Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-21
What
Women Are ~
Doing in the World

Commercial High school, will address
the Omaha Woman's club Monday
afternoon during the business houI.
on invitation Of the president, MrS
f. NJ. Syfert. The Need OF Com
mercial High School, the talk given
by Mr.. Adams Friday evening at the
Dundee social center, will be repeated
Meetings OF the Woman's club arc
at Metropolitan clubhouse.
Following the business hour tho
open program will be in charge of
Mrs. F. H. Cole. chairman of civil
service reform for the club as well as
for the General Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, and Miss Katherine h
Worley, chairman of the civics COM
mittee, with Miss Worley presiding.
Mrs. Cole will give ten-minute talk
on Civil Service Reform Versus the
High Cost of Living Mrs. Lee Il
Edwards, formerly chief clerk OF the
Cook county civil service commission
at Chicago, who came to Omaha over
year ago as bride. will tell some
thing of her personal experiences
with practical civil service examina-
tons and its administrations; Miss
Autumn Davies, civics instructor in
Central High school, will tell what
high school students are doing in the
study of civics, and ]. P. Palmer will
talk on "Custodial Farms for Petty
Criminals"
Mrs. Edwards worked under the
first woman who was ever appointed
on civil service commission in Chi
cago, Miss Anna F. Nichols. Miss
Nichols was associated with Miss
Jane Adams in social work and re-
ceived her appointment on the
strength of her work. Mrs. Edwards
will suggest that clubwomen empha-
size the importance of having public
spirited women consulted on matters
of city and country administration of
welfare institutions.
Practice TO overcome stage fright
will be a feature of the oratory de-
partment's meeting Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock Tennyson's "Mer-
maid" and Eugene Fields Little Boy
Blue" will be used to exemplify the
work
In planning the open day program,
great difficulty was experienced in
selecting plays to be produced by de-
partment members on account OF the
necessity for men characters. As a
result, the department will put on but
one play for the open program, with
vocal selections by musical members
of the department,
A dress rehearsal of the parlia-
mentary practice class open day pro-
gram, a political convention, to be
given February 5, will be held Tues
day at o'clock.
Colonel T. w. Mccullough, manag-
ing editor of The Bee, will speak on
American Pageantry" before the lit
erature department Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Mrs. E. M. Syfert,
president of the club, will describe
the New York production of the
masque, "Caliban by the Yellow
Sands" written by Percy Mackaye
for the Shakespearean tercentennial.
Mrs, F. H. Cole is leader of the pro-
gram, which promises to be one of
the most interesting of the year.
Drama league and Dundee Woman's
club members have been invited to
attend.
Mrs. Charles Lott will give an il
lustrated talk on furs for the home
economies department Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Lott will
have some skins at the meeting and
will tell the women what trade names
really means, as we'll as forecasting
the styles for next year.
Election of officers is scheduled for
the South Omaha Woman's club
meeting Tuesday afternoon at Library
hall
Rev. ]. F. Poucher will lead the
prayer meeting of the Business
Women's council Tuesday at the
court house. Women of the Good
Shepherd Episcopal church will serve &,
luncheon between the hours of IL
and 2.
Chapter B. P. of the P. E. o. sis
terhood will be the guests of Mrs.
Alva Miles Smith and Mrs. Edwin
Shouse at the home of the former,
6l40 Florence boulevard, Tuesday at
luncheon at 80. After luncheon
there will be a musical program.
An Edgar Allen Poe program will
be given by the West Omaha Moth
ers' Culture club Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. B. F. Bonorden,
1872 North Forty-frst street Roll
call response will be quotations from
his works; Mrs. George A. Roberts
will give biographical sketch, Mrs.
T. W. Cox an essay, Mrs. Edward
Peterson an analytical tale, Mrs. R. c.
Dozier one of adventure, Mrs. ]. A.
Hamilton, allegory; Mrs. Clinton
Hamilton, supernatural; Mrs. w. f.
Baehr, humorous, and Mrs. Bornor-
den and Mrs. T. J. White will read
two of his poems.
Members of this club have sub
scribed to fund which will take care
of two children for one year at the
new free dental dispensary to be es-
tablished They are particularly in
bands of half of the membership are
either dentists or physicians.
Mrs. c. w. Axtell will lead the pro-
gram on Shakespeare's Henry w."
to be given for MI Sigma club
Wednesday morning at $50 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. E. w. Gunther.
Mrs. c. c. Belden will give the char
acter of the king; Mrs. c. H. Ballet,
"Hotspur;" Mrs. A. o. Peterson, the
prince, and Mrs. A. l. Patrick,
women of the play. Bernard Han
ighen, PIANIST, and Olga Either, vio-
linist, both child musicians, will fur