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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1919)
"THE BEE; OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCIf 29,. 1919.- 15 Who think that Fortune cannot chini hr mind, Prepares a dreadful jctt Cor all mankind. Pop. .: -- . , , ; : : : i : : ' ; : : : r -Homelessncss of Home Discourages V Wage Earning Girls Who Need 1 More Than Bed and Food A Girl Who Contributes to the Maintenance of the Home7 as Most Wage-Earning Girls Do, Should Get Square Deal From Parents. Bv Beatrice Fairfax. s JThere's an aspect cf the life of many young girl wage-earners that I wish all mothers would consider. It's the homelessness of living at home. 1 The homelessness, I mean, of liv ing with parents who, absorbed with other anxieties, haven't realized that a self-supporting girl needs more than a room to lodge in nd food to eat. : " The-homelessness of always hav ing to make way for the other mem bers of a selfish or tumultuous fam ily; of never being able to invite one's friends or to receive calls from young men. , Does, this sound like a simple and shallow grievance on the part of the hundreds of young girls who wist fully give it expressioW To my mind it's a very serious one. i The plain truth is that a girl who ' contributes to the maintenance of a household, as "these wage-earning girls do, isn't treated squarely when she isn't given the privileges of a home. She knows this, herself. In many cases, sire's on the point of leaving home because of it So I think it's time that mothers faced the ques tion, too. ' To be "sure, mothers are usually overworked. We all know jhat. And the claims of thr younger chil dren are very pressing. So it's quite natural that they should lose the sense of responsibility for sons and daughtes who seem old enough to iake care of themselves. Mothers' Problems. Mothers know that flats are usu ally too small for 'he families that live' in them, and so are houses. Days are too short, evenings seem scarcely to exist at all, and families make greater demands than any parents could possibly grant. In the face otall these grim facts, Is it still the parents' duty to sacri fice the family sitting room iu any thing so frivolojs as a young daugh ter's social lifer .... 'Frankly speaking, I think it is. For part of the time, at leastj. And t mnfliore wnntd acrree w:th me, if they once carefully thought the thing over. - -v - Thm i8-v-ar-old waee-earner works longer hours than she should, except in a few fortunate cases. The hour or two that she might be out doors she has to' spend in train or subway. When evening comes she needs recreation almost more than she needs food or sleep. All the youth in her cries aloud for it that youth that all day long has tx pre tend it's a grown-up machine. Her parents, even though they may work much harder than she, cannot possi bly neec! a normal social life as much as she needs it. The needs of youth are imperative. Something goes wrong if they're not granted. This is just as true of boys, if it weren't for two things. One is, that it's possible' for boys t-get. their social life away from home. And the other is, that it is particularly a girl's business to keep herself strong and normal with steady nerves and " good vitality, because earning that weekly payenvelope doesn t com prise the meaning of life for her. Some day she'll be a mother. aj - n't he the lieht kind of mother unless she's sound and ..,,r ; lr nked at trom mis . ..... , Priscilla, Dean Hasa Word to Say About K High Salaries. ' "Having heard so much talk about the high , salaries paid photoplay stars I'd like to have mysay on the subject," said Priscilla Dean, movie vampire. . . . "You, Mr. Business Man, and you, Miss Professional Woman, musician, artist or what-not you, I say.Thave many years of earning in you. From the time you are 20 or 21 unti old age overtakes, you, you are able to make money and to increase your "earning capacity up to the end ot the string.' "But think of the actor and actress of the stuidio. "He or she starts at well, say aDout 22 or 23 for the man, and 17 or 38 for the girl. There is a period of development in which there is little or no salary. ' ' "Once established as a star, earn ing '.apacity is unlimited, it is true big salaries are paid capable per- r .yk.'.ra, nnnnlantv. tormers wuu ""' r. 7, r hnva 1rn does this last? Do vou realize that the sere life of staf is restricted' to perflaps eight "'t ten years? That in this short spn of artistic endeavor one must acquire the means of livelihood for ' Mhe lifetime after? ' ... ' "It is so. What you earn in 20 or in .:... t tnnr thfc screen ac- tress must amass in a short decade. And if the income is large, so is tne investment an investment that nev , er ceases. There are clothes, and maintenance of whatever prestige the star has acquired. For-one must live, you know, as -one is. i "While I hold no brief for the 'poor picture player,' I .want to show the public that big salaries are not never-ending. They are all too 1 Mavbe CiV X X Charles Ray is required to clean up in a poker game in the picture he is makinir at Culver f itv. When Di rector Jerry Storm explained to Charles tnat when they started play- and on the second round "call," the e ... . . . , J lamous acior coniessea that he naa never played poker in his life and a little more . explicit instruction would De necessary. Red pepper should be-used with how important it is that she has her recreation? This is, in fact, an argument that I know most mothers will respond to. They won't have thought of it in this light before, but now that they do see it as it is they'll con trive the family life so that the 18-year-old girl stenographer can have a home in the only real sense. That is, have her friends come to see her. There are, as it happens, plenty of other arguments in favor of granting home privileges to the girl who boards at home. There's one in par ticular that's rather forcible. If a 'girl is spirited and resolute, strongly conscious ?( her individual rights, you can't really deprive her, except temporarily, ofthe social life she needs. She's going to get it, anyway. x If her own family doesn't give her Nthe. space and the time to lead her own life, she'll iive somewhere else. She doesn't in the least want to do this. It's a dreary business at 18 finding a home for oneself. But she feels, that she's being forced to. She feels, in fact, just as the fol lowing letter reveals. It is one of many voicing the same burden. Don t for a moment think of it as a solitary case. "Do you think it advisable," asks this wage-earner, "for a girl of almost 19 to leave home when con ditions have become almost intoler able? My mother seems to think that my whole life should consist of my work, and begrudges me amusement of the most innocent kind. My home is not open to my friends. If I go out with them, which is not often, I have to meet them outside, or at their homes, and I imagine they wonder why I do not invite them to my home, "And as for having a young man call that is beyond the mtestion. I have to refuse the hospitality of my heme to the men I meet in business and who want to know me socially, and I have too much self-respect to meet, tnem outside. Longs for Girl's Life. "I am getting to an act when I am no longer a child a id- long for a girl's life. I have thought of leaving '"ft I A. vv. V., V but I am earning only $16 a week and am afraid of facing the world alone with that amount. What shall I do? You see, it's only t'ic most reas onable and conservative social life that these young girls ask for them selves. You are almost surprised at their tolerance anJ good sense. It's perfectly obvious that they are not going to abuse any freedom they secure. They are rot reckless, moon-coveting children. They are young womenprematurely steadied by their experience of the workers' world, and wfiat they are asking for is really only life itself. : Can't you give it to them? Persuade father that even, though he likes peaceful, evenings' he isn't after all, entitled to all the peace that one household can supply, and that, besides, it's good foi him to go out occasionally. And it's good for you to go out with him. You know it's what you secretly like better than anything. And as for the young fry, they oughtn't to be anywhere but studying their lessons or in bed. You can arrange it all if you seriously make an effort to. dive 18-year-old a chance. OMAHA, MARCH 31 to APRIL 5 Don't miss the opportunity, Mr. Merchant, to properly display your newest of new Spring Styles next week,- as the v men, women and children, who have been educated to a great extent in the matter of style through ypur ad vertising, are eagerly awaiting 'Fashion's Showing of the ' New Spring Styles National Dress-up Week is wide in its scope and includes the latest ideas, and designs in footwea furniture jewelry automo biles as well as all the other necessities and -luxuries that one appreciates in life. Something Also, something very beautiful dark satin coat-dress. . Red Cross Campaign for Used Clothing la Now Extended to April 2 Omaha's Red Cross campaign for used clothing for European refu gees has- been extended until Wed nesday, Apl 2, to fill the quota of 35,000 pounds. ' Donations from out in' the state have been reeeived. W. P. Jardine has 'had packages from both Wayne and Winters, Neb. Through the courtesy of J. P. Stuart and T. H. McDearmon, two trucks were sent- but to the various schools on Thursday. Eight of the motor corps were out driving their own cars and made collections from 15 schools.- Through the courtesy of Messrs William Burns, 'Joy Sutphen, N. Thomas, Harry Watts and Harry Goldberg, slides have been made for the theaters -throughout the week. Mrs. C. J. Hubbard, advisor for the Campfire Girls, announces that contribution from these girls wil'J DC sent in today and Saturday. The headquarters at 313 South Seventeenth street, is sending out the call to all Omaha for shoes for clothes for material of all kinds for the refugees of all European coun tries save the central powers. Business and professional women of the United States are projecting a national federation of their clubs wh'ch will be formed at a meeting in St. Louis next July. It Doesn't Requir A mechanical expert, with ears of technical training and a veek of nothing else to do. to see that the Fordson Farm Tractor is practical, hoifestly and in- ?n;gentiy DUUt and capable of all year farm service. Yes We sell Fords. Sample-Hart Motor Company. Tyler 513. 18th and Burl! Su. Very New filet crocheted vests to wear with the , Of General Interest' to Women . Texas has a woman deputy state labor commissioner. Women have been granted he full rights of citizenship in Bombay. In Burma divorce is possible fith otit any reason being given on either side. Next September, for the! first time in its history, Bellevue Hospital Medical College tof New York uni versity will open its doors to women students. , Mrs. Emma D. Thompson is the first woman of Enid, Okla., to seek public office. She is a candidate for nomination for the office of city treasurer. ' Miss S. Letta Elsie Marty, -who has been appointed public school in spector in Toronto, has the distinc tion of being' the first woman in Canada to fill such a position. Of all the feminine members of the British royal " family, Queen Maud of .Norway, a daughter of the late King Edward VII, is the most ardent devotee of outdoor sports and pastimes. Queen Mary has long been a close student .of social and- economic questions. People who have devot ed years of study to such problems have frequently expressed amaze- Building of 4- Soulsv are built as temples are ' Sunken deep, unseen, un- known ' Lies the surface, foundation stone, . ' Then the courses framed to bear Life to the cloisters pillared fair , Last of all the airy spire, Soaring heavenward higher and higher Nearest sun and nearest star. , ; Souls are built as temples are v Inch by inch in gradual risa Mount the layered mason-1 ries, Warring questions have their day, Kings arise and pass away, . Laborers vanish one by One, Still the temple is not done, Still completion seems afar. Souls are built as temples are ' . ment at the knowledge Ker majesty has shown, and at the extent of her reading and her balanced judg ment on matters which would'have seemed quite outside her purview Mrs. Sophia Redmond journeyed from the Arctic circle to Seattle in order that she might turn over to the Red Cross $206, the proceeds from the auctioning of a sweater she had knit for the society. Wages crt women have increased between 60 and 70 per cent in the past five years in the paper box, shirt and collar, confectionery and tobacco industries, and in the mer cantile establishments of New York state, yet 59 per cent of the women in New York Cityover 16 years of Buy Beaton's Bargains Saturday a Day of Extreme Value Giving Drugs and Sundries $1.25 full pint Imported Olrve y Oil for t fc9tf 30c Putnam Dry Cleaner.. 19 25c DeWitt's Cold Tablets lftj 25c Beecham's Pills. 17 25c Nature's Remedy Tablets, for ; -. 1V $1.00 Nuxated Iron. Otf . 35c Castoria. for... A Kne nrnzin twi Pnsto 50c 3-P Canaille !V ROc Hav's Ha'r H-olth $1.40 2-q"art Wellington Hot. Wstpr bottles, at 5c Nail Files Woodhury's Skin Lotion .!. ?V 0c Lister'ne, at 60c Tovo-'S !. .48 30c Woodbury's Facial Soap. ner bar ?5c Farfina So-v IfV 25c Herpioide Soap. 16 3.75 FoWick's Hospital size Malted MilV -SiMS 5c Sterno Heat 10 $2.00 American Alarm Clocks. 1 -Pound Fajsom Salts . . .10 1-Pound Powdered Borax.. 15 1-Pint Disinfectant, De Mar's. at 25 1 Pint Muriatic Acid 20tf 4 ouncps Glycerine and Bay Rum. fo. 25 1-pfe Household Ammonia. .10 4 ounces Carbolic Acid, with bottle, for 2Si' Mail Orders Receive BEATON 15th and 3 ; er- -is tci : , Get busy - be of broad vision The Bee is assisting and make Dress-up Week a Gala and Shopping Week - Practically-all Omaha will be down town Monday night and you win want your display the best and finest ever. Your style message can best be delivered over Omaha and the state through the ' SUNDAY BEE Omaha's Best New spaper Character Here a carving rich and quaint There the image of a saint; Here a deep-hued pane to tell Sacred truth or miracle; Eevry little helps the much, Every careful, careless touch Adds' a charm, or leaves a r scar. Souls are built as temples are Based on truths eternal law, Sure and steadfast, without flaw, Through the sun shine, through the snows, Up Snd on the building goes; Every fair thing finds its place, Every hard thing lends a grace. i Every hand may make or mar. . Selected age and working full time in these industries are still earning less than $14 a week. In recognition of the' efficient service which women have per formed in the state's government affairs Governor. Carey of Wyoming has appointed Miss Eunice G. An derson of Cheyenne ' as first state historian, a position recently createdJ. by act of the legislature. During the past three years Miss Anderson has been director of the state work men's compensation department and during the past nine years dep uty state treasurer. .Canned tongue and spinach should be warmed in the can before open ing. . Pure Glycerine, per lb. . . .50 4 ounces Glycerine and Rose water, with bottle 20 Photo Dept. Film Developed Free When Prints Are Ordered. Prints $4x34 1 .$4 each Prints 8x3l4 i each Prints SMxiM 5 each Prints 3x5 6 each A11 our prints are made on Cyco PaPer Plain or glossy. Candy Dept. $1.00 Huyler's Old-Fashioned Chocolate Creams, lb. . . .79 60c Yankee Peanut Candy, per pound . . : 40 J"c Chocolate Covered Marshmal- lows, per pound 50 We are agents for Huyler's nd Allegretti Chocolates. Edison Mazda Lamps 1fl to 50-Watt Mazda Lamps, - for CO-Watt Mazda Lamps 40 We carry a stock of all lamps up to 500-Watt. Listerine $1.00 Listerine 79 50c Listerine 39 Our Prompt Attention. DRUG CO. Farnam. j Thomas Wood Stevens, President American Pageantry, Coming. On Friday afternoon, April 4, at the Fontenelle hotel ball room at 3;30, the Omaha Society of Fine Arts will present Thomas Wood Stevens, head of the drama depart ment of the Carnegie institute at Pittsburgh, and callqd "the dean of American pageantry!" During the .war Mr. Stevens wrote and directed two pageants, "Drawing of the Sword" and "Joan of Arc," the latter having been given four times in France last summer by men of the American Expeditionary , Forces, after General Pershing had sent for Mr. Stevens to come to France in a recreational capacity. His ex periences were intensely interesting and touch a little different side from that with which we are familiar. His subject will be "The Army in France at Play." . Ruth Roland Is five feet four Indices tall and weighs 122 pounds in her bathing suit.- George V must feel out of it. George IV and General Haig had whisky named after them. All is not gold that glitters and we've seen second lieutenants that prove it. r-Vrrs id I Give Your Insurance . to Meyer Klein 636 First Nat'l. Bk. Bldg. 'Telephone TyUr 360. National Dress-Up Week' next week and we approve of thex movement most heartily. Every week is National Moving Week with us for we are as particu lar today as' we were years ago. When your moving is done by us you'll find the goods placed in the house, to your entire satisfaction. OMAHA VAN & STORAGE CO. Phone Douglas 4163. 806 South 16th Street. Little wVery blisters that appear on the skin and then break, accompanied by angry looking inflamed spots or sores that spread, with intense itching, generally can be described as eczema. Reslnol Ointment aided br Resinol Soap rarely fails to give immediate relief, and with perseverance, usually clears away the trouble entirely. Anoint thicker M night, then bandage. Sold by at! Jrueeutt. Ferru tarn files wriit Risvtol, Batihntrt, Md. Don't take Medicine for an -ailment remove ihe cause first. CHIROPRACTIC does just this it makes medi cine unnecessary. Adjustments. $1 or 12 for $10. Dr. Frank F. Burhorn (Palmer School ' Chiropractor) ' Suite 414-19 Securities Bid., Cor. 16th and Farnam Su. Doug. 5347. Lady Attendant. Resident Phone Blackttone Hotel. mm for that eczema i I Omaha's Music Center. 15th and Harney Douglas 1973. ' " rr 1 1 ' ' ' : ' ' ' ' ' l' " ' i 1WQWC OOUQtA9 348 OMAHA lOfL printing mm .r )C0MPANY praSf : ' I. U mown u.6T n. f,i j'FJr tSII? I Jljj vmmn mmum FARKAH Ujb. fjj "V . -tm -... Commercial Printers -lithographers steel die Embossers lOOSC kCA OryiCES Red Cross Notes Spring styles in relief are now be ing shown by the American Red Cross. "The Greatest Mother in the yorld" has additional millions oi children to clothe now. She can ap preciate hbw the old lady who set up lighthousekeping in a shoe must have felt. American Red Cross worker sends word that men's garters are $5 a pair in Germany. If the Germans are at emaciated as we have been led to be lieve they could put their garters on over their heads. Anyway, we thought the Germans had stopped wearing socks. The more one thinks of that garter1 story it sounds a if the Red Cross man might have been stretching things a bit. OVER-ACIDITY of the stomach has upset many a nighfs rest If your stomach is acid disturbed, dissolve two or three tUHQIDS on the tongue before retir-, ing and enjoy refreshing sleep. The purity ana goodness of Ki-moidM guaranteed by SCOTT & BOWNI MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMULSION va. INDIAN COLLECTION Genuine Articles on Sale in One Lot Kieser's Book Store 221 No. 16th St. (Loyal Hotel Bldg.) ' Fine Item for Public or Private Library. You and the children can play as well as an accomplished musician witha "HOBAEt? r.i. CABLE" PLAYED Why not heed the re quirements of the chil dren an yourself by having such'Sh instru ment in your home. You will enjoy it im mensely. 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