Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 206, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1934 — Page 5

•TAX. 6, 1934

Pie Crust Is Back in Good Favor Dietitians No Longer Consider Pastry as Hard to Digest. BY SISTER MARY NEA Service Writer A few years ago some dietitians regarded pie crust with much disfavor and proclaimed it as indigestible. Now nutrition specialists tell us that well-baked pastry is as completely digested by the normal healthy individual as any other form of baked .'tuff. The ideal pie crust is flaky and tender. In appearance it is a golden brown color around the edge and a somewhat lighter brown on the bottom and in the center of the top crust. Its surface Is rough, almost blistered rather than smooth and firm. It should be crisp throughout. Pie fillings seldom give the inexperienced baker as much trouble as the crust. Good pastry is not just luck nor mere guess. Careful methods and accurate measuring are as essential for pie crust as for any other variety of baked foods. Plain Pastry for Pigs There are several kinds of pastry —plain, rich and puff or French. The average pie, however, is made with plain pastry and the woman who masters this branch of pastry making can be well satisfied. A good bread flour makes a flakier crust than pastry kour. Pastry flour makes a crumby, tender crust. Os course, either variety of flour can be used with satisfactory results. A good quality of shortening should be used, because this‘largely determines the flavor of the crust. Lard or vegetable fat is used as preferred. The proportion of fat and flour with the minimum amount of water is of great importance, but the method of mixing the ingredients also must be painstaking observed. The tendency to overmix the materials is usually the beginner’s worst fault. A pastry blender is a decided help to the novice because it prevents the fat from warming and softening. How to Add Water The addition of water is another ticklish point. Too much water makes a heavy, tough dough. Toss the mixture lightly, using no pressure and adding water a little at a time until all the particles are dampened. Water must be added in such a way that it is evenly distributed among all the little flour-coated particles of fat. Then press the dampened edges together to- see if they will stick. If they remain apart, sprinkle a few more drops of water through the mixture. Always work as quickly as possible, reducing both the time and the handling of the dough to a minimum. Cold ingredients and utensils are also important factors in the making of tender, flaky pie crust. Use 14 cups flour, 4 cup shortening. 4 teaspoon salt and 4 tablespoons cold water to make one 8- j inch double crust pie. Press Women of State to Hear Louise E. Ross Miss Louise Eleanor Ross of the Marion County Mail will describe her work at the luncheon meeting of the Wbman’s Press Club of Indiana at 12:30 Tuesday in the Columbia Club. She will be introduced by Mrs. Mabel Wheeler Shideler, president. A report, of the nominating committee will be submitted the club. Election of officers will be held at a meeting Feb. 13. Present officers besides Mrs. Shideler are Mrs. E. E. Neal. Noblesville. first vice-president; Miss Laura Smith, second vice-president; Mrs. Alvin Hall. Danville, third vicepresident; Mrs. Agnes McCullough Hanna, recording secretary; Mrs. Gertrude Feltus Romiser, Bloomington, treasurer; Mrs. John F. Mitchell, Greenfield, historian; Mrs. Philip Zoercher, auditor and parliamentarian, and Mrs. Kate Milner Rabb and Mrs. Edward C. Toner, Anderson, directors. BRIDGE GROUP MEETS AT CLUB Women’s Contract Club of Indianapolis met Thursday afternoon at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Holders of high scores were: Section 1. north and south. Mrs. Lawrence Brink and Mrs. Lawrence Hess; east and west, Mrs. Nathan Graham and Mrs. Frank F. Brandt: Section 2. north and south. Mrs. William Cooper and Mrs. Elmert Ittenbach: east and west, Mrs. J. I. Hurst and Mrs. W. W. Warrick STRESSES U'O.UA.VS ri.ACE IX POLITICS The need for women’s interest in politics today was stressed by Miss Genevieve Brown at the meeting of the Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club held Thursday at the Woman's Department Club. - Miss Brown, former reporter of the Indiana supreme and appellate courts, explained the status of women in industry. Dinner was served at 6:15. followed by a musical program and committee reports. Miss Louise Ford presided. EVERYBODY HAS JOB B}t Unit?<l Press SARTELL. Minn.. Jan. 6.— The 521 people of Sartell have no unemployment problem. Every ablebodied man was on a job today. The Watab Paper and Pulp Company is responsible for the absorption of unemployment here, the residents said.

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Butler Seniors Begin Preparing for Graduation James Stewart, president of the senior class of Butler university, has announced committees for graduation activities of the class. Sheldon Raiser is chairman of the ball, held annually during senior week. His assistants are Allison Koelling, Ben Parrish and Misses Betty Dodd, Betty Ramey and Martha Shirk. Miss Helen Gearan is chairman of the gift committee, composed of Miss Marjorie Carr and Edward Bradford. Frank Reissner and Miss Mary Elizabeth Search are cochairmen of the cap and gown committee. Other committees are: Class day, Miss Mary Bohnstadt, chairman; Stewart Smith and William Watson, and Misses Grace Barnett and Catherine Butz; announcements, Miss Mozelle Ehnes, chairman; Joseph Taylor and Miss Helen Brown, and publicity, Ellsworth Maxwell, chairman; Miss Marjorie Watkins, Harrison Miller and Harry Riddell. SIGMA XU WILL BE DANCE HOST A formal dance will be held by Butler university chapter of Sigma Nu at its new chapter house, 655 West Hampton drive, tonight. Herbert Lantz is chairman. Chaperons will be Professor and Mrs. Milton D. Baumgartner. Donald Sparks and Mrs. Ora Wingfield. Hank Moffett’s orchestra will play. MRS. RANKIN IS FETED AT PARTY Mrs. E. L. Rankin, who will leave Jan. 15 for New Brunswick. N. J., to join Mr. Rankin for residence, was entertained Wednesday night at a bridge party given by Miss Ruth Ann Carson. 2936 Guilford avenue. Other guests were Mesdames John A. Albertson and Maurice W. Klefeker. and Misses Mary Ann Sturges, Frances Aufderheide. Nell Richardson and Laura Schultz. CITIZENSHIP IS MINISTER'S TOPIC Ad\antages of American citizenship were outlined by the Rev. William F. Rothenburger who talked on -Responsibilities and Privileges of American Citizenship” Thursday at the meeting of the Caroline Scott Harrison chapter. Daughter of the American Revolution. He mentioned the advantages of womanhood. freedom of the press and of speech and the enjoyment of personal liberty. Hubert Marshall, Shelbyville, sang, accompanied by Mrs. Ralph H. Chappell. Mrs. Charles F. Vovles. regent, presided.

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Miss Gertrude Franz is chairman of a dance to be given by the Young Ladies Sodality of St. Cath-

erine's church at 8:30 Tuesday in the church hall. Tabor and Shelby streets. Other members of her committee are Misses Barbara Ruby. Virginia O'Brien, Dorothy Scheller. Man,- Agnes Riley. Helena Butcher, Thelma Rompke and Martha Zeph. A floor show will be included in the entertainment. Miss Fran-

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Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Scott, 221 South Holmes avenue, announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Louise Scott, to William Phillips. The ceremony took place New Year's eve at the Scott home with the Rev. L. H. Kendall reading the ceremony.

Sororities

Alpha chapter, Phi Tau Delta sorority, will hold a business meeting at 8:30 Friday at the home of Mrs. Edwin Bohn. 760 North Bolton avenue. Beta chapter, Omega Phi Tau sorority, will meet Monday night at the Spink-Arms. Delta Beta chapter, Psi lota Xi sorority, will meet at 8 Monday at the home of Mrs. Raymond Crcm, 139 East Thirty-sixth street. The hostess will be assisted by Miss Florence Gaddis. Miss Thelma Gray, 40 North Brookville avenue, will be hostess for a meeting Monday of Delta Rho chapter. Phi Pi Psi sorority.

Personals

Mrs. Edward Toner, Anderson, is spending the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. John Elmer Scott, and Mr. Scott. Mrs. Toner will attend the performance of Walter Hampden in “Richelieu” tonight at English’s. Miss Genevieve ScoVille, 2050 North Delaware street, has returned from a trip to Chicago. Robert Frost Daggett Jr. and his house guest, Alvin Reed Henry, have returned to Yale university after spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frost Daggett, INDIAN CUSTOM WINS AGAINST WHITE LAW New York Court Sets Aside Will of Onondaga Chief. By United Press SYRACUSE. N. Y.. Jan. 6. —lndian customs, handed down from the six nations, triumphed over white man’s law in a white man’s court here recently. Supreme Court Justice Frank J. Cregg ruled that Mrs. Iva Billington Lyon, widow of Chief Emmet Lyon of the Onondaga Reservation, must forfeit possession of property she inherited from her dead husband because his will was not ratified by tribal chiefs at a “Death Feast.” The customs of the tribe provide that the "Death Feast” has supreme power in disposing of a dead man’s property. The chiefs, assembled at the feast, awarded the property to Oren Lyon, a grandson by a former mate. Judge Cregg ruled that the decision reached at the feast superseded the dead man’s will because of the tribal customs. LAWSON IS RETURNED Pitcher Roxie Lawson, bought by Detroit from Toledo last fall, has been returned to the Mud Hens by the Tigers. He was originally the possession of the Cleveland Indians, who sent him to the American Association club in 1932 and again in 1933.

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BacF Drive in Curbing Diphtheria Nursing Group Members Indorse Campaign of Medical Society. Public Health Nursing Association j indorsed the diphtheria prevention campaign of the Marion County Medical Society at a meeting Thursday at the home of the president, Mrs. F. R. Kautz, 4059 North Pennsylvania street. The association voted to assist the society in efforts to bring children to physicians for immunization from diphtheria and smallpox. Nurses will explain the campaign to parents. State and city public health departments are co-operating in the ■ campaign. Free vaccination will be | given next week to all children whose parents can not afford to pay a physician’s fee. The association will hold its annual meeting at 12:30 in Ayres’ tearoom. Reports of various committee heads will be given following luncheon. Members are urged to bring a guest. Reservations are to be made by Tuesday w’ith Miss Helen Sheerin, 3444 North Pennsylvania street.

Miss Bachelder Is Hostess for Luncheon Party Miss Emma Lou Bachelder enterI tained with a luncheon bridge party Wednesday afternoon at her home, 1998 North New Jersey street. She | was assisted by her mother, Mrs. j W. C. Bachelder. Guests were served at small tables, j centered with vases of red roses and | baby breath. Miss Elizabeth Brooks, j student at the Sacred Heart acad--1 emy, Lake Forest, 111., came from her home in Greenwood to attend the party. Other guests were Misses Marie Warren, Eleanor McNamara, Betty Jayne Temperley, Jeanne Spiegel, ; Lucille Barry, Otillia Dietz, Ann Reilly, Dorothy Toolin, Frieda Grande, Margaret Barragry, Jean Keleher, Marie Hegarty, Louise Smith, Rosemary Delaney, Kathryn Leich, Mary Ann Hoffman, Lois Reilly, Mary Elizabeth McGuire, Jean Smith, Florence Bowers, Jean Soehner and Catherine Davis, and Mary Cregor, who was home from St. Mary-of-the-Woods for the holidays. Housing Chief Appointed for Hoosier Salon Mrs. Homer G. Davidson, Ft. Wayne, has been appointed chairman of the housing committee for the tenth annual Hoosier Salon to be held Jan. 27 to Feb. 10 in the Marshall Field picture galleries, Chicago. Tri-Kappa sorority will act as hostess group for the preview of the salon with Mrs. Chalmer Schafer, Ft. Wayne, grand president, in charge. Associate chapter of TriKappa in Chicago will assist with hospitalities. A committee appointed by Mrs. Schafer will meet in the galleries the morning of the preview to choose a picture for the selection purchase prize given annually by the sorority. The picture will be featured at the annual sorority luncheon to be held Saturday, Feb. 3, in the Wedgwood room at Marshall Fields. 7TSCDK BY BRUCE CAJTQN IT is probable that the subject of good wines and how to serve them has caused more unadorned bushwa to be flung into the air than any other topic since the administration of Millard Fillmore. The end of prohibition has brought Us many books on this question. Most of them assume that we all have capacious cellars, formal dining rooms- and huge checking accounts, and that—having survived a decade of rough-and-tumble prohibition drinking—we henceforth shall taste nothing but such vintage stuff as would delight the most exciting of connoisseurs. A welcome note of common sense gets injected into the discussion with the publication of “Wining and Dining With Rhyme and Reason,” by D. T. Carlisle and Elizabeth Dunn. The authors have the sense to recognize that most of us never | have served a formal six-course din- i ner. with a different wine for every course', and never will. They also know that we can’t afford the best vintage wines for daily use and that we wouldn’t appreciate them if ■we could. So they say, simply, “Drink what you like.” Dry’ red wines, they point out, usually are ranked’ above the j sweet white ones; nevertheless, we I prohibition-trained drinkers prob- j ably will find that the sweet white I ones taste better, and if we do—why, those are the wines for us to drink, and the experts can go fry their hats. They also classify and describe the different wines so that the novice can get an idea of where to begin and how; and altogether their little book is most useful and sensible thing of its kind I yet have seenPublished by Minton. Balch & Cos., it sells for si.so. Columnist to Speak Jane Jordan will talk on her “Manners and Morals” column of The Times at the second of a series , of literary teas, to be held at 4 Tuesday by the Butler university chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, national professional journalistic sorority. Miss Mabel Espey, president, is in charge.

—Your Health — HEAT AND COLD DECLARED WEAK AIDS OFDOCTOR Tests Reveal Neither Has Curative Power; Give Temporary Relief. BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. Use of both heat and cold in the treatment of various inflammations and infections long has been a factor in medical practice. Physicians differ as to the value of an ice bag or of different forms of heat applied to the appendix, or to other conditions that occur in the abdomen. Some persons are upset after eating ice cream and ice drinks; others after drinking extraordinarily hot drinks of various kinds. Therefore, a number of physicians in Philadelphia decided to make a scientific study of the effects of changes of temperature of the organs inside the abdomen to determine the exast usefulness of such methods. Use New Device Anew apparatus was developed for measuring accurately the temperature of the internal organs. The temperature of both stomach and mouth were determined. Usually the temperature inside the stomach is greater than that in the mouth, but in some cases it may be lower. Furthermore, temperature of the stomach of any one person may vary during a short period of time. The same fact applies to temperature of the intestines and of the lower bowel. On an average, the temperature of the stomach of a man is 9-10 of a degree and that of woman 14, degrees higher than that of their mouths. Twenty-seven men and twenty-five women each drank a half pint of ice water. Normalcy in Ten Minutes There was an immediate decrease in the temperature of the stomach, followed, by a rise, which first was rapid and then slower. The original temperature of the stomach was reached after about ten minutes and maintained permanently, but in the majority of cases the temperature reached after ten minutes was one-half to two-tenths low r er than the original temperature. Although states of varying degrees of coldness were tested, the time required for getting back to the usual temperature was just about ten minutes. Next an experiment was tried with ice cream. The same effects followed eating ice cream as drinking ice water. However, the length of time that the temperature of the stomach remained at a lower level depended on the speed with which one ate the ice cream. Test With Ice Cream One man ate the ice- cream in two

minutes; the temperature of the stomach dropped twenty degrees and it took more than forty-six minutes for his stomach to come back to the original temperature. Another man ate the ice cream in five and half minutes; the temperature of the stomach dropped more than eight degrees and it took mere than thirty-seven minutes for his stomach to came back to its original level. Next experiments was tried with hot coffee. The maximum temperature at which coffee may be swallowed without discomfort varies with different people. It lies between 113 degrees and 149 degrees. With coffee the temperature of the stomach rises rapidly and then requires about ten minutes to get back to its original level. Heat and Cold Tried Tests also were made on the use of ice bags, hot packs, hot water bags, heat lamps and electric pads, applied for anywhere from thirtyfive minutes to two and one-half hours. These experiments indicated that the aplication of heat to the abdomen produced a feeling of comfort when there was pain, but apparently is of no special value in healing the condition which causes the pain. In fact, the authors expressed their opinion that it is doubtful that the benefit obtained is such as to warrant the application of heat, especially in summer. The feeling of comfort is apparently a local nerve reaction, without any generally valuable effects. Also, the experiment indicated the doubtful advisability of putting ice packs on the stomach with the idea that these will in any w’ay benefit the condition for which the ice is applied. TEXAS WOMAN NAMED GAME COMMISSIONER First of Fair Sex to Hold Post in State’s History. By United Press AMARILLO, Tex., Jan. 6.— Mrs. Hal C. Peck, a native of the Panhandle, has been appointed game commissioner of Texas, a post that for the first time in the history of Texas and probably of the nation has been filled by a member of the fairer sex. “It is evident tht-a my appointment shocked the natives a bit,” the new commissioner said, “but they have pledged their support and are doing everything they can to help me. There is no reason why a woman shouldn’t do the job as well as a man.” Have Color in Cheeks If your skin is yellow—complexion pallid—tongue coated—appetite poor —you have a bad taste in your mouth —a lazy, no-good feeling—you should try Olive Tablets. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets—a substitute for calomel—were prepared by Dr. Edwards after 20 years of study. Olive Tablets are a'purely vegetable compound. Know them by their olive color. To have a clear, pink skin, bright eyes, no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like childhood days, you must get at the cause. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets set on the liver and bowels like ralomel —yet have no dangerous after effects. They start the bile and help overcome constipation. Take nightly and note the pleasing results. Millions of boxes sold yearly. 15c, 30c, 60c.—Ad-

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Contract Bridge

Today’s Contract Problem The contract is six clubs by South. West’s opening lead is the queen of spades. What is the best. way to play, the hand to give the opponents a chance to make a mistake and not cash both their aces? A None VAJ 10 9532 ♦K 8 3 AK74 * v 1* ¥ N v (Blind) " E (Blind) ♦ s ♦ A L-! >oalf ’ r 4. AA K 4 V K Q ♦ 7 4 A Q J 10 8 6 2 Solution in next issue. 29

Solution to Previous Contract Problem BY W. E. M’KENNEY Secretary American Bridge League GOOD bridge players sometimes “work on” personalities. For example, in today’s hand, played in the national contract team-of-four championship event at Cincinnati, the opening leader against S. Garton Churchill of New York was a woman. Therefore, when she opened the four of clubs against a three no trump contract, Mr. Churchill counted that as a fourth best from her longest and strongest suit, as women are more prone to make honest leads than are men. With the four of clubs opening, the seven was played from dummy, East went in with the nine, and Mr. Churchill wqn the trick with the ace. The rule of eleven told him that either West held five clubs or East had nothing left but the deuce. South’s next play was the ace of spades, followed by the deuce of spades. West going in with the king. West was smart enough to put the declarer to the guess immediately on the clubs, leading the six of clubs; but Mr. Churchill took the finesse.

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THE three good spades from dummy now were cashed. West discarding a diamo;d. Mr. Chur- ! chill discarded a diamond and two | hearts. East dropped two diamonds and a heart. He now played a small diamond to the ace and then led the five of clubs, winning in dummy with the queen. East dropped the eight of hearts. The king of clubs was played, and East was squeezed. If he dropped a heart, the ace and queen would be good, so he must let go a diamond. Declarer did the same, and now led the jack of diamonds, throwing East in the lead, and East was forced to lead away from his king and ten of hearts. Mr. Churchill held the queen and x, dummy holding the ace and x. AQJ 6 4 3 0 A 6 4 J 5 AKQ 8 7 A K 8 7 5 A 109 V J 7S>V K 10 8 4 ♦ 82 " „ E ♦ KQIO AJIO6 4 * 9 4 Dealer 3 , A A 2 ¥Q9 3 2 ♦A7 6 3 A A53 Duplicate—All vul. Opening lead—A 4 South West North East 1 ♦ Pass 1 A Pass IN. T. Pass 2N. T. Pass 3N. T. Pass Pass. Pass 29 A beautifully played hand—giving Mr. Churchill five odd. • (Copyright, 1934, by NEA Service, Inc.) Educator to Speak Grover Vanduyan, assistant state superintendent of schools, will speak at a dinner of the Brotherhood of the University Heights United Brethren church at 6:30 Tuesday. Music will be provided by the Greyhound quartet of Indiana Central college. Carl Bertel is club president.

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—Sunday Sermon — CHRIST'S BIRTH STORY TYPICAL OF LIFE TODAY Each New-Ebrn Child Brings Hope for Future of Greatness. Text: Matt. 2:1-12 a a a BY WM. E. GILROY, D. D. Editor ot The CongrcgationaJist The thought of the whole world during the recent Christmas season was turned toward the story of i our lesson—the story of the most wonderful biuh. We always should remember that the division of our Bible into chapters and verses is the work of a ( later age and was not in the original manuscript. There is, therefore. no break between chapter one and chapter two. but the story in ! our lesson of the coming of the | wise men to visit Jesus is an in- | cident in the whole record of his 1 birth and infancy. Who were the wise men. and where did they come from? There has bee na great deal of specula- ! 'ion about that, but the question 1 can not be answered with any cer--1 tainty. . It was an age in wiiich much importance was attached to the stars, and in which the precursors of later ; seers and scientists, who observed | the stars, were men with a deep response to the wonder and mystery ; of the universe in which they lived. These wise men may have come ! long distances, for even in an era j when transportation and travel i were slow and tedious, man's in- ! stinct for adventure and gain had | established far distant routes of | trade. There is a tradition, without any ! clear proof, that the wise men ! came from the far east, possibly from India. The incident as it stands in the new testament serves to emphasize the universality of the Christ who was born, even as his teaching and the salvation that he brought have applied to all men without distinction and to peoples of every land and clime. There is something suggestive in the journey of these Wise Men to see a new-born babe, and in their reverential attitude. Their coming and their worship were a manifestation of faith: but even beneath this faith was a deep and splendid humility. It means much when we can see in a new-born babe a possible saint or prophet of kings of the future. Considering all the men of greatness and goodness who have risen from poor and humble surroundings, we well might assume an attitude of reverence and humility toward every child. There can be no great home life, no soundness of national life, and no hope for the world where there is not the supreme value placed upon the child. The story of our lesson represents a high plane of human life and interest. As in so many passages and incidents of Scripture, we have, also, the strong contrast between the attitude of the Wise Men and that of Herod. How typical of human life even in our own day is that contrast! One the one hand we see today, as we have seen in past ages, the love and goodness hat reverence the child,,- the forces of education and nuture that work to beautiful and ennoble child life; while on the other hand there are the Herod-like forces of dstruction, the forces that for the sake of gain will keep children in the slums and hovels unnourished and for the most part uncared for. A lesson concerning the child Christ means little to us unless we can see it in the terms of this contrast, and unless it moves us to put all our emphasis and interest upon the things that make for the wellbeing and proper development of the child. The Christ, who was bom in Bethlehem later, was to take the children in his arms and bless them. It is only as we live in the same spirit and practice that we truly rejoice in his birth.