Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 204, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1922 — Page 6

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IN THE REALM WHERE WOMAN REIGNS

Keeping House With the Hoopers

[The Hoopers, an average American family of five, living in a suburban town, on a limited Income, will tell the readers of the Dally Times how the many present-day problems of the home are solved oy working on the budget that Mrs. Hoopei has evolved and found practical. Follow them daily in an Interesting review of their home life and learn to meet the conditions of the high cost of living with them.] THURSDAY. With the Idea In mind that as much as possible of her money had to be conserved, Mrs. Hooper confined her shopping list for the week to absolute necessities. Her inspection of the pantry on Monday had not only included an inventory of what she had on hand but also an arrangement of her supplies that would call for the using up of everything that could be utilized for meals during the next few weeks so that nothing would have to be thrown away at the last moment. Her well filled preserve closet would also be a source of supply while they remained in Mayfield and the remainder she Intended to have packed very carefully nnd shipped by express to their new home. Henry had protested very forcibly when she had first suggested this, but when she went over the contents of the shelves with him and pointed out the quantity and quality of what she had in stock and informed him as tc just how much of their food allowance world have to go to replace Its equivalent he weakened in his protests at the trouble and expense it ■would be to transport all the fruit and vegetables that she had put up to last until well into the summer. “Why don’t ydu sell it?" asked Henry. “Lots of people In Mayfield would be glad to buy it and you could use the money you get for It to buy canned fruit and vegetables In the city.” “I though of doing that.” Mrs. Hooper replied, "but It will be quite ns much bother for me to sell It as* It will be for you and Roger to take a day and pack it carefully In boxes and barrels so that there will be little danger of breakage when it Is sent by express. I would never get anywhere near the value of It If I did sell It in Mayfield and what I would buy for ihe money would net equal It In quality. The cost of transportation will not be any more than tne money loss I would have to stand if 1 sold it for less than It is worth nnd then bought something not nearly so good and a very much smaller quantity for the money.” “But what If It all pets nnashed up In transit?” suggested Henry. “\ery little will be broken If you and Roger pack It carefully and you have plenty of time to do It if you begin tomorrow" She Intended to buy nothing further in the way of clothes for herself or Helen, but she would have time to aval, herself of a January sale to get what Henry ard Roger would need in the way of a suit for Henry and anew overcoat set Roger, and the felt that sue could shop to better advantage in Mayfield and the nearby city where she was familiar with the stores than she could 'in a perfectly strange place. She set ndtf next Thursday afternoon on the B'Vdule she was mow making of the we>■!* she had to d-f as the rime for this 6hopulng and when she went ir t>v n this afternoon she did only her marketing for the table. The menus for the three meals on r rlday are: BREAKFAST. Oranges Cream of Wheat Scrambled Eggs White Corn Muffins Coffee LUNCHEON. Hot Roast Beef Rolls Sliced Peaches Sponge Cake Coffee DINNER. Clear Brown Soup Curried Pork Cutlets Baked Hominy Fish Salad Raspberry Pudding Coffee CLEAR BROWN SOUP. After making stock, cool and skim and measure out one quart. Put over the fire and when luke warm stir in the white of a raw egg. Bring quickly to a boil, stirring all the time. As soon as it bn •- bles, take from the fire, pour in a lit tie very cold water and let if stand for three minutes. Then pour slowly off the dregs through a flannel bag, or a double cloth. Let It drip as you would jelly When all has run through, rcurn to the fire with a little soaked minute tapioca, or a handful of “manestra.” such as comes In shapes for soups; simmer five minutes, color with kitchen bouquet, or with caramel, and serve.

CI7RBIED PORK CUTLETS. Trim away the fat and skin from the small end: broil over clear coals thoroughly. Pepper and salt to taste. Keep hot (and covered) over boiling water. Heat a tablespoonful of butter In a frying pan, and as soon as it hisses fry In it a tablespoonful of minced onion. When the onion has browned strain it from the fat, return the latter to the pan, and pour in a cupful of boiling water, with half a cupful of apple sauce. Stir while It simmeers for ten minutes. Cook two minutes and pour over the chops. Leave covered in the oven for five minutes and serve. BAKED HOMINY. Stir Into a pint of milk a cupful of cold boiled hominy, and when this is smooth add a tablespoonful of melted butter, a tablespoonful of sugar, a saltspoonful of salt and four well-beaten eggs. Beat very light, pour Into a buttered pudding dish, and bake for about half an hour or until “set” and brown. This Is a good accompaniment to roast beef. RASPBERRY PUDDING. Rnb to a cream a tablespoonfu! of butter and a scant cupful of sugar. Stir In a gill of cream, three beaten eggs and two cupfuls of prepared flour. Last of all, add a pint of red raspberries, plentifully dredged with flour. Turn Into a greased mold and bake for one hour. Serve hot with hard sauce into which has been beaten the Juice from a pint of red raspberries. LENTEN SALAD. Line the bottom of the salad dish with crisp lettuce leaves. Fill the center of the dish with cold boiled or baked fish, cut Into pieces, and pour over it a pint of mayonnaise dressing. Garnish with rings of hard boiled eggs. Helpful Household Hints RENOVATING SERGE. To renovate a shabby serge skirt, sponge it with hot vinegar until the stains and grease marks disappear; then (thoroughly press on the wrong side with ia fairly hot iron. |‘ TO FRESHEN VELVET. J To renovate velvet dip a brush in /damp sand, rnb lightly and the soiled or cuffs will look like new. It Is a lleaning process, too, for the slight inoisftare removes dust and the harsh action ihe sand friction gives new life to the which has been worn down.

DEVILS UNLEASHED By EDWIN G. WOOD A Story of Tropical Seas That Will Hold You From Beginning to End

PRECEDING CHAPTERS. When the crew of the schooner Bald Eagle, their brains fired by on oversupply of rum, mutinied in South Pacific waters, slew the captain and first mate and heaved their bodies Into the sea, the only two sober and respectable persons left on board were Richard Hunter, a man about thirty, a passenger bound for Australia and a girl named l'aitSi, also on her way to Australia to visit her mother. The schooner's crew proved to be about as tough a bunch of cutthroats as ever manned a pirate craft. Their leader, now that Captain White laid been thrown overboard, was named Jansen, a huge fellow, who could be monstrously brutal or cunningly mild—to serve ills evil purposes. Jansen resented Hunter’s Interference with liis authority, and after Ilunter had shot and killed a sailor who had attacked him with a knife, he and the girl were forced to take refuge In a double cabin, Isehind locked doors, lloth were armed with revolvers. Captain White had a large sum of money on board and had trusted Hunter with its place of concealment, and it was this loot that Jansen and Ids ruffians were after. Hunter persistently refused to reveal the lilding place of the gold, for he had promised the captain to deliver the money to the rightful owners should anything happen to the captain during the voyage. After some hours of wild revelry below decks. Hunter, still standing watch while the girl slept, heard unsteady footsteps approaching the cabin. You can now go on with the story. Chapter ll — Con. She obediently crawled info the berth, saying as she drew the curtains: “Lou haven’t told me your first name, yet.” “They call me Dick.” “Then, good night—Hick.” “Oh, good-night. Hope you’ll sleep.’ Br-r-r! What a cold-blooded machine the naan was. But Faith was soon asleep, notwithstanding her dangerous and peculiar position. Hunter extinguished the lamp in their room and lighted the one in the cabin, which swung from the ceiling over the table in the forward end. Thus by sitting in the darkened room, he could see out and could not he seen. Muffled sounds came to him frequently; sounds of oaths, now and then a rancus song, and the scuffling of feet, as though some of t-he men were dancing. Evidently they were making merry in the forecastle. But how long would It take before they had drunk themselves into a state where such amusement would not suffice? If they would only drink themselves into a stupor— The revelry went on far Into the night, and then quieted down. Hunter was beginning to be drowsy. He had been on a severe strain for hours. He fought the desire to doze as best he could, but at times his head would droop He heard footsteps, a little unsteady, approaching aft. He roused himself with a vicious jerk, wide awake now and tense.

Men Y©m May Marry By ETHEL R. PEYSER Has a man like this proposed to you? Symptoms: Fairly handsome. Successful, big enough to feel secure. Sneers at everything, has a slur for everything. Some are too “snobbish," others are too ‘‘low brow,” others “too jazzy,” others too “dam sure of themselves.” He really doesn’t mean all this. It is an exterior habit. He misses out a lot because people don t “get him.” He likes you because you actually ignore his seeming sneering and go a bit roughshod over his surface sneers. IN FACT Rough shoeing would do him a heap of good. Prescription to his bride: 0/1/ Give him a few* swallows of his own medicine u# occasionally. You g t a sneer in at one cf his u l paragons. But very, very seldom. Absorb This: CONDEMNATION FOR DISCRIM NATION, SOME CONSTRUE. (Copyright, 1922.)

Chapter ///. The voice of Jansen hailed softly. At first Hunter thought not to answer, but reconsidered. He would hear what the fellow had to say, which could do no harm. He was weary with the suspense. Something would have to be done, and done soon. If It were not for that girl—darn girls, anyhow. Jansen’s plea was the same as before. It seemed that the man could not get it through his thick skull that Hunter could possibly be in earnest in refusing his freedom, plus part of the loot. Such a thing was the height of insanity. This time Jansen added the further assurance that the men were all dead drunk, asleep In the forecastle, and that he had locked them in. Hunter thought quickly, and, bidding Jansen wait, he parted the curtains and placed his hand over the girl’s mouth. ■•Faith, are you awake?” She stirred and he removed his hand. “Yes," sleepily. “Listen. Jansen Is outs.de with his same proposition. He says the men are all drunk and locked in tie forecastle. It’s more than likely a trap, but we've got to take some risks soon or later, If we're going to end this thing. Get up and get your gun. When I go out, you bolt the door and don’t open It again until you know that it is I calling you. If any one comes to the door and calls, or does not answer your challenge', shoot through the door. Your gun will carry through the wood to kill. Understand?” She slipped out of the berth and steadied herself. “Are you afraid?” he askked, eyeing her closely. She looked at him In surprise. “Os couse, I’m afraid. I’d he an idot, otherwise.” He studied her a little and then said shortly: “You’re as steady as a rock — you’ll carry on." Then he raised his voice to Jansen: “Now, listen, Jansen. You go around to the companlonway. If anybody shows up before you, I’ll kill him and then you. If anybody’s behind you, I’ll get you first. Get me? You'll come down that companlonway with your hands up, under my gun, and then maybe we'll talk. If fiat’s agreeable, get moving, but stans to one side while I open—l can shoot through the door. If this is not

| satisfactory, then get away and stay away.” | Jansen evidently was satisfied, feeling I secure in the tempting bait he was offering, for they heard h’m move away, walking aft. “He’s half-shot,” muttered Hnnter slipping through the stateroom door, where he paused until he heard the bolt shoot on the Inside. Then he made his way to the foot of the companionway "tairs. , The 'ompanionway being opened, Jansen, following his usual custom of coming down backward, made heavy weather of It In his unsteady condition and hampered by having to hold his hands above his head. It was with difficulty he ke,. t from falling before he reached the bottom, then, then— As he stepped to the deck of the cabin, Hunter, clubbing his automatic, struck the man a sharp blow. Just over the temple. With a sharp ln-hissing of breath, Jansen went to the floor nnd lay still. Hunter darted up and refastened the hatch, calling to Faith as he sprang down again. “Quick Faith! a sheet, anything to tie this beast up—do you hear?” "Coming,” she called lu none too steady a voice, and she appeared with a sheet in her hands. They tore the sheet Into strips, bound and gaggeci Jansen, who lay still, showing no signs of life. -Have you killed him?” Faith’s voice contained a plaintive little tremolo. "I don't know and I don’t care,” snapped Hunter. “This Is not a time for squeamish ness.’ She caught her breath sharply at his reply, but remained silent. Without further words Hnnter dragged the body of the heavy Jansen Into the first mates room, deposited It on the floor. Coming out, he locked the door, pocketed the key, and turned to the white faced girl. “Pull yourself together. It’s now or never. I’m going to see what's doing above. Go back into your room. Leave your door open so you can see. If that brute should manage to get loose and break la before 1 return, shoot him. If anybody but me comes down Into this cabin, shoot him—don't question, shoot. More than your life and mine Is at stake, please keep that In inlnd. There is no room for foolishness. Understand?” ”1 understand, and will do as you say.” Falih was inwardly trembling, faint and sick, as she entered the room and sat down on a deck stooL Hunter went on deck cautiously, though resolved to fight It out now single-hand, if the crew were about and he had been deceived. He moved about pantherlike, listening for the slightest sound. lie found that Jansen had spoken the truth so far as the crew was concerned. Not a so>ul was on deck, and the forecastle was locked. But they would not be held long, once they roused

[themselves; so he must hurry his preparations. : He had not the slightest remorse for having taken advantage of Jansen, for he was convinced that he would never coma out of the scrap alive, once Jansen got the upper hand; or If Jansen should keep faith with him, it would by no means clear the way for the girl. So Hunter fought fire with fire, laid a frnn where he suspected one was being laid. io Faith, waiting and watching in the cabin, her nerves at the limit of tension, his absence seemed to stretch out through ages. She heard him at intervals tramping about the deck; hoard him moving around in the galley, but she did not call to him; she was obeying orders to the letter. She kept close watch on the door to the room where Jansen lay trussed up, as well ns on the rest of the cabin, ready as instructed to shoot any one who should enter, and ask questions afterward. Presently Hunter’s welcome voice called to her from the deck. “All right, Faith, I'm coming down now,” and he soon appeared. “Go into your room,” ho directed hurriedly, “and throw such things as you are compelled to have into your traveling bag. We can’t bother with our trunks. Hurry, please.” She obeyed at once without comment, and when she returned ho was waiting for her, with his traveling bag and rifle. Faith looked toward the locked storeroom. “Are vou going to leave him locked in there, bound and gagged that way?” she asked. Hunter went to the door and unlocked It, throwing it open. The man on the floor stirred and a gurgling sound came from his throat. “He’ll get along,” said Hunter, stooping over Jansen. “They’ll wake up below after awhile and get out; then they’ll release him.” In the half-light the girl could see Jansen turn his head and she fancied his eyes were pleading with her, abjectly. The girl’s eyes grew moist, and a feeling of pity seized her. To leave the man that way seemed fearfully brutal to her. “At least loosen his hands and that gag,” she begged. “And hinder our chance for getting away? Good Lord! can’t you understand? That devil there would whine and cringe and lick your feet, and then after ytfu had shown him all the mercy

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1922.

Women Who Are Doing Big Things in Washington

Mrs. Bessie P. Brueggeman, commissioner of the employes’ compensation bureau, hails from St. Louis, Mo., and is the first woman to be appointed to an official position by President Harding. Mrs. Brueggeman was formerly on the Missouri State Republican executive committee and delegate at-large to the Chicago convention In 1920. During the war sl.e was captain of tho St. Louis motor brigade.

possible, he'd knife you. I know that kind of snake.” "I positively refuse,” she flared, “to leave any human in that condition. If you go this way, you go without me ” Hunter laughed shortly, threw his arm around the girl’s waist and carried her I up the stairs to the deck, j “Haven't you any feeling?” she gasped. “Not for that swine.” was the chilly | nnswer. "The best think I could have , done would have been to kill him, but I couldn't bring myself to shoot a man with his hands tied. Now, Miss Jameson, you are under my protection, whether It suits yon or out, and while you are you'dl have to do as I think best After you are safe, you're welcome to think of me Just ns you please.” } Ho put her into the yawl at the stern davits, the lashings of which he had either cut or undone, lie managed to lower away the boat without a spill, and they pushed off. she sitting on the midship thwart, while he occupied the stern, standing up to scull. He doubted the girl's strength being sufficient to handle one of the heavy oars. They headed for 1 the land, dimly outlined In the gloom. Faith sat with shoulders drooping, hands folded In her lap. head aching with the jumble of thoughts that went racing through h< r mind. She felt curl ously secure and afraid at the same time afraid of the strange man with her, yet feeling secure Id the conviction that clung to her that he would protect her at any cost to himself. Yet she felt that ho was cold, merciless, relentless. He had struck Jansen down after leading the man to suppose there would be a conference, and than he had left the fellow helpless, to sufTer. maybe to die in agony she hated trickery. But it dll take colil nerve to do what the man had dune | who was now facing her, busy with the boat, striving to gt her to safety Perhaps Hunter knew best, after nil Any- ; way, It was all too much for her little i head, end she gavo it up with a pitiful i sigh. ‘‘Mr Hunter,'” she Interrupted her own muslngs, “what became cf the money?” “There’s the miserable stuff In that ; canvas bag nt your feet. It was hidden behind a secret panel w acre they never ! would have found ;it without tearing the ; cabin to pieces.” | Hunter, keenly alert, caught the boom- ; ing of surf. Fortunately, there was i little sea running, and lie was fairly ■ dl skilled In handling a boat; so ho ielt reasonably certain that ha could beach the yawl without disaster. Day was breaking as he nnxiously scanned the shore line, rimmed as far as he could see with the white foam of tho restless waters. To his left he spied what looked to him like a small Inlet, where the foaming surf seemed rnoro quiet. For this he headed. A little later, after passing through a sprinkling of sprny which to the girl j seemed raging torrents, they glided Into I smooth water, and Hunter's tension re- , laxed. The inlet was narrower, not more than fifty yards from shore to shore. They drew the boat up on the small beach as best they could. "Now," Hunter sighed with relief, “If you will help 1 y carrying some of those l'ghter packages, wo'l! unload a* and Jook around. I put enough pro viators, such ; as I could find, into tho yawl to last j a while, anyway. It was the best I could do. There was no time to spare." As they unloaded. Faith cast troubled glances nt the forest confronting them. In the pale light of early morning tho woods looked ulaek and foreboding, and tho girl could not repress a little shiver. She wondered what new things of horror were before them; savages, probably, wild animals, snakes. But then here they had at least a fighting chanco; there on board the schooner It had seemed the end of all things. And It would have been but for that coldblooded Dick Hunter. Within the woods it did not appear so bad. Very few things are so black nnd ugly at close range as they appear from a distance. The ground was thick with rotting limbs and undergrowth. Dick set to work with his hands nnd n hunting knife and soon had a fairly good space cleared after a fashion, near running water. "We’ll stay here for a little,” he said, “or until we can look about and find a better place. Here wo can have a small i fire to cook with nnd not be seen from i the schooner.” He had brought a tarpaulin among other things, and this he spread on the j ground, nnd then sat down to rest. “At a pinch,” he commented, "this tar- j paulln might servo as a makeshift tent ■ for you. It wouldn’t be very spacious, but It would be better than nothing.” After resting a few* minutes, Faith got up and began examining the goods brought from the vessel. She found some salt meat, bread, some canned goods, coffee, and navy beans; two tins that would do nicely to boll coffee and beans In; two tin plates and cups, knives, forks, spoons. “Why, we can get along fine,” she ex- ] claimed. “You’ve thought of everything ihat could be thought of In that short time. “Camping Is no new thing to me,” he shrugged. “We can exist for a time, at any rate. And now I’ll light a fire; then If you don’t mind, you get comethlng ready to eat while I slip down and look at the schoomfc” (To v.e Continued.)

RIGHTS OF WOMEN SLOWLY EMERGING IN OLD ENGLAND Husbands No Longer May ‘Beat’ Wives and Expect to Be Upheld. LONDON, Jan. s.—Of the many law: on the British slatute book none Is so ambiguous or misleading as that relating to the power of a husband over his wife. Under the strict letter of the law a British husband can exercise over his wife an almost Turk-like dominion. Yet in accordance with the married women’s property act should a husband live in the house and borne which is her property he may only do so provldiing he behaves himself. Should he entertain any of his friends there without first obtaining his wife's permision It Is tantamount to misbehavior and he can be ejected. Most of the ancient matrimonial rights have disappeared. A cast, however, cropped out in the law courts the other dny in which an action was brought by a husband against his wife's father for “harboring” her, a revival of an ancient matrimonial right which ha3 almost disappeared. TOUGH ON PAW-IN-LAW. The case developed that the wife fulfilled the threat of going back to “her peoplb” and left the husband tint. The result was that father-in-law was Involved In a very expensvte law suit and In the end had to deliver up his daughter to her rightful protector. There Is an Illusion abroad that the Englishman—note English not British—has a right to beat his wife with a stick not thicker than his thumb. That was so sixty years ago, and though the act has never been repealed, there are certain Judgments in existence which have considerably modified the power of a husband over his wife. There was a timo not long ago when a husband became the absolute owner of his wife’s property on her marriage; she herself, too. became his property; If she ran away he might pursue her, capture her by strategy or otherwise, and take her to his house and lock her up. She hud no remedy. Legally the husband “hath power and dom'nion over his wife and may keep her by force within the bounds of duty, and also h< may beat bor, but not In a violent and cruel manner." That Is the outlet now through which a wife may sue her husband for assault should he strike her. Therefore should the modern husband exercise his prejst’O rights and thrash his wife for some misdemeanor ho Is liable to be sued by tho said spouse for ai-ault. and if he repeats the offense it becomes persistent cruelty, for which she is entitled to a separation with alimony. However tho letter of the law still exists In England. Legally the wife’s position has only been Improved In regard to her property, but tho interpretation and spirit of it has undergone considerable alteration. The beating once regarded as permissible la now reduced to “browbeating” and mild remonstrance. Even the latter Is now dangerous, because if a husband's verbal abuse is proved to have had an Injurious effect upon the wife’s health It may amount to cruelty and become a matter for the divorce court. The last ti ne on record that a husband attempted to nort his powers was in lMil. He quoted what is known as the famous Cochrane case. In the Cochrane case, the wife, in order to escape from what she alleged to be the “fitful fever” of nu unhappy married life, fled to her mother. She remained absent for four years, during that time six* bad among other things “attended masked balls in Paris with persons whom her husband did not know." WIFE ORDERED TO RETURN. l!y order of the court tho wife was forced to return to her husband. It was then established the husband had complete dominion over her aud the high court Judge he’d that: Husband and wife w*ere one in law; the law allows but ouo will between them, which must he placed in the husband as the fittest and ablest to govern tb** family. In the case of IS9I the husband quoted tills case. Tho facts were that the husband bodily seized his wife as she was leaving church In company with her sister and carried her away in a cab, took h r home and placed her under lock and key. Rhu was brought thence by a writ <sf habeas corpus. Later the House of Lords overruled the Cochrane decision and the freedom of wives In England began nt that date. Even then, however, it was carefully pointed out that In some eases physical restraint by the husband might be Justified—for example. If he met her on the stairs iu the very act of cu elopement. Tho direct and indirect effects of the married women’s property act and the reversal of the Cochrane case have been tho dividing factors to free women from the matrimonial bondage which Lad boon their lot since medieval times. TEACHER IN bomb plot. NEWCASTLE, England, Jan. fi.—Following the arrest of Gilbert F. Barrington. a schoolmaster, aud R, J. Phrelo, a miner, the authorities Intimated that they had discovered a bomb plot of wide ramifications. Both men had high exrlosives in their possession, the police say.

I PUSS IN BOOTS JR. Oorjr rt was toward nightfall when Puss Junior and his comrade came in sight of a small house near the roadside. The Itotiln, who always flew ahead, settled himself on the railing or the little porch cud waited until the Good Gray Horse stopped at the front gate. The Pig Without a Wig was all out of breath when he arrived. The little company was now complete and waited for a word from Puss Junior, who was Just about to speak, when a great noise was heard at the rear of the building. “There was a man and he had naught, And rolbers eatne to rob him; He crept up to the chimney top, And then they thought they had him.” ”I>id you see a man climb down from the chimney?” Puss Junior looked in amazement at the robbers, who had run around to the front door. “I don’t understand what you mean. I saw smoke come out of the chimney, but not a man,” replied Puss Junior. "Who are you?” asked Tom Thumb, staring fiercely at the robbers. There were six of them, but that did not seem to frighten our small hero. “We are Robbers Bold!" replied one, who seemed to be the leader. “And who are you?” But, oh, dear me, one of the robbers seized the Good Gray Horse by the bridle, lut quick as a wink, Puss Junior raised liis sword and hit the robber a stinging blow. ‘‘Zounds!” exclaimed Puss Junior, reining in the Good Grny Horse to give the Pig a chance to catch up.—Copyright, 1922. (To Be Continued.)

The Vlr-Sl-Tel Club has announced election of the following officers: Patrick J. Moran, president; Earl J. Wells, vice president; Edward Hanlon, recording secretary; James Brown, financial secretary; Joseph Kirkhoff, treasurer; Harry E. connell, historian. • * * Thirty members of the Young Ladles’ Social Club were entertained with a luncheon yesterday after which they held a theater party at B. F. Keith’s. * * • Miss Margaret Williams of Irvington, returned to her studies at St. Mary of the Woods, today. ♦ * * Miss Edith Wood, who has been visiting her parents, 2.‘5.'SR North Delaware street, during the holidays, has returned to her duties as head of the Latin department at Hamond, lad. • • Mrs. Carl R, Baumhofer, entertained with a luncheon bridge this afternoon lu observance of her birthday, at her home, IC3 North Rural street. Covers were laid for twenty guests at tables, which were attractively decorated with bowls of scarlet flowers, the place cards and favors also being red and white. Among the guests were Mrs. Carl J. Lewis of Toledo, Ohio, who Is Mrs. Baumhofer’S sister and her house guest, and Mrs. Bert Stalker of Anderson, who Is the guest of Mrs. A. 15. Kaylor. * • • Miss Dorothy Baliard, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ballard, 1125 East New York street, has returned to Purdue University. • • • The Aftermath Club met this afternoon at the home of Mrs. George M. Cornelius, 47 Layman avenue. Mrs. P. M. Yant read a paper on “The Romance of Gold," and Mrs. 11. M. Cochrane spoke on “The Miner’s Right.” • • • Mrs. n. R. Unger, 2219 North Pennsylvania street, was hostess for a meeting of tho Woman's Advance Club this afternoon. Mrs. Ilary Cluft spoke on “Austria Hungary," and Mrs. L. Owens lead the current events discussion. • • # Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Parry, 3145 North Meridian street, announce the engagement of their daughter, Ruth, to Wiliam C. Griffith of Chicago, son of Mrs. Eluora C. Griffith, 1015 Broadway. • • • Miss Olena McCain, 1720 Lexington avenue, who has been spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs W. F. McCain, has returned to Purdue University. • • • Miss Edna Bond. 1924 North Pennsylvania street, was elected president of the Sigma Delta Phi Sorority for the coming year, at the annual dinner, held at the Claypool hotel, Wednesday evening. Other officers Included: Miss Rehooley, vice president; Miss Mabel Powell, treasurer, and Miss Julia Marchnl, secretary. The table wan attractively decorated with Mrs. Aaron Ward roses, the sorority flower, tapers set in crystal holders tied with tulle in Yale blue and

I)ailg Fashion Hints Tv l i e. QirVs

By AGNES AYRES. Star In Paramount Picture*. Paris has gone quite made on the subject of white. Sho is indulging in It for winter wear. Come to consider It, is she so mad after all ? Do not the majority of the animals In the far North change their coats to a lighter, very often a white coat that helps to conceal them from their enemies against the spotless snow? Still, Paris can hardly be said to have the same reason for her flair for ermine and white cloth. Os course, with our smoky cities it is more nearly made for us. Still, the accompanying sketch shows an entirely sane version of the mode. What could be more pleasing or more practical than white for evening? This frock Is white crepe, also after the French mode. The neck Is high, and there are no sleeves, a paradox, we fancy, this season, while considerable fullness starts on either side close to the shoulder and gives the now familiar blousiness under the arms. A wide girdle, slightly draped, is worn rather low, Just about the hips, but not extreme. There are pekoed side panels on the skirt, over each hip, that hang in four points and give the effect of an uneven hem line. But the particular feature of the frock, after its unbroken whiteness, Is the huge single rosses of white velvet that fasten the girdle and weight the hem of the skirt. That, too, is decreed by Dame Fashion, who says the major part of a frock’s trimming shall be on the skirt and sleeves, the latter obviously impossible here. All together, an entirely well conduete dand conventional littldf dance and dinner dress.

Confers Here A visitor In the city today of national interest ip Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart of Cincinnati, the new president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion. Mrs. Hobart has come to confer with Miss Pauline Curnick, national secretary, of this city concerning plans for the executive committee meeting to be held here shortly.

old gold. Hand-painted place cards marked the covers. The retiring executive, Miss Viva-Jane Head, was presented with a beautiful bar pin bearing the sorority emblem. Members present Included: Mrs. Ray Roberson, Miss Helen Shuppert, Miss Mabel Marcbal, Mrs. Clarence E. Holding, Miss Gladys Gill, Miss Leona Griffin, Miss Louise Michels, Miss Maude Rhode, Miss Elsie Kleinle. Miss Luelle Kincade, Miss Edna McQulilin, Miss Edna Bond, Miss Sehooley Rhude, Miss Mabel Powell, Miss Julia Marchui, and Miss Vica Head. s s • Announcement is made of the marriage of Prof. Albert E. Woodruff of the department of physlcu. Butler College, to Miss Beulah Harvey, daughter of Mr. und Mrs. George C. Harvey of Mount Carmel, Ind., which was solemnized at the home of the bride’s parents, Dec. 27. Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff are at home at fi233 Burgess avenue, Irvington. Mr. Woodruff is a graiuute of the University of Illinois, where he received the degree of Doctor of Science. S v s Mrs. Horace Springer, 2815 North New Jersey street, will entertain with a luncheon at her home Thursday, Jan. 12. Covers will be laid for seven guests. Mrs. Springer also will be hostess for a luncheon party Jan. 21 for the members of the North New Jersey Progressive Society. • • • Miss Lole Yant entertained with a bridge party this afternoon at her home, 22-0 North Meridian street, in honor of Mrs. Nellie Uoeriug of Flint, Mich., who is tiae guest of Mrs. Hugh Waldmaa. • • • The Retail Druggists of Indianapolis wlil give their annual dance Friday evening In tho Riley room of the Claypool hotel. • • • Mrs. Loots M. Slelken, 1331 Central avenue, will leave Saturday evening for a visit lu Miami, Fla.

WOMEN OPPOSE FEMININE USE OF CIGARETTE Club Member Resents Clerk’s Advice on Popularity. BY JULL4 C. HENDERSON. That the club women of the city aw ready to enter a campaign against cigarette smoking by women, was declared in no uncertain terms at a recent meeting of the Monday Afternoon Reading Club. Condemnation of the sale of cigarette cases as gifts to be presented by young men to their yong women friends, and vice versa also was loud and long. Addod to this was the Indignity heaped upon one of the members of the club, who questioning a clerk as to the use of a peculiar looking stand on display was told: “If you wish to be popular, you must certainly buy one of these." It developed the article was a cigarette stand and case. The clubwoman retorted: “Indeed! You insult me by suggesting my purchase of such a thing, attractive as it is." Turning aside, she resolved then and there to wage war this habit among women Out of curiosity, and at another store, a club member reported she and her daughter, having heard of leather handbags equipped with cigarette cases, asked to see them. The clerk, with great dignity, replied: “We have none. Our buyer would not think of putting such articles on sale in this store.” However. In less than two weeks, the counters In that store had any number of these bags for sale. It is surmised that the demand was so great that the buyer succumbed. The club members unanimously Indorsed tho antl-tobaccc movement. Judge Says Women Are Sinned Against CHICAGO, Jan. s.—Women are more sinned against than sinning. Joseph Rabath, Chicago's “unmarrying judge,” said today. Wives applied for three-fourths of the divorces. Judge Sabath granted during the last year. Judge Rubath sent 300 couples home to think over during the year nnd they never returned. Desertion led the number of divorce grounds. Cruelty was next and durnktuness followed.

Mary Landon Baker to Wed in Spring CHICAGO, .Tail. s.—The wedding of Miss Mary Landon Baker and Allister McCormick, which was postponed Monday while nnptial guests thronged the sash lonable Fourth Presbyterian church, will take place in London in the spring, according to announcement by Miss Baker. The couple are leaders in young society circles in Chicago. Miss Baker will leave soon for California to regain her health. Illness caused postponement of the wedding. McCormick will sail late this month for England to visit his brother, and Miss Baker will Join him there in the spring.

Indiana Women Take Up Dutiet as Official Enter Upon Work With E thusiasm Which May Adr vance Recognition. By JULIA o. HENDERSON. Within the past week women thron| out Indiana have been ushered Into n and, as yet, untried work—that of off holding. Right enthusiastically hi they entered the political field. Havl had their first opportunity last Aj of expressing themselves at the pc after a long, hard fight for the privih extending over a period of sevet years, they now are being put forwi as legitimate candidates for public off! Having won in the primaries the woa candidates set themselves to work to sure election, the result being quite a isfactory for the initatlve step. Besides the elective offices women hi been recognized in many appointive o; ces In the State. Their adaptability detail work has proven them very i ceptable in many lines of endeavor wh strict attention must be given to mat iu band. More aud more Is their wo: being recognized in the political field campaign managers, as secretaries, a as speakers. It was granted In the last president campaign that some of the most effect and convincing speeches were made the women. It is a well known fl that for some time women have bi equipping themselves by special trd ing to do such work effectively. The organization of the “Fourteen 34 ute Women Speakers’ Bureau” tbronj out the State, during the war period j the women to buzzing about In the pi lie speaking field and women heretofl afraid of tbelr voices are now fearless petting forth the principles of their pa’ or the fine qualities of their favorite cl didate. Mayoralty candidates were few amc women and none was elected though so did venture into this Important field, several Instances women city clerks w elected and Mrs. Ella K. Barnes of Mlc gan City was elected one of the five ca mlsslonors In the commisslon-mana; form of government, the first to adopted in the State. Press reports give the following wd en elected to various offices in the State Columbus—Miss Mayme Brown, a clerk. Wabash—Miss Georgia Alber, DeJ crat. city clerk. Washington—Anna H. Gibson, Dell crat, city treasurer. Ft. Wayne—Mrs. Catherine Dlnklq Democrat, city council. South Bend—Miss Gladys Moni Democrat, city clerk. North Liberty—Miss Mary Conner, a clerk, and Mrs Fanchion Goodale, urer. both on the People's ticket. Elwood—Mrs. Birdie Adams, Bepi lican, city clerk. Walkerton—Miss Mabel Conrad, Republican, clerk-treasurer. Boonville—Mrs. Itetra Hlck-rson, Democrat. clerk, and Mrs. Clyde Teuach, Democrat, treasurer . Anderson—Miss Ranna Creason, Republican, city clerk. Desirable appointive offices throughout the State w*re given to Mrs. Sol Hammer of Evansville, who was placed on tho board of safety by Mayor Bosse; to Miss Ruth James of Richmond, who was given a place on the board of health by Mayor Handley, and to Mrs. Sarah Shank of Indianapolis who was placed on the park tuard by her husband. Mayor Shank. No surprise should be expressed should women enter the field in the coming county and State elections. At the present time the Democratic women seme to have it. Republican women should look to their laurels.

NOTES Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank apparently has no copyright on “Me and Sarah.” From Evansville comes the word that Mayor Benjamin Bosse took tho oath of ofiice with Sirs. Bosse standing at hla side with an “I do" expression upon her face. If not upon her Ups. The wif© of tho Evansville executive will have a voice In the city government, although It will be unofficial, the mayor's friends say. The 1922 “appointment calendar" re* cently published by the Woman's D©* partment Club is unique In that It gives the date and day of the week, leaving a blank space In which appointments may be written. It will serve well as a diary of events for future reference, JAZZ DEFINED AS ‘MUSIC GONE WILD ’ Women’s Federation Leads • Drive for *Sane Harmony.’ CHICAGO, Jan. s.—Jazz Is a combination of Insane rhythm and Insane harmony. “It is musls gone wild.” These were just two of the shots fired at modern music at a meeting of the board of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs here. Mrs. Marx Oberndorfer, one of the leaders In the movement to popularized “good" mnsle, led the attack. Jazz music throws the human system out of harmony.” Mrs. Oberndorfer declared. "It's effect Is to disorganize the human organisms of persons who hear it. It not only injures the morals of those who come under its influence, but it is un-American.” Nine Persons Hurt in TrainJl’ollision LINCOLN. Neb., Nine persons were Injured In a collision last night between a Lineoln-Fremont local passenger train and a freight on the Chicago A Northwestern. near Wahoo. Neb. W. B. Golden, superintendent of the division, said the accident was due to "misunderstanding of orders on the part of the freight crew.”

Living Is Cheaper in Chicago Now CHICAGO, Jan. 5. —Ir you like bread and butter, with an occasional egg on the side, you can live more cheaply In Chicago now than was possible a week ago. Three large stores here have ananounced they will sell a 18-ounce loaf of bread for five cents. Within tlie last ten days the wholesale price of butter has declined from 47 to 37 cents a pound and the wholesale price of eggs from 50 cents to 38 cents a dozen. Retail prices have declined accordingly, dealers say.