Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 199, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1930 — Page 8

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FICTION IS 62 PER CENT OF COLLEGE WOMEN’S READING

Few Show Interest in Mysteries By Tim't Special NEW YORK, Doc 29 —A survey of the reading habits of Wellesley graduates five years out of college, made by the Book Publishers’ Research institute, reveals that these ■women read about four times as much fiction as they do serious ■works, like history and essays; that biography comprises approximately one-eighth of their reading; that they read practically no mystery novels; and that English literature has far more influence on their present reading than any other one course taken in college. Wellesley college was chosen for the first of a series of surveys by the institute to determine the reading habits of college graduates, because It was considered as representative of a womans’ college of the east and one upholding definite cultural standards. The fifty-three women contributing to the survey live in seventeen states, 1n widely scattered sections of the United States. Os the total, twenty are married. 62 Per Cent Is Fiction Fortv-six named a total of more than 350 books of fiction, not including detective and mystery stories, among books read during the last year. Only seven named novels. Fiction thus comprised approximately 62 per cent of the total of books named Asked to name some of the books they had read durtng the last year, the works of Sigrld Undset led. Priestley, with “Angel Pavement” and “The Good Companions” came next, with fifteen mentions. Remarque's “All Quiet on the Western Front” was mentioned eight times, and Ferber’s “Cimmaron,” Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms,” and Wilder’s “Woman of Andros” were mentioned six times each. Sack-vilie-West's “The Edwardians” was given five mentions. Os the twenty-two books of fiction mentioned more than twice, more than a third are American, most of the others being British, and a few by authors of other European countries. Biographies Arc Popular Although only about 12 per cent of the books read were biography, twenty-nine of the fifty-one women listing their reading reported having read at least one biography, five of them naming four biographies. In biography, Anthony’s "Queen Elizabeth” and Hackett's "Henry VII” were mentioned seven times each. Others mentioned frequently .were Strachey’s "Elizabeth and Essex,” Isadora Duncans “Autobiography,” Maurois's "Disraeli” and “Byron,” and Carlson’s “Mata Hari.” In other types of reading matter, books of an expository nature, such as history and essays, totaled about 15 per cent; poetry, 5 per cent; drama, 4 per cent, and mystery and detective novels, 2 per cent. Books of these types mentioned most frequently were Lippmann’s "A Preface to Morals,” Thurber’s "Is Sex Necessary?” Connolly’s “The Green Pastures,” and “The Rise of the American Civilization” by Charles and Mary Beard. Few Read Mysteries Only five women named mystery novels, the total named being ten, while eighteen named a total of twenty-seven volumes of poetry and ten named twenty-one plays. Os the fifty-three graduates, twenty-eight declared that they read more now than when they entered college. Only one out of the fifty-three stated that she read no magazines. The others mention a total of sev-enty-five different magazines. Os these, twenty-one read the Saturday Evening Post, which takes the lead. Good Housekeeping comes next, with twenty-one mentions. Others mentioned more than once follow in order: Harper’s and the Atlantic Monthly, 17 each; Time, 13; the New Yorker and Reader's Digest. 10 each; Literary Digest and the National Geographic, 9 each; Ladies' Home Journal, 7; Scribner's and Cosmopolitan, 6 each; Harper's Bazaar, Woman’s Home Companion, Vanity Fair and Vogue, 5 each; House Beautiful and the Saturday Review of Literature, 4 each; Golden Book, Fortune, House and Garden, Forum, Nation, American, Current History, Survey, and the New Republic, 3 each; Judge, Better Homes and Gardens, Collier's, Delineator. Parents, and Historical Outlook, 2 each.

SKATING PARTY TO BENEFIT HOSPITAL Psi lota Xi sorority will hold a skating party at 8 p. m., Jan. 21, at the Riverside rink for the benefit of wards at the James Whitcomb Riley hospital. Mrs. Jerome Murphy, recording secretary of the sorority and general chairman, is being assisted by the following sorority officers: Miss Elcannor Cox. president: Miss Resins Bond. vice-president: Miss Betty MeMath, treasurer; Mrs. Graham Hunt, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. C.*“K. Alexander, conductor.

SORORITY WILL HOLD HOLIDAY DANCE Alpha and Beta chapters. Phi Theta Delta sorority, will

hold a holiday dance Tuesday night at the Severin. The commit t e e in charge Includes Miss Carolyn Lachnit, chair man; Mrs. Clayburn Blue, Misses Patty Warner, Clar 1 b e 1 Sc bench ter and Norma

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Kelly of the Alpha chapter, and Miss Gene Wright of the Beta chapter, programs in the sorority colors, jade and coral, will be given as favors. Jack Berry’s orchestra will play.

Woman City Manager Runs Town So Well Public Won’t Let Her Quit Bv NBA Berrica KINSLEY, Kan., Dec. 29. —Miss Vivian I. ment was changed to the commission form. Milner, city manager of this town of 2,500 First one man and then another was employed population, and’ only woman in such a position as city manager, but the men all quit under fire.

in the country, wants to retire and can’t. For a year and a half Miss Milner’s resignation has been on file, but so well have the city's affairs been managed that city commissioners refuse to listen to her pleas. Before Miss Milner took charge of the town’s municipal affairs, streets were in wretched condition, the treasury was low and taxes were high. Under her direction many municipal improvements have been carried through and the expense to taxpayers has been reduced. Miss Milner grew up In Kinsley, but went at an early age to Chicago to enter secretarial work. On a trip to California she stopped off here, her home town, to visit her mother. She decided to remain to care for her mother through a winter.

In 1921, with care of her mother taking only But citizens demand that she continue to part of her time. Miss Milner consented to serre them. They insist she owes it to her become city clerk. In 1924 the city's govern- home town.

Comedy to Be Presented by Civic Theater “Chicago," the holiday presentation of the Civic theater, will open on New Year’s eve at the Civic theater, and will continue each evening except Sunday through Wednesday, Jan. 7, The curtain will rise at 8:30. "Chicago” is a comedy in three acts. Members of the cast are: Mrs. Mildred Stilz Cain. Misses Dorothy Robinson. Elizabeth Schofield, Dorothy Goodrich. Lulu Kanatty. Mary Florence Fletcher. Helen Dodds. Messrs. J. Harrison Callender. Alan Miller. Sherwood Blue. Thomas Leonard. George Bryant. Charles Robinson. Stanley Josephs and Field Richards. Date of the opening has been changed from Dec. 27 to New Year’s eve. A number of holiday theater parties are being planned for the production.

Glorifying Yourself — BY ALICIA HART

IN olden times the royal ladies had their minions lay strips of raw meat over their features. These were effective, if not particularly pleasant, face masks. Today you yourself can make a home-made mask that is infinitely more fun to use. These are meal masks, used with different ingredients. The first and very efficacious home-made facial mask that I recommend is buttei-milk and cornmeal. Buttermilk Is a good bleacher. Any milk is an astringent. Those are two of the first requisites of masks. Mix fresh buttermilk with a quarter cup of fine white cornmeal until the cornmeal is saturated, but not so wet that it won’t stick. This is not so pleasant a mask to use as some that adhere to the skin without using a cloth to cover them. But if you lie down and spread the mixture over*your face and neck and then place over it a linen cloth wrung out of buttermilk, it will be tremendously soothing and refreshing. tt a a TIE up the chin, when masking it. Rest at least a half hour with this mask on, lying prone, without a pillow 7 . In most of these masks, it is a

NEWS OF SOCIETY FOLK

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Brezette, Chicago, are visiting their parents, Mrs. John Martin, 2524 Central avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Brezette, 5400 Keystone avenue. Miss Helen Mueller, New York, is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Mooney Jr., 4301 Central avenue. Mrs. Norma Saunders is a guest at the Dodge hotel, Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Windsor Williams, Chicago, formerly of Indianapolis, are guests at the Spink-Arms. Mrs. Martha Bayard, New York, formerly of Indianapolis, is the guest of her brother, Colin Gilchrist, Spink-Arms. Woodbum C, Winings, Akron, 0., who has been the guest of his mother, Mrs. Nelle Winings, SpinkArms, left today for Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Charters, of the Columbia Club, left today for Miami Beach, Fla., where they will be guests at the Roney Plaza hotel. They will return to Indianapolis, May 1. Edward Baur, Philadelphia, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Baur, 4919 North Meridian street. Miss Mary Zollinger has as her guest her sister, Mrs. Alice Zollinger Turner, New York. Raymond Wells Jr., Harrisburg, Pa., is the guest of Raymond Van Ohlen. Miss Charlotte Raible, Preston, Ariz., will be the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Malott Fletcher, 26 Meridian place, for a few days next week, en route from a convention at Georgia Tech. Miss Raible is a student at Mills college, Oakland, Cal Miss Hulone Abbott, Tulsa, Okla., is the house guest of her sister, Mrs. Virginia French, 715 East Fiftyninth street. Mrs. Oscar L. West, Chicago, and daughter. Dorothy Louise, are the guests of Mrs. West’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wallace, 2306 Prospect street. Mrs. M. Kelly Schofield, 977 Park avenue, New York, is the guest of her mother at the Spink-Arms for the holiday season. Miss Elizabeth Heiskell will entertain 150 guests at a dance Tuesday night at Woodstock Club. Miss Heiskell and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Robert Heiskell. will be assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Boone Jr., Miss Genevieve Pickereligand Henry Severin. Miss Kathleen Slocum, Spink-

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COUNTRY CLUB TO HOLD JUNIOR DANCE Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Fosler are chairmen of the Junior dance to be given by the Meridian Hills Country Club Monday night. Others on the committee are Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Diddel and Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sielken. The club wil be decorated with garlands of holly and other holiday greenery. The fireplace will be banked with pepper grass cedar and silver poinsettias. The cedar and smilax will be used in decorating the lights. MARY CARSONTO WED SAMUEL ORR Announcement of the engagement of Miss Mary Elizabeth Carson, Evansville, and Samuel Orr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Orr, has been made by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Carson. The wedding will take place in March. Mr. Orr is a graduate of Yale university and Harvard university school of business administration.

good idea to do without a pillow when wearing them. Lifting the head from the bed disaranges the mask. A second effective home-made mask is almond meal, an egg and some lemon juice. Egg is as much an astringent as milk and any mask with it in it is apt to be effective. Egg smooths the face, leaves the skin taut and erases those faint but tell-tale lines of weariness that you brought home from the office with you. 8 8 8 TJREAK the egg into a cup, stir it ■*-' to break the yoke, but do not heat. Add almond meal enough to make a paste and then add a tablespoon of lemon juice. Mix the whole thoroughly and apply to the face as you have applied the others. It must be moist enough to spread on evenly. Leave on for from twenty minutes to a half hour. When removing any of these masks, use a soft washrag or cotton dipped in lukewarm water. The minute they are off, splash on your favorite astringent and you are ready for your powder base and make-up.

Arms, is spending the holidays in Madison, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Trimble, 4343 North Meridian street, will leave this week for Ronet Plaza, Miami, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Perry, 3853 North Meridian street, will leave Saturday for Miami, Fla. Dr. and Mrs. Harry Foreman, 3835 Washington boulevard, had as their guests for Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rust and children, Elizabeth John and Howard, Crestline, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McConky and daughter Thelma, Huntington; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Foreman, Ft. Wayne, and Carl S. Jay, Cleveland, and his son, Arthur Jay, a student at Indiana university. Dr, w. P. Garshwiler, Indianapolis physician, who has been at the Gralynn hotel, Miami, Fla., with Harry Harter, Anderson, after a hunting trip at Iverness on the west coast, will sail Jan. 8 from New York for a month's Caribbean tour, accompanied by Mrs. Garshwiler. Tea Party Arranged Mrs. Duane Bellinger, 3850 Ruckle street, will entertain Tuesday with a bridge tea in honor of Miss Charlotte Twitty, who is home from Ward Belmont for the holidays, and Miss Martha Ann Rudy, a student at Wilson college, Chambersburg, Pa. Bobbie Lipton will entertain with dances during the afternoon.

The least expensive part of the party . . . and the most important ... is plenty of fresh crisp packs of BICYCLE PLAYING CARDS

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As each of the men failed, the city commissioners asked Miss Milner to try her hand as city manager. "But it’s a man’s job,” she always replied. In 1924, however, Miss Milner was prevailed upon to take the job temporarily while a suitable man was being sought. Soon the city commissioners ceased looking for the man. City affairs began to run smoothly. Taxes have been reduced. Modern fire-fighting equipment has been installed. Trees have been set out and much paving done. Several business houses are in course of construction. "But I want to quit,” Miss Milner has announced repeatedly. “Things are straightened out now and I would like to return to my chosen work. I’d like to have time for music and cultural things which now are crowded out of my life.

Century Club Arranges for Holiday Party Members of the New Century club will hold their annual Christmas party at the home of Mrs. J. W. McCardle, 408 East Maple road, at 2 p. m. Wednesday. The hostess will be assisted by Mesdames Curtis Hodges, George P. Stockton and W. M. McNutt. Mrs. H. L. McGinnis will talk. Miss Fanchon Fattig and Billie Lemmen, pupils of Miss Berniece Van Sickle of the Arthur Jordan conservatory, will present Christmas readings, and Miss Irene Bishop will give a group of classical numbers on the marimba. The program is under direction of Mrs. Emil H. Sousslot and Mrs. M. T. Scudder. Annualy donations to needy families of the city will be made under the direction of Mrs. I. E. Rush, chairman of the committee on charities, and Mrs. Frederick Noerr, vice-president of the Flower Mission. The home will be decorated in the holiday colors. CIVIC THEATER TO GIVE PERFORMANCE "Bo Bo Bear in the Enchanted Forest,” to be presented at 11 and 2:30 Tuesday at the Civic Theater playhouse by members of the children’s hour committee, will be given again at 11 Saturday. Tickets for both performances Tuesday have been sold out. The following women have bought tickets for children of the German Protestant Orphans’ home, German Lutheran home and Meyer chapel district: Mesdames Benjamin D. Hltz, G. B. Moxley. Thomas D. Sheerln, John M. Carey, Russell Fortune, Charles Mayer Jr., Irwin Stout, Guy A. Wainwright, J. A. Goodman. Edna Severln, J. K. Berman and Miss Margaret Evans. Miss Arnold to Wed Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Arnold, 3851 Broadway, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Esther Arnold, to Stanley Levinson, Anderson, son of Joseph Levinson, of this city. The marriage will take place in the spring. Party to Be Given Miss Mary Evans Caperton and Woods A. Caperton Jr. will entertain with a dinner party at their home, 4830 North Meridian street, tonight preceding the Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rose Danner’s dance at the Woodstock Club.

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Bride-Elect Is Honored at Luncheon Mrs. William Mooney Jr., 4301 Central avenue, entertained today at luncheon for Miss Antoinette Langsenkamp, whose marriage to Robert Kirby will take place Saturday morning at SS Peter and Paul cathedral. The table was centered with a bowl of yellow roses and lighted by four yellow 7 tapers. Guests with the bride-elect include: Mrs. Ralph Whitehill; Misses Helen Mueller. New York; Mrs. Mooney’s house guest; Gertrude Rigney. Chicago; Eleanor girby, Josephine Maden. Martha Barry. Frances Kotteman, and Marjcrie McDuffee. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Kirby entertained with a family dinner party Sunday night at the Indianapolis Athletic Club in honor of the bridal couple. The table was arranged with a centerpiece of yellow roses and sweet peas, with a miniature bride and bridegroom standing before an altar lighted by tiny tapers. The table w T as lighted by four tall tapers in clusters of sweet peas. Covers were laid for: Mr. and Mrs. Kirby. Miss Langsenkamp. Mr. Kirby. Messrs, and Mesdames Henry Langsenkamp, Henry Langsenkamp Jr.. Wayne Ferrell, John Morris. James E. Kirby. Mrs. Howard Clinton Faunce, Newark, N. J.: Misses Norma George, Logansport; Elizabeth Kirby. Katherine Hook, Eleanor Kirby, and Robert Langsenkamp and James Kirby.

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY IS CELEBRATED

Mr. and Mrs. George D. Pfiefer, 85, North Hawthorne Lane, were to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with an informal open house at their home from 2 to 5 this afternoon. Today also marks the tenth wedding aniversary of their daughter, Mrs. Charles Heathcote, and the birthday of Miss Ada Marie Fry, McCordsville, a granddaughter.

String Quartet Will Play at Art Institute Miss Marianne Kneisel is the leader of the string quartet known as the Marianne Kneisel quartet, which will play at the John Herron Art institute Friday afternoon under the auspices of the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale. The concert will be a continuation of the series of programs of chamber music sponsored by Miss Kneisel. The concerts of chamber music, according to Miss Kneisel, are the most valuable type of musical performance for the purpose of education and enjoyment. A week of combined concerts and lectures was presented recently at Skidmore college, Saratogam, N. Y. The movement was begun by Franz Kneisel, Miss Kneisel’s father, and is being carried on by her. Members of the musicale will be admitted on presentation of a membership card. The public is invited.

Card Parties

St. Mary's Social Club will entertain at cards and lotto Tuesday instead of Thursday in the school hall, 315 North New Jersey street. Hostesses will include Mesdames Mary Laker, Floribert Michaelis, Christian Mullenholz and George Koers. Indianapolis Circle No. 8, Druids lodge, will hold a euchre party at 8:30 tonight at their hall, 29 South Delaware street. Frances Review No. 8, W. B. A., will hold a card party Wednesday afternoon at Redmen’s hall, Capital avenue and North street. Mrs. Susie Belles is chairman.

Beauty and Verve Blend in Agua Caliente Dance

Arthur Murray and an assistant instructor here are pictured dancing the Agua Caliente. The diagram shows how the steps are taken.

In this, the tenth of a aeries of twelve articles. Arthnr Murray, well-known expert in modern dancing, describes the steps of the Agua Caliente. BY ARTHUrTmURRAY Written for NEA Service THE Agua Caliente is an advanced dance step which can be combined with waltz or fox trot. It has that exotic' beauty and verve that is a quality of the famous resort from which it got its name. It is a dance that the woman must practice by herself if she hopes to be the kind of dancing partner that makes every one envious of such a graceful couple. The Man’s Part 1. Beginning with the left foot, take a short, slow step directly forward. 2. Hold the weight on that foot for three beats of the music: 1,2, 3. 3. Then do a forward waltz movement, beginning with the right foot: 4,5, 6. 4. To repeat, step forward with the left foot. The Woman’s Part 1. Beginning with the right foot, take one long, slow step backward. 2. Hold the weight on that foot for three beats of the music: 1,2, 3. 3. Take a backward waltz movement of three counts, beginning with the left foot. 4. Repeat the entire movement for six counts. After mastering tills step to waltz tempo, practice it to fox trot. In the fox trot, hold the first step for two beats; count the waltz step as 3 "AND,” 4 "AND.” A good piece of music for this is “Under Hawaiian Skies.” NEXT—The Chicago. CLUBS FEDERATION COUNCIL TO MEET Advisory council of the Indiana Federation of Clubs will hold its annual meeting at the Claypool, Jan. 21 and 22. The group includes state officers and department chairmen, district and county officers representatives, and presidents of all federated clubs. Mrs. Edwin F. Miller, Peru, is state president of the federation and will preside at all sessions.

Just Every Sense Day

BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

PROFESSOR ALBERT ElNstein, distinguished American guest, is the author of many remarks the ordinary man can not understand. But there is one thing he says to us that even the lowliest mind over here can comprehend. It is this: "If the United States ever sets its hand to the job, it can destroy the dreadful tradition of military violence under which Europe and the whole world continue to suffer. It is in your country that those latent forces which eventually will kill the monster of professional militarism will be able to make themselves most clearly felt. “It is along this line of endeavor that your mission lies at present, and should you be able and willing to accept this high duty which fate unexpectedly has so placed in your hands, I know you will build yourself such a monument of gratitude and affection as never before has been erected to any other country within the memory of man.” What a challenge these words contain, and what hope they engender! 8 8 8 THE military mind is the deadliest enemy of peace. Gaze, if you please, upon continental Europe today. Seemingly marked for a great destiny, it became twenty years ago a veritable hotbed of matial maneuvers, which later wrecked and devastated all its peoples. Who knows what genius those guns of 1914 sent into oblivion?

-DEC. 29, 1930

Matinees at Shows Will Help Needy Potato and Apple matinees, sponsored annually by the Photoplay Endorsers’ Association for the benefit of the needy, will be held at neighborhood theaters during the coming week. Contributions of food, collected at the performances will be distributed to families In each theater district, and any left over will be given to the Salvation Army and the Family Welfare Society. A potato matinee will be held at the Granada theater at 2 Tuesday. Mrs. H. C. Bertrand Is chairman, assisted by Mesdames C. M. Kemps, Claude Powers, Henry Wachtel, H. R. Nackey, John Callendar. Walter Hardy and E. M. Fullenwider. Mrs. Thomas Demmerly is chairman of the matinee to be given at 2 Tuesday at the St. Clair theater. She will be assisted by members of the Parent-Teacher Association of School 2. Belmont theater will stage ft matinee at 2 Friday, with Mrs. William Oren as committee chairman, assisted by Mesdames W.. C. Fruend, E. H. Niles. J. D. Riesbeck, William Milan and Claude Powers. The annual orphans party will be held at the Zaring theater Wednesday. All orphans of the city are invited to attend. The members of the Photoplay Endorsers’ Association will act as hostesses. FORMER RESIDENT OF CITY WEDDED Miss Mary Devaney and Raymond H. Pfau, both of Detroit, Mich., were marired at 9 Sunday morning at St. Phillip's church. The marriage mass was celebrated by the Rev. Ralph S. Pfau, Vincennes, brother of the bridegroom and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Jerome A. Pfau, professor at St. Mary’s-of-the-Woods college. Mr. Pfau is a former resident of Indianapolis and was on the editorial staff of the Indianapolis Star. He now is assistant editor of the Michigan Catholic, published in Detroit. Following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Pfau left for a wedding trip, after which they will make their home in Detroit.

JUNIOR GROUP TO PRESENT PROGRAM Young people of the Loyal Temperance Legion, which was organized last year at the Jackson school, will present a program of music, recitations, and playlets at 2 Tuesday in the Cropsy hall in the City library. The group will be reorganized as a young people’s branch of the Central W. C. T. U. and all over 14 years of age are welcome to attend. Members cf the Central W. C. T. U, will be present, and Mrs. Mae Bakery director, will be in charge. Beta Tau, to Convene Beta Tau sorority will meet at. 8 tonight at the home of Miss Helen Blacklidge, 426 North Riley avenue. Who can guess how many years it will take to bring back to any country involved in that conflict its old prosperity? To the military mind, men -re but pawns in the great game of war. A thousand individuals may be sacrificed to make one general famous. Helpless nations, like helpless men, fall so that a dictator may bedeck a mistress with diamonds. But even this is not the most dangerous influence of militarism. It perilous dominance over men lies in the fact that it openly denounces any effort toward peace and a brotherhood among nations as unpatriotic. And how can reasonable men hope for, or expect, peace unless they work for it as diligently as the military mind works toward war?