Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1934 — Page 5

JUNE 2, 1934

Costly Fans Show Work of Artists Famed Painters Did Bits for Collection at Lieber Store. BY BEATRICE BURG AN TimJS Woman's Pace Editor A PAIR of eyes coyly lowered over an exquisite fan in the decorous nineties inspired many a gallant to a nobler life to win a dainty hand. But one Alexander Blumenstiel of New York noted not the feminine lure of an artfully wielded fan: he saw only the exquisitely painted designs on the ivory blades. The daintily decorated

fans suggested to him a manner to collect painting of famous artists. He began his unique project in 1894. He asked famous artists to decorate ivory fan blades with bits of c h a racteristic compositions, individual color auto graphs as keynotes of their most cherished ideals. The

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blades he proposed to arrange as fans. He worked tirelessly three years before he obtained enough blades to form a fan. After ten years he had collected blades painted by 103 artists, representing all the modern foreign and American schools. The five completed fans, mounted by Tiffany of New York, were brought to Indianapolis by H. Lieber & Cos. as a feature of its eightieth anniversary celebration. Seldom has the collection, now owned by George A. Kessler, been shown publicly. The collection literally is a gallery in miniature, which could never be duplicated, for many of the artists are dead—including Gazin. Henner. Benjamin Constant, Gerome, Jacob Maus, Boudin. Vibert Mesdag, Minor. Vollon and others. The bindings are semi-circular, with designs by famous artists. One is a “Classical figure,” by E. H. Blashfield; another. “Child Gathering Flowers,’’ by Ludwig Knaus; “Prometheus Bound,” by Jean Paul Laurens: "Cardinal Fishing.” by J. G. Vibert, and a scene from "Manon Lescaut,” by Maurice Leloir. One blade particularly is of historic interest. On this blade. Francis B. Carpenter, intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln, painted a portrait of the President. President Lincoln maintained that Carpenter was the only artist who understood him enough to do him justice. Carpenter’s paintings of the President were the only ones Lincoln liked. Students of art can recognize the ideals of the artists on the bits of Ivory. Art patrons detect the painters’ aims;’note the elegance, refinement and charm of the individual choices. It was a real commission to the artists to place in a limited designated space an ideal conception of what they had striven for all their lives. The tiny paintings represent the quintessence of all the canvases they loved to paint. The five fans, valued at $50,000. were purchased by Mr. Kessler at the executor's sale of the Blumenstiel collection in 1906. They now are offered for sale, and will be on exhibit at Lieber's for another week.

SERIES OF CLUB PARTIES TO END Mrs. J. A. Gilson and Mrs. William Ankenbrock will be in charge of the season's concluding card party for the St. Joan of Arc Women's Club at 2 Tuesday in the school hall. Assistants are Mesdames George Spencer, M. B. Wilson. Fredrick Blaes. Edward Brennan. J. C. Johnson. Max Sander. Ray Keogh, Harry Ware, Stephen Terry. Frank Madden, Joseph Shaw. Fred Bremmerman, Joseph Gallagher, George R. Mullins Hunter, James Sullivan. Oscar Allen, Warder Alloway, Frank Argast, C. Wilson Desobry, Mary Engelkin, Robert H. Losey, Ellison Fadeley, Joseph O'Brien, Thomas Fitzgerald. Edwin O'Neill, Anna Tilford, Arthur Rouse, Vincent Vincent, Thomas Wynne, Rex Young, Scott Shesler, Thomas Kelly and John Dugan. MISS FOX TO BE SUMMER BRIDE Mr. and Mrs. Simon B. Fox, Indianapolis, announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Ruth Nathalie Fox, New York, and Leon Shiman, son of Mrs. Sara G. Shiman. The ceremony will take place during the summer. Miss Fox is a graduate of Indiana university and Mr. Shiman is a graduate of Columbia university.

Sororities

Alpha chapter, Delta Phi Beta sorority, will hold a business meeting Monday at the home of Mrs. Barbara Wells, 1312 Prospect street, Phi Sigma Tau sorority will hold its annual convention in Memphis, Tenn., tomorrow and Monday. Delegates from Indianapolis chapter are Miss Margaret Maylon, president, and Miss Betty Lee, Miss Ann Mann and Mrs. Lewis Haynes. • Club Outing Set Mrs. Carl Day is chairman for the annual outing of Cedars of Lebanon Club to be held Friday in Kiger’s woods.

Auxiliary to Maennerchor Will Conclude Season

Concluding its season of social activities, the Ladies society of the Indianapolis Maennerchor will hold a luncheon and card party at 12:30 Friday at the academy of music. Ingeborgia Cordeselli, concert artist, will present a program. Mme. Cordeselli received her training with Baron Max von Schilling and Dr. Klingenberg, Professor Rudolf Heyne and Senorita Conte. Since her arrival in America she has entertained audiences in Chicago, Milwaukee and Boston. She will present the following

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Art Council of Club Arranges for Silver Tea Mrs. William C. Kassebaum is general chairman of a silver tea to be given by the junior art council of the Woman’s Department Club from 2- to 5 Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Paul T. Rochford, 5653 Washington boulevard. A musical program will be presented by Miss Maxine Moore, contralto, and Miss Mae Henri Lane, pianist. Other members *of Mrs. Kassebaum’s committee are Mesdames E. A. Kelly, George Shanks Edward P. Gallagher. Harold Oi Feightner and Mrs. Rochford. The tea committee is composed of Mesdames John H. Allison, George Bowen, A. M. Shouso, Glen Conway, Edgar W. Hauser, Bert C. McCammon, and Earl C. Bucher. Mrs. Hollie A. Shideler, Mrs. Fred C. Albershardt and Mrs. Harold M. Trusler are in charge of reservations.

program with Clarence F. Elbert, accompanist: 'German) “Lenz” Eugene Hildach “Der Freischuetz C. M. v. Weber Knmmit ein Schlanker Bursch. “Zueignung” Richard Strauss ' opa.„ uuvi Spaetzin" Eugene Hildach “Im Prater blueh’n wieder die Baeume" Robert Stoltz 'English) “Homing” Del Riego “Serenade” Toscelli 'Spanish) “Estrellita”.. Manuel A. Ponce “Ay-Ay-Ay” Creole Song ißUssiani “O chi Tchorniya" . A. Salama 'ltalian' “O Sole Mio” Eduardo Di Capua Mrs. Henry Langsenkamp is chairman of the card party, to be assisted by Mesdames Isaac Born, Charles Kistner, William Noelke and Addison Coddington; Misses Emma Minter, Marie Leppert, Mary Eymann and Lena Schramm.

MISS MARCIA MORRISON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin Morrison, is president of the senior class at Sweet Briar college and recently won a graduate scholarship in psychology at Washing university, St. Louis, Mo. Her sister. Miss Frances Morrison, is vice-president of the Sweet Briar junior class. Mrs. Herman A. Straus, before her marriage Sunday, was Miss Jane Harding, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harding, 3607 Washington boulevard. Miss Grace Hicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Curtis Hicks, became the bride of the Rev.

Personals

Miss Dorothy Moss, Bogalusa, La., is the house guest, of Miss Betty McFadden, 839 West drive, Woodruff Place. Miss Moss and Miss McFadden were classmates at Indiana university where they were members of Pi Beta Phi sorority. Mrs. Paul E. Eltzroth and son Jack, San Antonio, Tex., are visiting Mrs. Eva M. Eltzroth, 1014 West Thirty-third street. MRS. DuVALL TO PRESENT PUPILS Pupils of Mrs. T. Ben DuVall will present a program of readings and vocal numbers at 5:30 tomorrow night in the community room of the Broadway M. E. church. Taking part will be Robert Hassfurder, Hubert Link, Marilyn Goodal, Carolyn Moosby, Jack Vaugn, Loretta, Joseph and Martha Spaulding, Charlene rt nd Maxine Sunthimer, Billy Humphrey, Mary Jane Robertson, Betty Reed, Martha Coffin, Helen Humphrey, Tommy Frency, Max Burk, John Reynolds, Mary Ann McDonald, Jean Dickerson and Joan Elizabeth DuVall. The public may attend. Club Card Party Set Mrs. Lena Eberts, 3137 Ruckle street will be hostess for a card party of the Wy-Mo-Dau Literary Club to be held Monday afternoon. Proceeds will be used for tubercular patients at the Bridgeport Nutrition camp.

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Archer C. Shirley, son of A. Clyde Shirley, Saturday, May 26. The couple is at home at Wildwood, near New Bethel. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Dieckman are on a wedding trip east. They will make their home in Evansville. Mrs. Dieckman before her recent marriage was Miss Ona Emily Boyd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyd. The marriage of Miss Louise Caroline Allen, and Charles Cooks Coen took place May 29 at the Allen home on the Cold Springs road. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Allen.

Shower Bridge Will Be Given for Bride-Elect Mrs. Robert Berner, 5858 Carrollton avenue, will entertain at a china shower and bridge party tonight for Miss Isabelle Early, bride-elect, and Mrs. Murray A. Talbott, formerly Miss Helen Miller. Guests will be Mrs. Noble H.’ Hiatt, Misses Alice Migman and Mary Elizabeth Thumma, both of Anderson; Elizabeth Norris, Pearl Bartley, Josephine Ready, Maxine Quinn, Maxine Foltzenlogel, Anita Brownlee, Kathryn Rubush, Dorothy Wright, and Louise Headrick. Mrs. Elmer Robertson, 590 East drive, Woodruff Place, gave a bridge party and shower for Miss Early last night. Miss Early’s marriage to Dr. Henry M. Schmidt will take place June 13. Daisies, blue delphinium and baby’s breath decorated the table. Gifts were presented to the brideelect in an umbrella decorated in yellow and blue. Guests were Misses Eleanor and Mary Egan, Louise Watson, Gertrude Ebner, Lois Williams, Anita Brownlee and Mrs. C. F. Steger. Club to Hear Review “Peking Picnic” will be reviewed by Mrs. T. D. Campbell at a meeting of the Thursday Lyceum Club at the regular meeting with Mrs. Elizabeth Unger, 2219 North Pennsylvania street. _ "

NEW MEMBERS WILL BE TEA GUESTS,

New members of the Irvington Kindergarten Mothers’ Club will attend a tea at 2:30 Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Herman Kortepeter, 351 North Leslie avenue. Mrs. E. C. Rumpler will be speaker and a musical program will be presented by Mrs. J. G. Curry, violinist; Mrs. Harold F. Sweeney, pianist, and the Russian string choir of the Irvington School of Music. In charge of the program will be Mrs. Francis Payne, Mrs. Frank Blackman and Mrs. Morris O. Jones. BUTLER SOPHOMORE GROUP WILL DANCE Pledges will be announced by Spurs, women's sophomore honorary club at Butler university, tonight at a dance to be given for members, alumnae, pledges and their guests at the Officers’ Club of Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Chaperons wil be Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Hinkle and Miss Florence Cade. Miss Mary Alice Smith, chairman, wil be assisted by Misses Betty Humphries, Betty Kalleen, Esthe 7 Hoover, Marydel Rous, Ruth Repschlager, Evelyn Wright, Martha Coddington, Hazel Guio, Jane Crawford, Rebecca Blackley, Margaret Schoen, Mary Kathryn Mangua Mary Jean Clark and Mary yance Trent*

Miss Barker, to Be June Bride, Feted at Party A personal shower and bridge party today at the home of Miss Margaret Schumacher, 2724 North Meridian street, honored Miss Margaret Barker, bride-elect. Miss Barker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert J. Barker, Thorntown, will be married to John L. Richardson, Omaha, Neb., on June 10, in Thorntown. Party appointments today were in Miss Barker’s colors, pink and blue. Out-of-town guests included Miss Barker, Mrs. Barker and Miss Mildred Barker, and Miss Mary Belle Long, all of Thorntown, and Miss Evelyn Poston, Martinsville. Other guests were Mesdames Helen Shimer, J. C. Matthews, Royer Knode Brown, Joseph Thomas and Jack N. Gulling; Misses Joan Johnson, Elizabeth Hisey, Myla Smith, Mary Lou Beem, Charlotte A. Bruce, Elsie Hancock, Bernice Grant, Nancy Moore, Mary Elizabeth Dodds, Isabel Garrison, Adelaide Gould and Florence Renn. Sorority to Initiate Miss Clara Vollmer will be hostess Wednesday night for initiation services of Alpha chapter, Kappa Phi Delta sorority. Initiates are Misses Mildred Kennedy, Elizabeth Allen, Martha Vollmer and Mrs. Fred Johnston. Miss Myra Rowley, chairman, will be assisted by Miss Vollmer and Miss Christina Valentine, social chairman. Mrs. Leon Stanley is president. Installation Scheduled Officers will be installed by the Phi Delta Theta Mothers’ Club at a luncheon at 1 Wednesday at the chapter house. Mrs. H. G. Kalb, chairman, will be assisted by Mesdames A. L. Gilliom, L. M. Langston and A. J. Mower.

Antique Furniture Gives Distinctive Air to Home Arranged by Recent Bride Contents of Residence of Bygone Era Is Used in Cottage of Young Indianapolis Couple. BY HELEN LINDSAY WHEN the June bride furnishes her home, she proves that she is a practical young person. For she combines sentiment, practicality, and wedding gifts to form a background which is individual and personal. One bride of the early summer has completed her home with strict attention to the size of her budget. But in doing this, she has achieved a setting which is charming and different. The home and its contents of an old relative of the bridegroom, were to be sold, in settlement of an estate. Within the home were family heir-

looms which had been cherished by the family, and which each member would like to possess. The contents had been appraised, and nominal prices placed on everything. Together, the bride and groom visited the home. They selected from the furnishings of the old house pieces which they considered suitable to their own small cottage. A few weeks later the young husband returned, in a borrowed truck, and transported the furniture to Indianapolis. There were a number of pieces which had been unused for years, and though they showed beneath the dust worn upholstery which once had been lovely, they needed to be refinished. The young bride was a resourceful person. She visited Mrs. Eleanor Miller, in The Little House at the L. S. Ayres & Cos. store. She described each piece of furniture, the size and plan of her house, and gave an estimate of what she could spend on refinishing and decorating her home. Together- Mrs. Miller and the bride planned. One

expense which they felt could hot be avoided was for floor coverings. Rugs for the living room and dining room were chosen of raisin colored broadloom weave. n n h nun Satin Damask Covers Furniture TWO pieces of furniture, exquisitely shaped, and once covered in satin damask, were considered first. Upon Mrs. Miller’s advice the love seat of the set was covered in linen, in a blue background with white*, figures. The matching chair was covered in white linen, with a full petticoat. and piped in blue. To complement the color in these two pieces of furniture, blue draperies were selected, in a neoclassic pattern, the figure of white and green. The draperies, pleated, hang straight, almost to the floor. Simple, straight glass curtains were used, edged with wood ball fringe. A daring note of color contrast is seen in the green satin covering cf an odd arm chair, repeating the touch of green in the draperies. A white lattice-work pottery pot was placed on a small drop-leaf table, holding a coral geranium. Wedding gifts were found to work in well with the dt.oraiive plans. One was a blue china table lamp, with a white pleated linen shade. Another lamp which was effective in this setting has a white base, with a white and green shade. A variation of the color' in the growing geranium was seen in the ( muted shade of coral in a colorful floor lamp. Two etchings and an original 1836 flower print in blue tints were used on the walls, together with a pair of Japanese prints. nun nun White Motif for Dining Room BONE white finish was chosen for the drop leaf table, whiph was used in the small dining room with ladder-back cane-seated chairs. A small antique serving table and a marble top oval table were used also in the dining room. On the serving table another wedding gift was used —a pair of white vases decorated with blue flowers. A tiny curved antique backless seat was upholstered in egg-shell imitation leather, and used in informal setting in the dining room, which is separated from the living room only by low book shelves. A Jenny Lind bed was used in the bedroom, where draperies also were blue. These draperies were blue chintz, with navy blue and white candlewick pattern. The draperies were pleated and tied back over sheer white net curtains. The decorative scheme for the small kitchen was yellow and green. A nick-nack shelf in one corner was painted green, effective against the buff walls, and filled with suitable pottery. Cottage curtains were chosen for the kitchen. The tops were yellow and green plaid, while the bottom halves were of white, bordered with the plaid.

Pauline Becker, Edward Stanley Wed in Home Ceremony

Before an improvised altar of palms, roses and peonies, Miss Pauline Becker became the bride of John H. Stanley, Chicago, son of Mrs. Roy Morgan Stanley, Chicago, today at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Becker, 215 East Fiftieth street. The Rev. R. Melvyn Thompson read the service. Mrs. George S. Dailey, harpist, played “Theta Prayer’’, “Beloved” and the traditional wedding marches. Doris and Florence Becker, sisters of the bride, formed an aisleway with tulle streamers for the wedding party. Doris wore a blue net frock over taffeta and Florence wore pink. Miss Carleen Becker, sister of the bride, as maid of honor, was gowned in pink net with a ruffled flounce and carried blue daisies and pink roses. Mrs. Becker was gowned in powder blue lace with a corsage of gardenias and sweet peas. Mrs. Stanley wore navy blue georgette with a corsage of summer flowers. Paul Stanley. Chicago, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. The bride entered with her father. Her ivory satin gown, fashioned on princess lines, was worn by Mrs. August Hook at her wedding. The bride’s bouquet was Johanna Hill roses, gardenias and lilies-of-the-valley. At a reception, a three-tiered wedding cake formed the table centerpiece. Spring flowers decorated the room which w r as lighted with pastel colored tapers. The couple left on a trip to Canada. and will be at home after June 16 in * Western Springs, 111. The bride wore a brown net ensemble with tan accessories. The bride attended De Pauw university where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and is a graduate of Butler university. Mr. Stanley, a De r Pauw graduate, is a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Among the out-of-town guests were Mrs. Maude Radford Warren, Ithaca, N. Y.; Miss Alice Radford, Winter Garden, Fla; Miss Lorena Williams, Shelbyville; William Barbour and Miss Rachel White. Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Burd, New Albany; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kroft,

Railway Mail Auxiliary Will Hold Founding Celebration

Appointments in keeping with the twelve months of the year will decorate the luncheon tables of the thirty-fifth anniversary celebration of the Women’s Auxiliary to the Railway Mail Association, Tuesday, at the Tabernacle Presbyterian church. Surviving charter members of the auxiliary, which was organized June 7, 1899, to entertain the national convention of the Railway Mail Association held in Indianapolis, are Mesdames E. B. Cole, Greenfield; F. W. Dickhut, James Seward, Oliver Grave and John Newlin. The auxiliary has a membership of 150. Asa feature of the program, the minutes and treasurer’s report of the initial meeting will be read.

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Mrs. Lewis Kroft. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kroft, all of Medaryville; Mr. and Mrs. John Kroft and daughter, Carolyn, Winamac; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kroft and daughter, Joanne. Wabash; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kroft and sons, Frederick and George, Logansport. and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ross, Kankakee. Shirley T uchman to Be Bride of Cincinnati Man The marriage of Miss Shirley Tuchman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Tuchman, 902 Maple street, and Isadore Halpern, son of Mrs. Bessie Halpern, Cincinnati, will take place at 3 tomorrow at Kirshbaum Center. Rabbi S. A. Katz will read the ceremony, which will be followed by a dinner for immediate families and a reception at 8:30 at the center. Miss Sally Grant, maid of honor, will wear pink lace and carry pink roses; Mrs. Meyer Kaufman, matron of honor, will wear tea rose lace and carry tea roses. Renee Kaufman and Shirley Segal will be flower girls and Charles Gross will be the ring bearer. The bride, to be given in marriage by her father, will wear white satin with a silk tulle veil and carry white roses and lilies-of-the-valley. Mrs. Tuchman will wear black satin and Mrs. Halpern will wear black chiffon and both will wear rose corsages. Morris Halpern will be best man. Mr. Halpern and his bride will be at home after a short trip at 3239 Victory park, Cincinnati. Study Club to Meet Guests will attend a meeting of the Pierian Study Club Thursday with Mrs. Chester McKamey, 3910 Arthington boulevard, hostess. Mrs. Sidney Esten will present the program on “Flowers and Religion.”

New members will be received. Mrs. Helen Lawall, accompanied by Mrs. Ethleen Johnson, will extend a greeting in song. Miss Edna Shortwill will present a group of vocal numbers. Incoming officers of the auxiliary are Mrs. Ralph Clark, president; Mrs. Eugene Thompson, first vicepresident; Mrs. Theodore Caldwell, corresponding secretary: Mrs. Fred Hendrickson, member of the executive committee They will be installed by Mrs. W. H. Vinzant, retiring president. The luncheon committee includes Mrs. John Gallagher, chairman, assisted by Mesdames C. S. McFadden, Fulton Smith, Floyd Doddridge, Noble Reed, Albert Morgan, E. H. HUghes and B. H. Beard.