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ZSSS&BH Kill' Society Notes : Personal Gossip : Woman's Work tor-- R5 September 18, . U We have had in our miefct since sSunday an enthusiastic young avia- Etrix. She is modest in disclaiming her courage, but the fact remains on -......J .1 r.-. Vrma Yla,-L- Liuaughter of Norman i. Mack, former r (democratic national committeeman iand editor of the Buffalo Times, holds "the record todav of being the first "woman to make a flight over 'Niag-! ra falls. She made the trip in a "100-horsepower army aeroplane pilot-. fed by Lieutenant Philip Radcr. Miss Mack, with her sister. Miss, HHarriet Mack, arrived in Omaha Sun- lyday to visit at the Charles Mctz ,hoinc. Today they will accompany i . i ' - . . . . . L. jaias ucriruuc jicu uic cu "ranch in the western part of the state for two weeks in the "wild and "wooly" west. Upon their return to , .jUmana thev will tie ftonor guests at Lea bridge-luncheon given by Miss (icr- Mirude on Wednesday, October 5, at jthe Hotel Fontenelle. M 1 hese cnarming young women ex 'Dict to remain in Omaha during the rIAk-Sar-Ben festivities and will be the Social Gossip. , Mr. and Mrs. John A. McShane left omiday evening to spend two or r .three weeks in Texas. - v i a Mrs. F. H. Davis and Miss Eliza, fteth Davis returned Sunday from the Itasty where they have spent the great- I jer part of .he summer. Miss Meliora I Davis will follow ill a week. I At Happy Hollow Club. Mrs. VV. C. Ross will eiitertatitihc (Piif sdr.v bridge-luncheon club at Hap py Hollow club house on 'Thursday Jof this tvlek. ... ';;." - Notes of Interest. ' v ... 1 ! Dr. and" Mrs.. B. W. Christie re Humid Sunday from an extended pastern trip. Dr. .Christie spent some June uinng rnecncai . woru in cw ;York and Boston. ' - '.. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar, I1. Goodman of Omaha arc guests of the Elms hotel. ViExcefsior Springs. Mo. : i I i Mrs. Hugh T. Cutler returned from JChicago, where she spent the' sum mer with her parents, Mr. and Mrso !J, Mandelbcrg. Miss Anna Sistck lctt Friday even ing for the east. Wedding Announcement. ' Mr. and Mrs. Thomas bemielt" an nounce the marriage of their daugh ter, Miss Bess Bennett, to Mr. H. E. IPedersen. The ceremony was ncr- j'orraed quietly out of town; Mr. and I ,Mrs. Pedersen were hotipred by.,a large dinner party Saturday evening jit tne nome qt tnc Dnuc a parents, jiwiles-Schmldt Wedding. jl The announcement of the marriage hi Miss Ethel Schmidt and Mr, Vic or Wiles-of this city, which took (dace in Sioux City Monday, Scptem er 11, came as a' great surprise to nany friends of the young people. t"h ceremony was performed at the me of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cullis, in hose employ Mr. Wiles is, by the Rev. J. R. Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. Wiles will reside in Sioux. Citv and Will be at home to their friends after October V.,;-" - : Luncheon for Mrt, Pennock, I Mrs. F. H.Cole entertained at the Jtiotcl Fontenellc today for Mrs. Jienry Pennock of Seattle, Wash., who it visiting her sister, Mrs. I. S. iueavitt. The guests were fifteen of Airs. Pennock's old friends in the Fine krts society, who have been welcom ing her since her return to this city. Mrs. Pennock, Mrs. Cole and Mrs. . w, jetleria dratted the tirst man ia! for the Omaha Fine Arts society. hrom here Mrs. fennock will go to Kockford, III., to visit her brother, Mr, Barber, and later wilt spend some tme with her parents. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Coleman in Milwaukee. ; in the Calendar. i J Mrs. Deiss Muffitt and her sister, .Miss Margaret Welsh, will entertain Ut an evening bridge party at Ihe .ivfyles E. Welsh home Tuesday even ing, October A for Miss Adel Da " is and Mr. Robert Daniels of Coun cil Bluffs, whose marriage will take jlilace October 23, - s Research Club Election. ! i Mrs. Harry burkley was re-elected vwsident of the Research club at a pieeting held at St. Berchman's acad emy Sunday afternoon. Miss Mary, barter, Miss Alice McShane and Miss rtuth Howard are the vice presidents; ivliss Jessie McVey, secretary; Miss tIary Hanley, treasurer, and the Miss-e-s Veronica O'Connor, Josephine Hohrig, Frances Ranee and Sadie (Duffey, librarians. ' , .,. . irhimblc Club Meets. :j The Omaha and Council Bluffs I'himble club met Friday with Mrs. L. Coulter of Council Bluffs. Mrs. 1. R. Kiger was a guest of the club. The next meeting will be held at the "Some of Mrs. J. Bolin. Covers were Waced for: , . t fk Mlaro klalam 9. W. Armour, W. atotort, i. Holm. J. R. Kisor. .t. turacb. ' . '- , . , 'dancing Party. ''-"i '. I Miss Clare and Mr. James McCaf frey wilt entertain at dancing party -it the Metropolitan this evening for i heir brother, Mr. Sherman McCaf frey, and Miss Leona Schoup, who iv ill be married September 30. Sixty , ouples will be present. Decorations ill be in pink and whiten This is an Affair which antedates the formal ,'pening of the Metropolitan, set for petober 10 by Miss Eileen McCaf crcy. who has it in charge. ,t Carter Lake Club. 5 The Carter Lake Women Cottagers 4-lub met at the club bouse for lunch eon last Wednesday afternoon. The '.ifternoon was spent in needlework. .Miss Ethel Tierney, whose marriage n Mr. Frank T. Pfeiffer will take ,lace October 19, was presented with Ji complete set of tahje linen. Thirty jour members were present , Miss Emma Feenan entertained at rimcheon Thursday for Miss Ethel i'ierney, who is to be an October bride. The afternoon was spent in 'tensington work for the bride-to-be 'tnd was concluded with a miscella- byWtificki BUFFALO BEW.S WILL TRY RANCH LIFE. 2USS 7QKTIA TtACJC- neous shower for her. ( Those present were: -, Frn Wallaft. Il.l-n Howrll Mlllm Stlanart. T'-rr Tlprtin), KJ1 lb Mlllr. MRrsi,rt Hlknal,, Marls Mackla, , : MlMM 1 femm VAcnMii, II ln Andfnioll; Klh.l Turner. Asns Hmlth. CUra Keenaii, Vkla Hnraarl)'. Mn. M. B. Miller. Sunshine Club Meeting.' The George A. Cusler Woman's Relief Corps will meet Tuesday after noon with Mrs. W. N. Johnson, 1516 North Tweuty-eighth street, ' All members are invited. Press Club Entertained' Mr. and .Mrs. Wayland Magee will i entertain the Omaha Women's Press club al a chicken dinner at their home. Summer Hill Farm) next Sun day evening. . ' At Happy Hollow Club. Small upper parties were the rule at Happy Hollow club yesterday. Those present wer H. J. Koch, L. L. Hamlin, rl, U I'ancuast, w. J, .Miner, W. McAdam, Robert Doherty, A. D. Cloyd. Guy Liggett. W. H. Garrett, R. R, Lines. W. C. Ross, I. A. Medlar and parties. Thursday .Mrs. F. J. Jumper will have eight guests at luncheon. Reservations for the Harvest Home dinner Thursday evening have been made by L, G. Mitchell, F. Barrett, E. P. Williams, E. W. Austin, W. D. Williams, W. W. McAdam, C. O. Tahnadge, E. W. Exley, A. W. Bow man, H. G. Braun and E. F. Howe. R. L. Robison will have a party of six; E. R. Sherman, seven; Chester Nieman, eight; E. S. Engier, four teen, and C. H, Wolrath, sixteen. At the Field Club, Miss. Irene McKnight had a party of ten at luncheon at the Field club today Mrs. Tom Kelly will have a lunch eon party of four tomorrow. Saturday evening H. B, Morrill will have a party of nine at the dinner- dance and Freeman Redfield will also entertain. ' At the Country Club. . Mrs. F. A. Nash hsu' a Ipursome luncheon at the dob today. Among those dining at the club yesterday were D. C. Patterson with a party of six, A. E. Sibbernsen and I, W. Redick each with four guests. Mrs. J. W. Redick had an informal luncheon party at the club today be fore a game of golf. Her guests were MMdamea ' Miwlameft Onortf Redick, Lou Clarke, Barton Millard, I'hartea R. Mets, Paul Oallavhtr. ' Watter Roberta. Mlaa Katharine Torronca of Loa Antalaa. Notes of Interest. Miss Eleanor McGilton and Miss Harriet Sherman will leave together October 1 to begin their unior and sophomore years at Smith college, which opens October $. - Miss Louise Bailey has entered th University of .Nebraska, instead of re turning to the University of Wiscon sin at Madison, as she had planned. Mrs. J. F. Dale has returned from Kankakee, 111., where she was called by the serious illness of her mother. ' Persistent Advertising of Anything That Is Really Worth-While Never Fails. . y . I v-" --s. ; k - L J ) v 1 THE. BEE: i FEAST OF BEAUTY ! FOR THE SHOPPERS i i Omaha Stores Resplendent in ! Fall Colors at Their Annual Autumn Displays, , ONE USES LIVING MODELS Gorgeous in their autumnal splen dor, Omaha stores were things of beauty and joys forever Monday on the occasion of the annual fall fashion displays of Brandcis, Burgess-Nash, Thompsort-Belden and Benson & Thorne companies. Those in author ity at each of the stores acknowledge that never before have such wonder-, ful window displays gf fashion been jhown in this city. The Brandeis itores included a fashion show with iving models in their fall opening. An improvised stage and auditorium seating several hundred women was arranged on the second floor, the place being thronged with women long before the hour set for the fash ion show. Afternoon gowns, evening gowns, suits, fur coats, furs, hats, blouses, foot wear, accessories, the very latest note of style in each, were demonstrated by the manniquins. Windows of Art Unstinted admiration is called forth by both the Brandeis and Burgess Nash windows. Tapestry back grounds, mosaic floors, rich materials and beautiful garments, all combine to make a never-to-be forgotten pic ture of the Brandeis windows. Like wise artistic in the extreme are the display windows of the Burgess-Nash store, in which the garments exhib ited are the most wonderful and cost ly that have perhaps ever been shown here. Crowds of women feasted their eyes on the handsome silver lace gown with rhinestone trimmings, a ' perfect dream," at $200. Thompson-Belden store is con verted into an autumnal bower. Tal vases and hanging baskets of autmni leaves carry out the decoratioi scheme. Ducc dufLaine is the nev. material this sHore is featuring in fal suits, while velvets, broadcloths, woo jerseys and velours, as well as gabar dines, are being shown. "You may wear any color you choose and any length of coat your fancy dictates in your fall suit," is a comforting note for the shopper. The season's modes permit a (wide range of choice. But suit linings and coat linings are gor geously colorful like Joseph's coat of maiy hues. High Buttoned Coats. Fur coats are distinguished by Ca puchin collars, which may also be but toned up high about the -neck. The cuffs are correspondingly deep. There seems to be a trend toward a fitted back or semi-fitted back in velvet coats, in contrast with the full coats hung from the shoulder, which were worn heretofore. It is essentially a dress and coat season. Burgess-Nash is showing stunning street dresses with detach' able high fur collars, rendering them strictly comme u taut for afternoon or dinner gowns. Taffetas, georgette crepes, satins and fur are being com bined as never betore in dresses, skirts and blouses. "Blonde ermine" is the newest fur trimming. Still Short Skirts. Although the knell of the short skirt has been sounded in various quarters, skirts will continue to be short as long as they are extremely full and this is true iff evening gowns especially. Separate skirts are extremely good this season and give one an opportun ity to wear the exquisite blouses that are being fashioned. Thompson Belden has a stunning blue satin separate skirt with a belt of Hudson seal and trimmed with three fur but tons, novel idea indeed. Blouses at Brandeis and Burgess Nash beggar description. . The Hus sion influence is most marked here in the high collars and peplins fat ing over the skirt. Some are in the military effect with soutache fast enings across' the front - some are oeaucu m sunuursi lasqiou; oincrs have the standing collar away from the throat;, all are elaborately trimmed in steel beads, colored beads and handwork of every kind. Benson A Thorn Enlarge. Benson & Thorne company's store bears the greatest signs of improve ment. The store has been consider ably enlarged, the women's ready-to-wear section now occupying a large space of its own. Evening gowns, suits, afternoon dresses, millinery, ev erything for madame, the miss and the tiny miss is being shown here. '.ittle sister is certainly coming into her own this season. She can dress just like her grown-up sister now. You wilt scarcely believe it, but it is true. Dancing frocks and ' party dressea of varied-colored chiffon, georgette crepe and pussy willow taf fetas that rival big sister's, velvet dresses with fur trimmings just like big sister's and coats three and one half yards around the bottom, almost as wide as that worn by the older girls these are all being shown for little misses under 10. I Fall millinery is a book unto itself. Sailors, large, wide and flat, or with narrower brjms and higher crowns, small hats with high, upstanding trimmings, hats neither targe nor small, but each distinctive in its mode, are being shown in all of the shops. Old Paisley Shawl - , Again in Fashion Chicago, Sept. 18. The old Paisley shawl of grandmother's day is coming back into its own along with a lot of Spanish frills and furbelows.. This is the latest edict of fashion, which will be exemplified in Chicago this week when modistes and designers from the leading cities of the country will gather to make known the modes for fall and winter.. . . v One hundred and two women, se lected by a magazine as the best dressed women in Ameflca, have been invited to criticise the new fashions submitted by the modistes. Thief Makee BUek. HauL Loaf Braneh. N. J., Sept IT. The pellet are saerehlnt tor a thief who broke Into tha home of Mm Edward F. C Young- al Oakhurot Saturday nlsht and carried off Jewelry valued by Mre. Tounv at IdO.SOO Sire. Young la the widow of a Jersey City millionaire. ... t . . . . , " OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 191 6 Jiome Scovomics department eJUedbyhma X Gross rgjj$$ gZ? Home Economics Stands for: Tha Ideal homo life af today nhaaa pered by the tradition of tha poet. The utlUiatioM of all the reeoureee of modern acleaee to Improve tha home life. The freedom af the home from the dom I nance of mere thing and their due enbordlnatlan to Ideals. The altnpUrity la material eMrraandlnga whlrk will moot free the spirit for ilia more Important and permanent Inter-eat- of the home and af aoeiety. The words which I have here quoted were written by Ellen H. Richards, whose name stands above alt others whenever home economics is mentioned. In this new department which we are beginning today, we shall trv to follow tbe spirit of Mrs. Richards' words. In alt of our talks, and in the discussions which I hope we may have, we hope never to lose sight of the fact that all improve ments in living conditions, belter food, better clothing, better housing, are merely a means to an end; name ly, we are really striving to produce a better race. Sometimes we get so caught in the mesh of mechanical im provements that, we completely lose their real significance. We all ought to be intelligent cooks, not only for the sake of setting a good meal on he table, but because people who are properly fed have a better chance for health and thus can be of more Fall Fashion Hint v' 4 A W;f :.' W : V j m V 'Sty- '4 ' 1 - v - fr f i , ,'t if 1 1 MlVi J -"- v J-cA lw in u mmmtmtmm0 i ' i . 1 ''" i' ii'i '"in ' if aMe1SnnWWJ For a debutante, or her sister in the younger set, this lovely little frock of shirred net in three layers of skirt gives an airy effect. The bodice of net is draped across with sky-blue taffeta, which forms a little pointed basque on which rests the wreath of tiny pink and blue roses. , ; ,, Making a Character By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. : "For a strong character bold de sign, constant practice, frequent mis takes," says an old writer. To the weakling that offers no sug gestions for strength when first he reads it but if he thinks at all he must see that it offers every promise of growth. Nothing can .be done without plan. From writing an essay to building a house there is always needed an out line a plan. One has to take stock of one's material and the use to which one intends putting it. - Suppose you mean to be a school teacher your training and education have to be along the lines that wilt enable you to have-1 th: necessary knowledge and the knowledge of how to impart it. Child psychology, pedagogy, and the modern scholastic met nods rnust b: added to vour education. You h tve to plan your training definitely ith something definite in view. So for whatever you want to do or believe you have to have a plan or design bravely conceived and strongly mapped out. Once you have decided on a plan of living, you must test it. One has to Jive fully and strongly every day. One cannot idly waste hours and days and shilly-shally over decisions and buck away from actually carrying out one's schemes. Instead, one has to put into use the conceptions of life one has formed. So much, anv one who thinks at all will readily concede, is needed for the formation of charac ter. But at frequent mistakes many of my readers will balk. And yet it is out of blundering that the strongest character evolves most of its strength! "When you blunder you get the measure of your own potentialities. Let us apply this very simply. Sup pose you are an athlete, with the am- THE HIGHEST QUAUTY EGG NOODLES 3t hff Rttipt Book Frtt SKINNER MFG. CO. OMAHA, U.SA VUKUt MACMOUt MCT0T IK aHUK. , A for and Get Skinners service to the community, so with 1 mat will be discussed in these cot household conveniences. The house- i umns, and then we hope that many wife should have as ideal arrange-i of our readers will respond with ments as possible, as many labor-' their views. saving devices as possible, so that she ' With this introduction, the Home may save her energy and her strength Economics Department begins its ca for companionship with her family reer, hoping that it may be of serv- and for service to her community, In this new department we shall discuss food values and general prut ciples of cooking from time to time. If every housewife could only realize that' the art of cooking is based on real principles and they are not many in number principles, which once mastered, give a feeling of as surance, no matter what new recipes are triedl We . shall discuss new ideas and equipment for kitchens and labor-saving devices for housework in general. Topics relating to House i Sanitation and Household Manage ment will also be treated. But where this department hopes to be of special service to the women readers of The Bee is in furnishing a place where the women of Omaha' and Nebraska can talk over house hold matters with each other and with the editor. We will- answer any questions relating to Home Eco nomics and we shall be more than glad to receive any suggestions. The exchange cofumns of women's maga zines area very valuable, but, after all, we can help each other more be cause we all live in the same com munity and meet the. same local problems. From time to time we shall mention household problems bition to make a broad lump of twelve feet. When you find you can iumnionlv six vou have to work out methods of training your muscles to; respond to your will, anu wnen you keep trying and trying and cannot come up to your own measure of achievement you are able to gauge yourself very finely. 5o you have to train yourselt tor life and you teach yourself to come up to the mark you have yset' for yourself. When you fail, learn from that failure how not to fail again. Don't give up and let your mistakes crush you, instead crush them under toot and climb over them to, achievement and success. Don t waste any time tn regrets but be glad that now you know bet ter, mm In the Stockinet Covering fa txclurivt irmr Jitmn, PaJtnt mf flit J fir Here is the pick of the production- the choicest lew pare yearly. Buy a Whol Star Ham. Smoked in juice-retaining. Stockinet, it cooks better and comes to your table with the true ham flavor Intensified. You . don't know how good ham con be k until you've tried Star, Star Bacon is of the came high quality as Star Kam. Both an Armour Oval Label Products backed by a naif enntury of nxptrinnce in. fm 'umi MBggnyfag th. art of pwrfsct curing. IpXfftfal aUOUn&CONMltr VPRODUCTS Root. Budita, Mar, 13h and Jonee Ste. Doug. luSS. W. U Wllkinaon, Mgr., 2Sth Q Sta. Tel. Se. 1740. : Household Topics j ice to you individually ana mat an OI us lugcuici me w ice to the community. Keeping of Recipes. "Where do you get most of the re cipes that you use. And how do you keep them?" A century ago you would have an swered the first question. ' From my mother and grandmother and friends. Nowadays yOu may 6ay, "From St and-Sos cook book, and mother ai. grandmother. Also front th new papers and magazines." Our source of recipes have increased in these late days, but we still rely upon 'mothe and grandmother" to some extent. The answers to the second questioi would show greater changes. Form erly, you would have kept a beauti fully written book in which one recipt followed another in more or less un concern as to order. Our present plai is worthy of the title, "system." I. is a device borrowed- from the busi ness world where modern efficiency has introduced the filing cabinet. The up-to-date housewife has a recipe cart, rat.-ilnonp to which she adds new recipes as she finds them, and tests them out. The catalogue consists of a wooden or pasteboard box contain ing blank cards ana neaaing aivision cards. These division cards are some times nrinted with the words "bread,' "cakes," eitc, or these titles may be written on them. One division card may be labelled . "untested recipes," and all newspaper clippings, etc., may be slipped into that division, until the housewife has triedthem out per sonally. After she finds a recipe ac curate, she copies it onto a blank card and files it under .its proper heading. The' recipes are arranged alphabeti cally tin each division. The advantages of this system are quite obvious. There is no confu sion in finding recipes; new cards may always be slipped into their pro per places, and in using ihe recipe cards, one avoids the inconvenience of having a book open on the work table. Newspaper clippings may be nasted onto the cards, and One wo man's magazine, at present, prints all j its recipes in the correct torm to Be cut out and mounted on standard fil ing cards. Recipe filing cabinets, such as de scribed above, may be purchased at any stationer'j for from 75 cents to $1. Movie Actresses and Their Hair Did it ever occur to you that every movie actress you have seen has lovely hair, while the most popular count their curls as their chief beauty? In fact (this is a secret), many are leading ladies just because of their attractive locks. Inquiry among them discloses the fact that they bring Out all the natural beauty of their hair by careful shampooing, not with any soap ok makeshift, but with a simple mixture which they make up for themselves by putting a teaspoonful of canthrox (which they get from the druggist) in a cup of hot water and applying this instead of soap. After its use their hair dries rapidly, with uniform color. Dan druff, excess oil and dirt are dissolved and entirely disappear. The hair is so fluffy that it Iooks much heavier than it is. Its luster and softness is delightful, while the stimulated scalp gains the health which insures hair growth. Advertisement. WEAKER and WEAKER At Edwardsport, Ind., Mrs. Frank Hulen, said: "I had had good health up until after the birth of my first child." Mrs. Hulen then describes how she was not given proper advice, thought she could get up and go about her work in five days, how from that time on j i she grew weaker and weaker, suffering intense agony, was given Wl medicine that soothed the pain, but the pains soon came acaln. "I iaal was a wreck," says Mrs. Hulen, "my friends thought I'd die.' . . my mother insisted that I take Cardui. . . In a short while after t took It my nerves were relieved and I could sleep and rest better. . . In four weekr I was well. . . 1 will praise Cardui as long as I live for I can truthfully say it saved my life." Try Casdui. Your druggist sells It. 1 USED 40 YEARS I XR D W aa7 CARB-YOU-CYt world's greatest ham of all that Armour pre 5w Jimmmmm Advice to Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. The nlm Aetor. rfr Mlaa Flrfx: Recently a nwn whom I had admired from afar tor a long time waa pre.ei.led .0 me. Ho ! n prominent moving picture actor. I met him a few tlmee after ttw Inlroducllun. and although he haa never called at my home he aekea mo to accompany him to the etudlo and then on a motor trip. My mother objecte. hut mv rather hae given me pcrmlaelon. I would like to ak your opinion. UAUll.r.L.L,cj w x. I am not given to offering advice which rangea me against a glrl'e parents, but since there la a dlvlnlon of opinion in your family I am wllhng to expreea my opinion. The point la: 1 this Individual a man ana a gentleman? Do you knoy thlnga to recom mend him further than the fact that lie la good looking? He, not hie profeaelon. la on trial. His profeHKlunt Is honorable and wor thv. Is he? I The Woman's Tonic AT ALL DRUG STORES S-tl Hp "As P fj light ) JttJ Asa L PB Feather" 7 Talk about light, fluffy, tempting and f wholesome jelly Rolls, I Cakes,Biscuitsandother I good things! Myl but I CALUMET V j BAKING POWDER L I certainly beats the band for sure results for J A purity, economy and k wholesome . bakings. , i Tell your mother to try f Calumet Baking Pow- f y der on the money-back A . guarantee.' flA Rneafna1 Hignaat Awara ft W Km CmI SWi fh M gMtlfiiwrVana'Con. . ' M ' ft -nABE BY THE gfjl "sw . ;j rUrr-rtrn-cri. llii wm1 tv7c5 c f fct Efc ftfc it tbjfnV L