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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1918)
, I .TTTlR nM AH A StlNT) At BEE I : VfiT. YT.VTTT MO oa nMAWA SUNDAY MORNTNfi. DECEMBER 22. 1918. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. v j 1 . ... ; yp ' 'j n JUi4,,.. . g TUttt- 'JlrXJIf L -j. 'il !'. - '.. , .,. -...-..-' - -,- s iN' ' ' : ' '3 ' I WMill ;17AiW J l I ; A rUricfi--,nc Pncn M Minor Hacnhces Made ' kEWW I 1 . 1 M . -i. ! After-War Problems '. .ii . v vHss.-. sfe iN- He il wittier von vouncrest nower. , Uficle Sam's Land Forces 4 Enjoy Omaha Hospitality Eager to Get From "Here" to "There" Soldiers Find 5 ' Oasis in Desert of Waiting, at Union Station, Where Every Emergency Is Met. RAILWAY journeys are weari some at best and if you are a . l . , member of Uucle Sam's land ! forces eager to get from "here" to , "there" hc inactive period passed on tfie tr'aia is "monotonous in .the extreme. Into this desert of wait ing has sprung' up the oasis of the -station canteen, in Omaha and the long and tedious trips frpm the At lantic to the Pacific coasts are broken by the little rests and jollity which the boys enjoy at the station. Mrs. Luther Kountze, commaii ' dant of the canteen corps, appealed to Mr. W. M. Jeffers, aid through ' his courtesy nd the generosity of the ? Union Pacific. Railroad, the lunch ' counter with its hot coffee and delectable andwiches, the cozy rest room where the boys may read, or write or listen to the victrola, and the quiet little hospital where the 'wounded men and those weary of their journey may rest on the snowy cots; was made possible. ' ' ; Pretty Oirl Help. It is not alone the hot food that cheers the passing guests in khaki, but the attractive girls who dispense smiles with the menu. The mem- bers of the canteen corps are -in , constant attendance and the boys carry away with them the happy memories of pretty girls and a little ' corner that was "just like home.' Red Cross funds provide the whole some edibles for the station can teen, also the bedding and supplies for the six-ted miniature hospital, which has4een doing double duty since the day of the formal opening. Through experience gained by ac tual practice, Mrs. Kountze and her corps are able to meet any and ev v ery emergency. When the " train, in the above picture passed througn Omaha en route for camp in Michi gan, these efficient canteen workers served appetizing food to 700 sol diers. ' Preparations for the returning soldiers are being made with the hope that "When Johnny comes marching home" from this war he not only will receive the rousing reception that is the victor's due, but . he will be welcomed in a way that will convince him that his ser vices to his country have been ap preciated by the entire American people. Detailed Plans. Detailed plans for what undoubt edly will prove to be the greatest welcome ever given the returning soldiers of any army in history are announced today .by the Central di vision of the American Red Crossf The plans apply to every discharged soldier en route homeward, from either the cantonments in this coun try or from the firing line in Eu rope. From the time our soldiers re ceive a discharge paper and leave camp to join the folks at home they will be the guest of honor of the Red Cross every step of the ,vay. Special workers from the home ser vice sections will accompany them to look after their comfort, to render emergency aid whenever required, and to see that they don't fall by the wayside somewhere en route home. And when our boys reach Omaha, the old home town, there will be a special reception committee at the depot, there will be community ser vies to entertain them, and as a climax their names will be pub lished in the local papers on a special' roll of honor to be called "The Red Cross Welcome Home Roll." Not only Omaha, but every Red Cross chapter in the country, has Deen instructed to organize com mittees to take care of the various Camera Man Tells Story of Women's Work in the War Not less important than the word story will be the picture story of the world war. This fact has been recognized by the Women in Industry Service, De partment f Lab6r, which is collect ing photographs showing the tasks in which women engaged during the period of the war. While the illus trations from factory, shop and mill are to be comprehensive, embracing lines of employment that have been long assigned to women, special at tention will be given to the new ven ture in which girls have proved ability not hitherto recognized in industry. A number of photographs have been taken under the direction of Miss Mary Winslow of the Woman in Industry Service, who visits each plant, studies the workers and indi cates typical scenes that will be val uable in the constantly growing col lection of pictures. Miss Van Kleeck, director of the service, has invited the co-operation of the man agement of plants engaged on peace time production as well as those who held war contracts, and has pre pared to extend her records so that they will comprise not only views of munitions plant, aircraft factories and workers on gas masks, but pic tures of women employed in all lines of activity that contribute to civil life. In making the photographs a series showing safety appliances has been started. In time there will be numerous other special series added to the growing library of pictures, which promises to be a "History ot Women at Work" that is as inspir ing as it is instructive. return. The main committee will be composed of the chairmen of the chapter and of canteen, home ser vice and publicity. This committee will start the movement to formulate a suitable program of welcome. After the movement has been launched properly other special committees will take up the details. A "community welcome home committee" will be appointed in co operation with local chambers of commerce, mayors of cities and patriotic organizations. This com mittee will see that "railroad stations activities incident to the soldier's and other public places arc lavishly I care not for spring ; on his ficKle wing Let the blossoms and buds be borne; He moves them amain with his treacherous rain, And he scatters them ere the morn ; An inconstant elf, he knows not himself Nor his changing mind an hour, He'll smile in your face, and, with wry grimace, He'll wither yon youngest flower. Let the summer sun to his bright home run, He shall never be sought by me ; When he's dimmed by a cloud I can laugh aloud And care not how sulky he be ! For his darling child in the madness wild That sports in fierce fever's train; And when love is too strong, it doesn't last long, As many have found to their pain. A mild harvest night, by the tranquil light , Of the modest and gentle moon, T Has a far sweeter sheen, for me, I ween, Than the broad and unblushing noon. But every leaf awakens my. grief, As it lieth beneath the tree ; So let autumn'air be never so fair, It by no means agrees with me. But my song I troll out for Christmas stout, The hearty, the true, and the bold ; A bumper I drain,'and with might and main Give three cheers for this Christmas old ! We'll usher him in with a merry din That shall gladden his joyous heart, And we'll keep him up, while there's bite or sup, And in fellowship good we'll part. In his fine, honest pride, he scorns to hide One jot of his hard-weather scars ; -They're no disgrace, for there's much the same trace On the cheeks of our bravest tars. . , " Then again I sing, till the roof doth ring, And it echoes from wall to wall To the stout old inght, fair welcome tonight, As the King of the Seasons all ! Charles Dickens. decorated in honor of the home coming boys. Another committee will attend to the "welcome home rolls." Cards for the purpose of enrolling every returning soldier from.' the camps in the central division, which em braces Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan, are being circulated among the men in camp. These cards are to be filled in with the man's full name, date of dis charge, division, regiment, com pany, rank, branch of service and home address. Local- chapters also will be supplied with these cards, so that if any of the men . are over looked in camp they jvill obtain their honor cards when they arrive at home. - Welcome Home Rolls. The canteen committee will col lect these welcome home rolls and deliver , them to the home, service section for reference and for pub lication. Canteen workers have been and will continue to meet all return ing soldiers, participate in the wel come home exercises and see that the returned soldier is made com fortable in every way at the end of the journey. His Sacrifice Appreciated. The plan to express the public's appreciation through the Red Cross was suggested by the War department, and the Red Cross will co-operate with Uncle Sam in every possible way to make the homecom ing a big success. Washington an nounces that the demobilization of military forces at camps in the United States will progress at the rate of about 500 men a day from each camp. Each man will receive pay to the time of his discharge. In addition he will receive 3yi cents per mile travel allowance. At each camp non-transferable tickets will be on sale at two-thirds the regular coach rate. These tickets will be good from the camp to the man's home, or to the point of induction. No other country ever so care fully honored its returning fighting men, and when itis all over the sol dier will know that the whole coun try thoroughly appreciates the sac-1 stead of knowing that they nhces he has made tor the hag imuch to the government. It is easier to carry a gun than to carry an empty pocketbook. Every soldier who has gone away with the one must be prevented from having any experience with the oth er when he returns home. This mean that thr nation must he emial to what may be termed the second test of patriotism. After the patriotism of flying flags ! and martial music, of marching col umns of brave soldiers and flashing messages recording superb deeds of daring, there must be the patriotism of vanishing war jobs and anxious days, of changing conditions for loyal workers everywhere and con tradictory reports abqut labor re adjustments. And this second test of patriotism touches all classes. It is covered by the one word, "recon struction," an industrial process in which the civilian population re ceives and assimilates the return ing soldiers. This is what Miss Laura Drake Gill, chief of the Field Division of the United States Employment Ser vice, Department of Labor, empha sized strongly after a busy day. , "In the months that are doming it is to be expected that human nature will reveal itself in the little incon sistencies so characteristics in plain, everyday living," said Miss Gill. "Persons who have been keyed up to the supreme sacrifices doubtless will manifest impatience at the minor sacrifices. Those who have courageously borne the heavy re sponsibilities of the war are likely to chafe under the lighter burdens. "Women will feel the minor sacri fices even more than men. After put ting off the one big load of anxiety concerning a beloved son or husband they will be inclined to be aggrieved when the smaller weights of care are substituted. Voluntary self-sacrifice for the Red Cross is much more pleasant than compulsory self-denial for the home. There is a thrill in canteen work for the Y. W. C. A. not to be found in kitchen work for one's own family. In other words women will encounter in the return to home service from world service many sig nificant trials. The reaction from the exaltation that attended the drama of war to the monotony that belongs to domestic routine at a time when the most severe economies are im perative will be hard to endure. "But Americans will be equaLto the secondary test of patriotism, re gardless of what it may include. They will meet all the costs of the war cheerfully. They will economize wisely. They will serve nobly even in the humblest tasks. Comparatively few will think first of what they are goin to get rather than what they are going to give in supporting gov ernment plans for reconstruction. After all, there are not many men or women who will feel that the gov ernment owes them something in- ow Mrs. Wilson's Gowns and . " Suits Modestly Elegant Although the Peace Table is Not a Festal Board, Women Attendant Thereon May Influence Fashions for Coming Season. I RILLS and furbelows will ever hold first place in feminine affections, k matters not what weightier questions are the order of the day. The eyes ofthe world are turned toward the peace table where the rulers of the nations are to lay the foundations for the new democ racy. Our chief executive has been acclaimed by the multitudes of France and England arid the first lady of the land has shared the hom age of our allies. When it was first announced that Mrs. Wilson was to accompany the president on his European mission vissions of stately functions and in cidentally trunks full of gorgeous apparel began to fill the minds of the American women. But contrary to expectations the wardrobe of the first lady was simple and contained almost nothing new. Why should she buy new gowns on this side when she would soon be in Paris, the fashion center of theworld? Mrs. Wilson did not tire herself with shopping, but sailed away rested and unwearied for she has acquired but three new gowns this winter and wore them all before she embarked for the old world.. Since the war drawing rooms at Buckingham palace have been elim inated and in Italy royalty has done I-ractically nothing in the way of en tertaining. But in both London and Rome social life will soon resume their course followed before the warld was plunged into strife and bloodshed and special efforts will be made to make the visit of our president, his wife and our other high government otticials a mem orable occasion. By the time they arrive in Paris they will be so over whelmed with invitations that any consideration of dress will be next to impossible. They will all find it difficult to relax long enough to select a costume most becoming and suitable for the next occasion even. Rarely Wears Jewelry. Mrs. Wilson wore one of the three latest acquisitions to her wardrobe at the reception given at the Italian embassy in Washington by the Am bassador and Countess Macchi di Cellere on the night the word came of the signing of the armistice. It is of black satin, very heavy and ela borately brocaded, with a large siber flower, so shiny as to be al most white, scattered all over it. The bodice is cut rather high in back, with a suggestion of a ruff, and cut a low square in front, a favorite style with Mrs. Wilson. The skirt was just short enough to reveal her silver slippers and was made with a pointed train. Mrs. Wilson has never adopted the short length evening gown, but always affects a train usually of medium ie:ijrth, neither very short nor very lorg, and generally pointed as on this frock. Mrs. Wilson rarely wears much jewelry, but oil this occasion she wore a diamond tiara. Manv handsome jewels were seen tint "night for the first time since 1914, for few had the desire to so adiyn themselves whileso many were dying on the battlefields, par ticularly among the members of the diplomatic corps. i? VJ When she accompanied the presi dent to the reception wltich ' the French Ambassador and Mme. ! Jusserand gave recently to celebrate the entrance of the French and American troops into Alsace-Lorraine she wore the second of the new gowns, a lovely one. of gray chiffon and velvet. With 'this cos tunie she wore the corsage bouquet of orchids clasped with a diamond ornament and carried a gray ostrich fa-i. The third rock bought -this season was worn by her at the-wed-,di:ig of Miss Lucy Burleson daugh ter of the Postmaster General and Mrs. A. S. Burleson, and Ensign Charles Greene Grimes. It is a par ticularly smart-demi-toilet of heavy soft gray chiffon over gray satin, with a panel back and front elabor ately embroidered with floss of the same shade and made with three? quarter length sleeves. A narrow band of moleskin formed the becom ing collor. Her hat was a pictur esque affair of black velvet, with ostrich plumes of black and gray. Her Traveling Suit, f : -Mrs. Wilson travelled in a dark blue suit of heavy soft cloth, made with a long coat with a fitted back and a loose front and trimmed with, a sealskin collar and cuffs. With it she wore a small and simple black velvet tonue. She has several close fitting tailored hats to wear with the 1 same suit, a particularly fetching f one being trimmed with aeroplane wings ort to tne DacK ana one sme. s She has another hat, which she calls I her "conservation hat," because it. I can be worn with so many costumes It is large, round and rather plain, has a transparentbrim and a black velvet crown encircled b"y a band ol gray chiffon, closeMy shirred and caught together with a small cluster of gray ostrich plumes. . V In Mrs. Wilson's wardrobe- there is also a smart gown of black satin with a tunic of black Georgette crepe, heavily beaded and trimmed i with bands of broadtail. The sleeves are flowing and edged with the broadtail, the whole thing cut some- f thing on the lines of a Chinaman s coat. It is worn with the "conser vation hat" and a scarf and muff of chinchilla. Then there is always the corsage boquet to give it the splash of color. . She has a handsome set of white fox furs which she wears with many of her afternoon frocks and one equally as good looking, but black fox, which she wears with tailMC3 , (Ctiutlnutd rj Tm , fv