Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 114, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1923 — Page 3
SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1923
Exiled Baroness Says Russian Women Have No Time for Beauty Now
Chic French Midinettes Wear Smartest Styles and Introduce Regular American Jazz in Paris
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GEORGETTE MI MI XEA Service Writer ARIS. Sept. 22.—The midinettes of Paris are responsible not only for the introduction of many of the smartest styles in Paris, but for the introduction of American jazz. These girls, who start as dressmakers’ apprentices and helpers almost as soon as they reach their teens, and work for as low as 3# francs a week at the start, form an organization 100.000 strong, and are perhaps the most interesting group In Paris. Despite their long hours and hard work, they develop an amazing “chic” and they soon learn to copy for themselves the expensive gowns they make for others. At noon they are given an hour and a half for lunch and recreation, and their recreation takes the form
gOCIAL Activities ENTERTAINMENTS WEDDINGS BETROTHALS
A r ~~~ PRETTY fall wedding took place this morning at the 1 • home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Lentz. 2926 N. Talbott St., when their daughter, Helen, became the bride of Eugene P. Saltmarsh. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Saltmarsh. 3462 N. Meridian St. The Rev. T. W. Grafton read the ceremony. Miss Bernice Lentz, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, and Robert Saltmarsh, best man. V A wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride. After a wedding trip in the East. Mr. and Mrs. Saltmarsh wijl be at home at 1220 Park Are. Among the out-of-town guests Mrs. Carrie Krippenstable of Louisville. Ky. • • • Miss Alyce Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Shaw. 1035 Tacoma Ave., will become the bride of Dr. Allan K. Harcourt, son of Mrs. Herbert Cuyler, 3907 Park Ave.. tonight at a pretty ceremony at the First Friend’s Church. The Rev. Willard O. Trueblood will read the ceremony before an altar of palms and ferns and flowers in the color scheme of pink and green. -Miss Frieda Hart, pianist, will play the bridal music and will accompany Miss Mildred Schmage, who will sing “At Dawning” and “Oh Promise Me.” Mrs. W. E. Metzger, matron of honor, will wear her wedding gown of white chiffon and carry an arm bouquet of white roses. Miss Elizabeth Arnett, bridesmaid, will wear a gown of apricot color georgette and carry Ophelia roses. Miss Marguerite Brown. bridesmaid, will wear pale green georgette and carry Premier roses. The little flower girl, Miss Ruth Shugart, dressed in a white organdie and lace dress, will scatter rose petals from a little French basket. The bride, who will be given in marriage by her father, will wear a gown of white satin trimmed with pearls and a veil of white tulle arranged in fan, edged with rosebuds and arranged in fan shape with a bandeau of orange blossoms. Her bouquet will be a shower of bride’s roses and valley lilies. The best man will be W. Edward Metzger: ushers. Dr. A. W. Hull and Dr. D. M. Goode. A reception will be in the church after the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt will be at home at 2737 X. Dearborn St. after Oct. 1.
Mrs. C. M. Baker. 2439 Broadway, entertained this afternoon with a bridge and kitchen shower in honor of her sister. Miss Marjorie who is to marry Gilbert Hector Fuller, on Oct. 3. Baskets of garden flowers decorated the rooms, and a rainbow color scheme was carried out in the appointments. The gifts were presented on a •ea cart tied with satin bows in pastel shades. The favors were little candy nosegays in the bridal colors. The guests- Mesdames Harold I). Robinson, Dale Hodges, Robert E. Kelly, Victor Herbert Prang, Claude C. Jones, W. R. Coons, Tracy Ellis, George Darnell, John L. Elliott. Bessie Graves, George Kingsbury and Layman Schell and Misses Alice Edna Walsh. Martha Updegraff, Helen Darrell. Allegro. Lucille and Jeanne Stewart. Mrs. Baker was assisted by her mother. Mrs. W. R. Stewart, Mrs. Hector Fuller and Mrs. Tracy W. Ellis. • * • Miss Pearl Bemls. who Is to marry Earl Woods on Wednesday, will be the guest of honor at. a miscellaneous shower tonight given by Mrs. Carl Bretzman, Jr., and Mrs. Thomas Bemis, Jr., at the home of Mrs. Bemis. 136 E. Forty-Fourth St. The' house w-yi be decorated with ferns and garden flowers in the bride’s color scheme of orchid and peach. Gifts will be presented in a basket decorated with orchid and peach ribbons and carried by little Miss Lucille Bemis. During the evening, guests will play ‘‘500.” A mock wedding will be staged. The guests: Misses Esther and
of varied and Interesting entertainment. They’re Stern Critics Many an act is presented at the sidewalk cases for the midinettes before it is shown at the smart theaters. Practically all the new songs are tried out before them Itefore are exploited. Those that “flop” with the midinettes are considered b ad Their appreciation of jazz is instinctive. They rarely h ive any idea what the words are. but their
Three Popular Fall Brides of the Week
mam Katlierin>‘ Mul!is. Matguerite Hindlc. 'j * Julia Bemis. Esther Lavanchy and Jessie Hamrick: Messrs, and Mes- ~ v ' s i4of dames R. L. Brullis. .1 H. White. # | WbF'" j : > J - Flay Brolly. Erwin Esterline George s.flßß Elliott. Jr : R W Waldo. Harold Arm i • ‘ ‘ J hotter. Wyilam Ayers. Frederick R. fA': JHk. L V • . < %jR • iark and <’nrt Bretzman. Jr.: Thomas </: b ; *.■ • P'-inis. Jr : Earl Woods and Percy fit *'■ Wttr ■ > ( :|j Perkins - JIB * ‘SW , 'f, ’ ' f v Yj Miss Bemis was the honor gu**ft g : fl|pr ’ v ,'V t his afternoon at a miscellaneous JggF •■'CC : 'i" i shower and ' party at the home J; wBEL ■* \ of Mis* Almira Davl*. 5930 1 nlversity jjMßSfiNMa*;/* jfa* .f * Ave Miss T 'avis was assisted b\ Mrs . * . PCHarold Arnbolter The gifts were 11 - '. - _ , £■->. presented In a targe peach and or s ■ \ . .JL ii chid hat box decorated with a bride *' 'Bft. % ' kewple The tables were Hglved with jHBL ... holders A clever surprise shower and din- I -s aer party were give" Thursday night !£••• >■* <-\A f"* Miss Julia I lession. who Is o, ..41^ marry Harry Pierson on Wednesday. W*xto£Ht* ■ 418 - LlolKi >. rWr
Katherine Mullis, Marguerite Hindle. Julia Bemis. Esther Lavanchy and Jessie Hamrick; Messrs, and Mesdames R. L. Brullis, J. R. White, Clay Breily. Erwin Esterline, George Elliott. Jr.: R W. Waldo, Harold Arnholter, Wiliam Ayers, Frederick R. Clark and Carl Bretzman. Jr.; Thomas Bemis. Jr.; Earl Woods and Percy Perkins. Miss Bemis was the honor gueyt this afternoon at a miscellaneous shower and ‘‘soo” party at the home of Miss Almira Davis. 5930 TTniversity Ave. Miss Davis was assisted by Mrs. Harold Arnholter. The gifts were presented in a large peach and or chid hat box decorated with a bride kewpie. The tables were lighted with orchid tapers in crystal holders tied with peach tulle • • A clever surprise shower and dinner party were given Thursday night for Miss Julia Hession. who is to marry Harry Pierson on Wednesday. The dinner party was given at the home of Mrs. William F. Smith, 3178 Kenwood Ave.. after which the guests accompanied Miss Hession to the home of Mrs. Selene Hoffmeyer, 4238 Carrollton Ave.. where she was presented with the shower gifts drawn in a little wagon by little Miss Mary Jean Hoffmeyer and Betty Lighthlser, dressed in costume of a bride and a Cupid. The guests: Mesdames G. C. Lighthiser, Alice Hendricks, W. F Smith ■ G Perry and Misses Florence Lighthiser. Lucille Clarke, Frances Hession, Bess Graves and Lou Gentry. Mrs. Hoffmeyer was assisted by her mother, Mrs. Theodore Perry. • * Mrs. John Bickett. 1240 Windsor St., was the hostess Friday night for a dinner party for the house guests of Mrs. R. H. Miller. 2236 N. Pennsylvania; Mrs. Kate Hutzel of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs Harry Belanger of Dayton, Ohio. • • • Mrs. S. R. Smith, 2033 N. Meridian St., and Miss Sarah Elizabeth Gaeaway, 1131 N. Delaware St., accompanied by Miss Alice Sailey of Terre Haute, have returned from Estes Park. Cal., where they have been spending the summer. Miss Lillian Weber of Gabon, Ohio, is the house guest of Miss Carrie Thompson, 1412 Laurel St. * * * For the benefit of the Riley memorial fund pledge of SSOO members of the Cedars of Lebanon will present • lecture and program Friday night
PARIS MI DINETTES
tiny feet in their stubby, round-toed little French-heeled slippers can quickly detect the rhythms that will be popular in the French dance halls. You will see them laughing heartily over a song that has such a plaintive refrain as "Every Night I Cry Myself to Sleep Over You," and looking perfectly serious over some lyrics that would bring down the house in America. Orchestras always consist of bajijo. violin, and any number of
MRS. EARL ROBERT BURROUGH, BELOW. MRS. RALPH E. PACKHAMS, MRS. EUGENE P. SALTMARSH. —Photos by Carl Bretzman Jr.
Mrs. Earl Robert Burroughs was married on Monday evening at the Central Avenue Methodist Church. She was Miss Esther Jane Johnson, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. C. R. at the Woman’s Department Club. Mrs. T. M. Tyler, chairman of. the affair, announces the following program: Lecture on ‘‘The Purple Land of Argentine,” by Mrs. SamueJ R, Artman, vocal selections by Mrs. Harold Bridge, an Argentine danoe in costume by Miss Dorothy Claire Shirley. Ticket sale for the meeting will be in the hands of MrR. J. E. Gibson, chairman, and Mesdames John Walters, Carl Day, George Beaver and Jessie Williams. HYGIENIC COURSES OPEN Business Men Invited by Red Cross to Enter Training Classes. Business women of the city are Invited to attend a course of instructions in hygienic living conducted by the teaching center of the local chapter of the Red Cross. Classes will start Oct. 3 In 811 Chamber of Comrnarce building. The instructions will be a feature of the regular training in home hygiene and care of the sick under the direction of Mrs. Edith M. Reider, head of the Red Cross taaohlng center. '
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
BY MARIAN HALE singers. Between musical numbers, the tumblers give exhibitions of their skill, and F'rench comediennes try out their latest acts. Mlmi and Georgette—the midinette has only one name to the public—are considered the most beautiful and attractive midinettes in Paris, and they have popularized as many songs in Paris as A1 Jolson has in the T'ntted States- They are so successful with American songs thej’ are coming to America this fall to study jazz at Its mourse. “And perhaps to get husbands—who knows?” laughed Mlmi. Battery C Show Happy Atherton of this city and Jimmy Sayres of Lafayptte will meet in the main go of the flatten' C show on Wednesday night at the Armory. Heinie McDuff and Merle Alte will clash In a ten-round go.
Johnson, 1729 Park Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs will live In Ponca City, Okla. Mrs. Eugene P. SaJtmarsh was Miss Helen Lentz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Lentz, 2926 N. Talbott St., before her wedding this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Saltmarsh are going to take a wedding trip In the East after which they will be at home at 1220 Park Ave. Mrs. Ralph E. Peckham was Miss Ellen Woody, daughter of Mrs. Ladye Woody, 263” Central Ave., before her wedding on Thursday night. She and her husband will make their home In Pittsburgh, Pa. ALTRUSA CLUB ELECTS Hazel Williams Takes Presidency Left by Fannie Sweeney. At the first dinner meeting of the Altrusa Club Friday night at the Hotel Lincoln. Miss Hazel Williams was elected to succeed Miss Fannie Sweeney member of the national board of directors. Miss Sweeney recently resigned this post to go to New York. After the election Miss Lucy McGee told Irish folk stories, gave several Irish dances and told of the- customs of the Irish people. She wore a costume composed of ninety pieces. Members of the club reported on the State convention of Indiana Altrusa Clubs at Turkey Run last week.
Their Problems of Today Are to Eke Out Mere Life —Those Who Wore Jewels Grateful for Rags,
By NEA Service T7IEW YORK, Sept. 22. IN Russia’s most beautiful woman, the Baroness Mara Lilier de Steinheil, has just arrived in America to start all over and make her fortune as a singer. “Perhaps I was beautiful in the old Petrograd days,” she admitted with an impersonal air. “Then the artists all wanted to paint me, and men turned to look again as I passed; but in those days many Russian women were beautiful. Today none of them are. “We have slaved and suffered and starved and lost our faith. Our faces will not lie.” If the baroness has lost any of the vividness that made her the toast of the Russian capital in the pre-revolution days, she has retained enough to make most women envious of her. How to IJve “Since tne Bolshevist regime we women have not thought much about beauty," she went on. “We’ve been more absorbed in the problem of getting enough food from day to day and saving our lives. “Those who once wore jewels and furs are grateful for a few rags to protect thernslves from the cold. Stockings are a luxury few can afford. “Soap As so expensive, cleanliness is out of ,he question. Face powder is prohibitive in price and every woman is wearing her own complexion. Bobbed hair is the style, because it requires less care. “The slender figure is in vogue, because ft is the result of starvation and deprivation.” But one good has come out of all this chaos. All ( an Work "Every Russian woman lias learned to work “ the baroness says. "Women who speak languages usually can find employment In the government offices. Those who can sew, can earn their bread. Others mutt cook, wash, scrub.”
—— Martha Lee Says— Quarrelsome .Thinking Brings Marital Storms
A rather significant, and most uncomplimentary, comment on modern married life is contained in a letter that has come to me. A man whose wife has left him. with no word, writes: “We get along as well as any of the young couples do nowadays.”
Divorce records might seem to give this man ground for his cynical statement. However, outside the circle of married persons who keep the divorce judges busy is another, a larger, circle of very happy married couples. Because they rryUte little fuss about their happiness, sometimes we forget about them. But they are the ones who keep the world moving. Brides and grooms who go into marriage with the idea that they naturally will quarrel, do quarrel. They start out with the wrong ldqaHarmony, after all. Is Just a con dition of the mind. Wife Missing Deur Mi** bee My Sweetie N gone away: she didn't say where, and *he didn't even ■ay rood-by Do you nuppoar *he will come back it she gets real homesick for he.r daddy? We have been married two years and I do not think f have done anything to make her leave me flat We get along ns well as any of the young couples do nowadays I hsve to have an occasional fuss, but I think life would be nothing if you could not argue a little. I have spanked her and done everything a good husband does to make a wife happy, but the little rascal no doubt has chased off with some other man. and if she hss she will get a good spanking when l get tny hands on her if 1 ever do What should 1 do? Should 1 notify th* polio* and let them hunt her 1 I make enough to keep any wife comfortable I am almost distracted AGGRAVATED PAPA. The "good spanking” you expect to give jour wife certainly will not help bring her l>aok. Hod she been happy, she would not have left you. So It is up to you to find out what was wrong, and. If you remlly want her back, to change conditions, l’erhaps the "oocaslonnal fuss” you saj you “have to have" and the spankings of a “good husband" had something to do with her leaving. I suppose you had better ask the police to help you find your wife. But remember that they can not help \ f ou keep her. unless you change your tactics. Takes Troubles to Navy Dear Miss Lee: 1 am a girt 17 years old and am going with a boy my own age He and his father had a little trouble and
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LETTER FROM JOHN ALDEN PRESCOTT TO SYDNEY C ARTON. The lightning has struck, Syd, old chap. Your hunch was right. Paula wants her baby hack. Yesterday a letter came to John Alden Prescott, Jr., enclosing a SSOO bill, nothing else. Ordinary paper; ordinary envelope: postoffice stamp so blurred that it Jooked as though It had been done purposely. Os course Leslie was nearly mad with anlxety. I think it would kill her If she had to give up the baby now and it would break my heart as well, Syd. Before I let him go I’ll tell Leslie the whole story as you once suggested and I'll go into court and Rwear that the child is mine, personally as well as legally. That, added to the fact that we have legally adopted the child, 1 think will clinch the matter. Leslie lives In hourly fear that soma one is going to kidnap the boy. She hasn't let him out of her sight since she received the money. I tell her If any one had wanted to kldnip him they would not have sent the jnoney. Poor little Perrier! She has played In rather hard luck, hasn’t she? When she thought she could ,not by any possibility take care of heir child, she sent it to us and right after that fortune smped upon her and she. finds herself much better off than the people to whom she has given her baby. No wonder she wants him back. The woman always pays, Syd, as you said a while ago. I scoffed at you but now I am beginning to think it is
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BARONESS STELVHEIL The baroness, escaping from Russia, became a scrubwoman and dishwasher in a Constantinople restaurant. When the proprietor found she could speak seven languages, he put a sign in his window saving all t these languages were spoken In his place. “Frequently,” she said, “I was called from my scrubbing to act as interpereter.” ™ Though her jewels were confiscated, she has brought with her an interesting collection of peasant costumes and headdresses and plans to wear the old native Russian dress at her recitals.
he joined the Navy without giving It even a thought. If he goes to the Navy. I am sure it will be almost impossible for me to as much a* see him when he returns for if he is fast now-, whal will he be then’ He Is only a sophomore In high school. What will he do when he comes back? He cannot live off his dad. Please advise me how to show him his mistake and Induce him to continue his schooling. MED. You, or rather the boy's father, will have to tell your troubles to the Navy department. Mid, now that the hoy has Joined. If It can be proved that he made a false statement about his age. I believe he can be released. However, even if he does stay in the Navy, don't be selfish, just because you will miss him. It Is possible that a few j-ears in the Navy, instead of ruining him, as you anticipate, may “make" him. He may realize what he gave up, and come hack determined to make up as much of the loss as possible. Instead of painting a black future for him, encourage him In that idea, through your letters, should nothing he done about obtaining his release. Flirtatious Husband Dear Martha T.c T am a married woman of ;t.'{ My husband is 4<> Every time w© are In -i crowd, be tries to flirt with Kim* one. married or single Hit* Is getting go disgusting l almost •4ate him You cannot imagine how little on? fecit, standing with a man that would show such ltttle respect tor tho mother of Ills children a* to stand hylic r side and try to flirt with lust anything that will return his look* And you may b* sure of the kind of girl or woman that will flirt with man with little children witj) him Would you advise ms to leave him' T hate to deprive the children of a father, hut I cannot put up with this man longer. What la the public's opinion? ANXIOTTS. You seem to have a good case. But, you see. you give only one side. Why does your husband flirt? Usually husbands do It, If they are good to their wives In nther respects, beet) use they fsll to get from their wives the compliments and even flattery that men unconsciously demahd to make them feel young. Try giving your husband this. Tt. may cure him and restore rite happiness of your family.
true, for not. only Is little Perrier suffering but Leslie is unhappy. And I, well, I don’t mind telling you, Syd, that SSOO saved my life. T just borrowed it from the boy and I know that stock is going up in a week and T’lj put it back In ths bank for him plus 100 per cent. Leslie and I had an awful quarrel about the money and I never would have taken It had I not been In such a hole. Os course you know tho money is legally mine but Leslie seemed to think there wa? a moral law that was higher. I note what you say about EQlngton. Just as soon as Lackawanna Steel goes a point above 95, I’U draw out and I’ll cut Ellington’s acquaintance, for I have caught him in one v- two sharp practices lately. He is spending an awful lot of money on Edith Chapman and one does not feel safe to place margins with a man of that kind. I’ve just kept this Jetter open long enough to read th# tape and find that Lackawanna is up to 95. That lota me out nicely. I shall just wait for one more point. Fortune still favors the wicked. JAC^f. (Copyright, 1023, NEA Service, Inc.) NEXT: Mrs. John Alden Prescott to her son—Complaint of an insulted mother-in-law. Srtaightiine Frocks Cloth of gold with very wide stripes of green, purple or flame color is used to make stunning straightline evening frocks. I
G.O.P. WOMEN 10 LAUNCHCAMPAIGN Indiana Bar Association to Sponsor Move, A State-wide campaign for “Better Citlzensh-p,” sponsored by the Indiana Bar Association, will be launched at the luncheon of the Indiana Republican Women's Club 1 o’clock luncheon at the Claypool Hotel Wednesday. The State educational committee, which will assist with the campaign, consists of members from each county, with Mrs. Juba Belle Tutewiler, chairman of the committee, assisted by Mrs. Beryl Showers Hoilanu of Bloomington, first vice president, and Mrs. Austin Stults of Ft. Wayne, second vice president. At the afternoon meeting Charles
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F. Coffin of the State Bar Association will address the club on "Better Citizenship and the Constitution of the United States. Mrs. Martha J. Stubbs will preside and there will be election of a nominating committee. Reservations for the luncheon may be made with Mrs. E. J. Roresson, 2516 Broadway. The luncheon committee is composed of Mesdames Julia Belle Tutewiler, R. E. Kennington, Dorothy Wood, J. H. Donaldson, Irma Coder and David Ross. : Clubs & Meetings The Junior Auxiliary to the P. H. N. A. will meet Monday afternoon wdth Mrs. Bejjamin Cochrln, 627 E. Thirty-Eighth St. Bethel Council No. 1, Jobs’ Daughters, will have a special meeting Saturday afternoon. Sept. 22, In the hall at 119 E. Ohio St. Belle Vieu Place Union. W. C. T. U., will meet Tuesday evening at the Eighth Christian Church, Percy and St. Clair Sts.
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