THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY", DECEMBER -12, 1918. -r-""r'"-"ri r,.,. "! I 1 Conduded by Ella Fleishman' H SOCIETY i THAT spirit of gloom commonly known at "influenza" has caused the postponement of one of the largest social events of the year, the formal dinner-dance which was to have been given Sat urday evening at the new Athletic club. The "open hoose," when all of Omaha was to have been the guests of the chib, has also been dropped from the social calendar. The club will be open Saturday, how ever, when the members may enter 1 tain their friends at luncheon, in an 'informal way. Every cloud, no matter how gray, lias its glint of silver, and it is to be hoped , that the Christmas season, with its mirth and jollity, will ban ish disease and sadness, and that the holiday affairs may be given on the - dates scheduled. On Christmas night the younger set wilt make nierry at the club, apd the most elab orate affair ever given in Omaha is lielnjr planned for New Year's eve. The most artistic of decorations and X'.xe loveliest of favors will mark this party, when society and army folk will gather to dance away the last of the fleeting hours of the old year. Out-of-Town Wedding. , - Miss Jean Biesendorf will leave this evening for Portland, Ore., as her marriage to Mr. Arthur Schuel- , zky will take place December 16, at Vancouver. Mrs. C. B. Hempel, sis- . ter of the bride, will be her only at tendant. Following the ceremony the young couple will visit Camp . Lewis, where Mr. Oscar Biesendorf is stationed. AS'Mr. Schuelzky is employed in ' the ship yards, he and his bride will make their home in Portland. Golden Wedding. A family dinner party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Updike, Monday evening, in honor of their golden wedding. The puests numbered 20. including Mr. ' and Mrs. T. II. Updike of Los An geles, Cal. , - , j Mr. and Mrs. Updilje were married in 1868 in New Jersey-, coming to Omaha 17 years agov Beautiful an nouncement cards were sent to the friends ofathis prominent couple, the i lettering being in gold. - . Postponements. ; The Welsh-American society will hold no more meetings until N after the holidays. . The party which was to have been given for the soldiers and sailors by the Lafayette and Lohache clubs this evening has been postponed. The D.,T A. club has postponed the dancing party which was planned for this evening at Florence field. Art department of the Omaha Womans club have postponed their meeting, scheduled for. Thursday at 10 a. m. , . Victory club have postponed the , card party which was tq have been given Thursday evening. v . Dinner Party. ' '" 'Mr", and MrsTLuther Drake will entertain at dinner at their home this t, evening.- ' j Card Party. " - A card party will be given this evening at the Prettiest Mile club. Week End Dancing Club. The Week End Dancing club will . hold its regular dance Saturday evening at the Fontenelle. . Dinner Party. A dinner party will be given this i. evening by the Press club at the , Henshaw hotel for . a number of wounded soldiers who are passing ; through the city. . Informal Luncheon. i An informal luncheon party was given at the"Blackstone today when Mrs. George Darr entertained five guests. Masque Postponed. The Red Cross Ch.istmas masque, which was to have been held Decem ber 19 and 20, has been postponed indefinitely, owing to the epidemic Seven New Members r Elected at Meeting of Old People's Home , At the annual meeting o the board of trustees of the Old Peo ple's Home held Tuesday at the V. -W. C. A., seven new members were elected who wilU serve three years. They include Mesdames J. F. Sun- . derland, Charles Tracy, A. D. Peters, i H I.-Adams, Charles Leslie, C. C Belden and R. S. Wilcox. Officers for the board of trustees were also elected president Mrs? E. R. HumeJInce president, Mrs. I. W. Carpenter; treasurer, Mrs. S. K. Spaulding: corresponding secretary, Mrs. A; D. Peters, and recording secretary, Mrs. C C, Belden. ' , ,'; , Chairman of committees also ; elected, inchide,. finance committee, Mrs; E.' R. Hume,; auditing commit tee, Mrs. J. H. Dumont; house com- ,-raittee, Mrs. Charles Tracy; clerk of , house committee,' Mrs. R; A. Mc- ? Kachron; admission committee, Mrs. V K, O. Loomis; wardrobe and linen; .'-'Mrs. Henry Barke"r; devotional. Mrs. .J R. S. Wilcox; grounds, Mrs.. George Joslyn. ; Personals Mr. Frank Simpson, who is rfow T in Indiana, will not return until Christmas. .My Hat Diary BY Carita Herzog Do you like William Farnum? I do, and yesterday I went to see him at one of the movies. I went with Vi Dorgan and she had seen the pic ture and began telling me all about it. Well, that is one thing that makes me real angry ind 1 just et Vi know it. After it was over we went to Hatten Place to get something to drink and who should I meet but Betty Moore. She has- had the "flu" for ages antLJust got out yesterday. She looked just as sweef as ever and wore an adorable little hat of black velvet completely surrounded by a very pretty black and white ostrich wreath. She wore it perfectly straight and it really looked very jaunty. Red Cross Notes War Camp Community Notes- " Jr. F. S. Whitcomb is still con- fined to his bed after a week's ill nes with influenza, s 1 Cortx Donald T. Fox has received ' an honorable discharge and has re turned om Camp Funston. Mrf-B. A. Campbell of Ne York '' is visiting her juster, Mrs. G W Hrveyy Mrs. Campbell will- leave early next week for St Louis, to . . T m -1 . IT..;. .1 attena a convention oi me nanonu Council of Women, of which organ ization she is chairman. - . y" One of the first memorials'" evet erected to a woman in America was the monument to the mother of George Washington at Fredericks bnrf, --Va, the -cornerstone - for which was laid with elaborate cere. , monies by President Andrew Jack' Tardy Omaha shoppers need not worry about their failure to buy Christmas gifts in October. The best gift is to be available the week before Christmas. There is an un limited supply, and there will be no difficulty in purchasing. The cost is only-$l. I his gift is membership in the Red Cross, and it is a gift to the Omaha boys in the army artd navy as well as to the victims of war in all countries. These men will inter pret an overwhelming enrollment of the people as members in the Amer ican Red Cross as guaranteoof con tinued serviceof a kind they have leaned to value highly. -'The Red Cross Christmas roll call, ri i as it - T,i -fir -j ' uecemDer iu-, win anora ine op portunity to buy this gift, and de livery will be made without fail on Christmas eve in a cablegram to be sent to General Pershing announc ing the united support of the na tion for the Red Cross policy. What finer Christmas gut can Omaha Send? Added to every other city and the rural districts, the en rollment here will make a total that will rekindle hope everywhere peo ple are suffering. Our Z.000,000 soldiers in France, our sailors on the high seas and the men in training in this country hould know beyond a shadow of doubt that they will, receive every thing absolutely everything in the way of Red Cross srvice until the last one is mustered out. Aiuni versal response to the Red Gross Christmas roll call will give them such assurance. If possible Omaha should enroll every adult the first day, December 16. At any rate, the task must be finished before Christmas eve. Following is the list of majors and captains who will be on duty during the Christmas drive: SOUTH SIDE BOOTHS. NMrs. F. J. Enersoo, Major, f. I.. Sullivan, Mm. J. A. Murphy, Mrs. P. ST. Leptnskl, Mrs. Chai. Ead. Mrs. Richard Novak, Mrs. E. C. Cohaiwky, Mrs. Fred I.lgrhtfoot, lira. P. A. Van Sant. Mra. S. Left Caldwell, Miss ,L. Knox. Booths Outposts. Mrs. J. E. Davidson. Major. Mr. Charles Beaton. Beaton-Drug store; Mrs. Will Thomas, BranHels store; Mrs. nanejr Moore, Turlington Station; Mrs. Bert Fowler, Union Station; Miss Ham brigfct. court house; Mrs. Ed Swobe, United States National Bank; Mrs. Franklin Shot well, Burgess-Nash Store; Mrs. E. Walker, First National Bank;-Mrs. Victor Rose water, Nebraska Clothing eompany; Mrs. Fred -Hill,- Omaha National Bank; Mrs. C. D. Sturtayant, Thompson & Belden gtors. i HOTEL BOOTHS, j Mrs. A. S. Ritchie, Major. ' Fontenelle Hotel Captain, Mrs. M. J. Coakley: Lieutenants, Mrs.vW. V. Porter, Mrs. Shirley Wilson, Mrs. James T Allen. Henshaw .Hotel Captain, 1in&, H. 'Ashton; Lieutenants, Mrs. Karl Llnlnger, Mrs. J. R. McQutlton, sirs. E. W. Arnold. Mrs. Paul Skinner, Mrs. Felix Deplcer. Paxton Hotel Captain, Mrs, Dick Kitch en; Lieutenants, Mrs Robert Swltzler, Mrs. Loyd Magney, Mrs. Harold Thomas;, Miss Jessie Rccen, Mrs. J. E. Pulver, Miss Florence Liver, Miss Margaret Baum, Miss Margaret) Grrmmell, Miss Emily Keller, Miss Ethel .Magney. '- Conant Hotel Captain, Mrs. L. J. Mil lard; Lieutenants, -Miss Adelyn Wood, Miss Helen Malchten, Miss Maragaret Malchlen. ' Merchants Hotel Captain, Mrs. J. E Ludlow; Lieutenants, Mrs. M. Wilson, Mrs. Gorham, Mrs. 'Agnes 8cott. - :- Rome Hotel Captain, MrSNH. A. wi. ener. Castle Hotel Mra. FreQ castle; Lieu tenants, Miss Christina. ; Sanford Hotel Captain, Mrs. Charles Qrotte. .. Mrs. Frank A. Hughes, chairman oft he Vesta Chapter auxiliary of Eastern Star, urges all members to report for work all day I hursday at the Masonic temple.- : ... Mrs.'Cr M. WUhelm, .chairman home service department civilian re lief, issued a call for volunteer work- ers to ao neia woric Because oi me prevailing epidemic and the close of thewa, Mrs. Wilhelm says that it win De impossiuic. 19 ucpcua en tirely upon the nursing corps and ftat untrained volunteer workers are asked to assist All majors and captains for the Red Cross Christmas drive will meet Thursday at 3 p. m. at the Masonic Temple, to obtain supplies and in-, sir ucuuns. Karl C Katleman arrived home this morning from the officers' training school, Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., to which he was transferred from the radio school in Lincoln. Mr. Katleman will re sume his law practice. Concert Cancelled.' Owing to the prevailing epidemic. 4nd at the request of Dr. Manning, that all public gatherings be aban doned, the Tuesday Musical club has cancelled the appearance of Mme. Olga Samaroff, pianist, at the Brandeis theater Tuesday evening, December 12. Money for purchased tickets will' be refunded at the box office. Thedirectora will endeavor to give a concert later in the sea A fad of the Queen of Denmark is the collection of Urv eye-glasses off.. jamou meOj - A real home Christmas will be given each of the 2,700 men sta tioned in Omaha if the plan of the War Camp Community Service is given hearty co-operation. Three cards haveVen printed to facilitate matters, the first is to be filled out by the hostess on which1 she states her address, her telephone, number of nen she wishes to entertain, whether she prefers soldiers orsail ors, and a little information con cerning her church or lodge, so that the men interested along the same lines may be sent as her guests if possible. .1 " .. This card is to be mailed to the headquarters not later than Decem ber 16. The second card is for the soldiers who will return the card to their sergeant after the blanks have been filled. The third card is sent by thejiWar Camp Commun ity Service to the soldiers giving the natne of their hostess and her addressAttached is another card which the man who was entertained may keep for a souvenis, giving the name of the hospitable womarivtho helped to make his Christmas a cheery one. Wat; camp community service an nounces the cancellation of all social events in accordance with the re quest of Dr. Manning. This' will in clude all Patriotic league activities and the dancing class Friday night at the Army and Navy club. In, accordance with Dr. Manning's request, the Patriotic league girls will postpone all meetings, business and social. This means the curtail ing of many plans, as the Girls' Com munity House was to have thrown open yits doors for many jolly Christmas activities. The usual Wednesday night dances given at Fort Omaha and Florence Field, the game evening at the Y. W. C. A. and the Saturday night dance, which' was- to have been given by the Foch club at Jacobs' Hall, all have been postponed. The vaudeville planned for No vember has met with many obsta cles, but Mr. Johnson, the new di rector, is now pushing the re hearsals and hopes to stage the pro duction in January. Miss Frances Range spoke at Plattsmouth Tuesday evening to the Girls' Liberty club. The Massachusetts minimum wage commission has ordered an increase of $1 a week for all experienced wo men workers in the millinery in dustry. The increase brings the minimum wage for such workers up to $11 a week. DREAMLAND ADVENTURE "THE BLUE IMPS" By DADDY. (Peggy Is rescued from the Blue Imps by the Giant ot the Woods and 4he Rosy Peps, who then accompany her In an at tack on the Imps who have captured the mother of the Dalton soldier boys.) "P CHAPTER IV The Blue Letter. ACK up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile I" So sang Jeggy, bravely facing the army of Blue Imps. "Good!" shouted Sir Ready Smiler. "That's the song that will help us whip 'em." "Great!" shouted the Giani," join ing in the chorus with a roaring "Smile, smile smile!' The Blue Imps seemed startled. They scowled blackly and retreated toward the house. Then-they burst into a doleful chant: "Pain and sorrow reign In France is far away. So weep, weep, weep!" Louder sang Peggy amh louder sang the Giant: "Smile, smile, smile !"mtil they drowned out the doleful "Weep, weep, weep"- of the Blue Imps. "Dance a way through them," or dered Sir Ready Smiler. Peggy burst into ajolly dance that just fit the words of the song. So did the Giant, only his dance was big and bold and vigorous, to fit his lusty singing. Back fell the Blue Imps before this song and dance attack, opening a. path through which Peggy and the Giant advanced. And behind Peggy and the Giant came the dash ing Rosy Peps with svfcrds flashing in and out and every time they flashed out, there came a sharp "pop" as a Blue Imp exploded. Into the house jammed the re maining Blue Imps, slamming the door in the face of Peggy and the Giant. Looking : through the win dow, Peggy saw the house wa&-just filled with Imps. And in their midst, fast in their fetters, was poor Mrs. Dalron, pale, and worn-looking. One hand of Mrs. DaHon was free. With this she was writing a letter. Into her ink bottle the Blue Imps were crowding thousands and thou sands of eggs, and Peggy could see that these eggs were running out of Mrs. Dalton's pen upon the paper so many of them that they could not be counted. "She is writing to her soldier sons and sending them enough Blue Imps to destroy the fighting spirit of a whole army," cried the Giant. "We've got to break in. He threw his weight against the door, but the Blue Imps held it fast. "Weep, weep, weep!" rose the Imp chorus, and the tears of poor Mrs. Dalton blotted the sheet before her. "Sing, singf ordered Sir Ready Smiler. Peggy seized a flag that stood in a corner of the porch and waved it on high, as she burst into the beautiful anthem: - "Oh, say can you see, by the dawYs early Hgt. What ao proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?" The Giant joined in thunderously as he threw his weight against the door, and burst it in. Overrne heads of Peggy and the Giants flew the Rosy Peps, and "pop, pop, pop" went the exploding Blue Imps as if they were kernels in a corn popper. The stirring song and the sharp at tack utterly demoralized the Imps. From the "Star Spangled Ban ner" Peggy switched to "Over There," and then she and the Gian gave a funny, jolly fighting dance. The louder they sang and the harder they danced, the faster the Rosy Pips thrust and jabbed frith their swords. The Blue Imps fled widely, some hiding in e chimney, some creep ing into closets, some crouching un der chairs and tables, some bounc ing out of the door and flying far away. Soon the room wajl clear of them, and the Rosy .Peps turned their swords to cutting Mrs. Dalton free. .... ' "You came just in time," she sighed feebly. "I'm pretty near dead with the blues." "Yes, and you'd have your brave soldier sons the same way if you sent that weepy letter," declared the (Kant, picking it up and beginning to read it. "That letter would do more harm ttthe American lads over there in the trenches thari a whole regiment of Huns." "Can my letters harm' my boys" cried Mrs. Dalton anxiously. ."Why one I sentttwo weeks ago that they ought to be receiving about noW is far worse than this." "Then we've gotMo get it back," declared Sir Ready Smiler. "Write another and we'll try to stop the bad one before it can poisoh them." (TomorroTvwtll be told how the Blue Imp letter was stopped.). The Farmer Receives More Than Five Thousand Dollars a Minute From Swift & ompany This amount is paid to the farmer for live stock; by Swift & Company alone, during the trading hours of every . business day. v . All this money is paid to the farmer through the open k , market in competition with large and small packers, ship pers, speculators and dealers. ' The farmer, feeder, or shipper receives every cent of this money ($300,000 an hour, nearly $2,000,000 a day, $11,500,000 a week) in cash, on the spot, as soon as the stocK he has just sold is weighed up. Some of the money paid to the farmer during a single day comes tack to the company in a month from sale of products; much does not come back for sixty or ninety days or more. But the next day Swift & Company, to meet the demandsvmade by its customers, must pay out another $2,000,000 or .so, and at the present high price levels keeps over $250,000,000 continuously, tied up in goods on the way to market and in bills owed to the company. This gives an idea of the volume of the Swift & Company busi- ness, and the requirements of financing it. ' Only by aoing a large business can this company turn live stock into meat and by-products . -at the lowest possible cost, prevent waste, operate refrigerator cars, distribute to retailers in all parts of the country and be recompensed with a profit of only a fraction of a cent a pound a profit too small to have any noticeable effect on the price of meat or live stock. Swift & Company, U. S. A. ' - " ' - - Omaha Local Branch, 13th & Leavenworth Streets F. J. Souders, Manager ' Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX I Has Reformed. . Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Uee Some time ago I noticed In your column that some kind lady wanted my child. I am thanking the good lady for her kindness, but I have reformed, thanks to your kind ad vice. ' My husband and I have de cided to stay together on account of the child. Miss Fairfax, you will J never Know now mucn you nave done for we thrae, and kindly ac cept our thanks. BR1DG1E. Your letter makes me very happy. To" Settle an Argument. Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee: Have read your advice to others and am asking you to settle an argu ment. Is Schumann-Helnk, the great singer, a German or a Bohemian? Did she not give two sons to the German army? Thanking you, I remain, 1 r It. J. Whether Schumann-Helnlls the greatest singer Is a matter of opin ion. She is a Bohemian by .birth. One son, born in Germany, Is In the German army. It is reasonable to suppose that another son, born there, is also in the service. Mme. Schumann-Helnk has four sons who fought with the American army, three of whom were born in this country, the other born in Germany. Some Questions. Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee: I intend to study music in Chicago this spring. What is the best way to find a good teacher In voice and piano? Would the Y.'W. C. A. help me to find some small employment besides? Would it be wise to tak$ a course in business besides music, as I intend to teach' the latter on my return again. What will be the leading styles? What will remove an ink spot from a linen dress? Are scalp treatments . more beneficial than cutting the hair off? Thanks. The Y. W. C. A. could help you to And employment; also a good teach er. A business course Is all right, but I fear you are planning more than you can manage. You ask, "What will be the leading styles?" Styles in what? Alcohol will re move" ink stains; also ammonia, but the latter should be used only on white linen. It depends on what your trouble is whether scalp treat ments are better than cutting the hair. The Most Joyful Christmas Since A. D. 1 will be that of A.VD. 1918. Christmas gifts should be personal and perma nent. RYAN JEWELRY CO. Physician Explains Who Should Take . Nuxated Iron . Practical Advice on How to Help Build Up Great Strength, Energy and Endurance. stronf, keen mtntatitjr. Dr. Sullivan Hilt how to incrsaso tho iroa In our blood (nil powsr, brighter intellects and botUr hultbi my opinion you can t mska strong,' t- vigorouu ucceitful. . ' atanls iron mon, an! h tm.lt hy. . toyJ cheeked women hi Commenting on the use of Nuxated Iron as a tonic, strenicth and blood builder by over three milion people an nually, - Dr. James Francis Sullivan, for merly physician of Bcllevue Hospital (Out- door Dept.). New York, i . i nr... ' anu ine tt cb i chester County Hospital, said: "Lack of iron in the bood not oniy makes a man a physical and mental weakling, ner vous, irritable, easily fatigue1, but it utterly robs him of that virile force, that stamina and strength of will which are so nec essary to success and power in ev ery walk ot life. It may also transform i beautiful, sweet-tempered woman into one who is cross, nervous and irritable. - I have strongly emphasised the great necessity of physicians ,. making blood examinations of their weak, anaemic, run-down patients. Thousands of persons go on year after year suffering from physical . weakness and a highly nervous condition due to lack of sufficient iron in their red blood corpuscles without ever realizing the real and true cause of their trouble. Without iron in your blood your food merely passes through the body something like corn through an old mill with rollers so wide apart that the mill can't grind. For want of iron you. may be an old man at thirty, dull of intellect, poor in memory, nervous, irritable and all "run down," while at 50 or 60 with plenty, of iron in your blood you may still be young in feeling, full of life, your whole being brimming over with vim and energy." - The accompanying article ef Dr. Sul livan should be carefully read by every man and woman who wants to possess per fect health, great physical endurance and tallio iron. Tha old forma of -mUlli iron vmnst g through a digestlv. process to tcansfornl '; them into 'organii iron Nuxated Jrot'; before they - nri, ' ready to be- take up and assimilate I . by the human syt tern. Notwithstand4 ; In. ll that baa heea i Mi and written on this subject by well. known pnstctans, Hhousanda of people still insist dosing themselves with metallic iron, aimply, I suppose, because it costs a few eenti Jesw I strongly advise readers in all caaas ta get a physician's prescription for organia iron Nuxated Iron or if you don't want to go to this trouble then purchase Nux! ated Iron in its original packages and set that this particular name (Nuxated Ironti appears on the package. If you hava taken preparations such as Nux and Iron and other similar iron producta and failed ta get results, remember that such producta are an entirely different thlngfrom Nux ated Iron. , ' .' ' . Manufacturers' Note Nuxated IroB which is used by Dr. Sullivan and others with such surprising results, and which it prescribed and recommended abova by phy.-. sicians, is not a secret remedy, but ops which is well known to druggists very where. Unlike the older inonjanie iron products, it is easily assimilated and1 does not injure the teeth, make them black nor' upset the stomachto The manufacturer vguarantee successful and entirely, satisfac tory resuts to every purchaser or they will refund your money. It is dispensed in this city by Sherman A McConnell JDrui Stores and all other druggists. v? r - v Why Not Buy tha Beit? Advo Gold Medal Coffee. '. .40c 7-v Quality Unchanged. 1 . Why Nott- PUBLIC AUCTION Thp ' American Railway Express Co., will coir duct a public auction at 1307 Farnam Stf Sale be.-.-, gins at 9 a. m. on Thursday, Dec. 12, and continues, until all merchandise is 'sold. ( : . ,-- All goods sold to highest bidder, and everything ' will be sold. Articles of high class merchandise; and other valuable shipments. - , " ,'.' ; ' What could be more appropriate this year than a gift electric 4 ' . , . . . One will befgreatly surprised with what ease breakfast is prepared .. when " there's an electric percolator, grill and 'toaster, in the home. ' ask your wife-ybur mother ; if they don't prefer a gift 'of this kino) this year, -over ' all other giftsthe7 breakfast is" prepared, served and;-., "over with" in less time, with less steps and more eco nomically with the use of the electric grill, percolator and toaster. See. our display. . f - -. . s ' V. electric made table toast with a cud of "moing" hot sets dne in good - humor and starts the day right. No wait no . inconven- ience. It's the only way , we say' try it. Nebraska Power Company I v c "-TOsraf IT 1 . j 2314 M St. i i f! "Your Electric Service Company" 15th and Farnam Telephone Tyler Three One-Hundred South Side Electric Shop . .--;' ' Phone South Three t-iaaviaaaa