The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04

tl10, IlS was lily SOlC UCuCI dCCC
to make up my mind. I was
faces every real woman ever
serious problem and one whic
pro and con, "What kind of
August sales?" That is the {
I was tearing down Meri(
less study until I struck
the block pavement between
Thirty-seventh and Thirty
sixth streets. There, my dear,
a couple of chasms had opened
up in the wood blocks and absent
mindedly and with an unconscious
trust in God, I headed straight on.
Other il1-natured cars had drawn up
alongside to watch the excitement.
Well, after gathering up monkey
wrenches, spare tires, gasoline tanks
and a few superfluous arms and legs,
I couldn't find my temper any place.
I even forgot my usual well-bred
placidity to the unheard of extent
of saying g." Not quite though,
Ilene. I want you always to remem-
Der your cousin as a lady even
though she does die of apopleXy over
the state of Indiana politics.
Some facetious motorist had stuck
up a sign by the first chasn. 1t read,
"Duvall's Gulch. Second one far
ther down the street."
Settled at Last!
And then suddenly everything
cleared itself up. 1lene I recalled
the summer we spent riding horse
back up and down the Grand Can
yon and Of course, my dear, the
only smart coat in the world would
be blonde pony trimmed with noun
tain wolf. Perfectly obvious wasn't
it? So you see how intensely CRATE
full am to our poor abused mayor
because after all he did help me
make up my mind. And you know
old darling, it's one of the seven
hardest things in the world to do
the other six being to beat Hank
Severin's bridge game. .
Monday Mrs. Haerle and I spent
the entire day in the pool at the
Woodstock. In the morning we
, took two dives, a couple of crawl
strokes and did lots of delicious ly-
ing around acquiring a nice tan.
The afternoon was spent in keeping
little Emma Jean out of the pool
because she'd just had her tonsils
out, and exhibiting our new sun
burn. Twice during the day we got
our bathing suits wet and I'm afraid
Elsa's will run.
Having deposited Mrs. SEVERN
safely on the boat for Europe, Hank
and Tomnie Hood have been pene-
trating the Canadian Businesses
with the avowed intentions of hunt
ing-at least, they have an Indian
guide with them and last year they
killed skunk. Genevieve Pickerell
is in Canada too with her family.
Vacation Bound
Mrs. Fred Bates johnson and all
the little Fred Bates Johnsons are in
Michigan: Mrs. Ohr and her daugh-
ters Elizabeth and Cerene are
motoring to Star Lake, Wis, the
fourteenth of August.
Beyond reading light book now
and then, and it must be very light
or can't keep concentrated-an
drinking linades and keeping alive
a gentle Irritation or two, hardly
even move these days. Mr.. Dean
asked me if I'd borrowed his copy
Of Napoleon by Ellie Faure. I
never was SO incensed in all my life
I don't even know what it's about
and anyway, think let Bah Fin
ley have it.
Honeymooners Return
Ed Raub and his bride have re-
turned after honeymooning over
northern Michigan, mostly at North
port where the Ketchams, the Jane
sons and the Heretl1s have cottages.
saw Johnnie Ruckelshaus the
night after Eds bachelor dinner at
the University Club and I judge
from Johnnie's lack of enthusiasm
and wanness that the night before
must have been very good party.
Irv and I went out to the Charlie
Coxes the other evening and played
around in their swimming pool and
enthused over their new dog, the
only Irish wolf hound. I've ever seen.
They imported it from England and
it's probably the biggest dog in the
Mississippi basin. I think. it was the
original hound Of the Baskervilles.
And a gentler, kinder animal you
can't imagine, built on the general
lines of a great Dane with a tail
sweep that has already demolished
all the bric-a-brac in the Cox house
hold and knocked the medicine bot
ties off the bathroom shelf twice.
Her name is Germaine and she's
such a friendly soul it just isn't safe
to Turk in the radius Of that tail
sweep. The kangaroo has nothing
on Germaine as far as tails go.
Write soon, old girl. I haven't
heard from you for ages.
Love always,