Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1949 — Page 27

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Braque Exhibition

In NY. Assembled By Henry Hope

Head of IU Art Department

. Responsible for Scholarly By KATY ATKINS

Exhibition

AMONG interesting bits the Easter Buany brought me was further word of the Georges Braque exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York re-

cently.

It was the first big exhibition for the museum since the war and had a brilliant opening with Clare Boothe Luce and Marlene Dietrich among the famous on hand. Braque Of course is one of the masters of modern French painting 50 it was a noteworthy event in itself. But we can be proud that the exhibition was assembled by Henry Hope, who was commissioned by the Modern Museum to go abroad last

summer for that purpose. Henry, who is head of the Art Department of Indiana University, and his wife, Sally Adams Hope, daughter of Mrs. Julian Bobbs, had a fascinating trip. Many of the paintings are privately owned so that they called on,

in France and Switzerland. They must have been most persuasive, judging from the size and quality of the exhibitio '

n. The catalog, edited by Henry, was pronounced “scholarly” by nothing less than the New York Times. That was no surprise to his friends and admirers, who also envy Henry's ability as a linguist, so necessary if one is to move about Europe with cultured people. The whole performance strikes me as vety thrilling,

- - ” I LUNCHED at the Columbia Club one day last week d was impressed, as bw by the number of noon meetings there, We think of it as a political club but undoubtedly more schemes for “good works” are hatched under that roof than any place in town. A trip down the long corridor on the fourth floor invariably

Kee, Caroline Goodwin and Betty Hobson Wilson headed for the Maternal Health League meeting, all three wearing that smartest of daytime costumes-—a well cut suit with a spring look.

. =" . MRS. CORNELIUS ALIG and her younger daughter, Janie, have returned from Arcadia, Cal, and a visit with her married daughter, Selina Spurgeon, and her husband and children. They fiew both ways and Janie, being a co-operative passen-

‘ger, heeded the plea of the

air line to make suggestions. It was a rough trip in spots

so she wrote on one of the,

slips provided for the purpose, that smelling salts woilld be a Handy article to have aboard. Imagine her delight when she had a letter from a top executive of the eompany thanking her for her interest. ” » . 8.) MR. AND MRS, Garvin Brown left by motor the other day to spend Easter in Summit, N. J, with their daughter, Nina, her husband, Gene, and small son, Stephen. Just before they left they got settled in an apartment in town after 10 years in the country. It was hard to leave the woods full of wild flowers but their friends aye so delighted to have them closer that perhaps it will be compensation for the Browns as well. . . » * » THE PROGRESSIVE CLUB met with Mrs. Robert Failey last week. The speaker was Helen Rombauer Becker, the daughter of Irma Rombauer, author of “Joy of Cooking.” Mrs. Becker's interests are in a different field.

Her subject was “The Liber- °

ated Eye” and dealt with modern photography. Mrs. Booth Tarkington presided at the meeting and Helen Flejscher helped with the slides. Mrs. Failey’s beautiful house

' was so meticulously ‘darkened

that late arrivals had diffi. culty groping their way in. ¥ » - MRS. FRED HOLLIDAY ifs home after a stay in Jamaica and other points south. Her daughter, Lucy, is

acquired a coat of tan that will take her through the summer and is most becom-

ing.

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“Tumetred and - dined - WAR Apr. numerable interesting people

Katy Atkins To her many Indianapolis friends, Mrs. Katharine W, Atkins needs no introduction. Socially prominent, active in community projects — civie and political — Katy Atkins was born in Indianapolis and has lived here all her life. Politically, she is vice chairman of the Marien County Republican Central Committees and takes an active part in all political campaigns because she is interested in good ® » x THROUGH THE years her civic activities have taken her into scores of organizations. She is a founder and honorary member of the Junior League of Indianapolis. As the result, Katy Atkins probably knows more people and more people know Katy Atkins than any other woman in Indianapolis. Mrs. Atkins is a grandmother, but “an up and coming modern grandmother,” as one of her friends describes her. She is the mother of two children, Mrs. Elias Clark, of New York City and Elias C. Atkins IIT. With her husband, Elias C. Atkins, the president of E. C. Atkins & Co., she lives at 4344 N. Pennsylvania St. Katy Atkins’ column, about people in Indianapolis, will be an exclusive feature in The Sunday Times.

Doing What Comes Naturally—Debbie Learns To Walk—In Five Easy (?) Lessons

Crawling

IT TAXES time—and patience—when a baby learns

to walk. _

Chances are, it doesn’t just happen. A child goes through

“Eiri Coed

1 rostrum ing weak, 311 1 could do waa = a silent to

Af IU Was Terrified’ Rare Photograph

Found at Salem A ‘RARE photograph of Indiana University's first woman student, Sarah Parke Morrison, and her own manuscript describing her “terrifying” experiences as the. first. co-ed, were unearthed in historic Salem, Ind. recently. - ” »

THE FIRST woman stu-. dent to be enrolled and graduated from IU was born at - Salem, Sept. 7, 1833. Miss Morrison went to Indiana in 1867 when the board inaugurated co-education in higher learning. But who was to be the first woman stu dent? Miss Morrison wrote: “I possibly had a dim perception that I ought to go - first, but nothing, more, if that, for the idea of women entering men’s colleges had not then dawned upon the average feminine mind, much less upon the male intellect, except perhaps in some sporadic cases which wouldn't have been considered decen to mention to the public ear. “Wouldn't people say, ‘Let ‘them (the women) continue to go to their female colleges and avoid the terrible risks of such association as they would with young men? Let us continue to save professors and communities from embarrassment, new scandal.’

“I was finally enrolled . . .. -.

It was the fashion then to wear large sun hats, with a ;

<# rather broad ribbon over the

crown and tied under the chin. The young men were not dangerous to me, nor I to them, but I was thankful for the protection that it afforded me from 600 eyes presumably furtively casting = sly glance at me.” » * »

MISS MORRISON grimly stuck through two years of college. Of graduation she wrote: “Our class comprised 59 members and the last day, as I sat upon the feel-

° prayer be helped through the ordeal.” Indiana’s illustrious co-ed died July 8, 1919 at the age of 86.

Indiana University's first co-

ed, Sarah Morrison . .. "It was a terrible ordeal.”

Live in Japan . .

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- exact, Tokyo. They're 101; miles away in suburban

SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1949

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. . Shop in Indianapolis

Mr. and Mrs. Jolin M. Kelley brought back some wood-block prints from Japan as gifts for friends

"re visiting here.

Kelleys Home, Plan to Return

After 45-Day Visit in States *

By LOUISE FLETCHER Woman's Ed

Times itor HEY live in Tokyo ... but they shop in Indianapolis. That sentence fits the John M. Kelleys who are home from Japan for a visit. To be these Hoosiers abroad live outside

Denenchofu, on the road to Yokohama. But after two years there, they still “go shopping” in Indianapolis . . . just as they did when they lived at 509 KE. 31st St. If Mr. Kelley wants a hat, he sends an airmail to Joe O'Hara at Strauss’. If it's a suit

- he needs, Bill Summers of Strauss’ gets a

letter. And Mrs. Kelley uses (he same formula at Ayres’, . + hy . “They know what we like” the Kelleys say, “and the whole business takes only about three weeks with airmail” Their: preference for hometown service survives even though they could buy at a posit exchange “stocked with American-made products. For Two Years . .". and More © THEY HAVE access to that because Mr. legal adviser to the foreign property division, civil property custodian, SCAP. Before he left for Tokyo, in February 1947, he had practiced law here for 15 years and was associated with the late Charles W. Holder in an office at 908 Odd Fellows Bldg. A graduate of the Indiana University School of Law, Mr. Kelley was an assistant prosecuting attorney under both Herbert M. Spencer and David M. Lewis, Mrs, Kelley joined him in DeGémber, 1947. ; Like other civilians with the army, Mr. Keliey's term of employment was for two Years. “I wanted the training and experience in State Department legal work . . . internstional law,” he says. He has found the job 80 interesting that he is ready for another two years. :

See Hoosiers In Japan

* AFTER A 45-day state-side leave, the Kelleys will head back to Japan. They reached San Francisco late last month on the army transport Greeley and visited relatives in California, Kansas City and Chicago before touching “home base.” This week end they're in Cleveland with Mr. Keiley's sister, Mrs. H. I. Dant, but expect to be back at the Hotel Lincoln this week. ' Living in Japan, they say, is a colorful and interesting experience. The fact that they're

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. In Walker

Debbie iz the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hatfield, 2416 FE. Northgate. . Her mother wasn’t worried about the old belief that such early standing might cause

bow legs. The baby's grand-

father, Dr. B. ¥. Hatfield, assured her that bow legs are caused by a vitamin defi-

clency—not by the child's activi

By the time she was six

Oh, oh!

months old, Debbie was an active Yerawler.” Her mother used toys to encourage Debbie

let her become so dependent on the walker for support that

continually encountering other Hoosiers keeps them from feeling homesick. One of these is Coburn T. Scholl, formerly an attorney here, who has a hand in liquidation of certain Japanese banks. Another Hoosier they met abroad was L. J. Brentlinger, now back in Indianapolis, Mrs. Kelley learned, on reaching Tokyo, that two of her classmates at Indiana University live only a half mile from the Kelleys' American-style brick and stucco home in Denenchofu. They are Lt. Col. and Mrs, Harry A. Huncilman of New Albany. Mrs. Kelley and Mrs. Huncilman were Pi Beta Phi sorority sisters at IU. The Huncilmans' daughters are

~ now In Hoosier schools—Harriet at IU and

Susan at Purdue University, :

Son To Follow In June

ON THEIR trip hers, the Kelleys also discovered that Rear Adm. Frederick Covalt, In charge of repatristion of Japanese and whose Tokyo home is near Jhem, is the father of Mrs, Dorothea.Schurman of Indianapolis, +

at Butler University. Jack, a paratrooper before entering Butler; will start out after the spring semester ends. : Housekeeping in Japan offers one major problem, Mrs. Kelley says. It isn't buying of food and supplies, which is done in a post exchange like a big super-market. (Cigarets, tax-free, 80 cents.) It isn't the servants, who are eager for jobs In the American homes, even though they do require more supervision than their U. 8. counterparts. It isn’t even that the. Japanese doorknobs turn backwards (so do their revolving doors, Mrs. Kelley says). The problem, Mrs. Kelley laughs, “is the terrible time we have keeping enough hot water on hand to satisfy the Japanese passion for cleanliness.”

Autos Fascinate Them

WHEN IT comes to the Kelleys' Chevrolet, the urge to cleanliness, added to the complete fascination American cars have for the Japanese, creates a “super” problem, Because they are “crazy ahout ears” the *Chevvy"” (which came from Bill Kuhn's North Bide Chevrolet Co.), is kept in a permanently glistening state. “If we didn't watch them:” the Kelleys say, “they'd wash the car ‘hree times'a dav.”

Here We Go!

14 § But they were careful not to. feet. The “cruising” stage ix

_a hazardous. one for knickknacks that are left on tables

Counter-Spy—

Times Picture Story by Ruth Ann Hamilton, ars

Gift-Buying Season Is Only Started

‘With Today's ‘Haul’

Mother's Day, Father's Day, Graduation And Wedding Presents to Come—or Go

J ASTER GIFTS ALL UNWRAPPED by now? Well, ~ brace yourself. This is no time to relax. (The bills are yet to come, anyway.) Easter is only the start of a string of gift-giving occasions. Almost before you know it, Mother's Day will roll around . . . May 8. Then, without giving you time to massage your metatarsals, there will be graduation and wedding gifts to shop for. And bringing up the rear of the gift-day parade comes Father's Day +s. June 19. (Wouldn't Pop be surprised if he ever found him. self out in front of any such procession?) With Mother's Day but three weeks ahead, let's consider gifts for that first, Some of the gift ideas on tap for her are just As appropriate for girl graduates, though. Take the trio of Marvella's scatter pearls found In Ayres’ costume jeweiry department. These are individual pearls in three sizes, designed so they'll stay firmly in their place. (The detail drawing shows the short pin which - goes through fabric to a small spring-con-trolled “socket.”) Once on, the pins look as if they'd just been dropped on collar, sleeve or wherever fancy directs, No fastening is in sight. The set of three costs but $2,

Going Places, the Easy Way

F MOTHER (or the girl graduate) has the traveler's itching foot, how about a handbag designed to make her jaunts easier and more pleasant? They have one at R915, Iet-yob witha roomy ine rior, It has a number of talk.

te "ing points: Smooth russet calf exterior, nailhead - studded and with a luggage-type handle; inside zipper pocket, mirror, comb, sturdy _ failie lining. But the real selling point, for the inveterate traveler, ia the pair of outside pockets to hold tickets, keys or tip money where you . can get at ‘em in a hurry. (Bet the redcaps would approve THAT feature!) Its $2250 (plus tax) price is a small sum to pay for all the convenience. Mayer's also have a saddle-bag type handbag in natural - calf which would be fine, too, for the traveler. A deep, flapped pouch style, it has a leather lining snd TWO inside slide fastened pockets. This one will set you hack only $15, plus tax,

F SHE'S THE FIRESIDE TYPE, mother should go for homey fixings, a pair of which may be spotted at Wasson's. * First of these is a hand-etched Pyrex cas. - serole with pierced chrome.

AVALS pa 6 friends. In their post-war incarnation, they've switched to nontarnishing chrome instead of the ES metals ‘which used to take plenty of elbow grease in their upkeep. Lids of the casseroles may be used as ple plates. ‘The casseroles ; - coms in two and three-quart sizes, at $4.50 and $5. Also to brighten up home life are new candles in 23 deco

frame. Such metal frames RN

- rator colors to blend and match with today’s fashions in home

decoration. Wasson’s have these “Jewels of Light,” made by Emery, in smooth, slim tapers and in twisted candles. In boxes of four, their price varies with their length. The tapers, in 10, 12, 14 and 18-inch lengths, are from 55 to 85 cents a box. The twisted candles, in 14-inch length only, are $1.25 for four,

Making Quick Work of It

VW ONDER WHAT business would do if women stuck to old-fashioned ways of accomplishing their chores. Pretty soon, no business, that’s what. Some. times the feminine gift for making use of mechanical aids leads to some fairly surprising things, though. "a Go Ae The other day we heard about Frances A. Roach, whe biys china for Ayres’. Frances has a piace down near Vandalia where she's growing a “passel” of baby Christmas trees. Came the day recently when she planned to give the tool shed its pring cleaning. She looked at the winter's collection of dust all mixed up with shave. Ings, and shuddered. 3 Then Frances made a quick trip to the house, came back and made short work of her cleaning job. What she brought back from the house to expedite matters was ~ her ‘vacuum sweeper. Bet it's the cleanest tool shed in the state, . . . You just can't blame women. for wanting to zip through any of their multiple tasks. If home sewing is among these, the more mechanical aids the better. They have a new one at Block's, a skirt marker to cut hemming time in half, Bkirt markers are not a new idea, but this one rings In some ingenious features. (Besides which the cost is down to the $1 level.) This DTC Skirt Marker has a special metal guide ¢ . which lets the user mark. * both the hemline and the cutting line of the skirt at the same time, using either : pins or basting thread. The guide slides up and down on & 214nch ruler (standing on, a steady metal base), and it fastens securely in .place at

Don't Touch

the desired level. »

to creep. “I figured if 1 brought Debhie all the toys she wanted,

she'd have no reason to. crawl,” Mrs. Hatfield "ob served. “So I sometimes put

. toys a little out of her reach.”

Shortly after she reached the stage. the Hat.

A fields put Debbie in a walker.

normal walking would be de~

layed. By the time she was eight months old, Debbie was in the “hiteh-hiking” phase taking

. little steps as she clung to

furniture. Today, three months later, Debbie can toddle by herself for distances of about eight

within the baby’s reach. But Mrs. Hatfield has left most of her bric-a-brac right where it was, “We put the valuable things we couldn't replace away for the time béing,” she explains.

“If Debbie learns not to touch’ things

hers, we won't be

afraid to take her info otlier, boi Br mii 0 lin homies.” w * teria a dress pper. Today Debbie takes a few erie caught ing rok an be ‘steps at a time—then - for- called Kee Zipper . gets and relaxes into a crawl It looks and works Ike again. - But the Hatfields others, BUT with one big difdon’t intend to hurry or force ference. Catch material, un~ ber into walking: . : dies or epidermis in it and all * “Anything Debbie can do you have to do is turn the and wants to do naturally is pull tab as you would & key, all right with us,” they agree. in a 90-degres arc, Slider “It just takes a lfttls pa- tension is relaxed, releasing tience.” . 4 the imprisoned article, ~~ : % si a Tal - oh ae :