The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-27
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
THE .DoN'T WORRY CLUB, BECOMES
POPULAR AMcNG WOMEN.
Screens with Pocket for Holding Pho
tographs-A New Way OF Civ
ing Wedding Presents.

Don't Worry Club" In many of the East
ern cities such ~clubs have been having
meetings for a season or more. The
nervous tension which is on so many wom-
en- Of the day, with their multitudinous
duties. has been anything but beneficial,
and the woman who organized the first
Don't Worry Club" must have had some
remedy In mind when she proposed it. The
first club of the kind was considered
joke. The men thought 1t a good thing for
many of them were tired of having their
wives worry so much about small affairs
and get wrinkles between their eyes and
an unhappy expression on their faces. The
men rather urged their wives to go into 1t,
and thought If there was any good in 1t. 1t
was surely worth the while. Now the wom-
en- have gone into it seriously and some
persons even go so far as to predict that
the Don't Worry Club will eclipse the
literary, musical, colonial and other organi-
cations in popularity. Some people may
wonder what kind of 2 programme can
possibly be followed opt in such a club. but
there are features about it that might be
carried into other clubs Rules are given
to conquer the worrying habit and there
are hygienic and dietary rules and other
subjects relative'to worrying. In regard to
worrying habit one member said. don't
worry when the rule does not succeed"
story is told Of prominent young man
who had an important business engagement
in a town some nineteen miles from the
city a few days ago. When he went to the
station he found that some friends were
about to leave. They told him where they
were going and he went into their car with
them and began to talk. He settled himself
in the seat and the train moved out of the
station When the conductor came through
he looked at the young mans ticket and
informed him that he was on the wrong
train. 1t was a limited train and did not
stop for forty miles. The young man paid
his fare and gave himself up to the enjoy
ment of his associates. His friends now ask
him all sorts of difficult problems as to how
far must man travel to get nineteen miles
from home, and If one friend can make him
forget his train without trying, what might
she do If she should try?
fashionable woman, who lives in we'll
furnished house on one of the principal
streets, has struck a scheme that is novel,
to say the least. She is very fond OF pretty
bric-a-brac for her house and likes to get
a new piece occasionally. She has an eco
nomical streak in her makeup and 1t hurts
her conscience to go and buy a new piece
for herself The scheme is this. Whenever
a friend of hers Is to be married, to whom
she wishes to send a gift, she takes some
piece out of her collection and sends 1t with
her card and congratulations to the bride
The same day of the wedding she goes
down town and spends whatever the article
she sent cost in the first place, on some
thin.- new for herself In this way she gets
the credit for the gift, pleases herself with
some new toy and eases her conscience
about the amount spent. 1t has been quite
an open secret that women send Christmas
gifts that have been in their homes for
some time, whether bought by themselves
or sent as gifts 10 them, but the new
scheme has more features than the old. (
There is a renewed fancy for photographs,
and the man, woman or child who has not
been pictured during the last few months
is the exception. The artistic photographs
which are being made are too pretty TO
tuck away out of sight, and they are too
numerous to place around the rooms, arr
ranged so that when the friend who has
given a photograph of herself or himself
drops in he may find the photograph in
view as If priced by the possessor TO find
a place for the photographs is a problem
which an ingenious woman thinks she has
solved. She has had screen made, with
a tightly drawn denim cover. One side is
decorated with a set of water color pictures
of scenery. and the opposite side has nu-
morous bags large enough to hold the pho
tographs. They are of various sizes, deep
enough to keep the photograph upright and
shallow enough to allow the upper half or
more of the picture to be seen. The bags
are close together, and may hold half
dozen or more cards. The screens will fold,
the same as an ordinary screen and the
pockets will hold several hundred photo
graphs according to the number placed in
each pocket. When the donor of the pic
ture calls II is a very easy matter to have
the picture In plain sight. The pictures are
kept together. and the screen may be made
use of in other ways.
At company given a short time ago
the guests were invited to the room of the
young daughter of the house to lay aside
their wraps. They were full of admiration
for the taste of the mother who designed
the room. The floor was covered with
denim of putty color and the walls were
covered with plain paper of lighter tone
than the floor. The simple color was re-
ueved by frieze of bright roses and leaves,
and the hanGings Of the room were stamped
cheesecloth over the white muslin. The
woodwork and furniture were white, and
the shoe and dress boxes were covered with
cretonne of a rose design to match the
frieze. A vase of roses on the white dress
ing table completed the effect, which was
at once plain. but exceedingly pretty.
A beautiful luncheon was given Wednes-
day to a party of six, and there were six
courses AS each course was served. a diff
ferent vase OF flowers was set on the CEN
ter of the table for decoration. At the con-
clusion of the luncheon each guest was pre-
scented with one of the bouquets. The flow
ers were carnations OF all colors, Meteor
roses, three colors of hyacInths, yellow
and white marguerites, lilies and violets.
The appointments for the course CORE
sponded with the flowers.
At an entertainment recently in a church
lady complained to the one next to her of
the big hat which the woman in front had
on, and every few minutes some word was
spoken about the hat. The woman in front
heard what was said and removed her hat.
The woman who complained had on a
larger hat herself. but she did not think
that any one behind her might want to see
as well as hear some part of the perform
ence. and so she kept her hat on.
Personal and society.
Mr.. Clark f. Mallory returned yesterday