Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 218, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1935 — Page 4

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City Woman Lectures on Indian Art

Blanche Stillson Obtains Material From Books of Stephens. BY BEATRICE BURGAN Timet Worntn'i Pace Editor ■taiSS BLANCHE STILLSON'S ■*•*•*■ propensity to study Indian art Is, she says, "just one of those things that grew." "I can't recall any reason for it or when my study began." she said as we thumbed through some of the books m her collection. John L.

Stephens* books with their engravings of the Indian arts particularly arc delightful illustrations of what Miss Stillson calls the “aboriginal art” of America. Miss Stillson has been lecturing this winter in a series on the Indian arts, the first held at the John Herron Art Museum. She has

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collected enough books to provide her material for 16 different topics. Frequently as Miss Stillson makes last minute preparations for her lecture, she designs slides to illustrate her talk. As she uses India ink to illustrate some of the decorative motifs of the arts on a glass photographic slide, with its thin layer of film, she works carefully for the ink can’t be erased. Other designs she reproduces on ground glass slides. Miss Stillson’s topics are “Maya Templ°s of the Sun," “The Plumed Serpent,” “Pictorial Almanac,” "Sculptured Monuments,” “Pottery and Manuscripts,” “Art of the Zapotecs and Toltecs,” “Art of the Aztecs.” “Modem Mexicans," “Incas.” “The Totems of the Northwest Coast," "Navajo Sand Painters,” “Potters of the Southwest,” "Contemporary Indian Artists,” "Echoes of Aboriginal Art in Contemporary Design.” “The Indian as Represented in Sculpture,” and “The Indian as ' Represented in Painting."

Used Tools of Stone The Indians, living in the stone age, availed themselves of natural resources to give expression to their artistic bents. They used stone tools to carve .heir symbols in stone monuments, frequently covered with a fine layer of stucco. Their manuscripts, most of which were destroyed by the Spanish, were of a paper made from the fiber of the maguey plant. The Aztecs in Mexico used skins for their manuscripts, and the red. yellow and black shades were mixtures of earth. The heiroglvphs in some of the books caught our attention, and we listened attentively as Miss Stillson explained how they were used to denote the days, months and periods. In pictures of pottery we observed figures draped in garments with woven designs, but none of these examples of weaving have been preserved. Employed Different Media The Maya Indians of Central America built carved monuments from 300 to 500 A. D., and the Zapotacs, Toltecs and Aztec tribes developed their arts in Mexico. The Indians of the Northwest coast are remembered for totem poles and carved bone and the Navajo for sand painting. While Stephens did no excavating, his books detail his experiences as he traveled, and Miss Stillson considers his books one of the most valuable sources of information. He had been sent to Mexico in 1839 by President Monroe on a diplomatic mission. He previously had written travel books, and he made the most of his experiences in the Indian territory by describing what he saw ir. -Incidents oi Travel in Central America.” He was accompanied by a Mr. Catherwood, an English architect, and his engravings make the book more complete. The following year he returned to the Yucatan district and again recorded what he saw. Chapter Will Meet Castle Craig Chapter. International Travel-Study Club, Inc., will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. John Nadoloney, who will be assisted by Mesdames Minnie Wiseman and Gail Staedtlander. Mrs. S. R. Artman will lecture. Pledges to Entertain Pledges of Butler University chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority will entertain with a card party Wednesday night at the chapter house. Miss Eleanor Jane Fullenwider is chairman. Auxiliary to Disabled Veterans. Dr. Worthington Chapter No. 3. will hold its social meeting at 8 Wednesday in Keach Hall.

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fti this, the seventh lesson, of th? series of home illustrated lessons for the piano or organ, the chord is given for the hey of A. which is the relative key of i sharp minor. It should be learned from the cvart and then songs or solos on other musical instruments may be accompanied on the piano or organ without any further musical education. Tbs method of twin* this chart is e:.treniety simple and presupposes no previous knowledge on the part of the pupiL When the twenty-four lessons are completed, if you follow them all, you will be at le to play the chorda of every key of music and will have acquired a sound basis which to build up a musical education. INSTRUCTION —Place the chart ujon Ihe keyboard of piano or organ so that

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Parent-Teacher Council Will Study Legislative Program

Indianapolis Council of Parents and Teachers members are following procedings of the Indiana General Assembly with the thought of promoting legislation affecting education and child welfare. The theme of the meeting at 1:30 Wednesday in the auditorium of William McKinley School will be "Legislation Affecting Education and Child Welfare.” Mrs. Edward J. Thompson, council vice president, will preside. The program has been arranged with a view to inform those interested in schools and child welfare about the pending legislation on the subjects. * Mrs. James L. Murray, legislative chairman for the council and for the state and county parent-teacher organization, is in charge. Mrs. Murray will speak on the general legislative program being promoted by parent-teacher interests, giving the purpose of such legislation and its status before the Assembly at that time. She will

Daily Recipe CHICKEN PIE 5-lb. chicken (fowl) 6 medium-sized carrots (cooked) 2 cups potato balls (cooked) 6 medium-sized onions (cooked) 4 cups chicken stock Soft biscuit dough Clean, singe, wash and disjoint chicken. Put in a kettle and cover with boiling water. Season with salt and pepper. Cook slowly until tender. Cool. Remove chicken from bones, keeping it in as large pieces as possible. Put chicken in a casserole, add vegetables and pour chicken stock, thickened and seasoned, over them. Set casserole in oven to heat. On a slightly floured board roll out biscuit dough to l *-inch thickness. Now roll up the dough like a jelly roll and cut in 1 1 -inch slices. Take casserole from oven and arrange slices close together on top. Bake in a hot oven, 375 degrees, about 25 minutes.

HOME COURSE IN PIANO PLAYINQ — LESSON NO. 7

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lead a panel discussion to be particiapted in by chairmen whose departments are related to these legislative measures. Those taking part will be Mesdames C. C. Wolverton, Frank A. White, Glenn Parrish, Chester O. Martin, W. E. Tinney, S. M. Myers, Carl Manthei and Clifford Harrod. Choir of Manual High School will present • a musical program at the meeting. Sororities Miss LaVon Smith and Miss Rose McGill will entertain Beta Gamma Tau Sorority at a dinner and bridge party Friday night at the Silver Cup tearoom. Miss Martha Vollmer will entertain members of Kappa Phi Delta Sorority Wednesday night. Lambda chapter, Omega Phi Tau sorority, will meet tonight at the home of Miss Mildred Smith, 40 N. Wallace-st. Tau Kappa sorority was to elect officers at a meeting today at the home of Mrs. James Beattey, 3939 Park-av. Mrs. Richard Heller will be assistant hostess. PROGRAM GIVEN BY CITY SINGER By Times Special NOTRE DAME, Ind., Jan. 19. Miss Louise Argus, Indianapolis, was presented as soloist at the Giee Club concert, given by the students of St. Mary’s Academy, Notre Dame, recently. Miss Argus, lyric soprano, presented by request one of her own compositions, “Too Good for Me,” playing the accompaniment on the piano. Her other numbers included •Poigi Amor,” by Mozart, and Haydn’s “My Mother Bids Me Bind I My Hair.” Miss Argus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Argus, Indianapolis, is a member of the fourth academic class. Two Will Sp’eak Zetathea Club will meet at 2:15 Wednesday at the home of Mrs. ; George B. Davis. 3603 Watson-rd. Mrs. H. D. Merrifield will talk on i “Security Through Government: | the Expanding Role of Govern- | ment,” and Mrs. C. E. Crippin’s | topic will be “Where the Danger of Corruption Lies.”

the small white letter D with a dash above it, at the bottom of the chart, is directly over the key Don the keyboard. The white and black spaces will then correspond to the white and black keys of the instrument. Eac K of the three horizontal series of letters represents a chord. Beginning with the upper row. play the white letter with the ltft hand and play the three black letters with the right hand, making the first chord. Then, in the same way, play the notes indicated in the second horizontal series, then those in the third and back to the first, forming a complement of chorda in A Major. The first tfttiqpi nrinmmi j to become a good player axe patience and pracocm During the time before tho ** Irrr n. the chord shown ahnnid be played over and

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Mrs. Schofield Will Speak for Garden Section Mrs. Everett M. Schofield will lecture on “The Longfellow Garden With Its Wealth of Story” at a meeting of the garden section, Women's Department Club at 2 Friday. Mrs. Schofield will illustrate her talk with color slides, giving glimpses of the poet’s home ana garden in Portland, Me. Mrs. Peter C. Reilly will lecture on “Civic Projects” and a short business meeting will precede the program, to be followed by tea. Miss Pearl Kiefer will be tea hostess. Guests of honor will be Miss Mary Louise Carmichael, Muncie, president of the State Federation of Garden Clubs; Miss Marcella Hayes, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Minor S. Goulding, recording secretary. Mrs. Howard W. Painter is chairman of the garden section. SISTERHOOD DAY OBSERVANCE SET National Sisterhood Day was obsreved today by the Temple Sisterhood of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, 10th and Delaware-sts., with an address on “Tools for Living” by Miss Jane Evans, national executive secretary. Miss Evans has conducted classes in adult education in St. Louis; has taught groups of the council of Jewish Women, Young Women’s Christian Association and has been active in national peace organizations. Mrs. Isidor Feibleman, member of the national board of the sisterhood, introduced the speaker. Musical program w’as presented by Mrs. James H. Lowry, vocalist. Mrs. Isaac Born, state president, led devotions and Mrs. Samuel Kaminers gave national current events. Luncheon was served at 12:30 in the vestry with Mrs. Sidney V. Romer, chairman, assisted by her committee. Mrs. Louis K. Markum presided. PUPILS’ PARENTS TO BE GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. Harry V. Wade will be at home to the fathers and mothers of Claire Ann Shover Nursery School pupils at 8 Wednesday night at their home, 1201 Golden Hill-dr. Mrs. Ruth Butler Martin of the Purdue Nursery School will talk on “What the Normal Child Should Gain in a Nursery School.”

Manners and Morals BY JANE JORDAN

No problem is trivial to the person who grapples with it. Even though you are not involved in a major disaster you may be annoyed by little things. Get them oft your chest in a letter to Jane Jordan. . Dear Jane Jordan —I have a problem that is of the utmost importance to me. To make it clear, I shall have to explain that I had a very strict girlhood. My parents never trusted me

nor any of the rest of the children. Father and mother thought it a sin for one of their daughters to go to a public dance hall, or even a private home to a dance. I loved dancing and never had the chance to dance as much as I wished. I probably attach more importance to it than I

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would if I had had a joyous, carefree life. When I was 18 I fell in love and married a wonderful man, seven years my senior. It was real love for both of us, and now we have been married almost 10 years. Our love seems sweeter and more enduring as the years pass. I do not think that true love must burn like a hot flame all the time. We have companionship, three darling children and lots of mutual interests. Now here is my problem. I love to go to dances and he does not. I don’t want to go every night, or even every week, but I want my husband to go with me. He does not care if I go alone which I have done a number of times with mutual friends. He stays home with the children and when I return he likes for me to tell him of the fun I had, and gets quite a kick if I tell him of a nice partner I had who thought I was a young single girl. It isn’t that my husband can’t dance, for he can and does. Now should I give up going without him and stay home, or should I continue to go once or twice a month? When I do go I have a good time, but feel as if I had left a very vital part of me at home. SIGRID. Answer—From a sophisticated viewpoint you have no problem. Your husband doesn’t like to dance, but doesn't whine because you do. Therefore, there is no conflict between you. It is a very narrow, provincial custom which demands a huband and wife to live like Siamese twins. After all, you are two persons and not one, and

where so much mutual confidence exists, there is nothing to prevent your enjoying some of your pleasures apart. As you set forth in your letter, fresh expriences only make you mere interesting to your husband. I imagine that the uneasine&s you feel in going without your husband arises from the fact that ybur dancing partners attract you more than you are willing to admit. I don’t mean that you ever are unfaithful by word or by deed. It is the undercurrent which makes you feel slightly guilty in frolicking without the protection of your husband. If you really trust yourself to discriminate between the major satisfactions of life and its passing titillations, you won’t be afraid to dance with other men while your husband enjoys the comfort of an evening at home. Strict fidelity, uninterrupted by a single passing fancy for another, is perhaps impossible between two people. Stable characters simply guard their relationship from serious invasion by laughing off minor or momentary attractions, or else they sublimate the new feeling and form a fine friendship. The important thing is to see big and little. When you can do this you’re just as safe in a public dance hall as you are by your own fireside, and you can have a much better time. I do think it would be nice if your husband compromised by going to a dance occasionally, since it means so much to you. Dear Jane Jordan —Will you please tell me where I can get those books, “The Sterile Period in Family Life,” by Couche-Walsh, and “The Rhythm,” by Leo Latz? Answer—l have had many requests for these books. They can be ordered by any book store. Note—l have two letters for the girl who signed herself “Living Alone.” If she will send her address, I will forward them. Card Parties Auxiliary to the Disabled Veterans will sponsor a card party at 7:45 Wednesday at the Omar Baking Cos. plant. Mrs. L. W. Miller is chairman, assisted by Mrs. Sophia Lutz. Altar Society of St. Philip Church will sponsor a card party at 8:30 tonight in the auditorium. Society officers and committee will be in charge.

over again until yon memorize it and can play it without the chart. Memorize the letters also. Yon will find that before long you will be able to play simple accompaniments in this key to any melodies you or your friends may sing. If you wish to go further in studying, learn the fingering of the scales shown on the staff in each chart, upper notes played with right hand, lower with left hand. Every triad in biac* letter is marked 1,3, 5. Always read it so, no matter In what vertical order the notes may be written. Note that the small letter D with A dash above it must not be played. NKXV LESSON— F Skat* Mktor, tkeretaUtv of th* key of A Kttfaa, ,

Helen Ready of Ayres, Back From Parrish Clinic; Describes Fashion Trends

Peasant Influence Becomes More Prominent as Spring Approaches; Blue Continues High in Color Preference. BY HELEN LINDSAY THERE'S a notebook in Indianapolis that holds the most interesting lessons that any feminine fashion student could study. It's the huge leather-bound, loose-leaf folder that the Amos Parrish Fashion Clinic presented to fashion experts throughout the country, when they attended a clinic session held last week. The Indianapolis copy was brought here by Miss Helen Ready, fashion copy writer at L. S. Avtos Store, on her return from the clinic. She knows its contents practically by heart now. Here are the lessons as Miss Ready learned them, and as she will present them throughout the coming season to Indianapolis women in the Ayres advertising copy she writes:

“The year 1934 was a year of drama—packed with drama. People love drama, so clothes will be a part of it. Fahsion had to get in line with the times, and fashion is a part of everything around her. “There are three periods which have paramount influence on women’sjdothes as they are forecast for the coming seasons. Most important is the Regency Period, the influence of which is seen in hats like the charming little bonnets worn in the early 1800’s in England and France; in dresses with capes, and cape sleeves; in coats with cape shoulders, and in swagger coats, much like those seen in the illustrations of those days, with back fullness, and three-quarter or seven-eighth length. “There will be basques, but instead of the full, bouffant skirts which were seen in the Regency period,

often trimmed with tiny bows scattered over them, the modern skirts accompanying the basques will be straight and streamlined, though not so extreme as the stream lines seen in fashions a year or tw r o ago. “The Victorian period will be seen in the coats, too. which first were designed by Schiaparelli this season for Southern wear, in light pastel checks, with fullness in the back. "The third period interest will be the peasant influence, which will not be so noticeable until the appearance of spring clothing, except in little halo-brim hats, which emulate the Sunday head-gear of the peasants. “Fabric Interest is still important, and every fabric will have a rough surface, with many suits and coats made of real men’s wear cloth. Two colors are now smarter than one; three are smarter than two, but great care must be exercised in their assembling. nun B tt B Striking Color Combinations Effected “f“T"'HE Regency colors have given an opportunity for the combining A of many unusual colors in a delightful ensemble. One striking outfit seen at the clinic was a Regency pearl gray suit, worn with a light, almost French, blue blouse, and black accessories. “Evening clothes follow the lines and design of Grecian robes. Bodices are low and draped, with skirts full from the waist line, but the fullness is handled so skilfully that hiplines are not accented. One evening gown which w r as breath-taking in its loveliness of color and design was of chartreusi chiffon, softly accordion pleated from the waist to the hem, which swept the floor. It was worn with a bright coral sash, loosely-knotted at one side, and falling into long ends down the soft fullness of the skirt. _ “Matelasse is one of the most important weaves in the new fabrics. It will be carried through the seasons in crepe, woolens and cottons. Ribbed fabrics will be seen in the new fashions, and sheers will be very important. , . , “There will be a decided difference in dress and sports coats. Many of the dress coats will be fitted, with furred capelets around the shoulders. Sports coats will be comfortable and easy to wear, for comforr, is one of the important features in town and country clothing and sports wear. #* * Box Heel Becomes More Dressy “nnHE box heel, which has been seen on evening sandals and sports A shoes, appears in the new fashions in dressier oxfords and Regency pumps. “One of the most unusual things about the fashion forecast is the prominence which has been given to blue. Always before we have been told ‘navy blue is very good this season —but of course black is still best.’ This season fashion experts expect navy blue to take the lead of all other colors. “Necklines will be higher, softer, and dressed up with pretty feminine details. Because of them, necklaces and pendants will be worn again, and the short sleeves will bring back bracelets into even greater prominence. There is a renewed interest in the pearl choker, which is expected to be effective when worn over the turtle-necks of the new sweaters. “For the first time since I have been going to the Amos Parrish Clinic, knitted suits were shown this year. This indicates the growing importance of knitted garments. They were shown in two-piece styles, with lacy blouses, with soft necklines and short push-up sleeves.” Miss Ready returned wearing one of the newest fads that has appeared this season, the Schiaparelli “touch-wood” good-luck bracelet. It is a small sterling chain, hanging from which is a small piece of natural polished wood. The bracelets are to be placed on the wearer by a friend with a wish, and not to be removed. Fashion reports from Pans say they are so popular with the smartly-gowned women in France that they appear in evening attire, their arms bearing huge diamond bracelets, but always at the wrist the new good-luck charm.

Junior League Art Show Includes Work of City Women

A traveling exhibit, representing art work of Junior League members in 20 states opened today in Ayres’ galleries. Included in the display, project of the arts and interest department of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, are Mrs. Harold Taylor’s wall paper design, “Bar.” and Mrs. Stanley Shipnes’ wall decoration, “April Showers.” The exhibit will continue for a week under the direction of Mrs. Thomas Harvey Cox, appointed by Mrs. Horace Hill 111, chairman of the arts and interest committee of the Indianapolis League. Mrs. Shipnes and Mrs. Taylor head the personnel committee. The arrangements committee is composed of Mesdames Charley Latham, Robert A. Adams, Elsa Pantzer Haerle, Harry V. Wade, Wells Hampton, Wallace Tomy, Robert Todd and Mrs. Cox. Publicity Club to Give Party M-s. W. S. Springer is chairman of a card party which the Pi Beta Phi Mothers’ Club of Butler University will give Saturday in Ayres’

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