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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-18

Open Evenings and Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-18
WORKERSPAUSE .
AS SERVICES ARE
HELDFOR Chief
Body of Samuel Gompers Is
Laid to Rest In Tary-
town Cemetery,
BIZ United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-Workers
throughout the Nation paused for
two minutes at II a. m. eastern
standard time) today TO pay silent
tribute to their fallen leader.
The hum of industry stopped in
scores of factories and shops as Sam
uel Gompers. for forty years presi-
dent of the American Federation Of
Labor, was laid to rest IN Sleepy
Hollow cemetery, Tarrytown.
Call for the silent tribute was
sent out by Hugo Frayne. general
organizer of the federation. after la
Dor organizations in Denver, Balti-
more and other cities had decided
on it as a voluntary tribute.
Funeral Services
Acclaimlng Gompers as = iron.
Herman, a pioneer in the ranks ezS
labor and a patriot Of patriots. -
Rabbi Stephen Wise today conduct.
ed funeral services for the dead la.
Dor leader in the crowded audito-
rum Of the New York Elks Club,
James Duncan, Gompers' first lieu
tenant for years, spoke labor's fare
we'll TO its chief.
Duncan briefly reviewed GonDers'
life work and read a last message.
which the chief gave him thre9
days before he died. evidently with
a premonition of death upon him"
When 1 am gone 7 don't want
the work I have started to stop,
We have only begun" Gonlpers' last
message read. Il want you Of the
American Federation Of Labor to
carry on"
Impressive services by this Elks
followed.
Shortly after 1870 a. m. the cas-
ket was taken from the Elks Club
and the funeral procession proceeded
to Tarrytown.
Services at the cemetery we're con-
Quoted by St. Cecile Masonic Lodge
Of New York.
Many kilograms Received
The body was laid to rest in an
asphalt sarcophagus presented by
the Baltimore Federation Of Labor.
More than 1000 kilograms Of con
do1ence from all parts Of the world
have been received by Frayne
Gompers will. drawn up only
few weeks ago. will be opened in the
presence of his family Monday at
Washington.
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FULTON S.. SIS: newly papered, electric
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Dec. 4 =, 10. ~, ~, -, - - - - : =
CITY ADVERTISEMENT
nEPARTN ENT or PUBLIC WORKS
OFFICE OF THE BOARD
Tndiananohs IND nec fR 1924
TO WHOM TT NAY CONCERN.
Notice is hereby given by the Board OF
Public Works of the CITY of Indianapolis
Tndia0a maj On the I5fb day 81 Deem.
her 1904 thev approved an assessment
roll ehowine the nrima facie assessmeuts
for the following described public i'm
Drovement "a authorized nv the Improve
ment ' Resclntion Imam named ID "' ''
Improvement Resolution No. 114t7.
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GRACE s, 439-Half double, rooms
sem. mod, water paid. $3.50. Try. 2l52.
Ia SALE. :. %: halt of mod. double:
rms and bath; gar: SO. Web. 473l X.
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ton; family or = couple. Reasonable.
ENGLISH. 20O4: broom semi-modern; gas.
electric lights. inside toilet, water paid.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
listening In On Foe

So the callers would sit and wait twen- ty minutes until you appeared, flus- tered and askew ,as to apparel, and rightfully discount your sweet, cordial welcoming smile. Hadn't they been caught many times in exactly the same way and didn't they know precisely the things you growled to yourself as you dabbed off cold cream with one hand and buttoned shoes with, the other and everything in the closet fell down as you sought to find the easiest dress to get into2
 For weeks after this trying ex- iperienee you would be formally dressed at 2 ?. m. and not. soul would ap. pear--but the instant you slnmped the deluge was upon you. If you lived in house with only front stairs and went down into the kitchen for glimpse of something cooking, before you had done up your straggly hair for the day or powdered your face, somebody always called and the maid would let them in and there was no way for you to get upstairs for repairs unless you climbed the outer wall.
 Nothing to do but go in and face the music, and know that they would murmur casually to every one they met that wasn't it a pity that Geraldine Gimp let herself go so shockingly and really she was beginning to look quite old!
 ''It didn't help at all to know that the callers hated to get ready to call just as much as you disliked seeing them come. .Oh, dear ?. any normal caller would say bitterly, it's such a nice day that there's no excuse for my not making that call on Geraldinei If I don't go she'll think it is something personal have against her, I've owed it to her, so long! l want to stay home and sew or read that book, but this must be dOneP
 "And after you had gone the callee .said-'Oh, dear! expect that cake frosting I was making is just ruined !! and the caller said, Thank goodness, that's through with When if it hadn't been for the. call the two would have liked each other real we'll as wo- men do now since they all decided that nobody had time to call or be called on. Oh, l know! These will be fine to write my grocery lists on nH'
 s'Say, but ain't women grand r unused the interested husband to him self.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
LAPS CLUB GIVES
 WEEEz END PARTY

The Japs club, composed mainly ot young men from the West End social set and one of the most active clubs in West End for giving parties and taking mart in other social activities, gave a party this weekend on the Cahaba
 river. Saturday they motored out to one of the choice spots on the river, which. they had picked as suitable for the occasion. They had a glorious time swimming, camping and hiking. The marty was well chaperoned by Mir. and Mrs. J. V. Thomson of West End. Those taking part were: Misses Lida Pearl Leslie, Maude Hunter KnightOn, Edna Sullivan, Mildred Wallace, Mar. garet. Thomson, Messrs. David DeLany, Louis Smith, Barns Hickman, Alton Wallace, Cecil Eyers, Bob Sullivan and Sidney Powell. =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
Interesting Letter els IatE1rops
 Western Trip

Mrs. Frank Holland Lathrop, who, with Mir. Lathrop, is making q delight full motor tour of the west, writes inter- estingly of their trip. A letter recently received tells of their travels. A part of the letter follows
 We have travelled 50 fast and so far coming clear across by. Santa Fe trail, following tn ecoast of the Pacific ocean from San Diego to Seattle, that we have had small opportunity for writ ing. A telegram from Birmingham to say the family are all well has to satisfy our craving for home news, with an occasional letter from my daughters, Eugenia and Eva, telling about my grandchildren. yi
 This is glorious country to tour in, paved roads tell the way from Old Mexico to Vancouver, B. 0. The em- bargo, or rather quarantine, against hoof and moutk disease was lifted the day, we reached Oregon border, though no animals, cats, dogs, birds, pets of any kind are allowed to come out of California, and no plant nor any vege- table with root is allowed in Califor- nia until 1t is examined for scales or pests or pestiyerous proclivities.
 Food is very highsi think because it has been too cold sor too dry for vegetables to mature. Water is scarce in Portland on account of the drouth. No one can water his, lawn or flowers. We have travelled off the highways, and our county roads, or logging roads, admiring, examining the forests. We have. travelled many days in red wood forests and now are up among the Sequoias, the big trees we used to see / in our geographies when we wer chil- dren.
 Ut is lovely to travel day after day, always seeing new country unfold. Every hour is filled with intense and delight to us, who love outdoors, and in the west the people look interested in strangers and have a welcoming look in their eyes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
SOCIAL WELFARE COM MITTEE CALLED TO MEET

5 Mrs. F. M. Blynd, chairman of the social welfare committee of the League of Women Voters, calls a meeting of her committee for Thursday afternoon in the federal court room immediately following the Americanization meeting. Those who are interested in the social service phase of league work are asked to stay and discuss plans for the fall Mrs. Blynd has in mind a tour of all the social agencies in the county-a Know Your County Institutions, study. Present membership of the com mittee includes Mrs. NJ. T. Dabney, vict chairman, Mrs. H. l.. Alison, Mrs. K B. Blacklock, Mrs. ". H. Brannon, Miss Mildred Brannon, Mrs. Beulah Burrell, Mrs. Emma Cunningham, Mrs. B. F. Tyler, Mrs. M. D. Raum, Mrs. A. l.. Bowne, Mrs. 0. P Lichty, Mrs J. W. Brigman, Miss Sadie Ash. All who are interested in this work will be welcome on the committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20

Another ancient myth is that women are hard on other women. Not so. Women are far more ready to forgive fallen sister than men are. Men may be, willing to associate with the Magdalene them- selves, but they, will not have her touch their womankind. It is wo- men who run all of the philan- thropic associations for the help of their sex; women who have got ten the laws passed protecting working women and young girls; women who get uh the money for summer camps and summer vaca- tion places for poor girls, and who maintain women's hospitals and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
To Hold Characterization
 Me eting

On Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the federal court room at the new post office building, the Jefferson Coun- ty League of Women Voters will hold q meeting to celebrate the coming into full citizenship of class of one hun dred and three aliens who will receive their final papers at that time. The affair is to be under the auspices of the Americanization committee, with Mrs. A. J. Grefenkamp and Mrs. Sam Ru- benstein in charge.
 It has been the custom of the league for the past three years tc have a cele- bration whenever a class is naturalized. The members are so appreciative of their own citizenship that they are al- ways glad to welcome others into the national fold.
 Mrs. J. M. Hankins, president of the league, will preside at the meeting, and community singing of patriotic songs will be led by Mrs. W. ]. Adams. Lit tie, Miss Jane Krefenkamp will sing the first verse of America Arthur Greenwood, commandant of the Ameri- can Legion, will give a talk on Respect to Our National Emblem showing how the flag should and should not be dis played.
 A feature of the occasion will be a pa trol of Girl Scouts, who will give the beautiful salute to the flag. Mrs. Asa Rountree, Jr.; will be ia charge of the patrol, and Caroline Smith will act as bugler. Other scouts in the patrol will be Leroy Hall, Frances Hall, Louise and Augusta Schoenherr, Lois De Ar mon, MarwoOd Taisk, Nellie Mann, Florence Birch, Nancy HoIcomb and Mary Hall.
 The chief speaker will be 1-on. George Huddleston, congressman from this district, who will make an address on 'sThe Glory of American Citizen ship" Mrs. F. B. Bowerl will stress ''The Citizens Part sn Obeying the Law and individual gifts of small Bibles will be distributed by Mrs. L. F. Harris and ladiec If the Southside Baptist church,
 At the close refreshments c. delicious ice tea and cakes will be serve5 by the Dixie Coffee company and the National Biscuit company.
 This will be the only meeting of the league during August and all members are urged to attend. The public is also cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
MR. COLLINS ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE

Mir. Lewis M. Collins, chairman oi the tennis committee for Lingcr Longei lodge, which will meet again this com ing Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock, an nounces the appointment of additional members of his committee, among them being MT. Carlton P. Smith, to replace Mir. John ". Muir, who resigned from Capt, Sumter Smiths committee.
 Others are Maj. W. A. Hardenburg Judge Alvin Douglas and Mir. H. E. GeIatt, on Mir. J. R. Fairman's sub. committee, and Paul A. Freer, Louis A. Kane and Mir. Fred s. Chisolm.
 A great deal of interest in tennis is being aroused by this committee among the membership of Linger Longer lodge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
WEEKEND PARTY
 AT ST. CLAIR SPRINGS

Among the many delightful house parties recently at St. Clair Springs was the one the past week at the sum- mer home of Mir. and Mrs. James Mer- rell, when they entertained a few friends of their daughter, Miss Esther Catherine Merrell. This congenial group of young people was composed of Missss Mary Hamilton Horton, Lucia May Giddens of Montgomery, Virginia Peques, Mary Kinney, Esther Merrell, Messrs. Kary Beavers, Ward Woody, Leon Howard, John Allen and Andrew Griffin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
MISS HODGES
 HONORS VISITOR {

Miss Mildred Hodges, Q popular member of the younger set, entertained Monday evening with mRrshmallow roast and a watermelon cutting at the home of her parents, 1215 Glenview road. This was in honor of Miss Mary Greenwood, of Tuscaloosa, who is the guest of Mrs. w. F. Tyler, during her stay in this city. The guests of the oe- casion were Mir. Ned Jones, Mr. Billy Kanupf, Mr. Oscar Geismer, MT. Buddy Arnold, Mir. John Maynor, Mir. Bondur- ant Harrison, Miss Susan Porter, Miss Jane Porter, Miss Martha Henderson, Miss Sarah Harrison and Miss Kathleen Scott. The party was thoroughly en- jOyed by all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
JONEs.PILCHER NfARRIAf2E ANNnIINCEMIENT

&WlNA1k9e4 AAIOAAA1Ae MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
 LOTHIAN, Ala. = Mir. and Mrs. George Pitcher announce the marriage of their daughter, Reba, to Mir. Patrick Burroughs Jones, on Saturday morning, August 16, 1924, Dothan, Ala.
 The foregoing announcement will be of much interest and surprise to the friends of MT. and Mrs. Jones through out Georgia and Alabama, the marriage having occurred at the Pitcher home on North Lena street Saturday morning at o'clock, Dr. R. A. Moody officiat- ing. Only the brides family and q few friends were present or aware of the event. V
 Mr. Jones is graduate of Riverside academy and Auburn, and member of. the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. For seven years he was instructor in atf- letics at Riverside, after which he served as first lieutenant in the World war.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jones left immediately after their marriage for a tour of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Upon their return they will be at home to their friends at their beautiful little home on West Adams street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20

No time-fr1zzled superstition has less of leg to stand on than has the one that pictures women { as g, bunch of cats, eternally claw ing and splitting at each other, and filled with a venomous hatred of every member of their sex.
 So far from this being the case, women have almost too much sex solidarity. They are too apt to espouse the woman's side of a cause without regard to its worth, and the society of their own sex is absolutely essential to them. They cannot live without other women.
 It is often said that a man is a better friend to woman than aH1- other woman is. This is another moss-grown fallacy. A mans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
MENTONE VISITED
 RY MANY Y0UNG PEOPLE

Many young people are spending Q pleasant vacation at Mentone. Among those from Birmingham staying at the Riverside hotel are Misses Ruth and Jessie Dean Thompson. daughters of Mir Andrew Thompson; Mir. Billy and AL len Going, son of Mr. c. J. Going, prin- cipal of John Herbert Phillips High school; Mir. Harry Burn, Jr., and Dnn- can Burn, sons of Mir. and Mrs. Harry Burn; Miss Mary Hopwood and Miss Lillian Norris, Miss Amy Frances Howell, in company of her aunt, Mrs. Mamie Wadeson; Mrs. Elizabeth Salt CT, also in company of Mrs Wadeson Miss Venus Hill and Miss Carmen FrabOs, in company of Mrs. E. Seel- binder Mir. T. D. Powell, and Mir. R. T. Thomas. At the Mentone Springs hotel are Miss Maude Pick, Miss Salome Hawkins, Miss Nydepn D. Miller, Miss Alice GOldstein and Miss Ethel Cop land. Others are Mir. Clarence McDor- man, at the AIcDorman summer cottage Mir. Denson Reid, at one of the Short rage cottages; Miss Cecile Berry, re- turned Sunday evening from the sum nser cottage of her parents, where she has been entertaining many young peO- pie.
 Mr. Edward Priehard of Tuscaloosa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
Junior Society
MAMMALS TO BE ERE.

MIN IIlO ID A Ae AAa "
 General Sumter chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will pre- Eent manuals of the United States and flags to the foreigners who will be nat uraiized in Judge Grubb's court in the new postoffice building today at :SO o'clock. All members of Sumter chap ter are asked to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
MRS. BEALL HONORS MRS. HOWARD AT BRIDGE

nnally with n bridge party Tuesday eve- ming consplimenting her guest, Mrs. A. B. Howard, of Little Rock, Ark. Summer flowers decorated tisc home, and later in the evening q plate sup per was served to the guests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
Reflections of Dorothy Dia
The Ided ThGt Women Cannot Have Same Sort Of Friendship For Each Other Thdt Men HaVe Is Absurd-Wonse4 Need Each Other More Thoqa Men Do And FYiendsItips Are More UnseLfish

MTS great friendship possible be- tween two women? Are there
 any feminine Davids and Jona- thansY asks correspondent. To both questions answer unhesitatingly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20

spiritual kinship that is stronger than any blood tic, and very often wo- men friends are knit together by bonds of congeniality that are stronger tH ian any ties that bind them to their own families.
 It is generally held that men alone have the gift for friendship, but my observation has been that women are much more tenacious of friendships than men are. Women keep up with their old friends far better than men do. Women's friends mean more to them than mems do, and Sally Damon and Susan Pythias elect to live to- gether far oftener than dc Damon and Pythias.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20

les. A great friendship is not only possible be- tween women, but it is so common that we do not even notice its ex- istence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20

Calling! was like being pleasant to your husbands relations--it just had to be done! There never was a woman who liked to make call or, anybody who was ever ready to be called on, and yet grimly they kept 1t up. If ever there came a day when you said that you were simply dead, after cam ming all those berries, and weren't go- ing to get cleaned up till dinner time, that was your Waterloo.
 Just as you got your face all cold creamed, your limp hair rolled up on curriers', your shoes off and an old kimono on and had thrown yourself as you dabbed off cold front door bell would ring. Springing from your couch and peering out through the curtains, you would see somebody's barouche drawn up or else catch the swish of company skirts below.
 Rushing to the top of the, stairs you would shrfek in stage whisper to your dumb maid, Not at homsl Not at home ? and she, with the front door partially open, would turn and call loudly, Did you say somethin', ma,amg 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20

The old idea that women cannot have the same sort of friendship for each other that men have is absurd, and it is a pity that so many people believe it. It makes women suspicious of each other and keeps them from enjoying one of the greatest happinesses of life.
 DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20

And there are millions, of women whose hearts cleave unto some other woman's as David's did to Jonothan's, and who love each other with love passing that of sisters. For there is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20

ROMAN STRIPED BATHING CAPS.
 If one really wishes to add to the gayety of the sea shore one will wear triangular shaped piece of rubberized silk that is gay with Roman stripes, over ones bathing cap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20

to whom she can sob out her trou- bles. who will close the eyes of her dead and take her newborn babe into her arms, and who has proved her loyalty and devotion all the way from taking care of her chil- dren to lending her her best hat.