Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-26

Of the women's Christian
n Temperance union will be held
Esiz1,sst at Waterloo August p. Dele
gates will attend from each
of the local unions, several Of
which will hold their annual meetings i'm
mediately preceding the county conven-
tion. Mrs. Whitmore Of Valley is presi-
dent of the county association.
Mrs. L. A. Richardson. Fremont, dis
trict superintendent Of the Nebraska
Childrens Home society, left for an ex-
tended trip to the coast. She will visit
friends in Spokane. Seattle. Portland and
Los Angeles, returning by way Of Salt
Lake and Yellowstone park. She will be
absent about two months.
Miss Lucina D. Kyle Hastings district
superintendent, will leave soon on a vaca-
ton trip to her old home in Mount Yer
non, Ia. where she will visit friends for
two weeks
The Omaha Suffrage association will
give an ice cream social at the home Of
Mrs. T. r. Ward, 21n Writ street,
Wednesday evening. The hostess will be
assisted by the executive committee, in
cluding Mesdames s, A. Capen. r. e.
McKelvy, G.. W. Coveu, c. S. Hartwicl,
L. L. McIlvaine, I. Conner and w. H.
Hatteroth. Fifteen cents will be charged
for ice cream and home made cake the
proceeds to be used in the suffrage work
An invitation is extended to the public.
U. S. Grant woman's Relief Corps No.
1o4 will be entertained at a kensington at
the home of Mrs. A. A. Whitney, 5lS
North Twenty-third street, Tuesday
afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock. special pro-
gram will be arranged for this meeting.
The last Tuesday in each month is OBJ
served as decoration day at the Old
Peoples Home, 2214 Writ street, when
the officers are there to receive food sup
plies. Donations Of fruits or vegetables
either by gardeners or others interested
In the work will be appreciated.
The Sermo club will entertain at lunch
con at Carter Lake club Tuesday after
noon. Mrs. George Lndley is in charge
OF the arrangements.
The meeting of the North Side wo-
mems Christian Temperance union, which
was to be held Tuesday, has been post
poned until the first week in August
Mrs. H. g. Claggett, president of the
West Side Women's Christian Temper
ance union, leaves August / for a two
weeks trip to Denver. She will return
in time for the county Womens Chris
tan Temperance union convention.
Mrs. L. J. Healey OF the Omaha wo-
mans club, returned Saturday for a six
weeks trip on the great lakes. which she
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women's Clubs convention, to which she
was a delegate. Mrs. Healey will leave
again the latter part OF the week for
Humboldt, Neb., her home town, to at
tend the chautauqua- She will be gone
one week.
Mrs. w. A. Smith. president of the Mon
mouth Park Mothers club. has returned
from a visit with her mother at lincoln
Mrs Thomas Parker, for two years re-
cording secretary Of Chapter NJ Of the
South Omaha P. e o. sisterhood, left
Thursday for her new home in Buenos
Ayres, South America, where Mr.. Parker
will have charge Of the Swift company's 3
interests. The P. z. o. sisterhood en-
tertained at a farewell reception in their
honor at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
A. Cressey Tuesday evening, when Mrs
Parker was presented with a beautiful
friendship pin by the members of the
chapter.
Mrs. John Steel, who passed away in
Parma, Idaho, last week, but whose body
was brought to Omaha for burial was
formerly an active member in the Omaha
Woman's club. She was particularly in
terested in the literature department and
the history department when that was
a part of the clubs program. number
OF club women were present at the flu
neral exercises, which were held Friday
from the home OF her son, Harry Steel.
Miss Charlotte z. White, lecturer for
the Child Conservation League of Amer
ica, will speak on Child Conservation
and Social Purity" at the Hirst Memorial
Methodist church, Thirty-fourth and
Larimore streets, Wednesday afternoon
at $3.50 O'Clock. She will deliver the same
address Friday afternoon at the Central
Park Congregational church.
The Anthony Suffrage league will meet
Friday at 3 o'clock at the home OF Mrs
q. T. Lindsey. in Benson. The suffrage
quartet will give several numbers and
prominent speakers will be present.
The Benson woman's Christian Tom
perance union met Friday and elected
delegates TO the county convention TO be
held at Waterloo The delegates are
Mesdames r. ]. Faussett. S. c. Stevens
and H. j. Grove; alternates. Mesdames
E. C. Fuller, S r. Brewster and A..
Sheperd.
Commissioner ]. B. Hummel will be
the sixth speaker in the series OF lee
lures being given before the Equal Fran
chise society. He will speak on Duties
Of Aims Of the Park Commission" at a
meeting TO be held at the home OF Mrs.
Henry Doorly Thursday afternoon at 4
O'Clock, instead OF Judge George A. Day,
who was previously announced TO be the
speaker. The society has decided 10 con-
tinue the series and have secured Francis