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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, MAY 12. 1917. 15 Summer Promises from Paris Browiveli Hall Commencement The season of the sweet girl grad uate has arrived'. In spite of all the warlike interests of fathers and mothers the girls have been study ing away in school preparing their minds for duties of the future. Invi tations have just been received for the j . commencement exercises at Brovvnell Hall. The first party for the graduating class wilt be aiven Saturday of this we;k by Miss Euphe- dinner at the hall followed by a dance given by senior boarders (or senior day girls. Closing exercises will begin the evening of June 9 with the junior play Sunday morning at St. Matthias church. Bishop A. L. Williams of this diocese will deliver a ser mon to the graduating class. Monday evening the pupils of the music de partment will give their annual reci tal at 8 o'clock, after which a recep tion will be given in honor of the graduating class from 9 to 11. Tues day morning at St. Matthias church. the graduation exercises will close the year. Members of. the class are Misses Emily Burke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Burke; Mildred Rhodes, daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. W. H. Rhodes: Charlotte Rosewater, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C Rosewater; Gretchen Swoboda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Swoboda; Helen Stenger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stenger; Myrtle Brown, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Brown; Edna Birss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Birss; Freda Haas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Haas; Alma Mich ener, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Michener of Council Bluffs; Nevada Graham, Malvern, la.; Ruth Kadel, Genoa; , Ruth Kindred, Meadow Grove; Ruth Mayer; Grand Island; Elisabeth Mitchell, Fort Riley, Kan.; Arria Neal. Clay Center, Kan., and Gladys Osborne, Genoa. future events. . Custer Trio club will give its next card party Wednesday afternoon at Crounse hall. Mrs. Charles DeMars Beaton has cards out for tea next Tuesday aft ernoon in honor of Mrs. Wilson Al- bert Austin of Pelham Manor, N. Y., and for her mother, M"rs. Erwin Wur sier. Pro. W. E. Chambers will give his complimentary dancing recital and ex hibition for pupils at his studio in the Castle hotel Saturday evening. This will mark the end of classes for tjie year. Church Benefit Bridge. Junior circle of AU Saints' church gave a benefit bridge party this after noon at the home of Mrs. E. A. Hig gins. Twenty tables were set for the game. Mrs. Howard Baldrige addressed the company on Red Cross work. Bridge Party Returns. Ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents were the returns iron? the card party given at the Elks' club rooms Thurs day by the U. S. Grant Woman's Re lief corps. The money will be used in TtfA CrniH wnrlc. Twenty dollars was the sum netted by the small bridge party given by Mrs, John T. Yates' circle of All -Saints Parish Aid society at her home Wednesday. Plans for presenting Mrs. Myron Learned's masque, "The Spirit of Wal den Wood," out of doors in June as the bird masque, "Sanctuary" was given last year, were discussed by women who will manage it, at the home of Miss Arabell Kimball this after noon. Miss Joy Higgins, 'who will take one of the leading parts. Mrs. Lowrie Childs, Mrs. W. C. Shannon and Mrs. William S. Poppleton were present. The masque will be given jointly for the benefit of the Red Cross and the National League for Woman Service, more especially for the sup plies for fighting men, the division headed by Mrs.' J. T. Stewart, 2nd. Henry Cox has offered his stringed orchestra and he and Mrs. Learned are working out some interesting musical effects. Happy Hollow to Open. The board of directors of Happy FJrttlnw rtnh annntmrft thft nnpninff on May 26. Only members and their guests are invited to the opening dinner-dance, which is to be very exclusive. The regular dinner dances of the club will be given on Tuesday and Saturday evenings. Thursday will be the women's luncheon day with a special bowlers' club luncheon. The married folks' dirmer-dance, which proved so popular last year, will be given every other Thursday evening beginning June 7. , Notes of Interest. Mrs. W. L. Sucha of Hastings, Neb., A'ho has been visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Muldoon, for the last week, returned to her home today. Linn P. Campbell has sold his home at 1012 South Thirty-first street and is building a residence in Dundee. Mrs. Campbell and daughter, Dorothy Ann, are visiting Mrs. Campbell's mother in Chicago for a month. Mr: Campbell is at the Sanford during (heir adsence. . Mrs. Anna Peycke has been seri ously ill for three weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metz. v Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welch leave this evening for a short 'trip to Cleve land and other points farther east. Mrs. Wooster Woodard of Lewis, I a., is the guest of her niece, Mrs. Clara Crum. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Rood and their iriece1, Miss Charlotte Smith, have re turned to their ranch in South Da kota in their car. When they first went north the weather was so cold they were obliged to stop in a hotel in the nearest town. Wedding Announcement - Miss Nettie Ellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Ellis, was married Saturday at 6:30 o'clock to Mr. Har old G. Bell of this city. Rev. Titus Lowe performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Bell will be at home after lime 1 at 3609 North Eighteenth street. Retail Stores to Close All 1 Day During Decoration Day Retail stores of Omaha will close al" day Memorial day. Members of the Associated Retailers of Omaha agrircd on the full holiday at a meet ing of the directors STATE GRAND .MATRON OF EASTERN STAR. T 1 t 'Via ' Sv Hr&John E. Simpson Mrs. J. E. Simpson, who 'was Thursday elected grand matron of the Eastern Star . in Nebraska, has served the grand lodge in office for over twenty years. She was the first president of the Scottish Rite Woman's club when it organized. Omaha women in attendance at the convention in Lincoln showered Mrs. Simpson with attention at the installation. Mrs. Cuthbert Vincent, now president of the Scottish Rite Woman's club, presented her with a huge bouquet of red, white and blue flowers. LITTLE TOT SAVED ' WHEN AUTOS CRASH Mother Throws Her Child from Machine Onto Park way Before Collision Injures Occupants. . Esther, 18-month-old daughter of Mrs. Bessie Silverman, 2114 Bur dette street, probably owes her life to the fact that her mother threw her out of a rapidly, moving auto mobile. Last evening Mrs. Silverman and daughter, Esther, and.NAbe Minkin, 2210 North Nineteenth street, a rela tive, were in an auttfmobile driven by Sam Kaplan of the same address. The car was going south on Twenty-fourth street and Kaplan was just on the point of turning west on De catur when a high-powered touring car, occupied by two colored boys and which had been stolen earlier in the evening, crashed into the fliv ver, v , . . Mrs. Silverman, seeing that the crash was inevitable, barely had time to throw her daughter, who was in her arms, to one side of the paved street. The child was uninjured, al though the rest of the occupants of the car were badly shaken, up and re ceived minor cuts. Both cars were damaged. Following the accident the negroes jumped from their car and disap peared in the darkness. London Woman to Speak in Omaha on Army Canteen Work Mrs. Donald Rose of Hyde Park, London, England, will speak in the banquet room of the Hotel Fontenelle next Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock on "Woman Service in Army Canteen Work." Her visit to Omaha will be under the auspices of. the National League for Woman Service. She has made similar talks in many European cities. Mrs. Rose will be a guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Monroe during her visit here. General George Harries will speak on canteen work. Trained Dog Plays Havoc With Chicken Yard A dog, trained to catch chickens, wring their necks and then deliver the poultry to his owner's kitchen door, has been depleting the noultrv stock of John L. Campbell, Thirty-seventh and Redick streets, according to a complaint which Mr. Campbell filed wiin ponce rriaay. ' "That dog has killed thirty-eight of my chickens," said Campbell. "I wouldn't mind so much, but I raised those chickens from eggs and they were just about ready for market." Chinese House Refuses to ' ' v Declare War On Germany Peking, May 11. After a riotous secret session lasting throughout Thursday night, the House of Repre sentatives refused to pass a resolution declaring war on Germany. Paris still sanctions the very admirable mode' of the coat-dress, ' and in this model is 1 -illustrated the new coat-dress or suit. It is of blue serge with broad bands of cherry-colored stitching and" cherry-colored balls to bob about. There are plaits plaits at the 1 sides of the skirt, and slight narrowing toward them. Nature's Spring Tonic Yes, that's what you need. You are tired, your back hurts, your head feels dizzy; you don't want to go to school: vou feel like soldiering on the job; you wish you-could have a vaca tion UKe ine doss; ana an 01 uv nave a lot of other feelings, characterized as spring fever. But where shall we get this tonic? In a bottle at 79 cents at the cut-rate store? Well, hardlyl.If we analyze such a bottle of commercial tonic we, probably find that it is made of dande lion greens or a few other simple heris with water and a large per cent of alcohol. Dame Nature is the oldest doctor living. For thousands of years she has studied the human race and knows just what it should have. So with bounteous hand she has prepared in the spring such foods as are in themselves tonics. What do we see on the' market stalls or in the meadows? Radishes, lettuce, dande lion, new spinach, onions and later asparagus, carots and new cabbage. All these are fresh, crisp, with a tang and a zip. That little zest in the radish, that's what we need! That bitter sour in the dandelion is what our blood is longing for. That defi couis, zestful flavor of asparagus or spinach is what our poor, old, tried system is waiting for. Our spring tonic is on the vegetable stands. Although we have to pay more this year, owing (to the high prices pre valent, it will be worth while to invest as much as we cat) in vegetables. They are the brooms of the system. They, with their coarse celluloids and bulk, sweep down the alimentary canal, all the passages, carrying off the waste accumulated by winter's heavier diet and more confining habits. Spring is come. Our bodies need bousecleaning. They need to be swept, scoured, washed and scrubbed by Nature's cleanser a bunch of radishes or a peck of spinach. I heard th? other day of a girl, a college and domestic science graduate, who became so filled with the fact of the importance of vegetables that she said she would go back to college and take a special course in the study of plant life, that she might under stand better how they should be pre pared. Now, vegetables consist of two parts, the coarse fiber cellulose, the weedyvtissue, antl the liquid mat ter held in suspension between the weedy fibers or cells. The function PUMPS More Popular Than Ever Fashion has endorsed pumps and low effects more heartily than ever before and we are now show ing a vast assortment in many dif ferent styles and combinations. Pictured here are several of our smart summer styles. There are many others at Fry's, all equally as pleasing and equally as moderate in price. Specially Priced from SEE0UR ,. $5.00 Up , WINDOWS of the weedy parts is to stimulate the walls of the intestines and distend them so that they will contract and have more normal motion. Tjie func tion of the liquid is to carry its pe culiar mineral salts and water into the blood to refresh, invigorate and cleanse it If we cook vegetables in such a way as to throw aside and waste the min eral salts or liquid part of the vege tables, we are not only wasting half our, money, but losing the most valu able part. For instance, to boil sweet, new carrots in such an amount of water that they have to be drained, and this water thrown away, deprives the' human body of the most valuable part; a sink needs no mineral salts, but human bodies dc-especiaily in the spring. ' That is why as many vegetables as possible should be eaten raw. Carrots, radishes, onions, dandelions, cabbage, turnips are all better raw than cooked. If we must cook them, let us sevci the water, either to be used as a sauce or saved for soup. Children should be taught to eat lettuce and raw vegetables, and men must be gently but firmly trained to acauire the salad hahit. Mrs. Chris tine Frederick in Philadelphia Ledger. Twice as Much Butter Stored as a Year Ago The monthly report of the office of markets and rural organization. De partment ot Agriculture, shows cold storage holdings of creamery butter o; 2,586,593 pounds in 281 storages on May 1, 191C The total holdings re ported by 211 storages were 2,433,144 pounds as compared with 1,081,913 pounds May 1, 1916, an increase of 124.9 per cent. The report shows that the holdinns decreased 57 8 per j cent during April as compared with j the decreas; of 08.6 per cent during I April last year. I The monthly report on the cold I toragc holdings of eggs shows 1. 1 845.117 casci in 350 storages on Mav 1, 1917. The total holdiugs reported by 288 storages were 1,739,692 cases, jas compared with 2,327,174 cases Mav l, Ivio, a decrease ot per cent. The reports of 31 i firms show that the holdings increased 1,653,044 cases during April, as compared with an increase shewn by 253 firms of 2.008. 594 cases during April last year. Re ports from 125 storages show a total of 2,659.380 pounds of frozen eggs' in cans. The ninety-two houses that re ported for May 1, 1917, and May 1, 1916, show a present stock of 2,162, 763 pounds as compared with 3.133, 262 pounds last year, a decrease of 970,499 pounds or 31 per cent. Movies Especially for Kiddies on Saturday "Golden Locks and the Three Bears" will be the special children's movie Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the Muse. "The Iron Will," a comedy, and a cartoon will also be shown. The Besse theater on the South Side shows the same films at 1 o'clock. Mrs. W. S. Knight of the Omaha Woman's club educational commit tee says the children's movies will continue as long as the attendance keeps up, even though the club year has closed. American Teachers from Turkey Arrive at Berne Berne, Switzerland, May 11. (Via Paris.) Twenty more American teachers and missionaries arrived from Turkey today on their way home. Others are expected soon. Henshaw Cafe ' We have Inaugurated the finest Fountain Service possible to obtain, with one of the best dispensers in the west. Dancing ' Will Bo Featured Good Music Wednesday and Saturday 4 TO 6 P. M. Every Evening Except Sunday IU 12 f . M. ' We Cater to .the Young Folks 2'iliili!liliiiiiiiiliiliiliiliiliiliiliiliiliiliiliiliiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiuij Our Display of Djer-Kiss Toilet I Articles i Was never mora'complete than I at present. s Saturday nricea: ' - I i Talcum Powder 23 I g Face Powder 49X Eau Vegetal 99s t Toilet water.... S1.39 S Perfume. 1-oz S1.2JI I 1 Sachet, bottle 69t g 16th and Howard. Douglas 84(5. llllllllllilMllllll!ltT1ll1l1llll1lllllll!llllllllllIIIIllllllill'l We want every mother to know the only ex clusive RING STORE in America. & $niivarnr Prist Cards v Vila m w a v FREE TO MOTHERS Come in and see our beautiful store. You don't have to buy.. Azure Diamond Co. 305 South 16th Street. Opposite First National Bank I ft iiiiiiSi MOTHERS' bAY Always Second Sunday in May No other gift carries with it so fitting a tribute of your love and loyalty to the best friend you ever had. "For mother's memory, flowers white For mother living, flowers bright." SOME SUGGESTIONS Roses Sweet Peas Snap Dragons Carnations Hydrangeas Spirea Violets, Etc. JOHN H. BATH "The Careful Floriit" ' 1804 FARNAM ST. . Phone Douglas 3000 it I ldufllijil!!! ii l in 1 iiiiiiiiJiyiiiiiuniniriWiiiiia in iini 11 11111 NOW FOR THE FINAL CLEAN UP of the BIG REMOVAL SALE 1,749 pairs of $3.50, $4.00 and $4.50 Shoes and Oxfords. Sixes 2 to 5 Every Pair MUST Be Sold in the Next 1 0 Days YOUR CHOICE $1 a A PAIR No Exchanges No Refunds. ' ' ,E MARKET New Location. 1607 FARNAM ST. (Just Around the Corner.) Ask For and GET A. Get th Round Package IM foe Cantury. CAUTION , . "i,wa,u..a. J THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK ' Made from clean, rich milk with the ex tract of select malted grain, malted in out own Malt Houses under sanitary conditions.' Monte mi ehlldrm (Arfoa en it. Agnt with the umaktit ttomaeh of th Invalid or thm agta NdM .to cooking nor addition of milk. Nourishes and tintaina mora than tea, coffee, in,' Should be leapt at home or when traveling. Anil tritiouf food-drink may be prepared in a moment. A (lawful hot before retiring induces refreshing sleep. Alto in lunch tablet form for burinen men Substitutes Cost YOU Sam Pries) Take a Package Homo Sunday, May 13, Mother Flowers What can better express your remembrance of her .maternal love and devo-" tion than flowers? ' , ', ' ' What can be more appro priate than some beauti ful plant, gloriously re minding her of you day by day? We also have a fine display of cut flowers. HERE ARE A FEW SUGGESTIONS Roses - Sweet Peas Tulips Snap Dragons, Hydrangeas Spirea Lilac Narcissus' THE FERNERY Douglas 2986. 501 South 16th St Flowers For Mothers' Day Prospect Hill Florists Janousek Bros., Props. Always fresh cut flowers for all occasions. Floral designs, Bedding and Plants. " Large stock of fresh cut carnations. Greenhouses: 3230 Parker St. ; Telephone Webster 4491. - The House of Taylor SeAj VaaTJjr L P irROTEL MARTINIQUE Broadway, 32d St. New York One Block from Penniylrania Station Equally Convenient for Amuiamenti, Shopping or .Bueineta 1S7 pleasant roonu, with private bath r.n npn nlv iaa r it 4uu Dams 600 Rooms I 257 oxcelUnt rooms with print hath, facing! street, southern exposure. 1 $3.00 PER DAY Alio Attractive Room from $1.50. The Reataurant Pricei Are Mot Moderate. Try Bee Want Ads and Get Eesults.