The Omaha
Sunday
Bee
PART TWO
SOCIETY SECTIcfN
PART TWO v
SOCJETY SECTION
VOL. XLVIII NO.
MissGhamberlinUncle
Sam's Omaha Lady
Duff-Gordon
This Aide to Dame Fashion Is a Charming
Woman Sent by Government to Un
tangle Dress Problems at the
"Clothes Shop"
By PEGGY NATTINGER.
DID you know that Uncle Sam
employs a Lady Duff Gordor.?
Now please suppress all
thoughts of a black aproned
modiste, with a pencil in her hair
and a pin in her mouth, designing
star spangled suits for our imagi
nary uncle, who is the inspiration
for all the cartoonists of the world.
In this case the aide to Dame
Fashion is a charming young per
son, by name. Miss Elizabeth
Chamberlin, Who has been sent by
the government to our city. She
stands ready to help the women of
Omaha with their dressmaking
problems for she is the proprietress
of the Clothes Shop, which may be
found at the Girls' Community
house. "Home Demonstration
Agent" is Miss Chamberlin's offi
cial title and it fits her perfectly for
she certainly demonstrates her par
ticular abilities in devious ways.
That funny old gown with the
flowing skirt and puffy sleeves long
discarded, may be brought forth and
under the supervision of Miss
Chamberlin a miracle will be per
formed before your very eyes and
when the last pin is placed, lo, you
have one of the slinky new models
of the season. The Clothes Shop is
till in its infancy for it is the first
shop of its kind in Omaha. There
's just one sewing machine and we
must admit that it has a little of
ihe "one lung" look. For you sec,
there are s many things needed.
That serious-minded body which
dwells in the congressional halls at
Washington neglected to appio-
priate any sums to maintain this
tiny dressmaking establishment.
For what are such incidentals as
shears, pins, and measuring tapes to
i mere man? They provided Miss
Chamberlin and we must do the
rest.
Clothes Shop.
In spite of such handicaps, how
ever, the Clothes Shop is flourish
ing and if you' could see the group
of earnest women who work there
every day, busily stitching and cut
ting you would realize what a suc
cess is Uncle Sam's Lady Duff Gor
don. Samples of the new materials,
dainty lawns, bright ginghams,
sheer batistes and pretty foulards
are carefully pasted to huge sheets
! pasteboard and pined to the
walls. Here you may select the ma
terials you want and with Miss
.Chamberlin's help, plan your new
gown. Then the purchasing of the
necessities is no trouble for the
long, discouraging trips through the
shops are greatly minimized.
But a bit of history concerning
the Clothes Shop. Miss Chamber
lin is a St. Faul girl and came to
Omaha when our country was
plunged in war. Her mission wasi
;o tell us just how to make one
pound of sugar go as far as two, and
ill Uie other intricacies of trans
forming unappetising "substitutes"
into delectable dainties. The cook
ing classes were progressing finely,
when bang! the German pen was
dipped in French ink and the armis
tice was signed. Every gun was
stilled, every pound of sugar drop
ped a dollar! Did Miss'Chamberlin
calmly fold her hands and tell her
government that her work was
done? Not she! She immediately
decided that reconstruction must
follow in the wake of war, and so,
irmed with shears and perseverance,
ihe began to reconstruct the gar
ments of feminine Omaha.
It is the women of the middle
classes that Miss Chamberlin es
pecially wishes 'to help. She feels
that many of the members of this
itrata of society live far beyond
their means and they welcome glad
ly an opportunity to remodel an out-af-date
suit Snto a smart, modish
outfit.
Fashion Expert.
Very soon Miss Chamberlin is to
Jring fashion experts to Omaha
who w ill lecture to the women who
ire interested in making their own
:lothes. The shop will be conduct
rd during the spring months, but
alien the torrid suns tell us that
summer is on the way the home ex
pert will tread pastures new. She
las many an original plan tucked
iway in her active brain. Her next
enture will be the study of house
irnishings. Decorators will lec
:ure to the women, and if you wish
:o know just whether to buy cre
onne curtains or Brussels net you
nust enlist under Miss Chamber
in's banner. There will be inter
ring talks on rugs by experts and
foa may learn which vase or bit of
lottery to keep and just which to
elegate to the White Elephant sale.
You see, a home demonstration
igent must be cognizant with every
phase, of home life. And in every
rrue American home King Baby
eigns supreme.
Therefore. Miss Chamberlin, the
genius of the home, will conduct
classes in baby welfare work. She
plans to do fhis in the schools dur
ing the summer months and the
trials and tribulations of his majesty
4urinz tist heate.4 epn will flee
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away when the mothers follow the
directions of this capable young
woman.
With summer trims ripening on
every bough, the thrifty housewife
finds her waking thoughts a jumble
of glass jars and preserving ketttles,
Enter Miss Chamberlin again. She
will carefully explain just the best
methods of canning and her demon
strations will be helpful in the ex
treme. In summing up ihe work of
this agent of Uncle Sam we must
admit that she is a veritable wizard,
a boon to womankind and inciden
tally to man, for with the wife cut
ting her bills m two, what man
would not be wreathed in smiles?
Would you know the secret of being
enicicnt in every line of domestic
activity? Then seek Elizabeth
Chamberlin, envoy of Uncle Sam,
and "the cares that infest the day
will fold their tents like the Arabs
and silently steal away."
Heart Beats
By A. K.
Love seems to be
The question of
The day and indeed
Why not
For are we not
About to enter
The season of spring?
Between now and June
Youth and
Middle age
And even the aged
Will think of love
And matrimony
And a thousand
Questions
Will be asked
Of Miss Fairfax
And other
Sages and saints (?)
Whose business it is
To untangle love.
The very young
Will ask how
To determine
Whether
This kind or that kind
Of a mate would be
Best
And most lasting
So if nobody minds
I'll just wedge in
On some of
Miss Fairfax's work
And tell these youths
To watch their
Beloveds
When they read a book
Or a daily paper
And if they discover
That they read ,
Only, the rcadlines
And the paragraphs
And glance at
The sports
Or if they skim
Through a book
Getting a bit
From here and there
They will soon,
Qualify
For the divorce court
Because they
Cannot concentrate
On anything
Or YOU
Such folks turn
Their eyes
And hearts '
And wandering attention
To the "headlines"
And "paragraphs"
Of life and people
And nothing will
Be very important
Or mean very much
To them
They have
A crazy-quilt heart
Made up of
Bright bits
From here and there
And their attention
Wanders
From one spot
To another
Always in search
.Of, something
Easy to understand
Easy to look at
Without any
Mental ,
Or moral
Or intellectual
Effort on
Their part
So (girls especially)
Look for the mate
Who concentrates.
For he is booked
To win
In the
League of Matrimony.
- . SELAH
Women on
i fTTTOMEN on time?" said the
YY timekeeper of a factory.
"Yes, they are on time
promptly, shopping must be syste
here, but that is because if they are
not they are locked out for the day.
That is the only way to get a girl
to her work on time. -'
"The women themselves," saic
professor in a college, "realize 1 1
Jack of punctuality is a charactt J
tic weakness of their sex. A
nrnnf ot me tpll vmi nknnt th !
hnta Woman's club. The I
Year resolution adopted by the c
as a body, calls upon all the m
bers to arrange a schedule of d
i'ving and to maintain it with b
nesslike exactness. The resolu;
has attracted much attention, i
hcularly that part of it which
mands that all engagements
filled with punctuality.
'The men have had their, lii
fling of humor at women's utter .
ability to keep an engagement
time, and have rather enjoyed the
immemorial right to joke about t! j
matter, but the 300 members of th
club intend to prove (if they car.
ih nHctirflitv of th nntinn th
women cannot be prompt, forgi
OMAHA, SUNDAY
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Time? There Are Yeas and Nays
ling that the adoption of the reso
iition proves they do not know
Khat punctuality means, or such a
resolution would be unnecessary.
"To begin with, they are to set
an hour for rising at "A-
MORNING,. MARCH 9, 1919.
established and an effort will be
made to serve every meal on time.
"Personal engagements must be
kept to the minute. Those at
tending 4he theater must be there
syste-
m aimless inspection of the shops.
That, I claim, is an impossibility,
considering that we are talking
about women.
"The amount of time spent in
useless amusement is to be regulat-
yle pleasure.
''AI1 this, they claim, is in keep
- with the spirit of conservation,
means not only a saving of time
a conservation of health and
nce as well.
am waiting: to see the results.
at the very first meeting, the
iry who reports on results
late, and half of the members
arrive on time to hear her
: is a man, and prejudiced.
e free from prejudice, what
"?est bet? That the man, or
n, is jaie getting down to
I Te morning.
nen ever on time? It
i girl in your employ, by
i asure this characteristic
I,
make an appointment
5 1 see.
X
X a floor be sure it is
SINGLE
Gabby is Charitable
With All and Has
Malice for None
Let Us Wonder and Giggle and Then Look
Wise as We Discuss Ivory Soap
Walks, Canteeners and Decent
' Dress Crusade
By GABBY DETALYS.
Y dears, don't you adore the
M
narrow skirts? 1 hey re so
so sinuous and slinky. And
how we love the Ivory soap walk!
You sort of float along, you know.
If you are to make any progress
along the path of life in 1919 you
must learn the ivory scap walk and
it really is very simple.
A few easy rules and there you
have it. First you must change
your frame of mind from the dull
wintery way of thinking to the
bouyant, exhilarating, springtime
method. You must feel that you are
a disembodied spirit floating
floating as if you were a bubble,
a bit of thistledown, a feather, a
gentle breeze or a ca'e of soap in
a miniature sea.
Awfully alluring isn't it? You
must glide ethereally and clinging
like a bit of silk on the lissome limb
of Nazimova. You must sweep, you
must flow, you must glk'e like an
eel or suffer the consequences of
your ignorance of the siren walk and,
terrible to tell, your skirt will bag at
the knees.
But brush away the pucker be
tween your eyes for we hear that
there is a key to this intense situa
tion. And like all the great rules
of life's game, it is very simple. Use
you kneesl
One advances one's knees first
slowly, soapily, vampireishly, in the
ivory soap or siren walk and then
drags the feet after them. And then
there is another little technical de
tail very essential. Thas is the art
of stepping on a street car. You rf
the padded electrics please don't
listen but to all poor working girls
who board the yellow buggies we
extend this valuable advice. Walk up
close to the step, slide your knee up
in your skirt. A slight leap and there
you are on the platform like a
startled fawn your dignity and
your nickel intact.
Even with all the guide post we
are erecting along the way, the
ivory soap glide so essential to all
devotees of the prevailing modes,
may appear to be a rocky road in
deed. But to prove our point we
will whisper that numbers of the
Omaha maids and matrons have ac
quired this glide and we stop and
marvel as we see them drifting up
the street.
Miss Grace Allison was among
the first to wear the long narrow
skirts and we saw her just before
she left for California, a figure of
grace in her smart duvetyn dress
for she neither hobbled nor hopped,
she skidded along in the approved
fashion.
Quite like a white fluff floating on
a sea of yellow blanc mange in a
blue bowl are some of our modish
youncr women. Tetite Mrs. Fred
Hamilton wears the. new slinky
gowns so gracefully and she is quite
a sensation at Tasadena, where she
is spending the first blustery weeks
of spring. We marvel as we watch
them at the tea dance of an after
noon. Mrs. J. E. Davidson wears
the new skirts very correctly; she
has evidently acquired the pre
scribed walk with her smart spring
gown.
Miss Mary Mep;eath and Miss Re
gina Council, two tall young women
who wear the new styles well are
very adept and we watch the buckles
on their dainty pumps twinkle in
and out in a fascinating manner
as they make their way about, ap
parently unconcerned' that their
skirts are but a very few inches wide
at the bottom. Foets have written
reams concerning the graceful walk
of the ladies of bygone days. What
inspiration these artists of the quill
pens would receive if they could
see Omaha femininity as she ivory
soaps her way down Farnam street.
SINCE censorship is quite the fad
among certain members of the
gentler sex we are expecting
every day to have a clothes censor
ship here. Already in New York
they have one trying its best to
control window display as well as
Broadway display. In fact it has
succeeded to this extent: Mrs. James
Griswold Wentz (note that crusad
ers take refuge behind their hus
band's full names poor husbands)
president of the Woman's Republic
an club and acting chairman of the
decent dress committee says that she
has been instrumental in having
window displays changed from silk
and georgette underwear, wlrich was
absolutely transparent, to something
less' demoralizing to the innocent
soldier who is returning from
France. Pardon us while we resort
to the vulgar can you beat it?
"Letters," she hays, "have been
coming to me from all parts of the
country expressing approval of the
stand I have taken on matters of
dress. One was from Lincoln. Neb.,
where they are taking legislative ac
tion to restrict the extremely low
evening dress."
We are inclined to believe that the
returning soldier has something far
more important to look after than
the displays of transparent "undies"
in shop windows. Besides, we have
spent many hours on Broadway and
other .New York streets where
these attractive bits of feminine ap
parel are on exhibition and we've
never yet seen a man enjoying their
thinness. But the women I Oui. oui!
We all just love to look at them
and buy them and even wear tlicm.
COPY FIVE CENTS.
Mrs. Wentz and her crowd may pre
fer ftannelrt but that is their business
we shall not interfere since this
very substantial material covers a
multitude of ugly lines.
Oh, well! If this wave of moral
ity reaches Omaha there will be a
good job for such a leader she al
ways leads these things. Come on,
Mrs. ??????? ????????? ?????
what's the use' to repeat the name
when everybody knows who will
head the committee with her little
battle ax.
.what's
"B
Y their fruits ye shall know
them," this spring a la
model And if you wish to
be quite in style read and heed this
little verse:
Fnr quits nom tlmo the orchard fruit
Hai ripened on our hata ao cute.
But now truck gardena add their charm!
And producta from the country farma.
The coy cucumbera crlaply neat
Upon the hata that aT tha beat,
And carrots, turnipa, beet-roota red
Are ralaed upon each anagger tead.
This is quite a change, indeed, and
relief from the polecat, comman cat,
rat, etc., in which we have swathed
ourselves during the winter.
NOW that the crowds are set
tling somewhat, as a result of
the armistice, canteeners and
other war workers are expressing
their real sentiments in most em
phatic words. One very conservative
worker for the good of soldier's ap
petites and entertainment declares
that some in fact hundreds of
these soldiers whom she has served
have perpetrated the gravest of im
proprieties yea, even crimes. And
she allows bigger and greener-eyed
cats out of the bag as she relates in
detail, with flashing and, flaming an
ger, how, after she had stood on her
aching little feet, hungry and with
out rest, to serve hot food to these
battle-scared heroes, they would
blandly extract from a case of relics,
a photograph of friend-wife.
Our little canteener believes that
there should be a law mak
ing this crime punishable by , by,
death r'somethmg, for, indeed, do
they not )ay all the romance over
the canteen cups when they bring
forth some other woman's picture?
This, of course, sounds good to the
soldier's wife who has been at home
doing her duty like a man but, after
all, it isn't she who is complaining.
A Small Blonde
Woman Manages
Man Film Star
Harry Carey, film star of western
dramas, is probably the only mascu
line performer of stellar rank who
has a woman for business manager.
Carey, six feet tall, a daredevil in
the saddle, a former amateur cham
pion boxer, one of the best all
around athletes in filmdom a man's
man from the tip of his sombrero to
the clanking spurs on his boots is
managed professionally by a woman.
And in the hearty, care-free ways
of the western country, Harry ad
mits that she is "some manager."
Olive Fuller Golden, blonde
haired, and a little more than five
feet tall, is the professional boss of
the six-foot hero of western thrill
ers. She is a perfect type of the
clever young women who in the last
few years have become so formid
able in the world of business.
Miss Golden kows every single
angle of the motion picture business.
She was born and reared in an at
mosphere of theatricals. Her father,
the late George Fuller Golden, was
one of the greatest monologists this
country has known. He was a friend
whose memory is cherished by the
great mass of vaudeville performers
through his efforts in founding their
famous organization the "Whita
Rats."
Both the stage and screen know
Miss Golden as a player. She" ap
peared in New York in such sue
cesses as "The Shepherd King,"
"Three Twins" and "The Yellow
Ticket." Before the camera she
played the feminine leads in "The
Committee on Credentials," "Love's
Lariat," "The Devil's Own," and
"A Woman's Eyes."
For( several years she was Harry
Carey's leading woman, but she
gave up her promising career as an
actress to look after the star's busi
ness affairs.
Miss Golden arranged a'l the de
tails of Carey's 5,000-mile personal
appearance tour which he is now
making as far east as Chicago. She
prepared the script for the special
one-reel feature which will be shown
at the various theaters on tour under
her personal supervision.
Eastern states report a large in
crease in the number of women life
underwriters.
In China the old women, and not
the young, are the ones who re
ceive homage and adulation.
Governor McCarthy of Hawaii
has declared himself stronelv in fa.
Tor of woman suffrage for the terri
tory.
Des Moines is to be the meeting
place of the next biennial convention
of the General Federation of
mans Club