Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1938 — Page 11
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Trip on Tramp Vessel
: Carrying War Material
Thrills Local Resident
Miss Narcie Pollitt Home After Eight-Weeks’ -- Voyage Aboard Italian Freighter; Dining Salon Was Library and Dance Hall,
By VIRGINIA MOORHEAD MANNON
:s While a dozen passengers plus a cargo of the raw materials of war can’t compete with the Corrigan ar--rangement for exclusive ocean travel this season, Miss “Narcie Pollitt testifies that at least they make for a chummy ocean passage. ‘For homely comforts and peer“less hospitality Miss Pollitt, who has just returned from “eight-weeks’ trip to the Mediterranean aboard the Italian freighter, Birmania, recommends life on a tramp
steamer. ¢ Then the purpose of a voyage is to deliver scrap iron and cotton “waste for Italian munitions at Genoa, pick up vermouth there, dis‘¢harge Portland cement at Spit, copper at Dubrovnik, Carrara “marble at Leghorn and take on silk, fruit and pine logs along the ‘way the space for gilded lounges is curtailed considerably. How“ever, in almost no time one gets into the spirit of using the dining ‘salon between meals as library, dance hall, bridge and writing room. When the women passengers feel the urge to do a bit of pressing “they call for an ironing board and voila! The room assumes the “aspect of a laundry, she said. : 7 Passengers had free run of the ship, she said, went on the bridge “at any time and, when nearing land, the captain pointed out places “of interest. In Adriatic ports a ladder was lowered and officers and “passengers went swimming. Cards, chess, shuffle board, quoits and a phonograph provided entertainment afloat, and the boat was well stocked with current American magazines. The captain’s white Spitz accompanied him everywhere and three canaries belonging re_spectively to the captain, radio operator and chief engineer, added their notes of cheer. » » ” # ” » ” Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Roemler and their daughter, Mrs. Roem“ler Kinnaird, have returned from several weeks’ stay at Charle--yoix, Mich. Mrs. S. Macy Cowgill who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Booth Tarkington Jameson, for several days has returned to her home in Terre Haute. Mr. Jameson, Wylie J. Daniels and Warrack ‘Wallace returned yesterday from a+10-day fishing trip to Mongoose
Lake, Ontario, Canada.
Malott White who has been spending a few days here is to re-
“turn to Brush Ranch, N. M., to join Mrs. White until Sept. 20.
Clubs Launch Busy Season ~ With the Arrival of September
September marks the beginning of activities for Indianapolis club-
women.
Already many organizations have issued yearbooks and plans
for the opening meetings are being formulated. + President’s day parties are the most popular type of first meetings.
The incoming and outgoing presidents of the Irvington Quest Club will |
speak at the first meeting Sept. 9. The social committee will be in charge. “Happy Thoughts From Vacation Spots,” will be answers to roll call. . Three groups have chosen Sept. 13 for beginning their year’s _programs. Mrs. Thomas Staver will be hostess for the Social Study Club’s president’s day. Mrs. Glen Graham will review “Felicita” (R. BE. Spencer). The Irvington Circle of the Child Conservation League of America will meet for a covered dish luncheon. Mrs. L. E. Noble, Y. W. C. A. health education department secretary, will be the speaker. Mrs. T. R. Lyda and Mrs. E. C. Gashorn will be hostesses. Mrs. John D. Davy will be hostess for the first meeting of the Independent Social Club on Sept. 13 but the president’s day party will be an event of Sept. 27. - Mrs. Carl Steeg will speak on “Indiana” at the Woman’s Round Table Club gathering Sept. 16. Mrs. Frank Wise will be hostess. Mrs. George E. Smith will present the gavel to Mrs. E. K. Zaring at the first session of the Woman’s Advance Club Sept. 21. “Summer pleasures” will be the responses to roll call. Mrs. Irwin Ward and Mrs. Charles E. Thomas will extend president’s greetings at the Irvington Mother Study Club meeting Sept. 21. Mrs. A. G. Fisher will outline the year’s program designed to create interest in child welfare and to promote mental and social culture of its members. Mrs. Jenkins to Speak The social committee will be in charge of the president’s day celebration of the Irvington Catholic Woman's Club, Sept. 22. Book reviews and lectures are included in
- the outline of the club’s program
for the year. Mrs. S. 8S. Jenkins will speak at the president’s day luncheon of the Meridian Heights Inter-Se-Club Sept. 27. The event will be a luncheon at the Ulen Country Club. The Wednesday Afternoon Club will hold a “brunch” at 11 o'clock Sept. 28. Mrs. Robert Shank is in charge of the installation of officers and Mrs. A. F. Walsman will speak on “Charm and Personality.” Mrs. R. O. Minnick will sing. Mrs. H. D. Merrifield will be hostess for the first meeting of the Zetathea Club Sept. 28. The officers will report at the president’s day observance.
Dinner Will Precede Alpha Xi Delta Session
Mrs. C. P. Thornberry will entertain the Indianapolis Alumnae, Alpha Xi Delta Sorority, tomorrow night at the first fall meeting. A covered dish dinner will precede the business session. Miss Catherine Lewis is to report on rush activities during the summer and Miss Nell Coats will discuss her trip to England. The hostess is to be assisted by Miss Lewis and Mrs. B. Lindsay Tamney.
Preshrunk Woe May Be Solved
Times Special WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. — The end of housewives’ tears over “preshrunk” garments that shrink out of fit is promised by the Federal Trade Commission’s new fair trade rules pertaining to shrinkage, and just in time to aid purchasers of back-to-school wardrobes, too. From now on all cotton fabrics labelled preshrunk must state the amount of residual shrink remaining in the fabric. Textile faaus: try scientists have perfected a which controls residual shrinkage of woven cotton fabrics to
1 per cent or less and makes possi-
ble cotton garments with permanent fit. In the past some garments jabelled “preshrunk,” ‘nonshrinkable,” ete., have shrunk as much as cent in the washtub. For ex‘ample, a 27-inch waist which shrunk ‘cent became one and threeinches smaller and wouldn't
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M. H. B. H. Club To Observe 25th Birthday Today
The silver anniversary of the M. H. B. H. Club will be observed by members tonight at a banquet at the Hillcrest Country Club. The club, organized for social purposes, meets monthly at members’ homes to play bridge. Mrs. G. W. Seaton is president. Among the guests will be three founders, Mrs. Everton Stidham, San Bernadino, Cal, Mrs. Ralph E. Finley and Mrs. Burton Yarian. Out-of-town guests will include Mrs. Harry Howard, Hammond; Mrs. E. M. McCollum, East Chicago, and Mrs. L. B. McLain, Fairmount. Guests will also include the Mesdames Oral W. Bridgford, William J. Ervin, Damon N. Goode, Allen K. Harcourt, Frank X. Kern, William A. Marschke, Carl R. Otto, Mark W. Rhoads, Robert Tatman, Burton J. Tyson, Philip W. Wessler, Francis Dunn and Miss Elizabeth Cring and Miss Thelma Dawson.
Personals
Members of Lambda Chi Delta Sorority who will motor to Chicago today to spend the week-end at the Edgewater Beach Hotel include Misses Christine Austin, Ruth McAuley, Frances Morgan and Virginia Paden.
Miss Joan McDonald of Detroit and Rochester, Mich., is the houseguest of Miss Betty Hamerstadt. Miss Hamerstadt is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hamerstadt, 2921 N. Pennsylvania St. Several informal parties are being held in Miss McDonald's honor. She plans to return home Monday. :
Mrs. William Coleman Atkins and her brother, Richard T. Miskimen, have left for Grand Haven, Mich. They plan later to visit Mr, and Mrs. Wiliam H. Coleman at the Colean summer hom - man e at Wequeton Mrs. Bruce H. McIntosh and M Halcyon Mendenhall will a us their social club tonight at Mrs. MecIntosh’s home, 4616 Guilford Ave. Guests ; will include Mrs. Alfred DiCaprio, New York, and Mrs. Conrad Felland, Chicago. Miss Mendenhall returned recently from a month’s trip to the West Coast. ei ot mia ere
Methodist Tea Will Honor 100
The Methodist City Counc - iliary will have a a A oe and program in honor of nearly 100 new members at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Fletcher Place Church Commnity House. embers of the executi - mittee will be hostesses, with Mrs. F. F. Fraser as chairman. The program will include devotions, by Mrs. O. W. Fifer Sr.; a talk on business procedure, by Mrs. Felix McWhirter; a vocal solo by Mrs. C. A. Breece, and a tour of the Community Center and Good Will Industries.
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(Ryan Photo.) 8. Mrs. E. F. Fendley was Miss riage Aug. 24 at the Holy Cross
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1. Mrs. Charles A. Henzie was Miss Ruth of Mr. and Mrs. George Ruehrschneck, before her marriage Aug. 14 at St. John’s Evangelical Church. The, couple is at home in: Indianap-
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Junior Leaguers Model Frocks
Each young woman will wear a
To Be Given ‘N ext to New’ Shop
Junior League members are to model informally at the “Next to New” shop which opened officially today at 3418 N. Illinois St.
costume that she has selected to give
to the shop. Proceeds will go to the Riley Hospital Occupational Therapy Department, which is supported by the league. ; Miss Betty Reed, who is in charge of models, will wear a black crepe dinner dress accented with white lingerie touches. Sea blue satin with
the evening costume of Mrs. James Collins.
Mrs. Arthur Shea’s black velveteen shirtwaist-type frock will have gold kid trim. Mrs. Russell Fortune Jr. will model a period evening gown of stiff black taffeta fashioned - | with a. basque bodice, puff sleeves and a spreading skirt.
2. Mrs. John A. Lawrie was Miss Ruth Kraezig, daughter of Mrs. August Annee before her recent marriage. 3. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Krohne are at home at 525 W. Hanna Ave. Mrs. Krohne was Miss Alma Thane, daughter of Chris Thane, before her marriage July 30. (Plowman-Platt Photo.) 4. Before her recent marriage, Mrs. Daniel Zimmerman was Miss Rosemary Koesters, daughter of Mrs. Katherine Koesters, (Plowman-
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5. Mrs. Cecil A. Bolding was Miss Roberta Imbler, daughter of Mrs. Orlando Imbler, berore her recent marriage. (Plowman-Platt
6. Miss Eleanor Mae Graybill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Graybill, became the bride of Russell C. Lovick in a ceremony read
_ 7. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Keiffer Jaeger are at home in Kokomo. Mrs. Jaeger was Miss Doris Elizabeth Gunter, daughter of Frank M. Gunter, Beverley Hills, Cal., before her marriage July 31. Mr, Jaeger is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Jaeger, 293¢ Washington Blvd.
Helen F. Carroll before her marCatholic Church. Mr. and Mrs.
Fendley are at home at 632 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place. (Voorhis
By Science Service
New Guinea Headhunters Strict About Child Training, Modesty
NEW HAVEN, Sept. 1.—New Guinea headhunters, going without. clothing yet very pariicuiar about training their children in habits of cleanliness and modesty, were the subject of study by Dr. John Whit. ing and S. W. Reed, graduate students of Yale University, who lived for seven months among a small primitive tribe of less than 400 pere sons in a mountain range far up the Sepik River.
Spankings and rewards are theé basis of child discipline among these primitives, the Yale investigators discovered, but early in life the child learns to recognize a word of praise or a scolding as an effective substitute for physical punishment or caress.
‘Food taboos and cleanliness are taught early in childhood and these “morals” are almost never neglected in after life, they found. Sexual and aggressive activities are controlled primarily at adolescence and later, and the restrictions in these matters are never so binding—they are violated quite often. The tribe still ‘hurts human heads and Dr. Whiting participated in a spear dance which the natives performed ‘ before setting out on a raid against a neighboring tribe. No male is accepted as being fully adult and manly unless he. has accomplished the feat of spearing an enemy and bringing back his head as a trophy. Dr. Whiting said. Talk Over Shoulders
The tribe lives on the produce of its yam gardens, the boiled pith of the sago palm, and roasted meat of the wild pig. Snakes and lizards also form .part of the diet, and roasted white grubs are considered a delicacy. Dr. Whiting and Mr. Reed found it difficult to overcome their own food prejudices when the grubs were served them, but were surprised to find that they were “indeed excellent.” Except for some of the youths who have recently adopted the custom from the whites, neither men nor women of this tribe wear. clothes of any kind. But they have developed an elaborate etiquet of modesty which demands. that no one stare at a person of the opposite sex, Dr. Whiting found. Men and women, therefore, onthe occasion of a social visit, sit facing
Gamma Phi Zeta. 8 p. m.
Fa-Lo-Sis. Fri. night.. Mrs. Lewis
F. B. Neff to assist.
EVENTS
SORORITY
today. Hotel Lincoln. Mesdames yron : Kilgore, Willard Worth and J. R. Ball, hostesses. B a
CLUBS
Lincolnian Chapter, International Travel-Study, Inc. Mrs. C. J. McIntyre, hostess. Mrs. Gertrude Martin and Mrs. On-Ea-Ota. 1 p. m. today. Mrs. Fred Hite, hostess. ; : LODGE Todt a Prospect Chapter, 452 O. E. 8. Mon. Hall, Mrs. Belford and Aubrey White, worthy matron and patron. Stated meeting.
Neff, hostess. ‘Fri. noon.
in opposite directions carrying on a conversation over their shoulders. Living in scattered hamlets on the sides of a steep mountain ridge, these primitives have developed a system of communication to overcome the barriers of distance. They beat messages in a telegraph-like code on huge wooden gongs. On one occasion three or four men were sitting by the fire in front of Dr. Whiting’s thatched hut when a gong was heard beating down the mountainside. One of the men rose with a sigh and trudged off—his wife was irately demanding why he was out so late.
Three Butler Sororities Fete Rushees Today
Three Butler University sororities were to fete prospective members today at chapter house parties. Miss Betty Harger and Norma Conder arranged for the “Little America” party at which Kappa Alpha Theta wds to entertain this afternoon. Chi Omega was to fete its guests at a “Tyrolean Party” from 4 to 6 o'clock. Miss Lilajane Harms is general chairman of the “Calico Party” arranged by Delta Delta Delta for tonight from 8 to 10. Sorority preference cards will be received by rushees from 1 to 3 p. m, tomorrow. Following the return of the cards, rushees will be notified officially by formal bids from the Panhellenic Committee. The event marks the climax of a round of gay rush parties-on the campus which opened Monday with teas. Other campus sororities feted rushees at novel parties Tuesday and yesterday. .
Riviera Club to Hold
Dinner-Dance Tonight Miss Helen Elliott and Richard Boswell are chairmen of the preschool dinner-dance tonight at the Riviera Club. SE Assisting them will be the Misses Sue Ann Knippenberg, Nancy Briggs, Jeanne Taylor, Marjorie Stevens and Mary Jane Ramsey.
me tory Cup 30 Yeet on
A ‘turquoise lace hostess gown with a matching satin girdle and gold kid slippers has been chosen by Mrs. John E. Hollett Jr. Black silk jersey cut on tailored lines and patent leather pumps will be worn by Mrs. Louis Huesmann. Black and white grosgrain lapels wlil add a striking note to Mrs. Blaine Miller Jr.’s simple blistered crepe street frock. Mrs. Booth Jameson’s black and white figured satin dinner dress will be worn with cerise accessories. The soft neckline is draped. Other models who are are to be
Emerson Grove Club To Hold Flower Show
The Emerson Grove Garden Club was to hold its third annual fall flower show from 2 to 5 p. m. and from 7 to 9 p. m. today at the South Grove Library, 20th St. and
Sugar Grove Ave. Mrs. Clara Grande and Mrs. Floyd Bass are judges and Mrs. Frank H. Neukom is club president.
Do your shopping problems wally land you behind the eight ball?
Such a useless place to bel Calmly wait for Thursday and just listen to me—
The things about which | tell you are important ones to see . ..
So get busy and start scouting—don't leave your problems up to fate, \
Do always as | tell you, and forget the figure eight!
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“School Days, School Days”!
EVER have I seen a more adorable collection of cotton school frocks than I saw today at Dayan’s! If she’s tiny and bobs a head of blond curls when she : walks, she'll simply love the “money bag” dress in a navy print with little draw string money bag pockets! If she’s dark and positive, and turns black eyes on you to prove her point— the detachable apron front, dirndl like a «Swiss Miss” will send her into delighted squeals! (Sizes range from 3 to 14.) : The whole group is simply precious and I want you to know they are only $1.00 (Paging Mr. Ripley!). You and mother scoot up there right away!
J Second Floor, Dayan’s Linen Store, 256 W. W n.
“You Ought to Be in Pictures”!
ND if you are, Goldstein’s have the frame for it, and a perfect one. too. It’s a non-tarnish metal frame in either a gold or silver finish—they have velvet backs and are lovely to see. You can have a single or double; the singles are $1.00 and the doubles $1.98.
I know you've collected quite a nice group of pictures during. your vacetion and here’s the perfect place to put them. The double ones are as s as they can be and look - loads more expensive. Che Stop by today and get yours—it will add heaps of charm around any place you put it. -So picture yourself
lovely and be onel
a matching lame bolero will form®
in the shop today and for the next two or three days are Mesdames Jeremiah L. Cadick, David Stone, John Hendricks, Hobson Wilson, Henry Ridgely, David Andrews, Wilson Mothershead, Samuel R. Harrell, Thomas Mahaffey, John C. Berter-
mann; Miss Alice Vonnegut and Miss Louise Vonnegut. Mrs. Bertermann is “Next to, New” shop publicity director. The shop replaces the Junior League Trading Post. Mrs. Conrad
modeling committee. Assisting her have been Mesdames Fortune, Ridgely, Shea, Huesmann, Hollett, Joseph Hanna and Stanley Shipnes. The shop is to be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. on week days, with Mrs. Helen Ehrick in charge. She is to be assisted by volunteer mem-
Lambs Clul
Picks Dates For Frolic
Oct. 22 Event to Be First In Series of Five Parties.
Dates for five frolics of the 1938« 1939 Lambs Club season were ans nounced today. : The first will be an event of Oct. 22. The Christmas Frolic is set for Dec. 17. The midwinter party will
frolic is set for July 14. Four members of the Bachelor Committee of sponsors: have heen married since the last meeting of
| the group. They include Frederio
M. Ayres Jr. Augustus Coburn, Horace F.
Hill III and Jack H. Rhoades.
The bachelor committee includes Dr. John A. M. Aspy, chairman; El mer W. Stout, Frederick A. Clark, . far Ro SL e, Jose J. Mark H. Miller, Robert Kruse, John C. Ruckelshaus, Edward L. Mayer, Dr. H. H. Wheeler, Dr. Walter Bruetsch, Henry Severin, William Garvin Bastian, Albert O. Deluse, William N. Wilson, Edward Galla= hue, William B. Ansted Jr., Oscar F, ‘Frenzel Jr. and Joseph C. Wallace. Others are Richard F. Buttolph, Louis W. Fleteher, Paul Starrett, Benjamin N. Bogue, Dr. Howard B.
Mettel, R. Stewart Bailey Jr., Frane
cis D. Brosnan, Dean E Rice, Bure ford Danner, Bernard M. Cunniff IT, George E. Bardwell, Walter R. Schott, Robert D. Eaglesfield Jr, Henry J. Frenzel, Russell W. Langgenkamp, R. T. Miskimen III, Edward G. Stokely, Robert Frost Daggett Jr., Samuel Reid Sutphin, Dude ley V. Stuphin and Caleb N. The club’s surplus of receipts over expenses for the past season was used to make a contribution to the Community Fund, Salvation Army, Junior League, Red Cross, Christa~ more Aid Society, Sunnyside Guild, Marion County Tuberculosis Society, The Indianapolis Star Santa Claus Fund, The Indianapolis News Christmas Fund, The Indianapolis Times Clothe-a-Child Fund and the Indianapolis Orphans Home.
Sorority to Hold ° Banquet Tonight
Alpha chapter, Sigma Phi Sorority, will observe its Founders Day with 3 banquet tonight at the Columbia Club. - ; Mrs. Burl Darnell is general chaire man, assisted by Mrs. Lois Ross, Mrs, Amos Sawyer. and Miss Dorothy
Ruckelshaus is chairman of the re- | Minta
Newly elected officers will be ine stalled. Miss Frieda Brimberry is to be toastmaster, and Miss Maynell An n will review the sorority’s early history. Miss Mare garet Irwin will review events of ‘the past year. The sorority crest will Hecorate
bers of the league.
favors.
“Meet the Beat of My Heart”!
HICAGO is famous for a spanning, huge lake—New York for magnificent skyscrapers. . . . Hollywood for glamorous women , . . Indianapolis recognizes Hillman’s as the ‘one finer type shop catering exclu-
sively
to the high fashioned miss
who accepts nothing but the best! A woman is judged by the come pany she keeps . .. and the clothes she wears. This is the shop that makes it
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possible for the chosen few to purthese exquisite garments—and : be judged accordingly ... as you
e judged by the company you keep. And this is Hillman’s,
“stocking lure!” Hose are thrillingly
they are
Ww
Moon!”
loose and watch them zing!
even your shrieking boss! .
And you can float around amid all these for a nice nominal tariff, too. This is the last week, so please, before it’s too late, let your heart strings
“You Leave Me Breathless”!
HAT’'S what happens when you let Marott’s give you that Their Hummingbird Davenport Crepe different, soft suede on your leg . . . and listen—
a high twist that looks like obtainable in varied lengths,
too, as short as 28 inches for the petite, and as long as 34 for “daddy long legs!” Only innocent lambs shut their eyes and ask for something tan these days . « . because: off key stockings can botch a whole outfit and especially with skirts so short they constitute nearly, or more than a third of our costum Be sure yours are always lovely and perfect by asking for Hummingbird at Marott’s Shoe Store, Main Floor, 18 E. ashington.
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“Zing, Go the Strings of My Heart”!
Tos what happens on the Severin Rocf top ... It is a thrill of a lifetime . .. a lusciously superb dinner and dancing to Louie Lowe and his “Merry Men in the
- Stars and soft breezes float around you and make everything look rosy,
Take that particular someone right tonight! Youll both adore it . . . Hotel Severin.
“Thanks for the Memories”!
ATs October when you're diligently toiling: youll think of Mr. Black and this wonderfully planned tour. It’s a Labor Day week-end to Niagara Falls to make your dreams come trie. Enjoy the cool, brace ing air from Lake Ontario and the fascinating cruise across the lake. . You leave Saturday, Sept. 3, arrive at Niagara Falls, N.Y, early Sunday; a. motor coach is waiting to take across the border to Canada. : “ You stay at the King Edward Hotel,
be Feb. 11 and the Easter event will . be April 8. The summer garden