Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1949 — Page 13

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Counter-Spy— Calent L New Dolls’ Tresses May Be Set

Beauty-Shop Style

New Products Range From Perfume To Left-Handed Corkscrew

‘ev By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's Editor : I TODAY'S LITTLE GIRLS grow up without being beauty conscious, it won't be the fault of the toymakers. On the now isa doll whose hair can shampooed, then set in pincurls or waved with an n. After dolly’s coiffure is dry, it can be sprayed with olin] just like that of a “real, live” person. Also Hike real. live persons, the doil can. go shopping for additions to

wardrobe. They've put in what amounts to a ready-to-wear athartment tor dolls at Strauss’ where they have the Terri Lee

he dolls themaelves look like their chubby, big-eyed owners-to-be. That's because they were designed by a sculptor who used her own daughter as a model. The dolls, 17

breakable and never to chip, mar, . crack or peel. Jointed, they can sit in = any position and even stand alone, Since she is making her ‘debut here in springtime, Terti wears a spring _

fits for other seasons or events include beach and playclothes and a boudoir ensemble (with bedroom slippers). Terri has a brother, Jerri, dressed fit to kill in cowboy regalia—sombrero, chaps and boots. Also available is an assortment of playmates. Cost of the original. doll depends upon what it's wearing at the time of purchase. In a swiss dress, Terri is $1295. In a sequin-spangled ballet dress, she'd be $10.95. Additional Suttits start at $2.

There must be a lot of kids around - town convinced that Santa Claus office in Ayres’ Tearoom, All the youngsters erack chest as they leave.

girl who was seen (and

heard) recently as her mama dragged her through a downtown

gestaurant foyer, Sis was shrieking like a covey of banshees. Aut want my lunch here, she yellsd. "1 Wanna: ent’ in Ayres’ Tearoom!” a

Need a Left-Handed Corkscrew?

- MAYBE IT'S MEANT for hosts who want to discour- : age a too bibulous guest . . . a left-handed corkscrew, It's a gadget they have on Strauss’ first flcor - and, sure enough, the squiggly Ci part of the thing squiggles in re- 0) verse. It has an eight-ball knob’ ND and that is just where anyone ’ to use it for the first time would find himself. It costs $1.50... . For hosts who aren't checking up on the liquid intake, there's another gadget, co! up at Block's. This one is a cap fitting the top of a beer bottle and is said to give bottled beer the creamy taste of draught beer. The beer siphons through

a filter-like yy eKeggy" (that's the name) is cl ed under a faucet, lasts & lifetime they say, . ‘and costs $1, 3

Aw =». ® =» : For $245, an Indianapoiis woman ean assure herself of a flock of male escorts. Nope, it's not a new gigolo serviea, The = escorts are printed on an Adrian-designed dress they have at Block's. The little men, about seven inches high and wearing Diamond Jim Brady duds, are scattered over a gray background. Name of the dress is “Lady Surrounded by Wolves.”

N avy If Is for Spring Shoes HEY SAID IT WAS going to be a “navy spring” and it is, right down to the ground. The two most popu-

"+ lar women's shoes of the season, according to Ayres’ ‘

are both navy and both suede. The ones they've sqld most are a duo of DeLiso Debs. One is a slingback platform style with open toe. The other is a V-throated opera pump with closed toe and heel. Price on this is $12.95 while the slingback is $1595. There will be more and more “opened up” shoes as summer approaches, the

open heels or toes, 6F both, they'll have wide-open spaces in their uppers or open shanks, The open look is all in the interest of hetweather comfort, according to the shoe designers , . , and they dare you to question the comfortof a sole held solely by thongs. That, they promise, is among the styles coming. \ » w - . » » How much, in hard cash, is glamour worth? Well, to each

. of the glamour girls here recently to help plug the mew Johm *

* Robert Powers lines of cosmetics, it was worth $100 a day. That's what their advance agent. said — $100. One day for rehearsal and fittings; three days of public a ; $400, (Part of one of those $400 checks probably will be spent ons Jayétte. Edwina Osborn is the mama-to-be, we hear.) :

Humpty Rolls With the Punch -

ONE THING YOU CAN count on: If there's a holiday on which present giving can be .pegged, the toilet goods people will be glad to help with the gift suggestions. Coming up is Raster. It used to be, on Easter, that only kids got presents (hard-boiled and indigestion). Not now.

inches high, are guaranteed to be un- °

outfit of dotted swiss. Complete out-

__fpecimens of the

shoe buyers say. If they don’t have

- doing manufacturers,

hibit in the Narcissus Show to be held Saturday an

Yom Fox, James Paver and Jim Claffey (left to ri

), pupils at School 80, are warking on their exd next Sunday in the the Brookside Community House.

‘Springtime i In Indiana’ Theme is = ~

Of Annual Show Next Week- End

By MARGUERITE SMITH WHAT'S THE difference between a narcissus and a daffodil? Is a jonquil the same as narcissus? If you want to keep two jumps ahead of Junior on these and kindred matters you'd better pile into the family car next week end and drive out to Brookside Community House, That's the place. The event? The eighth annual _ ‘marcissus show. The time? From 4 p. m. {6 9 p.m. on Saturday, the 9th, and from 11 a. m.

Working with Mrs. Strickland to arrange junior exhibits are Mesdames Arthur Krug, Adyth Moran and A. ¥ Warne. Mrs. Goethe Link and Mrs, Walter Morton will classity the entries. Yi Entry comthlttes chairman is Mrs. ‘Robert

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flower. - t entriés and Mrs. G. E. t cultural exhibits. Mrs. Bischoff's com= consists of Mesdames Gardener,

CH. “Harry Holton, H. B. Tilman and Ralph Wikoft,

to 6 p. m. on Sunday, the 10th. And it's free.” Assisting Mrs. Schloot are Mesdames James

garden clubs, scouts, and groups will have a big part in the show with their exhibits of bird

houses, feeding stations, and plenty of flower

arrangem y

™HE ADULT Part of the show has two iarge- divisions. One is the exhibit of individual pleven classes of narcissus. with names attached. “An easy way to learn the varieties,” says an exhibitor. The other tion will be quantities of Sawer arranges

The number of women who've worked on the project shows the countless hours that have gone into this free flower show. Mrs. Ray Thorn is the general ‘ehatrman. Mrs. Burke Nicholas and her scheduling committee took care of preliminaries. Then Mrs. Thomas Ayton and her helpers got busy on the setting for the show. Working with her are Mrs. W. L. McCoy, in charge of the flower arrangements; Mrs. L. R. Groendyke, for the various classes of narcissus; Mrs. H. L. Hasbrook, entrance to the show and decoration of the stage background, and Mrs. Noryin Btrickland, the junior section.

. . - HELPING MRS. McCOY are Mesdames, W. D. Kautsky, W. F. Krass Jr, Merlin King, "0. M. Enyart. Mrs, Groendyke's assistants are Mesdamnts Otto Malirdt, Wallace Clark, Ralph , L. ©, Litten, F. E. Artist, C, E. Griener So . G. Wilmer. Mrs. Hasbrook’s committee are Mesdames W. H. Best, Hugh ‘Thompson, John Donaugh, E, F. Madinger and Jules Zinter.

* For The Homemaker—

Jobes, Earl McDonald, C. M. Hayes, Ernest

Williams, Alfred Hoop and E. W. Bohan, . » » THESE COMMITTEES get the show set up. It takes additional workers to .carry on with getting exhibits in place, judging, making

. awards, and putting on finishing touches. Mrs,

B. F. Orr heads the judges commiftes and Mrs, N, M, Talbert the awards committee.

Haute in charge of clerks for cultural exBibita. and Mm. X. J. Dieckman heading the

J. E. Medsker and Rue 8. Hi The “afils” conamittes are those noble memBo In, Steely unary TOF Whateveb-abide 10 he GONE Just Defame Ihe show is opened. Mrs, C. M. Adams is chairman with her assistants Mesdames Edward Wanek, Ruby

Miles Barton, I. M. Kenworthy, worthy and J. J. Clendenning. ~ » THEN THE committee that winds up the whole enormous job is, of course, the clean-up committee. Mrs. O. C. Mills, chairman, has for helpers, Mesdames Narl Jones, Tom Wendt, J. 1. Gelly, Virgil Xatterjohn, L. T. Bishop, Earl Williams and Emil Reinhardt. Mrs. Robert Mannfeld, chairman of this whole district, and Mrs. E. J. Elliott are in charge of general hospitality. There's also going to be a conservation exhibit in charge of Mrs. Jamea Reynolds and Mrs, Eimer Schmalfeldt. And Mrs, Irvin Morris is the publicity chairman who keeps your attention on the narcissus show—and incidentally keep-

R..C. Ken-

ing all the committees’ names straight.

New Labor-Saving Devices on Market To:Make Annual Housecleaning Easier

Liquid Paint Cleaners Cut Dirt and Grease

By JEAN TABBERT MRS. HOMEMAKER'S annual spring headache—house- * cleaning—should be easier -this year. Certainly it will be if #hé uses new -labor-saving products concocted by up and

Traditional starting place is the ceiling and walls. They'll emerge spanking clean when papa applies. liquid paint cleaner, It removes dirt and

New Asphalt Tile Cleaner Beats Scum

when the handle is pulled. The price is $2.98. are whisk ‘brooms, too, ‘made of plastic which ‘are far easier to keep clean than ordinary straw ones. They come in pastels, pink; yellow and white, at 89 cents. Plastic also makes an autos. matic clothes line by Bunmaster. A single one stretches 40 feet, is ready for instant use, always scrupulously clean. To open, simply release the line by pulling out a -

Two Leal Gr ‘ToModelinN.Y.

Webb, Milton White, W. KE, Barrett, -

grease, but paint remains fresh and color constant as the day it was brushed on. Soapless suds whisk dirt away from bath, kitchen and © laundry painted surfaces, walls and woodwork. Bimply it clean, no rinsing

» . . NON-CRUMBLING wallpaper cleaners work up in the hand like a hunk of. dough. Apply to wills, including fiat or water painted surfaces, and use also for lamps, pics shades.

Woodwork, furniture and -walls all will look slick after © & coating. . .N

» . PAINTED wopdwork will

shine from special washing

“powder. I's easy on the

KEEPING PACE with home building materials is a

new asphalt tile cleaner. It: .

will refresh and condition any type synthetic floor cov< ering, marble, concrete, asphait, ceramic or rubber tile or terrago. Works in either hot ‘or cold, hard or soft water and doubles as a water softener. There's no extra elbow gréase needed and the compound entirely eliminates scum from the floor, the Tast step of the cleaning job. ” r w

Jouble for maid service. This

, $1.89, is at Block's. : em Ayres’ they praise a spongé-type mop, say they

sell twice as {ast as the con- -

butfon; it ralls up Hke a win dow shade. The tariff—$4.95. : 58 ~ AT BLOOK'S the curtain tubbing problem is aided with two devices, Sturdy curtain frames come in a variety of

sizes equipped with non-rust- .

ing pins, among the first

- #ince the war's end. There

Also are metal ironing boards with perforated tops at $7.95.

especially for woolens that cleans faster than soap. It's “for hard or soft water and is

product in the closet and the moisture is quickly absorbed. Dehydrate it in 4 hot oven and - the -bag will revive so

*_ the absorbing action can be

repeated over and over again. The cost is $1.29 for the closet

Barbara Witham, Ann Beck = Sf ym Seiogbowars Aqensy

New York's Park Ave.

tapped for New York modeling jobs by Mr. Powers himself. It happened when the model agent, here recently for the ’ introduction of his new cosmetic line, took a busman's holiday by looking at “more models , . . the jones who “show fashions in Ayres’ Tearoom, Return Engagement for Ann THE TWO who will be dri -t, probably during the summer, are Ann Beck and Barbara Wi /itham. For brunet Ann, it will be 3 feturn engagement. She was with the Powers agency in 1045 and 1946, and when Mr, Powers saw her again he said, “You look wonderful . . .

wondérful. Why don’t you come back?” 4 “Her chance to coms back arrived sooner “than either of them expected. One of the seven

Powers models here for the cosmetic show, Caroline O'Connor, became {ll on the third and last day and Ann went on in her place with only five minutes’ notice. When the cosmetic troopers moved on to Dayton, O., for another show, Ann went along for the three days there Just this list week

Flair For High Fashions

ANN MODELED at Ayres’ both before and after her first period as a Powers’ girl and ia known for her flair in showing high fashion

styles, She lives with her parents, Mr. and -

Mrs, William H, Beck, n Kissel Road

Rear Zionsville,

girl” She "is tall and auburn-hatred and, because she's near-sighted, wears glasses. The latter fact entered into Mr: Powers’ selection of her for a job. Not only is she pretty, he said, ut she wore her specs with charm and polss.

* Photo Queen atl U.

FOR MRS.. ELIZABETH PATRICK, who ' Fashion Bureau, this

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Photos by Lioyd B. Wallon, Times Sal Photographed, Barbara Witham . + » Powers model-to-be

Mrs. Patrick says that in her 15 years with * the store’s fashion bureau, there have been a

Some of them have been with Mr. Powers, too. Dede Woods (Mrs. B, R. Woods) left six months ago and is working as a Powers model now. Also with the Powers agency before her marriage to William B. Ansted Jr. was Virginia Judd, 7 Back in 1935, Charlotte Twitty, now Mrs, Brentwood, Cal, went. from Ayres’ to New York. Others wers Helen Pleisticker, now Mrs. Robert Cline of Hammond; Marjory Graham, married to James O'Connor and living in Shaker Heights, 0.; Margaret Geyer who became Mrs. Robert Jackson of Hartford City; Lucinda Smith, now Mrs, Charles Bulzbacher of New York, and Dorothy Fitzpatrick, who is Mrs, Edward Gallahue of Indianapolis,

Not A Bit Excited °

ANN AND BARBARA already have their plans started for the New York trek. They'll five In the Barbizen Hotgl for Women, where so many New York models park their hatboxes. Are they excited or quaking at their “big chance?” “No,” they say, as if trying to con

vince themselves,

Ann admits she was “scared” when she made her short-notice appearance here, -but - she’s calmed down a little since, Barbara, whose first answer to Mr. Powers was “I COULDN'T leave Ayres,” still has moments of trepidation, “rd come back to do an Ayres’ show , , if 1 had to walk from New York!”