i THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 23, 1919.
Vhmm fortune mmn to man nest feed.
She look upon then with a threatening eye.
Shakespeare.
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Interesting Side
-Lights on Eine
Arts Speaker
Thomas Wood Stevens Has
.Written and Directed
Eighteen Pageants in
U. S. and Europe.
Vhomas Wood Stevens, head of
the department of dramatic arts at
Carnegie Institute of Technology
who will lecture before the Fine
Arts society April 4 at 4:3JHn 'the
ball room of the Fontenelle has
written and directed 18 pageants
in this country and Europe. The
largest was the pageant of St. Louis
1914, produced with Percy Mac
kaye's masque of St. Louis. There
were 7,500 people in the cast and
100.000 in the audience. Our board
of governors of Ak-Sar-Ben went
to St. Louis as specially invited
guests to see this performance.
Since the war Mr. Stevens has
written two masques, "The Draw
ing of the Sword," and "Joan of
Arc." The first made such a wide
appeal in a patriotic way, that the
authorities allowed Mr. Stevens to
take his Carnegie players upon the
road.
Eventually it was given with an
all star cast of New York stage
people at the Metropolitan opera
house for the benefit of the Red
Cross. The net receipts were $50,
000. Ethel Barrymore played "Bel
gium," Marjorie Rambeau" "Ameri
ca," etc.
"Joan of.Arc" was first produced
in Pittsburgh for the war savings
stamp campaign.
The summer of 1918 General Per
shing sent word for Mr. Stevens to
come to France in a recreational
capacity. While there he produced
"Joan of Arc" four times with the
men of the American expeditionary
force, the first performance being
given on the' steps of the historic
cathedral at Domreny. His lecture
in Omaha will be "The Army in
France at Play."
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' Benefit Dance.
A benefit dance will be given by
the Dundee Woman's Patriotic club
April Fool's day at the Hotel Rome.
Mrs. Harry Whitman, Mrs. Harry
Patterson and Mrs. H. B. Robertson,
the committee in charge, are plan
ning some unique features for the
party and it promises to be one of
the most attractive of spring affairs.
The funds will be used to finance the
canteen workers in France and also
o continue the local charity work
in which the club is engaged.
Dr. C. Margaret came home this
morning to visit his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. E. C. Margret, at 1033
North Thirty-third street. He has
just received his diploma from the
Rush Medical college at Chicago.
Mrs. Leermakers Ever Ready to Do
- a Big Part -in Red Cross
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Although many war workers feel
that their labors are lessened great
ly those who enlisted in the canteen
service find their duties still very
arduous. Mrs. A. F. Leermakers be-
The
Soft
Spot
in
Cranks
It is not hard to
please the "crank"
if you know how to
do it.
Crankiness is merely disposition gone sour and it
is best sweetened by the milk of human kindness.
A "crank" usually knows what he wants and never
rests until he gets it, but like the man running after the
car, he sits down and keeps quiet when he does get it.
There is a difference between a "crank" and a
faultfinder the latter being a sort of mental bolshe
vik whoMoes not want to be satisfied and would n6t
be pleased if he was.
I have had many patients tell me point blank they
were "cranks" and even dictate how they wanted their
work done. I soon found out they merely wanted a
particular kind of service, done in a manner above the
ordinary, and demanded the very best material pos
sible to use.
In an office where every piece of work is positively
guaranteed such demands cause little anxiety for our
routine work would stand just such severe tests andv
criticism. ;
"Cranks" who demand freedom from pain, "cranks"
vho refuse to "pay two prices for dental work,"
"cranks" who wanted their work "promptly and effi
ciently," "cranks" on sanitation and sterilization, have
been served in this office and are now its staunchest
friends.
The soft spot in a "crank" is only skin deep
prove to him that you can give him what he wants and
you have made a lifelong friend.
If you are unusually particular, extremely sensi-,
tive to pain, and a "crank" on technique in dentistry
you'll be doing yourself a favor to come here for your
dental work.
Painless Withers Dental Cd.
423-428 Securities Bldg. 16th and Farnam St.
longs to the escort service of the
Red Cross and these attractive ma
trons are subject to call at any time.
Aside from assisting in the care of
the wounded men who pass through
our city, Mrs. Leermakers worked
valiantly during the influenza epi
demic, alleviating the suffering of
many.
"Little Russias"
Throughout
, North
Fathers Believe That
the Girls Should
Have No Edu-..
cation.
In theAmericanization plans being
elaborated by the National Board of
the Young Women's Christian asso
ciation, the north central field has
a problem of its own which until
now has been practically unconsidt
ered. In Nebraska and the two Da
kotas are colonies of Russian-Germans,
commonly known as Russians,
who are as un-American " in their
habits of living and thinking as their
fstrers and grandfathers in the vil
lages along the Volga river.
These people began coming into
the rural districts of the middle west
in the seventies when that part of
the country was bidding for immi
grants and the reforms that followed
the freeing of the serfs in Russia
were threatening their local self
government, their separate schools
and churches, and their freedom
from military service. In all these
years they have clung together in
.olonies, building their houses in the
rlose unvent-'Iated fashion of the
Russians, sometimes of brick and
sometimes of sod, according to their
prosperity, speaking the language,
keeping the religion, and holding to
the habits they brought with them.
The men still believe a woman
should have no education and that
a man shows his authority in his own
household by severity. Jfhe women
still wear little shawls tied over
their heads and help with the work
in the fields in addition to doing all
the work in the house and bringing
up large families of children. The
young girls work hard, know noth
ing about play, and at a very early
age marry the men who arrange the
matter with their fathers. They have
no choice whatever about the men
they marry.
A few of the more ambitious of
these girls have lound their way
to cities and towns where they have
'come into contact with better living
conditions, but their efforts to bring
their younger sisters with them rare
ly is successful because of the atti
tude of the autocratic heads of the
families. '
The Young Women's Christian
Association is entirely unknown in
these colonies except as vague re
ports of it filter back from the few
girls who have it in the towns. These
young women are very keen to see
the Blue Triangle find its way into
the Russian colonies and open up
opportunities for the girls who do
not know they are living in the
United States.
Two Hundred Clubs Are
Invited to Hear Mrs.
John D. Sherman
Two hundred clubs and organiza
tions in the city will be invited to
take an active part in the mass meet
ing to be held the evening of Aprft
4 at the Chamber of Commerce,
when Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman
will be the speaker.
Mrs. Sherman comes in the inter
est of the. garden army movement.
The facjpfhat she represents the wo
man's division of the work, does not
exclude the men's organizations
from full participation. The wo
man's division co-operated with the
men's plans in all garden army activ
ities. The message to be given will
be a direct word from general head
Quarters at Washington.
Mrs. Sherman has a number oi
personal friends in this city, among
whom are listed Mr. Victor.Rose
water, who attended college along
with the speaker, Mrs. F. H. Cole,
Mrs. H. R. Edholm. Mrs. D. M.
Cameron and others, who havJ
worked with her in the General Fed
eration of Woman' Clubs.
Engagement Announced.
Mr. L. D. Pickard, sr., announces
the engagement of his daughter,
Lucyle, to William C. Schmidt, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schmidt.
The wedding will take place in June.
National League's Motor
Corps Demobilized
With Honors
The motor corps of the National
League '"Jor Woman's service was
formally demobilized yesterday aft
ernoon at the service league head
quarters with a special ceremony,
and discharge papers awarded which
read: "Honorably discharged from
the motor corps of the Omaha
branch of N. L. W. S. to be re
called in case of unexpected
emergency, and this is a testimonial
of honest and faithful service."
, Members of corps 48.
' Number of calls since organiza
tion. March. 1917. totals 4.386, Th
incluritd reclamation work for tc
United States army, Visiting Nurs
(influenza epidemic), Department 1
Justice, delivery of flowers to so
diers at hospitals, Fort Omaha arj
Fort Omaha. War CamD Cod
munity -service, Civilian relief, R
Cross, Liberty loans and all w
drives.
Service stripes were given ft
each six months' service. Those r
ceiving three stripes were:
lira. H. O. Jordan, Mrs. . T. Maanlai
Mr. J. F. Murphy. Mr. W. A. Smith,
Mr. O. 8. OoodrtcbMl Iaaball Shukcr
Mr. Sana Burn. Mr. Jt. B. Wtbro
Guests at Robertson Home.
Mrs. Frank Gerould, of Kern
worth, 111., arrived Saturday morn
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