Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 62, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 July 1931 — Page 8

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$90,000,000 INSURANCE COMPANY IS BUILT UP BY WOMAN

Miss Meyers Ts Married at Carmel Marriage of Miss Juanita Leota Myers, this city, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Myers, Carmel, to Harold F. Gerrard. Indianapolis, took place at 8 Tuesday night in the Carmel Methodist church. The Rev. Victor B. Hargitt, of the Brightwood Methodist church, Indianapolis, officiated; assisted by the Rev. O. P. Van of the Carmel church. Ferns, lighted with cathedral candles, decorated the chancel. Mrs. Floyd Horton, pianist, played. The bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore a gown of white Chantilly lace, tulle veil, with cap trimmed with orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of Bride roses, lilies of the Valley, and baby’s breath. Miss Anna Feaster, maid of honor, wore pink chiffon, and carried pink roses and blue delphinium. Miss Elsie George, bridesmaid, wore blue chiffon and carried tea roses, delphinium and baby’s breath. Dorothy Richardson and Helen Watts were flower girls. They wore pink taffeta frocks and carried baskets of flowers, tied with pink and blue ribbon, the bride’s colors. Jack Bailey, cousin of the bride, was the ring bearer. Lowell Myers was best man. Ushers were Louis Myers, Vivian Blank - enbaker, Frank Thomas and Eldred Myers, brother of the bride. A reception at the home of the bride’s parents followed the ceremony, after which Mr. and Mrs. Gerrard left for a, wedding trip. They will be at home after Aug. 15 at 6015 Park avenue, Indianapolis.

Helen Ratliff Will Entertain Lena Gregory Miss Helen Ratliff will entertain tonight at her home, 2327 Broadway, with a bridge party and miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Lena Gregory, who will be married to Roscoe Stovall in August. Pink and blue, chosen colors of the bride-elect, will be carried out in the appointments, and the table decoration will be roses and blue delphinium. The hostess will be assisted by her mother, Mrs. Lyda Ratliff. Guests will Include; Mrs. Bertha Gregory and Miss Ferral Gregory, mother and sister of the brideelect. and Mesdames John Thomas. Paul Warner. Opal Winkler. Ray Harvey. Dora Roberts. Lionel Suits. Misses Pauline More. Dolly Birk. Marjorie Nelson. Janet Glffon. Mildred Huffman. Helen Thompson and Louise Brunell.

Personals

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Fairbanks, Indianapolis and Chicago, spent last week-end at the Spink-Wawasee hotel on Lake Wawasee. Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Shephard, Misses Ruth and Helen Sheerin and Henry Sever in also spent several days at the hotel. Miss Christine Hahn, 1805 West Morris street. Is spending a week in Cincinnati. Miss Peggy Ann. Williams, 1511 Park avenue, is spending five weeks e t Chipeta camp, Estes Park, Colo. Recent guests at Baden Baden, health and pleasure spa in the Black Forest of southwestern Germany, included Mrs. ETnest Kneller. Golden Hill drive; G. M. Gordon, William Shafer and David Ketcham of Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Heper, Elmhurst, 111., and Miss M. C. Schultz, Orrington hotel. Evanston, 111. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lange and children, 4465 Central avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. George C. Moore and daughter, 4125 Ruckle street, are spending the summer at Lake Wawasee. Mr. and Mrs. Chic Jackson, 3029 Broadway, will motor to Carthage, Mo., Sunday to attend the wedding of their niece. Miss Ruth Wagner, formerly of Indianapolis, and Harold Berbig of Indianapolis, which will take place Tuesday. The brideelect lived in Indianapolis during the last winter and was a teacher of dramatic art at Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music. Miss Ida Lou Peterman, 1836 North Harding street, is spending the summer in Tampa. Fla., with friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. Ross Masson, 6510 Washington boulevard, will go next week-end to their summer home at Lake Manitou, where they will remain several weeks. CRYSTAL RAY IS WED O.V JULY 18 Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Crystal Ray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Ray. to Walter Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Smith, all of Osgood, which took place July 18 at the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. Harold Barkland. Miss Margaret Smith and Ralph Gorkois. both of Indianapolis, were the attendants. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will reside at Scottsburg.

A Day’s Menu Breakfast — Orange Juice, cereal, cream, toasted bacon and tomato sandwiches, milk, coffee. ana Luncheon — Stuffed baked eggplant, lettuce sandwiches, blackberries with sugar and cream, vanilla wafers, lemonade. a a a Dinner — Broiled lamb chops, stuffed tomatoes on toast, endive with Dutch dressing, frozen rice pudding, milk, coffee.

‘Favorite Room Series’—No 1“ Atmosphere of Early America Marks Library of Woods A. Caperton Home

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BY MARY BINGHAM IT is an early American atmosphere that pervades the library of the Woods A. Caperton home, at 4830 North Meridian street, but in a glorified spirit. The room is paneled in knotty pine, more on the Georgian type than Colonial. Interest in the room centers in three portraits. From them the name of the room, “the girls’ room,” is derived. Paintings are those of Mrs. Caperton’s daughter, Mary Evans Caperton; her mother, Mary Mathilda

What’s in Fashion?

Dresses for Outdoor Bridge Directed Bij AMOS PARRISH

NEW YORK, July 22.—Many a, hostess is finding it pleasanter j to stage her summer afternoon bridge party in the yard under the trees or on the awninged terrace or the breezy porch. And a fine idea it is. Everybody can keep cool—which is good for bridge, whether you take it literally or figuratively. Fashion has dealt out lots of good dresses for these outdoor bridge parties ... so many there’s just no alibi for not rating acc-high in your costume. The dresses that make the highest fashion score at parties like these arc dresses you can wear to other afternoon affairs just as smartly. They’re real semi-formal afternoon dresses. And that means they have three important things to watch for. First their length . . . lower calf. Longer, you see, than your street dresses or the ones you wear for sports events, but not as long as your ankle-length evening dresses. Next ... be sure they’re designed to keep your shoulders covered. That means they should have some kind of sleeve or else a cape or fichu or something to fall over the tops of your arms. Because uncovered shoulders are best left to active sports or formal evening this summer. Third . . . their materials. They want to look like afternoon materials. That puts eyelet embroidered bastite on the fashionable list, and the printed crepes or chiffons that have pastel colored backgrounds and medium size patterns and, of course, the plain crepes and chiffons in white or pastels. Any dress that fills those three requirements is a satisfactory bridge dress for outdoors in summer. But—when you play a contract hand, you're never satisfied to make i just the three or four you contracted for, are you? Don’t you always

K. K. G.’s ARE ‘IN SWIM’

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Members of Mu chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority are shown enjoying the Butler university swimming pool. It is a popular place for parties during the summer month. The swimmers on the diving board are, lower, left to right, Misses Marcella Moore, Frances Brusch, Polly Pierson and Mary Elizabeth Search; upper, left to right, Mrs. Bruce Savage, Misses Katherine Fitchle, Agnes Kalleen and Jean Underwood.. Miss Nancy Kalieen is seated on the side of the pool.

; Evans, and Mr. Caperton's mother, i Ada Caperton, all at the age of 17. Mary Evans Caperton’s holds the position of importance over the firej place. The fireplace is marble, with a soapstone hearth, early American fender and irons. At each side, a little above the mantel, are early American mirror reflectors with torch light fixtures. The wood box of brass studded with nail heads is a reproduction of a pirate’s chest. ! Before the hearth is a rare old hook ! rug. Mrs. Caperton has remained true I to the motif of the room in furnish-

want that extra trick that scores in the honor column? And don’t you try every finesse in the hope of getting it? It’s the same way with bridge costumes. A little finesse in their choosing, and you can feel better dressed than just correctly dressed. Look for dresses with particularly interesting bodices. The obvious reason for that is that the skirt isn’t seen most of the time. It’s under the table. Or else choose a dress that’s extremely plain above the waist, and let it serve as a background for some very good-looking, colorful accessories—necklace, bracelets, pin or clip, or flowers. A handsome necklace and a matching ring for the hand that holds the cards, would be one way of combining accessories. Or bracelets and a clip clipped at the center of a V-neckline. Next: Summer dresses for girls are reported by Amos Parrish. FORMER CITY GIRL WEDS IN CHICAGO Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Cooper, Chicago, formerly of Indianapolis, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Vivienne Esther Cooper, to Ray L. Brady, Chicago, which took place Nov. 22. Mr. and Mrs. Brady are at home at 6062 Stoney Island avenue, Chicago. The bride is a sister of Mrs. E. E. Schmitzius, 2936 Kenwood avenue. Guild to Give Social McCrea Guild of Memorial Presbyterian church will sponsor an ice cream social Friday night at the church. Eleventh street and Ashland avenue. The street will be blocked for the occasion. Miss Pauline Littrell is in charge, assisted by members.

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ing it with simple furniture, all early American reproductions. At one side of the fireplace is the wagon bench with the familiar knobs. Opposite is an easy chair of colonial style, with footstool. Across the room, an early American settee. Another feature of the room, of early derivation, is a swivel table standing between two chairs, holding books, ash trays, a cigaret box, and as a decorative note a clear, green glass ring bottle with ivy. The library note —one wall space being devoted to rows of books—is struck again with the world globe in a well lighted corner. Mr. and Mrs. Caperton and their daughter spent three months last winter touring Europe and in their travels Mrs. Caperton picked up many little “objets d’art,” that lend personality to her library. Among them is a copper reproduction of an old gold Vaphio wine cup, from Athens, found in one of the king’s tombs. From Clovelly, England, an old smugglers’ port, came bellows that hang by the fireplace. Two very old miniatures, Lady Jane Ledindge, and Helene Ledindge, are among her treasures. A black modernistic pinched glass bottle with a jade stopper from Neal’s in London; a little brass Egyptian oil lamp from a curio shop in London, and a copper jug from Sorrento, add to the collection of small objects that lend interest and charm to the room.

PARVO CLUB HAS PICNIC LUNCHEON Mrs. R. Preston Jones -was hostess for the annual picnic luncheon and meeting of the Multum in Parvo Literary Club Tuesday at the country home of Mrs. Earl Clampitt. Markers were erected directing the way to the cottage, in keeping with the program of book reviews. Mrs. Horace G. Casady reviewed Mary Johnston’s “To Have and to Hold,” and Mrs. W. David Morton reviewed James Fenimore Cooper’s “The Spy.” Both are novels of the revolutionary period. Each member gave a brief response on the revolutionary colonial period. TWO JOIN STAFF~OF VINCENNES TIMES Announcement has been made by A. A. Mercey, editor of the Vincennes Times, that Miss Ann Hall and Joseph Thomas, both of Indianapolis, have been added to the staff. The Times, which recently was organized, began publication Wednesday. Thomas will head the sports department and Miss Hall will be society editor. Both are graduates of Butler university and hold bachelor of science degrees in journalism. They were active on the staff of the Butler Collegian, student paper, and are members of journalistic fraternities, Miss Hall belonging to Theta Sigma Chi, and Thomas to Sigma Delta Chi. PAST P. T. A. HEAD ADDRESSES ZONTAS Mrs. Clayton Ridge, past president of Indianapolis Parent-Teacher Association, addressed the luncheon meeting of the Zonte Club Tuesday at the Columbia Club. She spoke on the purpose of the P. T. A., the work already accomplished and plans for the future. Miss Mathilda C. Heusen, Washington. D. C., secretary to Dr. H. E. Barnard, director President Hoover’s child welfare commission, was a guest of the club BON VOYAGE PARTY GIVEN MISS VOGEL Miss Lucile Stanley entertained Sunday afternoon with a bon voyage bridge party at her home, 5140 East Washington street, in honor of Miss Catherine Louis Vogel, who will sail Wednesday for Europe. Saturday night, Miss Vogel held a formal garden party at her home, 5903 Pleasant run boulevard,

Daily Recipe CABBAGE SLAW Select a hard head of cabbage, cut in quarters and wash thoroughly in cold water. Drain, shred and set aside in a cold place until :risp. Pour hot dressing over the crisp cabbage and stir until well mixed. Serve hot or cold. One cup chopped celery or H cup of finely shredded green pepper may be added.

Mrs. Stevens to Be Feted at Shower Mrs. Ray M. Stevens, who was Miss Helen M. Birk before her recent marriage, will be entertained at a miscellaneous shower Thursday night by Mrs. George B. Dickey and Mrs. G. O. Smith, at the heme of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Birk, 3235 North New Jersey street. Appointments will be carried out in pink and white. Mrs. Birk and Miss Dolly Birk will assist the hostesses. Guests will include; Mrs. Russell M. Smith. Misses Pauline Salbush. Cincinnati: Louise Brunell. Alice Case. Mary Beth King. Helen Ratcliff. Helen Thompson. Elsinor Funk. Lena Gregory. Harriette Huff. Frances Fillingham. Jane Lowe. Jean Farwell, Carol Fenner. Mary Jane FUlingham. Marjorie Bell, Marjorie Nelson, Virginia Leeds. Rosemary Burton. Alice Jane Brownlee. Mary Buckler. Jane Beale. Mildred Huffman. Jane Hamilton. Jane Martin. Clarabelle McDonald. Harriette Meyers. Jerry Johnson, Vivian Marshall. Ann Lewis. Emily Mae Johnson. Mary Louise Beale. Harriette Haworth. Jessie Dorman. Esther Strickler and Jean Anderson. MISS HUGHES WILL WED MAYO SOLEY Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes and Mrs. Hughes, Chicago, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Anna Louise Hughes, to Mayo Hamilton Soley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Soley, Malden, Mass. The wedding will take place in September in Wilmette, 111. Bishop Hughes and Mrs. Hughes and their daughter frequently have visited in Indianapolis with another daughter, Mrs. William H. Remy, 44 East Fifty-fourth street. ALPHA CHAPTER TO ARRANGE CONCLAVE Miss Margaret Casey, 811 East Fourteenth street, will be hostess for a business meeting of Alpha chapter, Omega Phi Tau sorority, at her home, tonight. Plans will be completed for the quarterly conclave of Indiana chapter, in Indianapolis, Aug. 2. Plans also will be made for a house party at the sorority cottage at Manitou over Labor day.

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Started Over Anger at Descrimination for Men

BY FREDERICK C. QTHMAN United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, July 22.—1n the nineties, when the belles wore bustles and the young blades drank their coffee from mustache cups, most insurance companies would not issue policies to women. The few’ concerns that would, charged extra for it. Mrs. Bina West Miller thought that was a shame. And that’s why she became one of America’s most prominent business women, head of a women's insurance company, with some 300.000 policies now’ in force, an organization which has handled $90,000,000 since she founded it in 1892. “I'm not as young as I once was,” said the vigorous Mrs. Miller tonight, “but still I am getting great joy out of showing that women are just as good in business as men.’’ Ends Arduous Day She just had finished an arduous day, leading the quadrennial convention of the Woman’s Benefit Association, her insurance company when this correspondent asked her to tell about the nation-wide organization w’hich grew’ from a heusew’ife’s idea. The 20.000 delegates were weary, but not Mrs. Miller. "I simply can’t afford to get tired,” said she. “I’ve got too much work to do.’’ Her hazel eyes sparkled. She smoothed her white dress, made of cotton because many of her policyholders are from the south, and told in a pleasant contralto voice, the story of her rise to riches. Ire Was Roused “It made me angry,” she explained, “when as a young woman I tried to buy life insurance and learned that I couldn’t get it without paying an extra premium, just because I was a woman. It wasn’t fair. “So I decided I’d show the men something. With a few of my friends I started a little fraternal benefit association. It grew rapidly. “And I’ll tell you why. All our executives, our clerks, our agents, were w r omen. And women are careful in financial matters, much more careful than men. “We wasted no money, and we didn’t lose any. We invested our funds in municipal bonds, because we knew they were safe, even though they didn’t pay large returns. “And w T e still are running our

Esther Stamm Married to Oak Park, 111., Man July 6

Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Stamm, 3139 North Delaware street, announce the marriage of their daughter, Esther Stamm, to E. Ellsworth Blount of Oak Park, 111., son of Professor R. E. Blount and Mrs. Blount. The wed-

BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

WHEN men die, they like to go back home. It is noticeable that those who have been born in small towns, no matter to what eminence they may have risen elsewhere, express a desire to be buried where their childhood days were spent. For mortals, when they come to leave this world, return longingly to the things of their infancy. All the glittering gauds that held such lure in life, dim before that last lightning gleam that comes w r ith dissolution. And so we have these endless funeral corteges going from our busy streets into the quiet of some obscure spot, when the dead : go home again. Those who are about to die acquire anew wisdom. ,And at : home, in all those little unimpor- j tant places, they know that old j friends will take the time to weep i for them awhile. Business houses will be closed for an hour or so, while they are lowered into the tomb. The church bells will rings a dirge and all men there will feel a twinge j of sadness because they no long- , er are among the living. a a a IN great crowded cities, where 1 men rush after gold and more gold and where the struggle for bread goes ceaselessly on. we do not have much time to give the dead. There is a cruel hurry attending the passing of all except a mighty leader. The bodies of once blithe and beloved beings are hustled off the scene as speedily as possible, lest the living grow sad in contemplation of the ominous fact of death. They die in hospitals with strange nurses watching them, and their physical husks are taken to formal funeral parlors, where one group of mourners is hurried out to make way for another. Where many men march together, the falling of one out of the great procession means little. The gap is filled and the stampede toward eternity goes on. But small or great, we are alike in this. We may spend our whole day in the market places, but when night falls, we long to sleep at home. Chapters to Hold Party Alpha Nu, Alpha Tau, and Alpha Upsilon chapter, of Alpha Zeta Beta sorority, will hold a joint meeting and swimming party at 6:39 tonight at Broad Ripple. Anew Eta province director will be elected. Bridge to Be Held Alpha Xi Alumnae Club of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority will hold its monthly bridge tournament at 8 tonight at the home of Mrs. Claude A. Vane, 321 East Fiftieth street.

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concern that way. It’s big now. the largest of its kind in the world. “But you can come to our headquarters in Port Huron, Mich,, and the only men you'll see are the janitor and maybe a few elevator boys. We’ve demonstrated that women are good insurance risks, certainly as good as men, and we’ve proved conclusively that a big business may be run efficiently without any masculine hands at the helm. “It’s been great fun, too. When I was young and women were unheard of in business offices, we used to envy our husbands in the rush and the interest of their work while we made beds and washed dishes. “Well, I don't have to envy my husband any longer. He’s an attorney in Chicago and as such has his business thrills. But I'm as busy as he is and I certainly do get my share of excitement.” So she does. The delegates, members, agents and mere policyholders made the convention rooms of the Palmer House buzz in animated feminine conversation. Women eddied and whirled about the great hall. And then they spied Mrs. Miller sitting in a corner. They engulfed her, flooded her with an avalanche of congratulations, of questions, of insurance problems.

ding took place July 6 at the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. A. H. Backus. The couple was attended by Miss j Elizabeth Stamm, sister of the i bride, and Alex F. Stamm Jr., brother of the bride. Following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Blount left for a honeymoon in the Tennessee mountains. They will make their home temporarily in Dayton, 0., and will go later to Lakehurst, N. J., where Blount will be in the government’s aviation service. Mrs. Blount attended Butler university. She belongs to Phi Beta, music and dramatic sorority. She is well known in musical circles and is a member of the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra. Blount is a j graduate of the University of Illinois and a member of Chi Psi fraternity. He later attended Boston Institute of Technology. Beta Tau Will Meet Beta Tau sorority will meet at 8:15 tonight with Miss Isabella Burnside, 3860 College avenue.

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JULY 22, 1931

Swim Party to Be Held at LA. C. Indianapolis Athletic Club is inaugurating anew pastime tonight, entertaining members and their guests at a swimming party in the pool. Following swimming, which begins at 8. there will be dancing on the roof garden which overlooks University park, with Jack Tilson’s club orchestra playing. Buffet supper will be served at 11. Among hosts is H. T. Ice, who is entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Hendrickson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Teague and Miss Betty Mclntyre. A. L. Doherty of Muneie has made reservations for a party of nine. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Close will be Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Knippenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart G. Litteral and Mr. and Mrs. Irvin A. Fendrick. Other reservations have been made by Paul Harmon and Paul Hargitt.

Miss Giidgel Weds in Rites at Columbus Marriage of Miss Lillian Gudgel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Graham, Gudgel, Columbus, to Deryl Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fas Columbus, took place at 8 Sunday morning at the Columbus Methodist church. The Rev. W. H. Wylie, assisted by the Rev. T. K. Smith, officiated. Thomas Grafton, Indianapolis, sang. The bride is a graduate of De Pauw, and a member of Phi Omega Pi. Foster is a graduate of Indiana university, and a Kappa Sigma. Indianapolis guests were Mess-s and Mesdames James Blocher, R. C. McCullough, John Noble and daughter Helen, H. M. Brooks and daughter Fannie, Fred Ulrich Jr., Misses Dora and Janet Ulrich, Willard Ulrich, and Fred Ulrich Sr.

Card Parties

Circle No. 7. St. Anthony’s Altar Society, will hold card parties at 2 and 8 Thursday at the parish hall, 579 North Warman street, with Mrs. Carl Pretzinger as chairman.

* JULY CLEARANCE SALE OF BATHING SUITS AT HABICH’S M M 1)6 E. Wash. St.