Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-09

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Selt-Sacrltice day,
~---, UFFRAGE self-sacrifice Day.
will be observed Saturday.
August 10. by suffragists all
- over the country II is the
anniversary of the birth of
- the pioneer suffragist. Lucy
stone, who was the founder of the Woin-
ans journal, the suffrage paper
On Self-Sacrfice day all suffragists are
asked either to give sum of money %
the work, to make some special effort 20
earn 1t, or to get it from some one as
contribution for the campaign states.
I'VE must raise sS0C0o." DR. Anna
Howard Shaw said. II have decided TO
give 100 speeches instead of money"
DR.. Shaw said that Jane Adams would
be asked to serve as temporary treasurer
for that day. and suffragists would for
ward to her, at Hull House, Chicago,
whatever sums they can raise or save.
Contributions TO the local melting
pot" into which suffragists are pouring
OLD gold and silver. will be collected and
sent to Mrs. Medil Mccormick, who orig
mated the idea, the early part of the
week
The Omaha Suffrage association will
celebrate Lucy stones birthday with a
lawn social Wednesday evening at the
home of Mrs. A. p. Withers 2346 South
Thirty-fifth street. Mrs. w. H. Hat
teroth will give q sketch of her life; Mrs.
d. G. Craighead will speak on What
Suffrage Meant in Lucy Stones Day and
What 1t Means Today" and John L.
Kennedy will speak also Musical num-
bers will be given by Misses Dorothy
Sozniskey, Marie Adler and Bess Adler
The annual convention OF the Douglas
county Womens Christian Temperance
sUnion will be held in the Presbyterian
church at Waterloo, Friday, August 81
Mrs. c. ]. Roberts. vice president is in
charge of the program and will preside at
the convention in the absence of the pres
ident, Mrs, w G. Whitmore, of Valley,
who is touring Europe and has not been
heard from since the outbreak of Europ-
can troubles.
There will be morning afternoon and
evening sessions of the convention, Miss
Marie Brehm, head of the temperance
bureau of the Presbyterian church. and
a speaker of national reputation, being
the principal speaker at the meeting Miss
Brehm will be in Omaha August 16 and II.
Reports of officers and superintendent
from the nine unions of the county will
be received, in addition to which the
Young Peoples branch of the Womens
Christian Temperance Union will be rep
resented at this meeting for the first time
The women of Waterloo will house the
delegates who stay over for the evening
session.
Suffrage discussion will fill an i'm
portant place on the program of the
meeting according to Mrs. Roberts, act
ing president.
Mrs. c. w. Hayes, ex-president OF the
Omaha Women's club, returned Thursday
evening from two-months trip in the
east, which she took following the con-
vention of the General Federation of
Women's clubs. Mrs Hayes took the
lake trip and then went to Atlantic City
where she met her son and together they
visited the large cities of the east and
Chester county. Pennsylvania, Mrs.
Hayes old home. On the return trip
Mrs Hayes visited a sister in Indianapolis
and spent some time in Manchester, Ia.
Mrs. Hayes speaks most enthusiastically
of the splendid sessions of the biennial
convention.
Inc hensnnEIOn clup OF NeSta cnapter,
Order of the Eastern Star. will be enter
tanned at the home of Mrs Pearl We'll
shans, 5701 North Twenty-fourth street
Thursday afternoon.
Edward Simon will speak on THE
Mothers Pension Law before a meeting
of the Equal Franchise society at the
home OF Mrs. E. NJ. Fairfield, Thursday
afternoon at o'clock. Francis A. Bro
gan who was announced as the speaker
for this date. will address the society at
a future m eeting
The Benson Womans club will hold a
called meeting Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs X. r. Parker when ar
rangements for next years program and
other matters for next seasons work
will be discussed.
The Benson Municipal league will hold
a meeting Friday at the home of Mrs.
r. S. BeasleY
Y. w. G. A. Notes.
The local delegation to the Estes Park
confprence leaves Thursday aftarnoon for