Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1947 — Page 15

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Artist Designs

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CHICAGO, Jan. 21 (U. P)~A hat designer told Gertrude Lawrence recently that she's dolichocephalie. ba “I'm what?” “the actress de-

manded. |

“Dofichocephaliec -~ that is, you awe 4 long, narrow head,” replied

Miss Elaine Allen, the hat designer.

“Oh,” sald Miss Lawrence, The actress was buying a hat. Miss Allen has a new way of selling them, id

Madame walks In. She says she, wants a hat. Something different. And she's tired of running from shop to shop and trying on dozens! of bonnets, ’ Miss Allen says meet Mr. Ervin Petrie, He wears a beret. He's an artist. Miss Allen says please sit down, Madame, :

Madame sits down, The artist].

stares at her, Then he makes some charcoal marks on a drawing board. More marks. Half an hour passes. Then Petrie says behold, Madame beholds, It's a lovely

charcoal sketch of her face. That's!

Miss Allen's cue, She broods over the sketch, She murmurs something about an ostrich feather, A dash of turquoise, perhaps. i Sees Self Image As she thinks out loud, creating

, a new hat, the artist sketches her,

: headed.”

suggestions onto the head of the picture, Pastels bring out the right colors. Between them they come up! with a bonnet just right for Ma-

+ dame’s head,

Seeing her hat practically growing on the image of her head, Madame can visualize how it will

it, she’s told to come back in a couple of weeks and it will be finished, Miss Lawrence squinted at the sketch of herself, “Am I really” she asked, “doll . . , cichio , .. you know?" |

Allén. “Yes, but that’s better than! being brachycephalic,’ 1 “Um—2?" Said the hat

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designer: “Big-|

Six Local Persons To Attend Meeting

'Six-local persons-and 10 from ‘one-half -of -the skirt..for a .dress~{ Indiana will attend the Middle |ing table this size). Cut the ruffles East Regional convention of the!off the inside of the top sections American Camping association to|and use these to provide a perky “be held in Washington Friday, Sat- |finish to the top edge of the skirt.

urday and Sunday. Those from Indianapolis will be

Miss Oranda C. Bangsberg, Camp Comes part of the ruffling across

Pire Girls; Mrs. Eleanor Blongren,

Girl Scouts; Miss Stella Hartman, sections together and join with the Council of Social Agencies; Delmar bottom sections of the curtain to Wilson and Hubert Vitz, Boy Scouts, [complete tlie skirt. Tack in place

‘and Col. Charles B. Booth, Volunteers of America.

To Honor Graduates

St. Vincent's hospital alumnae will entertain the new graduates from 7 to 9 p. m. tomorrow in

hunter's lodge in the Marott hotel. [to its edge. If you wish to cover

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{15 by 23 inches, on wall brackets

BRIDE-TO-BE—Mr. and Mrs.

P. H. Ho photo Victor ‘M. Salb, 1450 College

ave. announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Betty

Jane, to JaZk K, Herndon, son of

Mr. and Mrs, Frank K. Herndon,

1335 W, 23d st. The cerémony uniting the couple will be read at

Avenue Methodist church.

6:30 p. m., Feb. 21, in the Central

Homemaking— Wood, Curtains and Ingenuity Can Transform an Old Wash Basin

To build, hang two wood shelves,

at each side of the basin to give plenty of room for cosmetics. To make the skirt, cut two pairs of curtains in half (one-pair-makes

Next, turn the top sections upside ‘down so that the heading ruffie be-

{the skirt hem. Hand sew these

in tiny box pleats around shelf sec(tions and slide across the front of {the bowl on a tiny curtain rod. Tack heading ruffle in place. . For the mirror frill, join the four curtain tiebacks by sewing at the ends’ and either tack this suffle around the mirror’s frame Or glue

'your dressing table bench, you'll need another pair of curtains.

" NE Remodel Windows REMODELING badly placed windows with colorful fabric is a dramatic but budget-saving way to cheer up the drab room which the, housing shortage may have forced | you to take. i To transform that typical eyethat

sore — side-by-side windows

| shrink wall space—into s decorative

single unit, local sewing center experts suggest dressing windows 'pic-ture-frame fashion with double ruffiing. Run a ruffle about 12) inches wide across the to- and down

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bright fabric, such as glazed chintz, other heavy material are given 2%-

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is a good choice for your “frame.

INSTEAD OF LOOKING wistfully at modern plumbing fixtures which you may not be able to get, use your ingenuity and materials at _, “Dolichocephalic,* prompted Miss Nand to transform an old fashioned basin that’s already intact. Two wood shelves and a very full skirt made from two pairs of dirt- 8. = defying plastic film curtains, for example, can transform the homeliest { washbowl into a glamorous dressing table basin.

‘Beauties Hints— Primping Tops ‘Male List Of Peeves

. By ALICIA HART NEA Staff Writer : FIGHT off temptation to primp :n public mirrors, When you win, " your reward is the kind of poise ‘hat gives a girl an extra dimension “0 her good looks, When you appraise yourself in the mirrors of elevators, taxicabs and, , shop windows, you force people who watch to come to one of two con'lusions. One is that you're not very

sure of yourself. The other? That

you are a vain little thing. i \ . nn | "SATISFY yourself on all points of good grooming before you leave home, and you won't need to peek in mirrors, If nose grows shiny, hair tugs loose, or you chew rouge off .your lips, then head for the ladies’ room and make repairs. | You'can, of course, make a furtive swipe with a lipstick or a powder puffin public, if your hand is quicker than your escort’s eye. But you run the risk of getting caught. If you're tempted, remember that making up in. public usually tops the list of masculine peeves. 8 » EVERY GAL should have all the | glamor she can get; and No. 1 aid] in swinging it, says Walter Thornton, the model-man, dre eyelashes.

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ARRANGE LUNCHEON —Mrs, Herold A. Chloupek (left) and

Mrs. R. R.. Powell are on the committee in charge of arrangements for the Psi lota Xi sorority luncheon Saturday.

Delta chapter of Psi Iota Xi sorority will hold its mid-year luncheon at noon Saturday in the Marott hotel, Mrs. Ruth Ball Harker, grand president, is in charge of the meeting. A style show to he given by Ayres’ will climax the luncheon, Co-chairmen in charge of arrangements are Mrs. Garland Retherford and Mrs, James L.

Carr, assisted by Mesdames R. R. Powell, Roger Hormell, Harold A. Chloupek, Byron Brenton, Robert Lockman and Borden R. Purcell. Psi Iota Xi sorority is sponsoring a speech and hearing clinic at Indiana university and at Ball State Teachers’ college. The sorority is offering $300 to be awarded as prizes to three outstanding artists 61 the Hoosier Art salon,

Delta Delta sorority’s Indianapolis alliance at 1 p. m. tomorrow, Mrs. |. Robert Boyer will give “A Discussion - of Interior Decorating.” Mrs. Gordon H, Thompson, chairman, will be assisted by Mesdames E. Gerald Bowman, Charles B. Stone and.John Sturman.

Has nature been stingy, with you?! She has withheld this favor from | plenty of Thornton models, That's why, he says, he sends girls out] almost every week to pick up some | handsomer fringes. Th » » » | NOT A LOT of lashes, mind you, | nor so long that everybody, ihcluding the kid down the street, k-n-o-w-s they're phony. 1 “Just a few, threaded into a girl's | ‘own at the corners of her eyes, and clipped short for plausibility. | |

80, THE woman who grieves because nature skipped her when she

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Potholders crocheted in a big each side of the windows. A crisp, seven-inch circle, lined with felt or

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Your sewing machine ruffler at-

| the ruffled - camouflage in jig-time. | The experts suggest “filling in” the wall space between windows with a | single row of small pictures, hung | one below the other. A row of chests, window-sill high, | may be used to finish your “pic- | ture” windows and give added storI age space in a crowded room.

n ” 5 i Beauty Treatment P ING UP an unsightly | steam radiator, with a three-section | unit, is a simple trick for the house{hold’s handyman. Build an open- | back section out of plywood to fit rove the radiator and put a grille lin front to direct the heat. Flank | ithe radiator with open-shelf units jor books or bright-colored knick(knacks. Paint the entire unit a | light color to blend with room decor. Colorful flower arrangements on top

If there is a window above the

| |to the tops of the cases.

Garden Club to Meet

| Representatives of the Central | West district of the Garden Club of Indiana will attend the district meeting at 1 p. m. Wednesday in |the . 38th st. branch of the Merchants National bank.

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{a pair of yellow gift potholders as ‘any kitchen shower party ever (saw! You can make them both in an evening and they're inexpensive and very amusing, too. | To obtain complete crochet instructions for the rooster and hen | potholders (pattern 5399) send 16 cents in coin, your name, address and the pattern number to Anne Cabot, The Indianapolis Times, 530 S. Wells st.,, Chicago. 7.

U. N. Delegate Urges Study by B. P. W.

Business and professional women should study at least one of the agencies of the United Nations, preferably the one related most closely to their work, Miss Alice Mildred: Burgess told council members of the Indiana Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs yesterday at a Claypool hotel luncheon, 3 Director of International relations and United Nations represen=tative of the B. P. W., Miss Burgess said this concentrated study would lead to an understanding of the

Plans were made for the group's annual state convention May 23 to 25 at French Lick. The Indiana group is contributing to the sup= port of 773 Belgian orphans, .according to a report made at the two-day meeting here.

Guest Da y Planned

Union guest day will be held by {Alpha Omicron Alpha sorority at [12:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Hotel

{chairman of arrangements, assisted

other working groups of the U. N.| Silay

passed out fancy fringes ought to add to her limited supply, Mr. Thornton believes. Warns he: “Not too many, and not too long, so that the lady who looks at you only two inches away will never know.” :

Hyde-Thomson Service Read

In a’ceremony at 2:30 p. m. Sat-! urday at the Propylaeum, Miss! Elizabeth .Wanda Thomson and William J. Hyde were married by the ‘Rev. Fr. Cornelius Sweeney of

‘ The bride, who lives at 3330 N. Meridian st., is the daughter of Mr. ! and Mrs, A. W. Thomson of Plym- | outh. Mr. Hyde lives at 2624 N. Me- | ridian st. and is the‘son of Mrs. Mary Hyde of South/Bend. { The bride wore & gown of white | jersey, and a coronet of seed pearls | held her fingertip veil. Mrs. John | Manning Llewelyn was the ma- | tron of honor/and wore a dress of yellow marquiset. A frock of blue marquiset was worn by the brides- ‘| maid, Mrs’ Max Dick. A reception at the Propylaeum followed the

ceremony. |

Sheely-Thompson

Engagement | Mr. and Mrs, Gilbert F. Sheely, 410 E. 46th st, announce the engagement of their daughter, . Virginia Katheryn, to Thomas Hubbard Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ly- | man H. Thompson, 2047 N. Dela-. ware st. ; The couple will be married May 18 in the Second Presbyterian church. Miss Sheely is a graduate of Butler university and a member of Alpha Omicran Pi sorority, The prospective bridegroom also was! graduated from Butler and is affiliated with Delta Tau Delta fraternity. |

Recital Is Presented | By Mrs. Burroughs

Members of the Indiana Federation of Music Clubs were hostesses for the recital that Mrs. Jane Johnson Burroughs gave at 8:30 p. m. yesterday in the ballroom of. the Marott hotel. Mrs. Burroughs is a past president of the group. | . The Indianapolis Matinee mu-| sicale will sponsor the last recital of | the series on March’ 23.

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