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VOL. XLVU-NO. 48.
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4 OD couldn't be everywhere,
I y and so he made mothers."
, And Mothers' day, is it not
the most beautiful and significant an
niversary on the calendar? This year
of all years, when our hearts are torn
' for suffering humanity all over the
world and our minds a troubled maze
of what the future may hold, will not
this day dedicated fo the mothers of
the world, take on a;new and deeper
meaning:1
in iaraway rrance many of our
boys are in the front line trenches.
It is hard to connect white carnations
: and tender verses with the mud and
dreariness of the western front, where
so many of our American men are
fighting, but Mothers' day will be ob
served even in the front line trenches.
Each man will be given a moment or
two to write a few lines to mother,
and what treasured missives these
will be, written to the accompaniment
. of screaming shells and booming
guns. .
Omaha Mothers.
. Omaha mothers are this day upper
most in the minds of certain brave
v men in khaki who are now on foreign
shores, j These mothers have given
two sons to the service and Mrs.
Joseph M. Baldrige has the distinction
of having two sons in the ambulance
service in war-devastated Europe.
Clifford Wolfe, who is a member of
the 632 Ambulance unit, drives Iris
.huge gray ambulance through the
shell-swept areas near the Somme,
and this unit has the 'distinction of
. having a decoration bestowed upon it
"for bravery. . .. .
Dudley Wolfe wears the huge red
cross of mercy on the sleeve of his
drab-colored uniform, and on the
Venetian plains in far-away Italy this
young Omaha man may be found tak
ing his part in the great struggle.
Mrs.' G. W. Durkee, whose two
sons are serving under the Stars and
Stripes, has mothered many more
oldiers, for the Durkee home is al
ways open to the soldiers at our
forts, and every Sundayfinds four or
five enjoying a real home tiinner at
this hospitable home. While Mrs.
Durkee, entertains these men: her son,
Lieutenant Ray Durkee, his been sim
ilarly entertained in Paris. Lieutenant
Durkee, . who was with the Second
ballooi; squadron, the first balloon
men to leave America for France, was
recently in th,e French capital on a
short furlough. The young officejr
was entertained at tea by a Cincinnati
woman who is doing Young Women's
Christian association work there, and
the honor guests at the affair were a
French countess, a French general
and his two ' daughters. A second
son, Stanley Durkee, who is with the
Omaha Ambulance company, is sta
tioned a: Ctmp Taylor, near Louis
ville. Mr. -end Mrs. Durkee spent
Easter with him.,
rAj certain young officer in France
with the air forces will be thinking of
Mrs. Charles Offutt on Mothers' day.
LieuTenant Jarvis Offutt is now train
ing in Flanders, where he will battle
for the United States of America on
wings. A' second sou in his country's
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TT-NITTERS who have been wait
ing for khaki yarn may take out
their knitting needles. The yarn has
arrived, 400 pounds of it. The Aus
tralian gray, wool is expected daily.'
A . shipment of 890 sweaters has
just .been made. There are 2,000
pairs of . socks ready ,for the next
drive," which is likely to be a triple
quota of sweaters, socks and wrist
lets. , According to the yer.y newest
and most authentic measurements 16
ounces 'is lequired for a sweaker,
four and one-half ounces for a pair of
socks and 16 ounces for a shawl.
To eliminate keeping' individual
records of knitters, it is urged that
knitters work through their auxil
iaries. If sweaters are completed in
four weeks 24 hours of credit will be
allowed on the Red Cross service
card. If socks are finished. in three
weeks, 18 hours are allowed.
service is Casper Offutt, who! is with
the diplomatic .service in far-away
Chile. . , 9 . .. u . . .
Two stars also appear in the serv
ice flag iu the .Sibbernsen home for
two sons who have joined the colors.
Mrs. I. Sibbernsen is another Omaha
mother who' eagerly awaits the let
ters from abroad which are, scheduled
to arrive early in June, for Lieuten
ant Drexel Sibbernsen is . already
overseas with the field artillery. - Al
bert Sibbernsen, an older son, is now
stationed at Waco,-Tex. . -. ( .
First in the hearts of three .stalwart
Americans, whose shoulder bars mark
them, as officers in our great army,
there is a. little mother who points
I proudly to her service . flag with its
fthree gleaming stars. ,- Mrs,. T. : W.
McLullough is this fortunate mother.
In far-away France one son, Lieuten
ant Philip McCullough, is serving, his
country as a member of the signal
corps. Lieutenant Roger .McCul
lough, with Uncle Sam's air forces, is
now in Texas, while a son-in-law.
Lieutenant Hubert Owen,-is now sta
tioned at' the- Fort Omaha balloon
school ' ' . . " '. '., ;
Lieutenant -William Peterson, who
is-Trtth the aviation section "some
where in France," will write -one 'of
these .Mother's letters to a .little
woman away across the sea.Mrs. P,
F. Petersen. Mrs., Petersen is an
other proud mother of two sons in
their country's service. -Lieutenant
'Milton Petersen, who is with the
United States infantry reserve, . is
now at Fort Douglas. Utah, where he
is an instructor in the throwing, of
hand grenades. ' . , .
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I 'Women Hold Jtacrifice
x ' Saleipp War Orphan
i Benefit. j ' ' '.'
THE Ladies' Aid society of First
Methodist i church' .will hold a
sacrifice '.sale Wednesday;, at .Thir
teehth'.';a)d,r1Hpwa;d "streets, for the
benefit! of -the Society and the French
Orphan ''fund.1-Women are urged to
take advantage of this opportunity to
do some 'real war.' work,, and' at the
same ' time .get. rid , of some -: things
they' -do not need or' at least can 'get
along" without." If it means a sacrifice
so much the better:, f
It only requires $36.50 to support a
French orphan for, a .year, and it is
surprising how qnickly $36.50 can be
realized from the sale of suplus stocks
of household and. personal ( articles.
Clotlfing of all kinds," bric-a-brac,
furniture, jewelry and anything else
that , tan be sold will- be acceptable.
The sale will be under the management
of, Mm. ..Charles A. Goss, assisted by
the following committees: Mrs. C. A.
Goss and' Mrs". E.'F. Margaret, bric-a-bracVhina'and'
jewelry 'r Mrs.'George
Mickel,. hats and shoes; Mrs.- George
PlatnJSr, 'furniture' Mrs.' Lenore Dietz
Nelson,, games and. t6y6; Mrs. Stur
!f?ess, books andpictures; Mrs. Ford
Ho've'v. women's "clothijig; Mrs. M. A.
Vapbiv men's clothing: Mrs. W. H.
NTowhsend 'and Mrs. W.'H.' Indoe,
-rnnurcii snuuiiug, an is. cnnie ail-
fas, commissary, and. Mrs. " A. H.
Hippl., - publicity. '. ,' ' ..'
:A group oi oyieniian women jvui
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eive an entertainment tor a number
VI, ":U,,C8V?. en-
ing in , L-atnouc turner, nail. , , A
patriotic program, will be presented,
A hand wrought hammock made hv
Wil!iam WalkeY. who is totalfv, blind
since his eyes Were injured in-an ex-
plosion several years ago,' hi.s been
donated to the Red Cross, and will be
auctioned by. the salvage' committee,
tuese isomers,
Wfiom Has Two
At (Salbiy
Cross
T OT all the disappointments and
lv self-sacrifice incident-to war
work are suffered by the brave boys
of the-balloon school. Consider the
tireless canteen workers, for instance,
Added to the long hours of service a
fair war waitress had to 'endure the
following sad accident.
The family car Was in the repair
garage. So fastening on her pretty
veil she left her. home near the Field
club to take a Leavenworth car to
the North Omaha fort.
As she passed on the west side of
the street, a young man appeared on
the porch of a house opposite, waved
to the Red Cross worker and started
to approach his chummy roadster,
when another neighbor, this time an
elderly woman, driving a plain little
"flivver," drew up right between the
girl and the man with the car.
"Do get in and let me take you
where you are going," invited the
lady. The canteener hesitated, re
spect for gray hairs and a ride to the
fort or a possible, ride, with a hand
some young man? . , .
But she who hesitates is late and
the war worker's choice fell on"' the
"tin Lizzie," and the two started off,
but they only got to Farnam street
when the hostess inquired. ,
"Which way?"
"Fort Omaha, please," answered the
guest. " '
"I'm awfully sorry, but I couldn't
take you so far," commenced Xhe
small car owner. So out got the war
worker and into the northbound Wat
tles' electric to finish her lonesome
trip to the canteen.
It didn't soften the blow any on
the following morning to be ' asked
over the telephone by a young mascu
line voice, "Why did you pass me up
last nipht? I wanted to take you for
a spin
PRETTY canteen workers at Fort
Omaha whose hearts have been
touched by the lonely lot of cadet
officers to the extent of inviting said
officers to partake of much home
made strawberrjKshortckcs and other
"mother's make" of delicacies, have
had some disapopintiug experiences,
one of them confided to Gabby
Detayls.
"One in particular whom I thought
a perfect peach of a chap and whom
I asked to the house a number of
times never said a word to me about
being married.".
"Imagine my surprise the other
evening to see him at the theater with
his wife and little daughter who were
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ce to me it he were married and I
would have invited him to the house
anyway, but I wish he had told mc."
Pouted tnc lovcIv m,ss-
A TRAY lunch" is quite the most
ultra mode of present day
entertaining. No less a. social leader
than Mrs. C T. Koui.tz? unconscious
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Stores: Today i
ly i inaugurated ..the idea this, last
ly inaugurated , the idea this
week.-. , l.i, v' ,. i -. .
Most every one, knows that- Mrs.
Kountze's'desk ',has been' closed - at
Red cCross , headquarters for the; last
few weeks,; only 'when Mrs. A. Li
Reed -opens-it 'to care for some rush
ing business : letters. - , ,
It was just the : thought of these
letters that "tempted the "sick-abed-lady"
to break the "complete rest"
orders of the doctors and bribe her
siiter, Mr. J. T. Stewart, 2d, to in
vite Mrs. Reed to lunch with the. con
valescent Kea Lross omciai.
In order not to entirely violate
Official Wmri ;f Capital Make
Waihlnftoii Bureau of The
Omaha Bee, 1311 O Street,
THE great excitement over the
" third Liberty loan was entirely
, . justified in the District. of Co
lumbia, which now owns an honor
flag for the great quota subscribed.
The women's committee did wonder
ful work, headed as it is ,by the
most prominent official women of the
country, including. Mrs. Thomas R.
Marshall, wife of 'the vice president,
the hostessscs of the cabinet circle;
Mrs. Champ Clark, wife of the speaker
of the house of representatives, and
Mrs. James 4R. Mann, wife' of the mi
nority leader of the "house and the
only republican woman on the
woman's advisory committee. Prom
inent society "girls were stationed in
districts all over the city.
The young daughter of one of the
war-time residents 'was, assigned to
the "uptown department" district on
the last' day, and as 4 o'clock ap
proached, realizing she had not sold
a bond that afternoon, was deeply
chagrined. A plain : but kindly-looking
man was approaching. She ac
costed him with "a distressed face.
"I haven't sold a bond this afternoon
and I am responsible for this district.
Won't you buy "one?" she, asked in
f.laintive voice and with appealing
ace. He answered promptly, "Yes,
I'll take twenty-five." She told him
gently she could not sell twenty-five.
The" smallest was 'fifty. He smiled
slightly and then said, "I mean
twenty-five -of the fifty-dollar bonds."
The girl ldoked startled, and he went
further,' as she pulled., out her ' little
certificate for him to sign: --"Make it
twenty-five thousand dollars' worth
if you wantto:" Firmly ' convinced
she had stopped a maniac, she. was
downright frightened and could
hardly Svrite out 'the amount. With
trembling-hand she gave him the slip
to sign, hoping . he . would do it
quickly and go away, fearing to show'
her alarm. He wrote boldly on the
line marked "signature,", "Charles M.
Schwab." The . girl, knowing the
name well and realizing the money
was perfectly good, says she could
tha ulxi appease the nuljt
hostess kept ner luncheon secret un-
t.il Jiftr, v9t '.'.im..rriVeff nd then
party a deux' .of, the season, with, the
nosiess. nat on ner oacit ana, inc
oceans of lovely , flowers arid ney
books sent (by sympathizing" friends
piled tall around them. , '- . . , , :
A i MOST attractive youngimu'si
cian is soon to announce f her
engagement, Gabby ' has vbeen
told She is one of the most accom
plished young pianists jn thft city-and
has studied under famous - eastern
teachers. She drives her own tar,
and is a charming figure at the wheel
of hef roadster. . v .
The man? An army officer, of
course, but not an eastern importa
tion, one of our Omaha ..boys, nw
stationed in the east; He will. be
back on a furlough one of these days
and then look out for one of these
quick-as-a-wink military weddings.
inn
only just say, "Oh, oh," and scam
percd away to headquarters to turn
in 'the .certificate to; Mrs. "Marshall,
who was in "charge. ' She called it a
day!s work and' went out for tea.
Nebraska Girls Knit.
Nebraska ' girls here ' doing war
work in the various departments are
knitting'and knitting. , They are do
ing admirably in socks, under the di
rection of Mrs. Samuel Avery, , wife
of the chancellor of the Nebraska
university, who is one of the most
active workers in the Nebraska
Women's Washington club. Some
of the girls, itnjust be told, are only
just learning to knit, and they are
put on quilt squares, as bed coverings
are almost as much needed, and they
are simple to practice on. The women
are getting their wool through the
Congressional club, which sells to its
members at cost,, and the finished
articles are .turned in to the club,
which is doing splendid Red Cross
work. The girls have been meeting
in the home of Senator Norris, as
Mrs. Norris, who is president of the
club, and was the inspiration for the
organizing iOf. the Red Cross; circle ,of
the club, has not been well enough
for some weeks to go out. They will
meet with her again a week from
next Monday night,' and after that
will arrange to meet in the h,pmes of
the different officers and members of
the club. . , ,. f
William Henry Harrison, 3d,
grandson of the late former senator,
and former governor of Nebraska,
Alvin Saunders, has. gone to Dewey,
Okl to continue his training in avia
tion. He has bceivon waiting orders
in Washington for some time. He
was somewhat handicapped at the be
ginning of our preparing for war on
account of his health,, but six months'
ranching in Wyoming did wonders
for him: and he is a fine, straooine
young soldier, a splendid representa-
v' r.t' f .i i, , f .i ti
nve oi inc ngnung Diooa oi me .Har
risons. In ail the wars of this. coun
try a Harrison has made his name in
delible in history. Williams. Henry
Harrison, 3d, is. the only grandson of
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Recipe' Parties ;
;LateotWcffvf
J CanninftiJIemonstratlon t
ft if' Neighbors , .. . ; ;
v( . 'inVitedi. ;:.
CONSERVATION in the'Windsolr -school
'distirjttij" being carried -'
out "inan intetesting'way. iMrs.
Herbert Woodland, district chairman,
and her -Block ' Vigilantes- are having
recipe exchange parties. '.The; women -of
each square block' are invited, to
meet at the.home-of the Block Vigt -lant,
bringing with them their best
conservation tecipe. -Probbima of v.
thrift and the use of substitutes; are.
discussed and much benefit .is derived
by the exchange of recipes and ideaa."-,
The -conservation of 1 food by can-- '
ning will absorb the attention'of most
homemakers during.' the 'summer
months. " Plans are being worked qut '
to furnish help to all. those .who, desire
it. Demonstrations will be conducted ,
in . private ' homf s or ; in . chnrchea..
equipped with facilities for .cooking.
Any woman who will gather six. of ':
he neighbors together. in her kitchen
may, have the personal assistance of a .
trained worker .for canning vegeta- v
blcs orfruits. , Canrting demonstra
tions wjlpbe given:to any group of
women ' wherever ,a simple equipment '.
is .available.',- Those desiring. such as-''
sistance should telephone to Miss
Nellie Famsworth, federal food agent,
Tyler 1322." ' ' : ' K- '
An interesting meeting was held in v
the. Omaha City mission Wednesday
afternoon. Interpreters were present -who
could speak Bohemian and Italy,
ian. Mrs. J. G. Masters . demonstrated '
the making of muffins without the use, ; "
of white flour. Barley and corn, flouf
were used with excellent results. Miss
Farnsworth spoke of the use of, pota- .
toes and substiute flour., and also oi
the proper food for children. '
Prof. Hood, of the' University of
Nebraska gave a talk, on "Gardening"
at Farnam school Friday afternoon, j
Miss Farnsworth will carry out tire j
following program this week:
' Monday S o'clock, Clifton Hill achool;
Mn. T.- B. Gilbert, chairman.. Instruction
clasi, subject, "Cereala;" 7:30 p.'nx., Druid r" ;
Hill achool, Mra; Walter J. Taylor, , chair
man. Instruction class, "subject, ."Planning1 -Meals,"-
"The-Balanced-Ration." '
Tuasd&v--.10 ft m.. Lothraft Aimtrir.t vAfr.- ,
rSlaynard C. 'Cole,' chairman. Instructs V:
class "held In Christian church. Twenty-third '
and Lothrop, streets; subject, "Cereala;" t
p. , m.i . lladinon,, school. (Jdrs.; E Boyoonrt. .
chairman; 7 p. m., Mason school, Mrs,, jj -'-P.
Winn, chairman. ' Instruction class, sub
ject "liberty Breads, s ' V ,- .
Wednesdays 8:30 p. m Laka school, MrSw i
Charles A. Powell, chairman. ,
Thursday 10 'a.' m., Dundee school,' Mrs.
Wymer Dressier, chairman. Instruction -class,
subject,, "Liberty Breads;" J:IS p jn.,
Saunders school. Mrs. R. E. Wlnkelman.
rHalrman. Instruction class, subject, "Table
Service." .
.'Friday 3 p. m., . Sou Lincoln achool.
Mrs. O. N. Sears, chairman; "Canning. By.
the Cold Pack Method;" 7:45 p. m., Howard
Kennedy school. Mrs. W.- H. Weymuller.. "
chairman. Instruction class, subject,- "Can
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' Benefit Invalided' French Soldiers. .
Eight hundred . dollars will - go to
the fund for invalided French sol-' "
diers as a result '.of .the ..showing of - -the
French government war pictures ,
at. the. Fohtenelle ', Thursday- evening
by M. William. Sandoz and Madame..
Lante?.t Offerings .from the schools
increased .the total., UAHjance-Fran- v
caise sponsored the affair. , - :
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