Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27

- Lunn OF Ine MelnOulSI
Deaconess Home. Besides Christmas
verses. the booklet contains appropriate
Thanksgiving. New Years, Easter.
Fourth Of July and birthday verses, and
a brief history of how the verses came
to be written,
Miss Lunn is actively interested in the
Oak street Mission and came to Omaha
from the east to assist in the campaign
for funds for a more substantial settle
ment house. She Is one of the oldest
desconesses in point Of service. having
been so engaged for twenty-five years.
The Frances willard Women's Christian
Temperance union will meet at the old
Peoples Home, 2214 Writ street wednes-
day afternoon at $50 o'clock. A miscel-
laneous program of music and readlngsA
in which members of the Young Peoples
branch of the Frances Willard society
win take part, will be given, following
which there will be q surprise for the old
people.
The next meeting OF the Dundee wo-
mans club Wednesday will be current
topics meeting with Mrs. E. r. Hume.
9N North Forty-ninth street, hostess, and
Mrs. G. c. Edgerly, president of the club,
leader of the program.
The work of four prominent Omaha
charities will be presented to the club by
women closely associated with the work.
The Associated Charities will be repre-
scented by Mrs. George Doane. Miss Mel
lie Magee will tell of the work done by
the City Mission. Adjutant Annie Dodds
will represent the Salvation Army Work
will also be represented, but the speaker
has not yet been selected.
Rehearsals are being held weekly for
the masque, "A Thousand Years Ago"
which will be presented by the club for
their annual party in February.
Mrs. William P. Ely, from China, will
address the Nebraska auxiliary Of the
Episcopal churches Saturday. January 2,
in Gardner Parish house at 1890 o'clock.
She will address the juniors at . o'clock
and will give a talk before the woman's
auxiliary. A luncheon will be given for
Mrs. Ely at the Loyal hotel at 1870.
Mrs. Clarence Rubendal Of zoe Shirley
street will entertain for Fontenelle chap
ter, Order OF Eastern Star, at a ken
sineton Wednesday, December 90. from 2
to p. m.
Tho Omaha women's Christian Temper
ance union will hold it's next regular
meeting Wednesday afternoon at 2:3o
o'clock at the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION. Reports OF, the national tenn
perance convention recently held at At
lanta, Ga. will be given. The relief super
intepdent has been especially busy during
the holiday season. providing dinners and
clothing to the needy.
The preliminary conference Of the elev-
enth annual conference on child labor, to
be held in Washington, d. c.. January 8
end 6. under the auspices of the national
child labor committee, has just been is-
sued. Speakers at the meetings will in
elude DR.. Felix Adler, who will give the
PRESIDENTS address: DIR. Edward T. De-
vine, who will discuss The European
War and the American Child" and owen
r. Lovejoy. who will outline the national
child labor committees state legislative
program for the year. Representative A.
Mitchell Palmer. Senator Robert L. Owen
and Senator William S. Kenyon will dis
cuss the federal child labor law, now
pending. Julia {. Lathrop, chief of the
federal childrens bureau, will speak, and
john Price jackson of Pennsylvania,
Lewis 7. Bryant of New Jersey, Anna
fferkner OF Maryland, and others have
been asked to give the state labor Of
ficials' view Of child labor. Jane Adams,
Homer Folks. John Mitchell. Hastings H.
Hart and Alexander johnson are among
the others whose names appear on the
program. There will be reports from the
ial nd nj ~
child labor comraittee. many OF. whom will
come directly from investigations or state
campaigns to report at the conference
The general topic for discussion is Child
Labor National Problem" and federal
legislation will be thoroughly discussed.
but the relation of the child labor cam
paign TO all other child welfare move
ments will be brought out by the speeches
ana the national significance Of the whole
problem Of child development will be en-
phasized.
The watch party planned by Chapter
Z of the p. E. o. sisterhood for Thurs
day evening. has been called off BECAUSE
so many of the members are spending
the holidays out Of the city.
zation OF the North Presbyterian church.
will call at the Old Peoples home Mon
day afternoon TO give a program Of en-
tertainment for the old people. The
Frances Willard Woman's Christian
Temperance union will meet at the home
Wednesday Afternoon to bring goodies
for thesold Peoples home family. Tues
day is the regular monthly donation
day" at the home. whsn members OF the
board OF trustees will be present 70 re-
ceive contributions.
The Omaha Society OF Fine Arts will
begin its next series OF lectures Friday
evening January s, at the Young
Woman's Christian association audi
terium and viii continue for six succss-
sive Fridays. The lecturer viii be 1. b
Stoughton Holborn. NJ A, r. r. G.,s..
who Is a staff lecturer on art archeol-
ogy and literature for Oxford. Cambridge