Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 April 1938 — Page 5

MONDAY, APRIL 11, U. S. Envoy

Discontinues

Practice of Introducing U. S. Socialites to Court

Ambassador Cites ‘Insidious Choice’ of Few for Ceremony and Disappointment for Many;

State Department

Expects Protests.

WASHINGTON, April 11 (U. P.).—Joseph P. Kennedy, American Ambassador to London, today put an end during his regime, and possibly for all time, to the practice of introducing socially elite American women

to the English Court.

in doing so he probanly qualified for the title of official Killjoy No.1 among wealthy and ambitious American debutantes and their mothers. He closed the door to realization of®

one of their most cherished honors. State Department officials, while privately approving Mr. Kennedy's fiat, anticipated resentful protests. Mr. Kennedy ruled that hereafter the only presentations to the Court of St. James to be made by the American Ambassador in London will be members of families of American officials in England, and members of the immediate families of those Americans who are not merely visiting in England, but who actually reside there for business or ‘other reasons.

Writes to Lodge

His decision was revealed in a letter to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts. In it Mr. Kennedy said for the record several things which former American Ambassadors had been saying privately for many years concerning headaches ca by the presentation custom. “Dear Cabot,” said Mr. Kennedy’s letter to Senator Lodge, “I find that before my arrival there had been correspondence with you regarding the presentation at court this year of a young lady from our state. “There is, as you know, -a very large number of applications each year, coming from all parts of the United States as well as from Americans residing abroad. It is not possible to meet the wishes of all those applicants, as the number of presentations which any Ambassador is allowed to make at court is necessarily limited by the rules and regulations of the court itself.

20 to 30 Presented Yearly

“For many years, this embassy has had the privilege of presenting between 20 and 30 American ladies each year, and the court is still disposed to receive as many American ladies as in the past. The number of American ladies presented, however, has on the average been twice as great as the number of ladies presented by all the other diplomatic missions together. “The American Ambassador is, nevertheless, put in the distasteful position of having to choose a small umber of ladies from a long list, very few, if any, of whom he has ever seen. This practice, it seems to me, is undemocratic in that the invidious choice can have in large part no basis other than the pressure of recommendations behind the individual applicants, or pure chance.

Many Are Disappointed

“A large number of equally worthy ladies are disappointed and, in many cases, feel that they have been unfairly treated. It is impossible to make this choice ‘from among the applicants on any basis of real fairness. “I have accordingly come to the conclusion that the presentations made by the American Ambassador in London ought to be confined to the families of American officials in this country and to members of the immediate families of those Amerjcans who are not merely visiting England but are domiciled here for reasons which would justify the Ambassador in supporting their applications.” =

Nurse Becomes Athlete’s Bride

Times Special JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. April * 11. —Miss Martha Jane Mode Saturday became the bride of Bill Johnson, captain-of the Jeffersonville high school basketball team in 1935 and a regular on Indiana University’s quintet for the last two seasons. The Rev. C. C. Callahan officiated at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hendron were the only attendants. Miss Mode is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mode, Muncie, formerly of Jeffersonville. She is a graduate of the nursing school at Norton Infirmary, Louisville. Mr. Johnson is a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity at Indiana University. The couple will be at home in Bloomington until Mr. Johnson completes his academic work there next year.

I. U. Graduates Wed in Columbus

Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind. April 11.—Miss Margaret L. Richman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Richman, became the bride of Harold M. Coons, Indianapolis, in a ceremony ‘read Saturday at the home of the bride’s parents here. Miss Frances Richman, the bride’s sister, and Philip Richman, Indianaplois attorney, a brother, were the attendants, Mrs. Coons attended DePauw and Indiana Universities. She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. Mr. Coons attended Wabash College and graduated from the Indiana University Law School. The couple will be at home at 3620 N. Meridian,

Morgan Addresses

Monday Club Meeting |

Schools Superintendent DeWitt S. Morgan spoke on “Keeping School” at the Monday Club’s guest meeting today at the Severin Hotel. He was introduced by Mrs. Clayton Ridge. A board meeting at 11 a. m. preceded the 12:30 p. m. luncheon. The business meeting at 2 p. m. was followed by the program. Mrs. L. E. Schultz sang. Mrs. Edward V. Mitchell, club president, presided.

Club to Hear Reviews Mrs. Murray Connor will review

at a luncheon at Broadway EvangeHeal Church =) p. m. tomorrow.

Skit to Be Given For Department

Club Wednesday

One of the most .attractive programs of the woman'g Department Club season will be presented before the general club Wednesday when

Miss Jeanne Welty, monodrama art-

ist, presents “Catharine de’ Medici” in costume. A business meeting at 2 p. m. with Mrs. Paul T. Hurt, president, presiding, will precede the program. Art department members’ will be hostesses at the tea to follow the program, Mrs. Hurt and Mrs. Walter Grow, art department retiring chairman, will pour. Mrs. A. C. Rasmussen is tea committee chairman, assisted by Mesdames gh J. Baker, R. B. Burnet, Willard N. Clute, L. M. Edwards, W. C. Kassebaum, A. F. Wickes, Paul T. Rochford, Hollie Shideler, Alvin G.| Jose, F. C. Albershardt, J. C. Hardesty, Charles M. Maley, Colin Lett, Mary B. Hedges, Irving Blue and George VanDyke. The Woman’s Department Club Auxiliary, | to the Public Health Nursing Association Teaching Center will meet for Junch Tuesday with Mrs. W. J. Slate in Silver Hills.

Guest Day Is Set By New Era Club

The New Era Club is to observe Guest Day April 18 with a luncheon at the Kopper Kettle. > Mrs. I. W. Riggins was re-elected president recently at a meeting at Rauh Memorial Library. Other officers for the coming year are: Mrs. Payne Clark, vice president; Mrs. F. S. Wood, secretary; Mrs. Walter J. Mercer, assistant secretary and news editor; Mrs. Thomas S. Martin, corresponding secretary; Mrs. E. E. Padget, treasurer; Mrs. Lillian Winget, delegate to the Seventh District Federation of Clubs; Mrs. John W. Jacob, alter nate; Mrs. May Brooks Miller, Indianapolis Council of Women delegute, and Mrs. R. R. Mead, alternate.

"Mind Your Manners

Test your knowledge of correct social usage by answering the following questions, then checking against the authoritative answers below: 1. You meet a woman acquaintance on the street— should you touch your hat? 2. You work in an office with several women and occasionally eat lunch with one—should you pay her check or be considered a tight wad? > 3. You are smoking a cigaret as you step on an elevator— should you part with it or go on smoking? 4. You are walking along a city street with a woman and Teel the urge for a cigaret— should you light one and smoke it as you go along? 5. The woman says “No” when you Suggest a second drink—should you insist that she have just one more?

What would you do if— As you are dancing with a girl you notice that her slip is trailing below her dress— (A) Tell her the news, without making it sound like a national calamity? (B) Let her find it out for herself? (C) Suggest sitting out the rest of the dance?

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1. No. Lift it. 2. No. If she says “Let me pay my check”—let her. 3. Part with it. 4. No.

* 5. Let her be the judge. Best “What Would You Do”

solution—(A). She’ll thank Jou if you. tell her, and mean

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Hospital Guilds Name Officers

New officers of three White Cross Guild units have been announced. Mrs. Harlan Hogue will be installed president of Grace Methodist Church unit at an all day meeting tomorrow in the Methodist Hospital nurses’ home. Other officers are Mrs. J. H. Huggler .and Mrs. Don Cook, vice presidents, and ' Mrs. Bert Van Camp, secretary-treasurer. Eleanor Heston is new president of Clara Barton unit, a high school group. Delight Otto and Marjorie Hiatt are vice presidents, and Dorothy Hopping is secretary-treas-urer. Mrs. H. E. Harreld is new president of the Irvington unit. Other officers are: vice president; Mrs. A. C. Bennett, second vice president, and Mrs. Howard Wick secretary-treasurer. Meridian Heights unit will meet Monday in the nurses’ home. Broadway unit will ‘meet Wednesday; Temple Sisterhood and Municipal Gardens units Thursday, and Riverside and Unity Guilds, Friday.

Waveland Chosen for - Federation Meeting

Times Special WAYNETOWN, April 11. —Waveland has been selected for the Montgomery County Federation convention city next year, according to announcement today by the newly elected president, Mrs. Omer Miller, Linden. : Other officers named recently are Miss Anna Kruger, vice president; Mrs. Otto Boots, Linden, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. T. E. Bailey, Romney, recording secretary and treasurer.

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Graduation | Show Sets 1938 Styles

High School Seniors and Mothers See .Ayres’ Fashion Display.

By KATHARINE CARTER

Sweet Girl Graduate, 1938 model, will look &s bright and newly-minted as the seal on her diploma. Three hundred crisp prospective Sweet Girl Graduates from local high schools and their mothers were guests of Ayres’ at a graduation fashion show Saturdgy in the auditorium. Mrs. El eth Patrick, Ayres fashion director, introduced costumes. | Models were practically graduated themselves at the end of the show. They matriculated in clothes for class day, “passed” to baccalaureate dresses, “skipped” a couple of grades when they appeared in long and short banquet dresses and graduated “multo cum laude” in pastels and white. > Whte Kid Lifts Popular

Requirements for graduation social affairs at each city and town-

guests. i White kid lifts with wedge solés were popular in class day costumes. Rain or shine, Miss Twixteen wearing a moss green “chum” sweater and skirt with a bright scarf on her Lead was prepared, for she also wore a gabardine zipper raincoat, just in case. Red bows in the hair added a jaunty note to another class day costume, a blue and white stripe tub silk shirtwaist dress, also worn witn lifts. i Baccalaureate, an occasion which has prompted the what-should-I-wear question among generations of 8. G. G, is an event for simple dresses in rayons, crepes, print silks and suits.

~ Notes on Current P.-T. A. Activities

Mrs, Marion Gallup, superintendent of the W 's Prison, will talk on “The Home, the Greatest Factor in Crime Prevention,” at School 78, at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. The Mothers’ Canzonetta Club will sing. 5 3 2 8 = The Parent Education group of School 80 will meet Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. Richard S. Ball, Junior Clinical Psychologist of James Whitcomb ey Hospital, will talk on “Mental Hygiene.” J . 8 2 » Emil Rath, physical educational director of Indianapolis schools, will speak on “Adult and Child Recreation” at School 82, at 2 p. m. Wednesday. Additional features will be an Easter playlet and music by the intermediate chorus. Election o. officers will follow. » 8 =» 5

Friends and patrons of School 84 will hear Prof. John 8. Harrison, head of the English department of Butler University, Wednesday aiternoon at 2 p. m. Music will be presented by. Mrs. Leland Fishback, violist, accompanied by Mrs. Frank Edenharter. :

planned for School 49, at 2:45 p. m. Wednesday. Mrs. William E. Balch, safety chairman of the Indianapolis Council and William A. Evans, safe-

sory dress. A navy blue model Saturday was worn separately with tailored white collar and gloves, with feminine pink flowers, gloves and pearls, and with dramatic plum bag and gloves and plum beads. Featured short graduation dresses included a white crepe with blue trim worn with white accessories, collegienne blue and white polkadot tissue taffeta, blue rayon crepe dirndle with lace trim, and one lone black skirt and pink sweater. Youthfully briftle were long banquet dresses, many of them worn with pique and cotton jackets. Chiffons, organdies and marquisettes on simple but flattering lines were pop-

When in doubt, wear thé acces-

ular for graduation gowns. :

A’ safety program has been|

— ty director of the city schools, wi'l give short talks. . Additional features will be a film of last year’s safety patrol camp and a puppet show by Junior High School pupils. 3 8 =

-Mrs. Charles W. Compton will review “Prodigal Parents” by Sinclair Lewis for members of School 86, at 3:15 p. m. Wednesday.

“The Home, the Greatest Factor in Crime Prevention” is the subject of a talk by Mrs. Marion Gallup, superintendent of Indiana Woman’s Prison, at. School 58, at 1:30°p. m. Music will complete the program. ® ” 8

Dr. Mary Westfall will speak at School 62, at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday. Music will be provided by the Junior High Boys’ Glee Club.

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Wilbur D. Peat of Herron Art Institute will talk on “Understanding and Enjoyment of Good Pictures” at 3:15 p. m. Wednesday at School 66. Music will be presented by Miss Jean Pennington, violinist, accompanied by Mrs. L. A. Helgesson.

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Mrs. Carl J. Manthei, Seventh District director, will speak at School 68, at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. Election of officers will follow. A night meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p. m. A health program by the National Diary Council, and music by the Federal Players will comprise the program. : 2 ” 2 Miss Josephine Epert will discuss “Modern _.and Period Paper,” Wednesdfy at School 69. The Mothers’ Chorus will sing.

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P. O. Belzer, Boy Scout executive, will speak on “Why Scouting Appeals to Boys” at 3:15 p. m. Wednesday at School 72. Music will be provided by Manual High School. 2 f J 8

Mrs. Blythe Francis will speak on “The Need of a Normal Home Life

for Every Child” at 2 p. m. Wednesday at School 73. A program by the children will follow.

Miss Bertha Leming will speak on #Youth in Training” at School 3, at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. A short business meeting and election of officers will complete the program. 8 2 *

Prof. Willard Clute of Butler University will discuss “Botany” for patrons of School 13, at 2 p. m. Wednesday. The following names will be presented on a single ticket for election of officers for next year: Mrs. Roy Compton, president; Mrs. Walter Mann, vice president; Mrs. Jack Craig, secretary, and Miss Bertha Sample, treasurer. j #” £ J 8 The election of officers and a musical program of Easter music by the Mothers’ Chorus will make up the program of School 14, at 3:10 p. m. Wednesday.

School No. 15 will hold its regular meeting Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. A

"| health talk, motion pictures by Dr.

Ada Schweitzer and election of officers will comprise the program.

Patrons of School 16 will hear short talks by representatives of the Girl Scouts and from the Smoke Abatement League, at 3:15 p. m. Wednesday. Music by the pupils and a quiz contest for the audience will follow. : T 8 8 Members of School 21 will hear readings o racter education and music by the Girl’s Chorus and the Mother’s Chorus, at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. Election of officers -wvill follow. : f

The regular meeting of School 45 has been postponed to Wednesday, April 20 at 2:15 p. m. Mrs. Lehman Dunning from the Juvenile Court Committee will give a short talk on the Juvenile Court. The

school orchestra will play.

‘Allen Anderson,

Garden Club Group Views

Puppet Show

Business Meeting and Luncheon Precede Performance.

“Alice in Wonderland,” a puppet show, was presented by D. S. Milligan at the Municipal Gardens Woms an’s Department Club luncheon to=day at the clubhouse on Lafayette Rd.

The board met at 10 a. m. and a business meeting followed at 11 o'clock. Mrs. H. P. Willwerth cone ducted an institute on conservation. Luncheon was served at noon. Mrs. K. E. Thorne pronounced the benediction. Ira P. Nelson, guest speaker, discussed “Conservation of National Resources.” A musical program was pre sented by Pasquale Montani, harpist. Honored guests at the lunche eon were | {esdames John Downing Johnson, Rudolph Grosskoph, Ane drew Jackson and Louis Markun.:

Easter Songs on Program

Easter songs were sung by the Seventh District Federated Chorus

and Mrs. Jackson played a group of piano selections.

Tables were laid with Easter decorations. Mrs. William Emrich and Mrs. C. C. Rothman, hostess cochairmen, were assisted by ‘Mesdames Charles Kord, A. M.. Mc~ Intyre, C. H. Miller, H. D. Sommers, Willwerth, J. A. Kuhn, P. J. Clark, Edward Wright, Harry Badger and Leon Thompson. Proceeds from the club’s card party Thursday, April 21, at the clubhouse, will go to the educational fund. Mrs. H. G. Dougherty, ways and means chairman, is in charge of the ticket sale. Other committee heads are: Mrs. Gaylord Lutz, candy, and Mrs. Frank McCracken, door prizes.

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