The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-04
The
'WOMAN'S
DAY
BY Anene Summer
Easily Fleeced

feature the reports of Better Bust
ness commissions and such organiza-
tons. They tell the hose-knitter
story. for instance. Millions of wom-
en- bought these machines, lured by
the ad which said that they could
make big money at home, put the
children through college, and raise
the mortgage on the house. The ad
explained that the firm would buy
as many hose as the women could
make at a price which sounded high
when computed with the number of
hose the ad said they could make a
day.
The catch in it was that the firm
reserved the right to accept or re-
jest hose on the score that they were
not perfect" sending them back to
the knitter with more yarn ito try
again.
What a chorus of outraged hus-
Outraged SpOuses
bands tenored and bassed about their
.
Wrapped in the usual male snug
ness, they lost the point entirely
the point that hundreds of thousands
OF American women are willing to
work with tooth and nail for their
home and their flock, to give them
luxuries and even necessities that
the father cannot give. The very
number of "fleeced women" stories
pathetically proves the womanly
urge to do something. to get
ahead" and atone, perhaps, for the
fathers lack of ambition.
America greatest economic waste
Is this million horsepower energy Of
women at home, eager and anxious
and willing to labor for hire, but with
no way open to them!
Hair Makes the Man
Sideburns, rnoustaches, COATES and
all types of hirsute trimmings gar
nish the face of Paul Shanklin, an
Illinois miner, because he vowed that
as long as his wife "copped mems
stuff" and had her hair bobbed, he'd
in turn cop the ladies' stuff and
have his hair long.
In the same days news, a beauti-
full actress says that she keeps her
hair long because men resent the
shorthaired woman, and she wants
their love and friendship.
Queer, isn't it, that the one and
only thing that makes women femi-
nine and womanly, according to some,
is a mop Of hair perched atop her
pate!
GLASS AND BLOSSOMS
For years and years and years we
grew our winter narcissus bulbs in
bowls of plain gravel or sand. 1t
seems that we were affronting the
sensibilities of ourselves and others
most grossly. This year they are
selling rainbow effects of gorgeously
colored mixed gravel-purple and
rose and gold and yellow and green,
all mixed up in glittering, glowing
array. Yes, it costs four or five
times as much as plain gravel or
sand, but four out of five buy it
one must do things right!
This is the simple title of a page
article in current magazine by Ed
ward w. Box, former editor of the
Ladies Home Journal, and as such,
probably qualified more or less to
know what women are and what they
want. At least, he once knew, per-
haps. He is an older man today and
he no longer edits a great woman's
magazine. The old question of cause
and effect. Maybe, as an Older man,
he no longer understands younger
women, which may be why he no
longer, edits the magazine. On the
other hand, perhaps because he is no
longer in touch with the women Of a
country, he does not understand
them. Maybe some of you think that
he does.
Anyway, this article is thus sub
titled:
Here's an article strong enough
to make the modern woman take
notice"
Listened Well"
This great, fearless, triumphant
article simply said, as hundreds of
thousands of men have said it in