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1 The Indianapolis Sunday Star PAGES 33 TO 44 VOL 14 NO 230 SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 21 1917 Ai SCHORTEMEIER 00: OS3 NDIANAPOLIS is in the midst of a note worthy city wide evangelistic campaign More than 100 Protestant churches have held evangelistic services each evening during the last week and will continue to do so throughout the coming week Noon meetings are being held daily at Theater The success of the meetings during the last week has been more general than asked for by the most spirited workers The attendance at the meetings has been entirely satisfactory and the enthusiasm has been high 'Already thousands of the Indifferent and nonreligious have thought about things religious (luring the last week However the coming week will decide whether or not the movement is to be the large success which the workers hope for it Many have been made to think but have yet to resolve The last half of the mile to be run this week determines the winners ollowing evangelistic services today all of the Protestant churches will continue their serv Ices during the evenings this week Dr Mert Rice of Detroit Mich will continue his noon meetings at Theater throughout the week and'will speak each evening at the irst Pres byterian Church Miss Elinor Stafford Millar of the Moody Bible Institute will also continue her addresses at the Roberts Park Church Both of the visiting' speakers are worthy of the confidence and attention of the people of Indi anapolis as are the other speakers engaged in the advancement of the Christian cause Education day will be observed in the churches of the Disciples of Christ throughout Indiana to day One purpose of the occasion is to impress upon the young persons the importance of thor ough education and to encourage them to take up the work of the Christian church Another is to obtain financial assistance for worthy students who desire to attend Butler College and are with out funds Col William Cody better known as falo died a Christian having been baptized by the Rev Christopher Walsh assistant rec tor of the Catholic Cathedral at Denver Col seven hours before he died It Is interesting and significant that this widely beloved American should have come within the church When the hour of need comes we turn to religion and it is well that we can think upon the veteran scout as having prepared to meet his Maker some individual arises to inform us that a noticeable decrease has taken place in church attendance We xdoubt whether an in vestigation in the Indianapolis churches would support this contention The plain' fact and this is based upon our personal observation that the attendance at the church services inrlndianap piis is substantial and worthy of favorable rather than of unfavorable comment Of course we can find room for improvement as is the situation with 'every other human agency But the church activity in Indianapolis warrants the conclusion that attendance upon religious services is not neg ligible but Jather is the basis for favorable re flection a mighty army moves the church of Have noticed tlje absence of the financial element in the evangelistic campaign now being conducted in Indianapolis? The criticism which is often made with a large measure of justice that too much of the mercenary atmosphere pervades many revivals of the day is not applicable in In dianapolis This is fortunate Of course money is needed to carry on the work of religion we must have heat and light and those who give their talents and strength in good justice deserve a recompense But a feeling has gained' wide prevalence that too much of the financial element is to be found in some of the revivals throughout the country The stage is too often for the final offering and sums far in excess of legitimate remuneration are received It is well that this element is absent in the Indianapolis campaign The man who would remove church finances is failing to take into consideration the physical needs of the church but the man who places prime emphasis on church finances takes the sin cerity out of the endeavor The managers of the Indianapolis campaign have acted wisely in this regard Dr Mert Rice of Detroit Mich who has come to Indianapolis to speak at the noon meet ings at Keith's Theater has made good He had not spoken longer than three minutes on the opening day of the meetings when it was evident that he was the right man for the job His sin cerity is evident every time he utters a word and his passion for the gospel is his most notable characteristic His is a simple creed but a most timely one He asks that man place himself in personal communication with God and that he fire his soul with a never satisfied desire to pro mote His messages 4 Indianapolis church workers who know the Rev Day pastor of the North Park Chris tian Church who has resigned to accept a charge in Marion Ind regret that he is leaving the city His w'ork at the North Park congregation de serves a parting word of approval The congre gation has called the Rev Garrison of Law renceburg Ind as his successor and his record indicates that he is the right man to take up the task in this community are hearing a great deal these days on pensions for elderly ministers This has long been a neglected subject and it does seem that in good conscience we ought to make some provision for those men who have so long and earnestly served the people 4 Have yovj found The new series on avorite Hymn" appearing each Sunday? Next Sunday we shall tell the story of the writ ing of that supreme thought: of the Help lessy Abide yith Pew rent should be abolished in the opinion of the Rev Morgan Griffith assistant rector of CONCLUDED ON PAGE 40 STARS WITH DIAGHILE RUSSE City Entertains Two Interesting Women Visitors Miss Melva Beatrice Wilson Sculptor and Mrs Alice Min nie Herts Heniger Educa iional Theater Worker Here rom New ork BY BELINDA BREWSTER Two interesting women have vis ited Indianapolis within the last few days women of national fame both coming from New York Miss Melva Beatrice Wilson the sculptor and Mrs Alice Minnie Herts Heniger who with her husband conducts the Educational Theater work in New York Miss Wilson may be the sculptor to be selected to model the statue to be erected in Indianapolis under the direction of the Pioneer Mothers' As sociation of Indiana She gave a talk at the meeting of the association at Mrs Samuel home Wednesday afternoon Miss Wilson also exhibited there photographs of the work she is doing at the new Mortuary Chapel at the Calvary Cemetery at New York and at the new Roman Catholic Cathedral in St Louis Lived in Indiana A former Indiana woman having lived in Madison where she still has relatives and being a descendent of one of the pioneer families of the state Miss Wil son naturally is much interested in the proposed statue and has offered to assist the local committee in its choice of sculp tor if tiie commission does not go her Many members of the association feel that this statue should be executed by a woman not only to honor a woman sculptor but because they think a woman would be much more interested than a man in developing the spirit which they wish the statue to express When asked about her work Miss Wil son said have specialized almost en tirely on ecclesiastic and patriotic work either for God or for my Her statue of Minute has been pronounced line by some of the most fa mous critics of the country Probably the most stupendous task Miss Wilson ever has undertaken 'is the Mortuary Chapel on which she has been working for more than ten years the entire com mission being in her hands The colos sal statue of the Christ on the tower is ten feet four inches high hewn from a single stone The processional in the spandrel is twenty two feet across and contains sixteen Byzantine sculptured figures This gives some idea of the type of this former Indiana woman is accomplishing Impression of Strength In appearance Miss Wilson is quite tall and while she is not at all an unusually large woman she immediately gives the impression of tremendous strength du in all probability to the fact that she naturally is very strong from wielding a four pound hammer at least six hours of almost every for many years With all her strength Miss Wilson's soft blue eyes her clear complexion and wavy hair turning to gray make Jier singularly feminine looking Miss Wilson is true to her former state in her enthusiasm for Bedford stone which she Insists is the most wonderful stone in the world for sculpture In her work on the St Louis Cathedral how ever this artist is using a different means of expression her work there be ing in exquisitely tinted porcelains This work must not only be' modeled and col ored but it also must be fired and much technical knowledge must be employed to allow for the shrinkage which comes in the firing Not only a sculptor but also a writer of verses Miss Wilson has written the following poem to the pioneer mother of Indiana for the Pioneer Associ ation: SOULS WOMEN Were the skies of Indiana fairer than her slater states Were her rolling forests rarer than the forests of her mates Were her rippling rivers clearer than the waters just beyorfd Were her home lands so much more dearer than those ex er elsewhere found? Let them say naught for they cared not only what was true to see or It was home and so sweeter than all the world could be Indiana! with pioneer maiden mothers of our men Sounding out in life's great anthem a grand glorious amen Hail these pioneer mothers who lived and loved and called To the ages of the future for their country and their God Hall Columbia flag floating in the free born breeze Methinks its stars are made of souls of women such as these Art Practical Mrs art is probably more practical than Miss and while in a measure the giving of plays may be a of joy to the eye for the audi ence in the same way as a fine bit of sculpture the production of these plays gives to scores instead of only one a means of self expression It is that effect on the player and not the audience which is Mrs first considera tion Beginning her work of education through dramatics more than sixteen years ago in connection with the Educa tional Alliance in the East Side district of New York in a rather small way Mrs Heniger with the assistance of tier hus band now has spread these educational plays for children all over New York and Brooklyn and has made a place for her self on the faculty of Columbia Univer sity All her work is done without finan cial compensation and besides she raises each year a certain sum toward the maintenance of the course in Columbia and also ihe great sums of money used in the production of the plays Mrs theory is that children can be taught not only more easily and more quickly by using the natural dra matic instinct than by any other method Her course at Columbia Includes instruc tion to teachers on how to give the work as laid down by any through the use of dramatics and the course also includes lectures open to all teachers of greater New York by such eminent au thorities as Stanley Hall and George Baker of Harvard University and others equally prominent in educational circles These men are indorsing Mrs theories and are much interested in her work Gives Moral Training The Educational Theater work includes the production of plays in various cen ters by children and young working men and women because a girl makes boxes all day or runs a sewing machine is no reason why she longing for some opportunity to express herself and CONTINUED ON PAGE 44 COLUMN 4 Entertain for Bride Elect of the delightful parties given for Miss Kathleen Bonnett and Carl Uten bach whose marriage will take place soon was the dinner given by Mr and Mrs Edward Raub 2855 North Pennsylvania street last evening Covers were laid for twelve guests Mrs John Utenbach 2050 North Alabama street will give a I dinner next Sunday lor Miss Bennett and Mr Utenbach and on Monday Jan 29 Mrs Elmer Utenbach of Broadway will give a 500 party fr Miss Bennett Sisters to Give Reception The annual reception given by the Sis ters of Providence for the alumnae of St Agnes Academy will be held at the academy from 7 until 9 i tomorrow evening The program will be given by the alumnae MUM 1RT politan progra Seventy five Pupils rom Benja min Harrison School Will Pro vide Music Under Direction of Miss Viola Busselle Tomorrow Old Gold and Black Club Colors orm Decorations at Den Zare Dinner Dance Chorus to Sing at Guest Day Club Meeting Till Eulenspiegel Offered by Ballet in the largest cities The seS ts are selling at Mrs Talbot's office 016 Hume Mansur Building Diaghileff Present Program Evening Jan 29 Organization Will Unusually Attractive at Murat Monday A feature of the guest day meet ing of the Monday Club tomorrow afternoon will be the singing of a group of songs by a chorus of seven ty five children from the Benjamin Harrison School under the direction of Miss Viola Busselle assisted by Miss Mary McCarthy The songs will include Baa Black Saw Marjorie Jack a Song of Bo and Crooked Mrs John Spaunhurst will read a paper on of and a paper on Poetry of the Sci VThen famous Ballet Rurse comes to the Murat Munday evening Jan 29 under the direction of Mrs Ona Talbot it will offer as the piece de resistance of an evening of ballet diver tisements Waslaw ballet which has been given a Richard Strauss musical setting This ballet based upon the legendary pranks of Till Eulenspiegel has been described as being comic dramatic In Its construc tion and this together wnn a wealth of scenic equipment and costumes designed by Robert Jones an American artist makes It unusually appealing The Diaghileff Ballet numbering about 100 people is the largest organization of the kind which has ever been seen in America It is making a brief road tour by special arrangement the Metro pera company ana will be presented in In OwM Ink I WK Uli Jal' i IM Is entitle will be given by Miss Elinor Garber and Miss Anne raser The Pollyanna Club No 1 hold its regular meeting at the home of Mrs Callie Hallick 2809 Bellefontaine street Thursday afternoon The ortnightly Study Club will meet with Mi Jay Hedges 636 East Thirty fourth street tomorrow afternoon Mrn rank zX Symmes and Mrs Lafe Weathers will discuss "German Lit erature of the Eighteenth Century Goethe Schiller and Mrs Brafford will be the hostess for the meeting of the Club Thursday afternoon Mrs Bain will talk on Agriculture and Indus Mrs A I) Lewis on In stitutions of and Mrs Ethel Duncan on the Melting The riday Afternoon Reading Club wfill meet at the home of Mrs Ogborn 2454 North New Jersey street Mrs Everette Jamb will' talk on Ro mance of Some American The Irvington ortnightly Club wall meet with Mrs Potter 106 South Ritter avenue riday afternoon Miss Adaline Bowen will lead the discussion Mrs Allan Philputt Mrs Richard Lieber Mrs Harry Gentry Mrs Dill Mrs Barnhill and Mrs Oliver Willard Pierce will be the hostesses for the meeting of the Review Circle Thursday afternoon Mrs Carroll Carr wfill be in charge of the program The Irvington Coterh wfill meet at the home of Mrs Mcerron 24 North Arlington avenue Thursday afternoon Mrs Davis will talk on tions and Development from 1840 to and Mrs rederick Hooker wilt give current events Mrs John Whr Mer will talk on sian Influence on Mmlern at the meeting of the ortnightly Literary Club Tuesday afternoon Miss Marietta inley will talk on Ballet Dr Albert Marlstone will talk oh Bible in at the guest day meeting of the Woman's Research Club tomorrow afternoon The Indianapolis literary Club will meet tomorrow evening when James Putnam will talk on Illinois Deep The Clio Club will meet at the home of Mrs Coughlen 217 East Nine teenth street riday afternoon Problem of the will be fils cussed Mrs Otis Pierce will give a review Mrs red Klee 3119 Ruckle street wilLbe the hostess for the meeting of the' Home Economics Quh Wednesday afternoon Mrs Moll will give a talk on Work in Mrs Jones will give a talk on Conditions an 1 at the meeting of the Zetathea Club to hrlcl at the home of Mrs Seay 2967 Princeton Place Wednesday afternoon Mrs Brew er will talk on Amorig the The Hoosier Tourist Club will meet with Mrs Calkins 2911 Washington boulevard Wednesday afternoon Mrs red Coons will read a paper on CONTINUED ON PAGE 41 COLUMN 2 There has long been a dispute whether Till Eulenspiegel really lived and played his pranks in the flesh According to Murner Eulenspiegel was born in 1283 at Kneithlinger In Brunswick heWan dered through Germany Italy Poland and died of the plague at Molln in It is true that his tombstone with an owl and looking glass on It is still shown at Molln and there are personal relics of the Jester on exhibition The stone however is of the seventeenth century and some believe that Eulenspiegel was born in Lower Saxony in the second half of the fourteenth century The lemish claim as their own They insist that lie was born at Damme near Bruges and that he filed there and there too is his tombstone with the inscription viator Thyllum Ulen splegel aspfoe sedentum et pro ludu ct morologl salute Leum precare suppl Obltt anno but this Is also dis puted as some claim that this is the stone of the poet VunMarlant who was recorder of Damme the considerable and fortified seaport and died in 1301 that the figured looking glass Is a desk supporting book and the owl merely bird emblem of wisdom: that the inscription was carved afterward It is said that father was named Claus and his name was Anna Wibeke Till is thus described by Eugene Bach a a Belgian: rogue who journeved through the world with noth ing but a clever wit In his wallet a knowing vagabond who always got out of a scrape he visit cd all Htlos and piled all trades Bakor wheelwright joiner musician mountebank he lived at the cost of the simple bourgeois caught by his chatter A good fellow with a kindly air always r' ady to amuse pleased Avery bod and was welcomed everv wherp He was not innately had He frankly lived cheated stole When he was grabbed by the collar and hauled along to the gallows he went as a mat ter of course without knowing why He took life after the manner of a poet and he abo took the goods of others nose on the scent empty stom ach gay heart he went along thoroad talking with a passerby joining gay com pany concocting constantly a sly trick CONTINUED ON PAGE 40 COLUMN 4 ormer Indianapolis Girl Will Wed at Miami la An announcement of interest to many Indianapolis friends and relatives is that made by Mr and Mrs VC Brown of Miami la formerly of Indianapolis of the engagement of their daughter Miss ern to Herbert IL rost of Chicago son of Mr and Mrs rost of Miami TRe encag mcnt was announced recently at a luncheon given by Miss Brown for geven ot her Intimate friends the announcements being written on cards Inclosed in the roses which were given as guest favors Covers were laid for Miss Elizaix th rost Miss Edith Moore Miss Alice Miss Lillian Sef ton MIsw Patty Monroe Mrs It Hunt Mrs rank R1antn and Miss Brown The bride elect has many friends in Indianapolis and recently spent some time here with Miss Margaret Rouse ami Mimm Rosemary Hendricks Old gold and black the club colors were carried out in the decorations at fifth annual dinner dance given by the Don Zare Club at the Hotel English last evening The table for the dinner was decorated effectively with roses and the guest favors were corsage bouquets of Mrs Aaron Ward roses A Doeb ler was toastmaster and toasls were given by Holler and Wood Nichols The piograms for the dance wore In old gold and black The guests wore Miss Edna Brinkmcy fr Miss Marguerite Urlnkmeyer Miss Bonnie McCurry Miss Esther Saxton Miss Vera Booth Miss Edith Miss Vesta Bowlen Miss Mary McCarthy Miss Ilildred Dunlop Miss Helen Saw yer Miss Edna Young Miss Esther Spahr Miss Marjorie Trees Mls Nolle Savage Miss Ethol Huff and Miss Edwina Nichols Members of the club present were Albert Schneider Rus sell Holler Curt Schmidt Lyle York Kurt Lankford Clifford Zoll' Charles Hoisted Harry Bogas Harrison Marsh Charles Walsh Wood Nichols John Prentiss Charles Loehr Earl Matthews ami Rol ert Miller Mr and Mrs A Doebber chaperoned the party Home Beautifully Decorated for Alumnae Affair The home of Mrs James AL Ogden 3332 North Pennsylvania street was dec orated effectively' with clusters of spring blossoms yesterday afternoonfor the de lightful musical tea given by the Alum nae Club of the zMphs Chi Omega So rority in honor of Mrs A all of New York Red carnations the sorority flower made an artistic decoration In the large living room and in the solari um and dining room masses of spring fiowcrs lent their fragrance from baskets and vases Miss zXlice I rost of De University sang a group of folk songs: Mrs ix of Cleveland formerly of Indianapolis gave several readings including a selection from "Madame and "The Paby's Miss Corrlne Blount pianist played several selec tions Mrs Ogden sang Years nt the Mrs Clarence avrr pla yed Liszt) and Airs Rulck gave several musical mono logues ifty guests were entertained Skinner and Tarkingtons to Be Drama League Guests The Drama League will give a luncheon at the University Club riday in honor nf Otis Skinner who will appear in Booth play at next week Mr and Mrs Tark ington also will be special guests at the luncheon The Drama League also is arranging a reception for the Portman teau Players of New York at the time of their appearance in Indianapolis at the I Murat eb 2 and 3 OOINT dsQs JBsL COUMTERPOINT bW" B3f RAUL RMARTIN us to admire will not be applied to another PAGE 40 CONCLUDED ON 7 take at least in drama and we are thank Tliey are en How characteristics and peoples ot tlie va we hear of those tongue It superior to to invent a as a means 4 criticism may Just as long as the majority of our content to rest back on their oars belief that we arc already an artistic so long will our artistic development Chief among these Kahn who although power in tlie financial merchants most do congregate" is at the same time a leader in tlie movement for a greater artistry Mr Kahn is one ot those optimistic prophets "cherishing a hope which he may never live to lint lie is not an idle dreamer lie is a man of action who is devoting time tal ent and money that his prophecy liis dream if such you wish to call may lie realized as soon as possible Mr Kahn is a foreigner by birth yet he is lie is in a position native Americans Culture in America" is the title ot a little brochure by Gustav Saengcr the widely known music editor and composer It an essay on recent violin Mr Saenger lias divided his subject into (ritz Kreisier Arthur Hartmann Leopold Auer and Theodore Splering) School of layers" (Eddy Brown Albert Spalding ran cis Macmillen Efrem Zimbalist Maximilian Pig zer Louis Persinger Max Donner Edwin Grasse? David Hochstein Richard Czerwonky) sentative Teachers and (Cecil Burleigh Sam ranko Edmund Severn Victor Kuzdo Chris tiaan Kriens ritz Stahlberg Alberto Bachmann ranz Bornschcin) Pianists and Com posers Who Are Writing for the (Leo pold Godowsky Max Vogrich XValter Henry Roth nations and you will find there is still link and that is art Art and especial of music speaks a common race no nation ft rises While as yet man lias failed ever before is di vided on almost every question yet analyze the European a binding Jy the art 'knows no these satisfactory language which will serve of international commercial expression he long ago found a medium of international soul expres sion and that is music If tlie people of America can only be brought to a realization of life value of this expression how simple will be tlie task of uniting all of our peoples in the' bond of a common brotherhood Mr Kahn in developing his theory doos not cherish the idea that Americans arc hopelessly in artistic In fact he believes that once given good art they appreciate it He says: have an abiding faitli that lie people collec tively know a good thing when they see it It is true that sometimes they make the judicious grieve by taking a pretty poor thing for a good thing but I have never known them to fail to recognize and appreciate tlie truly meritorious in art In fact have admiringly wondered more than once at their capacity to enjoy and digest heavy and unusual artistic food free from the salt or spice of what is ordinarily considered pop ular filled with American ideals and to realize far more than most realize what is really needed to make this na tioij a true melting pot to blend the peoples of many nations into one In the course of an ad dress recently delivered at the Shakespeare ter centenary dinner in New York city he struck a new though convincing keynote when discussing this subject he said the common meeting grounds avail able one of the most appropriate is that of art or art is democracy art is equality of oppor tunity not the false democracy which misunder standing or misinterpreting the purpose and meaning of tlie democratic conception seeks or tends to establish a common level of mediocrity but the true democracy which guided by the star of the ideal and firm in its faith strives to lead us all onward and upward to an ever higher plane" How true tills is and yet how little it has been realized save by those to whom art is life much is written about those impulses which separate the rious nations yet how little things which unit them Europe today more than The sain art music people are snug in the nation just i bo delayed It is indeed gratifying to know that there are enough people in this country willing to pay for good music to warrant the presentation of meri torious concerts and operas in the cultural cen ters But this docs not mark us as an artistic people nor will wc become such until good music has made its influence felt in every nook and cor ner of the land not until every man and woman will respond to this Influence and as much' interest in it as they lo literature There are pioneers at work and ful that their ranks are growing thusiastlc in their efforts and they arc making every sacrifice to bring the general public to a keener appreciation of music as an art form I may mention Mr Otto a man of many affairs a world a prominent figure VT Y' 0 convince the average man that the United States is not an artistic country Ho realizes that it is consid S22y erod a mocca by European artists who flock to these shores in vast numbers and who reap a financial reward which puts the income of the average high grade professional man to shame To the layman this is the sign of suc cess and consequently though lie may not care for art himself he takes a certain pride in the fact that art occupies its rightful place in this thriving country: It was only a' day or so ago that my attention was called to a book review in one of our most conservative and authoritative literarjymagazines The book under discussion concerned architecture and the author is a young American an expert in his line but evidently too much given to op timism in so far as American architecture is con cerned His critic took him to task in this mat ter saying except that of the prophet cherishing a hope which he may never live to realize is always dangerous because it delays the day when that order of Pharisaical architecture which this book encourages be A.