The Omaha Sunday Bee
PART TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
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PART TWO
AMUSEMENTS
PAGES 1 TO 12
VOL. XLVII NO. 45.
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NCE upon a tinr tnothsts' nd
to put their babies to sleep by
telling ttunii to shut their little
I'jes or the !. black ragpicker
uutild get thrni.
Now all is changed.
"Better babies" campaigns have
taught the young to sleep and wake
automatically. The ragman has been
sent to Funstoil with the draft army
and in his footsteps comes the pretty
young society matron.
Instead of hobbling along with her
pack on her back, the wartime rag
picker comes riding in her 1918
model , truck. Her natty uniform of
battleship gray, with aviation cap,
tan puttees and arm band, proclaim
s'.ie is serving her country through
the Ked Cross. Salvage department.
Airs. Blaine Young, at the wheel of
the truck pictured here, is the first of
the local women to drive a truck for
this patriotic work. After eight
years' experience in managing pleas
ure cars Mrs. Young had no difficulty
in mastering the art of trucTc driving.
- - Gould Dietz, head of the Omaha
1'ed Cross is considering the organi-
j zltion of a division of truck drivers
among the young girls and women.
Volunteers should apply to him.
In spite of the satisfaction of a
.'. ork well done, women who have
spent the last two months sewing for
the Nebraska base hospital lingered
over the packing "of the last part of
the supplies. The shipment is now
ready for the unit which will soon
leave for France.
Over 600 women have worked at
the First Presbyterian church to fit
out the unit of 1,0Q0 beds. Miss Jes
sie Millard says.ic work has .been so
pleasant and so'well done that the
workers are sorry their task is done.
They will, however, take- up some
new Red Cross endeavor.
In the group Mrs., A. D. Peters is
at the left, then Mrs. J. M. Aikin and
Miss Millard, chairman.
Enemy spies had better not leave
fitigerprhus in Omaha. A class in
fingerprint reading has just been
started. This is a view of the pupils
at" their first lesson. The Woman's
Civil Service league is promoting this
study in co-operation with the War
department. A knowledge . of' this
branch is required for many govern
ment positions. H. J. Nielsen of tie
police department is the instructor.
In the picture above he is shawn with
some of the women who met w'h the
class for the first time Monday even
ing. Among them are Mrs. S. H.
Longwill, Misses Elsie Smith, Emily
Byram, Mabel Morris, .Vera Fink,
Ethel Peterson, Blanche Kerschne,
Nell Moriarty, Anna C. Nelson, Cath
erine Holland, Cecelia Roscoe and
Theresa Kobaek, and Mrs. M. ields.
To raise funds for Red Cross work,
U. S. Grant Woman's Relief corps wil
give a kensington Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Henry Bichel, 2815
Capitol avenue.
Miller Park Red Cross auxiliary
meets every Wednesday from 10 to
5 p. m. in the school and up to date
the 36 workers have completed 143
hospital garments. The women will
begin Friday to work on surgical
dressings, meeting at the school. .
The Women's auxiliary to the Car
penters' and Joiners' union has formed
a Red Cross tinit, which will meet
Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 un
til 3 o'clock at the Labor temple.
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TATTLES are won by men, but
wars are won with money. The
Liberty bond funds could not be
raised without the aid of the women
of the land."
, This is the tribute Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo pays to the assist-
loan' Tt ' a iinJ"
loan drives, and most assuredly doO
Umaha women merit this notice.
In two short weeks $2,000,000 to
help win the war has been subscribed
through the efforts of the local
women's committee, headed by Mrs.
E. M. Fairfield. One-half million dol
lars was subscribed through the
churches, of which the women's com
mittee had entire charge, and the
largest single subscription, $250,000,
was from a distinctly woman's organ
ization, the Woodmen circle.
The unselfish intereit again shown
in the nation's welfare by the women
who have stood back of the counter
at Liberty bank every day, all day for
the last two weeks, and the corps of
workers who have reported at the
women's headquarters at 8:30 in the
juuimiig auu icii ai in inc evening,
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AH-subscriptions, with money and
checks attached, have passed through
the hands of the treasurer and her
two assistants, and have been accu
rately accounted for. Women have
been speaking every day in the inter
ests of the loan.
The house-to-house canvass yielded
the most interesting stories. Every
one of the thousand or more workers
has had a broadening exoerience. It
4ras brought women of all classes in
closer touch wtth each other. They
listened to stories of self-sacrifice and
patriotism they would never have
heard elsewhere. Mrs. Charles H.
Marley, one of the workers in the
Sixth district, Ninth ward, says.of one
thing she is convinced that "poverty
and patriotism are synonymous."
Baby-Saving Campaign.
A campaign to save 100,000 babies
as a war measure; this is the aim of
the Council of Defense jn promoting
"Baby Health year." Registration,
weighing and measuring of the in
fants, the first step in the campaign,
w9 instituted in Omaha week before
last
In a recent address the secretary
of war said: "We 'cannot afford,
while losing our boys in France, to
lose children at home. With the
great drain we shall suffer in France
because of the casualties of war we
cannot afford a great drain upon the
nation here at home because of the
devitalizing of our youth."
The war puts a premium on the
life of every child, and yet there are
indications that many of our com
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munities are going to take less care
of their children than usual.
We are going to hear of the cutting
down' of appropriations for sanita
tion, health officers, district nurses,
playgrounds, schools, etc., because
'we must economize to help win the
war." In order to help our boys at
the front we are going to kill off sev
eral hundreds of babies at home!
This is not the kind of patriotism our
government asks of us.
It is for this reason that the gov
ernment asks us to observe the year,
beginning April 6, as Baby year, and
to make it a campaign to "Save 100,
000 Babies."
This work is being done in public
school buildings, and. mothers who
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are urgently requested to answer this
government call by taking the chil
dren to the school for this registra
tion. Register 2,000 Babies.
At the close of the first ten days
1,762 babies have been registered.
Many mothers have been advised
that their child is underweight to the
extent that he needs-medical atten
tion and the mother advised to con
sult her 'family physician. Minor
defects are noted to which the atten
tion of the mother is called.
At one school a mother reported
with four children for registration.
She was French and Irish; her hus
band was German and Jewish. When
asked what that would make theJ
children who were all average chil
dren the mother answered: "I
do-'t just know what you would call
it, but I do know they will all be
good Americans."
The committee handling this work
is in charge of Miss Charlotte Town
send, supervisor of school nurses,
and Mrs. C. W. Pollard of the cleri
cal workers.
Besides the public health nurses,
the hospitals have been very kind in
giving nurses. Among those who
served were Genevieve McNally,
Mrs. R. J. Brown, Lydia . Sinclair,
Minnie Zimmerman, Bertha Ander
son. Caroline Christensen, Tessie
Miller, Elizabeth Winchell. Gertrude
Ellsworth, Laura Juel, Miss Heg
quist, Swedish Mission hospital; Miss
O'Neil, Miss Samuelson, Miss Soren
sen, Miss Weeks and Miss Roland,
all of Douglas County hospital; Mrs.
SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL
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Baby Wlfair9 Food CdDinseCTatioini,'
Occupy Womciii of Omaha
Kemp and Miss McDermott, Lord
Lister hospital.
This week's schedule is as follows:
Monday A. m., Jungmann school;
p. m., Hawthorne.
Tuesday Pacific, all day.
Wednesday A. m., Edward Rose
water; p. pi., Castelar.
Thursday A. m., Sherman; p. m.,
Saratoga.
Friday A. m., Central; p. m., Far
nam. Saturday A. m., Belvidere; p. m.,
Lake.
- Conservation Notes.
"The work of the silent forces in
nature can hardly be measured; the
quiet steady rain often does more
good than the violent storm. So it is
in the matter of conservation; the
most effective work is being accom
plished by the homcmakers of
Omaha," said Miss Nellie Farnsworth,
federal food agent.
The Block Vigilantes find a true
spirit of patriotism shown in the use
of flour substitutes. The kitchen has
been turned into a chemical labora-
Cmsterlell! Corps
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Grant's Birthday
George A. Custer Woman's Relief
corps will observe the anniversary of
General Ulysses S. Grant's birthday,
Saturday, by an entertainment at the
home of Mrs. Kate Remington, 2815
Spaulding street. A service flag of 20
stars for the sons of Custer corps
members will be dedicated by Mrs.
Lillian Eddy. Mrs. J. S. Harpster do
nated the flag.
Mrs. Blanche M'cKelvy will talk on
"The Star Spangled Banner," which
all will sing. Mrs. Addie Hough will
talk on Red Cross work, and Mrs. Ab
bie Adams, past national president,
will give an address on the life of
Grant. Patriotic vocal selections will
be given by Miss Charlotte Gill and
the Grand Army of the Republic
quartet and Katherine Campbell will
give a Liberty dance.
Custer corps has subscribed for its
second Liberty bond and has con
tributed generously to the ambulance
fund, which is being raised by the
Woman's Relief corps in the state
of Nebraska. The corps' regular meet
ing will be held Tuesday at 2 o'clock
in Memorial hall, '
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tory and the chemist, the housewife,
is making original discoveries in thc
use and combinations of various kinds
of flour. Excellent bread is made
from barley, oatmeal, rice, potato and
corn flour. While Blocjc Vigilantes
felt a littfe reticent about calling up
on strangers at first, they now say
that it has been a pleasure and as one
expressed it, "I never knew I had such
nice neighbors before." Great pro
gress has been made in the house to
house visitations. Mrs. H. E. Ma
haffey, district chairman of Walnut
Hill district, reports that already her
helpers have reached 320 homes.
In the Long school district, the
Block Vigilantes made written reports
to Miss Martha Powell of the conser
vation work carried on in each home
visited.
Interpreter Needed. .
An interpreter, Miss Marietta Ca
tania, was present at the meeting at
Pacific school Monday to make clear
to the mothers, who could not under
stand English, the use of the sub
stitutes and the great need of con
servation in winning the war.
Women who have difficulty in mak
ing bread from the flour substitutes
may get help from Mrs. J. G. Mas
ters of the Webster district. She has
worked out some 'excellent recipes.
Her address is 3024 Cass street.
The Conservation program for the
coming week will be conducted by
Miss Farnsworth as follows:
Monday At 3 p. m., Central school,
Mrs. Guy E. West, chairman; 7:30 p.
m., Druid Hill, Mrs. N. J. Taylor,
chairman. Instruction class, subject,
"Salads."
. Tuesday At -3 p. m., Bancroft
school, Mrs. C. F. Clement, chairman.
Mrs. William Ross King will address
Golden Hill Jewish society at 3:30 at
Old Peoples' Home, Twenty-fifth and
Charles streets.
Wednesday At 2 p. m., South,
Franklin school, Mrs. John L. Wells,
chairman'. Miss Farnsworth will
speak on conservation. Mrs. J. G.
Masters will speak on the use of flour
substitutes.
Women are asked to bring a sample
of bread or cookies that illustrate the
use of various substitute flours. At 3
p. in., Wednesday, Columbian school,
Mrs. A. Y. Shotwell, chairman.
Thursday At 3:15 p. m.NSaundcrs
school, Mrs. R. E. Winkehnan, chair-
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"Cal
Instruction class.
subject,
Cakes, Flour Mixtures."
Friday At 3 p. m., Sherman school,
Miss Jennie Brubaker, chairman; 7:45
p. m., Howard Kennedy school, Mrs.
N. H. Weymuller, chairman. Instruc
tion class, subject, "Vegetables and
Soups."
Red Cross Birthday.
Omaha Red Cross chapter workers
are taking inventory this , week of
their first year's accomplishments and
pointing with pardonable pride to the
work the women, especially, have
done. Close to 200 auxiliaries, 188 to
be exact, are now working on hospital
supplies and surgical dressings, where
last year at this time there was a
mere handful. A financial statement
of the first year's business will soon
be issued by Gould Dietz, chairman.
War gardening, another conserva
tion duty urged upon women, will be
taken up with great enthusiasm by
local women as soon as the weather is
more favorable.
Women's Clubs to Bo
Reconstruction Work
After War is Over
THE importance of women's clubs
continuing work, instead of dis
banding during the war for other ac
tivities, was emphasized by Mrs. Ad
dison E. Sheldon of Lincoln, state
president, at the Second district meet
ing, Nebraska Federation of Women's
Clubs, held at Ralston Friday.
"There will be a great need for
these clubs to do reconstruction work
after the war," Mrs. Sheldon pointed
out.
"Important war work may be done
now through the clubs," Mrs. Sheldon
said. "Americanization of the for
eigner, the propagation of industrial
arts for trade purposes and the culti
vation of music to sweeten life during
this trying time arc some of the ways
the clubs may help."
Mrs. William Berry was elected
president of the Second district, suc
ceeding Mrs. J. W. Welch of Benson.
Mrs. Boyer of Papillion is the new
vice president and Mrs. D. C. Dodds
of Ralston secretary-treasurer.
In Government Employ.
Miss Lotus Krause and Miss Edith
Crapenhaust left Thursday evening
for Washington, where they will oc
cupy clerical positions in the goern
ment employ Miss Krause has taught
for the past five years at Mason
school, and Miss Edith Crapenhaust
was formerly a teacher at Vinton
school.
R. Bcccher Howell bought a
$2,000 Liberty bond in the Liberty
bank Friday afternoon,
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YOU will be whisked from the
prosaic land ,!f : grown-ups to
the kingdom of make-believe at the
dance carnival to be given the first
week in May at the Boyd theater.
The homeless, fatherless kiddies of
France will be provided with many
warm things with the proceeds from
this affair, and our most patriotic
women are working untiringly, to
make it a success.
The dancing is under the direction
of Mss Mary Coll, and the first num
ber on the program will be a glimpse
of Mother Goose Land. Tiny tots
between the ages of 4 and 7 will make
our old-time friends, Jack and Jill,
Humpety-Dumpty and others realty
live again. ,
"A Day in Athens," illustrated with
dancing from the first moment that
the rosy east heralds the approaching
day to the setting of the sun and the
corning of the purple twilight shot
through with the silver of the evening
stars, will probably be the most artis
tic number on the program,
Miss Eugenie Whitmore will appear
on the program in a solo dance,
"Dance of Diana." This versatile
young woman, known as a clever
pianist, surprised her friends a few
weeks ago by singing at a Red Cross
neneni recnai ai me rirst rresoy
terian church, and now she has dis
closed 1 another talent. Miss Whit
more's part on the program will be of
special interest, as this is her first ap
pearance as a solo dancer in Omaha.
A Red Cross drill by 30 Omaha
High school girls will be given, but
probably the most attractive features
of the affair will be the solo dancing.
Some of the dancers taking part will
be Miss Katherine Cartan and Miss
lone Fogg; Miss Marion Finsson,
who will give a Bohemian dance; '
Miss Janet Nolan, Italian solo dance;
Venetian duet, Miss Dorothy Higgins
and Miss Emma Nash; Daisy dance,
Miss Margaret Lee Burgess, and Pan.
Miss Frances Ellick.
Pupils of the Mt. Loretta Place will
give an interesting number of the Pan
Druids, while Pandola will be depicted
by Miss Elinor Kountzc. Miss Mar
garet Shotwell 'will give the "Motk
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