Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 101, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1934 — Page 12
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Devotees of Horse Feted by Eli Lilly
Exhibitors at State Fair and Club Officers at Luncheon. BY BEATRIC E BURG AN Train HikiiiT f*i Mil*r MANY sportsmen with entries m the Indians state fair horse show this week often have enjoyed southern hospitality, but the hosts couldn’t be more genial than Eii Lilly, who was host at a luncheon yesterdav in honor of out-of-town exhibitors and officers of the In-
diana Saddle Horse Association. All we local guests hope that our out -of - town exhibtors wdi recall Mr. Lilly's party as an example of Indiana hospitality. From the time Mr. Lilly and his daughter, Miss Evelyn Lilly.
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erected us the door we enjoyed ourselVes. We took a trip down the hill to the Fairmount stables before we had luncheon. The stables are spic and span and modem in every detail. Outside, the stable is stained brown, and inside the walks are painted in light and dark green Polly Dixon. Mr. Lilly's favorite mount, nibbled for sugar, and Miss Evelyn's new 6-year-old mare looked doubtfully at the strangers visiting her. Oh Susanna and Gay Thistledown are at the fairground stables this week, and another of Mr. Lilly's horses was in pasture. A favorite hunter of Nicholas Noyes, a neighbor of Mr. Lilly, is a boarder in the stable. Horsemen admired the indoor training ring, close to the stable As w> finished drinking our tomato juice roektails and nibbling the canapes. Mr. Lilly, bv ringing a tinkling little silver bell, called us from the yard to the buffet luncheon board. Assisted by Mrs. Lilly Mrs. Lilly assisted her husband In watching out for his guests’ comfort The bodice of her steel gray crepe dress was blocked with formations of silver metal beads. Miss Evelyn, wearing her hair off her face in Alice in Wonderland sash- ' ion. was tailored in a white knit suit, buttoned down the front. Mrs. P. Cassell. Providence. R 1.. one of the prominent exhibitors. attended the luncheon with her daughter. Miss Audrey Thomas, whose prize horses are winning many ribbons. Mrs. Cassell's dark gray wool dress had a band of chinchilla at the hemline, and another around the square neckline. A short Kelly green velveteen fie at the neck. -atched a green feather in the beret & le hat of material matching the and. s. Miss Thomas's frock was of navy blue satin back crepe, and her hat of blue felt. | Miss Mary Ballard. French Liek. ; was another exhibitor guest. Her! white rough wool suit was belted and tailored and her yellow silk blouse was striped in brown and w hite. Mrs. Frank B. Shields. Fox- j cliffe, Martinsville. favored a 1 tailored fashion. With a tan linen suit, she wore a kerchief checked in red and tan, sprigged with a bit of green. Garbed in Blue Mrs. Frank Hoke's blue wool dress had a bodice combined of corded taffeta and wool The sleeves were elbow length with cuffs edged in pleated frills, also edging the bow at the neckline. Mrs Maurice Mendenhall. wife of the saddle horse association president, wore a becoming wool dress of rust wool, simple in style with only tucks on the shoulder and silver buttons and belt burkle as trimming. Among the other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Wallace O. Lee. Charles Gregg, who will be hast -again on Oct 14 for the association's saddle horse roundup; Mr. and Mrs. Don Bose. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McNutt. Major and Mrs. J. K. Boles and their daughter. Miss Betty Boles; Mrs. E S. Retter. Mrs Blake Stone. Mrs. Alex Metzker. Miss Audrey Pugh and F G. Stroop. Dayton. O. Governor Paid V McNutt came for lunch. He expects Mrs. McNutt and their daughter Louise to return today from the Governor's summer home in the Indiana dunes state park. Meeting Scheduled Members of the Luthefan Orphans Welfare Association will meet at 2 tomorrow at the home. Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Reed and son Junior, and Mr. and Mrs. D. Rector and daughter Betty have returned from a motor trip to Chicago where they attended A Century of Progress fair.
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Greek letter sororities on the Butler university campus will begin their rushing activities with a tea Sunday for out-of-town rushees and one Monday for in-town rushees. The rush period will close Saturday. Sep' 15, when the organizations will entertain with evening parties. The young women pictured above are chairmen of their various rush committees.
Contract Bridge
Today’s Contract Problem East is playing the hand at four spades. South's opening lead is the king of hearts, upon which North plays the four and East the deuce. What should South lead on the second trick as his only chance of defeating the contract? 4K4 N VJ 8 3 N r ♦AK Q 5 § AA- 1 De,, * r AA 1 3 AQS 3 2 VAK 9 7 ♦ 4 *KJ 8 4 Solution in next issue. 30 Solution to Previous Contract Problem BY W. E. M’KENNEY Secretary American Bridge League HAS it ever occurred to you that our expression "petered out” had its origin in whist, the greatgranddadd.v of contract? In the good old days, tefore bridge became our leading indoor sport, the Blue Peter, or "petering out." was a whist term to describe that play which we now call an echo. Briefly, an echo is the play of a higher card, followed by a lower ▲JB 6 2 V AQ9 ♦ 9 7 A J 10 7 2 A None ♦ Q 16 9 VlO7 4 2 * VKJ63 ♦10653 c ♦QJ 8 4 2 - , *8 3 . . *- c a Det'ef AAK 5 4 AAKI S 4 3 V 8 5 •♦ A K ♦Q 9 6 Duplicate—N. and S. vul. South West North Hast 1 Pass 2 A Pass 4 Pass Pass Pass Opening lead — A K. 30
Zeta; Miss Mary Katherine Mangus, Kappa Alpha Theta; Miss Dorothy Winters, Alpha Omicron Pi. Lower, Left to Right—Miss June W’illcutts, Pi Beta Phi; Miss Dorothy Day, Alpha Chi Omega; Miss Lucile Trager, Zeta Tau Alpha.
card of the same suit. It may be ; used for several purposes; to show length or strength in a suit, or a desire <not necessarily a command) ; for partner to continue the lead of a suit in which you have echoed. In today's hand the improper use of an echo by the defending opponent spoiled the opportunity of defeating a game-going contract. u u u The rla.v WEST opened the king of clubs, on which East played the eight. West continued the suit by leading the ace and East completed his echo with the trey. A third round of clubs followed, which East trumped. South was in at the fourth trick with a diamond and. after extracting East’s two remaining trumps, put dummy in with the ace of hearts, and the jack of clubs provided South w'ith a discard of his losing heart, making a total of ten tricks to complete his contract of four spades. East should not have signaled with a high-low in clubs. The echo should not be used to show mere i ability to ruff, but to show a desire to ruff; or to have the suit continued for some other reason. East holds a certain trick in trump and. with the king and jack of hearts over dummy’s ace-queen, East should endeavor to promote a trick in hearts. Further, he should note the four clubs in dummy as a threat. East, by playing the trey of clubs on the first trick, with the deuce shown in dummy, would advise his partner to shift suits. West doubtless would have led a heart through dummy’s strength and declarer would have been forced to finesse the queen. East would have won with the king and the day would have been saved, with East and West winning two clubs, one heart, and one spade, a total of four tricks to defeat the contract. • Copyright. 1934. NBA Service, Inc.l MISS STARK, TO BE BRIDE SOON , FETED Miss Mary Paulyne St ark, brideelect, attended a luncheon-bridge party today at the Columbia Club as a guest of Miss Alma Royer. The marriage of Miss Stark, daughter of Paul G. Stark, and William True Lewis, will take place Sept. 15. Guests included Mesdames Walker Knotts. Paul Louis Kahn. Robert Hanna and T. N. Meredith; Misses Margaret Stark. Virginia Rother and Alice Marie Woolling, and Mrs. John H. Sherburne. Boston. Mass.
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Miss Holaday, Bride-Elect, to Be Honor Guest
In compliment to Miss Kathryn Holaday, bride-elect daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Holaday, Mrs. Joseph Stout Jr. and Miss Maja Brownlee will entertain tonight. The party, a crystal shower and bridge event, will be held at the home of Mrs. Stout in the Spink Arms. Turquoise blue and tearose colors will appoint the serving table. The marriage of Miss Holaday and Dr. Charles Keith Hepburn, son of Mrs. C. M. Hepburn, Huntington, W. Va., will take place Sept. 15 in the North M. E. church. Guests will include Mrs. Ernest Warnock, Remington, and Mesdames Robert White, Edward Kirkpatrick and William Otto, Misses Virginia Brookbank, Grace Yeager, Grace Parsons, Emily Pond, Frances Pond, Armen Ashjian, Katherine Hanna. Bertha Cora and Norma Jo Davidson. Auxiliary to Meet Prospect auxiliary, O. E. S., will meet tomorrow in the Masonic hall, State avenue and Prospect street. Dinner will be served at noon. Misses Lucile Alexander, Ruth Dalrymple, Elizabeth Schoelch, Lillie Rule and Anna Harkema have returned from a vacation at Lake Maxinkuckee.
Daily Recipe STUFFED PEPPER SALAD % cup double-whipped mayonnaise. 2 cups crab meat, flaked. 2 teaspoons scraped onion. 1 teaspoon salt. Dash of cayenne. 1/2 cup celery, diced. 6 green peppers. To mayonnaise add crabmeat, salt, cayenne, celery, and onion. Cut 2-inch slice from each green pepper, remove seeds and pits, and place each on crisp lettuce. Fill pepper slices with fish mixture. Serve on crisp lettuce with additional mayonnaise. Serves six.
Membership Department Head Chosen Mrs. W. V. Kingdon Will Serve City Parent and Teacher Congress. Mrs. W. E. Balch. president of the Indianapolis Congress of Parents and Teachers, yesterday announced the appointment of Mrs. W. V. Kingdon as chairman of the newly organized congress department of membership. The opening board meeting was held at the American National bank. The council will begin its year's program Sept. 26 with a tree-plant-ing ceremony at the James Whitcomb Riley hospital in memory of two late board members. Mesdames Carl Manthei, Edward J. Thompson and Stewart A. Green will be in charge of the meeting. Mrs. C. C. Rothman will serve as mother-adviser to succeed the late Mrs. G. E. Ten Eyck and Mrs. Clifford Harrod has been appointed historian to take the place of Mrs. Lucien King, who recently died. Mrs. Grace Granger, principal of School 46, will take the place of Miss Mabel Keller, principal member. whose term expired,in June. Department chairman appointments inciude: Art, Mrs. Frank Rieman; juvenile protection. Mrs. Chester O. Martin; legislative, Mrs. James L. Murray; music, Mrs. Greene; parliamentarian, Mrs. Manthei; program, Mrs. Hubert Wann; recreation, Mrs. C. C. Wolverton; civics, Mrs. Glenn Parrish; health, Mrs. W. E. Tinney; extension, Mrs. Balch; literature, Mrs. R. E. Farley; parent education, Mrs. Frank A. White; publicity, Mrs. Witt W. Hardey; speakers’ bureau, Mrs. Robert L. Mason; student aid, Mrs. A. B. Shultz, and telephone, Mrs. C. D. Perrine.
Miss Schoener, Bride-Elect, Is Feted by Sister Mrs. Walter C. Hiser, New York, was hostess at a. luncheon bridge party today at the Marott in honor of her sister, Miss Marthalou Schoener, whose marriage to Richard T. Hill will take place Saturday. Fall flowers centered the tables at which covers were laid for Miss Schoener, Mrs. Ross S. Hill, Mrs. M. R. Schoener, Miss Betty Jane Brucker of Dayton, 0., Mrs. Hugh Kihnaird of Pendleton and Mesdames W, Scott Hiser, Burchard Carr, Howard Caldwell, Charles Arensman, George Dana Chandler, Donald Walker, Douglas B. Hill, L. G. Shattert, Thomas F. McNutt, Edward Kirkpatrick, Lewis Ott Ward, George Moster, James Ruddell, Robert Wild, Fosdick Goodrich and Buford Cadle; Misses Rosalind Reed, Evelyn Pier, Jeanne Winchell and Lois Sherrill. At a bridge party yesterday afternoon at her home, 228 Hampton drive, Mrs. Ward entertained for Mrs. Hiser. Guests included the hostess’ sister, Mrs. Myron J. McGeehan, Mrs. Kinnaird and Mrs. Goodrich; Mesdames James Ruddell, Loran Hickman, W. H. Turner, J. R. Todd, Horace Storer, F. Noble Ropkey, Lawrence Shappert and James Ray.
LYMAN AYRES WILL wed Virginian
Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Ferguson, Newport News. Va., have issued invitations for the wedding of their daughter, Miss Isabel Ferguson, to Lyman Ayres, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M. Ayres, Indianapolis. The wedding will take place Saturday. Sept. 22 in St. Paul’s church, Newport News, followed by a reception at the St. James River Country Club. MISS SLINGER WED IN CHURCH SERVICE The marriage of Miss Helen Slinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Slinger, and William J. Linder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Linder, took place yesterday morning in St. Patrick’s Catholic church, the Rev. Emile Goossens. officiating. A wedding breakfast followed at Whispering Winds. The couple left on a wedding trip to Wisconsin. They will live in Indianapolis. Miss Helen Colbert, organist, played traditonal airs. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Josephine Slinger, who wore yellow taffeta and velvet and carried tea roses and yellow asters. Frank Linder was best man. The bride wore white taffeta and velvet and carried Bride’s roses and asters.
Personals
Mrs. Susan Riddell, Mt. Sterling, Ky., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles C. Rankins, and family. ' Mrs. A. D. Peters and daughter. Marian. New York, and Mrs. Paul Hays and daughter, Hessie, Keansburg, N. J., have returned to their homes after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dean, 406 North Gladstone avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Buchanan have returned to their home at the Marott after a vacation at Pottawattomie lodge on Lake Tippecanoe. They will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary tomorrow with a reception. Miss Bonilyn Crawford. Windsor, Ontario. Canada, has returned to her home after visiting Mrs. Robert E. Lewis.
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Manners and Morals BY JANE JORDAN Y**nr opinion* r* wolromo *nil will bo published rtpprdless of the side Tip take. Comment from reader* will be Siren as much spaee as problems. Dear Jane Jordan—Why a newspaper lets you print such vulgar bash in it I can’t tell. Os "Sorry,” yourself, and all the rest who uphold you. I only have this thought: If you would
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read and study your Bibles you would find that men and women are both equally guilty bes 0r e God when they have intimate affairs without ma r r iage. I haven’t been able to find where the Bible gives a sinner like you au t h ority to
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give advice to people. False teachers and false prophets have no stand with the Lord. How you have the nerve to publish your face I do not know. I feel your advice could be better done without. Why do people like "Sorry” and "Puzzled Fiancee” do things like that and then try to stir up sympathy by advertising it? My sympathy goes to the sick and needy, for they need it. What about it? A WIFE AND MOTHER. Answer —I publish your letter chiefly for the satisfaction it will give you to see it in print, for your accusations are so general they can not be answered. Evidently you are a person who is not stirred to help people unless you approve of the kind of trouble they are having. A nice trouble can be helped, but a bad trouble must be ignored. Those who are sincerely interested in relieving people of their misery do not discriminate between troubles, but are stirred to action by anything which makes others uncomfortable. Dear Jane Jordan—l am 30 years old and my wife 28. We had four years of sweet married life, but no children yet. One of my wife's girl friends got mad at her and threatened to tell me something of my wife’s past; so my wife, with tears in her eyes, told me herself. When she was 19 she was going to have a baby, but would not marry the fellow, so her mother helped her out of her predicament. When she told me I turned white and cold for a while. Now I can’t get over it. It is on my mind all the time. I am ready to give up. WONDERING. Answer —Surely you can see that it is not the deed in itself which has caused this trouble, but your knowledge of it. You’ve been happy for four years. Nothing whatsoever has changed. Your wife is the same. The situation is the same. But happiness has fled. Why is this? The fault lies in your own attitude. You have just as many of the elements for happiness in your hands today as you had yesterday. Your ability to adjust to a bit of reality is what hangs in the balance. Nothing else. Your wife’s experience has done no harm to her character. On the contrary, she probably is stronger for what she went through and mpre appreciative of the security of her marriage than an inexperienced girl. Her sense of guilt over the affair operated in your favor. She was a better wife because of her effort to compensate you for her secret. Isn’t your pride the strongest factor in causing your worries? Doesn’t the fact that other people, particularly your wife's spiteful girl friend, know the story annoy you a lot more than the story itself? Our humiliations are much easier to bear when no one knows about them but ourselves. Dear Jane Jordan—l went with a girl with no thought of love and she went with me to forget her past. We drifted* into an intimate relationship and two months of this has converted me into believing I love her. The whole situation lies in this phase. Before these relations I was cold toward her, and afterwards I was warm toward her. As soon as I am financially able I am preparing to marry her. She has a job and has spent money on both of us which I could not afford. Please let me know what you think of this situation. MODERN YOUTH. Answer—lt often happens that men go from the physical to the spiritual phase of love quite readily, whereas women proceed more easily from the spiritual to the physical. Some men never really fall deeply in love until they have possessed the object of their love. This is a generaliza-
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Marjorie .Howard Makes Thirtieth Transatlantic Trip to Discuss Styles International Authority Speaks Before Fashion Forum, in New York; Analyzes French Offerings. BY HELEN LINDSAY YESTERDAY and today, in the auditorium of the Engineers' Club in New 7 York. Marjorie Howard addressed the members of the Fashion Forum, a national organization composed of women in fashion work. In preparation lor a series of lectures, Miss Howard made her thirtieth voyage to the United States from France. The purpose of the forum is to analyze the recent Paris openings, and smooth the way for the successful interpretation of foreign inspirations in the United States. Miss Howard is interesting to women who follow the fashion changes, because for many years Americans have gone to her in Paris to get the
inside track of fashions. She knows every one of moment in the fashionable categories in France, and is as much respected in London and Vienna as in New York and other American fashion centers. Last year. Miss Howard also spoke to the fashion group. Her friends say that she would have made as shrewd and dependable a commentator on finance or international relations as she has on fashions if her career had pointed in either of these directions. She makes her home in Paris with a distinguished brother. Cecil de Blaquiere Howard, considered by many leading artists the outstanding sculptor of the day. Other members of her family are quite as well known. Her sister is Miss Kathleen Howard, who for eleven years sang in the Metropolitan Opera, and also sang in the leading capitals of Europe.
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Sister Embarks on Third Career FROM this career Kathleen turned to that followed by her sister, Marjorie, and for several years was New York fashion editor of a leading American fashion magazine. Last year she embarked on her third career by leaving for Hollywood and the films. This year she has been seen in several important pictures, including "Death Takes a Holiday,” "You're Telling Me,” and "One More River.” In telling of the Paris openings, Miss Howard reported to the fashion group a larger attendance than she remembers seeing in many years. She believes that French designers will continue creating beautiful clothes, and commented on the effects of Paris creators on American design. Every young American designer to w r hom Miss Howard has talked admits drawing upon Parish fashions for inspiration. There must be a central source of fashion, she points out, otherwise there w-ould be a constant changing of clothes at every frontier, to avoid being stamped as an American in Paris or a Londoner in New r York. She emphasized the fact that since the middle of the seventeeth century there has been no national frontier in fashion. This answers the question many women ask so continuously, "Why do we follow Paris fashions?” a t* a a a New Devices Offered for Eye Beauty LAST year the Kurlash company perfected two devices which were received with enthusiasm by women. One was Kurlash. intended to curl the eye lashes, and the other w*as Tweezette, an automatic tweezer. Now the company has presented five new 7 products designed to cover the field of eye makeup. One is Lashtint, a mascara moistener kit in compact form. It Is a black and silver compact, with a sponge moistener, in addition to brush and mirror. The sponge remains wet for hours, and fits snugly into the case, without leaking. A tiny spring releases it for refilling with water. Lashtint is also in liquid form, for dressing table use. It comes in a black glass bottle, with glass rod and stopper, as well as a fine brush. Lashpac is a stick form for tinting eyebrows and lashes. One end encloses a stick of mascara which is pushed forward like a lipstick. The other end holds a small brush, which swings instantly into position for use. The brush is used to separate the lashes and to groom lashes and brows. Kurlene is an ointment made of natural oils for promoting the growth of lashes. Manufacturers say it w r as developed a century ago in Germany at the time of an eye epidemic. Shadette is a compact eyeshadow which comes in blue, brown, violet or green, in silver and black compact.
A Woman s Viewpoint
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON
IF you had been born eighty years ago, like Mrs. James Roosevelt, the President's mother, you would have been familiar with this; "A lady should have her name in the paper but twice in her lifetime—once when she marries, and once when she dies.” In Good Housekeeping, Rita
Halle tells A m e r i can women that the President’s mother, who was reared on that idea, still considers it rather vulgar to be too often in print. And assuredly she seems not to court publicity. We now live inaworld where opin-
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ions are created largely by propaganda and personalities are made by press agents. Therefore, the tion which is by no means true in all cases, but which seems to apply to you. Perhaps it is a good thing that finances keep you from marrying until you have time to learn the strength of your affections. If you and the girl are as mentally companionable as you are physically compatible. I see no reason why you shouldn’t make a success of marriage.
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slogan of eighty years ago sounds rather absurd to us. It had its points, however. For the fine ladies of Mrs. James Roosevelt's type, bred by the generations now gone, have almost completely vanished from our land. 1 think we already are beginning to regret them a little too. Unless we can supply speedily something equally excellent to take their place, it will be a long time before we can point with much pride to the truly superior qualities of our sex. Many changes in civilization; have caused the present rage for for publicity, for certainly we no longer consider it vulgar to get our names in the headlines. Some of the reasons for their appearance there, nevertheless, are quite as vulgar when analyzed as the fact they were there at all was thought to be several decades ago. When Sarah Delano was a little girl, the main business of a woman was to keep house and behave with proper decorum. And that never was considered sufflicently startling to warrant newspaper talk. I think the same might be said of some of our main business nowadays—although that includes a wide variety of activities. Our columns of newspaper space is not an evidence that we have reached the zenith of our importance. Most of it, I fear, comes to us because we are women, and for nothing else whatever. And this, it seems to me, marks us as definitely inferior being still. When the hen crows, it's always news.