Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1949 — Page 15
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: T 1 bl i Tie Talented Guests Add i 1m] nine | TO Entertainment at He rT ei: "2% | Daniels’ Dinner D. ene anie Ss Dinner Dance > with the ohied te Miss Sally, Butler Addresses Women's Club; OE ‘DAR Chapter Meets in Fisher Home “TF . b ntinued” at Mining and By KATY ATKINS . Pp. dab = | NOVEMBER, BALMY THOUGH it has been, seems : to have brought out the clubwoman in us and speaking 3 i 3 ant to Get of clubwomen, what a tragedy Heleri Hokinson's death - “because I was. Her drawings were a wonderful mirror for middle. Was neces. . nany as the ! aged women. Without them we must not lose our sense - a ty of humor. The Gen. Arthur St. Clair DAR Chapter met last Monday deast come with Mrs. Paul Fisher at her charming home in Zionsville. Mrs. truggle be= Emmett Huggins, regent, presided. Mrs. Paul Robertson read and Gere a paper, “Dear Governor’ and Mrs, Payl Weer and Mrs, Fletcher he Englishe H poured at tea following the meeting. Mrs. Hodges and he which now Mrs. Lucia Macbeth poured for Mrs. Samuel Runnells Harrell . » the next day when she entertained the National Society of one cted yesters Colonial Dames in the State of Indiana. Guests at the meeting 1 that Dr. were Miss Judith Braxton Colson and Mrs. John Enger of Cinieturned to cinnatl. Miss Colson is chairman of the National Historic ermany” to Activities Committee for Region VI. Mrs. Charles Weiss. chairf a former man of the Patriotic Service Committee of the Indiana Society, Sy. clerk in “auaned the. tetit rol be- for once and a great deal of ing given through the spon- fun, i ember po. ofa .. Bob and Mary Parker wrtment said one room stopped here last Sunday on given clear unit of 30 their way back to Wayland, I. 8, Shilren Mass. They had been in TucESUnatancns school. Mrs. son. to see Mary's mother, ’ Tr. tier a Henry But- Mrs. Fred Joss, and had seen - n amnestied ; > tolph pre- : a lot of very big country. It ' because I 4 oR Bo Ss held no Sided he ; was a great thrill to Bob who I 3 function.” . is a real Bostonian and had The 1949-50 Social 36a season opened officially last night with the night audience was filled with bejeweled women in satins and furs The flowers of six chil on the tea : never been to the Far West. ~ first concert of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's current and men in formal attire. Hurrying up the steps and under the ptember aft table, ye © Fu . I saw them at Fisk Landers’ ‘series. Shown arriving in the Murat ter are Miss Jose- ~ marquee of the theater are late-comers, ‘Mr. and Mrs. William Srihwestern » low chry- Mn. Atkins and it was bad luck that phine Madden and Mrs. David P. Williams Jr. The dressy. first S. Hall (right). Times photos by Bob Wallace. — Santhemms and blue Jeuves, Mary Louise was in Boston ; [ WALL were in the society's colors o that day so just missed them : : ov 12 (UP) blue and gold. all around. brand new Occupational Ther- C + St ing room of On Wednesday the Indian- The Scott Moxleys are set. PY Department at Riley Hos- ounrter- py a tolls Branch of Ue Sale ut fn hair new Dome i Pal some of her Bowpal C house * was Assembly Woman's Club met Pennsylvania and 77th Sts. . _ { 3 J Y, Wi F in the Marott Hotel and was and Mrs. Noble Dean has just were girls when “Connie Ea r Y ris mas O ers IS oh r W Inc : addressed by Miss Saily But- moved from the Spink Arms first came. Marie Wemmer, § ler. She stressed Finland's P - a to her new h t 41st and Evy Cadick and Josephine re great interest and cordiality er ne Ouse at 41st an oy to Americans and that coun- Tliinols Sts. The hardest Madden represented former I Q a I i 5) Y SSe n 1a S: or Jit /r appi ng try’s feeling that it is the thing I know is to keep a list hospital chairmen and were “i fire, Thuy Clayeombe looked ~ °f addresses up to date. Relleved xv Wary leth and By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's Editor Tie's Quarter-Pack (25 More of the whimsical Closures for 50 cents, or a box very well that day In purple Li nored at Te: v r ING BY CROWDS already swarming in gift cents) which holds enough Norcross designs appear at Of four sheets of paper, 48 taffeta with a pearl-trimmed onored at lea Aa. director of the oecupa- there ofe AV--of stuff to wrap one big or two Ayres’. Angels in Ermine has ~~ feet of Six. ens melusine hat in winter white. THE TEA for “Connie” tonal and physical therapy wrapping departments, there are plenty of women Jf in lLo0 CC of color. §Older-naired cherubim ad closures and 16 Seals for 5. Kahmann given Friday at departments and a leading who have their Christmas shopping under control. gy; paper, six seals, two en- justing ermine halos. Sled- cellophane is av
Popular Chicago
THE INDIANAPOLIS Garden Club met Wednesday at Mrs. ‘Theodore Griffith’s. Among the many groups having lunch before the meeting
der, George Kuhn, Kuhn and Herman Wolff who were at -W. Chicago seems to have been a popular spot for Hoosiers lately, Mrs. John Eaglesfield and Mrs. Edward Bennett went up for a few days. Mrs, Dudley Taylor is there for a visit. Mrs. Fred Jackson and Mrs. Otto Frenzel are going this week, Mrs. E. Bishop Mumford has been in Litchfield, Conn., to see her new grandchild, the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Thurston Greene. Attractive ‘guests in town last week were Mr. and Mrs.
. Courtney Johnson of South
Bend.. Mrs. Johnson is an antique lover and always takes advantage of opportunities to add to her collection.
Dinner Dance MR. AND MRS, George
. Home. have. had. their son,
Bud, his wife Jane, and their
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“ enildren with “them.” “They
came up from thelr home in Rome, Ga., and divided their time between the Homes and Jane's family in Chicago, It was nice to see them at an informal gathering yesterday afternoon at the Homes’. Mr, and Mrs, Joseph Danfels had a dinner dance at Woodstock last night at which, thanks to the wonderful tunes of our heyday featured by the orchestra, there was more dancing than I have seen since the Bare Knees. Talented guests added
"to the entertainment provided by the strolling players dur-.
ing dinner.
The Daniels’ former racing colors of green and white set the color scheme. Enormous stylized arrangements of green - lemon, rhododendron
und magnolia leaves and beautiful ferns were Tablecloths were striped in green and silver. Much
crystal, was used on the tables which, with the silver, gave a lovely sparkling effect, There were tables for | canasta lovers. Dancing in the middle room kept the party together. The bar boys added an amusing note In thelr costumes ' of white satin. It was good to see Martha Seaverns at the party.
Canasta Party
“We have lots of
the Ball Nurse’ Home to mark her 25th anniversary at the medical center was a heart-warming affair. Flowers sent by her many admirers lent a festive air and her friends on and off the campus, in town and out, turned up. Since the Indianapolis Junior League brought her here as director of the then
member of her profession, the recipient of many honors, she brings great credit to her adopted state. But it is her
Irish wit, her breadth of vision, her wide tolerance and her sympathetic nature that brought so many to her tea party. How lucky this community is to have kept her -here so long:
(Why do people go on saying women in general lack executive
ability?)
There is one thing the early shoppers will have a corner on this year, while gift wrapping stocks are complete and unbroken. They'll be able to buy paper, seals and gift card enclosures with the same design carried through all of them, Lately there has arisen a fancy for following the same theme in wrapping all the gifts given by a family or by an individual. Such repetition of motifs is a notable feature of this year's
gift-wrapping supplies. Most of the manufacturers produce them. -
Agency Reports Flood of Applicants
For Jobs as
By JEAN MANEY BABY SITTING i is big business. There's a registry in
* Indianapolis now, exclu-
sively for baby sitters and their clients’ Mrs. Carl Horning, manager. and owner. of the registry, decided that there was a need In the community for
a clearing house for. baby sitters,
She'd heard her friends complain about not ‘being. able 10 find. competent women to say with their youngsters and, after her own baby was born, she discov-
ered the shortage for herself, .
She discussed the idea with her husband. They decided that. the one big drawback was gthe fact that Mrs. Horning would be completely tied down to the telephone ¥ she started a registry. She voted to go ahead. “After all, my own 10-month-old Billy ties me down anyway and I might as well be running’ a business in my home.”
700 Applications The. first step in the organization ‘was to advertise for sitters. The Hornings were amazed when over 700 answered their ad. “We have 4 license as a bonded employment agency. In out rules we. state that a sitter must be 30 years old or older, in good health, have experience with children and be an American citizen. Then we request three’ character references which we check carefully,” Mrs. Horning says. Sorting and checking 700 applications wasn't easy. The list was finally pared down to 50 and the registry was ready for business. They began their sérvice the first of this month. yh The registry tries to find clients for their sitters in the sitters’ own wad.
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rs. Carl Horning and sy « « « the baby-sitting business is
fami
town, but we do need some more in the south, west and . in the Ft. Harrison areas.”
All Emergencies The sitters are prepared to bathe, feed and “change” any youngster. They'll also stay with pets whose¢ owners hesitate to leave Fido or Fluffy alone. The only “don'ts” in the rules are “don’t-admin-ister medicine to a child” and “don’t ever sank a child.” The sitters are also advised not to raid the icebox without permission. In the case of a sick baby, the registry is prepared -to send a nurse as a sitter, “As for the ‘experience with children’ rule, I'm convinced that mothers who have reared a family are the best sitters. Most of our sitters are older women who are widows orwho have the ‘man-
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Baby Sitters; Rules Strict
ly occupation,
longer on a job. Mrs, Horning reports that so far the registry has had more calls inquiring about the service
than actual requests for sitters. “We have several regular costumers, though,
Don Morrison of the Indianapolis Capitals and his wife use our sittters three or four nights a week.” \
Located in Home Right now the registry is located in the Horning home, 35 N. Bradley Ave. Mrs. Horning hopes that her new
* business will outgrow the din-
ing room and that soon she'll be able to establish an office and hire additional help, “My teléphone is a constant worry. I can't leave for a minute or some prospective . client would probably call One of these nights I'm going to have.to hire a baby sitter ~to stay with the 'phone,”
Ee Pan Jugs oof toon earned by the Sittere, if . bid #
. yellow and turquoise
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First thing to catch your eye, of course, is the array of colorful papers. At Blocks, for example, there's the Norcross series with heavy emphasis on quaint and whimsical designs. Packages of two sheets (20 by 30 inches) are 25 cents. Each package carries the name of the design. Among them is Holly-go-round (at right) with twisted peppermint sticks twined with holly ‘against a deep green background.
_Striped designs are pretty popular, Norcross also Has Carnival Stripe—wavy. cerise; lines against a dark ground; Holly Stripe — diagonals -.of. holly and mistletoe against black, and Merry Christmas in which those words form
. broad stripes on white in il- - luminhated manuscript style.
More whimsical designs 1n-
«clude Santa's Encore with the
old boy himself taking Trepeated curtain calls through the scarlet curtains forming the background. Then there's Ribbon Candy with holiday greetings spelled out, against a cerise ground, in curls of
“ "old-fashioned ribbon candy.
Holiday Honeycomb has ‘pic tures of old-time tigsue wreaths, swags, bells, stars and balls on a green background. The Misty Trees design Is just as it sounds , . . star-lighted trees seen through twilight, green against a lavender-shaded white background.
A little more sophisticated Norcross Black Sparkle and American Quilting designs. In the first, on a black background, there are green, blue and orchid tree ornaments, matching ribbon bows and tinsel. A cerise ground lends sophistication to the second, shaded to suggest diagonal quilting held by
white buttons.
w » ” The insect bomb idea, which made it easy to squirt bugs into kingdom come, has been adapted now so you can spray paint onto the Christmas tree. Either silver or white comes in the 12-ounce NuSpray “bomb” (self-spray can), ready to give frosty sparkle to trees, wreaths, centerpieces. ,.even to Christmas packages. The cans are $1.95 at Vonnegut's Broad Ripple or Downtown stores.
All Essentials ACKAGES holding-all the gift-wrapping essentials are on hand in Wasson’s stationery de-
wreath against a
closures and 12 feet of ribbonette. Also at Wasson’s, to trim gift packages, boxes of 12 miniature Christmas balls, 39 cents.
tree
In. the collection of gift swathings at Charles Mayer's, there's a novelty paper: The Fredart wrappings are impregnated with pine scent. (Cellophane envelopes preserve the Christmas tree perfume until you're paper.) ‘These ‘wrappings are 25 cents for two sheets measuring 20 by 30 inches. Among designs in the series are ice-skating snowmen against a vivid blue backgrountl; snow-laden “Merry Christmas” greetings spelled out against bright red; mistletoe against ditto, and stylized black-and-white or dark green-and-white pine branches against dark green or red grounds. A pert Norcross paper at Mayer's is called Peppermint Girls and has girls wearing red and white striped dresses to blend with ‘the red and white striped background. It's 25 cents for a package of two 20 by 30-inch sheets.
Jumbo Sheets
PPARENTLY some-
one expects Santa to tote some good - sized gifts. Todo these up, the Tie-Tie line of wrappings has jumbo sheets, 30 by
40 Inches, two for 50 cents. and Block's have
Another new Mea in gift papers comes from Norcross and was spled at Ayres’. This has outsize motifs, just two of them, on a bright background. One motif goes atop the package; the other below. The motif may be a big pine scarlet ground. Two sheets of paper (20 by 30 inches) and two Suihims package decorations space for giver and
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ready to use “the”
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ding Today has kiddies doing belly-whoppers down snowy slopes. In Snow Ballet, blond ballerinas wearing snowflake skirts dance against soft blue background. Then there’s Just Kittens, fuzzy gray pussycats against a scarlet background. is White Candles in which those and holly appear against a fir-green background. Golden Ribbon has ribbon scrolls on green. In the Candelabra design, red candles stand in pine cone holders against white. Miniature Holly combines tiny holly motifs and small red candles against a bright green
ground. Holiday Yarn has
strands of vari-sized yarns stretching across a green background. n . » On their way to Christ. mas gift éounters here: One of ‘those meat MNttle clamp-on book Iansps which shed light on reading in bed. This one. magically shuts itself off when the reader dozes . . .
And a new compact with a builtin “windshild wiper” which automatically swishes the powder off the mirror each. time. the . compact. is opened, AT TR A little more luxurious is the Norcross Regency series of papers (two sheets for 50 cents) featuring gold wreaths, bells or stripes against white, black or colored grounds. The Hallmark line of papers at Ayres’ is on the lush side, too. One group, priced at $1 for three 20 by 30-inch sheets and 5 enclosure cards has an almost cloque effect. On white, red, green or blue backgrounds, the motifs appear to stand out. Fuzzy red mittens (with strings) are used on white, for example, The enclosure cards with this have red yarn ties, Other motifs are snowballs, snowmen or the words “Merry Christmas.” 5 ; There are loads of metallic papers around, too. Norcross makes a heavy glazed white paper with. broad metallic stripes (some in rainbow $1 for a roll 25 inches wide and 80 Inches long. Several of the Tie-Tie metallic papers at Ayres’ have mat-finished motifs printed on them. Three sheets, 20 by 26 Inches, are 50 cents. Others have motifs, snowflakes or greetings, printed so they look like fine sugar snow, Three sheets, $1. Tie-Tie also makes an especially effective Silent Night design in gift wrappings. For this, there's a midnight sky background with scrolled music bars mingling with the Milky Way. Two sheets of paper, 25 cents,
"which has blue, red and green white.
ribbons on whi
An Interesting Hallmark design is pictured. In this one & black: there are multitudinous tags bear. ing holiday greetings in as "" sorted languages. The are scarlet, yellow, white and . green. Two sheets, 20% by 287 inches, are packaged for 25 cents. There is an extenmive col= lection of package decorations at Ayres’ Sprays of mistletoe or holly are 10 cents; coppery cowbells that ring, 10 to 25 cents; chenille “candy” canes, two for § cents to 10 cents each; clusters of spun glass grapes with metallic leaes, $1. Practically all the stores have such items as decorative Scotch tape at 10 cents a roll. Thése range from 7% to 10 feet, depending on width,
Ribbonette in unusual tones (violet, beige, yellow) ‘as well as orthodox holiday colors, is usually priced at 15 cents for about 60 feet.