The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-16
Inside Washington
Bv HELEN ESSARY

WASHINGTON.-Ever so often Washington
puts on a show that makes me SILVER with
apprehension. No, I'm not talking about Sen
ate battles, nor White House orders, nor even
welcomes to royal guests.
This time I'm speaking Of the coming Of
the lady welders and others Of their stout
hearted strong armed breed. A dozen or
so of this new kind of New Woman are on
view for week in the better clubs and gov
eminent auditoriums.
If you want to learn about women Of the
future 60 have look at them. You, too, will
SILVER slightly, WITH What IS this world COM
ing to! thoughts. Likewise with pride that
women, lovely women, have shown themselves
so smart and so willing in this national win-the
war job.
Are these 1914 New Women grim, horny
handed females? Certainly not. One of them
Miss Mary Shade, a SLIM graceful thing, wal
the subject for a prize winning magazine
cover. Her photograph, in Stacks, heavy boots
and safety cap as she worked in lumber plant
operating fast mechanism which first holds
a log in its talons and then guides it through
a great saw, decorated the outside of THE
Timberman" and inspired the Museum of Mod
ern Art to make special award to the logging
journal.
The hands with which Mary Shade guided
the fast mechanism were covered with smart
gauntlets. I'll bet you a Lenten resolution
against a summer vacation plan that the fin
gers under the gauntlets were manicured in
the newest shade of red enamel And that the
hair under the visored safety cap was freshly
Shampooed and waved.
The New woman of World War II works
that way. The manner in which she combines
strength of will and body with Grade A
feminnity is enough as l said at the begin
ming, to brighten every brooder over What
will we do with women after the war?''
MARY Shade, skilled setter Of the saw
carriage is only one of the women-in-indus-
try group that Washington gazes on in ave-
incidentally, Mary Shade postponed her we'd
ding in order to make the trip.
There's also Miss Cora Lee Clounts, weld
ing queen of the Kaiser shipyards at Rich
mond, Cal. Likewise Mrs. Edna Slocum weld
ing queen of Moore Drydock shipyards at
Oakland, Cal. .
Miss Lee is just 20 years DID, She is cute
little number with big eyes and big smile
but she's shy. Never been on a train before
this trip. She wouldn't have had the courage
to come east if Mrs. Slocun, the other weld
ing queen, hadn't been coming, too.
Mrs. Slocum is all of 80 years old. She has
two children. The two queens were in a
welding contest and it was planned that the
employees of the shipyard OF the losing queen
should give 1000 pints of blood to the Red
Cross. Edna Slocum won. Her shipyard
promptly gave pint for pint with the losers
So the Red Cross got double supply of plas-
ma.
There is a grandmother in the Washington
delegation of women in industry-Mrs. Isabel
Patry Gramma Patry makes valves in Con-
|necticut war plant She was the first president
and still is the president of the War Workers
Grandmothers club. Mrs. Patry doesn't regard
y ooI hor inrn
is a great-grandmother in the club.
Look out for Miss Anna Weihe, who makes
parachutes in Columbus aeronautical plant.
Anna was voted ideal worker" in contest
sponsored by the labor management commit
tee. I'm sort OF disappointed that Miss Ada
Moultrie, who works on the green chain" isn't
here. ADJ is a super dooner woman. She's