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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES SUNDAY, NOV. 21, 1948 SUNDAY - : Men and | é . 9 : 8 ess Lruman— etuctant rirst y Years : : . By ERN] By DOUGLAS LARSEN, NEA Staff Correspondent the gossip that has gotten back For d Perfect : WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 — Will Bess Truman go othe First Lady about the ists Oy down in history as “The Reluctant First Lady?” Among Washington fashion { hand toget] Many of her friends think that she will. writers and Society women Ri funny eo ; : almost a standard ga | It was generally believed that the long delay in an- a on pdanl oe Sat #* é POT - nouncing the plans for the strenuous White House winter . current vagary of fashion al- | time of life social season was because Mrs. Truman did not want to ost as ih - She. Dimous : hin Ho appear presumptuous before the election. Her close ee First Lady Susen | ; at. what pe friends and members of the White House staff knew this criticism. She says the only | average wo better. The delay was mostly person she is interested in | Be Sure fo erage man feminine procrastination toward pleasing with her hats is her | and’ influenc an unpleasant task. « husband. Contrary to his own | 2 surprised bo Nobody who knows her would taste in hats, he likes to have | peaks are. suggest that her heart was his wife stick to simple milli- | AV) 1] With An avera flied with anything but burst CR EELEARS nery. y "ae YE ing pride at the news of her hus- Fashion: Mrs. Truman resents i band’s sensational personal vic- criticism poked at her hats; says (JN SUPERVIS ING the Suse a love tory. But they say, too, that only person she wants to please friends say Mrs. Truman de po . somewhere down ingide was a : . | at the very small selfish teeling of dismay - Harry. mands the same meticulous | reer, betwee i housekeeping she maintained in I those few, v at the prospect of four more a secret for a couple of years. her modest home in Indepen- before she’ years of endless, stuffy teas, A few of us who are real old dence. | I ES tortuous hours on aching feet friends of Bess get together Bess Truman is far from a I peony «Bite in a reception line, uncomforta- once a month and try out a household tyrant, however, The | | . ble, stiff state dinners, and the different place to eat. Of course White House staff has a deep i TR ore constant strain of life in the we all go Dutch treat. Bess says grection and great respect for \ *ornen oy 3600 ‘Pesmsyivania Avenue fish 3 gives her a chance to relax. her, They were more overjoyed | : ter—she’s sq an ou see, none of us is in the than anyone about Truman's Let the warm glow of lovely flow- tographed f social register. victory. A porter said; | ———re

Campaigner Although she usually etooined teidy o on the sidelines, Mrs. Truman also could relax in a hearty greeting, like this one during a train stop in Nebraska,

Greeter: As honorar president 1 the Girl Scouts, Mrs. Truman gets a report on the Clothes for Friendship Project. She prefers simple home life to tedious official duties.

WDC Units Arrange Meetings This Week

Meetings of Woman's Department Club groups this week will have a Thank: ng theme. The American Home Department will meet Wednesday in the clubhouse. A short business session will be held at 1:30 p. m, with the department chairman, Mrs. Alvin C. Barbour, presiding. Mrs. F. E. Smith will be in charge of the program,

Music will be provided by Mrs. We, the Women—

\ [Dron Wilder will be read’ vy When Guests Come, Follow

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Mrs. Carl Weinand, Logansport, dramatist, Hostesses for the social hour are Miss Isabel Drummond, chairman; Miss Frances Moder, vice chairman; Mesdames Oliver 8S. . Guio, L. C. Heustis, William I, Simple Rules Hoag, Roy E. Hodson, Keith H. Hoffman, Robert B. Malloch and E. Preston Jones and Miss Eva By RUTH MILLETT B. Heiser. Mrs. John E. Berns NEA Staff Writer and Mrs. George A. Bowen will FOLLOW these rules and it's preside at the tea table. The almost a cinch that guests at [meeting will be a guest day. your house will énjoy them- "8.4 selves, Dr. W. A. Shullenberger, pastor of the Central Christian Church, b One. Remem.- will give a Thanksgiving program er that the for the Monday Guild. The session success or fail- will be at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow pe of in the clubhouse. pay in ns { Officers of the guild are Mrs. measure on {Felix T. McWhirter, honorary how you mix |chaitman; Mrs. E. A. Carson, your guests. chairman; Mrs, Harold Bachelder | Don't try to {and Mrs. Orville Pettijohn, vice, mix’ dull eou- {chairmen Mrs. B. A. Wagner, ples and cou- {recording secretary, and Mrs. ples who are 5 |Roland M. Cotton, treasurer.. fun. If you .- | Hostesses for the day will be have to enter- Ruth Millett |Mesdames Charles 8S. Crawford, tain gull £0 les have them to- Maude L. Heikes, Robert L. Wil\getner, a Mecienad but lonang Haro! x: SE. F host and jo has to suffer a We - through an evening that 1s group will meet Tuesday at 10 bound to fall flat. Two. Give your guests the best you have, and then make no apologies. Three. Don't make your entertaining so much more fancy |

|a. m. Mrs. Miles 8S. Barton wil; {lead the discussion.

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DEFEAT would have been a bitter pill to the President. But to Bess it would have meant the simple pleasure of cooking flapjacks for the “boss” instead of an occasional hurried breakfast with him, It would have meant a pleasant visit or call to Roger Sermon, the Independence, Mo., grocer and mayor, instead of a two-hour conference with a secretary, housekeeper and chef. Just before she started campaign junketing with the Presi-

Ld ” . MRS. TRUMAN apparently has never caught onto the trick of relaxing like her husband does while performing social duties. At all but small, intimate gatherings of close friends her attitude appears to be one of stolid determination to see it through. The thousands of Americans who saw her on back-platform appearances during the campaign noticed this. Toward the end she was learning a little more natural smile

“We sure are glad to keep Mrs. Truman here. She’s a wonderful lady to work for.”

As far as running the White | House staff is concerned, Mrs. |

Truman quickly lost her shyness. But the Mrs. Truman who insists on sparkling windows is different from the Mrs. Truman who greets the officials and diplomats at formal receptions. The former is a woman who likes and understands a job. The latter is a woman who believes that the most satisfac-

ers in your home extend a colorful and cordial welcome to your guests on Thanksgiving Day.

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