Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1918)
5 B 17TSXV vAMWMMMJ (Adelaide Kennerly Ella Fleishman ASS'T EDITOR. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 10, 1918. conmciL BLUFFS The art department of the Council Bluffs Woman's club met Monday evening: at the library, with Mrs. H. W. Clark as leader of the program. Miss Mary fidball told of the life of marine and landscape painter, Claude Vernet. Miss Mittie Pile described the works of Vernet, one of four generations of painters; Mrs. Alice Sipherd related the life of Jacques Louis David, court painter to Napoleon, aud Mrs. G. E. Walker de scribed a number of his works; Miss Jennie Rice, discussing current art items, told of a recent etching of the bridge on the Seine by a young American artist, . Louis Orr, which has been purchased by the French government; Mrs. E. J. Towslee read .a poem applicable to the ruins of the Rheims cathedral, and Mrs. Ingalls exhibited a picture of the cathedral, showing the many lines of German trenches in the vicinity. The same program committee that served last season was reappointed for the com ing year, consisting of Mrs. Sanford, Mrs. Ingalls, Mrs. Walker and Miss Tidball. The next meeting will take place March 18.. ...... The Federation of Mothers' and Teachers' Clubs met at the library Monday and devoted the meeting to a discussion of club reporting and gardening. The opportunity for wider influence through good publicity paragraphs was especially noted. Mrs. Hoon, chairman of the garden committee, read the year's bulletin and Mrs. Metcalfe spoke on the need of greater production and preserva tion of foodstuffs. Mr. White advo cated the wisdom of planting more sugar beets and cane to help m meet ing the sugar shortage. On Monday evening the Oriola girls met at the home of Miss Jennie Nelson on Graham avenue. Miss Charlotte Dryden talked on self Improvement .and Ames college ex tension work and gave several read ings. There were also a number of nusical numbers by the members of the organization. Mr. and Mrs. A. Judd, 1605 High jitreet, celebrated their golden anni versary Tuesday. Their children, Mrs. Blanche Coy of Oklahoma City, Miss Mabel Tudd and Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Til HH of thin ritv anA turn ete- iters of Mrs. Judd, Mrs. L. B. Pierce ana Mrs. Koaa work ot Tepoka, Kan., as well as a number of friends, helped them to celebrate. Mr. and Mrs, vfTudd have lived here for fiv vcars fBefore that rhey lived in St. Joseph ftor 25 years Mr. Judd is 76 years oi age ana nis wire is 08. Mr. and Mrs. T. T-T Tircrrllnv an nounce the engagement of their neice, Tliss Addie J. Breedlove, to Mr. Clay ton P. Moats of Missouri Valley, the weaaing to take place this month. Mrs. Forrest Smith entertained the members of South First Street chap ter of St. Paul's on Monday evening. The afternoon ,,was spent in Red Cross work. A week from tomorrow the chapter will meet at the Creche. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Christensen anil .aughter, Miss Helen, are visting in -os Angeles, Cal. Miss Margaret Goodwin, daughter or Mr. ana Mrs. jack uoodwin, and Savmond Huches. inn nf Ur and Mrs. J. F. Hughes, were quietly mar ried Thursday afternoon at the par- ponage oi Broadway Methodist church bv Rev. Georo-e TV friceman Mr. Hughes and his bride both grad uated irom tne council bluffs High school the same year. He spent two years at the University of Nebraska and enlisted fast year at Lincoln. He was assigned to ordnance detachment C, stationed at Aberdeen, Md. He tame home the first of last week on furlough, but was forced to return ton Thursday. He was accompanied as far as Chicago by his bride, who will return after spending a few days there. Unit K, Mothers' club, met at the home of Mrs. Macrae Wednesday aft ernoon. The report of the committee stated that the Easter box had been sent and that Harry Krasne had turned over 17 pounds of tobacco which had been collected in the bar rel for that purpose in his store. This will be forwarded at once, as well as a consignment of 50 pairs of socks. An invitation was accepted from the mothers of Company L to meet with all the women's military organizations at the armory one day next week. The women's- national army plan will be presented at that time. The El Deen club met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. N. M. Sizer on Hyde avenue. Mrs. M. A. Sizer won the first prize at a guess ing contest, Mrs. E. Williams the sec ond and Mrs. Jorgensen the consola tion. The next meeting of the club will be at the home of Mrs. E. V. Wil liams at her home on South Twenty fourth street. i Red Cross Workers Move--Baird Building to Masonic Temple sl- z hJ p ?Jg must 'V;li N M lb", ;" ,,i,iul''rTl Men must war and women workl Omaha women have obeyed the edict.' Here is a picture taken in active service while the Red Cross workers are moving from the Baird building to the new quarters in the Masonic temple. No instructions could be found inOried many of the things to the new Red Cross books for this sort of a task, so Mrs. Arthur Mullen, head of the hospital garments, devised a plan of her own. She drafted all her work ers to help. One squad was detailed to pick up its sewing and go to the new rooms and begin work at once; another detachment remained m the old trench and kept on stitch ing busily. In the meantime, Mrs. Mullen and her vice chairman car- rooms. The Bee photographer caught her and Mrs. J. J. Sullivan climbing the hill laden with supplies, and just out side of the new work rooms Mrs. Rodman Brown was engaged in the man-sized job of hustling a packing box. "We never stopped work for one minute," Mrs. Mullen says. "We' have more room now and can ac commodate more women." Mrs, NewtonAdopts French War Orphans Mrs. William Newton holds the record in Nebraska for adopting French war orphans. She has just taken 12; five she has given to her husband, one to her daughter Miss Mary, one to her son Wil!iam New ton, jr., and she wilj care for five. Other Omahans who have adopted orphans are Miss Elizabeth Roberts who has taken her second orphan; Mrs. Fred Kavan, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice T. Smith, Mrs. N. P. Dodge, jr., as well as a number taken in various Nebraska towns. Food Conservation Lectures. Miss Nellie Farnsworth, home emdgency demonstration agent, will carry out the following program for lectures and lessons this week: Monday, Belvedere school, 3 p. m., Mrs. E. Gwynne-Vaughan, chairman; Monday evening, Druid Hill school, "War Breads' All women are- wel come. Tuesday, 3 p. m., Webster school, Mrs. C J. Johnson, chairman; Wednesday, 10 , a. m., Miller Park school, Mrs. Dean Gregg, chairman; Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., South Franklin, Mrs. John L. Wells, chair man. An instruction class on "Meats" will be held at 10 a. m. at Saunders school. Thursday afternoon Miss Farnsworth will address the Benson Woman's club at, the Benson city hall. Friday, 3 p. m., Garfield school, Mrs. E. R. Knight, chairman; Friday eve ning, 7:30, Franklin school, Mrs. E. L. Potter; Saturday, 3 p. m., instruc tion class at Van Sant's on "Milk and Eggs." All women are welcome. Loyalty Club. ' v Mrs. F. T. Lochhart will entertain the members at her home. 2613 Caoi- tol avenue, Wednesday at 2 p. m. Hair On Face u Kcmvm It. Work anally wel mmlif hair torn seek. limo. 0 ir well far arm, Mder Red Cross Notes Children made orphans by the war in Roumania, of whom there are more than 50,000, according to Bernard Flexner, one of Chicago's prominent lawyers who went to that country as chairman of the American Red Cross mission, are being handled intelli gently insofar as the difficulties of the situation permit. - . "We found the direst suffering among the children," said Mr. Flex ner. "The great problem was to feed, clothe and shelter those children. "Madame Bratiano, wife of the prime minister at that time, talked most eloquently of the necessity of avoiding any solution that would mean the growth of large numbers of orphan asylums, insisting that asfar as possible children should be placed in the families of relatives, or small groups be gathered together and cared for as in a family by a matron." Plans for a Knights of Columbus Red Cross auxiliary will be formu lated at a special meeting to be held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Knights of Clumbus club rooms. All women relatives of the members are invited. A chairman will be named. Mrs. Arthur Mullen, head of the Red Cross hospital garments, will demonstrate the articles to be made and Mrs. Walter Silver, head of the surgical dressing department, will ex plain the work to be done in her division. House-to-House Canvass Of Funds for Womans Defense Council Among the callers at each woman's home during the coming week will be representatives from the woman's di vision of the Douglas County Council of Defense. Women of this county are to raise $6,530 to finance the work by a house-to-house campaign. This organization has on record the registration of the woman power in the state. It has supplied through this registration the services of many women employes to industries suffer ing for help because of the war. It has Riven material aid in the food pledge card campaign under the food administration at Washington. It has brought about the Americani zation of foreign women. The educa tional committee is promoting the presentation of patriotic programs in the schools. A speakers' bureau has furnished women to do patriotic work at public meetings. The distribution of educa tional propaganda, Liberty loan and Red Cross work. No salaries are paid except to professional workers. The expenses of furthering these projects and of paying the bills of the past must be met by the funds collected in this week's drive. One of the big works of the fu ture planned by the woman's division is a child welfare campaign for the second year of the war. This will be inaugurated on April 6. The methods which will be fol lower are as follows: Registration of all births, the providing of medical and nursing skill where family income does not permit; for every mother prenatal care, children's conferences, where babies will be taken periodical ly to be weighed and examined, and clinics held for sick children, the or ganization of state and city bureaus of child hygiene, guarding of the milk supply and an income making possi ble decent living standards. A naton wide weighing and meas uring of children of pre-school age will open this year on the anniver sary of the war. DUNDEE Opioilt Ntw Slloam Sulpho.StllM Pavilion EXCELSIOR HOTEL JOHN KISSENGER, Prop. Formerly of th NEBRASKA Hotel. Special Weekly Rates. Excelsior Sprint, Mo. NORA NEAL PIANO Faculty Member Sherwood School of Muitc. Studio, SIS McCagua BIdf . Phone Doug. 4804. SanatoriiVn This institution is the only one in the central west with separate buildings situated in their own ample grounds, yet entirely dis tinct, and rendering it possible to classify cases. The one building being fitted for and devoted to the treatment of non-contagious and non-mental diseases, no others being admitted; the other Rest Cottage being designed for and devoted to the exclusive treat ment of select mental cases re quiring for a time watchful care and special nursing. i Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rahm have re turned to their home in Dundee after several months in California and a short sojourn at the Fontenelle. Mr. W. S. Wright and Miss Ada Wright are stopping at present in La Jolla, Cal. Miss Katherine Conrad is in Indi anapolis, where she acted as brides maid at the Riggett-Graff wedding last Wednesday. Mrs. W. G. Templeton and Mrs. Royal D. Miller entertained very in formally Thursday afternoon at their home. Mrs. Stuart Hunter entertained the following ladies at luncheon at Belle vue Thursday: Mesdames D. L. Johnston, J.m. Lampe, A. C. Cross- man and J. F. Maxwell. Mrs. Bos worth of Ashland, O., guest of Prof, and Mrs. Hunter, was honor guest at the luncheon. Sunday School Convention. The county Sunday school conven tion held in Douglas county this week closed Friday night with a re union at the First Christian church. Miss Margaret Ellen Brown gave an illustrated lecture on "China. W. K. Kimberly addressed the members and a resolution of con dolence was adopted for the late George G. Wallace, former county president. J. L. Duff was re-elected president and Miss Emma Lindquist named to serve another term as secretary-treasurer. Tooth Brushes It is not always easy to find the tooth brush that will ex actly fit your needs, but you can do so if you come and see the new line which we are now showing. Brushes for man, woman or child at a range of i prices that will please you. Prophylactic Tooth Bruthat Spaeial thia week, 25 C J. HARVEY GREEN, Prep. 16th and Howard. , Douglaa 846. Women Can Earn A Cbrminf Independence Hirpbit ere In coniuot demand; - every church service ie rendered ore impressive by the addition of Harp music; the ntrpiea slty inevery orchestra; the Lyon A Hesly Hirp is used in most o( the eymphonyorchestrssoitheworld. SI 9CforChildren'sHarps; Lyon 'JJ3 A Hesly Double Aertoo SSOOsndup; used Hsrps $250 snd up. Easy Payments. Play while you pay. Smsil children learn to play creditably after nine lessons. Writ for Harp Book (Free) end Rental Offer. I -,II.1-.,T'M fccbea frjuuttiicsufM., MM A Healthgiving Home For Consumptives We can tell you of a sunny, cheerful, homey place, where, with the best of medical at tendants and in the ideal climate, your friends with tuberculosis and delicate lungs and throats, if not in advanced stages, will regain health rapidly. A place where tuber culars are not shunned because no one fears contagion. And we know all about other Sanitariums and Spas and pures for the scientific treat ment of different diseases. Descriptive literature and personal informa tion. No fees ever. fjZsK Mr. Foster BURGESS-NASH CO., Omaha, Neb. There are 35 Atk Mr. Foster. Information Offices in large cities and in Summer and Winter resorts. - Cut Liggett, Pres. M. E. Thomas, Mgr. Fred C. Wilmoth, See. The Pantorium "GOOD CLEANERS AND DYERS" Omaha, Neb., March 10, 1918. To My Patrons and Friends: Twenty years ago this morning I landed in Omaha and began work at The Pantorium, and have been on the job continuously ever since. I am taking advantage of this, my 20th anniversary, to thank you for the aid you have given us in building up the business and reputation of The Pantorium. During the past fifth of a century it has been my constant aim to give our patrons high class work, courteous treatment and reason able prices, and to so conduct the business that we might gain, not only your continued patronage, but your good will and friendship. I want you to feel that myself and associates take a personal interest in seeing that you are always satisfied, and that our relations are mutually congenial and profitable. - There are. on our books the names of 31 Omahans who have been with us more than 20 years, and 497 who have been with us 18 years or more. To each of you I extend my especial thanks for the confi dence and continued support you have given us. And to the more than 5,000 who have joined us in more recent years, I express the hope that all of you will be with us at the end of the next 20 years. Very truly yours, GUY LIGGETT, President. ' i '1 ' II TT 1U "TT i I Dress Hints Wool embroideries are more than ever used. There must be a note of contrast in the dress. We are to wear little tight-sleeve short coats. . - Straight one-piece dresses are made of linen. Faille ribbons are in favor. Paris women are wearing satin coats. The new negligees are very filmy. Narrow ribbons are used to trim gowns. Fruit clusters appear on the new millinery. Straw knitting bags are made to match hats. Irish crochet actually appear on crepe waists. OMAHA PEOPLE SHOULD EAT PIE .DAILY Pie ia wholesome, combinhg both fruit and grain. Those who he e trou ble digesting pie -should talt ONE SPOONFUL simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Ad er-i-ka. This flushes the ENTIRE bow -1 tract, removes foul matter which poisoned your stomach for months and rel'ives ANY CASE sour stomach, gat or con stipation and prevents appe idicltis. Leaves stomach in condition t cVest ANYTHING. Sherman & Mc3muc11 Drug Co. 16th and Dodge; B.Uiton Drug Co., 15th and Farnam, : Yates Drug Co., 16th and Chicago. i,1r. Looking for work? Turn to the Help Wanted Columns now .'You will find hundreds of position t, listed there. and should be used either as a food or food ingredient. Remember a quart of milk is equal in food value to a pound of steak. , Place your order today with a driver of our Milk White Wagons for Scientifically Pasteurized Milk SpecialJersey Cream Guernsey Milk ' Something New Alamito Liberty , Cream Cheese Pasteurized Butter, pound or half -pound packages, made fresh every day or phone if. you desire XX Cream, excellent for whipping. Place your order the day before for next day delivery. ALAMITO DAIRY COMPANY Douglas 409 Council Bluffs No. 205 ' ' Help us conserve in cost of delivery by always leaving the bottles and tickets out where our drivers can easily get them. PROTECTION PREPAREDNESS PATRIOTISM . Principal Attributes of the . WOODMEN OF THE WORLD That's Why We Are Acknowledged the Leading Fraternal Insurance Society . Assets Over $36,000,000.00. Certificates, $250 to $5,000. Rates Reasonable But Adequate. , ' Ring Doug. 4570. No Charge for Explanation. . J. T. Yataa, W. A. Frasaf, Sovaralgn Clark. Soyaraig a Commander. TO Soeret of Gtowitiof QuoQwyrlatt' 7 ,jy You Will Sea the Difference In the Length of Your Hair in a Few Days by Following These Suggestions. Almost ia a Twinkling, - Blackheads Vanish. BY VALESKA SURATT T HE surest war to maVe the hair grow lone, silky and beautiful is toe easiest way. The following method will actually compel your hair to grow faster, longer, and with a superb gloss of life and rigor than anything else known. You can do it, as thous ands of others have already done. A few days' use of this formula, which I gladly make public here, will convince you that what I say is right Not half of its wonderful work has been told. Just try It Hair will stop falling, thin spots will fill In. and your hair will be the envy of your many friends. Add one ounce of beta-qninol to a half pint each of bay rum and water (or a full pint of wUchheiel instead), and mix thoroughly. Use this mixture liberally every day. It is not oily, and is very pleasant to use. You will find it exceedingly economical. :' . e a. BERTHA T. Hera is a wrinkle formula which haa never failed to do perfect work. You ean make it at home ia a few moments, and it costs less than any wrinkle treatment you ean get at the stores already prepared. Get a two-onnee package of eptol and mix this with one tablespoonful of glycerine in half a pint of water. Apply liberally every day. The akin will grow ior plump, and deep lines, crows' feet and other large and small wrinkles will gradually fill out and vanish. You will not need to usa anything alsa for wrin " ' INQUISITIVE Soap does not r.mov from the scalp all the fatty accumulations which ought to come off. These aceumuic '.Ions prevent the hair from breathing. Soap driet out hair and makes it brittle. Use this foi a glorious head-wash, and a perfeet econom ical cleanser. Use a teaspoonful f aggol in a half cup of hot water. For twenty-five cents your druggist can supply you with enough eggol to afford a dozen or moie of these head-washes. LONGING You will never again ask your self why you "have such a poor complexion" if you will be sure to use the formula I Rive you here. You'll wonder why other wi men "have such poor complexions T Go. to the drug store and get one ounce of sintone Mix with two tablespoonfuls of glycerine ii. one pint of water. Apply thia cream rather thick and rub it in thoroughly, every day. I. very blemish will disappear quickly, and your hopes for a queenly eomplexion will rome true. It never fails to give a queenly, e dor able, extraordinary tint and purity to the skin. HIRSUTE You ean be surr the t is but one sensible way to rem e fairs '.torn the upper lip and, in fact, from rtty it of the body. It Is foolish to "burn" thtm off. Injuring and spotting the skin. Just moisten the hairs with sulfo solution, secured from the drug store for one dollar. This wil' ac tually dissolve away the hairs eoropleaely, and leave the skin superbly soft and sm th. It will not Irritate the most delicate A a. . WAITING It is very remarkable fttat ean be done in removing blackheads by sprinkling a little powdered neroxln tit a wet sponge snd rubbing the blackheads wtth it for a few minutes. This does what : ath ing else has ever been able to do gel j rid of them all. big and little ones. .' Get- tlie neroxin at any drug store. ' UNDEVELOPED No one can promise bust development in every ease. Use pre ferably this mixture, which wOl do the -jork if anything in the world earn Mix t?g ther two ounces of ruetone and half a sue of sugar in a halt pint of water. Takt two teaspoonfuls after each meat and on ret ring. This haa produced wonderful results ia a short time. y i - e e . - !. '-: '.. . ROSA G. M. The ehalkiness yoo Beak of is just what my face powder, made after my own formula, is meant to avoid. Thia powder is almost Invisible, Is extraordi' arily . fine, and stays en beautifully. . It it now sold at drug stores for fifty cents. In flesh, white and brunette tints, and called "Y; letka Suratt Face Powder." Advertisement ' '