Show I y yi lIm o a 4 l 4 f C C f Th I I L j 1 ts J YC r r f wI w I I ria How the Society Heiresses Who i is Joined Under Assumed A a Fas p P S s It Names Nearly Broke Up r die OV organization byM by M 3 e t Graf i S tO s yx dw Taking y X 9 t v s sa a Z t a K M H w r wr t rr M x a Admiring Men Out rr xio r f It Along With q a J o i a S t o sat sata Yr c aY n pw r L Them When a r w n tY 44 a S off m i s sr r r oe r Ls q J jr Ya a w ww 3 w f fr r Were 2 a i Y r They t V W f wd fi A A Y Vi S 'S t tt c Suspended r W f ti D 1 iS 1 for tor Misbehavior 6 t eak f I s rf f 10 I if t i it I ini t ni sa p ay y Lb t a 7 tp IM 41 ns w Mrs Mark Frazier the fourth vice president of 1 the Joy Club who helped bring about the suspension of the five heiresses and now io said to wish she hadn't 1 PISS ISS ANNALEE LIVINGSTONE I MIss of Indianapolis Ili is the pretty year old daughter of Axon whose diamond mines In South Africa make him one of the tho richest men in the Middle West Her chums chum's Marcia Johns Alice Lewis Florence James and Martha Frye have I almost equally br brilliant backgrounds of I wealth and social position In fact when you have named this quintet you have I named five of the richest most roost fashionable fashionable I ble young beauties of whom Western so- so soI society so society I can boast I And they are as full of high spirits I and as keen for romantic adventure BS as they are rich fashionable and charming I Tho latest evidence of this is found in what when hen the they concealed their identity under assumed names laid aside their fine clothes for ones such as not at atall atall atall all wealthy g wear ear and became mem mem- members mem- mem members members bers of an Indianapolis organization familIarly known as the tho Joy Club This Is le a branch of a national society which has taken for its name the tho mys mys- mysterious mysterious mysterious initials W W B and M It has chapters in Chicago and in a number of Indiana cities besides Indianapolis Although the constitution of the W WW W B and M does not say precisely this the general impression is that the chief purpose of the society is to encourage romances among its men and women members This is why it has been nick nick- nicknamed nicknamed nicknamed named the Joy Club and this reputed feature of its activities is what appealed to the restless imaginations of Livingstone and her chums and made mado them t think ink it would be great fun to join Like so BO many other society heiresses who have more money than they now how to spend Annalee and her friends were getting insufferably bored with life Even perilous airplane flights and trips to Russia to select the costly sables for their winter coats could not begin to supply the thrills they craved They wanted something novel and startling something quite different from anything to be found amid the t i 1 H B tiresome conven- conven conventions conventions H conven-H and formalities of tho the smart bet etH So they joined the Joy Club all five of them and there they not only found the thrills they longed for but they also H succeeded in thrilling the whole organization nation so that it was vas as shaken to its very foun foundations In the the- short space of a afew few weeks their m ip produced the follo following ing results l tS women Fellow members charged them with being altogether too joyful in their with the male members of lit the chapter and bad had them suspended Mrs Mn Mary J r Leacock r l j 8 another of 1 y 14 those who brought the ow s charges that i ithe suspended the too t 1 joyful girls Fifty and more of the tha male members who thoroughly enjoyed the brand of joy the heiresses had been dispensing re- re refused refused re refused fused to attend any further meetings of the chapter until the girls were rein rein- reinstated reinstated reinstated stated The chapter became so disrupted that the national president of tho the W W B Band and M 1 started an investigation of the therow therow therow row He too sided with the suspended girls and ordered the Indianapolis chapter to take them back or have its charter an- an annulled annulled an annulled The suspended girls agreed to accept their reinstatement on condition that the they never again be suspended and that that the women who ho had brought about their suspension make a public apology By this time of course the identity of the heiresses had become known and great was the consternation among the fifty men who had been so thoroughly appreciative of their joy-giving joy quah- quah qualities qualities ties and also among the women mem mem- members mem- mem members members bers who objected to them Some of the latter are arc now inclined to feel rather sorry for having been so catty in their treatment of the most distinguished members the club ever had or perhaps ever will have The charge on which the tho suspension of the five girl members was based is said to have been too much joy in your hearts which state is in m defiance of the thee e pressed expressed of this society There are many different explanations of just what hat was meant by too much joy Ap- Ap Apparently Apparently Ap Apparently distasteful it was something far from dis- dis dis tasteful to some fifty of the men mem mem- bers members attend for tor they refused to at- at at tend any more of the chapter meetings unless the five suspended girls were re- re re instated reinstated The shortage of men at the meetings caused president George Guge the grand dent at Logansport Ind to issue an older oidor reprimanding the Indianapolis chapter for its irregular attendance lIe also threatened to withdraw tho the char char- ter charter unless the meetings were thereafter more evenly balanced between men and andu and u omen The girls had been fascinated by tho the letters W W B and M After being duly initiated into the society they dis- dis discovered discovered dis discovered covered that the mysterious letters stood for Widowers Widows Bachelors and Maids The constitution of W W B Band and M specifies specifics that Its membership is open to that class of men and women f v ho who have been designated A by society at large by the stinging epithets of nid id 1 ower widow bachelor and maid While the purpose of the organization is not avowedly avowedly avowed- avowed avowedly ly matrimonial st still l tho constitution states that no member or members shall be expelled exp for marrying while he ho or she is a member adding i that the tho other otner members are arc nr not to mata i mate that the resignation of marrying parties would be in The rhe W W B and Ms M's give picnics at Vr which the lonely widows and maids may exhibit their culinary prowess and at which the hungry home-hungry bachelors and widowers frankly discuss their financial resources Dances too are arc permitted by bythe bythe bythe the constitution and other social gath gath- gatherings gath- gath gatherings gatherings of ol a moral and pleasant charac charac- character character character ter The constitution speaks peaks of thes these parties as social relations in the pre pre- preB prescribed pre prescribed B scribed stylo style Ono One rule of f the Wf W W B and M I is that all members shall address each ach other by their given names This leads according to the constitution to the com com- comradeship comradeship comradeship which speaks the spirit of our organization The five heiresses who joined the Joy Club found it easy enough to get ac- ac acquainted acquainted ac acquainted merely by obeying this rule They president were soon calling the grand dent Georgie old boy and the president of the Indianapolis chapter Willie The first sign of trouble came when three of the widows and two of the maids took It upon themselves to remonstrate with the girls for their undue familiarity with their elders The girls giggled So did the boys some of them fifty fifty or sixty Sl ty years young The five remonstrators closed their lips at the time but a little later they opened them to bring the charge of too much joy which finally res resulted in the sus sus- sus suspension suspension pension of the heiresses in disguise Two of the tho five dive objectors were charter members of the society Miss Mabel Churchman and Mrs Mary Leacock With two men they founded the W W WB B and M two years ago The other three objectors were Miss Margot Lots Lotts Joy doorkeeper Mrs Helen Hibbs Joy musician and Mrs Mark Frazier Joy fourth vice president Besides Joy Chapter No 5 b at Indianapolis the W W B and M has the following chapters chap- chap chapters M in Indiana Has Hal Har- Harmony mony No 2 at Koko samo lr mo Friendship No 1 I cat at Logansport where the grand council headquarters headquarters head- head headquarters quarters are aro located Unity No 3 Peru and Loyalty No 4 at Elwood chapter Happiness No 6 is the Chicago chop chap ter which is the only one outside ot of Indiana The organization has a membership of about 1000 persons of whom belong to the Joy chapter at ot Indianapolis and to the Chicago chapter in Chicago Marcia Johns one of the five heiresses whom hom some of the Joy Clubs Club's mem mem- bers members thought too joyful inherited from her grandfather a fortune of Alice Lewis is the only sister of Anton Lewis fFlorence the millionaire banker f Florence James is the granddaughter of Mrs Hector Stilton James who is the Middle West unquestioned unquestioned She is one of three Indianapolis girls who danced with the tho Prince of Wales dUring his hl American visit tr t rd 4 J 1 Of d J 4 w r i h y y H r I 7 H r y t J R I 1 I I f OJ a fps r ri t i Jf J JI l f I H 9 1 r r Fib k 4 44 tri r ri i jP I j j I th rib did r Miss Annalee Livingstone the leader of the tho ther r group of fashionable Indianapolis society girls 10 j jA who joined the mysterious W W B and M in search of new thrills and found and gave gave a aw w s t great many more than they ever expected Mi u AI r u f fL 4 L one n o f then the d w kw t tn k ended Miss Agatha De- De Dea l of a busy mete the famous French f musical composer in whose ho M i ia a s gave the dance u i that at is believed to have aroused a f fir firM M r storm of jealousy f the Joy Club 9 n t tY Y s 4 v dX j jS C S t tc c s str tr ff a Martha Frye and her brothel AleC who Alc who ho were educated in Switzerland and came to the States only a year ago will inherit from their father and grand grand- grandfather grandfather grandfather father a fortune estimated at These These four fashionable heiresses and Annalee Livingstone went into the Joy Club without revealing their true iden iden- identities identities identities They wore vore simple clothing and ond made no mention menU n of their wealth or high sOCIal position Not once d did d Martha Frye mention tS Miss Mabel Churchman one of the char char- charter charter charter ter members who objected to Martna's Marthas behavIor that her father and grand grand- grandfather grandfather grandfather father own the exporting business where here Miss Churchman had served as liS employ employ- employment employment employment ment secretary for fifteen years cars Not for a minute did Florence James remind Mrs another objector of the time Mrs Hibbs had tried to break m in to Mrs Stilson-James's Stilson exclusive circle Enjoying their l little laughs by themselves the heiresses went their cheerful ways and had even more fun than they had anticipated when they joined the Wr W- WW W W B and M Then at a meeting one night they were m informed that they were w ere suspended until further notice Wrapping their furs around their necks tilting their hats to one side with a shrug of their shoulders th the tho girls left kit the room all ees eyes turned their way And to the m- m intense in intense tense d dismay of the women who had haa framed the tho suspension charges they were followed out of the hall by more than fifty sympathetic bachelors and widowers Because these fifty or more men nen stayed away from Joy chapter meetings Mr Guge the grand president made mode an in- in investigation investigation in investigation The record of the tho Joy meet meet- meetings meetings meetings ings showed a decided surplus o of women That was unconstitutional The Tho con of W W B and M specifically says that an approximately e equal ual num num- number number ber of men and women shall attend the meetings Mr Guge threatened to with WIth- v withdraw draw draw the charter of the Joy chapter un- un unless unless un unless less matters were remedied Something which may have helped in inspire n- n spire the he he charge of too much joyas joy was as wasa wasa asa a dance which Annalee Livingstone cave caveat caveat ave at her home on Millionaires Row for her guest Miss Agatha Debussy Debussy a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York girl who is the niece of Claude De- De Debussy Debussy De Debussy bussy the great French composer To this Annalee to invited to add spice to the party several of the bachelors and wid wid- widowers wid- wid widowers widowers of the W W B and M But she failed to invite any of the maids and widows Long before the dance Annalee and her friends had told the men of W W WB B and M 1 who they really were re a ad arI d s the men being cheerful had replied i s Vie We Ve knew there theio was c something different something different about M you lou ou oft The withdrawal of t more than than fifty men shook the Joy chapter to tot its very foundation AtI Ats At s last Jast in n to restore h the chapter to its original t status J W Winning Winning- Winningham Winningham Winning ham ham the president wrote the girls that their term of suspension was ended And the girls after talking the situation over with the fifty men roen replied that they would return on con eon condition condition that they were never agal again to be suspended and that the five objectors objector would publicly apologize The girls conditions were met am th charter of the Joy Club was saved The five heiresses may now be as active in the i organizations organization's affairs affair's as ley please but this this will probably not be for very long as they ther are beginning in to feel fei that they have about exhausted its possibilities for thrills For that matter it is probable that should the h Heiresses ir be attracted to newer thrills the J Joy y Club will lose mu much h of its appeal for the fifty lonesome and nd ba bachelors who found them JI w entertaining S St t |