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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1919. PEOPLE CHINA HOPELESS UNTIL ARE CIVILIZED Dr. Ida Kahn, Chinese Woman Physician, Tells Y. W. C. A. Audience of Horrors of Confucianism. ' ' j hat China will .never become fully civilized until it is Christian ized was asserted by Dr. Ida Kahn, mmee woman physician, speaking last night at the Yj W. C. A. on j China and Chinese conditions. -"Ancestor worship has been our undoing and Confucianism is ruin ing the country," she said. "Do .I- ivunucr inai some sons 01 China are not faithful to their coun try when they have no religion. America must send missionaries to China before his too late. Need Many Teachers. "How are the people to become Christians and civilized unless it is taught to them. ,lf,enough mission aries cannot be supplied, educate the Chinese and they will educate their countrymen. The people have been taught to be led by leaders and educated ones in their midst is the only' way they can be saved." Dr. Kahn related incidents of the cruelty of Confucianism, particu larly from the woman's standpoint, and broke down and cried when she told of her dearest and closest schoo friend being sold as an in ferior, wife- to a man 69 years old while she was only 16. . "China," she said, "isvin great need of doctors and physicians and it is not a bit unusual to have a patient come as far as 500 miles to be creat ed. In my province there are about 40,000,000 people, including ,a few neighboring towns, and at the most there never has been over four doctors to care for them. "Imagine one doctor for 10,000,00 and then you wohder at the condi tions in China. I have known doc tors who have had to travel hun dreds of miles to reach their pa tients. Unless the United States comes to the aid of China another country may possibly hold them and educate them in a way that would soon cause trouble." ,'Dr. Kahn completed her course of medicine in 1JS96 at the Univer sity of Michigan. She obtained her bachelor degree at Northwestern university, Chicago, in 1908. She is in charge of a women's and chil dren's hospital in Nanchang, pro vince of Kiarigsi. Beatrice Players Given Banquet at the Y. M. C. A, A banquet attended by 230 of the upper classmen of the Central High school was held at the Y. M. C. A. last night at 6, the Beatrice foot ball men being the guests of honor, with the room decorated in the colors of both the schools. Ralph .Campbell, president of the High Y club, was toastmasten Several of the guests made short talks, among them Louis Rockwell, captain of the Central High squad; Captain Burgess of the Beatrice squad, Coach - Garret of Beatrice, Linae Anderson of the Central High school and Coach Har old Mulligan of the Purple and White, men. Community singing was led by G. W. Campbell of the local "Y." A British syndicate which is plan ning an aerial passenger service between England and Australia ex pects to cover. the distance in seven days, TEACHERS ENJOY CONCERT AT END OF CONVENTION Memory of Strains From Thibaud's Violin and Voice of Mme. Stanley Will , Linger Years. By HENRIETTA REES. The complimentary recnal givenj by the bureau of publicity of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce tor the Nebraska State Teachers' asso ciation Friday evening at the Mu nicipal Auditorium was a most en joyable affair. Mme. Helen Stanley, soprano, and Mr. Jacques Thibaud, violinist, were the artists presented, and each brought many numbers tf artistic merit to the program and much of added interest to these numbers in their interpretation. Madame Stanley.has been heard in Omaha many times before and she has suygfor the teachers at a previous complimentary recital by the Chamber of Commerce. 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It may be years before such an extraordinary opportunity occurs again. There are Sugar and Cream Sets, Nut Bowls, Whipped Cream Sets, Shallow Nappies, Flower Baskets, Celery Trays, Mayonnaise Sets, Candy Jars, Marmalade Jars, Footed Comports, Fruit Bowls, Vases, Etc. An Investment of at Least Six Billion Is ' . . - Needed by Railroads Chicago, N6v. 7. At least $6,000, 000,000 of new capital must be in vested in railroad facilities within the iext three years if the roads are to become able to handle adequately the country's commerce, Samuel p. Dunn, editor of the Railway Age, es timated in an address here today. The increase in investment since 1915, Mr. Dunn said, has been less than $1,900,000,000, while if the per centage had been as large in pro portion to the growth of traffic as it was during the preceding 10-year period, it shonld have been $5,000, 000,000. Since 1915 freight traffic in creased 67 per cent and passenger traffic 36 per cent. He said, adding that the percentage increase in each variety of equipment during that time was 5 per cent and .'.one. The railways during the next three years should buy at least 80,000 freight cars, 20,000 locomotives and 10,000 passenger cars, he said, to make up the existing deficiency of equipment, to replace equipment which should be retired and to pro vide for handling additional busi Madame Stanley does not spare her-ia,ne self, but gives of her best in eacn song. Two Groups of Songs. For her" share of the program Madame Stanleys presented two groups of songs and a shorter group of concerted numbers with Mr. Thi baud. The two arias of early Italian composers brought some charming music of similar style, but wide con trast of mood to the opening group. The old Scotch nurse song brought a folk song of distinctly national characteristics and the charming Mendelssohn number and a novelty, "Maiden at the Spring," by C. Gold mark, gave much of brilliancy to the gtpup. Of the second group, "Contem plation, by Widor, was interpreted with consummate art. "Don't Come in sir, Please," by Cyril Scott," was an interesting and unusual number, and much of tenderness and tonal charm was found in the lovely lulla by, "Sonny Boy," by Pearl Curran. Mme. Stanley's encore "My Love Is a Muleteer," gave her a fine oppor tunity for variety of tone color, and "One Fine Day" from Madame But terfly by Puccini at the close was suitably and fittingly interpreted. Ellmer Zoller played the accompani ments for Mme. Stanley. Thibaud Great Artist Although MrThibaud had been scheduled to. play in Omaha before, the fates have been unpropitious, and lovers of the finest art of music have been the losers thereby. Mr. Thibaad is a great artist, and one of the finest violinists who has ever been heard here. The technic of his instrument has few terrors for him, and he inter prets with a masterly art which carries the listener al6ng by the very charm of it He draws a warm and lovely tone beneath his bow, and he plays with broad lines, and a big conception which accen tuates the fine points of the music without in any way ever overstep ping the boundaries of good taste. He opened the program with a splendid interpretation of the color ful "Symphonic Espagnole" by Lalo. The three movements of this attractive number were vividly 'por trayed, the strongly marked allegrci with its brilliant climaxes, the song ful andante with its occasional glints of 'characteristic Spanish color, a.nd the dashing Allegro Ron do Finale of striking rhythm, and tremendous velocity. , Mr. Thibaud also played a group which opened with the Bach Air, played with all the wonderful tonal beauty of which this artist is capa ble, and interpreted with a taste and finish of the greatest degree. A quaint Kode H.tude, arranged by Jacques Thibaud, was -well liked and was contrasted with an "Les Cherubins," by Couperin, which fol lowed, it, a number built on large lines and of exalted mood. The prelude and allegro by Pugnano, ar ranged by Kreisler, made a bril liant close.' This is a twelve-day's number, calling all of Mr. Thibaud's technical and emotional resources into play. A quaint air arranged by Thibaud was an encore. Mr. L. T. Grunberg, at the piano, with Mr. Thibaud, was a constant delight. and his playing marked him a pian ist of fine musicianly qualities. "Spring Song" Repeated. Of the three concerted numbers, "Chanson Aneienne," by Sauzay, proved attractive, and the popular close was repeated. Mme. Stanley, Mr. Thibaud and Mr. Zoller did not seem 'to be in sympathy with each other or the mood of the "Friere," by Dambois, with verse by Eugen Ysaye, which was among these numbers. ' The concert was scheduled for 7:45, but at 8 o'clock all except 100 of the 5,000 visiting teachers and quests were in the lobby of the Auditorium, trying to get through the two little doors of the entrance simultaneously.! The results were so complicating that at last the doors were oponed, and the people allowed in, regardless of ticket, bdge, or other means of identifi cation. After all were seated the Audi torium was well filled, both down stairs and in the galleries, and the audience was attentive and appre ciative, both of the art of the musi cians and ot the courtesy ot tne Chamber of Commerce in present ing such a fine recital. Seek W. I. Ailman on - Account Mother's Illness Ths Knights of Columbus employ ment bureau has received a telegram for Walter Irving Ailman, announc ing the illness of his mother in Den ver, Col. The telegram, signed "Vir ginia," requests him to return home at once. . Sure Relief LETTER APPEAL FOR RED GROSS FUND SUCCEEDS State Committee Investigates Plan and V Announces That it Is Fully Satisfied. 1 Members of the state executive committee of the Red Cross met with Al. C. Scott, chairman ot the Third Red Cross roll call hive, Friday afternoon and went over the entinr situation in connection with the campaign that is being coducted in Omaha to raise $90,000, the city's quota of $15,000,000. ' Members of the state committee expressed entire satisfaction over the manner in which the Omaha cam paign is being conducted, and ad vised that it be' continued along the same lines. All members were op timistic, and unhesitatingly main- d that if jiothine unforseen in tervenes, Omaha will reach its goal by Tuesday night. Chairman Scott pointed out that when the Ak-Sar-Ben people made their recent campaign to raise $1,000,000, more than .400 business men, whose salaries range from $5,000 to $25,000 a year, each gave up eight days of time. Thus, their business losing more than the en tire total asked from Omaha by the RedNCross. A Letter Campaign. Going upon the theory that time is monethat can never be replaced, while cash can, Chairman Scott as serted that the Red Cross had con ducted a letter campaign, instead of asking men to neglect their busi ness to go out and solicit funds. He said that thousands of letters ap pealing for funds had been sent to Omaha business men, firms and cor porations, and that now the re sponses are coming in in a, manner that is entirely satisfactory, most of them bringing checks for good-sized sums. On the whole, Mr. Scott expressed the opinion that by adopting the letter soliciting plan, more money will be saved than would have been possible if business men had gone out and solicited subscriptions to the fund. Members of the state com mittee agreed with him in hs con clusion relative to this mater. x Expenses Held Down. It was shown that the present drive has been conducted along eco nomical lines, and that the expenses have been held to the lowest possi ble minimum, not more than a dozen persons being on salary, while the others, including a large number of women have been freely and cheer fullv giving their time. The drive will be continued up to and including next Tuesday, and in the meantime the women will keep on with their house-to-house cam paign. Up to last night they had received a little more than $15,000 in membership subscriptions.mak ing the total cash and pledges in the neighborhood of $30,000. It is known that within the next three days there will be an increase in the cash receipts, as scores or business" men have notified the headquarters offices that they were prepared to contribute and would send their checks by mail. Donates "Booby" Prize. The third Red Cross roll call is $25 richer by reason of the Ak-Sar-Ben drive to raise $1,000,000 to finance an exposition to be held in Omaha. C. J. Thorson, First Trust company, was major of one of the Ak-Sar-Ben soliciting teams. He and his men were hard workecs, but when the returns were counted, it was ascertained that Major Thorson had won the "booby" prize, $25 worth of street car fare slugs. Major Thorson is a good sport and a good loser, so he cashed in his slugs, receiving $25 silver and presented it to Chairman Scott. Red Cross Notes. The McKeen Motor Car company is another Omaha concern that has gone over the top in the Red Cross drive) With its employes all taking memberships it is 100 per cent.i From Long Beach.JCal., Miss Evelyn Ledwich, an Omaha can teen worker spending the winter there, sends three subscriptions. At the women's headquarters Mrs. E. B. Ranson is known as the "lightning calculator." She fools long columns of figures more quick ly than the most expert machine operator. v - Henry C. Sprague of Fremont found a silver dollar. He went to the nearest Red Cross booth and invested in a membership card. Miss Alice Huston, major in charge of the Florence district, re ports 'she found one couple, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Manning, the parents of three sets, of twins. Mr. and Mrs. Manning went 100 per cent, taking membership cards for themselves and all of their six children. n e eace Lonrerence Not to Free Bulgaria Of Responsibility INDlWSTfWj P r 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief 12 FOR INDIGESTION Paris. Nov. 7. In the covering letter of the allied reply to the Bul garian delegation's representations regarding the peace terms presented to Bulgaria, it is pointed out that the Bulgarian people cannot be freed from responsibility and that there fore the decisions of the peace conference which have been made upon mature Reflection cannot be materially changed. The conditions of the peace as they were handed to the Bulgarian dele gation the letter sets forth, were not inspired by any idea of ven geance and the allies do not intend to make Bulgaria pay for all her past mistakes. They wish only, it is declared, to establish a peace just, lasting and furtile, and they remind Bulgaria in this connection tht they guarantee her an outlet to the Aegean sea. Relief Agent Gassed. London, Nov. 7. Capt. J. Orbi son, head of the American relief administration in Riga, was badly gassed during a bombardment- of Riga with gas shells Thursday, by the forces of Col. Avaloff-Bermondt. says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Helsingfors. AT THE THEATERS f-lHIN CHIN, now playing at j. the' Brandeis theater, proved its popularity anew last night when Wills and Binder car ried away a capacity first night au dience, with their agile antics and plastic originality as the slaves I to the fabled Aladdin's lamp. Memories of Montgomery and Stone were renewed by the capable acting of ' these two principals iij the Chinese roles made famous by those pioneers of the boards. Humanity's inherent delight for the circus displayed itself strongly in the appeciative .-audience throughout the tent scenes, the strongest applause of the evening being accorded the Clown band. This -saxophone sextet, with their "jazzy" renditions of the latest rag time, responded to several encores. The story of the musicalcomedy is evolved around the legend of Aladdin's lamp. Aladdin, the son of .a widow1 and employe of a man darin magic worker, falls in love with the daughter of an American wealthy merchant. She returns his love, against the will of her father, but Aladdins discovery of the qual ities of his mother's old lamp brings him untold riches and the blessing of his sweetheart's father. But on the eve of their wedding the old Chinese mandarin appears, steals the Tamp and the girl, and flees to his native land. Through the untiring efforts of the slaves of the lamp, who are devoted to Aladdin and his pretty American sweetheart, the lovers are brought together again, and all ends happily. Exquisite Chinese kimonos, adorn ing a chorus displaying both beauty and grace, form he background for the charming love scepes be tween the handsome young Aladdin and his American sweetheart. "Ragtime Temple -, Bells" and "Good Bye Girls, I'm Through," are "two songs which persist in staying with the audience as it leaves the theater. Miss Edna Peckham, as Violet Bond, the American1 girl, charms the dancing and J. B. L. , audience with her songs. Matinee and night today will be the last two performances of an Orpheum bill that attracted over flow audiences all the week. The curtain this evening will rise at 8 o'clock. For the week starting matinee tomorrow a big star terp sichorean production is proclaimed as the feature extraordinary. Bes sie Clayton will present herself and those incomparable Spanish dancers, Elisa and Eduardo Cansino in 'Miss Clayton's 1919 dance creations, with the notable musical comedy eccen tric dancers, James Clemons, also Arthur Gordon, Wilbert Dunn and a company of clever artists. Over the big time circuit this unusual feature has been a tremendous suc cess and'vits coming to the local Orpheum s looked forward to as the dance sensation of the season, A varied bill of excellence is prom ised in conjunction with Miss Clay ton's production. The most amusing and entertain ing feature that has been presented, at the Empress this season is Nor ris' Hppodrome animal circus, which has played to capacity houses at this popular playhouse. It is espe cially appreciated by the kiddies, who are delighted with the,tricks performed by these clever Smimals A popular feature of the ..show is the singing of the Three Chums, acr complished singers, who offer their numbers in a most acceptable man ner. ' Today the Bowery Burlesquers come to the Gayety for a week's stay, opening this afternoon. The entire production and entertainment is brand new from beginning to end. The well known comedians, Billy Foster and Frank Harcourt, are htfadinfr an efficient cast which in cludes Marty Seamon, Littie Glasco, Polly Sweet, Libbie' Hart and Rus sell K. Hill. A full size airplane is used in the satire, "Going Up and Coming Down." Tomorrow's mati nee will start at 3. High School Students, Notice! "What Shall I Be?" is the biggest of all your questions. Read each Saturday "What Boys Can Be," or "What Girls Can Be." I.W.W. PLANS TO ENLIST GERMAN WORKERS IN U. S. Haywood Does Not Deny Nation-Wide Plot to Enroll Allen "Communists." New York, Nov. 7. Country-wide attempts to organize - German branches of the Industrial Workers of the World were disclosed by the police today. Thousands of circulars have been distributed from Chicago to I. W. 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