TtjE - OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: - APRIL 18, lyU.
State President Speaks
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Mrs. John Slaker, president of
the Nebraska Federation of Wom
en's Clubs, addressed the Second
district its annual convention
held at the Dundee Presbyterian
church April IS and 16. Mrs.
Slaker spoke Thursday evening on
the subject,! "Club Ethics." Ex
rots from her address follow:
"It is not necessary tor me to re-x
Irind you that we are standing today
t the parting of the ways'; old
things have passed away and many,
of the customs and environments of
the old life are about to bextnafe
new, and, strange to say, woman is
to be called upon to do her share
in this reconstruction period upon .
which we are entering. She has ai
rways borne her share of the labot
""and anguish of the. critical periods
in the world's history, but now he
will have an opportunity for the first
time to participate in the delibera
tions which precede and direct the
worfd's activities.
"What part is the Federated Wo
men's club to play io the great world
drama of reconstruction? I believe
that, true to its original ideals, 'un
moved By the rush and the song,' it
"will go calmly on its way toward the
ipark of its high goal which is en
lightened service. A thirst for
knowledge and a desire to serve
comprised the dual urge that was
back of the whole women's club
movement. Never was there greater
need of these two motives than there
" is today. Women's clubs have al
ways been pre-eminently study
clubs; let ns hope that they will so
continue. Intellectual and 'moral
culture inevitably begets the desire
to serve. New avenues for service,
new calls for the aid of trained
minds anil willing hands will be
-coming to us continually, and many
times what we 'call the activities of
our world will be' so insistent that it
will require stability and courage to
prevent tlVe Martha thought from
suffocating the Mary thought; in
other words, to avoid rushing mad
ly around injll considered activity
to the complete neglect of, careful
study and serious thought, which
might make unnecessaryMhc cruder
cttorts. .
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Channels for Propaganda.
"Because "the women's clubs are
so well organizedv they are the eas
iest and therefore the most sought
channels for propaganda. If a
manufacturer wishes to advertise s.
ne commodity by mail, he immed
iately secures a woman's club di
rectory. If there is any public pro
ject to be popularized, its proiec
tors at once seek audience of the
i woman's club. If certain legisla
tion is desired, be it for private gain
or public good, women's clubs are
urged tp memorialize, their senators
and representatives to vote for it.
( And now that our compete enfran
chisement is near, political parties
aiVd ''-'ir standard bearers will soon
d?ve:op the most enthusiastic inter
est in all that pertains to club activi
ties. "This very popularity should
awaken our caution, it shouldte a
danger signal to wart us to avoid
the reefs toward which our inexperi
ence may draw us. Uo not allow
ygurselves to become the tools of
those who have axes to grind, even
though the project in which they
seek to interest you appears to-be
wholly in the interest of the public
good. Do not .hastily endorse pro
posed legislation; take time to care
fully weigh and consider thg argn
inents for or against the measure.
It is belter to. neglect to support
even a .worthy cause than to rush
into endorsement of something
which may prove later to be ' of
such a nature that you cannot con
scientiously support it.
Sense of Proportion. -
"Right now vie are in great danger
of going off on a tangent on the
engrossing topic of citizenship. By
all means we should study citizen
ship in all its angles and appeals,
but let us keep it in its proper rela
tive position. James- Russell Lowell
wrote: 'Before-man made us citi
zens, great nature made us men.'
Let us not forget that the things
which we hope to accomplish in our
ardent zeal, such "as good govern
ment, just laws, protection of the
weak against the strong, are. after
all, only results. The function of
the woman's club is to lay strong
and deep the foundations or charsc
ter from which, these results nat
urally proceed. "Render service to
your community and your" country
by all means, but do not neglect the
intellectual and . spiritual culture
which vitalize service. , .
Good Literature deeded. --
"In the strenuous times that' are
immediately before us it will be
necessary for us to guard our seren
ity well.. v Do not be in so great a
hurry that you fail to feed your
higher nature, by the daily contem
plation of beauty and truth. When
we read we only think the author's
thoughts with him, and so let us
take a little time every day, even if
it is no more than 15 minutes, to
think the sublime thoughts of the
world's greatest teachers with
them.
Advance Strong Leaders.
. "If you have a wonin in ypur
midst who is an exceptionally good
presiding officer, or who has un
usual executive ability, present her
to your district as a candidate for
president; it is your plafce to do this
it is not only your privilege, it is
your duty; you know her ability,
other clubs do not, and your dis
trict is entitled to the services of
the best equipped woman in its bor
ders. That is the way they do in
the General Federation, and it is an
exceptionally good way to do. The
same instructions hold good re
garding othef officers of your dis
trict and of the state. I hope that
when the . "next district elections
come several clubswill come for
ward with candidates " for office.
Share your splendid , women with
others, only, don't put up candi
dates when you are the hostess club
nor allow others to put them up.
Experience as well as theory has
pronounced this unethical. The
reason is obvious. ' '
Neglected Correspondence.
"And this brings me to a subject
which every president ancLevery
chairman has talked about since I
can remember, and I know that it
long antedates my time. It is the
utter disregard that a large, number
of women have to the ethics of com
munications. I realize that you are
deluged with all kinds of letters that
are impertinent inttusions upon
your time and your privacy, some of
thm si rlevprlv contrived that vou
are often made the sport of people 1
who have schemes to advance. So,
you protect yourselL' by treating
them all with contempt. I can think
of no other reasonable explanation,
But here is where you need to dis-q
criminate and ' exercise your s.ense
of ' proportion.. You are members
cf a federation, acknowledged, as
one of the very 'greatest phases of
our modern civilization, a power for
good beyond computation; you came
into it voluntarily, no one forced
you, you enjoy tire great benefits
whih- accrue to its members, and
yet when you receive a letter asking
vou to accept appointment in sorrjfe
line of the federation activity, you
not only refuse to do your small
part in the great work, but register
a contempt tor the organization ana
its officers by letting that letter lie
tor v eks.unanswered.
"Every two years you elect women
to office who are expected to give
practically all of their time and
strength and a considerable share
of their means to vour service, these
women are amendable to rules which
they have themselves accepted, that
when they tail to perform the duties
of their office, or fail -to answer
communications, their office shall be
declared, vacant. These are the rules
fcf conduct which we lay upon our
hiehest officers and which they ac
cent, and vet the average club
woman seeing to feel no responsibil
ity to reply promptly to important
letters from her state otticers and
chairmen.
"There is one phase of the matter
that seems to have been completely
overlooked. When the appointments
are made it is always the desire to
divide up the offices so that each
district shall have its proportion of
the state offfce-s and that the dis
trict chairmanships shall be so dis
tributed that all clubs shall as near
ly as possible receive representation.
When you refuse to serve that means
that your cluO will not have its mer
ited degree of recognition. You
sometimes hear the -complaint that
a certain club has more than' its
share, while another club" has none.
If vou did but know, it is usually the
case that some one has declined to
serve, or worse still, has failed to
answer "communications, and- the
officers have had to secure this serv
ice from-those who would do their
part in the work in which they are
engaged. ' r , ,
Will you not go from this con
vention with the firm resolve that
you wijl give to this splendid or
ganization of ours your whole
hearted devotion? And will you not
take home to your clubs the plead
ing voice iof you president that
hereafter each communication will
meet with prompt reply.
Live Up to Motto.
"The measure cf the standard o
our club membership will be the
measure of our standard in all rela
tions of life." for every act of our
lives is the expression of our habit'
of thought and the model which we
hold before usi Shall we not adopt
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Beatrice Fairfax
Hears From Big
Sisters
Dear ' Miss Fairfax: Just read
Susan's letter in The Bee. The Big
Sisters are glad to help just such
lonesome girls as she to make con
genial friends. If she will call at
room 523, Peters Trust Building,
K ftr n triA liniiri rf , 1 1 nr A A it-
(Vtension secretary, Miss Catlin,
will be glad to talk with her, or she
can telephone us at Douglas 6592.
Wf have an attractive invitatinn frr
Jher to spend Tuesday evening with
a group of business girls and wom
cn;if she will communicate with us
,not later than Tuesday forenoon.
The invitation also includes din-
"eBIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION.
, Chris tiansen-Thomsen.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thomsen an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Clara, and Ernest M. Christian
sen, which took place Saturday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Her
bert Daniels. Rev. 0. D. Baltzly
officiated.
Marriage Announced.
Mrs. P. F. Andresen announces
the marriage of her daughter, Mar
garetha, and Russell Andelfinger of
Minneapolis, which tookr place Satur-
I day at the Kountze Memorial church
Rev. O. D. Baltzley officiated. The
bride wore her traveling suit. The
attendants were Henrietta Andresen
and Thor Andresen, sister' and
brother of the bride. . The couple
will reside in Dubuque after May 1.
Dancers in Ballet t
Announces Marriage.
Mrs. H. A. Seymour announces
thefharriage of her daughter, Olive'
Alary, and Lester Bradley Dusen
bury of . Green Mountain Falls,
Colo., which took place. Decembec
27, 1919. Rev. A. A. DeLarme offi
ciated. Mr. and Mrs. Dusenbury
will leave the first part of May to
spend the summer at their home in
Green Mountain Falls. Thev will
return here in October to Spend the
winter f
Canteen Meeting.
Company B of the Red Cross can
teen will hold their weekly meeting
on luesday afternoon at the home
of Miss Regina Lonnell.
' To Attend Sorority Affair.
The annual formal dancing party
and banquet of the Alpha Ciii
Omega sorority in Lincoln will be
herd there at the Lincoln hotel Fri
day and Saturday evenings. The
Omaha alumnae chapter will have
charge of' the banquet this year. The
following iwill attend: Mesdames
A. J. Covert, Roy A. Ralph, H. F.
Weller, Harold Holtz, Thomas Min
nick, John A. McKenzie, E. La
Motte Geissingfcr, and Miss Ruth
Jorgenson. . As Valley, Neb., is in
cluded- in the Omaha chapter, Mrs.
Marion Whitfnore Webster, Mrs.
Burton Whitmore and Mrs. Nels
Johnson from Valley will also at-
tend.
the ringing sincerity f our state
motto: Not to demandsuccess,- but
to deserve it.'
"Women of Nebraska; ours is a
glorious destiny, without the limit
ing traditions of an older civiliza
tion; we stand at the gate of,a larger
field of activity and service. Let us
enter into our heritage with al
firm heart and without a 'fear.'
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Frances Ellick is "Mercury" and
Alice Hadlcy, "Happiness'rin the
ballet to be presented by the pupils
of Miss Pleasant Holyoke, Friday
night, AprilJ, at the 'Brandeis
theater. The ballet and the dances
composing it are the original con
ceptions of Miss Holyokef The in
spiration for the theiae came from
the old mythological stories of the
happy children in the Garden of
Paradise.
Briefly, the story of the ballet is
this:
"IiV all the Paradise of Children,
Epimetheus is the only child who is
not contented. Every device of. Hap
piness fails Ip please him. At last
Merury brings Pandora to be his
playmate. These two frolic together
for hours at a' time, but one day
Pandora's curosity causes her to
open the big box given Epimetheus
by Mercury. ,
"Out' pour the troubles so long
confined; too late Pandora claps
down. the Jid. Tfie evils so torment
the two children that when they
finally succeed in driving them away,
Epimetheus and Pandora sink down
exhausted beside the box. Then th
voice of Hope is heard within the
box. The children release her and
she theers their despair." ,
The following committees have
been appointed for the ballet: Cos
tume committee, Mrs. F. I. Ellick,
Mrs. T. M. Finney, Mrs. George
Sumner, Mrs. L. V. Nicholas, Mrs.
Charles Martin Program commit
tee, Mrs. T. M. Finney and Mrs.
F. I. Ellick. Ticket committee, Mrs.
Arthur Draper Smith. v
Boxes for the evening have been
engaged by Mr. and Mrs. George
Brandeis, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Had
ley, Mr. end Mrs. J? E. Fitzgerald
and Mr. and Mrs. George Roberts.
Water, No Champagne,
Is Used .When Y. W.
Ship Is Launched.
The first ship to be launched by
the Emergency Fleet corporation
off Hog Island, Philadelphia, since
the national prohibition amendment
went into effect was the "Blue Tri
angle." sThis ship, is a steel cargo
carrier christened and sponsored
by Mrs. James S.' Cushnian of. New
York City, chairman of , the war i
work, council of the Y. W. C. A.,
and named Ivy her for that organiza
tion, whose wartime insignia was a
blue' triangle.
The- "Blue Triangle" was christ
ened with water, instead of the
champagne which has been the
time-honored liquid for" such cere
monies. When the bottle broke
against its bow, some of its con
tents splashed on to the sponsor's
cuff and froze there, pfoving its
innocence from alcoholic taint.
Aside from being the first ship
launched since America went dry,
this vessel was the first ever e
lcased by women's hands. Two
girls in Y. V. C. A. uniform
manipulated one end of the cross
cut 'Saw which cut through the last
12-inch plank which held it, and
let it slide down into the water. 1
The Emergency Fleet corporation
ha conceived the unique idea of in-
viting each of the national orgat)
izations which was particularly ii.'j
tinguished for war service, to inurf
and appoint a sponsor for one n
their ships. The Salvation Arm I
the Red Cross, the. Y. W. C. A., th
War Camp Community service, hf
Knights of Columbus and the Jew j
ish Welfare board are the other oi j
gauizations so honored. , 'i
The ."Blue Triangle" is 'a ste
cargo farrier of 7,800 deadweigl j
tons, 401 feet long, 58 fet in th j
beam, and driven by geared tuij
bines. It is an oil-burner, capabl J
of developing a shaft horse-powel
of 2,500. It was the 82d vess f
launched by the Emergency Flee,;
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Wedding.
The marriage of Miss Lillian
Meyer and "J. H. Cohn of. Chicago
Will take place 'Tuesday evening,
April 20, at the home of the bride s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moritz Meyer.
The out-of-town guests will be Mr.
nd Mrs. Herbert Meyer of New
Ydrk, Mr. and Mrs. S. J Fisher of
Lexington, Miss., and George Cohn
nd H, Okin of Chicago.
Reception for New Members.
The Omaha Woman's club will
give a reception tor new memaers
ptiesday afternoon at 2:j0 in the Y.
iV. C. A. auditorium. The program
will include the Woman's club quar-"
tet, vocal solos by Mrs. Florence
Long Arnoldi, accompanied by J.
Clifford Long; readings by. Mrs. J.
C. Lawrence, and dances by Frances
Ellick and Margaret Martin.
All former and present members
are invited. ' "
Old-Time Dance.
f An old-time dance will be given
Tuesday evening by the Holy Angel
parish at the hall, Twenty-eighth
Mile. Farman, daughter of Henri
Farman,' the aviator, is, at the age
of 13, seekitg a flying certificate in
France. - -
Lady Surma D'Mar Shimun, the
only woman ambassador, in the
world, has arrived in London, w.here
she will represent the Assyrian
tribe as plenipotentiary.
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