Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 167, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 November 1920 — Page 7

Indianapolis Art Pioneer Keeps Young in Her Chosen Work Mrs. Coffin’s Studio Contains „ No Satin Pillow Top Designs, but Bridge Sets Are There . By MABEL WHEELER. With visions of lavendar and old lac*, painted silk tidies, charcoal sketches and wax flowers onder glass cases. In the midst of which sat a fral, snowyhaired old lady painting pink roses on satin pillow tops, floating through my head, 1 stood tapping at the door of Mrs. Anne Coffin's apartment the other day. Haring been told that she was orer eighty years old and Is still keeping np her art work, I was calling. An elderly, gray haired, alert woman responded to my knock. -Is Mrs. Coffin in,” said I. “I am Mrs. Coffin,” she answered. -Oh, it's the older Mrs. Coffin I wish to see,” said I, “the one that paints you know." She insisted she was all of that, orer SO. and working with colors when I interrupted her. ENERGETIC, MUCH ALIVE PERSON. She was no frail old lady lirlng in the ashes of a dead past. She was the most up-to-date, energetic, live person that ever wielded a paint brush. < She showed me her studio, and I looked in rain for the satin pillow tops. Instead she was painting a very unique set of numbers for bridge tables. She buys the rlain tin numbers at the shops, then enamels them and adorns them with cunning conventional flowers in colors to match madame's bridge cover colors. She had no designs and no patterns and each set was in a different design, fashioned after her own Ideas. “I love to work on these." she said, “for I do enjoy doing new things. That tray there, I made for my daughter, and I am crazy about it" She pointed to a black lacquered tray with a brilliant conventional cockatoo painted on It, which had caught my eye as I entered. Beside it was a dainty candy box cleverly enameled and painted In quaint design. Sketchy little water color landscapes bung here and there, and an iridescent, graceful vase stood on the old-fashioned carved table. Nowhere could I And a trace of my silk doilies or satin pillow tops. This brisk, up-to-date person was "‘keeping up with Lizzie” in art. Mrs. Coffin owned the first china painting kiln in Indianapolis, and in the long ago painted china extensively. She attended the first art school ever opened In Indianapolis, and although she had always painted since a child, copying various portraits and pltcures, she had never painted from life until then. She advanced rapidly and later carried off prizes and honors at the State Fair and various local exhibits. GRAPES HUNG POINTING SKYWARD. t “I remember one year at the fair,” she said, laughing at the memory, “when one of my pictures, a fruit picture containing a huge bunch of grapes, was hung upside down with the grapes pointing skyward. The judges in those times had rare ideas of art. “I do not paint china to any great extent nowadays, for styles have changed, the nntura’istlc is a dead letter almost and it would take me so long to accumulate all the conventional designs necessary, that I do not do a lot with it. My daughter has a set of imported plates with a conventional gold design on them, that I matched for her not long ago. and she says she can not tell the difference between the home deeorated and the foreign born china.” Another up-to-date clever piece of work that she is doing is an oil cloth breakfast set. which is the latest scream In housekeeping accessories. She has made several sets in original colorful designs. “I have done a little In the Batik and I am thinking of trying this ‘tried and dyed’ work. 1 do like to try everything whether I go any farther or not,” she said, in answer to my query. Noting my astonishment, she laughed and said: "Oh, I am living today, living every minute. I play a little bridge, dabble around in futurist art, even have been guilty of trying a few Jazz steps. I may be getting old but I am not being old.” Mrs. Coffin for several years was a member of the Keramic Club and various , art organizations. She was considered a connoisseur on china painting, although she did not do general teaching. She is one of what might be termed "Hoo•ler art pioneers." Mrs. Housewife , Do You Know? 1. When coffee was introduced Into England? 2. What is angelica? 3. How to press sweaters and othei knitted articles? These questions will be answered tomorrow by the Housewife. ANSWERS TO SATURDAY’S QUESTIONS. 1. Eggs should never be kept below freezing, but they should not be kept warm The refrigerator la the right place for them. 2. To make prune Juice for infants and children soak the prunes half au hour, drain, soak all night, cook slowly In some water until tender. Use Juice, and for older children press some of the pnlp through a vegetable press wltb the Juice. 3. To clean a polished piano case wring a chamois from cold water and wipe off the piano case.—Copyright, 1920. Gen. Nivelle Visits G, A. R. Societies 1 Gen. Robert Georges Nivelle, distinguished French general, paid his compliments to the G. A. R. organization of the country at a reception held in the assembly room of the Hotel Severln Saturday night by the federated G. A. R societies. The reception was In honor of Gen. W. A. Ketcham and other national officers, living In Indianapolis, who were elected at the G. A. R. national encampment and Included Mrs. Emma Finch, vice president of the Sons of Veterans’ Auxiliary; Mrs. Katherine Mcßride Hoster, vice president of the W. R. C„ ; nd Mrs. Carrie Newlln, vice president of the Ladies of the G. A. R General Nivelle spent half an hour at She reception, accompanied by Charles E Coffin, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Theodore A. Randall. Ho was welcomed in a short speech by General Ketcham. Meetings, The annual donation and bazaar of the Alteuheira will be held tomorrow afternoon and evening in the home. Mrs. W. O. Kriegcr will be in charge of the fancywork booth, Mrs. J. W. Rhodehamel of the home cooking, Mrs. Goorge Schlotzbaner of the candy, and Mrs. Louis *f>oerschel of the aprons. Supper will be served from 5 to 7:30. • • • Auxiliary of the Heyward Barcus Post will meet in the post clubroom at 2:30 Friday afternoon. • • • Division No. 3, L. A. A. O. H., will entertain with a card party Wednesday afternoon in the Fountain Square Hall. • • • Woman’s Relief Corps of the Geo re g H. Thomas Post, No. 20, will meet at 2:80 tomorrow In Saka Hall.

lu£fc^| TUNIC FROCK. The bodice is cut simply, with short sleeves and peasant shoulder. On it bangs a slightly gathered tunic which falls the whole length of the skirt. Bold embroidery, blue, dull gold and black enliven the long rolled collar and tunic skirt. Beneath there Is a short, plain skirt that fastens to an underbody vested with lace. The frock Is developed In black satin. Minturn to Head Mayflower Society Joseph A. Minturn was elected governor of the Indiana Society of the Mayflower descendants at the meeting held with Mrs. Edward F. Hodges Saturday night. Other officers chosen Include: Mrs. Edward F. Hodges, deputy governor: Mrs Sidney J. Hatfleld. secretary; Mrs A. L. Rigsbee, treasurer; Mrs. Bryant W. Gillespie, history; Stanley C. Brooke, captain; Dr. Edmund D. Clark, surgeon; Merrett H. Perkins, elder; Miss Florence W. Coffin, Bryant W. Gillespie Jr., Mrs. Myron R. Greene, Charles W. Lesh, Fred B. Otis, Mrs. Everett M. Thompson, Mrs. William D. Winslow, board of assistants. Me. Minturn. who served first In the late war as camouflage officer of the S4th Division, and later as instructor In American overseas army school, near Langres was the speaker for the evening. He gave a humorous description of his experiences In getting into tbe army, followed by Incidents of hla observation work at the front, told in a more serious vein. An Interesting exhibition of relics was arranged for the Inspection of the guests by Mrs. Hodges and Mrs. A. M. Pecklnpangh. Mrs. Kate Friel Dead Special to The Tlmea. KNIGHTSTOWX, lud., Nov. 22.—Mrs. Kate C. Prlei, for thirty-five years governess of a girls' division of the Kmgbtstown Orphans' Home, la dead of pneumonia. Mra. Friel was a native of Bloomtng ton and rame to Kulghtatown from that city. She had many friends In Bloomington and Indianapolis. Funeral services were held In Bloomington today.

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An attractive wedding service was that of Miss Harriett Elizabeth Downey and Frank Bedford Innis, which was solemnized Saturday night at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dudley Downey, 2444 North Talbott avenue. The Rev. Alphonso Smith read the service before an altar formed of baskets of yellow and white chrysanthemums set against a screen of palms and fern. Miss Ruth Sulgrove, pianist, played a group of bridal numbers preceding the ceremony, changing to the bridal chorus from “Lohengrin’’ for the processional. Miss Eileen Doak was the bride's only attendant and Gilbert Small acted as best man. Miss Doak's frock was of jade green charmeuse with an orerdrapery of black lace and she carried an arm bouquet of pluk rosebuds. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, Paul Dudley Downey, wore an effective gold cloth gown, veiled In brown lace, fashioned with a train, with a corsage of Mrs. Aaron Ward roses. Among the out-of-town guests were Miss Margaret Draver of Middletown, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Albln of Kokomo ; C. A. ViLtage of St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. Mrs. C. A. Davis of Ft. Wayne; Mrs. and Mrs. Bedford Russell of Tipton; Mrs. E. Armentiout of Richmond and Dr. and Mrs. K. C. Mersey of Carmel. Mr. and Mrs. Innis will be at home temporarily with the bride's parents. Mrs. Innis is a member of the Psl Beta Psl sorority aud Mr. Innis Is affiliated with the Delta Alpha fraternity. • • • St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild will hold an all-day meeting tomorrow with Mrs. Marguerite Pickeus Gregory, 1902 North Pennsylvania street. • • • Dr. and Mrs. Harry C. Heaton, 2151 Central avenue, announce the engagement of their daughter, Dorothy Harriet, to Herbert Watson Alford of New York. The wedding will take place Dec. 22. • • • A social and musicale will be given tonight In the home of Mrs. A. A. Barnes, 1740 North Meridian-street, by the library committee of the Martha Hawkins Society and Social Circle of the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Frank Lewis Evans Is in charge of the arrangements. • • * Kappa Alpha Phil will entertain tomorrow night with Its annual formal dance, In the Riley room of the Clay pool hotel. • • • The marriage of Miss Dorothy Esther Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Williams. 741 Tremont avenue, to Homer De Witt Trotter, took place Saturday nieht in the King Avenue Methodist Church, the Rev. W. W. Clouse offteiating The rooms were attractively deeorated with yellow and white chrysanthemums combined with palms, stnllax and feathery greenery. Miss Evangeline Douglas of Crawfords vllle. sane “At Dawning” and "Because" preceding the ceremony, accompanied by Mrs. Robert McGrew, who also played the Mendlessohn Wedding March for the processional. • , • •”h,. b-irte’s attendants Included Miss Anna Louise Jeter, maid of honor. In pins taffeta, carrying a French baskPt of pink chrysanthemums; Miss Marguerite White, In green taffeta with an arm bond net of white chrysanthemums; Miss Leonora Jones In yellow taffeta with a

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Powerful Persuasion! “Did 1 understand you to say that this lad voluntarily confessed to playing truant?” asked a school attendance officer, addressing the mother of a small and dirty boy. “Yes, sir, he did." the woman replied. “I Just had to persuade him a little and then he told me the whole thing voluntarily.” “How did you persuade him?” Inquired the officer. "Well, first I gave him a good hiding," said the parent, "and men I put him to bed without supper, and I took his clothes away and '.old him he’d stay In bed until he confessed what he’d done, If ’twas the rest of his days, and that I should punish him again In the morning. And in less than half an hour he told me the whole story of his own accord.” bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums; Miss Wedele. In orchid taffeta with bouqnet ot Chrysanthemums of the same hue; bridesmaids, little Mildred Crtyson, flower maid, In white silk crepe, carrying a white basket of lilies of the valley and roses and Charles Lockwood, bearing the ring In a Illy. The bride wote a dainty gown of ivory silk crepe with a short tulle veil, arranged esp "asbion caught with orange blossoms and her bouquet was a shower of bride roses and valley lilies. Frederick H. Trotter acted as best man with Harold C. Trotter and Forrest J. Cain as ushers. Mr. and Mrs. Trotter hsve gone on a western trip and on their return will be at home with the bride’s parents. In Fash ion* 8 Jewel Box By DOROTHY DIGNAM. The tie that binds the wedding vow goes np in price as it ’’alls off in efficiency! The wedding ring has narrowed down to a mere thread of metal that snips In divorce without the ellghteet hesitancy. Still these ancient relics continue to be vied for and not even woman's recent emancipation tends to depose them. Wedding rings have grown too prettj and too precious to be discarded. M t •'<"** plain and gold and very wide, price 110. Today ittl* Roland marches down the aisle with a thousand dollars’ worth of Jewelry on the velvet pillow. Platinum ring, hand-chased and set with diamonds either grouped or in a solid band, graces the finger of this season's bride. White gold, embossed. Is rieo used. The out design may be orange blossoms delicately wreathed, or the flower of tbs nuptial month. A single diamond for the wedding ring and one diamond added on etch anniversary is also in vogue. After you’ve done It once or twice.

you may wear a green gold ring for grass widows, and should a husband die, your finger may assume a band of black enamel set In sterling silver. They say all this fussiness In wedding rings follows the more elaborate engagement. In Europe one was always engaged with a half hoop of diamonds, a ring half surrounded by sparkling stones. The solitaire of America was not in fashion. But Europe is now adopting colored stones, rubies, sapphires, amethysts, elaborately set. It remains to be seen whether this new style will be adopted In this country. The newest thing In engagement rings on this side is the combination of green and white gold. The band is nuudchesed all the way round, the green gold blending into the white gold in a fine laurel design. The setting Is built np of white gold and small diamonds, crowned with the sacred solitaire. If you’re neither a bride nor a brideelect, you may still have a distinctive ring in this oriental nove.ty. The high carved stone motif is on a swivel and reverses to show another design on the opposite side. A good way to flash two new dluifcr rings at the price of one! GIRL VICTIM OF STRANGER. CHICAGO, Nov. 22.—Miss Sylvia Fllas of Hammond, Ind., visiting in Chicago, accepted an Invitation from a strange young man to ride In his automobile back to Hammond. The strange; attacked her on the outskirts of the Indiana town. She was picked up unconscious at the side of the road. MAN HELD IN HORSE THEFT. ANDERSON, Ind., Nov 22.—Jesse Smelser of Hobbs Station is under arrest here on a charge of stealing a horse and buggy owned by Park Starkey, residing nesr Elwood. ;■ 1 *^NationaW* National bread is the children’s favorite. That may be due to the made-with-milk flavor,or the tender crust, or the even, snow-white crumb. They eat heartily of it, and it makes them strong and sturdy. Baked in pound-and-a-half loaves. Get one today. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Ths R#d Efl Wrap per Msn National Bread

S S A Clearance Sale at $7.50 of Discontinued Corset Models ES+S3 To dispose of broken corset assortments we have gathered all the disconI j H \ tinued models and odds and ends of formerly costly corset collections and I: j ; grouped them to sell at one expressly low figure. Such Well Known Brands as Frolaset, La Vida and Dorothy Are Embraced ' ■■ r> There are not many of any one make or any one style, and the sizes, naturally, are incomplete; but the lot, as an entirety, contains both back and front lace effects of coutil and a nice pink brocade, in both medium and low bust lines. Ayres Corset section, third floor. Room Size Domestic Rugs Os High Quality are Underfyriced These are the newest patterns shown in trillsil the newest decorative effects in coloring, l=gj|g®|l V/ and they are rugs from mills known for superior workmanship and quality. The s 'tlyXY7\ lowering of domestic rug prices is in con- V junction with the sale of reduced orientals. Extra flns grade worsted Wilton rugs, 9x12, wl* [’•fnl I at $125.00 and $137.00. It -> l**** VjjR f Heavy grade wool Wilton rugs, 9x12, at L^XJla'wyySfoL, ** SOO.OO and $102.00. x f J Best grade seamless Axminster rugs, 9x12, if * at $65.00 and $77.00. * Oriental patterned, seamed Axminsters, 9x12, | Body Brussels rugs, 9x12 size, priced at $42.50 and $61.50. | $63.75. Seamless Brussels rugs, 9x12 size, priced at $33.50. The Oriental Rug Sale Continues At the Same Important Reductions The money-saving opportunity is greater than you perhaps realize unless you have been In close and constant touch with the rug. and especially the oriental market These have been In our stocks too long—beautiful, flue, enriching pieces that they are—and If lowered pricings will "move" them, certainly by next Saturday the rug stock will be much smaller. An Interesting Turkoman, Persian and Caucasian assortment, in small and medium sizes, has considerable Christmas gift possibilities n its offering of Belouchistans, Shirvans, Cabistans, Moussolua. Kurdistans, Fereghana, Dozars and the finest Sarouk pieces. —Ayrea—Rug department fourth floor.

Lolly gag Over Breakfast Thanksgiving Morning in a New Breakfast Coat Here Are Some Vtry Inexpensive Ones at $12.75 Made of pretty soft silks, some figured, but mostly plain. Lovely shades of orchid, %lue, pink, light and deep yellows, dark blue and plum. All trimmed with plaited ruffles. Some are finished with little rosebuds. One seldom finds silk breakfast coats at this price. Better ones, too, in the department —Ayres—Third floor. Ribbons for the Sewer Are Priced Tempt ngly 1 i y~~ j Take lovely ribbon out of a wom\V” ”7. an’s life and you remove a mighty cause of her gayety. Happy we y k are, then, that no one has such a design on either woman or ribbons, I ® and farmed are we to offer the / Jj HV vei 7 P re ttiest of silk ribbons at a special price the yard. It’s the wide kind—seven or eight inches, to be exact—and is in tasty floral effects of varied colorings, paneled or bordered with satin lines in a single tone. And most desirable for fashioning fancy bags, girdles, vestees, camisoles, hairbows, and any number of other pretties! Your special advantage, Madam, at only 79# the yard. —Ayres—Ribbon section, street floor.

Everything Ready to Prepare The Thanksgiving Dinner It seems that feast foods are so much more savory if they’re cooked in bright, gleaming, new pans and kitchen utensils. If you are in need of new pieces anyhow, it’s a bit nicer to get them in time to use them in preparing the y Thanksgiving dinner. Can’t you just picture cranberry Kru Hf ~ ‘ sauce, for instance, in crystal-clear container of Pyrex or ~' a silvery vessel of aluminum. ■ These Articles Are Reasonably Aluminum Saucepans Double Roasters Sets of three pans in 1-quart, 1%-quart and 2- Lisk enamelware with ventilator covers, at quart sizes, at $1.50 and $1.85. Single sauce- * 2 - 8 ® to . . l a y°i£ enamelware, oval ’ , . .. „ ~ shaped, at $3.98 and $4.75. Savory steel ware, pans at 69$ to sl. Convex Sausepans at sl. ova i , hapedi at si.©B to $2.75. Sheet steel Two-quart saucepans, special at 755. Cooking iqu&re roasters, splendid vessels, at 65$ and kettles, at $1.25, $2.25 and $2.90. 795. Gray enamel chicken roasters at SI.OO. Pie Pans Percolators Aluminum pie pans at 45$ and 555. Pyrex Aluminum and nickel percolators, from $2.10 glassware pie pans at 90$, SI.OO and $1.25. to $0.50. For The Dining Room Table Casseroles Chinaware Nickel frames, fireproof linings. Good casse- A really mammoth assortment of chinaware obroles are shown from $3.00 to $5.00. Pyrex tains here at interesting prices and includes: 35casseroles, all glass, and round or oval In shape piece set at $7.50; 51-plece set, for six persons, are priced from $1.75 to $3.00. Pyrex casse- at $12.50, and 100-piece sets in thirty-seven difroles with nickel frames are available at from ferent patterns and priced from $29.50 upward $5.00 to $8.75. to $285.00 the set. I —Ayres—Housefurnishlngs, sixth floor.

Calendars The calendars are too pretty for words. Many at moderate prices. Maxfleld Parrish calendars, 255. Quaint little Christmas scenes and odd, old-fashioned pictures are used on artistic calendars; made on soft, yellow mats, 30$. Happy Thought calendars and artistic calendars, which give menus and receipts, at 60$. Little Gifts A counter of little gifts is interesting indeed. Here one can find In a cunning box, with maybe a Christmas sentiment or picture printed on the covermeasuring spoons, rubber bands, & cloth to shine the windshield, an amusing little game—all sorts of things—2s<? and up. Book marks, too, at 255, and many others. Novelty Memorandum In the stationery department Is anew little memorandum pad. A mtniataure silicate slate has a beautifully colored cover. W T e can write on this tiny convenience and wash off the memorandum. Very handy for Christmas shopping—3ss each. All little articles mentioned ate Jound on —Ayres—Street floor.

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