Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-07
Woman'S Work
Activities OF the Organised
Bodies Along the Lines Of IN
dertakinE Of Concern TO women.

Omaha Daughters OF the American Rev
oution, and members OF the, Nebraska
Society of the Daughters OF 1879 have re-
ceivcd Invitations TO the unwilling Of the
first monument erected, in the state Of
Nebraska, to mark the old Oregon trail,
the monument erected by the Kearney
Chapter OF the d. A. r. The ceremonies
are to be held. Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the monument. Union Pacific
park, and will be followed by addresses at
the opera house
Mrs. Charles oliver Norton Is regent of
the Kearney chapter and it has been under
her administration that the fund for the
monument has been raised.
The Omaha chapter plans to mark the
trails entrance to Omaha by erecting a
sun dial in Riverview park the ceremonies
to be held later this month.
These Nebraska monuments are erected
by the patriotic societies since the state
legislature refused to pass an appropri
alton for them. In Colorado the state
gave an appropriation and several hand
some monuments mark the trail.
June 10 was the date originally set for
the competitive drill of the High school
cadets for the honor flag to be presented
! by the Nebraska United States Daughters
of 1872 and though final arrangements
have not yet been completed, the drill
will probably be held then.
The flag is to be awarded to the boy
standing highest in the drill and becomes
his permanent property. 1t ish a hand
some, all wool bunting flag, regular size,
brass trimmings. walnue pole. and presen-
tation plate of brass. The soclety's motive
in presenting the flag, is a desire to in
spire and increase the patriotism of tho
youthful Americans.
There have been some queries as to
what has become of the fund raised last
| spring by the Omaha Womans club for
the purpose of assisting in establishing a
| playground since there was no public
| playground last summer. Mrs. n. II. Nell
son, treasurer of the administration under
which the money was raised, replies to
these queries that tho money is still on
hand for the playground project is in
fact, on deposit awaiting the pleasure of
the city's public playground committee.
The money in question, 1885, was raised
last spring by an out-ef-door presentation
of AS You Like It." given in Hanscom
park. The previous year the club con-
tributed $50 to the playground fund.
ChlcagOs woman superintendent OF
schools is continuing to demonstrate that
there are many ways in which a woman
can make a school system a more human
thing. She has established a course in
humanitarianlsm This is not course
| for the study of the humanitarian move
ments or anything of that kind but a
course which is to teach the miniature
citizens the principle, that cruelty TO ami
mails is cowardice at is highest power. The
course is TO make them feel that to tease
annoy, injure or destroy the more help
less creature is not praiseworthy. An idea
recently advanced, and one which may
possibly soon have place in the high school
Curriculum is that the girls shall be taught
the care of the child in its first year OF
life-taught how 10 prepare its food the
symptoms of baby sieRnesses the meeting
of baby emergencies.