Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 196, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1924 — Page 5
THURSDAY, DEC.'2S, 1924
QOCIAL Activities •entertainments WEDDINGS BETROTHALS
- MERRY, MERRY CIIRISTmas: To ovory hostess and guest in Indianapolis society we wish a Alerrv Christmas. For to them and their cay doings are we indebted for a brilliant and joyous round of parties to in ike the season festive. Never has Indianapolis been so alive with gay j>arties. dances, dinners and even weddings of unusual interest add to the holiday spirit. Today there is no end of gavety io the form of dinners and dances. The Indianapolis Athletic Club will have a special formal dance tonight which will'lie preceded by dinner parties given by theso persons: Mr. and Mrs. Leonard George, Mr. and | M:-s. \Y. K. Corner. Air. and Alts. > George Godins. Mr. and Airs. T. N. Williams. Air. and Airs L. W. Herd. Air. and Airs. AI. E Foley. Mr and | Airs. Ernest Sellers. Air. and Airs. > Carl Wallerich, Air. and Airs. C. <. j Uittenbaeh. Alt’, and Airs. Russell j Wilson. Al-. and Mrs. N. C. Seal, j Air. and Mrs. D. F. Westfield, Mr. j and Airs. George Meier. Air. and Mrs. j Roltare Eggleston, Mr. and Alts. ! Ira B. Callahan. The dining room will be gay with j red candles and holly and there will l*e special Christmas music. a i clever miniature of the manger and • •rib depicting the Nativity has been made for the entrance of the dining 1“ Out-of-town guests who will attend the wedding of Miss Florence Keck ett. daughter of Mr. and Airs. Wy , mond J. Reekett, 3117 N. Meridian! St., and Maurice Angell, which will > take plare tonight at Christ’s Church on the Circle at *! o’clock, are Mio. Frank Ott. Ft. Thomas, Ky.j .Mrs. Omar Ludlow, and Mrs, I’helmer W, Day, Alton, 111.; Air. and Airs. K. \V, Andrews, Grand Haven. Allch.j Mr. and Mrs. Gamer liubhell. St. Isiuis, Alo.; Mrs. William E. Barrett, Evanston, 111, Attendants will tie Mrs. David .lettnltigs, matron of holier; Wallace Johnson, Clinton, N, A’., best man:! Julian Fauvre, Virgil I’otts. Smiley! S. Chambers, Augustus Coburn, ; Claire McTurnan, ushers, 4 4 4 Mr. and Mrs. .Max Bueider, 1626. N. New Jersey St., will eeleht-ate their fifty-seventh wedding anriiver- ! aary tonight at a family dinner, • 4 4 Mr, and Atrs. Ernest Edwards of Springfield, Ohio, and .Miss Elia Ellis of Quincy, Fla_, are guests of Mr. ; and Mrs. C. J. Prentiss, 2<?9 Wash- \ ington PI, Mrs. Edwards was Alias Sara Warren Prentiss before her recent marriage, 4 4 4 Members of the Cleta Ciub of Tudor Hall will entertain with a dance New Year's Eve in the Prnpylaeuin. Miss Mary lgsdon and Alisa Jervais Prentiss are in charge of the j party, H Mr. and Mrs. Ern-st Kiipfier end William C. Bobbs will enterl tin tonight at the Woodstock Country Olub with a dance for their daughter ! and niece, Miss Alary Iyiis , Pratt Ketcham. Four hundred young people of Indianapolis society will attend, Alisa Ketcham will wear a frock of two shades of pencil colored satin trimmed with ostrich and a feather fan to match. Her corsage will Iki of sweet peas anil roses • 4 • Miss Marybell and Miss .fean Baker are at home from lie Pauw University to spend the holidays with (heir parents. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Baker, 3547 Ruckle Bt. Miss Jean Baker was - oiling party Wednesday night composwd >f young people of the Broadway M. E. Church. The Columbia Club will entertain nioiiiliers at a special dinner and nance tonight ai the Hub. 4 4 4 Mis. John N. Holliday. 1121 N. Meridian ht., will entertain forty cliiliiren tonight at a Christmas dance in honor of her granddaughter Aliss Frances, daughter of Air. and Mrs Alex 11. Moil-, lay.
Good Teeth token efficiency Tim first process oF digestion and the most important one takes place in the mouth. Are you mixing perfectly clean, pure, wholesome food with the infections, contained in tooth cavities, and sore gains? If you are you will surely pay Hie pen alty. The day will come when jour entire system will bo infected, causing nervous breakdown, neuritis, rheumatism, indigestion or a dozen other ailments. I surely wish to recommend the Peoples Dentists for painless ex tracting since having 21 teeth tak-n out abont 6 months ago. I have gained 25 pounds. Plans were made for me to go to a tubercular sanitarium. but I am now enjoying wonderful health. MRS. CLARENCE HAINES, 2005 Hovey SI. On recommendation of others. I traveled thirty-five miles to the peoples Dentists to have twenty-five teeth extracted. I am certainly'glad that I followed the advice of my friends, as I suffered no pain whatever. EVERETT LOWE. Cicero, Ind. THE PEOPLES DENTISTS W. Washington St. HOURS—M a. m. to 6 p. nt. SCNDAY —O a. in. to 14 in. . Over Uausepohl Trunk Store
Mother and Two Daughters Give Holiday Parties
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‘SUICIDE’ IS SEEN WITH MARRIAGE LICENSE DECLINE Approximately 600 Less Issued This Year Than in 1923, Report Shows. Is the American race, that Is, the older native stock, entering a period of race suicide? Figures In the office of County Clerk Albert 11. Losche, who keeps the city and county records of marj riages and divorces, would indicate j | as much. .Marriage licenses issued have decreased year by year sinee the high I , water giark of 1320, when 5.654 j ' were issued, decreased, despite an | increase In population. 1,6(16 Ijvst Year This year’s records show a few less j j than 4.000 licenses will be issued by j : the end of the year. There were ! 4,606 last year. A sharp decline I noted In the total Issued in 1321, the year after the record, has been variously explained. .Miss .Margaret Alahoney. deputy j clerk who has issued the licenses for fourteen years, h.-lieves that "hard times” following the boom period of 1313 and 1920 explains the decline. People won't get married, many of them of the right age, when money ig scarce, she says she has observed. Blames Jazz Age Clerk Losche is of a different opinion. He believes the jazz age, ; I op era of fast living and high spend- : lng in which the American race : is now living, has cut the marriage ' rate. Then again, he says, many ■ women are employed, and are loath to give up their freedom for the ; duties of a wife and mother, with | tii" incidental loss of their own in- ! come. Criminal Judge James A. Collins, ; b Hose student of social conditions. ; i~ inclined to adopt much the same i View. "The high cost of marrying.” is his observation. The young people expo. : t-. give up nothing when they marry, he saVs, and realizing they can't keep up the pace on small salaries, don't get married. A pure case of selfishness, the | judge thinks. Evasion of the in- ! herent duties of man to posterity. WOULD BAR JAIL TO INSANE FOLK State Senator Holmes Scores Practice, Bu 1 mtr l Prfl GARY. Ind.. Dec. 25.—Correction 'of what is declared a criminal procedure of keeping Insane patients in county jails before their transfer to State insane hospitals, will be sought by State Senator C. Oliver Holmes j an the Legislature next month. A bill preventing their confinement will receive general support in the two houses. It is understood. The bill is in line with the policy of the State commission on mental defectives, of which Holmes is a member. If the bill passes it will be incumbent upon county officials to provide special places of detention. These ■could be provided, it is pointed out by the Senator, at the county poor farms where patients could be given restful surroundings. “The present policy of confining ■patients in county jails is nothing less than criminal in nature.” he de- : dared. “At a time when, above all, : -.hey are in need of helpful and restful conditions, they are placed in a jail where absolutely no arrangements have been made for handling such a type of prisoner. SICK EXTEND GREETINGS Patients at city hospital extended Yuletide greetings to each other at 5 a. m. today as they were awakened by carols sung by nurses in each ward. Aliss Ethel Carlton, superin tendent. was in charge. St. Margaret’s Guild, of which Mrs. Gustav H. Alueller, Forty-Sixth St. and Alillersville Rd., is president, j played Santa and presented each paj tient with some gift. A tree was placed In each of the twelve wards Wednesday afternoon. ■ Candy and oranges were distributed I and St. Paul Episcopal choir sang. Airs. R. A. Aliller, 3101 N. Delaware St., is hospital chairman. Many visitors called during the day. Dr. Cleon Nafe, superintendent, said.
BELOW, MRS. T. A. BELL Ms IRS. T. A. HELL and her two daughters. Miss Clara. R.-ll and Aliss Florence Roll, 027 N. Central Court, are entertaining during the holidays with a number of parties. Airs. Roll entertained Tuesday at luncheon. Aliss Clara and Miss Florence will give small parties next week. Aliss Clara is at home from Bloomington, when- she is attending Indiana University.
LETTER FROAt BEATRICE SCAI AIEItS TO LESLIE PRESCOTT, CONTINUED. Leslie, I was afraid to come out here when 1 married Dick. I never thought I would like these childishly gay people. It seemed to me th t-W they were without any responsibility. Since coming here, however, I think I have learned that to be as happy as possible and as gay and smiling as this sad old world will let me he, is one's great mission on cart h. I see a great deal of Paula perier, who has Just built and .furnished a gorgeous new home. We talk a great deal about you. You completely captivated her when she made her personal appearance in your city. Mhe thinks you : are "the loveliest lady” she has ever known either in fiction or )n real life. I told her the other night that you were expecting a i c\v baby. I have never known her so interested in a bit of news. Usually she has no particular flair for gossip at any time. Bhe asked me innumerable questions which i could not of course answer. The first thing she said was, ’’lf .Madame Leslie should have a hoy of her own, do you think it will make any difference in the love she gives to the one she has adopted?” Then she added as every one does- "< *h, I hope It will be a girl.” Khe asked me also If you would take it as she meant it if she should, send you some little present to the coming baby. "No one will ever know how grateful I am to Madame lieslie,” she said, "for what she did for me in rny own home town of Albany. If she had not taken me up I am afraid that some of the snobbish society women who had known me when f was an advertising model would j have made my appearance very uncomfortable for me. Madame I>es lie, whom all thn younger set f<>i lowed, came forward and made my stay one of perfect happiness and success, l tell you, Madame Hummers, only I know how much I have for which to thank the wife of John Alden Prescott." I expect that was her French way, Leslie dear, of .expressing herself. Bhe is a most interesting voting woman and 1 gef a lot of “kick," ns they say out here, from her diverse points of view. For insfanee: Last night when she was over here and we were talking of one of our mutual friends whose marriage has just gone on the rocks, she said: “I don’t think that Aileen should he so desperately unhappy. She was deliriously in love for at least a year. Why can she not. remember that, instead of bemoaning the fuel that her love Is dead now? Some times 1 think, .Madame Summers, that we make too much of disappointments and griefs and too little of our joys and bliss. “I have learned that when we reach the place from where we can look back with the right perspective both joy und sorrow are but incidents of life." (Copyright, 1924, NBA Service, Inc.) NEXT: The letter continued. phoneTemployes help Bell Telephone Operators- Accompany Deliveries of Baskets to Needy. Indiana Bell Telephone Companyoperators of the local toll traffic department, following their annual Christmas custom, delivered baskets and boxes of food to needy families, whose names were supplied by the Indianapolis Christmas Clearing House. Gifts were delivered by Aliss Alary King, Aliss Madeline Wheeler, and Mrs. Jean McCreadie. Miss Bertha Fout. toll chief operator, guide. Miss Eugenia Magison, singer and Misses Mable Rafftery and Gertrude Koontz, violinists and Indiana Bell carolers accompanied the automobile delivering the baskets.
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SORROW MARRED HOLIDAY SPIRIT 125 YEARS AGO Old Paper Depicts Last Rites for George Washington, General sorrow and depression felt during the holiday season 1 2 .> j years ago at the death of George j Washing on is depicted in a copy of j the Lister County Gazette of Jan. 4. 1 sim). published at Kingston. N. Y., ; which has been furnished the voca- j tkmal department of Indianapolis I schools by Murray Dalman. direc- j tor of reference and n-s.-areh. Tb<- newspaper, published a century and a quarter ago, bears a \ graphic account of the burial of Washington. Dee. 29, at Ait.j Vernon. Tin* four page sheet is out- j lined with heavy black borders slg nitieant of the Nation’s mourning. < i*'d Dee. 14. 1799. News Travels Slowly Slowness of travel of news over I the country Is indicated by tin- print ing Jan 4. IM><>. of the burial. Proceedings of Congress, and messages [of John Adams, then President, are j ! published In Ih. Issue. The paper; contains, besides many quaint adver - tisements. accounts from London ; 1 papers of the battle ~f Zurich and the evacuation of Holland by Bun-j slan troops. Excerpts frem the account of Washington's burial: “A multitude ~f persons assembled from many miles around, at Alt Vernon, the Choice abode and last residence of the illustrious chief There were the groves—the spacious avenues, the beautiful and sublime seem s, the noble mansion- but. alas', the august inhabitant was now no more. That great soul was gone . . Corpse Was Removed “Between 3 and 4 o’clock, the sound of artillery from a vessel in ,th> river, firing minute guns, awoke af-esli our solemn sorrow —the corpse was removed —a band of music with mournful melody melt ed tin- soul into all the tenderness lof woe . . . j "When the procession had nrI rived at the bottom of the ele- | voted lawn on the bank, of the I’oj tomac . . . The firing was re- j i pea ted from the vessel in the river J. ... three discharges by the] •Infantry, the cavalry and eleven pieces nf artillelry, which lined the banks of the Potomac hack of the i vault, paid I lie last tribute to the! ; entombed commander-in-chief of the Armies of the United States and to 1 jthe departed hero. . . The un- j clouded brightness of bis glory will illuminate the future ages.” Advertisements of the paper announce in verbose terms the trier chants will accept in trade for their wares ashes, rags, wheat, rye, flax, oats, corn, butter, buckwheat and raw hides, cash not to he refused. PRINTERS REMEMBERED "Old Timers" in Home Are Sent Christmas Presents. The "old timers" in the Union Printers Tome at Colorado Springs. Colo., were remembered today by gifts from union printers in more than fifty cities. Books and clothing constitute the majority of gifts sent by local unions. New York Typographical Union No. 6 sent $5, in addition to a regti Inr weekly allowance, to each New York member of the home. A turkey dinner was served today.
LARGE PIMPLES ALL OVER FACE Would Fester and Itch and Burn. Cuticura Heals, " I was troubled with pimples and blackheads for four or five years. The pimples were very large and red and would fester and itch and burn. They were scattered all over my face and were both uncomfortable and embarrassing. My face was disfigured. ” I tried different remedies but to no avail. I read an advertisement for Cuticura Soap and Ointment and sent for a free sample. After using it a few days I noticed an improvement so purchased more, which completely healed me.” (Signed) E. H. Bollman, R. 3, Box 23, Bland, Mo. Give Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum the care of your skin. Siaplaa FrcabTltcll. Ad.lreas. "OutlearfcLator* fttorlea, Dap*. H, Malden 40, Maaa." Sold •varywhare. Soap26c.Ointment 26andS0c. Talenm 26. liiP Try our Dew Shading Stick.
PUPILS AT DEAF SCHOOL KEPI IN BT FEVER SPREAD -350 Children Quarantined^ t Can Not Spend Christmas at Home, Quarantined on Christmas day! Such was the experience of 350 pupils at the Indiana School for the Deaf, Forty-Second St. and the Monon Railroad. Scarlet fever wrecked hopes of spending the holidays at home, and the city board of health issued quarantine order. Fifteen cases have been discovered at the school. As fast, as they were reported, the pupils were removed to the hospital. Finally the epidemic seemed past, and the city health board said all children could go home. New Case But one additional case broke out Alonday, and hopes for Christmas at i home were V,lasted. School authori- j ties notified parents that they oouhl I not come for their children. Alany \ failed to receive the notice, and were ; at the school today. “We are permitting parents to visit briefly with their children, but none will be allowed to leave the school,” said J. E. Travis, a school official. Children range from 6 to 21 years of age. "But any way, we'll have a real Christmas by ourselves,” continued Travis. ’ A Christmas dinner with movies in the afternoon and basketball at night are on the program." No Class Work The school has discontinued class work until Monday. A mother with tears in her eyes hegge dDr. Herman G. Morgan, city h* alth officer, for permission to take . her child home from the school during the holidays. But Dr. .Morgan held to his original order. .Marie Quite Safe “Do you think .Marie has been ! crossed in love? She always has ; such,a pensive look.” "No, I wouldn't think she'd even been approached—let alone crossed." j —Whiz Rang.
Hear Ye! Timex Specml TIPTON, Ind.. Dec. 25. — Friends of Court Bailiff J. J. Broderick are considering a damage suit against a local barber. When Circuit Court convened the other day. Judge Purvis looked about for his bailiff, hut failed to recognize the smooth faced, white headed man on the east side nf the room and was about to ask him, when Broderick stepped up. He had ills mustache, which he had worn for years, shaved off.
First, Second and Third Floors Roosevelt Bldg. Sale Starts Friday Morning at 8:30 Sharp!
After Xmas (I -ranee Sale Every .winter coat, suit and dress-in the house drastically reduced—nothing 1 is reserved! If you want to save money and if you want real merchandise —be at Rauh’s store early Friday!
Every $59,50 and $49,50 Coat! $o d.OO
Every $25 and $18,50 Dress! S1
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MISS ERNESTINE BRADFIELD Little Ernestine Bradfield, assisted by Misses Martha Foltz and Evelyn Wysong, will give a selection of dances and readings at the holiday party to lie given by the Xi I’si Pi sorority Saturday evening at the home of Airs. Clarence C. Lucas, Fifty-Ninth St. and Michigan Rd. The sorority colors of rose and black will be carried out in the decorations and appointments. RADIO IS VIEING WITH TELEPHONES Aerials Common Sight in Country Now, It's a safe bet that this was a radio Christmas on many Hoosier farms, even though it's too early to obtain definite figures, according to Perry Crane, secretary ~f the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation. “The township assessors’ figures next AI j y will tell the story," said < 'nine. Meanwhile Crane believes that it will not l,e long before radios will ho as common as telephones in rural districts. "The other day 1 was riding up to Chicago and I counted twenty-seven aerials on farms adjacent to the Morion tracks between here and Chicago," the secretary said. "Township farm bureaus are using radios in the regular meetings to I augment entertainment. At the recent farm congress in I Chicago it was reported there are 350,000 receiving sets on American farms. \Y email Helpless “Did you take me for a fool?" "No, but I took you for a hus- ■ hand, hut a woman can’t help what sh" gets."—Film Fun.
"THE FASTEST GROWING STORE IN INDIANAPOLIS” Final ReduoHons in
Winter Coats
Every $79,50 and $69,50 Coat! sy|yj.oo
Wonderful Dresses
Every $39.50 and $29.50 Dress
‘Merry Christmas ’ to Each and A ll of You
Merry Christmas! May your stocking be filled with the i good things of- life. And may your heart be filled with the ; spirit of the day. This is the day, of all days, to smoothe over the rough places j j,, your life. It is easy, today, to tell your wife how young she j looks, and so to help her forget the hurt of your unkind remarks i about her/age, the other day when you came home tired and I cross.
"Merry Christmas” can pave the j way to renewed friendship with! those from whom pride holds you iloof. Enmities are out of place in a Christmas picture. This is the day to give of your- | self, as well as your presents, to ■ mother, that she may know you ! still love her dearly, e-en though, in , your busy, thoughtless way, you , may neglect her at times. The haamony to which you aspire ; in your home and your life must j come today, if ever. It is a day of love and good will, j With little Tim. we say: “Merry j Christmas! God bless you every j one!” A Mother's Love Dear Miss Lee: I am :!0 years old and j have two children. Sand ti. 1 dearly j love m.v husband hut he has admitted to me hr- lias been untrue. He says it is aii over and he wants me to stay with him. : I don't know what to do. I can t bear the thouffht of breaking- up tnv home and I do not know how I would support ! :my children. But. although Ido love my i husband. I am afraid this may happen azain and then it would be harder than ever to leave. My husband swears this is the first time, and the affair did not last !onu He heirs mp to forgive him and promises alvavs to be true. He says he 'oves me. but I cannot feel sure Please tell me what to do. ANXIOUS MOTHER. Give him a chance, dear mother, if this is hla first lapse. Many persons have gone straight because someone had faith they would do it. To leave now would mean to de- [ prive your children of their father i just when they are growing up and will need him. Find out what's wrong with your attitude, that your husband should , have gone astray, then give him a i chance to prove his repentance is j real. Y'ou have reached the danger point when marriage may become monotonous. This one experience may prove enough to give you back your husband more devoted than ever before.
Bobbed Combs Itv Time* Special IjAFAYETTE, Ind.. Dec. 25. —Bobbed combs is the latest style for roosters, according to A. G. Phillips of the poultry department of the Purdue Experiment Station. During the last few winters (locks at the Purdue farm suffered from frozen combs. Phillips this year took a sharp razor and cut off thf wattles and combs of the birds. "Aiales so treated.” says Phillips, "should he kept separated until the wounds are healed, as the birds fail to recognize each other after they have been dudded and fight their battles all over again to see who's boss."
Martha Lee Says■
Sites Sorry Y'ou’d think that a girl who answered 11,085 questions In one day, by actual count, would be glad the Christmas shipping rush is over. But Aliss Helen Coleman, 701 E. Thirteenth St., information clerk In a downtown department store, said she enjoyed the Jam and was a wee bit sorry it was ended. "I enjoy it immensely,” she said. “Customers ask such, funny questions sometimes. A hurried shopper Inquired the other day: “ ‘Can you tell me where to find a pretty lady’s garter?’ ”
FOOD HMD FOR BIRDS 10 FIND Director Suggests Persons Help Feed Them, If the weather man’s prediction for snow in Indiana within the next few days comes true, and he is generally reliable, then the wild feathered life is going to be up against it for food providing the people don’t feed them, according to George N. Alannfeld, director of fish and game division, State conservation department. The most important factors in the conservation of quail and other birds are shelter and food of the right sort in winter. When the ground is blanketed with an icy mantle, they are truly up igainst a losing game and will starve unless mankind helps. Alannfeld suggests that a few j handfuls of grain be scattered about places where birds are known to I seek sanctuary. Location of wild : bird life in winter is not difficult, and probably every farmer of the State who has quaii on his land i knows exactly the location of their winter quarters. Crumbs from the tahle are fine for this use, and suet, I if tied down or placed under a wire iof small mesh to prevent animals j frotj: carrying it off. makes an ad- | mirable winter diet for birds. The birds also should have grit to help them digest their food; also water i occasionally. Place small piles of i gravel near the feeding stations.
Corner of Illinois and Washington Streets Charge Purchases Made During This Sale Are Not Payable Until February.
Every sllO, $98.50 and $95 Coat!
Every $65, $59.50 and $55 Dress!
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