PART TWO
SOCIETY .SECTION
PAGES 1 TO 10
0
.8
PART TWfl i
SOCIETY SECTIONS
PAGES 1 TO 10
VOL. XLVIII NO. 16.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1918.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS'
W0
i2
m m m "WWW...
Iff -S
f F Mlb. ::'."
WMF 7W
3SS22
At
I Red Croee aEtM !
Crp Lte After j
est
'ILL you direct me to the Y..M. C. A." '
"V".:ere can I find a place for my wife to stay while I :
am stationed at Fort Omaha."
"Does the Red Cross provide a place for soldiers to stay over night? j
I used more money than I had counted on in traveling, and cannot make
my connections until tomorrow morning." i
"Will you notifiy my mother I passed through here today, but could
not stay long enough to telephone her?"
"Have you any games or magazines for my men on this troop train?"
These, and a hundred similar questions, requests and emergency calls
are handled at the Red Cross information desk in the Union depot,
manned by members of the canteen corps. Two women are on duty each
day but Sunday, and a large number make up the corps, headed by Mrs.
James C. Dahlman.
Mr. L. I. Healev's staff was on
duty when The Bee photographer
snapped the photograpn wnicn ap
n pears on this page. Others on duty
include Mrs. E. P. Boyer, Mrs. W. J.
Mettlen, Mrs. Lucy Piatt and Mrs.
H. H. Berger. The soldiers being
given attention are Cadet R. A.
Jones of Fort Omaha and Private
; N. W. Pratt.
J. M. Adams, superintendent of
the Union station, the civilian in the
picture, is an important "member"
of the Omaha Canteen corps. Be
sides notifying the commandant,
Mrs. Luther L. Kountze and her as
sistant, Mrs. George B. Prinz, of the
arrival and departure of all troop
trains, Mr. Adams is the "Mr. Fix
it" of the canteeners troubles. If
' the train is late, the supplies not on
; hand, the crowds too large to
handle or just anything generally
, goes wrong, Mr. Adams is the man
the Red Cross women appeal to.
"Ask Mr. Adams!" is the exhorta
tion most frequently heard about the
canteen desk.
Mrs. Prinz, here pictured at her
home office, established in the li
brary of her father's residence, is
another highly important member of
the organization. When Mr. Adams
telephones a train's arrival, Mrs.
Prinz in turn calls out the canteen
company which is to meet the train
and serve the soldiers.
The attractive "information" pos
ter seen in the background is the
work of Miss Helen Eastman, tal
ented Omaha art student. There is
talk of reproducing the poster for
- distribution to all Red Cross infor
mation booths in the country.
7
X
Bmistaess (Girls' Red
- Cross Auxiliary
ts
( Unique among local Red Cross
auxiliaries is the unit of Mickel em
ployes, every member of which has
a relative in the service. The auxil
iary, "which meets every Tuesday
evening between 6 and 8 o'clock, is
this year supporting four French
war orphans, and the members are
preparing to send Christmas boxes
to them. The girls will also send
holiday boxes to men of the firm
now in service.
Mrs. George E. Mickel and Mrs.
T. L. Yard assist the girls in their
work. Miss Mayme A. Jardine is
chairman and the unit includes Mrs.
John Gunti, Mrs. E. A. Miller, Mrs.
Pauline Lynch, Mrs. O. M. Branson
and Misses Esther Jacobsen, Eva
Jacobsen, Honore Yard, Bess Green
berg, Sarah Givens, Eva Heffel
finger, Gwynuthe Trothe. Josephine
Cleaver, ErTie Eggert, Adalyn Solli
day, Lucile Ellis, Alma Darling and
Agnes laven
(ft A IT .AOilffllTIA DcPUufTrTvaTTUCT $
t
IS
till
mm
4 III
&
1 M
"Mlt. . "Ik
".V
1
m
i - U S
'4"w
m
i i a. 1M1 "rr,-t
S5
il
V;
S&rf fed
V
?7H
' r '
.4
5 r " ' It
Br
1 't'w
S.xSiif W till
w C omm. & 2t dattt, cauJ our
canteen corps from he?
fiom.e office
3f --
a
4
r:
TJie atJ&d Cross Ixforttcitiozi 2DesA irt Union Jdsrott
T 4-
j U w U
v Tin i r j .).
X.444.4..HM444
..;..;.;.4..X4444M4444
w
Libsrty Bank lor
T Sflll(B Off MOMS ?
v
The miniature Liberty bank
which stood on the court house
lawn during the Third Liberty loan
campaign will reopen the first of the
week for pledges for the coming
drive. One pledge for $50,000 has
already been given, the name of the
donor to be withheld until the bank
opens. Subscriptions will be cred
ited to the district in which it be-
'0"gS.
Tellers and cashiers of the
Woman's Service league at the bank
inc!ude Mrs. Milton Barlow and
Mrs. William Archibald Smith,
chairmen; Misses Arabell Kimball,
Mattie and Ida Sharpe, Minnie El
dridge and Mesdames Charles M.
Wilhelm , E. M. Syfert, Luther
Kountze. E. P. reck. Luther Drake,
Victor Rosewater, Clement Chase,
E. f. Healey, N. P. Dodge, E. F,
Folda, George Joslyn, Charles T.
Kountze, Myron Learned, Edgar
Morsman, jr.; E. W. Nash, Charles
Offutt, Arthur C. Smith, J. T.
Stewart, T. G. Travis, E. S. West
hrook, H. C. Jordan, George T.
Woolev, W. B. Tagg, E. V. Arnold,
Paul Burleigh, George W. Smith,
Duncan Vinsonha'.:r, John Weitzell.
Henry T. Clarke, J. E. Davidson,
Cim Burns, W. A. Fraser. Leer-
makers, Branton and D. T. Cjuigley.
men Orgmmm Fwwtih
Mb&Ttj: Lbaim Caimpaingini
t
V
t
I
T
HAT the feminine mind is adapt
able to sudden and complete
changes is demonstrated in the
organization of the women's Fourth
Liberty loan committee of Omaha.
Women who, before the war, were
uttterly unversed in the art of sys
tematizing a business office, have
evolved a system for selling and
recording sales of Uncle Sam's
bonds arad for keeping a check on
all his nephews and nieces their
worldly goods and their dispositions
that has attained a fine degree of
efficiency.
It is possible that the feminine
mind, so long trained to care for the
thousand or more details connected
with the modern method of house
keeping, is particularly suited to care
for the details of a thorough busi
ness airing of the homes of the en
tire city.
Whether this is true or not, it is
! - Th Bil Mb
quite certain that many business
houses of long standing would be
able to obtain some up-to-date hints
to apply to their own business at
the headquarters where the women's
committee is handling its "big job."
Here will be found all the neces
sary departments from the "sanctum
sanctorum" of its chief head, Mrs.
Frank Judson, and the banking de
partment, with its corps of typists,
under Mrs. W. A. C. Johnson, down
to the information desk at the en
trance to the building.
For more than two weeks past
1,500 women have been busily at
work on their preliminary reports,
scouring the city so that no inhab
itant, large or small, would go un
reported. Some have had to take interpreters
with them, and all were determined
to make detailed reports. One lieu
tenant in the Tenth ward, convinced
that someone was at home in one
v
t
By ARTHUR GUITERMAN
It's the biggest job the nation ever tackled;
It's the job we have to finish, come what may;
If we hope to see a groaning world unshackled,
We must do it in biggest, grandest way.
We must rally to the banner that has never known defeat;
We must have the biggest army, we must have the biggest fleet,
And the biggest clouds of airplanes, and the biggest stores cf
wheat,
And we dare not grudge the price we have to pay.
When the biggest, grandest nation has to borrow
It must do it on the biggest, grandest plan.
As you look to see the glory of tomorrow,
You must help with every dollar that you can.
It's the biggest loan for freedom and for all that's clean and fair;
And it isn't for the nabob and the multi-millionaire,
But it's you and I, the people, who must take the biggest share;
So come down with all your money, like a man!
house that she called on, sat on the
doorstep for over one hour. Finally
the door was opened to her and she
presented her mission.
These preliminary reports are
turned in by the lieutenants to their
captains, who check and pass them
on to the majors of the wards.
Finally the reports are passed on to
the sifting committee, under Mrs.
O. T. Eastman, and are carefully
sorted and filed.
One of the reports, picked at ran
dom from the files, showed the fol
lowing notations by the sifting com
mittee, opposite the names and ad
dresses: First: "Six in family, including
wife, son's wife and three little chil
dren; son in service; will take two
bonds."
Second: "Wife in hospital. Hus
band works in grocery. Will buy
one bond on installment."
Third: "Four in family, refused
to take bonds. Conditions indicate
comfortable circumstances."
Fourth: "Wife and new baby.
Will take one for each."
Fifth: "No one answered the
door. Positive someone home, as
the curtains stirred."
Sixth: "Wife and two children of
soldier in France. Seem in need of
help."
Seventh: "Mother of two boys
in service. Takes in washing. Has
two bonds; will take two more."
The third and fifth cases were pen
ciled by the sifting committee with
this notation, "Report to Flying
Squad." The sixth case vas marked
.for reference to the civilian relief
committee. The eighth was turned
over to the Council of Defense.
It is expected that some of these
reports will be changed when the
bond sale begins on October 7, but
no man or woman has a "ghost of
a chance" to- escape this bevy of
businesslike women who are giving
their undivided time to their coun
try's call, and whose duty it is to see
that everyone gives his fair share
A PRETTY Titian-haired girl has
fallen under Dan Cupid's
spell. Musically inclined, she has
given the last few years to this
study and has spent much time in
the east. This winter this charm
.ing young woman will remain at
home, however, and we are sure
that war work will claim her days,
for you may 'see her standing on
the corners selling tags tor every
drive that comes along.
The man, of course, is in service,
and if you have noticed the- avia
tion "wings" that his pretty fiancee
wears, you may know that he is a
member of Uncle Sam's air forces.
Just last week the young officer vis
ited at the home of Miss Auburn
Hair and now he is on his way to
France. After the war? Yes, when
our men come marching home, this
wedding will no doubt take place.
X Omaha Alumnae Promote Dance Carnival to Raise Funds for Smith College
Reconstruction Unit, Now at Work m Devastated Portions of
I u
i
France and Belgium
I
N AUGUST, 1914, Mrs. Howard
II. Baldrige, Red Cross state
censor, and her son, Malcolm, had
passage abroad engaged on the
Vaterland. When war was declared
the Baldriges cancelled their sailing
orders.
Four years later to the day, on
the same boat which had been in
terned by the United States and
later put into use, Captain Malcolm
Baldrige set sail for France.
GOTTEN up on a week's notice,
Smith college women's benefit
performance, Monday at 4
o'clock in the Brandeis theater, for
their alma mater's reconstruction
unit at work at Chateau Thierry, on
the River Marne, will establish a
record in successful war benefit
promotions. Among the Smith
women who have dedicated them
selves to this unique service are
Miss Dorothy Young of Newark, N.
J.; Miss Mary Stevenson, Pittsfield,
Mass.; Miss Edna True, Chicago;
Miss Anna Rochester, Buffalo; Miss
Marie Wolfs, Newark, N. J.; Miss
Catherine Hooper. Montclair, N. J.;
Miss Elizabeth Bliss, Worcester,
Mass.; Miss Elizabeth Biddlecome,
Newport, N. H.; Miss Dorothy
Brown, Montclair, N. J.; Miss Anne
Chapin, Springfield, Mass.; Mrs.
Ruth ArnoM, Chicago, and Mrs.
Barrett Andrews of New York City.
This is not the first money to be
raised for war work by Omaha alum
nae. Last spring a committee con
sisting of Mrs. Philip Potter and
Mrs. Edgar H. Scott raised $600 to
finance Miss Dorothy Ringwalt, a
Smith girl, as a canteen worker. The
other half of the fund was raised
by the Dundee Woman's Patriotic
club.
Dance divertisements will be
given by a group of young Omaha
Amy mi Mmrj Nte
i ir H ARLEY" LANE, Union
Pacific official in the days
before Uncle Sam took over the rail
roads, used to dictate to his secre
tary the usual complimentary clos
ing, "Yours truly," to business let
ters. But since the general shake
up in the railroads in which many
officials were transferred or relieved
of their posts, has taken place Mr.
Lane's friends or business associ
ates receive letters signed, "I beg to
remain ."
f
3
H-H-KrH-fr W i-S--"v-:S""i";"K"v j jn the coming bond issue.
A VERY charming and pretty
young woman, who chronicles
the coming and going of Omahans,
and'who records the very informal
war-time affairs known as "society,"
is telling a few intimate friends of
her engagement.
"He," of course, is in the service
of Uncle Sam and is now stationed
at a southern post. The romance
began in the east when this pretty
girl was attending school two or
three years ago.
The wedding date is indefinite, one
of the "after the war" affairs, no
doubt, but still one never can tell!
GABBY strolled into the voca
tional guidance office in the
city hall the other morning just in
time to hear a little lecture on
"Americanization." A German moth
er was trying to get Miss Foster to
grant a permit to her child to stay
out of school, and she was explain
ing her reasons in German. A little
bird has told Gabby that Miss Fos
ter is a pastmaster of that language,
but she failed to understand it that
morning. "If you want to talk to
me." she told the mother, "you will
talk American." The mother sput
tered and fumed, but to no avajl.
Lt. Horace Keeler, Lt. Nelson
Ramsey and Lt. Bart Long, who
have been stationed at Fort Omaha,
left Tuesday for Camp Wise, Tex.
Lt. Edward Crofoot, Lt John
McGurck and Lt. Virgil Lewis are
now at Mulberry Island.
Word has been received o the safe
arrival overseas of Lt. Louis Sweet,
who is with the 86th infantry.
Philip Metz, who is an assistant
paymaster, is now on a United States
ship at sea.
Miss Helen Louise Cornell, who
left September 1 for New York pre
paratory to sailing for France for
Red Cross canteen service, is now on
the seas, according to word received
by her mother, Mrs. Sidney Cornell.
Lt. J. A. Christie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. H. Christie, who was sta
tioned at Fort Omaha for several
months, has been placed in charge
of the new branch at Mount Wilson,
California. This is an extension of
the balloon school at Arcadia.
return to the lines, according to
a cablegram received last week by
Mrs. Smith.
George Doane Keller is now in
the quartermasters' corps of the
United States army.
Lt. Ray Millard has just received
his commission and is spending a
few days with Mr. and Mrs. Barton
Millard.
Lt. Jack Webster, who entered
Camp Johnson, Florida, in May as
a private, has received his commis
sion as second lieutenant, and is
now in the quartermaster's depart
ment in Washington. Mrs. Web
ster is at the Dewey hotel in Wash
ington. Lt. Hal Brady, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John S. Brady, is spending a
few days here from Atlanta, Ga.,
where he has been stationed.
Donald Shepard, Frank Campbell
and Bernie Holmquist left Friday
for the east, where they will attend
Cornell college.
t . . , ,, , , , jY People who complain be
Lt. Paul Phillips, who has beenl cause they are unable to get
at Port Omaha, left Monday tor the t some little luxuries should .
new uanoon scuooi ai nrcauia.
Story Tellers' League.
Omaha Story Tellers' league will
have luncheon at the Blackstone
Saturday, October 5, at 1 p. m. This
will be the opening meeting of the
year.
i
Lt. Eugene Neville, who has re
cently been commissioned lieutenant
in the field artillery, left Monday for
Camp Jackson, Columbia, S..C,
after spending several days with his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Neville.
Lt. Harry V. Burkley, jr., who
was home after receiving his com
mission at Fort Sheridan, left Wed
nesday for Indianapolis, where he
will be stationed.
Maj. Nathan Shiverick, brother of
Mrs. Floyd M. Smith, who was
gassed August 8, has been able to
Y member that our forefathers
lived without sugar till the thir-
teenth century, without coal
. till the fourteenth, without but-j-
ter till the fifteenth, without
X tobacco and potatoes till the
A sixteenth, without tea, coffee
y and soap till the seventeenth,
y without umbrellas and lamps
f. till the eighteenth, and without X
j- trains, telegraphs, telephone, y
gas and matches till the nine- X
JL teenth; without automobiles,
y electric appliances, aeroplanes J
Y. and wireless or U-boats until Y.
the twentieth century. y
U
If
1
1
and Lincoln girls. The- principals,
Portia Mansfield Swett and Miss
Charlotte Perry, arrived Saturday
and are house guests of Mrs. E.' A.
Holyoke. The girls from Lincoln
boarded the Denver train on which
Miss Swett and Miss Perry traveled.
Some very intensive rehearsing fol
lowed their arrival.
The program includes, among oth
ers, the following numbers: "In
Grecian Temple," Eleanore Framp
ton, Helen Porter, Katherine Por
ter, Donna Gusten, Katherine Bax
ter, Pleasant Holyoke, Eoily Bent
ley, Mary Katherine Parrrt?Iee and
Martha Dox; "The BUterfly I
Chase," Elinor Kountze; Greek Mda -4 if
with Veil, Miss Swett, Miss PerrV, J 1
Marinri Rarctnw Vonnrm Prmn.
ton; "Salterella," Elinor. Kountze,
Martha Dox, Mary K. Parmalee
and Katherine Baxter; Polish duet,
Eleanore Frampton and Marjorie
Barstow; Egyptian Sun Worship,
Miss Swett, Martha Dox, Mary K.
Parmalee, Donna Gusten and Kath
erine Baxter; Dragon Fly Walts.
Emily Bentley; Episode du Carnival
and Saturnalia, Pleasant Holyoke,
Charlotte Perry and Marjorie Bar
stow.; Jack and Jill, Pleasant Hol
yoke and Martha Dox, and "Hymn
of Joy," entire company and Ellat
nore Baxter and Janet Sargent
In response to an urgent telegram
Miss Elinor Kountze will arrive tha
morning of the performance to take
part in the program. -
Miss Eleanore FramDton. havln
made all of her plans for the open- ' I M
ing ot tier private classes on Mon
day evening, will travel back to Lin
coln as fast as the speed laws will
permit at the close of the perform
ance. She will dance a solo,
Miss Bentley, the third soloist, has
had a very flattering offer from the
Chicago Grand Opera company.
George Brandeis has very gener
ously consented to turn over his box
to the Smith College club. In the
two boxes reserved for the alumnae
will be Mesdames Allen Reed,
George Kiewit, Harold Evarts, Hu
bert Gloman Walter Preston, Harry
Pierpont, Edwin Bannister and the
Misses Eleanor McGilton, Helen
Rohinson, Marjorie Barrett, Myra
McClellan, Irene Rosewater, Nell
Ryan, Edna Stickel and Marjorie
Beckett.
In Mrs. Edgar Scott's box the fol
lowing prospective Smith girls will
be present: Dorothy Sherman,
Polly Robbins, Dorothy Guckert,
Charlotte McDonald, Eleanor and
Margaret Scott, Daisy Rich. Misses
Juliet Griffin and Mae Sommers will
also be guests.
Mrs. A. D. Dunn, W. J. Hynes
and Hoyd Smith are the other box
holders. Thirty-three girls from
Sacred Heart convent will make up
a party.
4
Line parties will include Mrs. Ray
Wagoner. 10; Mrs. W. F. Baxter, 10:
Walter Preston, 10; Mrs. E. G. Mc
Gilton and Miss Jessie Millard,
V