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

iSociety Notes -- Personal Gossip -- Entertanments -- Club Downgs ETY WOMEN LET HEIR FANCIES ROAM pld Round Robin Session Over Where They Would Prefer Fo i to Be. 'WHO ELSE WOULD YOU BE? By MELLIFICIA—Aug. 11. If you could be anywhere you ‘wanted to be, not considering who ¢ would be with, for an hour and half, where would you choose to _spend the time? The startling ques- tion was asked at an Omaha dinner party the other day. Round the table _went the question, and racking their ‘brains the diners answered: One chose to be on the Mediter- ean, near Pompeii. Another want- ‘ed to spend the time in the Grand yon of the Arizona, Mrs. George took London, there to stand Bond street and gaze at the pass- “ing throng. Miss Lida Wilson averred it if she were to be thus exiled for hour and a half, she would choose d it on the old Maine coast. rribly hard to think where you d like to spend an hour and a ing any thought of with you, tion which you might answer is this: If you not what you are, who or what ould you de;tohe?' T propoun that question to Mrs. old Pritchett, the popular young gociety matron, the other morning. &h‘ she is perfectly content to re- ain just who and what she is, for 4 told be very cheerfully that she was, and Father Neptune and her y were having a little n just which prevented any thought of state or_condition. rtain fascinating young s untiou;’ wh'en iI'I,nsm I air castles’ .| She that she had a I;frly good tion which sometimes carried far out into the realm of fancy, do you think she told me where? you have another gucss com- oman d her h ) ) N 4 I m:; Metz left Tuesday | to }O’h’l. her daughter in Colo, and Mrs. Bernard Kohn will Saturday to spend several weeks east, . They will go to Maine remainder of the summer and | then visit in Philadelphia. Dr. and Mrs. d yesterday from a six weeks' trip. [rs, Alvin &J&hnagn ;nd smfl , Stanfield, left a, a stay in Color:l‘!‘o :ndq,\'ellow: Louis Nash returned Tuesday New York. { s. E. W, Nash left last n; ,:I( for t, stopping off a day in Du- visit her daughter, Mrs. . Mrs. Nash goes to i'lenh, where she wlflobe joined by Frances Nash and together they o Northeast_Harbor to be the Mrs. L. F. Crofoot, les T. Kountze and Miss expected to return in about " ‘,A.Ish Omicron P sorority at luncheon at Carter today for Miss Frances of Lincoln, ,Those present t evening. were members of the cfi:fl t'l,l:re White, tte Roepken. " Mrs. Louis Rankin entertained' at eon at her home Thursday aft- in honor of Mrs, Fred John- . Miss Dorothy Johnson of City, who are visiting Mrs, 's mother, Mrs. F, Theuer, September 1. Covers were laid .| aurselves, breakfast next Wednesday for Miss| Mil Olney of Minneapolis, who is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bragg. At the Field Club, Mrs. Madeline Krug will entertain a dinner party of tén guests at the Field club Saturday evening. At the Country Club: At the Saturday evening dinner- dance at the Country club, D. M, Vinsonhaler will be among the diners ?nd John W, Madden with a party of our, At Happy Hollow Club, Additional Saturday evening reser- vations have been made by Mrs, V. Smith, jr, for six guests and by 02, .‘x Abrahamson for six. Tn and Out of the Bee Hive. Miss laura Power Jleft Thursday for a movth's trip to California. Miss_Alice Power has returned from Estes park, where she spent a vacation of several weeks. Mr. Arnold Browar leit last eve- ning for Rochester, Minn., where he will undergo a surgical operation. Miss Janet Reeves has returned from a three weeks' visit with her grandmother and aunt in St. oufl)h. Mrs, George McBride an rs. Rose Wright of Burlington, Vt., were | the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. A, Col- lins this week. Mis vgnnneuz Wilson and Miss Stella Wilcox leave today for Min- neapolis and lLake innetonka, where they will spend ten days. Mr, Albert Edholm and Mr, Fred and Mr. Donald Paffenrath leave this evening for Isle Royal, Lake Superior, for a two weeks' fishing trip. {{l’l‘ Charles F. Shook and Miss Bertha Sellner, who are spending the summer at Pine -Crest, Palmer Lake, Colo., were joined this week by the Misses Mae Somers, Bess Dumont and Emma Sellnér, Mrs, Shook and Miss Bertha Bellner exepect to re- main at their cottage, the Abbey, un-|. til September 1. Being Sorry for Yourself BY BEATR!C!_ FAIRFAX. Sympathy is a very splendid thing when you bestow it on others. But, it is dargerous dnd weakening when you administer it to yourself in large doses. Many of us have a very good time ith our sorrows and miseries., We hug them to ourselves—and lct‘ally enjoy them, Who doesn’t remember the time when, as a child, punishment which seemed unjust was meted out and he lay sobbing on his bed planning, his own funeral qu the weeping and wailing that would go on when it was too late.. Oh, the luxury of that misery! “ Grown older and more voluble the child flings out at some one who hurts him, “You'll be sorry when! parilla, etc., it is best to keep the bot- | planning | tles or jars on ice for gbme time to become thoroughly chilled, instead of | serving it with cracked ice, { wa, if ice were added to it. 'm not here any more"— the while to run away from persecu- tion and being so sorry for the poor little abused’ self he visions, Grown to manhood, that child robably too busy to be sorry for imself very often, But grown womanhood, his twin sister indulg in the doubtful pleasures of self- p|?v far too frequently. + It' is against the morbid joys self-pity that 1 want women, I read a very lovely little. verse not long ago. Its musical expression charmed me, Here it is, read it over and notice how it lilts—and, then réad it again and see what a lperfec:t‘ example it is of the thing I criti- cise, i i mA lmum dead and ov-r‘m bright Iluh: out her rain-drenched hair, ‘Though you should lean above me broken- hearted, g 1 shall not care. ‘L whall have peace, as/leaty trees are peacetul ‘When rain bends down the bough, And T shall be more aflent and cold- hearted Than you are now.” An exquisite bit of verse that—and an exquisite illustration of what a good time we have being sorry for to' warn What a useless rity is! 1f one could talk to.the lady th ‘l‘yric, how one would like to say: dear madam, why break your heart about this cold and cruel person who has not the inclination to cherish you when you are living and whose notice you only hope to get when he mourns your death, You can't have any fun out of that notice; yo why not forega it and proceed now to live and be happy and useful?” It's always like that, Being sorry for yourseif leads you to sit;help-; lessly by, vilionir&' how the {; who have abused you will grieve some day over their failure to ap- preciate you, . Being sorry for yourself is a ve expensive luxury. ~You indulge in it and expend therein everything which might lead you to action and to a forceful course in the world where neither you nor any one else would s Inll:uo— Fred Johnson of Kansas City, ‘W, Rankin, l|=n Rlll. Margaret Selgren. Mustors— Cliftord Ring. Bridge Club. . George Wilson entertained ‘Auction Bridge club Tues- The guests of the i Beard, ple and Bowser. High made by Mrs. C. L. Hem- have causc to pity you. Don't ever sit still and indulge in an orgy of weeping over your misfortune. Instead get up and throw them off. Refuse to be miserable. Be ashamed to be miserable, You can the very minute you stop being sorr for yourself and are disgusted witl yourself for .itting still and feeling persecuted. s IlllmIlllIlllllllllllllllllllllIII|l|IlIIIlIIIg i . NOW OPEN of | il erformance self- | il eople | Lee L. Larmon || Fontenelle Florist / 1814 Douglas | TEL. DOUG. 8244. that keeps buy- THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1916. The Way of Midsummer Fashion This smock is cut in one piece, and adds practically lo ils prettiness by being drawn in unde, cordings af the waist line. Besides serving as a picturesque garment for the garden, such a smock makes a pretly afternoon dress. Chill These Drinks, For ginger ale, grape juice, sarsa- Stuffed Tomatoes. | These are a form of salad. Select firm tomatoes of uniform size. Cut off the tops, scoop out the pulp and chop ! it with a little onion, celery and hard- boiled egg. - Moisten with mayonnaise and refill the skins, Turn over more of the mayonnaise. Raspberry-Currant Ice. One cup red currant juice, one cup raspberry juice, two cups sugar, two cups water, white of one . Cook sugar and water to a thil syrup, cool, add the fruit juices and freeze. When partially frozen add the beat- en white of egg, continue freezing until hard. ! Ih this it is not diluted as it would be One reason, why the feeding of an army has so many jerks and hitches in it is that the task isn't appreciated at its full dignity and importance. Professional men, whether military or medical, ra\%r turn up their noses at 'it, and work on commissariat boards or commissions, though ne- cessary, excites little enthusiasm. Strange as it may seem, in view of its necessity and basal importance, Ifeeding an army is really quite a com- paratively recent _branch or depar- ture in the game of war. Up to only a few centuries ago armies were not supplied with rations at all, but each soldier was expected to supply his own food, either bring- ing it from home or “rustling” it from the country fought over._ War was a simple game of loot, either of territory or of goods and valuables, and the soldier merely took his share and turned over what he couldn’t swallow, or pocket, or secrete, to his superior officers, and in consequence received neither pay nor rations, When armies got too big to live off even the richest countries, rough sys- tems of commissariat and supply gradually grew up, and like a good many ot‘_l:'r/new and’ haphazard growths, ortunately, from the bot- tom, and army contractor and sutler became synonyms for robber and plunderer. Shameful to say, officers, even generals and leaders, took a hand in the gameof graft—it was an “extra” anyhow, the rascals in the ranks really could feed themselves if they would half try. \ : Even as recently as Queen Anne's time, the great Duke of Marlborough was said to have made fortunes through his rakeoff’s from army con- tractors on the supplies furnished to his soldiers. And it was only within the last century or two that the vital problem of food and supplies was put in the hands of intelligent and hon- orable officers and regarded seriously as a part of their military duties. Even yet it is the Cinderella of all the army services, sitting in the ashes between the\ mess-stove and the gar- bage pit. The medical care of an army had’ exactly the same experience, and for — Do You Know That-- The hand that carries food' to | the mouth can also carry disease’ germs? Health first is the highest form of 'safety first? Tubercuylpsis and poverty go hand in hand? E The United States public health service will send a_booklet on flies and disease, gratis to all appli- cants? ‘ The breast-fed baby has the bnf chance? Physical fitness is preparedness against disease? Pneumonia is a communicable disease? Cockroaches may carry disease? \Problem of Feeding an Army | By WOODS HUTCHINSON, M. D, refused to recognize the army doctor as a gentleman, or let him mess at their table. In fact, he ranked as a “non-com,” and messed with stewards and the regimental farrier, or ‘“vet” « Even to this day the line officers affect to look down upon the medical officer and regard his rank as an up- start imitation of their own. Immense enthusiasm and industry and intelligent study are devoted by army officers to questions of guns and side arms and ammunition and equip- ment and uniform and, of late years, even to shoes and underwear, but problems of the ration and of the commissariats department excite ‘only a languid and perfunctory interest in comparison. Individual officers not infrequently devote a good deal of time and thoughtful attention to the proper feeding of their men, both in garrison and in the field, but théy are the exception rather than the rule. Fortunately, most of the old abuses and scandals have been wiped out. The army ration is nutritious, whole- some; liberal to- a fault, and fairly well-balanced, and an adequate num- ber of tons of the raw materials for three square meals a day are usually \delivered and dumped somewhere within foraging distance of a regi- ment with fair regularity. But the thing lacks kick and elasticity and unified control; there is apt to be food, but nothing to cook it with, meat without potatoes; bread without butter; coffee without milk or sugar. and when a ration has once been fixed and agreed upon by a board no power on earth can modify it or change it in the slightest degree, or adapt it to even the most radically different of circumstances. For instance, there is no modified ration for use in hot weather or upon tropical service; there is practically one iron-clad standard, unchangeable. ration for all ‘sorts and conditions of activity of men, at home in barracks, on the march, in troop trains or on transports, or in the field, éxcept such as come from difficulties of transpor- tation. The same number of pounds and ounces of standard foods per man are issued, and what he can't eat, he can either trade for something more suitable, or waste it. No special ration, for instance, is even provided for soldiers sick in the .hospital; » The doctor in _charge simply draws his four' pounds of standard working food per day for each patient and then sells or ex- changes it for milk, fruit, ice.and such other invalid foods as they need and ‘can digest. ‘What ought to be done is, that the whole problem of food stipply and cooking and serving should be ele- vated to the rank of a special de- partment or division under the con- trol of a board or commission com- posed of doctors and food experts and line officers and public-spirited business men, who would volunteer for’ the service without .pay, The movement in this direction, which was initiated and is being promoted by the Merchants’ Association of New York, and which has already won the ap- proval of army authorities .and the consent of the War department, is emphatically a step in the right direc- tion and a public service of immense value and importance. (i \ Are Causing Intense Excitement. From Near and Far People Have Come in Crowds. Th or Ses il’ / Perhaps the most interesting thing is the good natured rivalry. Some attended the first sale of the morning, and stayed practically all day-moving from section to'section; as the hour bell rang announcing the starting of a new sale. Saturday the fun starts at 8:30 a. m.; and from the sounding of the gong, it promises to be , fast and furioqs. READ! MARK!! LEARN!!! the importance of the hours on Saturday. Shoe Sale Extraordinary. If we could get your ears as well as your eyes, our store would not hold the crowd. Odds and ends from &ur own stock, practical- ly all sizes and widths (taken all to- gether), sold previously at $5 and $6. One dollar per pair, $1.00 per pair. Farewell Sale of Choice Silks. Former prices 85¢ and $1.00, 39¢ per yard Sat- urday. If all those who have admired lthem in the window will buy, there will At 8:30 A. M. In the Basement Salesroom. Will continue all day. last. At 10 O’clock. At the Regular Silk Section. While the goods last we'll keep on selling. Section. Pick of a Lot of Attractive Waste Bas- kets.. 3 different sizes, 19 cents each. You will probably want more than one. At 11 O’clock. In the Basement. not be enough to go around. At High Noon -12 Morning. At the Men's Section. Women Welcome. Should sell in two hours. For the Sons of Adam. A ‘big lot of shirts; many similar sold at $1.50, all to go at 50 cents each. Will go out by the half dozen. There will be ties.at a nickel a piece. | At1P. M. 6 P. M. if goods Muslin Underwear Promises to be all: over quickly. At3P. M. At the Wool Dress Goods Section. - Won't last long. section. Your pick way. the season. ‘All That is Left of fabrics. 39 cents price 65 cents. A Mixed Lot of Goods from the garment for $2.50 each. If we told you former prices you might " Will continue until | think us entitled to membership in the Ananias Club. The roster is full any- At 2P. M. (In the Undermuslin Section. The biggest 50 cent value of Our Stock of Silver- bloom, the most popular of this season’s per yard. Former Voiles and Batistes. Extra wide, were originally 25 cents per yard. Will be sold at 10'cents per yard. % Each successive sale after starting will continue until the closing hour, 6:00 P. M. Saturday. - My, how the clerks do appreciate the garly closing. If you cared, you could make it unanimous‘and permanent.