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FRIDAY, NOV. 5, 1937

Bertita Harding, Author, Thinks Home Life More

Important Than Career

Doesn’t Let Writing Interfere With Household Duties; Thrilled Over Purchase of Her Latest Book by Movies.

By VIRGINIA MOORHEAD MANNON When an author puts a cake in the oven and goes into the next room to write a chapter, one of two things happen. Either the cake burns up and the chapter is a masterpiece, or the chapter's no good. But oh what a cake! So says Bertita Harding, the perfectly balanced career woman and wife. Mrs. Harding, by the way, lectured on “The Twilight of Royalty” in the St. Margaret's Guild series yesterday in the Marott Hotel. Loving to play at keeping house, she sits down at her typewriter around 9 o'clock in the morning after the “household putterings” are behind her. She confesses that sometimes she doesn't dust very well, but one thing is certain—all evidence that there's a writer in the house is cleared away before her husband comes home in the evening. After all, “if vou believe mystery should surround creative work (nature is mysterious) what you are doing. and

even your husband 1 1 the job is done.” In other words Mus. “a writer in spots,”

alk about self 1 life exci over purchi Warner Bros. of her T cript now is bd prepared for the picture William 1 { Ri rd Blanck. who made 2 Until sees the film, she won't believe t a trailer and take her friends

She is really “Phantom Crown to be directed by “The Life of it's true. But if it is. si to every premiere in the w Mrs. Harding leaves one of five authors wi 31 Fair in Radio City. While sh she wants to be an author a career, she says, is worth br career don't fit, “to hang witl In this connection the write She was trained for music into studying and practicing was a cruel taskmistress. into domestic life. So music has taken a back seat. The petite and charming author says she generally disappoints her audiences, who expect to see “a formidable lady of the battle=~ ship type.” Because she had to master many languages in order to do the translations necessary for her books, people expect her to be considerably older. “But I had a short cut in learning,” she says. “If people make funny noises at you when you are very young, you make them back at them.” Altheugh she never rewrites her first manuscript, she occasionally amends it. She can't rewrite because she “knows only one way to say things.” She admits she gave Franz Joseph a break in “Golden Fleece,” her last book. So many authors had glorified the Empress Elizabeth that, while ostensibly she wrote the book that way, in the end she had Franz Joseph emerge heroically from the shadows. The patient and duty-bound ruler made possible Elizabeth, the beautiful female Narcissus, by excusing and explaining away her failures. Elizabeth was the impractical romanticist who happened to be fortunately placed to indulge her whims. financially and emotionally. To the author's notion all women are quite capable of being the same, but their household and family responsibilities happily take up their energies.

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First on the official list of winter social activities at Ft. Benja=min Harrison is the dinner dance to be held tomorrow evening at the Officers’ Club. Col. and Mrs. H. Bernard McMurdo will give one of the larger parties at the club in honor of Mrs. Edmund Playfair, Sydney, Australia. Their guests will include Gen. and Mrs. William K. Naylor, Col. and Mrs. John H. Davidson. Col. and Mrs. P. D. Moulton, Col. and Mrs. D. G. Hilldrup., Col. and Mrs. A. C. Wright, Capt. and Mrs. H. C. Fowler, Capt. and Mrs. R. C. Jacobs, Capt. and Mrs. W. S, Hargan, Capt. and Mrs. R. E, Bitner, Lieut. and Mrs. C. W. Gary, Lieut. and Mrs. P. W. Walters, Lieut. and Mrs. John Kemper, Lieut, and Mrs. B. F. Taylor, Lieut. and Mrs. T. E. Clifford, Lieut. and Mrs. R. F, Curran, Lieut. and Mrs. W. R. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Land, Mesdames L. A. Kunzig, J. P. Vachon. R. C. Cook, Miss Nellie Close, Maj. V. N. Diaz, Capt. J. M. Lewis, Capt. D. S. Babcock, Lieut. W. E. Davis and Lieut. H. Brown. Y. The reguiar Army officers at headquarters of the Indiana Militarv Area are to entertain in honor of Col and Mrs. Fred Turner, new chief of staff. The party will include Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. E, J. Carr, Maj. and Mrs. L. S. Wheat, Maj. and Mrs. Napoleon Boudreau, Maj. and Mrs. Ernest Williams, Maj. and Mrs. Robert Maraist and Maj. and Mrs. George Middleton.

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Prenuptial Parties Arranged For Four Local Brides-to-Be

These are festive days for four local brides-to-be, with numerous |

prenuptial parties planned in their honor by relatives and friends. Mrs. Laurence J. Cummins Jr. is to entertain at her home, 115 W. 41st St., with a tea in honor of Miss Phoebe Ann Cummins, from 3 to 6 o'clock Sunday evening. — Miss Cummins is to be married | to Preston George Woolf Nov. 9 in the Marott Hotel Crystal Ballroom,

Church Women Decorations and appointments are |

to be in the bridal colors, red and | To Hear Talks white. yitati have been is- . . Med to 50 guests. On Mission Work

sued to 50 guests. Assisting hostesses are to be Mesdames John C. Utley, William Tal- | bot and Miss Ann Homsher. Mes- | dames Paul McNamara and Louis | P. Baier are to preside at the tea table.

The 39th annual meeting of the Indianapolis Council of Federated | Church Women is to be held Friday, 2 8 = | Nov. 12, in St. John's Evangelical Mrs. Wayne E. Rhodes and Mrs. { Church, Leonard and Sanders Sts. Robert H. Stone entertained last| Sessions are to begin at 9:45 a. m. night with a china shower in the | Luncheon is to be served at noon.

agencies in the city.

Mrs. R. Hartley Sherwood (right), president of the Indianapolis Branch, Needlework Guild of America, is supervising the organization's annual roundup of garments this week for distribution to 27 social Among those assisting with

Gather Garments to Aid Local Needy

Times Photo. the checking, packing and deliveries from the Knights of Columbus Hall yesterday were Mrs. T. S. Kuhns (left), assistant guild secretary, and Mrs. Charles A. Garrard, chairman of yesterday's activity.

Galt-Horn Rite Is to Be Read By Candlelight

In a candlelight ceremony at 8 p. m. today in the Seventh Presbyterian Church, Miss Jessie Horn is to become the bride of Carl E. Galt. Miss Horn is a-.daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. H. Horn, 746 Fletcher Ave. Mr, Galt is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude J. Galt. The Rev. Harold W. Turpin is to read the ceremony before a background of palms and ferns. The bride is to wear a princess-styled powder-blue satin gown with tapering sleeves and a long train. She is to carry yellow rosebuds and wear a coronet of matching buds in her hair. Miss Henrietta Horn and Miss Virginia Cromlich are to be brides(maids. They are to wear twin | gowns of taffeta in autumn shades |and to carry yellow pompon chrys[anthemums. They are to wear | small hair clips. Woodruff Andrews is to be best man and two brothers of the bride-to-be, Cornelius and Harry June Horn, are to usher. Mrs. Samuel E. Garrison, organist, is to play bridal airs, and Robert Simons is to sing “At Dawning” and “I Love You Truly.” : Mrs. Horn is to wear rust crepe | with a corsage of yellow roses. Mrs. | Galt is to wear blue, accented by a | rose corsage. A reception in the | Horn home is to follow the cere-

mony. The couple is to be at home

{at 1217 Evison St. after Monday.

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Rhodes home, 3462 N. Illinois St., for Mrs. Allison Koelling. Mrs. Koelling was Miss Marthabelle Bond before her marriage early this fall. The evening was spent playing bridge. Guests included Misses Lois Geerdts, Zerelda Frick, Martha Jane Banister, Delight Morrison, Patricia Kingsbury, Marguerite Ham; Mes- | dames John A. Alexander, James A. Stuart Jr., Gustav Dongus, H. Norwood Sallee, George H. Oburn and Thomas J. Blackwell Jr.

tain with a buffet supper at her | home this evening following the! wedding rehearsal of her daughter, | Miss Virginia Holman, and Robert | Baron, whose marriage is to take place tomorrow in the First Pres-: byterian Church. Guests in addition to the honored guests will be Mrs. William Baron, Messrs. and Mesdames Earl Baron, Delmore Wegener, Arthur | Hendricks, James Inasy, Miss Helen | Cantwell and Mr§. Phoebe Murphy. |

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Troth Is Aannounced

Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lohman have announced the engagement of their daughter Dorothy Ann to Gilbert H. Alfrey, son of Mrs. Myrtle AlFrey. The Wedding is to take place at 8 p. m, Nov. 25, in St. Patrick's Catholic Church. -

Mrs. C. A. Childers. Dr. Emory Ross, American Mission to Lepers secretary, is to speak on “They Suffer, But They Also . : Serve.” Dr. F. A. Goetsch. Evan- | “We have more difficult frontiers gelical and Reformed Church For- | 0 conquer today than in Western eign Mission Board executive secre- | Pioneer days,” Miss Helen Bennett, tary, is to present the missionary | Chicago executive and newspaper

Reservations are to be made with | \ 4 Hear Chicagoan

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address. Mrs. R. J. Hudelson, who attended the world conference at Oxford, England, is to talk on “Peace.” Beginning Monday, the Council is to sponsor a series of religious book reviews at 2:45 p. m. over Station WFBM.

Riviera Boosters Will Hold Dance

The Riviera Boosters are to hold their regular monthly dance at the this evening. Invitations have been issued to more than 400. Harry Van Devender and Rollo Fitch are in charge of the arrangements. Amateur motion pictures taken by club members are to be shown at a pitchin buffet supper and party at the clubhouse Nov. 14. Cards are to be additional features. Harold Unger is in charge of arrangements. The annual fall dinner of the Boosters is to be held Nov. 19. Mesdames Wayne Swope, Ernest Pyle and Harry Van Devender are in charge of arrangements. W. A. Kassenberg, Boosters’ vice president, is arrangements chairman.

Mrs. Asher Heads A. M. A. Auxiliary

Mrs. E. O. Asher, New Augusta, is newly elected president of the

| Seventh District, American Medical | Association Woman's Auxiliary.

Other officers named recently at a meeting in the home of Mrs. Harold E. Grimes, Danville, were Mrs. Grimes, vice president, and Mrs. R. E. Jones, Clayton, secretary-treas-urer. Mrs. Harry J. Weil,

| woman, told business and profes- | sional women last night. Miss Bennett spoke on “Singing in the Wilderness” at a meeting and dinner in the clubhouse. Modern times she termed a ‘“‘wilderness of possibility.” With the passing of the old West,” she said, “America must not lose its courage, steadfastness or honesty.” Cites Past Gains Citing a generation's improvement in ‘conditions of child labor, care of children and the aged, sanitation and adult education, she said | the social frontier would never be | conquered until there are no more deficients or dependents. “Men's objection to women in business is based on their inherited feeling of superiority. The feminine frontier is another problem confronting us.” The spirtual frontier is the greatest, she concluded, because it can never be entirely conquered. She was introduced by Miss Genevieve Brown, state organization president. At the business meeting, plans for the Evansville tour beginning Nov. 13 were discussed. Announcement was also made of a “Puritan Party” on Nov. 29 and a district meeting in Morristown on Sunday, Nov. 21.

Mrs. W. L. Watson Red Cross Hostess

Mrs. W. L. Watson, 732 Fletcher Ave, was hostess from 2 to 4 p. m. yesterday for the 15th Ward Red Cross Roll Call tea. The home was decorated in the autumn motif and the table was laid in lace, lighted with tapers and centered with fall flowers. Mrs. Martin H. Walpole and Mrs. Watson poured. The hostess was as-

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EVENTS

SORORITIES

Kappa Sigma Chi. 7 p. m. tonight. Mrs. William F. Schreiber. hostess. Sigma Tau Delta. Tonight. Spink Arms Hotel. Regular business meeting. CLUBS Potter Fresh Air Guild. 10:30 a. m. today.” School. Auxiliary to the Indianapolis Orphans Home. 12:30 p. m. Mon. Woodstock Club. Regular monthly meeting. DeMolay Mothers’ Club. 2 p. m. today. Mrs. Austin Wettle, 302 S. Arlington, hostess. LODGES

Irvington 608 Club, Rebekah Lodge. 8 p. m. Sat. Hall. Mrs. R. V. Rodkey, hostess. Ways and Means Committee, Sahara Grotto. 12:30 p. m. Wed. Mrs. Lelah Simmons, hostess. Luncheon.

PROGRAMS

Frances Willard W. C. T. U. 2 p. m. Tues. Mrs. Floyd Knight, hostess. Mesdames C. W. Eltzroth and T. A. Berry to speak. Ripley and Franklin County Residents. 6:30 p. m. Mon. Foodcraft Shop. Election of officers. Cards.

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Wellesley President Due Here

State Club Is to Honor Miss McAfee at Dinner.

given at 7 p. m. Nov. 19 at the Woodstock Club in honor of Miss Mildred McAfee, Wellesley College

apolis for a brief stay. Invitations have been issued to all Wellesley alumnae, club members in the state, Indianapolis educators and parents of prospective Wellesley pupils. Indiana Wellesley Club officers are Mrs. Alfred Noling, president; Mrs. John H. Roberts Jr., vice president; Mrs. Karl Koons, secretary, and Mrs. W. J. E. Weber, treasurer. Mrs. Jesse Cameron Moore is chairman of the committee on special guests, who are to include presidents of Indiana colleges and others outstanding in the educational field. Mrs. Moore's committee includes Mesdames W. I. Insley, Ben Turner Jr. and Francis W. Dunn, Assisting Mrs. Maxwell Coppock, chairman of the committee to invite parents of prospective Wellesley students, are Mesdames John

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Club’s Unit To See Film

Art Group to Hear Talk On Fauntleroy Home.

: The Art Department of the € Woman's Department Club is to present the first showing of the film, “Old Fauntleroy Home.” at a meet ing in the home of Mrs. Charles | Maley, 5358 Washington Blvd., 2:30 § DP. m, Wednesday.

| Mrs. Frederick « Balz, Indiana Federation of Clubs general director, is to speak. Mrs. Edwin I. Poston, State Federation president, and Mrs. Edmund Burke Ball, Muncie, committee chairman for the Old Fauntleroy Home at New Harmony, Ind. are to be honor guests. Mrs. Jerome E. Holman heads the committee. Other members include Mesdames E., A. Kelly, Lillian R. Lewis, Forest B. Kellogg, James T. Hamill, Henry L. Patrick, Everett M. Scholfield, Harold M. Trusler, Eugene Foley, Colin L. Lett, A. C. Barbour, Roland B. Daley and Wil= liam C. Kassebaum, "The home, purchased by the Indiana Federation of Clubs, is maine tained as a shrine. Much of the original furniture is preserved. On display is a harp brought from Scot« land by one of the earlier members of the Fauntleroy family,

Photo-Craft Photo. Mrs. Fredrick G. Balz, Indiana Federation of Clubs general director, is to relate the history of “Old Fauntleroy Home” at a meeting of the Art Department, Woman's Department Club, on Wednesday.

thur Medlicott, Richard Jacobs and Miss Margaret Clippinger. Mrs. Dudley Pfaff has charge of invitations, which will be mailed by a committee headed by Mesdames Karl Koons, Robert Smith and T. V. Chappell. The committee on decorations and arrangements is headed by Mrs. William Krieg. She is assisted by Mesdames Thomas Garber and Karl Shegemeier. Mrs. Dalton Wheeler is in charge of club publicity.

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