Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1949 — Page 9

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Holiday Week-End

Means Summer's End For Local Vacationers

House Partygoers Make the Most:

Of the Few Remaining Play Days By KATY ATKINS IT IS A SHOCK to be in the middle of the last holiday week-end of the summer and to realize that all too soon we are going to have to think about fall clothes

and the winter's activities.

People are certainly making the most of the play days that

are left,

Alan Appels. have guests.

A crowd of young people is repeating a join house party in Leland that was a great success last year, Bill ‘Elder have Bill's parents’ house full.

Joan and Both the Jack and

The group. includes Mary Lee and

Herman Kothe, Tom and Flo ‘Binford, Lianne and Jack Holliday, Phyllis and John Holliday, Mary Sé¢ott and Nelson Johnson, Elias. Atkins and. others who come. and. go... Last year they

all wore bright red hats.

So far we have no word

as to

whether the old hats have survived or somethfng new has

been added. The Robert Scotts and Edward Mayer have been looking forward to spending this week-end with “the Harvey Bradleys at Maxipkuckee where Ruth and Bill Griffith have the Stewart Wilsons of R 1c hmond, Va., with them, The Wilsons and their eldest son, Henry Lane, were in Indianapolis with Stew’s aunt, Mrs. Caroline Vajen Collins. It was good to sée them and to hear Gertie's famous; infectious giggle again after too long a time.

Meet in Maine

GEORGE AND Marion Fotheringham wrote - from Rockland, Me., that they had met Martha and Tom Madden and two of their daughters, Martha and Ethel, who have been on the Crawford Falleys’ boat. The Maddens took the girls to New York first and really showed them the town. The youngsters say they know now why it is called the “wonder city” and are all set. to go back and stay once the little matter of an_ education is behind them.

Betsy and Al Stokely with their two younger children, Randy and Barbara, are home from a trip that included visits in Newport and Ferry Point, Tenn., and in Rome, Ga., where they were with Betsy's brother, Bud Home, and his attractive family.” The Fisk Landers recently had a long week-end

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at Northport ‘ Point, . finding

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Talented Family

MRS. CHRISTOPHER Coleman has had her daughMartha, and her husband," Edmund Bray of East ‘Hampton, Mass, with her, Mr. Bray teaches at Middleton Academy which is one of the oldest boys’ schools in the country. Mrs. Bray is a writer, Since her sister, Constance Coléman of Detroit, is a well-known painter, there are two talented daughters in that family.

It was nice to see John and Ellen Fishback when they stopped off on their way to Burt Lake last ~ week-end. John teaches weaving in the summer at the Penland School of Handicraft in North Carolina while Ellen is responsible . for the entertainment of the many interesting people who come from all over the world, either to learn a craft or to perfect their technique. This winter the Fishbacks will teach in a new school to be opened in Venice, Fla.

We were at Woodstock with them Sunday night where we saw, among others, Dr. and Mrs. Philip Reed and their pretty daughter; Dr. and Mrs. Frank Sparks of Wabash College, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Todd, Lucille Whitehill, Jo Williams, the Andy Pelhams and Helen and Ed Gallagher.

“Football Party JUDY AND Taylor Wilson -

had a party scheduled for after the professional foot~ ball game. Edith Nicholson, just back from Burt Lake, was there. The Dudley Gallahues entertained at dinner Tuesday night and Marnie Ruckelshaus had people in ‘Wednesday night to keep her from being lonely while John and the younger boy, Bill, are fishing at Lake of the Woods. -

Canasta, New Card Game, A Light Partnership Deal .

By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority a - . Written for NEA ‘Service 3

CANASTA, THE NEW card game, will prove popular be- '

cause it is a light partnership game. It is said that the game comes from Argentina, and the word ‘canasta” in Spanish

means basket,

However, I am inclined to think that it is a

development of Oklahoma, a double-deck game of rummy that

was introduced a few years ago.

In - playing Canasta, you literally have a “wild” time. In the four-handed game, there are. four jokers, all wild of course, plus the "eight

“deuces, which are also will.

Canasta cam be played by any number of players-from two to six. When two or three play, edch plays for himself. “Four-handed is a partnership. game and is the ideal way to play Canasta, If you have “five players, put three on one side and two on the other. For six-handed, have two teams of three players each.

Perfect Position Some play six-handed with

- three pairs of two players

each, but it is much better to play it as a four-handed game; and when there are three players on a side in efther five or six-handed, have the third player sit out one hand. At the end of a hand, the player sitting out comes in and one of the others of his side goes out. ~ In three-handed Canasta, the player who sits behind the weak player—that is, the player who receives the discards of the weak player— is bound to win. The weak player will not remember the cards in the discard pile, and therefore his discarding will make it rather easy for the next player to pick the pack and win, The swings in two-handed Canasta are terrific.- In other words, the play depends entirely upon ‘who gets control of the pack. And these terrific swing hands may prove boring. While it can be played two or three-handed, I want

to recommend the four-hand--

ed game to you.

_.-._There are quite a few rules = "In Canasta, but they will

some to you quickly as you

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play it. There is some variation in rules among proponents of different styles of play, but T consider those de: scribed in this series to be basic and the most authoritative. They are the rules approved by -Albert.H, Moore= head, noted authority on American card games. If you want his rules in permanent form, you can buy his book on Canasta for a quarter from the (Greystone Press, New York City. Before we go into the rules of Canasta, let me point out some of the important differences from the ordinary

game of rummy. In Canasta, sequences do not count, In other words, you

cannot meld three cards in a run such as-the-seven-gjght-nine. You can only meld three or more of a kind.

‘Melding Cards’

The object of the game is to score points by melding

«cards. Each card has a scor-

ing value, and in addition, there are certain bonus values, the greatest of which is the forming of Canastas, A Canasta consists of seven of aikind. A Canasta composed of seven natural cards of a kind, such as seven fives, is termed a natural Canasta. Canasta also may be made up of natural

cards and wild cards, but no -

Canasta can have more than three wild. cards. .You may add natural cards or wild

cards to any Canasta. They

do not increase the value of the Canasta except: for the point value of the cards themselves. However, if you add a wild card to a natural Canasta, you reduce its value to that of a mixed Canasta.

TOMORROW: Melding and forming Canastas, :

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1949

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HOBBY

Some ''railbirds' from the Lockerbie Street Day

Mrs. Adelaide Ransburg and Mrs. Chester C

By AGNES H. OSTROM THE SUPER saleswomen of programs for the Indiana State Fair Horse Show will be on hand again this year! It will be the fourth appearance for the corps of charming young ‘women in the blue denim aprons embroidered with a hobbyhorse on. the left pocket and the tag line, “Indianapolis Day Nursery Junior Auxillary,” across the top. They will" open their activities tonight at the first 1949 show in the Coliseum and will continue for each

event' through Friday evening.

Husbands Help

Since Auxiliary members took over the project in 19486, their ready smiles and quick Service have been big factors in increasing the popularity of the programs which in-~ clide. the entire week's schedule. Hundreds of horse show fans who attend during State Fair week have found their wares irresistible. This

‘week promises to be no ex-

ception. And just in case the selling gets too strenuous, members of the group have a backlog of co-operative husbands as salesmen who pinch-hit during' the performances. They are appropriately attired, even to the trademark aprons.

Long Range Pgoject

Mrs. Adelaide Ransburgh is general chairman of the project, assisted by Mrs. Chester C. Schuetz, Mrs. H, E. Rarfensperberger, personnel chairman, is in charge of rounding up the staff. As finance chairman, Mrs, Stewart E. Ruch is responsible for the monetary details. ’ It's a, long range project for the group. In the early summer members of the -Auxiliary, an 11-year-old organization of local young women which aids the Day Nursery Association of Indianapolis financially and with volunteer service, began selling advertising for the programs. At that time ‘<tcommittees were set up for the selling, production and finance, :

Aid 150 Children

Proceeds of the Auxiliary's.

portion of the siles will be

* used in support of the two-day

nurseries, 542 Lockerbie

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the Red Feather Agency, Day Nursery Association.

Here some 150 children of

working parents are given individual attention in education and. health problems. Teachers become daytime mothers to each child. They give,the children understanding, love and a feeling of “‘security and help .them solve their own particular difficulties,

Plan Special Treat

\'a4 William S. Beard Ill are all set for tonight's opening

This Day Nursery tot explains to Mrs. Ben Weaver that he prefers to limit his horsemanship to Ll [YY TET variety

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upkeep of the nurseries. They also contribute volunteer service, actually working with the children, taking them on fleld trips to farms, fire ststions and candy factories and providing special occasion events. They also assist - with .the practical side of upkeep of the buildings by painting, redecorating and sewing.

"A special treat for the chil-

Auxliary members help, by. *

their financial support, with the dren's care

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dren has been arranged by ° " Mrs, . afternoon, ‘They will. be the ~ tacies, = =

Schuetz for Tuesday

Jackson, William F. Carr and + eT

Indiana State Fair Horse

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guests of the Indiana Btate Fair Horse Show and will be seated in-the bandstand. It is set up for Wayne King and his orchestra at the performances that night through Friday. Officers of the Auxiliary are

*' Mrs. Donald C. Duck, presi-

dent; Mrs, Kenneth E: Kinnear, vice president; Mrs, J.

Mrs. Donflld B. Fobes and -. Mrs, Marvin‘8andorf, recording and oorres

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Food rireaell Gardening’ HH Society .....12 Clubs. ......15 Fashions ova nl3: Teens Vaareall

‘Counter-Spy—

Lipstick-Pen Helps

Reduce the Load

In the Handbag

Tiny Charms and Stickpins Are Included Among Charles Mayer's Garnet Jewelry

THERE ARE SOME STATISTICS around to indicate that the contents of ‘an average woman's handbag weigh in at more than three pounds . . . and that does

not include the bag itself,

This state of affairs may account for the current rush of

manufacturers to lighten the modern woman's load. To Keep

vher from growing lop-sided a# she totes her handbag, they keep coming up with combination items. to reduce the weight. carried: A compact with . cigaret and lipstick

compartments; a tube holding

a series of makeup essentials; a lipstick case with its own mirror. Now comes “FashionWrite,” by the Revlon people, which puts a long lipstick

and g-ball-point-pen-into-one-

slender tube. One end holds a Lip-Fashion (Revlon’s long, creamy lipstick); the other end provides a smooth-glide ball-point pen. The. all-in-one gilt cylinder ends the carrying of separate lipstick and. pen. ‘Both ends of the thing are refillable. Original cost is $1.50 plus tax. A cartridge refill for the pen is 50 cents and the lipstick refill is 60 cents plus tax, * The new fashion accessory, handsome and convenient, makes a fine hostess gift , . . or bridge prise . . . or coed or career girl girt, The lipstick end comes with any of Revion's 10 favorite colors, Clear red tones are

are Sweet Talk and .Pipk Garter. The other shades are Brilliant Red (golden) and Toasted Chestnut ( t). First shipments of J} ons Write” were just being

The pink tones’

+ + « ballpoint. pen.

unpacked at Block's and Ayres’ late

Jast week and the thing should be on cosmétic counters some-

time this week

Sn» To wear, while you're ap lipstick or getting rrespondence, -

plying | caught up om col Ayres’ second-floor robe dehas stains “whol

belted or unbelted. It has big buttons and square ‘pockets mounted with one point downward, the opposite “point forming a pocket flap.

Victorian Air

(GARNET jewelry has a Victorian charm which fascinates antique collectors and non-collec-tors alike . . . 50 a new shipment of real-for-sure garnets at Charles Mayer's will interést both. The extensive assortment includes rings, earrings; necklaces, pifis and bracelets, of course, But the items of special interest to those with smaller budgets will be stickpins and charms, Stickpins, newest note for decorating berets, lapels and scarves, are $9 (tax included). Tiny garnet charms to dangle from bracelets are $4.80 and $6 (tax included). Other pieces range up to $192.

~ » » Nose news that's good news: Circular hankies, up to now available only in prints, are now around (no pun) in all-white, Spotted in Ayres’ first-floor “handkerchief department were. some white, linen-cotton affairs hand-em-broldered in white. Three styles are avallable—{wo at $1.50 each; one at $2.

Baby Guard

OU CAN'T blame babies, who haye to spend so many hours in bed, for getting restless . . . but sometimes their squirmings lead to tum-

bles or entanglements (too often fatal) with bedcovers. A new contraption, appear-

. Ing recently in Ayres’ infants

department, is designed to let babies do .all the squirming and . kicking they want and yet keeps them firmly and safely anchored to their cribs, Called the “Safe-Tie,” it looks like .a diaper . cover fastened to the intersection where two fabric straps criss cross, Ends of the straps are pinned to baby’s mattress and then His Highness, already wearing his diaper, is placed over the plastic-lined device which pins around him and his “square pants. The plastic liner is removable and convenient snap-on fasteners allow quick changes ~for baby without untying the agpchoring tapes. “Safe-Tie" is $1.39. : . » . The Trifarl -people, long noted for turning out welldesigned and well-made cos-

*. tume jewelry, have made an—Nefil Garber, treasurer, and other of their popular double-

duty pleces-at popular prices, This ong, spied at Was. son's, is a gold snake-chain-necklace with a . gold-and-

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attached as a pendant. The pin comes in two styles, a dainty leaf or an tif, Necklace and pin are $8 plus tax. The pin alone is $3.98 plus tax and earclips, in

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SOS 'Swishee'

HIEF JazARDIS the

small holds the stocking collection until it's ready for the wash. bowl and then goes right into the suds with the hosiery. Of nylon marquiset,.- the Save Our Stockings bag measures 10% by 11 inches and has color-fast checked Fruit of the Loom binding. It car-

>ries the name of “Swishee”

and holds up to 10 pairs of hose for dunking, all at one time, in the washbowl. Bee. tween plunges; {thangs on the closet door to receive soiled stockings. After it emerges from the suds, the bagful of hose is rolled up in a towel - to remove excess water before the laundry is hung up {0 dry. The bags, shown in the notions department, are 59 cents each or two for $1. . . ” Also at Wasson's is a new lamp whose light falls upon a modest price tag-—

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$7.98. It is a table model, 29 inches high, and has a threeway socket. The base is made of a new type nonchip plastie and has solid brass trim. Colors- for the shade, with soft mat finish, are maroon, dark green and chartreuse. . . » , The “watch bag” is another