Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 242, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1934 Edition 02 — Page 5

FEB. 17, 1934

Pupils Aid in Campaign for Museum Tudor Hall, Orchard and Park Schools Join Member Drive. BY BEATRICE BUBGAN, Times Woman ■ Pace Editor PUPILS of Tudor Hall, Orchard Bchool and Park School are joining a committee of adults who are campaigning for additional memberships in the Children's Museum. Beginning Monday and continuing until Feb. 26. the children

will campaign for members. A group of pupils from Orchard school had an advantage in planning their ia!es talks, for the parents of ill are members af the museum xrd. Their ueadmaster is Hillis Howie, member of the ioard and coniuctor of the mnual museum trek to the west.

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These children are Bates Johnson. Margaret Jameson, Benjamin Hitz. Eleanor Appel. Avalyn Hitz, Fenton Jameson and Billy Failey. Mrs. Donald Jameson was in charge of appointing the committee. Mrs. Hubert Hickam visited Tudor Hall and formed a committee. Ruth Fishbark is chairman and will be assisted bv Mary Ottinger, Virginia Smith, Barbara Alig, Margaret Stevenson, Joann Rice. Linda Hamilton, Barbara Bradley and Marjorie Bain. Children members of the museum are given a gold pin engraved with a seahorse, emblem of the museum. Mrs. G. H. A. Clowes is making arrangements for a campaign among students of Park school. Trek Team Formed A team has been formed by boys who have made the Prairie Trek expedition. Gordon H. Thomson, who has assisted Mr. Howie several years, has organized the boys in the expansion program. The boys are Alan Appel, Edwin Craft Jr.. James Darlington. James Failey, Alex Holliday. Charles Latham Jr., Dan Taylor. Robert Fortune, Charles Huston, Joe Langfitt, Harley Rhodehamel, Don Test, Bob Trimble and James French. The young workers know the story of the museum's humble beginning in a barn at Fourteenth and Delaware streets, its removal to the Garfield park shelter house and finally us establishment in the thirty-room former home of Mrs. John N. Carey. Mrs. Carey loans the use of the home.

Hillcrest Club Will Be Scene of Guild Event Members of White Cross guilds are invited to attend a colonial luncheon and program to be held Thursday at the Hillcrest Country Club by the White Cross Music Guild of the Methodist hospital. Members of the executive board of the hospital center, headed by Mrs. Felix T. McWhirter. will be special guests. Mrs. Paul Dorsey and Mrs. J. Harry Green will sing Japanese songs, accompanied by Mrs. Helen Vance. Mrs. Fred Appel. Mrs. L. E. Schultz and Mrs. John Thompson will take part in the program. Mrs. William Leonard will play piano numbers and Mrs. Delver H. Landers, accompanied by Mrs. Harold Brady, will present violin numbers. Mrs. Katherine Dalsheimer and Mrs. Glenn Kingham will give readings. Hostesses, who will be dressed in colonial cos limes, will be Mesdames Laurence Hayes, William Dobson. Harry Nagle. Arthur Dewey. Sidney Blair Harry. Othniel Hitch and C. F. Dillenbeek. MISS DRY BREAD TO BE BRIDE TONIGHT The marriage of Miss Laura Katherine Dry bread and Russell Hamilton will take place at 8:30 tonight at the home of the bridegroom's mother. Mrs. Lena Hamilton. McFarland road. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay H. Drybread, Brownsburg. The Rev R. H. Benting will read the ceremony before an improvised altar of greenery. A reception will follow the service. Miss Florence Richardson, maid of honor, will wear black net over black taffeta and carry talisman roses. The Jaride will wear white taffeta fashioned with short train. Her flowers will be Johanna Hill roses and baby's breath, in shower bouquet. Roy Wrade will be best man. FAYETTE CIFbTO MEET IN REUNION Annual reunion dinner of the Fayette Club will be held tomorrow at the Colonial tearoom. 1433 North Pennsylvania street. Speakers will be William E. Dentlinger, mayor of Connersville. and Mrs. W. E. Ochiltree. Connersville. national president of the American War Mothers. Others on the program will be Joseph M. Taylor. William E. Jeffrey, Thomas Monanty. director of the Cathedra* high school orchestra: Miss Louise Brodeur. Edward Krueger, Miss Dorothy Edwards. Reservations are in charge of Mrs. Jennie G. Sparks. MISSIONARY WILL ADDRESS GROUPS Dr. Rebecca Parrish, medical missionary from the Mary Johnson hospital. Manila, will be guest speaker at a group meeting of Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies. Tuesday at the Fountain Street Methodist Episcopal church. The group includes societies from the East Tenth Street. Brightwood; He .th Memorial and Bellaire M. E. churches. Musical program will be presented by Mrs R. Mitchell. The meeting will close with a play. "Unto the Least of The,” presented by the women of the Roberts Park M. E. church auxiliary.

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MR AND MRS. JACK HARDING, 3607 Washington boulevard, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Jane Harding, to Herman A. Straus, son of Mrs. M. Freiberg Straus. Cincinnati. The wedding will take place in the spring. Miss Lois Sherrill is a member of the poster and properties committee for the fourth annual dramatic production by the Indiana Gamma Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi sorority. Norman Green is directing the presentation of “Her Step Husband.” to be held March 10 at the Civic theater. The marriage of Miss Anne Louise Hunt and Henry W. Marsh took place Friday, Feb. 9. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh will be at home after March 1 at 3751 North Meridian street. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Omar S. Hunt and Mr. Marsh is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harmor* A. Marsh. Alpha Chi Omega sorority will hold its state luncheon Saturday, Feb. 24. at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Miss Geraldine Reep is general chairman of the luncheon arrangements. Programs for meetings of Indianapolis Alumnae of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority are arranged by Mrs. Hubert Hickam, chairman for the year. The association held a meeting today at the home of Mrs William Henry Harrison. 5729 Washington boulevard.

Gamma Alumnae of Pi Beta Phi to Present Annual Play

For the fourth year Indiana | Gamma Alumnae Club of Pi Beta ! Phi Will sponsor a play at the Civic theater under the direction of E. Norman Green. On March 10 “Her Step Husband.” by Larry Johnson, will be presented. Mrs. E. U. Pauley, president, has ; announced committees. Mrs. Green is technical director. Mrs. Burchard Carr, usher chair- ! man, will be assisted by Misses ! Helen Carson. Janice Kellogg. Anna , Marie Dungan, Janet Jerman. Mar- j thalou Schoener. Dorothy Weaver, j Annabess Snodgrass. Mrs. Garth i Marine and Mrs. Buford Cadle.! Mrs. Pauley, chairman of tickets. | will be assisted by Mesdames Ralph Bockstahler. Robert Armer. Russell J Spivey. William Forsyth and Miss | Louise Sumner. Welfare Group Will Entertain Special Guests John F. Geckler, the Rev. Francis D. McCabe. Solon Vial and Miss Emma Puschner will be special guests at the luncheon of the community welfare department of the Woman’s Department Club at 12:30 Wednesday. Professor Charles R. Metzger of Butler university will talk on "The Community and the Delinquent Child." Mrs. William Klingholz, who has returned to Indianapolis after residing in Cleveland, 0.. will attend. Mrs. Othniel Hitch, department chairman, will introduce Professor Metzger. Mrs. E. J. Shields and Mrs. Frederick H. are in charge of reservations. Mrs. Hitch is chairman of the nominations committee for the general club election to be held in March. She is assisted by Mesdames Charles H. Smith. Arthur S. Ayres, Martha L. Huggins and Frances S. Wands. Mothers Will Meet Bridge section of the Alpha Cn Omega Mothers’ Club of Butler university will meet at 2 Monday a the horrte of Mrs. H. G. Bradlp 3801 North Delaware street. Dinner Arranged Indianapolis Tri-Kappa Club will hold a dinner meeting at 6:30 Monday at the Barbara Frietchie tearoom.

On the advertising committee are Mrs. B. A. Arnold, chairman; Mesdames Buford Cadle, Albert Mueller, Betty Puett and Garth Marine; Misses Emma Louise Reeves, Helen Arzet, Dorothy Jane Atkins and Madge McPherson. Signatures for the program are in charge of Mrs. Ralph Gery chairman; Mesdames Cranston Mugg, Egbert Hildreth, Charles Tichenor and William Johnson; Misses Dortha Weaver. Ruth Landers, Sally Bosman and Martha Metcalf. Other committees are; Printing. Mrs. Noble Ropkey; poster. Misses Lorraine Skelton and Lois Sherrill; properties. Miss Margaret Kellenbach and Miss Sherrill; publicity, Mrs. Frank Langsenkamp Jr. and Mrs. Robert Schetter. and manuscript. Mrs. Pauley, Miss Dortha Godard and Miss Margaret Thompson.’

Wedding, Set for March 8

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Dramatic Critic Will Be Speaker for Sisterhood Temple Sisterhood will meet at 2:15 Monday in the Temple, Tenth and Delaware streets, for a luncheon and program. Corbin Patrick, dramatic critic of The Indianapolis Star, will talk on “The Theater From A Critic’s Viewpoint.” Mi-s. Issac Born is program chairman. Program of violin numbers will be presented by Carl Johnson. Mrs. Reuben A. Solomon, luncheon chairman, will be assisted by Mesdames Raymond S. Kiser, Ralph Bamberger, Jacob B. Solomon, Charles F. Kahn, Charles Kaufman, Jay C. Kahn, Cyril Weinberg, Fred Feibleman. Sidney Salinger, Victor M. Goldberg, Lewis J. Lefy, J. K. Berman and Sidney S. Aronson.

Mr. and Mrs. John L Craven, North Dearborn street, announce the engagement. of their daughter, Mis s Evelyn Craven, to Frank' H. Kampe. The icedding will l ak e place 'larch 8.

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Student Section Will Present Program of Romantic Music

A program of romantic music will be presented by student section of the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale at 3 Friday at the home of Miss Catherine Lapenta, 2424 Park avenue. Assisting the social chairman, Mrs. Irene Jarrard, in the dining room at the tea will be Miss Virginia Koehler, Marion Dorothy Laut, Juanita Vance, Janet Power Party Success Factors to Be Council Factors “Important Factors in Party Success” will be discussed by Taylor Groninger at a meeting of the Marion County Council of Republicican Women at 2 Tuesday at the Claypool. Sergeant Harry Smith will talk on accident prevention, followed by a program by accident prevention entertainers. Mrs. Robert Shingler will conduct a class in contract bridge preceding the program. The class is the second of a series sponsored by the club. Mrs. A. Jack Tilson is chairman, assisted by Mesdames Lawrence Orr, Lee Ingling, and B. L. Dougherty. Mrs. Lawrence Mann, hostess chairman, will be assisted by Mesdames William Edwards, Loraine Bradley, John McCardle, Hugh Merrifield, Mrs. Orr, and Miss Margaret Coneway. nro books will BE REVIEW TOPICS Mrs. Kathryn Turrey Garten will give the fifth in a series of book reviews at 10 Tuesday morning at the First Baptist church under auspices of the Martha Hawkins Society. Mrs. Garten will discuss “Samuel Pepys, the Man in the Making,” and “Down the Garden Path,” by Beverly Nichols. Club to Meet Monday Mrs. William Tomlin, 1820 North Illinois street, will be hostess Monday for a meeting of the Parliamentary Club. Assistant hostesses will be Mesdames Minor S. Goulding, C. W. Bruenger, William Moore and Williard S. Boyle,

and Mrs. Jack Gulling. Mrs. Frank Cregor and Mrs. Frank Hunter will pour. The program will be as follows: Paper—“ Romantic Music” Miss Catherine Lapenta. Voice—"Wie Nahte Mir Des Schlummer” 'Der Freischutzi Weber Mrs. Robert Adams; Miss Mable Pruitt, pianist. Trio—- “ Concerto D. Minor” (Opus 49) Mendelssohn “Traumerie” Schumann “Abenlied' ’ .. Schumann Miss Lois Lesaulmier. violin; Miss Helen Pleasance. piano; Miss Betty Schellschmidt. cello. Piano—"Quatriene Ballade” (Opus 52) Chopin Miss Mary Gottmann. Voice—- “ Devotion” ..Schumann “Impatience” Schubert Mrs. J. Harry Green; Mrs. Frank Edenharter. pianist. Trio—" Moment Musicale" Shubert Miss Martha Binns, harp; Miss Madonna Molonix, violin; Miss Betty Schellschmidt. cello. Voice—‘Elizabeth's Prayer” iTannhauser) Wagner Miss Helen Louisa Titus: Miss Maxine Moore, pianist.

DANCE CHAIRMEN ATTEND TEA

Mrs. Martin H. Walpole. 959 High ! street, entertained chairmen for a dance to be sponsored by the Mothers’ Club of Cathedral high school at a tea yesterday. The dance will be Tuesdays April 3, in the school auditorium. Chairmen who attended were Mrs. William Kiesle, patron and patroness; Mrs. Thomas Gillespie and Mrs. Joseph Conley, tickets; Mrs. George A. Smith, mysic; Mrs. C. Harry Woirhaye, decorations; Mrs. Theo L. Wolf, refreshments; Mrs. Nicholas J. Connor, publicity, and Mrs. Timothy McMahon, hospitality. Mrs. McMahon, president, will be assisted by past presidents who are Mrs. Connor, Mrs. T. T. Sexton, Mrs. Vincent Concannon and Mrs. Bernard Wulle. Patriotic Program Set George H. Thomas Woman’s Relief Corps will entertain Monday at , Ft. Friendly with a patriotic pro- j gram in honor of Lincoln and Washington and a card and bunco party following noon luncheon. Mrs Mary Begeman will be in charge. Mothers Club to Meet Emerson Heights Mothers’ Club of Indianapolis Free Kindergarten Society will meet at 1:30 Tuesday in the kindergarten room, Tenth street and Emerson avenue. Club discussion will be “Helping Your Child Help Himself.” New officers will be elected.

Today’s Lastex Corset Resembles Only Slightly Early Dress Accessory * Wife of French President Receives as Gift Garment Made With Yarn Instead of Wood or Steel Once Used. BY HELEN LINDSAY RECENTLY, while visiting St. Etienne, Madame Albert Lebrun, wife of the president of France, received as a gift a Lastex corset. It was a presentation of the Associaticgi of Elastic Web Manufacturers, and was regarded by the French people as a most appropriate gift, for the history of Ffance is said to be closely allied with the history of the corset. Corsets were first recognized as important in woman’s dress in France. Though vague accounts of them are mentioned in the time of Cleopatra, as early as 69 B. C., the corset did not gain historical importance until

the fourteenth century, when France began experimenting with it. By the fifteenth century. French stylists had accepted the corset as a necessity for feminine dress, and decreed that it be made of wood. With the coming of the sixteenth century, the corset was made of metal. The metal corset was introduced by Catherine de Medici, who prescribed thirteen inches as the maximum measurement for a woman’s waist. The corset of that day, in addition to compressing the feminine ycaist to meet the requirements of the vain queen, held the body in a rigid position. Women wore these devices and because of them the death rate jumped to such a figure that King Henry IV issued an imperial decree, forbidding injurious fashion. Stays were then '‘bootlegged’’ and were worn in the sides of women’s dresses. Following the death of Henry IV, corsets came into common

use again, with thin metal slats in the form of lattice work taking the place of metal. • a a a a a a Whalebone Enjoyed Long Reign NOT until the eighteenth century was the whalebone corset introduced. For years it was the accepted type of foundation garment used by woman, in one style or another. Then came the corsetless era in women’s fashions, which lasted until the return of fitted styles. The newest development in the history of the corset is exemplified in the garments made of Lastex, the elastic yarn which can be kitted or woven, and which stretches both horizontally and vertically. The Lastex corset presented to Madame Lebrun is the “last word" in corsets. While it has been designed to hold the figure in accordance with the present day silhouette, the elasticity of the fabric allows freedom of movement. In comparison with the wooden and metal contraptions worn by early French women, it demonstrates improvements of a modern age over an early one. a a a a a a Elizabeth Arden Puppets Booked by Ayres A PUPPET show, which will be of interest to women, will be on view In one of the window's of the L. S. Ayr gs store next week. Puppets from the Elizabeth Arden salon. Fifth avenue. New York, will appear Monday at the store. Miniature reproductions of the blond and brunette “ladies of fashion,” these tiny animated figures will perform the beauty rites which are taught in the Arden salon. This will be their first appearance in Indianapolis. With them will be Miss Jane Renfrew, personal representative of Miss Arden. She will conduct a beauty school throughout the week at the Ayres store, with two classes each day. Registration for classes may be made through the store’s toiletry department.

Spanish Musical History to Be Discussed by Miss Stewart

Continuing a study course of folk songs of all nations, Miss Norma Lucille Stewart will review Spanish musical history and its influence at a meeting of Zeta chapter, Sigma Alpha lota, national professional musical sorority, at 8 Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Everett C. Johnson, 5505 Pleasant Run boulevard. Hostesses will be Mesdames Lissa Cox, Mildred Moore and Elizabeth Miss Gause, to Wed Next Week, Is Honor Guest Mrs. Maurice Gronendyke entertained with a luncheon bridge party today at the Charm house in honor of Miss Katherine Gause, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Gause, 3545 Watson road, who will be married to Henry S. Bray on Feb. 24 in North M. E. church. Mrs. Gronendyke will be one of Miss Gause’s attendants. Among the guests were Mesdames Florence Q. Bray, John Bray, Charles Cring, Clarence A. Jackson, W. A. Meade, Henry Powell, Keith L. Johns, James Boyd, Wilbur Carter and Mrs. Gause; Misses Betty Cring, Nancy Ballenger, Katherine Hinds, Edna Conduitt and Fern Stanley. Out-of-town guests were Miss Martha Boyd, Miss Edith Roll, Mrs. Robert Smith, Mrs. Harold lovelace, Mrs. Gilfred Eden, Mrs. Kate Maxim, Mrs. Martin L. Coons and Mrs. Malcolm Edwards, all of Newcastle, and Mrs. Charles Stoup of Mansfield, O. Miss Ballenger will entertain with a dinner party tonight for Miss Gause and Mr. Bray at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ballenger, 5217 North Meridian street. Guests will include Mr. and Mrs. John Bray, Mr. and Mrs. Gronendyke, Dr. and Mrs. Evanson Earp, Mr. and Mrs. Meade, Mr. and E. W. Berger, Miss Cring and Rob-* ert Nehs. Magazine Club Holds Reception on Anniversary; Approximately 200 guests attend- l ed the reception and tea given this j afternoon at the home of Mrs. Paul ! T. Rochford in honor of Mrs. Mary E. Perine, one of the four founders of the Magazine club which celebrated its forty-fifth anniversary. Guests included presidents of otherliterary clubs in the city and friends. The tea table was arranged with a centerpiece of sweet peas, freesias and lace flowers in shades of violet, club colors. Ivory tapers were tied with lavender tulle. Mrs. A. Edgar Shirley, Mrs. J. B. Vandaworker, Mrs. Othniel Hitch anff Mrs. Rudolph F. Grosskopf poured. They were assisted by officers and members of the program committee. Past presidents assisted the hostess and Mrs. Robert T. Ramsay, president, in receiving guests. Miss Victoria Montani, harpist, played during the afternoon. Magazines written and edited by members were displayed, with a history of the club. Indorsers to Meet Picture committee of the Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays will meet at 10 Tuesday morning in the clubrooms in the American National bank. Mrs. James E. Sproule will preside.

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Whisler. Mrs. Moore arranged the program. The following program will be presented: Violin and Piano— Danza (Tonadilla escenica) . Estere-Nln " Sa lir” ii'u'i'i Nin-Kochanskl Miss Mabel M. Harland and Mrs Douglas Day Nve. Vocal Duet iMexlcan, Portugese. Cuban folk tunes). "Carem Carmela” H. W Loomis Carmen Carmela” H. W Loomis „H°? e Everywhere” H. W Loomis Under the Silver Star" . H W Loomis Mrs. Edith Pile and Mrs. Ruth Jones, with Mrs. Dorothy Knight Greene, accompan st. Violin and Piano—"Danza Ritual Del Fuego (Amor Brulo) • • ....Manuel de Falla-Kochanskl Miss Mabel M. Harlan and Mrs. „ , Douglas Day Nve. Two Pianos—" Spanish Folk Dance”.. Ma i?Kuena • Grace Helen Nash Mrs. Mildred Sweeney and Mrs. Gertrude W. Eidson.

PHILLIP CRAIG BAKER WEDS IN COLUMBUS

Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Baker, 5155 North Capitol avenue, with their daughter, Miss Martha Jane Baker, attended the marriage in Columbus last night of their son, Phillip Craig Baker, to Miss Virginia C. Boyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Boyer, Columbus. The wedding took place in the Methodist Episcopal church. Frank Fairchild, Indianapolis, was best man, and Miss Mary Steinbarger, Columbus, was maid of honor. The* couple left for an extended motor trip. Mr. Baker is a graduate of Purdue university and a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. WAR MOTHERS TO ATTEND TEA Colonial tea will be held Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Benjamin C Wheat, 820 North Keystone avenue, by the Marion County chapter' American War Mothers. Mrs. C. J. Strobel will be in charge of a patriotic program. Mrs. J. K. Kutchback, president, and Mrs. J. c. Rybolt, general chariman of the tea, will pour.

SUSAN GRAY SHEDD WILL BE BRIDE

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Shedd, 3939 North Delaware street, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Susan Gray Shedd, to George R. Hemingway Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Hemingway, Oak Park, 111. BIRTHDAY PARTY ' WILL HONOR-SON Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Spellman, 721 North Drexel avenue, will entertain Sunday night with a dinner bridge party for their son, Carl Jr. Guests will include Misses Ruth Globke, Helen Wilson, Marjorie Grisby, and Ruth Crawford; Frank Wells Jr., Paul Grisby and Luther Symons. Mr.'and Mrs. Spellman will be assisted by their daughter, Miss Edith Spellman. Personals Misses Alice Wilde and Mary Katherine Markey attended the sophomore cotillion last night at Purdue university. They were guests at the Pi Beta Phi sorority house. Miss Mary Kathryn Rankins has as her week-end guest, Mrs. A. F. Weihs, Martinsville. Mr and Mrs. Horace Riggs, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schwitz and Mrs. Lena Culman are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Morris Johnston. Bowling Green. Mrs. Johnston formerly was Miss Evelyn Boyd, Indianapolis.