The Omaha Sunday
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SOCIETY
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Calendar of Club Doings
Monday
Omaha Woman's club, music department, lec
ture by Thomas J. Kelly, Metropolitan club
house, 10:30 a. m. Business meeting, 2:30
p. m., followed by open program of phi
losophy and ethics department.
Child Conservation league, Dundee circle, Mrs.
M. T. Swartz, hostess, 2:30 p.' m.
Chautauqua circle, Tennyson chapter, Mrs. F.
H. Wray, hostess, 2:30 p. m.
Tuesday
Omaha Woman's club, oratory .department,
Metropolitan club house, 10 a. m.; parlia
mentary practice class, 2:30 p. m.
Association of Collegiate Alumnae, vocational
guidance section, Central High school, Room
212, 4 p. m.
Drama league, public library, 4 p. m.
South Omaha Woman's club, Library hall, 2:30
p. m.
Business Woman's Council, luncheon and
prayer meeting, court house, 11 to 2 p. m.
Woman's Relief Corps, George A. Custer, Me
morial hall, 2:30 p. m.
Woman's Relief Corps, U. S. Grant, luncheon,
Mrs. George B. Eddy, hostess, 1 p. m.
Wednesday
Equal Franchise society, lecture by Mrs. Nellie
McClung, Blackstone hotel, 3 p. m.; followed
by reception and tea.
Clio club, Mrs. Ralph Russell, hostess, 2:30
p. m.
George Crook Woman's Relief corps, Havli
cek recital, Y. W. C. A., 8 p. m.
Thursday ,
George Crook Woman's Relief corps, Havli
rek recital, Y. W. C. A., 8 p. m.
Friday
l.'nited States Daughters of 1812. Nebraska
chapter, annual meeting, Mrs. Byron Peter
son, hostess, 2:30 p. m.
Omaha Woman's club, literature department!
Metropolitan club house, 10 a. m. Mrs. E, M.
Syfcrt, president, "at home" to club mem
bers, 2:30 to 6 p. m.
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MRS. GERTRUDE F. MARTIN denied
the oft-repeated statement that college
women bear fewer children than other
women in her talk at the Commercial
club Wednesday. Mrs. Martin was for
merly dean of women at Cornell univer
sity and is now executive secretary for the National
Association of Collegiate Alumnae.
'That statement was based on a comparison of
the number of chitdren of college women with- those
of women in a lower social stratum families of
Italian immigrants, for instance, where there are
many children," said Mrs. Martin. "The Associa
tion of Collegiate Alumnae sent out a questionnaire
to college women then, asking each woman to have
her sister or cousin or some friend of the same
social rank as herself to answer the same questions
as to number of children. The answers received
indicated that the college woman averaged one more
child than the woman of her own class who was not
a college graduate."
There are fewer deaths among children of college
women. This was another point brought out by the
questionnaire, said Mrs. Martin.
Another survey is now being made to find out
,the number of college women in professions who
marry and then go back to their professions. This
is to determine how long a college woman is of
economic value to her community and what time she
devotes to home-making.
Vocational guidance, one of the biggest educa
tional movements of the day, was sponsored by the
Collegiate Alumnae. It now maintains nine place
ment bureaus for college women alone, the two
closest to Omaha at Kansas Gty and Chicago. The
local association has established a vocational bureau
for children. Seven scholarships for graduate work
are also maintained by the national organization.
Americanization of the immigrant, enlargement
of the college woman's organ, the Collegiate Alum
nae Journal, and co-operation at the time of the
conference of Pan-American women in 1920 are a
few aims of the National 'Association of Collegiate
Alumnae now.
When organized thirty-five years ago, its purpose
was to secure better educational opportunities for
women who were barred from many schools at that
time. Its earliest survey was to refute the state
ment that education impaired women's health and
other much-exploited theories. .
Thanksgiving offerings arc the rule at most club
meetings this week, the Old People's home especially
being the recipient of a goodly bit of generosity.
Meetings scheduled for Thursday have been post
poned or abandoned for the most part.
Mrs. Nellie McClung's suffrage lecture Wednes
day at 3 o'clock at the Blackstone hotel, under the
auspices of the Equal Franchise society, is the week's
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OCIETY'S interest is directed this week on
the large bridge party at the Blackstone
hotel Saturday afternoon, given to raise funds
to purchase materials for the Franco-Belgian
Relief society to use in its work of bandage
rclling and preparation of surgical dressings
in the new Baird building quarters. Mrs. John A.
McShane, the president; Madame August Mothe
Borglum, honorary president and chief inspiration
for the work; all officers and members of the society
are indefatigable in their efforts toward the success
of the big affair.
The entire upper floor of the Blackstone, includ
ing ball room, tea room and parlors, will be given
over to the players, the game beginning at 2 o'clock.
For the accommodation of those who will attend
Mrs. Anthony Merrill's lecture in the morning and
who would also desire to attend the bridge party,
the Blackstone management will serve a 50-ccnt
table d'hote luncheon. About 450 tickets at $1.00
have been distributed under the direction of Mrs.
O. C Redick, and, since score cards and all neces
saries are donated, the proceeds promise to be grat
ifying. Auction bridge only, pivoting instead of progres
sing, will be Ihe game, the same plan as the last two
Creche benefits managed by Mrs. McShane, to be
observed. Four players may arrange to come and
play together or entire card clubs may make reser
vations. Twenty-three handsome prizes, donated to Mrs.
McShane, will he exhibited on a raised platform.
Winner of the highest score has first choice' among
the beautiful trophies, and so on. The prizes include
two pink crepe de chine night robes, a carved gold
and wood picture frame, two attractive desk lamps,
a solid silver vase, two lovely knitting bags, a black
satin hand bag embroidered with cut steel beads, a
pair of Venetian glass candlesticks, a Tiffany glass
flower basket, ivory clock, cut glass dish, rose-pink
silk pillow, glass candy dish with cover of Dres
den doll, silk boudoir cap embroidered with French
roses, handmade handkerchief case, fountain pen,
Japanese art glass flower bowl, hair ornament set
with rhincstones, pink 'satin basket with Dresden
top and a black and gold shopping bag.
Assisting with the tables and scores will be Mes
dames J. R. Scobie, W. T. Burns, W. A. Redick,
event of most importance to suffragists. Mrs. Mc
Clung is Canada's best known suffragist and is a
writer of note as well. Her subject will be "In
Times Like These. 'i Local suffragists will give a re
ception and tea for Mrs. McClung following her
talk and will entertain her at luncheon previously,
if she will consent
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A. C. Smith, W. R. McKecn, W. A. C. Johnson.
Arthur Remington, J. T. Stewart, 2d. Samuel Burns
and Harold Gilford; Miss Carrie Millard and Miss
Gertrude Young.
Mrs. O. C. Redick and Miss Jessie Millard, who
are in charge of the iorwarding of the supplies for
war hospitals in Europe, will send their first ship
ment for the year tomorrow. In the lot will be
5.0Q0 gauze compresses.' 1,000 unbleached muslin ban
dages and 200 knitted sponges. Ninety of Ihese
sponges were the handiwork of the late Mrs. Eli
Social Calendar
Monday
1915 Debutante Bridge club, Miss Anne Gifford,
hostess.
Luncheon for Miss Eva Johnson, November
bride, Mrs, F. 11. Hall, hostess.
Tea for Miss Eva Johnson, given by. Miss Ruth
Harte.
White Shrine Whist club at Masonic Temple.
Tuesday
St James Orphanage Sewing club, card party
at St. Mary Magdalene's hall.
Palimpsest club dinner at Fontenelle for Sena
tor and Mrs. Gilbert M. Hitchcock.
Happy Hollow club Bachelor's Subscription
Dancing club at Dundee hall.
Bridge luncheon for Miss Mary France and
Miss Virginia Hanscom of New York, given
by her niece, Mrs. John L. Kennedy.
Tuesday Night Dancing club at Fontenelle.
Metropolitan club dance at club house.
Tuesday Bridge club, Mrs. Barton Millard,
hostess.
Thanksgiving card party, given by Columbian
club for benefit of Sacred Heart school.
Wednesday
Thanksgiving eve dinner dance at Omaha club.
Dinner dance at Omaha club for Mr. and Mrs.
Asa Shiverick of Cleveland, given by Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd M. Smith.
Dinner and dancing party at Blackstone, given
by Dr. and Mrs. I. C. Wood.
Assembly at Tnrpin's Dancing academy.
Omaha Woman's Press club, luncheon at the
Hotel Loyal for Mrs. Nellie L. McClung of
Manitoba. '
Trinity Parish Aid society, Mrs. Arthur L.
Williams, hostess, 10:30 a. m.
Elks' Formal Dancing club parry at club rooms.
Friday Bridge club, Mrs. Harold Pritchctt, host
ess. Dinner at Omaha club, given by Mr. and Mrs.
L. F. Crofoot.
Thanksgiving sale at parish house of First Pres
byterian church.
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zabeth Storrs. Trained nurses, when off duty, have
promised Mrs, McShane, the president, to assist the
women in their work of making bandages.
The photograph above shows one section of the
Monday morning workers, Mrs. Ezra Millard's as
sistants. Mrs. Millard and Mrs. George Redick are
pulling bandages, while Mrs. Herbert Rogers and
Miss Sinclair of Browncll Hall are rolling them.
Mrs. Howard Smith, Mrs. H. B. Sarson, Mrs. Harry
Tukcy, Mrs. Miles Greenlcaf and Mrs. Latham
Davis ire among the other women in the group.
for the Week
Luncheon for Mrs. Clement Chase, Mrs. John
W. Tbwle, hostess.
Thursday
Family Thanksgiving gatherings.
Le Mars club dance at Keep's Dancing acad
emy. ,
Parties to Nebraska-Notre Dame game at Lin
coln. '
Rosalba club dance at Turpin's.
Thanksgiving dinner at the Blackstone, given
by Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Boyer.
Woman's Golden Hill society, -annual ball at
Metropolitan club.
Thanksgiving dinner at Blackstone, given by
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hudson.
Scott-Dudley wedding.
Olscn-Stenberg wedding.
Bradley-Elliott wedding at Lawrence, Kan.
Friday
Junior club Thanksgiving dance at Hotel Fon
tenelle. Dinner for Notre Dame foot ball team given
by Notre Dame alumni at the Blackstone.
Children's party at Blackstone for Master Ray
mond Bowen, Mrs. H. R. Bowen, hostess.
Dinner for Miss Virginia Hanscom and Miss
Mary France, given by Mr. and Mrs. John
L. Kennedy.
Metropolitan club dance at club rooms.
Friday Night Dancing club at Druid halL
Dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Townley of Kansas
City, given by Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Gordon.
Saturday
Junior Musical club, musicale at home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. White.
First lecture by Mrs. Anthony Merrill at Black
stone, 10 a. in.
Bridge for Franco-Belgian relief fund at Black
stone., Harmony club meetj with Mr. and Mrs. Norris
Brown.
Scottish Rite Dancing club party at the Scot
tish Rite cathedral.
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