Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1933 — Page 8

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Chicago World Congress Is Tribute to Leadership of Mrs. May W. Sewall Militant Career of City Woman, Now Gone to Rest, Is Recalled as Time Nears for International Gathering’. BY BEATRICE BIJRGAN Time* Woman's rate Editor "\¥7HEN Chicago was the scene of the Columbian exposition in 1893, the tt summer home there of the late Mrs. May Wright Sewall was a favorite salon of distinguished fair visitors. So widely known had this aggressive Indianapolis woman become that foreign and American celebrities sought her hospitality, rivaling the popularity of the famous Mrs Potter Palmer. On July 16 to 22, during the Century of Progress exposition, the International Congress of Women will celebrate a hundred years’ progress for

women. The congress will meet after realization of many of the rights demanded at the first international meeting during the Columbian exposition, where Mrs. Sewall was one of the militant leaders. Mrs. Sewall’s memory is given tribute with her name appearing among the twelve leaders during the hundred year period of feminine advancement. Honor is paid her along with Abigail Adams, Dr. Emily Blackwell, Antoinette Blackwell, Mary Lyon, Susan B. Anthony, Julia Ward Howe, Frances E. Willard, Jane Addams and Carrie Chapman Catt. Miss Julia Harrison Moore, probably her most Intimate friend, likes to remember Mrs. Sewall when she returned from a meeting at Milwaukee with the idea to found a home for clubs. She arrived in town and confided to Miss Moore and Mr. Sewall that she had a secret she was going to keep until the dinner hour. They sat around the

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table, chatting about news of the day—all secretly impatient for divulgence of the great secret. Then with thunderbolt suddenness she announced: "Indianapolis needs a home for clubs. We are going to build one. We shall sell stock for it to women, who can pay the $25 charge in three installments.” She stopped and looked at her audience, which was silent in admiration of her ambition, but bewildered with its immensity.

“It's a wild idea, May,” chortled Mr. Sewall. “But I've no doubt you’ll do it.” “I shall talk to Mrs. Chislet first and then present it to the Woman’s club,” she continued, never doubting the possibility of Indianapolis having a woman’s clubhouse like the one she had just visited in Milwaukee. Mrs. Frederick Chislet shared Mrs. Sewall’s aspiration, and the result is the Propylaeum club, which became a realization within a year and a half of the idea. Name Is Accepted Mrs. Sewall, during her ride home on the train from Milwaukee, even decided on a name, which was accepted by the founders? The j Propylaeum, famous gateway of the Athenian Acropolis, signified to her the clubhouse's purpose of approaching higher culture. Mrs. Sewall wasn’t alone the founder of the club. She organized the Indianapolis Council of Women, believing women must be banded to contribute their share to civilization. She was one of the founders and early presidents of the International Congress. She traveled abroad working with forward-look-ing women who had joined the pursuit for feminine emancipation. She spoke French and German fluently, and her cosmopolitan character won her friends. Founds Sister School Many local women remember Mrs. Sewall as the principal of the old Girls’ Classical .school, which she founded as a sister school to Mr. Sewall's Boys’ Classical school. Miss Moore recalls the principals of Mrs. Sewall as a teacher. Her favorite admonition was "Think, girls, think. If your thinking is wrong, someone will correct you. But think.” Most of all, she abominated excuses. She insisted that, once a thing was promised, it must be carried through. Mrs. Arthur V. Brown, president of the Propylaeum, is one of the students who learned to carry things through. Graduates of Mrs. Sewall’s school, located in the present Caroline Scott Harrison D. A. R. chapter house, had entree to all the eastern women's colleges. Tolerance Is Outstanding Miss Moore recalls here two outstanding characteristics as absolute tolerance for another’s opinions and an overwhelming charity. Despite any personal attack or accusation, she made no gestures of vindication. She believed. Miss Moore recalls, that every one had something to 1 contribute. "That was why she be- ! lieved women of a variety of interests should organize,” Miss Moore explained. "She was a militant j pacifist and suffered an almost death-dealing blow when the government hushed, her cry for peace during the World war. She remembered the Civil war and loathed it.” Mrs. Sewall’s Wednesday afternoons invited many well-known visitors to their delightful hospitality. Espoused Movements She always poured tea from a pot given to her by Miss Moore, one of her favorite pupils. Miss Moore remembers as Mrs. Sewall's friends. Otis Skinner, Richard Mansfield. Clara Barton and Susan B. Anthony. Mrs. Sewall helped to found the Art Association, espoused the suffrage movement, and contributed to cultural movements in the city. Among the local women who will participate in the various discussion programs of the congress are Mesdames Frank E. Weimer, B. B. McDonald. Delbert O. Wilmeth. Frank Symmes, Bert Gadd. C. W. Foltz, Allen T. Fleming. S. R. Artman, i John P. Cochrane. APiert Pauley, Alex Gocdwin, Charles Smith. W. C. Bartholomew, Felix T. McWhirter, ; David Ross, J. F. Edwards and W. H. Lewis. Dinner for Club Avalon Country Club will hold family day Tuesday with Messfs. and Mesdames James Miller, Frank Lewis, Henry Stute, Carlton Starkey, and Fred Butler as hosts and hostesses. A family dinner will be ' served beginning at 5:30. Fireworks | will be “pooled” for a general cele- ! bration from 7:30 to 8:30. Bridge and cards will be played.

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Modern Woman Is Freed From Kitchen Drudgery With Dawning of Era of Labor-Saving Equipment

•Ideal’ Is Exemplified in Model Shown at Woild’s Fair.

By Timet Special CHICAGO, June 29.—“ The day of emancipation for women from the drudgery of kitchen work is dawning; relief from countless hours of mental and physical fatigue spent in the preparation of food is coming through the facilities of modernized equipment and its scientific arrangement. This ideal is exemplified in the kitenen designed by Westinghouse i engineers and exhibited at A Century of Progress. Frank Forshee, designing engineer of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, who has been studying and designing kitchen equipment for more than twenty years, is responsible for this statement. Forshee, through his research and surveys, has become an authority on culinary equipment and its use. He explains that a great deal of unnecessary work and trouble encountered in the average kitchen comes not only from lack of equipment, but from its incorrect placing. Draw Fan Essential There should be adequate lighting facilities, both natural and artificial. Too much importance can not be placed upon this. Then, too, where possible, a draw fan should be installed so that ventilation will be of the best possible. Various odors and gases coming from cooked food will be unnoticed with the air in the kitchen kept clean, pure and in circulation. In most cases, it is preferable to have the door leading into the kitchen at the side of the room or near the corner. This gives more space along the wall to place cupboards, the electric range, the electric refrigerator, and other devices. A door in the center of the room breaks the wall space and, if the room is not unusually large, there will not be space on either side of the door to place the necessary equipment. "Our experience has taught us that the kitchen need not be an ogre to the average woman, but rather may be a pleasant and cheerful place in which to work. These conditions may be obtained as I have shown not only through expensive equipment, but rather by careful planning and precision in adjusting and placing them in the room. Neglect in Designing “From our experience in kitchens of all sizes and descriptions for more than twenty years, we have found that there has not been sufficient thought given to designing,” Forshee said. “Particularly is this true in the arranging of the electric range, the electric refrigerator, and the sink in relation to the work to be done by the average housewife.” “We think that we are safe in saying that nine out of ten kitchens over more than five years old, and three out of five of the modern kitchens could be improved 100 per cent by rearrangement of the kitchen appliances and a slight adjustment in the placing of the shelves and cabinets. In the past, in 90 per cent of the cases, not enough lighting, not enough ventilation, and not enough table space with which to work on has been allotted to the housewife. “There are a few major arrangements that might be thought of first, as they will save much time and many unnecessary steps. There always should be table space next to the cooking platform and whereever else possible. Additional table space should be obtained on either side of the kitchen sink, even where a drainboard is already available. Resemble Production Line A short explanation of why this is desirable may help to clear my point. The kitchen planning may be so arranged as to resemble a production line in a modern plant. Dirty dishes can be brought in, placed on the table beside the sink. They then will be put in the sink to be washed, placed on the drainboard, and, when wiped, stacked on the table adjacent to the drainboard, completing one of the most disagreeable operations of the housewife’s work without taking unnecessary steps'to cabinets or places where dirty and clean dishes may have to be stacked. “One of the most important phases of kitchen planning is trie placing of the sink under a window. In many kitchens it has been the policy of the architect or the home owner to put the sink some place

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where it would be out of sight. This idea is completely wrong. The washing of dishes and oilier articles is one of the most disagreeable operations a woman is called upon to perform. If the sink is under the window, there will be more light available and the disagreeable task may be made more pleasant by the person being able to look out of the window and hav-

Manners and Morals

Jane Jordan will answer your questions in this column. Tetl what your expeMence has been and read your answer in a few days. Dear Jane Jordan—My husband and I just have separated and he is suing me for divorce. I still love him, but if he wants the divorce he can have it any time that he cares for it. We have a little girl 4 years old. My husband wants the custody of her. I love her, but realize I never could give her the things her father could. It will hurt me terribly to give her up, but I don’t want my selfishness to deprive her of a good education. I am afraid that if I give her up she will think I don’t love her. I worship her and I only want her life to be more pleasant, than mine. My husband says I can see her whenever I want to and can keep her once in a while. I am 28 years old and have been married six years. 2-B-X-WIFE. Answer—l can’t imagine a mother willing to part with her only child unless she has some other powerful interest to take its place. What is the interest that makes

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less, he will not be able to get any court to award him the custody of the baby. He will be obliged to make adequate allowance for both you and your little daughter, so that she will not be deprived of material advantages by remaining with you. What are your husband's charges against you? What besides money makes him feel that he is a more suitable person to bring up the child? Have you a secret hankering for complete freedom from domestic ties which wars with your love for your daughter? I can not answer adequately until I know that part of the story which has not been told. tt tt tt Dear Jane Jordan—l am a girl in my late teens. Decoration day my boy friend drowned trying to save me. I loved him very dearly and we were planning to get married in June. I have been going to see most of my friends as often

ing her attention distracted from her task. “The washing of dishes is for the main part a mechanical operation, and the average woman will appreciate being able to have a cheery atmosphere in which to do this work, rather than to stare at a blank wall or down at a pan of dirty dishes. Assuming that the entire kitchen

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as I could, to try to get it off my mind. Now I have stopped seeing them, because they won’t come to see me. I am sure I haven’t hurt their feelings in any way. I would like to have your advice. LONESOME. Answer—Sorrow is an only child. Whenever we make too constant demands upon the sympathy of our friends, we can expect to be dropped gradually. They can’t stand the strain. Time will take the edge off your grief and make you a more cheerful companion. tt tt tt Dear Jane Jordan—l have been going with a girl about five months. She is a wonderful girl, very sweet, and does everything to please me, but I want my freedom back. I know if I quit her she will be very broken up. I am not conceited. I am only stating a fact. Her folks have been very nice to me and I don’t want to do anything to change their feelings. I like the girl when I am with her, but when I am away all I can think of is my freedom. She is 16. I am 18. What to do? ME. Answer—The young lady is paying the penalty of being too possessive. You are too young to become involved seriously with the young lady and her family. Break away gradually and tactfully. If after all your care they persist in getting their feelings hurt, you can’t help it. Many a young man gets swept into marriage before he is ready for it, simply because he didn’t have the courage to disappoint a sweet girl. It’s a very poor reason for getting married. Such chivalry is very much misplaced. tt Dear Jane Jordan—l am a Technical high school girl in my teens. I have been going with an Italian three years older than myself. I have met his parents and he has met mine. They like him .real well. The crowd whicn I ran with before I met him is putting me in a low class. Should I quit him and go back to the old crowd? WORRIED. Answer—That depends on which means the most to you, your friends or your suitor. If you’re going to

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equipment and appliances are electrical, as in the modern home they must be, the refrigerator and range should be placed as far apart as possible. again work tables or shelves should be placed beside the electric refrigerator and electric range to save time and trouble in carrying articles from and placing them in these receptacles.”

be influenced by the silly racial prejudice of your friends, you won’t be happy, nor wall your young suitor. The chances are that the Italian boy is superior to your snobbish friends and they get even by pretending that they are the ones who are superior. tt tt tt Dear Jane Jordan —I am in my teens. I have been going with a boy for almost a year. We have tried to go steady about four times and it seems as though I can’t keep the promise. I’m really in love with him. Do you think I should be true, or should I go with others? Answer—As soon as loyalty becomes an effort, it is no longer loyalty. If you have a taste for variety, it is far better to get it out of your system before marriage. tt tt tt Dear Jane Jordan—You column differs from others like it in that you reallly try to answer the questions. You receive far more intelligent questions than others do; this must indicate that your answers are better. Whether or not I always agree with you, I must admit that you are sincere, and that is the most admirable virtue of them all. X. Y. Z. Answer—l am sorry I havn’t the space to print more passages from the excellent letters I have received. I wish to acknowledge letters from Bob; A Daily Reader and a Lady, Too; Miss Twenty-One; Joseph C. Klutch; A Happily Married Wife; J. F. D. and others to which I may have occasion to refer later. Because of the heavy increase in my mail, correspondents may have to wait a little longer for their answers, but I wall catch up as soon as possible.

MISS O’CONNOR WILL BE ENTERTAINED

A supper party tonight will honor Miss Eileen O’Connor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William L. O’Connor, 1423 North Pennsylvania street, whose marriage to M. Robert Dinnin will take place Saturday. Mrs. Maurice McNulty will entertain at her home, 108 East Thirteenth street. Appointments will be in yellow and white. Out of town guests will include Miss Charlotte Kerlin of Sullivan, who is the house guest of Mrs. McNulty; Miss Katherine Downey of Chicago; and Miss Mtrtha Page of Pittsburgh, who is visiting Miss Elinor Kirby.

Recipes Made Famous in Chicago Hostelries Are Used at Claypool Grill Distinctive Menus Offered Have Origin in Kitchens of Statler, Sherman House; Feature Hot Weather Food. BY HELEN LINDSAY’ MENUS made famous in the experimental kitchens of the Statler hotels, and in the old Sherman House, in Chicago, have been brought to Indianapolis by Mar Hoffmann, manager of the Claypool sandwich grill. Hoffmann, who came to the grill from the Sherman House a year ago, brought with him individual recipes which he obtained from Mrs. Alice Bowies, former experimental chef in the Pennsylvania hotel. New York, with whom he worked in the Sherman House. These include the most distinctive cold plates. Mrs. Bowles was a protege of Statler. Later, she was employed by the late Joseph Byfleld.

founder and owner of the Sherman House, for special service in the hotel kitchen. Summer foods, according to Hoffmann, need to be delicate and different, not only to appeal to the appetites of women, but also for men. He finds that they enjoy a variety of foods, in small quantity. The outstanding combination, as concocted from the recipes of Mrs. Bowies, he considers the “Dixie Plate." served now in the Claypool grill. This includes an unusual combination of diced chicken with new peas, rice and celery; stuffed celery, half tomato, olives, pickles, and a deviled egg, served with a covering of Bengal chutney dressing. The chicken combination and the egg with chutney are creations of Mrs. Bowles’ skill. Hoffmann uses with this his own preparation of stuffing for celery, which he makes with half portions of cream and Roquefort cheese, mixqd with Worcestershire sauce.

Other specials popular in hot weather are tomatoes, stuffed with shrimps, in Creole style, garnished with asparagus tips; cucumbers with sour cream dressing; pineapple, spiced pear, olives, and Melba toast. Hoffmann claims the honor of introducing Melba toast to the middlewest. He explains that it w'as first made by accident. Following a party given by the baker at the Sherman House, Hoffmann and the purchasing agent at the hotel noticed slender pieces of toasted cheese bread, which had been prepared to be served with soup. They decided that ordinary white bread, in thin slices, toasted in a medium oven, would be a welcome alternative for wafers to be served with salads. The new toasted pieces gained favor with women anxious to keep from gaining weight. % tt tt n tt tt tt Caterers for 3-Day Carnival VfRS. BOWLES and Hoffmann catered for the three-day party and carnival given by the Potter Palmers in Chicago, when they left their home on “millionaire row,” after selling it to Vincent Bendix, wealthy manufacturer of South Bend. The carnival was held in the walled-in yard of the palatial home, stones for which were brought from a dismantled castle in Ireland. For this occasion, Hoffmann and Mrs. Bowles serv'd buffet suppers. The menus included stuffed celery, cold lobster salad, crab meat salad, creamed chicken with mushrooms in patties, an 1 spaghetti Caruso. The latter dish was a favorite of the late Enrico Caruso. It is spaghetti, served with a highly seasoned brown sauce, chicken livers, mushrooms, and cock's combs sauted in butter. tt tt tt it tt it Dinner Served for 5,200 A T another time, Hoffmann was steward in charge of the serving of a full course dinner at the Sherman House for 5,200 people. This was a campaign dinner given in honor of Mayor "Bill” Thompson. Four hundred fifty waiters were employed, and the entire party was served simultaneously. This was on Christmas day, 1929. Although shipping facilities have made it possible for all kinds of foods to find their way into different sections of the country; and so eliminate the custom of individual foods for certain sections, the Claypool grill still caters to particular tastes. For the traveling southerner, it serves Julienne chicken, with corn bread and okra and fresh tomatoes, stewed together, with butter. The easterner, still shows a fondness for all sea foods, particularly broiled lobster and crab meat au grautin. tt tt u tt tt tt ‘Ham and Eyg\ Recipe Different A DIFFERENT way of serving the old familiar “ham and eggs” is an original recipe with Hoffmann. This is deviled Smithfield ham, sandwiched in French toast, and served with maple syrup. It was created on what Hoffmann calls a “chef’s hunch,” and has gained much favor with patrons of the grill. He offers the following as a special dish from the recipe books of the Sherman House: Place a slice of baked ham on a slice of corn bread en casserole. Cover with the white meat of chicken and mushrooms in cream sauce. Over this sprinkle Parmesan cheese. Place under a grill until the cheese is melted.

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