Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1941 — Page 17

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1941

Homemaking—

They're New: Floating Candles, Novel Glasses and Table Mats

TF 50-MILE-AN-HOUR MARCH WINDS only whip up the spring

fever In you even more than balmy : And for decorations there's something new in the Wasson's is retailing for the Easter season.

with a spring party shape of floating candles that With these candles that is a prophecy of the pool vou

ming. Fill a shallow big swan and the lotus flower

pottery or

and light the wicks on the candles. The Muench-Kreuzer the swan, which costs a dollar. and

the flowers, there are amusing frog andles for a quarter each. And] Special Easter decorations you can buy rabbits, ducks and Easter eges ANOTHER IDEA your party table, or for any luncheon service, is the group of washable place mats

for

sold at L. S. Ayres & Co. Some of them are of cellophane—so that guests can admire the fine grain

of your mahogany table—and others are of leatherette with a cork base Among the newer designs are huntand ship prints and brilliant hand-painted fruit and flower arrangements. Still others have simple classic borders or sampler patterns. The price range is from 39 cents to two dollars for the handpainted mats. YOU'LL HAVE you into th If vou

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less trouble when round of Wasson's gift set of eight

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second ArUINKs to 's department and buy a tall beverage glasses with an elongated number painted in a gay color up the side of each glass. The makers promise vou it will be easy then back the right number to

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You may not have the energy to grow a complete herb garden, as suggested in yesterday's gardening article on these pages, but vou can find a simple substitute in an herb rack manufactured by the Herb Farm Shop, Ltd, and sold in this through

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Mrs Reni ck's Gift Shop at 3702

glass bowl with water, 's you have chosen from Wasson's collection |

Candle Co. made the candles,

zephyrs, now's the time to break out

then float the

N. Illinois St. has it in Indianapolis. All herbs packed in the eight containers in the rack

Seal, Kent, unusual flavor lish herbs

found only

In addition to |

you can build your party around a centerpiece re going to have in your garden this

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were grown, | dried and blended at Sevenoaks in | % England, and have that | in Eng- |

Among Herb Farms’|

special blends is one called “Poul- |

which may be used in for fried chicken,

fowl and

try,” batter all broilers. is for use in aspic with cold fish or in French dressing and mavonnaise. Any egg dish will taste better flavored with the com-

for to sprinkle over

The salad herbs mixture | and cole slaw, |

egy | in stuffing

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[pany's “Omelette” mixture, which can be used also in butter sauce | for fish These blends, along with standard containers of tarrag gon, sage, basil, marjoram and savoury, come in a rack so that you can hang the set within easy reach of your work table. And vou'll add an European flavor to your meals with the $2.50 the set costs.

SPRING AND SPRING STYLES have an influence that reaches even | to the making of dress shields, For instance, the dolman sleeve featured by dress designers cannot be protected by standard sewed-in shields and yet can be spoiled bv

under-arm perspiration along the front seam. To prevent this and also

absorb back perspiration brought on by summer heat, the Kleinert | Rubber Co. has fashioned a bolero

of batiste with dress shields permanently attached. It is cut so that

the shields are held firmly in place, |

do not interfere with the lines of the dress and require no sewing nor pinning. Two varieties come at 50 cents and a dollar Another new Kleinert feature is a shield of standard design that is made in a type of synthetic rubber called Neoprene. Neoprene makes an extremely light weight shield for summer wear, which can be left in a dress sent to be dry cleaned without being harmed. These new shields will be in local department stores soon

WITH ALL THE EMPHASIS on

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the navy in the color and design of |

spring clothes, it is that manufacturers use of other their products. Cross nail polish sea colors—Ilobster, Red Aiwaber or Sea Wheat. And with each Kit of polish, polish remover and cuticle remover comes a matching lapel pin showing a mermaid mounted on a seahorse. You can find the polish at Wasson's toiletries counter.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

9 — PLANT DISEASES

PAGE 17

Medicine shelves, in which sprays and dusts are stored, are an important part of the

By HENRY PREE Times Special Writer LANT diseases are usually P grouped into three general

are those brought on by improper growing conditions and foods. They are remedied by correcting the soil, the location or the amount of plant food given. The second are those caused by | fungi and bacteria, and these are! controlled by fungicides and Sani- | tation, The third are the virus dis- | eases which are spread by dirty | pruning instruments, insects and! are often transmitted in the seed. The latter are not fully understood | and cannot be stopped once the]

lasses. The first

plant is attacked. The symptoms | of the virus diseases are curling] of leaf tissue, yellowing of leaves, a mottled green and yellow color effect, or a bushy type of growth. More than half of the known animals in the world are insects

and to the gardener it seems that most of them can be found on the | plants in his garden. Scientists have devoted years to the study of insects but, despite all the work that has been done, no insect species has

exterminated.

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HERE are various natural factors which enter into the control of insect pests. Weather conditions have considerable influence upon the number of certain species during a summer. Birds are a great many of the smaller animals are also useful. Predatory parasites also kill huge quantities of insects In spite of these natural allies the gardener finds he must resort to some other means of control, such as chemicals Insects are grouped into two distinct classes; those with chewing

ing mouth parts. In the first group are caterpillars, beetles, grubs, grasshoppers and some slugs. They chew and swallow solid plant tissue and they can be controlled by stomach poisons. Insects with sucking mouth parts are the aphids (lice),

Party Will Honor Class Teacher

A party tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. A. Shullenberger, 519 S. Central Court. will

continue the week's program honoring Mrs. Elizabeth Smith for her years of service as teacher of a Central Christian Church Sundav School class. A portrait of Mrs. Smith was presented to the class at a recent church service. Assisting hostesses for the 2 o'clock party tomorrow will be Mesdames Robert L. McKechnie, Frank Herman, Harold C. Curtis, H. E. Mahan and Harry E. Yockev. Mesdames Carl W, Steeg, Louis Hagedon and Max Critechfield will be in charge of the _program.

H.A.C Br idge Unit To Give Party

The Ladies Auction Bridge Section of the Hoosier Athletic Club will have a Guest Party at 2 p. m. Friday at the club. Hostesses will be the Mesdames J. F. Lafferty, H. R. Musgrave and A. R. Volpp

Plan Special Service

Final plans for a Friday evening service April 4 were made at a meeting last night of the Young People’s League of the United Hebrew Congregation. Following a business meeting, Marvin Stein sang, accompanied by Miss Mildred Stein, and Miss Molly Cohen gave a series of monologs.

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various scale insects and leaf hop- [ pers. They have delicate, tube-like

' mouth parts with which they pierce

the outer laver of plant tissue and suck the juices from within, This group can he controlled hy so-called contact insecticides, which when sprayed upon the body of the in-

sect either clog up the little pores!

through which they breathe, or coat the body with some corrosive substance. For the average flower garden little is needed in the way of equip-

ment. A quart measure, a measuring |

and a dust gun is really necessary.

spoon,

are all A of lead is the best all-around stomach poison for insects. It gives reasonably quick results, does not hurn foliage when properly applied. spreads uniformly and adheres well

a sprayer that

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Nicotine dusts or spra ays are > most

effective against aphids, while for the various forms of scale, oil or soap emulsions are most satisfactory. Rotenone is an insecticide toxic to both chewing, and sucking insects and has the advantage of beINg non=-poisonous to man Bordeaux mixture is the most commonly used fungicide. It not

| only is an effective control for many | plant diseases, but is also useful tas a repellent against various sects. Copper lime dust is a mixture of non-hydrated copper sulfate and | hydrated lime, which is gaining rapidly in favor, [Sulphur is indispensable in controlling mildew and many other diseases. Mercuric compounds are used for brown spot in lawns and thrip on | gladiolus, ete.

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An outdoor fireplace.

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Irvington Club Arranges

Guest Day

A guest meeting, book reviews and special reports are being | planned by clubs meeting tomorrow | and Friday.

The IRVINGTON FORTNIGHT- | (LY CLUB will hold its guest day meeting Friday 2 p. m in the | Banner-Whitehill auditorium. On the program will be a talk by Dr { Errol Elliott of the First Friends | Church, who will tell of his expe- |

at

riences last summer in Europe with | met last night at the home of Miss Miss Fern Mahan,

Commission, Tech High directed by

Service by the Choir

| the Friends’ land music School Brass Frederic Barker | In the receiving line will be Mesdames Henry H. Prescott, Virgil Sly, Irwin Ward, Charles Teeters land F. W. Schulmeyer. Tea hostesses will be Mrs. Prescott and Mrs William Brower Ward. Measdames Ward, A. M. Welchons and C. E. Trueblood are in charge of arrangements “A Southerner Discovers New England” «Jonathan Daniels) will be reviewed by Mrs. V. V. Smith before members of the THURSDAY LYCEUM CLUB tomorrow, meeting [in the home of Mrs. Robert B. Malloch, 5217 N. Delaware St.

Mrs. A. A. Goodwin will report to members of the NORTH SIDE STUDY CLUB tomorrow on “The Dust Bowl Disaster,” following Mrs Roy Martin's current events summary. Hostess for the meeting will be Mi Ruby Hardin, R. R. 18 Box 373

30 o'clock lunchof the VENETIAN presidents’ organINTERNATIONAL CLUB, will

Hostess for a 12: eon tomorrow COUNCIL, past ization of the TRAVEL-STUDY Mrs. Frank McCracken, 27 mont St. Mrs. Andrew Underwood and Mrs. Merle Dunn will speak on ‘Early Days of Indianapolis.”

Mrs. Howard Allison will tain the FEDERATED RESEARCH CLUB of Mooresville tomorrow. An open forum will follow talks by Mis. George Anthony on “Hygiene of EK motions

be | 27 N. Tre-|

enter- |

and by Mrs. Will Hen-

on “Growing Old Gracefully

wl Personality Changes.”

tomorrow will include a review of!

I The REVIEW CIRCLE'S program Scheduled

“Children of God” (Vardis Fisher)

|by Mrs. John 8. Wright Mrs. | Bransford Clarke, 5101 N, Pennsyl- | vania St., will be hostess, | by Mrs. A. A. Zinn,

British, Dutch and French Sut ana will be described by Mrs. H, E. | von Grimmenstein tomorrow He ( on- | tinue the AFTERMATH CLUB'S { program for the year on South America. The meeting will be at the home of Mrs 5820 College Ave.

Bernice Holtman Hostess

| Woodruff Place Clubhouse will

assisted |

“Wigwa am Waddle’

Plans for a “Wigwam Waddle” dance to be held March 28 in the be the G. L. to-

members of at their meeting

discussed by O, P. Club

morrow at the home of Miss Patri«

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John A. Sink, Chili S

cia Branson Assistant hostess for tomorrow's meeting will be Miss Marge Johnston. The Chippewa Club is to join in giving the dance

Supper Tonight

A chili supper for members and [pledges of Delta Chapter, Xi Delta Xi Sorority, will be held at 6:30

The Chee-Chee-O-Pag-Wah Club o'clock this evening at the home of

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