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FEATURES
SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES
SOCIETY
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SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 31! 1922
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"HELLO, 1923!"
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d upon the portals of the I'.nt
: me d!e and be at ret
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that l!rwl and died bef r-
d drew th w&iiderer i.ife within
i the portals of Today
me and llTe and work
ir to be.
drew t.h
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K.ithleea It. Wheeler.
By Leila Brexhenser-Rostiser
HKX I wai a little fir: my mother used to teli me of the kindly old
witch who on New Tear's used to sweep Time's sky of all lis musty
cobwebs, throwing away old calendars, old acrounr-hooka, old reek-
on ire
The iitr'.e !a always app
d to my imagination but It waa not
until I grow mu' h older than I tiaractotd the task of the old lady and
her house-cleaning of Tine's horizon.
Starting; fresh with the New Vai means a lot If one truly desires a de
parture from ths pas: and certainlya mental clean-up of old worries, fears, ;
grudges, regrets and petty griefs i r- . ..
necessary if wa are to experience ;;i.riSr wer. don. The beauty of It
tha exhilaration which a new bap- 1 ,, that no man Is too poor or too
t of Ufa glees to us with the ; rjCri. to acquire real and genuine)
birth of another year. i greatness. Neither does one need ai
No time better expresses the Idea! higher education for Its require-1
of continuous human growh and rncnt for the most ignorant of hu- I
human progress as does the first ot man being have expressed the!
Jhuiuary. No matter, how dark the treasure as well as the scholar In
way has been, no matter how utter j the only expression greatness claims
our failures were.' one may wake and" that is service.
on the dawn of a New Year with a Toir.ght the old year dies. To
eenwe of a -moral bajh and feel morrow we again greet an opening
wholly clean, refreshed, vigorous. . year and take the first step on a
weierminea 10 Keep i.uth wi n the nenv path over which we must iour-
o'.ve of keeping soiless its white ney, meeting other travellers, solv-
Re
Rightly directed, one year may In
arled measure, overcome lost re
aped, lost happiness, lost fortune.
Idle regret has n place in the
schedule. People who sit down and
regret past miAtakes and follies ac
complish nothing for themselves or
anyone else. Everyone makes mis
takes but, only those who are wise
make of their errors a warning for
the future In their climb to useful
ness and success.
This year a every year, one hears
a great deal about New Year's r so
lutions and while I have no quarrel
with any one making them, let me
make the simple statement that one
seriously made and enforced la
worth a half -dosen lightly madje and
more lightly kept. It is frankly sur
prising how many supposedly intel
ligent people make resolutions and
forget them by the end of 1he week.
Then whn a new year rolls around
again they pro.-eed to make some
more. Par more important the
ntceisity for banishing mental mal
adtes wlikh aftliet u, ott at inter
vals, from the New Year into whi ii
they often creep.
Probably the moot common of hu
man weaknesses is the one which
prompts us to right a wrong which
has been done to us The mud ot
more old grudges hue been loaded
upon the baby shoulders of new
years than any other burden t h f
have to carry. When will we learn
that Providence is no Inspector of
rsorrs and His law operates for
? Whenever one avenges a
wrong, one has cause to regret ana
many times the future his shown
how successfully the matter would
have been taken care of without our
interference. It is human to resent
an njury or as Injustice, but cer
tainly we should curb this tendency
to return even a minor affront,
when the new year is just beginning.
Surrounding us even amid our
own Intimates are thos whose d;i--
this passing year, have ueen filled
With sorrow, aickness. failure, de
pression. sin. Not a few of the
welcome the New Year, at hand as
a ayoihol of some sort of change
from the old order of things. To
thors7- the past depression has be-J
iome permanent. A New Year J
rhat of it? the question voices a
wonder if tne one coming migni
prove worse than the one just pa
Inj. In spite of every obstacle and,
sorrow the past may hold up to
view, the New Year holds a glorious
promise to 1 'h and every one ol
God s children, and we should view ,
it as another opportunity offered to
as by Him to prove our own worth
and add to the happiness of others."
Our missions, great or email, will be-,
accorded henor in the samo mean
urc wo rant honor in our .1 ecom- J
oliehmen: of them. Each one of us.
If cniv we reai.zci it. have within
eureeives the fulfillnunt of true
rent ties, not that which is herald -d
by fa ne or newspaper notoriety
ut thst which And its lasting re
ward in 'he satisfaction of ome-
;ng problems, experiencing both Joy!
and sorrow, until we come oncej
more to the year's evening. It will I
be up to us alone to open our eyes I
to the good and beautiful, to min
ister unto tho needy and to do our
share in the world's work and find
pleasure in doing it well.
A few more hours and the possi
bilities and promises of the next
twelve-month are soon forthcoming.
To some, it spells euccess, Joy, hap
piness, anticipation realized;" to oth
ers disappointment, sorrow, failure,
i Ith. To some, who today stand
in prominent highways of life's path,
are doomed the gutter. To some ot
the dwellers of the bark-alleys, will
0" given the ladder to reach the
heights and glory of honor. Whlch
I er part we are called upon to play
in the events of the coming year,
let us at least. not fringe It at the
edges with Inherited aches and un
solved problems. Rather let's tay,
"Hello. 11121 We're glad you are
here now do your duty!" and then
give- the youngster a chance to cre
ate and work out his own destina
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COLLEGE STUDENTS
ENJOY YULETIDE AT
HOMES EN THIS CITY
Miff Helen Muessel and
Miss Mildred Rennoe will be
graduated next spring in Art
Education from the I nivcrsity
of Minnesota. They are mem
bers of the Kappa Alpha
Theta sorority. Miss J'ernice
Elbel is doing special work at
Columbia University, Miss
Margaret Frcshley is a student
in Journalism at Chicago Unif
tersity. Miss Janet Crouse is
attending Motional Park Semi
nary, Washington, D. C, and
is holding five different offi
cial positions. Mis Marjorie
!Seilson, of Johannasburg.
Africa, is a tudent of Frrry
Hall. She is spending tin
Holidays with her aunt, r.
Herbert E. ff estt n elt. Vh
Jeannctte Beistle is a student
at De lauw. Mi I lizabeth
H. Maus. If ho is attending
Ferry HalL will entertain
Tucsda evening at a dance for
the members of the college set.
at the Tribune auditorium.
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Local Events in Music
11Y 1. J. I PH Km N
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roved conclu
Ith Bend ha!
es as a music
center
While not many concerts by out
side ii were attempted during
the year, those that were staged were j
of an exceptional ! gh haructer
and reauliod m almost undreeened OCj
asipTor for the promoters.
Liooa; talent pr v;d-d the city
with one rf its mos: busy musical ,
seasons in the form of symphony,
community chorus, and other reel-'
ta'.s.
Iro Frederick Incersoll with the,
fruinrin; i: 1 ' -s cares of the
yrr.'.horv concerts taken off his,
ho-.:! der by a group of prominent (
folks, succeed a in gathering to-j
geher in orchestra of 2$ pieces
W.h. Ii roved Itself a distinct credit j
to the city Louis Elbe Vfarjorle
B - :r iv ar. l Mrs J .
HhoE. represenfng .-:e of the
City's best artists, were soloists for j
the orchestra. Held in the high i
school suditorium. capacity houses
averaging close to 1.000 music lovers ,
btended the first series of Ave r
M-ts which ended stiortly before
hniatmas. A second series of con-1
erts by the orchestra w;U begin on
Sunday, February 11, and tickets
re now on sale.
Most gratifying and encouraging j
was the public response to the op
portunity of hearing Ja.rha Heifetz,
the Victor Artists. S. . -1. r.end and j
otheir bvg concert held dur.ng the
year Iack of an aaoBtonum whtcn
was large enough threatened to stmt
the city's muji. al growth bat Mgr.
Etna Rhodes of Vhe Blackstone n
offering that house for concerts,
f-av'ed the way f r th corr.tnf of
satrh celebrities as Fritz Kreisler and
Jaseha Heifeta Such artists hCSO
soided South Bend in the iast be
cause promoters were fearful of
meeting their high terms in an un-j
tried musical public and because thuy
lacked MfBciently large concert j
I alia At the Heifetz and Victor Art- j
.sts concerts, people were in attend- j
an co from a distance of SO miles
arou:.d South Bend. Tickets for the j
Kreislet concert are selling at an un- j
heard of agssusee rate weeks before
that artist's appearance and all told
South Bend lias shown great possl- I
as a future musical center.
Director Ingersoll of the Symphony i
orchestra has nveived numerous
conti ;s and re-pietcs to :ake the;
orchestra to surrounding towns for
( on certs but becaaie of the fa-:t that
most ot the oivhes'ra's members are;
pTOftssloasj musicians who pla' j
in theaters, it is impos&ibie
:n to tako out of town en- (
gacements.
Mrs. Olive Maine achieved great
es with her Community Chorus '
.i nd staged th? '"Rose Maiden' in
most creditable style. Such an or
jnn I sal lull can do much for inex
perienced as well as advanced stu
dents of ocal culture.
The Musicians ciub presented sev
eral tine programs and an- respon
ible for bringing Krisler hers for'
i oncert on February U. The Brog
ress club introduced Hi hard Seidel,
a great viol. n ist who has been in
mr.dst for pra: y
2 0 ars
at St.
almost unheard of sxceivt
Mary's, and gave other musicals of
note. Numerous recitals by both
local and lyceum talent were given
during 1JK-. helping to make the
year one of the busiest from a musl
. standpoint, that South Bend has
ever known.
s stated last we-k. tickets for
the Kreis'.er violin recital at the j
Rlacketone theater February IS un
der the auspices of the Musicians
lub. are selling at uyh a fast rate
(."onunuesl on Page Se'enteen
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JBIACT0RIE
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;OCIETY
ng by the
Th PrindpaJ
Kee. Mrs. J F.
Mal m berg, lira
L. G. Bradford,
and Mr.--. Henry
the guests in tl
One hundred
program of da:
Joseph Art.s ot
Ivncheon SIM
evening.
Honoring he
Af r: -a.
Ba fay et I
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KEEP your feet on the ground,
my dear friend keep your
feet on tfr ground! That's
the principal th ng for ou to do.
.o, tnere is no meaicine i .-an
j give ou, and nobody can help you,
I but Jutt one person, and that per
son is you."
That's what the gr-?at physician
! said when he cpenod the door and
i let his patient, who eras aiso his
I good friend, ou of the ortice.
I was glad a nn the doctor said
that, for I "ove his patient, too. and
ene is aiso my gooa inenn, ana l
am worried about her dreadfully
worried.
She's been reading books, queer
books, about spirits and ghosts, and
teleiathy and soul-voices. And she's
Seen grdr.g to lectures.
And then she's been sitting for
hours with a bandage over her eyes, ; rne hoi
frying to write sith the ouija board. Westen
A I.J T.U-.V. she Re-., . - - ; s
All hours of the day and night.
. se messages are tapped on her
lands by invisible fingers. And
hen you ask her how she can read
hat they say. she says:
"I don't have to read the mes
..ae. I know them without that."
B:ok Herr. Mar
And at night she hears voices,
strange whispering voices. teBing
her to do this, and not to do that
warning. pleading. command. ng. I LaflaHa B
And she's SimOHt beside herself try-jt,e lovely
(Cohttaoed on Page Seventeen) at srhich Wl
South Bend Woman's ( ii,,
newly organized Junior d
of the . iui. at the cts bl
Lafayette blVlL The dep
SposrsorSa Mrs. C. E. Lee an
E. Marshall and the ch
Mrs. Qranville W. Zieg
Charles E. Franc lay Mrs. i
m m i
I : i ed late in the
?r cousin. Miss Mar-
oilson of Johanneshurg, B.
Miss Helene Wff:en elt. N.
e blvd.. entertained with an
afternoon bridge Saturday. Mise
Neilson. who is a studtr.t a: Ferry
Hall. Lake Forest. 111.. Is spending
i as the guest of Miss
Mr an-?
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were won by Miss Ka
ley and Miss Genev
Following the game a
eon was served from
a':".e, graced with a
pink rose.
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member.-, oc th r
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enterTai
bridge ch
nner. given last eve
r.tine room of the W
wes and narcissi for
enterpiece of the t.
re seated IS gueata.
with a tain
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dance
f the Wo-
h urch