Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1948 — Page 13

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HISTORY WAS in the making. You could teal it, see it and take part in. it if you cared to. The seven-man committee whose job it was to choose the uniform for more than 250,000 female Legionnaires ‘would have welcomed help (omniscient help) from anyone. Put what man in his right mind would take a chance of bringing down the wrath of legions of former servicewomen by trying to be a Solomon when it involves an Eisenhower jacket with sixskirt, one-piece shirtwaist-type dress or. a pallerina skirt with a watcha-ma-call-it blouse with pleats in the back? Count me out, gentlemen. ; t's have the decision from the division and make good. aa D. L. Haffner, chairman, rose from the Tshaped committee table, cleared his throat, and peered ‘at his fellow committeemen through the haze of cigar and cigaret smoke in the Blue Room at the Antlers Hotel, . 3

The Atmosphere Was Explosive

THE GENTLEMAN from Garrett. Ind.. stood alone. The prepared statement in his hand quivered like a maple leaf in the wind. ‘The moment every man dreaded was at hand. Behind them was two years of constant pressure for a

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“pew look” for the sisterhood of the American Legion. In front of them were three determined members of the Greater.: Cincinnati Women's Post 644.

This was the second personal appearance for the young ladles from Ohio.. To their left hung the uniform of their choice. Mary Casey, Anne McHugh and Dorothy Spreen threw occasional

i : 1 WILL THEY LIKE IT?2—The men of the American Legion hope the ladies will be satisfied with the “new look." Dorothy Spreen (left) models a new uniform with the help of Anne McHugh. Ben F. Dorris, committeeman, gives undivided attention to the official garb.

NEW YORK, May 3—Let's see, kiddies, we have dealt with the story of Cinderella and the wicked advertising executives. If you will just stop bowling with mama's best china, Uncle Robert .will spin you the yarn of the sleeping beauty and the goofballs.. B Once upon a time there was a lovely lady whom everybody: called the Princess. Her old man, J. Pierpont Cartel, the third, was called the King—because he owned a controlling interest in tobacco, tin plate, automobiles, whisky and Congress. One day the King kicked off, due to gout—and left the Princess as sole custodian of all that money. Co. The Princess was as pretty as a thousand dollar bill. She had a 36-inch-chest-and likewise hips, and she had a million bucks a week to spend. It was natural for the Princess to attract a constant quorum of eager young men, who loved her for herself—and who wisned to document their affection with a preacher. ‘One thing worried the Princess. All those young men were handsome and polished. They could do a magnificent rumba. But they also seemed to be strictly from no skins—which is an archai¢ phrase meaning fiat busted. The Princess didn’t know for sure whether they loved her, true—or maybe was it the Connecticut estate or the Honolulu ranch or the Palm Beach villa or the castle in Italy or the New York quadruplex. or the Beach House in Cannes. It preyed on Her mind considerable; ’ : :

Sleep.On, Sweet Princess THE PRINCESS went ‘off her feed. She was snappish with the help, began to bash the booze around.a bit, and took to smoking before breakfast. " - One night, after she wobbled in from a dizzy sound of dancing-dens, she piilled the ermine Blanket under her ¢hin ahd closed her eyes But’ she kept seeing things on the ceiling, and hearing funny little frog noises—until by and by she was terrified. With her nerves crawling, the Princess reached over to the night table, and clawed up a handful of goofballs—or sleeping pills. She was accustomed to belting herself over the ead with these pills, on her white nights, so this time she up and swallowed a fistfull.

Love, Oh Love & _ WASHINGTON, May:3—The subject of love in California has been considered many a time but

Dever before as it affects the blossoming of the desert, “

It took Sen. Sheridan Downey—a man who Insists that Californians are as romantic as anyY else—to reveal the relationship between the love life of the West and its water supply. As you may already have gathered, the subject Is a complicated one. Bear with me for one dullish Minute and we'll get to the tender sentiment department. Sen. Downey doesn’t like anything about the Department of Interiors And in particufir does he dislike its Bureau:of Reclammation—which is supPosed to pump water onto the wastelands and

Yurn ‘em into gardens of Eden. Or at least into rst class cantaloupe patches. The Se y Centr: nator is particularly bitter about the

This Valley project: of northern California, who he charges, is run by subversive.characters, Would rule the valley like Soviet commissars. prranere is so little honor among 'em, he said, they'd Ted in the face and banging the table, that thei even lie about western romance to gain T-Own nefarious ends. :

Only Half of Them Married?

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By Frederick C. Othman

-glances at their pride and joy which the Depart. ment of Ohio American Legion had adopted. The atmosphere became explosive. You told yourself that this was the quiet before the storm. | Mr. Haffner had the ball and he had to carry it. Nicholas Scaramella of Boston took one more look at the Ohio. creation. He seemed pleased. ! W. Elliott Nefflen of Charleston, W, Va., calmly read a Chicago newspaper. The three remaining! members of ‘the committee either looked at the! walls or the ashtrays. {

Mr. “Haffner stepped from the table and walked to the center of the room. He cleared his throat and began reading in.as conversational He wasn't fooling anyone. He began with the word “frankly” and proceeded to tell how the committee on emblems never dreamed that a decision of such import would ever find its Way on their agenda. EE , One paragraph and Mr. Haffner began to “read.” The moment was at hand. “We have been drawn into it because it is our routine responsibility to supervise the functions of the National Emblem sales which is our sales organization for American Legion emblems, regalia and supplies.” . -

, He read on how the committee attacked the problem in a practical way, how it took the position that “the fair ladies of the American Legion must be pleased,” how it canvassed 201 all-women posts. and how it was being “guided” by their wishes. More fiddle-faddle and finally the decision. The delegation from Ohio stiffened as the Eisenhower jacket and six-gored skirt was mentioned. The ladies relaxed when the shirtwaist-type dress also came under the wire. Of course, the World War I uniform would stand as it was, From what I had | gathered, here and there, it would stand, toe.

foot pole.

Laughter—After Near Disaster

THE COMMITTEE obviously was surprised. The test, namely, Misses Casey, McHugh and Spreen, had been: passed. Weeks of worry and fret passed from the faces of the men.

There was ld4ughter. The kind of laughter that

World War II ladies wouldn't touch it with a 10-

mittee suggested adjournment: Another suggested a couple of buckets of ice. Both suggestions met |

Conversation was free and easy. Ben F. Dor-| ris of Springfield, Ore., became positively glib. He. kidded.Mr.. Haffner .about. being. chaperoned | to the meeting. He laughed about the size 40 World War I uniform. In the same lighthearted vein, Mr. Dorris thought it would be a good idea to visit all the women’s posts in the country and have style shows. i “Just . Legion members wearing the new outfits, mind you,” he added hurriedly. Miss Spreen joyfully retired from the room and returned a few minutes later wearing her shirt-waist-type dress. Official. “Victory after two years,” she said. Everyone. applauded. | “I remember the model I saw in Kansas City,” began Mr. Dorris. “Who's ordering the ice?” Just what was there to worry about are only 199 posts with tneir own uniform ideas. They'll fall in line—eyeryone hopes. 4

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By Robert C. Ruark,

Next morning, when the maid came in with the piover-hearts and powdered pearls, on which the Princess normally breakfasted, the poor little rich girl was still out cold. . | Yvonne hollered for the butler, and he hollered]

for the footman, and the footman hollered for §

the head chauffeur—and they lugged the Princess| off to the bridal suite of a hospital. She was still snoring like a pig in the sun. | A whole covey of the best croakers in town came and worked her over, the sleeping beauty! wouldn't come to. She just lay there, making} bubbly’ sounds, for week after week. They had to feed her intravenously to keep her alive.

And Now We Try Magic

WITH HER EYES squeezed shut, she occa- | sionally muttered “money; and then started to; snore again. Three weeks later, her chief saw. bones (Dr. Basil Metabolisme, the noted French diagnostician who had planed in from Paris) | desperately summoned a psychiatrist. | “We have exhausted science,” said Dr. Metabolisme. “Alors, now we ce.” “The psychiatrist took one look at the girl and nodded his head. ’ i “Obviouscly,” he said, "she is traumatic in the] syndromes, or vice versa, and suffers from a’ block. - I will treat her subconsciously.” } After six months, he had arrived at the seat of the trouble. “The Princess,” said he, “has too much money. It makes her feel insecure. She is retreating from reality in sleep. "Time will” cure her.” ore The treatment went on for years, at Tord’ knows how-much- the seance. . The Princess’ for-; tune melted until finally she was stony broke. 1 As the last dollar dwindled, she smiled, yawned, stretched, and awoke. ! * Her eyes lit on the hospital orderly, and 20] minutes later they had eloped through the win

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Oh, sure, he belted her around some when he, discovered she was no longer loaded. But the Princess was no crow, and marriage ripened into Jove. = Today they are poor but very happy. i However, the odd footnote was this, Kiddies: Shortly after effecting the cure, the spade-bearded psychiatrist fell into a coma and has been snoring his head off ever since. His colleagues say he has too much money, and it makes him feel insecure.

in the West? * What did it have to gain? Very simple, replied Sen. Downey. The law" says that every farmer on irrigated land shall get enough water to make green 160 of his acres. But California is a community property state.” And a married farmer gets water for 320 acres.

So, said he, the bureau sneered officially at the

romantic tendencies of Californians, simply = Crispus Attucks |

exaggerate the number of farmers its expenditures of millions would benefit,

‘Emoticnally Mad, Indignant’

“I WAS MAD,” the Senator confessed. “Emotionally mad. And I was indignant. an appointment with this Mr. Mike Straus,

his office. And I told him I was shocked and amazed. “And he sald, ‘Oh, now, Senator, don't get ex-| cited. Don’t get hot and bothered. This is just one little mistake on one little page of figures and it doesn't make much difference.’ ” You can bet Sen. Downey really was shocked then. He wasn’t so much concerned about the

elors; the people of the West have been insulted

by the Reclimation Bureau before. They dre used | oq rance with the orchestra at| Friday's concert will include Wil-| But he was worried about the bureau fudging liam Boyd, Tillman Bugg, Delores| on those acreage figures by subtracting half the Coleman, Thomas - wives jn the valley.

to it and, being stalwart’ citizens, they can take it.!

tor, Tillman is band presi- Usher Funeral Home nine. No dent, LaVerne is or-i | CF ; ‘himself, he made an | chestra. director and. Bessig Whit. £3 bird baseman. He is all pext. The Sen-ted is president and an Tl of Cathedral ¥. i: In the next round Rh sy x

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80 I made Crispus. Attucks Orchestra-Band who | Parents Club will be held at 8:15

is Commissioner of Reclamation. I went over to|P. m. Friday in the school.

{include Franz Schubert's “Unfin{ished Symphony”; “Runmbolero” | by Morton-Gould; “Autumn Noc-| turne” by Nyrow; and a compesi-| tion for strong orchestras, “Fiddle | {Faddle,” by Leroy Anderson.

{tyre by Mozart and a Mexican government calling those married farmers bach- 40. .0 will be included. {

-{Charles Moss, Alice Overbey, An“But: 1 insisted with this Mr. Straus” Sen.ina Overbey, Jacqueline Perkins, Déwney continued. “He. tried to talk me out of Richard

1st Annual Hoosier Art Exhibit - Open To Public At Herron Museum

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"OUR FAIR CITY" — "Industrial Indianapolis”

is the title of this painting by Edmund. Brucker. local artist, which won the $200 Board of Directors prize in: the 41st annual exhibition of work by Indiana artists, The Hoosier exhibit, which opened to the public yesterday in Herron Art Museum, will continue through June 6.

DANCER — With this painting, "Young Dancer," " “Patt “Zirmerrran: “former “Hoosrer “now ot-Hartord, tangents . Conn., gained the Keeling & Co. $150 prize.

INDIANA SCENE — A water color, "Fortville Buildings," by Edwin Fulwider, Snoqualmie; -Wash.; formerly of Herron Art School's faculty, received the Mrs, Edgar H. Evans $100 prize. ; :

DISILLUSIONED—" After | Got It, | Didn't Want It," an oil by Jack Kennedy" of Chicago, winner of the J. |. Holcomb. $100 prize.

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| — ‘ | SULTRY “DAY — "Summer Afternoon,” a gouache by Robert Gardner of Indianapolis; was, granted the ‘Junior Loague prize of $100. as one of the best water colors. i

‘Carnival--Bv Dick Turner

FINELY — CHISELED — For this work of sculpture, "Karen," and another portrait bust, Paul Baus, Kent, .. was awarded the Art Association $300 prize, “for the most meritorious work in any medium,” the exhibit's highest award.

— Kaeselsletter | Gets Recognition

Printed in The Times; | To Appear Nationally

“Think Twice,” a letter which]

LONG FACE — Leslie Johnson of Bloomington gave the name "Prophet" to this example of bis

sculpture, which won | the. Morris Goodman $150 prize.

by Bud Kaesel, 2450 Central Ave.,| (will appear in the 1948 issue of We, The People. | The annual publication, guidebook of public opinion and com-, {ment, described Mr. Kaesel's let. ter as “stimulating and ‘worthy of a larger audience,” : Mr. Kaesel, a utility man for the Indianapolis Rallways, dealt with the possibilities ‘of another) world war and pointed out thei, ruinous effects that would follow. If {He -warned dictators to “think | {twice this time.” A life-long’ resident "of Indian-! apolis, Mr. Kaesel was formerly| a patrolman for Allison Division; Plant No. 3. Tua The sports-minded World War [Sl II' veteran also. managed the Westside Merchants baseball) team in 1930-40 as well as th

A concert sponsored by the

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A chorale by Bach, and over- | —

Seniors making their last ap-

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Womack and William

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let him come to you—only not so close!”

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