Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1938 — Page 4

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Mrs. Demarchus Brown Continues to Command An Enthusiastic Public

Betsy Home and Mary Kuhn to Entertain Oct. 9 For Mary Jane Sheerin and Fiance; Wellesley Club to Open Year.

By VIRGINIA MOORHEAD MANNON Mrs. Demarchus C. Brown modestly implies that she fools all of the people all of the time. “Someone,” she says, “accused Daniel Webster of being a living lie because no one could be as great as he looked. I'm just another one. No one could know as much as I pretend to.”

Meanwhile her “public” is being greeted with the S. R. O. sign as it tries to make reservations for the first of the Propylaeum’s monthly buffet suppers tomorrow evening when she is to speak on “My Favorite Bonaparte, the Princess Mathilde.” As a traveler and lecturer for 27 years, Mrs. Brown's record is unique. She believes shes safe from contradiction in saving she has spoken 150 times at the Propylaeum and that number is soon to be augmented by a series of 12 morning lectures entitled “A Portrait Gallery with Several Landscapes” which will begin Oct. 14. She's going to tell the Sunday evening audience about the salon of Mathilde, daughter of Jerome Bonaparte and mother of a real princess, which went on for three generations in Paris—a salon which included artists like Meissonier, politicians like Thiers, historians like Guizot and rulers like Mathilde's own cousin, Napolean IIL

She Talks Only of What She Has Seen

One of Mrs. Brown's cardinal printiples as a lecturer is that she never talks on any country she hasn't seen. Consequently she’s had to refuse all requests to speak on Czechoslovakia. Russia is another country whi as so far escaped her itinerary although she’s been to Europe nes. She's visited Africa three times, most of Asia, Central America and Australia. In fact the aark continent. as far as she’s concerned, is South America. Her peregrinations have yielded a fascinating assortment of friends. There was an old engineer in South Africa who had been laying tracks in the jungle for 40 years whom she trailed steadfastly. He knew everyone—Cecil Rhodes and Rider Haggard—in fact he knew the woman who gave Rider the idea for the heroine of “She.” In Java a pleasant little fellow at her hotel turned out to be the King of Siam’s brother. A young Belgian she met last summer wrote last week that his country is honeycombed with spies and rife with propaganda. When traveling she makes notes of the funny things that happen, colors, pictures and impressions “that are likely to be wiped out when tomorrow comes.” She's given travel talks, literary studies, historical and biographical talks, book and drama reviews and current events. The acid test of her versatility lies in the simple statement that she has lectured every two weeks for more than 20 years to two Indianapolis women’s clubs. “It keeps me stirring,” she confesses, “to keep two jumps ahead of the class.” = = =

Miss Betsy Home and Miss Mary Sheerin Kuhn have issued invitations for a cocktail party Oct. 8 at Miss Kuhn's home in honor of their cousin, Miss Mary Jane Sheerin, and John Alonzo Bennett, of Washington, whose marriage is to take place at 4:30 Oct. 11 at the home of Miss Sheerin’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Sheerin. Mr. Bennett, who is the son of Mrs. Robert S. Sinclair, will arrive here

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> & = = The Indiana Wellesley Club’s first meeting of the year, which is to be the annual president's day luncheon, will be held Monday at Woodstock Club. Members of the board of directors include Mrs. Karl M. Koons, president; Mrs. John H. Roberts Jr, vice president; Mrs. Karl A. Stegemeier, secretary; Mrs. W. J. E. Weber, treasurer, and Mesdames William Krieg, Marlow W. Manion, Alfred W. Noling and Mrs. George S. Dailey. A new member of the club this year is Mrs. Russell Ayres, who with Mr. Ayres, recently came here to live from Schenectady, N. Y. Mrs. Ayres was formerly president of the Schenectady Junior League.

State Symphony Unit Chairmen

Will Meet for Tea Monday

Chairmen of the various state units of the Indiana State Symphony Society Women's Committee and heads of seven large women's organigations will attend an “explanation meeting” regarding the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Monday afternoon at Ayres’ auditorium. Members of the symphony com-<¢

mittee’s executive board and repre- no Shelbyville. sentatives of Indianapolis women's EE clubs also will be present. A tea Alpha Sigma Alpha will follow the business session. | Mrs. Lee Burns and Mrs. Noble] Dean are arrangements cochairmen| pormal initiation services were to of the meeting, sponsored by the be conducted by the Indianapolis subscription committee with Mrs.) Alumnae Association of Alpha P. R. Mallory and Mrs. Frank Dowd Sigma Alpha at 2 p. m. today at as chairmen. | the home of Mrs. William V. KingHeads of state units asked to at- don, 3025 N. Meridian St, Admiral tend include Mrs. D. D. Nye and | Apts. Mrs. Ward G. Biddle, cochairmen,| Those who were to be initiated Bloomington; Mrs. Joseph McCord include Mesdames Fred Grumme, and Miss Veneta Kunter, cochair- Bert McCammon, Frank Peltier, men, Greencastle; Mrs. B. B. White, | George Gamble, Frank Messing and Terre Haute; Miss Edith Mills, Miss Dorothy Kimberlin,

EVENTS

SORORITIES

Delta Theta Chi. Mon eve. War Memorial. Tour, business meeting. Reports on Mid-Western Councii Sept. 24 and 25 at Cedar Rapids, Ya. to be made. Epsilon Chapter, Beta Beta Lambda. Rugh, 526 N. LaSalle, hostess.

8 p. m. Mon. Miss Irene

Miss Nelle Passons, 2703 E. North, hostess. : CLUBS

1 p. m. Tues. Mrs. Glen Riser, 536 N. Central Court, new president, hostess. Luncheon. Mothers, Cathedral High School. Tues. night. School Library. Mrs. Robert McManus, hostess. Freshmen mothers to be honor guests. CARD PARTY

8:15 p. m. Sun. Hall, 1421 E. Washington.

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Sigma Chi Mothers.

Liederkranz Ladies. Public invited.

Lafayette, and Mrs. D. Wray De-|

Initiation Is Today

Epsilon Pi Chapter, Delta Theta Sorority, national philanthropic. 8 | Times Special

Betrothal of Peggy Pearson Is Announced

Mr. and Mrs. John Shoemaker Pearson, 5520 N. Meridian St., announce the engagement of their daughter, Peggy Ann, to Richard Henry Dickson Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Henry Dickson, 5707 N. Delaware St. The wedding will be early in December. Miss Pearson will entertain a

number of out-of-town friends tonight at the Woodstock Country Club at a formal announcement party. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Tudor Hall School, Dana Hall at Wellesley, Mass, and Rriar CIiff| Junior College. Mr. Dickson was graduated from Purdue University and is a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. 4 & The engagement of Miss Julia Freyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Freyn, to Walter William Grear, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney F. Grear, Chicago, has been announced by her parents. The wedding will be Nov. 12 at the home of the bride-to-be. Miss Anna Freyn will be her sister's maid of honor and Elmer Christianson, Chicago, will be best man. Miss Freyn was graduated from Tudor Hall School and attended

Times Photos. 1. Reports of progress in the Civic Theater's membership drive are studied by Miss Jayne Sumner (left) and Mrs. Garth R. Marine, drive workers. Mrs. Marine's team was among the five which had reached their quota at a final luncheon meeting yesterday. Nine hundred

the King Smith Studio, Washington. Mr, Grear is a graduate of] the University of Illinois. = = = Edward Cohn, 3330 N. Meridian] St. announces the engagement of] his sister, Miss Adelaide Cohn, to| Morris H. Klain, son of Mrs. Celia Klain, Marion. The wedding will be at 9:30 a. m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Lincoln Hotel's Lincoln Room. The Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht will officiate. = = = Mrs. Carl Warrenburg, who was | Miss Bernice Davis before her re[cent marriage, was honor guest recently at a miscellaneous shower given by her mother, Mrs. Dodge Davis, 73 N. 16th St., Beech Grove. Guests were Mesdames Joseph Sahm, Ray Sahm, Dobbs Schosker, Oscar Fox, Jess Harlowe, John Brinkman, Lloyd Sawyer, Tremont] | Davis, Louis Wilson, Wallace Mason, |Charles Penniston, John Frazee, | Amos Huegele, W. F. Roberts, William Birkholz, Christine Fox, Mrs. |Lillie Warrenburg and Miss Mary | Warrenburg.

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= = = Mrs. R. R. Coble was hostess recently at a luncheon for Miss Vir- { gIni Marshall at the Marott Hotel. Miss Marshall and Dr. Thomas M. Conley will be married Oct. 8. | Guests were Mesdames A. L. Marshall, Robert Winter, Arthur Smock, {Donald Morrison, Alfred Henry, Ralph B. Coble and Almon J. Coble, (Edinburg; Misses Ruth Marshall, {Josephine Sahm and Dorothea Smock. Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Ted | Kuhn will entertain with a dinner party for Miss Marshall and Dr. | Conley.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Oct. 1— Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Block, formerly of Indianapolis, anncunce the engagement of their daughter, Frances Dorothy, to Jack Zimmer, Decatur, Ill. Mr. Zimmer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Zimmer, | Decatur. | The wedding will be Nov. 18. The {bride-to-be is a graquate of Prin-

sixty regular memberships have been sold, 605 Children's Theater memberships, 320 group and 84 per cent of the big gifts quota was reported. Miss Sumner is in the cast of “The Small Miracle,” the Civic's opening production, Oct. 14. 2. Mrs. Lowell S. Fisher, president of the Indianapolis Council of Women, will be honor guest at a President's Day Tuesday at the In-

| dianapolis Athletic Club. The council is composed of representatives

5 120 local organizations with a membership of 2300 women. Photo.) 3. This trio of Indianapolis League of Women Voters members are busy with a ticket selling campaign for the organization's foreign affairs lecture series. The group includes (left to right) Mesdames Anne Porter Pangborn, Chauncey Eno and Richard Fairbanks Jr. The league will present Clifton M. Utley, Chicago Council on International Relations director; Dr. Quincy Wright, University of Chicago, and Dr. Harry Gideonse, Columbia University. The first lecture by Mr. Utley will be Nov. 14. 4. Mrs. Stanley Shipnes (left) and Miss Elsie Sinclair were among the Junior League members participating in a round robin tennis tournament this week at the Woodstock Club. Tennis and other sports followed the League's first general meeting of the year. 5. Among the committee chairmen arranging for Matinee Musicale’s card party are (left to right) Mesdames Paul Whipple, George Q. Biegler and Herbert T. Grouns. The party will be held at Ayres’ auditorium at 2 p. m, Ot. 21. 6. Among participants in the Indiana Saddle Horse Association Roundup Oct. 9 at Gregg Farms will be (left to right) Miss Gertrude Brown, Mesdames T. C. Twyman, A. B. Alexander and Margaret

"CLUB NOTES

Mrs. E. W. Bilyer, delegate to Seventh District Federation of Clubs with Mrs. Siegsmund as alternate. Chairmen include Mrs. Sylvester Moore, public affairs; Mrs. Mildred D. Skinner, publicity: Mrs. Charles Muir, contingent fund, and Mrs. J. C. Teagarden, librarian.

The New Century Club will honor its new president, Mrs. Burton A. Knight, with a 12:30 p. m. luncheon

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Miss Grace Emery was to present a traveiog of her recent trip to Europe at the opening fall meeting of the Goucher Alumnae Club today at the home of Mrs. Edward H. DeHority, president. A councillor was to be selected to attend the alumnae council meeting and the 50th anniversary celebration of Goucher College Oct. 13-16 at Baltimore. The next meeting will be Oct. 29 at the home of Mrs. Steele

\cipia College and John Herron Art School, In

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The Monday Afternoon Reading Club wiil hold a luncheon meeting Monday at the Meridian Hills Country Club. Mrs. E. H. Ball will receive the gavel from Mrs. J. C. Siegsmund, retiring president. Mrs. Lewis J. Riddle will be hostess, assisted by Mrs. S. C. Osburn and Mrs. Emmett Ireland. Other officers are Mrs. Royce Bertram Stokes, vice president; Mrs. William H. Hampton, assistant secretary; Mrs. Eli E Thompson, treasurer,

ROSS, wdianapolis Indersers pel op ys president,

Wednesday al the Spink-Arms Hotel. Miss Helen Ferrell and Miss Mary Jane Froyd will present a musical program. Toner M. Overly of the Better Business Bureau will speak on “Styles in Swindling.” Special guests will be Mrs. W. D. Keenan, Seventh District Federation of Clubs president; Mrs. Lowell S. Fisher, Indianapolis Council of Women, president, and Mrs. David of

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Movie Group Will Hear Talk By Hesseldenz

\ Robert Hesseldenz will speak on “It Couldn't Happen to My Child” at a luncheon meeting Tuesday of the Indianapolis Indorsers of Photo Plays at the Claypool Hotel. Mrs. David Ross, president, will be honor guest. Mrs. Hilda Ann Peabody, accompanied by Mrs. Clarence T. Myers, will present a musical program consisting of “Bolero” (Cecil Burleigh), “Serenade” (R. Grigo), “Stars in My Eyes” (Fritz Kreisler) and “Sweet Mystery of Life” (Victor Herbert). Dr. Richard M. Millard, pastor of the Broadway Methodist Church, will give the invocation. A business meeting will be held preceding the luncheon. Mrs. Lee Waddell, general chairman, will be assisted by Mesdames C. J. Finch, Carl Day, Frederick Bretthauer, Galen T. Doyal, Mary Sharp and H. W. Southard,

4 Butler Sororities In Stunt Program

Miss Jeanette Bdrnett, stunts chairman, today announced that four Butler University sororities will participate in the annual fall presentation of Geneva Stunts to be held Nov. 18. Organization chairmen will be Miss Winona Watson and Miss Eloise Foreman, Delta Delta Delta; Miss Betsy Marburger, Pi Beta Phi; Miss Betty Schissel and Miss Betty Harger, Kappa Alpha Theta; Miss Lucille Mayhill and Miss Jane Day Pierce, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Delegates will be sent to the Lake Geneva Conference at Lake Geneva Wis., next summer with proceeds from the stunts. The four other sororities on the

Columbia Club Opens Formal Season Tonight

Women Voters League Tea Will Honor New Members

Mrs. Jacob Viner, Chicago, will talk on “The League's Background and Achievements” at an Indianapolis League of Women Voters tea Wednesday at Block's Auditorium. New members of the organization will ®| be honor guests.

Mrs. Viner, active in the league since 1921, was president of the Hyde Park League for two years and is continuing this year as program chairman. She was vice president of the Cook County group last year. Mrs. Maurice T. Harrell, chair-

| Night in Hawaii.”

Wels Golumiis ng 1S! man of the league's lecture series Maj. Gen. Rob- On foreign affairs, will report on ert H. Tyndall is chairman of the| the project. Speakers for the entertainment committee. series will include Clifton M. Utley, The club's main ballroom and|Dr. Harry Gideonse and Dr. Quincy

foyer will be planted with coconut | palms and a Hawaiian moon will hang above the orchestra. Guests

leis around guests’ necks. Louis Panico and his orchestra will play for dancing from 10 p. m. until closing. The floor show will be Hawaiian with a native chorus. Several private parties have been arranged by members of the organization.

Personals

Miss Margaret Zapf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Zapf, has left for Chambersburg, Pa. whery she will er.voll at Penn Hall School. Indianapolis young women now enrolled at Western College, Oxford, O., include the Misses Ruth Harry, Doris Belzer, Ruth Bertsch, Dorothy Chapin, Ann Hereth, Mildred Orr, Mary E. Atwater, Constance Lewis, Jean M. Smith, Jean L. Smith, Betty Spickelmier, Ann Jefferson and Helen Elliott. Mrs. Nicholas McCarty Harrison, formerly of Indianapolis, is staying at the Propylaeum. Mrs. Cornelius Alig and her daughter, Miss Selena Alig, are stopping at the St. Regis Hotel, New York. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Delbrook, Phoenix, Ariz, have motored here and are visiting Mrs. Effie Renner.

Sorority Meeting To Open Tonight

A dinner tonight at Joslin’s tearoom will open the national conven-

tion of Alpha Omicron Alpha Sorority, which will through Monday. Mrs. L. H. Noble is in charge of the dinner, assisted by Mrs. M. L. Faber. Two new Indianapolis chapters will be installed at 3 p. m. tomorrow in the Travertine Room at the Hotel Lincoln, A tea will follow, Business sessions will be conducted Monday morning and afternoon at the Lincoln. Mrs. R. Hartley Sherwood, acting president of the Needlework Guild of America, will speak at the luncheon Monday A convention dinner Monday night followed by cards and dancing will be the closing event.

Sorority Meets Monday Miss Josephine McDowell, 1802 N. Talbot Ave., will be hostess to members of Alpha Chapter, Sigma Delta

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Wright. Mrs. Mark Ferree, program chair=man, will be in charge of the tea.

will be greeted by young women in| Mrs. Tristram Coffin is vice chair= Hawaiian costumes who will place | man of the committee. Other mem=

ters are Mesdames Lester Smith, Leonard Smith, Thomas D. Sheerin, Frank T. Cox, John L. H. Fuller, James Bawden, Stanley Hayes, Guy Shadinger and Edwin Ferree.

Magazine Club [Launches 50th Season Today

A President's Day luncheon today at the Indianapolis Athletie Club launched the 50th year of activity for the Magazine Club. Hostesses were Mesdames R. L. Machael, A. M. O'Connell, C. E, Appel, F. C. Yarling and A. R. Tom=lin. Gold was carried out in table appointments with yellow button crysanthemums and Johanna Hill roses. Place cards were gold and a picture of Mrs. Mary E. Perine, only living founder of the group, appeared on each. Miss Margaret Huston was in charge of a musical program. Dressed in an old-fashioned bicycle costume, Miss Huston and Miss Elizabeth Peet sang two duets written in 1889 and 1899. Following the musical program, a business meeting was conducted, with Mrs. Othniel Hitch, president, presiding. Officers are Mrs. Tomlin, first vice president; Mrs. Alvin Jose, second vice president; Mrs. Frank C. Yarling, recording secretary; Mrs. James Fenner, corresponding secretary; Miss Huston, treasurer; Mrs. G. W. Workman, parliamentarian; Miss Corrine Ryan, historian, and Mrs. Perine, keeper of records. The program committee includes Mesdames Machael, Tom-n, O'Connell, Yarling and Appel.

Announcing

OPEN HOUSE & RECEPTION

IRVINGTON SCHOOL

Burroughs Schools of Music

5657 E. Wash, St. Sun. Oct. 2nd 3to TP. M.

Public Invited