Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1943 — Page 12

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“THE ADVENTURES OF NOVEL WRITING wil il John Erskine’s subject when he appears before the:

! ntemporary club at 8:30

night in John Herron Art museum. Mr. Erskine, who has combined the pursuits of musician, poet,

essayist and college professor with

of a long list of Private Life of Helen of Troy,” “Gala-

for His Reputation,” and “Adam and.

Eve”

one called “Influence of ‘Women—and Its Cure.”

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medieval mythology for Mr. Erskine’s literary sticcess—particularly for “Galahad” and “The Private Life of Helen of Troy.” admitted he had always been in love with Trojan Helen and for years. he read her history from every available classic and modern source. He did not believe, he says, that

the

: od painted by Homér could have deeply and permanently affected so many men,” so he wrote his awn inter- . .

pretation.

“Often—as in the case of Helen,” he says, “the clever woman destiny because she fails to find men who measure up

5 her intelligence and courage.”

His ‘admiration for Helen of Troy roused no jealousy on the part of Mrs: Erskine, however. She dismissed her husband's portrayal of the charmer as “a man’s account of the matter.”

Shower Will Honor Miss Kayser MRS. WILLIAM 8S. WOOLLEY of Richmond will entertain Pfiday at the home of Mrs. Albert C. Hirschmann with a shower in honor of Miss Margaret Louise Kayser. Mrs. Karl Kayser, will be married Sunday to Bergt. Richard B. Puschmann, son of Mr. and Mrs, Otto L. Buschmann.. Mrs. Woolley’s guests are to be Mesdames Kayser, Buschmann, Albert Buschmann, William Kroeplin, David Carter, Marvin Williams, Max Hittle, Stanley D. Foust, John Egger, Don Rudd, Malcolm Negley and Kenneth 8innock, and Mrs, Betty Gilbert Bair, Richmond. # Others will be Misses Louise and Doris Bicknell, Jean Buschmann, Marianne Buschmann, Virginia Johnson, Florence Schults, Eleanor Semans and Martha and Carolyn Riggle. :

Bridal Dinner to Be Given Friday : MR.- AND MRS. E. F. KIXMILLER will honor their daughter, Mary Lee, and John B. Strack with a bridal dinner Friday in the talian room of the Hotel Lincoln. Miss Kixmiller’s marriage to Mr. ack will be Saturday in the Advent Episcopal church. i Guests at the dinner are to be Mr, and Mrs. John A, Btrack, | parents of the bridegroom-to-be; Miss Katherine Kixmiller, Miss Shirley St. Pierre, Harvey Hunter, Robert Sternberger and Riley

Hancock.

Miss Adeline Lewis, a senior, and ‘Miss Virginia Martin, a sophohore, recently were listed on the honor roll for the first semester

at Western college, Oxford, O. Their

A. Helen Tappan in a special honor chapel session at the school.

Miss Lewis is the daughter of

Lewis of Brendonwood and Miss Martin is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence R. Martin,

o'clock next Wednesday

his novel writing, is the author including “The

“of His Life to Account And back in 1036 he turned out

lifelong: interest in classical and. provided the bage

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Church News—

Mrs. J. H. Smiley to Be Speaker Before Roberts Park W.S8.C.S.; Cathedral Group Meets Friday

Talks and a card party are listed on churchwomen’s calendars. ' Mrs. J. H. Smiley will talk before the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the ROBERTS PARK METHODIST church tomorrow at 2 p- m. Her topic will be “The Christian’s Responsibility for a Just and

Enduring Peace.” ~~ A business meeting at 11 a. m, prayer service at 1:30 o'clock will precede the program. Mrs. Ewing Groupe is in charge of the luncheon. . : ~ The ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL cathedral’s church study group will meet with Mrs. H. G. Taylor, 1302

E. Kessler blvd, Friday at 2:30 p. m. Mrs J, Wilson Miller will speak on “The Holy Eucharist and Its Traditions.”

The Woman's Guild of the FIRST EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED church will have the Rev. Theo Hilgeman as its guest speaker to-

business “slesting ‘has been ed for 10:30 a. m. by Mrs. ‘George Gebhart. Mrs. George Wear chairman of the noon: unsheon eding the program.

The Altar Society of ST. PHILIP

RI CATHOLIC church was to nsor . & card party today at 2 the cenoo, Siglo. Mrs. x Krieses'ls the chairman,

The More Light guild of ALL . UNITARIAN church will old a ‘business meeting at 6 p. m. | motfow preceding g. dinner meet}. pg. ~ John OC. Ruckelshaus will

k on the committee for victory.

GREMLINS?

This 15:no Hime for gremlins

for fuel waste . oo for clogged drafts Aa . for |

plant, The dogondabi Polar fusks to avoid dif culty. “But remember oie

bin gots to5 lew!

afuiembess have enrolled for the

a luncheon at 12:15 p. m. and a

Painting Class Opens Today

Charles West Jr. is the teacher for a special class in still life oil painting which was to begin this afternoon at John Herron Art school. 4 The class will continue for five more consecutive Wednesdays. Mr, West was the winner of the William H. Block Co. prize at the Hoosier Salon this year. A number of Art Students league

class and persons not. attached to | the league may register until a full quota is reached. It is expected | that only & limited number will be accepted after the first class meeting. The cotirse was begun at the request of Mrs. Wendell P. Coler, & member of the Hoosier Salon and the league.

Revelers Auxiliary To Sponsor Party

A public card party will be spon. sored by the Sahara Grotto Revel~ ers auxiliary at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening in the. Gosia Home, 4107 E. Washington st. Mrs. Louis Rost, p Mrs. Frost Swisher,

nt, and

prizes, sre in ‘charge:

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A Music Room Becomes the ‘Cookie Room’

A new volunteer war job has been undertaken by the Meaennerchor Ladies’ society, the auxiliary of the Indianapolis Maennerchor, which is affiliated with the Athenaeum association. : ‘The members are taking care of the “cookie room” of the Indianapolis Service Men’s Centers, Inc. The building which houses the service men’s entertainment center is the old Maennerchor club at 502 N. Illinois st. : “It seems awfully good to get back into our old club home again,” says Mrs. Franz Binninger, president of the group and co-chairman of the cookie committee. “This time instead of music and records on the shelves of our old ‘music room,’ we have boxes and tins of home-made cookies which have been provided for the unis formed men by Indianapolis | women. “We clean the cookie jars and shelves and check over the supply. But last Sunday we had so few cookies we had to limit the boys.” Before the organization took over its new job, it had been giving money each month to the Pantry Shelf for Sunday night suppers.

On Committee

“cookie room” and the volunteers working for the new service are Mrs. Otto Busching; : co-chairman with Mrs. Binninger for the cookie committee; Mrs.

bert, second vice president; Mrs.

urer. Mrs. William Hauck, financial secretary; Miss Bertha Schultz, assistant financial secretary; Mrs. Busching, telephone chairman; Miss Emma Minter, publicity chalrman; Mrs. Anton Scherrer, historian: Mrs. Emil Rath, membership chairman, and Mrs. Ernest Schaefer, hostess chairman. « George Schultz, Fred Schmidt, William Hubert, Gustav Heinrich, George Grabhorn, Edwin Mueller, Alice Mueller, Theodore Schuller, Martha Cox, Oscar. Mueller and Dora Minker, Miss Frieda Huebner and Miss Gertrude Keller, In addition to their work in the “cookie room” the.women. expect to help fill the cookie Jars for which they have become custodians,

Beauty— Sleep Is an A-1 Beauty Builder

By ALICIA HART Times Special Writer SMOOTH SLUMBER is an A-1 beauty builder, and getting enough of it is very often a matter of managing expertly your physical com-

your living habits. If you're just an occasional tosser

of| why worry? Piddling causes like

a too-heavy meal or a failure with

. | the first dress you've made yourself

can keep you awake. Some experts advise you to stick to your pillow, reminding yourself. {hat resting in bed is useful too. I would advise the one who gets temperamental sleeplessness not to

The committee in charge of the |8

! William Noelke, | vice president; Mrs. Clarence El-

George Amt, corresponding secré- | tary; Mrs. George Schmitt, freas-|

Serving with them are Mesdames |all

fort, your sleeping time, and, alas,|

Sororities—

blvd., this evening at 6:30 o'clock. Alpha chapter. KAPPA BETA

Woman's Viewpoint-—

Urges Check On Hasty Marriages

By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON © Times Special Writer

BEGINNING MARCH 1, throughout the Arch-diocese of Boston, Catholic couples planning marriage will be obliged to notify the parish

“|priest of their infention at least|.

one month before the wedding. The ruling was made in an effort to halt the hasty marriages whose numbers have increased alarmingly since {the war began, Long before the war, of course, people of every creed, color and age, were dashing th o u ghtlessly to the altar. A dangerous condition prevailed because marriage ‘had lost its sacred cations. It's all very well to laugh at the notion that wedding vows are promises made before God—many smart men and women have done 80, although, as we now see, their

matrimony nor society. Marriage is a legal commitment. But if that's it is, and if its deeper significance is ignored, then wé may expect to live in the same turmoil which; matrimonially speaking, has engulfed the land for two decades. I would be the last to argue that the old iron-clad rule for sticking together until death was & perfect one. Millions of people suffered under it, but it’s doubtful whether their sufferings were any greater than that of millions of others who now exist under our modern “exchgnge” system. 2 »

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| DIVORGE SHOULD BE made

possible for every citizen of a free nation. Couples who hate each other ought not to be forced to live together by law or religion. On the other hand, only juveniles and savages can honestly hold to the contrary opinion—that any little rift must end in separation, or that every slight passionate flareup or every cheap flirtation should lead to matrimony. In so far as women have encouraged our present high divorce rate, they have contributed to the destruction of thelr greatest social security and the nation’s moral disintegration. . In wartime we hold a tight rein on other public activities. Why not, then, a check on hasty

magiage?

Plans Dance

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to he given Friday in the Hotel Antlers.

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Hist Jacke Caiphell, Arie Motor ani Bar orations committee for the Shortie Sweetheart dance bara Weir (left to right) are members of the dec- ee [

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Mrs. Robert Stith to Entertain Psi Iota Xi Chapter Tonight; Kappa Beta Chis to Initiate Five

One sorority®group plans to initiate new members. The buffet supper and business meeting of Delta chapter, PSI IOTA XI, will be at the homie of Mrs. Robert M. Stith; 3765 Washington

om, will hold an initiation service

tonight at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Owen Biggs, 1116 N. Capitol ave.; will be ; co-hostess.

the hostess. The new members will be Miss Josephine DeLucas and Mesdames Ardell Foster, Myrtle Gebhart, Lois Hutt and Ann Mitchell. Following the ceremony there will be a Valentine gift exchange.

Mrs, Lester Webb, president of Gamma chapter, SIGMA PHI, has appointed Mrs. Elvet Phillips as chairman of a Valentine dance to be given Saturday night ab. the Hotel Lincoln. Mrs. Phillips’ co-chairmen are Mrs. Frank Calbres, ticket sales; Mrs. Virgil Vaughn, table reservations, and Miss Angeline Grimaldi, door committee. Guest tickets will be sent to service men.

CHI SIGMA will have a Valentine party Sunday at Miss Harriett Brooks’ home, 6205 Norwaldo ave. Mrs. John Weinbrecht and Mrs. Harry Dietz will be assistant hostesses.

Mrs. Eva Maurice, 509 W. 30th st., entertained the Alpha a KAPPA ALPHA GAMMA, : last) night. Members on the program were Mesdames Jora Gillespie, Lulu Singer, Beth Barnard and Maurice and Misses Beulah Bailey, Gladys McOoll, Sara Jane Hull, Ruth Miller and Helen Sheets.

Alpha chapter, PHI THETA DELTA, will meet at 8:30 p. m. today at Craig’s.

Judith Diddel Is Engaged

Mr. and Mrs, William H. Diddel, 4114 Oarroliton ave, announce the engagement of their daughter, Judith Ann, to Aviation Cadet Robert Ervin Fisher. He is the son of Mrs. R. W. Wright of Porset, Minn., ahd Dr. C. R. Fisher of Decatur, fil. The wedding will be after Cadet Fisher's graduation from the naval air corps training school at Corpus Christi, Tex. J Miss Diddel attended’ Butler uni versity and Cadet er, James Millikan university at Decatur and the University of Minnesota.

Dawes-Brown Rite

Is Announced

The marriage of Miss Fairy Mare Brown to Pfc. Robert E. Dawes of Billings General “hospital is announced. The single ring ceremony was read Saturday at the home of the Rev. Charles L. Haney, pastor of the Beville Avenue Evangelical church. Attendants were Mis. Mary East, Vincennes, her sister's matron of honor; Mrs. Freda Dowden; brides‘maid, and Dr. Albert Russell, Peru, The bridegroom, son of Mrs. I.E. Dawes, Peru, attended OKishoma university.

“ILeave to Attend _| Son’ 8s Graduation

W. 34th st, tomorrow before attending & theater party. Ee

A'1. o'clock dessert luncheon will be. be served to to the INDIANAPOLIS

Mrs. O. A. Mason. |

Mrs. Henry Windt, 3301 N. New Jersey st, will be hostess tomorrow at a 1 p. m, salad luncheon for members of the APERIO club. “The Far West” will be the theme of the program presented by Mrs. E. W. Clausing. 3

The Normandy chapter, INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL- STUDY club, will meet with Mrs. J. J. Meyer, 8315 Park ave, Friday for a 1 o'clock dessert luncheon. The speaker, Mrs. C. J. Ancker, will talk on “The Philippine Islands.” Mrs. Fritz Ehling is to be

Distribution Order on Rice Is Amended ~

Times Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. —Amend-

ment of the food order covering

rice to provide for equitable distribution of civilian supplies of that grain throughout the continental United States has been announced by the department of agriculture. The action was amendment 1 to food distribution order 10 issued Jan. 22, and.is effective immediately. 1t provides that no miller or other “first owner” may ship to any state or the District of Columbia during this crop year a quantity larger than 85 per cent of the total quantity he shipped into the same state or the District of Columbia during Tthe last crop year. A crop year, is defined as the period from Aug. 1 to July 31. The amendment covers only that part of millers’ and other first owners’ stocks which may be sold for ¢ivilian consumption, It does not apply to their stocks that must be held for government purchase. While the direct effect of the amendment is on millers and other first owners, the move should prevent undue accumulation of the stocks of rice available to civilians in any one state. The main provision of food distribution order ‘10 directs rice millers to set aside 60 per cent of their stocks of milled rice for pur-

agencies for shipment to American territories where rice is a staple food and for U. 8. military needs.

Miss Connor to Speak

The Hawthorne Mothers’ club will meet tomorrow at 1:15 p. m. The speaker, Miss Ida Connor of the Indianapolis Free Kindetgarten society, will talk on “Cultivating the Habit of Happiness.”

BBouquet | This Year—

‘The Valentine bouquet is Hkely to

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Times Special LONDON, Feb. 10—~Because some women are so beautyconscious that they prefer to flirt with. death rather than wear safety. hats. they consider unbecoming and uncomfortable, there were nearly 200 bad scalping acei- | dents in British war factories last year.

London’s leading hat designers tried vainly to solve the problem. Finally, in desperation, the direc * tors of a group of war plants employing some 10,000 women, had the bright idea of going to the workers—figuring that if they couldn’t satisfy themselves, nobody could. A prize competition , for a design for accident<proof headgear, which also would look attractive, was organized. First prize was $200, with smaller ones for runners-up. : The hat which won first prize is pictured above. Designed by a former Liverpool milliner, it is a jaunty, long-peaked affair, with a net crown and wide-meshed snood. Out of the 400 contest entries, many came from men works ers and two of their designs took prizes.

|Sacred Heart Class

To Give Dance

The senior class of Sacred Heart high school will give a dance at 9 p. m. today in the school gymnasium, 8. Meridian and Palmer sts. The Commanders orchestra will play. Proceeds will be used by the 3 class to buy § sweaters for the § school’s basketball |} team. : Miss Maryfrances Wendling, ar- § rangements chairman, has been assisted by Misses ; Marie Pazder, “uss Pazder Dorothy Ritter, Mary Frances Dolan, Marita Kriese, Alma Jean Stanks, Roberta Volkert and Betty Schuller; John Sheib and James Meyer.

For a corsage, the fists blue violets setiared With &

Is My Heart” corsage. i 3 Dresdenstoned- ‘combinations pink, blue and tvory flowers will be appropriate for the the florists advise. Among blossoms used for this effect freesias, pink rosebuds, iris sweet peas with gardenias. The association is A early ordering this year because of the shortage of stock and government restrictions on deliveries.

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Honored by Air Marshal

LONDON, Feb. 10.00. M. Dy. . son, aged 22, and Aircraftwoman P. M. Beeson, W. A. A. F. balloon operators, have just been honored for their conduct during one of the recent night raids over London. They are commended in a special order issued by Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gossage, chief of the bation command, At the height of the raid, ther balloon had to be raised. Corp. Dyson, whose pre-war job was that of packer for a drug manufacturer, was at the winch and “Aircraftwoman Beeson, a former shop assistant, was watching the storage drum. When the balloon was half-way up, two bombs fell to the right and left of them, scarcely 20 yards away, demolishing the crew’s sleeping huts. Both'girls held their post, calmly continuing the operation until the balloon had reached the required height. : There have been many other instances of W, A. A. F. courage during the recent raids. One detachment, operating in a heavily at-( tacked area, was machine-gunned and bombed twice within four days. Its balloon was set ablaze in a daylight raid and one of its staff was

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