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PART TWO
PART TWO "
AMUSEMENTS
PAGES 1 TO 12
SOCIETY SECTION
PAGES 1 TO 12
VOL. XLVII NO. 61.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1918.
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ftrT IGH-BOOTED, and spurred
f1 driver goes on her patriotic way
and her car ever at the disposal of those in need, whether it be a
Red Cross worker who desires transportation or a -soldier's mother 'or wife
who needs succor while the breadwinner is at war.
Mrs. E. S. Westbrook is commandant of the company of women who
wear the khaki uniform of the motor drivers' corps in Omaha. Under Captain
Westbrook's efficient leadership the corps has done a wonderful bit for the
National League for Woman's Service, of which it is a branch, and has
assisted the Red Cross by collecting old papers and magazines for the
salvage department. Their duties will be increased as the war goes on
ana it my oe, oetore many montns, tnat you will see tne tan-coiorea car
with the service league seal on the door, driven by one of these trim military
- drivers, bearing some wounded soldier to his home or a nearby hospital.
All the members of the corps are skilled drivers and know their cars down
- to the tiniest screw. They worked diligently for weeks studying at an auto
school before passing their final examinations.
The organization is conducted on strictly military lines and no wbman
rises from the ranks of a private until she has earned her commission.
mis. s. 0. vJiHJuuui ia mat ucuicuaiit ui mc wviiipaiiy aiiu mia. xiauy
Jordan has the commission of second lieutenant. The corps is justly proud
of one of its members, Miss Moa Cowell, who has been chosen to do
canteen work in France, and she will lay aside her khaki for the military
capel of blue very soon. ' ,
The work these patriotic women have done for the civilian relief depart
ment of the Red Cross is probably the most striking example of the service
they render their country. They have found cases of absolute want at our
very doors, for, kind-hearted as Uncle Sam is, he often neglects to send the
"allowance to the soldier's family left behind until several months have
passed, and here the civilian workers are able to lend financial aid until the
check arrives.
Omaha Red Cross chapter, realizing the great importance of a motor
corps such as Captain Westbrook commands, will soon organize a corps of
its own. Volunteers are now being called and their duties will include trans
porting chapter supplies and canteen workers, meeting troop trains and lend
r ing assistance with charitable work.. Gould Dietz, head of Omaha chapter, is
formulating plans to launch the division very soon, and, with the combined
efforts of the' two companies,, a wonderful work will be done in Omaha
through the efforts of these patriotic women.
..The members of Captain Westbrook's company include: Mesdames
Sam Burns, Harry Montgomery, Clarke Coit, E. S. Weatherly, Charles Of
futt, William H. Warwick, Victoj Caldwell, Milton Barlow, C. W. Pearsall,
Harry Welch, P. T. McGrath, Frank Nieman, W. A. Smith, E. T. Manning,
O. F. Murphy, W. B. Mathews, H. D, Rhoades, Harry Jordan, O. S. Good-
ncn, Misses Kutn Arnstein, uetty coit, peuian nan, Florence neggblade,
F.thel Magney, Beulah Clarke, Almira Haycock, Edna Clarke, Ora Ambler,
Anna Granbeck, Ada Riddelsbarger, Eula H. Wester, Pauline Greene, Ellen
x Greene, Marjorie Howland, Maude Higgins, Beulah Hall, Esie Siemssen
and Anna Christansen. 1
Military Dance For
Benefit of Fort
- Riley Band I
: Admission will be free to the "jit
ney" dance" m the municipal audi
torium June 6, to be given for the
purpose of raising a fund to main
tain a military band at Fort Riley.
The girls who arc willing to be dance
partners will be tagged and a charge
; of 5; cents or one jitney will be made
for each dance.
Members of the band of the medi
cal officers' training camp will be in
Omaha on that day. They are SO
musicians "under the leadership of
Alois Winckler, former director of
the Panama-Pacific Exposition barid.
They will be stationed in the middle
of the dance, floor and will play, be
sides the dance program, a number of
military airs and trench music. ,A
number of special features will be
given under the directions of Mes
dames C. T. Kountze, Fred Hamilton,
J. T. Stewart 2d, and Blaine Young.
The band is en route to Chicago
to play at a meeting of the American
Medical association, whose purpose in
convening is to appeal to physicians
for war service. No , provision is
made for a band at any training camp,
so this organization is - financing its
trip by giving concerts in each of the
larger cities en route.
A guarantee of $500 .was made by
the women of Omaha who are ar
ranging for the affair. All money"
over that amount will be given to the
Associated Charities.
The following patronesses are as
sisting with arrangements:
' Mesdames '
W. J Hynes.
J. E. Davidson.
F. W. Judson.
Alvln Johnson. ' .
H. H. Baldrige.
C. B. Heller.
Lawrence Brinlter.
Ira W. Porter.
N. B. Updike.
P. A. Brogan.
Wlllard Hosford.
C. F. Kountze,
L. L. Kountze.
George Brandels.
A. I. Root
M. V. Porter.
A. J. Love.
C. M. Wllhclm.
M. M. Hundley.
Donald McCrae.
E. A. Wlckham.
A V. Klnsler.
John Trender.
Jack Sharp. , '.
Mesdames
Charles Martin.
A. L. Schantz.
1 Iowa rd Goodrich.
Will Maloney.
Leon Millard.
Allen Parmer.
Lee HuZ.
Mabel Klllck.
J. A. Munroe.
J. C. Bradford.
K. A. Higgins.
C. H. Ashton.
A. L. Ritchie.
C. T. Fanning.
Frank Selbr.
C. Vincent.
Frank Welch.
J C. Spelsberger.
A. L. Reed.
D. A. McDermott
A. B. McConnell. ,
W. Page.
W. E. Rhoades.
O. 8. Goodrich.
Joseph Barker II.
L'arl Wolf.
Florence Steundenberg.Ed Slater.
E. P. Smith.
Julia James.
T. E. Rudolph.
Misses
Elder
Marie Riley.
Polly Adler.
Helena WoodwsVd.
Margaret Gamble.
Mildred Rhoades.
lteglna ConnelU
J. T. Stewart II.
Misses
Carlba O'Brien.
Menie Davis.
Dorothy Brown.
Catherine Schall.
Louisa White.
Eleanor Austin.
The general council of the
formed Episcopal church has
Re-
de-
cided to admit women to all offices of
trust and responsibility in the church
organization. ,
Women clerks are now assorting
mail in the Baltimore postoffice.
War WtM
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with love of country, the motor corps
through sun and storm, her services
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Needled! fr
air wot,
Hundreds of . Omaha women
are preparing themselves for 5.
war work, but there is still a Y
crying demand for more work-
ers in all departments of the !
government. ' ' ' t.
More than 1,000 women were
given government positions in 4
Washington each day during K
March. Almost 8,000 persons
were appointed to clerical posi- Y
tions in Washington during De- ?
cember.
. The government needs inter- $
preters for overseas service, y
Very little except a knowledge X
of foreign languages is re- in
quired. Women from foreign Y
countries are accepted gladly,
and it is a mistake to think that
special education is necessary.
" Inspectors and inspectors' as
sistants will be paid from $800
to $2,400 a year. Factory girls
with a little snecial training
could qualify and rise rapidly. ,
wurK an ora s an oppor
tunity for everyone. The range
of work is wide enough to give
.everyone a choice. .In addition
to clerical work, Red 'Cross
nursing offers a big field of
opportunity. 4-
Applicants, who are more than
18 years old, are urged to get
in touch with the United States f
Civil Service commission. X
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Knitting Rules
Knitters, who leave knots in the
socks for soldiers are going to come
to grief. For every bunTpy knotis
going to be "penalized to the extent of
docking fifteen minutes' credit off
of the Red Cross honor card. Cen
sors must rip and repair all knots,
because they would cause discomfort
for the men if allowed'to pass.
A future regulation advises that all
socks must be turned. During the
past week 216 pairs have been re
ceived at headquarters.' Omaha made
sweaters completed during the past
seven days number 755. vThis brings
the total of these garments to 2,35
towards the 4,000 quota of sweaters
which must be completed by June 30.
Instead tf making the neck size too
loose, as many of the patriotic knit
ters have done in the past, now the
censors say the neck is bound off too
tightly. The stitches should be loose
ly made so that while the neck size is
small, it will be pliable.
An advertisement appeared recently
ir. the London newspapers inviting
capital towards the foundation' of a
school for teaching women to fly.
One hundred and twenty-seven Unt
versity of Michigan girls have regis
tered for work on farms this suin-
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f Literary Cliib "Members
Reclaim Wern Clothes
of ; Soldiers ' -
RECLAIMING the torn and worn
clothings of the soldiers is the
latest form of military work. The
Belles-Letters Literary club has been
given permission from the War de
partment in Washington to" devote
themselves to this work and have the
use of the Knights of Columbus hut
on Fridays at Fort Omaha. The
members will sew from 10 a. m. to 5
p. m. Miss Terra Tierney is presi
dent. The club has been having pro
grams at the home of the members
and including Red Cross work during
the afternoon
i fee- Ua m
War'.WeA Notes
Happy Hollow club will be pro
fusely decorated with flags oi,-Monday
.when the benefit bridge party
will be given by the Duncfee Woman's
Patriotic club, Mrs: Gns Hollo will
tell fortunes as an attraction of the
afternoon. The proceeds of the of
fair will be used for the fund to send
a canteen worker to France.
Mrs. C. T. Kountze is directing the
work of the Nebraska applicants for
Red 7 Cross 'canteen service abroad.
during the-absence of Mrs. A. L. Reed,
who is at Methodist hospital.
A course in the home service sec
tion of. the Red Cross civilian relief
Work is now open to new workers.
Applicants should register - at the
Omaha chapter headquarters in the
county court house, Tyler 27 J
Visiting Nurses to Open
jjowjr iicaiui oiauuiia-2-
Bby the Visiting Nurse association,
ADY health stations, conducted
open for the summer Monday morn
ing, when from 10 to 11 o'clock Dr. F.
S. Clark will examine babies at the
South Side Social Settlement.
Tuesday, afternoon between 1 and
2 o'clock Dr. Newell Jones will
superintend the examination of
babies at the City JWission. These
hours will be observed each week.
Long school will be the center for
the third baby health station but
work here will not begin until Tune
,18, pending the close of school. Miss
Anna Andrews will be the nurse in
charge on Tuesday and Friday morn
ings between the hours of 10 and 11
o'clocl:
the.
i aia juiss jNiona lowie
inniK. wncn sne nniinpn ine nine
and white garb of a nurse in an cast
ern hospital, that her first emergency
case would be in front of her own
home in Omaha. An automobile ac
cident which occurred near the Towle
home recently proved to be a very se
rious one, for two or thre'e women
n the car were seriously injured.
i Miss Towle was almost the first
one on the scene and, with her knowl
edge of first aid, she lid much to
alleviate the suffering of the victims,
before the ambulance, arrived to take
them to the hospital.
She went with them to the hospital
and assisted the doctors in everv way
possible, feeling very much atnome
in the rubber-padded corridors and
clean, bare rooms of an institution of
healing. ,
In these days when' the world is
crying for nurses, lucky is the girl
who has specialized in this line of
work, for, w hether she enlists 'or duty
in the hospitals of France or stays
under her roof tree, she will be in
great demand.
T IEUTEN.VNT TRACY, "one of
those handsome artillery offi
cers" who came from Texas recently,
was raised up, only to be' dashed
down again when he took his first
exam, at Fort Omaha.
When he learned that his paper
was marked 70 per cent he felt quite
pleased and circulated around among
brother officers with a "sce-what-I-got"
expression. 'F.veryonc agreed
that 70 wasn't a bad mark at all for
such stiff questions.
. Imagine the blow when the powers
that be announced that those who
had not made 75 would be confined
to the post for a week.
KINDERGARTiEefIS in the new
Field school lart week completed
. an attractive Redv Cross poster.
Imagine "teacher's" consternation,
when a little kiddie approached her
for permision to take the poster home
to his mother "becauge she is chair
man of the Red Cross 'booze." he
raid.
What the youngster meant to con
vey was that his mother was one off
tne Dooms cnairmen.
OVERHEARD 'at the officers'
dance. . .,
Youthful lieutenant to a group of
pretty dancers: i ou Omaha girls
all want to mother me; nobody wants
to love mel
F YOU love your wife, don't call
her "Hon." She might mistake it
for "Hun," which is now a decidedly
unpopular term of endearment.'to say
the least. 1
ONE Central High school graduate
will be a proud boy on June 7,
commencement day. " That is, if
he passes his Latin examination Fri
day. t
The reward, in the shape of a com
mencement gift, is to be a life mem
bership in the Omaha Athletic club,
so his mother confided to Gabby.
Liberty bonds will be the patriotic
commencement gift of Dr. and Mrs.
Charles Jlosewater to their daughter,
Irene, who will be graduated from
Smith college this week. An inter
esting fact in connection with Miss
Rosawater's four years at school, is
that I she has never missed writing
home regularly. two times eaijh week.
Mrs. C. M. Wilhelm Ex
plains Soldiers' and
J.,-; Sailors' Relief Act
SO MANY inquiries have been
made regarding the soldiers' and
sailors' civil relief act that Mrs.
C. M. Wilhelm, chairman home serv
ice section of the .Red Cross civilian
relief department, makes the follow
ing statement: '
''This law, which was approved
March. 8, 1918, provides for the pro
tection of the soldier and his family
from eviction or distress during the
man's period of military service.
"If judgment. by default is threat
ened against a soldier or sailor while
he is in military service, if judgment
by default has been rendered; if legal
proceedings are begun; if fine or
penalty has be.en incurred by him
while in military service for the nftn
perfornjance of some obligation; if
his family has been threatened with
eviction; if property purchased on the
installment plan by him is about to be
retaken; if a mortgage is; about to be
foreclosed; if he has an iniurarice pol
icy or a fraternal benefit membership,
the payment upon which 'he fears he
may not be able to keep up; if pro
ceedings are threatened to collect
taxes or assessments against his prop
erty or that of his dependents;-or if
a soldier or sailor has started a home
stead, mining or other claim on public
lands prior to entering military serv
ice;" report same to the home service
section of the civilian relief depart
ment of the American Red Cross and
the necessary steps will be taken to
protect the soldier and his dependents
from any loss he might incur because
of his absence in military service.
(Jur ofhee, which is in the court
house, Seventeenth street entrance, is
open from 9 until 5 o'clock except on
Saturday, when it closes at 1 o'clock.
HeinmiF ;Ml
iter mother bears testimony to th
fact that a letter, from Irene has ir.
rived every Monday and Thursday
since she departedfor college.
Q PEAKING of patriots you should
have seen Charlie Saunders, just
ly famous bachelor, taking the min-
tttia -f 1i P., I j: .
meeting with his left hand and wear
ing his, right digits tied up in a lot
of antiseptic gauze.
Mr. Saundfcs js secretary for the
Red Cross directors; healso is "con
valescing from an infected hand. The
latter fact wouldn't keep him away
from this public manifestation pf his
love of country, so he "took his pen.
in hand" and proved that he iaf-
'south paw artist" with a vengeance.
But alas,, the irony; of fate! The
secretary misplaced the minutes! He
hunted alt over.the court house with
a fine tooth-comb, but he couldn't
find them. Somebody said "it didn't
matter much, because it was such aw
fully hard writing to read."
ONE Central High school graduate
will be a iproud boy on June 7, ,
commencement day. , That fs
if hepasses his Latin examination
Friday. .
The reward, 'in the shape of a com-,
mencement gift, is to be a life mem-'
bership in the Omaha Athletic club,,
so his. mother confided to Gabby.
M'
ISS: LAURA GOETZ' kinder-
gartners in the new s Field
school Mast week completed an
attractive Red Cross poster. Imagine
"teacher's" consternation when a lit
tle kiddie approached her for per,
mission to take the poster home to
his mother "because she is chairman
ofthe Red Cross 'booze,'" he said. .
VVhat thev youngster meant to con
vey was that his mother was one of
the booths chairmen. . 1
SCENE,. Fort Omaha canteen.. ,
Tirtie; 'dmntf hou
Pretty canteener.to mee oW major;
"May I take your order?" f
K 0; M. to P. C.J "Yes, my deat
child,, if. you make it a request in
stead. Of an order."
.l.ti.l,A,M,,,,1,.1,,n;,,,,i..i.,.,t., If j
Canning ; Demonstrations-
? Soon :to Be Started by
Conservationists '.'
ON FRIDAY a meeting of the Con
, servation council was held at the
Young Women's Christian association 1
to' call in reports of the square block
campaign and the conservation work
accomplished in each district. Miss
UniiJ f:tn.. T Itifnln atafA 1ai4er
of home demonstration work, - waa
present and explained the national
campaign for conservation. Mrs.
Marie Leff Caldwell told of the ex
cellent work that had been accom
plished through the South Side Set
tlement. ' 1 1 ", ' '
Mrs. Paul - Rivett of Florence will
assist" in the canning work for : the
summer months.. Mrs. Rivett handled
the work so efficiently! last summer
that the women of Omalja are as
sured of the. best help that can be e- .
cured. ' Canning demonstrations' are
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to oe arranged jor every acnoui uw
trict ' - ,
Other helpers will be available, 80
that individual helpjnay be given for
the asking. Any woman whcwill
gather six of her nelghborl together
can have . a demonstration lesson in
her own kitchen.. , :'-. :
The preservation of foods Js claim
ing an equal share of attention with
that of the use of substitutes. ,
In the instruction classes a short
course in food preparation is being
conducted Tested recipes are given
to illustrate each subject.,
Miss Nellie Farusworth, federal
food agent, will carry, out-the follow-
tniv nrnffram tti rnmincr wek: :
Monday 3 p.rm.." Clifton Hill
school, Mrs. F. E. Gilbert, chairman;
instruction class, subject, "Meats.". '
Tuesday 10 a. m Lothrop. district,
Mrs. Maynard Cole, chairman; in
struction, class in Christian church,.
SUDjeCI, meats. O p. Hi., iiumitt
school, Mrs. G. R. Spencer, gjiiirman; ;
lesson on "Canning, Mrs. Paul Riv
ett will speak to Jewish women in the
Lyric building at 3:30 p. m. on "Con
servation;" Miss' Lottie Guttman,
chairman.
, Wednesday 10 a. m.', Farnam dis
trict, Mrs. G. E. Mickel, chairman; in
struction class held in First Baptist
church, subject. "Desserts Conserva
tion of Sugar."- 3:30 p. m.; Mason
school. Mrs. J. P. Winn, chairman;
instruction class, subject, "Meat Sub
stitutes." '
Thursday 10 a. m.. Dundee school, .
Mrs. Wymer Dressier,, chairman f in
struction .class, subject. "Meats." ' 3
n. m.. Lake scljool, Mrsl Charles A.
Powell, chairman; instruction class,
subject, "Liberty Breads." p
Friday Miss 1 Farnswortn . will
soealj on the use of substitutes. Firstr
Congregational church at 12:30. 7:45
p. m Howard Kennedy school, Mrs.
W. H. Weymuller. chairman; instruc
tion class, subject. "Table Service.''.
Saturday 2 p. m.. a meeting of the
P. E. O. will be held in South High ;
school, when Miss Farnsworth will
sneak on the use of substitutes and.
Mrs. Paul Rivett will demonstrate the - .
use of barley. , . . -