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Cbftduded by El la Fleish man
Women in
Wartime
New Opportunities For
Women Chemists 1
' Women chemists are now in great
demand, according to a Chicago
chemist, Mrs. W. S. Heffersen, of the
committee on courses of instruction,
Woman's committee, Council of Na
tional defense, Illinois division, who
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, Sincewe dratt went into ettect tne
have volunteered or have gone to
training tamps, because they feel that
they have special training and prefer
to enlist in scientific branches of the
service. As a result the laboratories
.have to draw from a greatly depleted
body of men.
chemistry happens to be a field in
which the properly educated woman
bhould be able to meet the man on an
equal footing. There is no physical
obstacle which would prevent her
from making a success in many
branches of chemistry.
- "Women are especially fitted for
chemical or , technical work in the
laboratories of bakeries, food manu
factories, canning and preserving
companies, " in manufacturing or
handling textiles with reference to
doing bleaching, cleaning, and dye
ing. There are also opportunities fcr
women chemists in hospital labora
tories in connection with research
work, and as assistants in doctors' of
fices, where the doctor handles work
which calls ior certain routine anal
ysis from time to time or the prepara
tion of chemical or medical articles.
How English School Girls
. :; : Help in the War
r English school girls have been ac
complishing much in war work, in
which they have learned to practice
self-sacrifice and to gain efficiency.
"Certain ' schools belonging to the
Girls' Patriotic union in England have
Contributed over 5,000 to build and
" eauin a set of rooms at the Star and
Garter Home at Richmond for sol
diers and sailors totally disabled in
the war," say the Woman's Century
of Toronto, Canada. "The Star and
Garter fund, which has been the com
mon achievement of a number of
eviuwia, una mow iv?.uv . v w.v
ambulances and has given largely to
Serbian and other relief funds."
It is the custom for the girls to
raise money "by saving and self-de-rial
for example, by the girls giving
up Sweets and other luxuries and by
, voluntary rationing along various
lines which also makes them intel
ligent helpers to the food controllers,
not hindering grumblers."
Girls have earned money by weed
ing in school and private gardens, by J
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collecting .tin ion ana oiner mciais,
and by undertaking many tasks for
small returns which in time have ag
gregated large amounts. In the town
of Bradford more than 52 pounds of
tin foil were collected in-a year,-the
sale of , which amounted to 85.
" Origin of the Red Cross
Amelia E. Barr, the novelist, wIum
is over 87 years old and is still writ-1
ine romances in which ' the. fire of i
youth burns vigorously, is out with
a' hew book, "An Orkney Maid.": in
which' she tells how the Red Cross
society originated. According to Mrs.
Barr, the motive for the Red Cross
was inspired by the London Times,
in which appeared the following:
"The commonest accessories of a
hospital are wanting; there is not the
least attention paid to decency or
cleanliness; the stench is appalling;
the fetid air can barely struggle out
through the chinks in the walls and
roofs, and for all I can observe the
men die without the least effort be
ing made to save them. They lie
just as they were let down by the
poor fellows, their comrades, who
brought them on their backs from
the camp, with the greatest tender
ness, but who are not allowed to re
main with them. The sick appeared
to be tended by the sick, and the dy
ing by the dying. There are no nurses,
and the men are literally dying hourly
because the medical staff of the Brit
ish army has forgotten that old rags
of linen are necessary for the dress
ing of wounds."
In "An Orkney Maid" we read that
a "trumpet call" in the Times asked
who among the women of England
were ready to go to Scutari hospital
to comfort and help the men dying
for England. "The Son of God goes
forth to war! Who follows in his
train?" In six days Florence Nightin
gale and her group of trained nurses,
most of whom were from the Roman
Catholic Sisters of Mercy and St.
John's Protestant House, had left
England for Scutari. "The prudery
of the English middle class was
shocked at the idea of young women
nursing in military hospitals. They
consider it highly improper." New
x one aun.
Mme. Juliette Adam, probably the
foremost woman journalist of the
world, has been connected with the
Parisian press for upwards of half a
riMitiirv and is still actively at work
with her pen at the age of 83.
Lake School Kindergartners
Make Layettes for Belgian Babies
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To save the little children of the
war stricken countries from suffering,
small pupils of Lake school have
spent many hours making the most
beautifully complete layettes, under
the direction of their knidergarten in
structor, Miss Mae Torrey.
When the three layettes were all
finished, Miss Torrey brought them
to the National Laegue for Woman's
.Service. The latter oragnization will
give them to the Duryea Relief.
Each layette consists of 33 articles.
Everything from neat rows of shin
ing safety pins to downy comforters
all buttonholed around the borders
is included. Much of the work has
been done by the youngsters of five
years. Besides this, the children of
this school have done considerable
knitting for the soldiers, as well as
fashioning knitting needles in the
manual training school.
COLD PACK METHOD
IN 12 SHORT STEPS
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MaAfTottey'
Mgo lUt
6lAmy -wear tall iky acraper heala,
El may wear powder on her son,
Sbeunay wear a ihlmmarlna- sown of silk
T.Tat might be longer, goodneaa knowi;
Bhe may wear cushions o'er her ears
Of real hair, or the store-made kind.
Tet, at helpln' her Uncle Sammy's causa
, She may be leavin' you far behind.
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Bhe may be nan stepptn" along the street
In silken bos each day, 'tis true.
And when you stop for a dish ot cream
She may alt at the table opposite you.
Opposite you In-your fresh "tubbed" gown,
Your sensible heels and cotton hose,
Opposite you with unpowdercd face, .
' , Tour unwaved hair and your shiny nose.
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' And yet,- those "frivolous" silken, hose
. May be carefully washed and darned
'-, each night;
The shlmmery silken dress may be worn
To save a laundry bill's upward flight.
Or to save a weary mother soma toil,
.' Or to leave her freer to work with gauie
At some Red Cross unit; thus may in be
Doing her bit for her country's causa.
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Then judge not, sisters, your sister's clothes.
You can't always senra by being a frump
A shiny nose won't help win this war,
ior flat-heeled .shoes when worn by a
i chump; ' ' .. ,
Because you- haven't a high-arched foot
Is no sign you're a heroine In this strife.
It's ot how we look, but' what we do
Another form of blanching is by
use of a piece of cheesecloth to hold
vegetables or fruits while they are
dipped into hot water, says the Na
tional War Garden Commission. A
two-cent stamp to the Commission
at Washington will bring yon the
free canning book. Watch for step
No. 4.
Of Interest to Women
Women have replaced men as pub
ic playground instructors in Indian
apolis.
Knitting for the soldiers arid sailors
f the country has been adopted as
a pastime by women prisoners in the
county jail at San Diego, Cal.
CHAPTER V. .
The Battle in Rattler Glen.
(When the Frogs go to war with the
Snakes, Peggy la called upon to aid the
former, who are allies of the Birds. With
the help of the Giant ot the Woods and
Billy Belgium aha plans to trap the anaka
army.)
PEGGY, looking down from the
back . of Mr. Swallow, quivered
with dread as she saw the size of the
Snake forces. They filled Rattler
Glen from wall to wall. . Supposing
something went wrong with her plan
to trap them I Sup osing the Snakes
caught the Frogs btfore they could
leap to safety! Pegry shuddered at
the thought 1
General Croaker led his frogs
bravely up the glen. They croaked
loudly as they advanced, hurling
taunts at the enemy.
Cro-a-k! Cro-a-kl On land or water.
Come on, you Snakes, to death and
slaughter.
Cro-a-kl Cro-a-kl We'll show you
fighting
That soon will send you cowards
kiting.
"Good!" said Peggy. 'That will
make the Snakes just blind with
rage."
And it did. The rattling grew more
menacing. The hissing was like an
engine letting off steam. Forked
tongues darted angrily in and out
General Croaker lined up his army
across the glen, the soldiers forming
in close rows. Peggy saw danger to
this.
"Spread out! Spread oatP she
shouted. "Give each other room to
jumpl"
General Croaker saw the wisdom
of the plan and gave orders accord
ingly. The Frogs were quickly
placed in a position where they could I
retreat at top speed. Peggy made
sure that there would be no piling up
should their flight turn into a mad
panic Afterward she was glad she
had taken this precaution.
Each Frog had his reed lance lev
eled toward the approaching enemy.
These seemed so puny and . useless
beside the strength of the Snakes
that Peggy would have laughed had
the situation been less serious. And
it seemed as if the Snakes laughed,
for the rattling became louder than
ever.
The Snakes stopped as they faced
the Frog army. The Frogs at once
chanted another taunt:
Cro-a-k! Cro-a-k! Yon halt in fright,
Come on, come on, if you would fight.'
"Gracious! I hope they're really
not thinking of fightingl" exclaimed
Peggy.
"You can never tell what a Frog
is thinking," said Mr. Swallow.
Peggy saw that the Snake army
was already forming for attack. It
did so in a very orderly fa ''ion. Up
in front were rows of beautiful blue
Snakes, behind them was a company
of Blacksnakes, and still farther
back were handsomely marked
Snakes that Peggy recognized - as
rattlers of the kind she Had helped
swered. . "Those Frogs will have to
jump mighty fast to get away from
them. ,
That warned Peggy. She raced
back to the Frog army,
to kill when she saved the Giant of
the Woods.
"Aren't those blue Snakes pretty?"
she said to Mr. Swallow.
"They're Blue Racers." he an-
"Get on your toes!" she screamed,
using a term she had heard at a base
ball game. The Frogs set themselves
to jump and started another taunting
chant:
Cro-a-kl Cro-a-kl Come on, you
Snakes.
We'll show you that
Peggy saw a blue flash dart out
from the Snake lines.
"Go I Got Got" she screamed.
The chant ceased abruptly. The
whole Frog army rose as one Frog
in a gigantic backward leap. In an
instant it was in full flight, with the
Snakes rushing in pursuit.
Peggy marveled at the swiftness of
the Blue Racers. They streaked over
the ground like glints of light. Would
the Frogs be able to outran them?
. As the charge gained speed Peggy
saw how cunning the Snakes had been
in arranging their army. They had
placed the fleet Blue Racers first and
the fast Blacksnakes second, with the
slower Rattlers and others bringing
up the rear. Thus they would strike
at their ene.ny with unexpected rapid
ity. Peggy urged the Frogs on.
''Jump! Jump for your lives 1" she
screamed.
The first Frogs reached the cliff
and leaped far out. Others followed
them. Peggy, even in the excitement
of battle, was glad she had made them
spread out Otherwise they would
have become tangled up and many
would have perished.
But the Blue Racers were coming
along so fast it did not seem possible
for all the Frogs to get away.
General Croaker bravely kept be
hind his men, urging them to save
themselves. Two huge Blue Racers
forged ahead of the others. General
Croaker leaped desperately to keep
ahead of them, but they gained stead
ily. Peggy saw that he could not
possibly win.
"Down I Down!" she shouted to Mr.
Swallow. He dove just as the two
Snakes sprang for General Croaker.
Mr. Swallow smashed right into one
of the racers and threw it against the
other. They missed General
Croaker, and he, with a mighty leap,
soared over the edge of the cliff.
The two Blue Racers . could not
stop. They sprawled . and tumbled
over the cliff into the canvass below.
Neither could the other Blue Racers
nor tne tJiacksnasces stop. ncy.
went piling over the cliff and Peggy
saw them land with a thud in the
canvas trap.
But the Snakes at the front fit the
charge had traveled far ahead of the
Rattlers and other reptiles. These
latter were able to stop before they
reached the cliff. Peggy saw to her
dismay that the bigger and more dan
gerous part of the army had saved it
self and was reforming. And at that
minute, far up the glen, came the
challenge of the reserve Frog army.
Cro-akl Cro-akl On land or wa
ter. .'" . . -
Come on, you Snakes, to death and
slaughter.
The Snake army turned toward this
mind, and in a moment the charge
was in full swing in the opposite di
rection. Pe$ey felt that the Frogs,
having no cliff over which to leap to
safety, were doomed unless . some
thing was done quickly to save them.'
She saw too, that the Giant of the
Woods and Billy Belgium, anxious to
see how the trap had worked, had
come down from the tree and were
running down the glen directly in the
path of the Snake army. They were
:n grave danger from the deadly rep
tiles. Then came a saving idea. Peggy
darted ahead of the Snake army to
ward the Giant
"The Snakes are escaping she
( Tomorrow will be related the osteoma of
the battle In Rattler Olen.
Mrs. Lee Huff, chairman of the pub
lic workshop, announces the July IS
quota of 5,700 cotton pads will be fin
ished by July 6 at the present rate of
work.- The shop is open Tuesday and
Thursday evening's, with a good night
attendance.
Mrs. L. M. Pegau is the Monday
chairman at the public shop in the ab
sence of Mrs. E. R. Wilson, who has
taken ,a cottage at Lake Minnetonka
for a month.
Mrs. A. W. Fitzsimong leaves to
day for Colorado to spend the sum
mer. Mrs. E. B. Ransom will act as
chairman of the Omaha Woman's
club auxiliary during Mrs. Fitzsimon's
absence.
Park Hostesses for Patriotic Meet
ings. Mrs. A. L. Fernald, chairman wom
an's auxiliary for the Fourth of July
celebration, promoting the basket
picnic feature of the day announces
the following hostess groups:
Hanscom Park Mesdames A. C.
Troup, Franklin Shotwell, Robert H.
ManleyT - - ;
Riverview Park Mesdames Hal
leck F. Rose, Charles Johannes, J. M.
Metcalfe.
Elmwood Park Mesdames Van B.
Lady, George Sammis, A. S. Wil
liams. Fontenelle Park Mesdames F. J.
Birss, James C Dahlman, Ray Abbott
Kountze Park Dr. Jennie Calfas,
Mesdames George Joslyn, E. H.
Cole. y
Miller Park Mesdames V. D.
Benedict, Charles itiebarth, Miss Lil
lian Paul. I
Mandan (combine! with Syndicate
park) Mesdames C M. Schindel,
Bruce McCulloch, William Berry,
Jessie Caughey-McCbrmick.
Florence cammittee (combining with
Miller park Mesdame R. H. Olm
sted, H. G. Yoder.
Visiting nurses will have charge of
the rest rooms at Rfverview, Fon
tenelle and Elmwood parks. The pla
ground supervisor assured that the
use of the play grounds will bz -x-tended
to the use of the children.
Saturday is the
i LAST DAY
Of our June Sale of Silk Under
wear. Don't miss it ,
SATURDAY SPECIALS
$1.00 Silk Hose Saturday, at 75c
$5.00 Tub Skirts, Saturday $3.95
$8.75 Silk Blouses, Saturday. $5.00
$5.00 Silk Blouses, Saturday. $3.95
JULIUS 0RKIN
1508-1510 Douglas St.
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1 June Clearance Sale of
Trimmed
Hats
$9.00 Trimmed Hats.
$8.00 Trimmed Hats.
$7.50 Trimmed Hats. ..
$6.00 Trimmed Hats...
$5.00 Trimmed Hats. ..
On Saturday
H There are just about 75 Trimmed Hats in EE
this lot, in black and colors only every one
U worth many times a dollar.
Wonderful Five DollarSe
Of All Our Pattern Hats
H These are our $12.50, $15.00, $18.50 and $20.00 g
beautiful summer models in white, black and 5
5 colors. The choice includes all our Leg
E horns, aialine and fine Milans, including
E5 exclusive styles in smart pattern hats.
i or Saturday
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-PUMPS-
They come in patents, bright kid, tan, cham
pagne and ivory. Full Louie leather cov
ered and all leather heelalso low heel. Reg
ular $6.00 to $10.00 values; . Walk-Over
Clearance Sale Prices
$2.95 to $7.95 N
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-OXFORDS-
Patents, tan and black kid, tan and black
calf, high or low heel; Regular $7.00 to
$10.00' values; Walk-Over Semi-Annual
Clearance Sale Prices r
$4.95, $5.95, $6.95, $7.95
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HIGH BOOTS
White kid, white Nile cloth
and white Ooze boots, high
or low heel. Regular $7.00
to $12.50 values; Walk-Over
Semi-Annual Clear
ance Sale Prices
$4.95 $5.95
$6.95 $7.95
$8.95
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PHOENIX
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and
aNYX
Silk Hosiery in All Popular
Color
For Mj and Women
Phoenix hosier; will advance In
price after Saturday, June 29.
MEN'S OXFORDS
English or high toe Oxfords, in tan or black
calf, vici kid and white, gray or Palm Beach
Nile cloth. Regular $4.00 to $10.00 val
ues; Walk-Over Clearance Sale Prices,
$2.95, $3.95, $4.95, $5.95, $6.95, $7.95 p
WALK-OVEf:
,SMs
That will help us Ml to a better life.
Umahs
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