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Centenaries of Famous Women.
New York, Dec. 16. The year
soon to begin will be ont not only
of unprecedented importance in the
effect it is bound to have upon the
future participation of women in all
fields of human activity, but it will
possess a peculiar interest associat
ing it with the past, for it will in
clude the centenary anniversaries
of the birth of an unusually large
number of women whose lives and
achievements were of profound in
fluence upon the social, moral atyl
intellectual progress of the age.
Many of these will be the subject
of individual comment as the conten
ary dates occur, but the list is so
imposing that a brief glimpse at
a few of its leading features in the
aggregate seems of interest at this
time.
The year will bring the centenary
of Susan B. Anthony, ho has been
called the greatest woman reformer
, the world has ever known. As a
young woman Miss Anthony aided
in organizing the fi.st woman's tem
perance society. Later she partici
pated in the anti-slavery movement
and during the civil war she was an
organizer of the Women's National
Loyal league. At the close of the
war she took up the cause of wom
an suffrage. The course of Miss
Anthony's work after this time is a
history of the whole movement for
bettering the legal status of women;
its complexity makes a summary
impracticable; the general results
are matters of -mraon knowledge.
Miss Anthony jntinued l.er active
work until her seventieth year when
age compelled her to relinquish the
leadership of the National Woman
Suffrage association.'
With the world war still fresh
in the public mind particular inter
est will attach to . the centenary of
Florence Nightingale, "the angel of
mercy," who will always be remem
bered as the greatest nurse in his
tory. In Miss NightingJe was found
that rare co.nbin-tto.i of heart and
brain which makes the ideal nurse.
Py means of her winsome person
ality and marked executive ability
she dignifiid - i pr -fession of nurs
ing and raised it from the make
shift employment of the degraded
or ignorant up into the realm of the
fine arts. ,
The 6th of October will bring the
centennial anniversary of the birth
of Jenny Lind, "the Swedish night
ingale," whose popularity as a singe:
has never been eclipsed. Many per
sons still living are able to recall
the success that attended Jenny
Lind's triumphal tour of America in
the early 'SOs, under the direction of
the late P. T. Barnum.
Literature contributes among
others the names -of Jean Ingelow,
the distinguished English poet and
novelist; Alice Cary, who, with her
sister, attained fame as a writer of
poetry and prose, and Anne B. War-
PHOENIX
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We carry everything PHOENlX makes,
including that new all-wool, pure silk,
silk and wool Hose ; in all sizes, for both
,men and women, in all shades even the
out sizes.
There is no present that you could buy
that will please like PHOENIX
HOSIERY. Do not make the mistake
of buying some useless gift for any
member of the family or for a friend
when it is possible to buy such a beauti
ful and useful gift in PHOENIX
HOSIERY.
Women's, $1.35 to $3.65.
Men, 90c to $1.35.
Mail Order Given Prompt
and Careful Attention.
508-510
So. 16th St.
In spite of past conditions and the scarcity of electrical mer
chandise, we have been able to secure a FAIR amount from
which a selection can still be made to advantage, hence we ad
vise the earliest possible shopping.
Every Christm
People Give More and More
Electrical Gifts
Once you have received or given
Electrical Gifts, you recognize
their usefulness and value.
You'll never find an Electrical Gift laid aside
they are always out in the open, ready for
instant use.
Percolators Grills Waffle Irons
Chafing Dishes Hot Plates Ovenettes
Irons Lamps Curling Irons Etc.
ORDER YOURS IN TIME FOR
CHRISTMAS DELIVERY.
The Electric Shop
Farnam at Fifteenth
2314 M Street, South Side.
ner, a sister of the more famous
Susan Warner, and herself the au
thor of many popular novels.
There was also Fanny Crosby, the
famous blind hymn writer, who
spent the latter years of her long
life in Bridgeport, Conn. She was
the author of more than 8,000 hymns
which iiave been sung in the Prot
estant churches through the world.
Heading the list of famous women
of the stage who first saw the light
in 1820 appears 'the name, of Laura
Keene, the celebrated actress and
manageress, whose name will ever
be associated in history with the as
sassination of Abraham Lincoln, for
it was to see the popular light com
edy actress in "Our American
Cousin" ;that the president attended J
tne tneater on the night ot April if,
1865. ....
Education will be represented in
the list of centenaries by the name
of Anne Jemima Clough, the foun
der of Newnham college and a
noted worker for the higher educa
tion of women in England.
Representing the world of art is
the name of Eliza Pratt Greatorex,
the Irish-born American artist, who
was the first woman to be elected
associate of the National Academy
of Design.
Suffrage in Hawaii.
The National American Woman
Suffrage association has received
word that the Philippine senate has
passed a woman suffrage bill, and it
now goes 'to the house of repre
sentatives, assured 6T passage by
that body. The governor general is
favorable,- and there is a strong
sentiment among Filipino women
in favor of suffrage. v
Ratification Record. t
The governor of Oregon his call
ed a special legislative session for
the purpose of ratifying the federal
suffrage amendment for January 12,
and "ratification is assured," say the
Oregonians. North Dakota. South
Dakota and Colorado are the rati
fication harvest for December to
date, making 22 states in all.
Whether Oregon will be the 23d
depends on Nevada, Washington,
Indiana, Wyoming, and the various
other states that have special ses
sions planned, any one of whom
nay steal a march by calling a spe
cial session in advance.
War Council Lectures.
The War Council lectures on
Wednesday include a mothers' meet
ing at 2:30 p. m., with Mrs. Moyer,
2629 Parker street; a meetting at 3
p. in. of the Central Presbyterian
society with Mrs. E. E. McMillan,
912 South Thirty-seventh street.
Ladies' Aid.
- The M. E. Ladies' Aid will' meet
Wednesday, December 17, for
luncheon at the home of Mrs. W. G.
Smith, 3316 Dodge street.
A. C. A. Book Review.
The A. C. A. book review section
will meet December 17 at 4 p. m.
with Mrs. D. M. Scriven, 2542 Cap
itol avenue. Miss Bess Dumont
will review' "The Debt," by Kath
leen Carmen.
Woman's Club, R. M. S.
The Woman's club, R. M. S, will
meet at 2 p. m., Wednesday. Decem
ber 17, with Mrs. J. H. Musgrave;
2555 Pratt street. Leader, Mrs John
bittinger.
Horrors! Women's
Feet Growing
Larger
By International News Berries.
London, Dec. 16. The Fairy
Prince would have a harder time
than ever fitting his Cinderella to
day, because women's feet are grow
ing larger year by year.- This act
is made known by the managing di
rector of one of the largest London
shoe factories.
"During the last 50 years," he
said, "Englishwomen's feet have in
creased enormously in length. A
No. 3 shoe was worn by the average
woman in the middle of the last
century, whereas the average now
worn is a 5 or SyZ. We find that
sixes, and even larger shoes, can
hardly be kept in stock, they are so
much in demand. .
"The oause of this growth of
women's feet can be attributed to
the amount of walking they do and
the number of games they play from
their earliest childhood."
Women's feet are much larger
than they used to be, but this does
not mean that they are no longer
beautiful. Public taste has changed
with the size of feet, and a small
foot is no longer considered neces
sary for beauty. Indeed,' the shoe
manufacturer explained that a long,
slender foot is considered more de
sirable than a short, inelegant one.
"Long lines are the thing nowa
day," he said. "The West 'End
clamors for long, graceful foot
wear, and fashionable women buy
shoes more than an nich too long
rather than wear short, stumpy
shoes." 1
Associated Charities.
The finance committee of the As
sociated Charities met Monday to
make plans for a meeting to be held
Wednesday. "Definite plans for fu
ture work will be made at the
Wednesday meeting," says Mr.
Frank Judson, president of the
board of directors. .
Dundee Woman's Club.
Dundee Woman's C'UD w''l meet
Wednesday. December 17. at the
home of Mrs. A. J. Cole, 5023 Chi
cago street.
City Mission Club. ,
The Mothers' club , of the City
Mission will hear Dr. Clara Green
oueh. Thursday afternoon at -2:30.
Dr. Qreenoughjs one of the staff
of lecturers who is in the city giving
lectures under ' the War Council
service, Y. M. C. A. ' - , !
Men Note Woman
Citizenship
Schools
In manv states, the man who has
voted just because he is a male and
21, is beginning to rub his eyes and
wonder whether voting doesn t need
some preliminary instruction after
all. Women of at least four states
only two of which have woman suf
frage and' only one of these fujl
suffrage, have invited their state uni
versities to help them become in
telligent citizens and at least three
state universities have made it their
business to issue courses of study
giving an intensive study of civics
to allrwomen who apply.
The universities of (California and
North Carolina have issued regular
study outlines on citizenship for
women as a part of the university
extension programs of the state.
New Hampshire, which has not yet
issued such an extension leaflet, co
operated with the women's own pro
gram last summer, when the New
Hampshire State college at Durham
was host to the women's own sum
mer school of citizenship. Next
summer Dartmouth will welcome
this same unique summer school.
Minnesota's university has gone
further in co-operation than has any
other, It has just held a, short
course in citizenship for women vot
ers, conducted jointly by the uni
versity's general extension division
and the Minnesota League of Wom
en Voters. The sessions were held
in two places, those during the day
in one of the buildings on the main
university campus and those in the
evening in the assembly room of the
Minneapolis city hall. j
One of the women present at ihe
short course has just reported that
en account of limitation of space,
registration for the day lectures was
l mited to 300 and to 600 for the
everting lectures. But the popu'ar
demand for admission was so great
that the latter had to be stretched
to 800. The attendance f'om start
to finish remained consistently
large. The field of subjects cov
ered every branch of stat1; and na
t'onal government, political ethics,
social problems pending, parlia
mentary and public speaking
The verdict of the university pio
fessors on the classes was interest
ing. They claimed that they had
never carried on more satisfactory
extension work and that the evi
dent grade of intelligence as evinced
by the questions and interest of the
women was unusually high The
women took continuous and copious
notes, and bibliographies were ex
hausted long before the close of the
.ourse. Bookmen in town report
great stimulation in the sale of
books dealing with the subjects of
government, state and national.
Newspapers of the state and of the.
Twin Cities showed great interest in
the course and in the attitude of
the women.
Seminar Classes In
Americanization for
Interested Women.
Seminar courses of instruction in
Americanization are being held in
California under the direction of the
extension department of the state
university. In the Los Angeles
classes over 400 are in attendance,
the majority of whom are club wo
mei. who are preparing themselves
for active work in reaching the foreign-born.
Statistics show that the
immigrant is . the great American
man-of-all-work. He produces
seven-tenths of all of the bituminous
coal mined and helps to make more
than 50 per cent of the gloves, shoes,
shirts, collars, cuffs, tobacco and
cigars manufactured. Four-fifths
of the furniture turned out is the
product of his hand at some plant
in its making. Seven-eighths of the
work done in woolen mills and nine
tenths of the work done in cotton
mills are the product of his energy.
Eighty-five per cent of the meat of
this country is slaughtered and
packed by foreign-born workers.
Yet millions of these workers can
neither read nor write English and
many speak it only brokenly. He is
indeed the great American problem
which the General Federation of
Women's Clubs is trying to help
solve and by a study of his viewpoint
and trying to help him to under
stand American ideals and his great
opportunity here, to make him feel
at home and so Americanize him.
The federation through its special
Americanization committees and its
department of education is spread
ing the gospel that a nation to be
great need not be of one blood but
of one mind; that where a people
think together they act together and
thus become a united nation. The
campaign of education is to teach
them to think in English as well as
to speak and write the language, that
by so doing they may attain greater
efficiency in their work and as citi
zens, i The first point of attack will
be through the woman in the home
as she has least contact with Ameri
can manners and customs and yet is
the great factor in the home life.
The plan includes'the organization of
women's clubs among them, where
both foreign and native born will
mlnfirle together and learn each oth
er's ways and so better understand
each other. The seminars stress
neighborhood and community gath
erings. The nation-wide movement
is in the hands of Mrs. Thomas G.
Winter, 2617 Dean Boulevard, Min
neapolis, director of Americaniza
tion, General Federation of Wo
men's Clubs. Miss Katherine F.
Worley is chairman of Americaniza
tion work in Nebraska.
H. E. L. P. Club
H. E. L. P. club will meet Wed
nesday evening at the Social settle
ment house for supper and sewing.
Literature Department.
The literature department of the
Omaha Woman's club will meet at
10 a. m. Wednesday with Mrs. G. C.
Bonner, leader, and Mrs. Edwin S.
Jewell, assistant. "The Great Hun
ger," by Johann Bojer, will be re
viewed. A woman's foot should equal in
length one-seventh of her height.
1 The hymn, "Nearer, My God. to
Thee," which has probably touched
more hearts than any other compo
sition, was written by a ' woman,
Sarah Fowler Adams of London,
who died in 1849. .
Geneva, III., once boasted of hav-
ing a flourishing Methodist church
with a membership composed - ex
clusively of women.
It is just 50 years since the Uni
versity of Michigan voted to admit
women students to all departments,
being one of the first prominent
American colleges to take such ac
EVER-SOOTHING
POSLAM HEALS
RROKEMT SKIN
Let Poslam act for you as a sooth,
inn. concentrated, healing balm, to eov
right over that itching akin trouble ant
aubdue It, taking out the fire and ior
neas. and then, aa applications are rm ;
peated, causing; the disorder to grow leafc
and lese each day. Poslam cannot hamy
There la no risk in trying it to aee it
it really will Eradicate your eetema, pirn,
plea, or other surface diaorder. And. the
burden of proof is on Poslam for yo
will watch for visible results. ,
Sold everywhere. For free sample wriC
to Emergency Laboratories, 243 Westf 47tl
St, New York City. t
Urge your akin to become freshe
brighter, better by the daily use of Poa
lam Soap, medicated with Poslam.
Every Woman
Be she working in factory, shop,
office or at home, is often a sufferer
from pains here or there, from
worry, despondency, and frequently
suffers from backache. Very often
the trouble is in the organs essen
tially feminine. Worry, sleepless
nights, headaches, pains, disor
ders, irrepotlarities and weaknesses
of a distinctly feminine character
in a short time bring the dull eye,
the "crow's feet," the haggard look,
drooping shoulders and the faltering step. To retain the appearance
of youth, a woman must retain health. Instead of lotions, pow
ders and paints ask your druggist for Dr. Pierce s favorite Prescrip
tion. This is the woman's temperance tonio and nervine which has
had the approval of thousands of women for nearly fifty years. It
comes in liquid or tablet form, or send ten one-cent stamps to the
Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., for trial package of the tablets. The
"Favorite Prescription" is made without alcohol, and will dispel the
pains and the weaknesses common to most women in different
periods of life.
For women who are run-down and over-worked; at the critical
periods in a woman's life, from 'girlhood to womanhood, and later,
this is especially adapted to her needs, for it strengthens and regu
lates. Write the specialist at Doctor Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo,
N. Y., for free confidential medical advice, or send for free booklet
on diseases of women.
The System is something like a clock it needs oil occasionally.
Everyone should take castor oil, or something better, like Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, made of May-apple, jalap, aloe sugar-
coated. They regulate, cleanse and oil the human "clock work."
Send Dr. Pierce 10c for trial size. ' ' ,
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FOR THE MAN?
Slippers Always
When you give slippers
you can be sure that you
have given something use
ful that the man will ap
preciate. Let him while s
away in comfort the eve
nings he spends at home.
Come in today. A large
assortment of patterns and
designs at a variety of
prices are displayed here
for you.
16th and Douglas.
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The Housewife's Scrap
ie v book
The white of ege will, beat more
quickly if you add a bit of salt.
When making mayonnaise dressing
put the salt in last.
One good cook never pares the
apples for mince meat. She thor
oughly washes them, cuts them into
quarters and takes out tne core.
Then she puts them through the
food chopper, using the fine cutter.
And her mince pies are delicious.
Some housekeeoers ' find it dis
agreeable to measure fat in baking
because it clings to tne cup or tne
spoon. This may be obviated by
heating the utensils in which the
fat is measured. A quick way to
do this is to dip them into hot wa
ter..
To successfully oroduce a good
pudding it is essential that the pud
ding dish be greased so the mix
ture will not stick.
If there is a piece of kidney in
the loin of pork, cut it out with the
fat surrounding it, put salt and flour
on it and put it in the roasting pan
about half an hour before the pork
is done. This will give you a sa
vory tender kidney instead of the
usual hard, tough article.
Use a grape basket for the clothes
pins, rut a wire nooic over mc
handle and you can push it along
on the clothesline where it will be
handy.
If vou have the misfortune to sus
tain a burn you will get instant re
lief by applying scraped raw po
tato. As soon as it gets warm re
new with fresh potato. The poul
tice taken off can be efficaciously
used again if cooled off.
If the ivory handles of the cut
lery have spots on them dip a mois
tened chamois skin in powdered
a . 1 . j fL -
oumice ana tnorougniy ruD mc
spots.
Paint snots can be removed from
glass or mirrors by rubbing with a
paste of ammonia ana wniting
thinned with, water to the consis
tency of cream. Leave it on until
dry, then wash off with soap and
warm water.
When hanging sheets out to dry
fold them so the hems meet and
fasten this end to the line. They
will be easier to remove when dry
and the wind will not have
chance to whip them, which means
longer wear for the sheets.
Mu Sigma.
Mu Sigma will meet with Mrs. I
W. Carpenter, 3635 Lafayette ave
nue. Wednesday. , December 17, at
10 o'clock. i
In Germany the man enters and
seats himself first in street car or
train, leaving the woman to trail in
after him and stana it tnere nap
pens to be no vacant seat.
The first American woman regu
larly entering the dental profession
was Mrs. 1- il. layior, who to
triculated in a Cincinnati dental col
lege in 1864;
A woman preacher In England is
reported as marrying a couple and
kissing the bridegroom.
Calcutta. India, had a woman s
newspaper 50 years ago
Walk Over Shoe
i-
NOW GOING ON
Thousands of dollars worth, of Walk-Over
Shoes on sale at special prices.
400 pair Women's Shoes, broken lots black
and colors; values up , 1 V
to $10.00, at
Sale if j
1
L Hosiery I . gl 1 AM
Boot i
400 pair .Women's Shoes, odd lots Ot
lace and button, black and fancy . yTOp.
600 pair Women's Shoes, high heel and low
heel, black and fancy; values 4JC QC
up to $15.00, at yO.UO
Men's Shoes Reduced
Special prices at . ;
$5.85, $6.85, $7.85, $9.85
Specials
100 doien Kin
1 o c k Hosiery,
regular $3.00 and
$3.60 value:
black, white and
brown. Sale
price
$2.50
Shop
317 South 16th Street
Hosiery
Specials
B0 dozen True
Shape Silk Hose,
regular $3.00
value; black aod
.brown. Sale
price ;,
$1.80
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this winter
The journey to California and back, by any of , ' T
the trans-continental routes, is very interesting.
It may be made doubly attractive by stopping :l
off and seeing some of the attractions en route.
Visit the thriving cities of the North Pacific
Coast, the Rocky Mountain Region, or the . ."
vast Southwest. Yoi will find, them to be
modern industrial and business centers an -
embodiment in "stone and brick and steel of
the spirit of the West. ,
See some of the National Parks that are open all
winter. Each has its individual charm.
Ask for information about Excursion Fares to
certain winter resorts.
"California for the Tourist," and "Hawaii," and other retort booklets, on request. Let
the local ticket agent hetp plan your trip or apply to the nearest Consolidated Ticket '
Office or address nearest .Travel Bureau, United States Railroad Administration, 646
Transportation Bldg., Chicagoj 14J Liberty St., New York City; 602 Healey Bldg.,
Atlanta, Ga. Please indicate the places you wish to see en route.
CONSOLIDATED TICKET , OFFICE,
1416 Dodge St., Omaha, Neb. Phone Douglas 1684.
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