, will be given, following which there will be a surprise for the old people. The next meeting of the Dundee Wo man's club Wednesday will be a current topics meeting with Mrs. B. 'R. Hume, 9H North Forty-ninth street, hostess, snd 'Mrs. O. C. Edgerly, president of the club, leader of the program. The work of four prominent Omaha charities will be presented to the club by women closely associated with the work. The Associated Charities will be repre sented by Mrs. Seorge Doane. Miss Nel lie Ma gee will tell of the work done by the City Mlselon. Adjutsnt Annie Dodds will represent the Salvation Army Work lngmen's hotel. The Social Settlement will also be represented, but the speaker has not yet been selected. Rehearsals sre being held weekly for the, masque, "A Thousand Tears Ago," which will be presented by the club for their annual party In February. Mrs. William P. Ely, from China, wilt address the Nebraska auxiliary of the Episcopal churches Saturday. January 2, In Gardner Parish house at 10:30 o'clock. She will address the juniors at 2 o'clock and will give a talk before the Woman's auxiliary. A luncheon will be given for Mrs. Ely at the Loyal hotel at 12:39. Mrs. Clarence RubendaU of 209 Blilrley street will entertain for Fontenelle chap- tcr. Order of. Eastern Star, at a' ken slngton Wednesday, December 30, from S to p. tn. The Omaha Women's Chrlstlsn Temper ance union will hold Its next regular meeting Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at ths Young Men's Christian as soclatlon. Reports of,the national tem perance convention recently held at At lanta, Ga., will be given. The relief super intendent has been especially busy during: the holiday season, providing dinners and clothing to' the needy. The preliminary conference of the elev enth annual conference on child labor, to be held In Washington, D. C. January S end , under the auspices of the national (laid labor committee, has just been Is sued. Speakers at the meetings will in clude Dr. Felix Adler. Vho will give the Iie'dent'a address; Dr. Edward T. De vine, who will discuss "The European War and the American Child," and Owen R. Lovejoy, who will outline the national child labor committee's state legislative program for the year. Representative A. Mitchell Palmer, Ppnator Robert L. Owen and Senator William 8. Kenyon will dia i'Uo the ' federal child labor law, now pending.' Julia C. Lathrop. chief of the federal children's bureau, m-lli speak, and John Price Jackson of Pennsylvania, Lewis T. Bryant of New Jersey, Anna -fTirkner of Maryland, and others have been asked to give the state labor of ficials' view cf child labor, Jane Addams, Homer Folks, John Mltohell, Hastings H. lfart and Alexander Johnson are among the others whose names appear on the program. There will be reports from the Old and special agents of the national child labor comnjlttee, many of. whom will come directly from Investigations or state campaigns to report at the conference. The general topic for discussion Is "Child Labor's National Problem," and federal legislation will be thoroughly discussed, but. the .relation of the child labor cam paign to all other child welfare move ments will be brought out by the speeches snd the national significance of the whole problem of child development will be em phasised. The watch party planned by Chapter E of the P. E. O. sisterhood for Thuss . day evening, has been called off beeauss so many of the members are spending the holidays out of the city. , - The Royal Blues, a children's organ! latipn of ths North Presbyterian church, will call at the Old People's home Mon ' day afternoon to give a program of en tertainment for the old people. The Frances. Willard Woman's Christian Temperance union will meet at the horns ' Wednesday afternoon to bring goodies for'thooOld People's home family. Tues day Is the regular monthly "donation day" at the home, whan members of the board of trustees will be present to re ceive contributions. Ths Omaha Society of) Fins Arts will begin its next series of lectures Friday evening, January S, at the Young Woman's Christian association audi torium and will oontlnuo for six suooas slvo Fridays. . The lecturer will be L B. Stougbton Hoi bora. M,A, F.' R. QvvR, ( who is a staff lecturer on art, archeol ogy and literature for Oxford. Cambridge sad London university extension boards. Ills topics Include, . "Homer and Early Discoveries In Homeria Lands," "Tbe In spiration of Greece."' "Athenian Art and Story." "Greta Sculpture and Beauty of (Correspondence of the Assoclsted Press.) BERLIN. Nov. .-nerlln has at pres ent about 1,100 hospitals for the wounded, the smallest accommodating forty cases, while the larger ones have from 400 to 600 beds. i In all there are said to be about 10.000 wounded in Berlin hospitals, the number being maintained fairly constant, though the Individual patients are constantly changing. A very large proportion of the wounded. It la stated, are soon discharged ss again fit for duty and return to the front No definite figures are available. but an army surgeon who has had large experience both In the field and In the base and reserve hospitals estimated that about 70 per cent of .the wounded are re turning or will return to duty, only to per cent being permanently unfitted for military service. The Associated Press correspondent wss taken through six of the larpmr Rerlin hospitals and found there many of the wounded from the recent campaign against Warsaw and Ivangorod. These men had had a particularly trying ex. perlcnce. Many of them, wounded ' be fore Ivan go rod for example, had been transported In wagons for two -days be fore reaching the Russian railroads, and had been another two to four days en- route over the .Russian railroads before reaching the German railroads at Katto- wits, Silesia. Transportation Is Good. Thence to Berlin the transport had gone forward smoothly and comfortably In the wonderful German hospital trains to Berlin, but the first part of the Jour ney had been a protracted stage of pain and discomfort. Nevertheless they were practically all In good spirits and In most cases making rapid progress toward re covery. Wounded lodged In the Royal Cen servatory of Music, now converted Into a model hospital, have In their wards pic tures by Van Dyke, Rubens, Velasquex snd other old masters, the works in the school gallery having been distributed among the various rooms. In the pchool of Applied Arts, now also a hospital, the wounded had before them for study beau tiful porcelain, enameled curios and tapes tries. In one of the officers' casinos, now converted into a hospital, another large collection of pictures of military sub jects confronted them on the walla Field hospitals are erected quickly. A visit was paid to a new "barrack hos pital" composed of wooden, transportable barracks, each holding thirty men. In a few days this hospital, to hold 1.200, had sprung up on Tempelhofer field, hot and cold water had been Installed, heating service provided, a thoroughly modern operating room equipped snd It was fig ured that In four days. If necessary, the entire hospital could be taken to pieces and placed on automobiles ready for ship ment to any place required. Little Is said In the German papers about sickness in the-army. There has been considerable enterlo trouble, but this disappeared with the advent of cold Weather. The entire army In the west had been vaccinated against typhoid; the men assigned to service In the east have in addition to be Inoculated against chol era. Pneumonia, It is said. Is compara tively not a danger since the men In the trenches ire warmlyclad, but other dis eases of the respiratory system are quite frequentX Overstrain of the heart is also a frequent cause of men Ming Invalided home or sent to hospital, many reservists andSolunteers breaking down under the strain of hard campaigning. BkMVSIC w Omaha Put in Much. Closer Touch With Big Foreign Buyers Closer touch with agents from European countries was established by Commercial Club Commissioner Manley and J. W. Gamble as a result of their visit to Washington whre they visited the var ious embassies of foreigh countries. Cor respondence has been carried on between-J the Commercial club and purchasing agents of 'foreign countries for some weeks, snd already a number of orders for supplies of various kinds for European countries ' have been placed in Omaha, Although most of the"hrders from abroad are not placed on an especially large scale, the relationship thus far estab lished should be expected to be valuable in its effect on the untlmats broadening1 of the Omaha, market. ' By HENRIETTA M. RF.F.. E ARB upon the eve of another new year. What would we' see Were we sble to turn ths page and scan 'the musical score that is soon to come to Omaha? Would we be de lighted at tho themes snd their develop ment; pleased with the harmonies or would we shudder st the discord? Will we have a Heethovenlc or a Brshmslc year, full of meat and content; a Dehus elc, year, full of beautiful Impressions, but nothing boldly definite, or a Schoen bcrg year, which, though 'It may mark an advance In our musical Itres, will get upon everybody's nerves, and not be the least blv harmonious? It is probably the beat for all concerned that the climaxes, unresolved sevenths, and altered chords of the future remain as they are until the voices approach them logically through the sequences of time, A great many things could happen this year that would do much for the better nientof musical conditions. The mighty artistic wind of brilliant virtuosi may ren.i the mountains around us, the local musical aea may be upheaved, and the figurative earth be shaken by visits from grand opera companies, but, after all, It is In the still small voice of local les sons that the greatest advancement of the art of muslo Is to be found. It Is along those lines that a great deal of work might be done. We should look about us and see If our teachers and pupils are holding their own by the side ot contemporaneous workers in other places and If not. why not. Much Interest has already been manifested In the accrediting of music In the high school course. In this way pupils who sre studying muslo outside may have It count as a regular major ,study toward graduation, providing, of 'course, they are able to pass the speci fied examinations from time to time as required. A plan of this sort is being successfully carried out In the more en lightened and progressive cities around us, and would certainly be a' step In the right direction In Omaha, What differ ence should It make to the city what one studies, providing It is an art or science which hi worth while from an educational standpoint, if one chooses to devote their time to It, snd Is able to pay for it, and If one also can show after a sufficient Interval that something has been learned? The courses at the present time are for the most part elective, anyway. . We are told that we go to school more for the development ot the habits of thinking and concentration than we do tT learn specific ' f sots. From practical experV enco In the life of the writer the study of musio hob caused her more Intensive concentration, more mental, physical and spiritual gymnastics than anything she met In hor high school course., which, by the way, was one which included, among other things, such mili subjects as Greek. Latin, mathematics and litera ture. Not an optative . in Homer's "Iliad" nor & gerund or gerundive tn Cicero or Virgil caused her ,as much mental 'anguish as the technlo of the piano, not an x, y, x nor a Q. E. D. as much mental work as a Bach three-part Invention, nor a sine, cosine, of logarithm, ot trigonometry as much absolute ab sorption as a struggle with harmony and counterpoint. And all this apart from refining Influence. The refining Influence of muslo, is obvious, and refining influx ences of any sort are moat heartily to be recommended to all young people of high school ege and, younger. If this is true in one case It la prob ably true In many others. It will be a boon, to many young Omaha students, especially the talented ones who wish to attend high school and study muslo at the same time, if the year brings credit for muslo Into the course. to ths writer a reasonable proposition. Or, If a tea h'r haa been established else where, a brief history of his results from a musical standpoint, with opiKrtunltles for Investigation by the committee. For a leader who has already started u duns In tbe vicinity it different Plan would Iiavo to bo iTovIdcd. If a teacher could be . examined through bis pupils It would probably be the most satisfactory way to find out who Is' who in the musical profession, v. litre1 wo know tho wcrlv of two or three, there are ten or twenty of whom we do not know, who may be good, and may not be, $ A certain friend, who Is a successful violinist, applied at a prominent con servatory in a large city for a position upon tho faculty. He had European press notices, several diplomas snd, I think, had won a scholarship in some well-known conservatory in Europe. He took these credentials along when he went to apply, and the director, flanked by a committee, merely glanced at them and said: "That Is all very well; we do not care' about those. Let us hear you play." They, could 'toll moj-e about his musical ability by. ten minutes' playing than they could by roams of printed mat ter. But even at that they could not tell It he would be a good teacher. Hut Jf he did pot succeed. It would not be be cause he did not know his art. as some times Is the rase elsewhere. Maybe the year will see us spending a little time and attention upon the work of our teachers. There sre other things which the year may bring forth. More and better pu pils' recitals, mure and even better local professional recitals, and all of them bet ter attended, showing an Increase in In terest upon the part of the public as well. These would not bo unreasonable to expect. THOUSANDS OF CHRISTMAS PACKAGSN0T DELIVERED Thousands of Christmas parcels have not been delivered in Omaha by the post office department and many cannot be delivered until Monday, Postmaster John C. Wh'rton says. Over S00 big sacks of holiday packages , were received Christ mas night and Saturday morning, and several big piles of parcels, each con taining thousand of Christmas gifts, were still undelivered before that About B0, 000 parcel post 'packages, a large majority of which was Christmas matter, was received by the postoffice for distribution la Greater Omaha dur ing Christmas week, says Assistant Su perintendent of Mails George J. Kleffner. WILL SINQ AT BOYD THEATER TUESDAY NIGHT. ::-'-i'.:. M ,;t.,-v.y .;!-vui': .i'-'r'Vya.-r '. s 3eulaDale Tixznez Ing. 'Tlottrrdammerung" was the sub ject. Tho program was very much en hanced by Miss Meyer's singing of tho exqulstts Ftgllnda muslo from "Die Wslkure." snd Mr. Lesslnar's sinning of the famous Slgmund "fctprlng Song.'' Lena Ellsworth Dale will give her an nual recital St the Temple Israel January Bhe will be assisted . Tuesday evening. tiv Vernon c Hennett. Hlgmund Landsberg, pianist. organist, and g. pianist. Mr. Lands berg, assisted by Mrs, Louise Zabrlskle, State Music Teachers' association of Kansas . has recently adopted a plan for the standardisation of muslo teach ers, hoping thereby to successfully ad venes the art of music. Whether It will or not remains to be seen. It seems no more than reasonable to demand of those who profess to teach muslo that they should know certain underlying fundamentals ' that ' never vary, and, strange as it may seem, there are a lot of muslo teachers who do not. O - - V The trouble Is that there is nothing to prevent a person who has taken ten les sons to start in and teach, providing they have the nerve to do it. It they can make their pupils show results that would be all right, but it stands to rea son that this is practically Impossible. A great many who have had more than ten lessons do not even do 8 , " A scheme of registration for new teach ers making it necessary for tbem to state where and how long their preparation has been, with ths names of the teachers and two or more reliable persons who know them presented for reference, seems Maslca Notes. Mrs. S. J. O. Irwin of Crelahf&ii. who was formerly Miss Alice Feweett of Omaha, has Just sent, tho musical editor a merry Christmas letter, which shows her to be ss deep in music as ever. Bhe has recently given two public concerts in Crelghton, which were most successful musically as well as financially. Two concerts were given Friday afternoon and evening, December IS. Mr. Irwin's Ladles' chorus of twenty-five voices was assisted by Miss Swanion, harpist, of Omaha, and Miss Colby, pianist, and singers Including Mrs. Carmal, Miss Mann, Miss Koupal, Miss VV'ltwer snd (Miss Sweet. Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Ir win gave a musical and reception at her nome tor me soloists and suss MoHuan of Omaha. At the afternoon concert a miscellaneous program was enjoyed, and in the evening Abt's "Christmas" was presented. Rudolph Ganx, the celebrated pianist and composer, who will give a concert at the Young Women's Christian asso ciation auditorium on Thursday evonlng, January 7, was born in Zurich, Swltser- lana. tn 1877. lie made his debut as a pianist at the age of 12, when he waa a student of Carl Kschmann-Dumas, whom he left in lis40 to continue his studies with Ferrucoio Busonl. In 1301 he came to America as a member of the faculty of the Chicago Musical college, . but he resigned this position tn 1IMG. in order to dnvote himself to a virtuoso's career. Mr, Cans thereupon returned to Berlin, Germany. As a composer Rndolph Gens has. In addition to the "Conoertstuck for Piano." written a symphony, a sonata for violin and' piano, a number of small pieces for pis no, and many songs. On his present tour Mr. Gans will play with all of the larger orchestras and fill many of the engagements left wsltlnglnce his last visit. Rudolph Cans will be greeted In Omaha by two Omaha musicians who have recently been his students. They are Miss Corinne Paulsen and Miss Alice Davis. The new auditorium aiant t u- Bourtcius muslo studios In the Arlington block, 1611 Dodge ' street, was .used for recital purposes for the first time last Wednesday at a:30. Pupils of the Bourt cius muslo studios took part. Miss Ware's Wairnoi- arfiiHw Ki,.h has been meettntr oncn a wenir 'in hop studio to study "The Nlbelungen Ring," iiu us laai meeung on Wednesday morn- The ll-kindii-of-watheT car nug and tight and cozy when the top is up. A smart, stylish roadster when the top Is folded (and It only takes a minute or two to raise) or lower the top). ' Py all odds a most practical two-pweapnger car with luxury built Into durability. All the speed, and "flower and usefulness ot the gas car with the convenience and excluslveness of an electric. Ford Coupelet $760; Ford Sedan $975; Ford Town Car $690; Ford Tourina; Car $490; Ford Runabout $440. All fully equipped, f. o. b. Detroit. On display and sale at 1918 Harney Ureet. Buyers will shars In profits if we sell at retail S00.00O new Ford cars between August 1(14 snd August 118. 1 111 n resent his hew sonata for violin and piano, while Mrs. Dale will intro duce two new songs by Omaha com posersone by Mr. Landsberg and ths other by Thomas J. Kelly. Reindeer Industry , Civilizes Eskimos WASHINGTON, Deo. 28,-The reln-j deer industry established In Alaska twenty years ago has civilised ths Eskimo population and baa mads them a thrifty people, the federal bureau ot education says in a statement today. The bureau's educational system In Alska Is linked close with the Industry and in ths north ern and western parts of ths territory, j school superintendents have charge of the reindeer servloe. Importation of reindeer from Siberia' two decades ago was begun with the ' aim of furnishing a food supply and ' clothing to Eskimos In the vicinity of Berlin straits. Now there are 47.SM rein deer, 80,533 of them being owned by na tives. This industry bss given to tho Eskimos not only food and clothing, but a means of transportation superior to dog team a instead ot being nomadic hunters eking out a precarious existence on the vast untlmbered lands of ths Arctlo coast region, "the Eskimo," according to the bureau, "now have assured support and opportunity to acquire wealth by ths sals of meat and skins to tho white men." RE-ORGANIZATION Ws wish to call the attsntlon of our many patrons and friends to ths change In our Company, whtoh will In the future bs known as the nstm-ron ooxyakt. xao. Our organisation has been Increased to the highest efficiency by ad ditional capital and men thoroughly eonverssnt with every detail. of the lighting fix rare business. Wallace C Rice, president (for SO years vice president of ths Brdgeton Chandelier Co, Bridgeton, N. J.) having pur chased ths Interest of Mr. Ev G. Hsrwood, will have charge of our whole sale and designing departments. Lee G. Mitchell is an addition to our sales department whose efficiency Is well known to the fixture buying public. George Norqulst, our shop foreman, will remain with us, HSa ex. pert work In this line is well' known to all Omaha people. Irving W. sBpe, secretary-treasurer and general manager will continue in earns capacity. We extend a hearty welcome to all our patrons as well as those- who contemplate buthtiing. to call upon us at our show room. 190T Fur nam SL. where we guarantee that your wants in this 11ns will be fulfilled to the letter. Fixtures of quality at reasonable prices. Our motto, "OOUaTBIT, g-zuarxca ako quajjxt." RICE-POPE COMPANY, Inc. ' imt ramwjusT km, omuuka. Telephone Bengias 844. r tT33R2B3 RYDER AND FOREMEN EXCHANGE PRESENTS Street Commissioner J. J. Ryder gave his foremen Christmas presents and a half holiday. Employes of the street de partment mads up a purse and presented Commissioner Ryder with a leather trav eling bag and several other articles. Tbe foremen called at tbe commissioner's of floe snd drew presents by tot from a big pile. Beginning Monday THE AND FOR ONE WEEK OlfLY DOLLAR WINDOW SALE AtHOSPE'S WJIi TAKE PLACE IN THE REAR OF ART DEPARTMENT , FIVE IMMENSE SHELVES OF LEFT OYER Christmas goods go at $1.00 FIRST OOME, FIRST SERVED. A. HOSPE CO., 1513 Dougla. Street yTnxTbe Aila Shop Hovcs Jan. 1 I I t0 211 City K'tioiisl Bank Hidg. I V I 0J I And la erds sot te move ear larsre stock we Include aU I fJK I rare Oriental rtsess, BgypUaa Beads. Scarabs, lottery, eta. VjV At 10 Discount This Is an exceptional opportunity to get as tl alts of tbe nature ws sell at greatly rsdnosA price. THE. ALL A SHOP I31B-14 W. O, W. BnUOinr. Take Bxpress JBlsvator to lata rieor. 39 REAR ADMIRAL PEARY TO . , BE HERE IN THE SPRING BeAr Admiral Peary, discoverer of the North pole. Is expected to tour -the middle west In the spring. The public affairs rommitte of the Commercial club will sek ' to sngage hint to speak before the Commercial club soms noon when he comes to Omaha. Fon." ' AU these lectures will bs fully Illustrated. Tbe French department of the Omaha Woman's club will continue Its meetings through the holiday season. The de partment will meet Wednesday morning at W o'clock at tbe residence studio of ths instructor, Mtas May Mahoney. The topkt (or ths lesson will be "Interesting Points la Parts.". The Benson Woman's club will give a watch party Thursday evening a( the j home' of Mrs. Elbert Mead, 4333 Grant ' street. K musical program will be given and refreshments a ill be served. The families of tbe members will be the esre- i clal guests of honor. LUCILLE 17 OO M 2 S ICE ALE Your unrestricted choice of any garment in our stock at HALF PRICE Sale Begining Monday, Dec. 28th itnd continuing until our Fall and Winter Stock is disposed of. AT THt Sl Of rni? AS sow Wo have COATS n the new est styles and latest materiaU consisting of Ural lamb, plush, velvet, corduroy, etc. J SUITS with fur trimmed col lars and cuffs, which can be re moved for, spring wear; on salo at HALF PRICE. We also bare a beautiful sample line of IlKKSSES In all the leadlu hades and materials; all go at M Price during this sale. This la worth making a special trip down town to attend. We wish to state to all our customers and many friends that we thank them for their kind patronage In the past and wish you all a very Happy and Pros perous New Year. LUCILLE' STYLE SHOP 'The shop for the woman who cares." Cor. 15th and Harney. Upstairs. 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