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    THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1918.
17
Conducted by Ella Fleishifian
, Personals
Mr. Max H. Conrad of Los An
geles, formerly of Omaha, has re
ceived the commission ox second
lieutenant in the aviation corps. Lieu
tenant Conrad is now awating orders
and soendin his short furlough with
his wfe and mother, Mrs. W. R. Mor-
and, in Hollywood, Cal
Mrs. Edgar H. Allan returned
Wednesday from an extended eastern
and southern trip. Mrs. Allan at
tended the Daughters , of the Ameri
can Revolution convention in Wash
ington, D. C
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Doorly, Mrs.
Mary Mora and Captain Edlund mo
tored to Kansas City this morning.
They will be gone about a week.
Mrs. Robert Hamilton of Fort
Crook left Thursday for Des Moines
to visit at Camp Dodge for a few days.
Miss Dorothy Hippie, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Hippie, will be
one of the attractive Omaha girls
who will take part in the annual Ivy
day exercises at the state university
Saturday. This ceremony will be fol
lowed by a picnic for the students.
Mrs. E. H. Wood of Long Beach,
Cal., is the guest of Mrs. H. T.
Holden.
Lieutenant Walter Scott of the
medical corps stationed at Fort
i By MELLIFICIA.
Kiddies Make Black
Cat8 of Old Silk Hose
For French Orphans
Save the tops of your old silk hose
for the Belgian children 1 What could
De made of old silk hose? Stocking
caps? No, indeed; they want one
of the cunning black cats that are
made from these bits of silk, by the
tiny fingers of the Omaha kindergar-
i ten children.
Very fierce looking animals they
are, too, and when one sees a whole
stack o' black cats made by our chil
dren they are a formidable looking
army. The feet are cut off of the
hose, scissors and thread are brought
into action and before you can wink,
a life-size cat stands before you. The
body is stuffed with ravelings, the
ears are made from tiny pieces of
the silk carefully fastened to the head,
white threads form the whiskers,
while the beady little eyes are repre
sented by small white buttons. And
what is that long, braided piece of
black silk? Ah, thereon hangs a
tail! The fiercest looking one that
ever graced a feline is the finishing
touch to these "every thread silk"
cats.
Children at Saratoga school were
Hie first to make these toys for their
tiny friends in France and Belgium.
Every box of warm clothing that is
unt to the fatherless kiddies "over
there" contains one of these toys
ind can't you Just hear the shouts
of glee that will greet them when
these boxes are opened in some de
vastated town where only sorrow and
suffering seem to abound? A toy is
more to a child than food and drink I
and these small Omahans are surely
doing a bit toward gladdening the
hearts of the tiny folk across the sea.
Horton-Hoke Wedding.
Lovely garden flowers, iris, daf-
fodils, sweet peas and tulips formed
ihe setting for a pretty home wed
ding which took place this morning
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
Hume. Their niece, Lila Grace Hoke,
daughter of Mrs. M. A. Hoke, was
the Mav-time bride, and the bride
groom was William A Horton of
Omaha. Rev. H. B. Foster read the
marriage lines.
In a dark blue tailored suit and
picture hat of white, the bride was
most attractive, a corsage of white
sweet peas and lilies of the valley
completing her costume.
Only relatives and immediate
friends were present at the ceremony
and at the delightful wedding break
fast which followed. Lavendar and
white sweet peas formed the centek
piece for the bridal table.
After a short wedding trip Mr. and
Mrs. Horton will return to Omaha,
where they will make their home.
Browning Club Luncheon.
V The Browning club will entertain
at luncheon at the Blackstone Wed
nesday in honor of Dr. G. A. Hulbert.
The table decorations will be unique,
as each guest will contribute to the
centerpiece, bringing flowers from her
own garden. Following the luncheon
Dr. Hulbert will speak on the topic,
"The Intellectual Background to
Brownings Writings."
Dinner at Settlement House.
Mrs. W. S. Caldwell, head resident
of the South Side Social Settlement
club, entertained directors and mem
bers of the finance committee at din
ner in the settlement house Thurs
day evening. Girls of the Omekro E
Xima club, which meets at the settle
ment, served the dinner under the di
rection of Miss Mabel Bookmyer.
Omaha Girl in France.
Miss Elizabeth Stewart, who is
working in a war library in Paris,
writes home that they have become
so used to the falling shells that they
work calmly on. The hostess houses
are especially mentioned by Miss
Stewart and the wonderful work the
women are doing for the soldiers at
the canteens.
Woman's Clubs
Student Club Election.
The Girls' Student club of Central
high school, elected officers Thurs
day afternoon in the Young Women's
Christian assocation building. Mil
dred Benson was chosen president;
Mildreth Greeling, vice president;
Ruth Paddock, secretary, and Eliza
beth Taylor, treasurer. Chairmen of
various committees wll be announced
at the next meeting.
Previous to the election the girls
listened to a talk by Miss Range of
the American Patriotic league, who
told of her work in Omaha. The girls
of the club will support Ralph Kharas
for editor of the "Register," and Jean
Kennedy for assistant editor.
Omaha, has been transferred to the
Wright aeroplane field at Dayton, O.
Mrs. Scott and the two children will
make their home with Mr. and Mrs.
O. A. Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. William Burnell
Stevens of St. Louis, who have been
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Cleveland for the past two months,
left for their home today.
Mr. Cyril Langan, who has en
listed in the aviation section, leaves
today for the aviation school at
Wichita, Kan.
President's Message
So Chinese May" Read it
The American Association at
Peking had President Wilson's re-
eent addresses translated into the
Chinese language and published in
pamphlet form. These pamphlets are
being distributed through the banks,
at the hotels, and at other public
places to Chinese who are unable to
read the English language.
For Dance Carnival.
.Mr. and Mrs. Frank Judson will
entertain a box party Saturday eve
ning at the dance carnival to be given
at the Brandeis theater, when they
will occupy the Brandeis box. Line
parties will be given by Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Moshier
Colpetzer and Mrs. F. A. Nash.
Wedding Announced.
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Christy an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Emma Florence, to Mr. Leonard
Paul Weber. The ceremony took
place April 29, in Council Bluffs.
Mr. Weber is connected with The
Bee. The young couple have taken
an apartment at Hunter Inn.
French Program. .
x A French program will be given
by pupils of Miss Mary Munchhoff
for the Alliance Francaise at the
Metropolitan hall Tuesday evening.
Attend Convention.
Members of the George A. Custer
Woman's Relief corps who will at
tend the department convention to
be held in Seward, Neb., May 15-17,
are: Mrs. Sarah Gardner, president;
Mesdames Kate Remington, Emma J.
Gwynne, Ellen Hershey, John Harp
ster, M. P. Gould, G. W. Winship;
Misses Clara Feenan, Mary Cormack,
Olive Yarton, Mary Bauer and Alma
Mapes.
Japanese Women
Are Ardent Red
Cross Workers
"Few Americans realize how much
Japan has done during this war for
tnt Red Cross," says the foreign press
buresu of the woman's committee of
the Council for National Defense.
"Its Red Cross membership far ex
ceeds ours in the early days of the
war; and it maintained hospitals in
England, France and Russia for a
whole year, just as we did. Like our
own, these hospitals had to be given
up foi a time for lack of funds. After
t.iis. however, Japan subscribed and
sent a million dollars to the wounded
of the allies,to be divided pro rata
among thef "
When
Stars
Twinkle
By GERTRUDE BERESFORD
SUMMER evenings
demand a wrap,
and the time has
passed when "any old
thing" will do. An at
tractive cape is really
an economy, for fre
quently it makes a
gown, not new or
fresh, passable beneath
the mantle of its kindly
charity. Lustrous satin
in a shade of vivid rob
in's egg blue makes
this delightful wrap.
The roll collar is of
palest yellow char
meuse, though a broad
band of silver braid,
ending in two silver
tassels, will make an
easy neck finish on
such a cape, construct
ed by the home dressmaker.
Advice to
the Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
A Little Too Strict
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 19. a strict
church member and I do not to to thea
ters or dancei, or any public affair. Whll
at a little gat'ierlnr at a girl friend' ham
I met a very nice your. man
He la of a different religion and he Ukei
to go to theaten and dancei. I would
like to know which to do. Sha'l I atop be
ing so atrlct and co to theaters with blm
or (hall I lv him up T I like him very
much. My girl friend aayi If I think very,
much of thla man, I will go to a theater
once In a whl.c with him. N. 8. B.
Tou are a rather atartUng reaction from
the young peiple of today I I think, my
dear, that yon lean too far in your direc
tion. If you Ilka thla young man, and
feel that he U u fin character, there la no
particular reason why you ahould not ac
company him to a theater. Tou sd not
go and I trust you will not go to a cheap
burlesque or very ordinary vaudeville. But
I certainly do not aee why going to the
hlgh-claaa theater and elng the beet
plays can In aii way barm you. The thea
ter of today is doing soma very fine and
worthwhile thugs, as well as some which
are Intended to cater to tb worst la peo
ple. But It this young man baa good
taste, you wll) see it vary readily in bis
choice of am.itements.
Meeting Men.
Dear Miss Fairfax: We are three collta-d
girls, and we are considered good, looking.
We dress wel. and have many opportuni
ties to entertain.
Unfortunately, our school Is not coednca.
tlonal, so we do not have any opportunities
to meet men.
We are members of th Toung Women's
Christian association and many clubs. Can
you suggest ways of meeting men beside
flirting with them? BETTY.
Of course, I m going to advise you em
phatically aga.net any temptations to flirt
And then I azc going to add a word to
which Impetuous youth will naturally ob
ject: Be patient. In th natural oeurs of
events you do meet men, the brother of
your girl friends, their acquaintances, the
sons of frlendi of your family. Of course,
youth longs fo' gayety and romance and 1:
doesn't want to wait, but It often has to
wait G6ing out with the avowed pur
pose of making masculine acquaintances
would do you no good at all. for It woulo.
probably mak you -over-eager and. so, un
attractive. Jus. be friendly, ready to give
kindly Interest to every on you meet
and eventually you will form a clrcl of
friend that will Include men a well as
girl. This ious not sound Ilk very use.
ful advice, I know, but It la th only safe
advice I can give you. Just go along
quietly and calmly make friends with all
you meet and don't run so eagerly after
love that you frighten It away.
Everybody reads Bee Want Ads.
Battalion of Turkish
Women
That there is a battalion of Turk
ish women to serve behind the front
is, perhaps, the most interesting of
recent announcements from the For
eign News Service of the woman's
committee, Council of National De
fense. A telegram from Constantinople
to the Rhenischer Gazette says that
Turkish women are to be admitted to
the army. The Association of Ottoman
Women has sent out appeals to wo
men between the ages of 18 and 30
to enroll in the battalion just created.
This will be attached to the first corps
of the Turkish army, and will work
eight hours a day back of the front.
For the present the officers of this
battalion, both commissioned and non
commissioned, will be men, but wo
men will replace them an soon as
trained.
"This battalion," says the woman's
committee, "is the equivalent, at least
so far as it goes, of the British Waacs
(woman's army auxiliary corps) and
a step in advance of what has been
attempted by this country or, so far
as the committee knows, by any other
of the allied countries, providing, as it
does, opportunity for women to actu
ally serve in the army and behind the
battle line. Previous reports arriving
through the Foreign News Service
have indicated that many Turkish wo
men were taking advantage of the
war emergency to modify their dress,
dispense with their veils, and, in some
cases, accept clerical position, but this
is the first intimation of an Associa
tion of Ottoman -Women." .
Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, jr., at one
time Mrs. Grover Cleveland, has is
sued through the National Security
league a message to the women of
America, in which she urges them to
stand firm and united against all
temptations to compromise this war.
The woman hodcarrief has made
her appearance in New York City.
AW
Campire Girls
Organize ''Minute
Girl" Companies
. i0 lacuiute war
work, the "Minute
Si
'Girl" organization
j will be inaugurated
at a mass meeting
of local Camphre
x Girls at the Young
Woman's Christian
N association Satur
day. According to
Mrs. W. T. Moore,
Harriet ni'KE chairman of the
Guardians' association, the new sys
tem will closely parallel military
organization.
The idea is original with the Camp
fire Girls of this city, who will or
ganize themselves into six companies
of SO each. Both a quartermaster's
corps and a master surgeon's depart
ment will be included in the new or
ganization. Miss Harriet Duke, of
central mgu scnoot, win serve as
commandant.
The "Minute Girl" will wear an
especially designed service uniform
of blue serge. She will be familiar with
the manual at arms, as well as re
veille and taps.
To stimulate interest in the new
war-time organization many of the
commissioned offices will be put on a
competitive basis.
competitive basis. The ' Minute Girl"
system will not in any way supplant
the Camphre organization, but will
exist as a parallel with it, for the
period of the war.
A SALE
OF USED
MACHINES
SATURDAY
Many Remarkable
Bargains '
Singers-Whites
flew Homes-Wheeler-Wilsons
S5-S648 up to $22
Here is your chance
to buy a real bargain.
Only one to a cus
tomer. You must
hurry, for these will
go fast.
Singer v. $ 7.00
New Home.... .$ 7.00
Singer ........$ 7.00
White $ 8.00
New Home $ 5.00
White .,....,..$15.00
Singer .....-...$22.00
Wheeler-Wilson $18.00
Wheeler-Wilson $17.00
New Home $15.00
Davis $14.00
New Royal... ..$12.50
New Home $12.00
None will be sold to
agents.
One hundred White
Machines for rent.
We repair all makes.
GKELS
15th and Harney
Doug. 1973
Expert Advice for
"Liberty Gardeners"
"Every Liberty gardener" says
Miss Helen Atwater, executive chair
man of the woman's committee food
production department, "is helping by
his own personal effort and in a way
approved by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and the Council
of National Defense to solve the
food problem of the nation and of the
allies. Anyone can become a Liberty
gardener who is willing to sign and
keep the Liberty gardener's pledge.
The advantage of being such a gard
ener is that an official garden direc
tor places his expert knowledge at
your disposal, thus helping to make
your garden more successful and t
avoid waste of time, labor and mate
rif Is."
The prince of Wales has a very dis
tinct learning towards music While
at the front he has often attended the
soldiers' "sing-songs," and on several
occassions he has been persuaded to
render a solo.
PAN0RS
D
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y kjkx w a. lit jixuwo vjm.
a classy pair of oxfords
We Advise You to
G A "Bates"
First-Because they are just as good as
shoes that cost a great deal more.
Second-Because they have a lot of style.
OXFORDS
Black Calf and
Tan Brown Calf
$6
Cordo Brown Calf
Ko-Ko Brown Calf
and Mahogany
Brown Kid at
$7
SHOES
5 Styles
In Black
Calf at
$6
AakU
5 Stylet in Cordo
Brow Calf at
$7
1512 Douglas Street,
Omaha, Neb.
1512 Douglas Street,
Omaha, Neb. -
The most riesintble furnished rooms
are advertised in l lie Bee. Get a nice,
cool room for the jrW""
Proper Lamps-Proper
Service
In preceding articles it has been shown How Thomas A'.
Edison invented the first incandescent electric lamp, how he
improved upon it, and how the combined brains of the leading
laboratories of the world finally produced the famous Mazda
of today. '
Tour Electric Service Company has these lamps in its sales
rooms, and would detail its reasons for calling attention to this
fact
Our patrons, possibly laymen in matters electrical, may not
understand how important is the intelligent purchase of lamps
in the securing of the best, most lasting and most economical
light
Mazda lamps are made to accommodate certain voltage re
ceived over the wires from the central plant The wires them
selves furnish a certain voltage. It is extremely desirable that
these two voltage figures coincide, and for these reasons i ;
First If the wire voltage is higher than that for which '
the lamp is designed, this lamp will burn out much
more quickly than otherwise, thus putting the user to , .
considerable inconvenience and some little expense. v
Second If the lamp voltage is higher than that fur
nished by wire from the electric light company, the
candle-power, or volume of illumination furnished
by this lamp, will be less than normal Thus, to
produce a given amount of light, more lamps may
have to be used simultaneously, increasing the
amount of current consumed, at a corresponding in
crease in cost
Your Electric Service Company understands the voltage of
both lamps and wires, and is thus able to furnish the proper
lamps for all conditions within its territory. A complete line of
Mazdas is carried in our sales rooms, and the salesmen under
stand the important voltage equation to perfection.
These are the reasons for our little series of talks on lamp
service. It will pay you to secure your Mazdat-from those who
know!
NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY
'Your Electric Service Company" '
Remember We Have Moved
. Into the
Electric Bldg.
15th and Farnam Sts.
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