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Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09

but if l hadn't three of the most
wonderful Riddles in the world /
should prefer the working girls
place to the housekeeper's, so far
as fatiguing occupation goes. We
mothers who have been giving so
much time to the Red Cross, and
other war work, have also taken
care of our homes and children.
The double duty is what has tired
some of u.s."
Mrs. Kennedy declares that knit
ting is nothing new, for she had
] knitted for her little ones-well, al
ways. And she does not consider
herself society woman, nor a
delicate person, nor an idler. 1T
takes robust person to hold up
under the strain of war and its calls
for workers. The frail woman is a
thing of the past. And woman who
really has a weak spot tries her
best to cleverly hide it. A wonder
full thing for the race-this new
idea of women and strength"
When little Katharine begs
Mother please let somebody else
90 to the Red Cross today and you
stay and play with me" it is too
much for Mrs. Kenhedy-now that
the war is over and the work is not
so strenuous.
Then, too, this mother of three
has answered the call of her boys.
John Hanscom and Edward l., to
skate with them during her spare
moments.
Leisure? Why, I don't know
what it means to have a moment
without a thousand unfinished tasks
staring at me. / am really quite
we'll but just tired out and must
have bit of rest. shall never
quit doing Red Cross or other out
side work, but it shall come second
hereafter. Home and kiddies come
Grst, you know-before anything
else in the world-to a mother"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
Life WouId.Be TaSteless
Indeed Without Gossip,
Chatter and Smiles
# You Know Any of This Gossip You May
Smile Up Your Sleeve-If Not, Read It
and Have Your Laugh With Us Today
By Gaby Detayls.

Remember this: You will have
plenty of company on either side.
| -
My, oh myl How tactful women
can find ways of evading ques-
ton, and lawsl We called some
of the ladies in charge of a recent
w. E. sale and asked if there would
be a rattle this year. mo. No
rattle. Bang" Discourteous, yes,
but it gave US a bunch that there
would be a rattle. And more than
that, it convinced US that these la
dies knew it was against the law.
But what judge or jury can present
an argument, or a bunch of argu-
ments, or briefs or dispositions, to
offset a charming woman's snilef
And so the rattle proceeded with
unusual zest-naturally since it was
under the lists of "forbiddens. And
a pretty maid approached stall
wart soldier who was on his way
back to Montana from overseas.
please take a chance on this
beautiful gown" she smiled.
81 have no use for it." he argued.
"But aren't you married? Or do
you not expect to be?"
"Yes-s-s," he blushed-an took
chance.
"And what do you suppose" en-
Unused Mrs. Lowry Childs. HE
won the dress and took it home TO
Montana to his fiancee.
.
Lest we forget, there were other
raffles-one victrola. Feeling par
ticularly generous and patriotic,
Miss Jessie Willard bought two
tickets. This was not enough. She
decided to give one of them to Mrs.
Harold Gifford-and Mrs. Clifford
won the victrola.
Now, nowl wait a minute before
you shout Eyes, certainly" Could
any reader live next door to an
other reader for 81 long years with
out ever having a quarrel? Well,
1t can be done. Mrs Joe Barton
assures us that she has lived next
door to Mrs. S. F. Woodbridge for
that length of time without a quar-
rel Who's to blame? Mrs. B or
Mrs. w?
They say women have no money
sense. No business sense, but we
are not at all sure of this. A beau
tiful set of very expensive portiefes
and window drapes were given to
the promoters of the White Ele-
plant sale. "We'll not take a cent
less than $780," they chorused. Then
certain woman decided to pur-
chase them at said price But when
she got home and thought the mat
ter over-minus 90 per cent enthu-
siasm which had prompted her to
make the purchase-she decided that
it would not be good business to
put so much money into second
hand goods and announced to the
White Elephant ladies that she
would pay SIS and no more. She
still has the curtains. We call her
an A plus business woman, far
sighted and smooth. What more
could you say of the King of FL
nance.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09

lowed, perhaps, by an evening at
the theater. She is quite famous
for her dinners and Sunday evening
suppers, for the menus are so de-
1ectable and the guests are SO con-
genial.
Folks have taken for granted
that women at home had nothing to
do but never had time to waste
have three children, and they keep
me busy. Then, too, | have every
thing to look after-I drive the car
which saves $500 a month and a
man for the army. | have given
this 500 to drives as they rushed
along in rapid succession.
"The girl who works may be tired
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
Red Cross Worker and Mother Of Three

the lady of the house. She opened
her house and grounds one SUM
mer's day to benefit carnival and
among the evergreens, gay booths
and tents were erected, where wares
of every description were sold.
There were Shetland ponies for
the children, and the fact that The
velvety turf was spoiled by their
hoofs, did not disturb Mrs. Ken
needy in the least, and she rejoiced
in the huge crowds of patrons that
overran her home and gardens.
Informal little dinners are Mrs.
Kennedy's speciality. Just the
gathering of few intimate friends
about the softly-lighted table, fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
lib III Wornan'S Work IN the World III III
Whole World Is Turning
to the Advancement Of
Women and Health
Women Are to Be Trained in Government
CantonmeRts if Present Plans Are Carried
Out by Training Corps.

/ / hadn't had very much experience
and anyway there is no expert
ence that can compare with service
in a government base hospital. l
had worked in the Chicago Home
for Crippled Children and had spent
a summer in the diet kitchen of
Barnes hospital in St. Louis. But
when | first got into the diet kitchen
at Camp Hancock and saw the nom
chalant way my chief went about
the task of planning diets for thou-
sands of men, l felt that | might
just as we'll quit then and there.
But a couple of months later when
Miss Freeman was transferred to
the United States base hospital at
Camp Mills and I had to take over
her work. | found that l could do
it very easily. 1t all seemed very,
very simple. The army surely does
teach its dietitians self-conhdence.
Il went on duty at 7 o'clock. Or
derlies were sent down from each OF
the wards with the orders for the
day. l then planned out the amounts
of food to be cooked and parceled
out the work to the cooks and the
other boys in the kitchen. ! did all
my planning in the morning for the
entire day.
"At meal times or at frequent in
tervals when liquid diets were given
to the very sick patients, the or
derlies would come back to the kit
chen with trucks. They passed along
a counter just like a cafeteria. Our
call boy would look up their wards
and call out, Ward 7, So liquids, 50
lights. AZ softs,' and the dishers-up
would place the orders on the trucks
as they passed along. 1t sounded
for all the world like cheap hash
house.
There is one experience that |
had at Camp Hancock that |
wouldn't exchange for anything on
earth, although it was the most hor-
rible experience of my life. That
was when the influenza epidemic
came to Camp Hancock. We didn't
have any influenza there until a
trainload of men were sent down
from Camp Grant. When they START
ed there were few sick men among
them but by the time they got to
Augusta almost every man on the
train was sick. -~
"There wasn't nearly enough
room and we had to pitch tents all
over the place. l never realized that
men could be so sick and not die.
/ never left my work-except Tor
a rest-for several weeks.
The foregoing is only few of the
arguments OF what women really
can do when they try.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
"Spray and Sunlight
Omaha's New Picture
Bv Lett. Moore Meyer.

"Sprav and Sunlight" by Paul
Dougherty, N. A., the painting in
oil which the Friends of Art have
lust purchased for $4,000 from the
exhibition just closed at the Fon-
tenelle, will be placed in the per-
manent exhibition on the third
floor of the library at Nineteenth
and Harvey streets until an art
museum is erected. Strangers IN
town are particularly welcomed.
The picture represents two great
phases of art, both most difficult to
achieve. The effect of sunlight,
coming from the left and around
the rocks, giving definite explana-
ton of the position of the sun and
of brilliant day is remarkable. This
is largely achieved by making the
high rocks on the left entirely in sill
houette with no details. while those
in light have the detail worked out
as much as possible without break
/ ing up the mass. The painting of
rocks is so difficult that r 1st in
structors warn students against at
tempting it. Here it is achieved by
using one Of the fundamental prin-
ciples of art, the contrast of tex
lture, each possessing that peculiar
to itself. The rocks have that hard,
age-old, man-defy;ng man-ignoring,
| permanent look which make one
wonder at the meaning of the uni
verse and the mystery Of life. There
is no mistaking the ocean or the
water for anything else but what
they are. The spray has the un-
substantial, changing, temporary APP
pearance peculiar to it sand the
water, the endless swaying Of
liquid at the mercy of the winds
On one hand the harsh, fofbidding
dependable friend IN time of need;
on the other the tickle. treaellerous
enemy which can never be wholly
conquered. If you force yourself
to look at the sky you realize that
il is in its proper place and real
| sky. but the artist has kept it sub
ordinated as it should be. This
gives unity to the composition.
II is to be expected that this pic
ture will be worth several times its
present value in a few years, espec-
cialiy after the artists death. He
lives in New York. one OF the great
American painters.
The exhibition was the most
successful one ever held here, $3.50
people attending. Six other of its
pictures will remain in Omaha
homes Nine pictures Of the inter.
esting oils at the Milton Darling
| galleries hays also been sold here.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
NEW Worker whose eco i

A NEW YORKER whose ego is
n greatly exaggerated-even to
= \ the point of dwarhng his per-
spective, his sense of proportion
and his geographical ideas, onee
said to us: "Omahal Omaha!
Where's Omaha? Oh! yes, by
Jove! That's the little place way
out west of Chicago somewhere
a packing house r'something."
But now we learn that Omaha is
making rapid strides toward the
timer circle" and that we are soon
to be heralded among the big bugs
of the country as a city of class.
We of Omaha, of the packing
house town out west of Chicago,
are to have a millionaire's club. The
dues of this club surpass anything
similar in the country except the
ultra-ultra of New York, and we
shall see that our blase friend hears
about it.
These are facts brought out at a
directors meeting one night last
week: There is an initial fee, or
initiation fee, plus 5000 a month
dues. This club is open about five
months of each year, which brings
the dues down to the very inhnitis-
imal sum of $40 per each month.
OF course, this doesn't include any
thing but privilege" of being a
member. Everything you get out
there costs real money-otherwise it
would not be millionaire's club.
Oh, my, my, myl We almost for
got the 20 per cent war tax-the
war is over, but the tax goes on,
just the same--trihing sum of $40
more, which is a mere bag-o'- shells,
since our careless country has been
driven" into the habit of saying,
"No matter, just charge it."
We suspect that some of the old
er members and some of those
whose regulations have already
been established may drop out and
leave room for some of the newly
rich-the prohteering barons-but
who cares, anyway (since the presi-
dent and his lady, now over in Paris,
entertain their servants) we have
dropped a lot of foolish snobbery.
Now that we have given you all
the facts, the ms and the outs, both
sides and the cover-it's the Coun-
try club. Whether you decide for
or against tits new rules, regnla-
tons and methods of high financing
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
French With a Master
Aimer, aimer; c'est vivre.
Csero love, to love; this is to live.")

Teach you French? / will, my
dearI
Sit and con your lesson here.
What did Adam say to Eve?
Aimer, Amer; c'est vivre.
Don't pronounce the last word
long; .....
Make it short to suit the song;
Rhyme it to your flowing sleeve,
Aimer, aimer; c'est a vivre.
Sleeve, I said, but what's the
harm
If really meant your arm?
Mine shall Irvine it (by your
leave),
Amier, aimer, 'cest a vivre.
Learning French; is full of
slips;
Do as I do with the lips;
Here's the right way you per-
ceive,
Aimer, aimer; c'est vivre.
French is always spoken best
Breathing deeply from the
chest;
Darling, does your bosom
heave?
Aimer, aimer; c'est vivre.
Now, my dainty little sprite,
Have / taught your lesson
right?
Then what pay shall / receiver
Amer, aimer; c'est a vivre,
Will you think me overbold
If | linger TO be told
Whether you yourself believe
Aimer, aimer; c'est a vivre.
Pretty pupil, when you say
All this French to me today,
Do you mean it, or deceive?
Amer, aimer; c'est vivre.
Tell me, may I understand,
When l press your little hand,
That our hearts together cleave?
Amer, aimer; c'est a vivre.
Have you in your tresses room
For some orange buds to
bloom?
May I such a garland weaver
Aimer, aimer; c'est a vivre.
Or, if l presume too much,
Teaching French by sense Of
touch,
Grant me pardon and reprieve!
Aimer, aimer; e'est a vivre.
Sweetheart, mol you cannot gol
Let me sit and hold you, so;
Adam did the same to Eve
Amer, aimer; c'est a vivre.
Theodore Tilton
This dainty little love-poem was rea
by the Hon. William M. Evarts 70 n
Jury In the celebrated Beecher-T iiton cas-,
The poem and its reading was receive
with the warmest applause, IN whic
court. counsel and spectators joined Eve
the weary Jury could not forbear 10 smil
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
1t Can Be Done

Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he, with ehucke, replied, .+-s..-
That maybe it couldn't, butthe would be one
Who wouldn't say SO till he'd tried.
So he buckled right in, with the trace OF grin,
On his face. If he worried, he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: "Oh you'll never do that;
At least, no one ever has done it.
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it;
With the lift of his chin and bit of grin,
Without any doubling or quiddit
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be DONE
There are thousands to prophesy failures
There thousands to point out to you one by one
The dangers that wait to assai you;
But just buckle in with bit of grin,
Then take off gour coat and 60 r. y;
Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing
That cannot be done and you'll do it
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
Heart Beats
By A. K.

BY A. X.
Our goldfish have gone!
Our beautiful fish
That swan and dived
And greeted us each
Morning
When we stopped at
The beautiful fountain
On our way to
The click of the .--
Telegraph instrument
And typewriters of
Every make and
Every age
And in every state OF
Health. III
And it Gained our
Nerves and it
Gladdened our hearts
For there was not
A newspaper Office
In the whole U. s. A.
That could boast of
Anything half SO
Beautiful as
Our fountain of fish,
But TINE rushes on
And takes its toll
Of the beautiful things
OF LIFE.
We have heard this is
The progressive age
When beauty must
Take second place
To business and high
Finance.
SO the "Woodman did not
Spare the tree"
Nor the gold fish
Nor the fountain
Nor the marble basin
Nor anything but
A mass Of debris
To greet us when
We wend our way
To the clicks and clacks
OF many machines
In the early
Pearly morning,
And we asked why"
OF those we met,
From the ianitor to
The recognized king
OF HIGH FINANCE,
And now we know
Why the gold fish
Are gone from the
Lobby of
Our Office building
For the recognized king
Repeated the slogan
OF this progressive
Age.
They didn't pay"
SELAHl
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09

remember this: You will have
plenty of company on either side.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09

This dainty little love-poem was read
by the Hon, William NJ Eyarts TO the
jury In the celebrated Beecher- Tiiton case.
The poem and its reading was received
with the warmest applause, IN which
court, counsel and spectators joined Even
the weary Jury could not forbear to smile,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
PART TWO

SOCIETY SECTION
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-16
SUFFERED FOR
FOURTEEN YEARS
Mrs. Selkirk Restored to Health
By Tanlac-Gains IL
Pounds.

II could buy a nice automobile
with the money 1 have spent dur
ing the last fourteen years trying
to get rid of my troubles, and my
efforts failed completely until I
commenced taking Tanlac." said
Mrs. ]. w. Selkirk, who lives at 135
Livingston street, Peoria, the other
day.
Mrs. Selkirk is one of the best
known women in Peoria and occu-
pies one of the most important
offices in the Eastern Star lodge,
No. Is. of that city. In relating
further her experiences with Tan
lac. she said: Sometimes for
months at a time I would not aver
age over three hours sleep each
night on account of extreme ner-
vousness which was the result OF
long years of suffering. My stom-
ach was IN very bad condition all
the time, and almost as soon as |
would finish eating a meal, my
food would begin to sour, and gas
would form so bad that | would be
miserable for two or three hours.
Sometimes this gas would get all
up in my chest and ! would almost
much alarmed at the way my heart
would palipitate. l would have ter
rible spells of nervous indigestion
and when these spells would come
on me, my whole body would break
out with cold Precipitation. These
spells would usually be followed by
severe headaches. My husband did
everything that was In his power
for me. He had me examined and
treated by the best specialists he
could find, but IN spite of 1t all,
just kept getting weaker all the
time, and finally came to the con-
clusion that nothing would ever do
me any good.
1T was a hard matter for me to
decide to take this Tarlac. for had
been disappointed so many times
that l had about lost all faith in !
any kind of medicine. I finally
made up my mind to get one bottle |
of Tanlac, and IL l felt that 1t did |
me good I would get more. To my |
great surprise. commenced to feel
better before had finished my first .
bottle. My husband noticed 1t too, I
and he was very careful from that /
time on not to let the Tanlac run /
out. Well, to tell You the truth, 1t |
Is all SO wonderful that l Just don't .
know how to express myself, SO l !
will Just say that Tanlac has re-
moved all my troubles, and l am in !
as perfect health now as l ever was /
in my life. and have gained II |
pounds IN weight and l think that -.
speaks nightly well for Tanlac. All
NV acuuaintances are talking about
my recovery. and you just ought 10
hear me tell them that Tanlac is
for 1t. Tanlac has re-
stored my health and l am now so
happy and grateful that l never
lose an opportunity to speak a good
word for this great medicine. I am
more than glad to give this state
ment"
Tanlac Is sold In Rock Island by
drug gtore.-(Ady.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-16

The orient, where the kimona or
iSinated, has always Influenced to
great extent the fashions in
American and French negligees
Japanese kimonos are a universally
favored type of lounging robe while
Turkish harem gowns with their
full boomers are also popular for
wear in milady's boudoir.
This gorgeous robe by Vantine
gives more than a mere hint OF al
mond-eyed women and cherry bios
coms. 1t Is a veritable symphony
Of color and texture. Satin crepe
the color OF Killarney roses is deft-
" cut and draped 10 simulate a real
Japanese gown. Cherry blossoms
% pink and rose shades run riot
over the back and sleeves and melt
gradually into their green foliage.
A butterfly bow OF the crepe with
sringed ends completes the oriental
picture. But one may go even far
tner and get dainty littlS slippers
with cherry blossoms sprinkling the
toes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-16
FXILED, BUT LOVED
LADY NICOTINE, IS
WELCOMED BACK

Lincoln. Hebr.-Fourteen years
in exile. Lady Nicotine has return
cd 10 Nebraska by the grace OF the
legislature.
Tho thousands OF Nebraska sol
tiars returning from France ara
over joyed. and they are finding as
much selaaa and cheer in her COM
pany 81 they did with her offspring
in tho trenches.
Millions Of Americans have read
FOR the past four years of the bene-
f1ta afforded by eigRFets to sol
1iera. They Gained them as they
prepared 10 go over the top; they
soothed them as they lay in the
hospital after baiRE wounded.
Sentiment in favor of the eigaFet
caused the Nebraska legislature TO
repeal tha anti-e.EaFet law that mas
been in effset n this state for the
past fourteen years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-16
EXPECT PLENTY
SCOUT LEADERS
Local Organization Looks to Re,
turned Soldiers to Take Up
Work With Lads.
BERGQUIsT SPEAKS OF PLAN
Newly Appointed Executive Says
No Service is Quite as Rich
In Returns.

with the return of the million
mon now in camps to their usual
activities and the rapid discharge
OF our army overseas there will be
an abundance of first class mater
ial for scout leadership" David J.
BeTEquist, now Boy Scout execu-
tive for Rock Island said today.
1T will DO found that many men
have new vision of life. The
splondld achievement of the Boy
Scouts of America Will make it
comparatively easy to get the very
best men who have been leaders in
the army and navy to give of their
lime for personal service and high
grade leadership.
"Rocogni In tho program Of
the boy Scouts Of America one of
tho greatest movements toward the
making of good citizens, the war
department has issued an official
circular to assist in securing q
large number Of new scout leaders.
ain it the attantion of returning
army officers aad enlisted men who
have the necessary qualifications
ia directed to tho opportunity
which tho Boy Scouts affords them
TO further serve their country
after discharge.
This is tha highest official
honor paid The Boy Scouts since
congress granted tho organization
a federal charter on June Is, 1916,
and in tha Same month under sec
tiea t95 OF the army re-organiza-
tioa law gave the Boy Scouts of
America permizaioH to wear uni
forms similar to thosa worn by the
men of the United States army.
There ara hundreds of thou
sands of boys waiting all over the
country TO become registered
BeoutA, Men alone are needed to
head them.
Tho leading paper of Jersey City
voices the universal condition when
It says: The boys are here: they
are anxious for leadership. The
only problem is to find men big
enough, unselfsh enough. to be
willing TO sacrifice some little por-
ton of their spare time in order to
help the boyhOod OF the city,
No service In the world is quite
as rich in returns as the service
you can give the bosE. You will
find IL we'll worth while: no scout
master Wha has ever really grown
into the game wants to give it uf'
NO man is too busy TO spare
come time for boys, 1t is gratifying
10 note that Major General @, Nj
Clement, who has just returned
fFem France, has enrolled as Il
GeoutmasteF ana OH taking eon=
mand of his troop said he eensid-
cred the work one OF the most int
poFtant that could be undertaken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-16
Where It Started

I'VE have sacrificed our beautiful
home In Eden Just for an apple" ex-
ella med Adam.
Yes" replied Eve. isn't the high
cost of living getting TO be some
thing terrible ~ Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-16
Chas. Clair
CIR OCE RY
1916 ThIrtleth Street Rock Island

o.. S. Food Administration License
No. G-66656.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-16

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-16
SPECIALS FOR THURSDAY,
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

rte Hfawnin' four. A9-ln.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-13

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