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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1918)
5 B V Adelaide Kennerly Ella Fleishman. iLlJUIt 1 UK ASS'T EDITOR- THE OMAHA SUNDAY BBi: MARCH 17, 1918. State Conference Of D. A. R. Held in Beatrice Tuesday The 16th annual state conference of the Nebraskapaughteri of the Amer ican Revolution will be held in Be atrice March 19-21, at the Congrega tional church, entertained by Eliza beth Montague chapter. The conference will begin with a 6:30 o'clock dinner for all delegates and guest of honor, followed by an open meeting in the auditorium of the church, Mrs. E. G. Drake of Beatrice, state regent, presiding. The address of welcome will be given by Mrs. I. V. Kenagy, regent of the entertaining chapter, and the response by Mrs. Frank I. Ringer of Lincoln, state vice regent. Mrs. George Thacker Guernsey, president general of the national so ciety, and Mrs. Charles Letton, vice resident general, will give addresses. Irs." Keith Neville will talk on work of the State Council of Defense, wom an's division. The memorial hourjwill be in charge of . Mrs. Warren Berry of Fairbury, past state regent. The chapter reports will be of much Interest, showing great activity along all lines of war relief work. All prep arations for this conference are sim ple and in keeping witlf-the times. There will be no special social func tions. ' The entertaining chapter members are hoping for a full delegation and a cordial welcome will be extended to all Daughters. Omaha delegates to the conven tion are: Mrs. F. F. Porter, who goes m trie place oi Mrs. riuiip tuii", who is ill; Mesdames A. Collins, W. A. Smith, Thomas Wolfe and Earl E. Stanfield; Mrs. C. H. Aull, sister of Mrs. Guernsey, will also at tend. General Federation News "We will not discourage your con vention, but on the contrary will en courage it in every way," said W G. McAdoo to the committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, who asked him whether he would approve of holding the. bien nial meeting at a time of war. War work is to be the key note of the con vention, the big way of doing big service is the theme that underlies all preparations of the program com mittee, of which Mrs. William Pe drick, jr., of Baltimore.v is chairman. Mrs. J. E. Harper, Hot Spings, chairman of the local biennial board, extends a most cordial invitat'on to club women, who are not delegates, to attend the convention. Guest tickets will be provided for sessions in-the Auditorium; special ar rangements are being made for the entertainment of visitors by the hospi tality committee, and the hotels com mittee will be able, in many cases, upon prompt notification, to place them in hotels with their own state delegation. Governor C. H. Brough will voice official welcome from Arkansas to the women of America Tuesday night, April 30, at the opening meeting of the biennial at Hotel Eastman, na-1 tional headquarters. The opening session will be followed by the tri state reception given by Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. ' Child Welfare Conference. Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles, presi dent of the General Federation, is also chairman of the child welfare of the national council for defense, wo men's committee. Under her auspices a big conference on chiW welfare as it relates to the war situation will be held at the biennial convention. Miss Julia Lathrop of the children's bureau, Dr. Peixotta and Dr. Meigs will be among the speakers and participant!. A campaign to save children, much more extensive than the previous "baby week" work, is to Je launched this year. v- Nebraska delegates and visiting club women desiring reservations at " Hotel Eastman, Hot Springs, rk., will please notify Mrs. J. M. Paul of St. Paul as to the kind of room and price desired to pay on or before V April 1. There are a few rooms in the hotel with baths, as guests usually take baths in public bath house con nected with the hotel. Mrs. F. H( Cole, chairman of civil service reform, General Federation of Women's clubs, returned Friday from Chicago,-where she attended war work conferences of civil service re form organizations and of the Illi nois Federated Club women, at which meeting recommendations to bring before the biennial meeting in Hot Springs next month were discussed. Mrs.. John T. Mason of Aurora, III., Mrs. Fred Luskin of Watertown, Mass.; Miss Harriet Vittum, Mrs. J. D. Sherman and Mrs. Oliver Watson were among the prominent club women interested in the conferences. A civil service retirement bill, in creased salaries for employes under $1,800 per year on account of the high High School Girls9 Vocational -Conference 1 c ,., . If' " ("Vntnl and South High school? girls and from the1 High School of rv..-- Qfiidnt' rliih will hold VVJ illllil 1 wtuu.....w ' a vocational conference in the Young Women's Christian association Satur day, March 30, from 9:30 to . 3:30 o'clock. One thousand girls are ex- ..j - .tt.n Mi .fvrtle Fitz Roberts in charge of the vocationa bureau; U fcngusn, recreation, worker; Charlotte Townsend, school nurse; Miss lone " Duffy, business woman, and Miss, Edith Tobitt, li brarian, will be among the speakers. Miss Helen Benson is president of the South Side club. Miss Ethel Moriarty of the High School of Com merce and Miss Dorothy Gray, Cen tral high. Miss Katherine North has the publicity in charge. . Mass meetings will be held during lunch periods in the three schools the day previous. Announcements will be made in all the chinches. xritviner mial nav for women Tor equal work with men, and con- m in Wash inert on to look after the welfare of girls who come to the capital to do government service, 'were recommended. Several luncheons, at which Mrs. Cole was an honor guest, were given. War Service Meeting In Kansas City Social service necessary because of war conditions and the reconstruc tion work that must be taken up in every community at the close of the war will be the principal subjects stressed at the great 45th national conference of social work to be held in Kansas City May 15-22. The trend of the entire conference will be along war service lines. More than 4,000 social workers from every part of the United States will attend. Surh mm ai Raymond Robins, in charge of the Red Cross work in Russia; Ernest P Bicknell, director general of the Red Cross work in rTnit.H Hnmer W. Folk, for merly president of the New York State Chanties ana Associations, now in charge of the department eif civil affairs of the Red Cross in France, will have important places-on the program. C. C, Stillman and Fred R. Johnson, who won national recogni tion by their welfare work in Kan sas City, will speak on district work and training camp activities. Practically the entire force of the Playground and Recreation Associa tion of America, besides recreation experts from the leading cities of the country, have been enlisted to lead the recreational activities of the sol diers and promote constructive social reforms in towns and cities adjacent to cantonments. Among the women speakers will be Mrs. Florence Kelly, one of a com mittee of three asked by the govern ment to inspect factories where sol diers' uniforms are made andito see that none are. made in sweat' shops, and Maud E. Minor, the only woman member of the New York state pro bation commission and chairman of the committee on the protection of girls of the War department. Hous ing conditions will be presented by Henry H. De Loss, associate direc tor of the public service reserve of the United States employment service of the Department of Labor, this problem being the first war labor question taken up by the new advisory council of the federal bureau. Prison labor, which is to be utilized to increase production for 'the govern ment and to make salvage from the wastage of cities, will be presented by E. Stagg Whitin, who has been commissioned by President Wilson to supervise this work. Left to right: Miss Dorothy Gray and Miss Katherine North of Central High; Miss Ethel Moriarty oi High School of Commerce. Insert: Miss Helen Benson of South High school . - Conservation Meetings ' Members of the Central Conserva tion council are enthusiastic about the instruction classes held in the schools. All women are welcome. Miss Nellie Farnsworth, home demonstration agent, conducts these get-together meetings. Food production will be the topic under discussion as soon as planting time comes. A present war recipes and conservation of food is the sub ject of the work. Following is this week's program of meetings, at which the "block chair men" will preside: - Monday, 3 o'clock South Lincoln, Mrs. G. W. Sears, chairman; 7:30, Dr. L.. W. Edwards, 24th and Farna, wishes to call tha public's attention to Am Chiro practic talk on Pago 8-A. Druid Hill, Mrs. Walter J. Taylor, chairman, instruction school, subject, "Meats." Tuesday, 3 o'clock, Howard Ken nedy, Mrs. W. H. Weymuller chair man. Wednesday, 3 o'clock. Walnut Hill, Mrs. H. E. Mahaffey, chairman. Thursday, 3:15, Saunders, Mrs. R. R. Winkelman, chairman; instruction school, subject, "Poultry, Fish. Meat Substitutes." Friday, 3 o'clock, Train, Mrs. Frank Greenman, chairman. Saturday. 3 o'clock. Van Sant school, instruction school, subject, "Vegetables." Owoitti Nw tlloim a.i lalho-illn Ptvllloni EXCELSIOR HOTEL JOHN KISSENCER. Prep. Form.rly of th NEBRASKA HoUL Spaclal Waakljr Rata. Escalator Spring a. Mo. NORA NEAL , PIANO Faculty Mamta Sharwood School of MuaW. Studio, BIS McCafua Bldj. Phono Douf. 404. LIBERTY YARNS Our knitting rami ara Govmmnt atandard for Array and Nary ma. Haary or light walght. All ahadaa. Alao apaolal aock yarn. 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