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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
Can Not Change Him

Dear Martha Lee: Could you advise
mef have no relation or neiEhbors to
confde in. | am 50 blue and discouraged
and have almost given up hope. l have
two little boys. s and years old My
husband does not treat me like wife and
he nags at me all the time. l stay home
day in and day out. Never go any place.
All I get lie what I eat and he fuses
about the grocery. bill. have done every
thing to change his disposition He acts
like he hates me. Shall I go away for a
while? 1 am getting TO be nervous
wreck. MARGARET G.
Yes, go away for a while, but take
it in small doses. Go out every day,
walking, shopping. visiting-any-
thing to change your narrowed in
terests. You have stayed home too
closely and have ceased to interest
your husband because you think, and
probably talk. of nothing but matters
domestic. Quit trying to change his
disposition and give your mind to
charging your own outlook. You will
therefore not center your thoughts
on him all the time and he will quit
nagging, feel sure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
Saint and Simmer
BIZ ANNE AUSTIN

poppy bridesmaid dress to the floor
and flung her weight against the
door.
"Cherryl Cherry! Open this door
this minuter'
There still was no answer.
II only her mother and father or
Junior were there to help her. But
they were in the church by this time,
or nearing It in Georges swift car.
But the chauffeur who was to call
for her and Cherry-old Mr.. Cluny's
chauffeur. with the magnificent Rolls
Royce that would be Cherry's, I'm
less
"Oh. I'm going crazy" Faith
groaned. Then realization Of her par
TALLY clad state rushed over her and
she sped into her bedroom, to fling
on her shabby old winter coat.
She hardly knew what she was do.
ing when she rushed from the house.
down the path to the street, which
was covered now with the feathery.
big flakes OF snow that were falling
steadily. out Of an almost MINDLESS
sky The Cluny limousine was not
in sight. AS she turned back toward
the house, n glimpse Of futtering
window drapery caught her eve.
Cherry's window-open! Wide openi
And the thermometer at thirty! Run
ming through the six inches OF soft
snow in the yard, she arrived at
Cherry's open, lighted window. BY
standing on tiptoe she could peer
into the room.
Cherry was not IN the room. On
the floor, on one OF the small rose
colored chenille rugs, lay little
pool OF fire and snow-Cherry's rhine
stone-and pearly embroidered wed
ding dress. And across a chair back
drifted the featherlight cloud of
Cherry's wedding veil. But there
was no bride to wear them. The
wedding dress was in a little round
heap-as II Cherry had put It on.
and had then let It slip to the floor
and had stepped out OF II.
Faiths first reaction from numb
ing horror was one OF eart-clutch-
ing relief. At all events she was
not dead. She had fled. But she
was not dead. Her second reaction
was one of almost insane Joy that
somehow Cherry had cheated the al
tar of the sacrifice OF her growing
youth. Anything was better than
that lovely Cherry should marry an
old man whom she did not love.
Near the window stood an old
paint bucket, unless Joy had re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

What's the matter, darling? Are
you crying? You really must hurry.
Cherry baby" Faith leaned against
the locked door and spoke softly,
pityingly. If Cherry was spending
those last minutes of her girlhood
in lonely desolation and fear and
remorse, her sister could not find
1t in her heart TO blame her.
There was no answer. Something
in that absolute stiffness beyond the
locked door sent a sharp, sickening
pang of fear through Faiths over
wrought nerves. What IL Cherry had
oh, no! She couldn't do that, not
life-loving little Cherry! But Faith,
as she leaned dizzly against the door
remembered that she had left the
bottle of bromide tablest on the
dresser. after giving Cherry mild
dose to quiet her nerves.
Cherry! Cherry! You're soaring
me to DEATH" she cried sharply. rat
thing the knob of the door desper-
ately.
There was no answer. Faith, panic
stricken, dropped the lovely golden
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
ONE MORAL
CODE FOR
BOTH SEXES
Why Discriminate Against
Women, Question Asked
by Mrs. Ferguson.
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

An ardent reformer points to the
decadence Of the times with this
statement: "A loose girl of the nine
ties was Stunned. Today unchaste
women often become quite respect
able members of society"
And why not? Are we to build
barrier between good and bad women
and not between good and bad men?
Men are generally grouped into
various classes with regard to their
wickedness. Bad men may be thieves
or liars or murderers. Bad women
are always those who have lost their
virtue. Two entirely different con-
structions upon the same word.
The time never was when a man
could not live a loose life and get
by with 1t. Even though his morals
are coal black where women are con-
cerned, if he have money and
charming personality, he is well
coined into the most exclusive of
homes. Prominent men do not shun
him. Good men do not snub him.
Neither his business nor his social
status is undermined
This being the case, why discrimi-
nate against women? It is not q
sign Of the decadence of the times
that we look with more leniency
upon woman who has had an I'M
fortunate past. 1t is proof that we
are improving.
1t is unfair to have two different
standards for women and men. The
very fact that the Magdalenes of
this world can sometimes climb the
awful mountain of responsibility is
one of the best evidences of our
moral growth.
Whether, with women becoming
less careful of their conduct. the
whole moral structure of society
may be weakened Is neither here
nor there. If both men and women
cannot be judged by one standard
Of right and wrong, then we may
as we'll admit that our social fabric
is awry. The point is that there
is no sense in having the women
chaste If the men are going to be
otherwise. You can never have a
good world with one sex moral and
the other immoral.
Obviously the thing to have done
was to purify the men, making them
as virtuous as those danes of the
nineties. That being impossible
there seems no good reason why al
most any old kind of woman may
not become a respectable member
Of society-society being mostly
composed of men who are far from
spotless.
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him. have Known him three or four
years and 1t used to be. we were together
almost every day. As he has got Older,
he has passed ms green age l guess.
Anyway, ne Is different. He talks friend
~, but want 10 win his loye; Please
tell me how WINNIE.
Why not get through school before
settling down to the serious business
Of trying to win" him? Anyway,
there is no mysterious recipe for
making another love you. Just be
yourself and If this personality,
which Is you, attracts him, you will
hold his friendship which may later
ripen into love. You can not force
love, even though vamps and
movies might induce you to think
so sometimes,
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1t is not love, but selfishness, that
wraps a combining cloak about an
other individual insisting that that
individual have no outlets of growth,
little freedom of action, no interests
can also take part.
1t is not love, but lack Of trust
and jealous fear that mentally
haunts the footsteps of another, in
sisting upon an almost hour-by-hour
account of where the beloved" has
journeyed during his absence, who
his companions have been, etc.
Real Noteworthy of the name,
has confidence and trust woven well
into it's fabric. Having the best in
terests of it's beloved, even b0Sore
it's own, in mind, it takes the attl-
tude that will mean most develop
ment and happiness to the other. For
instance the wife of Edison.
Days at q time, for years, Edison,
in the midst of experiments, saw
only the inside of his laboratory; his
meals had to be taken to him. A
such times he was entirely engrossed
and his wife must have seriously
I missed his companionship, but she
never interfered, even in the early
days of their marriage. She loved
him, not herself. Think what some
women could have done to his career!
Dear Martha Lee: have O. brother
who is a young physician. and II 1 do say
IT myself. he has q brilliant mind. We
have had the highest hopes for his fu-
lures, but last spring he married and
want to tell you Miss Lee, that II some
thing is not DONE his career will amount
His wife is extremely jealous. She goes
TO his office almost every day and tries to
keep tab on his patients. II he is out on
case for what she considers too long q
time, she telephones to him IL she can find
out where he Is; He Is very conscious OF
difference i'll his manner already. What
Wv '0u '''''''> - A SISTER.
I think 1t Is very unfortunate, in
deed. There is no CLOSING over the
fact that a woman, under such bond
age of jealousy can practically ruin
a professional mems career. Have
you talked to your sister-in-law,
bringing out these points? OF course,
it's d de:ic1te taskAtrying to make
! el' Sc this, but il she has real 1--we
~ under the heavy current of
tou may reach her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

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Household Suggestions
PINK KID GLOVES

Gloves for evening wear, created
by a famous French glovemaker are
of pink kid bound with fur dyed a
little darker than the kid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
ATTRACTIVE FROCKS

A very attractive blue serge dress
for afternoon is trimmed with taffeta
ruffies Of lighter shade and a vest
or hand-tucked bois de rose chiffon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
NEW CLOTH COATS

Panels and jabot effects are fea-
tured on the newest cloth coats. Of
ten, too, one sees a circular flounce
or a TERED effect.
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BLACK AND WHITE

The French combine furs very at
tractively this season, outlining gray
or black furs with a narrow line of
ermine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
YOUTHFUL FROCKS

Gauze ribbons in delicate shades
are used on the party frocks OF the
extremely young.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
ON NEGLIGEES

Flowers in organdie and georgette
crepe in pastel colors are used on
lingerie and negligees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
E LOVE WHEN DISTRUST AND JEALOUSY EXIST
Sister Writes That Wife of Brilliant Young Physician Is
Running His Career Because She Is Suspicious
of His Patients
of His Patients.
By Martha Lee

that at all We might well paraphrase certain weknown
exclamation by saying, Oh love- what crimes committed in
thy NELL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
For REST TEA

For the best results, always use
china or earthen teapot, never a tin
one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
.ntS to Be Popular

Ire: I am n girl II yeaNs
4,-.t' with biuc eyes and
s., rs atira tive However
.J1s aY and 7 do not see the rea-
tne best clothes money
..a'e tel me how TO be
TOOTS.
loots think of some Of the
ON you know to be popu-
ttit are their characteristics?
you noticed that they are
wound up in themselves2
person who is actually unpopu-
lar is the one who Is the center Of
his own universe; he doesn't think
or remember much about the other
fellows interests, hobbies, or feel
ings. So engrossed is he by himself
that he builds a mental wall Of in
difference around his personality and
other folks don't take the trouble
to break through, so he's left more
or less to himself.
He's Just Friendly
Re] scb mFth1 1 Years oa am have gn %ab IN
lends, both boys and girls; but I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

ing without a response, she realized
that Bob undoubtedly had left for his
uncle's house, for it was he who was
to escort the aged bridegroom to
the church.
She had just hung up the receiver
when there came a ring at the door,
which she flew to answer. 1t was
the chauffeur Of Ralph Cluny's Rolls
Royce, come to take bride and maid
Of honor to a wedding which would
never be celebrated.
TO BE Continued
Copyright, 1926. NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

TOMORROW: Faith goes alone to
the church, to break the news of
Cherry's disappearance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
He's Just Friendly

Dear Martha Lee: I am Junior in
IN school. 16 years old. / have many
e. ends. both boys and girls but I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
Inconvenience? Yes;
But Never Pain

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TO Be Continued

Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02
By Hazel Livingston
gSVEs?Y Rosemary's voice came.
from a long distance. Her

etVES!F hosemary's voice Came
from long distance. Her
eyes rested on Mr.. Graham's sal
low face. Heavens. how greeny-
white he was. Like toadstool
that grew in basement! Som.
pared to Sloan Whitney he looked
positively dead.
''Yes?" she said again. Why
didn't he speak up? Not that
she was interested in anything
he could possibly say!
IT won't have that Graham's
voice was harsh. i can't have
customers sending the clerks
flowers. It decent look right.
Tou'H have to explain to Mr..
Whitney,
She bit her lip and looked
away. Looked full into the paIe
sneering eyes of Smoky" Ora.
ham, whom she hadn't seen since
the day he asked her to meet
him on the corner, and she had
turned on her heel and crossed
the street, leaving him standing.
Would he speak to her?
He came nonchalantl.' over to
the desk, picked up the card that
his father had flung angrily into
the box.
"oh. he's rushing you, Ell?
Well, that's a pretty note"
He knew Sloan Whitney? Her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02
rs Beautu q Matrimonial Asset?'' Asks Auth GRITTY

achieves for the sake of his own
ambition and self-respect. What
he does not accomplish from this
motive he will not do for the
sake of any woman.
Real beauty Is of the soul and
mind. as we'll as of the body.
True beauty is the harmony of
a lovely spirit shining through a
wholesome body. This beauty of
harmony is in perfect accord with
love and serves love. A woman
with this real loneliness of spirit
does not pose as a goddess fitted
to inspire men. but expects to
put her shoulder to the wheel
and do her share. She brings to
marriage and motherhood a ca.
pAntty for sacrifice that means
peace and Joy for her home and
family.
Men and women are fellow hu.
man beings, neither gods and
goddesses nor deRlcns and witch.
es. In hard worK az cooperative
life partners Lnd loving help.
mates they find their deepesr con-
tent. self-respect and abiding JOY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02
By Lucy Lowell

CHE has switched jobs again.
~ / saw her the other day.
all enthusiasm. blazing with en-
ergy and high hope.
"Such wonderful plans" she ex-
planned. "And everything to send
them right through! I've never
dreamed such an opportunity.
Why, Ill be rolling in wealth in
a year or F." And the most fasci-
mating work." - S
1t soun~ Il rather familiar. l
remembered that she'd said al
most the identical words the last
time I saw her. Not so long ago,
either.
What happened to the last
job?" l inquired.
"Oh-well, you see it sort of
dragged after a bit and I got
rather bored. An awful lot of
digging on that job. OF course,
/ don't mind working hard. But
Anyway this came along and
just couldn't resist it,"
There'd been other jobs she'd
been quite as enthusiastic about
and left as unexpectedly.
She was just out Of college
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02

Hes on his way abroad for
long, long trip. It's having him. the
only friend I have in the world,
so far away, She broke off.
Then in a caImer, sweeter tone
she asked: wouldn't you feel
lonely If your whole family were
on their way to Europe. Rose
mary? Wouldn { your home seem
empty with them all gone? And
Stanley Cuyler is the only family
I have since dad died--don't for
get THAR
The house with all the family
gone! The bare thought Of it
chilled Rosemary. Without Ma
cooking in the kitchen and Pa
puttering around the little garden
poor Nina.
Couldn't you get off for a few
days and run down and see Mrs.
Cuyler, them"
Mrs. Cuyler!" She spat the
words. ''Mrs. Cuyler for comfort!
Oh, my Godp' and she began to
laugh wildly, mirthless1y, wiring
ing her hands. Rosemary, when
I was child. gangly legged
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02

wasn't for the fine old family
name and everything -Cissie got
to going with him, and her mother
simply put her foot down and
Her heart leaped. What was
this Smoky was saying? Going
with some girl? Then he couldn't
be married!
And aloud she said: "Why tell
me? It's nothing to me. And.
besides, isn't he married?" -
Now it was Snooky's turn to
shake with inward excitement
He leaned closer. His voice was
low, constrained. Where did you
hear that?"
"Oh. I don't know. It's quitting
time. / don't really know"
He saw she didn't, and turned
away. "S'long," he said, And
say, IL you should happen to find
out, would you let me know"
AS If she'd let him know-any.
thing. The sap!
I'D rather have a corsage of
orchids from him than a diamond
and platinum wedding ring from
somebody like All
Just one more peek! She lifted
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heart was pounding. a minute
ago she had been afIame with
the pride of conquest, and now
she was like hunted thing, with
old Mr.. Graham glaring as If he
would like to wrench the purple
blooms from her, and Smoky
sneering in his superior, secret
way.
The Phone Bell
The telephone rang. She could
answer it--and get away.
But no. old Mr.. Graham was
quicker. He walked off and left
her with Smoky. She closed the
box. tied the green string around
1t with fingers that shook. But
she wouldn't ask about Whitney
no matter how much she wanted
to know.
"Yeh, / could tell you lot
about that bird. A great hand
with the horses and the women.
A young lady / know-Cecelia
Lansing-maybe you've seen her
name in the society columns?
Well, Cissie has a wonderful
voice-she'd be in opera il it
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plenty of ability, too much to
turn into the drifter she seems
in danger of becoming"
"She just hasn't the staying
quality" the friend declared.
"She gets away to a fine start
whatever she undertakes. But
after the first excitement begins
to wear off, her interest slumps.
"She can't understand, 1t APP.
pears, that success is a day by
day proposition-not a matter of
jumping over the moon. Nor can
she see why other business
women with little Of her bril-
lance and less of her personal
charm have made good before
she, herself, was really started!
"Nope-she just hasn't any en-.
durancep'
And that's woeful lack.
Genius" said someone who
knew, "is merely capacity for
hard work" 1 suppose by hard
work he meant unflagging effort.
the will to keep at it. Most any
body can cultivate it.
Without 1t all the brilliance
and all the personal charm in the
word is of small consequence In
making good.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02
DIPLOMACY
TAUGHT

A SCHOOL of international re-
"A lations, in memory of Walter
Hines Page, will be established at
Johns Hopkins University, Balti-
more, Md.
The Page School" will have as
its purpose the development OF a
science of international relations
investigation and research and
training in the science Of -interna-
tional relationships of men who
will be available for service in the
fields of education, government
and business.
A committee. appointed in 1924,
Is endeavoring to raise an endow-
ment fund of million dollars to
provide professorships, fellowships
and libraries.
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THE SECRET STUDIO

1.-THE orchids are beautiful.
See. I'm wearing them. But. Mr..
Graham would rather"
oh, she was putting it so clum-
silly. He was still smiling. Was
he laughing at her? And all the
while she was explaining, breath
lessly, in little rushes, that he
mustn't send her any more.
"Mr. Graham said
'But where shall / send them?"
1.-THE devil with Mr.. Graham.
Haven't you any home? Don't
you live some place. You like
flowers, you know you do. I
like to buy them and can't
send them to myself. don't
know half dozen people in this
town. There's nobody I'd like
to send them to half so much"
His voice was family coaxing.
"Come-don't cheat me out Of q
little pleasure.
And she never knew, not even
the next day when she had had
time to think it all over. just
how she had dared to give him
Nina's address as her own. But