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The Omaha Sunday: Bee
PART TWO
AUTOMOBILES
PAGES 1 TO 12
VOL. XLVIII NO. 19.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER '20, 1918.
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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. (
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
