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Full of Hoosiers
By KATY ATKINS NEW YORK, Dec. 10—When I was in Washington this week, Marianne Wild told me that 4000 Hoosiers were known to the Indiana Society there. I can't report on all of them, but I saw or heard of several. Fran and Dave Bon are living there and had lots of fun summer week-ends with their outboard motor. They drove until they found a spot that enchanted them to the point of hiring a boat and exploring. Remembering Fran from her office in the World War Memorial in CVD days, I knew she must be doing
some “good works.”
Sure enough it turns out to be in the
Junior League thrift shop which they call the Outgrown Shop. Dottie Buschmann had been in town to spend Thanksgiving with Jody who lives with two other girls in one of the quaint little Georgetown houses. I had lunch with Nell Joss and Kathy Rogers Van Slyck. Before she was married, the latter was executive secretary for the Association of Junior Leagues
and often visited Indianapolis. Mrs. Charles Rockwood, who divides her time between W a 8 hington and Ind | anapolis, had been there and M a r ianne had just seen Betsy Byram at luneh, I checked on both the Ff John and Bil | 3 Kerns and got good Mrs. Atkins report of them.
Concert Party HAVING VISITED Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Sweeney, I found them full of Margaret Truman's concert and the party wf igEArd at the Sulgrave Club. Anna Case and Rosa Ponselle both sang, playing their own accompanjments in an in-
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formal and delightful way. Helen Trauhel, Miss Truman's teacher, electrified
everyone at the concert in = striking red hat with a flowing red veil. The Sweeneys will be in Indianapolis for Christmas and will stay at the Eropylaeum. Of course, no one would go to Washington now without seeing the exhibition of art treasures from the Vienna collection lent by the Austrian government. It includes many of the greatest possessions of the Hapsburg family who, possibly after the Medici in Florence, were among the most inveterate and consistent collectors of art in history. It is almost an irritation to only go once for a short time, but I have a vivid memory of some of the Velazquez children's portrdits, = especially the Infanta Margareta Teresa, painted in pink. at 3, and -in white, at-5.- Among the big spectacular canvases are Rubens’ “Feast of Venus” ‘and “Feast of the Bean’ by the Flemish painter, Jacob Jordaens. Both are full of Action and such sly humor that one gets a genuine chuckle “from them.
Still in the rarefied atmosphere, we dined with Carlos Offie, Who was Bullitt's secretary in Moscow. Our own Bedell Smith's current articles in the Saturday Evening Post drew much comment that night. 2
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HERE IN New York, I have been to see Mrs. John T. Brush and was happy to find her very much herself after her severe Illness. Natalie Gates Brysh has just found a charming studio apartment on the west’ side and is settling down for.a pleasant winter. Rod Herod and his bride are back from abroad and living at the Mayfair House. She looks forward to visiting Indianapelis and meeting her husband's old ‘friends. This week-end we are at Darien with Betty and Ed Norvell, marveling at the wonderful job they have done at putting an addition on their very old house. The new part blends perfectly with the old and well it might as Betty personally hand-rubbed the mantel and much of the wood-work ‘that was used. “South Pacific” and “the Lunts’ show, “I Know My Love,” are still the things to see and both almost impossible. The latter being a Guild production is hopeless unless for a benefit performance. Lynn Fontanne’'s opening appearance in a gray dress with bustle and a pink feathertrimmed bonnet is really breath taking.
Christmas Decorations
SPEAKING of pink, while all the shops are lovely, Lord and Taylor, to my mind, has outdone them all. It is in white and “pink. and silver with white Christmas trees trimmed with pink and silver ornaments, white angels flying overhead (or at least suspended) and pink decor in the panels. ! Inside the front door is a white wiré display cart with a pink canopy decorated with pink ostrich plumes tied with ermine tails and topped with a mammoth pink Christmas tree ball, De Pinna features white poinsettias, Altman red ones, Sake goes in for Christmas trees and Best for holly wreaths. Franklin Simon has swags of silver mesh glittering with colored balls, 1 know that not one of. them j& Any prettier than our local stores, but I left before their decorations were up so have
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By MARJORIE TURK WHITE GLOVES are de rigueur. And party frocks, dark suits and dancing pumps are standard equipment in Mrs. William Byram Gates’ ballroom dancing classes, Mrs. Gates has been run-
Indianapolis children for 25 years. «She not only teaches them their dancing but all
the fine points of social de--
portment. The ideal alumnus started his dancing career in the 4th or 5th grade and continued with weekly and bi-weekly lessons and parties for six or seven years.
Assembly Is Climax
The youngest students like those pictured begin with Saturday morning sessions, graduate to afternoon classes and, by the time they are in high school, take on more formal night lessons. The climax of their training comes with an invitation to join the Junior Assembly.
The routine through . the years varies only slightly. There's a receiving line at the beginning of the class followed by the choosing of partners. This is done with the maximum of grace and formality. The young men bow and extend their right
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hands before the couple takes the floor. The youngest ones work out dance steps in “practice” position—hands on shoulders, This is followed by the request to take “good dancing positions.” There is nothing faddish about the instruction either. Emphasis is placed on the fox trot and the waltz with a workmanlike ground-
ing in the popular Latin dance steps. However, Mrs. Gates, who travels to New
York éach year to keep up
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By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's Editor
T DOESN'T SEEM possible that there's ANYONE
left with Christmas shopping still to do. If go, then what were those determined throngs of the past two weeks
doing in the stores? . ., .
But, just in case someone has a few
presents yet to round up, here is a variety of suggestions for
a variety of giftees.
PECIAL kind of gift to please a special person”is ‘the newest .of the fashioned - styled A. 8. R. midget pocket lighters, the “Vogue.” (It's name comes from the fact that it was chosen by Vogue editors as one of the “50 best gifts
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The graceful lighter is only one and a half inches high and it is heavily gold plated, Final style touch is the genuine red- calf slip case into which. it is set.
The lighter and “slipcover”
Add up to a jewel-like gift of _ distinction.
At Ayres third floor accessory bar, it's $10 plus tax, 75
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Scarf Gifts HE SCARF is so firmly entrenched as a part of the feminine wardrobe that scarf collecting has reached the status of a hobby with many women (Mrs, among them). Easy on the budget but worth adding to any such collection are two scarves spotted at Block's. One is a silk number by Glentex, cravanetted to make it wateprepellent, ‘Bcattered-all over it-are "bright umbrellas to brighten up the dreariest of rainy days. It's $2. The other one is a handhemmed scarf with scalloped corner motifs. Fitting down inté6 these scalloped corners are printed bouquets of flowers. Colors are especially attractive, including Dubonnet, light blues and greens, slate blue, combinations of brown and - yellow, black and red, royal and fuchsia. Price tag on this one is $2, too. Either would make a fine gift. » » » Most Pops would like a martini mixer seen at Charles Mayer's. Of hammered alumInum, it looks like a pitcher miirus pouring lip. Instead,
. there's a'curved flange across
the top with a buflt-in strainer. Quart-size, complete with ml 2s, $6.
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with the latest trends in ballroom dancing, has taught the more unusual steps, too.
Excellent Training
These: have included everything from the Lindy Hop through the Lambeth Walk, the Conga and square dancing. Nor will the boy or girl who has been to classes in the Propylagum and the Woman's Department Club ever slip up on punch bowl etiquet and he will know ‘exactly what to say if he ghould slip up
Personally . . .
EWEST , answer to the problem of where to put a handbag during a restaurant dinner is the monogrammed hand-
bag caddie. Plainer ver-
sions of this handy gadget made their first appearance about a year ago and the addition of a monogram brings the caddie to the fore again as a Christmas gift,
The caddie plays thé help-
ful role of a third hand, holding your liandled handbag off your Jap yet within sight and easy reach. while you dine, watch a movie or play cards In a gold and cellophane jewelry gift box nestled against ite blue fabric carrying case, it makes a festive Christmas package Newly slimmed -and _ fin-
ished in 24-karat gold plate, the. caddie’s resting tab 18 personalized with an initial in Old English script. ‘Spotted in Block's Isle of Gifts (second floor); it —in—§2 nd tax, i
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Morrison, Eric Pantzer, i and trod on his feet. The ones who end up in the Junior Assembly are further exposed to all types of formal and semiformal parties from the tea dance to the full dress ball.
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The program, which has been organized by the North Side teacher, is unique for its completeness. Although other cities .have assemblies and cotillions, nowhere are the children trained so young and so carefully for these events,
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Novel gift for an individual or a family is candy done up in an unusual package. The recipient won't know-what she's getting until after she unwraps a yard-long box. (It might even be new curtain poles, so far as she can tell by the size and shape.) The long box, called “Candy by the Yard,” holds three trays of luscious chocolates, totaling three pounds. The
box is $8.95 at Ayres’
“Candy by the Yard” is part of a new line of sweets at Ayres’. Travelers in Kansas and points southwest have long been familiar with the Price candy stores and their tasty products. Now the Price confections are at Ayres'—including the pecan-topped creams called Annaelairs and a superior “brittle” which is really sheets of dark chocolate crammed with huts.
OME WOMEN wouldn't give you two pins for a Christmas gift that isn't strictly practical. Numbered among these are homemakers who take their jobs seriously. For them, Wasson’'s have a couple of kitchen equipment gift ideas that couldn't be more practical. Both are by the Everedy people, One is a gift-wrapped kitchen tool set
($4.95) that includes a fwo--
tine fork, an all-purpose ladle, turner, straining spoon, basting spoon, mixing spoon. and a handy hanging rack for.all six pieces. Second is a Kake-8aver designed to keep cakes, ples or pastry fresh, moist and tasty. Topping a footed glass hase in sunray design, there's a gleaming “chrome cover big enough to "go over large, family-size cakes. The base makes an attractive serving piece for the table. The design provides a grooved seal fit--between cover and base: It is He
Nose News MONG “s.cen tsible” gifts is Harriet Hubbard Ayer's plump, red
perfume candle which practically twinkles its own
“Merry Christmas” greeting. The candies one
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that really burns, and x a
Yule Gifts
jong time to reach bottom. It comes packaged with a bottle of the Ayer Golden Chance perfume. Tied with holiday ribbon and green and gold . holly leaves, it measures three and a half inches tall and three
“inches wide . . ,swith the
bottle of perfume on top of that. Ayres” have it at $4 plus
A gift designed to help
reduce . the. clutter in the average girl's handbag comes’ from Jacqueline Cochran. All of the essentials for achieving a well-groomed countenance are included in one black cylinder mot & whole lot bigger than a good-sized lip~ stick. The Perk-Upeylinder, which offers beauty at your fingertips, divides into five sections. And it. contains cleansing cream, night cream, blended foundation cream, cream rouge and ‘a - face
powder section with a powder -sifter. ; a— - ein
Gift-wrapped in gold-span-gled cellophane, the Perk-Uj set also includes a spatula for refill the va-
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