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PAGE 8 — IT’S TOUGH LIFE, BEING MARRIED TO THE MODERN GIRL It's Tough Grind, Too, for Father AJee Haucb who wrote the following •elntllUtlnr article on “the modem girl" •mlorfvel? for The Times and NEA Berrlce. is the noted English author of •‘Hot Countries," the May Literary tiulld •election. Though his home is in Lon don. he has traveled continually during the last four years—including making three trips across the American con tinent. BY ALEC WAUGH Written for NEA Service THERE always has been a ‘mod ern girl.” Socrates married one, and m his old age, instead of dozing before his fire, sat around street comers asking questions, till his fellow Athenians in desperation handed him a glass of hemlock. Shakespeare married one and after a year or two of it, slipped out one morning, made for London and Wrote “The Taming of the Shrew.” Here “modem girl” is a term of abuse; when we employ the term we do not refer to the average girl between the ages of 18 and 26 that w r e meet at our friends’ houses We refer to the t’/pe of girl that exasperates her contemporaries by exaggerating and caricaturing the characteristics of her period. Usually “the modem girl” is some one who tries to get a thing both ways. That certainly Is what she is today. __ She's a Real Paradox On my side of the Atlantic and I suspect on this, she is demanding the freedom of the twentieth cen tury and, While retaining the chiv alry of the nineteenth, she expects to be allcwed to do what she likes, where she likes, with whom she likes. She expects also to be cher ished, made allowances for, pro tec ed. She expects to be treated as i reliant, capable, and respon sibl person when it is a question of latchkeys, bank accounts, and the choice of friends. But when friends prove false and bills mount up and bank accounts get over drawn, she expects a shoulder to weep upon, a hand to pat her shoulder and a strong, kind voice to murmur. “There, there now, you can't be expected to under - • stand these things. We’ll see you through.” Tough on Father It is not much fun being the ' father of “the modern girl.” She will treat his house as a hotel, din ing at his table only when there is nowhere else to go, bringing to his drawing room young men he does not know, and then when life grows complicated for her she will turn round on him with the re ifcoach, “1 never stood a chance. You and mother never made a real home for me.” It is not much fun being in love with “the modern girl”; she will explain to her fiance that she must be free, that he must not be jeal ous. that he must not be proprie tory, and when the young man ac cepts her commands, allows her to break dates, smiles friendlily when ne sees her dancing at a night club with another man, she hands him back his ring and says: “I’m sorry it’s no good, you’re very sweet, but we'd be miserable together. You could never keep me in order.” Also Tough on Husband It is not much fun being mar ried to “the modern girl.” Her husband must work industriously and incessantly so that she be fit tingly adorned; but when he re turns home to receive the rewards of industry it will be to find a note perched against the mantelpiece: “Don’t bother to wait. Have gone out.” He must himself make no com ment on her behavior, but should she see him dancing with his secre tary, he will find on his return a bed made up for him upon the sofa. It is in the name of such that old men in their club and young men sitting beside desolate tele- j phones invoke high heaven with the groan “these modern girls.” Luckily “the modern girl” is, as she always has been, the excep tion. Read Dawn Powell, famous Amer ican novelist, on "The Disappearing Man” in The Times Monday. New Chiefs Ride Francis Review, W. B. A., held the first meeting Wednesday with the 1931 officers in charge. They are as follows: President, Mrs. Nellie Kimble; vice president, Mrs. Dora Henry; financial secretary, Mrs. Susie Belles; recording ! secretary, Mrs. Goldie Black; chaplain, j Mrs. Mabel McClellan; lady of cerelhonies, I Mr*. Grace Nikert; sergeant, Mrs. Mary j Flynn; past president, Mrs. Alice NeS, j and pianist, Mrs. Bertie Plummer. ! Memory Pads To jolt your memory and save strain, have a memorandum pad tacked over the kitchen table with pencil attached so that you can jot down kitchen lists, or things you want to get done, or clothes to be sent to the cleaner. If you put each I item down as it comes into your mind, you will be surprised how much strain it saves you. Swiftest Way to End Eczema Says Alabama Man There is not an excuse in the t world for a person to suffer with fiery Eczema. Yet how many people do you see with ugly skins which spoil their whole appearance! What you want to do is abolish every trace of eczema with Peter sonL Ointment, for years nation wide famous for speedily ending Ec zema. The first application of Peterson’s takes out the inflammation, brings blessed relief from that painful itch ing. Repeated use of this powerfully soothing, healing Ointment assures a marvelously smooth, delicate skin. Mr. A. W. Turner of Birmingham, Ala„ writes: “Was troubled for about 2 yrs. with eczema and after 1 use 1 Peterson’s Ointment for about 4 or 5 times, my trouble entirely dis appeared.” One application of Peterson’s Ointment will stop the burning and itching of Eczema and one 35c box will prove it—all drug stores.—Ad vertisement. STERN CRITIC ire limriii mr"—“ Alec Waugli . . . says the mod em girl expects to be allowed to do what she likes . . . but wants a shoulder to weep upon. Just Every Day Sense BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON MISS ALICE SMITH, head of the probation bureau of the woman’s court of New York City, warns clubwomen to keep their hands off the vice inquiry which has grown out of the recent scandalous disclosures from that quarter. “Few clubwomen,” says Miss Smith, “are trained in social wel fare. They therefore are not qual ified to give constructive critic ism.” There are two sides to this, as to every other question. Granted that a good many clubwomen know nothing whatever about the courts, they often are Inclined to see questions from one angle only and that angle is likely to be an emotional and often quite an im practical one. Still It is quite as true that a good many people connected with social welfare work or the courts see nothing beyond bare facts or ordinary legal procedure To a social service worker, every in dividual finally becomes s. “case.” To a lawyer, mankind is divided into two classes, the plaintiffs and the defendants. n n tt ANYWAY, it’s quite bad ad vice that Miss Smith gives. Every intelligent citizen of this country should take more of an interest in the workings of its courts, and I can not exempt clubwomen from this list. There has been too much of this attitude of “Hands off, lay men,” already to make us quite easy in our minds about what goes on behind a lot of these bureaus. And some of us would give a good deal to understand the workings of what is known as “the legal mind.” After all, clubwomen and all the rest of us pay for these courts. Their business is the business of the country, and therefore our business. Nor should it be called a crime of “lese majesty” for any group of taxpayers to desire to find out the facts about their gov ernment. And just • what is meant by “constructive criticism?” I've no ticed that it means you may talk as long and as loud as you please about a thing. 'The minute, however, you begin active investi gation it becomes something very bad—destructive criticism. Officers to Be Seated George H. Chapman Relief Corps 10 and Post 209 of the G. A. R. will have public installation of officers at 2 Tuesday at Ft. Friendly, 512 North Illinois street. Glorifying Yourself THERE are tricks to every trade. and making up the eyes is no exception. A touch of rouge to the lids, a very gentle touch, may give a healthy glow and make the eyes look bigger. But this must be done skillfully or you will give the im pression of inflamed eyes. Asa last finishing touch, a touch of rouge at the very inner corner of the top eyelid often gives the eyes themselves a brilliance other wise missed. Jade eye shade may do wonders for the very fair, fragile blond. And if you Jiappen to be a red head a natural Titian redhead, you may find that you can stand a blue eye shadow twice as thick and twice as effectively as your paler sister who has merely blond hair. a a s ARTISTS of the stage often do wonders in elongating the ap pearance in the eye by heavily coloring, in little V-shaped dabs, the lids at the corners of the eye, both by the nose and on the out side cl the eye. All these tricks are variables. You may find them workable for you and not at all practical for the friend who goes about with you. Remember that the more ob vious your own coloring, the big ger your own eyes and the more beautiful, the more of a task you have making them up, for it ovist be done so subtly. Obvious make-up is out this win ter. Obvious eye make-up is in twice as bad taste as obvious lip stick and rouge. a a a IP you want to place a bit of brown or black mascara at the Luncheon to Be Held by Mrs. Cannon Beta Beta alumnae chapcr, Alpha Chi Omega sorority, will meet Sat urday for a 1 o'clock luncheon with Mrs. Fermor S. Cannon, 4235 North Pennsylvania street. A musical program has been ar ranged by Miss Lorinda Cotting ham. It is as follows: Trio •Kamennoi-Ostrow” Rubenstein 1 Pastel Menuet” Paradis “A Dream” Bartlett Miss Lorinda Cottingham, violin ist; Miss Dorothy Berger, pianist, and Miss Marcena Campbell, cellist. Vocal Solo—'Trees” ... >. Rasbach Mrs. Donald U. Bridge. Trio—“Danse Hongroise” Bohm Misses Cottingham. Berger and Campbell. The hostess will be assisted by Mesdames L. Roy Zaps, A. A. Thomas, L. E. Gettins, Joseph E. Buck; Misses Frances McNees, Fern Echolds, Dorothy Lambert and No ma Davidson. MRS. ELBOVRNE IS LUNCHEON HOSTESS Mrs. H. J. El bourne was hostess Thursday at a luncheon in the crys tal dining room at the Marott. Guests included Mesdames Ralph Brady, Flora Kinder, Gordon Cloyd, Carl Wieland, W. A. Keller Jr., D. S. Sellers, W. L. Bridges, Mary Yates and Miss Ada Hunter. STUDENTS TOLD OF WINTER IN PARIS “Winter in Paris” was the subject of Mrs. Gino Ratti’s address to the students'of the college of education of Butler university at chapel on Thursday. “Parts will give you anything you want,” Mrs. Ratti said; “whether you want to study, hide, steep your self in music or art, or just have a good time. In Paris you’ll find whatever you are seeking.” Initiation to Be Held Miss Ruth Kramer, 1221 North Jefferson avenue, will be hostess for the pajama party and initiation to be held Saturday night for pledges of the Delta Tau Omega sorority. Pledges to be initiated are Mrs. James Arthur and Miss Frances Munsoon. The hostesses will be assisted by Misses Gertrude Walters and Lillian Peterman. Temper Storms of Children Often Problem for Mother BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON None of us behaves normally un der high pressure. We can go through an upset day quite coolly and calmly, proud of our ability to rise above trying circumstances, but in some way, often quite unnoticed by ourselves, we show signs of the strain. Control does not always mean calmness. Children have not learned this VISITS IN CITY Jjjl ; / XvXyxX-: —Photo bv Mocrcfleld-Dudley Lee. Miss Ruth Grether Miss Ruth Grether, Elkhart, Ind., has been the house guest of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Sovine, 2035 North Meridian street. BY ALICIA HART outer edge* of your eyes to elongate them, do it very carefully . with a small brush. If you want to use the tone to these important spots, your regular eyebrow pencil may serve you. You must have something smaller at the point than a mere finger to draw these little arrows right, even when you use you eye shadowing in heavy quantity to give you this color. Rainy Days The attic or the cellar can be made into a dainty day playground for the children, with little effort. Take colored pieces of chalk and mark the floor for hop-scotch, deck tennis or some other mildly active game, have a set of rubber quoits and if possible a ping-pong table. Easy Cleaning Remember that glass ash trays are easier to keep clean than brass. When the house needs ash trays, 'pottery or glass may be a good bet. Shellacing the brass ones keeps them from tarnishing so badly. Clothes Cover Keep the lingerie collars on your dresses fresh by using a wash able shoulder cover over the hang ers in your closet. These are sim ple to make and have a hole in them to slip through the hanger hook. Tea Accessories Try serving with your 5 o’clock tea, thin ginger wafers spread with cream cheese. They may be mads in sandwich form and are quicker and easier to make than bread and butter sandwiches* THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES BECOMES BRIDE ,9 Mrs. Melven W. Pannell Before her marriage Jan* 3. Mrs. Melven W. Pannell was Miss Kathrim Marie Spitz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Spitz, 406 North Denny street. The wedding took place at the home of the Rev. B. B. Shake, pastor of the Grant Avenue Methodist Epis copal church. Mr. and Mrs. Pan nell are at home with Mr. and Mrs. Spitz. McGuffeyites Will Present Song Program Mrs. Mary Traub Busch, contralto, will sing a group of selections on the musical program to be present ed at the meeting of Indianapolis McGuffeyites in the Cropsey audi torium of the central library at 1:30 Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Mildred Cathcart Warrick will be her ac companist. Other numbers on the program will be songs by A. A. Brooks, ac companied by Miss Luna Fessler; orchestral selections by pupils of Leo Trautman; Miss Ruth Arnold, violin; Charles Thean, mandolin; Miss Hariett Myers, saxaphone; Miss Mildred Trautman. piano, and a violin solo by Miss Mary Elizabeth Miller, accompanied by Miss Ann Dorris Mrs. Emmett Smith will give an original read, C. J, Buchanan will read a paper and the Rev. H. T. Graham, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church will speak. The public is invited. Your Child lesson of control as we have, and quickly show signs of tension. The strain may not be an un happy one, but no matter what the cause of it, few children can weather many days of chaos wtihout some sort of storm. Depend on Child The way such nerve storms have of breaking depends on the nature of the child. An unhappy child by nature may go Into spells of crying or melancholy. For that matter even a happy child, upset by con tinued deviation of routine, also may cry suddenl or become ill and lose his meals. Another type of child may sud denly fly off at a tangent and have a temper tantrum, and the motor type who merely is healthily mis chievous may now go to extremes in his experiments that he would not think of doing under normal circumstances. When children are out of school, when the regular routine of their strain of the holidays is on, it would be very unusual if they be haved normally for an unlimited period. A mother now may be puzzled by demonstrations of conduct ab solutely out of the ordinary. But she must remember that nerves are physical things, not piano strings, and their protest is altogether likely to take a form she is entirely unfamiliar with. A wise mother will not take too much notice of any temperamental shortcomings among the children during the holidays. She will say to herself, “It is only temporary.” and not be too serious ly concerned because her children have developed all sorts of odd forms of behavior. Look at Rest of Family • But at the same time she might look into conditions a little. Is the house itself demoralized? Are the hours the same? The meals on time? Are the nerves and tempers of the older members of the family all they should be? Nothing is more apt to affect children than the emotions and behavior of their elders. There can be happiness with out confusion. And if the children are causing alarm by topsy-turvy behavior, a little readjustment higher up might help a lot. Individual Brushes V To encourage the children to scrub their hands, label a brush apiece, with the name of each child on an individual one. The very idea of owning a nail brush often spurs the daughter or son of the house to use it. Hostess to Twelve Mrs. Ruth M. Bosart was host ess today at a luncheon in the palm room at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Covers were laid for twelve guests. Permanent Waves $2.50 and $5.00 None More Beautiful % Charm is ninety per cent An Artistic Per nianent Bill do > nv “ ch to im P”°ve your looks. i v Artistic Permanei; Wave Shop RL 8773 710 Odd Fellow Bldg. BE BJEACTIFL'L Cramer Will Direct Russ Music Treat Indianapolis artists who will take part in the recital of Russian music to be given at 8:15 tonight at the Odeon of the Arthur Jordan Con servatory of Music are Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Friermood, Misses Maude Custer, Hilda Burrichter. Sara Elizabeth Miller and Hugh Mc- Gibney. The concert is being pre sented under the direction of Bo mar Cramer. Miss Lenora Coffin will discuss the lives of the composers, Rubin stein and Tschaikowsky, whose com positions will be presented. The musical program follows: Violin Solos— “ Sonata for Violin and Piano” (G. Maiori Rubenstein <ai Moderato. (bi Moderato (theme and variations). (ci Scherzo. <di Adagio non troppe e moderato. Hugh McGibney and Bomar Cramer. Vocal Solos— “Nur wer die Sehnsucht- kennt” Taschaiko-xsky “Es blinkt der Thau” Rubenstein Mrs. FTiermood. Glenn Friermood. accompanist. Violin Solos— Second Movement. “Canzonetta” Taschaikowsky “D Major Violin concerto.” Miss Custer. Orchestral parts by Miss Burrichter. Piano Solos— “ Concerto. D Minor”. ..Rubenstein ia i Allegro molto. <bi Andante. (and) Allegro. Bomar Cramer. Orchestral parts by Miss Miller. Personals Mrs. Clifford Arrick, has re turned to her apartment in the Spink-Arms after an extended visit in the east. Mrs. William J. Robinson. Green Bay, Wis., and her son, William J. Robinson of the Marott, have gone to New York for a week. Mrs. Robinson will visit her son in In dianapolis for a few days on her return, before returning to Green Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Byrne ■will entertain with a dinner party Wednesday night at the Marott before the dance at thehotel. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hartley. 4057 Washington boulevard, leave Mon day for Miami, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Uz McMurtrie. 3551 Washington boulevard, will go to Miami next week to be the guests of Colonel and Mrs. Edward Elston, on their yacht. Mrs. Caroline Ruckleshaus, 2847 North Meridian street, and Mrs. Jennie Johnston leave next week to spend the rest of the winter in Hollywood, Cal. Dr. Frank Allen, 1843 North Illi nois street, is spending the winter in Florida. Misses Ruth and Helen Sheerin, 10 East Thirty-second street, will have Miss Clara Thoman, Cincin nati, as their week-end guest. Mrs, Ruth Ranier Nessier, 2716 Sutherland avenue, is visiting Miss Mildred Dilling, New York, Rica Scott Titus, well-known in Indianapolis for her work with the Civic theater and Stuart Walker Company, will go to Lafayette Sat urday to be honor guest and speaker at the initiation banquet of Theta Alpha Fhi, honorary dra matic society of Purdue university. Her subject will be “The Ideals and Methods of Little Theater Work.” Card Parties Ladies Auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Bill give a card party Saturday night at the hall, 43 West Vermont street. Mrs. Clarence Currens is chairman of ararnge ments. .. • w JbHhhSl Have Your PHOTOGRAPH Made in Our Studio Our Photographers are Experts—Their Equipment of the Latest Type! 11x14 Picture g Nearly Half the Size of this En tire Newspaper Page, just SPECIAL— Saturday No appointment necessary for an artistic Bxlo _ size photograph of mother and child (or any group of two persons). Regular $2 quality i for JL BLOCK’S—Main Floor Annex. THE U'H.LLOCKCQ SCARF HAS RARE BEAUTY fjffjiipjj . tea.#-. Scarfs in the new mode are ravishingly lovely, prefer two or three materials to one, and are large enough to be thrown about the neck to create the effect of a cowl front neckline and a divided cape back. This black chiffon and beige lace gown. from Worth borders its large black, chiffon and beige lace scarf with pointed fox and has It almost a yard wide and two and a half yards long. In it’s great possi bilities as an adornment, the new type of scarf rivals the shawl of a few- seasons ago. Election of Officers Held by Indianapolis Day Nursery Officers were elected by directors and managers of the Indianapolis Day Nursery at the annual luncheon at the nursery Thursday. Mrs, A. L. Gillicm, elected recording secretary, is the only new officer. Those re elected were: Mrs, R. A. Dennis, president; Miss Dorothy Cunning ham, first vice-president; Mrs. M. J. Spencer, second vice-president; Mrs. W. S. Boyle, treasurer; Mrs. Bert Bacon, financial secretary, and Mrs. V. B. Sharritts, corresponding secretary. New directors, elected for two years were Miss Cunningham, Mrs. Bacon, Messrs. Wallace O, Lee, Harper Ransburg and J. I. Hoi comb. Directors who remain in office are Mrs. Dennis, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. C. K. McDowell and Felix McWhirter. Chairmen of committees who were appointed are: Mesdames John En gleke, buyer; McDowell, supervisor; Sharritt, house; C. A. James, pub licity; Ronald A. Foster, entertain ment for funds; McDowell, club delegate; Bacon, alternate, and E. W. Roesener, entertainment for chil dren, and H. J. Raffensperger, mem bership. Mrs. B. H. Gaffin was elected honorary' member of the board. Reports were given concerning work done during the last year. RUSH PARTY TO BE HELD BY SORORITY Beta chapter, Theta Sigma Del ta sorority, will hold the first rush party of the season at the home of Miss Catherine Clark, 2735 North Meridian street, at 8 tonight. Miss Clark will be assisted by Miss Em ily Hensley. Members will bring guests. Members of the sorority are: Misses Kathleen Spear. Mildren Van Horn. Helen Meiklc, De Garmo Spear. Wilma Branstetter, Mary Ficcoine. Mildred Berst, Gertrude McNece. Betty Mercer. Ann Mueller. Bernice Moehler, Lida Warring. Dorothy Porter and Helen Stringer. IS THERE A PARADE of dirty dishes and a stream of dirty dishwater running through your home? If so, something is wrong. Are you still washing clothes with the aid of an ordinary tub and washboard, wringing them out with a hand wringer, hanging them out on the line to dry, and then ironing them with a hand iron but little better than the old-fashioned sad iron? If so, the women of the Pharaohs, washing on a flat stone at the river bank, did the family wash with no more labor. Do you believe that house-cleaning can only be done with a broom and an inexhaustible supply of elbow grease? If so, the cave woman, with a handful of twigs, or the European peasant woman, with a twig broom on a handle, was as well off as you. Let electricity be your servant! You must direct and supervise it, but it will do this work for you much more effi ciently than you can do it by antiquated methods—and do it more cheaply. INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY 48 Monument Circle .JAN. 9, 1931 Women Vote Approval of Primary Bill Approval of the direct primary bill and support of legislation that may strengthen the law were voted | Thursday at a luncheon meeting of ■ directors of the Indiana League of ! Women Voters at the Clay pool. Guy C. Cantwell, Gosport, and J. W. Jones. Terre Haute, author of the Jones-Lindley bill, spoke on state aid to education. Mrs. Walter S. Grcenough and I Miss Florence Kirlin spoke also I Mrs. Greenough presented differ j ent proposals affecting the primary j law. The league favors enactment of a registration bill and Governor ; Harry G. Leslie in his message to the legislature, advocated enact ment of a “sound and simplified system for the registration of voters.” Directors voted to ask the na tional organization to place the name of Mrs. Anne Studebaker Carlisle, South Bend, who died last week, on the national honor roll in honor of the service she has given the league. The national convention of the organization will be held in West Baden in March, according to pres ent plans. Church • Women to Hear Talk by Mrs. Trent Mrs. L. C. Trent of Indianapolis, president and secretary-director of the Women’s Baptist Missionary So cieyt of Indiana, will speak at a meeting of women of the Baptist church at Beech Grove at 7:30 Thursday nigfit. . Mrs. William Neal, president of the Beech Grove society is in charge of arrangements, assisted by Mesdames L. C. Lacy, John Turner and Leslie Garrison. Arrangements for Mrs. Trent’s ap pearance were made by Mrs. R. R. Mitchell, president of the Baptist Women’s Union of Indianapolis, and are a part of her plan to organize missionary societies for women in all Baptist churches of the Indianapolis association. Mrs. Bert Jensen will have charge of a special musical program. *• Meeting Is Slated Regular bi-monthly meeting of Kappa Sigma Chi sorority will be held tonight at the home of Mrs. E. R. Bebout, 5144 Pleasant Run parkway. Mrs. E. O. Alloway and Mrs. H. W. Anderson will assist the hostess ROBERTSON'S PERFECT PERMANENTS Nestle Circnline f5.00 Wave Rite 92.50 Formerly of SbelbyrHle, Indiana 2157 N. Ills. St. TA, 5093