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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1918)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 14, 1918. AMERICA SOON TO BOAST GREAT MERCHANT FLEET U. S. Mercantile Marine Al ready Reaches 7,000,000 Tons and Production Continues. The war is putting the American Rig on the seas. Uncle Sam now has in new ships, confiscated enemy ships, chartered neutral ships and others, total mercantile fleet of 7,000,000 tons. From a decayed merchant marine consisting of only a few ocean vessels operated almost entirely by foreign crews and officers, a great all-Ameri- can mercantile navy, potent and powerful, is being made. Ships must be manned by sailors, engineers and firemen, and nearly 5.000 men are now attending free schools of navigation and engineering throughout the country. They have been drawn from coastwise vessels and from the machine shops, power plants, railroads and technical schools. Applicants are required to have at least one year experience in seaman ship or engineering. In order to man the new ships 25,000 men must be instructed in the three chief branches of merchant ship operation, deck department, steward's depart ment and engine room. Train on Ships. The students receive actual training on board training ships. Four of these "floating schools" are at Bos ton and one at San Francisco. Others will be located at Norfolk, New Or leans and Seattle. The first free navi gation school was opened at Harvard last January and later the first free school of marine engineering was opened at Massachusetts "Tech." Many other schools have been added along the Atlantic gulf and Pacific coast and on the Great Lakes. Men who never before sniffed salt water are becoming absorbed in the science of sailing. Their days are crowded with drill, inspection, clean ing, discipline and instruction. Revive Chantie Singing Chantie singing has been revived and Stanton H. King of Boston, for merly a deep water Yankee sailor him self, is official chantie singing in structor. Here are samples of the kind of songs these rollicking "sea dogs" like, to sing: Now, you Bowory ladles, we'd have you to know, O, you Rio! , We're bound to the southward, O Lord, let ui go! For I'm bound to the Rio Grande. (Refrain.) O, say, waa you ever In Rio Grande? O. you Rio! It's there that the river runs down golden sand. For I'm bound to the Rio Grande. And away, you Rio! o you Rio! Sing far you well, my bonny young glrli, For I'm bound to the Rio Grande. So It'a pack up your donkey and get under way. The girls we are leaving can tako our half-pay. (Refrain.) We'll our aalt cod tor molassess and rum. And gji uRck again 'fore Thankaglvlng has come. (Refrain.) And goodbye, fare-you-well, all you ladles of town, We've left you enough to buy a silk gown. (Refrain.) 7 B Women Making Good as Medicine Mixers Are in Much Demand Since the Men Folks Have Gone Away to War 01 x x I j felll) vr3vl I I&k!t1 v' ,; T r A 1 It ' r ; eg j', y Wm' s 1 ' Reel Fans How Rural Chinese Got Their First Glimpse oj Movies and Effect of Same on the Patrons with Jewish Welfare Board Is to Conduct Camp Work Colonel Harry Cutler, chairman of the Jewish Welfare board, has an nounced the departure to Europe of commission composed of Congress man Isaac Siegel, Rabbi Jacob Kohn, Rabbi H. G. Enelow and an adminis trative secretary, John Goldhaar, who will establish headquarters abroad. Its mission will be to determine how tne jewisn weitare Doard, in co operation with- other welfare agen cies on the other side, can best serve the men of Jewish faith who are now with the American expeditionary forces. The commission will remain for some time, visiting the various al lied battle fronts, training camps and rest billets, and will send reports of its observations and recommenda tions to the national headquarters, 149 Fifth avenue, New York City. Colonel Cutler .also announced the appointment of several Jewish chap lains, who are leaving for overseas duty. The Jewish Welfare board, offi cially recognized on the same basis as the Young Men's Christian asso ciation and Knights of Columbus, has issued a call for 100 men for overseas work. With nearly 200 trained workers in the field, the numerous huts erected in the large camps, the Jewish Wel fare board has been taking care of the 75,000 Jewish soldiers in the camps throughout the country. Boyd Opens September 1 With Fine Shubert Comedy Manager Burgess of the Boyd theater announces that the dramatic" season at that house is to open Sep tember 1, and that again this year the high-class Shubert road attractions are to be offered at that house. The first offering is to be the popular comedy, "Business Before Pleasure." It comes to the Boyd September 1, and is to hold for an entire week. The second attraction scheduled is one of particular interest to Omaha play-goers. It is the dramatization of the famous Booth Tarkington itory, "Seventeen," and will be of fered by Stuart Walker's Portmanteau players. This organization appeared in Omaha two seasons ago, offering a series of one-act plays, the most important of which was Dunsany's ''Gods of the Mountain." Finn's Greater Omaha Band To Play at Manawa Today Finn's Greater Omaha band will play a variety program of classical, popular and patriotic musical numbers today at Manawa park. A suite of French songs will be a feature of the entertainment. On the program are such popular melodies as "Somewhere m France is the Lily," "Over There," and "The Angelus." Musical gems will also be played from the following French operas: "Perichole,' "La Belle Helena." "Genevieve de Brabant," ?;Pto." "Orpheus" .and "Parisian Life. There are 15 musical numbers todays program. By RUTH B. WHITNEY Most Omaha people would be sur prised if they could go behind the scenes in the drug stores and find out how many women there are com pounding prescriptions. No record is kept of just how many registered women pharmacists there are itf Omaha, but there are 83 in Nebraska, besides quite a few that are not registered, as the law provides that a pharmacist need not be regis tered if working as assistant to one who has a license. The Sherman & McConnell Drug company was one of the first firms in the country to employ women in this capacity. They are strong believers in women in business and many girls have gone into this work on their en couragement. At a meeting of the National druggists' association in In dianapolis 16 years ago Mr. Sherman was quoted as being in favor of em ploying women as prescription clerks, and he was considerably criticised for taking such a stand. The middle western druggists were the first to employ women, but those of the far east and the far west have hung back until the shortage of pharmacists due to the war is finally forcing them to accept the situation. One of the first Omaha women to take up pharmacy, if not the very first, was Mrs. Anna Baker, who is one of the girls who went into the work at Mr. Sherman's suggestion. After 14 years of service in this ca pacity she is now manager of the Sherman & McConnell Dundee drug store, and so esthusiastic about her work that she says she could not bear to give it up. Mrs. Baker wanted to answer the call for pharmacists to work in r ranee but her husband is in the service and has already crossed the water, and the government rules provide that no woman with a hus band in the service can do work on the other side. "I should like to see more girls go into the work," said Mrs. Baker, "as I do not think that any earnest, conscientious girl can fail to make a success of it." Take Time to Prepare. Mrs. Eva White, at Tobin's drug store on the South Side, is another pioneer in the drug business and en tered it in the same way Mrs. Baker did. She has been in the busienss between eight and nine years and has teen employed in several diffrent Stores. "There is no reason why women should not succeed in phar macy," said Mrs. White, "but I do not think the profession will ever be over crowded with women, as not a large percentage are ambitious enough to trke the necessary time and trouble to prepare themselves for the work." Speaking of ambition, Zita Walch, at Munt's Pharmcy on the South Side, and Loretta Meany, at the Owl, are certainly not lacking in that com modity, both say they are expecting to own their own stores some day, Both these girls took up the work be cause they had relatives in the busi ness, and are most enthusiastic about it. ' Grace G. Gunnell, at Sherman & McConhell's Harney street store, has been in the drue business a lone time She went to work as a clerk in the homeopathic department at the "old store" and has risen from one step to another, until now she is a very com petent pharmacist. She has never taken the trouble to apply for a state license, as she works under the direc tion of a registered pharmacist, but feels that she could easily obtain one. Several years ago Miss Gunnell took a trip to Denver and remained there sometime. "I couldn't bear to go into a drug store to buy anything," she says, "as I wanted to get behind the counter and go to work. Finally I did get a job in a drusr store, and worked there until I was ready to come Dack to umana. Miss Gunnell is very much interested in her work and says one of the best things about pit is the fine class of people whom one comes in contact. "All girls are not qualified for the work," she says, "as it takes neatness, a head for details, and a fairly good education. A knowledge ot Latin is a great help." Mrs. M. V. Giese of Council Bluffs graduated from the Creighton school of pharmacy last year. She is the mother of four children, the oldest of whom is now of draft age. Her hus band has owned a drug store in the Bluffs for several years, and she work ed in the store at times and made up her mind that she would like to leani the prescription business. My friends all laughed at me and told me I couldn't do it without nee- lecting my family," she said, "but I was determined, and I finally succeed ed. Our prescription clerk was a great help to me, although I thought him overly particular at the time. Now I am glad that I learned the work as thoroughly as I did, as he has gone to France, and I feel that I am releasing a man for real service in this time of need." She does all the prescription work in the store. Dean H. C. Newton of the Creigh ton College of Pharmacy says he usually has two or three girls in each class. One year five graduated. He hopes there will be many more start ing the work next year. "My desk is piled high with applications ' for pharmacists," he exclaimed, "and I haven't any idea. where to find them. The girls will have to come to our assistance." "Dean Newton says that girls are not quite as easily placed as men, ow ing to the fact that in some country drug stores no porter is kept and the diug clerk is expected to be a man of all work besides, but in the city stores and those of the larger towns girls give pcrtect satisfaction. He claims that they take to the technical part of the work even more readily than men. So far, woman pharmacists are not quite as well paid as men, but the girls are all hoping that the time will come when they will receive "equal pay tor equal service." Without an exception the girls like the work and wish that more women would enter it. Girls on Bill at Empress This Week HMMHMHB lal 11 S fa If trt ; I iff' i2 i w Outdoor Parks Offer Special Attractions for the Coming Week France's "Fourth of July" the an niversary of the fall of the Bastile will be celebrated at Manawa park today. Finn's Greater Omaha band, Adams' Jazz band from Omaha, and Art Smith's orchestra will specialize all day in French airs, military and popular. The park will be decorated with French and American flags. The newsboys of Omaha, 1,000 strong, will hold their 27th annual picnic and re-union at tie lake. Watermelon and pie eating contests, a street vaudeville show and similar attractions will be staged where the public can see. Mrs. G. V. Fishbaugh of Council Bluffs and "Joe, the Glaz ier" of Omaha, both famous high div ers and swimmers, will give exhibi tions during the afternoon, while pretty Red Cross girls take up a collection. iAe &our fe&sons i the Cmprttt. . The management of the Empress theater has steadily followed the policy of keeping its vaudeville up to the highest possible standard of quality. Starting today, the Four Seasons, a quartet of beautiful girls, in a singing and dancing novelty, head the new program. Sparkling solo and harmony singing is a big feature of the act. The Jack Arnold Trio, a combination of merrymakers and laugh-producers, consisting of Eva Page, George Pelletier and Jack Arnold, present a comedy singing, talking and piano playing offering. Wright and Walker come with a sing ing and dancing act that promises good entertainment. Rose and Dell have a clever comedy skit, intermin gled with song syid dance. Heading the bill for the last half of the week are Knight's Roosters, 20 full-fledged actors who do things worth crowing about. Billy Knight furnishes them With a Ferris wheel, a circular swing, a see-saw, a merry-go-round, all of which they work and perform innumerable stunts thereon. Harry, the king pin of the bunch, dressed in full evening clothes, shows a "fowl" desire to impersonate a drunken human of the club variety. Another tries to expound the sys tem of "courting" enjoyed in rooster land. Sam Hood, blackface comedian, does monologue, interspersed with songs. Herman and Hanley, song sters, and Wright and Davis in an acrobatic novelty, complete the allow for the lut halt of the week. Much more amusement for much less money is surely meeting with popular approval at Lakeview park, for the added attractions that were staged at the dance palace the past week made the attendance iumo. No less than 40,000 people passed through the gates in the last week. The grocers and butchers picnic Thursday was the largest in the history of the association. The other event, a Japan ese ball, on Tuesday, was the reason of another large and enthusiastic crowd. For the coming week the management will offer at the dance palace, for one night only, a big coun try store dance. This will be held on Tuesday night July 16th. Hundreds of valuable prizes will be given away. There is only one stipulation in the winning of the prizes and that is that the lucky person must carry his prize away with him. Dancing will start Tuesday promptly at 8 o'clock with the prizes to be distributed shortly afterward. Problem Play Set for Week Over at Boyd More than SO children were present at the free dancing class held at Krug park Saturday afternoon by Mrs. Jack Connors and her little son, Master Jack Connors. The children were taught the rudimentary steps in ball room work and some few straighten ing up exercises and on next Saturday further lessons will be taken up. After the lesson favors of candy and fruit were given out and tables set in the pavilion and each child sat down to ice cream and cake. The management has outlined a busy week at Krug park this week. On Monday night will be a pillow fight, "Over the Top" and there have been a number of entries received al ready. Many picnic parties have been scheduled for the week and on Thurs day will be another waltzing contest. The crowds during the past week were good and everything at the park ran full blast. Bills for Current Week (Continued From Page Nix.) depleting turns of humor In tV next. Mnny critics have been unable to Judge from her work whether this youthful star Ig an emo tional actreaa or a farceuee, from her work In thla picture. Alhambra Barney Snerry In "High Stakes," a sensational action drama, yet ona full of humorous situations, will be tha feature play here today only. The hero seems to be defeated, yet with the luck of a born- gambler, he stakes hia all and wins In the final turn. On Monde y and Tues day wilt be seen Bessie Barrlscali in Madame Who?" a drama of power and rorce. picturing the Apache and Latin quarters of Paris, while the theme of the story Is the tale of revenge for the murder of. relative. Jt Is one of the plays In which Mlas Barrlscale Is given a chance io aispiay here emotional talents. In ad- dltlon to the feature, on -ar:h day thero I will also be shown a Mutt and Jeff comedy I Grand Nail Shipman and Alfred Whit man, appearing In a light drama. "The "om Jr"" will be the feature her Bun u Bh,"" has hare a part which i? .w,u and P'1 t0 ooa advantage, while she la ably sseonded by her team mate, Mr. Whitman. In addition to this f.o1 ,i thI wl" b n- Harold Lloyd In m m Towser." On Monday and Tues day will be seen Charles Ray In his play il i ii and humor. "Playing the Game." i u,a plec of characterisation work by this young star, and there Is a stirring free-for-all fight. In which It Is certain that Ray does not come off second best. .t.t?...A!uckl,, wm run these two days in "Oh, Doctor." , ohlT,,-"'l Leekwooa, appearing In "Tha Interloper a thrilling drama of lore and action, will bo the feature of the day here, and on Monday will be seen pretty Mary Miles Mlntar In "Martha of the Hills." it Is a play of the outdoors, and ons In which Miss Winter Is given an opportunity to portray a girl of a new sort and a girl at real emotions and sterling character. In addition to the feature, there will also hi shown the sixth episode of the "House of Hate" serial, starring Pearl White and Antonio Moreno. Tuesday and Wednesday will be the feature days of the week here, when Mitchell Lewis will be shown In his new play of tha frozen north. "The Sign Invisible." ft a . r p fm, The Peking correspondent of the Loudon Times tells this story of the reception of a British war him in the hinterland of China: A letter from Lancliow-fu, in the far west of China, gives a picturesque account of the experiences of one of the British war films recently shown in that city. Apparently there is no such thing as a cinema palace in Lanchow-fu, and the film was pre sented in the large hall of the Anhui club, lent by the governor and other officials. The commissioner of police entered upon the duties of advance agent with zeal, and posted the city with proclamations announcing the exhibition. He further provided troops to guard the doors, and the governor ordered the supply of elec tric light free. Two missionaries did showmen, and made a very good job of it. The whole business was too novel to be an immediate success in an unsophisticated place like Lanchow fu. But the fame of the show spread quickly, and after the first night it was a case of house full all the time. Soldiers and police in uniform were allowed in free, and many of them slept on the premises in order to he f there at the next performance. It is the pleasant oriental custom for a person of standing to be accom panied wherever he goes by a long retinue. When such a one dines out, his ragtag and bobtail have the natural right to enter in likewise, and to be fed up to the neck. On this principle every ticket holder had a queue at his back, and if it had not been for the soldiers at the door, the takings would have totaled a dollar, representing 10 10-cent tickets, al though a full thousand woid have witnessed the show. One man. one ticket, was an unpopular departure, and evasion was rampant. Men with lanterns claimed the special privilege to attend their masters, some crawled in between the legs of the crowd, and some borrowed soldiers' caps or tunics in their earnestness to get a free look. Infants in arms were pro claimed free, and when the people understood it, they came festooned with large boys aod girls hanging around their necks. The waiting crowds were enormously mused to see those who tried to get in with out paying turned back. Practically none of those who at tended the exhibition had ever seen moving pictures before, and very few indeed had the scientific knowledge to understand how it was done. It is a curious characteristic of the un educated oriental that he can look at an engine or an aeroplane, or any other mechanical marvel, and take no interest in its construction or the why or wherefore of its ability to move. It is enough for him that it is some invention of the foreigner. One of the nictures thnwn af T an. chow-fu represented a group of offi cers and nurses on the deck of a ship. There is a strong wind blowing, ana tne Kerctuet around a nurse'a head is carried away. It would be interesting to know what was in the mind of the man who commented: "That nurse is very careless; she loses her handkerchief every night." dead babe's father is brought to jus- nee. uuring me engagement of this play, matinees will be given daily for women only, and while women and gentlemen are admitted evenings, at no performance will those under 16 years of age be admitted. Serving Both Ends. Customer Why do you leave thts ions tall on the teak, when I asked lor a short-cut porterhouse? Butcher We've got to make both idg meat, these days. Chlcagro Post You can have loads of fun at Lakeview Park "Omaha' Joy Spot" DANCING Matins Today at 3 Every Night at a CL.mp. JAZZ BAND and 25 More High Clasa Attractions. Thursday Night, July 16 BIG COUNTRY STORE DANCE Hundradi of valuable priies to hm fivert away. Coma out and set your. tttarv Gahs m 'e UatnzrrioJ Sr." The four-act drama, "The Unmar ried Mother," opens at the Boyd today for one week. The story of "The Unmarried Mother" has to do with Elizabeth Goodwin and her child, born out of wedlock. Reduced to poverty, the mother leaves for a farm to work as a servant. Ill and weakened by her journey, she finds it necessary to stop at the interven ing farmhouse of John Kingston, a manufacturing chemist, who later falls in love with her and persuades her to become his wife, with full knowledge of the shadow that has clouded her life. The baby dies and the mother also falls seriously ill. Her life, however, is saved, and the Help France Celebrate Abo See the Omaha Newsboys' Picnic TODAY at Manawa Park i.ililliilniiiliiliiliiliilMliiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiinininnn,,!!,,,, iHENSHAW! ! CAFE I a. 9 I Wright's Orchestra to - Entertain You. Every evening 6:00 to 8:30 9:30 to 12:00 Featuring Dinner Dancing. Coolest Place in City. Prices Popular. I Refined Surroundings, i IIIIIM!li:!!li;lllllll!lll llll!l:llnl!!l!!!M(lli 'WORK OR FIGHT' ORDER IS TO BE EFFECTIVE HERE Exemption Board One Starts Proceedings to Weed Out Men in Non-Essential . Occupations. Exemption board No. 1 has started proceedings to put into effect the work or fight order of Provost Mar shal Crowder. Questionnaires of men who are in prohibited list in Class B, which con sists of a man who has a wife, but no children, have been gone over and they have been cited to come before the board for examination on Monday and Tuesday. These men, who have been orevi- ously employed in non-productive work classified by the provost mar shal's office in different divisjons, will be questioned. If they show they have complied with the order and have changed their occupations from non-productive and prohibited lines to those of usefulness, they will not be removed from their serial or der and classification and can con tinue in their occupations. In the event they have failed to obey the order they will be auto matically transferred to Class 1-A and subject to immediate draft call. ' Next week all the men who are in Class 4-A will be subjected to the same citation and will be treated in the same manner. W. G. Ure of the first district ex emption board said the story printed in an Omaha paper to the effect that married men who have no children, but wives dependent upon themr are placed in Class 1-A has no foun dation of truth. "There has been no modification of the rule," said he. 'The men with wives dependent upon them remain in the same draft status as they were before. If a draft board removes them to classification making them subject to immediate draft, it doe to without warrant and upon its own mo tion, and the men so affected will have their remedy in appeal." Tha Rlsbt Spirit President John Orlar Hlbbens of Prlnos. ton said the other day: "It costs 110,000 to maka an airman, and no airman should be foolishly reckless, for his country can't afford to loss hint. "I Ilka to think of tha Princeton boy who was asksd, when ha wsnt from hit training camp to tha front: ' 'Well, art you prepared to dla for your country t" " 'Not a bit of It.' said tha youni airman, 1m prepared and well prepared to raako about six Huns dally dla for theirs I" Washlnnton Star. I IT'S A l in You'll Have a Good Time .ruTpark Sunday, Monday, Tues day, Wednesday, Thurs day, Friday and Saturday. Every Day TherVe Amusement of the Better Kind for You. See the Big Pillow Fight at the Pavil ion Monday Night. Mothers Shonld Remember Children between the ages of 4 and 12 are taught Ball Room Dancing, Physical Culture and Expression by Mrs. Jack Con ners Saturday afternoons from 2 to 4 FREE. Ride the Giant Coaster, Mono flyer, Merry-Go-Round. Drive the Poniea in the Kentucky Derby. Try Your Hand at Bowling. If You Are a Follower of Isaac Walton, then Fish at the Fish Pond. The Japanese Garden Is of Real Interest. Crack! Crack! ! All Evening Long at the Rifle Range. , PICNIC AT KRUG PARK. Hundreds Are, Why Not You? There'a Only 2 Piece to Go Krug Park and Home. ADMISSION TO PARK, 10.. Free Auto Parking. BOY D'S Mats., All Seats 25c Eves., 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c WEEK STARTING MATINEE TODAY MATINEE DAILY FOR LADIES ONLY (Except the Openln, Matinee Today, When Both Ladies and Gents Are Admitted) t rj-ni ur iuuat - MrkT a t.vtMt .effJdKWSSV 013 a. jryji aQJ 0) Haw the Lecture on "War Babes" at the Weak Day Dally Ledbe Mattaaee
