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- s v PART TWO SOCIETY SECTION PAGES 1 TO 12 The Omaha Sunday: Bee PART TWO AUTOMOBILES PAGES 1 TO 12 VOL. XLVIII NO. 19. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER '20, 1918. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. .t8 5- omen Omaha Women Accepted for , Red Cross Service Overseas' Hospital Hut, Canteen and Stenographic Forces in France and Italy to Be Aug . inented by Patriotic. Women Volunteers from Omaha and Vicinity ; Now Await Sailing Orders. TWO great symbols of mercy and justice fly ; side by side America's starry banner nnd that emblem of the greatest organ ization of mercy that the world has ever known, the Red Cross. - Side by side with our fighting men who leave homC and friends to follow the Stars and Stripes wherever it may lead them, are the brave women who enlist to serve under the white ban ner emblazoned with the great Red Cross. Nebraska has given many of these young patriots who haVe pledged themselves to aid in maintaining the morale of our soldiers overseas. Among the latest who have been ac cepted for this self-sacrificing task Needlework Guild Will Collect Garments for Poor November 6-7 November 6 and 7 are the dates ' set for the annual meeting and dis ; tribution of garments for the Oma ha, branch of the Needlework Guild of America. The ; First Christian church, Twenty-sixth and Harney streets is the place chosen for the ' collection and for the business meet ring which will be held Wednesday : N morning at-40:30. ' Donation of two new garments for the poor isall that is required for membership in the Needlework Guild. . -( "The simplist, easiest,' and most capable charity" is the way local , worker describe the Needlework Guild's plan of collecting garments. -.The president, who is this year Mrs. f- M. B. Newman, names a number of section presidents. Each of the lat ter name four directors who in turn , vselect ten women to work under ' !; them. This provides an efficient I : chain system for increasing the number of garments so contributed. Instant recognition of the worth ; of this charity is attested by ready responses to help with the work. ' Mrs. Eva Grimes of the World-Herald and Miss Irene Lang don of the Daily News, to each of - whom appeals were made for publicity , immediately offered to assume directorship for a band of 10. Miss Elizabeth Cook of The Bee or ganized a double section of 20 among Bee employes. ' Women's Clubs to Help V' School Garden Army. "Every one of the 22,000,000 school children of the United States should J - be given the opportunity to feel that he has part in the work of winning the war," says Mrs. Mary K. Sherman, formerly secretary of the General Federation of Women's clubs, now serving as assistant di - lector of the Uniud States school garden army, in charge of the gar den army activities of club, women. "One vital service that may be put within reach of these boys and girls is the chance to produce food. There is no other one thing tnat comes so distinctly , home to every in dividual as food, and if every child is shown that by raising even a lit tle food that he himself eats he will be helping to keep' the soldiers on the battle fields rom going hungry, " he will see that he has a part and can Jielp in the great world strug- Secretary Franklin K. Lane thsough the Bureau of Education, ' haa. put in operation a practical plan foruhe mobilization of the school children of the-country for garden V work. i "In the garden the mysteries of nature are unfolded. Under sym pathetic guidance the childs imagin ation is stimulated and his powers "of observation are developed. Trees, flowers, waving ""grain field, bird, mountain and valley will come in time to have their full meaning to thcooys and girls who are taught to see nature's lessons in. their first garden. "Now is the time to plan for next summer's work. If the fathers and mothers do their part the children will do theirs, and the little citizens of. tomorrow wiTl be better equipped than ever before for the responsibili ties of life, and will be glad and hap py in th$ir ability to give immediate service." Fremont , Canteen Service Ten canteeif service women in Fremont. Neb., held a flower sale last Saturday, which netted them - $580 for the canteen "smokes" fund. The .women meet all troop trains which pass through Fremont. Miss Maud May is chairman, the other members including Mrs. R. D. Mc Faddan, Mrs. C B. Nicodemus, Mrs. . C. J. Marr, Miss Frances May, Mrs. ohn Monnich, Mrs. Charles More ouse, Mrs. R. B. Fields, Miss Sarah Smead and Mrs. Hjalmar Anderson. t . Mr. Robert Bradford, who has ' Veen in France over a year as con sul at Havre, has been appointed to ,be full consuHor the United States ,foi the island tof Sicr - are Mrs. Maria Lydia Rowe, who has enlisted in the hospital hut serv ice. Although, but few Omaha women have been chosen for this work this attractive young matron .will prove a worthy representative of her city. From Evergreen, Colo., Miss Emma Robertson, former Brownell hall instructor, has come to awsrif her final orders in Omaha, for, she ,too, will be engaged in the hut work. Miss Robertson is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Young during her stay. Miss Effie Cle land will also be engaged in social service work. From the tropical Hawaiian islands Miss Lelia Jameson heard her country's call and has recently been accepted for,, canteen work. Miss Jameson -is a former Omahan, but has lived in Hawaii for the past six years. She is spending a short time in Omaha visiting friends be fore her departure overseas. Miss Anna Granbeck has also chosen the canteen service. The efficient young women who are engaged in the detail work of this, great organization also play a very important part in the winning of the world war. Mrs . Jessie Scott of Council Bluffs, and Miss Stella Carl have been accepted for clerical work and Miss Lucile Scott as a stenographer. ( i wimmv ixwmj mm. IKIIIl if I . g kf . i n, n Women Organize Unit for Merged . War Funds Drive in November Seven War Camp Recreational Agencies, Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., Community Service, Library Association, Catholic aiid Jewish Welfare and Salvation Army Merge Committees. AT a meeting of the General TTniti.fi War Work Cam- ! paign committee made up of representatives from the Y. M. C. . -m . 1 T A., the i . W. c. A., tne war amp Community service, the American Library association, the National Catholic War council, the Jewish (Welfare Board and the salvation Army, it was voted to establish a Committee. It will be the work of this committee to rally the entire womanhood of the nation to iden tify themselves with the campaign by enlisting to the full their energies and abilities. ; The resolution adopted by repre sentatives from the War Work Council of the Y. W. C. A. at a meeting in Chicago, September 10, was as follows: "We, as representatives from the organizations of the United War Work Campaign and of women in general, in conference assembled, wish to express our willingness to assume the responsibility of rallying the entire womanhood of the na tion to identify themselves with the forthcoming campaign and that as a basis of the organization for such effort we use the organization al ready set up by the Young Women's Christian Association augumented by the appointment of such addi- i iPPl Still! Ititiiii WARTIME DRESS REFORM IS "ADVOCATED BY CLUBS FOR over four years the General Federation of Women's Clubs has been trying to promote the movement for more complete standardization of women's street clothes. "We believe those who make the claim that individuality in dress, fre quently changing styles, and the de votion to mere fashion "which have built enormous industries based on extravagance are necessary to the preservation of either personality on sex as ornamental rather than use ful members of society," is the ex pression ot the General Federation magazine for October. "We protest this diea. Women adorn homes. Few of them care to merely orna ment them or the world at large, and they are today much too busy in homely, practical service of all kinds to waste time in dressing to attract attention. "We earnestly believe that wo man's personality is enhanced rath er than lessened by; uniform modes of dress. It is so with men. There is no reason why it should not be so with wpmeu. Suppose a newspaper report of a convention of men were filled with a description of what they wore in place of what they did? Does it lessen the per sonality of Theodore Roosevelt tht he dresses so like the president of the United States and all the mem bers of congress that-the mere on looker could not recognize him merely from his attire? t , Not a Uniform. "Standardization is not a uniform. It is a principle. The general feder ation at no time has been trying to promote a dress reform. It believes that what has to be reformed is our attitude of mind toward dress and war to a degree is doing this." Yet it is quite obvious that fashions in doing war service or in dressing for them, have come in vogue which may be more wasteful of labor and needed material than clinging to our old forms of dress. "There is so much to be said on this subject. To begin with, how ever, the general federation pre sented a garment called the 'bien nial dress' at the New York conven tion, not at all because it was con sidered that one form or style would be acceptable to all women or suit able to all occasions but because the dress conforms to certain princi ples which are those upon which we believe standardization to be based. "These are good straight lines, suitability, adaptability and dupli cation in different fabrics. The dress ran be modified, not merely because t can be made in cloth, or srlk, or crepe, etc. but because the same dight changes which vary men's garments can be utilized in this; the lapels, the collar, the length of the tunic, belt or sash, embroidered or plain, all vary it without particular trouble or added expense. It , is adapted to. the different figures of women becoming to all when, the r , proportions are adjusted in the right way, and it is suitable in dif ferent fabrics to be worn upon near ly all occasions. Moreover it" can be made as a suit or as a dress. Government Appeal. "At the conference the following message was read from Mrs. Belli? Armstrong Whitney of New York, president of the Whitney Fashion corporation: ' "'Clothing and what American women do or do not do about it is one of the nation's problems today. The gvernment says that we must spend less because it needs to bor row a lot of our money and also we want to give a lot of money to those who need it more than we. If we spend less for clothing we must buy better so that it mav last longer. We can easily give up fooM ish, fleeting, conspicuous styles and gain in good taste in dress as well as economy. We can buy only what is suitable for each one of us to wear, where we go, according to what we have to do there. That will help to launch the right fash ions not only for thinking club women, but for those less fortunate ones who do not think so clearly. 'If the General Federation of Women s Clubs would here and now go on record before the coun try as one hundred per cent behind every effort to make clothing artis tically better in line and color, simpler, more practical, less time consuming, economically saner and sounder, there are thousands of em ployers and hundreds of thousands of wage earners ready to cry "Thank you and God bless you," and by the same token every mem ber of the federation would have lessened her own clothes problems the entire hundred- per cent. It is so simple! Ask the clothing mak ers to give you fewer new styles, make them simple in design and of as good materials as can be had. Use as little material as is consis tent with freedom of movement and comfort; employ good workman ship and base the prices upon your having lessened the makers' losses incurred when you insist upon non sensical novelties every few weeks.' Resolutions. "As a result of the above telegram and the sentiments expressed by the previous speakers, the following resolution was presented and adopt ed by the conventioff : " 'Be it resolved, that the Genera Federation of Women's Clubs, in 14th biennial convention assembled, go on record as standing behind every effort Jo make clothing artis tically better in line and color, more simple and 'practical, economical, sobeij and sane, by giving up fool ish fleeting fashions; by purchasing only that which is suitable for wear at the time and place according to the work to be performed; by buy ing as far as possible only the best fabrics the government can allow for civilian use.' ;Lt. J. Calvin "lira. Frank A. Vanderhp of New I safely overseas I WW-' Kl Zitet teSeoti- ti Cffie Clelaxi "PHOTOS SY BIOTHART --3 TBFFTN'6 York foV the national wartime dress committee, urged a wartime dress for women, which the committee had had designed. This dress is made of dark blue serge, but can be made of any material, and is now on general sale. 1 "The general federation also adopted the suggested resolutions of this committee, as follows: "'Whereas the experience of European countries at War indicates that the general use of mourning costume tends to depress the spirit of population at war, therefore - Be.it resolved, that the bieanial convention of the General Federa tion of Women's Clubs endorse the general use of a sleeve band instead of conventional mourning costumes, this sleeve band to be of black with a gilt star for each man or woman for whom the relatives may wish to express honor or sorrow.' (En dorsed by the Council of National Defense and national convention of the D. A. R.) , What is Standardization? "Will you discuss this in your club? What does standardization mean to you? Do you believe in it? If not, why not?" Brownell Hall Girls in War Work ' A French knitting class has been organized among Brownell Hall students by Mile. Annette de Han of the French department, to meet each 'Thursday night. Nothing but French isf spoken while the girls ply their knitting needles' for our soldiers. Girls of the domestic science de partment are making surgical dress nigs and clothing for Belgian babies. Davis has arrived Large Subscriptions to B'nai B'rith War Work ers' Fund v ,"A $1 ticket for every member," is the slpgan of the Young Women's Hebrew association, which is co operating with the B'nai B'rith aux iliary in giving a war benefit dance at the Auditorium. October 29 to raise funds to finance an overseas worker. These girls, headed by ' Miss Jessie Kruger, have also un dertaken the sale of tiny American flags at ih dance, the proceeds to go to the war work fund. H. J. Abrams is the latest $100 contributor to the canteen fund. He has given this subscription for his attractive .daughter, June. Mr. Abrams is in the east on business, but wrote an enthusiastic "yes" when told by. his daughter of the war relief venture upon which Jew ish young women of Omaha had embarked. Fifty dollars subscriptions have been pledged by Harry A. Wolf. Lester and Jerome Heyn, and the Simon Brothers company. Dr. Philip Sher. M. Hertzberg, Dr. Isidor Dansky, Julius and" J. L. Or kin are among the $25 contributors. Mr. and Mrs. David Tonge have received word of the safe arrival overseas of their son, Harvy James Tonge. Mr. Tongc is with the 127th field artillery, battery F. A second sont John Tonge, who is stationed on the U. S. S. Wisconsin, passed a 10 days' furlough with his parents. GABBY DETAYLS FIGHTS "FLU" BY CHEERY TALES Lt. Harold P. Landeryou has re ceived his promotion to first lieuten ant, with the Eighty-eighth field ar tillery in France. DEPRESSING as the local in fluenza situation has become, those sturdy souls who are combattmg the epidemic find balm for tired minds and bodies in the beautiful instances of real service which have come to notice. A prominent society woman who has offered her car and services to the Visiting Nurse association, was told to report for duty at the city hall the next morning at 7:30 o'clock. She was there at the dpt and with the visiting nurse drove north on Twent-fourth street into the poor negro settlement. Their errand of mercy took them into th home x)f a negro family where the mother and six children were pros trate with the "flu." The woman in question remained there all day, bathing the little pick aninnies cooking, sweeping, clean ing and doing everything in her power to make them comfortable. When she mentioned to her fam ily where she had been on duty all day, it was only to tell them the humor of the day. While bathing one of the young sters he asked: "Lady, does yu-a!l lib in dis neighborhood?" f "No," she replied, "why do you ask?" "O, yu-all's face is moughty fa miliar, das all!" LEO ROSENTHAL of the Jew ish Welfare board has sworn off offering any further suggestions to girls of the B'nai B'rith auxiliary, who are planning the war reliet dartce at the Auditorium, October 29, to raise funds to send a worker overseas. "Why don't you girls dress as Carmen? Mr. Rosenthal asked Miss Ida Raisman, attractive girl who will have charge of the sale of "smokes" and candy. "That is the usual stunt." "Then next thing you will ask us to do is to dress like 'Fatima,'" was the quick response. N. B. Mr. Rosenthal is in the "smokes" business. MRS. W. J. HYJfES is attract ing much attention of late by her devotion to Mrs. Frank Judson. Cups of tea, wraps to protect from drafts, all the little attentions of a lover, are bestowed on the chaYrmanof the Woman's Liberty Loan committee by her as sistant. ' ... "Such beautiful devotion," sighed one romantically inclined friend one day. "It's wonderful." "O.Mt isn't all love," replied Mrs. Hynes. "I have to take care of her because if she became ill I would have to do her work." Mrs. Hynes is vice chair man of the committee. Mrs. Hynes and Mrs. Judson are the two busiest women in town. Their homes no longer know them except on rather special occasions. One of these occasions occurred one evening last week, when Mis. Hynes i .'" "" : " v ' ;'; ". dined with her family. She and Mrs. Judson had been attending a meetingas usual, and she eulogized on the fine spirit shown by the wo men present "At the close of the meeting," she-said, "we stood up and sang with all our hearts 'Keep the Home Fires Burning.'" "Well," exclaimed Mrs. Hynes' y&ung son, "Of all the nerve, for you and Mrs. Judson to sing ctp the Home Fires Burning."! M'lSS JUNE ABRAMS wears gold pin thatis the envy of her friends. It isthe insignia of the British Royal Engineer corps, with the inscription of the Order of the Garter, "Honi Soit Qui Mai Y Pense." Miss Abrams received it from a cousin of the famous Julian Eltinge. STATIONED in or about Omaha , is a young man wearing his country's uniform, but whose heart is far in the east with a golden curled young woman, also serving her country. The young j man has considerable artistic ability and sends the girl of bis choice beauti fully illustrated letters, tinted with water color. Not always is it nec essary for him to express his senti; ments in glowing words, though no doubt he does that, too, but Gabby does notknow. She did, however, see one picture he sent herfThe pic ture showed himself, to whom a huge hand was passing the green earth on a silver platter. Disdainfully he waved it away, while to his khaki clad breast he clasped a big doll, whose golden curls were unmistak ably like those of his beloved one. What need for mere words? tional women as may be necessary; to represent the various groups. i "Be it further recommended thai the United War Work Campaign committee recognize the war work of the women of the nation as of di rect military value iiKlhe winning of this war, and that this idea be em-j bodied in all public presentations! both by printed page and in publi speaking." Mrs. Henry P. Davison, wife ofl the chairman of the War Council of! the American Red Cross, is ' now chairman of the woman's committe of the United War Work campaigns Mrs. Davison was formerly head of the united campaign committee of theY. W. CA. a i The new woman's unit has not been established for the purpose of soliciting funds or doing any work in the field. Its work is to be chief ly educational. Mrs. Davison is planning totou the United States on behalf of thV united war work campaign. f Gossip About People You Know Mrs. John N. Baldwin has given up her home and will spend the win' ter in Waterville, N. Y. ' j Miss Mildred Rogers has entered i the Margaret Fahnstock training ; scnooi tor nurses. Mrs. Thomas Heyward of Pitts4 burgh is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs R. B. Busch. Rev.xH. Percy Silver, a formef. Omaha rector and chaplain at Fort Crook, is now rector of the Episcc-' pal church of the Incarnation in New York City. Dr. Silver has beenw chaplain at West Point academy for the past five years. . ' , V !' Mrs. Robert McClelland arrived' home Saturday from Colorado. i Miss Helen Ingwersen is expected home the first of the week. She has been the guest of Mrs, Frederick Kimball in New York. Miss Ingwer- sen's fiance, Lt. Milton Kimball, saued last week -for service abroad. Membership Campaign of Fine Arts Society Application for membership and renewal of former memberships for the Omaha Society of fine arts are being received by Mrs. E. M. Syfert, secretary, in the Blackstone hotel. Avchange in the date of the lec ture course is announced by Mrs. W. T. Burns. Madame de Gozdawa Turcznowicz. who was oreviouslv announced to speak on January 7 it t . . 1 -v win ie ame to come uecemDer li. The madame will speak on "When the Prussians Came to Poland." Mrs. Luther Drake has been named chairman of the courtesies committee, the office held .last year by Mrs. Louis C. Nash. Mrs. Nash is now chairman of the lecture com. mittee which is to give Omaha the privilege of a lecturr course, includ ing the ablest war speakers of each ot the allied countries. . Mr. Tulius F. Festner. vjhn tio been eneaeed in oersonnrl urnrlr Camp Dodge, has recently been iransierred to lamp luster at Bat tle Creek, Mich.' . , ; ; ;y ... - , Miss Marjorie Smith, who has' had a slight attack of the Spanish I ' influenza, is much improved now. j Mrs. A. L. Reed is now with her!; daughter, Mrs. Isaac Carpenter, and Captain Carpenter, in. Boston. Mr.,'" and Mrs. A. L. Reed and Miss Ern Reed expect to close their home and take an apartment at the Blackstone' , about November 1. j Edward Creighton has been' quit r ill at his home from Spanish influx " enza, but is improving now. ) , Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Storz, Misai Elsie Storz and Miss Dorothy Hig gins have returned from Excelsior1, Springs. ' Mrs. J. M. Metcalf expects to close her home soon and will have' an apartment at the Fontenelle for the winter. " . t Mrs. Edward Creighton ffad as her guest last week. Mrs. -Henry i Van Schaack of Denver. Mrs. Van' ' Schaack will be remembered here 11 as Miss Clara Mitchell, who was a ' schoolmate of Mrs. Creighton andf one of the lovely bridesmaids at Mrs. Creighton's wedding. Mrs. J. F. Coad has returned from California, where she has been with her son, Lt. Ralph Coad,, who was recently injured in an accident. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Morsman. jr., returned Saturday from Washing- ' ton and New York. Miss Mary Morsman is at St. Timothy's school, Cantonsville, Md. Mr.tand Mrs. Jack Sharp left. Thursdav tr cnnH 9 a Excelsior Springs. j Mrs. Edwin T. Swobe, who hasl had a S hsht attarL- f c ' influenza, is much improved. Mrs Robert Loomis, who has .the! Spanish influenza at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.f Rahm, is much improved. v Mr. and Mrs. Gould Dietz, whc4 hare been spending a few days atj Excelsior Springs, are expected home the' first of the week., , Col. and Mrs. W. O. Gilbert of I Washington. ar n.;n . V days at the Fontenelle. Mrs. T. T. Stewart 2nd .'. ed home from th af Tn.,;.., (. - Stewart returned Jast Saturday, Mr. Tohn W. Triwt ;it ,- first of the week for Wilm C, where he will bejkr the winter. wrs. iowie will join him later. Mrs. T. Clarke Coil: returned Sim. day from New York, where she was ' witn ner daughter, Miss Betty, who has entered Miss .Bennett's school in Millbrook. N. Y. ' fr I a few days with George Coit t j Princeton before returning 00 w j