The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
The
.WOMAN'S
DAY
BY AIlene Summer
INT Kisses

may explode at any time ana DlOW
up a poung girls poise, self-respect,
and reputation" So another divine.
filing his once empty seats by the
lurid advertisement of sermons on
SEX" announces. We have heard so
much about the dangers of petting to
the male of the species that perhaps
it is only fair that the tables be
turned. and the girl picked on" as
the weak sister" for a change, but
It would be even more refreshing II
divines and other so-called leaders
would hand little strength of char
acter to both sexes and not eternally
label them as weaklings and guilt
bles.
1.-THE Dark Dawn"
Hattie Murker, the woman and
wife who killed herself because she
could not have her own way, is the
vivid. powerful figure who makes
tense the pages Of Martha Osteusos
new novel called "The Dark Dawn.
It's an ideal book for the busy woman
who doesn't have much time to
read. and when I read a novel
want it interesting and yet to mean
something" Hattie Murker, the
older girl. whose ideal Of life is to
own things Of which she can boast
marries Lucian Dorrit, the dreamer
and idealist who had always: planned
TO get away from the little prairie
town. until somehow or other ne
found himself married TO Hattie ana
bound to till ner many acres.
gripping story of man and woman
relationship.
Anne and Hank
Once upon a time a school teacher
asked her class what Henry WI
did TO Anne Boleyn, and the bright
child made answer, please, teacher
be ironed on her" When teacher
nuzzled. begged for further knowl-
edge. the bright child opened her ms
torv TO triumphantly point to the
sentence. Henry VIII then pressed
his suit upon Anne Boleyn.
Who Presses Pants?
wbetber he did or not, suit press
ing seems to be a bone of contention
in many houseeholds-as TO VINO
shall do it. he or she. "A Keaaer
even apealed for my ukase on TINS
subject. I would make answer-it ne
bas a fuIl-time hard job. ana her roie
is that Of housewife, and if she Is NOT
Too overburdened with too many
ohudren and too little help, suit
,,ressing should he her job as part OF
the household routine. If, however
she works outside the home there Is
No reason why she should press MS
cults than he hers. Likewise II ms
ioh Is not too arduous and hers Is
he would be a pretty good sport II
he pressed his own clothes. think
that the occasional spending Oh 30
cants AT the tailor's would solve the.
weIghty matter better still.
Violets and Pole Cats
BECAUSE beauty creams and pow
ders and lotions that smelled IKE al
the blossoms of the May. or all the
incense of the East. were becom ns
too common. the willy manufactur-
ers of preparations for a maids ana
matron's beauty have decreed that
henceforth the new preparations
must smell vilely and sting like SER
pents. The reason that, just as
many people believe that bad-tasting
medicine helps them most. so will
fair women believe that stingy'
smelly creams beautify them most.
And 7 think they're all wrong. When
can buy cold cream that smells
like rain.wet violets. I'll be darned
II I'll buy cold cream that smells
like a pole cat on a rampage!
"a Drink, Dearie"'
Another form of married self-con-
seriousness is that which converts a
naturally sweet and charming
woman into a fetch-and-carry
wife" So writes an Englishman in
a treatise entitled when Marriage
Makes Bores." He continues-"In
order to show everybody that she is
not door mat and does not wait
upon her husband hand and foot, she
orders him about before strangers,
sending him all over the house for
bottles of scent. books and photo
graphs. a drink and making him ar
range the cushions behind her back.
Both look ridiculous in this pose,
and their unhappy guests are embar-
rassed."