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Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-09
WEAR A FLOWER FOR MOTHER
Mothers Day Will Be Celebrated in
Omaha Sunday.
Y.M. c. A. URGES ALL TO WRITE
VIII Provide Stationery and Pens
and Ink and Tables I'm Lobby
of the Building for All
"wRnderinE Boys"

Wear a white carnation Sunday and
write home TO mother"
That is the word being passed out by
all churches, Sunday schools, the Young
Mems Christian association and other re-
ligious organizations in preparation for
Mothers day. which will he observed
Sunday. both In Omaha and throughout
the country.
out Of respect to mothers, thousands of
carnations will be worn by men. Men
away from home, especially young men
and wandering boys" will be urged TO
get in touch with home and mother again
by writing letter.
A dozen writing tables, with plenty OF
free stationery, ink and pens, will be
provided in the lobby of the Young Mems
Christian association building all day
Sunday, to give every young man away
from home an opportunity to write 20
his mother. Special attention will be
called on Mothers day TO the framed
picture, Write TO Mother" which has
hung over the writing tables in the lobby
for several years.
To Write to Mother.
Secretary ], W. Miller. in charge of the
associations plans for the day. expects
that over 800 letters will be written home
by young men who will make use Of
the free tables at the association build
ing. White carnations will be on sale
there, and at many other places for the
convenience of men who will observe the
day.
Mrs. Mary E. stillwen OF Chicago a
brigadier in the Salvation army, who has
the distinction Of having reared five sons
who are now engaged in Christian work.
will be the speaker at big special
Mothers day meeting for men at the
Young Mems Christian association at 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon. A musical pro-
gram will be furnished by members Of
the Salvation army. Free admission
tickets for the meeting are being dis
tributed through hotels, mills, factories
churches and other places where men can
be reached.
Brigadier StiIlwell, who is familiarly
known to many Salvation workers as
Mother" StillwelL will take Mother"
as her subject. In regard to Mothers
day, she said upon arriving from Chicago:
Parents to blame.
parents are largely to blame for wan
dering boys the social evil and vice
conditions in general II fathers and
mothers would all find time to be com
panionable with their children. and give
them the teaching and training in the
home tha4 every child should have. there
wouldn't be any wandering boys, and the
troublesthey meet out in the world would
disappear"
she will also speak at the First Metho-
dist church, Twentieth and Davenport
streets Sunday morning at II o'clock. on
Rescue and Slum Work"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-09
FOUR SECRETARIES OF THE
LOCAL ~" TO C0NFERENC CE

-Four secretaries of the Omaha Young
Mems Christian association will attend
the national conference OF employed
officers OF the association at Lake Cen
eva, Wis, June .. They are General
Secretary E. F. DenisOn and-A f. Eaton,
r. S. Flower and Walter c, Mayer OF the
membership, boys work and business
departments. Secretary Denison has just
returned from st. Louis, where he met
with a special committee on industrial
problems.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-09
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Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-09

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and this he utilized as working capital
for his first student terms in Gottingen.
In 1850 young Putnam had the good
fortune to secure personal glimpse
Of Abraham Lincoln. There was big
meeting at Cooper Union and his
father had the opportunity. as MEM
Der Of the committee, to smuggle him
In upon the platform, and from the
corner where he sat he had a fair view
Of the speaker.
The meeting was presided over by
Bryant and the contrast between the
cultivated chairman and the speaker
was marked Bryant. while short. gave
the impression at once OF dignity and
Of control. His magnificent big head,
with mass Of flowing hair, was that OF
bard. Bryant's fame as a poet has
possibly eclipsed the Importance OF his
service as an editorial teacher with the
highest standards OF citizenship and as
wise and patriotic leader Of public
opinion.
The first impression Of the man
from the West did nothing to contradict
the expectation OF something weird
rough and uncultivated. The long. un-
calmly figure upon which hung clothes
were evidently the work OF an unskilful
tailor; the large feet and the clumsy
hands, Of which at the outset at least
the speaker seemed to no unduly con-
scious: the long gaunt head. capped by
~ shock OF hair that seemed not to have
been thoroughly brushed out. made u
picture which did not ht In with New
York's conception OF a finished states
man.
THE first utterance OF the voice was
not pleasant to the ear. the tone being
harsh and the key too high. As the
speech progressed however. the speaker
seemed to come into control OF himself
The voice gained natural and impress
sive meditation. the gestures were dig
nified and natural and the hearers
found themselves under the influence of
the earnest look from the deeply set
eyes and OF the absolute integrity Of
purpose and OF devotion to principle
which impressed the thought and the
words of the speaker.
I'm place NJ wild and wooly' talk. H.
,umned by more or less incongruous
anecdotes; in place Of high strung eX-
hortation of general principles or Of a
fierce protest against Southern AFRO
gance, the New Workers had presented
20 them calm hut forcible series OF
we'll reasoned considerations upon which
was to he based their action as citi-
zens."
While Putnam was still young man
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George Haven Putnams "reminiscences OF Authors anC
Statesmen and His Experiences in the Virginia Prisons
While Captive of the Confederates

brought I'm from outside. The pond
which begins at the angle of Fifty
ninth street and Fifth avenue IL an ar
tiicial creation I remember taking II
good deal of pride in the success of the
curves OF one Of the paths in, the Ram
BILE. for the shaping of which was
responsible, but have never been able
since to Identify that path with any de-
gree of certainty.
II received the daily wage Of $40,
the dollar being FOR my work and the
10 cents for the payment OF my fare
back to town. was expected TO find
my own fare for the mornii." journey.
At the close Of the days work the labor
ers could, IL they chose to pay 10 cents.
go back TO town ny some old mule
driven stages which had been secured
for the purpose and which made the
trip from the gateway of the old Ar
senal building. 1t was In this building
also that we received our weekly wage"
Mr.. Putnam tells an amusing story OF
a fellow student, Henry Rose Hinckley.
at the University Of Berlin:
II remember "A characteristic picture
Of my long legged friend balancing him
self on one leg Of n chair i'm my room
with his feet gracefully poised on the
mantelpiece. The mantelpiece was so
far out OF the reach of my own toes
that | could not but look on with adj
miration. The appreciation was not so
keen on the part of our landlord who
happened to come i'm at the moment
and evidently was troubled for the
safety OF his chair. Hinckley bowed
gracefully without disturbing his pivot
win YOU let me know. Mr.. Hinckley.'
said the professor what. according to
your understanding. the other three legs
Of the chair are made for?'
"'Oh certainly. sir said Hinckley:
they are to support the chair when no.
body Is sitting on IT."
1t was while Mr. Putnam was at Got
tingen that the war between the North
and South was decla red He wanted to
come home and fight but his father re-
minded him that he was only Il and that
the legal limit for service in the army
was 1S
home and enlisted on toe Northern side
He fought in soma important battles
and was taken prisoner after the battle
Of Cedar Creek. The prisoners were re-
lieved of all superfluous articles such as
overcoats. blankets. pocket knives and
money Mr.. Putnam had about 5000 n
his rocket which he could III afford u
les. hut II was taken from him by the
sergeant at Libby prison.
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ington passing by on horseback. The
nurse, holding up the little boy, called
out to the General that here was boy
that had been named after him and
she hoped that the General would be
willing to give the boy his lcss.ng.
Little Washngtons We're not 80
plenty in 1854 as they became in later
years. and the G neral was quite ready
to delay his ride for til, purpose OF
giving greeting to his little namesake.
lie took the boy up on the saddle and
placing his hand upon the little ones
head gave him formal blessing. 7
looked up with interest at the head that
had been touched by Washington. and
then found myself perplcxcd at Mr..
lrvings word that | should not see the
spot on which the Generals hand had
rested. ! spoke to my father after
ward about the Incident and he said.
why, you stupid, don't you know
that Mr.. Irving wears a wig?'"
Young Putnam was permitted from
time to time to accompany his father to
the New York office, where he secured
an outside impression at least of some
of the details of the publishing busi-
ness He writes:
During the year 1852 my father In
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EASY TO ATTRACT A CROWD

TT is remarkable what "A large crow.
small attraction in the down,ov..
part OF the city will collect.
FOR instance. one afternoon recent,
an automobile of the limousine two
stood in Park place near Broadway.
There was nothing about its appear
ance To make 1t more attractive than
scores of others In the vicinity AZ ~.
time. but the plate boring -r
license number was different IN ono r,
spect 10 the others.
Instead of bearing the uslal So.
Initials N Y" this autos plate ho,r
the initials Mo" Presumably. W
was the Authorization of Missouri an.
the mere reminder that that automoNt
was from the state Of Missouri wa
attracting all those husybodies.
ono man noticed the license p'4'.
ana he stopped To- look II over. DtNe--
followed srit. and soon quite "a GROVE
had gathered. Not only did thoy cr''
ioally examine the license plate but ~,
examined the auto closely g. l-cavo,
If 1t were different from the autos %.
this state.
ION, fail to see anythine wor1.
ful about that car" grumhrd on.
the curious. THE plate saws lis fr.~
Missouri I'm from there too. urI
nave To be shown"
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village library in Yonkers and in con-
nection with this series Of lecture
courses
The lecturers" writes Mr.. Putnam
brought to Yonkers. largely at his own
personal solicitation. were most fire.
quently guests at our house. AS a re-
suit we children came to have per-
sonal impression Of representative citI-
zens like Beecher. Bethune. Storrs
Wendell Phillips. Curtis. Hale and many
others. Curtis came to the house a so
from time TO time in connection with
the business of Putndm's Nd9dsinc He
was at that time quite a younGster. but
remember even then being impressed
by the maturity and finish Of his talk
and by n certain grace of dignity and
manner which made me think Of Sir
Roger de Coverley. tThe wise mother
was at that time giving To us older chill
dren some reading in Add SOM"
Washington Irving's home at Irving
ton on the Hudson was not far from the
Yonkers home OF the Putnams, and the
families became intimate.
II have definite memory of the
kindly expression of the old gentlemans
face as he sat behind his big desk In
the little study. or as he stood at the
door of the study, which opened d.
rectly out on the lawn. waving his hand
good-by. ! remember one Sunday after
noon when my fatte was busy arrang-
ing some OF Mr.. Irving's papers the
old gentleman tool the pains to give
me some word about his own childhood
Irving was born in his fathers fam
lily home in Pearl street in 1883. His
moth told him some years later when
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unique, II will accommodate 500 pas
sengers at one time, all seated upon the
same deck. The great size and steadi-
ness of the steamer make It possible to
furnish the dining room with movable
dining room chairs In place of the
swivel seats attached to the floors COM
mon to ocean steamers.
In addition To the regular dining room
the Naterland will have IA Ritz-Carton
restaurant, a grill room and palm gar
den. The main dining room OF the Ritz
IL built oval in form, exactly reproduc-
ing Its counterpart in New Yorl' city.
The great social hall Of the Vaterland
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49, tiisiNfS Eu'- man NNn's orc ~
m" best customers and - no
same time the hnst examine n,
a freak I've ever met said tine wa
prietor of n Norkvilo shoe store ua,o..
ing to burlN bewhiskcred ngur.. rs.
leaving with n pair of new shoes ur1,.
his arm
His bug? Why he has an antip..l,.
against shoe trees At first WHOM 10
inveighed against them 7 Thought =
was some sort OF a now Joker and -.
ready to ioin in the laugh Hut ,o,-
saw be was In earnest.
"ile argues that shoe 'rors a~, 20 fi,...
or nonsense got MP - gull w.ol- anil
vain folks out Of money. IL curf,,,'.
that when YOU put Il shoe nn .u -.
morning your foot pushes 'rf, J.. ..f
undoes all the fine work u' shame 20
tanning that the tree - supposed % y
Again and again he has insisted
10 me that spreading the lonthcr o. PEI
shoe over night IL folly hocau>, flo.
or ten steps I'm the morning re. ~.
sho" wrinkling n hard az If 40 had ~u.
been freed over night
"If Won speak Of the benefit IN sham.
he saws the foot makes the shane WIZ.
rou nut The shoe on and All tho tr,as q.
the world can't keep tho foot from
doing II. Never saw such f4rl..
about conceded benefit H. hr,.
enough shoes all right, hut he actua,,y
gets angry II YOU suggest tree4 =.
preserve them.
"bnc" h" sarcasticallv asked mo T
didn't know ~ something that mirrt r..
placed inside women's corSets 10 Nc.,
loon .hni, CHI
think he supposoS IL Is a good cn.,rar.-
son to prove his argument. The or',
lin" I knew him to take water arc..
mentively on his freakish antipat'y
was when one Of my statesmen aste,
MIN If he didn't agree that press p
trousers between wears helped to H..
them better. Even then ne came hl..
after seconds thought. Well said 3.
even at that you don't put anvil
inside them to stretch them ont.
you He certainly is anti-trec dlT,
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he was engaged by his cousin, Fred
erick Law Olmstcd, the landscape gar
dener to whom We owe the beauty Of
Central Park. To work on the Ramb,e In
the park during his summer vacation.
Referring 10 this episode Mr.. Putnam
writes:
ut is not easy for the New Yorker
of later generation to realize the con-
ditlon Of the ground out OF which was
created the portion OF the park lying
between Flfty-n!nth street and Sey-
enty second street The region was
made up of rocky hills. with the slight
est possible covering OF earth at their
base. These hills We're largely occupied
by the shanties OF Irish squatters and
~ their goats and pigs.
Nearly all the earth needed for the
growth Of the trees and shrubs south
Of Seventy-second street had to be
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MIR. George Haven Putnam.
By JEANETTE l.. GIIUER.

Ky JEANETTE l.. GIInER.
~ NJ. would think that being the
head Of a large publishing house
~ and an active member in many
civic and literary clubs would
keep n man busy. but such is not
the case with George Haven Putnam.
or Major George Haven Putnam. to give
him his military title. MIR. Putnam
finds time in the midst of his strenuous
life to write learned volumes on such
subjects as THE Censorship of the
Church of Rome" Authors and Their
Public in Ancient Times" volumes of
history and the like. BY way of recrea-
ton he has just written a story of his
own youth, Memories of My Youth
1si4-lS65," he calls il (Putnam). Mr..
Putnams memories include the record
OF sojourns in England where he was
born, by the way his experience as a
student in the University of Paris. in
Berlin and in Gottingen. and his service
during the strenuous years of the civil
war. extending from September. 1862
to September. 1865. which involved not
only fighting. but dreary days in Libby
and Danville prisons.
The Putnam family came originally
from England and the name was Put
tenham. When they came to America
1t was changed to Putnam. Gen. Israel
Putnam cold Put") was an ancestor
Of George Haven Putnam. and so was
Gen. Joseph Palmer, who was one of the
Indians" who threw overheard from
the British ships the tea on which the
Colcnists refused to pay the tax. The
parents OF George Haven Putnam were
Americans. but business took the father
to London. and 1t was there that the
present head OF the house was born
George Palmer Putnam. the founder
OF the house, was the first of the Ameri-
can pub ishers To invade England, and
his circle OF friends included many OF
the writer's whose names became ia
nous In Victorian literature. He was
also Intimately acquainted with the
leading statesmen OF that day and was
in friendly relations with an interesting
group OF foreigners. some Of whom were
exiles In London. The Putnam publish
ing house in Waterloo place became the
centre for American residents in Lon
dom
In 1S4S there was change in the
Putnam business force and John Wiley
came into the firm, which was known for
time as Wiley & Putnam. The sons
or this same Wiley are still engaged
with the publishing business in New
York. as are the sons of Putnam
After their return from England the
Putnams settled at Staten Island From
staten Island they removed to Workers,
where the children organized a debat-
ing society, OF which Minnie. the eide It
Acknowledgement as Dr. Mary Put
ram Jacob famous rs physician
was the leading spirit. Mr.. Putnam's
father was interested in organizing a
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troduced me TO tall good looking man
In the dress Of naval officer.
Haven said he, you want to re-
member this gentleman. He tells us
that he has discovered a Lew people Of
whom, in the course Of the next half
century. We shall hear a good deal
The tall officer was Commodore
Perry. who had been received By the
Tycoon of Japan and who had secured
for the commerce of the United States
privileges that had thus far been ac-
corded to the representatives of no
other nation"
While they We're living In Yonkers
the elder Putnam paid his two sons,
George Haven and John Bishop. for IN >
work they did in the garden. There
was about an acre to take care of, and
turing the two years of garden labor
George Haven secured the sum OF $500
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built with tunnels which do not pass di-
reotly through the centre of the decks
Each of her three great tunnels divid IS
in the form of the letter Y at point
beneath the lowest passe niger deck and
the sections Join again in single tube
which rises above her uppermost deck
The space occupied by the ordinary fun
nels passing through the middle of the
decks is thus left clear and the public
cabins may thus occupy the deck with
al obstruction.
Taking advantage of this new mr.
rangement of the tunnels the grand din
ing room Of the Naterland will he
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The prisoners did not object much %
the articles iust named being taken
from them. but when II came to kiCkia.
of their shoes they Resented the order.
Shoes were very much In demand In Il g
southern army and they were Obliged
10 kick theirs off ana give them to III,
wearers Of the gray. The shoes of III.
latter were given To tn. prisoners IN
exchange, but as they We're virtually a
little more ;han upptrs and there was a
long march before them. they hardly
realized tho exchange:
Il did not myself like to think of
making this march barefoot or in shoes
that did not fit. Before the sergeant Of
the guard reached my point IN the line
and before. therefore, my pockets had
been emptied. used my pocket knife to
slash the upper feathers OF my snoas
taking care not TO break the uppers e.
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water line making her a ship within a
ship. She Is provided with both lonCi-
tudinal and transverse bulkheads, CIV
ing her a cellular construction and rem
similar accidents.
She carries llfehoats more than sui'i-
cient 20 accommodate all on board. Her
powerful wireless apparatus enables her
to keep continuously in touch with land.
A unique feature is complete fire de-
partment recruited from the fire depart
ments Of German cities
The Naterland has rlany original fea-
lures. She In the first steamer ever
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Is even larger than the famous ballroom
of the lnperator. This cabin will be tho
larg =. ever constructed on shpboard.
Ii ~ rooted with glass, uninterrupted b.
pillars OF supports Of any Kind and IL
unlimited By concealed lights. II con-
tains n theatrical stage.
The elaborate swimming pool of Tho
Naterland and her various electric.
therapeutic ana other baths lend her
h" attraction OF great spa or bath
,ng resort. The pool, which reproducoS
Roman bath. extends through three
decks.
The great size Of the Vaterland has
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IT HE distinction of being the largest
ship in the world is now held by
i the Naterland of the Hamburg
American Line. While closely
resembling her sister ship the lmpera-
tor she exceeds the latter in all dimcn-
s!ons. The Vaterland Is $50 feet. or
nearly five city blocks. In length, 100
feet in width and has tonnage of
$4,000 The Vater,and will sail from
Hamburg on her maiden trip June A.,
arriving in New York on June H.
As in the case of the lmperator her
null has been constructed with a com
plete inner skin carried high above the
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imperial suites, include bedrooms
room. breakfast room. u.s.. i.t..
wants rooms and a private d.O' 4
proportion of the Stateu1W- .,r.
waite bathrooms and The o,h,. f.
50 distributed - to Dee rna.
every statrropm. La tn, ur.
acme There ire more tlau -.u .t
An 'mportan. innovation
made IN Tn" stooragc aaD,u.
both on the Natorlnd g1j f..
IN" S,"'rdgo plSSrutrrs 81
separate rooms for ,u1 .l.
persons nstctd pi ,.. .u.....
mcr,N VSH5
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OBJECTS TO SHOE TREES

VT HERE goes man who. orc ~
my best customers and -, no
same time the hnet examine n,