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Adelaide Kennerly
Ella Fleishman
AS8T EDITOR. ;v
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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH IS, 1918.
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Omaha Girl in Germany Gets Letters
Through to Relatives Here by Clever Ruse
V By MELLIFICIA.
MANY and various are the devices resorted to now-a-days to outwit
German diplomacy, but an Omaha woman's wit has outdone the kaiser
-and all his formidable war restrictions. Mrs. Hermann Lommel,
former Omaha girl residing in Germany, succeeds in getting letters to her
relatives in America despite the fact that no mail to enemy countries is per
mitted to leave Germany. ". . .' .
Mrs. Lommel was formerly Miss Blanche Roe of this city. Mrs. A. F.
Tyler; her sister, wife of Dr. Tyler of this city, received a letter from her a
few days ago through a friend in Switzerland. Mrs. Lommel said:
Tll my friends in America that I and the German government are get
ting along finely." .... . j it . .
The Tylers are convinced this sentence was inserted in the letter to
"boost it across" the strict German censorship. ...
The letter contained mostly accounts of personal matters relating to the
health of Mrs. Lommel and her family. She said her baby daughtert) Bertele,
now 18 months old, had been very ill. So alarming were the child s symp
toms that her father, who is an officer in the German army, was called home
from the trenches. . . ' . , ... i t
No suggestion of conditions in Germany could be gleaned from the let
ter, which very evidently purposely avoided all reference to the political and
economic siaix 01 mutiw a . . . r , j j
After finishing the Omaha High school, Mrs. Lommel was graduated
from the Woman s college m uammore. inerc sue ovuiu.h
graduate work in Bryn Mawr. During her course in the latter school she
' .n uEa,rili urnrlr onH travel in Eurooe.
She then attended a German university and at first was almost ostracized
by the men students in the institution, wno resemea mc picacmc u
American woman there. So highly did persistent American good humor and
; ..... that cVio was later annointed to a oro-
fessorship in that school. She married Herr Lommel, a professor there, and
ior a lime laugui siuc uy oiuc .
When the war started in the summer of 1914, Herr Lommel was called to
the front and was at once granted a commission. Since then he has received
several promotions. He is in the artillery service of the German army.
After the outbreak of the war communication with the ones at home oe-
2 : i.. j:k...u ESnaltv Mr T.rmmel resorted to a ruse to SDeed
came increasingly unuvu.i. -j, ... - , -- i .,
- the letters to America. She wrote personal letters in German to a trusted old
friend in Switzerland who in turn translated tnem into cngnsn ana lorwara
ed them to America.: The translated letters were very amusing, for he had
only ft partial knowledge of English, and the peculiar literal translations
which reached Omaha were a source of amusement to the anxious relatives in
m Now. however, Mrs. Lommel addressee letters written in English to the
old Swiss friend, who merely puts them into new envelopes and sends them
RektWes here do not know Mrs. Lommel's exact whereabouts in Ger
many although they have learned that she is living with the family of her
husband's brother-in-law while Herr Lommel is fighting at the front.
For a time she resided in Munich.
Miriam Roe of this city, now attending Ohio Wesleyan college at Dela
ware, O., is a sister of Mrs. Lommel and Ben Roe, who lives on his farm near
Benson, is a brother.
took
Miss
Mr.
th Smiths Go East.
t. -a Mr Arthur Crittenden
A.A 1 . Oil.
Smith left Monday evening for New
York. Mr. Smith, wno went east uu
business, will only be gone two weeks,
but Mrs. Smith expects to be gone a
month. From New York she wi go
' to Atlantic' City, where she. will be
joined by Miss Helen Smith, who is
a stuaeru at jwum Htuvv
if r.r.a Cmirti who ts at Miss
miaa wow w --
Wright's school at Bryn Mawr, and
v- Mr. Arthur Smith, jr., who attends St.
Mark's school at Southboro, Mass,
and they will spend the taster vaca
tion there.- : V ,
For Red Star Workers.
, ! At the last report made Saturday of
the workers for the Red Star Animal
, Relief $1,800 has been collected.
Omaha society worrfetf-are stilhbusy
with this project. -.
trc r.mnrav R Prinz was hostess
at tea at her home today for a group
. of the workers. 1 here were 10 present-
Tea Versus Lithographs.
Afternoon tea is a most attractive
feature of the Pennell exhibit which
- is Being held at the Keeline building
this week. The numerous tea ta
bles. so cozily placed about the room
are well patronized, fof otie can study
the lithographs or discuss them with
a friend over the tea ups.- Miss
Catherine Thummel. was hostess to
day and assisting her were Mrs. Clyde
Roeder, Mrs. GeoVge Thummel and
Miss Margaret Greer Baum. j
Stine-Sorenson Wedding.
A pretty' home wedding
place Saturday evening, when
Crr.3 Wensnn. daughter of
and Mrs. Samuel Sorenson, became
the bride of Mr. Glenn Marshall Stine.
Rev. Denton E. Cleveland read the
marriage lines. .
The bride was gowned in a gray
and blue silk gown and she wore a
corsage bouquet of sweet peas.
Owing to the fact that the bride
groom was called suddenly to the col
ors, the wedding was very quiet, only
the immediate relatives and a few in
timate .friends being present, at pe
ceremony. .
A supper was served following the
ceremony for the wedding 1 guests.
Sweet peas were used on the table
and through the rooms.
Mr. Stine left Monday evening for
T-ff.r.nn RarrAp.Ws. Mo., for 'training
t"w's'"" : .... -
and Mrs. Mine win mawe nci uumi
with her parents until after the war.
At Stobart Luncheon.
vAt the luncheon to be given
Wednesday for Mrs. St.-Clair Stobart,
Serbian relief lecturer, at the Univer
sity club, W. F. Gurley will introduce
t the speaker. The following will be
seated at her table:
Meidames Mesdamea
C. M. Wllhelm, Luther Kountzc,
Clement Chase. E. M. Syfert,
Mle Jessie Millard. '
Mesara. Messrs.
niiild Dtetz. .B.S. Caldwell,
W. A. Plxlej". fiafidall Brfiwn. , ,
Major A. C. Stokes. -
Comforts for Babies, '
Members of the Rockford Colifge
club are engaged in a new and most
interesting kind of .war work. Their
stunt just now is to make comfort
kits, for the tiny, orphan babies of
France. A friend of one of the irim
bers wrote from "over there" of the
great need for clothing and the little
comforts of life for the numberless
French -babies who are withou. a
mother's care. The little band of
college women immediately 'legan
work on these outfits. They a'w not
the regulation layette, for they ton
tain numbers of things beside the tiny
garments, such as soap, talcum v mur
der, tubes of vaseline, tiny comb nd
sundry other articles associated with
babydom. ' '',
Little one-piece blips for the infants
are included in the kits, too, and tiny
skirts and socks. The club met at he
home of Miss Gladys Goodman this
afternoon, and althdugh a number of
the members are out of the city, th Jse
who remain are accomplishing Ten
ders in this special line of work.
Mrs. Reed Entertains.
Mrs. A. "B. Reed asked a few friends
to an informal luncheon at the Black
stone today. The affair was given in
honor of two or three, visitors who
are in the city for a few days '
Or a Cm Teaches
How to Make Dress
In Forty-five Minutes
Ora Cne will break all speed and
dressmaking records Wednesday at 4
cyclock in the Empress theater, when
He will teach Central High school
girls how to make a dress in 45 min
utes, using buf three and one-quarter
yards of cloth. This dress is a spe
cial "Hoover' model and is especially
"efficient" as dresses go, since it
boasts no hooks, ey, buttons or
strings. It is a slip-on model.
Cne, designer and fashion expert,
addressed high school girls in the
school auditorium Tuesday morning.
Cne urged the girls to take up dress
making and millinery as a patriotic
duty to help the government -"There
is a shortage of labor on account of
the heavy demands made by the gov
ernment for army" uniforms and be
cause many, married women who
worked at the trades have given it up
in order that ' their husbands may
claim exemption:, ; V .
'There are opportunities for 'ca
reers' for girls' or for war work in
these occupations as well as in man
ning elevators, or 1 pushing freight
trucks," he told- the girls. .
Mrs. J. Burr. Taylor 'of Sioux City
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. W.
Burchmore.
Mrs. Howard Rushton, who has
been visting her parents in Logan,
O., returned home Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Se'acrest of Lin
coln spent the weeK-end with Mrs.
Seacrest's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Rushton. ' ' "
Mrs. W. R. Wod is ill with an at
tack of measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Fick, who are
now in New York, will be in Omaha
for a short stay some .time in April.
A son, Lewis George, jr., was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis George Fergu
son of Indianapolis.- The Fergusons
are former Omaha people.
Woman's .Clubs
Sacrea Heart Alumnae.
The Sacred Heart alumnae will meet
Wednesday afternoon instead v. of
Thursday at the Sacred Heart con
vent. -The subject for the aftsi ii.cn
wiil be "The Prose and Poetry 0f
War." Mrs. Charles F. Koley will
lead the discussion of the prose and
Miss Marie Foley of the poetry.
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To Buy Liberty Bonds.
- The Equal Franchise society will
hold a rummage sale for three days
beginning Wednesday, March 27. The
sale will probably be held in the Kee
line building and the proceeds will be
used to purchase Liberty bonds for
the society. . , ,
Christ Child Society.
Mrs. Stella . SwarUlander was
elected president of the Christ Child
society at the meeting Monday at the
K. C. club rooms. The vice presidents
are: Mesdames John A. McShane and
C W. Hamilton; Mrs. Felix Despech
er, treasurer, and Mr. W. T. Burns,
secretary. ' .
Informal Luncheon. '
An informal little luncheon party
was given at the Blackstone today by
Mrs. G. A. Robrbough and Mrs.
Ralph Dale in honor of Mrs. Mar
garet Kilburn of Oklahoma City, who
is the guest of Mrs. Watson Town
send. Dainty spring flowers formed
the centerpiecejor the table and cov
ers'were laid for six guests..
Supper Parties.
A. number of supper parties were
given at the Fontenelle Monday even
ing after the theater. Mr. and Mrs.
C T. Kountze entertained the largest
party, their guests numbering ten.
Mr. and Airs, raul iskinner. had a
nartv nf six at their table and four
somes were given by F, J. McDonald,
L. F. Millard, F. J. Hartnett and Wil
liam Schnor - ,
Red Cross Motes
Miss Mae Torrey, kindergarten
teacher ii. Lake school, has been in
strumental in making of 67 sweaters
and 28 helmets. Miss Torrey does the
purling, setting up and binding of
these articles and her friends have
done the plain knitting for her.
The Mosetta dub of Butka, Neb.,
Miss Edith B. Leonard, secr.taty.
sent the state Red Cross $100. This
club is composed of 14 members, vt'eir
town being located in the san! nt.ts,
40 miles from a railrpad, and 16 m:!es
from a store of any kind. There ire
only 14 families within a radius of five
miles. They raised $50 from one pie
on a night 18 degrees below, w'ih a
terrific wind and snow, and soe of
them had to drive eight miles. They
auctioned off the pies and sandwiches
and they brought as high as ivS5
each.
What the American Red Cross has
done with the millions of dollars en
trusted to it by the people of the
United States is shown in a state
ment just issued by national head
quarters. Appropriations to date
amount to $79,450,727, and cover the
period from the time we entered the
was last April, until April 30, 1918.
For foreign relief the sum of $44,
657,795 has been appropriated and
much of it spent, as follows: France,
$30,519,259; Belgium, $1,999,521; Rus
sia. $751,950; Roqmania, $2,617,298;
Italy, $3,146,016; Serbia, $871,180;
Great Britain, $1,703,642; other for
eign countries, $2,536,300; for Ameri
can soldiers who may be taken pris
oners, $343,627.
As the government supplies nearly
everything our soldiers and sailors
need, the appropriation for the United
States is only $2,612,532. All salaries
and administrative expenses are paid
out of membership dues, so that every
penny of the war fund goes to relief.
The great variety of military and
civilian relief by the Red Cross may
te indicated briefly: canteens that af
ford food, baths and lodging for sol
diers at the front; rest stations and
recreation centers for soldiers in
transit and at port of arrival in
France; care of orphan and destitute
children; supplies for 4,000 hospitals;
teaching mutilated soldiers new
trades; reconstruction of homes and
villages; sanitariums for tubercular
and other patients; food, clothing,
medicine and shelter for adult civil
ians in distress and many other ac
tivities. Nebraska's quota of boys to be en
rolled in the United States federal
working reserve is 12,000. W L.
Trester, federal state director, at
tended a special conference in L!.oln
Saturday. Plans were made io: the
enrollment in high schools in the
state. The date has been set for
March 18 to 25.
Boys unable to go on farms w.ll do
their share by doing city gardening.
Each boy will be given a button, tnd
when he has completed his agnul
tural work he will be presented with a
bronze medal.
L. W. Trester. has returned from
Chicago, where he attended a meeting
of Junior Red Cross workers. Ne
braska leads all the other states in
the central division in this branch.
"The Comforteers" is the name ot a
new auxiliary of surgical dreittngs
workers which met for the first '.:me
Monday night in the Masonic temple..
Mrs. Paul Gallagher is in chargA of
the workers.
Of Interest to Women
Japanese women are now driving
taxis in Tokio.
Queen Marie of Roumania is the
first woman accepted for membershif
in .the French Academy of Fine Arts.
Massachusetts officials estimate thai
the number of women workers in
that state has increased by nearly
10,000 -si-ce the beginning of the
war.
Princess Patricia of Connaught if
a clever milliner and her sister, the
crown princess of Sweden, has often
looked charming in hats which she
has trimmed herself.
Lady Mackworth, who was recent
ly appointed chief controller of
women recruiting, is the most not
able, business woman in Great Brit
ain and director of no fewer than
27 large business corporations.
Store Hours
Every Day:
8:30 A. M. to 6 P. M.
'EVERYBODY STORE"
Store Hours
Every Day: v :
8:30 A; M. to 6 P. M.
Tuesday. March 12, 1918-
STORE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY-
-Phone D. 137
An Unprecedented-Just
Before Easter Sale of
Involving every style tendency that is smart andwanted---suitable
for war work, business, school, traveling and street wear at a
pilce made possible only by superior merchandising achievement
I The design is in the shape
of a horseshoe and is signifi
cant of good fortune to you.
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TODAY American women are doing war relief work of all kinds
working side by side in our "Red Cross" rooms and doing vari-
( ous other kinds of work in the great cause of democracy and
humanity. i , t
., Naturally the wearing apparel of the women today must be
more of the practical sort, and the blue serge frock continues to be
in favor for smart practical wear for Spring of 1918. .
Fashion and the government have joined hands this season,
and these Dressfcs offered Wednesday follow in the path prescribed
by both Paris and patriotism. ( ;
Unusual merchandising foresight arid preparation made this
offering possible and we offer you the benefits of our efforts. ,
Illustrating Model A
A straight line, plaited model with surplice bodice forming
"cross over" belt and finished with bow at the back. Long line roll
collar and turn back cuffs are of white satin. - '
A Charming Model B
j An extremely good value in this serge frock, so attractively
trimmed in wide Hercules braid. The becoming square neck,
smart tunic and narrow underskirt give every wanted style touch. '
You'll Like Model C , 1 l
The box plaited skirt gives special charm to this dress. Beautifully trim- H
med in Hercules braid.
Anothef Pleasing Model D
The long panels, both front and back, assure one of youthful lines in this
frock. Finished at waist line with becoming sash belt. Silk braid trims the .
panels and cuffs. Square neck with satin collar. '
Then, Here's Model E ,
Another distinctive "coat dress" style shown in this straight, long line dress.
For shopping, traveling and business wear this model is particularly smart. Col-v
lars arid cuffs are of white satin.
This Coat Model F
For a servicable dress this coat model is sure to be favored.
Collar may be worn high or low and the peplum gives grace to the
plain skirt. '
This Attractive Model G
Made of black satin and navy serge and beautifully trimmed .
in Hercules braid. The panel effect gives long unbroken lines
which accentuate the slender, youthful silhouette.
And Now Model H ! .
apringUKe ana smart is uus uiue serge ejiuu
dress with a vest of black satin, and the newest
idea in tunics forming panels at the hip line over
narrow underskirt. Her
cules braid forms the trim
ming on panels, around
f' the coat and on the collar.'
BurfMa-Naah Ca.-Scond Floor
This illustration wi
sketched from the dresses
themselves on living models
in our dress section.
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No phone or mail orders ac-(
cepted. None sent C. O. D. on
approval and no returns or ex
changes., , . r
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There are sizes for women and
misses from 16 to 46 blue serge
only. ' '
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