Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-07
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rooms tor next year and the posi-
bility of a club house, special chill
dren's programs at local moving pic
ture houses and the prospects for
re-estabiishing the penny lunch IN
some school where it will benefit the
children. Last year the soup kitchen
was maintained at Train school, but
had to be moved this year on account
of the erection of new building.
Instead of the parliamentary prac-
tice class the current topics depart
ment, headed by Mrs Mary I. Creigh,
will have charge of the open day
program. Judge Lee Estelle will give
an address on the life of Lincoln;
Miss Mary McShane will sing and
piano solos will be given by Miss
Clara Huffman, Jean Dufheld's pupil.
A miscellaneous program will be
given by the oratory department
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, each
member bringing her own selection.
E. P. Mcdonald, instructor of the
parliamentary practice department.
will talk on Debate and Decorun"
Tuesday afternoon at ESQ o'clock
A rehearsal of the departments open
day program to be given next month
will follow. Z.
Ernest Poole's "The Harbor" will
be reviewed by Mrs. George c. Bon
ner for the literature department
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
Mrs. Bonner will be assisted by Mrs.
Edwin S. Jewell. A class discussion
follows. ,.
A. L. Green, advertising manager
for Burgess-Nash company, will ad-
dress the home economies department
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock on
Advertising and Promotion Of Big
Department Store"
Mu Sigma will meet at the home of
Mrs. Frank Boyd, 1850 Harvey
street, at $50 o'clock Wednesday
morning. Mrs. George Ryan will be
the leader, assisted by Mesdames
Thomas Landale, A. o. Peterson and
w. J. Hotz. The subjects will be the
first and second parts of king
Henry the Fourth" Mrs. Landale
will talk on the Historical Back
ground" Mrs. A. Peterson will give
the synopsis and Mrs. Hotz the
Characters, Fact and Fiction"
West Omaha Mothers club will
meet Friday at the home of Mrs. w.
N. Baker, 1916 North Fortieth street,
at 2:3O o'clock. Members will an
swer roll call with quotations from
William lien B. yant. The pro-
gram is as follows: Biography OF
William Cullen Bryant Mrs. 7. ].
Cooper; "Thanatopsis," Mrs. c. B.
Hutchinson; The Death OF a Flow
err" Mrs. c. B. Swan; ITO Mos
quito" Mrs. P. ]. White; ITO .
Waterfowl" Mrs. P. M. Mcfarland;
Robert of Lincoln" Mrs. Edward
Peterson; "A Snow Shower" Mrs.
R. E. Windeman; The Forest
Hymn" Mrs. A. F. Tyler; THE
Night Journey of a River" Mrs. W.,
N. Baker; "Thc Inscription for an
Entrance = a Wood" Mrs. J. c. Du-
gan: Summer Wind" Mrs. E. o.
Hamilton; "A Winter Piece" Mrs.
w. E. Baehr; Waiting by Gate"
Mrs. w. w. Carmichael
The Sermo club will meet Tuesday
at the home Of Mrs. G. P. Barnhart.
In response to roll call each member
will give a quotation from John
Greenleaf Whittier. Mrs. Barnhart
will read Whittier's "Snowbound."
At the business meeting of the
South Omaha Woman's club, which
will be Tuesday at the Library hall,
Mr.. c. J. Shaw will speak on I'm
migration" Miss Georgina Davis
will be the hostess for the musical
department of the South Omaha Wo-
mans club. The program is as fol-
lows: "De Koven," Miss Louise Brat
ION: +Cadman," Miss Cecile Cornish;
"Buck," Mrs. Walter Hill; talk, "De-
velopment of American Music" Mrs.
A. ]. Randall, and current events,
Mrs. J. D. Mcbride.
Chapter B. X. of P. E. O. sister
hood will hold business meeting
Monday afternoon, when Mrs. Clyde
Leslie Babcock will be the hostess.
beginning of American Litera-
ture" will be discussed by the Clio
Study club Sunday Afternoon at the
home of Miss Goldie Gilinsky in
Council Bluffs. Miss Edna Levine
will give a historical survey; Miss
Ada Gilinsky will discuss prominent
early writers and their works, and
Miss Irma Gross will talk on tran
Scendentalism. . ...
A business meeting and election OF
officers Is arranged for Friday aft
ernoon by the Central Park Mothers
league in the school auditorium Plans
for the new years work will be dis
cussed.
Frances Willard Women's. Chris
tian Temperance union will hold an
institute Wednesday afternoon at 81
O'Clock in the assembly room of the |
Young Women's Christian associa-
ton 1t will be in charge of superin-
tendents of the Sunday school work,
as follows: Christian church, Mrs.
George Young; Methodist, Mrs. ]. B.
Whitley; Baptist, Mrs. c. A. Burdick;
Congregational, Mrs. ]. N. Talieferro,
and Presbyterian, Miss Emma Lind
quist
Robert M. Switzler will address the
Monmouth Park Mothers club on
Citizenship as Applied to Alien
Women" Tuesday at o'clock in the
school auditorium. Miss Rooney, the
principal, will read paper touching
on problems teacher meets with
children, and there will be discus
sion on suitable reading for children
in the home.