The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-28
Ship Trade
to Get Aid
of Women
Annual Exposition to
Take Up Problem Involv-
ing Jobs for 10000.
BY MARY MARGARET MCBRIDE

BY MARY MARGARET MCBRIDE
New York.-At the annual Wom-
ems exposition of arts and industries
here women civic leaders from all
over the country will vie with one
another as cooks one day and the
next, discuss methods of creaSng
the patronage of the American
merchant marine III order to give
employment to 10000 men.
That range shows clearly the
scope of present-day feminine in
terests,' commented Mrs. Grace Al
len Bangs, chairman of the compe-
tition committee. Women from
every state are to cook sectional
dishes in keen competition. North
erners will show pumpkin pies
southerners will enter pecan pies
and cornbread without sugar.
Bostonians will be represented with
brown bread, parker house rolls and
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western and middle western cul-
mary artists will have home baked
breads, lemon pies and angel food
cakes. And native New Workers will
show what can be done with dough-
nuts and jelly roll
Finally there will be a grand con-
test to end contests that will take
the form of monster cake baking. "
Travel Problem Urgent
The Statisticians have stirred the
feminine leaders by pointing out
that American shipping interests
now get only IL per cent of all
transatlantic travel, though 10 per
cent of the users of trans Atlantic
lines are American citizens.
The figure compilers estimate
that if the patronage could be
increased even to 20 per cent of the
total, the result would be the re-
employment of 10000 unemployed
men.
The idea is to have women
through club groups, put before the
public the patriotic implications of
better support of our merchant ma
rine.
Secretary of Commerce Daniel c.
Roper is cooperating with the Wom-
en- in their effort, which will con-
tlnue throughout the year.
Represented among the patriotic
organizations interested in the plan
are: The Daughters of 1912, the
Colonial Daughters of the Seven
teenth Century, the Daughters of
the American Revolution, United
States Daughters of 1912 and the
National Society of New England,
Women.
This fourteenth session of the
exposition will also hold consumer
institutes for the first time. These
will be led by Mrs. William Dick
Sporborg, chairman of the educa-
tional program committee.
Feeding the family economically
and efficiently will be discussed by
experts and housewives from many
states will be present in the role of
students with note books and pen
ellis.
Home Making as Business
There probably never has been a
time when women we're facing such
problems in buying as they are to-
day" commented Mrs. Bangs. Ger
tainly there never has been time
when a little money had to do a
bigger job. Also, women realize
their problems as never before
They recognize that home-makino
requires as much brains and skill
as any other profession. No woman
is ashamed any longer to list her
profession as home-maker.
THE woman who keeps within her
fore-shortened. budget and still
manages to feed and clothe and
care for her family as we'll as she
did in more extravaganza days is en-
titled to feel the same glow of pride
as woman lawyer who wins a case
and gets her name on the front
page, or woman doctor who is &C
claimed by the men of her own pro-
fession.
No woman of sense would marry
today because she thought being a
housekeeper was easier than doing
anything else. Earning the money
is difficult, but making it do dou-