Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1948 — Page 31

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Social Stars To Shine for Ws Gibson

- Ball at ‘Waldorf

For Glamour Girls Times Special NEW YORK, Dec. 11-—There is a great flurry of excitement over the dresses which will- be worn} here at the Gibson Girl Ball Dec. 20. Then some df the city’s greatest social stars will gather to| ,. © honor a great lady of Jong § standIng, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, "and raise funds for her favorite charity, the Child. Placing and Adoption Committee, : Mrs. Willlam = Paley, who as = Barbara Cushing Mortimer has headed the “best-dressed” lists for | several years, is chairman for the event. Her famous sisters, Mrs: Vincent Astor and Mrs,!| Jock Whitney, are working on it too. | sa All these ordered their gowns| £ from Mainbocher ‘way last sum={ = = mer, andy that designer was so inspired by his research on the| Gibson Girl era that he admits| it colored his whole collection. | The huge draped leg o' mutton] sleeve is his theme this season. |

Red Letter Night For Glamour Girls Dec. 20 will be a red letter “night fashion-wisé, for in addition to the Gibson Girl Ball, the Debutante Cotillion will be held in the Waldorf. This annual event, sponsored by Coty for the bene-| fit of the New York Infirmary, is! the first glimpse New York has of the new crop of glamour girls

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wear white or silver makes the ball a fairy-tale sight. This year Sarah Gibbs Pell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John

H. G. Pell, will wear a white tulle] gown with fitted strapless bodice and voluminous skirt sprinkled]

with silver sequins. Cynthia Cogswell,

with halter neck and tulle godets studded in sequin bows set on the|

Jane Treman, daughter of Mrs.

J. Lakin Baldridge, will wear a

deep ivory satin dress with offshoulder draped fichu bodice and voluminous skirt shorter in front and floor length in back. Cynthia Gates, daughter of ‘Mr. and Mrs, Artemus L. Gates, has selected a white taffeta dress with pearl-embroidered lace insertions on the off-shoulder-bodice and full skirt.

Manice, will wear a white satin dress with decollette square neck-. line, fitted bodice and full skirt.

Plan Tree Party At Hibben School

The 31st annual Christmas tree

party of Hibben School will be! “held during -- morning - sessions Wednesday and Friday. Parents

of pupils have been invited by;

...Miss Helene Hibben. to he. guests

at the holiday program. The faculty will assist Miss Hibben. School will close for the Christmas holidays Friday noon and will reopen Jan. 3:

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"The Sterling Heights Home-| “makers Club will hold its annual] lot the Spade’ and Trowel Garden; {lighted by a Christmas tree and Christmas party Thursday. Mrs. Club will be held at 1 p. m. Fri-|gift exchange, will be given Fri- | Noble Thompson will be hostess day in the home of Mrs. W. Irv- day by the Pi Beta Phi Mothers home, 4103 W, Washington! ing Falmer, 5128 Broadway Ter-| St. for the $050 Techie a 5 A . & vol Contributio will be brought; “Christmas in Swe or Ww rer tHe" Wheeler Mission and he presented by Mrs: John Berns: jut ¢ w . n the Shapter House; Ruth Lyons Christmas Club for Mrs: Forn, group Polk will preside at the business carols,

Pean- Stubbs wil sing al Swedish = Christmas | laccompanied by her daughter, Jo

"PARTY DRESS" NIGHTGOWN

By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Womati's , Editor THE ‘UNDERCOVER story abodt’ Christmas gift

receive, as well as give,-pretfy tndies. ~ Note to any: Santa who's squeamish.about invading . 1 the departments whefe such frills are sold: There's al- : 3 ways the gift certificate which may be swapped later for such merchandise. Pictured are a few lingerie lovelies which are, or soon will be, in local stores.

“Fagotelle” forms the'un¥s usual - neckline of a pure silk ’ . handmade slip by Yolande. The fagotelle, for which Yolande is famous, is bias piping ornately twisted and sewn to form a design. It's used here in palsley pattern worked toward the . Shoulder until it forms the shoulder strap itself. (Blocks.) Chiffon sheer nylon tricot makes the “party dress” nightgown by Vanity Fair. The sup- : ~~ DIE Jersey Tends SEI 66 Hine mine shirring between bands of lace which also are of nylon fibers. (Block’s.) Baskets embroidered of satin ‘applique and a wide hem ruffie “~of. imported Alencon. lace sare featured in. Yolande’s handmade_ petticoat. Fashioned to conform with new “lower skirt fullness, this péttiskirt fits Smoothly, to below the hips and then ‘flirts a hemline widely scalloped with’ the two floral “baskets and a-full “lace ruffle; (Ayres’. )

THE “LITTLE GIRL” look is emphasized fn-another Yolande design—a nightgown. It has a youthful scalloped collar and cap- sleeves anda laced front. The embrofdered circle on the bodice may be used for mono- _

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~ Butler Group Meets Friday

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New Augusta whi atreet” = and classic style, it is made of a new |" | Delta Zeta B fabrie which combines nylon orority’ members and and. rayon. in 65-35 Ho Sigma Nu’ Fraternity “members +: FAYQ ; ratio. .

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longer. narrow skirt which is slit for walking éomfort. (Lin= gerie should NEVER be visible through such skirt slits: A | vertical drawstring is adjustfor perfect fit and tiny flowers are ‘smbroidered on: bodice and skirt. (Block’s.)

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a Glen A. Prale, vocalist, ‘Babes Club to Party ” b M The annual Christmas party of y TS.|Ann, will present a musical pro-/the Babes Alumnae Club will be gram. There will be carol singing. (held at 8 p. m. Friday. Mrs,

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Ask Mrs. Manners—

\ All Women Are Angels, But

| Sometimes They Neglect

“To Wear Wings at Home

Wi ives May Be Partly to Blame For ‘Big Bad Husbands,’ Man Says

DEAR MRS. MANNERS:

ALL WOMEN are angels but some of them hang up their wings:

on the front porch before entering their homes and wear them ody

in public.

If they would only wear them all the tima, life would be

so much better for everyone, even themselves, I'm amused at the way the women cry about their “no good"

husbands in your column. My wife is always too busy her housework to meet me for| lunch.

to functions I'm connected with 3 good She says 1 would!

though my friends are church folks. Stay home with her if I loved her, but I never see her stay home from church just because she been church with her a lot lately, but

She refuses to go with me | negligee.

with would be a prachient Christmas

gift as you phll her past the shop window with the flimy She's been practical

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All week and lunch with you

isn’t the time to discuss washing. machines. You're right about needing to

| enjoy things together, if you're

attending |

it doesn’t make any fifference to]

her. I feel it’s my duty to go with

her and I feel it's her duty to go|

‘with me places, {a happy home. I have reasons to stay out late,| get drunk and gamble, but why should I make things_worse? If { did, she would wonder what

Af we're to have|

to have a happy home. BOTH of you need to-fake-enthusiasm-over each other's interests not be pouty—and you need sine cere mutual interests as well, . No wonder women nag when husbands shirk their duties,

| You men offer little romance

caused me to do such things. I

don’t feel like stepping out of the picture as I have an obligation to bring up my children

and excitement, but you pretend to be good men. Naturally, the women are going to hold you to that promise—you've failed so much in little things.

Trichologist Data WHAT KIND of training must

Maybe some of the ladies who|® tric hologist have to practice?

lare always having big, bad hus-| {bands are, after all, How about it? DISGUSTED SOUTHEAST SIDE MALE. Something is wrong with you it ‘your wife prefers a dishpan

| full of suds te your company.

This may not hit you, but even a good husband sometimes Invites his wife to lunch halfheartedly and gets off to a bad WEAFCT BY TAVIAE oR thé hark when she falls to be waiting

| on the front porch. She's pre-

look her best, for lunch with her husband is an event. She wants you to say she ‘looks wenderful and that you're proud of her. She likes to think you really . want het | that duty didn’t inspire you. She wants attention and small talk and fooling over the coffee. She doesn’t want you talking to a business associate who drops by. She doesn’t want you hinting that a washing machine

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STEADY READER. ~«

An Indiana beauticians’ I= cense includes permission te give hair treatments. You must have an eighth grade education and 1000 hours’ train-. ing in an approved school of beauty culture. You must pass the Staté Board of Beauty Culture Examiners’ examination and take three months’ ap-

| prenticeship, and you must pass

an operator's examination given by the same board. For other states, write state hoards of beauty cultures in state capitals.

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HOW MANY pictures have

{Jane Wyman and James Stewart

(Played

in together? AILY CITY READER.

tat “Magle To Town.”

Lét Mrs. Manners and readers of the column share your problems and answer your ques tions. Write in care of The Times, 214 W, Maryland St.

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