Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1943 — Page 18
GES A
YEAR—or more—gave rise to an
“BHida) Alerte” wiiich will appear: in the Septembet issue’ of 8 ‘magazine which appears Tuesday. of de; in white is still the five-star pih-up girl ‘with thebride= | says Miss: ‘Robey Lyle in writing on wartime etiquette for brides, but the bell-and-book ceremony is getting a pushing around.”
“The wedding is -military,” she ntinues, “when the bridegroom § In uniform. He: will be in uniorm if he is in the armed. forces. hortly after: Pearl Harbor, mufti ent out: for the duration. Forget arch of sabers . .. a directive om Washington canceled that. ...” | Here are the big changes: The ride may: go alone, if need be; to ver her flance is stationed. fen of all ranks may now be in ded in the same wedding party
gob and commander, buck pri- | e and captain walk side by side. |:
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VAC: i in White = A WAC, A WAVE or # girl nan
the women’s services may wear|: ‘white for her! wedding—but |"
ir going-away dress must be her Bniform: (Incidentally, bridesmaids In uniform neither wear: nor carry fowers.) :
* Telegraph and telephone may be ise to invite guests. Formal-wed-ding civilian dress for men is pracfically extinct. Wedding cakes. warStyle, may properly have false bottoms, and there are no little boxes «give to friends to dream on.. 8 8 8
tho Pays for What?
“WARTIME, HOWEVER, has not d. the old obligations of who pays for: what. i The bride's family pays for hurch and reception decorations, lowers for bridesmaids, expenses of | wedding breakfast, luncheon or re- © ception, wedding cakes music, gift ‘for the bridegroom : and: presents for the attendants.’ * The bridegroom pays for flowers _ for the bride, corsages for his own “and the bridé’s mother, engagement and wedding rings, license fee, and clergyman’s fee (if not married by chaplain of army or navy), boutonnieres for civilian groomsmen
Rosalyn Elliott To Visit Here
Miss Rosalyn Elliott will arrive
her mother, Mrs. Hazel Elliott, 5437 Julian ave.
she stopped in Quantico, Va., to attend the gradu-
denhall, who -received his lieutenant’s commis sion in the U. 8.
. Wednesday. He is Ee the son of Mr. Miss Eliott and Mrs. Homer Mendenhall, 3762 Ruckle st? Miss Elliott will leave on Tuesday for New York where she will be a sophomore in the School of Retailing at New York university. She also is an assistant buyer in the purchasing division of the war department in New York.
Officers Elected by . Equal Rights Group
Mis§ Mary C. Kennedy, Lafayette, was named president of the Indiana Society for the Equal Rights Amendment at a meeting here this week. Others chosen are Dr. Mary C. Turgi, South Bend, vice president; Miss Ethel Thurston, Anderson, recording secretary; Miss Lucille Fites, West Lafayette, corresponding secretary, and Miss Genevieve Brown, treasurer. Miss Brown presided at a luncheon at* which Miss Ethel Murrell, Miami, Fla., and Washington, talked on obtaining enactment of the equal rights amendment pending in congress. Miss Murrell © is ‘vice president ‘of the National Associa-
and the gift for the bride.
tion of Women Lawyers.
tomorrow from New York to visit:
+ En route here
ation of her cous-| in, Phillip Men-.
marine corps
fall fashion opening,
Turquoise hackle Zeatliess. are posed above ond I below the Seki of this tiny black felt sailor with beret crown. It was shown at a recent
JANE J ORDAN
DEAR JANE JORDAN-_T am a young girl of 17. I have lived a normal life. For the last two years the desire for a baby has grown
almost any step to get ‘one. I am not married, but there is a boy whom I know who wants to marry me. army soon. I don’t love him and probably wouldn't know if I did because I am too young. I have gone out ‘a ‘great deal, but it is much more fun to stay * ‘with someone's baby.
There - is something missing,
though. Since I was 3 I have
ia Plow,
until. now I am prepared to take
He is due to join the
i | consideration than you are giving it.
: who love each other first and the
© |with its father is indeed -unfor-
' |portant ‘to the mother ‘aside from
-|other in loving him. ‘The womah * |who has no other emotional outlet jexcept: the.love of -her child is not . a good influence. .|a child, Give yourself time to fall
_ {mal background for children. In
‘| kindergarten teacher or a nursery
' | second vice’
wanted a little dog. It seems that that affection for the dog has turned toward a baby, -but is much stronger. I don’t want to marry Bob unless I can’t solve my problem in any other way. Do all girls my age go- through this stage? I have not heard it discussed ‘among my friends and it worries me a great ‘deal. , I have a number of friends my own age and have a good time with them until I see a small child or baby somewhere and then I hardly can keep myself from running to it. Is marrying Bob the only solution? DESPERATE, 2 s 8
Answer—The desire for a baby is a perfectly normal, natural desire, but there is nothing to be gained -by marrying a man whom you don’t love in order. to get one. At present you ate regarding a baby as a pet or a plaything. You must remember that a-baby is also a responsibility and deserves more
Above’ all a baby needs parents
baby second. Marriages simply do not succeed where the mother puts
7 |the baby before her husband and| 2 g
lavishes on the child the love which should belong to her husband. The baby whose’ mother is not in love
tunate. Most of the. personality lls suf-
as a mother and:he should not be an incidental figure who is unim-
his role of creator. Unhappy is the child who is not brought up in a normal home, surrounded by the love of emotionally satisfied parents who join each
At 17 you are too young to have in love, marry and: establish a nor-
the meantime you should learn more about children and their needs. Why don’t you learn to be a
school “assistant? If you haven't the - financial means to study for
{this goal,. you easily could fit in}
some home as a mother’s helper and
learn more ‘about child guidance from books. JANE "JORDAN,
Put yout prvbloms a6 36ikar to dane Jordon who will answer your questions | in this column daily.
Auxiliary Officers Are Installed Officers were installed ' recently by ‘the “Wayne ‘unit ‘64, American
with ‘the Wayne post in the post home, 6566 W. Washington st.
Niese, president; Mrs. Scott Bange Henry Woehlecke, first and presidents; Mrs. Murial Ricketts, secretary; Mrs, Grace Jes-
fered by adults can be traced back) = to infancy and childhood. A father “is every bit as important to a child
Legion auxiliary, at a joint meeting|
The officers are Mrs. William|
problems with which they may be faced. There are, for instance, lectures on air raid relief and on. medical knowledge. The former, based on experience gained in Britain,” teaches how to give shelter to the homeless, how to cope with mass feeding. The medical course includes elementary first aid, and adds instruction on the prevention and treatment of epidemics and deficiency diseases, Study. Nutrition : ‘Having dealt with the immediate problems of food, shelter and medical care, the students 80. into the longer planning necessary to restore to health people who have been suffering from malnutrition or starvation for years. A course on nutrition includes instruction. on European regional and national food habits, present and expected food conditions in Europe, and store-keeping and accounting, as well as the obvious dietary instruction. In this course, too, are lectures on deeontamination, salvage and disposal. The management of camps for refugees and displaced populations, with camp organizations, sanitation, hygiene and feeding, is taught in still further lectures. In this series also is some discussion of possible methods of solving.the complex| problems of refugees.
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Sees Threat To F reedom in F ederal Aid’
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON + Times Special Writer : FREEDOM .A N. D SECURITY have - never been. compatible. . AS someone put it, “the more the gov-
does to you.” . Anyone who thinks it. through will see. how true it is. And. any-
ing: into ‘a politfcal system in ‘which the - government will be master rather than - servant of the people: The nature of war, - its inevitable after effects and some rising. surge of revolution throughout the world, will force us to accept many measures of which we do not ‘wholeheartedly approve - Regimentation is upon us. All over - the earth men and women
ready to exchange it for more eco- | nomic security. The average citizen is prepared for some such change—yet he need
self .where such a beginning leads. Here and there voices are ‘raised
but those voices are ‘only a feeble
® ws . ALONG THAT LINE. there is sense to a recent suggestion offered by Dr. Earnest ‘Albert Hooten, anthropologist, who proposes that the.
in breeding its citizens, In an article in the Woman's Home Cqmpanion, Dr. Hooten says,’
unemployed and the chronically: anti-social, why should it not be allowed to take measures to prevent the multiplication of undesirables and fo produce better human guality?s Even as we read, we know" these words 1 fepretent 8 professorial pipe
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