Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-16

MRS. D. c. JOHN.
Wahlgren, and work among soldiers
and sailors, Mrs. Flora Hoffman.
Frances Willard and Omaha chap
tiers elected their delegates and alter.
mates last week. The first union will
be represented by Mesdames c. A.
Burdick, l.. G. Brown, R. B. Carlyle,
J. J. Cameron, F. P. Chambers, Geo
Covell, c. c. Cleaver, Mary Drury, A.
N. Eaton, H. c. Freeman, Frances
Folansbee, w. J. Gillespie. w. T
Gagnebin, f. A. Gordon, ]. A. Hawk,
ins, c. S. Hartwick, c. E. Hancock
w. C. King, H. E. Longstreth. G.
w. Longnecker, Alex McKie, Alpha
Mitchell, c. w. Ogle, Frank Ransom
C. J. Roberts, H. B. Richie, Laura
Taggart, NJ. D. Tracy, George Tick
nor, T. R. Ward, c. N. Withnell.
Misses Edith Ward, Jennie Salmon
The alternates are. Mesdames G.
C. Bonner, T. ]. Beard, H. Berger
]. R. Cain, jr., c. H. Caldwell, J. H.
Craddock, B F. Diffenbacher, Edward
| Johnson, J. T. Lee, c. L. Newell,
Charles Nordine, w. D. Pruyn, A. s.
Pinto, Howard Ritter, E. M. Rogers,
S. K. Spaulding, ]. F. Woolery.
Omaha Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union delegates and alter
mates are: Mesdames F. T. Tunison,
| w. S. Lipe, Thomas Dunlop, ]. H,
Robertson, N. J. McKitrick, M. c,
Lewis, J. G. Armstrong, L. V. Slocum
Fanny Manning. Catherine Pollock,
T. E. Harman, Mary Carmack, Han
nah Mack, Miss Palmer, Biddick,
George Weigel, J. A. Bryans, Wallace
Johnson, James McClair, Grace Sal
ing, Stella Wilcox, (. P. Sweeley,
T. E. Brady, Minnie Lavender, L. V,
Stegner. Alice Minick, p L. Edling,
Flora Hoffman, &c. Green, j: G.
Carr, Orpha McKitrick, N. A. Viii
son, J. ]. Lanktree, ]. w. Phiefer,
E. S. Richardson, E. Hazelton, w.
Jardine, A. Munroe, Palmer Findley,
R. H. Randall, Olive Smith, J. B.
Adams. J. S. Leavitt, S. |. Jeter, N.
o. Talbot, w. T. Graham, DR.. Jen-
ME Callfas, J. E. Goodrich, Cora Fer
ris, S. Bostwick.
The monthly council of the Wom-
ems Foreign Missionary societies of
all the Methodist churches will meet
Tuesday at 2:30 O'Clock III the Young
Women's Christian association as
sernbly room. "a
Mrs. w. E. Hills will be hostess
for the Dundee Catholic Women's
circle Monday at 2 o'clock at her
home.
Smith College alumnae will meet
with Mrs. Bernard Capen Wednes-
day at 3 o'clock to do Red Cross
work.
The Oratory department of the
Omaha Women's club will open its
classes October 2, at 10 O'Clock. Prof.
Edwin Pulls of Bellevue college and
the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion will be the instructor. Themes
taken from current events, and more
especially from 1.-The social problems
arising from the present war situa-
ton, furnish the speech material tor
the course. It is the aim of the in
structor to make public speakers,
fitted to appear on all occasions. In
fact, the department will be Speak
ers' Training Camp" There is great
enthusiasm for the work, as the wom-.
en- realize its value at this time OF
the nations history. The officers OF
the department are: Mrs. Joseph c.
Lawrence, leader; Mrs. o. G. Kring,
assistant leader, and Mrs. Joseph
Duffy, secretaty.
Benson Woman's club held its first
meeting of the season Thursday at
the city hall. when Mesdames Walter
Smell, J. F. Barton, H. V. Jeffrey and
M. F. Berry were added to the men,
bership.
The delegates chosen for the state
convention swere Mrs. w. A. Wilcox
and Mrs. ]. T. Pickard.
Mrs. Walter Halsey of Omaha gave
a talk on THE Omaha Indian" Mrs.
c, c. Sawtelle was leader.
Mu Sigma, one of the oldest liter
ary clubs i'll the city and one whose
study programs have always been
maintained on high plane, has so
arranged its program for the coming
winter that members may do great
deal of Red Cross knitting during the
meeting hours. The number of speak
ers on each program has been cut so
that there will be fewer breaks i'll the
program and knitting will be expe-
dited.
The first meeting will be held Sep
tember 26. Modern literature will be
studied this year, the following writ
ers having been selected: Walpole,
Chesterton, Bennett, Lagerlof, Rep
plier, o. Henry, de Maupassant, Bar
rie, Dunsany, Tagore, James, Gro
thers, Materlinck. Turgenieff, Con-
rad and Sudermann. Rev. G.. A.
Hubert, Rabbi Frederick Cohn and
Miss Jessie Towne will give special
lectures. 5- @
lie Mars club announces the dates
for its dancing parties of the coming
season, the first of which is scheduled
for Tuesday evening at Keeps acad-
emy. Vincent Schmittroth is presi-
dent; Jay Collins, secretary, and Jack
Mccarthy, treasurer. Dates for other