Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 119, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 September 1923 — Page 6

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DIVORCE SLUMP IN COUNTY DUE TO FIRM STAND OF JUDGES

■fewer Decrees Granted in 1922 Than in 1916 Is Traced to W Fact That Courts Demand Compliance to State Laws, Jurists Say, The fact that eighty-five more divorces were granted in ;jMarion County in 1916 than in 1922, according to Federal figures Ijjust released, does not mean that domestic troubles are fewer, Recording to Superior Court judges here—the men who must Jjiear the tales of married unhappiness.

gOCIAL Activities ENTERTAINMENTS WEDDINGS BETROTHALS

J Y~T| ISS HARRIET KAHLER, I whose marriage to \V. Phillip I LI Roth will take place In * October, wIU be the honor guest to--4 light at a bridge and linen shower i riven by Mrs. Victor McCoy, 1117 J Arsenal A.ve. The bride's color 3 icheme of orchid and gold will be iarried out In the appointments and | decorations. There will be five tables. *• The guests: Mesdames George jfless, O. K. Van Ausdall, Paul JohnJfcon, Edgar Hart, Carl Wltmer, Roy B. Hartz, James Hobart, E. A. Eudall, gJVUllam McMasters, and Julia Ade, •hnd Misses Jean Brown. Fernetta rklullin, Lyle -Harter, Betty Burgess, J Jintherine Gould. Stellestlne Donnelly, * Dorothy Reynolds, Eleanor Carpenter, Logsdon. The hostess will be assisted by Mrs. • Roy S. Hartz. t: ■ • • *• Miss Loretta Eagan, daughter of M. *j. Eagan, of HersheF, 111., became the JJwide of Charles A. Gibson, son of | Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Gibson, 1940 i Lexington Ave., Thursday night at *Jhe home of Mrs. Lillian Carr Green, • 1311 University Court. The ceremony read by the Rev. M. V. Foster, •before an altar of: flowers and ferns tin the music room. The bouse decorajtlons were arranged by the members J)f the bride’s sorority. Phi Beta Rho. it Mrs. William Moody, matron of ! honor was the bride’s only attendant. JJdarcellus Kinder was best man. Miss • Thelma Schlegel, pianist, played a ‘program of bridal music before the •feremony and during the wedding .march and recessional. " At the reception which was held •after the ceremony Miss Minnie iivelsshaar and Miss Ethel Hyde, as- * listed Mrs. Green. •• After a short wedding trip Mr. and iilrs. Gibson will be at home at 1940 •jfjexington Ave. • • Among the guests was Miss Alice ’{ribbons, of Des Moines, lowa.

;• Mrs. Hubbard Hathaway enter- ’ fcained this afternoon at the home of jjter mother, Mrs. Linton A. Cox, 2203 jN. Meridian St., with four tables of • bridge In honor of Miss Mary Janet •p’Reilly, who Is to marry Charles Je-•|-ome Murphy Oct. 3. • • A blue and rose color scheme was ! tarried out In the use of rose tapers •Jn silver holders tied with blue tulle and Individual bud vases with pink ' foeea were the favors. Baskets of ink and blue fall roses decorated the rooms. J' The guests: Mrs. Robert Adam, of Detroit, Mich. Miss Mary Hamlin from '.fcle Pauw, and Mesdames George Potts, ’JVililam Mick, Thomas Harvey Cox J and Misses Dorothy Darmody, Helen • fceal, Sarah Rodecker, Helen Seward, ’JSlizabeth King, Gertrude Dithmer, •Mildred Kennedy, Stella Sidensticker land Vajen Hitz. \\ Mrs. Hathaway was assisted by her ; jnother and Mrs. Eleandr Harvey. • • Miss O’Reilly has chosen as attten--spants for her wedding her sister Mrs. •George Potts, matron of honor: anoth.*r sister. Miss Louise O’Reilly, maid honor; and little Miss Virginia |©’Reilly, a niece, flower girl, i! Mr. Murphy will have Thomas B. •planuel as best man, and J. Walter •Kelson, Russel T. Cook. R. J. O'Reilly, J*nd F. E. O’Reilly, ushers. * * • I* The home of Mrs. Richard B. Mersken, 1202 E. Ohio St., will be the ••cene tonight of a miscellaneous J*hower and bunco party In honor of j>llss Ruth Miller, a bride-elect. Orchid •and pink will be used In the decoraJfSons. The guests: Mesdames Jay McEliWalne, Louis Schneider, Leigh Felton, JPaul Postal, Ira Miller and Misses lldildred Miller, Cecil Frye. Helena Estelle Cartwright, Julia •Miller, Josephine Norrish, Mary and StTaude Milner, Esther Goche and Brown. o Mrs. Merrlken will be assisted by jser mother, Mrs. E. C. Miller. ii • * • '! Miss Harriet Badger, whose mar to Dr. David Leslie Smith will Bike place Oct. 10, was the guest of 3|onor at a kitchen shower given at the home of Miss Nancy Johnson, 644 Jfi. Thirteenth St., on Thursday night. The bridal colors of orchid and peach were carried out In the house decorations and appointments. The gifts were presented In a clothes hamper, |+hlch was the gift of the hostess. • j During the evening Stephen Badger, Jirother of the bride-elect, and Miss t|ope Bedford gave a musical program, accompanied by Miss Beatrice Luce. \ The guests: Mesdames Charles Badger, John Clough, Frank Chance, SJ. C. Gellatly, John Luckett, Herbert Preston, Harold Robinson, Nancy &hnson, Will Woodrall, R. C. Coehler, fad Misses Mary Wynn, Florence flmith, Margaret Clough, Ruth Marfcuis. Beatrice Luce, Hope Bedford, Dorothy Brown and Martha Hawkins. • i Tho hostess was assisted by her sister, Mrs. Fritz Schaeffer. • * • j! The Late Book Club will entertain tfuesday with a luncheon at the SplnkJjtrms In honor of their new president, fprs. Douglas Leathers.

II ,iMrs. Anna M. Hicks, 915 Buchanan J£.. was the honor guest at a dinner i party to celebrate her seventy third j birthday Tuesday. Covers were laid iftr ten. • • • i Ik The Indianapolis Shrine, No. 6, will j jptertain with cards in the K of P. < jfail, No. 56," Saturday evening. The hostesses will be Mrs. Nellie StamI ifiel and Mrs. Cora Swartz. •• • • * • Mrs. Oscar Lewis, 2214 N. Capitol tXve., will ente'rtain tonight in honor l Mrs. Frank Eekart of Madison,

The United States report shews that nearly every county in Indiana except Marion had more divorces In 1922 than In 1916. In that year 1,076 were granted here, while In 1922 only 991 knots were cut. “We have different Judges on the bench now who don’t sever the tie that binds so easily as those of 1916 did,” said one of the present incumbents. They're Harder to Get, Too Judge James M. Leathers was also of the opinion that divorce is harder to get in 1922 than in 1916. His team began the first of this year, although he was on the bench twelve years prior to 1912. “Due to the flood of divorce cases that came before the judges, they unconsciously began to demand that the letter of the divorce laws be complied with. In self defense,” Judge Leathers stated. “Os course, a divorce Is only a purely legal question. If the lawyer and his client make a case under the State laws, the judge has no alternative to granting the decree. Judges, ■ however, are not taking evidence for granted, and this has limited to some extent the number of cases filed. ‘Go to Indiana,’ Old Slogan “Before 1871, Indiana was famous the world over for easy divorce laws. Instead of ‘Go to Reno’ it was ‘Go to Indiana,’ The flood of divorces got so big the present law was framed. “W. D. Howells, the famous novelist, mentions Indiana as the divorce State. I once worked In the office of Addison O. Harris, an old-time attorney, and he has told me that a rich Englishman wrote him a letter requesting a decree of divorce by the next mall, ‘expenses not considered.’ ”

LETTER FROM LESIJE PRESCOTT TO LESIJE PRESCOTT. CARE OF THE SECRET DRAWER (CONTINUED) After Ruth left me, I rather began to wonder why she had told me so freely her life’s tragedy. You and I, little Marquise, know that women seldom confess to other women that their husband are what men call dishonorable. There Is another definition for them when men mistreat womenRuth made It very plain by her illustrations with the Seventh and Eighth Commandments. A man treats the breaking of the Seventh Commandmen* as a joke. To the woman It always spells tragedy. A woman hates to confess that her husband Is something disreputable in the eyes of other men. Because I was a woman I knew how hard It would be for Ruth to say this about her husband and I knew- that she had some peculiar motive in doing so. All at once what Jack had told me after returning from the visit to New York with Harry Ellington came to my mind. "I am sitting on the rim of the world," he had said and how he had alternately been in the highest and lowest of spirits ever ever since. “Jack Is dabbling In stocks,” I said to myself, "and that Is why he wanted the baby’s five hundred dollars. He is doing this through Harry Ellington and Ruth, poor girl, has swallowed her pride to tell me. She cares enough for me to warn Jack through me.” • I could hardly wait until Jack came home to ask him about It and when I did, he answered gruffly, “Who’s been telling you anything?" “But you know, dear, if Mr. Bullock finds out that you have been busing stocks on a margin, I am almost sure he will discharge you.” “No, he won't, Leslie, while I am turning In as much business as I am now." "It doesn’t seem to be doing us any good, Jack. I wonder If you know that It Is more than a month and a half since you have given me one cent of money/’ “If you will wait a week or two you will have all the money you want. Besides, I knew you had money." “But Jack, I spent the last of that thousand dollars over a week ago and today both the grocery bill and the rent are due.” “I really can’t understand where that thousand dollars went to, Leslie." “A great deal of it paid my hospital bills.” “Well, the grocer and the landlord ■will have to wait. I will not have a cent until I am paid next Thursday." I didn't say anything. My heart was too full. I knew what Ruth had Intimated was true. That Is where Jack’s commissions have gone. What could I do? Is It always woman’s destiny only to watch and wait? (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service. Inc.) NEXT—Extract from the Albany Sun—The crash!

will attend the national convention of the American War Mothers. Among the delegates to go from here are Mrs. E. May Hahn, president of the Marion County chapter; Mrs. Melvin L Moon, Mrs. J. C. Rybolt and Mrs. Martha J Stubbs. Mrs. Stubbs will go from Kansas City to Wichita, Kan., to speak before the Eugenics Society and to Chicago, where she will lecture before the Eugenics Association of Chicago. Russian Blouses Russian blouses are very stylish and are either embroidered and straight, or flare from the knee with a band of fur. Colored Hankies Nearly every smart suit is equipped with a silk handkerchief In bright color, which drips from

Re-Elected President of Sorority

MISS MARGUERITE WILLIAMS

At a recent meotlng of the Phi Gamma Tau sorority, Miss Marguerite Williams, daughter of Mr. ana Mrs. George D. Williams, 717 E. Nineteenth St., was elected president. This will be Miss Williams’ third term as head of the sorority. Miss Neoma Mote, Miss Williams’

Old-Fashioned Collar Evolutes Into Cape

Bv MARIAN HALE, NEA Service Writer, rfTIARIS. Sept. 28.—What has I become of the old-fashioned 1- collar that tended to Its business and really compiled with Webster's definition —an article worn or placed about the neck? Well, It Is seen occasionally, but on the whole, collars have passed on beyond that simp/e, primitive state. Here for Instance is an example of unrestricted ambition and an unrepressed desire to attract attention. This collar not only Is placed about the neck and shoulders but about the neck, shoulders, back, waistline and hips as well, and It uses as much material as would be required for a blouse. And yet. Isn’t It charming and original? It Is a good example of what you may expect this winter. For some time, we have neglected the neckline. We slashed our frock across our collarbones until It resembled a boat In shape, then finished It with a bias band, and considered we’d done our duty. This season designers are again remembering the possibilities of fancy collars and the transformations they are able to make. And there Is a decided tendency to fasten the collar In the hack Instead of the front. Oh, Just for variety, I suppose. There Is also a decided revlvaj of the lingerie collar, made of net or organdie. It may fasten on the side If you prefer. And flschus, frills and all the other charming accessories for tho throat, are to be revived and made more lovely than ever before. The very high collar Is being worn

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predecessor, was elected vice president and other officers elected are as follows: Rcordlng secretary, Holland Fitch: corresponding secretary, Dorothy Bassett; treasurer, Louise Gish; chaplain, Thelma Thomas, and historian. Charlotte Kendricks.

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Martha Lee Says War Bride Involved in ‘Enoch Arden’ Tale

A modern “Enoch Arden" tale is related in a letter to me from an unhappy wife. Unlike the Enoch Arden of poetry, the modern man, who was a soldier reported killed in action after his marriage, did not go away when he saw that his wife was happily remarried.

So the second husband, who bad “stolen” the girl unwittingly was dispossessed. It is one of the tragedies of the many “war brides.”; The girl married at 16. “Sweet sixteen,” It has been called. That’s what it should be, with love just a dream of- the dim future. Girls who would keep it from becoming "bitter sixteen” may take warning from this girl, who, In wartime enthusiasm, let bogus love come Into her life,, to crowd out the real love that cartje later. Modern ‘Enoch Arden Dear Martha Lee: lam 21 and very unhappy. When'l was 13 I married a soldier. 1 thought I loved him. I now realize I was merely “taken up” with the idea of becoming a “war bride,'’ as so many other girls were. I was happy (luring the short time he remained in the United States. He was sent “over lliero’’ and some lime later was reported killed in action. A tew months later I met my "Prince Charming.”' We were married and very happy with our new baby girl, when my first husband reappeared. My second husband was the most' wonderful man on earth and although It broke Ms heart to rive up his wife and baby, ho realized he unwittingly had taken another’s wife, and so a divorce wae effected I am now llvinr with my first husband, but my life is an empty shell. My tecond husband is not married. He comes about every two ■weeks to see the haby—always when he is sure that my husband Is home. IVhat shall I do? I feel as 11 1 am ruining all of our lives MOTHER AND WIPE. In this case, as In all such cases,, the baby Is the first to be considered. His place naturally is with his real father, especially as he happens to be the man you love. The whole situation

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is the unfortunate result of a foolish girl’s hasty action. If your husband will not give you a divorce, you can do nothing except stay, with him and do all you can to make him happy. Os course, he is In no way to blame for what has happened and, as long as he treats your baby as well as he would his own child, you really have no right to ask him to release you. 'Likes’ Unknown Boy Friend Martha: 1. I am a girl of 16 yrirs I like a boy somewhat older than I. He does not go with any other girl. I see him every day How can I come about getting acquainted? 2. I went with a boy who was 21. He b(ran to run with bad company and I quit him Now ho wants me to begin again. I will not Ain I right? I went with him almost two years. He aald he didn’t care for any other girl. CURLY HEAD. 1. How do you know you like the boy If you do not know, him? There’s To Regain a Healthy , Girlish Complexion If you would have a clear, fresh, girlish complexion, one ounce of ordinary mercolized wax will aid you in this direction more than shelves full of cosmetics. It produces a natural beauty. This wax, procurable at any drug store, completely absorbs a bad complexion, revealing the healthy young skin underneath. Its work is done so gradually, day by day, that no Inconvenience is caused. The wax is applied at night, like cold cream and washed off In the morning.—Advertisement.

no way you can meet him “properly” unless you have a mutual friend; and even then the request for an introduction should come from him. 2. Yes, I think you are right. Sixteen Is too easily Influenced to take any chances. Sweetheart Is Deserter Dear Miss Lee: I am a girl 18 years old and am In love with a boy of 18. My parents object to our keeping company necause he is a deserter from the Army. He has roamed around since he waa 14 years old and goes homo only once in a while to see his mother and grandmother. He has asked me to marry him. What shall I do? V. D. Your parents’ objection Is the most natural thing on earth. Os course, they do not want their daughter to marry a man who has so little patriotism that he would desert while serving his country. Chinese Influence Red coats, suggesting a Chinese in fluence on straight lines and untrimmed, are shown for between .season wear. Folding Umbrella The modern umbrella folds up and fajls Into the handle which, when closed, is only eighteen Inches long. Even Browning If the top of a souffle browns before the rest of the mixture has cooked sufficiently, cover It with a buttered paper.

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