Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 306, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1927 — Page 7

"ARCH 31, 1927

BEX ANTAGONISM PASSING—WE’RE ALL ‘JUST PEOPLE’

partha Lee Says Sharp Lines of Contrast Are Fading Because Men and Women Are Understanding Each Other Better Every Day. By Martha Lee “Sex antagonism lias kept civilization from its utmost development since the days of the cave man.” This was recently said before the New York board of aldermen, by the first woman ever elected to that body. This may have been true. We don't believe it is now. Certainly in the past, the sharpest lines were drawn between the attainments and environment of men and women. These lines are undoubtedly dimming now and

Alarmists are fond of saying that women, because of it, are becoming “mannish” and that men are taking on some of the softness that we associate with femininity. That's idle talk. The sharp lines of contrast are going down because of men’s and women’s greater understanding of each other. The frankness of the times, the whole trend of modern living, although it seems a bit startling at times, simply makes us know that — Men’s and women’s mental processes are not so different after all, and are not as widely separated as the poles. In short, that whether we call ourselves men or women, we’re “just people” after all. “Sex antagonism”—hateful term —is rapidly going into pronounced discard. 'Had No Promotion Pear Martha Lee: I wish you would xive me some advice. I have worked as a sort of secretary, doing bookkeeping filing, etc., and I have been at this place for six years without a raise of salary. What do you think of this? Don’t you think women don’t stand a fair chance in the business world? If a man had been in my place, he would have been away up in the organization. Don’t you think I am right? DOTTIE. Not necessarily. More and more, ability, not sex, measures the progress of persons in the business 'world. I’m wondering if you don’t markedly lack initiative, Dottie. If you’re worth more than you're getting, it's only fair that you should receive it—if not there, then some place else. I think the business world is quite fair to us. We’ve not had as much experience as men and the world pays best for what experience brings forth. He’s Been the ‘Goat’ Pear Martha Lee: One evening:, four tTn years ago. when I grot home from work. I found every bit of furniture grouo. My wife had deserted me. A month later, I cot word that she was in a foreign country—with another man. Well I

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“Todd’s Tonic is the best Tonic I have ever found that tones up the whole system. For some time I noticed myself slipping, feeling all run blown with no desire to take part in anything active. I always felt tired. Sleep did not seem to do me any good. After seeing the Todd’s Tonic advertisements in the newspapers, 1 asked a neighbor of mine whether lie had ever tried it and what he thought about it. He said, “Yes, It’s fine. Just try some. You will find that you will have a wonderful appetite, and it will certainly pep you up.” On the strength of his recom-

finally came up smiling, thinking “there is a brighter day coming for me.” Eight years ago, I married again. Now I'm the “goat” or "sap” or whatever term you might apply. One night, six weeks ago. my wife said to me, "I am going to leave you." I thought she was •’kidding” me. but in a couple of days she actually went. I'm smiling—but it’s a sickly smile just now. Tell “Desperate” whose letter appeared a few days ago. to feel some consolation and to think. “There is a brighter day coming for me.” G. M. C. It is very kind of you to desire to give a, consolting thought to “desperate” when you have so serious a problem of your own. Any one with as kindly a thought as this indicates, will himself find consolation. You have been unusually unfortunate in your experience with matrimony, but all women are not alike. Don't let these experiences embitter you. Her Mother Likes Him Dear Martha Lee: I have been going with a young man who my mother likes very much. But I have now- met a roan that I have fallen in love with and he with me. Now Miss Lee. my mother and lather want me to go with this first young man. but I don’t care for him in the least. What yould you do it you were in my place? PATSY E. 1 so often get letters from wives who are unhappy, having married men whom they did not love, that I feel opposed to girls keeping company with men to whom they are indifferent. In your case, where you are actually in love with one man. I can’t believe your mother will force you to go with the other, if you strongly explain how you feel. A Girl Talks Dear Martha Lee: I was reading that letter from "Bobby.” who asked “why girls kiss every Tom. Dick and Harry. He said that a boy thinks more of a girl who says. “Hands off.” Perhaps they do. but they suro act differently Irom tlieir thoughts. If he really feels that way. I’ll say that this “Bobby” is a lot more, considerate of girls than most boys. VIVIAN. More food for thought, boys! * Afraid of Father Dear Martha Lee: I am 19 and in love with a girl. Her father objects to our going together. Wo meet secretal.v and are planning to get married, but I am afraid her father will kill us. What do you advise? Are we too young? WHITE V. Yes, too young and too timid. Seriously, aside from the possibility of her father’s great anger, this would be an unwise move. Wait a while.

Apparently unaware that he had been pursued, a man Stepped out of the taxi just as Bob Hathaway sprang from his own car and sprinted the few yards that separated him from his quarry. Faith remained in Bob’s car, leaning out of the window to watch developments, her heart beating suffocatingly fast with excitement. For the man who had descended from the taxi was Brady W. Hutchinson. Bob almost flung himself against the body of the yellow taxi before he could pull up short before his man. After casting one searching look into the taxi, whose shades were now rolled up, arid discovering that the back seat was empty and Phil the beggar had disappeared, he laid a hand upon the arm of Brady Hutchinson and spoke in short clipped accents: “Mr. Hutchinson, I arrest you in the name of the law for the murder of Ralph Winston Cluny.” Before Hutchinson could form Words with his ashen lips, the taxi driver threw in the clutch and was about to shift gears when Bob, yelling for Faith to join him, sprang upon the running board of the car. "And I arrest you,” he spoke to the driver in the same authoritative voice, “as an accessory before and after the fact. I have your number and if you manage to escape now you will be arrested within the next ten minutes if I do not bring you in.” Faith, who had run to join him, managed to restrain her gasp at this piece of successful bravado. Boh whirled upon Hutchinson, who appeared to be gathering his wits and his courage for fight or flight. “Don't try to make a getaway, Hutchinson, alias Phil Schultz, the crippled beggar!” Bob barked out. as he drew his automatic from his overcoat pocket and leveled It upon the stricken man. “You’re crazy! I don’t know what you're talking about!” Hutchinson blustered, his ashen face suddenly going dark red with forced anger. “Oh, yes you do. I’m talking about murder,” Bob spoke calmly, but he advanced the pistol suddenly to the pit of Hutchinson's stomach. “Faith, get into this taxi and lift up the cushions of the back seat. Kill that engine!” he roared suddenly, as the taxi driver stepped upon the accelerator and shot the gear lever into second. "We’ve

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played hide-and-seek long enough, Hutchinson.” “You have no authority to arrest me,” Hutchinson spluttered. “Let me see your warrant. I know you—you’re Hathaway—” “This is my authority!” Bob grinned as he prodded Hutchinson's stomach with the automatic. “And this!” He threw back his coat, revealing his badge as a deputy prohibition enforcement officer. “What luck. Faith?” “These!” The girl appeared upon the running board of the taxi, her arms filled with foul, dirty clothes, a big make-up box, a wig of lank, greasy gray hair, and a heavy leathjer harness-like contraption, with dangling straps and buckles. “I’U fix you for this! It’s an outrage, arresting a peaceable business man on a trumped-up, fantastic charge—” Hutchinson began to bluster again. Bob grinned at him. “l r ou entered tills cab yesterday at Lincoln Park as Phil the beggar and again today—and many other days, too—and you left it as Brady W. Hutchinson, immaculate business man. l r ou fooled me yesterday. I lost sight of you just long enough to fall for your trick, but—not today. Here, you, climb down from that cab!” The taxi driver descended slowly cursing as he came, but the automatic in Bob’s haAid, describing an arc between Hutchinson and himself, decided him against resistance. But his fear and anger got the better of his caution. “I told you you'd carry this stunt too far, Hutch, you damned greedy pig! We’ll both swing for this and we mighta got away clean if you’d done like I wanted you to—beat it after you croaked the old bird—” “Shut up, you fool!” Hutchinson snarled, springing upon his accomplice like a wild animal thirsting for revenge. “Cut it out, Hutchinson! I want both of you birds to be in good condition when I lug into the court room where a girl is going through hell for your crime! Get into my car, both of you. You drive, Faith, while I look after these crooks.” > (To Be Continue ') Next: The taxi driver makes an amazing confession. PRETTY HANDS The housewife who wants pretty hands will keep a slice of lemon, a bottle of lotion and a brush right at her sink and apply first aid after each household task that soils the hands. GOLD LACE Gold and silver lace can be cleaned by brushing with alcohol or gasoline, while laid out carefully on a bath towel. , LAUNDERED PILLOWS Pillows may be washed, without removing the feaihers from the case, by sousing up and down in warm suds or putting in washing machine. Do not wring. Choose af windy day as wind livemj up feathers as well as drying them.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

LIKE BASEBALL, FILMS, CAPITAL has czarina

She Directs Famous Social Bureau of Washington. By Allene Sumner CHAPTER XVIII WASHINGTON, March 31.—The movies have their Will Hays. The world of baseball has its Kenesaw Mountain Landis. The stage has its Winthrop Ames. The blaring, blatant world of the saxophones has its Julian Abeles, and the world social of the Nation’s capital has Its Helen Ray Hagner, who in some respects wields more power and molds more destinies in this city than the President himself. Mrs. Hagner draws no formal $75,000 annually as a recognized czar of society, hut her informal earnings as director of Washington's most famous social bureau of this city are her own business, and it’s a safe wager that her business pays handsome dividends. First ladies of the land and the newest, “greenest” Congressman's wife are Mrs. Hagner’s clients. She is called to the White House to scrutinize the place cards in the Stsrte dining room and see if any one will get mad and go home because he or she is not properly seated. That sam'e day she may watch the destinies of a $3,000 debutante tea which she has planned. She may sell her very exclusive “invitation Hst” to the sponsors of

PAY FOR WIVES A GOOD IDEA

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson You may not always agree with Mr. Henry Ford, but you must admit that he has a pretty good set of brains, good enough a least, to have made a billion dollars. Now Mr. Ford is advocating wages j for wives, not a bad idea in this ! economic age. Indeed, this may be the solution of that grave national problem, the hegira from the kitchen. Fob we should know that if a woman can earn a niee sum of money in an office and be able to dress well and weep marcelled, she will hardly welcome with enthusiasm the suggestion that she work in some man's kitchen without any pay except board and eothes. And statisticians might be somewhat surprised if they investigated the number of housewives in this wealthy country who have not a penny of spending money all their own. notwithstarding the fact that everybody says they are doing the best work possible for women. If being a wife and raising a family is such a noble calling, and the men are forever saying so. why are they not willing to pay as well for it as for stenography and bookkeeping? Now, we all understand, of course, that when a woman marries a poor man she generally does so because she loves him. She is willing to as--sume the responsioility of marriage because she is obeying the longing of every woman’s heart for home. But what we do not always seem to comprehend is that sometimes this girl who chooses so eagerly the existence of her husband and who begins life together with so many high hopes, has her very soul crushed within her because she must coax him for every penny for household necessities as well as those for her bits of pleasure. There are plenty of mothers not permitted to write checks upon their husband's bank account and who have to agonize and tremble every time they buy a garment or entertain their friends. And such life is degredation. Is it any wonder that, knowing this, girls often hesitate to relinquish a paying job for the risks of marriage? When an office girl sometimes has twice as much to spend for clothes and fun as the wife of the man who employs her. why should inexperienced youth not pick the job of office girl?

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a charity ball or musicale, and the next hour she may teach a young Congresswoman what she should know about such things as which, and how many, if any corners -of her cards should be turned down, what to say when introduced to the President of the United States, and how to refuse champagne at a diplomatic dinner, if she wants to. The Best Foot Forward There is no city in the world where “putting one's best foot forward” is so important as here, and no city in the world where it is so easy “to put one’s foot in it.” J And because of the importance of social life in the world official, a woman new to this city’s ways may wear the same dress twice and use milk on her oatmeal, but she will hire the services of a social secretary. Which is just where Mrs. Hanner comes in. She tells who to invite and what to invite them to. She plans the menu and hires the check girls and butlers. And, most important. of all, she seats the guests according to due rank, in order that wars may not result from a fancied “insult” to another nation's representative, if he is not seated as near the official host as he believes he should be. Mrs. Hagner’s “date book” is more Important than the calendar to Washington, from the White House down. No one gives a party until the big piece of cardboard with black pins over it which hangs in this social bureau’s office is consulted. The black pins are “doings.” The great open spaces on the chart are “open dates.” Most people work to get jobs. But. slim, girlish Mrs. Hagner. who is a grandmother by the way, works harder to keep from taking them. Day after day she refuses checks offered her by one of the horde of Washington "climbers” in return for her services, possibly in launching a debutante daughter. Mrs. Hagner refuses to sponsor anyone who, as she puts it tactfully, “is not ready for the social life

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here.” She will run no risk of issuing invitations to a debutante tea, to have only the deb appear and wonder how in the world she alone will ever drink up all the punch. It is Mrs. Hagner who scrutinizes her clients’ invitation lists to see that both ambassadors and the chief justice are not invited to the same party, since it is “a moot question” which one precedes the other. She is the lady who suggests "lions worth catching”— Who advises the new “woman from Main St ’’ how to enter and leave a room and to be sure to leave her cards at the White House as soon as she reaches Washington— Knows Everybody’s Ancestry Who reminds cabinet wives that, although they precede Senators’

AN EDITORIAL TO THE HOMES WITH CHILDREN

The music teacher is a nation builder THE school teaching profession is publicly recognized for the part it takes in the onward inarch of civilization —and rightly so. However, there is another profession that deserves equal recognition—that of teaching music. Music is one of the noblest of arts. It helps the other arts to thrive —and a city to become great has to grow in culture as well as in material things. In practically every neighborhood it is possible to find a teacher of the Piano. Wide spread as it is, the natural love of music, with opportunities to enjoy it, would indeed be limited, were it not for music teachers. Remember, you will find at your disposal in your own vicinity a qualified teacher ready to help you or your children to enjoy the meaning of “Some music every day.” Even if you cannot play the piano yourself, remember to giro your children music

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wives most times, they must call on the latter first— Who answers her phone a hundred times a day to tell them what to wear and what to say and when to go and when to leave. Mrs. Hagner was a social secretary in the British, embassy for several years. Later on, she was in charge of the social bureau of one of the most exclusive hotels. Last, but not least, she is by birth one of the capital city’s "Cave Dwellers,” the old-time Washingtonites who know everybody’s ancestry worth knowing. “And I love people and want to see them free from embarassment,” she summarizes. The End

WEEKLY MENUS With spring comes the necessity to save strength and time. An hour spent in planning the menus for the whole week will not only be an economy in money, but will give you time for other things. Why bake-buy Crusader Bread At All Grocers \

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