Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1920 — Page 17
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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920.
HIl OLD PICTURES AND NEWSPAPERS OF EARLY INDIANAPOLIS IT MR! DISCLOSE INTERESTING CHANGES IN THE OLD HOME TOWN
OF SIXTH GERMAN CITY j i —
►ECTED TO SWING VOTES.
Approach of the City’s 100th "COMPROMISE” SUSPECTED! Birthday Brings From Many
Treasure Houses Old Mementoes That Are Interesting in the Light of Things as They Are Today—A City Directory, Compiled When Indianapolis Was Only Half as Old as It Now Is, Looks Like an Ancient Volume — Old
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Photographs Reflect Many Changes.
IProm * Staff C«rre«po»deat 1 j
CHICAGO May William Hal* Thompson, of Chica*o. la to be
national comroitteontan of l and Mie Chicago delegates to i
national convention under hi# co i- j
are to cast their votes for!
ternor Frank O. |^»wden for the | nlnatign for f'r» aldent, ray men j o fire Mupposed to be on the Inside , [ Illinois politics at Ihe present time .
further say that the contest at
itigdehl recently of or the election i a chairman of the Republican etat* “itnlttee was really a "frame up" I make It appear that Governor . vden was making no compromise ;
Mayor Thompson, against whom
re le much feeling the country j
because of his attitude on the and because of hf» brand of
J 4 ,g - t
the fteputiiican state committee !
lug In Hprlngfleld Tuesday night, | |Br Uilliam Herseiaell, Staff Correspond
rrfseimtn Frank U Smith was rechairman and Harry Ward, of ompeofl Chicago machine, was
secretary. ’ Ixrwden’s
Ith in the manTests at Wash
Meeret 1. Mderalsndleg. rden got, the chaR-man In the reirilzatlon. while Thompson got the retary. This Is cit«4 a* evidence of et underslandinig between Lowd Thompson by which the Chilelegate* under the Thompsott Mice are to vote for lx»wden Ih
national convent ion.
: a little contest was staged at Hprlngfteld trieeflrlu to give the Taoce of no compromise with
on the part of lx»wden.
o enjoyed rather favorable comnt In the press because at the fteHcan state conveition iaiwden's
s voted down a Thompson plat
by Uifl to «31. I
ofj men supposed to b urb true, the liowden f In# down Thompson's state convention, decl
the part of political
petllency to make ter sob In order to get solid delegation of II
deb in the nations I cop vention. It Is un/ierstood that Kdgar <‘ook, on* of the Ouch go delegates# is determined to! vote for Hiram Jo|nson. Cook Is sobtiacted with Johneo|> headquarters here. Hut it is said Shat the other Chicago dele gates-.are support ta>w. dep. ni least while ae *s>ems to have a chance to win, although at the primary election Wood ^received more votes In several of the Chicago districts than Lowden t Oder the Illinois law, the way the popular vote gpes in a district Is regarded as Inst mictions to the deJegkftS of the dls*
To He Kept Uniat.,
If the assertion js true that the contest over the reorganisation of the state committee (hie week was a • frame up" to save lajwden from the of having entered Into a deal ’'hoinpson. then the matter is t<»
tire assertions I on th% inside trees, after votit form at the id it would be flsdoin an0 exwith ThompiraetlcaHy the Inols for I#ow*-
oti 1 h in with T
having entered into a deal
be kept as quiet as possible, so that
Uh deal will
‘ ing
■ not he confirmed until
the inittotidg begins in the national
convention. ' #,
At tbr meeting of the state,committee' the l,o* dt'ii forces moved to post* ponci election of a chairman and aecretary of the state committee until after the state primaries, when candf(JatcN for state and local office will be iiomlnat'ed. The motion was ; voted down. 15 to 10. This looked like a Thompson victory. And then the state . iiinmit!■•«> proceeded to elect Smith, one of Lowden'a managers, chairman, ami Ward', a Thompson man, seoretary. This was all staged, according lo assertions made here, to make the
voters believe Low den was not giving mmfmm pv iy- The remalrider of the deal will be carried
re-
commlttee-
In to Thompson in any wa;
‘ * »f the ,dr ‘
out, it is asserted, when the lllloote
delegates to the natldha! support Lowden for Pres! eleat Thompsou national
man.
M l Mnereasary (‘ompromise."
The Chicago Tribune says Smith's re-election was brought about by an "unnecessary coinpromrae.*' and It
*'!f the people down state
Huated with ('hlcago Republican
glad Smith sor-
people In tfhli
tics they wilt be gl
itred when he might have had the place by a dean light or have lost it
with more credit."
The understanding of "Insiders’’ here Is that the name t#owden could easily have been ueed instead of the namt Smith In- this criticism, for the
compromise is believed to be just one part of the deal to throw the support !n the national convention of nearly all the Illinois delegates to Lowden, Although Lowden has been played up as the unrelenting opponent of
Thumpsonlem
eat of The Indianapolis NewsJ HR A PRO ACHING celebration of the centennial of Indianapolis, In the eyes of youth looms as an event dealing wKb the remotely ancient. To
m*n and wpmen of middle'years, Indianapolis Is "not so old.” and to those who have passed the threescore and ten mark—well, to them their beloved city seems but little older than they. And, In truth is. Indianapolis I* a youthful city, for there are scores of men and women living within Its bounds whp well remember it as a struggling village. f One of the most Interesting phases that has developed from the plans for the celebration IS the number of books, newspapers, photographs and paintings flat have been rounded up, alt showing Indlapapolls In the time of Its youthful development. They are treasured mementoes of days gone by, and are viewed with keen Interest by those who were not here
when the scenes were a reality.
Historical documents have been rounded up that will prove Invaluable In the years to come The other day I. t* Frankem, born in Indianapolis when the town was fifteen years old, dropped Into The News office with an old book under his arm. It was a directory that combined the towns of Indianapolis. Logartsport and I#afayette. Published In 1M», It seemed, in the count of years today, to be a very old book. ^And yet It was printed when Indianapolis was forty-nine .years of age. The book eeemed almost amusing In its reflections on the history of "old Indiana-
polis."
Indianapolis has changed much in the flfty-one years since thle volume was printed. It wae complied by M. V. B. Cowen. and prfnted by the firm of Cowen it Protsmap, printers, at 16H East Washington street. And while Mr. Frankem'a old city directory was being perused a parcel post package arrived from Chicago. It was from Mary Hardesty, a relative of J. O. Hardesty, one time Indiana newspaper man The inclosure was a collection of copies of the Gasette. the flret newspaper printed in Indianapolis. The Gasette was founded in January. 1*22. when the new capital wae two years old. The founders were George Smith and Nathaniel Bolton, the latter the husband of Sarah T., Bolton, a woman whose poetry still lives to be treasured by Indians. iBtereettng Collection. ' ' ' " . > Th% bundle of Gaeettes was an Interesting collection. The pages were yellow with age, but they were an accurate reflection of life In the Infant years of Indianapolis. The Gasette continued until 1829, when It was mergsd with the Indiana Democrat, a new publication founded by Alexander F. Morrison. The Gasette soon was forgotten in the maze of new journals that sprung up in the
BV ST. MARY STUDENTS
ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF COL-
LEGE SOCIETY OF GIRLS.
Copies of the Indianapolis Gazette, Founded in 1822, MANY ARE ON THE PROGRAM
Show That Advertisers in That Early Day Had a Sense of Humor—One Firm of Barristers Announced “Law for Sale”—Caleb Scudder Ac-
Took Rags on Subscription ! sist ^ d chl ? fly
-Transportation Changes.
HoSaTTHEAC.TE'Sa.M rsz.ab* THE COVSkTHOU^E ToWEfc 1M TWE# XK3MTIES
town, but these old flies are of value historically. Here is Indianapolis. In its one hundredth year, as unlike the town of the Gazette’s day, as Indianapolis is unlike the Little Town o’ Tallhol|. On this page of The News is printed a picture? a reproduction of a sketch showing Washington street in 1825. It wa* In this wilderness that the Indianapolis Gazette had its beginning and one wonders where Smith A Bolton found patronage for their little Journal. The picture , shown here onCe was used as a scenic effect on the curtain of the old Metropolitan theater In this city. The Park theater formerly was the Met-
ropolitan.
gliding Seale for Mnh»crlbers. The Gazette ’ was a folio 17x11
inches in size It had a sliding scale for iti subgcrlbers. If the year’s sub-
w**«&**iw arrow. ua,iwovs streets iw >wue OA.T*. *OT«S
meet the eye of the reader today. One advertisement proclaimed a new ferry at Washington street, the same to be operated by Collins & Ogle. They
scrtptton was paid within two months announced a large boat for the transthe charge was $2.00. If delayed for porting of horses, wagons and cattle
#sU months the price was if the subscriber waited
■when compared with the pages that mew, Shelby and Jennings.county. In
‘ “ later years Mr. Fletcher formed a law
partnership w-ithT J. A. Breckenridge and their advertisement, under the head of ‘‘Law For Sale.’’ ran thus:
“As attorneys and counselors at law, will perform any business in their
end of the year to .pay, big bill was $3.00. The editors gladly took all forms of farm products on subscription, being particularly appreciative of furs and honey. Rags also were accepted as collateral for job printing
or subscription.
The advertisements in Indianapolis’ first newspaper were mere yifles
$2.50. and and a skiff for bearing over.the waves profession, even that which comes until the the uniting foot passengers. “We are under the denomination of pettifogdetermined to pay strict attention to ging, if they are roundly paid for it. our duty and expect to share ^the pub- in any court in the Fifth judicial cirlic patronage,” the enterprising ferry- cuit. They are not desirous of having
men announced.
Calvin Fletcher, the town’s first lawyer, announced that he would practice In the courts of Lawrence, Monroe. Morgan, Greene, Owen, Mar-* ion, Henry, Rush, Decatur, Bartholo-
any professional calls, unless well compensated therefor, either in cash in hand or approved assurances Their office is situate on Washington street a few paces west of Major Carter’s tavern. They do not pledge themselves
J-OOKlMGi WE€»T TJ^DJA THE MOKVMEViT IN THE Minimus (phctto w FfHcrrti go )
to those who employ rtem, to perform their business with correctness diligence and punctuality, but, like most of the profession, they will do it as well as they know how.” Carter's Tavern. Frank souls, those lawyers of early Indianapolis. And they could not be arrested for false advertising. The Carter’s TaverrI spoken of in the advertisement was opposite the courthouse in Washington street. It was Major Carter who. when a theatrical performance was to be given in his tavern, insisted that there be prayer before the unholy fiddle was played. The advertisement of Caleb Scudder. the first cabinet maker of Indianapolis. also appears in an early issue of the Gazette. His shop was on the Statehouse square and is depicted in the picture showing Indianapolis in 1825. An amusing feature of the sign on the cabinet shop is that the pioneer sign painter was a poor speller and spelled it “Kalop Skudder.” Caleb Scudder was the grandfather of Cale S. Raglesfield, the hardwood lumberman, of this city. Mr. Scudder’s advertisement on the first page of the Gazette "announced that he "would receive for cabinet work all good merchantable cherry, walnut and poplar plank, also corn and sugar, and will nevpr refpse cash when offered." He also announced that cabinet work would be exchanged for a good work horse. Scudder’s cabinet shop was the scene of several of the town's early theatrical performances. The Gazette, both in advertise-
[Spectal to The Indianapolis NewsJ ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS, Ind..
May 29.—The Society of Letters of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College last night held its annual celebration of Booth Tarkington day at the last formal meeting of the society for the j scholastic year. . ,
cepted Lumber for Cabinet I Miss Sheahan. of Moberly, Mo., chair-
« a ...a. . . a. a x I man. opened, the program with a
Work But “Would Not Refuse brief discussion of the Indiana
Tk« 1 author. Miss Isham. secretary, eon-
the Money —The Lditors j duc ^ d the eX ercises. which con-
of appreciations of
Tarkington’s works. Souvenirs of the occasion were printed lists of the authors books and plays in chrono-
logical order. *
The following members of the so-
ciety took part in the program:
Regina Pcssemier. St. Mary's. Kas.: Marten Qumbv. Titusville. Pa.; Helen Burke. Uncoln. 111.: Margaret O Donnell. Montpelier, Ind.; Mary Sheahan. Moberly. Mo.: Margaret Isham Fowler. Ind.: Gertrude O'Connor. MonUceliO. Ind.; Margaret O'Brien Salt Lake City. Utah: Nellie Mulbero. Chicago Heigths. 111.: Maxine Davis. Newark, O.: Ma-
bel Flynn, Sistersville, W. Va.
Evelyn Camg. Columbus. Neb.: Jean*Palisse. Chateauraux. France; Dorothy Asbury. Big Timber, Mont.. Helene Pomiee, Paris, France; Odette Fourgesud. Li bourne. France: Mary MeKvoy, Muskogee, Okla.; Marie Antoinette Boat. Marseilles. France: Ruth Pierce, Pine Village, Ind.: Anna Wiseman. Danville. III.; Verda Meehan. Hibbtug,
Minn.
Eleanor Fink Cortland. 111.: Margaret Millen. Wilmette. 111.: Irene Pierce. Pme Village. Ind.: Margaret Atkinson, Green Bay, W**.: Beatrice Hughes Fargo. N. D.: KeDon. Garrity, Chicago, HI.; Marie Reine Gamier. Bourges. France: Emily Lennon. Joliet. III. Edna Hayes. Chicago, 111.: Esther Pomeroy. Oak Park. Hi.: “Loretta Williams, Chicago. 111.: Mary Dcnuwey. Tacoma, Wash., and Sophie Mueller, St. Louis, Mo, COMMITTEE IS ANNOUNCED l.tat Wnde Public Itrunch of Personal
Liberty League.
The advisory committee of the Indiana branch of the National Personal Liberty League, recently organized. according to pledge cards signed by its members, “to champion the, cause of personal liberty as intended by the Constitution of the United
ments and news, discloses Indianapolis as a city of permanent dwelling, for familiar names in the Gazette are familiar names here today. The descendants of these pioneers have clung to the old town with a sentiment that proves they came of good stock and are proud to abide in the
city of their fathers.
Other pictures reproduced here are of interest to centennial celebrants, for they depict the changing scenes that have marked the progress of Indianapolis, The picture of Monument Circle. showing Christ and Plymouth churches. is historically interesting. It is not generally known that the north wall of the English hotel. adjoining Meridian street, is the old north wall of Plymouth church. The picture was one made for stereoscopes by Brigham, a photographer who lived here years ago. It was made at a time when lhet;e was a light fall of snow and the Circle shows it. One of the homes shown in the picture was that of Bishop Talbot, a well known di-
vine of the city
Familiar to many living today is the picture showing northeastern Indianapolis from the Courthouse tower. The old county jail is in the
foreground. Tn this old jailyard j states." has been announced by Leo se\eral hangings that formed im- m Rappaport, president of the
portant chapters in the criminal history of the town took place. The old market place will bo well re-
membered, too.
Many of the buildings that were in
existence fn mule-car days still are i'Bg. J- S. McFarland, Will H. Trimble, doing mercantile service in Wash-| CroU P, Conder, Wesley E. Shea. Tom Ington street. To those who now ; Snyder. August M. Kuhn, Charles 8. are In the middle years of life the 1 R ecker, iMartin M. Hugg. R. F. mule cars are well remembered, but Geddas, Fred W. Sanders, Harry
they never dreamed, as they saw the plodding mules go by, that within their time they would see street cars operated by a mysterious current called electricity or that airships would fly above their heads and do all manner of queer maneuvers. Nor did they believe a vehicle would be built that, self-propelled, would go a hundred miles an hour. It seems only a little while since the mules were here—but look at the pace we're traveling now. Within the time of those with mule-car memories will come another innovation— that of an aerial union station from which will arrive and depart airships plying tq all points in the country. For inventors now have practically completed devices whereby airplanes will be enabled to rise or land on any
flat rooftop.
An intftrestlnsr picture, too. is that showing Indianapolis west from the Monument. This photograph, made in the late nineties, shows the old Cyclorama in Market street, the Windsor hotel block and the Miller block, all of which have given way to more modern structures. The wonder is what Indianapolis of fifty or a hundred years from now will say of Indianapolis pictures when the city celebrated Its centennial. These are changing years.
branch, as follows:
John N. Williams. Robert L. Berner. Charles F. Zwlck, Robert Lieber. Fred Fahnley, Clemens Vonnegut, Harry Parr. R. P. Oedes, Walter B. Hard-
Nlcoli, W. G. Kreis, C. F. fWoerner, W. F. Kuhn, William Springhorn. A. W. Thomson, John S. Pearson, John R. Ward. John Rau. H. C. Kalilo. C. M. Burpee, William M. Hammond. Robert H. TynrlH.ll. George A. Bittler, George J. MarotO the Rev. Frank 8. C. Wicks, John A. George, W. H. Klrkhoff, Leo M. Itappaport, Elmer J. Culbertson, George E. Freyn, George L. Maas, John G. Geiger. E. G. Strathman, J. A. Bene 11, Doherty Sluerln, E. H. Stewart. 8. T. Murdock. L. C. Willis, W. G. Hoag. William O. Bates. Joseph L. O’Connor, Joseph Gardner, Theodore Sevel, Fred J. Osterrneyer, George H. Boschman, W. H. Hunt, Carl L. Peters, R. G. McCullough, E. O. goggle. James W. Hopkins, Edward Mason, Albrecht R. C. Kipp, Art V. Grossman, E. V. Burget, W. H. Scales, John H. O’Brien, George Mode, Samuel t\ Wells. C. R. Ledig. A. E. Williams, R, M. Jacob, F. A. Clark, S. Earl Armstrong, Walter Heltkam, Louis Schafer, Fred C. Kurtz. A. H. Vayo, F. A. Holmes, George McDougall, Henry C. Thomson, George M. Dollarhlde. James M. Woods. Jr., J, W. McCreery, the Rev. M. Priori, Otto N. Prenzel,. F. T. Gay, W. M. Martin, Theodore Dammeyer, D. W, Ryan, Harry L. Freyn, 8. A. Deming, F. V. King, George B. Gaston. Charles G. Sanders, Wilfred H. Allen, John M. Jordon. A. Bennett Gates. Henry W.
Lawrence, William R. Seeker, The organization of the league^ is
made up of Its president, the advisory committee, a board of directors of ten that has not yet been announced and an executive secretary. A committee of 100 was recently selected, which It was planned to make the
nucleus of a state organization.
The News has received the following books from ths publishers In the last week: , Ptatiaa. THE ROARING ROAD. By Byron Morgan. 1180 pages. New York: George H. Doran Company, i Stories of motors and racers and '"affinities and other stories. By Mary Roberts Rinehart. 282 pages. New York; George H. Doran t ompany. Stories about men, women and
love.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RACEHORSE. By U B Yatea. 234 pages. New York: George H. Porah Ta^e of the turf by a horse of aristocratic lineage. THE UNLATCHED DOOR By Lee I’hayer. 317 pages. New*York: The mtury Company.
iw York mystery story.
THER WOMAN.
a marriage arranged by s
Edward J.
t^fgK ,th *g ~
York
„ By Norah
18 pages. New York The
..ompany.
of a man’s struggle with an te personality. ' -
T BETTY. By Grace LivingHill (Mrs. LutlL Philadelphia:
Lippineott Company.
Romance of a girl who escapes from a marrlar* arranged by s de-
ngning
282 pages./New
node,
A London murder mystery storr WHAT’S THE WOfcLD COMING ID? By Rupert Hughea 389 pages sfew York: Harper A Brothers. Adventures of a soldier just home Tom the war. the victim of a black"HOLY I FIRE AND OTHER STORES By Ida A. R Wylie. 395 pages. New York John Lane Company. Wartime stories with scenes In Russia. F.ngland and France. KINDRED OF THE DUST- Bv Peter R Kvne. 376 pages. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. \ love story of the northwest. THE THIRD WINDOW. Bv Anne Douglass Sedgwick (Mrs. Basil de SellncourO 1*3 pages. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Storv of a woman’s struggle between love for her young suitor end loyalty ;o her dead husband. Involving questions of spiritual presence. Mtseelleweeiis. j V FRENCHWOMAN'S TMPRESgrovs of AMERICA. Ry Comtrsse Madeleine de Rryas and Mile. Jacnuellne de Rryas. 2*8 pages. New • York • The Century Company. Written bv authors well versed in VngHsh who visited all oart* of the States on *n mission. NCh LITERATURE IN THE WAR. By Albert gchins. of French literature. Smith 431 pages. New York: D.
X.
writings, of Well-sr-authors. war
arrt diaries.
AND SUNDRY. By E. T. Ray-
►nsored Celeb York: Henry
writer’s discussion of of Wales. Foeh. Wilson. ;u. Do Vie. Chesterton. Bei- ' OATS. | By C.
pages. New ces Company, ing of moral
standards," by an English woman, discussing social and industrial relations between the sexes. ALBANY: THE CRISIS IN GOVERNMENT. By Louis Waldman. 23S pages. New York: Bonl A Liveright. An account of the unseating of the Socialist assemblymen by the New York legislature, summarizing testimony at the trial and speeches of counsel. V A CRITIC IN PALL By Oscar Wilde. 290 pages. Nsw York: G. P.. Putnam’s Sons. Reviews and micetlantes making up one of the fifteen volumes of the “Ravenna Edition” of the works of Oscar Wilde TIM TALKS. By Tim Thrift. 99 pages. New York; G. P. Putnams
Sona.
Brief stories, sketches and es-
mmyr
THE HISTORICAL SOURCES OF DEFOES JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR. By Dr. Watson Nicholson. 183 pages. Boston; The Stratford Company. . ^ . Designed to show that Defoe’a book is not primarily a work of fiction but
a history. - _
WHY MEN STRIKE. By Samuel Crowther. 232 pages Garden City. New York: DoubledaY, Page A Co. Discusses thrift for Investment in industry as a corrective of false
ideas of capital. „
THE GHOST IN THE WHITE HOUSE. By Gerald Stanley Lee. 310 pages. New York: E. P. Dutton
Company. o ^ ^
Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in * vague helpless way to haunt the White House) can • • •
get what they want.
Poetry.
VERSE. By William Cary Sanger Jr. 313 pages. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Collections of poems. Including roups under the headings. "Tides of bmmerce" "The City of Tod and Dreams.” "War Poems” and "In the Land of the Harvest." AFTER THE DAY. By RIanes Bennett. 109 pages Boston: The Stratford Company. A collection of post-war impressions in verse. _ SONGS OF THE IRISH REVOLUTION. By William A. Millen.j69 pages. Boston: The Stratford Company. "Songs of the Newer Ireland is the subtitle. The author is an American 0 S}lGHTS AND SHADOWS. By Mary Gertrude Hamilton. 51 pages. Boston: The Stratford Company. A collection of lyrics. For Young Readers. WHEN: I WAS A BOY IN PERSIA. By Youel B. Mirxa. 205 pages. Boston; Lothrop. Lee A Shepard Company. One of "Children of Other Lands Books." written by a native of Persia, now an American, who served in the United States navy, f WHEN I WAS A BOY IN SCOTLAND. By George McPherson Hunter. 159 pages. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company. A Delaware clergyman’s contribution to “Children of Other Lands Rooks." BOBBY AND THE BIG ROAD. By Maud Lindsay. Illustrated by Florence Liley Young. 112 pages. Boston: Lothrop, I#ee A Shepard Company. A story for children of five to seven
years.
"Of all the places in this world, where you see human nature without veneer," I began, and the. Little Mother looked up with an air of exaggerated interest. , "Another one?" she teased. “I’ve heard about public eating places, when your victims didn’t know they were among enemies.” ’ “I've never said anything about enemies," I countered. "J’ve just said that I judged the table etiquette of some folk by the way they eat, when they don’t know that any one's noticing them; you might say when they’re not among friends, if you want to put it that way," I conceded. "And I’ve heard about the vagaries of human nature as expressed in street car conversations." she con-
tinued.
"You never heard me. say that you get the pure and unadulterated article. however, as far as nature and disposition are concerned." I argued, "for the very simple reason that most folk talk, unconsciously or not, for effect when they discuss private affairs on a street car.” Then we both began to giggle over the “Girl With the Alligator." as we’ve always called the young woman who told a car full of people about the strange pet her Ygentleman friend" sent her one day last winter. The young man in question "sure had swell taste.” according to our informer, and the Little Mother and I, looking at the recipient of his many and varied gifts, agreed with her. However. I had come home with a grievance, and was not to be deterred from airing it. “As 1 was saying a moment ago,” I hopefully began, '“a woman lays aside her mask when she goes shopping, and you see a glimpse of her real disposition, then. If ever." *T’ve seen a number of them who seemed to be posing supremely," she murmured, j "I think some women put on more airs then than at any other time." "Putting on airs, my dear, is one of the simplest and easiest forms of the same unmasking,” I retorted, “and If you could have heard some of the remarks I’ve listened to this afternoon you’d agree with me" Then I asked a question which had been puzzling me all afternoon. "Don't brides prepare liken chests any
tiore?”
“From the way all the linen shops prosper, I should suppose that they do." she answered. "Are you afraid Doris isn't going to provide herself with such essentials?" She dimpled at the absurdity of her own question. “No fear about that child doing anything of the sort—or failing to do
it, rather,” I retorted. "She has been tucking things away in’ that chest of hers ever since her high school ‘days. And I’m not really fearful about the American girl falling down on her job; I suppose every nofmal, natural sort of girl does take pride in making things for a home, some day. but what discourages me is the utterly prosaic way in w'hich some of these brides-to-be sit down and discuss the merits of filet versus Madeira embroidery, calmly make their choice between them, have the bill charged to their mothers’ account. and stroll off to the matinee.” • "How many June brides are thinking of matinees, just now T” she teased. “Can you imagine any girl thinking of anything of the sort at this seasonT* “Oh, well.-If it isn’t matinees, it's parties," I grumbled, "and what Tin getting so fussy about is the way they pass by all the pleasures of preparing their ow n handiwork lor th< tr homes." * ' “Times have changed. Mother Machree," she began, teasingly. "But human nature hasn't." I retorted. crossly. "The girl who does not have enough of the home-loving instinct to prepare her own linens will never be a home-making wife." "Oh. menfolk don’t care so much about all those attributes, nowadays," she contradicted. “I really think that human nature has changed a great deal, in the last few generations. Folk are too busy doing the bigger things to bother with trivialties like embroidered sheets and pillowcases. I’ve heard you say so. myself!" she finished triumphantly. “Oh, I’ve outgrown all my earlier enthusiasm for ~ such things.” I answered, "but I'd be terribly disappointed in Doris, for' instance, if she didn’t swoop down on every embroidery design or crochet pattern that she sees. But the point I’ve been ! puzzling over is not that these brides will lack any dainty appointments for their homes but that they let other folk make them for them. And I'm wondering what more important things they find to do, with the time they should be spending on such
things.”
“Welt. I heard one of Rose’s callers say the other day that she w r as a positive rag. and thit she expected to live in Madame Blanke's shop half the time, between now and her own wedding: said that it would take weeks ofj massaging and manicuring and shampooing to restore her hair and hands and complexion, after this strenuous spring.” “Such things are terribly Impor-
tant, I suppose, especially to a bride," I conceded, "and. of course, she should want to look her best; but I can't gee their point of view. Why do they want to do the things that makp masseurs and beauty doctors necessary? I suppose those same girls would be terribly sorry for the bride of a few generations ago, to whom marriage meant garden making and babies and housework, but I've seen fairer roses blooming in the cheeks of those same hard-working w'omen than any beauty expert could ever simulate.’’ "But they faded early," mused the Little Mother. "I can remember when a woman was middle-aged at thirtyfive and old at fifty. You can't blame the woman of today for dreading that. 1 know w'hat you think about the purely ornamental woman, but," she added with a smile. *Tve also heard you remark that you enjoyed looking at them." "Not any more than 1 enjoy £he beauty of a kindly face on which time and suffering and self-sacrifice have left their seal. It must take a vast amount of conceit to carry some folks through life," I added dolefully. "I wonder what your purely ornamental j creature does when her mirror announces indisputably that she is no | longer ornamental and her conscience j tells her that she is not the least bif j usefulr The Little Mother answered with a show of gravity: “She smothers her conscience. Mother Machree, and j hies her to the nearest beauty par- ! lor, to give the lie to her untactfu! mirror." One of the cleverest women I ever j knew made an unusual remark to me. not long ago. as we were ivandering | through the big woods in search of i trilliums and that satisfying peace which weary folk can find in woodsy solitude. "My idea of a perfect day," she began, "is one in which I do a good day’s work in the morning and another in the afternoon, if it has to be done, and then don my best frock and my most useless air and have a glorious time playing lady' in the evening.' And I've noticed that if anything has to be marked off her day’s program it’s always one of the nonessehtials. She goes to parties because people refuse to let her stay away, but she does the useful things because they're the very joy of living to her. My poor little shoppers who annoyed me with their assumption o? dignity and importance—the colorless little persons who calmly assumed that the best w-as not quite gooo enough for them, and that the world must eland stili while they hesitated
between handkerchief linen and Georgette for their lingerie—all these pass by, in a procession discouragingly long. And 1 see them, years from now, still seething with their own importance, and fuming over small disappointments, seekers after happiness, who have not learned the ageold truth that happiness, like love and success, comes only to the man or woman wjio is willing to pay for It with tears and toil. Then I think of Phis woman, of my own daughter-to-be. and all the women like them -women who are human instead of merely feminine; who ask nothing of fate‘ and the rest of us but the chance to do their share of the world’s work, whether it be the stitches they put in their trousseaus or the other "bigger work,” of which we hear so much, and the strength and courage with which to do it. and my tired old heart is comforted and my sou! uplifted because of this later vision June is upon us—rich with its glimpses of promises fulfilled. Men and women are pledging themselves to lives that will surely be a bit richer and fuller than the years that have gone. After ail—all’s well with the world. MOTHER MACHREE.
CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY Boone Lodge *o. fl. F. and A. M.. Was Organized Seventy-Five Years Ago. (Special to The IndisnapoUs News! LEBANON. Ind.. May 29—Boone Lodge No. 9 Free and Accepted Masons, of this city, celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary Friday afternoon and evening. Harvey Q. Hazelrigg. now dead, grand master of Indiana in 1865. 1866 and 1867. was instrumental in the organizing of Boone Lodge No. 9. at Thorntown. May 29. 1845. The lodge later was removed to Lebanon. * Yesterday afternoon the Thorntown lodge conferred the Entered Apprentice degree, and in the evening the Rev. L A. Harriman. formerly grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Indiana, made an address. Members of all Masonic lodges in Boone county were guests. FILES EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
John isenbarger. Democrat, Spent S1.2M.«4 in Primaries. iSpecial to The Indianapolis News] WABASH. Ind.. May 29.—John Isenbarger, of North Manchester. Democratic candidate for the nomination for Governor of Indiana at primaries May 4. spent $1,296.64, according to his statement filed with the clerk of the Wabash circuit court yesterday afternoon. No promises were made, other than those mentioned In thfc Isenbarger advertisements, according to the statement. Of the amount spent $928.65 was for advertising.
(Ry Resale Hendricks] The exhibition of work by the pupils of the Herron ^rt School was opened to the public this afternoon with a serving of tea in the attractive clubroom of the school. The exhibition is a large and interesting showing in various mediums and directions by talented students from many parts
of ttid stall*.
The life work in charcoal and color under William Forsyth, the work by “recommended" pupils from the three high schools, directed by Otto Stark; the pictures by Miss Olive Rush’s pupils in Imaginative composition; ths sketches and pictures made fin the classes of Miss Anna Hasselman, Miss Blanche Stlllson and Miss Grace Margaret Kies*, and the many designs for. industrial and commercial use done in the classes of Miss Edna Shiver and J. Earl Schrack are well worth the attention of picture lovers. The school building, which adjoins that of the Art Institute museum, will be open Sunday afternoon, and it is expected that visitors to the museum will avail themselves of the opportunity to see what has been done in the school during the 1919-1920 sciiool year. v Sunday Last Day of Block Prints. Tomorrow ends the season of the block print exhibition at the Art Institute. The small east gallery has already been taken over in preparation for its part in the coming centennial celebration. When Its doors are opened to museum visitors later, it will represent an old time Indiana kitchen, with furniture and utensils of the early days, the old safe-guard-ing gun and powder horn, and, of course, the big old open fireplace. There will also be shown in the museum a collection of pictures representing the best of Indiana art. reaching as far back as possible into the centennial period, and an exhibition of old costumes and other objects
of interest.
Among the block prints In the present interesting Collection, the group by Harry Muir Kurtzworth shows two "Mood Nocturnal" prints in different
gests a bright evening with a moon somewhere outside the picture’s boundaries; the other the duskiness of a moonless night. The artist shows a well rendered “characterization" In the simple tonality of block printing and other little pictures of quality. Paul Honore. pupil of Brangwyn and Wicker, and a member of the Scarab Club and the Lofters, of New York, exhibits four prints of distinct Individuality. "The Engraver" has the quaintness of an old wood engraving. His "Fruit Gatherer" is striking and forceful in its low-keyed color scheme.
Fataristie Priats.
Juliette T. Nichols’s "Wind in the Boats," “Pear Tree,” "Pulling In the Boats” and "Little Joe" are interesting futurisllcally. The artist has put action into some of them. The group by W. S. Rice leads one from California to Italy. He has caught the moon rising beyoud Monterey pines and eucalyptus groves and has put upon paper a bit of the Marina Grande at Capri. The Capri print has the richness of color of enamel. The House on the Hill," by Flora Schoenfeid, modernist, sets one guess-
HERRON ART INSTITUTE.
Hours—Sunday, 1 to 9 p. m.; other days, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Admission—Saturday and Sunday, free; other days, 25 cents. School children and teachers, free every day. Exhibitions—Display of wood block prints, collection of Japanese prints, collection of pewter, Ball collection of paintings, M. W. Kelly collection of arms and armor. Art Institute’s permanent collection of paintings.
ing. The pointed gable of the little white house is like little whit# housea of Provinceton, Mass., but there is a resemblance to rabbits and chickt iis and eggs in the things growing that suggests an Easter motive. Miss Schoenfeld'g work is interesting in all of her prints. She is a member of several Chicago artists’ clubs and of the Society of Independent Artists, The prints by Agnes Welnrich, “Along the Harbor," ,7 Two Girls" and "The Church” are in color schemes like Bulgarian embroideries. J. Scott Williams, whose pictures have won Salmagundi Club prizes, shows a pleasing "In September" print, and Walter J. Phillips is represented by an attractive group of block pictures.
Art Notes.
Design* for the ballet of gifts of the centennial pageant have been made by Edward Werner. The artistic designing and cheating of old style bonnets for the pageant by Mrs. Fred Balz is an interesting feature of the work at the pageant costume headquarters, as is the basket of fruit made by Miss Bernice Sinclair, of St. Paul, Ind. Miss Sinclair’s pears, plums, grapes, etc., are as realistic as the pictured fruit that deceived the birds of long ago. A group of members of the recently
colors from the same block. One sug-/ or g. an j Z( ,d Handcraft Guild Is dyeing " I ’"''''"'costumes and curtains for centennial
pageant use at the home of Mrs. Alfred Potts under the color direction of George Somnes, pageant master. The Indiana Artists’ Club spent a few hours with Theodore C. Steele and Mrs. Steele today-In the Brown county
home and atudio.
Otto Stark and Clifton A. Wheeler have proved the saying of Robert Louis Stevenson that "genius is the ability to be a boy again at will” In their recently completed series of panels of Mother Goose subjects for the children’s department of the L Strausa store. The rWymep are Illustrated with a directness and charm that proves the artists’ Joy in doing them. The pictured familiar friends of everybody's childhood are as alive and real as they are tn the rhymes to every real live child. Little Bo-Peep, Little Boy Blue. Simple Simon, Humpty Dumpty, Mary. Mary, Quite Contrary. Old Mother Goose herself and others show gayly around the walls, some hobnobbing informally. The paintings were made at night to Insure the color effect in the artificial light, of the room of their final ploc- *"*• * .
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