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j THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 13, 1918. iL. Conducted by Ella Flelshrrian COUNCIL BLUFFS M OiiyAccount of sicknesf the Morn ; L ingse chapter of St. Paul's guild IV fyfst'poned t meeting planned for i I Tuesday. American Duchess Gets Gold Medal for Service in France OR Miss Rosa M Raabe. returned mis sionary from Corea, was the guest of Mr and Mrs F. VV. Van Druff Monday. Miss Raabe has been spending her furlough at her former! , home in Oakland and is now en route to a convention at St. Louis. Monday Unit K auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. McCrae and made their plans for the winter's activities. The members of the musical de - 'partment of the Council Bluffs iivtiiHii 3 HUM mil at uuuaj1 ei m i home, of Mrs. R. S. Palmer. The club took up the development of Italian music and its composers.; Mrs. Ray Clark reviewed the founda- - .i. - I.. iron oi musical arr, noting uie worics of Palestrina, whose compositions aft still used in the churches of i! ' Rome. She was followed by Mrs. , Carl Taylor, who sang "Send Me a Rose From Home," by J. F. Cook, : and "You Better Bide a Wee." The M development of the art of music, 'i which for a thousand years was un it der the control of the 'Church pro- ! vided the theme of a very interesting paper by Mrs. Alice bipherd. Mrs. ' I. N. Day played the piano solo, "The Brook'1 by Willie Pope and a Norwegian dance by Greig. Mrs. A. C. Bullock discussed the life and works of Monte Verde, who pro duced tome of the forerunners of - modern music, though he was con . , sidered a musical revolutionist in hii own day. Mrs. J. E. Wallace made a report on current events in the musical world and the meeting -was closed by community singing. Mrs. E. C. Worthington wife of t the major of the 168th infantry, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. H. Rothert, of the Shugart apartments. Tuesday Mrs. Thomas Metcalf, jr., and Mrs. J. II. Kintz gave a 1 o'clock buffet luncheon to members of the Garden club in honor of Mrs. Met- calf's house guest, Mrs. F. E. Cox. TJie luncheoii was followed by a business meeting for the election of officers for the coming year. Mr. Henry Cutler was elected president, Mrs. Thomas Officer, vice president, and Mrs. Lonis Squires secretary ' treasurer. A committee will be ap pointed to arrange the program. Announcement has .been made here of the marriage' of Miss Cecil - Langmade of this city and Lt. John J. Kehoe of Jersey City, N. J. The wedding occurred at the Church ' of the Blessed Sacrament, Chicago, last Monday. The young couple were attended by Miss Mary Kehoe of Jersey City and John P. Shouvlirf of. ' Springfield, O. Mrrand, Mrs. J. F. Marshall uncle and aunt of the bride,, were hosts at the wedding breakfast, served after the ceremony "at the LaSalle hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Kehoe will make their home in Detroit for the present. The bride ' is. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.' E. Langmade of this city, who went on to Chicago to attend the ceremony. , Bluffs chapter of St. Paul's guild has indefinitely postponed the picnic ' planned for last Friday, on account of the death of George Davis, jr. The Girls Friendly society held a business meeting at the home of Miss Caroline Pfeiffer on Wednesday evening. A social hour followed the ' transaction of the routine business. The club has planned to sell picture " nost cards of the interior of the church and of the rectory for the :;. benefit of their funds. ' " Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Rich enter- tained the members of the Home Economics department of the Coun cil Bluffs Woman's club on Wed iesday JThe members met at the' auditorium and were taken by auto , to the scene of the afternoon's ac tivities. At roll call each guest re sponded with some suggestion of . thrift, gleaned from personal expe rience, which tradition says is the best of all teachers. The organiza tion has planned to emphasize this thought H through the year and i each program has been arranged with this as its basic principle. Mrs. G. W. Turner Mrs. Martin Hughes, ' Mrs. F. J. Duerr, Mrs. Pettibone and Mrs. Sidney .Smith were assist ant i -hostesses and provided hot chicken pie, escalloped potatoes, to-baked beans and coffee and each guest brought some contribution to the menu. While it is said that . eyery rule thrift was observed, ' no, mere reporter could discover the lack of any of the pre-war dainties so, prized on such gala occasions. Mrs. H. C Rusch will entertain on October 23 with Mrs. W. J. Lever- ' ett, Itlrs. J. E. Wallace, Mrs. W. P. Hughes and. Mrs. Page Morrison as 'assistants. Announcements have been re ceived here of the marriage of Lt. Thomas Harvey, formerly of this city, and Miss Dorothy Prentice of Tenafly, N. The ceremony was performed at Camp McClellan, An- niston. Ala. Lieutenant Harvey was in me fvamoow uivisjuu, uui uaa uccu ordered back to this country as an instructor in the cantonments. ' The first study program of the "history and literature department ' of the Council Bluffs Woman's club , wits held on Thursday at the library. 'The club has taken up French his- iory and the subjects discussed in cluded the conflict between the king t trid the assembly, Neckr, Mirabeau, ' :he Bastile and the final flight of the . roal family. A very interesting program was given. Those taking part were Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Hollenbeck, Mrs. j Mayne and Mrs. Clark. The Tuesday History club held i the first meeting of the season al the home of Mrs. A. 'W. Tyler. Mr? Shirley was chosen as the delegate to the district convention. Nex; , Tuesday the club will be entertain ed at the home of Mrs. O. J. Mc Manus by a 1 o'clock war luncheon, ; which will be followed by a dis cussion of our national parks. ,The hostess will be assisted in serving by Mrs. Killpack, Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Snyder. i Lieut Donald Mayne is the guest I f Mr. and Mrs. E. L, EmpJde on t Oakland avenue. He is' a afeff of $fker of the Small Arms Wiring jhchool, now located, at Camp Perry, rAv, but about to be moved to Colum Ms, Ga, of the winter. "He ex .. net tm tatai bo K) dys the. I S, y . V Omaha Boy Writes of First Days Spent on French Soil Becoming accustomed to a "pup" i rocks, roots and hollows did osteo tent which American soldiers use ( pathic work with our anatomy. By when they get to France is several the second night, though, we slept kinds of an interesting and not alto-, hne and are now getting to be sea gether amusing experience, accord- soned campaigners, able to . sleep ing to W. O. Johnson, son of George j comfortably any place. We go to of the Iowa bed hre horse style, wearing shoes and all with an overcoat put on for good measure. This dressingIn stead of undressing for, bed has it all over, the methods of civil life, for ther; is no fuss on getting up in the morning. All we have to do is get up and shake ourselves like pups and there ,we are. 1 Bath at 2 A. M. Shortly after arrival here our com pany was treated to a rather rare and interesting experience. We took a (deleted by censor) at 2:30 a. m. we got up and very quietly sneaked through the inky blackness of the night; to the (deleted). Ostensibly the Silence was to keen from wakine the camp, but really I think it was to avoid scaring away the wa.ter, for DUCHESS DE, .CHOJSEU1A The Duchess de Choiseul, daugh ter of the late Charles Coudert of New York, has been awarded the French gold medal for activity in war hospital work, according to word received from Paris. The Duchess de Choiseul has been ac tive in relief work since the begin ning of the war, devoting her atten tion particularly to the care of tu bercular French soldiers. C. Johnson, nresidenet Elevator company, Omaha. In a letter to his father, Johnson, who is serving in France, gives an excellent impression of "the first days of a Yankee soldier spent overseas. I "The first day on French soil is one which I will never forget," he 'wrote, "Instead of finding every thing 'rainy and muddy, as one Is , led to believe when in the United States, we were met' with a beautiful clear day, and on marching through the quaint old town at which we landed it seemed just like stepping into a fairy book. Had it not been for the stern reality of a heavy pack I would have expected to be able to pinch myself and wae up. Lands in Old Town. "The town looked as if it were built about 1 A. D., and had merely j with a shy and retiring disposition, been kept in deceent repair, for the .The showers were not very forceful, buildings were all old stone struc- but they were very cold and the tures with windowless doors which! wash we took under the icy dribble had evidently seen much service. ! made us feel fine aftrwards. "The inhabitants seemed to be "The rest of my acquaintance with simple, old-fashioned folks and they i water has been largely at night, were dressed in peculiar style. The when we usually have showers, al men dressed as we imagine artists . though'vshort showers are common to dress and the women Wore plain during the dav. One niffht it rained black dresses. The women, too, all , quite a bit. and on rolling over In seemed to have white caps on their j my sleep I woke Up with a splash to heads. find my face in a pool of water. "The French are said to be very While. we will have to get used to thrifty and it was certainly indi- sleeping in mud up to our ears, Rib cated by the clothes on some of the lett and I have decided to postpone young kids. One little cuss wore a the mud as long as possible, so I and in about 20 minutes of wet work had dug a fine trench very worthy of a former embryo engineer. I then yelled to Rib and asked if the water was still coming In the tent. He crawled out and sure had a good laugh on me, for I had dug the ditch around someone else's tent. Works at Night. "This was said to be a 'rest camp, but since arriving I have had a day's K. P. and have done several night's labor in the line of unloading and piling lumber, flour, etc. We work nights, when the trucks are free, and sleep daytimes. One day I slept so hard that I not only failed to clean up my tent, but also failed to wake up for our inspection. Am not yet a well enough trained terrier to hear a whistle in my- sleep, but hope to become better able to recognize 'my master's voice.' As it is now rain ing, I guess I should 6ay water span iel instead of terrier. "The Work we havf had to do has reajy been welcome, as we need ex ercise after the inactivity of our long trip. . As there is always a big gang on every job we don't work so terribly hard and we always have a good time. , "The boys are all trying to pick Woman May Get Second Place On G. 0. P. Committee Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Breedlove and daughter, Madeline, left .on Thurs day evening for Kansas City and Santa Ricco, N. M. BENSON I to judge from the looks of the na- "P a little French by talking with i tives, water over here is a rare bird, j ' pair of pants built like a cubist pic ture. I guess that the original pair merely served as a pattern to start his trousers career and that the patches took care of all wear ot clothes and change of size; of boy. Wooden shoes are very common and the lether shoes look much the worse for wear. For the first time my untanned, hobnailed field shoes felt real dressy. Sailors say that before American troops brought wealth to this town, even such poor leather shoes as the people have now were a very rare luxury. I think this is a little exaggerated. " Two in Each Tent. "We marched several miles to a camp ground whene ye pitched our 'pup' tents and laid out on the ground to rest. These pup tents are a great thing. You and another fel low each carry a half and on pitch ing camp the two halves are put together to make a tent. Officially these little dwellings are tknown as Lehelter tents, but the nickname 'pup' tent is far more appropriate, as when entering it is necessary to crawl in Mrs. Vance Neal has returned to her home in North Platte. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Murdock of Arlington, Neb., have taken the J. C. Campbell home. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell will leave soon to spend the winter west Miss Nena Starr leaves soon to do Red Cross work in France. Mrs. Joseph Doljs and son, of Plainview, are guests of her son, P. Doljs. Mr. Ed Janke of Green River, Wyo., left for home last Thursday, j on all fours like a pet poodIe xhe hi si sec ce accompanied by Mrs. Janke, Rev. John Crews is recovering at Methodist hospital. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fricke, and daughters to Mr. and Mrs. M. Winholtz and Mr. and Mrs) Harry Case during the last week. v Mr. and Mrs. Ira Chappele, who were married a few days ago, are at the home of the bride's mother while Mr. Chappele is waiting to go with the next draft. Miss Nancy Leslie has returned to her home in Underwood, la., after a short visit at the J. L. Cor baley home. j t Mrs. Ed Wujff of Pine Bluff, Wyo., is here on a visit, while her brother, Ed Burmeister, is here from the the Isthmus of Panama. Mrs. A. S. Ruth has returned to Minden, Neb. Dr. and Mrs. Purviance of Bea trice, Neb., have returned to their home. Showers in honor of Miss Mar garet Peterson have been giVen during the last week. Miss Mabel Workman's group of Campfire Girls took a hike west of Benson last week-end. Elizabeth Christman, for six years general secretary-treasurer of the International Glove Workers' union, has been appointed chief of women investigators of the National War Labor Board. She will assist women workers to present their grievances to the board. Good Morning, Old Overqoat I am going to renew your life I am going to have you cleaned at DRESNER BROTHERS Dyers Cleaners 221M7 Farnara St. Phone Tyler 345 kennel idea is pretty well carried out in the camp, for whenever we are wanted for anything a whistle is blown and we scramble out. "My tent mate is a man named Riblett. from Denver. He is a fine fellow and we get along famously. 1 The ?rst night we laid on the ground sleep didn't come very easily, as got up and went to make a ditch around the tent. After going a ways to get a shovel we came back women who come to the edee i of the camp to get washing. Our at tempts are pitiful and give the wash women much amusemeent Now I am sorry that I only exposed my self to f rench for a year, as the cal cuius, etc., that I spent so much time on is not very handy in telling some Frenchman that you want something to eat. I his life is just beginning to savor of the real thing and although there are some little inconveniences it is great experience and I am en joying it." 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OMAHA Mrs. John Francis Yawger, chair man of the women's division of the New York state republican commit tee, may be named vice chairman of the republican state committee for the coming gubernatorial election. One of the most indefatigable women war workers in Washington is Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. Since her son enlisted in the "First to Fight" branch of the service. Mrs. Daniels has become known to marines as the "Mother of the Thirteenth Marines." Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast a Splendid Habit f Open sluices of the system each morning and wash away the poisonous, stagnant matter. 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Building, Omaha. t r KIP' STOP At the request of the United States Fuel Adminis-V trator and with the approval of the City of Omaha, as well as the approval of the State Railway Commission, this Company will inaugurate the practice1 known as the SKIP STOP. s Under this plan cars will Not stop at Every corner as now, but will skip many of them. All stops will be designated by a sign painted on the street poles, reading in black letters on yellow grounc1 Northbound and Southbound stops are indicated by signs on north and south side of poles; eastbound and westbound stops by signs. on the east and west side of poles. Remember fewer stops will save coal, and more coal means more steel for guns and ammunition a shorter war and Fewer Casualties. Fewer stops will also mean more rapid transportation. j The Skip Stop will be in effect on and after Sunday. October 13, on the Farnam, Dodge and Harney Lines. On other lines soon. . Omaha S Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. c A R S T 0 P