THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUAKY 16, 1918.
Cfldelaide Kennedy
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By MELLIFICIA-Feb. 15
Work-a-Day World is Calling.
Every day new avenues of occupa
tion seem to be opening for the so
ciety girls who are anxious to break
-into, the business world. The white
; gloved, corsage-bouqueted girl of a
couple of years ago is now a thing
of the past and every day more and
nice or the erstwhile Omaha society
girls aie jbining the ranks of the
worers. lime was wnen a woman
was only supposed to sit at home in
a Lucille tea gown and pour the
oolong into the Sevres, but times have
certainly changed, for the men are
beginning" to fear that if they are not
on the job at 8 sharp they will find
some high-collared, low-heeled young
woman sitting at their desks.
; Stenography seemed to be the most
popular thing at first, but now differ
ent branches of work are calling our
ambitious young women. One well
known society girl whom you all
know made a goodly sum by selling
Christmas cards for a large firm. An
other one talks of going to New
York as a buyer for the blouse section
of one of the stores. She will take
orders from her friends and when
she returns they will have just the
blouse they want, for she will have
had tlicm uppermost in her mind
when she made her purchase. Another
tall, dark-eyed young woman hears
the call of the printer's ink. She longs
to be a newspaper woman and is
willing to work early and late to
achieve the goal.
selling advertising appeals to one
girls and movie ads are her specialty.
ine ciicic ot the telegraph keys have
their attraction for a number and it
really seems that there is no branch
of occupation that will not claim the
Omaha girls before long. ,
Disney-Shook Wedding.
A surprise wedding took place
Thursday evening when Miss Marie
Shook, daughter of Mrs. C. L. Shook,
became the bride of Carroll T. Dis
ney, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. O.
Disney of Laurel, Md. The marriage
took place at the home of Rev. Edwin
BAKER'S
BREAKFAST.
COCOA
The food drink
without a fault
Made of high grade cocoa
beans, skilfully blended and
manufactured by a perfect
mechanical-process, without
the use of chemicals. It is
absolutely pure and whole
some, and its flavor is deli
cious, the natural flavor of
the cocoa bean.
The genuine bears this
trade-mark and is made
only by
Walter Baker 8 Co. ltd.
; DORCHESTER, MASS.
Established 1780
rco). u.
H. Jenks, who performed the cere
mony. A home wedding had been planned
and the bridal gown of white satin
was completed waiting for the day.
Mist Helen Howard, who was to have
been bridesmaid, aUo had her dress
made, but the young couoie stole a
march on their friends and the little
bride wore a dark green suit with
a green tafetta hat instead of the
regulation white satin. A corsage
bouquet of sweet peas completed her
costume. '
Four or five of the bride's most in
timate friends heard of the surprise
and so were present at the ceremony.
The plans of the young couple are
indefinite. The bridegroom was unable
to obtain a furlough from 1'trt Oma
ha. so the wedding trip wili be post
poned until a later date, the bride
making her home with her mother
for the present.
Ericson-Barber Wedding.
A pretty home wedding took place
Thursday at the home of Mrs. W. W.
Mathews of this city when Miss Grace
Barber became the bride of Mr. L. F.
Ericson. The Rev. Edwin H. Jenks
read the marriage lines.
The bride wore a gray chiffon gown
made bustle effect. She carried a
shower bouquet of bride's roses.
Miss Madeline Barber, sister of the
brido was bridesmaid and Mr. L. F.
Ericson, brother of the, bridegroom
was best man. Little Billie Mathews,
niece of the bride, was ring bearer,
carrying the ring in a tulip.
After a southern wedding trio Mr.
and Mrs. Ericson will return to their
former home in Strorosburg, Neb.,
where they will live.
Saturday at the Settlement
The Omaha Social Settlement will
entertain the children Saturday, Feb
ruary 16, at 3 p. m. Mrs. Phillip
Welsh and Mrs. R. W. Haygood will
tell stories. Mrs. Ralph Yeoman and
her Campfire Girls will give a musi
cal program. At 4 p. m. the folk
dancing class will meet. Soc;al dancing
for the children begins at 7 and lasts
until 8:30. Social dancing for adults
will begin at 8:30 and continue until
11 o clock.
Apron Social Planned.
A unioue aoron - social is olanned
by the Ladies' Aid society of the
South Side Congregational church,
Thirty-eighth and Q streets, for Fri
day evening, February 22. Admission
will be by aprons to be obtained at
the doer, pennies corresponding to
the number of inches one measures
about the waist, to be deposited in
the pocket of the apron.
The largest man or woman will be
admitted free, providing they measure
more than 50 inches around the waist,
and the smallest couple, if they meas
ure less than 17 inches.
Musical numbers will be civen bv
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Henrv: Miss
Vera Boyle, Miss Vera Welsh, Mr.
Harry Bruce and his daughters, the
Misses Audrey and Evelyn Bruce, and
Miss Florence Bailev. Mrs. Wells is
in charge of the refreshment com
mittee. .
What If It Is Cold?
a. PAT. OFF.
j(B:sZM V'A
QRAY squirrel al
most all the
way from head
to heels was the
Par
l s i e n n e
who wore the suit
shown here. What
was not gray squir
rel was gray velours
de laine with a nar
row belt to draw it
in close, according
to the new slender
waistline, and gray
cord tassjls to gar
nish it.
M E M
Let us compromise with Fate! Then Fate will
deal more kindly with us. : : : : :
(By Permission at Good Housekeeping-.)
Card Party.
Elwood grove No. 8S.i Woodmen
Circle, will give a card nartv Tues.
day evening in. the Benson auditorium.
For Miss Peker.
Miss Mabel Allen was hostess at
an aiternoon tea at her nome today
hi nonor or ner soutnern guest, Miss
Alice Pelzer. Red roses were used
in the dining room, while the living
ruuiu was most attractively decorated
With Dl'nk roses and narricuta Q
enty-five guests called during the aft-
Dancing Party.
The Fhelybian club of the Central
High school will entertain at a danc
wg party at- Turpin's academy this
evening. About SO couples will at
tend the affair and special features
will be introduced.
Reunion o! Stella Friends.
Mrs. E. M. Hogrefe entertained
eight former residents of Stella, Neb.,
in nunc oi ner nouse guest, Mrs. M.
L. Hayes of Lincoln, Neb. Mrs. Hog
refe will have a small theater party at
the Otis Skinner matinee Saturday for
Mrs. Hayes.
For Miss Vittum.
Miss Harriet E. Vittum. Ji pad reel.
dent of the Northwestern university
social settlement of Chicago, who will
be one of the speakers at the charity
conference to be held next week, will
be honor guest at luncheon Tuesday
at the Fontenelle. The affair will he
given by the board of directors of the
social settlement. Mrs. Draper Smith
has the matter in charge.
For Owen Lovejoy. ,
In compliment to Owen Loveiov.
secretary oi tne .National Child .Labor
By ADELAIDE KENNERLY.
EACH of us, all of us, seeking happiness, yet never finding it in its en
tirety; wildly flying from this and that to nothing.
Exhausted we stumble against the rocks of despair, stunned.
Then, through the clouds of hopelessness there comes a ray of light,
which leads us on to another port it inspires us to another strong effort
in our search for Happiness.
We struggle and the light grows dim; we battle against an unseen foe;
exhausted we fall and sleep. '
Another hope and yet another looms up as morning dawns on oui"
Days of Desire. We swim madly around in a sea of anticipation with tho
current of Life carrying us hither and thither against our will despite our
struggle to make the port of Happiness a port which we cannot see and
cannot locate.
We find ourselves anchored in frail little ports of Happensos and
Chance, one as far away from the big port of Happiness as the other.
But the big port is always far away. It is only a vision, a mirage like a
magnificent mountain it is ever beyond our reach.
Where is this port of Happiness?
What is Happiness?
Nobody knows. It is a phantom port, a dream to spur us on. It lures
us through the rocks of experience to the steep banks of drab reality.
Fate ever holds in the distance the port of Happiness.
Fate steers us into the little nooks and out again through the big
streams.
Nobody is really happy, for "into each life some rain must fall," and
yet into each life some sun must shine.
Let us compromise with Fate, taking what comes as a part of life,
basking in the sunshine of each little port.
By sifting the best from what we have; by dipping the pearls from
each bed in the gulf streams of life, we come nearer the port of Happiness.
Compromise with Fate! Then Fate will deal more gently with us.
Do You "Look" Good Enough
For the Job Higher Up?
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
"Oh, wad some power the giftie
gie us, to see oursels as ithers see us."
One of the ways of fitting yourseif
for the "job higher up" is to look
good enough for the job!
A flawless, blue-white diamond does
not look like a bit of window glass.
A tramp sitting on a pak bench
does not look like a captain of in
dustrynor yet like the sort of per
son to whom a captain of industry
would want to intrust any very im
portant affairs.
Of course, it is not fair to judg:
men by mere appearances it is not
fair, but it is practically inevitable.
Every one forms first impressions and
they have a way of srettina into the
mind and sticking there.
If you have to be shabbv. atone for
it by being scrupulously clean. You
may have to be shabby or old-fash
ioned you do not have to be flashy
or conspicuous.
Your appearance is a sort of in
dex to your character. Manv oeonle
glance at the index few trouble to
read the book.
The girl who is careless and untidy
Nebraska Power Company
' OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Mr. Ward M. Burgess,
War Savings Director,
Omaha, Keb.
Mr, Dear Mr. Burgess:
I am very glad indeed that Nebraska is showing up so well in the
War Savings Campaign. It indicates the judgment of the men who
appointed you as director of this good work for our state. There is no
question about the success of the campaign and I shall be glad to do all
I can to help you in pushing the sale of these stamps.
The business men need no urging. They have always responded to
the call' of duty to their country and will not hesitate to respond most
loyally in this instance. Patriotism alone will impel .them to action,
but there are other reasons why business men should take a special interest
in this campaign.
The plan presented to the people for the purchase of these stamps
is unique. It teaches them at a glance that money will work for them
and pay them in kind. There have been many thrift campaigns where we
have spent time, money and brains in an endeavor to. instill in the
minds of the people the lessons of thrift, economy and the habit of
saving, and still we are regarded as a nation of spendthrifts by the
people of other countries who earn far less money than we.
The War Savings Stamp plan means the distribution of the
obligations of our nation in the hands of millions of men, women, boys
and girls who never had a savings account in a bank; it means the
enlistment of their dollars and their moral influence in the prosecution of
this war, and finally, when peace is declared and this money with its
accumulations is paiebback, it means the redistribution of the wealth of this
country to these millions.
With my best wishes for your success, I am,
Yours very truly,
committee, who will be the principal i about h
. 1. ..L- . . . -"J '
speaker i me tuariiy conierence, a
luncheon will be grven Monday at the
Fontenelle by the State Child Labor
committee.
Bakery Sale.
The Younar Peoole's societv of the
Central Congregational church will
conduct a food sale at the David Cole
creamery all day Saturday. A soe-
cialty of breads will be made, but
home made ralr and dAurrhnnf ...;n I mi . . '-.
II!.. w-.v...j i.v.u. wuitc
cuau uc uh bic miss r.inei iNiermeyer sessed. He respects
1
has the sale in charge.
Miss Davis Leave Bank.
Miss Menie Davis has given uo her
position in the First National bank
and expects, to enter the Van Sant
school very shortly to studv stenoo'.
- o
rapny.
Sunday at the Settlement.
The Russian Progressive club will
meet Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
At 3:30 a musical program will be
given. Mrs. C. W. Cairns will nlav
piano solos, and Miss Alice Parsons
Pedrow and Miss Etta Young will
render vocal solos.
Pleasures Past.
Mrs. Lester P. Wescott entertained
at a high five party at her home
Wednesday in honor of Mrs. Fred
Ruedy of Chicago. High scores were
won by Mesdames Cott, Wright and
acnewnger.
impression of carelessnesi and, untidi
ness. Clothes give the onlooker a
definite impression about their wearer
and they do more they give the
wearer a mental attitude concerning
himself,
George goes to apply for a position.
He is neat, spotless and carefully put
together. His hands are clean, his
hair tidy, his clothes well brushed
his linen white, his scarf dark and
is self-pos-
himself; he
knows he "looks as good as the other
fellow," so he does not have to blus
ter and protest to prove it. He has
the feeling of quiet, self-confidence
that is needed to make a good im
pression on a worth-while employer.
Dress may betray lack of self-respect,
stinginess or even wanton ex
travagance, vanity, immodesty or
complete poor taste. Are you willing;
to be advertised by your clothes?
Recently I saw a little investment
in clothes bring back big returns
pay the principal and good interest
on it as well. Evelyn sat at the in
formation desk of a big office. An
amazing looking young person was
Evelyn. Dangling pearl earrings,
crimson lips, cheap glass beads about
her throat, thin blouses over brightly
colored camisoles, short plaid skirts
above foolish-looking white boots.
The office accepted Evelyn as a
silly little thing with a nice smile and
a good voice, who was just about
important enough to sit in the outer
corridors and direct people. Evelyn
taught herself stenography and tvne-
writing o' nights. But nobody thought
that ridiculous looking little thing
worth more than $10 and a place on
the outside!
Evelyn came to me in despair she
must hav more money. She got it,
too. But first we washed off the
paint, omitted the earrings, changed
a frizzly pompadour to softly parted
hair. Then we added a blue serge
dress and neat brown boots. Armed
in this work-a-day equipment, Eve
lyn marched into the office
and begged him for ont morning's
trial in the stenographic department.
Her new costume startled him ha
saw a new girl.
Evelyn got the trial. Evelyn gets
$15 a week now. She is on the "in
side" in line for advancement to the
$20-a-week secretaryship toward
which she is working steadily, quietly
and intelligently.
Conditions That Kill so Many
Babies Are Arousing H. H. V.'s
Mrs. Benjamin S. Baker, accom
panied by her sister. Miss Ella Mae
Reynolds, left today for Hot Springs, child welfare work will be used to
nTK,
The greatest need in combating in
fant mortality is an adequate supply
or doctors and nurses, but inasmuch
as doctors and nurses are usually
hard working bread winners atd not
ladies and gentlemen of leisure, they
must receive salaries. Jtience, tunds
must be raised. Every community
which has any pride in reducing its in-
iant mortality should be able to raise
the necessary money to hire doctors
and nurses. In .nany small commun
ities all that will be needed is one
visiting nurse with a salary of $1,500;
others will require many visiting
nurses working under the direction of
able physicians. The expense of such
service will be borne in various wavs
by state legislature, by improve
ment clubs, by Chambers of Com
merce and by private subscriptions.
In the state of lll'nois. the Elizabeth
B. McCormick memorial fund for
ur. ana Mrs. fi. a. .Liggett are
stopping at the Atlantic hotel in Tam
pa, bli.
Canes and Sno,w, who are appearing
on the Orpheum bill this week, are
visiting Mr. Arthur Beakeley at the
Sanford hotel during their itay in the
city.
Red Cross Notes
raise the standard of health of Illi
nois children.
Time of War.
In time of war, however, when the
demands on state and individuals
are already very great, the expense
of such a children's campaign must
be kept at the very lowest margin.
Hence, the woman's committee will
have to rely to a great extent on vol
unteer workers. A meeting of public
health doctors and nurses has just
been called to consult with the wo
man s committee and the children's
bureau on the question of raising a
volunteer corps of nurses' assistants
who will be known at "H. H. V.'s"
or home health volunteers. These
volunteers will not be nurses, and
never will be nurses, unless they take
a regular nurses' training course.
They will be patriotic women who
are willing to devote their leisure to
saving the lives of American babies.
Everywhere, public opinion is grajV
ually becoming aroused to conditions
that kill so many babies every year,
and cause an even greater number to
grow up in reform schools, institu
tions for the feeble-minded and
schools for the backward.
Washington, D. C. Feb. 13 Re
turns from the ohvsical eratninatinn
of drafted men show that 29 per cent
were physically unfit and the chil
dren's bureau has been able to show
that a large percentage of this nhvei-
cal unfitness was directly due to dis
eases of childhood: bad beaHntr de
fective evesight, even flat feet have
been declared by the child experts to
be traceab!e to the nursery. Then,
too, 300,000 babies die annually in this
country, although health authorities
agree that one-half of these deaths are
preventable. Here is a national waste
that strikes at the root of our man
power.
Rtraovil af Red CrOM workshops from the
Balrd building to the new Masonic temple
was recommended by Gould Diets, chairman
of Omaha chapter, at an executive meeting
called to decide the matter, this afternoon
in the court house. Red Cross work in
Omaha has outgrown the Balrd building
quarters.
Dundee school it the first and Park school
the second to make 100 per cent records In
the Junior Red Cross campaign, according
to Miss Belle Ryan. Garfield school on the
South Side, and Lothrop, tho largest school
In the city with 1,000 pupils, also reported
100 per cent Jangman school has a totem
pole on which buffalo nickels will be piled
until the 100 per cent record is made. Cen
tral Park has a clock to register tne rooms
at they come In.
Miller Park Mothers' club has organised
a Red Cross auxiliary to meet every Wed
nesday between the hours ot 10 and 5 p. ni.
In the Miller Park school auditorium. Mrs.
P. T. Davis is the chairman.
Effle 8teen KltUlton's students are or
ganising an auuxlllary to meet Friday- eve
nings in the Balrd; building.
Officers of the Nebraska base hospital
auxiliary are announced as follows: Miss
Jerale Millard, chairman; Mrs. A. D. Peters,
vice chairman: Mrs. W. J. Bradbury, treas
urer; . Mrs. Richard Carrier, censor, and
Mrs. Laura Cooley. cutter. The executive
committee includes Miss Beulah Evans and
Mesdames J. M. Aikin, G. L. Bradley. Esra
Millard. Richard Carrier. Frank Walters,
W. J. Bradbury, H. 8. McDonald. Charles
Shlverlckj A. D. Peters, F. W. Judson and
Mrs. Gilmore is New
President ofY.W.C.A.
Mrs. George F. Gilmore ij the new
president of the Young Women's
Christian association, named to suc
ceed Mrs. J. P. Lord, who has joined
her husband, Major Lord, ' at Fort
Riley. The late Mr. Gilmore was
always prominently identified with
Young Men s Christian association
affairs. Mrs. Palmer Findley is first
vice president; Mrs. J. M. Aikin, sec
ond vice president; Mrs. Walter W.
Head, third vice president; Mrs. Ed
ward Johnson, recording secretary;
Mrs. Clarke Powell, corresponding:
secretary and Mrs. J. Frank Carpen
ter, treasurer. .
Committee chairman have been
named as follows: Mrs. W. E.
Rhoades, finance; Mrs. Frank D.
Field. Mrs. C. J. Hubbard, member
ship; Mrs. J. T. Stewart, 2d, physical;
Airs. C. O. Rich, educational; Mrs.
Charles Offutt, extension; Mrs. Ezra
Millard. Mrs. W. W. Head, girls'
work; Mrs. G. W. Wickersham. cafe
terias; Mrs. Clarke Powell, Mrs. C. K.
Smith, house; Mrsj J. M. Aikin, Mrs.
Palmer Findley, religious; Miss Dora
Alexander, summer camp; Mrs. Allen
Koch Mrs. C. B. Stone, travelers' aid;
,w E N,swnger, employment,
and Mrs. Ford E. Hovey, social.
Large Sum Sent to
Fatherless Children of
France by Omahans
Madmf.August M- Borglum re
ports $1,140 sent from the Omaha
branch for the fatherless children of
ranee since January 1. The local
committee was enabled to adopt an
i"yugn me loiiowmg dona
tions: Alliance Francaise, $15.50;
Fred Carey, $10: Master Moorhead
?Uikey' ,f and Mrs. H. A.
Tukey $3 he had earned himself, and
tlje balance in the sale of medals.
Miss Grace Robinson of Waterloo,
Hon. pan V. Stephens of Fre
mont, Mr and Mrs. Charles B. Fricke
of Council Bluffs, the Eckley school
of Webster county, through Leonard
1-ishel, and Hamilton Sunday school
class, through Mrs. McMillan, have
each taken an orphan and the Red
l:rrr0.SSFSn l'ub of ,St- Pau!- thrl
Mrs. t. O. Rogers, has subscribed im
three orphans for one year;