Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-06
FRIDAY.

The bride appeared punctually at =
o'clock to walk to the club with Mrs
Hooper She was showing great inter
est in the activities OF the community
into which she had come as a stranger
TO make her home, so that Mrs. Hooper
had suggested that she join the Won
ans Club and so come in closer and
more friendly contact with her neigh
D0rs-
well, [ think 7 shall just go with you
a few times as your guest If you don't
mind had been the young brides reply.
81 don't believe / like wOman's clubs.
I think as a rule I'd rather stay home
and spend the afternoon reading"
y can't help thinking that YOU are
preiudiced against woman's clubs an
swered Mrs. Hooper as she pulled on her
gloves and prepared to start. "A WON
ans club fills very definite need in
community like this
"Oh. yes, provided the women do some
thing beside fuss around and gossip"
added the bride, fippantly. And then
if they get too serious il is such a bore"
Mrs. Hooper laughed good naturally
I'm sure the women of Mayfeld do
neither except to normal degree, as
you win find ont when you have attended
their meetings for month or so.
What are you going to do this after
noon inquired the bride.
Well, man who knows A great deal
about insurance will give a talk on all
the phases of the subject in its relation
TO womens welfare. and suggest to them
proper arrangement of their budgets,
so that it will be possible for every one
Of them to be adequately protected, If
anything should happen to their hus-
bands, or II their property should be
destroyed by fire"
But ! supposed it was a mans bust
ness to look out for those things" 90
served the bride. Now. Of course, I
don't know whether Bob has any in
surauce or his life or on our house and
furniture and he certainly ought to look
out for that because it's his business"
"a great many wives feel just that way
about It," answered Mrs. Hooper, land
the consequence is that the whole mat
ter Is neglected until 1t is too late, then
the poor husband Is berated by every
one for cruelty and neglect as we'll as
hard hearted Indifference to the welfare
of his family when it is often merely n
matter of hopeless inability t. meet the
demands Of a premium In order to carry
insurance"
"WeH, don't see what a wife can do
about it," continued the bride stub
bornly.
"She is Just the one who can" In
sisted Mrs Hooper Even when an in
come is so small that 1t will permit Of
no other saving account, the budget can
be arranged so that there is a small sum
weekly to be devoted to the payment of
life insurance premium"
II should think a wife would become
very unpopular with her husband"
laughed the BRIDE, IF she kept harping
on the subject of life insurance. 1t
might presuppose a commercial interest
in his possible death"
although you laugh when you say It,"
answered Mrs. Hooper, that very alb
surd notion does exist in the minds Of
many women who hesitate to urge their
husbands to carry an insurance on their
lives even when they realize that their
children would be destitute If anything
happened to him. and even when they
can see just how their budget could be
apportioned in order to be able to afford
the premium"
well, I shall be much interested in
what this man says at the club" said
the bride, land if necessary I'll take the
subject up with Bob. At least, I'll IN
sist on our house and furniture being
insured"
IN never get over the deplorable con
ditiOn Of those poor Browns who lived
next to u.s." observed Mrs. Hooper.
when their house burned down IT meant
practically beginning life all over again
for Mrs. Brown, and the consequence Of
their carelessness was perfectly avoidable
because Mr.. Browns salary could have
been managed so that something would
have been left each week toward the pre-
MUM for insurance on his house.
Il want to give you this recipe for
Berkshire mullins" concluded Mrs. Hoop
er before they left the house. Il know
your husband will enjoy them, and you
are not like Mrs. Campbell, who is too
busy dressing children in the mosaing to