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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1917. V January 29 Chance in Players' Club PUni. A change has been made in the nlav which will be liven bv the mem bers of the former Players' club for the benefit of the American Ambu lance hospital in France. Instead of Oscar Wilde's olay. "Lady Winder mere's Fan," the committee has de cided to present The Amazons, by Pinero. Because of this change) the re hearsals which have been , held will fiunt for nothing, but the cast for "the Amaions" has almost been tided. The women characters will be Miss Anna Bourlce of Washington R C; Mrs. Miriam Pattjerson-Boyce. Miss Arabella Kimball. Mas Joy His gins, and Mrs. Henry Doorly, who is acting as chairman ot arrangements. Two men have not yet been selected A fill parts. Those already chosen a Mr. George Mclntyre. Mr. Vaul (Jkolcy, Mr. Ray Low. Mr. Ross Tbwle and Mr. Sidney Powell. Rehearsals for the play now de ckled upon are being held this week and it is hoped that Miss Lillian Fitch jill come from Chicago Sunday to begin the work of polisbinr the pro duction for presentation. The play ers hope to be able to stage the drama about February 20 at the Brandeis, hut negotiations for a date are still being made with the theater manage ment. Before Lent, surely, the perform ance will be given. Since Ash Wed nesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, falls on February 21 we are certain to have the pleasure of wit nessing this amateur presentation of "The Amazons" in the near future. Announcement Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Whitfield gave an announcement dinner Sunday evening at their home for the engage. ment of their daughter, Margaret, to Harry G. iThomsen. The wedding will take place this spring. The tables were decorated with roses and sweet peas and places were marked with miniature mail boxes with mail concering the announcement. WOULD ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT? Bridge Cluba Meet. Mrs. Joseph Barker entertained the members of the Original Monday Bridge club at the Ulackstone today, vThe club members are: aleBdamwK Msadamcc- Joseph Barker, W. A. Redlrk.' A. I Reed, C. T. Kountle, Arthur Reralniton, W. It McKeen, t leeaa Ootea, . Osgood. T, JSulman. A. O. Dhm, The New Bridge-Luncheon club was entertained Saturday afternoon by Mrs. R, E. Davis. A week from today Mrs. Ellet Drake will be the hostess. Members of the club are: Maadamea Meedemea R. B. Davla, C I- Sykea, ' Mai L'hl. Kllt Dr. lit. Chaster Nlernan, Harold D. Sobotker. K. B. Wallace. Mrs. lack Webster will entertain the Junior Bridge club'Thursday of . this week. i The Clairmont Bridge club will meet a week from Tuesday with Mr. Arthur Cullin. the club was;enter t lined last Tuesday by Mrs, E. L. Chamn. , Instead of holding its regular meet ing today the Monday Bridge club will meet tomorrow with Mrs. A. I. Root, who leaves Thursday for Cali fornia. , Valentine Party in Prospect. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bertwell will entertain Friday evening at a valen tine card party, when the game will be hearts and the decorations and color scheme will carry out the same idea. . (-.;. . - . . Keep Open House. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Prange Were at home Sunday afternoon between the hours of 2 and 5 at their new home. 5004 Cass street. Mr. Prange and his bride, who was Agnes $waffar Hiett, were married Tuesday evening. Miss Golden Myers of Onawa. la., and Miss Rose Harrington assisted Mrs. -Prange. About sixty guests called during the afternoon. Trips in Contemplation. Miss Alice Rushton leaves North ampton, Mass., the end of this week to visit Miss Caroline Holmquist at Dana Hall and then goes on to Tarry-town-on-the-Hudson to, visit school friends at the Castle. She will re turn home in about two weeks. Mrs. A. I. Root and the children leave Thursday to spend two months in California. Master Frank Root has been attacked by the grippe, but it is hoped that his condition will not be serious enough to prevent their de parture. . Stork News. A son, who has been named Ed ward David, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Newman of New York. Mrs. Newman was formerly Miss Edith Leavy of this city. Jottings on Social Calendar. Miss Anna McCague will entertain at a kensington Saturday afternoon in honor of Miss Marie Hodge, a Feb ruary bride. Mrs. Alfred W. Gordon will be host ess for the next meeting of the Am ateur Musical club a week from Fri day. Miss Eugenie Whitmore had the -members to her home for the last meeting. A club of girls from St. Berch man's academy, which has met for over a year, but has never taken a name, will meet next Saturday at the residence of Dr. W. J. McCrann, when his two daughters will be the host esses. The club has twelve members and its meetings are held every two weeks. .i Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller will en tertain the Extension club, a social and philanthropic organization, - at their home Tuesday evening. In and Out of the Bee Hive. Mrs. W. F. Westfall of Carroll-, la spent last week with her daugh ter Mrs. W. F. Crook, and Dr. Crook. Mr. and XIrs. C. H. Luttig left Sat urday evening for an eastern trip. The Misses Clara Schneider, Mar guerite Schneider, Helen. Carroll and Mr. Nelson Johnson were among a party of Fremont people who at tended the opera and had supper af terwards at the Fontenelle Saturday evening. The party motored back to Fremont late-that night. j Miss Myrtle Beehler spent the week-end at the Harry Claiborne home. Harry Claiborne, jr., also Xame down from the Slate university fur the week-end. . ... ., Mrs. Dave Rosemau left last eve ning for Detroit to attend the mar riage of her niece. Miss Hortense Heller, to Mr. Joseph Somner of Brooklyn. The wedding will take r -i i : 1! jfl The Child's Expense Account i feu - . - mm MRS. C. W. HAYES, jf PW Cultivate a Pleasant Voice A movement to abolish capital pun ishment in Nebraska was launched at the Omaha Woman's club political and science department this after noon. Mrs. Charles W. Hayes, leader, calls it "a heathenish practice." As chairman of the legislative department of the Nebraska Federaiton of Wo men's Clubs, Mrs. Hayes has had a bill to this effect drawn up for sub mission to the legislature, After the Woman's club has endorsed it, the bill will be taken up by other club's in the state federation under' Mrs. Hayes' direction. Other bills pending in the present session of the legisla ture were discussed by the club women. place next Sunday evening at Windsor club. Mrs. Milton Du Rcll of Minneano- lis, who has been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Riley for a week, expects to leave for her home next Sunday evening. Mrs. Alfred Darlow and daughter, Miss Dorothy, have been soendins a few days with Mrs. Lloyd Burdic in nerman. Miss Caryl Soaulding and Mrs. O. W. Hendee attended the formal danc ing party of the Alphi Xi Delta sor ority in Lincoln Saturday evening. Omaha Singer and Painter Dies in "California Home News of the death of Revel France has been received. , Mr. France was a foremost member of Omaha's musical colony for a long period of years, beginning about thirty-five years ago and extending to the time he went to California to estab lish his new home. During his residence here he was well known on account of his rich bass voice. He was a member of the Omaha Glee club and took Dart in amateur operatic productions, includ ing "Pinafore" and "Erminie." He sang in the choir of Trinity cathedral. tie was talented as a painter. Mr. France in recent years lived on a fruit farm near Los Angeles, where his brothers reside. He is sur vived by a widow and three children. A suit of blue linen in 4 year sizes, two and a quar ter yards, forty-inch linen, $1.81 ; half yard natural-colored linen, 82 cents; buttons, 38 cents; total, $2.51. To the right, an edition of the blue overalls which have to slip on over the linen waist; 4 years, one and one half yards thirty-six-inch duck ; total, 45 cents. A suit that just enjoys tubbing is of white cotton poplin ,with colored linen collar and cuffs. In 6-year size, two and one-quarter yaras poplin, 65 cents ; seven joyed the heart of the small i father, too. They may be small buttons, 16 cents; to- boy and the small poy simade or blue duck or linen By GARRETT P. SERVISS. In the matter of education there is nothing more undeservedly neglected than the art of using the organs of speech. Dr. C. P. Grayson of Phila delphia is entirely right in urging that voice culture should be a part of the instruction in elementary schools.. The schools teach how to spell and pronounce words, but not how to articulate them., to articu late a word is to give forth the sounds composing it in a clear, dis tinct, distinguishable and agreeable manner. A word not well articulated is a mere animal grunt or cry. The schools teach how to form let ters in writing so that they can be read with ease and certainty, but they do not teach how to utter the sounds of the voice in speaking so that they, too, can be understood with ease and certainty. A squeak ing, guttural or indistinct voice is the equivalent of careless, ill-formed, illegible handwriting. The typewriter offers a remedy, or a substitute, for the latter, but there is no mechanical remedy or substitute for a bad voice. The phonograph reproduces only what it hears; if it could automatically replace imperfect sounds by perfect ones, a had speaker might conceal his defects bv never appearing in per son, just as a modern Horace Greeley using a typewriter may escape the curses, and even the suspicion, of the composing room. The English language is the best instrument, or medium, for the ex pression of human thought and emo tion that has yet been devised, and a better one may never be devised. The man who can use it effectively has an intellectual asset of inesti mable value. But if he cannot utter the words of the language clearly and pleasingly he has only half mastered it, even though he may write it bril liantly. The writers have had a tremendous "pull" lately; it is Ihe speakers' turn. Their art is the older, and, upon the whole, the more important, and it ought to receive careful attention from educators. You need only go to a "reception" or listen to the talk at an average social assemblage of any kind in order to feel the force of criticism which foreigners often express concerning the "American voice." In such places you can also find material for forming a judgment on the more cutting detail of this criticism which asserts that "the women's voices are worse than the men's." j Matrimonial Fables To Open Bids Today On New Fire Apparatus Tuesday morning the citv council will open bids for four 1,000-gallon- capacity, triple combination, motor driven pumpers; five service trucks and three tw6-wheel. tractors, all be ing apparatus for the fire department. The cost will be approximately $60,000. The tractors will be used to transport two aerial trucks and one water tower, now being hauled by norses. May Establish Recruiting Station in South Dakota J. Z. Zimmerman, chief Quartermas ter at tne navy recruiting station in Omaha, has gone to South Dakota where, in company with Lieutenant W. W. Waddell, who follows later, he will look over the field around Lead. Aberdeen, Watertown and other South Dakota points. The navy department intends to extend its recruiting activi ties into this part of iouth Dakota and will act according to reports of tnese umana officers. Omaha Athletic Club . Has Much Capital Stock The Omaha Athletic club, which will build a palatial clubhouse on Douglas street, has filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk. The capital stock is $750,000. which is to be the cost of the structure. W. A. Fraser, Frank W. Judson, George E. Haverstick, George Brandeis, Al bert W. Jefferis and William A. Schall are the incorporators. Prettiest Mile Club Boosts Capital Stock The capital stock of the Prettiest Af ile- club, of which Mrs. Fred M. Crane is president and Mrs. A. M. Smith, secretary, has been increased to $25,000, according to amended arti cles of incorporation tiled with the county clerk. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS C. O. Barnham, vie president In rtmrs of traffic, and h. E. Byram, vlre president in chare of operation, both or th Burling-ton. puMd throuRh Omaha at S:tS this afternoon, enroute wcat. Dr, Mlcharl J. Ford leaves today for rretpont to attend tha annual Rlkhorn Va lay Medical aaaoclatlon convontlon. ASK FOE and GET HORLICK'S THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK Chap ejubelitMea eoet XUU lui srlca. By DOROTHY DIX. Once upon a time there was a Homely Girl who married a man who looked like the understudy of the Apollo Belvederes in the Advertise ments of Gents' Clothing. This caused her friends great Ap prehension. "Without doubt,' tney said to each other, "Mamie is a Noble Creature and a Model of all the Vir tues, and she will do her Sacred Duty as a-Wife. . "We have not observed, however, that a Good Wife gets her Due Re ward of Appreciation until she gets it on her Tombstone, and so we fear that this Marriage is headed for the Scrap Heap. It is Hard Enough to Retain a Husband's Affections when he is a Human Shrimp that no other Woman Wants, and when the wife is a Good Looker herself, so we tremble to think what will Happen when a Chromo like Dear Mamie ties up with a Living Picture." Thereupon, Mamie's Friends formed themselves into a Death Watch over her Marriage, but instead of hearing that the Divorce Proceed ings had begun they Observed that it was a case of They Married and Lived Happily Ever After. "We do not understand this," said the Friends, and going to the Wife they thus addressed her: "Without wishing to Knock your Face, which, we are aware, is not your Own Selection and does not represent your Taste, but was wished on you by Nature, you must perceive that you are not in the Class with the Lillian Russells whom your Husband meets in Society, yet we never see you pulling any of that Jealousy Stuff. Furthermore, we observe that your husband passes up all of the Prize Winners in the Beauty Show for You, and actually seems to Enjoy being with you. I'rythee, tell us why inis is inus. "The Secret of my Hold on my Husband is very Simple," replied the Homely Wife; "I have merely Con vinced him that I am the Only Wom an who Thoroughly Appreciates Him. "When I observe a Beauteous Blonde making Eyes at him at Din ner I wait until we get home, and then I say: "Your Dinner Partner surely was a Lovely Creature, but she is so Vain that she never observed You enough to see how Superb you look in Even ing Clothes. When my Husband Foxtrots too many Trots with a Peachcrino I casually Remark as I give him his Second Cup of Coffee next Morning: The Maiden that you Danced with Lost Night is surely Some Looker, but she is Sadly Lacking in Intelli gence, because she did not seem to Understand what an Honor you were conferring on her by Dancing with her so much, or tn t nrtw that vnn f the Vernon Castle of our Set. wnen my Husband shows Symp- iu ..iiiKcring unaer the Palms with a Pulchritudinous Young Person I do not Reproach Him with it. On the Contrary. I say. 'How Self-Sacri- ncuig, ana iSohle it i of vm your Wit and Talent and Gift of Re. partec to spend so Much Time trying i .iiiMm uuii init ot a Child who is so Stupid she does not see the ruuu oi your Jokes. "These Few Remarks judiciously applied, do for my Hated Rivals. They also leave my Husband Gasp ing with Admiration at My Taste and Judgment in perceiving how much Superior he is to All Other Men, and as I always confine myself to Singing His Praises he never Wearies of my Conversation. "I Surmise that the Reason that so many Men go Abroad looking for Appreciation is because they never get any at Home. Therefore, I feed my Husband on such la Highly Soiced Brand of Flattery that it makes that which is Handed Him by Other Women) seem Tasteless and that is why he does not Care to Wander from his own Fireside." Moral: inis table teaches that a Wife should Remember that her Hus band does Not Lose His Sweet Tooth when he gets Married. The enunication of words is an imi tative art. The child learns to speak by imitating the sounds it hears from the mouths of its parents and ciders. If it hears indistinct sounds it will make indistinct sounds. If you "speak through your nose" your child will do the same thing unless it is surrounded by better examples to fol low. Consequently the education of the voice ought to be begun as soon as the infant begins to speak. The earliest years are those during which the utterance of primary sounds is ac quired. Even more important then than voice instruction in school is pre liminary voice instruction at home. I do not mean deliberate teaching, but , the constant placing of good examples before the child. Never let your words fall slouchingly from your lips when you address your child, even though it may be merely a baby, capable only of mooing. "Baby talk" to babies is foolish, and worse than foolish, for it sometimes leads to the acquirement by a child of a vogue, mouthing utter ance which remains with it as it grows up. In the school, especially the primary school, there should be no elaborate system of phonetics taught. Such a thing for young minds is as useless and discouraging as the rules of gram mar. Example is the one great teacher, and the pupil should not be told that it is employed as a teacher. One learns to write by reading, and one learns to speak by hearing, and the less appearance of instruction there is in either case the better. Sys tematic grammar and phonetics are in tellectual amusements for mature minds; clear writing and speakng are the results of instinctive imitation of the best by growing minds. I think that one of the defects, of the "movies" and everything has its defects is that they clminate the edu cational influence of the stage upon vocal utterance. How many men and women, how many speakers and orators have found unconscious in struction and guidance while listening to great actors and actresses! It has also stimulated improvement of the voice itself. Who that has heard the rich, clear, melodious utter ance of some "star" of tragedy or comedy has not found himself after ward paying more attention tq his own voice and its possibilities of im provement? The time ought not to be long in coming when it can no more be said that there are a hundred Americans who write well to one who speaks well. fin EVERY MAN'S DUTY TO HIMSELF fto W O TO SAVE WHILE HIS EARNING CAPACITY IS GREATEST W 0 Occidental Building and Loan Association Pays 6 Per Cent Quarterly ASSETS $5,000,000 Dividends SURPLUS $180,000 OCCIDENTAL BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION 322 South Eighteenth Street JOHN F. FLACK, President; R. A. MfcEACHRON, Vice President; GEO. C. FLACK. Treasurer. E. N. B0TVELL, Secretary; JOHN T. BROWNLEE, Assistant Secretary. ROBERT DEMPSTER. 4MEUCAN CHICLE COMPANY f A ' HMllllHMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimaiiay" I Cani Resist- Edith U Wuoiwr Pmat, Mrs. Edward MacDowell Widow ot Mi Gmtnt American Composer v iu r- LECTURE RECITAL T. w. c. A. 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