Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1946 — Page 25

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0 be read at 7:30 in the Irvington rch will unite Miss , and Buren CotJ, Ferguson, pastor,

is the daughter of Leslie H. Crockett, e, and Mr. Cotton's and Mrs. Lamon V, 32d st. 3 her father, the street-length dress with a bodice emd and Dubonnet. A Il complete her coswill carry an arm nna Hill roses, 8 will be Mrs. RobVillow Run, Mich, or, and Mrs. Cliff d. Both will wear ensembles and will gets-of pink carna-

mid will be the best Wills and Robert hers. 1 the church parloe eremony. wedding trip to Chiwill be at home at

t attended Butles

ub Meets n. Willing Workers at.2 p. m, today in s. Ralph C, Uppfalt, st.

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\ FRIDAY, APRIL 12,

sray Is Ahead In Cottons

For Summer

And Stripes Will Run In Every Direction

By ‘BARBARA BUNDSCHU United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, April 12—They'll

be striped on the vertical, striped]

on the horizontal, and striped from northeast to southwest. But striped or solid, gray is the coming color for this summer's cottons, That's the picture that took shape as the Cotton Shop paraded its newest wares—which, incidentally,

and wools (mostly bathing suits) as well as the standard washables. “Costumes of nationally distributed designers, including Adele Simpson, Claire McCardell, Molly Parnis and Joset Walker among others, were featured in the show, making it a fair sampling of cotton wear in| the $14 to $50 price range available throughout the country,

Gray Play Clothes A narrow striped gray and white] chambray was used in two of the slimmest and coolest frocks shown. | One very young dress had an inset belt and an eyelet embroidered hem with sleeves cuffed below the elbow. An Adele Simpson design in a sim-| ilar fabric had more sophisticated appeal with its front-full skirt and a waisfcoat look to the cap sleeved bodice. : Gray was also featured in play] clothes—a gray jersey swim suit}

.and wraparound coat by Claire Mc-|

Cardell and a gray linen tennis dress by Joset Walker, showing a bit of shorts under its cardigén ‘banded

tunie.

Next to Gray—

In a dressier classification,

the

. shop showed a lovely youthful dress

of gray crepe with a ruffled yoke and double ruffled cap sleeves. Next to gray, candy colors, with pink peppermint the apparent favorite, shown striped on white in one dirndl dress and striped pink on pink in another with off-shoulder puff sleeves. Stripes of “varying spacing and varying width were prominent in other cottons, and one outfit sported stripes fashioned of red and green polka dots. ~ Solid colors were predominantly pastel, with pink and blue and lemon yellow the leaders after gray. One black dress, in rayon with spaced white butterflies, was shown for "Qressel vp occasions,

Poets Grou p To Meet

The Poets’ Rendezvous, auxiliary to the Indiana State Fed- | eration of Poetry Clubs, will meet in the Central Y. W. C. A. Sunday. Speakers will be Mrs. Elsie Sea-'. grave and Miss Jessamine Armstrong, members of the Kokomo

Poetry circle. Mrs. Robert J. Harde- _

beck, also of Kokomo, will preside. Carl Leon Eddy, composer and pub- | lisher, will conduct part of the] meeting. | Mrs. Laura B. Young is chairman of the reception committee and will be assisted by Mrs. Herbert Schmutte and Mrs, Rose Marie Cruzan. Elmo Woods of New Castle is chairman of ushers.

Sigma Nu Mothers | |

Officers will be elected at the regular meeting of the Sigma Nu! Mothers’ club at 1:30 p. m, Tuesday in the chapter house. The program

will be in charge of Mrs. Elsie Ball. | Ben Davis high teacher,

school dramatic!

By SUE BURNETT

A three-piece play suit for your| outdoor life—nicely tailored shorts and blouse for sports, gardening, relaxing in the sun. Add the button | front skirt for marketing and street wear, Pattern 8865 is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. Size 14. blouse, 1% yards of 35 or 39 inch. shorts, 24 yards of 35-inch; skirt, 1% yards of 35-inch. For.this pattern, send 20 cents, in your name, address, size desired, and the pattern number to] Sie Burnett, The Indianapolis Times Pattern service, 214 W. Maryland st., Indianapolis 9 A complete and dependable guide the apring and Summer issue of Pd

gift pattern is printed!

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By NEA Service You can rejuvenate an aging slipcover and put across a gay deception which will add charm to your room by using simple tricks of

camouflage. local sewing center experts.

Even a novice can swing the easy tricks suggested by

Take the plain colored slipcover that’s blighted by a threadbare back, frayed skirt flounce and worn cushion, To rejuvenate, get enough flowered print to applique a floral motif in the center of the dilapidated back. Use the same material to flower-border the skirt flounce and

to replace the worn cushion cover.

By using your sewing machine's zig-zagger attachment, finishes as it stitches, applique motifs are a cinch to apply.

Raw edges

don’t even need to be turned under. Another treatment for the problem chairs are partial slipcovers |

for head rest and arms which camouflage frayed or faded spots.

Dis-

guise a blighted chair top with an antimacassar hood and give arms

matching treatment with snugly- fitting arm covers.

Gay plaids or

flowered prints may be used to cover plain chairs or vice versa,

The Tunic ior Miss of America Is Getting Wider, They Say, —About Two Inches Wider

By ROBERT RICHARDS

United Press Stal Correspondent

NEW YORK, April 12.—You can lead a gal to a girdle,

but you can't make her fit.

1t seems,

Girdle designers conceded yesterday that the average American] junior miss has already spread about two inches beyond the pre-war model.| the family or guests smile with sat-|

Now the American girls will have to go in for some hurried reconversion. isfaction.

To keep the girls from popping a seam, , the girdle guys will 1 Just

have to slip two inches of addi-|~

tional material into their social

it was stripes in strait-jackets,

Miss Helen E., Erdheim, girdle

Pink was style co-ordinator, refused to take

this setback lightly, “Your readers] may not realize the immediate significance,” she said, “but it's practically a female: revolution.” It's easy to understand Miss Erdheim’s bitterness on the subject

because her firm—trying to keep

half-a-step ahead of the national hip movement—was all set with a two-way stretch job based on conventional pre-war sizes.

Buyers Frantic

However, frantic reports buyers all over the United States |

males might as well start drinking six glasses of milk every day and building up their muscles because (their dream girls are almost bound |

to be on the round-hipped, buxom

scale,

She explained that the modern | girl wants her curves within bounds, |

but not within bonds. She demands comfort with her control, Miss Erdheim also warned that reverberations may shiver right on through the other industries. “If the situation keeps developing,” she explained, "it's obvious

that equipment in many fields—as| well as in our own—must be re-| from | designed and evolved. “The furniture industry, for in-!

soon indicated that junior misses |stance, almost certainly would be!

from Syracuse te San Francisco forced.

| were spreading. And girdle manufacturers—if they wished to get to|

to making broader seats |for theiMechairs. The dress manufacturers will be thrown for a stiff] They'll need more fabric, and

“The normal waist used to be from | terns.

25 to 26 inches, with the hips about |

The waists, for some reason. have remained the same but the hips— and the rest of that general area— ‘have gained at least two inches and are still pushing out fast.’ Miss Erdheim said American

“Even people using subway seats

| definitely will increase the number | of dissatisfied standees.” The entire situation looks rather desperate. Even Miss Erdheim doesn't think that there's much that can be done about it,

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y |56th annual convention of the In-

which

Convention

Speakers

Sessions Will Be Held In French Lick

Peter Grant, radio newscaster, | will be one of the speakers at the

| diana Federation of Clubs.

| The convention will be held May|

|13, 14 and 15 at the French Lick | Springs hotel in French Lick. Mr, (Grant will speak on “Human Rela-| !tions in the Post-War Period” at 8| p. m, May 13. | “News From Four Corners of the {World,” Mr. Grant's daily broadcast over station WLW, will be | {broadcast from the convention hall! | that night. Other speakers on the program will be Miss Oleda Schrottky, dra- | matic adviser for the National Girl] |Scout organization; Mrs. J. L.| | Blair Buck, first vice president of [the General Federation of Women's Clubs; Herman B Wells, presi-| dent of Indiana university, and! Stephen C. Noland, editor of The +[¥adianapulis Ne News,

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| STRAWBERRY CUSTARD cream| go {pie adds the finishing touch to an| extra-special meal that will make |

It may be slightly on the luxurious side—but it will pay dividends |when the praises start coming in about "its taste appeal, delicious smoothness and delicate flavor, » . STRAWBERRY CUSTARD CREAM PIE (For Monday dinner) 25 Cc. SUgAr 15 tsp. salt 2 thsps, cornstarch 2 thsps. flour 2 ¢. milk 3 egg yolks, beaten 1 tbsp. butter 4 isp, vanilla

1 pint berries; mashed or sliced 1 8-in. baked pie shell '2 pt. whipped cream | Combine sugar, salt, cornstarch]

|and flour in a double boiler. Add | milk gradually and cook over hot | water until mixture thickens, stir- |

jegg yolks, return to double boiler and continue to cook over hot water |

social | 34 t5 35 inches,” Miss Erdheim said. (will require more room. And this for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. |

Remove from heat, add butter and | vanilla, Chill. Just before serving, fold berries into the custard and turn into the baked pie shell. Swirl whipped cream over the top and | serve. Makes 5 or 6 servings. |

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Luscioug ravon satin, in rich pastel

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Sizes 9 10 17.

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: THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES me -~ Aging Slipcovers Camouflaged I. F. C. Names The Bridal News Includes Three. Engagements Ww. D.C, Uni

Brown County Art Gallery associa-

Le &

et - A a Ho, ERE.

P. H. Ho photos, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eder, 1025 Shannon ave., announce the engagement of their daugh-

A ceremony to be read May Il in Buffalo; N. Y., will unite Miss Dolores Rita Schmidt and Donald O. Leonard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Leonard, 6126 E. St. Joseph st. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Schmidt, Buffalo.

Mr. sand Mrs. Sherman Gatchell, 901 Parker ave., announce the engagement of their daughter, Patricia, to Paul E. Pflumm, son of Mrs. Hubert B. Pflumm, 128 N. 18th ave. Beech Grove. The wedding

date has not been set.

‘Brown County Art Display to Open

ter, Helene, to Gerald W. Rodgers, son of Mr. and Mrs, J. G. Rodgers, Redding, Pa. The: wedding will be in July.

open, Officers of the group are cl Curry Bohm, president; I. O. Grif-! League Luncheon

fith, vice president: Georges la Will Be Tuesday

"i Sactlat {Chance, secretary -ireasurer. mes Specia : | The April luncheon of the NaNASHVILLE, nd, April 12-A| vom oil to E lect tional Women's Service league will] preview party will be held by | {be held at 11:30 a. m. Tuesday In|

The May Wright Sewell Indiana, the home of Mrs. Herman Roesch, tion tomorrow evening before the Council of Women will meet at 9:30 4153 E. 38th st. opening of the spring exhibition by a. m. Thursday at the Hotel Lin- | Members will plan the second hul- | artist members. The display will jcoln. Otto Cox will speak on “Mod- letin to be issued by the league on| open here Sunday in the gallery. |ern Perspectives.” Election of offi-|its two projects. The association's annual tea will cers will be held and reports from be held May 5. The exhibition will |afiliated clubs will be given. Mrs, | » open to the public daily until |E. L. Burnett is in charge of reserv-

Sept. 1 when the new fall show will ations.

to supplement the supplies for the occupational

{for patients at Veterans hospital,

Carefree, woven striped cotton chamhray eonlor fast and sanforized. Sizes 12 to 40, 71.95

Classies Ready for Spring and Summer

7.95 and 8.30

Kay Dunhill lines up a fashion lively as.a day in April. The

dresses give you flattery and grooming you never thought possible in

warmer. weather, No Mail or Phone Orders.

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ola Loosen bi al Pin My . Sh i i i Gi Si capaci SoA i LE ies

The league helps sorority at 2 p. m. Sunday in the

therapy department Gent ave, and gives monthly birthday parties

. Wasson's Third Floor

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‘Will Meet Wednesday be.

Luncheon Will Close Season's Activities

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A discussion luncheon will mark the close of the season's activities of the community welfare departs

club at 12:30 p. m. Wednesday fn the clubhouse. Mrs. Frank L. Jens nings has arranged the program. Stephen C. Noland, editor of The Indianapolis News, will talk on “Touring Latin America.” Mrs, B, A. Carson will preside at the lunche eon and Mrs. Victor H. Rothley and Mrs. Howard Spurgeon will have charge of a sale of handcraft for the blind, Hostesses will be Mrs. Harry @, Kennett, chalrman; Mesdames Rob« ert M. Bryce, Roland M. Cotton, Clare E. Greenlee, Orison H. Hayes, Willlat H. Hodgson, J. Frank Holmes, A. W. Kettle, Harry A, Koss, R. G. Manning, Raleigh Miller, A. €. Rasmussen, Paul N, {Rowe and Louis K. Rybolt, Miss Pearl FP, Kiefer and Miss Jessie M, | Stewart, |

Rush Party

A" rush party will be given hy | Lambda chapter of Omega Phi Tau

home of Miss Dorothy Eaglin, 2008

Pledge services will be held at 8 p. m. Tuesday at 14 W. Ohio st,

Seti

Polka dot In Brat sheer rayon bem-

se two dream

ment of the Woman's Department |