THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918.
Rli.I If the put detain you.
Her sunshine and storms forget;
No chains ao unworthy to hold you
As tboso of vain regret.
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To work, to help and ba helped, to learn sympathy
through suffering-, to learn faith by perplexity, to
reach truth through wonder behold; This Is what It
is to prosper, this is what it ia to live.
SOCIETY
Released from Prison
T AUGH. danrp and h mfrrv will
Ij be the slogan for the high
scnooi set it the ban is lifted
before holiday week. Dancing par
ties will be given nearly every night
by the different clubs and elaborate
preparations are being made to
make this Christmas the gayest of
all.
The Phi Lambda Epsilon boys
will entertain Monday evening at
iurpms, the Les riiboux club lues
dav at the Bl'arkstone. whili" the O
T. girli will be hostesses the same
evening at the Prettiest Mile club.
The parties given by the Tres Kai-
decka rlnl) are alw.ivs must eninv.'
able and this year the one planned
for Thursday evening at the Pret
tiest Auie club promises to surpass
them all. The dance given by the
Kmanon members Frirlav evnino- at
, Turpin's academy will close the
weeK or gayety.
Christmas Reunion.
A family reunion will be held at
:he John Hanighen home this holi
day season, as Lt. and Mrs. John
Hanighen, jr., will arrive from the
south December 28, and Mr. Frank
Hanighen, who has just received
his release from the S. A. T. C. at
Harvard, arrives Sunday. Mrs. Han
ighen's brother, Mr. Frank A. Clary
of Chicago, will also be included in
the party. The release of Lieuten
ant Hanighen, who has been sta
tioned at Fort Morgan, brings an
other charming young couple to
Omaha to make their home. Mrs.
Hanighen, who was Miss Anna
Damrich of Mobile, Ala., is a beau
tiful young woman. As this is the
first visit of this military bride to
Lieutenant Hanighen's home, many
affairs will no doubt be given in
her honor.
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ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
(Blue Jay turns detective and loads
PeKRy In chine of a Mystery .Man. who
proves to ba a kind-hearted policeman on
an errand of mercy. As they discover this,
however, they chance upon a clue to a
German spy mystery.)
Affairs at Fort Omaha.
A Victory Christmas will be cele
brated in true style at Fort Omaha
"this year, for some form of enter
tainment has been planned for every
evening of the holidty week. Col.
and Mrs. Jacob V. S. Wuest will
keep open house on New Year's day,
receiving the members of the army
set and society folk at Colonel
Wuest's quarters. The most elab
orate military affair ever given in
Omaha will he the New Year's eve
hop given by the officers. The girls
will wear their frilliest evening
frocks and the dancing win continue
until the ringing of bells announces
the New Year. The K. C. hut, where
the affair will be given, is to be dec
orated with the Christmas greens
and holly.
At the Blackstone.
Mrs. Henry YVyman entertained
Informally at' luncheon at the hotel
Tueseday, n'hen covers were laid
Tor eight guests.
A dinner party is being planned
for Thursday evening by Mrs. L.
R. Wilson, when the guests will
number 1.
Omaln School Forum will give a
dinner Friday evening, when covers
will be laid for 12.
MrS. Greeley Here.
' Mrs. Helen Hay Greeley, consul of
the national committee to secure
rank for nurses, spent the day in
Omaha. Mrs. Greeley conferred
with all those interested in this
movement. She was entertained at
luncheon at the Athletic club by
Mrs. C. T. Kountze.
Postponments.
Kensington club of Vesta chap
ter have postponed their meetings
until January.
' Home economics department of
the Omaha Woman's club will not
meet Thursday morning.
For Younger Set.
Festive, indeed, will be the holi
day week as the numerous affairs
are being planned. Miss Clara Hart
has issued invitation for a luncheon
to be given December 28 at the
Blackstone.
Informal Luncheon.
Mrs. Frank L. Wilson entertained
a foursome at luncheon at the Ath
letic club today.
Personals
A son was born Tuesday to Mr.
and Mrs. Robert A. Bleicher at the
Stewart hospital.
Mr. Eugene Porter, who is at
tending school at Lake Forest, will
spend the holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Porter at the
Blackstone.
Little Evelyn Pierpont, on Thirty-eighth
avenue, is ill with the
chickenpox.
Mr. A. W. Sydney is ill at his
home with influenza.
' Mrs. William Blyth of Evanston,
Wyo. who was the guest of Lt. and
Mrs. 'Franklin Quick for several
days, has returned to her home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Fowler of
Lincoln are visiting in Omaha while
their daughter. Miss Marie B.
Fowler, a teacher in the University
of Missouri at Columbia, is at a
local hospital recovering from a se
vere surgical operation. Miss Fowler
taught three years in the Dundee
school of Omaha.
Corp. Richard Perry, who is a
member of the S. A. T. C. at Dart
mouth college, arrived today, to
spend the holidavs with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Perry. Corp.
Perry will return January 1, to com
plete his freshman year at Dart
mouth. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hanley of
Chicago will arrive Sunday to spend
Christmas with Mrs. Hanley's sis
ter, Mrs. J. P. Byrne.
Mrs. William Koenigsburgge ex
pects to be in Omaha December 20,
having spent eight months in East
Orange, N. J., and New York City.
Mr. and Mrs. Koenigsburger will
jppend the holidays with Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Albert of Clatonia, Neb.
Mrs. C. S. Smith, who has been
living at Fort Omaha, has taken an
apartment at the Blackstone.
Mr. Russell Peters and Mr. Frank
Campbell have returned from Cor
nell for the holidays.
Mr. Sam Reynolds has received
his release from the aviation school
at JLrkejer, cat, ana has returned.
JtEVEKA
Princess Helena Petrovna of Ser-
bia, who for several months has j
been a prisoner of the bolshcviki in I
Russia, has been released as a result j
of representations from the United
States and the allied governments, '
according to an official announce-j
tnent made by the State department j
at Washington. Princess Helena, j
who is the daughter of King Peter
of Serbia and a niece of the queen
of Italy, was a Russian citizen by
reason of her marriage to a Russian
duke. She as taken captive at t! e
time of the overthrow of the Rom
anoffs, and since then the allied gov
ernments had interested themselves
in her cause.
Nurses Improvise
Picture Shows for
for Wounded Men
CHAPTER IV.
The Struggle in the Woods.
T'M GOING to clear up this
I mystery of the hidden wire
less outfit," declared Officer
Casey. "Now, if you'll just have
your bird show me the way"
"I'll have to go with you to tell
you what Blue Jay says," interrupt
ed Peggy.
"Of course, you will," shrieked
Blue Jay. "I'll not go without Prin
cess Peggy.
"This is a man's job. Where
scoundrels are cracking heads it's
no place for a little girl to be."
"But if I go along Blue Jay can
scout ahead looking for the spies,
and then I an tell you what he
sees," insisted Peggy.
"That's so," reluctantly admitted
Officer Casey. "I'll get one of the
police autos, fetch a doctor to look
after this poor man here, and then
we'll start on our adventure."
Officer Casey was gone only a few
minutes, when he came back in an
auto, bringing the doctor. Peggy
said goodby to Heleii and Toddy
and jumped into the machine with
the policeman. Blue Jay flew on
ahead, looking in liis disguise like a
flurry of autumn leaves driven by
the wind.
The hills began just outside of
town. Those lower down were cov
ered with prosperous farms, but
further up they became very steep
and rugged, a wilderness of woods
and underbrush. It would be a line
place for wrong-doers to hide them
selves. After they had gene a long way,
Blue Jay 'ur'jed aside from the main
road. Officer Casey hid the ma
chine in a clump of bushes and he
and Peggy followed on foot. Up
rocky ascents, across ravines and
through dense bushes they pushed
their way.
"Right across the gully is where
the man got hurt," Blue Jay
screech.
Don't make so nuici. noise,"
warned Peggy. "If there arc any
Picture show are being put on in
France, without cameras, scenery or
any of the necessary properties, ac
cording to the report of Miss Amy
Gordon of Los Angeles, Cal., Y.
W. C. A., secretary at a nurses' club
in a base hospital.
Having no film or camera the
nurses at Base decided to put
on a living picture show and invited
a group of nurses from a nearby
hospital to be the audience. It was
a real thriller, one of the wild and
woolly west variety, with bucking
bronchoes and wild rides on broom
and mop horses. j
Imagination supplied the scenery ;
with the exception of placards which ;
announced "the sun" when it was i
supposed to be shining, or "cacti," ,
wnen trie cow-puncners roae across
the desert.
Countess Vacaresca of Roumania,
who had been talking to the nurses
on conditions in the German court
at the time she was lady-in-waiting
to the Queen of Roumania, was the
most appreciative of all the guests.
Red Cross Notes
The Scottish Rite Cathedral auxil
iary issued a call for workers to
meet Thursday morning to work
from 9 to 4.
St. Wensclaus auxiliary, No. 207,
h;,s donated $8 to the Omaha chap
ter. This money was collected from
among the members at their meet
ings. Mrs. Frank Pechota is chair
nan and Mrs. J. K. Proskocil is
reasurer of this society.
Russian Workers Needed
The National Y. W. C. A., with
headquarters in New York City, is
offering an opportunity to specially
trained women desiring to do recon
struction work to go to Russia to
join a force of nine secretaries al
ready at work in Archangel, the city
behind the allied lines.
The women who will be accepted
for this service must be trained to
particular lines of work such as
recreation leaders who are much
needed at the present time in that
country; cafeteria directors, dieti
tians; business workers; gymnasium
experts, and women experienced in
handling industrial jobs.
The women who answer this call
must be courageous, filled with the
pioneer spirit, ready to meet priva
tions in food women with steady
nerves and the conviction of spirit
that will make them hew to the line
even though revolutions rage
around them.
This is the way in which Miss
Sarah S. Lyon, head of the Y. W.
C. A.'s bureau on personnel for
overseas work, challenges the young
women of America to hard service.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland
cares less for travel than any other
European sovereign. Ardently de
voted to her home and family, she
has seldom quit the confines of her
little country except to pay the for
mal visits demanded by royal eti
quette or reasons of state.
"Ah, another spy, ' he growitcl.
guards around they will surely hear
you." Then she told Officer Casey
what Blue Jay had said.
"We'd better hide," suggested the
policeman. "We don't want anvone
to see us before we see them. Blue
Jay can scout around to see if any
one is prowling about."
Blue Jay, feeling very important,
hurried away. Soon he was back
again all excited.
"The same man who hurt Heien's
father is coming up this way," he
screeched.
Officer Casey picked Peggy up
and swung her on top of an over
hanging rock.
"Keep quiet there and you'll not
be in danger," he whispered. "I'll
attend to this chap." With that
Officer Casey slipped behind a tree
on the other side of the path.
Blue Jay's screams apparently had
alarmed the guard. While l.e
couldn't understand .vhat Blue Jay
was saying, he evidently was wise
enough in woodcraft to know that
when a Jay shrieked in the woods
it means some person is around. So
he came forward very cautiously.
Peggy not seeing or hearing him,
thought that possibly he had turned
back. She raised up to look over
the top of the rock. Just then the
bushes stirred slightly and she saw
a hand holding them back. Above
the hand appeared a pair of glitter
ing eyes.
Peggy jerked back, but not quick
ly enough. The glittering eyes saw
her. With a grunt of surprise their
owner stepped out of the bushes and
raised a rifle menacingly. He was
a tall, dangerous-looking German.
"Ha! Another spy a girl!" he
growled. "Come down off that
rock."
Peggy, startled and frightened,
moved to obey. But just then some
thing flopped over the German's
head. It was Officer Casey's coat.
Behind the coat was Officer Casey
himself, and he threw his full weight
upon the German, bearing him to
the ground.
The German dropped his guri.
There was a short, sharp struggle,
in which Officer Casey appeared to
be conquering, when fuddenly the
German, using a wrestler's trick,
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Each formulae is compounded with as much care and precision as if
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Red Cross Remedies are not Patent Medicines. The formulae is
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Afternoon Gown of Green
Velvet
ELM
By GERTRUDE BERESFORD.
Olive green velvet is the beauti
ful fabric which develops this youth
ful gown. Simplicity distinguishes
its outline. The charm of the gown
is accented by a band of soft brown
fur which runs from the top of the
high collar to the edge of the em
broidery on the left side. These
high-shaped collars are very popu
lar on winter dresses. Bands of em
broidery in shades of henna, brown,
tan and black are let in on the waist
and skirt. Rounded tabs, cut in one
with the waist and skirt, overlap this
embroidery, which should be done
by hand. A conventional design will
quickly work up in wood silk floss or
chenille thread. The hat which ac
companies this gown is a very new
and interesting shape. It is made of
green velvet. The tarn crown is
embroidered in long stitches of
green and brown chenille thread.
twisted over on top of Officer Casey
a..d pinned him to the ground with
one hand. With the other hand the
German tore off the coat .hich
blinded him and reached for a heavy
knife he carried in his belt.
Peggy saw that she had to take a
hand in the fray. Grasping a large
stone, she hurled it with all her
might down on the German's head.
(In tomorrow's chapter mors German
guards are encountered.) ,
There is Something Behind the
Longings We Have to Go On the
Stage and Express Emotions
WAR, PUZZLES
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
THE other day a young girl told
me the secret wish of her heart.
She began quite timidly. I think it
may be that she had never said it
aloud before. She felt that her desire
was individual and strange and that
it would surprise me greatly. Being
very young and very innocent, she
said as much.
She wanted to go on the stage.
Doesn't that awake echoes of
stifled longings? Who of us hasn't
wanted to go on the stage? What
normal girl of 16, full of imagina
tion, idealism, undirected emotion,
doesn't long for dramatic experi
ence? Her own life doesn't begin to
express her. It's a great deal too
tame. Don't we all remember how
that is? There must be some way of
expressing our varied and remark
able and smothered selves. And there
is. There's the theatre.
Now the pitiful thing is that al
though girls have always had this
feeling, and boys too, many of them,
so little has been done about it.
Unless a girl has exceptional con
fidence in herself, she probably nev
er even mentions this dream of hers.
It seems to her too wild and daring
for ordinary mortal realization.
So although it's like a flaming
torch to her thoughts for possibly
half a dozen years, discouragement
makes it cold and dim at last and
the girl succeeds in reconciling her
self to the humdrum world that she
and the rest of us live in ever after.
Now and then, of course, there's
a girl who tights for her dream.
Either she is uncommonly good
looking or she has unusual belief
in herself, and she's able to think
of herself on a lighted stage as
something natural and possible. So
she does all the hard and disagree
able things that are necessary in
the way of preparation before she
can secure even the smallest wedge
of an opportunity. And people who
know a great deal about stage life
will tell you that such a girl would
better spare her pains, because she
won't care for her opportunity when
she gets it, since there's nothing be
hind the scenes but disillusionment.
This may be true or not. But in
any case, there's something wrong.
There's something wrong as ever
so many people are coming to see
in the fact that all young people
haven't plenty of opportunity to ex
press themselves dramatically. For
the interesting thing is that there's
really something behind that long
ing that most young girls are ob
sessed by to mount a stage and im
personate a character and thrill the
waiting audience that sits close
packed there below ones' feet.
It isn't only that young people
want to act. They can act. There's
something wonderful and fluid about
human beings under 20, before their
personalities are thoroughly stiff
ened and "set." Have you ever seen
a dramatic performance at a school
or college? And weren't you
amazed by it? Perhaps there wasn't
one among them who had unmistak
able genius as an actor. But they
could act because they were young
and loved it. The same group ten
years later couldn't do the same
thing.
Boys Need It, Too.
So what I believe is that it ought
to be as much a matter of course
for every young girl and boy to
have dramatic experience as it used
to be for every girl to have piano
practice.
A generation ago or so girls used
to think nothing of spending three
and four hours a day painfully pick
ing out notes on the piano, even if
they hadn't the slightest spark of
musical ability, and agonized every
body within hearing distance, and
had no chance of ever becoming
accomplished players. Two hours
of this torture were often under
gone in a cold room, before break
fast, and the rest of it at whatever
time they especially wanted to do
something else. So that if. a girl
began her musical education with
indifference merely, she ended, of
course, by hating music with all her
heart.
But supposing all this time and
energy could have been put into
learning to act. A gifted actress
mightn't have resulted, but what
matter? Great pianists didn't de
velop from the other method.
The professional stage can't, of
course, be expected to give this
training to hordes of amateurs. But
that isn't necessary.
Are you one of the thousands of
girls who. want to learn a part and
speak it to be a part of a real play?
Then get your friends to join with
you in forming a dramatic society.
You couldn't make better use ot
your spare time.
It can't be true that you haven't
any. Even if you do work all day,
every one of you, there are even
ings left. Evenings that you don't
always know what to do with. The
world is full of plays. You can
prepare and perform several dur
ing the winter. And when it is over
you will certainly admit to each
other that you have never had such
a good time in your life.
Try a Small Part.
Only, before you begin, there is a
point or two to be called to mind.
For one thing, whatever lay you
may select, there won't, of course,
be enough "big" parts to go round.
Not everybody can have a really ,
striking and conspicuous role and j
wear a showy costume and occupy
the middle of the stage.
But just as much art is required
to act a small part well as to act a
large one, and sometimes it's even
better fun.
The young girl whom I first spoke
of didn't understand this. She
wanted outline words and a beau
tiful costume. She wanted, in fact,
to be Shakespeare's Juliet. But
actresses don't begin that way.
The excitement of facing foot
lights isn't the real thing, after all.
Besides, footlights are going out of
fashion. One end of any room that
you can get access to will do for a
stage. Two gas jets will serve for
illumination. Any group of young
people can be the actors. Ann
enough pleasure and interest ought
to come out of it to satisfy the
most stage-struck girl in the world
Don't feel, if you are 16 and have
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HOLLAND REFUSED TO
GUARANTEE
To England the non-use of Dutch wa
ters by the Germans for transporting
sand and gravel, one year ago today
December 19, 1917.
Find a German.
YESTERDAY'S ANSWER
Right side donn in wreckage.
stage fever, that a Broadway theater
is the only heaven you can conceive
of. Get your friends together and
act a play or two. And see if those
secret dreams of yours don't find
themselves on the way to being answered.
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