Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 12, 1916, Page 8

y i ' i H i 1 i 4 i H ! THE BE ( IMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1916. PILLOW SLIPS FOR BELGIAN RELIEF Society Women Meet with Mrs, 0. C.| Redick to Sew Also on Chest Protectors. T0O SHIP BIG SUPPLY SOON anco-Be'glan Rellef soclety met at ‘2 o'clock- with Mrs. O C. Redick. The work of the last week has been making hospital supplies, and a consignment of pillow slips will soon be shipped to hospitals where there s a vital need for such supplies. The work on the chest protectors for the refugees | is practicallly finished The memters of the soclety are Mesdames Mesdames Jokp A. Mi.Shane, E. A. Bnson. W. C. Shannon, John L. Kenncdy Harold Giffoid, C. N. Diets, 0. C. Redick, Dan Wheeler, Herman hountze, Frank Hamillon, George Josiyn, | Charles O7futt, | Walter Page, C. F. Manderson | J. E. Summers, F. P, Kirkendall, A, C. Smith. H, H. Paldrige, isses-— Misnes - Hilda mimrer. Margaret Bruce, Flllnbelh l'|rum Mme. Paderewski to Sell Dolls Here for Polish Relief Madame Paderewski's Polish refugee dolls, the sale of which by New York roclety women and debutantes was all the Lydia Wilson, Laura Scott vage ‘n New York City this winter, will be sold back of the stage after lhel Paderewski concert of the charity con- ceft course Monday evening at the Audi- torfum. Large autographed photographs of the | brilllant Polish planist and various Polish souvenirs will be sold in the artist's room, the entire proceeds to go | to the Pol'sh victims' reifef fund. | Omaha women roturning from New | York Clty in the last few weeks have | brought the quaint Polish doells jsith them. Mrs. H. C. Sumney Is the Iatest to return from the esst with one of these dolls, having purchased her doll at the Hotel Gotham of Madame Paderewskl horself. Last week the dolls were sold at the Congress hotel in Chicago, the women of the Chicago Opera company having assisted in the sale. SEVENTY-FIVE WOMEN IN INDOOR GOLF TOURNAMENT At the woman's indoor golf tourney, held Monday at the Indoor Golf school, Mrs. Allan Palmer of the Field club won - the first prize, offered for the beat score by & first-time player on an i course, The second prize was soem b Mrs, Stusct Johnson of the Pret- tiest Mfle Golf cl Seventy-five play- s competed. ANNUAL CHURCH DINNER IS - TO BE THIS EVENING The annual dinner of the First Congre- m church wjlli be given in the pariors. this evening at M,.fi' § o'clock, The dinner is con- sidered by the members of the church to be their biggest socal event of the mr. and preparations have been made 'r plates for 200 diners Wednesday ovening. The committee of arrangements | is in charge of Mrs. E. P. Ellis and Mrs. 8. M. Sterns. MRS. GUY PARKE IS HERE VISITING HER PARENTS Mrs. Guy Parke of Decatur, 11, form- erly Mies Gertrude Chambers of Omaha, i in the city for over a week, during which time she will be . entertained by Mps. Frank Johnson, Mrs, William | Cham! and Mrs, W. R. Adair. Thurs duy evening Mrs, Johnson will entertain ! for Mrs. Parke at the Brandels theater Abd afterward at gupper at the Houl | Fontenelle, 5 MISS QlFFORD ENTERTAINS | THE TUESDAY BRIDGE CLUB The Tuesday nna.e club was enter- talned yesterduy ~by Miss Anna Gif- ford a her home. Two tables were placed ur un‘nm Those present were: Missos - iuml— Patterson, Gertrude Mety, Harriet Mots, J Imh Lucile Bacon, i lon uhn. Stella Thummel. 1 BRIDGE cu.ui‘ CHANGES ITS DATE FOR MEETING The Senior Tuesday Bridge club, which Was to meet yesterday for the first time this season with Miss Elizabeth Congdon, has postponed the meeting until Thuraday afternoon. The club will change its day of meeting, probably te Friday afterncon for the winter. ! FALLS ON ICE TWICE AND | NOW LIVES AT THE HOTEL Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Singer have tem- porarily closed their home in Dundee and #ra now living at the Hotel Loyal. Two uUnfortupate falls on icy walks sustained ‘rechutly by Mrs. Singer occusioned the change in residence. Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam D. Adalr bave moved into their new residence at ia streel. mmou-wucu EON | - CLUB HOLDS A SESSION | nehou club Mya. Robert Fisher, met Ayt Buent artin Buehler, Fisher, |at Folkstone In Kent, and had to re- turn home because of the war. y music teacher,” the lines run, has jolned the Artists’ Rifles, O. T. C.. | | E. Yost on their golden wedding anni- | committee of the C The | Goes to meoIn to Arrange Baby Health Week to Mrs. K. R. J. Edholm has gone to Lin- coln to attend several conferences in con- nection with the observance of Baby Healts week, beginning March 4, a move- ment sponsored by club women all over the country This evening Mrs. Kdholm ad- dresses the newly organized Ifome Eeco- nomics club at faculty hall in the uni- versity temple. This organization is com- posed of university girls whom Prof. Alice Loomis has banded together to as- sist in the Baby Health campalgn Mrs. A. E. Davidson of Lincoln, state chairman of home economics, and Mrs. Hugh La Master of Tecumseh, civics chairman of the Nebraska Federation of Women's clubs, and Mrs. Edholm, health chairman, will confer with regard to the state observance. Mrs, Edholm fs state chairman of the anti-tuberculosis soclety, president of the Nebraska Society for the Study and Pre- vention of Tuberculosis and was recently appointed special agent for the federal children’'s bureau in Nebraska. Euronea.n War May Give This Country Better Governesses Is the war going to Yeave the young women of the countries engaged less ac complished? It would seem so when one reads ) letter lately received from England oy Miss Dorothy Brown, who attended achool 50 that is the end of our music lesson —isn't It sad? The Hrlllnn soldier, who | gives us French lessons, 18 making muni- | tions, so after (‘hrlnm s, we shall not have any more dessons,' Another department of education which is feeling the lack of Instructors is in physical education in Great Britain. All the available teachera are in the trenches. The English boy who won the prizes in gymnastics last year in the government gymnasium in Denmark is now ‘“somewhere in Flanders.” He had been sent to Denmark to come home to Introd Danish physical edu- cation Into the English schools. Perhaps, after the war is over, Amer- jca may be the educational gainer. An influx ot French and Belglan gentle- | women 18 expected and good governesses may be easily obtained and at salarles; tudl have been customary in Europe. Rotary Club is " 'to Visit Around' Notices for nu. week's Rotary club meeting call for & gathering at the Fon- ténelle Tea room instead of the Hen- shaw Rathskellar. It is not to be a pink tea, though, merely the start of & new ooliey to have the sessions viait around at the various popular meeting places. FRIDAY NIGHT IS PIPE NIGHT AT UNIVERSITY Friday evening will be “pipe night” at the University club. The Harvard club of Nebraska will provide the chlef fea- CLUB’ ture of the entertalnment. Mr. Reggle| Brown, Harvard ‘88, of the coaching staff, will demonstrate how Harvard| buflt her great foot ball team, Mr. Brown will give a talk and show the action of coaching methods, illustrated by moving | pictures of the Yale-Harvard and other prominent game 'AUCTION BRIDGE CLUB | MEETS WITH MRS. RALPH | The Tucaday Evening Auction Bridge | club met last evening with Mr. and| Nrs, Roy Ralph. The guests of the occa- slon were Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Ralph and Mr, and Mrs. Hen Funk of Spirit Lake, 1a., the house guests of Dr. and Mre. Edwin H. Jenks. The members of the elub are: S CLUB SENDS GREETINGS T0 MR. AND MRS. YOST| Felicitations to Ml". and Mrs. Casper from the executive ercial club, The committee voted on this at noon, as Mr. Yost has long been a member of the club's executive committee and is an ex- president. President John L. McCague conveyed the word of good feeling from the club. ALTAR GUILD OF TRINITY PLANS FOR WINTER WORK The Altar Guild of Trinity parish met Monday afternoon with Mrs. Henry Gates for a soclal gathering and discussion of plans for the winter and early spring work Thls afterncon the Parish Ald so- clety meets at the Deanery for its regu- lar business seasion ENTERTAINS AT A BOX PARTY FOR HER SISTER Mrs. & B, Doyle will entertain at a box party Thursday evening for her sister, Miss Ellen Wyllo of Knoxville, Tenn., who will retura to her home Baturday |evening after » month & visit in Omaha, IN AND OUT OF THE BEE HIVE | Miss Marry Hulme of Chicago, arrived versary, went out yesterday to be the guest of Mrs. John M. Beston. Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Beaton will give a luncheon at her Bymposia society : next meeting will 8t the home Pine- home to twelve in honor of her guests, Miss Helene Bixby left Sunday evening to spend two weeks in Chicage. She will be joined pext week oy Miss Marle Riloy and together the young women will go on to Havana, Cuba, for the winter. who was & week- | the stock of corn, | neceasities and Be Held in March! Mrs KR Edholim | holldays here with his sister, Mrs. R. B. Benda, Madjson hotel. |Big Corporation as Trade Mark to Boost for State! “Biznes |s Biznez"—not always. Great business men have sald there is no sentiment in business. It might be true If it were not for the fact that business is operated by human beings, and there is sentiment In every human heart. Men cannot always put aside love for their fellow beings or thelr patriotism and country pride. Men with red blood in thelr veins must love and take pride in something, for love and pride are sentiment, creeps out even in that cold proposition, “‘business.” And so it happens that ‘down at the Omaha Light and Power company there | are some fellows Who have let their senti- ment into their busines: It isn't weak- ness on thelr part, it is the most whole- lome unselfishness, Most modern concerns have a trade mark. The light company needed ome. {Not the usual "lighting" trade mark used by electric companies, but some- thing different—something that woyld carry a story with it wherever the com- pany had correspondence, and serve as & reminder wherever it appeared, Now, Nebraska gains great wealth from its production of wheat and corn. Wheat and corn are recognized as the basis of | wealth In Nebraska, and with a whole- some regard for these great producers of | prosperity, the officers of the light com- pany decided on the sheaf of wheat and rtistically arranged, as a fitting trade mark ‘for thelr con- cern. / “Neither con nor wheat symbolize the light or the power of electricity,”, sald Mr, Zimman, contract agent, "bul we {are grateful for the power they both have to sustain life and provide funds for the the luxuries. In our small way we feel like telling everyone Wwith whom we come in coptact that Ne. braska excels inthe produetion of wheat and corn. It was Jjust a sentimental notion with us. It may look " llke a company, “but ' persons _cannot, wonder why, without ‘coming face ‘to face with a little boost for Nebraska. And they say corporations heve neither learts nor souls. Sprains Ankle in Ankle in Jump Taken to Get Away from a Fire Fire originating from -some undiscov- ered source started in the haliway of 2561 Dodge street, and before belng ex- tinguished by the department badly dam- od the house, & two-story frame struc- ture, and aid considerable damage to the contents of the dwelling, which is cccu- pled by Mrs. 8. H. Jones. Mrs. Joned and Leonard Bengston, an Insurance man, who rooms at the Jones place, were talking together on the second floor when they discovered the fire. They tried to get down the front stairway, but were barred by flame and smoke and retreated to the upper back porch. Ralph Dermody, a stuydent boarder. who was in the attle, call, while Frank Jones, aged 12 years, and Marie Hugh, colored servant, who were on the ground floor, ran from the plece and notified the department. Mrs. Jones and Bengston were taken from the porch by firemen, but Dermody | became excited and jumped, sustaining & sprained ankle. HENRY GLESSMANN GETS BIG PRICE FOR HOLSTEINS Henry C. Glessmann of Rock Brook farm, which is located just west of Omaha, held his ninth annual auction sale of Holstein cattle at the South Side yards Monday, Mr. Glessman's sale of fifty-five head totalled $10,120, an average of nearly $200 a head. The heaviest buy- ers were P. J, Ackerlund of Valley, Neb.; H. . Hargrove of Des Moines and F. J. Farrington of Omaha. Just One Application md guest at the Delta Delta Delta house 84, the atate university, returned home Binday evening J. Money of Regina. Saskatchawan, delatone and water to cover Mmofin—mm-ms 3 minutes remove, wash (he skin and | the hairs have vw«&o-m' ususlly is sufficient, but to be certain of left for Colorade en route to ' results, buy the delatone in an origina in Canada after spending’ u.lm-u'-m » a Jajned them st their | governors Before the meeting of the governors the I stockholders met and, re-elected the three |governors whose terms had expired. They {are Charles Beaton, F. W. Judson and J |DeForrest Richards. A preferential bal- lot had been sent out to all the members of Ak-Sar-Ben and these three men whose in the preferential ballot. The stockhold- ers acted upon the suggestion and re- elected them, Re-Elect 0la Officers. Tmmediately after adjournment board of governors convened and organized.by re-electing overybody—Everett Bucking- {ham, president; Gould Dietz, vice presi- (dent; George E. HaversMck, treasuger, | (and J. D. Weaver, socretary. The coming festivities and parades and |various entertainments were then infor- mally discussed. An invitation from 8. P. Walmsley of New Orleans to the board of governors to attend the - festivities of the Mardi |Gras at New Orleans in a body in March | was read and accepted. | The governors were much pleased to learn from Secretary Weaver that the imembership for 1916 already at the end 1of the first week of the year numbers over 0. Committees Named. Following is the personnel of the vari- ous standing committees as agreed upon for the year. Finance—Haverstick, Brandeis, Diets. Parade—Nash, Saunders, Beaton. Ball-Hosford, Buckingham, Dietz. Ritual—Black, Buckingham, Haverstick | Amusement—Brandels, Black. Haver- ifllck. | House—Diets, Bilack, Judson. i Printing—Brown, Hosford, Nash. Light—Brown, Richards, Judson. Music—Richards, Nash, Beaton. Raliway—Saunde: Hosford, Brandels. Purchase—Beaton, Brown, Richards. Membership—Judson, Comm'ttee on Semi-Centennial Celebra- tion—Diets, Brandels, Nash, Brown, Haverstick. C. C. George Heads City National Bank the City National Bank Bullding com- pany. at ghe annual stockholders’ meeting of the company yesterday: D. A. Baum made vice president, John R. Webster secretary ‘and treasurer and John Potter | Webster, assistant secretary and ass ant treasurer. George & Co. have agents for the bullding since it was erected and Edwin 8. Jewell Is building lm-n-‘er It was reported that every store and ‘\pffll‘! in the building is rented, in other rented. The total rent item is $155,000 a year. Of this sum all but $343.9 had been |recelyed at the close of the yepr's busf | ness, Here is Chance to | queer 1:‘-40 mark for a light and power | Earn 3607000 Ea«sily minute? “You can do it," (school ads say. Just tip the government sleuths off as to who stole the $600,000 worth of internal revenue stamps in St. Paul, Minn., the other day. Your reward will be the above-named tidy sum, for that is the pleasant custom of the movernment in discouraging the escape of evildoers. s the correspondence HOTELS, | | CALIFORNIA Hill Street. Near 4th. Fireproot. — Bach \lll Pv!v!ll Bath. Located “in the very Leart a« Bings. Exquisitely appointed Hichest ard of service. European l\.n from 5150 Free auto bus weet: trains. Write for foid ! F. M. DIMMICK. Lewmes and Mgr 4 ARTISTS That’s the Size of Our Staff LETTERHEAD DESIGNING P‘mmm all l..m.‘b Re- all kinds of art work. and STEREOTY At Your Service, Bee Engraving Dept. Fhone Tyler 1000 Bee¢ Blig. Omaba. These detalls were concluded Mon- | day evening at the Omaha club at| the annual ‘meeting of the board of | |terma had explired received the high vote | Brown, Saunders. | | © Building Company . C. George was elected president of | been wordsSthat the floor space is 100 per cent | Do you want to earn $60,000 in about a | their gifts and talents The latest additions to the list of thoee who are willing to draw the—no, no, we | mean those who are willing to administer | this high office, on which Charley Fan- ning claims to have a cinch, are Jeft W. Bedford, State Senator Howell and Frank L. Weaver | Mr. Bedford has been in the state legls- | lature and has been a county commis- sloner. Mr. Howell knows the dutles of a postmaster by being trained in the state senate and Mr. Weaver is willing to sacrifice himself to this duty because | he Is president of the Jacksonlan club. Mayor Dahlman has been mentioned Man Wanted for Many Crimes Caught;| Convicted in Omaha | Captaln Maloney of the city detective department received from the authorities ;at Oak Park, 111, a telegram stating that {Norman Taylor is being held on two { counts of burglary. Maloney says the prisoner committed {fifty burglaries and holdups here two | Years ago and was sentenced to the state penitentiary, from which he was released on parole. Recently Taylor was caught by a woman in"Council Bluffs while attempt- ing robbery. He broke jall at the Bluffs and was not heard of until caught by the Oak Park police. The Omaha police say there fs enough hanging over Taylor at this time to keep him In jall the rest of his life. Taylor {18 known to many In Omaha, | FURNACE BACKFIRES WHEN BOOZE ENTERS W. R. Davis, 2100 Douglas street slipped and fell on the floor of the es- tablishment of McAvoy & Slevers, 1108 | Douglas street. As he did so a consider- {able quantity of liquors he was carrying {crashed to the floor. Davis scooped up the shattered glass and liquors with a MAW FIXED BY BOARD! to Fill the Office of Postmaster ‘ BRSTEST FEa— Simply showling that In the hour of prominently for the place, but, it is sall | 01d Directors Are lle Elected and |, .. ntry's need patriots are not|he is a man too valuable to certain in- Same Officers Chosen for An- lacking {0 offer themselves upon the|terests in the city to be permitted by 1 other Year. (altay of self-sarcrifice is the developing | them to leave his present job, L | situation In the Omaha postmastership. Congressman Lobeck is reporfed to { This office becomes vacant when John | have smiled with even more than lis COMMITTEES FOR YEAR NAMED | . ¢\ \ions term expires in February | usual unction when his name was me - | and public-spirited citizens are rising up | tloned for the place. Lobeck has |||~ The Ak-Sar-Ben festivity dates fOr | yerywhere and coming bravely forward | reputation of belng.a strictly sober man, | this year are fixed September 26 10 and saying, “I am willing to fill the | jooking not upon the wine when it s Cetober 7. The festivities start Tues- | position.”” They make no mention of th?|red or any other color. And this quality | day instead of Wednesday, as last| *®ary. That is a mere 600 a year.|is a “sine qua non” with Uncle Sam’l| poedl Patriots do not think In terms of money. | who sternly insists that his servants| ? They sgeek to serve their country with|maintain and uphold his dignity by thelr| |own propriety of conduct. It also be-| comec the duty of postmaster on certain occasions to call a mall clerk or carrier | on the carpet when the clerk or carrier | has been intoxicated or has even been seen to take one drink. On such occasions it 1s decidedly necessary that the post-| master himselt be entirely tree from this| weakness, | Especlally clamorous have been Fan- | | ning’s friends since the sad fate of the |argosy sent out on behalf of Colonel | | George Kogers in quest of the 36,00 fleece, | an argosy which Senator Gilbert of. | | Hitchcock torpedoed ruthlessly and with- | out warning | shovel and threw the wreck into the | furnace. As he did so the furnace “back- fired” and Davis was very severely burned about the hands and wriste | TRIBUTE TO VICTIM OF THE SCARLET FEVER | Here Is a splendid tribute to a iine | | young woman from one who knew her we “Miss Winifred Wicox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Wilcox, of 6.1 North Thirtieth street, died on the morning of | January 10 after a short attack of scar- let fever. “Miss Wilcox was a young woman of | rare ability and personal charm. To her friends and fellow workers her loss is irreparable. To the writer of these lines she rendered unstintcd service of the most faithful and loyal kind, from the end of her girlhood. Such cémfort as can come from sympathy and ap- preciation, her bereaved parents will re. ceive in the fullest measure.” FOUR BOUND OVER FOR THEFT OF MOTOR CARS Jacob Becker, 1322 Jaynes street; Ed | Parrell, 3006 Sherman avenue; Charles McBreen, 4015 Sherman avenue, and James | Kennedy, '.m_ North Fifteenth street. charged with theft of two automobiles, were bound over to the district court ou| | two counts with bonds fixed at %00 each. | Assist ymmissioner Boler |reports he found a famiily on Decatur stroot where five children this season have been stricken with nearly every ordinary disease. Ie mentioned scarlet |fever, smalipox, polio-myelites, measles | This Famlly Has Almost Evervthmg nt Hmmh « and mumps BLISTERS BURNED ON CHILD'S SCALP Would ltch, " Formed Scales Which Caused Unsightly Appearance, Child Very Cross and Fretful, HEALED BY CUTICURA SOAPAND OINTMENT “My little girl" scalp was affected with something like blisters and a thickening of the skin. At first it was a place about as large as a common pea and it would itch and burn and when scratched would run a watery fluid and from that would form scales which caused an unsightly appear- ance on her scalp. Her bair never grew any. She was very cross and fretful. “Then T sent for & sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and the second applica- tlon relloved the itching and burning so purchased one box of Cuticura Soap and one box of Ointment and they healed her." (Signed) Mrs. Charles Culnan, 118 College 8t., Poplar Bluff, Mo., Aug. 18, 1915, Sample Each Free by Mail With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad- dress post-card **Cuticura, Dept. T, Bos. ton.” Sold throughout the wurld. 4 Thousands of Fine SUITS and OVERCOATS at Half Price | Berg Clottiing G *550 | | | | i may be the nearest. | ning of the alphabet will rec OUR OBJECT ‘ 1513-15 Douglas Street. Established 1874, | HAVE A PLAYER DIAHO IN YOUR HOME Greatest Offer Ever Made in Omaha The Manufacturers of this piano have shipped it to us with the number conc employes are barred from trying to get it. Raise' the top of your piano and look at its number on the plate. ! coupon below and bring or mail it to our store. nearest to the number of this player piano will be awarded the player. coupons and award the player. To popularize the HOSPE PLAYER HUNDREDS ARE TRYING THIS FREE In Exchange for Their Old Grand, Upright or Player Piano. FOLLOW THE PLAN OF PLAYER PIANO same February 5th Is the Last Day of This Opportunity On that day the judges will unseal the player and open the envelopes containing the of the piano nearest the begin- In case of a reive the player . tie the nanmy i PIANO equipped with the/ latest im- A. HOSPE (0., Dept. B., | provements, including transposing ¥ 4 tracker bar and other devices and ped- Omaha, Nebras | aling made easy. Our big tuning and % repair department wants to know the Name | name and location of every plano in : | this vieinity Street ' A.Hospe Co. | - A.Hospe Co. Name of My Piano No. of My Piano HOUSE HOSPE AND IT MAY BE YOURS The opportunity yourself to try for it as it nothing and does not obligate you in any The person whose piano BRING OM MAIL THIS YREE PLAYER PIANO COUFON TO THE GREAT is open to you the as to others and you owe it to costs you Send in the copon below TODAY, aled. Our Then fill out the numbered Your number y State PURE_LIQUORS FOR THE HOME 1309 FARNAM ST. 2 DOORS EAST OF W.OW. BLDG. WE SHIP Plain Sealed Boxes, Express Prepaid, on 2 quarts or Council BM: and South Omaha Free Delivery on 2 quart orders, Send for Price Lists,