Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 270, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 March 1930 — Page 9

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Survey Will Be Made by Committee As an outgrowth of a meeting held recently at the Propylaeum and attended by representatives from sixteen women’s organizations of the state to consider working conditions of women in Indiana, a committee will be appointed Tuesday at a meeting at the Y. W. C. A. to promote a survey of industrial conditions, by a member of the woman's bureau of the department of labor. Washington. The original meeting was called by the public affairs committee of the Y. W. C. A., Mrs. R. E. Adkins, chairman. Those who will be named on the permanent committee Tuesday are Mrs. Adkins. Mrs Will H. Adams, Mrs. Edward F, White, Mrs. J. W. Moore, Mrs. Carrie Crump. Mrs. Elsa Huebner Olsen and Miss Forba McDaniels. Engage in Work TTm committee members v. ill engage in promotion work with their organizations and kindred organizations to send out petitions to Governor Harry O. Leslie and Judge Roscoe Kiper. chairman of the industrial board of the state of InThe need for a survey was brought out at a conference at Camp Gray fn 1928. in regard to the survey Mrs. O’■ en, acting chairman of the committee, said: “It may be true that after the survey is made and conditions are made known to employers, they will voluntarily conret situations that need correction. In that event, we will need no legislation on the matter.” Mrs. Olsen ts active as a business woman, and in tlie Woman’s League or Voters. Petition Is Sent Tlie following is a petition which has been sent out bv the Indianapolis Association, through Miss Anne Wittenbraker, industrial secretary. to all industrial department workers in the state as a sample to be followed in their work in “To the Hon. Harry G. Leslie, Governor of the state of Indiana: We, the undersigned workers in Indiana Industries, believe that accurate information is not available concerning working conditions of women in the state of Indiana. We believe that there is an urgent need for a general survey to ascertain such facts. We would respectfully petition you to invite the Woman's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor. Washington, to make a general survey of working conditions of women in the staCy of Indiana, to be begun before The summer of 1930.” Assistants Named for Dramaticale Mrs. O. H. Hershman, general chairman of Indianapolis branch, American Association of University Women, co-operating with the Indiana unit of Women's Overseas League in arranging for the dramaticale, ’'St. Joan." to be given by Alice Baxter Mitchell, will be assisted by the following members of the local branch: Mesdames Meredith Nicholson, J. W. Weddell. R. Hartley Sherwood, Richard Lieber. John T. Wheeler, Frank D. Hatfield. John C. Mellett, Walter Greenough, John R. Carr. John Downing Johnson. Edna M. Christian, Blanche Chenoweth and Miss Amelia Waring Platter. Tlie dramaticale will be given Wednesday, April 9, at the Columbia Club. Mrs. L. H. Rich, chairman of the fellowship fund of the university women, is chairman of the ticket committee, assisted by Mesdames Gaylord Wood. A. H. Hinkle, O. K. Gaskins. John F. Nevitt. A. B. Carlyle. Joseph Swope. C. E. Zinn. G. B. Wolfe. Miss Marie Sangernebo and Miss Helen Noble.

HONORS DAUGHTER IN PARTY ON BIRTHDAY

Mrs. Clarence E. Marshall entertained this afternoon at her home. 2353 Central avenue, in honor of the birthday anniversary of her daughter. Miss Maryella Julian. Decorations carried out Easter colors and a birthday cake formed the centerpiece for the table at serving time. Guests included: Misses Mary Alice Jackson Estel Manus s'iirabt ;h Beckman Susanne Merrill Ueneviere Harridrr Nina Ruth Sherman Mrs. Marshall’s mother. Mrs. C. J. Brinkman assisted here.

Mrs. Dolk Will Entertain With Shower Party Mrs. Walter E. Dolk will entertain tonight at her home, 2462 North Harding street, with a miscellaneous shower and bunco party in honor of Miss Virginia Mann, whose marriage to Walter Dolk will take place Sunday. March 30. The bride's colors, yellow, pink, blue and green, will be used in appointments. Guests with Miss Dolk and her mother. Mrs. D. E. Mann, will be: Mesdamrs H A. Love Hiram Mason Joseph Ehrfnsbtrger William Walter* William Vehling Pearl Heath William Frost Gladys Hardin* M. A. Risner M O Benaliel Carl Klotry Frank Katterjohn D. D, Miller C. R. Swaim ;Yank Williams John Spauidin* Misses Katherine Frost Kathryn Dolk Bthelmae Miller Britta Dolk Gladys Mason Georgia Risner

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of Chapter. Chi Under the St. Joan of Kirl'rr Miirv >rnre Euan Mrs. D. J. McCarthy is general V l 7/ Tlie "hostess will be assisted by is vice-chairman. Tickets may be 7 Vfj i Katherine Mulrev. Miss Marie- obtained from the following mem- \ j CyJ io Russell and Miss Kathryn bers of committees: style exhibit. f Marquette, and Mrs. John Considine; l / - | ticket committee, chairman, Mrs. E. < 1 WWI MBF/ M RS . Uaoß C. Calv.kt . PLATT^ a. j-j tt ji i ! Mrs. Elmer Barron. Mrs. R. L. , Jay 10 liC IICLCI t)y .Bosler, Mrs. Elmer Ittenbach. Mrs. f . XL. /T/.. L Mrs. William Umphrey, Mrs. George Kitchen Shower ;| mrs. brown will be til Cl “ l\ Oo v> lllU Neihaus, Miss Grace Blackwell; r . __ QPFAk'PR TO Pi lIP door award committee, chairman. n a \f\ I T-T/y] .f /if l-i fwtf O OluniXLll IO OLUD Mrs. J. V. Stone. Mrs. Felix Krieg M \ \ lit 111 ill LIUVIL Informal guest day will be ob- and Mrs. Thad Brown. I I Ro. y VILL in Pm J, I HOpt JON rn jr Ti Mrs. Demarchus Brown will ta]

CHI SIGMA TO HOLD BREAKFAST BRIDGE

Miss Dorothy McManamon, 3317 College avenue, will be hostess for a breakfast bridge party, to be given at her home Sunday morning for members of Omicron chapter, Chi Sigma sorority. Gusts will include: Mesdamrs Mrs. John E. Callahan Jr. Misses Charlotte Grossman Helen Anser Mildred Saffell Mary Agnes Griffin Ruth Egan Winifred Kavanaugh Helen Kreber Mary Frances Egan Mildred Diets Marv Bennett Marv Finnegan Mary Ruth Vezina The hostess will be assisted by Miss Katherine Mulrey. Miss Madeline Russell and Miss Kathryn Reidv. Informal Guest Day to Be Held by Inter-Nos Club Informal guest day will be observed by members of the Inter-Nos Club at a meeting to be held Wednesday at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. E. A. Brown, 5420 Central avenue. The program will include a oneact play,“The Twelve-Pound Look!’' by James Matthew Barrie. Mrs. Harry Wood is directing the production. Those who will take part are Mrs. Milo Stuart, Mrs. Leonard A. Smith. Mrs. H. L. Van Dorin and Mrs. Wood. Mrs Brown will be assisted by Mrs. Van Dorin. Mrs. W. A. Shullenberger. Mrs. L. B. Hopkins and Mrs. I. P. Haymaker. Following the program, tea will be served. Mrs. Ralph B. Clark will preside.

MONDAY GUILD WILL PRESENT PROGRAM

Members of the Monday Guild, a section of the community welfare department of the Womans Department Club for sightless women, will hold its monthly meeting at 2 Monday afternoon at the club house. Mrs. J. D. Ermstbn will review Harriet Connor Brown’s “Grandmother Brown's Hundred Years.’’ A musical program will be given under the direction of Mrs. Bernard Wagner. A special feature will be marimba numbers by Miss Alma Jean Rettig and Miss Mary Jane Hf-gett. Mrs. R. B. Wilson, chairman. will be hostess. Tickets ,‘jr the Ariii meeting will be on sale.

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Lecture Will Be Given by Bridge Expert Under the auspices of St. Joan of Arc Woman's club. Mrs. A. R. Coffin will lecture on contract bridge at 2 Friday afternoon, at L. S. Ayres auditorium. A spfing costume exhibit will follow the lecture. Mrs. D. J. McCarthy is general chairman, and Mrs. Madison Walsh is vice-chairman. Tickets may be obtained from the following members of committees: style exhibit, Mrs. Walsh; chairman. Mrs. Oakley Marquette, and Mrs. John Considine; ticket committee, chairman, Mrs. E. B. Leppert, Mrs. William H. Monney; floor committee, chairman. Mrs. Elmer Barron. Mrs. R. L. Bosler, Mrs. Elmer Ittenbach, Mrs. John Durnin, Mrs. Theodore Byrne, Mrs. William Umphrey, Mrs. George Neihaus, Miss Grace Blackwell; door award committee, chairman. Mrs. J. V. Stone, Mrs. Felix Krieg and Mrs. Thad Brown.

TEA IS SCHEDULED BY DELTA ALPHA CLUB

Delta Alpha Club will give the sixth of a series of Indiana teas Thursday at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. Oscar Montieth, 112 West Forty-fourth street. Mrs. Lewis Schwerin is program chairman. Miss Anita Wandell, pianist, will play a group of numbers, and Henry Marks will give several trumpet solos. Miss Grace Black will read a p. ter on “The Capital of Indiana.'’

N, Y. WOMAN TO BE HADASSAH TALKER

Mrs. Robert Szold. New York, nat .ual president of Hadassch. will be th? principal speaker at a mass meeting to be held under the auspices’ of the Indianapolis chapters of Senior and Junior Hadassah and the Indianapolis Zionist district Monday night, March 31, at the Kirshbaum Community center. Mrs. Szold has been active in Hadassah wgfk for the past ten years, having been national secretary, vice-president and now president. She was elected in June, 1928. Hadassah, with a membership of 50,000. raises funds for the maintenance of a system of medical social service in Palestine.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1930

Miss Lydia Louise Paul, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Paul. 3928 Washington boulevard, is home for spring vacation from King Smith Studio School of Arts, Washington. Mrs. C. G. Pickett is chairman of the invitation committee for Alpha Omicron Pi state luncheon and dance, to be given at the Lincoln Saturday. March 29. Mrs. William S. Thompson, president of the Chicago Alumnae Association of the sorority, will be the principal speaker. Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss Jane Foltz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Foltz, 2259 North Pennsvk. ania street, to Howard J. McDavitt. The wedding will take place April 22 at SS. Peter and Paul cathedral. Mrs. George C. Calvert and Mrs. Robert W. Davidson are shown, dressed in the costumes they will wear at the Artists’ Club Chinese ball to be given Saturday night, March 29, at the Severin,

State Luncheon Slated April 12 by Delta Zetas The Delta Zeta state luncheon and dance will be held at the Columbia Club April 12, with Mrs. Thomas Grinslade as general chairman of arrangements. Miss Frances Westcott Is chairman of the luncheon and Miss Helen Kingham is chairman of the dance. Others who will be in charge are Mrs. Katherine Benson, in charge of decorations: Miss Harriet Kistner chairman of entertainment: Mrs. Joe Ketting, in charge of card playing and Mrs. Roy Peterson, m charge of reservations. i ■' ■■ - .‘v-v-;

G, 0, P, CLUB TO HEAR CONVENTION TALK

Howard Meyers will talk on “Constitutional Convention,” at a meeting of the Indiana Woman s Republican Club to be held at the Columbia Club at 2 Thursday afternoon. Mrs. E. O. Sweeney will sing a group of Irish songs, dressed in Irish costume. Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, president, requests that the chairmen of the various committees attend, to give reports of committee activities. Mrs. Pearson to Sing Mrs. James M. Pearson, soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Clair McTurnan. will present a. program at the Avalon Country Club musicale tea at 4:45 Sunday afternoon.

Kitchen Shower Held at Home of Mrs. Boone Mrs. J. A. Gemberling entertained with a bunco party and yellow kitchen shower Friday night at the home of Mrs. Omer C. Boone, 1626 Broadway. The party was given in honor of Miss Dorothy Boone, whose marriage to Alfred Charles Eggert will take place Easter Sunday. Appointments and decorations were in yellow and white. Guests with the bride-elect and her mother were Mrs. Paul W. Eggert, Mrs. Mary Boone, Mrs. Louis Tillison, Mrs. Walter Farmer, Mrs George Butler, Greenfield; Mrs. A. C. Ramage, Bedford; Mrs. Thomas Vint, Bloomington; Mrs. L. W. Whitesell, Mrs. Francis Sutton, Mrs. Edward Call, Mrs. Charles Carroll, Mrs. Raymond Irey, Miss Eva Call Miss Jessie Whitesell, Miss Ruth Clearwater, Miss Mary Gaheimer and Miss Inez Gaheimer.

THETA MU RHO WILL STAGE INITIATION

Theta Mu Rho sorority will hold all-night “rough” initiation tonight at the home of Miss Helene Pagbom, 436 Gladstone avenue. Miss Doris Owens is chairman, assisted by Miss Mabel Pruitt. Girls who will receive initiation work are Miss Pauline Hurlbert, Miss Lucille Lindeman and Miss Naomi Du Kate.

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MRS, BROWN WILL BE SPEAKER TO CLUB

Mrs. Demarchus Brown will talk on “Under Tropical Stars of Indochina,” at the guest day meeting of the Magazine Club to be held Saturday afternoon at the Y. M. c. A. Henry Herbert will give a musical program. Hostesses will be Mrs. A. E. Shirley, Mrs. John A. Shaefer, Mrs. Warren W. Shearer and Miss Corinne Ryan. Each member may bring several guests.

SUNNYSIDE CLUB TO HOLD LUNCHEON

Children’s Sunshine Club of Sunnyside will hold a spring bridge luncheon Wednesday at the Japanese tea gardens, 27 Jenny lane. Mrs. W. P. Bradley will be hostess, assisted by Mrs. A. L. Marshall, Mrs. Wilfred Moore, Mrs. J. J. McGovern, Mrs. William Weber. Mrs. William Ott, Mrs. J. C. Pritchard. Mrs. Harry Boarst and Mrs. Cris Moltan. Eberhardt-Kcen Mr. and Mrs. Ernest S. Eberhardt, 115 Blue Ridge road, announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Magdalene Eberhardt, to Isaac William Rex Keen, son jf Edward W, Keen, Ashland, O. The wedding will take place at 8:30 p. m. Wednesday, April 23, at the First Reformed church.

Mrs. Louden Elected at Conference Mrs. T. J. Louden, Bloomington, unanimously was elected first vicepresident of the Indiana League of Women Voters at the closing session of the two-day conference in the Travertine room of the Lincoln Friday afternoon. Other officers who were chosen are: Second vice-president, Mrs. S. N. Campbell, Indianapolis; treasurer. Mrs. Ora Thompson Ross, who was re-elected, and Mrs. H. R. Mlsener, Michigan City, and Mrs. Oliver Starr, directors. Resolutions presented Mrs. Charles N. Teetor, president* and Mrs. Ralph Carter, secretary, will remain in office another year. Active work lor a constitutional convention “provided that a satisfactory central organization is perfected to promote interest in the referendum and to safeguard the convention if called;” reiteration of belief in the direct primary with the further suggestion that its scope include all state officials and United States senators, and improvement to make nominations more representative; indorsement of a permanent registration law and the operation of a federal children's bureau, were included in the resolutions presented Friday afternoon at the closing meeting. Willis Is Speaker Mrs. J. E. Moring talked on “Plans for the Ft. Wayne League” at the morning session, when a report of the credentials committee also was given. Mrs. S. M. Compton, South Bend, spoke on “Social Hygiene" and Mrs. J. A. Neill, Bloomington, on “Child Welfare.” The afternoon session included talk by Professor Hugh E. Willis, Indiana university, on “The Need for a Constitutional Convention.” Mrs. Brown to Deliver Virgil Talk Mrs. Demarchus C. Brown will talk on “Virgil After 2,000 Years,” at a meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club at 8, Thursday, at the Woman’s Department Club home. The talk will concern Virgil’s philosophy in the light of modern thinking. Miss Edna Frances Phinney will be in charge of the musical program. Miss Eugenia Magidson, contralto; Miss Mary Kline, soprano; Charles Erwin, baritone, and George Erber, bass, will give selections. Mrs. Foster Hudson, violinist, and Miss Phinney, harpist, will accompany the singers. Miss Magidson will be accompanied by Miss Gerna Myers. During the forum hour, Miss Gertrude Lieber, chairman of the personnel research committee, will give a report of the findings of her committee and the report of the national research work done by the women’s dean of the University of Michigan. Reservations for the dinner may be made with Mrs. Lulu Harvey not later than Wednesday noon. Dinner will be served at 6. Mrs. Ada O. Frost, president, will preside. Mrs. Gertrude Long is chairman of the program committee.

Carnival Acts on Program at Skating Party Members of Alpha Latreian Club, who are sponsoring a skating party at the Riverside park rink Monday night, March 31, have made arrangements for a carnival, in addition to the skating, including many entertaining features. The carnival events, according to Mrs. Louis Hensley, chairman of the entertainment committee, will feature Louise Pursell Powell and Allen Carey, in an original dance group. Assisting the dancers will be Mrs. Frederick Balz, palmist; Mr* Ovid Butler Jameson, who will re&* horoscopes, and Martha Jolllffe, w'fti will make silhouettes. Surprise acts have been planned, and prizes will be distributed. Proceeds from the event go toward a fund established last year by the club for the Children’s Nutrition camp at Bridgeport.

Womens Chib Home Division Plans Meeting March meeting of the American home department of the Woman's Departm ;ifc Club will be held at the clubhouse, 1702 North Meridian street, at 1 o’clock Wednesday. The meeting will open with the last of a series of talks by Miss Lydia Blalch on ‘‘Poetry of Today.’* The program, which will be held at 2:30, will include two talks, “Cultivating Friends Among Birds,” by Mrs. Arthur P. Thomas, and “Wild Flowers and Their Descendants In Our Gardens,” by Mrs. William H. Swain. Hostesses for the tea hour, are Mrs. Harry L. Foreman, chairman; Mrs. William C. Bartholomew, Mrs. Emma A. Bristow, Mrs. Byron L. Daugherty, Mrs. Edward Hall, Mr*. J. L. Smith, Mrs. A. E. Shirley. Mrs. H. O. Warren and Mrs. J. P. Tretton. Members will exchange seeds and, bulbs.