The Omaha Sunday
PART TWO
EDITORIAL
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PART TWO
SOCIETY
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IRULY typical of tlio Now American
girl, who, without nhoutlngs from
the housetops or Jilare df trumpots,
modestly but thoroughly bnttora
down tho ngo-old projuillcoa and
catches stop' with man as his oquul
In ondeaVor and nccompllHhment, Is
AUbb Carmollta Chase of Omahu, whoso latest en
terprise was a big municipal Chrlstnius, about
which 15,000 citizens guthored to celobrato tho
nativity of tho Savior.
Although her tireless onerglcs and activities
koop her friends marveling nnd wondering what
tho will do next Miss Chase, with her unswerving
loyalty to friends, lovo of home and morry dispo
sition, Is a girl to mako her parents proud and
these parents, Mr. und Mrs. Clement Chase, bo
llovo she Is ono of tho finest girls In tho land and
thoso who know her endorse their opinion un
equivocally. When Miss Chase, having seen tho municipal
Christmas treo In Madison Square, Now York, a
year ago, decided Omaha ought to adopt .tho cus
tom she went direct to County Commissioner
John Lynch and asked his co-oporatlon. Mr. Lynch
proceeded to lntroduco Miss Chaso to tho powers
In county officialdom, '"fhls llttlo girl Is plunnlhi;
a big municipal Christmas treo," ho said, "andeho
wants you to help."
All of a sudden Mr. Lynch ceased to say "this
llttlo girl," although sho Is little and is still in her
early twenties. Ho began to speak of her as "Miss
Chase," for ho discovered that she had worked
out tho plan for the big celebration In overy de
tail nnd had personally arranged to purchase tho
big treo, set It up in tho court house squaro, have
It decorated, had secured choirs to sing at the
celebration, had engaged soloists, plannod tho
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program, hnd tho mayor Issue a proclamation,
caused tho street rallwuy company to put on extra
street cars for tho night and to run them uaiplse
lcssly as posslblo through tho crowds.
With a gnBp Johnny Lynch decided that about
tho best thing ho could do was to follow tho lead
of Miss Carmollta Chuso and this same ho pro
ceeded to do. At tho closo of tho big celebration
Miss Chaso thanked him profusely for'hts services,
but ho Insisted that thoy bo not montlonod. Ho
hus a roputatlon for doing things himself and
when Miss Chaso asked him for assistance It may
liavo como upon him that the success of tho under
taking would dopond entirely upon him, but he
wns contont to abandon this Idea ut an early stags
of tho gnrae.
It hnB been this same spirit which has made
Miss Chaso a success at everything sho has under
taken ajul which will inalto her a literary success
also, her friends bollevo. For Miss Chase has lit
erary ambitions not for tho fame nor oven the
publicity sho would receive, but merely because
she wants to write. During her tour of "Burops
Inst year slie described In an lntlmato, interesting
stylo places sho visited nnd peoplo Bho mot. These
letters woro published in tho Omaha Excelsior, of
which sho hns been society editor for several
. months.
When Miss Chaso entered Drownoll Hall she
heennio so thorpughly engrossed In her work that
her position at tho head of her classes followed
. tin a matter of course. When sho graduated Bho
ranked hlghost In school and carrying this repu
tation with her to Ilryn Mawr, from which college
blio graduated In 1912, sho soon became ono of
the leaders In this renowned Institution. Ono of
tho three honors of tho college prcsldont of tho
athletic association was hold by her for two
.years.
. Whllo at Bryn Mawr sho wroto tho freshman
play, a travesty on Mother dooso rhymes and
other Jingles. Eighty-six characters figured iu
the play, a part being written for each character.
The pluy was a success and was ono of the Inci
dents which nugmcnted Miss Chase's ambition to
try her hand at literature. Sho wsb captain of
the basket ball team and also captain of the
hockoy team at Bryn Mawr und took an active
Interest In all the other collogo organizations.
Miss Helen Toft was a clasomato of Miss Chase
and tho two girls becamo great chums. Miss
Chaso wns a guest at tho White House during
1'resldent Taft's administration, spending all ot
her Easter vacation as th0 guost of the president's
daughter,
Lutcr Miss Chase becumo Interested In settle,
uicnt work In Philadelphia and for many months
was ono of tho moving forces for the botterment
of the poor In the slums of that city. She also
spent some time working at Trinity cathedral.
In Miss Chnse's opinion one of her most Im
portant accomplishments was the organization of
tho girls of tho Brnndels stores into a branch as
fcoclation of tho Cainpfiro Girls of America. Prior
to this no nttompt had been made to organize
working girls Into "cnmpflro associations,'' the
improBslon being that this association was chleHy
for society glrlB. Forty girls Joined tho associa
tion and during tho summer Miss Chaso led them
on long hikes into tho open country, where she
taught them to propure their own meals and to
look after tho cunip Itinerary. The girls became
po greatly Interested In tho work that with one
accord they voted tho organization permanent and
they now moot once weokly at tho Young Women's
Christian association.