Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 156, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 November 1931 — Page 6

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NEW FASHIONS SHOW EFFECT OF SOBERING INFLUENCE

Skirts Are Inclined to Be Shorter BY' ROSETTE HARGROVE NF.A Service Writer PARIS, Nov. 9.—lt is rather extraordinary to see how fashions have been subjected to a sobering influence since the August showings. Now that mid-season collections lire in full swing, all the threats of bustles, crinolines and other impideminta of the eighties have absolutely faded out of current styles, at any rate except in the most subtle of interpretations. Skirts are inclined to be shorter for all wear except very formal evening dress, where toe-tip and some trains are current lengths. Sports clothes are still simple, practical, and if an informal suit has a jacket with a flaring peplum, it is a very modernized one. Ensemble Theme Vanishes Necklines seem to have been the subject of a lot of study on the part of the Parisian couturiers. Many day dresses have necks huging the base of the throat and Worth showed an “end-of-the day” dress of black lace with a high neck, finished off with a torsade of rust red velvet ribbon. Ensembles, and the ensemble idea, according to John Charles Worth, are finished. The dress completed by a cape or bolero has supplanted it. Fullness is concentrated at the back of the new Worth dresses and the drawn-bacK effect is still popular. Most of them are fashioned of finest wool fabrics and black or black and white comes first in favor. Brick red is stressed as a receiving note on black or beige and for one or two jaunty costumes. Dresses Like Coats There are no hostess pajamas in the collection, but two hostess gowns, one in a dark shade of blue, the skirt of which was split on both sides and the bodice entirely worked in fine criss-cross tucking, completed by a wide red belt; the other of pastel pink wool shantung, with angel sleeves and a softly gathered pastel blue belt. Mainbocher has a number of dresses that look exactly like coats, and coats that look like dresses. Most of them are belted and more fullness than is usually seen is stressed by him from shoulder to waist. Scarf effects are popular in this house, too.

Day Skirts Shorter Skirts are distinctly shorter for day wear and somewhat narrower. Mainbocher shows a number of suits for early spring or resort wear in pastel beiges and green with the sleeves tucked at the top in the manner. of epaulettes that have a narrow effect. Few of the midseason evening dresses shown up to now' feature any belts. They all are cut on princess lines, fitted close to the figure w’ith the skirt fullness placed distinctly higher than at the beginning of the season. Many of Mainbocher’s evening gowns are fashioned of heavy faille in beautiful old-fashioned shades such as roseleaf pink, ivory fcnd pale green. Chic in Three Red Shades His bodices have the fullness gathered at the center front, bras-siere-wise, and sometimes this effect is one-sided only. Skirts are not so lull, partly due of course to the heavier material used. Chantal shows an end-of-the-day dress which is in three shades of red georgette, the more vivid tone being used for the body of the dress and the two others in the guise of double panels at the back. Redfern, like many other couturiers, shows a number of informal and afternoon dresses cut on the bias. There is even less fullness in his skirts than before, but all preserve freedom of movement. WOMEN DEMOCRATS WILL HOLD PARTY Mrs. Gabriel H. Cook, 1143 Central avenue, will be hostess for a Thanksgiving party to be given at 8 Wednesday night by the Eighth Ward Women’s Democratic Club. Miss Georgia Nelson will be the Assisting hostess. Decorations will be in keeping with Thanksgiving. The program, which has been arranged by Mrs. Louise Mutter, will include a group of acrobatic dances by Paula Holt, pupil of George Lipp. SORORITY TO ADMIT INITIATES AT FETE Pledge services will be held by the Theta Sigma Delta sorority tonight at the home of Miss Gertrude McNece, 215 Bicking street. A business meeting will follow the ceremony, after which bridge will be played. Those to be pledged are Misses Hary Hall, Dorothy Fuller, Elizabeth Mahoney, Vera Gould, Charlotte Zoller, Rose Petuchia and Ruth Hoagland. Miss Midred Miller is pledge captain and Mrs. Helen Kleppe is assistant. TUDOR HALL GROUP HEARS J. li. LILLY J. K. Lilly Sr. addressed a group of students from Tudor Hall school Saturday afternoon in the Stephen Foster chapel on his estate on North College avenue. Lilly talked on Foster and his music and illustrated his lecture with organ selections. Foster’s most famous song was “My Old Kentucky Home.” Chapter to Gather Alpha chapter, Pi Pibrm Tau sorority, will meet tonight at the home of Miss Grace Danner, 1212 Beville avenue. A Complete Line RIDING EQUIPMENT SPOR TI N G GOODS JACOBS’ OUTDOOR SHOP 15 N. Pennsylvania St. ■■■■■—■a imiiJl

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Louiseboulanger contributes both of these costumes. A formal gray afternoon ensemble (left) comprises a gray dress and bolero trimmed with gray fox. An informal dress (right) is of black wool with an original design in white.

University Women Schedule Study Group Meetings

Two study groups of the American Association of University Women will meet this week. The fine arts study group literature section ■will meet at Rauh Memorial library. Mrs. John Mellett will review "Mexico” (Stuart Chase) and “Sparks Fly Upward” (Oliver LaFarge). For this course, 115 members are registered. French conservation study group will meet at 10:30 Monday at the home of Mrs. A. E. Focke, 5262

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Major Norman A. Imric Head of the modern history and public speaking departments of Culver Military Academy, Major Norman Allen Imrie will speak at the Armistice day celebration of the general club of the Woman’s Department Club Wednesday.

Card Parties

St. Patrick’s social club will hold a card party at 2 Wednesday afternoon at the Banner-Whitehill Furniture Company. St. Mary’s social club will entertain with cards and lotto Wednesday and Thursday afternoons for the benefit of St. Mary’s bazaar. Service post, No. 128, American Legion, will hold a benefit euchrebridge party Thursday in the legion hall at Oaklandon under direction of a committee composed of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh W. Abbett and Mr. and Mrs. R. O. McCord. Fidelity Review, No. 140, W. B. A., will give a dinner and card party Wednesday at the Modern Woodman hall. 322 East New York street. Mrs. Hannah Hiatt and Mrs. Josephine Coboin will be in charge. Mrs. Thomas O’Neil is general chairman of a card party to be held at 2:30 Tuesday at Modern Woodmen’s hall, 1025 Prospect street. marian Fatten is BRIDE IN ARIZONA Major Louis P. Patten, and Mrs. Patten, Akron, 0., formerly of Ft. Banjamin Harrison, announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Marian Patten, to William M. Bird Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bird Sr. of Alhambra, Cal., and formerly of Indianapolis. The wedding took place Oct. 27 in the First Presbyterian church of Phoenix, Ariz., with the Rev. W. B. McCrory officiating. There were no attendants. After a wedding trip through Arizona and Southern California, Mr. and Mrs. Bird will be at home at 114 North Fourth street, Alhambra. THETA MOTHERS TO MEET ON TUESDAY Kappa Alpha Theta Mothers’ Club will meet Tuesday afternoon at the Butler university chapter house, 442 West Forty-sixth street. The program will include songs by Miss Mary Young, and a nature talk by Mrs. William C. Gardner of the Nature Study Club. Hostesses will be Mesdames H. E. Howe, chairman: O. T. Roberts. C. Carl Habig, A. C. Smock. E. W. Johnson and Oscar Jose Sr. Alpha Deltas to Meet Miss Marion Whetstine, 4131 College avenue, will be hostess for a meeting of the Indianapolis Alumnae Club of Alpha Delta Pi sorority Tuesday ttfght.

Kenwood avenue. Mrs. W. L. Richardson is chairman. A school attendance and child labor law study group will be formed this month, with Mrs. A. B. Carlisle in charge of arrangements. New members, received during the last month into the association are: Mrs. D. C. Drake, Ohio State college; Miss Helen M. Hartman, North Central college; Miss Mildred Harvey, Western College for Women; Mrs. O. M. Helmer, Mrs. Edward Tomlinson, University of Illinois; Mrs. R. E. Swift, University of lowa, and Miss Mabel Ives, Indiana university. Miss Maryellen Clark transferred her membership in the Muncie association.

Indiana D. A. R.

Central district, Daughters of the American Revolution, will meet Dec. 16 at the Propylaeum in Indianapolis. Cemetery inscriptions existing in the county since 1875 will be collected by Mary Penrose Wayne chapter of Ft. Wayne, typed, bound and placed in the local public library, state library and the national D. A. R. library in Washington. Work already has begun on this project, the general purpose of which is two-fold: To preserve the records of early pioneers of the country, and to provide material for geneologists and students of American families. Cemetery inscriptions, many from neglected graveyards, where stones are wearing off or are broken, together with marriage and probate court records, land grants, wills, deeds, birth and baptism records form the source of material. Later complete records of all settlers of the county will be compiled. Work is being supervised by Mrs. W. L. Pettit, regent, Mrs. A. V. Flint, geneologist, and Mrs. B. W. Rhamy. First of four programs on George Washington bicentennial celebration, which will begin next Feb. 22 and continue for nine months, arranged by Pottawatomie chapter, Gary, was held last week. Mrs. John C. Bush Jr. spoke on “The Ancestry and Wakefield and Mt. Vernon Homes of Washington.” First of a series of five-minute talks on “National Defense” was given by Mrs. E. D. Skeen, chairman of the committee. Luther M. Feeger addressed the meeting of Richmond D. A. R. last week on “George Washington.” His talk concerned the reasons why Washington became a revolutionary leader. General Van Rensselaer chapter of Rensselaer, at its meeting last Monday, viewed a pageant by its members on activities of the chapter. Mrs. G. F Meyers, historian, had a paper on the organization of the D. A. R. in 1890. Continuing the study of the life of George Washington, the study project for the year, Mrs. Frances Pow r ell spoke on his homes, Wakefield in Virginia, Mt. Vernon and the original White House near Williamsburg, Va., at the recent meeting of Mary Mott Green chapter at Shelbyville. The chapter voted to plant a tree as its first contribution to the bicentennial. Mrs. Roscoe C. O’Byrne, state regent, will address the December meeting of Abijah chapter, Michigan City, Dec. 2. New Harmony chapter had as its guests at its meeting Thursday Mrs. O’Byrne, Mrs. W. B. Ridgeway, southern director; Miss Estelle Emison, treasurer of Francis Vigo chapter of Vincennes, and Mrs. James Riggs. A program was given at the Old Rappite community house fol•lowing luncheon. Mrs. O’Byme, Mrs. Ridgeway and Miss Eraison motored to Evansville, where they were guests at a school program Friday morning and were entertained at luncheon by Vanderburg chapter, D. A. R„ at the country club. The White River chapter of Washington entertained them at luncheon Saturday. Kappa Phis to Meet Miss Thelma Starkey will entertain the Kappa Phi Gamma sorority at 8 Tuesday at her home, 607 East Southern avenue., v /

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Birthday ’ of Club to Be Observed Friday Afternoon Literary Club will observe its twenty-fourth anniversary with a guest day meeting Friday at the home of Miss Alvira Clark, 2514 Station street. Mrs. E. A. Trittipo, Mrs. E. G. Prisch and Mrs. C. T. Smith will be assistant hostesses. The club, founded in 1907, is affiliated with Seventh District Federation of Clubs and meets at 2:30 the second Friday of each month. Discussion at meetings concerns current conditions in the world as well as in United States. Mrs. V. B. Hargitt is president and other officers are Mesdames J. W. Preston, vice-president; W. G. Stevens, secretary, and H. O. Rettig, treasurer. Mrs. F. H. Lutz is delegate to Seventh district; Mrs. Frisch is critic and Mrs. Smith chairman of the flower fund. Committees are: Executive, Mrs. T. A. O’Dell, Mrs. W. C. Oldridge and Mrs. V. E. Lamb; program, Miss Clark, Mrs. E. F. Brown and Mrs. R. J. Kemper.

Wealth of Folk Songs in America National Federation of Music Clubs, through its American music department, is directing attention to the rich store of English-American folk music that exists today in this country, especially in the Southern Appalachian mountain section. According to Mrs. Annabel Morris Buchanan, chairman of the department, American folk music is Anglo-Saxon in origin and does not have its early beginnings in American Negro or Indian chants. Early English, Scotch and Irish settlers brought this music to American shores in pioneer days. Some of the music which still may be found in its ancient mode in the mountain districts of che east has attained the age of nearly 1,000 years. While the Virginia Federation of Music Clubs’ state festival has made this early American folk music a part of its program, the national federation hopes to bring this heritage to countless other music lovers, through its use in song ■ form in public schools and courses in colleges. John Powell, American composerpianist, has been active with the national federation in the promotion of these Virginia festivals. The federation also is inaugurating them in other states and is planning an American Folk Music Festival in Washington, D. C., in connection with the George Washington bicentennial. DANCE CHIEF

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Miss Vinera Chandler

Members of the Opitsah Club will entertain with a benefit dance tonight at the Crystal Palace, 729 North Illinois street. Miss Vmera Chandler, 420 Linwood avenue, is in charge of arrangements. AUXILIARY TO HOLD LUNCHEON BRIDGE Delta Upsilon auxiliary will hold a luncheon bridge at 1 Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Harry Crawford, 2863 North Pennsylvania street. Assisting Mrs. Crawford wall be Mrs. Earl Blakley, Mrs. Ralph Miller and Mrs. Ray Robertson. Alumnae to Meet Indiana Gamma Alumnae of Pi Beta Pi sorority will meet tonight with Mrs. W. H. Bockstahler, 317 East Thirty-seventh street. Plans for a play to be produced in December under the direction of Norman Green will be discussed.

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—WHAT’S IN FASHION?—

‘Roughing It’ in Silk Is Fashion’s Favorite Sport

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Draped Dress of Rough Silk

were rough surfaced. The very rough surfaced silks are the newest ones. And some of them have wool mixed in with the silk to make them heavier and rougher. These combinations of silk-and-wool make many of those impeccably tailored dresses that you’re seeing worn by women about town. Dresses like these are smartest in bright colors—rust, bright green, bright red or blue. And there is a lighter weight material of this silk and wool mixture that makes many of those simply draped dresses of the type you've come to associate with the name of Vionnet. Its very newest use is in evening dresses. Schiaparelli, another one of the French couturieres, used it this way. Canton crepe you’re familiar with. The newer cantons are rougher than they were . . . more pebbly. Then there’s still another new crinkled crepe that looks like a crinkly chiffon, except that it’s a heavy daytime weight. If you like a ribbed silk, there are silks of the faille variety that are much in fashion. And if you were particularly fond of your boucle suit this past summer, then you’ll be glad to know there is anew rough silk that looks like these boucles. (Copyright. 1931, by Amos Parrish)

Next: Amos Parrish tells what the Paris designer, Lelong, says about American women.

Pythian Group Will Entertain Dinner Guests Following a theater party at the Lyric this afternoon Past Chiefs’ Association,- Myrtle temple No. 7, Pythian Sisters, will hold a dinner party at 5:30 p. m. at K. of P. hall No. 56, with the following out-of-town guests in attendance: Mesdames Ida Neal, grand chief of Indiana, Aurora; Nell McCurry, Goodland; Lyda Rosier, Richmond; Daisy Duval, Richmond, past grand chiefs, and Mrs. Lena Wasson, past grand press correspondent, Flat Rock. The following program will be given after dinner: Piano solos, Miss Barbara Walls; address, Mrs. Ralph Pilton; readings, Hyla and Dead Doyle, Mildred Burnett and Ethel D. Shong; tap dancing, Miss Maxine Lambert; instrumental music, Thurston boys; playlet, “The Snicels Family,” with Mesdames C. C. Bell, Homer Montgomery, Anna Belford, Aaron Mason, Harry Lichtenhour, Alex Goodwin, Sadie Monfort, A. E. Cain and Fred Willis. Program will close with the presentation by the Temple of twenty-five-year service pins to Mesdames Elizabeth Smith, Memory Gass and Margaret Jacobs. ZONTA TO OBSERVE EDUCATION WEEK Indianapolis Zonta Club will observe national educational week at a dinner meeting Tuesday night at the Lumley tearoom. Miss Ruth Milligan of the Y. W. C. A. will speak on the “Field of Adult Education.” Education week is observed annually by the Zonta International. Miss Louise Ross, chairman of the educational committee, is in charge of the program.

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Directed By AMOS PARRISH

NEW YORK, Nov. 9. Yes, fashion is finding it rough going right now. But pleasant going, nevertheless. At any event, no effort is made to smooth things out. Instead they’re getting rougher every day. Silks, we mean. Pick up anew silk dress and compare its fabric with a last year's. Just a thumb and finger are needed to tell you the new silk is rougher than the old. We recently attended a luncheon at Sherry’s on Park avenue, New York, i liven to Lucien Lelong, \ the Paris designer, '-v who has been L \ visiting in this Vtf country. £ A More than 300 \ \ people mostly \ N women were present . . . fKf fashion designj'/ ers, fashion writers from

magazines and newspapers. Certainly, you’ll agree, women who know fashions. And with the single exception of some satin blouses, all the silks in that room

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Mrs. Curtis Burke

Mrs. Curtis Burke is in charge of decorations for the annual fall card party to be held by Children’s Sunshine Club of Sunnyside Friday in the Riley room at the Claypool. FT. WAYNE RABBI TO SPEAK ON “EUROPE” Rabbi S. H. Markowitz, Ft. Wayne, will speak on “A Survey of European Conditions” at a mass meeting at 8 Wednesday night of the Federation of Jewish Women’s Clubs, at the Kirshbaum Community Center. The meeting will be in observance of Armistice day. Rabbi Markowitz recently returned from a trip through Europe. Besides the address, the program will include the presentation of a playlet, “Mother Earth and Her Children,” by a cast of representatives from the various organizations in the federation.

Tailored Dress of Rough Silk

Annual Dinner Set Nov. 17 at Day Nursery Executive board and board of managers of the Indianapolis Day Nursery Association will hold their annual dinner and entertainment for mothers whose children are being cared for by the day nursery at 6:30 Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the home, 542 Lockerbie street. Mrs. R. A. Dennis has appointed the following committees, with Mrs. John Engelke, chairman, and Mrs. Arthur Gilliom, vice-chairman: Door. Mrs. Bert Bacon. Mrs. C. K. McDowell; reception, Mrs. M. J. Spencer, Miss Dorothy Cunningham; decorations, Mrs. Tiram Raflensperger; program, Mrs. C. A. James; entertainment for mothers, Mrs. V. B. Sharritts. Mrs. Ronald Foster and Mrs. Willard S. Boyle; entertainment for children. Mrs. E. W. Roesner. Mrs. Dennis also will serve on the reception committee. U. S. WRITERS TO BE GROUP’S TOPIC Mrs. Bjorn Winger, instructor in the Y. W. C. A. study group, “New Roads in Reading,” will review “American Short Story Writers: Present Day” and “Children and Older People,” by Luckow, at 7 on Tuesday night at the central building. Any interested person is invited to attend. Meeting Is Scheduled Theta Sigma Chi sorority will meet Wednesday night with Miss Laura Katherine Dry bread, 1220 Park avenue. Bridge will be played after the business meeting. Mrs. Pauley to Speak McKinley Club will meet at 8 Wednesday with Mrs. Harry Hayman, 1512 Sturm avenue. Mrs. Edna Pauley will be speaker.

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Vote League Backs Group of Lectures Dr. David M. Edwards, executive secretary of the Indiana Council on International Relations, will be presented by the Indianapolis League of V/omen voters in a series of four lectures, celebrating Armistice day- The lectures will be given at 10, Wednesday morning and on Nov. 18. Dec. 2. and Dec. 9. “"Forces for Peace and War," will be the subject for this week's address. The other subjects will deal with the world court. League of Nations, and the Geneva conference on limitation of armaments. Mrs. Thomas D. Sheerin is in charge of the arrangements. Reservations may be made at the league headquarters in the Illinois building. Miss Florence K. Kirlin, executive secretary of the League of Voters will go to Evansville Tuesday to speak on "County Government." at a joint meeting of the Evansville League of Women Voters, and the Real Estate Board.

Personals

Mrs. Edgar Blake, Marott hotel, is spending several days with friends in Evansville. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Tooland, Detroit, are guests for a few days at the Marott. Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Garrigus, 2929 North Talbot street, spent the week-end with their son, Ross Garrigus,' in Vincennes. Will R. Stailey, Chicago, formerly of Indianapolis, is here for this week, and is at the Spencer hotel. Miss Mary Campbell Sanford, St. Louis, is the guest of her aunt. Mrs. W. M. Fleming, 3835 Carrollton avenue. She will return home Wednesday. Mrs. Russell E. Campbell, 3433 Carrollton avenue, has returned from Little Rock, Ark., where she spent several weeks visiting her parents. ALUMNAE CLUB TO GIVE SUPPER AFFAIR Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae Club will hold a buffet supper meeting at 6 Friday at the Butler university chapter house, 42 East Fortysixth street. Mrs. Louis Hensley, hostess chairman, will be assisted by Mesdames Walter Shirley, Frank Osborn, Blanton Coxen, Vern Reeder, A. W. Sutton, Miss Dorothy Barrett and Miss Eleanor Dunn. Freshmen of the active chapter will give a skit, directed by Miss Jean St. Pierre, as a part "of the program. Miss Mary Rieman, district president, will be a special guest. VISITOR TO CITY IS LUNCHEON GUEST Mrs. Mary Slegth, Rochester, N. Y., formerly of Indianapolis, who is the house guest of Mrs. O. E. Green, 2225 Broadway, will be honored at a dinner to be given tonight by Mrs. Seraph Ashjian. Mrs. Ross S. Hill entertained for her at luncheon. While here she has been honored at a number of parties. Mrs. Riley Smith entertained with a luncheon for her Friday; Mrs. Laura Talbott gave a dinner Thursday, and Mrs. L. S. Woodbridge, Mrs. Otto Lieber and Mrs. Green entertained, respectively, with a luncheon, bridge party and tea for her last week. Mrs. Rupert Hostess Alpha Theta Chi sorority will meet at 8 tonight at the home of Mrs. Cloris Rupert, 1429 North Sherman drive.

F TEE —FREE HAIR BOBBING BRING THIS COLTON Tuesday morning 9:30 to 10:30 a. rn. we will 808 your HAIR absolutely FREE, under the expert supervision of Mr. Irl. CENTRAL BEACTY COLLEGE 2nd Floor Odd Fellow Bldg. Lincoln 0432