The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 32

THE IXDIAXAPOLIS SUNDAY ST AH, FEBRUARY 9, 1930. with his own priceless collections, he treux. Switzerland; at Lausanne never forgot Miss Ketcham, who was Picture in The Star Is Germ Idea Alp where Mrs. Calvin Fletcher had her own four children studying, the two bidden to the studio witn aer mother Indiana Loses Gifted Woman In Death of Susan M.Ketcham and New York's elite to see Carmen cita dance. Again, a select throng For Creation of Coffin Toboggan Slide BY TIIKRESA V.

KRl'LL. Indiana mothers joining in a Thanksgiving celebration. A stay at Ischii, but particularly at Vevay, saw technical study begun, under beauty's stimulus. Nor of daylight only. Passing over a precipitous road one night, she was moved to rapture by the moonlight.

"We always have moonlight here," responded the Alpine driver. (Phots by Star Staff gathered to hear Kate Douglas Wig-gin read. She met unexpected competition from an ancient clock which chose that hour to strike 100, ceasing, indeed, only when a volunteer upon a stepladder, completely disemboweled it. Meantime, Mrs. Ketcham surveyed the assembled Gotham belles and remarked, "We have girls as pretty In Indiana." Of this wonderful mother Susan she said, a grotesque little figure of Sargent's childhood.

Of her own two early works loaned, one elicited instant admiration from her prospective great-nephew, Robert Scott, for-merly of Indianapolis, and became a wedding gift when he married Elizabeth Landon, daughter of Hugh McK. and Susan (Ketcham) Davis Landon. Saddening Hour Comes. When the saddening hour came for relinquishing the Carnegie studio, there appeared aoung artist hamed (by coincidence) Chase, who, all but pushed out of a building about to razed, implored Miss Ketcham to va-cate for him in four days. And in four days the studio of three decades' great memories was diamnn.

HERE passes one of Indiana's most gifted women, Susan Merrill Ketcham, an interna Winter Sports Grow in Popularity After Coast- Y'andes and Lydia Harrison "stood up" with them at their wedding. The Ketcham children's earliest art teacher was the wife of Bishop Tal-bott, who taught them at home, which stood next door to Christ Church on the Circle. Susan was "more musical than artistic," playing the Fourth Presbyterian Church organ for fifteen years. Her mother taught the "infant class." Her Ketcham painted the celebrated ing Lhute Is Erected From Leftover Ma I-Ike Marine Painting. Exquisite reaches of great waters ever were a part of Miss Keteham's adult life, whether Alpine lake, pleasant inlets of the Isle of Wight, the sturdy American harbors of Nan tionally distinguished marine and portrait painter.

Nearly three years ago she returned to live in the community called "honie," The last surviving child of John portrait in 1893, exhibiting it at the world's fair as "Portrait of a Lady." father was an elder in "the Beecher Church" (Second Presbyterian. She recalled the Henry Ward Beecher argumentations of her elders, and terials by J. P. McClure. But many passers-by cried, "Why there's Mrs.

Ketcham It the opinion of many that this exceptional tucket or the Long island classes of Benjamin Fritz or William M. Chase. Lewis Ketcham Sr. and Jane Mer tied, the remaining canvases packed for Indianapolis. Returning BY HOWARD C.

SMITH. It was just a picture. A snow-covered mountain home" and family, this venerated and great-souled woman e-avn hoi. rill Ketcham, she was the sister of William A. Ketcham, late commander of the C.

A. Indiana department: of the Rev. Henry Ketcham, John Ketcham stood permanently for the unbroken integrity of Beecher. The late Pax-ton Hibben, recent biographer of Beecher, was her nephew. Miss Ketcham annually attended Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, "just to see how matters fared" where Beecher was succeeded by Lyman Abbott and Newell Dwig'ht Hillis.

One Sabbath portrait should honor the mother, the artist, the state and its traditions by being retained in Indiana, a moving canvas of life and love, character and skill. Lately it has been enshrined in Miss Keteham's room among her loved "marines" and appropriately, in a sense. Mrs. Ketcham spent many happy summers where her daughter built "Swastika" upon the ledges of Agunquit. Moon iwitzerland.

Gay toboggan parties sped in glea down its steep slopes. Winter sports were at theii- height in the Alps. The famous friendship witn tne latter ensued when Miss Ketchum went en tour with a commission from the Art Association of Indianapolis to acquire superior paintings for the first exhibit, held at the Hotel English. In Detroit they told her "New York was impossible to impress," yet Miss Ketcham obtained loans from twenty notable artists. Mr.

Chase always was glad of Indiana news of pictures, being himself a native. Later she became secretary of his first artistic thought to Indiana university, of which her father, John Lewis Ketcham, was graduated and trustee. This gift, first announced in The Star, is SusanM. Keteham's marine, "Evening." which now t-iizaoeth Ketcham Davis, Jane Ketcham Hihben and Frank M. Ketcham.

Born inland, she spent years bv It was Hut one of a number of she observed Mr. Beecher's widow-palpably nodding during the sermon. Writing this homeward, an older kinswoman dryly commented: "Mrs. Beecher was no more asleep than I hangs, in his honor, and to hers, in Memorial hall, Bloomington. With the outgoing tides of life, she learned that, "though inland far we be," in light filtered through apple trees into Mrs.

Keteham's window; sea mists silvered and sunsets reddened the characteristic shingle walls of New England. Mrs. Ketcham declared that the skies and bay of Naples were not bluer. the sea. She knew how to paint the sea, whether in her New York studio or that at )gunquit.

Me. From her mother, she told this scribe, she inherited the desire to create. Wrhere her sisler, Elizabeth am. History records no love lost between Indianapolis and Mrs. Beecher.

scenes casually ivpruiluced in the section ut The Star that winter of H-7. A touch or two of the creative Imagination, ami in the hands of Jesse I'. McClure, director of recreation the last ti.ur years under the Indianapolis board of park that picture became the opim idea noil which n. shaped Sees Colony Grow. Miss Ketcham saw Ogunquit grow from a small literary-artistic hamlet the tobot'iian slide down a shar i'avis, originated the first school pageant of Indianapolis, the artist's year-old memories of the family's famous wagon trip from Corvdon to Indianapolis (Samuel Merrill, their grandfather, being the state's first pronounced their progress the first Indiana state pageant.

The hill at the Collin gol: course In I to a town of 10,000 with tearooms to class at Shinnecock hills, Long island, studying with him in the Fourth avenue studio, Manhattan. She was godmother to William M. Chase all too prematurely lost to them. Miss Ketcham, herself, organized sketching classes, at some cost to her own creative work "being manager and teacher, chaperon and critic." Among her students were Fred Yohn, famed illustrator, of an old Indianapolis family, and Frank Cle-land, of another. Instructing them to "sign" their attempts at painting calla lilies, Frank brushed his initials literally upon the white convolutions.

Seldom does an immature artist "paint the lily." Takes Children Abroad. In 1S77-7S Mrs. Ketcham took abroad her children, Elizabeth, Susan, Jane and Henry, "for- music and health." It was in Florence, Italy, meet spot for art's chrism, that Susan Ketcham felt surge upon her the conviction that she must and could become a painter. The Ketchams had been welcomed by Mrs. McCulloch who once had lived in Indiana, the widow of a member of Lincoln's Cabinet.

She was host- Kiversuie park. With the prolonged snows earlier part of he present of the winter 110 miles required ten days hewn i through forest and swamp. When approaching settlements, the chil came one or the uts on the pro-lion department. season, the slide b. favorite wn.tt-r pram of the reorca lure the motorist.

John Kendrick Bangs was her neighbor, and a moving spirit was Charles W'oodbury, "finest of marine painters," she averred. The Ogunquit home later was acquired by another artist, Mrs. Mary Adriance of Poughkeep-sie, N. whose daughter. Princess Carracioli, is daughter-in-law of a Capri artist, so the traditions of the sea home stated.

Though pleased at praise of her No Funds A vailutilc. The story of its bui'din? is worth the telling tor the insight it elves dren would be washed up, fresh pinafores donned: the Swiss driver of one Conestoga would produce some hells from Berne, fastening them to the horses' necks In European style, so the grand entry was melodious. spiration from her strong spirit is an incoming tide that never ebbs. PLANE RELIEF ENDS IN FLOOD SECTION Special lo The Indianapolit Star. EVANSVILLE.

Feb. 8. National Guard planes completed relief work in the southern Indiana and Illinois flood sections today and will return to Indianapolis tomorrow, according to Miss Mary Bailey, executive secretary of the local Red Cross. One plane is to be held in readiness in Indianapolis in case emergency arises in the flood district. It is expected, however, all relief work hereafter can be carried on by boats and trucks, LIBRARIAN IS INJURED.

OTTERBEIN, Feb. 8. Mis Lucille Browne, 21 years old, publio librarian here, is in the Home hospital at Lafayette with Injuries suffered in an automobile crash there. The automobile in which she was riding with Edward Flaherty ran into a parked truck. Miss Brown was thrown through the windshield.

Flaherty was not hurt. into the which have conlmnt reo- i I ess in the very hill-side viila i occupied by Ihe Brownings. At the I rich day's close, the group stood looking down the valley of the Arno, bathed In sunset glow which made lambent the lilies at their feet. recreation depart-erected at the Jesse director of the city inent. shooting down the toboggan slide he tin golf course in Uiveride jiark.

reation work. There was the picturesque hillside Just made tor tuboanms. its broad flat meadow, often ice-covered from the backwateis of White river, neatly spread out at its foot. There was the idea. How to cany it out with no funds, available? It chanced that there was on hand some cement lei over from another Rich Bemlnlscences.

Endless wore her rich reminiscences of Mr. Chase. An envious fellow student "at the league" quizzed her, noticing that Mr. Chase always spoke with her after classes. "Oh, he used to play baseball with my brother at home; maybe he's mixed and thinks it was Another asked her, "Did you ever teach anything but art?" She replied, "Yes, sometimes manners." When Mr.

Chase, at height of Metropolitan success, opened his Tenth street studio, making sumptuous the former Board of Trade rooms portraiture, Miss Ketcham "decided that portraits should be left to inland painters; she, among the fewer, could bring the sea." For twenty-nine years her city studio was in Carnegie hall, New Y'oik. In 1927 he could not bear to say formal good-by to her beloved Art Students' League, in deciding to return to Indiana. But they anticipated her; came a great box of flowers and a cherished letter. Another honor was the invitation to exhibit in a unique New York event "Early Works of the Masters." Among them was, Despite the handicaps of lack of funds and often improper climatic conditions owin to Indianapolis's location at the edge of the snow winter sports a year api are esti Born at Vevay. Jane Merrill Ketcham was born at Vevay, Ind.

To her children, Samuel Merrill "never grew old," always being the beardless, vigorous grandfatner, dignified, executive, not "making over" the children, of domestic feeling withal. Susan Ketcham recalled the Merrill homestead at Alabama and Merrill streets. Her mother married the senior John Lewis Ketcham (descendant of the Virginian, John Lewis i. Simon Feeling life's possibilities inexpressibly, Susan Ketcham exclaimed, could she but transmit this floral translucence to canvas! A friend stood near, Mary Kempster, Stephanie, who was to be a lifetime beacon of encouragement, who besought her to, feel that sunset hour a dedication, a vow to the discipline of study. First however, came health Improvementsgreat periods at Mon- job.

Permission to install the s.ide was re man one ers through by the citv selected streets as soon as the first I heavy snow tails. When the snow goes olT, they are removed. The first streets were blocked this winter just before Christmas. Parents, fearing accidents when heir children coast on streets in the midst of traffic, request the recre- department to set aside the coas'ing piaees, which are usually a I block or two in length. Splendid co-; operation usually is given, although chronic grumps sometimes complain i of mcom enience in reaching their.

garages. Kleven streets have been blocked! mated to have drawn hundred thousand foi the program sponsori recreation depart men I oitamed from the park hoard members individually, provided no special oritlay were necessary. Cinders were borrowed. F.verv thing Vas borrowed but the labor and the cement. A personal friend of Mr.

Mc-Clure's caught the enthusiasm from him and donated the sand. The concrete slide was constructed, with steps up the hillside to the caddy house and a fire at the top. Total cost of the slide, $150! Busy I'ntil Midnight. Ml MOST off so tar his winter. Ihe raistmg i places were at Wisconsin and Illinois streets, in the block on Lawton street, at Twenty-eighth and Ethel streets, in the 1500 block on Villa av-! enue, at and Beecher streets, at i Watson road and College avenue, at Now for sliders: At first interest Fortv-first street and Capitol avenue, was slight.

Todav the slide is in at Fiftv-second street and Capitol av constant demand, when the weather Thirty-fourth and Elmira enue, at i fix AUTflFUL 4 fil ti.m streets, at New York street and Highland avenue and at Addison and Vermont streets. Supervised coasting is provided in five parks. These are Rhodius. Brookside. Garfield, Highland and Ellenberger.

Elders Enjoy Sport. The custodian at Rhodius park on the West side tells with kindiing interest of the coasting frolics the young people, of his district enjoy. There is a wide natural depression in the park. This is said to be an old abandoned body of White river. The coasters shoot down the west bank, across the depression and clear up the other side.

Young men and women, children and now and then an elder enjoy the sport. Repeated efforts to provide artificial skating ponds in various parks where retaining wails were available have proved failures as they will not hold the water. The chief point for skating in the city park system is a natural lagoon, some four hundred yards long by one hundred yards wide, at the South Grove golf course in Riverside park. The park board employes cooperate with the recreation department in cleaning off the snow and keeping the pond in condition. is light, from 2 o'clock in the afternoon to 10 o'clock or midnight.

Toboggan loads of from three to eight persons shoot down the 110-foot dip and flash with the wind out across the icy meadow 1.000 feet or i lore, with many a merry spill to punctuate the flight and bring the ride to a sharp but harmless termination in some bank or drift of enow. Nearly a hundred people in the neighborhood have bought their own toboggans, to supplement the dozen which the recreation department owns and lets out free to first-comers. So great has interest grown that the department is contemplating the erection of two more slides parallel to the first. Coasting or sled riding receives special attention, because of the great dangers involved for children when thev coast on unprotected streets. To meet this problem, the recreation department the last four years has been blocking off streets in various parts of the city for the use of coasters undisturbed by auto- mobiles.

The accident prevention bureau of the police department co-ooerated in this work for the first time this winter. Barricades, marked with red lan- I terns at night, are erected on the -VCiZl Ul KM IU IT EVER The man was down anil out, they said; ITe had nowhere to lay his head, He owned no stocks, iid fertile lands, fto fire at which to warm his hands. A dream on which his courage fed, A dream which served him for a bed. And cherishing that dream he found A footpath up to firmer pround. I pon the failures of the past he ha 1 nr.

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