Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1940 — Page 4

goer YEARS ago a long and shuddering gasp shook this country from coast to coast. What—ho! A Personality instead of a housewife in the White House! What have we here? : Then, with one gargantuan impulse, the composite tongue of the nation began to wag: “The First Lady’s place is in the White House.”

“Stop her,” cried the ladies of the land, who hehaved as if Lonh-

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: Like Mrs. Roosevelt . e « Says Fannie Hurst Like Mrs. ‘Willkie : .

don Bridge were falling down. “The First Lady’s place is in the’

White House, seeing to it that the guests don't steal napkins; entertaining cabinet wives and visitors from Duluth; deciding the color scheme of guest soap; and joining the Easter Egg Romp on the lawn.” Shades-Of-the-Gentle-First-Ladies-Of-Administrations-Gone-By, what have we here? As a matter of fact, we have a First Lady who immediately solved the. problem of guests stealing napkins by substituting linen that did not bear the White House insignia. We, have here a. First Lady who does pass on the color scheme of guest soap; who entertains visiting ladies from Duluth on a frequency scale that has probably never been practiced before, and whose Easter Egg ac- - tivities are second to none for zest and conformity. Nevertheless, that long shuddering gasp of ejght years ago, which, it is true, has now subsided into a coast-to-coast purr, was real and disturbing to the American people. Now, what has this personality-plus, whose interests range from bathroom curtains to affairs of empire, done to the tradition of First Ladies of our land? : Mr. and Mrs. Man-in-the-Street, take it and like it, (and I believe you do), she has smashed it to smithereens. This is not to say that there will not, in the future; be First Ladies who will resort to the easy atavism of slipping back into just the role of gracious lady. .

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Those Who Follow Will Be Destined

EVITABLY those to follow in her illustrious shadow will be destined to the odicusness of comparison. Down through the pleasant corridors of the White House on Pennsylvania ‘Avenue will roll long reverberations of the name of the woman who, with reverence and humility, did many things because they “had. been done,” and with Lourage and initiative, did many things because they had not been one. A “That dates back to Eleanor Roosevelt,” or “Eleanor Roosevelt was the first one to do=that,” will be colloquial phrases on the tongues of generations of First Ladies to come. So should they be grateful phrases on the tongues of & progeny that stands fair to profit because back here in the troubled years between 1932 and 1940, a personality who was housewife, humanitarian; gracious lady, pathfinder; who was a many-faceted human being, dared to let her intelligent interests range from bathroom curtains to yogi, to social security, to wife and motherhood, to folk dances, to baby formulae, to housing, to coal miners, to equal suffrage, to peace, to rich men, poor men, beggar men, thieves, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs; to ivory, apes, peacocks, sealing wax, airships, democracy, babies, spoon-bread, higher education, knitting, domestic service, adult education and grandchildren, The present First Lady isn’t a “fine hand” in affairs of state, or in that circuitous exercise of feminine influence as we. know it. to exist in European politics. She is as forthright as a lad, more in- - telligent than intellectual, does things for simple, uncomplicated reasons such as the greater good for the greater number. When she errs, her mistakes are built on solid gold impulses and her successes outnumber them overwhelmingly. This is a Lady hard to beat. Her successors, whether they are to be disturbed by it or not, are never going to be allowed to forget that in nineteen hundred and thirty-two, she walked into the White House, put it in order, kept it in order, and did one of the most astonishing

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT . . . “a personality instead of a housewife.”

side jobs in the history of First Ladies, or for that matter, in the history of American ladies. She would not recognize intrigue if she met one on the street. Her basic motives are uncomplicated. She likes hot dogs for the pleasant democratic reason that she is like that. The chances are she has never thought much one way or another about this housewife or personality business. ; She happens to be both, and that's just one reason why I am voting her a third term.

ORE words than any statistician could estimate have been used to tell the American people what kind of man this coming election must place in the White House. ~ A few words covering the essential qualities our next First Lady

~ should possess must, I believe, be of equal interest to women Voters.

Never before in the history of these United States has the wife

. of a+President taken on a more difficult task.

As a public person, and equally as a private individual, every move she makes, every word she utters, will be examined through the magnifying glass of criticism. The First Lady who enters the White House as its mistress in 1941 must fit herself perfectly to the mantle of discretion. Like a prisoner on trial, anything she says may be used against her. o ‘We have a free press. No censor cuts out the sting of rash statements by persons in public life. By the same token, the wife of the President must indulge in no reckless opinions, acts or affiliations. Whatever her temptation, she must never forget that she holds the greatest position of any woman in the world; a position far more important than the individual who eccupies it. This requires a mind always on the alert, active every minute to sense when silence is the better part of valor. Often she will have to hold back comments and opinions which

might have unfavorable repercussions. No matter what the provoca= tion, her wit must never turn acid. She must not lend her name to anti-social movements... However impersonal her interest, such group movements may use the patronage of the wife of the President for purposes of which she cannot possibly have full knowledge. ‘

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. i Must Remain in 'Political Background HE must keep in mind the fact that whatever her status socially, politically she is background. This does not imply that she be a negative personality. On the contrary, she must keep informed on all questions of national import. Yet at no time throughout her years as mistress of the White House should she assume a voice In governmental problems unless called upon to do so by some crisis nobody can foresee.

Her charm must be like that of a garden, so that everyone who

comes into her presence senses graciousness and fragrance. The thorns should never be more prominent than the roses.

She will have ample opportunity to commercialize her position. But each time she accepts a ‘“job” that pays well, no matter how charitably she may apply this payment, she submits her acts to the columnists and cartoonists; and lampoons can destroy a national figure (when that figure is feminine) with aim as fatal as the most deadly lethal weapon. 4 A world ridden by fear and lashed by the whip of_ nervous exhaustion looks to pe United States for rescue. The woman who stands at the side of our next President shares that responsibility. We cannot definitely state in advance how Mrs. Wendell Willkie would fill the exacting position of mistress of the White House. But judging by past performances, it is a safe guess that Mrs. Willkie possesses the first requisites of a First Lady. Since her hushand’s nomination she has never been qut of the picture, yet never conspicuously part of it. Content to take her place with dignity, she has made no mis-step. She has a son to whom she is devoted; yet not. once throughout

Mr. Willkie’'s tour of the country has she played up the role of /of the wife of a man in public life—the valde of silence.

EDITH WILLKIE . . . “never out spicuously pa

mother, even though it might have possibly votes. She has vitality; yet for publicity purposes. She has cha

a rare combination dear to the hearts/of pres§ agents; she uses none

of-these to foster interest in herself. Above all, she has proven that s

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t of it.” gained favorable attention and ot turn it on in a blaze r , taste and good looks,

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Society—

Luncheon and Tea Will Precede McKay-Stafford Rite Tonight

- MR. AND MRS, WILLIAM T. McKAY of Ft. Wayne were to entertain with a luncheon today at the Tndiany apolis Athletic Club for their son, George William McKay, and Miss Barbara Stafford who are to be married at 8

o'clock tonight in a ceremony at the Propylaeum.

Guests with the couple were to include Miss Stafford’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Holloway Stafford, and members of the bridal party, Miss Catherine McKay, Ft. Wayne, Misses Prudence Ann Brown, Nina Brown, Mary Sheerin Kuhn and Alice Vonnegut; Edward G. Hoffman Jr, Ft. Wayne, David Palmer Close, New York, Jesse Boynton, Baltimore, William Cribben Wilkinson, Oak Park, Ill, and Neil McKay, Chicago. . ; Other guests were to be Mr. and Mrs. John Mead, Mr. and Mrs. William Rastetter, G. Ward Beers, Daniel Murray Ninde, Miss Marjorie Paulison and Mrs, William J. Vesey, all of Ft. Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. William Thomson, Garrett; Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Decker, Sewickley, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Stafford, Buffalo; Mrs. G. M. B. Hawley, Geneva, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Blish, Seymour, and William H. Stafford Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas H. Noyes will have a tea this afternoon

at their home for Miss Stafford and her fiance. -

Joy Geupel Names Attendants {

WEDDING ATTENDANTS have been chosen by Miss Joy Geupel - and Richard Bruce DeMars who are to be married at 8:30 p. m. Nov. 30 in the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church with Dr. Roy Ewing Vale officiating. 4 Miss Marjorie Geupel will be her sister's: maid of honor and bridesmaids will be Mrs. William J. Stout, Mrs. Hiram T. Sexson, Mrs. Conrad A. Baldwin, Yardley, Pa.; and Miss Lue McWhirter. Dan Fisher, Anderson, will be Mr. DeMar’s best man. Robert DeMars, brother of the bridegroom-to-be, Robert Garrett, Max Bartley, Joseph Inman, Claude Smith, Kenilworth, Ill, and Clifton Markel, Evansville, will be ushers. Miss Geupel is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Geupel, Williams Creek Estates, and Mr. DeMars is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arch E. DeMars. The bride-to-be will be honor guest at a luncheon and personal shower given tomorrow by Miss Sally Dunlap of near Covington, assisted by her mother, Mrs. William B. Dunlap. Guests from Indianapolis will be Mesdames Geupel, DeMars, Sexson and Stout and Miss McWhirter,

Junior Assembly Committee Named

THE FLOOR COMMITTEE for the Junior Assembly program dance at thé American United Life Insurance Bldg. Friday has been announced by Mrs. William Byram Gates, assembly sponsor. Members of the committee are the Misses Patsy Bishop, Susan Count an, Margaret Fish, Caroline Jones, Margaret Rogers and Barbara Winslow and Gilbert Browning, Charles A. Bookwalter II, James Noonan, William McWilliams, Richard West and Robert

Rudesill. Players Club ‘Opens Season Tonight

THE PLAYERS CLUB will open its season tonight at the Civic Theater with three one-act plays, the first of which is “Ballroom,” with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Willson as its.only characters. “Green Room” will serve to introduce new club members: Messrs. and Mesdames E. Francis Bowditch, Luther E. Brooks, David Vv. Burns, Jack Daugherty, Richard Hoover, Vernon C. Roth, G. " vance Smith and Larry Willson,. Misses Elizabeth Blancke, Patricia and Townsend Eaglesfield, Kathryn B. Hadley, Constance Lewis, Ruth Osborne, Nancy Socwell, Betty Tharp, Alice Vonnegut and Mary Anne Wells; H, Foster Clippinger Jr. Richard Fowler, Harrison Green, C. Otto Janus Jr. and Malcom McDermott. Percy Weer, John I. Kautz and Robert S. Wild, club president, also are in the cast. The concluding playlet, “Stateroom.” will present Miss Vonnegut, Mr. Janus and Charles M. Wells. Club members will dance at the Woodstock Club following the show. ] Entertaining informally at their home before going to the theater will be Mr. and*Mrs. Ralph W. Boozer. Dr. and Mrs. G. B. Jackson will have a dinner party for a few friends before the performance. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Richey are co-chairmen of the committee in charge of the opehing, assisted by Messrs. and Mesdames Howard J. Lacy II, Wells and Claude C. Jones Jr. Three other prodiictions of the club will be given Jan. 18, Feb. 22 and

April 5.

Medical Society Auxiliary to Meet Monday , MISS ANNA HASSELMAN of the John Herron Art Institute will be the speaker before the Auxiliary to the Marion County Medical Society at its meeting at 2 p. m. Monday in the Methodist

Hospital Nurses’ Home. | _ Reports of the state medical convention held recently at French

Lick will be given dy s. Louis Beldon and her committee. Mrs. 7. E. Gifford, president, |will preside. The program will be followed : py a tea with Mrs. H. C. Ochsner, social chairman, in charge. . Mayflower Descendants Assistants to Lunch "Mrs. Tilden F. Greer, governor of the Society of Mayflower * pescendants, has called a luncheon meeting of the board: of assistants for noon Monday in Ayres’ Tearoom.

Lee Burns Speaks Monday Lee Burns will read 8 paper on “The Century of Progress” at the mon*"'y T2dies’ Night meeting of the Indianapolis Literary Club fone ~+ in the D. A. R. Chapter House.

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D.A.R. Chapter Will Hear Talk On National Defense Thursday

“National Defense” will be the subject of John G. Coulter speaking before the Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Chapter House. Henry E. Ostrom, .co-chairman of the Indiana committee of the €ivil Aeronautics Authority, will speak on “Aviation” and introduce Mr. Coulter. Invitations have been issued to Mrs. H. K. Laramore, Plymouth,

D. A. R. state chairman of national defense, and to regents and defense committee chairmen of other Indianapolis. chapters—Mrs. Harvey J. Elam, regent, and Mrs. Daniel Layman, chairman, Gen. Arthur St. Clair Chapter; Mrs. W. P. Evans, regent, and Mrs. Oliver H. Stout, chairman, Jonathan Jennings Chapter; Mrs. Raymond G. Stilz, regent, and Mrs. Richard B. Miller, chairman, Irvington Chapter; Mrs. Walter H. Montgomery, regent, and Miss Marguerite Dice, chairman, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks Chapter. Mrs. G. B. Taylor, regent of the Cargline Scott Harrison Chapter, will preside. Mrs. Maxey H. Wall is music chairman. The Boy Scout saxophone octette with Raymond G. Oster, conduttor, will play. Mrs. W. O. Weber will be the pianist. Mrs. Russell Bosart will be chairman for the tea following the program. Mrs. Eugene H. Darrach and Mrs. Frederick E. Taylor will pour. Hostesses will be Mesdames Robert M. Bryce, O. P. Bundy, Sidney J. Hatfield, Anna C. McLain, Anna M. Meek, George D. Thornton and Edson T. Wood, Miss Margaret M. Day and Miss Della Dearborn. The event will be under the direction of the chapter's committee on national defense through patriotic education of which Mrs. Felix T. McWhirter and Mrs. John W. Moore are co-chairmen with the following members: Mesdames Grgnt Appel, Hazel K. Baker, John W. Clark, Roy K. Coats, Clarence A. Cook, Austin Flint Denny, Brandt C. Downey, George B. Elliott, Lawrence F. Orr, J. E. Hankins, Frank PF. Hutchings, D. H. A. Kolff, Charles H. Smith, Albert E. Sterne and Frederick Terry, Miss Anna May Locke and Miss Ethel Mae Moore. Mrs. Leroy H. Millikan is chapter prograni chairman.

B. Pr; W. Honors New Members

The officers and directors of the Business and Professional Women’s Club will entertain the new members at a dinner at the clubhouse Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock. They, are the Misses Josephine Barton, Bertha Mallory, Chloe Burris, Madge Cathcart, Margaret E. Davison, Minnie Rosella Folkerth, Lucile A. Gwyn, Beatrice Joiner, loise M. Leukhardt, Maxine E. Mertz, Helen Miller, Nellie Jordan Owen, Enid Pierce, Gertrude O. Reynolds, Minnie Richey, Josephine Genevieve Shadley, Gladys Shaw, Lettie Trefz, Mesdames Helen Ehrhardt, Florence Grace, Grace C. Metcalfe, Thelma Todd and Catherine Miller. Miss Ruth ‘Hoover, president, will speak on “History of the B. and P. WwW.” Miss Ruth Lewman, first vice president, will talk about “The Convention—State, Regional and National.” Miss Ellen Gentry, second vice president, will talk on “Club Mechanics.”

Women of Moose Observe Book Week

A chapter night program will be sponsored by Mrs. Ruth Kinnan, library committee chairman of the Women of the Moose, at 8 p. m. Thursday in the Moose Temple. Books have been purchased and sent to Mooseheart and Riley Hospital in observance of Book Week. More than 20 thousand books have been sent to the library at Mooseheart by Women of the Moose and the Loyal Order of Moose. Mrs. Kinnan will be assisted by Mesdames Nellie Baker, Katherine Gallaway, Detta Comer, Mary McDowell, Mae Aufderheide and Ruth

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Council to Hear Dr. Wildman

“Our President, Whoever He May Be,” will be the subject of Dr. John Coulter of the National Defense Organization, speaking before the Indianapolis Council of Women Tues-

day in Ayres’ auditorium. Mrs. Laura E. Ray, president, will preside at the business meeting at 1) a. m. at which Mrs. Guy O. Byrd, legislative chairman, will present a report. Mrs. Herbert Asperger, education chairman, will give a short report and introduce Mrs. N. Taylor Todd of the education department of the American Association of University Women. Mrs. Todd will explain the Human Engineering Laboratory of the Stevens’ Institute at Hoboken, N. J., which the A. A. U. W. is briuging to Indianapolis the week of Nov. 11. Mrs. Lowell S. Fisher is to report on the 29th National Safety-€en-gress held in Chicago last month. Mrs. Arthur - Brown,. recreation chairman, will bring Col. Ralph E. Rogers of Ft. Benjamin Harrison to ask for books for soldiers at. the fort. Contributions of books are being received by.the Council at the Woman's. Department Club. Mrs. Clayton Ridge, municipal affairs chairman, will present Miss Marie Matuschka of the Dairy Council of Indianapolis. Miss Matuschka will explain the purposes of the Dairy Council. At the afternoon session, Mrs. Lowell S. Fisher, program chairman, will present as guest speaker Dr. Clyde E. Wildman, DePauw University president. His subject will be “Higher Education Faces . the Future.” Special guests: for the afternoon will be Mrs. Wildman and the Methodist women of Indianapolis.

King’s Daughters Supper Is Monday

The Earnest Circle of the King's Daughters of the Memorial Presbyterian Church will meet Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Richard George, 3015 N. Pennsylvania St. A 6:30_p. m. supper will be followed by a business meeting and program. Mrs. J. G. M. Hill will give a report of the recent state convention in Evansville and Mrs. J. O. Miller will discuss the lesson. Leader of the group is Mrs. Howard M. Stradling.

Review Is Booked

By Churchwomen

Mrs. Kathryn Turney Garten will give the second in her series of three book reviews for the Business Women’s Club of the First Friends Church Tuesday evening. Dinner will be served at 6:15 p. m. in the church dining room and the program will begin at 8 o'clock. “As I Remember Him, the Biography of R. 8.” (Hans Zinsser) - be reviewed by Mrs. Garten. Earl W. Wells, church organist, will give a short organ recital preceding Mrs. Garten’s talk and Miss E. Leo Wright will presidé. :

Alumnae to Meet

St.” Agnes Alumnae will meet Monday at the Academy to hear Mrs. Howard J. McDavitt review “The Family” (Nina Fedorova). New officers of the alumnae organization are Miss Lee Lacy, president; Miss Jane O. Flaherty, vice president; Miss Helen Lawler, secretary, Miss Virginia. treasurer,

Civic Will. Give Sigma Alpha Iota Schedules Musicale for Monday Night

The third of its winter series of musicales will be held by Nu Zeta Chapter, Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority, Monday evening with Mrs. T. M. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.

Sherwood Play

Following close upon the close of the popular “Of Thee I Sing,” the Civic Theater will present “The Petrified Forest” by Robert E. Sherwood beginning Friday night, Miss Gloria Geddes, formerly of Indianapolis and now of West Los Angeles, will play the leading role while she is here wisiting her cousin, Miss Fayette Ann Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy B. Miller. Miss Geddes has appeared in three productions at the famous Pasadena Playhouse. Miss Catherine Cunningham, spending her first year at home after attending National Park- Seminary in Washington will assist Richard Hoover, director, by taking charge of property collections. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Cunningham. Among those who will attend the opening night are Mrs. Harry V. Wade whose husband will appear in the show. She will entertain a group of friends. Others holding standing reservations for first night performances are Mrs. Stephen T. Bogert, Mrs. W. H. Tefft, Messrs. and Mesdames R. Kirby Whyte, Chauncey H. Eno II, Mortimer C. Furscott, Paul Richey, Thomas, L. Neal and C. B. Stone.

Rush Tea Planned At Canary Cottage

The C-A-G-I Club will hold its annual rush tea tomorrow afternoon from 2 until 4 o’clock in the Canary Cottage. The program- will consist of marimba solos by Miss May Musselman of Lapel and readings by Miss Anna McWethy. Officers of the club are Miss Isabel Oldham, president; Miss Marjorie Lorentz, secretary, and Miss Marion Stewart, treasurer.

Ayres Shows ‘Cavalcade o

By ROSEMARY REDDING

THE AMERICAN DESIGNERS aren't going back to Louis XIV and

other European historical figures for ;

period ideas in clothes this year. Now that they no longer can look to Paris for ideas, because of the war, they are taking up the challenge of design American, plunging right into American history for their ideas. Not only the silhouettes but the fabrics as well are identified with the growth of the U. S.

To illustrate this influence of American history, L. S. Ayres .& Co. }§

this afternoon will begin an exhibit in its windows of evening gowns showing the various period inspirations. The display is called a “Cavalcade of America.” The gowns will be on sale following the display of several days. From 1492, when Queen Isabella sold her jewels to sponsor Columbus’ voyage, one designer has drawn inspiration for a striking white crepe dinner dress. Its neckline is lavishly embroidered in gold and jewels and a long “rope” of jewels goes with it. To typify the 1620 period and the landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth

will |Rock, is a gray “covered up” dress

that looks just like the quaint grey dresses worn by the Pilgrim women in history book pictures. It has the large white Puritan collar and great cuffs as accents. It would make a quite practical dinner. dress for the modern woman. One of the outstanding gowns shown is of Indian red rust. crepe. It represents 1824 when for $24

worth of beads and liquors, Gov-

ernor Peter Minuit bought a tract of land on the Hudson fronf the Indians and called that land New Amsterdam. Over the long sleeved din-

and [ner dress is a beige bolero of chamois

studded Jk large: gold. nail heats,

Rybolt, 5602 N. Pennsylvania St., as hostess.

Mrs. D. L. Conner has

arranged a program of voice and piano numbers to follow a 6:30 p. m.

supper and a business meeting. Opening the program will be Mrs. Philip A. Kappes, contralto, accompanied by Mrs. Rosalee Spong. Mrs. Kappes will sing Brahms’ “Sapphic Ode,” “Songs My Mother Taught Me” (Anton Dvorak), “Phantasy” (Kramer) and “Aue tumnal Gale” (Grieg). The second section of the program, by Miss Helen Ferrell, pianist, will include “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” (Bach-Tausig), “Intermezzo in E Fla Minor” (Brahms) and “Minstrels” (Debussy). Mrs. Conner will accompany Mrs. Mary Ellery Smith, S0prano, in the concluding group of songs, “In the Yellow Dusk” and; “The Bird of the Wilderness” (Horsman), “Balloons in” the Snow”

Music Group Meets Friday

The Indianapolis Matinee Musicale will present members of the active section on their monthly musical program Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Ayres’ auditorium. Those who will appear are Miss Eugenia Miley, violinist; Mrs. Paul E. Dorsey, soprano, and Miss Catherine Bell, pianist. The accompanists

will be Miss Imogene Pierson and Mrs. Helen Thomas Martin. Mrs. James H. Lowry, president, announces the appearance of Caryl Bryan Oakes, concert violinist Nov. 22, in Ayres’ auditorium. Mr. Oakes will be presented as guest artist with

| | (Jeanne Boyd) and “Ouvre ton | Coeur” (Georges Bizet).

| Mesdames E. W. Short, Roy Slaughter and O. M. Jones and) | Misses Irma Ross, Helen Thoms, | ‘Julia Guess and Jeanette Gardiner | will assist the hostess. Chapter officers and chairmen re- | cently selected are: Mrs. Robert W. Blake, president; Mrs. Smith, vice |president; Mrs. J. K. Vance, secretary; Miss Martha L. Millikan,| treasurer; Mrs. William A. Devin, editor, and Mrs. Conner, chaplain. Mrs. Smith, chairman, Mesdames Paul E. Dorsey, Leon Levi and Conner, program; Mrs. R. J. McLandress, chairman, - Mrs. Frank B. Hunter and Mrs. Frank Olson, publicity; Mrs. Jones, chairman, Mrs. H. L. Barr and Mrs. R. W. McKay, social. Miss Millikan, chairman, Mrs. James H. Lowry and Mrs. S. C. Bodner, finance; Mrs. Elmer O. Roberts, chairman, Mrs. Carl Moore and Mrs. T. M. Rybolt, scholarship; (Mrs. Melissa Cornish, chairman, Mrs. Slaughter and Miss Helen Von Willer, ways and means. The executive board is composed of Mesdames Cornish, Clare F. Cox, Clair McTurnan and E. O. Noggle, the officers and the coinmittee] chairmen.

O. E. 8. to Meet

A covered dish luncheon will be given at noon Monday by the Golden Rule Auxiliary, Order of Eastern Star, with Mrs. Libbie Brautigan as hostess at the home of Mrs. Lillian

the Choral Ensemble.

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The hobble skirt dress popularized by Irene Castle.

some in oxen-head designs. There is a matching chamois belt. Very strik-

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% Carolinas in 1663 was the inspira-

1776 when the Continental Congress

Pitts, 908 N. Rural St.

ing! It costs a little less than twice The granting of charters for the

tion for an eggshell gown in faille complete with off-the-shoulder line and hoop skirt which the “ladies” of that period wore. A black taffeta gown with off-the-sholder effect and a pink petticoat peeking from beneath it was designed for the year

convened and the Declaration of Independence was signed.

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lant pirate who aided Andrew Jackson in the battle of New Orleans, 1815. The dance hall girls’ costumes during the California Gold Rush were the inspiration for a dress of checked taffeta with voluminous skirt and off-the-shoulder ruffle, accented by a huge black velvet bow. A white net dress over yellow with a black velvet corselet and nosegay at the bodice is typical of the ball gowns worn by the southern belles about the time of Lincoln's inauguration. A blue taffeta bustle dress with great clips is like those worn at the gala events held in connection with the Centennial Exhibition hich opened in- Philadelphia in

‘To note the turn of the century and the inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt, there is a pale green taffeta dress with gold embroidery on the honed basque. And honor is paid Irene Castle, ‘whose dancing with Vernon Castle was the rage of New York in 1912, with a hobble skirt dress with white top and black skirt, One dress is titled “Fashion Looks Forward.” This is a simple white crepe dinner dress with a touch of elegance on the long-sleeve jacket, richly embroidered in gold. =

Nellie B./Fatout, treasurer.

Dorothy Barnes

To Be Married Miss D orothy Louise Barnes,

Barnes, 1210 W. 34th St., will become the bride of Delbert Southerland, son of Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Southerland, 5600 Michigan Road, in a ceremony at noon today in the Crooked: Creek Baptist Church. The

Rev. Franklin Crutchelow will officiate at an altar decorated with palms, ferns and candelabra, The bride, given in marriage by her father, will wear a blue-green costume suit, brown accessories and an orchid corsage. Her only attendant, Miss Martha Schissel, will wear a street length frock of copper penny crepe with brown accessories and a corsage of fall flowers. ; Richard Tegarden Wi be Mr. Southerland’s best man®and ushers will be Robert H. Barnes, brother of the bride, and Raymond Souther= .: land, ‘the bridegroom's brother. Mothers -of the couple will wear black costumes accented with white and corsages of gardenias and sweetheart roses. Following a short wedding trip west, the couple will be at home after Nov. 8 at 1123 W. 33d St., Apt 3.

Junior Group Plans Concert

The Camille Fleig Junior Section of the Ihdianapolis Matinee Musicale will give its opening concert ot the season tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in the American United Life Insurance Bldg. 30 W. Fall Creek Blvd, Preceding a pertormance by the Jac Broderick Ballet, a variety program will open with a selection py a trio composed of Miss Janet Czerwonky, pianist, Miss Joyce McClaran, violinist, and Miss Joan Bernat, cellist. Vocal solos will be given by Miss Betty June Oakes and Jack Wade and Miss Aileen Scoggan will present a tap dance, accompanied by Miss Maxine Patterson. Other performers will be the Misses Sue Ann Yaver, Ann Spalding, Wanda Jacobs, Marjorie Ray and Bernice Miller; Eugene Baker and Neal Randolph. Dick Fraser 1s chairman of pages and ushers. Mrs. Albert Reep is adviser ot the junior . section and Mrs. Howard Stitt is chairman,

Thelma Parsons Is: Honoréd at Party

Honor guest at a party given recently by Miss Louise Weiland at her home, 2157 Singleton St. was Miss Thelma Parsons whose marriage to Norman Hollcraft will be Thanksgiving Day. The bride-to-be is the daughter of: Mr. and Mrs.

est ParsonS, 1210 S. Talbot Ave, an r..Hollcraft’s parents are Mr. and

Mrs. Norvell Hollcraft, 701 Sanders St. ‘ Guests attending the party with Miss Parsons were Mesdames Fred Vehling, Ralph Snell, Carl Zeigler

and Ralph Thompson and Misses

Mildred Gonter, Edna and Clara Otting and Mabelle Hohn.

Home’s Future sNew Era Club Topic

The New Era Club will meet Monday afternoon with Mrs. Marjorie H. Shellhouse and Mrs. Fred Falke as hostesses. Mrs. John W. Jacob will speak on “The American Home and Its Future.” Mrs. Payne Clarke is president of the club for the year. Other officers are: Mrs. T. R. Mead, vice president; Mrs. Karl C. Wolfe, secretary; Mrs. Lillian Geyer Wingert, press correspondent; Mrs. W. J* Mercer, corresponding secretary, and Miss

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