PART- TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
VOL. . XLIX NO. 11.
The Omaha
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PART TWO
SOCIETY SECTION
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1919.
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; Talented Woman Chemist
Has Interestihg Clinib
to Present Position
Martha M'Queen Is One of Our Progressive Young
Women Who Believes a Job Is a Job and Belongs to
the One Who Fills It Best Man Or Woman.
By PEGGY NATTINGER
THERE is no royal road to suc
cess, the sages say. but ttie
nfodern woman is finding many
a pleasant by-path, bordered by
flowers of good fellowship, which
will lead her eventually to the broad
highway with the gleaming turrets
in the distance. Miss Martha . Mc
Queen, is a young worker of rare
talent and charm, blazing one of
these new trails for she holds the
fnviable position of chemist at the
Cudahay Packing Co.. and every day
you can find her in the huge labor
atory weighing andJesting that our
food may be as pure as the golden
sunshine. -
But every story, even though it
be a fairy tale, must have its begin
ning and Elgin, 111., will be scene
number one. There was a little girl
with blue eyes and a merry smile
who laughed and danced her way
up the first rounds of the long lad
der of education. The passing years
found the curls tucked up, an,d the
young lady with the qufenly name
and the royal poise a student at
the Milwaukee Donner, that famous
school of Wisconsin. Belojt College
i found her enrolled in itslosses of
higher learning and during her
'junior year, Miss McQueen decided
to- fill a niche in the realm of test
tubes and beekers.
To those who love research and
have a great longing to follow in
the steps of this young -pioneer, we
give fair warning one must have
. patience, reams ot it, and a .arge
,supply of ability tucked away. Miss
McQueen "hen hied herself to
another hall of learning, the Uni
versity of Illinois, where she studied
her chosen work for two years
more. Here she joined that great
organization of college women, the
Delta Gamma sorority and proudly
wears its jeweled pin.
Diolomas were conferred, but
even their auspicious gold seals and
imposing signatures could not secure
a position in the busy world which
this young chemist so desired. Her
many years of training she longed
.to put to practical uso, andso her
application was filed at the Chem
ists club in New York.
. . The' Gate City, bounded by the
rolling praries and embraced by the
...winding Missouri.. was in need of an
expert in the-chemical line and Miss
McQueen received her appointment.
Early in March she arrived to begin
her work at the great plant where
the viands of a nation jae prepared
One day she literally swims in beef
tea.' This" important brew mwst be
thoroughly tested before samples
are sent across the sea, for many
orders are received from European
firms.
Thev next week it may be tripe.
Uninteresting subject, but there are
- those who lovevthis daipty, and if
any of the nieat spoils tests must be
made to determine just where the
troubles lie. Miss Efficiency Mc
Queen with the aid of the rc-agents
and graduates, and numerous other
chemical devices far beyond a hum
drum mortal's ken, soon finds the
answer and the tripe is sent merrily
on it's way, as pure as the proverb
ial fvory soap.
.Who doesn't love 'a crisp; slice of
ham with his golden brown coffee of
a morning? Few stop to consider
how much painstaking labor must
be taken before the meat arrives at
its pink Stage of perfection. Often
the liquids are not performing their
functions which are used in curing
and the lady chemist is called into
consultation.
The oils used ' in the soaps
also must receive her official O. K.
before they may be used in the
interests of the great unwashed.
Even the water is tested by Miss
McQueen and in summing up her
branch of work we must" acknowl
edge that she and her co-workers
form quite the most important, unit
in the great packing industry.
This charming person who has
mastered the intricate art of chem
istry, is very musical. She finds,
lime aside from delving for germs
and microbes to study voice and her
music is her great hobby. Evenft
trills and scales and the composi
tions of the old masters cannot lure
her from hir laboratory, however,
for its fascination grows. Miss Mc
Queen is most enthusiastic and
urges many feminists to; follow the
guide post marked "earnest
endeavor" for she has run the course
and found the prize well worth the
ertort.
The Power of
Vibration
I By ORISON SWEET MARDEN
Our words, our moods, our emor
tions not only set our own bodies
into vibration but they set the bod
ies of others about us in vibration.
Every thought of ours starts a vi
bration which affects other minds.
Remember that when you are
tempted to indulge in ugly, vicious
moods, when you are despondent,
blue and discouraged. Somebody is
going to be affected by these vibra
tions, while on the other hand, if
you neutralize' such thoughts, fill
your mind with, sunshine and har
mony, love, truth and beauty, many
others will receive these wireless
messages and be uplifted, encour
aged and blessed.
Have we not seen how quickly
even a dumb animal a dog feels
our thought and emotion? If we
scold him when we are angry, in an
instant he is all of a tremor and
luns away from us, his tail between
his legs, frightened, trembling; but
if we call him to us and caress him,
praise and pet him, his body thrills
with joyand appreciation. We have
changed his vibrations. From The
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Keeping Young
If yon want to keep young in
spite of th years, think ci your
self, as a young man or young
woman. Walk about as if you were
voung and full of life and joy and
gladness, full of 7lm, fall of force,
full of ambition. ''Talk like an am
bitious person, one who it vet-
flowing with vitality, energy, and
puih. If you think of yourself in
the future, as to how you shall look,
do not picture yourself with- more
wrinkles, with stooping shoulders
and dragging gait; do not think of
yourself as declining mentally or
physically. If yon think of your
future always " picture yourself, if
at all, as stronger, more vigorous,
wiser, more efficient and capable
than you are now. ,
' Jheta m ao decrepitude, no
aging.no declining of powers in the
'ideal. There are no vrinkles, no
creaking joints,.no hardening of the
arteries or brain-tissues in the
youthful ideal, and if we live in this
ideal the boy or girl in us will not
die and it is death of the boy or
girl in us that brings on age. As
long as we keep the youthful spirit,
a long as the heart is young and
fresh and joyous, as long as we im
press the youthful thought on ur
cells da not age, no matter what
our years may count. The New
Success.
If you are inclined sometime to
dissatisfied with your town, think
of Philadelphia, with tail-end ba"Se
ball teams. But even there people
continue to look at the scoreboards
and cling "to hope.
Mrs. Lillian Trimble Bradley is
general stage director for George
Broadhurst's productions,
" Sings While HeWorks.
Bacon He seems to be a happy
sort of a fellow.
Egbert He is. Why, he even
sings at his work.
"What is his work?"
"He's a vocalist at a place where
they make phonograph records."
Yonkers Statesman.
Of eight traitors condemned to
death a short time ago in Paris, two
were women. ,
"According to estimates made by
the United States Bureau of Edu
cation, more . than 50,000 ' public
schools lacked teachers at the begin
ning of last year, which Necessitated
the drafting of over 400,000 new and
untrained young men and women
into the teaching service. '
The principle of equal wages for
men and women has been adopted
by the Danish state wage commis
sion.
G a b b y T ej 1 s Tales On Two'
Maids Betrothed and a
Popular Bachelor ...
A Sorority-Fraternity Romance Which Began at Lincoln
When the Young People Attended State University.
Wediling Cards to Arrive in September.
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GABBY is breathless! Another
Omaha girl is engaged! There
have been so many announce
ments and such a large number of
weddings are to take place this fall
that we had thought that cupid
might desist for just a few weeks
and allow us a little rest. Alas, there
is no hope for that wily little laughing
god continues to keep Gabby busy
His tiny arrows are making their
mark each day in the hearts of Oma
ha maidens. His latest trick is to
find cavaliers for our pretty girls in
other cities. This makes it doubly
hard for Gabby. If an Omaha man
is pursuing one of our maidens fair
it is possible to watch the parties
and see who takes who. Butvif an
out-of-town man is paying court to a
popular misses, Gabby really has a
difficult time. Tampering with the
mails is strictly forbidden, you know.
Our eyes, however, are very sharp
and our ears are very keen. We
have heard a tiny whisper going
from one to another lately concern
ing a lovely miss. It is said she is
engaged to a Chicago man. Of
course, no one is absolutely certain
but of recent months, Omaha suit
ors have found that their attentions
were not as welcome to this girl as
in former times.
This miss is small and a brunette
with large dark gray eyes. She at
tended Bryn Mawr and was a very
popular student there. Sometime
ago she entered the business world
and has been very successful. How
ever, if the little god of love will
have his way she will soon be wear
ing a golden circlet on her left hand.
LOST: the great American
home! We heard a prominent
Omaha woman decrying the
fact that the old-fashioned home
with cookies in the jar and dust on
the mantel is a thing of thepast.
She has but recently returned from
Washington, where 'that great fra
ternity of apartment dwellers are
legion, and she finds a goodly num
ber of the same mystic order in
our own busy tnetropolis. - -
Even these miniature homes are
merely service stations where we
powder our noses and generally re
construct for the event on the cal
endar, for we're married at the
church, we entertain at the club,
and our funeral sermon is read at
the undertakers. With rents soar
ing and indignation meetings held
by the renters we are wondering if
the American home won't again
come into its own.
A drive through Dundee some
evening will prove tnat our
thoughts are virtually turning
"homeward" for such cunning little
nests with sun room,' regular man
size kitchens and a sunny yard for
baby to frolic in are going up at a
surprising rate of speed. The happy
brides and bridegrooms are study
ing blue prints and adding long col
umns of figures and on quiet Sun
day afternoons we pass them motor
ing suburb-ward to look at their
precious lot, just to see if it's still
there.
Back to the homes, has become
the Omaha slogan, and the rent
profiteers will be weeping and wail
ing when these numerous dovecots
are completed. Mr. and Mrs. L. F.
Crofoot are probably planning the
the most beautiful home in the city,
for it is to be a wonderful structure.
Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Root have
chosen Fafracres, with its broad
sweep of wooded hills as their new
location, and will begin building
very soon.
DANCE enthusiasts of Omaha,
hearken to this bit of gossip
from Newport. It comes
straight from the exclusive resort
and, indeed, isn t Newport the
barometer of things a la mode
Gilda Gray has given the world the
shimmy artistic. Here is her
recipe for the new dance.
rail into position, erect, with hor
izontally extended arms.
Smile.
Premonitory shiver located in the
hips.
Gradual extension upward of
quiver.
two short steps to right.
Quiver starts downward.
Reaches hips and descends to
knees.
Two short steps to the left.
Everything shaking but feet.
v Societv is dancine the ."shimmv."
The young Count Mario di Zoppola,
Italy, bridegroom husband ot the
former Edith Mortimer, is one of
the leading exponents of the newest
dance at Newport, where the pair
are passing their honeymoon, pre
paratory to sailing for Naples. His
bride insists that he can "shimmy"
as well as anv American, and that is
sufficient endorsement, for Ameri
cans have the reputation of evolv
ing and elaborating more 'strange
dances than a South African tribe.
The only rival against whom the
Italian nobllman has to protect his
title as leading "jazz" exponent is
"Laddie" Sanford. "Laddie," whose
nickname has become such an insti
tution that Scarcely anyone remem
bers the one conferred on him at his
christening, long since created a
furore in fashionable circles around
Newport by his terpsichorean ac
complishments. N
This season his "shimmy is in
comparable. Mrs. John Wanamaker,
jr., whose own graceful and skillful
dancing constitutes her an author
ity, declares that young Sanford is
the best society dancer Newport
has, and many others have echoed
her opinion.
Listen to how the "shimmy" hap
pened to become, not only accept-,
able, but popular:
It had been done, with horrible
mutilations, in the cabarets around ,
New York and kindred cities, and
critics were justified when they said
it was an "awful thing." The elab
orate gyrations, exaggerated con
tortions, and generally perspiring
efforts of amateurs ranked it witli
the most strenuous athletics. It
was anything but a dance setting
up exercises, foot ball tackle, St.
Vitus affliction what you will. But
a dance never! ;'
Then came Gilda Grey with her
individual interpretation of the sig
nificance of the "shimmy." . Miss
Grey accomplished four things at
once. She made herself and, the'
dance. She got the "shimmy"
haled into court and defined in legal
language, and she gave bored so
ciety a new craze to keep it occu- -pied
during the summer.
In this instance, the dance, not
the dancer, was brought to the bar.
of justice, because Gilda Grey, who
does the "shimmy" inimitably, went
to dance for the Shuberts when
George White, claimed he had a
prior contract with her. The "shim
my" was the real defendant, and
when it had issued triumphant from
the court of justice it found; itself
in the hair of fame.
But running to professionals who
dance for ulterior reasons, .whethei .
they love it or not, it does seem a i
bit odd that the former Mrs. Vernon
Castle has not added her mite to the .
"shimmy." Vhether the screen has
captivated her completely, or
whether her new matrimonial ven
ture has proved completely engross
ing, or yet again, whether , she ;
does not deem the "shimmy" worthy
of her art, remains amystery.
Contrary to all expectations, (the
"shimmy" did not disappear simul
taneously with the prohibition of
alcoholic beverages. Croaking
pessimists forecast itr demise Jor.
July 1, and Bert Willams' comic
song, You Cannot Make That ,
Shimmy Shake on Tea, '-was txf
garded in the light of a prophecy. "
Pretty Gilda Grey is the Mrs.
Vernon Castle of the "shimmy .
She burst upon Broadway with
meteoric suddenness from an incon
spicuous .eareer in trie stages of the
south. So far, her title as leading
"shimmy" artist is undisputed. t No"
other Broadway favorite has striven
tov imitate or outdo her. -In fact
the dancers who "arrived" several
seasons ago and maintained stellar
rights through the difficult priod of
the war, have, omitted the "shimmy"
from their dancing repertories, as a
general rule.
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YES, Cupid is playing his tricks
as ever. Another Omaha girl
has been won by an out-of-town
man. She lives in the Field.,
club district and drvies a maroon
colored Marmon car. She is very
attractive, a tall brunette. ' During;
the war she was constantly on duty.,
at one of the canteens here. Per
haps it is an after-the-war romance,
who knows? She attended school in
the north, in Minnesota, to be exact-'
If the little birds who tell Gabby,
news do not lie, the man is from
St. Louis and is engaged HT busi
ness there. Dear, dear, Omaha it
soon to be a town of bachelors, for
all the pretty girl-seem to favoi"
out-of-town men. It must be that
"Absence makes the ' heart ,jrrow -fonder."
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GABBY just lov to watch ths
bachelors, and she gets in
sympathy so easily with their'
moods, and knows just why they da
things. Never will she take them se- :
riously. But the quod nunes, oh me,
oh my, how sedately they do think I
Will they ever shake off this way "
they have of looking at Life with a ,
weighty stare. . .
Now we havea popular bachelor
who is having the time ofhiKlife
these, days, dancing, dining and tea-
ing, with the dear little school orirls.
He just recently returned from over
seas and what a good time he is hav .
ing, thrilling the little young things, I
ior every Doay knows tnat a scnooi
girl just dotes on entertaining men
of say, 30 odd summers, and to go
out with him," why their little hearts
fairly leap at the thought. And the t
man tney reiresn mm ana ne De-
comes flattered as they hang on each '
remark of experience, with that al
luring baby stare so why should he
not enjoy life thusly and the quod
nunes well, let them keep on 'quod-!
ding' he should worry! !
SOCIETY is all excited over the
number of September brides .
this year and the numerou
church weddings which are beiij
planned- Many of the girls have a
nounced the dates of their wed din
and everyone has been awaiting f
announcement of the wedding d
of one of our popular maids. lpj
a sorority-fraternity romance wf"T
began at Lincoln when the yqift ;
people attended the state univery.
The bride-to-be and her mother
both members of the same SQf"
and the man and his future A"""
in-law are "frat" brotherf Th - '
cards for the wedding will If issued
not late,r than September l
After five years of perience ,
with policewoman Pitt'8'1 ". "
AreArA that ttiv ar W an Hldl- i
spensable adjunct to,he police
department
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