Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 August 1949 — Page 8

By AGNES H. OSTROM Hoosiers have a characteristic ‘way of going yong in hiv Job, ‘doing

_.mlready. distinguished

the next thing you know, they ‘ Wave zoomed to national importance. : The latest achievement in the literary and library career of Evelyn Ray Sickels is that of reviewer = ~for the monthly “Books for Young People” section of the _Baturday Review of Literature. When Mary Gould Davis, section éditor, found she needed . someone; she turned immediately to the Midwest to the Indianapolis Public Library Supervisor of Work with Chil” dren.

Itis another “forward step in the librarian-author’'s” career “about which she says, “Every-

The charming author of | ‘nu merous short stories and articles, Miss Bickels has written two children's books published by ‘Scribner's, “The Pet Parade,” 1935, and “The School Bell Rings,” 1042. With notebooks crammed full of memos, she's anxious to do more creative writing because, “¥I{'s so much fun.” However, with “a fualitime position, she's still catching her breath after three and. ..one-hall years of andi hard work on the second edition of the “Anthology of Children's © Literature.” First released. by Houghton Mifflin in 1935, the book was compiled by Miss Edna John‘son, former Indians University Kegon professor, and the late

demand as a speaker before

groups, Interest of the parents in what their children are reading constantly amazes the li-

in the importance of good books

— Carrie E. Scott. Miss "0. oiiers = ickeis “took over “Miss Scott's a I Hall Toom. thie “job 8 BUPEFVISOT paw grinual report just-com-at her Weath six year's ago and iq" __ these are some of Al. her work on the ahele ORY:..... the. restlts. of work. in her di-

vision. Eighty-five per cent of all Indianapolis school children 3 : borrow books from the Hbrary. leased May, 1048. has been [,5t year they read 1.206985 ‘adopted as a study book on chil- ' hooks, an increase of 52.756 dren's Mterature in wore than. ~ ayer the previous year. “And 120° colleges and universities. they're better hooks, too,” Miss ~The trade edition which ap- Bickels interpolates

College Text

The second edition text, re-

le #ix months later is de- In Central and the 15 neigh1 fully illustrated by N. C. hirhood branchés, 979 story — Wyeth: ___heurs-were attended hy 41924 Completion of the book meant children, More than 100 juve-

working every ‘available spare yille club meetings were attendmoment. Only one selection was “ed by a membership of 2067. ‘Staffers -gave 1035 ‘book talks

“Folklore That as Good Mist designed for -to- "sd _Pionser Fi

day's juvenile record enthus-

fasts, was added. Emphasizing ber of a pioneer family (her the thieme of “One World,” the great - eat gH grandiaihel Dr. authors included such varied Isaac in stories as “Peter and the Wolf," aa. re vas he” fo grad “H Gretel,” “How phys ' ans a ot Ulensplegel,” Sickels attended School 32 Hise

Shortridge High School. Henry Coe Bickels, her father, for 10 years .a member of ‘the Board anf

also Usted musical recordings of other folk literature. “About.

“rhe time hE Ethore thought they were finished. the for- short pref.

: " each ‘telling’ "why it had been chosen. Pencil in hand (she always writés the first draft Miss

olyoks. College. she the Carnegie Library gl ja Pittsburgh. Pa. At that time it was ihe only school in the

longhand), country offering training In Stckels started in again. work with children. - She calls her library job Children’s librarian in “the nang work, Phere a Harlem branch of. the New such a variety, ome 18 ; bra was her books to be read are stacked York Pubic fdtwary was

By her bedside, Belection of first assignment. She also was

" exery children’s book pis chased - by the library comes uncer her supervision and many she personally reads,

Reading Clubs

“Reading For Fun,” the summer reading elubs in the branch libraries, is under her direction. 80 far this summer 2288 chil

Children's Book Week. The originator, Frederick Melchior, Publishers’ Weekly editor. came to the library one day to talk over the idea. No one imagined the eventual scope of his plan. After two years she went to (Galveston, Tex, as children's ibrarian inthe Rosenberg Li-

Ar AVE joined and have read brary, returning to Indiana as om nore than 10,000 books, ing the © esting story-teller and conversationallst is in. popular

_Dur+ head of the extension departschool year { _e inter: engaging Library For two years. After a

stint as Manual _High | School 1-

E Evalyn Ray Sickels Becomes Reviewer ~ For Saturday Review of Literature ee

Miss Evelyn Ray. Sickels “ |

PTA, kindergarten and club

brarian and renews her faith

—to writing them. A" pet parade

__her second book, Two of her | “prize possessions are the orig-

. Bickel taught children's litera-

children in co-operation with

Born in Indianapolis, a mem- flected

. not seen for 28 years. And of |

PX after “graduation” from £3 gel with a harp which plays rife

Brahms, hillaby:

in on the initial plans for a °

ment tn’ the Evansvitle Public:

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[ Get ‘Warm Approval “By SALLY SWING Anite Press Staff Correspondent 8 & ‘PARIS, Aug. 10-Neo girdles. | That style touch came today from

tian Dior. inventor of the

{fashions. | The ladies gasped with

Fequivtd ho. corals, they crowded

cheeks. ears b . Dior’s eyes, ~

med

skirts full is very important,” he isobbed happily. whelmed by the praise.” Not only were the skirts Tull, “the hemlines were high. The man who first sent the hemline down displayed dresses today - which] fell only two. inches beiow the knee—16 and a half inches from! the "floor, Bebe Shopp, Miss Amarion of 1948, and Mrs. Anthony Drexel * Biddle were among the 500 fashTon fans who crowded Mr; Dior's: - {sumptuous salon. Said Miss Amer{ica afterward; “It's too breathless ito talk about.” ! Mr. Dior's suits showed short, - |straight skirts with interest car-

in tight at the waist with inchwide leather belts. . A short six-inch-long peplum which flared front and back accentuated the small waist. The skirt fell straight with wide slits “to make walking easier. "

Sleeve Interest -

Dior ~created sleeve interest” brarian she was named in 1929, {With huge, furlined cuffs, raed head of the schools division of [Pocket folds off the shoulder and! the city system, a position she the drop-shoulder seam. held until assuming her present |

one In 1943.. under the busts to give a full‘draped look to the top of the silPet Parade houet. L

Telling children’s stories led An ingenious cut called “The in Central her first book and a short story submitted to Scribner's on schools resulted in the request for 11 more which were incdffporated into

It was formed by two-foot-wide | panels which started at the waist land crossed over to fall in a free{swinging “V” to the skirt hem. {It was placed in back to give. la ‘bustle line with the flared ends gently falling over a Sag, heirt... | "Coats were full and fared with! {small fur er huge diamond col-| lars. which dropped over the shouiders,

eee oS i

One original coat called “Bateleur” had panther skin on one side and blackedraped wool on the (other. The black sleeve had a [panther cuff and the two-part lcoat was pulled, in at the ‘Waist by. -a-black belt. Err

Pocketbook Muffs

inal dames school and punish- | ment school drawings by Bandra James, illustrator of “Fhe School -Bell Rings.” For several . summers Miss

ture at the Indiana State Library for state librarians and from 1036-48 wrote and conducted weekly radio programs

for an audience of 10,000 school

the public school system here. _An.affable personality is re-’ in her collections | friends and miniature conversational piec oat eae galore, Ee has | "Hats were small velvet cloches, weeks plane trip to the west jor helmets, worn well in front coast where she held a reunion [Over the forehead with a band! ; around the short hair in back.|

‘With college friends she had Large square pocketbook muffs | were carried with both. suits and (fur coats. r. Dior the

in strapless full length and short (evening -dressés, -it-is- created by wound. Another ‘is thes tailor |erossing two contrasting panels of of .Gloucester in Royal Dalton | material over the back or front which she has exhibited with jof ‘the skirt at a slightly wider

course she added to her extensive disphay, One. of bei prizes is. a musical wiss wood carving of an an-

her beloved bronze miniatures angle than the “Scissors.” - . “of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rab- i Stunning” ball gowns with bit storybook characters. pinched-in waists, huge hoop Any remorse she feels about skirts and five-foot trains were her extravagance, she excuses priced up to $1800 each. Dior onthe grounds, “How the chil- showed 176 ensembles wth a total dren will love them.” And in- takeaway price of B00. 000, deed they do. Small dubious He called his collection the eyes have brightened many “Middle of the Centurv? Pretimes "during the years when ferred colors were black. Brey. they saw facinating figurines, red, gold. rose, blue-green and soldiers, dolls, costumes and brown. Materials were wool, silk; books Miss Bickels brought satin and much taffeta. back from her travels here | Several new ideas were pre-

and abroad,

D sented: Heavy dark wool peek-a-Bound Letters

hoo afternoon dresses which :re[vealed holes

‘shaped like tearThere's One ‘story she has drops; < balloon of {hree tiered 1 always wapted to do--the sleeves, telescoped so that each story of hef-maternal grand- flared wider than the last, openmother, Emily Gordon of Ex- ing into a large cuff at the. bot-~eter,z-N., H, who~came to - Georgetown, Ky.. in 1850 to

serve as governess in the home

D0 less a personage than Chris-| look, high potentate of ° nigh

i piesauzel [After seeing the full skirts that

“The fact I have kept many|

#1 am over;

ried to the top of the silhouet,’ The jackets had bloused backs and! medium collars, and were pinched!

Pockets were placed diagonally}

“gave a’ criss-cross stim= {ming line to his sheath dresses. ber cosd “counselor group which will. serve during the university's Fatman West, Sept. 12-16. Miss In

{Church at 3 p. m. Mrs. | Miss Joyce McCoy, Waban, Messrs. Mass. will be the maid of honor. Delporte, Ray Meador, The bridesmaids will be Miss! Kern, Troy

calle the criss-cross, ~@ther. bridesmaids will be rried out Ann Dougherty,

n MF.

Buller University. coeds. Misses Mary. por arrangements for a "College Prevue party in

held “at 2:30 p. m. in the School of Religion The event will

Blades i is the committee chairman.

honor of freshmen sce pot W + Vikoodn.

Council of Women To Meet in Hotel - A guest speaker, lake outing

{ind card parties will be features jot organization

setivities an-

Mrs. Grace B. Golden, director of the Children’s Museum, wili be Sueat speaker for the May Wright

y | Virginia,

“ition hall,

Sewn, oiana Ce

or de-Mchear has apnounced the meeting “will “begin at 10 a, m. in Parlor A. | Reservations may be made with {Mrs, E. L. Burnett, 3761 N. Meiridian St. -

i Early Saturday morRing Indianrealtors. will head

‘Hunter on Lake Tippecanoe. The play day for “women only”

Iwill include swimming, fishing, boating, bri gin rummy and jeanasta, The fidtafr members of

Indianapolis — oo will attend. {

{of the 1950 Indiana Federation of | Business and Professional Wom's Clubs convention May 5-7 in the Claypool Hotel. After Sept. 1 the state organization, which has been in the

North Central region, will be in

a newly created East Central reiglon. Other members of the re‘gion will be Michigan, Ohio, West Maryland, District of Columbia, Virguuia and Kentucky.

. However, Indiana. will. enters.

tain the North Central region ats

the regional convention here = { Sept. 23-25. Two card parties are sohesduled >

ithis week by the Ladies of the ~

| Indianapolis Saegner-Chor. They both be held in the organiza~ +

wil} 521 E. 13th St. The first one will be at 1:30 m. tomorrow and the second,

p. GO Over {ISIS pH. Buturaxy.

It will be

sponsored by a-52-mem-

Members of the ON-EA-OTA-

Club will meet tomorrow for a

{and bridge party with Mrs. Rob-

Revises Her |The Bridal Scene—

Adrienne arin To Be Wed Aug. 20 Times State service WHITING, Ind. Aug. 10—Miss’ Adrienne Ahigren has revised the list of attendants for her wedding Aug. 20 to Charles Haeuser, Miss,

Ahlgren and Mr. Haeuser; Mil waukee. Wis. will he married in Mrs. Troy Wallace Scott, mother

“ithe”

Charles Vernon Scott,

{Miss Jean Ballard, Pittsburgh; Jack Scott. [Miss Doris Sponenberg, Johns-| town, N, Y.; Miss Alice Aeschli-| ‘man, Chesinut Hills, Mass. and, {Miss Laura Lane, Swuicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Murin,

Miss ing maLLiage of, their _dauglite Kansas City; Ruth, - Beech. Grove, fo Miss: Nancy Lee Davis, (sen, Hammond, Frederick G. Haeuser, Milwau-

kee, . will -be his brother's best ®: M- Sept. 10 in the Holy Name

fin I. "Ch Catholic Church. Miss Mary| juan. ¥dwi J. = aison, Indiana Margaret Swartz wil be the maid Andreas Bredal Wessel, Oslo, Nor-! of honor and the bridesmaids will way; Gordon Alan Evans, Mil- be Mrs. Paul Brown and Miss ford. Conn.; Leonard Mason Peter Harriet Reifel. Miss Mary_Ann Smith: New Rochelie; N.Y; Har- Murin. Chicago. sister of | the old W. Bruce, Shorewood. Wis. bride-to-Be, will be the junior and David Kimball Hardin and bridesmaid. ) Cyril Talbot Tro Ev HL. Marion. Snow will be the best, will be ushers

man and Joseph Murin Jr, Cleve: tom: evening dresses with a di- and, brother of the future bride. agonal front and one wide strap Will be an usher. ! over qne shoulder, crossed diagon- ® = _» | Ally “in~thé back, and three-inch- Miss Marion Frances Thomp-

‘wide jewels worn on the shoulders son and Harry William Monroe:

(Of 80ft pink satin dance. dresses.

Indications had. been that the "ere married at 3:30 p.-m.- Bun-' 1950 Took would be a slinky, hip- day 1 the ‘Second Presbyterfan| hugging silhouet demanding - sith Church. The Rev. Joseph John-| waists, less pointed busts and Son officiated. good- looking legs. Pn The bride is the daughter of;

Chicago, announce the: approach-| ?

East Lee, son of Mrs. 1 Lera Lee, ‘Plain-|’ {Chicago. ‘and: Miss Evelyn. Jen-| field.

The wedding “will be at 10: 530,

.of the Robinsons. The father In the family later became a Kentucky governor. She has her grandmother's letters carefully ! bound in leather, as well as

| _those of her own mother who {.

a Mr. and” Mrs, Darrell Robert | Ducking Play Will Keep lead Thompson,, 4048 College Ave, and In'Safe’ Had: Trick Sacrificed *

Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Monroe, By EASLEY BLACKWOOD

ONE. REASON tor ducking is.

South dealer, North-South vulnerable;

7 8. hyons Ave. are the parents of ‘the bridegroom. Miss Helen. Jeanne Hopewell],

Tuscaloosa; Ala. was the maid of

honor. The bridesmaids were Miss

Illinois Wedding

Jihe diamond suit first. ant tend a [didn hand: He went over to dum{my with the king of clubs and {led the four of diamonds. Mr. {Abel could have worried him =a {little by putting, up the nine spot.: although the final result would will entertain with a bridal din- uare Stes? Tt ts Tia "ner Friday night. in "the Cham-<inot particularly interested in the paign Country Club _ for théiriy ng and he followed with the daughter, Verna Lee “and her trey.

fiance, Bruce Louis Hilkene. Miss Bongart and Mr. Hilkene oy phe Played ihe — spol will be married at 4 p. m. Satur. Kk. 8till h day “in the Wirst Methodist } OPing fora lead-up. to +her spade suit, she returned the

Church here. Guests at the dinnét which win five ‘of ‘hearts on the chance that

But he ~from:-

(Group to “Attend

Times Special CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Aug. 10--Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Bongart!

3 Chee [I

» West Washington Street

precede the wedding reheiisal J, Abel had the King. But Mr will _tmolude Mrs. Henry L. Hil Dale._won . with that card and | kepe. mother of the “prospective.

bridegroom, | Miss Alice O'Neal, ‘tricks, three clubs and the ace of Miss Lois Hilkene, James K. Al- hearts for his game. lerdice and Charles. F. Frejhofer, In this hand there was actually all of Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. NO danger of ‘Mr. Abel getting in Maxwell ' Armantrout, Orlando, With the third round sf diamonds Fla. and the Rev. A. Ray Cart- as ‘he had only a doubleton in the lidge. | { (Suit. But suppose, he had started

studied abroad as a language to -maintain' “transportation” to NORTH Luey Hittle, A; ie Bary student from “1888:R7: FAC hand that “18 short “of “entries.| es Koos apgret..: Lee... Alexandria; Flo “One of the nicest by- The play is also used to prevent a S89 4 Marguerité. Raray” and. Mus Sle products of my literary work,” “dangerous” opponent from gain- H—A 6 4 2 . Mary Foreman. says the author. “is the annual [ing the lead. In other words where D—K 10 8 & Joseph Alexander was the best. get*together of Hoosier authors !it is necessary to give up a trick C—K 88 - man. The ushers were Robert W.| each summer in the Columbus in order to establish a suit, you. WEST EAST Matthews, Robert L. Nha ot home —of Mrs —Laura—Long"present—that trick toa defender iss Brash i. Abel ‘William 1. Jeffries and John C.| She also belongs to the ‘who can’t make a lead that willl SA J 1072 S85 8 Israel. The reception. was in the | Women's Press Club of Indi- hurt you H—Q 10 5 HJ 933 |Marott Hotel ana, Theta Sigma Phi Soror- Against Mr. Dale's contract of p—Q 4 3 D—9 8 ity, the Indiana Historical 8o0- three no trump, Miss Brash led (9 2 "e, ] ciety and the Pen afid Brush the jack of ie Mr. Dale :wop Gag 2 SOL el 9.73 Rush Party Club of New York with the queen. He saw that if Mr. Dale : Whi. the friendly, gay ‘he could win either three diamond SK Q § T B A 20 writer - publishes again she’ tricks.or four club tricks, he would HK 8 QO e ug. may be particularly careful in make his game. D—AT62 v ¢ ctive ~ marketing. One story. sold to But the important thing was to C—A Q 6 ‘ The Indian | vers y heiid ‘Boy's, wldife.”. appeared ..with ‘keep Mr. Abel.out of the lead. as. The bidding: ° Snapter 9 ii qa ? A the by-line, E. R. Sickels. On (a spade lead {through the king- Sot TH WEST NORTH EAST Orority wi gu am Blo in 2 questioning. the publishers six would probably mean defeat. i py 18 2D Pass ang a ote answered that boys prefer to Mr. Dale decided to go after 2 N ¥ Pass * 3 NTANP on this fa o think men write their Stories. Ass party Aug. 2

with three diamonds to the J.5 3. Mrs, Walter Huehl. 5260 N. In that case Mr, Dale's careful Pennsylvania. .8t.,. will be play would have been absolutely hostess. Coeds from over the en-| essential to the succhss of his tire state will attend. { contract. Miss Janet Trickey, rush chair-| man _for Indianapolis, heads the” Send questions on bridge to [general committee. Assisting -her| Blackwood, The Hhaanp. lare Missés Joan Meininger, Jean: Times, Indianapolis, 9 {Ann Fleener and Ann Inman.| |Ohit-of-town, rush chairmen, who! will assist, include Miss Marcia Isaacs, Ft. Wayne; Miss Virginia} Marxin, Bloomington; Miss| Yvonne Davidson, Evansville, and Miss Marianne Fisbeck,|

Mr, olis

Veteran Team Upset In Bridge Finals

Times Special CHICAGO, “Aug. 10-—Arthur Goldsmith, Cleveland; Jeff G Miami: Bruce Gowdy, Toronto; Alvin Landy and Sol Mogal, New York, upset the veteran team od Oswald Jacoby, Dallas; Waldemar New. York.

is chairman of the alumnae Som ittee.

ilowslip_Party Planned |

Chanin, Atlanta; David Clarren,| An embroidered pillowslip card. Minneapolis, ‘and Dick Krause, party will be given at 1:30 p. m | Milwaukee, by 170 paints in the Friday by the Friendly Club in! final session of the world master the Food Craft Shop. K. of Pr team championship of the sum- building. Mrs. ‘A. Bauserman! mer national bridge tournament and Mrs. §. W, Topinimer head, here last night. (the committee. -

Mek, Terre Haute. Mrs. Helen Sullivan ¢

Plymouth Congregationai of —the prospective bridegroom; Central "Ave. The brideGilbert Schuster, Chicago; graduate of Butler University and

Wallace Scott Jr, uate and a meniber of Joan Sherwood, Indianapolis; Stanley Buntain and Howard and Delta Theta . Fraternity.

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Bridal Dinner at Morristown Ta Honor Bobbe Jo Isaacs

Mr. and Mrs. Clare Isaacs will entertain tomorrow night witnh Month in Poughkeepsie, N.Y, where she attended. the Vassar a bridal dinner in the garden of the Kopper Kettle, Morristown. Colle

The “dinner will honéir-their daughter Bobbe Jo, and her fiance; family tiving: —

and Mesdames Charles Jordan Congervatory of Music. ridian St.

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ert L. Frame, Beech Grove.

Mrs. Walter Latz

[Returns to City | Mrs. Walter Latz, 830 Ellenherger Pkwy. is home after a

ge Summer Institute

The Indianapolis Braneh,

Miss Isaacs and Mr. Scott will be married at 8:30 p. m. Fay American Association of Univer.”

‘in the Roberts Park Methodist Church.

—Ouests at-the party will include = rm eit a pany The couple will live at 38211

isa Sets California Vacation -

Miss Evelyn Koby, 5770 N. Me. will leave Sunday for Freede The bridegroom is a Butler grad-ia vacation. in California. She will

the Phi return to Indianapolis in Sep-

REGULAR 2.98 to 1.98:

sity Women, sponsored the schol-

arship to the institute,

tember.

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