Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 169, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1932 — Page 9

NOV. 24, 1932.

Alumnae to Give Bridge for Editor Mr*. Harriet Daily Collins, assistant editor of the Ohio State university monthly, will be guest of honor at a dessert bridge party, to be given Saturday, Dec. 3, at the home of Mrs. Charles T. Harman, 111 East Eighteenth street. Guests will be members of the Indianapolis branch, Ohio State Alumnae Association, headed by Mrs. Harman. Mrs. Harman has announced committee appoiptments for the year as follows: Social. Mendame* Arthur Tocke, chairman; H J. Baker, C. B Durham, Loren O. Brock, F L. Evans, Jack Adams, Aaron Head, C. E. Jefferson. W. R. Russell. Roger Wilitams. C. B Wheeler. Rennet* Emmert. John H. Warvel. Charles Kahn, R. A. Solomon and Frank Koehne; telephone, Miss Eleanor Cohn, chairman; Mesdame* Caleb York, James E. Schoenlaub. Eugene Rich and Lewis Beard; constitution. Mr*. A. H. Hinkle, chairman; Mrs. Schoenlaub and Mrs. Durham; Ohio State plates. Miss Marv Esther Hughes, and publicity, Mrs. Donald Drake. The alumnae association will cooperate with the men's group, which will sponsor an annual dinner dance * Wednesday, Dec. 28 at the Meridian Hills Country Club. Mrs. Harman will represent the Alumnae Association at the meeting of the Ohio State Alumnae Council Saturday, Dec. 17 on the campus at Columbus, O. Mrs. Collins is chairman of the advisory committee of the national council and Mrs. Drake is a member. Needy Children to Be Guests of Alumnae Alumnae chapters of the Alpha Delta Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta Delta Delta sororities from Indiana, Illinois and Northwestern universities will give a Thanksgiving party for sixty-eight needy children Friday. Following a bus ride through the city, the children will be taken to the home of Mrs. Arthur Bannister in Plainfield, a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma at Northwestern. A Thanksgiving dinner will be served. / Miss Alma Teifert will give tap dance numbers. She also will speak on safety. Mrs. Walter Hogan, a Tri Delt, will give ballet numbers, and Mrs. Tilford Snyder will give readings and sketches concerning Thanksgiving. A theater party will conclude the entertainment. Those in charge of arrangements are; Mrs. Hugh Ferris, a Delta Delta Delta from Illinois, Misses Alma Delight Teifert, Dorothy Winter and Margarete Danner, all members of Alpha Delta Theta. MADELON DANNA IS CITY MAN’S BRIDE Miss Madelon Danna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Munzio Mazza, 902 South New Jersey street, became the bride of Salvatore N. Laßosu, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. LaRasa, 903 South New Jersey street, at G today at Sacred Heart church. The Rev. Marino Priori officiated. The bride, who wore a dusk gray crepe ensemble and bride’s roses, was attended by her cousin, Miss Nan Cutarelli of Marion, 0., wearing a cerise ensemble. John LaRosa, brother of the bridegroom, | was best man. A wedding dinner was h* ’d at the home of the bride’s parents. Out-of-town guests were Messrs, and Mesdames Pete C. Cutarelli, Carmen Cutarelli, Joseph Bruno and son Salvatore, all of Marion, 0., and Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Dargo of Muncie. * (

Sororities

Lambda Gamma sorority will meet at 7:30 Friday with Miss Mary Elizabeth Breeding, 37 West Twen-ty-first street. Auxiliary to Meet Ladies auxiliary of the Altenheim will meet at 2:30 Friday,for its regular business meeting.

NEWS OF SOCIETY FOLK

Mrs. Caroline Hees, 3605 East Washington street, had as her guests today Mr. and Mrs. William Heess, 5135 Pleasant Run boulevard. Miss Edythe McCoy', student at De Pauw university, will spend the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Henry J. McCoy, 2036 North Meridian street. Mrs. Fred H. Sterling Jr., 965 Middle drive, Woodruff Place, is in Chattanooga, Tenn., for the Thanksgiving holidays. Flora and Carrie Wachste ,208 Park avenue, will have as t guest for the week-end their sist , Miss Edith Wachstetter ot Cle 'and. lit. Kenneth Schaefer and daughter Jacqueline are the guests of Mrs. Schaefer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hein, 3546 East New York street. Mrs. Frank Sinclair of Louisville is the guest of her brother. Howard Frankhouse, and Mrs. . v ankhouse of Brookville road. Miss Dee Winkler of Lou. ille is the guest of Misses Mary Alice and Mildred Randloph, 5730 East Washington street. Miss Sally Burris. 1140 Pleasant street, will have as her guest for the week-end Miss Phoebe Smoot of Washington, Ind. Mrs. J. Clifford Lewis of Anchorage. Ky., who has been the guest of Mrs. Walker W. Winslow. 3834 North Delaware street, has returned to her home. Miss Edith Eberle of the missionary education department of the United Christian Missionary Society, will Ke the guest of her sister, Mrs! George C. Neil, Willoughby, 0., until after the Christmas holidays. i Mr. and Mrs. Norman MagofSn and daughter, Martha. 4574 Guilford venue, will motor to Mercer, Pa. to pend Thanksgiving holidays with Mr. Magoffin's mother, Mrs. H. M. Magoffin. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Patterson and son will return with them Sunday to remain with the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Beach, of Noblesville, are at the Roosevelt in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Fox, 548 East Maple road, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam ZiffriOt 5124 North Pennsylvania

CARUSO LIKED HIS LITTLE JOKE

Genial Pranks of Great Singer Won Colleagues' Love

What kind of people are these *iirer# who face the Diamond Horseshoe at the Metropolitan Grand Opera? How do they spend their leisure? What are their eccentricities, their associations with one another, their attitude toward life? Joseph Lilly answers these question* by recalling choice anecdotes of prlma donna* and stage men. BY JOSEPH LILLY Time* Staff Writer (Copyright, 1932. by the New York WorldTelegram Corporation) LIFE isn’t all beer and skittles, but the people back-stage at the Metropolitan opera house go on believing that it is. To them the opera is everything, and by the opera they don’t mean the box-holders and the social eclat. To them the opera is from breakfast until bedtime and its is composed of the music, the singers, the management, the scenery, the props and their own Conversation. They are, nevertheless, not a talkative crowd among strangers. In a speakeasy, after the third drink, they'll sing in chorus. But their discourse is an inner communion, and to partake of it 6ne has to melt into their company. They have been living on glamor and temperament most of their lives. Caruso still is a favorite topic during the reminiscent hour over the wine bottle. They remember the night the great Enrico became a skeptic and did seme investigation of the reaction to his voice on his own. There was a minor part, Harlequin, in the opera being staged. Caruso was in the wings, and the Harlequin, whose song was given from behind the scenery, was setting himself for his cue. Caruso hustled over, asked the Harlequin for permission to replace him, and, naturally, he was not refused. The song ended; there was not a hand of applause. No one had recognized either the identity of the voice nor its beauty. After that Caruso received praise with a grain of salt. a a tt CARUSO they loved for his geniality. There never has been another quite like him, though Gigli, among the men, was on the same pattern. Farrar they adored as much as the “Gerry Flappers’’ who crowded her performance. Jeritza was another. In the case scene of “La Boheme,” a waiter serves the principles on the Momus terrace. Usually Phil Crispano. the chief property man. attends to the minor role. One night Caruso, cast as Rodolfo, persuaded Crispano to let him do the bit. A quick shifting of costume and it was done. When the ofher singers—Alda, Scotti, Le Lucca—saw who it was who brought the victuals and wine to their table

Three City Girls Are Wedded in Thanksgiving-Day Rites

Miss Mary Louise Henry, 2749 North Talbot street, became the bride of Edward J. Green, 119 East Thirty-third street, at 9:30 today at the bride's home, the ceremony being read by the bridegroom’s father, the Rev. J. Frank Green, general secretary of the Disciples of Christ of Michigan. Following an informal reception and wedding breakfast at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, they left on a motor trip. After Dec. 5, they will be at home at 4310 Central avenue. The wedding of Miss Marian Schad, 1421 Linden street, to AlhT't J. Feltz, son of Mr. and Mrs. V i!ham J. Feltz, took plqce at 8 today at St, Bridget’s Catholic church. The Rev. John F. McShane officiated, and Miss Kathleen Schad, sister of the bride, and Joseph Feltz, brother of the bridegroom, were the attendants. Miss Alta Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Davis, 933 North Gladstone avenue, and Hugh O’Connor, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. O'Connor, who were married at 10:30 today, w r ere honored at a reception and luncheon, given at the

street, will return this week-end from a three week’s motor trip through Canada and the east. Miss Margaret Nicewanger, a student at Indiana university, will spend the Thanksgiving holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Nicewanger, 1018 North LaShlle street. Misses Mary Alice and Mildred Randolph 5730 East Washington street, were guests today of Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Tucker, 718 North Bosart avenue. Mrs. C. Willis Adams, 7753 North Pennsylvania street, has returned from Summit, N. J., where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Carl Donner. Mr. and Mrs. Otey Bente of Michigan with spend the holidays with Mrs. Bente's mother, Mrs. W. A. Shoemaker, 826 West drive, Woodruff Place. Mr, and Mrs. Charles Tichenor, 3510 North Pennsylvania street, have returned from a trip to Chicago. Mr .and Mrs. Tom Ely and children of Columbus are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Spiegel, 2220 North Alabama street. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Screes, their daughter. Miss Dorothy Screes, and son. William Screes, 516 South Central Court, are spending Thanksgiving with Mrs, Screes' brother, S. C. Saffell, of Semour. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beeson, 1408 Broadway, are spending the Thanksgiving holidays in Elwood. Miss Meryl Russell of Chicago is the holiday guest of Miss Marjorie Forsyth, 112 North Grant street. Mrs. Norman E. Isaacs, 3630 North Meridian street, is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ritss of Milwaukee. Miss Imogene Mullins will spend Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Muling of Greencastle. Misses Derexa Grey, Janice Ball, and Rhoda Steckel, students at Tudor Hall, will spend the holidays at their homes in Muncie. Misses Maurine and Lynette Potlitzer of St. Joseph, Mo., students at Tudor Hall, will spend the holidays with Miss Betty Louise Central avenue,

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their voices stuck in their throats. “No,” said Mr. Crispano, “the singers are not temperamental. That is just hooey. It is nervousness, They w r ork at high tension. They must sing the most difficult music, and while they are singing they must act, and they must try to suit their acting to the singing. “If the conductor is an exacting fellow, they are apt to be intimi-

home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. William M. Haine, 41 Ridgeview drive. The couple was attended by Miss Reba Benjamin and Thomas Healey. They will live at 4315 East Washington street.

Fine Crystal

Short stems and sturdy bottoms are attractive and practical features of these modern glasses of engraved crystal from Coinings. They are engraved in a drum pattern. Hostesses at Dinner Misses Cynthia Pearl Maus and Anna Davidson, 5451 University avenue, will have as their guests at a dinner party today Misses Anne and Katherine Miller, L. D. Warren and Pearl Jones.

THEY TELL ME'iW

Here’s Mud in Your Eye IT is with a damp eye that one contemplates the coming of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year and notes the continued (legal) absence of the necessary adjuncts to proper observance of these holidays. You remember, don’t you, those famous twins, Tom and Jerry, or perhaps you recall the egg-nog or a hot toddy. Them was the days. Years ago, before the days of prohibition, when the conductor of this column was a cub (yes, we heard that “how about now”) it was his duty on the occasion of these holidays to mix the drinks. In summer he “rushed the can,” but in the winter he presided over the mixings, the ingredients for which were obtained at the saloon across the alley. Now the cubs are bereft of that important training in the art of mixing a hot drink that once was considered the basis for a newspaper career. But the happy days will come back again soon, if the popular verdict in the recent election will be respected. nun It is all right for L. E. York, head of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, to say that prohibition was not an issue in the campaign. That’s his job. But the record speaks to the contrary. When normally dry agricultural counties which wouldn’t shift from the Republican column in previous campaigns during depressions now poll heavily gemocratic, and pro-

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dated, for the average singer can’t talk back to a conductor. It is a hard -ife—sing, rehearse, sing, rehearse. I couldn’t blame a singer for anything he did.” u u a THAT’S the back-stage feeling, a strange mixture of awe for the great and of camaraderie with their personalities. To them the idiosyncrasies of the singers are important. For instance, any of them can tell you that Jeritza drank nothing but pineapple juice between arias to keep her voice fresh; that Lucrezia Bori takes camomile tea with a touch of brandy; that Gigli would use nothing but coffee. Caruso used a simple solution of salt and w’ater, and, to the delight of the stage crew, he spouted it through his nostrils like a great whale. Then there’s the story Jules Judels tells of a strange gift of Michael Bohnen, basso. A man of tremendous strength, Bohnen was as playful as a dog. tt a tt ONCE he walked into the house and, just inside the singers’ entrance, he observed Leon Rothier, the French basso, telephoning in the public booth there. Bohnen put his arms about the booth, an extra large one, lifted it from the floor and turned it around until its door was to the wall. Rothier could not get out. He could only thunder and swear until it pleased Bohnen to lift the booth back. Judels, the oldest man in point of service at the theater and one of the most liked, has anecdotes by the score. Risen from call boy to master of rehearsals, he remembers how every one laughed and cried the night Emma Eames brought anew personal maid to the theater. Mme. Eames instructed the maid to follow her wherever she went, and the poor girl thought that meant onto the stage also, and so she appeared, briefly, in “Faust.” n tt THE anecdotes of the prima donna are the ones most enjoyed. At the fourth drink some

fessed prohibitionists see in repeal of the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act a chance to help prosperity turn the disappearing corner, there can be little doubt that the wet sentiment is in the majority. In a conversation Wednesday, an official known for his staunch advocacy of prohibition, whose sworn duty it is to administer the dry laws, declared that in his opinion the voters of the Hoosier state are for legalization not only of beer, but hard liquors. n m “ \ LTHOUGH other factors enA tered into the recent election, it is my opinion that the prohibition question played a large and prominent part and the voters issued a mandate for repeal,” he said. That not only is the statement in Indiana, but in other states which figured as pronouncedly dry. If this be the case, maybe next Thanksgiving we will be able to observe the holiday in the olden fashion, accompanied by the necessary beverages.

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Lucrezia Bori one may recall how one of the great women singers seldom received any bouquets. Other divas bent over the footlights nightly to receive their meed of roses. In desperation she began sending flowers to herself. Mr. Gatto-Casazza heard of it and he decreed that thereafter no bouquets could be handed over the stage--to dressing rooms only. Then there’s Rosa Ponselle. Miss Ponselle has never overcome stage-fright. Nearly every time she is billed to sing, the opera force is prepared for her morning call. She is not well, she may not be able to sing. Miss Leonora Corona, who alternates in roles with her, is, as a matter of course, asked to hold herself in readiness for a last minute appearance. Later in the day Miss Ponselle phones that she will try desperately to get there. Arriving at the Metropolitan, she hesitates and walks around the block. But invariably she goes in, and invariably she goes on, and invariably there is a triumph. An amazing story concerns Jeritza, Bori, and Corona. The Metropolitan was not built for its present very large company, and there is only one dressing room for the prima donna, one for the first tenor, and so on. Since the great sopranos do not appear on the same night, each decorates the room her own way, sending curtains, wall hangings, dresser scarfs and so on down by maid before the performance, and having these removed afterward. Mme. Jeritza uses gold decorations, Mme. Bori blue, Miss Corona orchid. tt tt tt TT was Jeritza’s frequent custom 'to receive friends in her room after the performance and take tea. Once, after a matinee, her tea was prolonged and when Mme. Bori, whose star shone equally bright, arrived to prepare for the evening performance, the place was occupied. Furious, Mme. Bori pre-empted the dressing room reserved for the mezzo-soprano. Ever since she will use no other. Always she is ushered to the prima donna's, but never again will she go in. “No,” she says, “that is only for the stars!” Miss Corona, a young American, when new to the house, encountered the same difficulty after one of Mme. Jeritza’s matinees. But unlike Mmme. Bori, she sent word to Mme. Jeritza that she was waiting to enter. Mme. Jeritza appeared in great humility. She was so sorry to have stayed so long! Would Miss Corona forgive her? Certainly, she would leave immediately and take her friends with her. The man back-stage will scratch his head a long time in trying to recall a fast friendship between two tenors or two sopranos. A tenor and a baritone, probably; a tenor and a soprano, maybe; but a tenor and a tenor; a baritone and a baritone! Hardly ever. HOLIDAY DINNER IS GIVEN FOR GUESTS Mrs. Leslie Burris, 1140 Pleasant, entertained today with a Thanksgiving dinner. Her guests included: Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson and daughters, Viola, Dolores, and Virginia, of Rushville, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Witman, and family, and Mr, and Mrs. Claude Highfill. Tsufferedi OYEARS WITH ITCHING ECZEMA” "... and after spending hundreds of dollars to clear it up, I tried Zemo and got relief,” writes G. C. G. of Texas. Soothing and cooling, Zemo stops itching in five seconds because of its rare ingredients not used -n cheaper remedies. Also wonderful for clearing Rash, Pimples, Ringworm and other irritations, Zemo is worth the price because you get relief. All druggists’, 35c, 60c, sl. Extra Strength Zemo, double results, $1.25. —Advertisement. SOME WOMEN ALWAYS ATTRACT You want to be beautiful. You want the tireless energy, fresh complexion and pep of youth. Then let Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets help free your system of the poisons caused by clogged bowels and torpid liver. For 20 years, men and women suffering from stomach troubles, pimples, lisUessness and headaches have taken Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, a successful substitute for calomel, a compound of vegetable ingredients, known by their olive color. They act easily upon the bowels without griping. They help cleanse the system and tone up the liver. If you value yonth and its many gifts, take Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly. How moch better you will feel—and look. 15c, 30, 60c.—Advertisement.

Evelyn Wehrley, W. M. Lahrman to Be Wedded Miss Evelyn L. Wehrley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wood C. Wehrley, 710 King avenue, and William E. Lahrman, son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Lahrman, 905 Ashland avenue, will be married at 4 today, at the home of the bride's parents. Monsignor Francis B. Dowd will officiate at the ceremony, which will be a candlelight service. The home will be decorated with chrysanthemums and candles. The bride will wear a simple dress of hyacinth blue crepe, with a corsage of roses. Her matron of honor, Mrs. Harry Gasper, will wear a dark red crepe dress. Harry Gasper will be the bridegroom's best man. Miss Loretta McManamon will sing “I Love You Truly” and “At Dawning,” accompanied by Miss Bessie Hills. Following a wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Lahrman will be at home at 710 King avenue. Out-of-town guests attending the wedding will be: *il! r 'w?l Mr! n W J llia ? H - Buderus and Mrs. Florence Reed, of Toledo: Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Schriner. Mrs. Walter LahrM? n £!5 <l ii* daU8 ;!lJ ei T Dolores and Betty, “ft vr nd Mrs. Charles Lahrman. and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Libengueth, o i Lafayette.

Card Parties

A. J. B. Club will entertain with a euchre party at 8:30 tonight at 1025 Prospect street, Mrs. Ada Barton is chairman. Ladies Society, B. L. F. and E. will give a card party at 8:30 tonight at McClean hall, State street and Hoyt avenue.

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Miss Bernice Hobbs —Photo by Voorhls. Miss Bernice Hobbs is one of the hostesses for the “racketeer” party, to be given for members of the Woman's Athletic Club, at 8, Nov. 29, in the ballroom of the Hoosier Athletic Club. Other hostesses will be Mrs. Harry Bransfield and |tfiss Berenice Hamrick. Club Sponsors Shows The Phi Delta Theta Mothers club of Butler university will sponsor the shows at the Uptown find Ritz theaters Nov. 28 through Dec. 2. Tickets may be obtained from any member of the club.

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Hoosier Colony . Is Active at Miami Beach By Time* Special MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Nov. 24. Members of the Indianapolis colony of winter visitors are taking part in social and civic activities of tha community. £r. John F. Barnhill, member of the “Committee of One Hundred.’* is attending the weekly meetings of the organization in its clubhouse. Mrs. William J. Wemmer, Mrs. Barnhill and Mrs. Frazier J. Payton are committee chairmen of the Miami Beach Woman’s Club, which began its season meetings this week. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Whitaker have arrived to spend the season at the Post apartments. Mr. and Mrs* Bert A. Boyd are stopping at the Colonial Towers. Miss Susanne Bastian was among the guests at a tea, given recently at the home of Mrs. Harry H. Hector for her niece, Miss Emily Grace Kellerstrass of Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Mark C. Honeywell of Wabash has reopened her winter home on Pine Tree drive. Mr. Honeywell will arrive later. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Igleheart, Evansville, will return to their winter home on Sheridan avenue, Dec. 15. Miss Nannie W. Guthrie, Winona Lake, is spending the winter at the Marion apartments. Among the latest of yachts of winter residents to arrive for the season is “Shadow K,” owned by Carl G. Fisher, Indianapolis and New' York.