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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25
Noted Beatty Gives Valuable
Advice to Girls of Today
Don't Miss ThiSI
BY MARIAN HALE.
1 FEW YORK, May 25.-When
" the fiapper came into promi-

y FEW YORK. May 25.-When
v the fiapper came into promi-
nence just after the war.
girls stopped dressing up for any
one else-even man.
They cut their hair short, avoid
ed long skirts, lowered their heels
and took to putting cigarettes more
strenuously, only to suit their own
particular whims.
But, girls, if you still include
yourselves in this class, you're on
the wrong track. You'll never make
a hit with man-let alone other
women-if you continue picking
your wearing apparel just to suit
yourselves.
Marceline d'Alroy. French beauty,
who has come to America to lee
ture to us on charm and how to
attract. says so. And, believe me,
Marceline knows.
"A woman must dress to the ideal
of the person she is trying TO i'm.
press" says she. Our clothes must
carry our messages when we our.
selves are silent.
He's Superior"
IF a woman wishes to impress a
man, her first thought should be TO
make herself look small" she went
on. let her wear something plain
and simple with a ciCse hat and neat
pumps. This Immediately puts him
off guard and makes him feel his
physical superiority. a command
ing, stately woman has exactly the
opposite effect.
For a first impression. too.
have great faith in dark colors.
They seem so discreet and bring the
face into SUCH relief
ITO impress women favorably you
must wear something in the latest
style. They know Immediately
whether your frock is up to the
minute or whether YOU bought il
marked down at the end Of the sea.
son. They know. too, whether your
accessories are right.
TO appeal to a business man one
must have simplicity with the added
suggestion of quality, so there will
ne a feeling of money having been
wei spent and prosperity indicated
Looks Mean Much
Fashion is nothing to a man but
everything 20 a woman. However.
man knows instinCtively n a
woman has brought out her own
particular type. whereas women
never notice the difference if one
is wearing the latest thing.
Women know if your clothes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25

cause it gives him false hope. IN.
less he is just a "sheik." In that
case, it is not fair to yourself, for
you are cheating yourself of the
pleasure that kiss laden with love
should bring.
3. Depends on the age of the couple
ana other circumstances. I should say
1870 is late enough, Judging by to-
days standards; 1890 would have
been a few years ago.
know about the PETERS; but I
still contend that a girl may be we'll
liked without being 'petted"-and
wellliked by better people than the
peters"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25
Wife EXtr2Vagant

Dear Miss Lee: I am a man of % and
am married / make $3.50 a month Ny
wife says she cannot save any money. l
have my own home. She spends all !
make. but | cannot see what she gets with
it, I told her that 81 80 a month was
plenty 10 live on. She has gone through
an the money 7 had when | married. Please
advise me how to make her understand how
10 save money. tURLE1.
Make out a budget. Put aside a
certain amount to be saved monthly.
Then make your wife stick to the
budget. If YOU can do it no other
way give her a certain share Of your
salary weekly (but do not be stjngy)
and then close any charge accounts
YOU have in stores. DO that only if
you cannot make her keep within tho
budget. At the same time, show your
wife how necessary It is that you
should save for rainy day and
how extravagance might wreck your
happiness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25
HOME, CITIZENSHIP;
GIRL TAKESLATTER
Threat of Return to Roumania
Causes Runaway.

So thoroughly Anericanized is Lee
ontine Russ, Is, that when her father,
Petra Russ, a Roumanian, S041a W.
Washington ST., threatened to go back
to the old country, she ran away from
home, according to neighbors today.
1t is believed she left with a young
man to get married.
Russ said his daughter left early
Thursday morning with the young
man to go to school. Trace of neither
has been found. Today Russ appealed
to police to aid in the search.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25

it filed with smoke and rushed to
the door 10 find Jack Turning lie
had forgotten his key and thought
I was not there.
Burned to a Crisp"
The moment he got into the room.
however. he almost shouted. What
the fire2" And then I thought Of
my pie, my beautiful pie! 1t was
burned to a crisp
Jack had no sympathy for me
whatever. In fact. for the first time
noticed that he had one OF his
bad spells on I knew that some.
thing had gone wrong at the office
hurriedly opened a can Of pre-
serves and brought the baked pota-
toes and salad and steak, done to "A
turn. to the table. But even after
he had eaten a great big dinner of
this food, which he liked so much,
he did not smile.
Instead, when I asked him what
was the matter, he said. Nothing
at all. Can't a man be thinking over
difficult business problem without
his wife feeling that he has got a
grudge against the world. herself In
cluded?"
He did have a grudge and It came
out later just as we were going 70
bed after spending an evening al
most in silence.
just at This Time"
Apropos to nothing, he made this
remark, Il cant see why mother
insists upon having the old shack
painted just as this time"
I said nothing and after a few mo-
ments he asked. What did you send
all those bills to the office for.
Leslie?"
Because the last time I gave them
to you here you insisted that I do
So"
Nothing more was said. Jack did
not even kiss me good night
NEXT: Mrs. Joseph Graves Ham
iltOn to her daughter, Leslie-Plan-
ming a visit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25

are expensive Men only know II
they look expensive"
Mile. d'Alroy thinks American
women have excellent taste in
clothes
Here in the United states ] see
women with all the chic Of the
Paisienne but with an individuality
that is their own, she says enthu.
siastically
so am sure that American men
also have good taste. That has been
what made The Partisan women so
particular about her clothos-thc
French man is sn critical
Women of any country progress
only so far in charm and loneliness
as men encourage them 10 go"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25
amazingly

Sad to relate-but, even at the risk
of exposing my own sex, l must be
fair-it is the wives who too fire.
quently cause little quarrels, which
later grow bigger and bigger, over
family expenses. Men, as a rule, care
less about "shoW." All the more
honor should go to the wife who ear
nestly tries to keep down expenses,
because of the great temptation that
comes from seeing other wives spend
freely while their husbands wonder
how they Will pull out"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25
RAIL MERGERS OPPOSED
Associated Traffic Clubs Against Leg
islatiVe Interference.

The Associated Traffic Clubs of
America were on record today as op-
posed to the consolidation Of railroads
Of the country into a few large sys-
TENS.
Delegates to the first annual con
ventiOn here expressed regret that
President Harding appointed Frank
McManamy to the interstate COM
merce commission to succeed ". NJ.
Daniels, who resigned and urged that
the railroads be allowed to supervise
distribution of freight without legis-
lative interference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25
CANNOT MAKE HIT WITH DRESSING SUIT YOURSELF
TWO ASSISTANTS SOUGHT
Companions of Leslie Wilson Wanted
for Attack on Girl

Detectives continued to search to-
day for two of the men who were in
an automobile from which Miss
Lillian Farmer, 81, OF 135 N. Noble
ST., was thrown Wednesday night
Leslie Wilson, Is, of 1924 Spruce
St, arrested late Thursday on charges
of vehicle taking and attempted at
tack is alleged to have been one of
the three youths who took Miss
Farmer for a 10y ride"
Detectives say the automobile was
stolen from C. D. Dickerson, 1920
Spruce st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25
Silmerine Keeps Hair
| Curly, Glossy, Beautiful

,&@The tight little curls so dear to wom-
49, heart. the kind that remain in curl
under any and all weather conditions
are best acquired by means of the sim
pie silmerine method. This enables one
to have the prettiest waves and curls
imaginable. with all the appearance of
Natures own" Silmerine is of course
perfectly harmless. 1t leaves no sticky
or greasy trace. 1t also serves as a ben
ef1cial dressing, imparting a lively luster
. and wholesome beauty TO the hair. And
&shEA hair is fine and fluffy when combed
<t*<A II you viii procure a bottle of
S~xsA silmerine and follow the easy di-
ftEfAs. you will be pleased beyond
with the result. This product is
5000 or experimental having been
zI41S druggists for -yea-s.-Advertise-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25
Martha Lee Says
Keeping Within Salary
Seems Old-FaShiOned

1t really is quite the thing nowadays for young
pie live within the husbands salary Automobiles golf thea
parties and other such necessities into the family purse
AMAZINGLY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25

Miss Juanita Rice. 901 n. New Jer
sey St, will entertain at an indoor
picnic this evening in honor Of Miss
Madge Richardson. The guests will
he Misses Florence Taylor. lucille
Kripps, Louise Moreland, Coda Nc
Kinney, Florence Vote, Edith Sim
mons. Verne Lowman, Thelma Free
man, Marie King. Dorothy Sarbach,
Geneva Reeves, Marjorite Brooks
Clara Westler. Stella Aliss and Mes
danes Joe Kaercher. William Barnett
and Lilah Amos.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-25

NEXT: Mrs. Joseph Graves Ham
iltOn to he.' daughter, Leslie-PIan
ming a visit.
The Washington times., 1923-09-24

devices to pretend that you were
doing something worth while? Or
join the salvation Army and bear
q drum? He was an American
business man. What in hell alid
Emerson think you could dor
He got I'D and walked restless
" around the dreadful little room,
helpless before it's hareness. Moth.
ing to read in the place, not even
4 timetable. Nothing but the Ern-
erson. He went over to where II
lay on the bench. opened his va
Use, put the book back iii, down
among his shirts, and snapped
the valise shut on II. a whistle
sounded down the track He
looked at his watch. NO, his train
was not due for half an hour yet
He went to the door and watched
q through freight roll past, not
ing the names on he cars as they
flashed into the light from the
station agents windowN Can-
trail, Pere Marquette, Wabash,
Erie. and Boston shoes and gro
ceries and hardware, structural
steel, cementaI1 the thousand
things needed every day to keep
the wheels Of daily material lite
moving, all made, bought and
sold, shipped and handled BY men
like him, All necessary honest
goods. all necessary honest work
but that couldn't be al of
life! The train pounded of, the
silence Of the night closed In on
him. and IN the silence he heard
the echo Of those appalling sobs.
The Washington times., 1923-09-24
THEY RUN INTO A SHOWER AT SEA

J went to relieve Bobby, who was
at the wheel.
I headed in the opposite direc-
ton from that of the whales. and
how we did scoot through the
water.
The whale had made a quick
dive and was out of sight by this
time, and l breathed a sigh of
relief
But 7 had sighed too quickly,
and ! had guessed wrong as to
the course Mr.. Whale was going
to take. For, as / headed for
shore, up out of the water came
the big black mountain--that
whale was so near us our little
boat almost turned a somersauit
with the waves the whale made.
Step on her! Step on her!'
shouted Bobby.
But the engine was doing all
she could and our only hope lay
in the chance of the whale
changing his mind and going out
to sea. Another big dive into
the water and then up again
came the whale. This time he
wss SO near that as he lay on
the surface and squirted a big
fountain of water into the air it
fell on us and soaked us. Then,
fortunately, off he darted'
THANK goodness, he's gone"
gasped. But he might have
waited until he got out of our
way before he let off steam
Steam Bobby asked. II
thought he spurted water
mo, Bobby" ] explained; "the
whale was blowing. That Is not
water he spurts. 1t is his breath
that condenses when it strikes
the air"
well, it's certainly wet
water" laughed Bobby as he
took off his coat to dry it.
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Feature Service, Inc)
The Washington times., 1923-09-24
The Story Of Two Young People Who We're Destined for
Each Other, Though Every Influence Seemed
To Keep Them Apart

sobs. Sometimes they woke him
up at night, as though it were
sound in the room.
They required to him at the
most inopportune moments, in
train, at table, as he undressed for
the night in bedroom of a coun-
try hotel.
He would have given anything
not to have heard them. He tried
everything to drown them out.
He turned again at this time to
books, and took down from the
shelves volumes he had not looked
at since college. books Of specula-
ton, abstract thought, history. He
found Gregg's marks In one or
two and wondered how Gregg was
liking 1t being a professor out in
California. That was far away,
and so was Gregg. And so were
the books. They looked different
in his hand: remembered pages had
not the same message. He could
not seem to put his mind on them
as he had. It wandered to other
things. A long time since he had
tried to use his mind in that way.
He had had mighty little time for
reading abstract stuff.
Advice.
Once, starting off on a trip sure
to be tiresome, with long wait
in the late evening at Hoosick
Junction, he CHANGED to put into
his valise a volnlne OF Emerson.
He read the newspapers on the
train up, the news, the financial
page, and what was going on in
the world of sports. But he left
the paper in the train, and as he
settled himself for the dreary wait
in the dreary. dusty. empty sta
ton, he opened the Emerson.
What were some of those places
he used to think so fine?
Society is joint stock COM
pany in which the members agree.
for the better securing of the
bread to each shareholder, to sur
render the liberty and culture Of
the eater The virtue in most re.
quests is conformity. Seif-reliance
is its aversion. 1t loves not reali-
ties and creators, but names and
customs. Whose would be a man
must be a nonconformist
THE other terror that scares 1us
The Washington times., 1923-09-24

7 was a beautiful calm day
on the Pacific Ocean and
- Bobby, Bunny and were
fishing. Suddenly Bobby said:
''This is a fine little boat. isn't
it. Foxy Grandpa"
1T Is. indeed, my boy, and for
such a little engine, It has great
power" I agreed. IF a whale
got afttr us, we could put on all
the power and get away in a
fifty"
'Sit still, Bobby" I exclaimed.
You're rocking the boat"
AS spoke turned around to
see Bobby--for my back had
been turned to him-and I saw
the boy was as still as a mouse.
II haven't budged, Foxy Grand
pa, because I thought had a
bite" Bobby protested.
"My goodness / exclaimed as
the boat commenced to rock to
and fro so much / could hardly
keep my seat.
What on earth la it?" shouted
Bobby.
II don't know" responded.
don't mind telling you that it
was strange feeling to have
that boat bob around on the
water like a cork, so / said:
Wen just pull out of here"
was about to crank my en-
CINE when all of a sudden
heard Bobby shout:
Step on her. Foxy Grandpa!
There's a whaler
looked around as I started
the engine, and there right near
us was a great. big, black whale.
"Whew!" thought I. 81 wonder
in which direction that fellow is
going? Indeed, will step on
her"
The engine started quickly
and l put on all power before I
The Washington times., 1923-09-24

from self-trust Is our consistency;
a reverence for our past act or
word .s. But why should you
keep your head over your shout
der? why drag about this corpse
Of your memory, lest you con-
tradict somewhat you have stated
in this or that public place? Sup
pose you should contradict your
self; what then? 1t seems to be
a rule of wisdom to bring
the past for judgment into the
thousand-eyed present. and live
ever in new day. Leave your
theory as Joseph his coat in the
hand of the harlot, and f1eer'
He slammed the book shut again.
The Washington times., 1923-09-24

: man was threatened with cem-
plete nervous breakdown due to
oyerworlx." Neale like all other
American business man had heard
that phrase all his life. The
very wording of it was as fannii-
lar to him as the name of
standard make of soap or collar.
But he found he did not after
all really know what it mea1.t.
What happened tc anybody VINO
had a complete nervous break
down? Mr.. Gates came and went
about as usual although not so
regularly, looking about the
salnespare. dry, hard, well
dressed, well shaved, attentive.
silent. Neale locked at him with
some curiosity. wondering how a
threatened nervous breakdown
showed itself, and deciding sker-
tically. that there was probably
the same amount of nervousness
about it as about everything
less in it than people made out
money for specialists mostly.
One day he was consulting
letter-file near the door to the man.
ayers office. which stood ajar.
Over the file. Neale could see the
familiar scene: Mr.. Gates private
-..-,.nS- 49, 80 o,.a3vr. - 49, ~f.-l. 20
his employer in respectful atti-
tude, a bunch of letters in his
hand. Mr.. Gates adjusted his eye
glasses, their fine gold chain gieam-
ing yellow against the hard gray
of his thin cheeks. He took let
ter off the pile and held it up be-
the paper shook as though high
wind were blowing through, the
room. A look of anxious effort
came into the older mans face.
He leaned his elbows on the table
and tried to take the letter in both
hands, but it fell out of his tremb-
ling fingers upon the desk and slid
to the floor. Mr.. Gates stopped.
secured 1t with difficulty and lifted
his head to recover his position.
AS he did this. with rather a jerk
to get his balance, the dropping
loop of his eyeglass chain caught
on the key Of the drawer and tore
his glasses off. They fell on the
desk with a little tinkling clatter,
broken; and instantly. Mr.. Gates
flung the letter from him, put both
hands over his face and burst into
tears. Neale heard the sound of
his sobbing. His secretary, look
ing concerned. but not surprised.
sprang to the heavy door and
banged it shut.
Frightened.
Neale stood frozen with one hand
on letter in the file, frightened
for the first time in his life, SO
frightened that it made him sick.
When he recovered presence of
mind enough to move. he tiptoed
to his own desk and sat down be-
fore it, shaken. So that was a
nervous breakdown. Good God!
He wasn't SO sure he wanted TO
move up ultimately into that Of
flee
For long time after this he
was haunted by the recollection of
that scene, and especially by the
sound of those strange. shocking
The Washington times., 1923-09-24

Mr.. GEORGE: You must have been very happy with her
when you child.
MRS. GEORGE was, but wasn't spolt. My mother and
Johns grandmother different chalk
child she knew what good for but with
John only knows what he wants
Mr. GEORGE: Yes It's NATURAL mother is priv
legged also responsible, while grandmother only
Legged She realizes that the oldng child
rests upon mother the grandmother afford to spoil
The child and let the mother correct 1t.
MRS. GEORGE; Yer, see that And think also grand
he devoted to me- him always
IL she does refuse anything she Mamma you
mustn't have that" and them Granny will give you this
instead"
Mr. GEORGE: fear it that babyhood and old age
hoth hate discipline. will have control your
children The one that's young
by n Inc1
The Washington times., 1923-09-24
By Dorothy Garfield.
whose Novel, 'The BrimmIng Cup"
Achieved Popularity Through
out the Country.

- " football days that question had
been silenced by the instant
fierce, all-sufficient answer, For
the team!'' What was the pres
emit equivalent of the team now?
It looked remarkably ike Neale
Crittenden,. all by ninself-not
such q very big inspiring goal
when you stopped to think OF 1t.
The best thing evidently was not
20 do much stopping to think.
One evening unwarily he al.
lowed something alarming to hap
pen to him, something worse than
stopping to think. After soil
tary dinner at Reisenweher' he
strolIed along F,ifty-ninth street,
and, as it seemed too early to
go back to his room AMI he had
nothing else to do that evening,
stepped into a concert at Car
negie Hall. lie stepped in to
get rid Of q few hours of his
restless uneasiness and he came
cut SO devoured by restless I'M
easiness- that he could not think
OF going to bed, but walked up
and down the streets for hours
trying to forget the shouts of
the brass. the long sweet cries of
the violins. They seemed to call
his name over and over
Co. summon him out, up, to some
glory little by little they
died away, leaving him in the
same flat, inner silence as be-
fore, hearing nothing but the
banging ciatter of the elevated
and the cIang of the surface-,ar
bells. A little before dawn he
went back to bed. exhausted.
What sort of a life was this, any
how?
He was less awaM from The
city than usual, now. spent more
time at his deslx. which was
usually in those days heaped with
work that had formerly been done
BY other men. The office was
shifting its routine, rearranging
the work to meet the strain of
the managers failing health. 1t
was whispered that Mr.. Gates
the young Mr.. Gates'-though
only fifty-three, might have TO
pull out altogether. That would
mean promotion all around Neale
knew by the character of the
work on HIS desk that when pro-
motion was served out he would
set his share.
Fiittingly once or twice. it oc-
Cured to him that all the man
ayers OF departments were bit
mortal, and that in time all their
private offices would be filled by
the men now working at desks in
the outer rooms. How would re
Hike in the end to move into
Mr.. Gates office, he wondered?
This thought. casual and fan
tastic though it was, moved him
20 inquire whatever was the nat
ter with Mr.. Gates health any
how? He was told that the older
The Washington times., 1923-09-24

the voice. He sat alone under
the one smoky Kerosene lamp,
staring into the dusty, dreary,
empty waiting room and heard 1t
clear and calm and sumfnoning,
Leave your theory as Joseph his
coat in the hand Of the harIot,
and flee.' He looked about him
desperately. but there was not
soul in the station save him
self, nor a house near the tracks.
There was not a sound to drown
out the deep humanity Of that
sumnoning, challenging voice.
He made an impatient rebelIious
gesture. Sunr1aoning? That was
all very well. But to what? TO
something better than he had,
more worth while than he was?
Wen what was tnere2 Where
could it be found2 Those vague
Understanding phrases were easy
enough to write, but what could
you do about it in real life2 What
was the matter with what he
had?
Doubtful.
The matter with It was tf1at
it was that It was bare and dingy
and empty. like the room in which
he sat. But what was not2 Every
thing was like that. if you didn Il
believe the nonsense written abou.
1T, If you looked at It and saw 1t.
1t wasn't to be supposed that he,
Neale Crittenden, would go and
be 4 missionary, was Il, or any.
OF those pious priggish makeshift