Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-23
STEP UP, LADIES!
HERE'S OUIJA
SaIeswOmdn Guarantees Past,
Present and Future.
BY KATHLEEN MCKEE.

Come on ouija, dearest, tell me, WOn'E
your" is the plea Of thousands of In
dianauolis "votaries" at the little
wooden shrine in the wee small hours
Back in the era when woman suffrage
was unheard of and the standard male
considered it immodest TO venture forth
unadorned by side whiskers, some nut
conceived the ouija idea.
But 1t required the dear public thirty
years to get his line of mental process.
In the present epoch when yard and
a half is considered ample for miladyss
costume and her escort sports trans
parent flannel outfits, the ouija board
has become a resort when the individual
does not care to soak his cash in more
expensive pastimes.
In fact ouija land is just as popular
as the newlweds' visit to Niagara Falls
or a months excursion to Atlantic City.
Indeed, what can equal the anticipation
Of the sweet, young thing at the psyche
logical instant when ouija informs her
whether he is true?
Social status or the amount of dough
you possess has no effect upon ouija's
friendship for you.
of course, you heve the privilege OF
purchasing ouija in a lovely mahogany
dntsh, imported from California, with
the mysterious letters in gold. but yon
will receive just as much attention il
you invest S1.25 plus war tax
Everybody buys EN-" said the New
York fashion book saleslady who MAIN
tains that she cells half a dozen or so
all in a bunch.
Well, are they genuine?" / asked,
my curiosity getting the best Of me.
why, bought one" she stated with I
dignity.
What kind of folks buys EN-
asked. M
Just then one of our Rotary club
Chamber Of Commerce type Of bushes
man, made hurried entrance, siddIins
toward the counter in what he consid-
cred very inconspicuous fashion. -
Where can get one z" he inquired d.
a whisper, looking around to see If friend
wife, whom he had guyed the night be-
fore, might be shadowing him.
Firmly grasping his purchase, he mads
& precipitous exit, wiping his forehead
after the ordeal
The saleslady cast triumphant glance
in my direction. That's the way they
all do, and they never ask a single ques-
tion," she said.
Once in a while we get tough one
she amended. Last week an old hen
came in here three days straight and
made me try 1t out with her. and asked
1t about a million questions about her
husbands business.
Il guess she must have found out what
she wanted to know because she never
came back.
THE other day some gink came in
here and bought one, and yesterday he
came back"
Wasn't 1t any good" interrupted.
you bet your life, he st came IN to
fell that ba didptT halt In he
thing, but 1t was simply marvellous"
The gentleman who had fallen, she
told me, had lost something md the
weegee chats the way she pronounced
IT. told him right where to find 1t.
Say, what did he lose?" 1 demanded.
"He-he didn't say" she returned and
busted herself selling another ouija
board to q grandmother, who explained
that the children had so much fun with
theirs that she thought she would try it
not that Sc believed in it-no, not
at all.
my cousin iost a scarf pin last win
ter and he asked ''weegee" If it had been
stolen and "weegee" said that 1t had
been taken into another State and ne
would never see it again and he didn't
either" she said with emphasis while
marveled at its wonders.
why, last month by chum was going
to be married and she wanted 70 find
out il her fellow loved her and she
asked ''weegee'' and 1t said that he did.
and now they are married and are just
as happy as can be- she informed me
enthusiastically.
who could doubt such convincing evil
dence of the superhuman power OF
ouiia after all the evidence?
The class of education in the hidden
secrets of the past. present and future
of loveIorn maidens and foreign policies
was continued to the effect that the crea-
tive mind, which concocted the ouiJa
board, belonged to an individual by the
name of Fuld, and all other ouiJa boards
are limitations and therefore are not 50
liable to give truthful instructions.
With awe / viewed the trade mark
"Fuld7 on ouija boards which are the
households gods from Manhattan to the
Golden Gate.
Say. can I ask one question" and a
genuine, honest to goodness Fuld was
placed before me.
With fingers pleaced in exactly the
correct position / breathed my query.
(Which will it be, Taggart or Watt
son 2"
AwR AHYEHEWMRR