Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-01

mothers and devote much OF their time
| to their little folk.
OF course, there are far more gov
ernesses now and the young girl who
planted by the trained nurse or the
| mothers helper" who has received
special training and instruction for her
position at college. but the little
Hoosiers still remain under the watch
full care of their mothers.
1.-The one thing that has impressed
me about Indianapolis women is their
devotion to the children of their fam
ilies," was the remark made by a New
York visitor at luncheon one day last
| week.
1t so happened that more than half
the luncheon guests were young moth
ers with two or three children. ana.
naturally, much of the conversation
mother even left the table for few
moments to telephone home to be sure
that her little son had been given his
nap.
The typical society woman is gener-
ally Supposed to have very little time
popular indianapolis women seem to
put the interests and joys Of their
little ones before their own pleasures
Really, it's quite the fashionable thing
in Indianapolis to be a devoted
mother.
stroll up North Meridian street.
North Delaware street or most any Of
the beautiful streets of the most fash
ionable section Of Indianapolis any
son that the little folk Of the best
families are not being neglected by
their pretty mothers. for the mother
and her young sons and daughters are
to be seen either on the porches. out
under the trees on the larger lawns
or driving in their big motor cars.
Mrs. Emeline Ostrander Palmes of
Minneapolis will tell hosts Of her
friends Tuesday how
A Family of good it is to be alive
:, even though one may
Aongl1Vers. be ninety-four years
old. Mrs. Palmes will receive informal
ly at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
A. p Shurick, 3405 18th avenue south,
to celebrate her birthday for the
ninety fourth time. Mrs. Palmes will
be at home in the afternoon and even
ing. No invitations have been issued,
but every friend of her and her fam
lily is welcome.
For one of her age Mrs. ~Palmes is
wonderfully active. She reads and
ability with thread and needle than the
members of the Clothier Circle of the
Minneapolis branch of the Needlework
Guild, whose official buttonhole maker
she is. No one can cut and seam but
tonholes as Grandma Palmes," and
her busy hands are forever coming to
the assistance of less experienced will
ling workers.
One Of the customs of Grandma
Palmes' birthday celebrations is always
a picnic luncheon that begins the fes-
tivities and at which the guests are
d-time friends from the twin cities.
who come laden with goodies for fes-
tive board and with punches of flowers
to decorate. These time-tried friends
make a whole afternoon and evening
of it and assist Mrs. Palmes and Mrs
Shurick in their pleasant task of en-
PERTAINING guests.
Mrs. Palmes is the oldest member of
Westminster Presbyterian Church. She
has lived in Minnesota twenty-nine
years, fourteen in st. Paul and fifteen
in Minneapolis. Longevity has been
notable in the family of Mrs. Palmes
Her father was eighty-f1ve years old,
her mother lived until her ninety-sixth
year and her sister was ninety-fve
years old Mrs. Palmes was born in
Honeoye Falls, N. Y.
Mrs. Mary Johnston has leased her
country place, Three Hills, between
/ Hot Springs and
! Made r. Easv Warm Springs, Va,
. to 8. M. Vauclain Of
for the Help. Philadelphia. for the
rest of the season, and she and her
sisters, Misses Elizabeth and Eloise
Johnston. will spend the summer in
the north. The place is one Miss
Johnston built two years ago. In it
she has also carried out some socialistic
ideas, surrounding herself with COL
ony Of thirty to forty colored serv-
ants, for whom she built neighboring
| cabins, and whose work about the place
she arranged in shifts. which provided
for three or four hours labor q day
| for each servant.