Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1927 — Page 15

JUNE 3, 1927

Flapper May Face Attack in Her Reign By Julia Blanshard, EEA Service Writer NEW YORK, June 3.—There may be a crusade launched soon for the lost middle yelrs of American womanhood. And again, there may not! One New York woman, at any rate, has come out flat-footedly to advocate leaving flapping to the flappers and urging middle-aged women in quest of their- youth to abandon the chase and return to the age of reason. Mrs. J. Lester Lewine, lecturer and clubwoman, is the “Knight of the Middle Years.” Her dream is a renaissance of middle-aged behavior and middle-aged appearance for women no longer young. Some Criticism Lecturing before clubwomen, Mrs. Lewine has received some sly compliments from the tired youngisholder woman who in her heart of hearts is pining to “settle.” But, too, there have been stinging criticisms and scathing accusations that she is a traitor to her sex. "It is all right for grandma to have her own latch-key now,” Mrs. Lewine admits. “But I wish we could trust her to act her age while using_jt.” It is from a firm conviction that added years have their compensations that her enthusiasm for her cause springs. They have—to Mrs. Lewine. She is an admirable example of the grace, dignity and usefulness of those “driving, striving, middle years.” Varied Interest As mother of a daughter who studies art and of a son at Yale, as wife to a professional man who is feminist enough to expect to find his wife interesting and does, and as lecturer and busy clubwoman, life holds for her fully as much interest now as it did in the thrilling days of youth when she helped her politician father run his campaign in Montana and her pioneer mother organize women of the trfwn for this and that. ‘Mob-mindedness has run away with grandma's reason,” is Mrs. Lewine’s statement. “Just because some light-headed women started a vogue of youth, most of older America has to rush pell-mell, like sheep, after them. “Silver threads among the, gold are not only being bobbed everywhere, but hennaed. It is one thing to stay young by keeping tthe faculties alert and being interested. It is another to devote life to gaining a pseudo-yduthful appearance. Misplaced youth is positively hard to look upon and women should be honest about it. Eyes of Sixty “Sixty can have her hair dyed, her face lifted, her legs shaped. But the eyes that look out of the remade face are the eyes of sixty, not sixteen. | If they are the eyes of sixteen, the woman’s a moron. ‘Freedom from long skirts is a blessing. But the freedom has been turned to license to show a collection of bulging knees and bowed legs that any normal impulse would hide. Asa club president I will say I’ve seen peculiar sights these last few years. “I t is deplorable. If a half-century of Jife. has contributed no mental content to a woman and if the only thing in\all her years that has been worth while was her youth iand her youthful, appeal,” she says. “It is not only unfortunate for middle age to be wasting itself aping youth—it is immoral. For it breaks down all the barriers of conventional life. If mother kicks over the traces all along thi line—no wonder children run away with life. The present unrestrained and devastating abandon of youth to the jazz-mad age is due to mothers whodet down all the floodgates of behavior. “I'd be ashamed to say I had lived as long as I have and had nothing to teach my children,” she said. “Os course, mothers can make no contribution to their youngsters if all they do is ape them. They can hardly expect, at their age, to beat children at their own game—youth. An Army Needed “What the world needs is an army of women who are brave enough to face life squarely and find the richness, beauty, graciousness and dignity that added years of I experience give. ~ “They could put middle-age on the map again. They could make 50 something to be looked forward to. They could bring saneness aid order to a youth-mad age and restore a reign of'sense.” OPENWORK SHAWL An exquisitely fringed apricot silk shawl adds beauty unto itself in the form of Italian cut-work design through the center square. Worn as an evening wrap it is striking.

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VOTES TO BUY LAND FOR WEST SIDE PARK Board Acts to Acquire 37 Acres for $45,125. The park board has voted to buy thirty-seven acres of land southwest of Olin Ave. and Tenth St. for a west side park. West side residents have sought a park for years. The board Thursday set June lo for a public hearing on th£ proposed purchase of Dr. H. H. Wheeler’s property, between the canal and White Paver and Bpulevard PI. and Delaware St. Councilman O. Ray Alverson and west side citizens, headed by William Emrich, Jr., 2359 Speedway Rd., and John Weinbrecht, 2449 Speedway Rd., urged the purchase of Casino Gardens. The board ordered Attorney Telford Orbison to prepare an acquisition resolution for the purchase at $45,125. SCOUT MEET PLANNED Semi-Annual Council Confab to Be This Month. Plans for the semi-annual Indianapolis Boy Scout Council meeting are being made by a committee headed by Fred L. Hollweg. The meeting will be held on the scout reservation neay Ft. Benjamin Harrison late in June. Contracts for laying the concrete base of the new reservation swimming tfbol were awarded the Krebay Construction Company Thursday. The pool will be 60 by 150 feet. 70 Kiwanis Club to Gather Seventy Indiana Kiwanis Clubs will be represented by delegates at the international convention at Memphis next week by representatives who will leave for the South Saturday. A boatload of Hoosier delegates will leave for Memphis from Evansville Saturday jfight.

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It’s Print, Plaid, Pleat and Pastel By Betsy Schuyler j NEW YORK, June 3.—Society, of course, is minding its Ps and Qs this spring. But it does seem as if it is stressing the former. For prints, plaids, pleats and pearls were seen everywhere recently at the races. Not to mention pliable fabrics. And pique in the form of vests and blouses. And of course pastel colors! Kathryn Brown chose a striking plaid for her silken wool fabric suit in grays and black on a white background. The coat was fully seveneighths length, a regulation box coat style with one huge pouch pocket on the right side. Silver White BlotfSe Her skirt had six box pleats. The blouse was a silver white, as was the hosiery and gloves. She wore a smart felt turban, with a circular flare running across the top from ear to ear. It was worn low over her forehead, just letting her eye! peep out. Mrs. 'Robert Livingston Clarkson sponsored the print, in a soft pastel shade of the popular orchid, with tiny flowers in wisteria and green on it. A three-piece costume it w-as, of some soft new weave of silk that clung becomingly and shimmered in the sun. Gaudiness Often Detracts Her coat had a shawl collar that was quite new, and flared sleeves. An absence of contrasting color with the delicate material added chic to her costume, Asters, three of them, nestling on her shoulder looked as if they must be real flowers. She wore an orchid Milan hat with medium sized brim turned down all around, but almost cutaway in the back. Its banding was a shaded ribbon carrying all the 'tones of her printed costume. Mrs. Edwin M. Post Jr. had a smart flesh-colored georgette blouse with a double pleated jabot, on it with her blue tailleur, a flesh-colored silk hat and hosiery to match. She wore pearls, a lovely strand of slightly pink ones. " Pliable Velvet Coat The new pliable velvet sport coat had a sponsor in Mrs. R. P. Rose when she stroljed down Park Ave. It was perfectly tailored, with no trimming, depending on its svelte lines. , i TT h , at T 8 a , h , uge picture hat of a darker green, with a matching velvet ribbon bow lying flat against its upper brim and forming a narfr<£k b " o,e Pea,lS l ° KiVB a sieaming touch her beige Turquoise Leather Another smart separate coat I noted recently was a turquoise blue leather sports model that Mrs. George L. Redmond affects for motoring. Its collar is of beige fur and she wears a smart, small beige felt hat. Metal rings are used instead of buckles to close the coat. Miss Judith Srryth advanced something new in pleats when she wore a Tuxedo suit of browm small checks with tan background that had fully a dozen pleats across the left side and none elsewhere. They were stitched to below the hipline and then flared jauntily whn she walked. Commencement for Polka Dots I note that polka dots have graduated into evening wear, a fact proved by the charming dark blue chiffon blouse Mrs. David Wagstaff wore at a dinner last week. Its sleeveless upper portion had hand-em-broidered polka dots in gold and silver, alternating, and the V-neck was outlined in banding of dots, as was the bottom of the circular skirt

AMNESIA VICTIM FOUND Shelbyvillp Man Returned From Frankfort by Son. Bu Tima Special FRANKFORT, Ind., June 3.—Sudden attack of amnesia, following a nervous breakdown from overwork, is believed to have caused the disappearance at' Shelbyville Tuesday of J. E. Milholland Company, assistant manager. He was found here Thursday evening, penniless, his automobile gone, and unable to explain. Milholland was returned to Shelbyville today by a son, who came here after Milholland had telephoned home for money. KROUT RITES SATURDAY Burial of Woman Author to Be at Crawfordsville. Bu Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., June 3. —The ashes of Mary Hannah Krm*t, author and journalist of note, will be brought here from Indianapolis, Saturday, for burial. Brief funeral services were held at Die home here Thursday afternoon and the body was taken to dndianapolis for cremation. There were no flowers of pallbearers. The funeral service was read by Vicar Henry Mansen, of All Saints Cathedral, Indianapolis. - i 100 Candles for Her Bu Times Special GREENSBURG, Ind., June 3 One hundred candles marked the birthday cake served at dinner Thursday evening at I. O. D. F. State home here, honoring Mrs. Anna Bannon on her anniversary. She has been a guest at the home here for twenty-two years and is the oldest resident.

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BUSINESS BLOCKS SOLD Forty-Sixth St.-College Aye. Deal Totals $40,000. Two business blocks at Forty-Sixth St. and College Ave. have been sold for $40,800, it Is announced. The Marion Stump Realty Company handled the deals. A drug store will be located In a building under construction on the northeast and a business block Is expected to be erected on the southeast corner lots involved in the sale. William W. Carter, 1615 N. Talbott St., and Fredvßates Johnson, attorneys are purchasers. SILVER JACKET Lavin’s latest gesture to fashion takes the form of a tricky little silver jacket of lace for wear over colored chiffon frocks.

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‘COMMON SENSE’ PLEA Attorney General Gilllom Speaks at Muncie—Silent on Whisky. Bu United Press LA PORTE. Ind., June 3.—More "common sense,” legislation with less bigotry and Intolerance was urged In a speech by Attorney General Arthur L. Gilllom before the Chamber of Commerce here Thursday. Gilliom made no direct mention of the .controversy begun by his letter to Go% - ernor Ed Jackson advising a change in the Wright “bone dry” law permitting use of whisky as a medicine. “Indiana Is lagging behind neighboring States,” he said, “and should eliminate the general belief that this is a State of bigots and radicals."

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