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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1899)
Leaders . in The Bee's Popular Girl Vacation Contest I'hotos by Klneliart. I MISS CLARA DONNEU , EMPLOYED BY MISS FLORENCE RODGERS , EMPLOYED MISS ADA L. TALMADOE , EMPLOYED MISS OAUUIE OCUMPAUGII. OF TIIK MISS JENNIE HAHINOWITZ. EMPLOYED KELLEY , STIGER & CO. 13Y THE UIOIIAHDSON DRUG CO. BY M. E. SMITH & CO. DODGE STHKKT LUNCHEON HY THE W It UENNETT COMPANY MISS PEARL SUNDERLAND , EMPLOYED BY THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH CO. The Bee Vacation - > tion Contest Through the generous hospitality of The Dee the twelve most popular working girls earning their own living In Omaha will enjoy two weeks vacation with trips to delightful - . lightful summer resorts as the guests ot this paper. Some Fix weeks ago The Bee offered to pay the entire expenses of surammer vaca tions for the four young women who should ho voted most popular by their as sociates. The polls 'were to close at G p. in. , July 1. When the returns were counted " * the tally sheet showed the following re sult for the four winners : Miss Eva Phillips , employed by Swift & Company , 195,036 votes. Miss Clara McCann , employed by Thomp- s 11 , Belden & Co. , 154,533 votes. iMIss Florence Rodgers , employed by the Richardson Drue Company , 01,598 votes. 4 Miss Jennie Rablnouitz , employed by the W. U. Bennett Company , 65,228 votes. The next eight were : Miss Clara Donner , employed by Kelley , Sliger & Co. Miss Grace E. Gunncli , employed by the Sherman & McConnell Drue Company. ' 'Miss Carrlo Ocumpaugh , of the Dodge Street Luncheon. Miss Ada L. Talmadge , employed by M. E. Smith & Co. iMiss Pearl Sunderland , employed by the Postal Telegraph company. Miss Hanchen Rehfeld , teacher In the "Lake school. 'Miss ' Alma LIndqulst , employed by M. E. Smith & Co. 'Miss ' Addle Palmer , employed by W. R. Bennett Company. Eighth place waa n tie between Miss Tal madge and Miss Sunderland. * " So 'brisk ' has been the vote In this contest and so successful the work prosecuted by the contestants and their friends that The Bee decided to do more than was agreed In the original offer , and , besides providing vacation trips for the four leaders , it will voluntarily provide additional tripe for tht' "next eight. The young ladles have selected their routes , and ibeforo another month has passed will be enjoying themselves at moun tain or lake and fitting themselves la return to their work better for the rest and recrea tion. tion.Tho The plan of this novel contest Is familiar . to all readers of The Bee , Every patron of the paper was granted the privilege of registering a choice upon a coupon printed In each issue. 'Subscribers who prepaid their subscriptions were given the further privilege of casting a prepaid subscription ballot , 'Which counted twelve votes for their favorite for each 'week's ' prepayment. . , In pursuance of this plan most of the principal competitors organized systematic campaigns. Some of them put themselves I. In the bands of campaign managers who looked after their Interests and solicited coupons and subscriptions for their favor ite. As the time for closing the competi tion neared Us end Interest became more Intense and thousands of votee were cast from day to day In the effort to keep the favorites at the head of thelist. . The popularity of the contest was attested by the fact that votes were cast for nearly 100 young women whcso friends thought them eligible for the prize and that al together over 900.000 votes were recorded for the various candidates. "Who leads the vacation contest today ? " was the familiar morning greeting In nearly every largo mercantile Industrial establish ment In Omaha , because scarcely an Insti tution of this kind did nrt have Its repre sentative hi the list. A man who recently removed from Boston to Omaha , talking to a friend , said : "When I Lake up my morning paper the first thing I look to see Is who has the most votes In the vacation competition. Next I turn to find out whether the Boston base ball team won and then I look for the news. " This Is only a typical Illustration of the Interest shown. The close o : the polls brought out a scene of activity which would have done credit to the most hotly contested political campaign. So many people were in line waiting to bo accommodated at the appointed hour that numbers had to be given out to facilitate the voting and Insure fnlr treatment to all. In all probability the relative places of the successful girls were determined by the ballots cast durlnc the last hour. In presenting the portraits of Omaha's most popular working girls a few words about their personality will not bo out of place. Miss Eva Phillips , who carries off the highest honors , Is a petite brunette , who has charge of the sowing In the smoke house at the Swift meat-packing plant at South Omaha , where she has been employed for nearly two years. She resides with her parents In this city. Miss Clara McCann Is ono of the sales women In the dry goods house of Thompson , Belden & Co. , but she had the advantage of being backed by the Cudahy Packing company at South Omaha , where her brother Is employed. Previous to her present em ployment she was In the store ot N. B. Falconer. Miss Florence Rodgers Is a member of the ofllco force of the Richardson Drug company and is very popular with all who know her. Miss Jennie Rablnowltz Is a grocery clerk at the W. R. Bennett company store. She began with that company as an extra clerk during the holidays four years ago and showed herself so useful that the position was ninilo iiormanont. Miss Clara Donner has been employed fcur years In the button department of Kelley , Stlger & Co.'s dry goods emporium and was assisted lu her canvass by the entire staff of the store. Miss Grace E. Gunnoll Is a pharmacist working for the Sherman & McConnell Drug company. She Is a graduate of the Omaha High school and has been earning her living at her profession for five years. Miss Carrlo Ocumpaugh , as ono of the pro prietors of the Dodge Street Luncheon , had nn extraordinary opportunity to cultivate popularity , and 'her ' success Is shown by the cieditable vote whlili she polled. Miss Ada L. Talmadge and Miss Alma Llndaulst both work for Uio M. E. Smith Co 4 dry goods and notions jabbers and man ufacturers. Miss Talmadgo Is a member of the olllco force , while Miss LIndqulst has been employed In the factory as n machine oiwrntor in the sewing department. Miss Pearl Sunderland Is a counter clerk for the Postal Telegraph company , and al though she did not enter tlio lists until the contest was fully on , the showing made is a splendid recognition of her popularity. Miss Hanchcn Rehfeld Is an Omaha girl Who went through the Omaha public schools and the state normal school and has achieved a place in the teachers' corps of the Omaha school system. Last year she was assigned to the Lake school. Miss Addin Palmer , llko Miss Uablnowltz , is employed by the W. R. Bennett company as a grocery clerk and also had the assist ance of eomo of the employes of the Hammond mend Packing company at South Omaha. Ttie portraits presented by The Bee were inado especially for this Issue. On account of the recent death of Miss McCann's sister her portrait is omitted nt her request. Creighton University Graduating Class The class of 1899 of the collegiate depart ment of Creighton university who received the degree of bachelor of arts at the annual commencement of Creighton college Juno 23 last , though small , Is ono of the largest ever graduated from the collegiate dopai tiiient ut that Instilutii 11 and U regarded us ono of the most successful by the fiu'Hlly The course which those young men linvo just finished Is designed to Imp.irt a llbrial tMunitldi and In the accomplishment of this putpoao the ancient classics hold the Ural place as the nn st olllclent Instrument of mental discipline. Besides the Latin , Greek and English classics , the course embraces mental and moral philosophy , the higher mathematics niul astronomy , history , Hum turc and the natural sciences. Particular sirens la lain upon the noooa bity of the classics and thn higher mathe matics as the proper foundation for a lller.il education and every effort Is made to f rm the mind to habits of correct reasoning and to Impart sound principles ( if mental nnd moral philosophy. It Is the opinion of tin facility that such a course Is bettor littod to develop all the faculties , form a ecu net taste and tench the student how to me all his powers to the best advantage , as well IIH prepare him to excel In any pursuit , whether professional or commeielal , than any special course which tends to develop only certain faculties and loaves the lomalii- Ing ones dwarfed. The- leader of the class , both as a student and In popularity , Is undoubtedly John T. Smith , a young man from Now Ihnen , Conn. , who carried off the honors of the class and of the college. In the annual competition among the eight Jesuit colleges of the Mis souri province , and In which last year there were 100 competitors , Mr. Smith was awarded the IIrat prize for the best English essay. Whllo as yet ho has made no definite ar- langements , the young man has a decided preference for the study of law , and with his known ability and capacity for hard work and perseverance his friends have lit tle fear for his future success. Another member of the class who has at tracted some attention by his 1'ltcrary work Is Joseph B. Egau , the .class poet , said to possess the true poetic instinct , if Is un derstood that ono of his volumes will shortly appear. In the intercollegiate English contest for 189U Mr. Egan captured the third place among the eight colleges , having chosen for his subject , "Tno Catholic Spirit of the Renaissance Exemplified In the Works of Shakespeare. " William J. Goad , a son of John F. Goad of this city , received the gold medal for Photo by Heyn. CLASS OF 1899 CREIGHTON COLLEGE , MISS GRACE E. GUNNELL , EMPLOYED BY THE SHERMAN & M'CONNELL DRUG COMPANY. the oiatortcal centos ! of IhOU. He spoke on the Anglo-American ali'ianco. The other inembeis of the class uro Edward J. Gll- losple , Louis D. Johnson , Thomas J. Mo- Shane , Frantls A. I. Morrell nnd iMurt M. Sullivan. Of these Messrs. McShano nnd Glllespiu will study medicine , while Johnson nnd Sullivan will take the law course at the Iowa State university. At the annual commencement onfy those were allowed to take part In the exercises who had Hhown superiority In oratory , and as a result but live of the eight were on the program for the evening. Joseph Egan road the class poem , while Murt M. Sulli van chose for his subject , "Arbitration. " "Monopolies" was the subject of the oration delivered by Will J. Goad , and John T. Smith delivered a masterly address on "Imperialism. " To Thomas J. McShano fell the honor of the valedictory address and desplto the fact that the ground has boon well worked over the young man doi'lvored an affecting and touching farewell. Religious Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Halo preached his last sermon as active pastor of the South Church of Boston last Sunday , and will be come paster emeritus on October 1. Ilov. Joseph M. Francis , the bishop-elect of the new Episcopal diocese of Indiana , IH a native of Philadelphia. Some years since ho was chosen biHliop of Toklo , Japan , but did not accept the position. Some of the most eminent speakers" In the Unitarian domiiomlnaitlon have been secured - cured for the national conference nt Wash ington , D. C. , In October. Among them ura Hon. John D. LOIIK. Piof. C. M , Tyler , Revs. Charles G. Ames. M. J. Savage , S. A. Eliot and others. A Presbyterian clergyman , It Is said , hau been experimenting by working In mines , foundries nnd brickyards. Ho nnimnncoH his conclusion "that If candidates for the ministry would work for u year among thosu who loll with their hands , they would bo belter able to 111 ! the news In their churches with working men. " A St. Joseph ( Mo. ) clergyman announces a determination to share Ills vacation with the members In a somewhat unique way. Ho Isn't going out of town , and the usual services are not to bo abandoned , but he promises to cut his morning sermon down to thirty minutes during the healed term and the evening discourse to twenty. The Cumberland Picsbyterlnns are carry ing on missions In Japan , Mexico and China , and are pl'mmlng to raise $1.000,000 for their colleges and theological seminaries nnd lo establish a system of preparatory Hchools. The ordination of Miss Margaret Barnard as pastor of the Unitarian cliurch In Chelsea will take place In September. Shu has been acting pastor for some time , and has been greatly Interested In religious and philan thropic work , Letting Down a Little Detroit Free Press : "J guess that Tm making some headway , " said the persistent lover , who Is not In favor with her father. "But I thought the old gentleman kicked you out whenever ho found you nt the house ? " "Ho does , but I have noticed that ho Is not kicking nearly as hard of late. I feel sure that ho Is gradually rerouting. "