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{ ness meeting and social at St Bernard's | gawkinson. Mrs. E. H. Luikart is pres- hall Thursday. Mesdames Henry, Mo-|ijent; Mrs. D. H. Fair, vice president; Bweeney, Browning ann Moran served |y H. J. Iolmes, secretary, and M | ‘uncheon. H. G. ¥Fricke treasurer. Mrs. A. H. Jor- | | — gensen is the press reporter. This was | The Benson Forelgn Missionary soclety |ihe last meeting of the mothers’ club met in regular session Wednesday at the |until September, though it is probable I'HE OMAHA SUNDAY What Women Are | Doing in the World (=t Club Calenda MONDAY—Opening of Visiting Nuree as- soclation baby stations TUFSDAY--Noith thers' club, 1 b ¥ bert, hostess. Monmouth ' club, school aunditorium. llef Corps Memory Day as- soclation, Memorial hall. Brownell Hall ) o -ommendement, St. Matthias' church, E 4 1074 m NESDAY—~Frances Willard Wom- Mrs Omaha Woman's union, Mrs, C. hostess; also “Flower Mis- South Ogaha Equal Frang league, Mrs. Ernest Smith, hostd! n's Christian Temperance union, Ogle, hostesa ‘emperance i 2 yson I sion Day." chi e THURSDAY—Emma Flower Mission, Rabbi Stephen Wise lecture, Rrandeis theater, 8 p. m. i SATURDAY—Organization of new chap- B Sisterhood, Mrs. W. B. rd, hostess Young Woman's Christian as- vesper services, 4: p. m. Hoagland o. soclation, HAPTER E of the P. E. O. Sisterhood celebrated its twen- ty-sixth birthday Thursday by holding a reception at the home of the president, Mrs. W. B. Woodward. This chap- ter was organized by Miss Clar Mason, vrincipal of the Park school, at the home of Mrs. F. B. Bryant. There were seven charter members, five of whom retain their membership in Chapter E, the other | ) two now making their home elsewhere. The charter members are Mrs. Regina Atwater of London, Bngland, and Mrs. A. J. Andrews of Salt Lake City, for-! merly Miss Lillle Chamberlain, both of whom have attained successes in music; Mrs. Jay Burns, Miss Mary Fitch, princi- pal of Lake school; Miss Sadie Pittman, principal of Webster school, and Miss Mason ang Mrs. Bryant Mrs. Bryant was not present, since she is traveling in California. Last year, Chapter E grew to such pro- portions that it wae found necessary to organize a riew chapter, B. K., of which | Mrs. Joseph C. Weeth i president. This year the membership again attained un- ( comfortable proportions, since all meet- | ings are entertained in homes of mem- bers, 80 a third chapter is to be organ-| ized Saturday morning, June 12, at the | home of Mrs, Woodward. The Nebraska | state officers and the president of the | Towa P. E. O’s will be in attendance. | Miss Mason is withdrawing from Chap- | ter 1 in order to take up the work of | organising officer for the new chapter. | She has organized new chapters at Plattsmouth, Fremont, Wahoo and South Omaha. Miss Mason is a ploneer in P. E. O. work. since she was a member of the Burlington, Ta., chapter, one of the | first to be orzanized | The P. E. O. Sisterhood grew out of a | band of women who organized first at Mount Pleasant, In., at the lowa Wes- leyan university. | The sisterhood’s work is literary, phi- lanthropic and social. One of its best works is accomplished by the scholarship | fund, which aims, to asslst young | women, not necessarily P. E. O.'s, in se- curing an education. Its charitable work is done quietly among those who are too proud to make the customary applicatioh for aid. The North Side Mothers' club will hold | & social meeting at the home of the sec- | retary, Mrs. G. R. Gilbert, Tuesday aft- ernoon. This will be the last meeting for the current club year, and a musical program has been arranged. Frances Willard Woman's Christian Temperance union will meet at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. W. Ogle, 2815 Charles street. Mrs. J. A. Dalzel] will review the lesson on social welfare, and Mrs. L. E. Lentz will glve a reading. Mrs. T. R. Ward, super- intendent of the flower mission depart- ment, will have charge of the program. BEach year the temperance women pre- sent flowers one day to public utilities employes. Last year flowers were pre- sented to all conductors and motormen on the street rallway lines as a token of appreciation of their services, and this year on Wednesday it is planned to re- member the letter carriers in a similar manner. Relief Corps Memory will hold its business at 1 o'clock sharp at The Women's Day assoclation meeting Tuesday Memorial hall. The Omaha Woman's Christian Tem- perance union will hold its regular meet- ing at the residence of Mrs. C. Finlay- son, 1814 Emmet street, Wednesday after- neon at 2. The subject of discussion will be “Summer Drinks, Harmful and Harmless.” The leader will be Mrs. D, C. John. The program committee of Mi Sigma, the oldest study circle in the city, has fssued the 1915-1916 pr¥® gctus. The club members will cont®®'® = the study of Browning, which of ied last year's study course. “Paracelsus,” *“Karshish ‘““The Statue and the Bust “Rabbi Ben Ezra,” “Saul, lando,” *““The Flight of the Duches: “The Ring and the Book” will be dis- cussed. Lectures by Rabbj Frederick Cohn, Rev. Frederick T. Rouse and Miss Jessie Towne have been arranged during the year, and the birthday party on February % will be given over to a playlet in charge of Miss Mary Wallace and Mrs. W. J. Hotz. Mrs. Isaac Carpenter is president of Mu Sigma. Mrs. F. A. Harrison of Lincoln has resigned from her positions as press chairman of the Nebtaska Woman Suf- frage association and as editor of the Messenger, the suffrage paper, and will take & rest during the summer months. Miss Ethel Hockett {s the new editor of the Messenger. Mrs. W. E. Hardy of Lincoln, state treasurer, who Is now touring the east, has become a member of the advisory committee of the Congressional Unlon. The announcement caused some agitation among Mrs. Hardy's suffrage friends, in % .\ the differences of opinion exist- (e tween the national assoclation, ‘, \gf_which Nebraska is affiliated, and # \fongressivonal Union. The Benson B. L. 8. club held a bu | home of Mrs. F. E. Young. This soclety viii assist the Standard Bearers in their ‘apanese village entertalnment The Benson Woman's club held its last segular meeting of the year Thursday at |this afterncon will be in the nature of | the home of Mrs, O. 8 Brooks, when lan informal parlor meeting, at which Miss '/ plens for mext year's work were made. |Lilly Strong. the general secretary, will| CHARTER MEMBERS OF of the P. E. 0. Sisterhood, anniversary of the founding thirty years ago. —These ladies are charter members of the Omaha chapter — e OMAHA P. E. 0. CHAPTER and are today celebrating the of that institution in this city MISS MARY A. FITCH. Mrs. Brooks, the new president, appointed {Mrs. F. B. Oliver, chairman of the pro- gram committee; Mrs. G. A, Iredale, courtesy; Mre. Wilcox, education; Mrs. |B. €. Hodder, entertainment, and todian and critic for next year. Mrs. J. W. Welch was appointed critic and Mrs. J. Y. Hooper, custodian. After the busi- ness session the program was postponed, Mrs. Morton of Dundee gave a during the social picnic will be held weeks. lunch demonstration hour. The annual dent for next year. “The Vacation Problem™ will be subject of discussion by the Monmouth school auditorium Tuesday afternoon. mothers are cordially Invited. Mre. G I ture Shows.” A conference on “What is Vacation?' will be given by Mesdames Galbraith, Clary, Smith, Kennedy, Boyce direction of Miss Field will present the games “all up,” “facing tag"” and “jump- ing circle.” Mrs. C. J. Schmidt will lead the discussion. There will also be a vocal . Cronk and an instrumental Mrs. J, H. Beaton w association. Wonder and Mrs. Bruce in other local institutions at plenic or like affairs during the summer. place for next year. on Thur count of the school commencement. Mrs. D. C. John has returned from & winfer spent at St. Petersburg, Fla. Mrs. John is state and county superintendent of parliamentary usage for the Women's Christian Temperance union. While in 8t. Petersburg she took an active part in the campaign in Florida for prohibition. Mrs, John was also active in the work of the Woman's club there and had & class in parllamentary law, and also one in political sclence. fhe gave a number of lectures on parliamentary usage be- fore the unions of St. Petersburg and vicinity. All ofticers of the Bemis Fark Moth- ers’ club were re-elected Friday at a meeting held at the home of Mre. A. F that a will summer. pienie The vesper service at the Young Wom- Christian assoclation at 1:3 o'clock Miss 8. E. Stiger, press. Two amendments were added to the constitution, to have a cus- to be given at a social meeting In two | the latter part of June. Mrs, 8. W. Wright | installed the mew officers and presented the charter to Mrs. O. 8. Brooks, presi- the Park Mothers' club at its meeting in the | AIL | Daniel will read a paper on ‘“‘Moving Pic- {and Latham. A group of girls under the | an and Mrs. Charles J. pointed chalrm Charias 3. members of & committee to arange for were fluffed up, vastly enjoying their the entertainment of orphans and children . free baths, Therc were dozens of gold- several finches darting about, The constitution was revised and a pro- black wings, catching one's eve. gram committee was ordered to be ap-|don’t have to hunt for a goldfinch. pointed. Beginning in September, fed-|birds with decided markings are casy to eration meetings will be held the first|determine. It is when the count reaches Monday afternoon of each month., Mrs. Irving H. Arey and Mrs. Rodman Brown different kinds of sparrows, vireos, fly are a committee to arrange for a meeting catchers and warblers are very puzziing. be given during m-»i speak on “A Lesson with the Master- Creature. Miss Strong returned last week from California, where she attended the national Young Women's Christian assocation convention. Miss Mary Virtue will give spocial musical numbers. The Benson Women's Christian Tem- perance union held its regular monthly IVE days of rain in the city are doleful. Five days of rain in the country are distracting. Three days are all anybody needs to answer old letters, - pay bills anu clear out glory |holes. What then? “How would a drive in the mud do in jour raincoats?’ quoth M-, | “Fine,’ say L “Where shall we go?" | “Up the railroaa track, to see if we {can find any of the pink phlox In the | meadows, and on to the Hazel Dell | nursery.” A | The high road which leads west of | Florence from the Calhoun turnpike, is quite different from the Loop road. It |follows a wide draw in the hills, and much of the land is in grass pasture, | wholly without trees. The flowers one finds are different and the birds are the The Omaha Federation of Child Con- kind that like the fence posts and wires, sorvation Leagues of America held Its and a little more open and public life. In last meeting for this season, Thursday the drizzle on this Sunday morning each morning at the Young Men's Christion fence post seemed to harbor its little ap- Dickeissel, with a black tie and yellow | breast, mnging its persistent song—''See, | see—Dick, Dick—Cissel, Ciasel.” They the brilliant yel- |low of their bodies in contract with the You The |about fifty that the trouble begins. The { It was only a few days ago that I {finally succeeded in really observing a The Benson Baptist Missionary circle’s | crested fly catcher. It had the grace not meeting, which would be held regulariy ay, will be rostponed on ao- to perch against the light and to remain still for several seconds, It was a per- fectly delightful little fellow! I had heard its whistle for several days and knew it was strange, but had stalked it in vain. il The pink phlox is much more plentiful this year than for several seasons past. We were able to dig some fine speci- mens along the roadside for transplant- ing. Perhaps the color should not be called pink, it 1s nearer cerise and scat- tered through the green grass in tho RE-ELECTE: PARK M UTHERS' CLUB. meeting at the home of Mrs Friday afternoon John Speciie first week-end visitors w the Busincse Girls' club, who went out Sewing School is Undoigg_ for Welch J. J. Welch, 1616 Burt street, was ar- raigned in police court and sentenced to thirty days In the county jail for ob- taining money under false pretenses after pleading gullty. He solicited women to take lessons in a sewing school which \‘) he was about to start, a deposit of §2 heing necessary for enrollment in the class. ‘Welch succeeded in getting a consider- able amount of money, much of it com- ing from poor sewing women. Statford, 2228 Lake street, against Welch in court. meadows it presents a most lovely sight. This phlox likes the hot sun, in contrast | to its sister, the blue phlox, which seeks | a shady spot in the woods. Along this road there are the prettiest mroups of spider-lilies, in bright blues and purples. Occasionally the Indian puccocn slgnals with its vivia orange ~olored biossoms. The Indians used this root, which I8 stained red, in thelr dyeing. There is a most charming little nink and white creeping convolvulus, which keeps close to the banks and scrambles over the ground by the wayside, —— As we drove along, I sald: “Did we | used to be deaf and blind? We certainly | haven't always scen and heard as we do now!' i | The Hazel Dell nursery is a quaint | and lovely spot. Through two heavy wooden gates one peeps on over a small wooden bridge which spans & clear little | stream fed from springs, past several ! sheds, and under an arch of enormous | forest trees, ‘“first growth.” At the sides of the driveway are mammoth Wiac | and syringa bushes, huge beds of lilies and irfs, all in a sort of tangle and | thicket; cared for just enough to keep it from looking neglected, and not enough | to spoll the natural arrangement. There | is a great deal of shade and shelter, nothing becomes wind-whipped or sun- burned. At the house we stop and get out, and walk about, und buy a plant or | two; this time & bleeding heart to send | to & Maryland friend to put in her gar-! den—a symbol of the sadness she left! behind her when she gave Up her Nt-l braska garden plot d i We would like to have kept on over| the long bridge and up the hill to the | plateau where the hay fields begin, and | & certain very pretty peony farm flour- ishes, but olg Charlie’s birthdays run into the middle twenties and he has to| be driven with something that even tran- | scends discretion. So we turn our faces homeward and scan the fields for some | new flower | with an | A drive In the mud and rain, old horse and old buggy and old clothes —and, most neccssary of all, a good comrade, can be & most pleasurable ex- perience, M, L. NOWIT'S A mounting. « These rings are very handsome ALBERT { Omaha's Oldest Established Jeweler. “ORIGINATOR OF THE JITNEY SALES PLAN IN TNEY DIAMOND Our Jitney plan of selling watches has been the talk of the town So wonderful has been our success that on Monday we will inaugurate “A JITNEY DIAMOND SALE” For $10.50, on the 5c & Week and 5o additional We will sell a genuine full-cut diamond ring in an attractive 14k | Come in anyway and look them over. EDHOLM Sixteenth and Harney Sts. OMANA, " | and values are unquestioned , JPRESIDENT BEMIS | Rogers' Flower and Candy Shop to Move Rogers' flower and cendy shop will open Eaturday in the new bullding at the routhwest cormer of Twenty-fourth and SQav | Farnam streets and wiil have all the | ® SAY, convenlences and refinements of the most up-to-date and exolusive shops of Its Kind, all the latest improvement for the preserving of those luxuries which de- @ light the eyes and nostrils and taste of and you will ree | mankind—and. of course, of womankind One of the fentures of tHe shop—a thing new to Omaha-is an olectric fan which | ¢ 18 Installed outside the ‘door. This has Just been found to be the most effective known g | device for Keeping fiies out of sweet- snopk. It creates a breewe which to hiuman belngs 18 agrecable on hot days, but | { which to the fly is a regular tornado | Bafley sefvice means no troubles members of | and $18. $5.00. TEA TABLES, with tray, solid ma- hogany, $14. And hundreds more. CEDAR CHESTS, Colonial design, 39 inch CLOCKS for the Baudoir, mahogany frame. MUFFIN STAND, solid mahogany, Orchard & Wilhelm Company 414-416-418 South 16th Street "— S o S © AT . SREVPIT. & IS © CTENIES o ¢ E—— | Don’t Just Say Coffee When you are again in need of that healthful, sus- taining morning beverage. instead, to your grocer: “Send me FONTENELLE BRAND” ive a coffee so altogether delicious, so satisfying that no other will quite take its place on your breakfast table thereafter. note this, please: Use less of Fontenelle Brand than of other coffees. Its cost is a little more per pound but less per cup. AT YOUR GROCERS ifts long, 18 inches wide, b\l with Miss Marle Odiorne, one of the as- $15. Many other patterns. f A et o i thonth, Asny’ | ORIENTAL RUGS in beautiful colors, as low as $8. n those spending the week-end at the farm CRETONNE RAG RUGS in sets for bedrooms, sizes as small as 24x A il ol ey e o]t e 36_and as large as 4x7, priced from 90c to $7.50 and more. rist Frabm, Helen Avery, Hattle Plokatd, { BOUDOIR LAMPS, tiny lamps, some with shades and some with, r ii’,:"\\:.:::muln::::\fl ’l\‘:ll":rnml‘mr:;::l‘\ M, out, $3 to $60. The new painted lamps with shades to match, Johnson, Martha Brown, Jewel Alex- fi $7 to $29. \ s T, Coty A ot ARM CHAIRS AND ROCKERS, Jacobean oak finish with twisted ‘ / posts, tapestry upholstered sid cane back, $16 \ J JITNEY PIANO SALE All You Pay Is 5¢ Down; Hurry and Select One Quickly Used and Exchanged . . Upright Pianos Chickering Piano . ... 598 Wheeler Piano ... A 4 Harrington Piano . g A McGammon Piano . A Kimball Piano .... Weser Piano .. .. Johnson Piano .... Steger Piano .......... Mueller Piano .... VR R Hamilton Piano ................ Kimball Piano ..... Practically New Pianos On the Double Jitney Plan Pianos vene Planos . .. . Planos Pianos Pianos Pianos Planos WALNUT PIANO Never out of our store—a little shopworn, not be told from a new niano, S $175 Can- Clearance sale Here’s the Plan: HERE IS THE WAY YOU PAY: 1st Week 2d Week 8d Week 4th Week Bth Week Pay 6th Week Pay .o Then pay $1.00 per week or $5.00 per thereafter until plano is paid for, Pay Down. .. Pay Pay Pay month The beauty about this proposition is that the payments do not increase after the sixth week, and you are ahsolutely safe and can easily meet the payments. We feel that every home, no matter how mods est, should own a piano. These are good planos, Think how happy and bright the home will be with @ nice plano in your cozy corner. Kach and every plano is fully gunaranteed from five to tem years, MAHOGANY PIANOS Practieally new piano. Used very little, Abso- lutely good as new. Clearance price only $145 FURTHER PARTICULARS: If you desive any other arrangements as to terms, you have the privilege of paying quarterly or semi-annually or any other terms to suit yow. OAK PIANO Slightly shopworn. Fine tone and action, fully guaranteed for ten years. Clearance sale price only— $190 A. HOSPE & CO., Phone Douglas 188 1513 Douglas St. pougias 1ss I i l . | . ! | The South Omaha Kqual Franchise t \ “ e mee ednesday fter- A i S R for the | Smith, 140 North Twenty-fourth street | ° ; Mrs. George H ligh will assist H e hoi ES. Ysou jon o .. 1. | women who are suffragists during the [l or oceupy the business session, A g Aoy Kooy A FEW SUGGESTIONS ‘! :1‘.:‘::;:;’::;‘: Z""“?r‘«'x;-'."'w.‘?.‘f.‘.f‘.f by iy KALO SILVER jugs, fish sets and and serving spoons, up from 4| lieve in suffrage at the end of the sum- | ’3.50 .‘I?h- ‘;‘l \ '« 11 be used in the next 4 :‘"u‘;:uu'{n"‘v:. E ‘M"CL'C.T.' ! Sitiars., Wil be | FLOWER BOWLS, the new patterns in pettery and china up to el given by Miss Lotta Johnson and Miss $10 and.as low as 40c¢ each. uf’y\“. i 585571 TABLE SCARFS, French velour and silk brocade, $2.95 to $17.50 L\'j’, e e e s l“l:"“ TEA CARTS in oak and mahogany, up from $10. == opens Saturday for the season. The SHERATON WORK TABLES, solid mahogany, $12. { ]