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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 6. l'J20.
s. Gellhorn
f St. Louis
Coming
George Gellhorn is probably
st prominent woman in St.
at this time. She is the
r of the League of Women
(or; the group of states in
ebraska is included and is
n of organization of the Na-
pague. she will be in Ne-
for the state convention,
of Women Voters, to be
Pmaha June 13, 14 and IS.
je the Missouri Suffrage bs-
was merged into the
of Women Voters she was
dent and was also elected to
e new organization.
as converted to suffrage fol-
er marriage and by her hus
e was nut on the first board
St. Louis Suffrage league,
the war she was chairman
ity and state food commit
e women's committee of the
of National Defense, chair-
the woman s central com-
bf food conservation, the
lie United States, and chair-
the city ana state relations
ood administration for St.
ss Edna Fishel. Mrs. Cell
's president of her class at
ind later president of her
Bryn Mawr. Her daughter,
is president of her school
iiffrage league and is a good
u. . ..
rsrjeilhorn is tall and is con-
red very good looking. Her
e, wit, charm, essentail democ-
v endear her to all. Her crown-
beauty is her very abundant
ly gold hair, worn in a coronet
he International
Suffragists
Meet Today
!eneva, Switzerland, city of
nces for hundreds of years,
ternational Woman Suffrage
nee meets today. Geneva has
iroughout the war the mect
und of all the nations. This
stwar congress of the inter
1 alliance expects fully 500
r, coming from all quarters
Iworld. In itself the question
pitality is a problem; tne
shortage, it not quite so
pute in Switzerland, the land of inn-
pepers, as in countries lately at war,
yet sufficiently serious, and the
task of finding pood and comfort
able quarters for 500 strangers has
civen anxious and strenuous mo
ments to the committee appointed
to deal with it.
One may think of the city on Lake
Leman carelessly, and after the fash
ion of the tourist, as the first halt on
the journey from Paris, the first
Lview of the giant Mont Blanc, the
starting point for Chamounix; but
jeneva remembers itself as a center
learning and thought, whose
than once, by their
A leading have altered
of the world. Through
Jques Kousseau it worked
rrench revolution; through
re in the moulding of the
Srmation it claims, with justice,
lave laid its nand to tne very
Icing ot America tne rngrim
lers were ot .British blood, but
faith was born in Geneva.
ice the great memorial to tne
formation that faces the university
Idings shows the figures not only
alvin and his fellows, not only
olisrnv. Cromwell and Knox, but
Roger Williams, the founder of
city of Providence. Uraven in
wall in its archaic English is the
led and covenant of the Filgrims:
the Name of God Amen. We
. do by these presents solemn-
knd mutually, in the presence of
and one of another, covenant
combine ourselves together into
ril body politick and by vertue
enact, constitute and trame
just and equall laws. . . .
thouflnt most neete ana
enient for the general good of
plonies. And by placing the
fction there Geneva claims it
atcome of its heart and doc-
Women's congress will be
ftio trmnirinal hall of Plain
's, a large and convenient mod
building but, being modern,
no historical memories.
rnnfrijhr( is a more
blous and intricate matter than
conference of prewar years. In
Hon to the actual difficulties of
el, there is now another and even
U nrfctini) Hiffirnltv of interna
11 exchange, a subject of intense
painful interest to represento
rs nations whose currency has
ned in value.
fie congress is of interest to more
feminists, tne accession oi
n to political power means
world at large, i nus
consisting, as it noes
of the enfranchised.
be an indication of
.utlook of woman in
we shall learn how
use her vote, and
ead new ideas, new
methods.
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he Watcher
Ways leaned to watch for
jus if we were late,
by the window,
summer by the gate;
fnd though we mocked her ten
derly,
Whn had such foolish care.
Ihe long way home would seem
f &re safe
ause she waited there.
houghts were all so full of
never could forget!
o I think that where she is
must be watching yet,
lmr till we come home to
tr.
inns if we are late
liing from Heaven's win-
ling trom neaven s gate.
Margaret Widdemer.
Will Visit in East
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Mrs. A. J. Covert, with her young
son, Kenneth, left Thursday for the
east where she will visit relatives
and friends in Washington. D. C,
and Virginia. Mrs. Covert was
Miss Blanche Busk before her mar
riage. She is a graduate of
University of Nebraska, class of
1917, and is president of the Omaha
Alumnae club of Alpha Chi Omega.
Michigan Women
Enter Race for
Congress x
Michigan has aprospective woman
candidate for congress Mrs. Helen
C. Statler of Kalamazoo, who will
run on the republican ticket. She
lias even outlined a platform: 1. No
hungry child in the United States.
2. Equal educational opportunities
lor all children in the United States.
3. Equal pay (for equal work. 4.
Budget system for our national gov
ernment. 5. A lowering of the cost
ofiving by closer co-operation be
tween producer and consumer.
Explaining her platform, Mrs.
Statler showed her first plank
would mean a greater responsibility
on the part of the government for
the protectionof children, even in
cluding the protection of maternity
and infancy. The equal education
al opportunities plank means, accord
ing to Mrs. Statler, the improve
ment of our second-rate schools. The
equal pay for equal work applies
to unevenness between men's and
women's salaries. The budget sys
tem is already being discussed and
advocated.
"You may say," she remarked,
"that my platform is a feminine one,
but it only appears so at first glance.
There is no reason really why men
should not be just as much inter
ested in the health and education of
America's children as women. Chil
dren belong equally to both sexes
and they equaly concern them bot'i,
as the future wealth of the nation."
. Mrs. Statler, who is the widow of
a Kalamazoo physician, has two
children a son, in college, and a
daughter, in high school. Popular?
Well here is what her neighbors
think of her: "Mrs. Statler? Oh
yes, everyone knows and loves Mrs.
Camphor
Witch Hazel
for Sore Eyes
There is nothing better for sore,
weak or inflamed eyes than common
witch hazel, camphor, hydrastis, etc.,
as mixed in Lavoptik eye wash. The
camphor and witch hazel soothe and
relieve the inflammation, the hy
drastis and other ingredients have
tonic and antiseptic properties. We
guarantee a small bottle Lavoptik
to help ANY CASE weak, strained
or inflamed eyes. Aluminum eye
cup FREE. Sherman & McConnell
Drug Stores and all leading drug-
ists.
Statler. Kalamazoo couldn't get
along without her. She has always
been a refuge for those in trouble.
Her philanthropic work, is quiet but
perpetual. She is always doing
something for folks. She is pure
gold."
Silk From Spiders.
Spider silk may soon become a
popular material for women's
clothes. In the island of Madagascar
experiments have been made with
the spider's web as a substitute for
silk, and the resulting fine, strong
silk of a beautiful yellow color is
said to be much superior to that of
the silkworm. In the woods around
Tanaliarivo there are millions of
spiders, and an enterprising scientist
there buys them from the natives
for 8 cents apiece and puts them to
work. The female spider is the
worker. She feeds on other insects,
and about four or five times every
10 days starts to spin until exhaust
ed. As fast as it is spun the thread
is wound on spools and at each spin
ning 300 or 400 yards are obtained.
The threads of a dozen spiders arc
twisted together, and two of these
twisted strands are again twisted so
that a thread of 24 finer threads is
obtained. Spider silk is not strictly
new. In 17Q8 stockings and gloves
of spiders' silk were known.
Superior Drug
Store Service
The element' that counts most
in the drug buiinett it reliability.
Customers should be able to go to
a drug store with the utmost
assurance that their interests will
be protected in every way. It is
needlesss, we think, to say that
erery element of reliability is
provided by this firm.
The extent and quality of our
trade and the confidence reposed
in us by the public is evidence
that we have always given su
perior service.
Sherman & McConnell
Drug Company
5 Good Drug Stores.
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! Eat at the Patomi Hotel !
Served Sunday from 12:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m.
The seme dinner will be served week days if reservation are
made one hour in advance.
Phone Douglas 1642
i Price $2.00 per plate.
Business Men's Lunch
Served week days from 11:30 a. m. to 2:00 p. m. 75c each.
Special Dinner
Served week days from 5:30 p. m. to 8:00 p. m. $1.00 each.
$2.00 Paxton Special Spring Chicken Dinner
Served from 12:00 to 8:00 p. m.
Chicken Gumbo Louisiana
Queen Olives
Half Broiled Spring Chicken Creamed New Asparagus
, - New Potatoes in Cream June Peas
Head Lettuce with Cucumbers Thousand Island Dressing
Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake
Tea Coffee Iced Tea Milk
MONDAY, June 7th, 1920.
Merchants' Lunch
11 :30 to 2:00 p. m. 75c.
Old Fashioned Navy Bean
Fried Catfish Steak Meuniere
or
Steamed Milwaukee Frankfurters with Potato Salad
Browned Sweet Potatoes Succotash
Bread and Cutter
Rice and Raisin Pudding;
' Coffee Iced Tea
Tea
Milk
Tea
Special Dinner, $1.00
6:30 to 8:00 p. ro.
Grilled Clob Steak au Benrre
French Fry Potatoes June Peas
Bread and Butter
Ice Cream with Cake
Coffee i Iced Tea
Milk
Housing Problems
Interest the
Y.WeC.A.
The living and housing conditions
throughout the country, especially
for working girls, is receiving spe
cial attention from the national or
ganization of the Young Women's
Christian association. Representa
tives are being sent to the various
states to help the local organiza
tions. ,
Omaha on Friday welcomed Miss
Emma Phinney, national room reg
ister secretary of the Y. W. C. A.,
and her assistant, Pauline Hudson,
field representative. Miss Phinnev
has gon out wes! but Miss Richard
son will be here for at least two
weeks to assist in housing problem
here.
"The service 'started during the
war in ,the congested factory cities
and the growing cities," said Miss
Phinney. "We are keeping up this J
service, extending it, and trying to
help not only girls but men arid
women."
Miss Phinney leaves for Denver
tonight. The service in Denver has
been well started.
"My main objective is Hollywood,
Cal.," she said. "We are going to
establish the service there for the
movie' girls. The housing problem
is very acute there.
Conditions throughout the coun
try are terrible.
ihe cost of living for girls is
much higher than the wages re
ceived," Miss Phinney declared when
here. The teachers and women ot
professions have a harder time get
ting along than the working girls.
Skilled working girls can, get jobs
for the asking. It is the girl who
goes out of town and has no train
ing who has a difficult time.
Miss Boalt, national employment
secretary, will be in Omaha for two
weeks to organize that service here.
Miss Lide F. Laurence, a stenog
rapher in New York, sells insurance
as a side line and in six months has
sold more than $500,000 worth of life
insurance.
Reorganizing
Plans of the
G. F.W.C.
Those not on the "inside" of bi
ennial plans of the General Federa
tion of Women's Clubs may be won
dering what some of the big ques
tions will be that will come before
the great body of lawmakers for the
club women of America at the fif
teenth biennial convention in Des
Moines in June. Of course, there
are the program and plans for de
partment work that are being re
leased daily, but the actual legisla
tive plans of the biennial are not so
well known. If the word, "politics,"
had not come to have such sinister
connotations, we might consider
these as the political questions of
the biennial.
The plan to reorganize the Gen
eral Federation as worked out by
the reorganization committee, of
which Mrs. Robert J. Burdette of
Pasadena is chairman, will necessi- j
tate several changes in the bylaws, j
Ihese changes are radical enough
to make room for much discussion
on both sides and interest in the
outcome wilj be keen, At the bot
tom of the changes is the plag to
do away with direct representation
of clubs in the General Federation,
and have the membership made up
of only state federations, with the
addition, as before, of territorial
federations and foreign clubs. As in
the present bylaws, "National and
international organizations may be
come affiliated with the General
Federation."
The tendency of the new re
organization plans is toward greater
centralization of the governing
power of the General Federation.
The General Federation state secre
taries, which have been a represen
tative on the executive board for
each state in addition to the state
director, will be done away tfith if
the new plans go through.
The advisory committee, which at
present consists of the executive
committee and the state presidents,
and meets at the call of the Gen
eral Federation president, Is to be.
changed to include only the execu
tive committee and the past presi
dents of the General Federation.
The change in organization will
necessitate a change in dues as well.
The dues will be in the future, ac
cording to the new rules. 10 cents
per capita for members of clubs in
federations which are affiliated with
the general body. The dues of for
eign clubs will be raised from $1
to $5. Dues of national or inter
national clubs shall be $25.
The office of the auditor is to be
done away with, necessitating sev
eral changes in the wording of the
bylaws.
A. slight change is proposed in
the section which has to do with
tenure of office of department heads.
The new reading will be, 'Chairman
of departments and standing com
mittees shall continue in office until
the close of the biennial convention
following their selection." The
present reading provides for them
to continue in office until their suc
cessors are appointed.
An addition to this same section
reads: "No chairman of t depart
ment of work may serve more than
two consecutive terms unless for
good and sufficient reasons the
board of directors shall deem it
necessary to extend the term."
Is Another U. S. A.
Another U. S. A. legislative body
has voted for woman suffrage hut
unfortunately it doesn't add to 'the
list of 35 affirmative states, because
U. S. A. in this instance stands for
the Union of South Africa.
Miss Adriana Santa Maria of
Lima. Peru, now studying occupa
tional therapy in Philadelphia, is the
first woman from 9outh Amer.ica to
take up such a course.
Wedding Jewel Creations
of Ingenious Witchery
Through the happy twinkle of gay music and the soft flood
ing lights of the wedding ceremonies the bride's jewels are a
pleasurable addition to adorable loveliness. 1
Creative genius whether it builds cathedrals or designs jewels
is never satisfied never at the end of its endeavor.
i Yet we feel that the jewel offering we have assembled for
the June brides should satisfy even the most idealistic designer so
wondrously wrought are ihe jewels shown.
"Gifts
Thatt
Last"
Albert Edholm stiver
Omaha's Oldest Established Jeweler. Dowry
16th Street at Harney, Chests
OMAHA, NEB,
An Opportune Time to Purchase
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ousehold Linens 0 Real Worth
For the housewife or for the bride's "hope chest" or as gifts for weddings, there is
nothing as acceptable as beautiful linen. Here are a few specials
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Table Cloths
Dresser Scarfs
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Irish Linen Damask Table Cloths of excellent quality
and handsome designs, size 2x2 yards, for $8.95 each.
Size 2x2 yards, $11.50.
Lace-trimmed Dresser Scarfs, size 18x54 inches; a very
attractive value for $2.75 each.
Napkins
Tray Cloths
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Mosaic Luncheon Napkins with hand hemstitched edge
and handsome design in corner, $11.00 dozen.
Linen Damask Tray Cloths with scalloped edge, size 16x24
inches, 49c each.
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Table Damask
Toweling
Irish Linen Table Damask of heavy weight and splendid
.quality, 70 inches wide, several -good designs, $2.95 yard.
Linen Weft Toweling; a very absorbing quality; 17 inches
wide, 25c yard.
Huck Towels
Bed Spreads
Hemmed Huck Towels this quality will give splendid
service size 21x40 inches, at 59c each.
Satin Finish Marseilles Bed Spreads of very fine quality
these have neat scalloped edge and bolster cover to match
$8.50 set.
Lunch Cloths
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Irish Linen Luncheon Cloths, size 45x45 inches; a fine
quality of round thread linen, with hemstitched edge $5.00
each.
Bed Spreads
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Crinkle Dimity Bed Spreads for single or three-quarter
beds; these have colored stripes of blue, pink or yellow
$395.
Roll Covers
Bath Towels
Madeira Hot Roll Covers of fine round thread Irish Linen,
with beautiful designs of hand embroidery, $2.50 each.
Bleached Turkish Towels large and heavy weight, size
20x40 wide, at 65c each. '
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Special Values in Bedding
Sheets
72x99 or 81x90 sheets of excellent quality, in fine round
thread sheeting (torn, not cut), these are neatly finished
$2.75 each.
Pillow Cases
Pillow Cases, size 42x36; a quality that will give splendid
service 69c each.
Bed Sets
Bed Set of One Sheet and Two Pillow Cases. Sheet size
81x99 inches; Cases, size 45x36 inches; these are neatly seal! i
loped and with handsome embroidered designs $5.50 6et.
Pillow Cases
Envelope Pillow Cases of splendid quality, with scallorjed
edge, size 45x36 $1.25 each. 1
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