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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1918)
THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1918. SOdelaide rvenncrly Owr Capital Society WASHINGTON'S last week be fore Jsh Wednesday draws a curtain upon gay scenes was ushered in by a ball and closed with another, both for charity and both of which were made more bril liant and notable by the presence of the president and Mr3. Wilson and party accompanying them. The first mentioned was the annual southern relief ball, which was an unprece dented success. The 'other was for he benefit of the Episcopal Home for Children, likewise a splendid success. On Monday night a great number f Nebraska people were present, many of them guests in the boxes of distinguished hosts, ihis Dan is one uf the jeweled-miniature-old-lace-and-Howered-silk affairs, many of the southern ladies wearing these heir looms and souvenirs of other days on this annual occasion only. The president and Mrs. Wilson re mained at the ball for nearly two hours, Mrs. Wilson looking especially lovely in pearl silk and tulle, the tulle draperies outlined with brilliants and a tiny train of the silk. She wore the customary orchids and for the first time since she appeared as the wife of the president she wore a diamond tiara, a modest one of rarely beauti ful white stones, not conspicuously large. Miss Hitchcock Present. Miss Ruth Hitchcock, daughter of the senator from Omaha, was among the dancers, as she usually is at the Washington balls. Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Penfield, nee Bacon, of Omaha, were guests of Mrs. William Eric Fowler in his box, and at his dinner party preceding the ball. The minister from Salvador and Madame Zaldivar and the latter's sister, Princess Ghika, of Roumania, who usually spends her winters in Paris, but is spending this one here, were among the other guests of Mr. Fowler. Mrs. Penfield was most attractive in a smart gown of white chiffon velvet with a bodice of pearl embroidered net. Mr. and Mrs. Penfield went to New York on Thursday to have a little change. They will attend the opera and have a little recreation from the constant war-work in which both are interested. Mrs. Penfield is active in the work of establishing a "Little Band-box" in the State department circle of war-workers, in which she is identified. They will have a shop on F street and conduct a sale such as has recently been successful in San Francisco, and similar to the "White Elephant" sale in Omaha, in which her mother, Mrs. Bacon, has been active. The Peaks Take House. Mr. and Mrs. George Peak, nee Lindsay, of Omaha, have taken the house, 1616 Nineteenth street, for the winter. Mr. Peak is with the Coun cil of National Defense. Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Twachtman. the latter formerly Miss Charlotte Callahan, of Omaha, who have been in Washington during the season, have leased their apartment in Somer set House and gone to New York, where the former has been ordered. They have let their apartment to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Metz, the latter for merly Miss Norma Mack, daughter of Mr. Norman E. Mack, of Buffalo, one of the big leaders in the demo cratic party. Mrs. Day and Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Clarence Day and her mother, Mrs. Smith, of Omaha, have taken an apartment on Eighteenth street for the remainder of the season, as Major Day is in France. He was stationed for several years at Fort Myer, where he and Mrs. Day made a host of friends in the army and official cir cles. Mrs. Day and her mother find life in Washington very agreeable, as they are being constantly enter tained and are in the midst of a circle of old friends. No Spring Vacation. Dana Hall, Tenacre and Pine Manor at Wellesley, Mass., will omit spring vacations this year and will close June 3 instead of June 12. Omis sion of the spring vacation wag de cided to help the government in con serving, to relieve the railroad con gestion and save money. The com mencement exercises in June will be very simple. The diplomas will be conferred at the end of the Sunday evening services and no invitations for commencement will be sent out. Dana Hall and Tenacre have a large number of Omaha girls in its student body. Future Festivities. Miss Elizabeth Davis will entertain at luncheon Tuesday at the Black stone. Miss Emily Keller will be hostess for a foursome at the Otis Skinner opening performance Thur.-.day eve ning. Miss Keller is in Hastings for the wedding of Miss Ruth Beecher and Lieutenant Brian Tuesday. Kindergarten teachers oi the city will give a large luncheon at the Blackstone Saturday. Members of Chapter B. S P. E, O. sisterhood, will initiate their husbands into the mysteries of the B. R. L.( the men's organization of the 1. E. U., following a dinner to be given at the Blackstone February 18. After the ' dinner the guests will adjourn to the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Luik-. hart, where the "stunts" will be put on. Mrs. W. A. Wilcox has the af fair in charge. Banquet for Engineers. Nebraska members of the American Society of Engineers hold their monthly business meeting following a dinner at the Blackstone thisevening. About 30 will attend. The officers are George Campen, president; H. A. Holdrege and John A. Bruce, vice presidents, and Homer V. Knouse, secretary-treasurer. For Grand Island Guests. Mrs. Mosher Colpetzer gave a luncheon at. the Fontenell? today in imnor of Mrs. F. J. Woibach and Mr?. S. W. Ashton of Grand Island, who are visiting Mrs. Clyde Roeder. Mrs. Roeder will give a tea at her home Tuesday for the visitors. For Chicago Guest. M's. W. P. Haney. jr.. entertained a party of sixteen at the Orpheum raatjnee Wdaj, complimentary to her "A Nineteen Eighteen Model." By GERTRUDE BERESFORD. THE piercing eye of the fashion analyst shows four fabrics in marching order for the sum mer. Sport silks which manage, un der the skilled surgery of the best de signers, to achieve a "different" air; georgette crepe and foulard for more dressy frocks, particularly adapted to the older woman, and gingham for morning wear for every age from bobbed to gray hair. A white vest, collar and cuffs give the straight coat of rose pongee the "different" air, while the box-pleated skirt of white pongee may further "do its bit" and worn with sweaters and other coats. A rose hat makes us wig-wag "wel come' to the summer girl wjjo will grace this costume. Made up in blue or tobacco brown gabardine with vest and collar of white cloth what a charming spring frock this would make. - mother, Mrs. F. R. Williams of Chi cago, who is visiting here. Mrs. Haney is planning a lunch eon at the University club for Tues day to honor her motther. Welsh-American Association. The Welsh-American association will meet Thursday evening, Febru ary 4, at 8 o'clock in the auditorium, deaf institute, to resume Red Cross work. "500" Club. Mrs. W. A. Wilcox will entertain members of the "500" club at her home this evening. Five tables will be placed for the game. For the Future. Miss Elizabeth Davis will enter tain at luncheon at her home Tuesday. PERSONALS Lieutenant E. C. Turner,, a New York man stationed at Fort Omaha this winter who has made many friends, was called to Washington. Mrs. Louis J. Kuh of Sioux Falls, S. D., is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Block, 3414 Lafayette avenue. Mr. Block is convalescing from a surgical operation performed at Wise Memorial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Canfield and their two children arrived Saturday from Sheridan, Wyo., to spend the rest of the winter here. They have taken an apartment at the Black stone. Mrs. E. V. Lewis of New York, Mrs. Canfield's mother, is with them. Lieutenant J. D. D. Marcellers, a United States cavalry officer, and Mrs. Marcellers, Mrs. Frank Streff of Butte, Mont., and Mr. Harry Hildreth, jr., of Chicago are among the week end arrivals at the Blackstone. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Hutchinson are the guests of Mr. Hutchinson's aunt, Mrs. J. A. McDonald, at the Black stone. Truffles. The truffle is a crvotoeamic plant having no visible means of fructifica tion and is found at all sorts of depths beneath the soil, from two inches to two feet. It possesses neither root, stem nor leaf and varies in color from light brown to black. It is some what globular in form, ranges in size from that of a filbert to a large duck's egg and weighs from two ounces to four pounds or njore. Its surface is knotty or warty and is covered with a skin which forms a sort of network of serpentine veins. Little is known of its early developments as a vegeta ble production. In its native state it is found free from attachment to any other body. Russians on Pilgrimages. Of all the races and religions which send pilgrims to Jerusalem there are none more strange and pathetic than those Russian peasants who come from the depths of their steppes to visit the holy places of their faith. They may be seen winding their way in small groups alongthe camel tract which crosses the plain of Sharon and the mountains of Ephraim, sing ing their hunting Slav laments. These are the moujiks of old Russia, neigh bors perhaps in some far off village, who set out together on this great pilgrimage, for which they have saved every kopeck all their lives. An Hour at Fort Crook Gives One a Hint of "A Day of Military Life" The grounds at Fort Crook resem ble a huge college campus the first hour of the morning. Foot ball, rac ing, even "Pom Pom Pull Away" are played, aside from the regulation "set ting up" exercises. Some of the games look very much like "Ring Around the Rosie." All these will be shown at the attraction, "A Day of Military Life," which will be given February 20 at the Auditorium. Following the morning exercises comes company drill and battalion drill. The mysteries of the machine guns will be shown by actual prac tice, also hand grenade throwing. The bayonet drill is probably the most interesting part of the military day. Wild looking costumes, which are a combination of foot ball togs and divers' suits, are donned, and these vicious looking warriors proceed to pounce upon each other with drawn bayonets. "Don't Dare Smile." "Don't any of you fellows dare smile," commanded one young officer, "look fierce, look like the devil." And they didl Sharp tussles took place ia these encounters, rifles are broken and sometimes a "banged up" man is taken to the hospital. The exhibition will not consist of merely drilling, however. You will witness the celebrated crap game so loved by the soldiers, particularly on pay day. The evening quartets will be heard and the little homey side of soldiering, which is seen at the back of the tents, with collars off and good fellowship on, will be in evi dence. Just come and see what our boys in khaki are doing in all the many cantonments and at the forts scat tered over the country. There is nothing complex about it, they are like a huge crowd of school boys, just learning new and more serious les sonsthat is all. Society Girls. A number of pretty society girls will be in evidence on the evening to sell candy for the fund. Prominent women and men of our city will spon sor the affair, and beside having an interesting and entertaining evening, you will be helping our own boys greatly. All the men at Fort Crook are en listed men and the records show the greater part of them joined the colors last spring at the first call. They are giving their all, will you not come and give your support, finan cially and otherwise, to their performance? Advice to Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. Fremont, Neb. Dear Mint Fairfax: Hav ing read and reread tho letter In Tho Bee from the Bachelor Farmer In aearch of the "Ideal girl,' and I can almost see him aa he la sitting by his redhot stove dream ing, and, might I add, hla letter has Inter ested me very much, perhapa because 1 am one of the many gamblers, and aa he says, either the divorce courts or be game and pocket your feelings and make the best of It. and I have chosen the latter. I am only 24 yeari old and have been married nearly three years, and while my husband Is good and true, makes a good living and home, I have all the prettey clothfi that I can want, which Was one of my greatest lonflngs before I married, yet our home lacks the one real true foun dation of a happy home. I have often heard people say that you can learn to love after you are married If you think a great deal beforehand, but I disagree to that. Be perfectly assured that If you do not really truly love before, you will not after. While my husband is very dear to my heart and I respect him above all else, I do not love him. It 'seems heartless and hurts down deep to admit It even to myself, far less to the public, and I, like the bachelor, went In search of love. I, too, have dreams at night and know that somewhere in this world there is some one God made Just for me, but, alas, not for me. He spoke of children, too. Oh, what I would give for a darling of my own. I feel that nothing else would count then, but I have been denied that sacred privilege. But to get back to the Bachelor-Farmer, there Is only one thing I would like to say If you care to print my heart secrets. I wish him all the happiness In God's world, and my one hope Is ha may find the ideal girl that was made for him; that he will be blessed with all the wishes that are dearest to his heart, but to not let your longing and thirst for love lead you as it has me. And unless she is your Ideal girl, and you are in that ethereal state where you feel you cannot exist without the com panionship of the certain person, don't, for fjod sake, think of marriage on any other basis. I know, for I am paying th p-lce. ALSO A READER. P. S. Let us hear how the bachelor gets along In his quest. This letter is printed not only for our friend, the Bachelor-Farmer, but for all lonesome soul whose love of companionship might lead them astray. The Feminine Slacker You Won't Like My Answer 1 Dear Hiss Fairfax: I am 22 and my friend Is only IS. We have known each other through church work for five years, but never paid much attention to one an other until a few months ago. Hla father died when he was 16 and he has partially supported hla mother ever since. His fa ther died of tuberculosis and ha now has a sitter In a sanitarium with the disease. I am considered very capable. My health, mental and physical, Is of the best. I love this boy and he thinks he loves me. The question Is. what shall we do? We do not consider marriage ror two years at least. We are extremely happy In each other's company. Neither is Jealous of the other, I think. HAZ&L.. There la an obstacle that Is real. How ever manly a boy of 18 seems. It Is not fair that h should be tied down to the re sponsibility of marriage. Nor can ha be expected to makke a life's choice by which he will want always to abide. He hasn't seen enough of the world; ha hasn't enough experience nor jet enough things with which to compare hla own emotiona so that he can be guaranteed to have a right sense of values. I think It is thoroughly unjust to a boy like this for a girl four years elder than he to plan marriage. If you can be sensible and self-controlled I don't sea par ticularly why a friendship need be forbid den. Tuberculosis la not hereditary, but the tendency to it may b. I think th boy has had too many responaibilltles already the added one of wife seems to me too great a burden to carry. By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. "Oh darling, I was so tired I couldn't cook supper. You don't mind if we have cold ham and potato salad and a pie from the delicatessen, do you? You wouldn't want your little wife to stand over a hot stove when she was all in, would you?" coos Annabelle. George is tired, too. He has been hard at work since S in the morning doing a little overtime so that his a week pay envelope will contain $35. George is tired and a little taut and strained and nervous. A hot sup per roast lamb and mashed potatoes would "go pretty good" just about now. But George would feel like a cad were he to meet Annabelle's sweet pleadings with a grouchv and brutal demand for a supper different from the one she has he half sus pects it, too! purchased at the corner delicatessen on her way home from un afternoon of shopping. ' Annabelle is a slacker. She uses her sex as sweetening and wheedles and cajoles herself out of responsibility. She .lets George do it as regards work and effort and she slides along avoiding responsibility and her share of holding up the family partnership. Annabelle is pretty and swet, low voiced and charming George adores her. He wants to make her happy, to see her sunshiny, to feel that she is satisfied in the little home to which he has brought her. Annabelle trades on that. Bessie is the telephone operator in a large office. She has a way of forgetting messages which come in when the men are out at lunch. She forgets to deliver special delivery let ters and telegrams if they happen to come to her desk at a moment when she is absorbed in her knitting or a conversation with the file clerk. Bessie "balls things up" around the office frequently. No one has the heart to scold herj she is a little wistful, blue-eyed thing who is helping to support a widowed mother and younger brothers and sisters. The Bessies and Annabelles of life are legion. Which one of us has not been annoyed by some feminine slacker who neglected her duties and caused us annoyance or difficulty? When I first came to New York I lived with a charming family in cir cumstances so reduced that a chance to rent their second floor to someone they would not have to acknowledge as a "boarder," but might call "a friend," was as blessed in regard to pocketbook as it was soothing where pride was concerned. One day I was called out of town quite early in the morning anu I asked Eleandr, the 17-year-old daughter of the house, to take any telephone messages which came for me with the utmost care. When I got home at 7 that evening I asked for messages and was told that Eleanor had taken them all and left little slips on my desk. There was nothing of importance and the next day I left town again. That night I found a nonchalant message on my desk, "Call Mr. Barclay." Two days later it developed that "Mr. Barclay," whose name meant nothing to me, was Mr. Barker, head of a vast magazine syndicate, and that he had tried for two days to get in touch with me in regard to a most interesting proposition to travel through South America and write a scries of articles about the country. I was three days late in communi cating with him, and by the time I reached Mr. Barker the boat on which he had wanted me to travel had sailed, and with it another writer who was doing the work that would have meant so much to me. "But it was the only message I forgot that first day. You can't be cross at me. And I got it the next day. I'm so sorry I got it wrong. I'm not used to playing telephone operator, though I just love to do anything that will oblige you. Other girls, of my age are out having a good time, and I have to be home running errands and trying to help mother keep the family together. Please don't be cross with me if I make a few mistakes right at first." Eleanor actually managed to make me feel like a brute. She evaded and sidestepped her responsibilities so sweetly and pleadingly and daintly. She turned my own weap ons against me completely. Wasn't she a complete little "slack er"? Think over your own record, girls is it free from just such little wrig glings out of your honest responsi bility? Do you trade on your sex and your age and the position in which COUGHS WASTE ENERGY Careful physicians always point nut that everv coush wears human I strength and tears down the body's resistive powers. The reason EMULSION. is always best (or coughs is that it peculiarly soothes the tender membranes while its rich, creamy food rebuilds the tissues to avert bronchitis and lung trouble. No alcohol just food. Scott & Bowne. Bloomfield, N. J. 17-36 i you happen to be placed to make more fortunate people or those in authority "let you down easily" when you are inefficient or neglectful or ir responsible? Don't flatter yourself on your own cleverness if you manage to be a little slacker and still hold your position. You won't advance much beyond it, you won't win friendships or promo tions if you just "slide through." You won't grow. If you are a slacker the thing you most completely neglect and evade is your own chance to de velop into a worthwhile human being, Miss Katherine Russell Bleecker has stepped into the spotlight as ac tive manager of the Broadway thea ter, one of the historic playhouses of New York. H-K'lKMM'M- Oh! Oh! Draw a pair of soldier pants On this little kid from France Lest he fall and sepa rate His two feet and hatted pate. WarTime and Railway Service Only Non-Essentials Curtailed THESE arc war times and war means the giving up of luxuries. Therefore the luxuries and non-essentials of railway travel are being curtailed. In giving government business a dear right of way from coast to coast it may also be found necessary to readjust some passenger train schedules. But what' ever is done to help win the war, this company feels certain (hat the traveling public will patriotically approve, and the Chicago, Milwaukee 6f St Paul Railway Company gives assurance that it will at all times serve its patrons with the courtesy and regard for their comfort and convenience which have always characterized this road. president Wilson has said: "It ia necessary that the transportation of troops and of war materials, of food and of fuel and of every' thing that ia necessary for the full mobilization of the energies and resources of the country should be first considered, but it is clearly in the public interest also that the ordinary activities and the normal in dustrial and commercial life of the country should be interfered with and dislocated as little as possible." This company will make every effort to help carry out this idea of service. To Chicago it will operate "The Chicago Limited" and other trainsto Butte, Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma, "The Olympian" and "The Columbian" (electrically operated for nearly a fifth of the distance to the CoasO and other trains to points East, North and Northwest. Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Ry. TICKET OFFICE! 407 South 13th Stunt (Railway Exchanga) EUGENE DUVAL, Gtnartl Aftcnt, Omaht Informative Bulletin No. 4 "German War Practices" An official book of 96 pages has been issued in Washington un der the title of "German War Practices." A copy of this book will be sent free to any reader of The Bee. It sets forth the details of the system that has made Prus sianism a word of reproach for generations to come. 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