Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 200, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1934 — Page 7

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Why Women Should Die for Crimes Sex and Motherhood Form No Defense for Murder. BY HELEN* WELSHIMER NEA Service Staff Writer WHY any normal, intelligent human being contends that a woman, by the nature of her sex. should escape punishment for crimes she is proved beyond reasonable doubt to have committed, baffles every logical thinker. Yet 250 persons knelt in the cold

outside Hull Prison in England and besought a God of Justice to show a little partiality. Mrs. Ethel Little Major was being hanged for poisoning her husband. Because Mrs. Major was a woman, the prayers urged that she shouldn’t die. They thought that maybe the Creator of

the Universe, being so busy with the situation in the Saar and the crime conference, might not have noted the prisoner s sex. We aren't concerned at the moment with capital punishment. But we are vitally interested in the manner that sentimentalists approve a woman's reliance on her sex as a life saver when her sins catch up " ith her. The belief that the noose, the gallows, the electric chair and lethal chamber should be labeled "For Men Only” persists despite logic. Here in Equality Whv should a murderess expect to hicie behind her femaleness? We are human beings before Wt divide biologically. When a woman breaks a law why shouldn’t she take the consequences as readily as a man does? If she wins a prize for good behavior she doesn't throw it away. But it isn’t chivalrous to kill women, the cry goes up. Oh no! It isn’t a Sunday school picnic to take a man's life, either! But so long as that's our method, let's not have sex discrimination. After all. women have been urging that they didn’t want sex to disqualify them for any of life's experiences. Well, here's our chance. Why stress equality when we still get mad because a man keeps his hat on in an elevator or casts a ballot that a woman ought to pay her debts? Evil Knows No Sex Women are as capable of wrong doing as men are. Take Ca-.herine di Medici, for instance. The St. Bartholomew Dav Massacre and France’s demoralize tion can’t be excused on the ground that the French ruler was a woman. A woman, as well as a man, can construct a fiendish hell. Why, just because a convicted murderer is a woman, should Heaven be asked to clean a pair of white wings and pin them on her so she can fly out of her cell? Paul is the only person, male or female, who ever prayed himself out of prison. And Paul wasn't guilty of a misdemeanor. That motherhood should protect a woman from her transgressions is so much hooey. It isn't a feat to become a mother. It’s the natural thing. A woman doesn't deserve any special commendation for having fulfilled the physical side of her mission. It's the series of steps that follow reproduction that should bring the laurels. A man doesn't ask special pardon beca’ se he is a father, yet being executed or in prison interferes with his making a good job of parenthood. too. If little girls were instructed that it is as wrong for them to pull hair as it is for their small brothers to do so, may be they would grow up understanding that they have to take the rap, too, when they sidestep.

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BEGIN HERE TODAY Ann Hollister breaks her en?aeement to Tonv Mickle the same dav that Peter Kendall II tells Valeria Bennett, his fiancee, that everything is over between them. Ann thinks she still loves Tonv and Peter believes he stili cares for Valeria, but when chance brines the two tozether and Peter Anr to marry him she agrees. , Thev go to Florida and are hanov there. Then Peter is recalled home. His family snubs Ann and Valeria tries to make trouble between Ann and Peter. She succeeds and Ann goes away, leaving no hint of her whereabouts. Peter is disconsolate, believine Ann has discovered his love for her and gone because she can not return it. His efforts to find her are fruitless. Valeria, scheming to win Peter back, takes him to a party. There he hears a man commenting on Ann's flight. Peter knocks the man down. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE THERE was a crash as Dirk Randall hit the floor. A plate fell, | like a small, weak echo. Someone screamed. Someone else grabbed Peter’s arm, but he shook the restraining hand off and strode toward the door. Valeria called “Peter, Peter!” but he did not turn. In the silence that followed Dirk poured her a drink, held it to her lips, whispering. “You lost. Now drink your poison.” Outside, head clearing, Peter was getting into his car. He knew now what he wanted. He had not wanted that noisy, greedy, guzzling crowd. He wanted a good look at Tony. And then he wanted to break him between his hands. It would not be hard to find Tony. A telephone book did not reveal the address but he had better luck when he called “Information.” The windows of Tony’s duplex apartment were lighted. Tony was in. Perhaps Ann was there too. Peter wanted to see Ann's face when he broke Tony between his hands. Tony, who had let her go once and then had taken her away from Peter.

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He pressed the bell and then, not waiting, turned the knob and flung the door wide. Tony was coming toward him. Just beyond was a girl with bold eyes. Not Ann. Not Ann! Peter stepped back, sanity returning. Tony came outside, closing the door behind him. “I say Kendall, what do you want?” Then, as he saw Peter’s devastated, haunted face, Tony went on. “You thought Ann was here?” “Yes. I beg your pardon.” Tony said solwly, "No harm done. I heard she had gone.” “You haven't seen her?” “No.” Peter put out a hand against the wall, steadying himself. He felt weak. “I haven't seen her since the night of her birthday,” Tony said. “I called her and told her I wanted to see her. She came here. I gathered you had gone off some place, leaving her alone.” Peter waited. “When she got here she looked tired and sick. I went in the kitchen to fix some cocktails. When I came back she was gone. She called from the car that she had just remembered something—something important, she said.” Peter remembered Ann's car inside s he garage, the open door. He had been gone such a short time and believed Ann had taken a spin on the drive. Tony said bitterly. “Do you know why she left that night? Because she realized she didn't love me. I don't know why I'm giving you this break. Kendall —I guess it's because she loves you.” Peter wrung Tony’s hand. In a moment the world had changed. He drove to the apartment instead of the club. He flung the windows wide in Ann’s room. He would sleep here tonight. In this room that was so filled with memories of Ann. Tomorrow he would begin the search for her—the search that had been too long delayed. a a a \ NN had dressed early the mornl\ ing she left the apartment. She had ca'led a cab and managed to be waiting for the driver in the downstairs lobby when he arrived. “Where to, miss?” The taxi driver asked the question twice before the white-faced girl in the cab answered. “Drive on some place.” He stared. After a moment he started the car. There was something queer about this. The call to one of the finest apartment buildings at an hour when most persons were deep in sleep. The pretty girl with the pale face, waiting for him. How she had managed to carry those two bags was another mystery. She looked sick. By shifting the mirror a little the cab driver could see her face. Yes. she was sick. There wasn't a doubt of it. Maybe he should suggest a hospital. “Do you know’ some quiet place, a restaurant near here where I could get breakfast?” Ann asked. “Yes, miss. There's one not far from here.” A few minutes later he had deposited his strange fare and her two traveling bags in front of the restaurant. At this early hour the place w r as almost empty. Ann stopped and bought a morning newspaper from a new’sboy on the corner. She" had just remem-be-'jd that she had only $lO in her purse. The w T eek before—on the day she had left for the w’eek-end at the Merriweathers —she had reck- | lessly emptied “her purse for Carol. The $lO would have to provide food and shelter until she could find work. Ann ordered only toast and coffee. Every extra nickel might count later. While she was eating she studied the Help Wanted advertisements—stenographers, waitresses, models, ; hotel hostesses, show girls with experience, bookkeepers, milliners. Suddenly a paragraph attracted her eye. “Wanted —Governess for two children in quiet home near city. Must be refined and willing to lead quiet, uneventful life. Four in the family.” “Willing to lead quiet, uneventful life." No one—no one in all the world—wanted solitude so much as Ann. She must get away from the city, from everything that would remind her of Peter. She must put the past behind her and build an entirely new life in which he had no part. After a while he would get his divorce and be reinstated in his grandfather’s good graces. Eventually he would marry Valeria, the girl he really wanted. Valeria had accused Ann of trapping Peter. Well, it was Valeria that Peter wanted—not a poor, silly, blind little fool who had mistaken his tenderness and consideration for love. He had been white and wildeyed when he lifted Ann in his arms after the accident. But almost any man would havei been excited and

anxious. And, of course, Ann couldn’t doubt that he was fond of her. That was all he had meant when he had held her close to him, calling her “darling, darling.” If Ann had been willing to accept affection as a substitute for lcve she would be lying now in a beautiful room. Presently Susan would enter with her breakfast, served on a large, silver tray. A perfect breakfast, with coffee in a low silver pot, iced fruit, toast, eggs, crips bacon and a bit of marmalade. A slim vase holding two perfect rosebuds. “More coffee, madam?” The waiter, hovering near, spoke to the sad-eyed young woman who had scarcely touched her meager breakfast. He added in a low tone, “There’s no extra cost. It is just a little compliment to our customers.” “Thank you, no,” Ann said. Half of the luke-warm mixture was still in her cup. She lifted it to her lips and finished it. “Could you tell me how far it is to Engleside?” “Fifteen or 20 miles out.” “Thank you.” An hour later Ann was lying on a bed in an inexpensive room of an inexpensive hotel. By conserving her funds she could manage to stay here three days, eating sparingly at cheap restaurants. At noon she went out for another frugal meal and returned to the hotel. In the writing room she wrote an answer to the advertisement that had attracted her eye. a a a THE morning of the third day she received an answer. Mrs. Lois Tracy had been pleased with Miss Ann Jones’ letter and would be glad to consider her for the position. Since there was no car line or bus service in the Engleside section, Mrs. Tracy would drive in for her early that afternoon.

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Mrs. Lois Tracy proved to be a pretty, dark-haired young woman, a little on the plump side, with a long, curly bob and intelligent dark eyes. In her brief appraisal of Ann, Mrs. Tracy decided, “She's too pretty. If I had a husband I wouldn’t consider her a minute. She'll be good to the children. She's never been a governess before. But she's smart. I think I could depend on this girl. She’s running away—from some man or herself. If it was a love affair it wasn’t the tawdry kind.” Aloud she sajd, “If you want the place it’s yours. The children— Priscilla (we call her Sissy) and Theodore (Sonny)—are perfect little demons. But they have average brains. “I’ve never been able to get along with him very long at a time. I’m no great shakes as a mother. I’m an artist, but children are no respecters of genius. They’re twins —and just about the time I’m getting an inspiration Sonny wants an oatmeal cooky or Sissy wants to show off her new dance steps.” Mrs. Tracy lighted a cigaret and continued, “By now you’ve probably decided I’m a terrible mother. I am. You think I haven't any business with children. That’s true, but here they are and, in spite of myself, I'm rather fond of them. That’s why I’m turning them over to some one like you. “I've already decided that you haven’t had kindergarten training and that you have never held a job of this kind before. That makes no difference to me. All you need to do is keep one jump ahead of the kids.” Ann found that, except for her first brief greeting and an occasional yes and no, the conversation had been entirely one-sided. Yet here she was with a job. (To Be Continued)

Legislative Policy Set by League Personnel Management in Public Service to Be Urged. Indiana League of Women Voters will work for passage of a bill, for public personnel management in state offices at the coming session of the General Assembly, according to announcement from the state office. The campaign is in line with that of the rational league, which is urging qualified public personnel and which has invited the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the American Federation of Labor to unite with the league “in directing the various elements of public opinion toward the fuller use of personnel management in government.” Members of the leagues in Indianapolis, Hammond, Gary. Elkhart, I Evansville. Bloomington. Culver, Ft. Wayne, Hagerstown, Kokomo, Michigan City, Peru, South Bend, and Jasper and Tippecanoe counties, are bending every effort to inform the general public of Indiana of the need for trained personnel in public office. They are maintaining that without qualified public servants a democracy can not hope to solve its problems of administration, especially in such a period of change as exists today, and the state can not compete with business, in the effort to obtain the highest type of employes, until it can assure them adequate compensation, security in their jobs and opportunities for careers. At the direction of the national league’s board of directors, letters expressing the league's hope for joint efforts were sent to Henry I. Harriman. president of the Chamber of Commerce, and William Green, president of the labor federation, by Miss Marguerite Wells, leagtie president. Both of these organizations have recommended the selection of Governmental employes on a merit basis. In a recent address Mr. Harriman stated that the time has come to strengthen the civil service laws and to adhere scrupulously to the merit system. The federation's 1934 convention action likewise called for support of the merit principle of appointment to the civil service. DANCING FOLLOWS LUNCHEON-BRIDGE Friends of Miss Elysee Crosier’s guests at her luncheon and bridge party Saturday afternoon joined them later for tea dancing at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Miss Crosier gave the party in honor of Miss Betty Ramey whose wedding to Dr. Robert Wiseheart will take place this week. Guests were Misses Jane Crawford, Marian Ballinger, Mary Martha Hockensmith, Marjorie Krull, Mary Katharine Mangus, Joan Boswell, Alice Marie Wooling, Martina Sink, Mrs. George Ramey and Miss Eugenia Miley, Anderson.

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Beatrice Dawson, English girl, kin of the Earl of Gainsborough and the Marchioness of Bute, who made buttons for Princess Marina’s trousseau, is on the way to gathering a fortune from the jewelry and accessories that she concocts from such odds and ends as old radio wire, pebbles and macaroni as well as combinations of wood, metal and gems. Here Miss Dawson is shown wearing some of her wood and metal jewelry. The handbag clasp matches the woven metal necklace.

Dance to Fete Misses Boggs and Hutchings Favors of paper caps, noisemakers and serpentine ribbons will be given to guests of Miss Patsy Boggs and Miss Betty Hutchings, whose parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boggs, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hutchings, will' entertain with a dance tonight at Meridian Hills Country Club. Sidelights in the clubhouse will be hooded with red and silver ribbons, and archways will be hung with smilax. Miss Chloe Hook, Noblesville, and Jean and Philip Long. Columbus. will be out-of-town guests. Miss Boggs will wear a yellow robe de style gown, trimmed in brown velvet, and Miss Hutchings’ black net gown will be full with pleated ruffles at the edge of the skirt and the off-the-shoulder neckline. Open House Set The Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Simpson of the Washington Street Presbyterian Church will hold open house tomorrow. The church will have a watch party beginning at 8:30 tonight.

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Tea to Open Display of Paintings Art Association Event to Begin Tomorrow ?' Herron Museum. Art Association of Indianapolis will open its exhibition of contemporary American paintings at a tea from 3 to 6 New Year’s Day, at the John Herron Museum. Mrs. Charles Latham, chairman of the museum activities committee, is chairman of arrangements. Those assisting her will be members of the board of directors and the following members of the museum activities committee: Mesdames Robert A. Adams, Henry Buttolph, Bowman Elder, Robert B. Failey, Theodore B. Griffith, Elsa P. Haerle. Homer Hamer, Hubert Hickam, Sylvester Johnson Jr.. J. K. Lilly Jr., Frank F. Powell, Robert Scott, G. H. Shadinger, R. Hartley Sherwood, W. Richardson Sinclair. Anton Vonnegut. Herman Wolff, and Evans T. Woollen Jr. Mrs. Latham also will be assisted by the following members of the Junior League: Mrs. Horace Hill 111, chairman of the arts and interests committee of the league; Mesdames John D. Gould, Harold Taylor, Noble Dean and Thomas Harvey Cox. A selected exhibition of paintings by 27 American artists and a memorial exhibition of oils and water colors by Gari Melchers officially will be opened at the New Year's Day reception. Alpha chapter. Alpha Gamma sorority, will hold an open house from 2 to 5 tomorrow at the home of Miss Jean Riffle. 1402 Park-av.