Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-19


OF the Opera" Mrs p. J. White will
have "Balzac" as her subject and Mrs.
G. A. Roberts will tell the story of The
Bohemian Girl" There will be piano ac-
compartments TO the last number.
A cooking contest, in which Miss Jane
Thomson of Chicago. suffrage organizer
in Rochester, N, Y, challenged any anti
suffragist to compete with her in maxi
ing southern hot biscuit and chocolate
cake, has created much publicity. Miss
Thomson spent a number OF weeks in
Omaha during the suffrage campaign last
fall and was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Harding during her stay. Mrs,
Justus Lowe, formerly Miss Carolyn
Harding, and Miss Thomson were college
mates.
The Research club will hold its an
nual meeting and election of officers
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at st.
Berchmans academy. Ali members have
been urged to attend.
= The Bemis Park Mothers club, of which
Mrs. e. L. Luikart is president, will not
resume it's meetings until after tho
Billy Sunday campaign.
The Miller Park Mothers circle resumes
its meetings Wednesday afternoon at the
Miller park school auditorium. The first
meeting viii be devoted to business. The
years study will be outlined and plans
for the continuation of the junior musi-
Gales and junior orchestra, under the di-
rection of the president. Mrs. Charles r.
Them, will be discussed.
The Association Of Collegiate alumnae
will hold its open meeting Saturday at
2:3O D. m. at the Commercial club. All
members have been urged to be present
as business dealing with a new consti-
tuition. the raising of dues and plans for
the October reception to new members
will be discussed, Miss Bess Durnont
is president OF the college women's dub.
Mrs. II. e. Newbranch Of the press
committee of the Association Of Col
legiate alumnae, has returned from a
summer spent at Long Beach.
The opening meeting of the Dundee
womans club will be a luncheon at the
Commercial club, Wednesday, November
.. the regular date for resuming club
work having been postponed on account
of the BILLY" Sunday meetings. 'The
Bible as Literature" will occupy the
study program of the club for the first
half year and will be superseded by the
study OF the short story. The year book
contains a fine list of volumes which
makes up the club library. Mrs. George
o. Edgeriy Is president. Mrs. w. l.. Selby
vice president; Mrs. T. r. Braden, sec
rotary, and Mrs. Q. ]. Hubbard, treas
HrSF.
The Association of Collegiate alumnae
at the San Francisco convention passed
Q resolution favoring equal suffrage by a
large majority. Out of 273 votes cast
2as favored woman suffrage, as against
thirteen opposed. while twenty-four did
not vote, according to the Woman's Jour
nal
The b. L. s. club of Benson was en-
tertained at the home of Mrs. ]. T. Mil
namon Thursday.
The Benson woman's club met at the
home of Mrs. John Speedie Thursday
when the first regular program of the
season was given. During the business
session II was voted to hold the mex
meeting on Thursday, but all furthe
meetings to be held on Monday as lonl
as the Sunday campaign is going on
In the absence of Mrs. @. w. Iradale
the program was lead by Mrs. ]. w
Hooper Foreign Peasantry'' was dis
cussed after the readhg of papers touch
ing ON Russia, the northwestern ant
northeastern part OF Europe.
Reports of the summer camp at Water
loo and of the vacation school main
tanned this summer were received at
board meeting OF the Social Settlemen
last week.
Miss Jessie Powell Arnold. the head res
ident was in charge OF the camp a
Waterloo. at which 1872 persons were ac
commodated during the five weeks. Tn
heavy rains flooded the camp on on
= occasion necessitating a return TO tn
city. but otherwise the camp was vote
a great success.
Miss Lois Robbins. Elias Camel an
Wen Sadil assisted Miss Arnold at tn
camp.
The vacation school enrolment reache
the l25 mark, under the direction OF Mis-
Sophia Adams Glasses in cooking. sew
ing. embroidery, crocheting, tattinl
drawing. music. games for little childre
and story hours occupied the schOS
period. Especially fine hammock wor
was done by the boys, under the direC
tion OF Miss Erna Hadra.
Mrs. Paul Gallagher. Miss Jessie Goeti
Mrs. Emery, Miss Helen Epeneter. Mis-
Schermerhorn. Miss Florence Powers an
Miss Hannah Smylie were among III
volunteer workers during the summer.
Omaha viii send a large delegation
the forty-first annual meeting OF the n,
braska Women's Christian TemperanC
Union at Grand Island, beginning Tue
day and extending until Friday Mr.
Lulu l. Shepard. president Of the Uta
Women's Christian Temperance Uniol
Mns. Ross Hayes schachner OF St L.oui
and Mrs s. NJ Walker OF Toledo. O
will be the principal speakers at the COZ
VentiOn.
Mrs. ID. c. John Of Omaha. president
the Douglas County Women's Christia
Temperance Union and state superinteI