Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1950 — Page 25

Page PDF (7.04 MB)

Back to issue view

In front of the ras also planted and treated with 1 for test pure

Removes ly, Easily move decalcomae om painted sure

maging the paint m with hot vine-

igar a few moand you can wipe th no trouble.

SRC AT A

CI NE

BLAME LN

7 AN \ ry NN ' rg § No” AN sp EN “. NN

the qther to" feed | «The ploture had its brighter side thouga. According to the same magazine, “A flat-of five rooms may be furnished. com~fortably for $250. This atows $25 for dining room furniture, $35 for the living room.” Food costs were one-fourth to onesthird less than they are now: Five .dollars then would

St. since.

The uptight piane, 1900's. Plush most offen covered u and gas chandelier also were required furnishings.

They've been. there ever

Large Parties

Big families

meant table

coverings had to be changed

many times but

buy “everything” for a good- was a laundres sized meal. . Mrs. Wood has vivid mem- this burden. ories of large family parties in was filled three Grocery Boy her dining room. Tables always dry day,” says Mrs. Willlam H. Faust, 1628 . extended to seat at least 12 whose

B. New Jersey Bt. recalls it was the grocery boy rather than the / eofner store with whom the 1000 housewife deAlt. Just a child at the time, Mrs. Faust jars her parents, Mr, and Mrs. ry Hermann, gave Lo wie otter for tie next Ba, boy

persons.

chairs,

SC peeaity that determined -AKs grocery store with which one dealt. Breads and rolls were bought commercially, but cakes and ples almost always were baked at home. Fresh fruits and vegetables were a holiday special rather than a constant Tood source. And ice cream sodas were the confection treat of the city. The delicacy hadn't reached Cincinnati, so when friends or relatives came from there, Mrs: Faust recalls a soda at Frite’ Drug Store on Virginia Ave. was the first order of business. A musical family, ithe Hermanns did much group singing around the family piano. They bought one of “the first Vie Arolas, the old-fashioned table model with ‘horn and eylinder. When the flat dise record type cecme in, they purchased one of those, too. Soon after they were married, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert 8. Wood moved Into - the house her ‘~ father, Judge Vinson Carter, LH * built at 1034 N. Pennsylvania

drop

_the century,

Most dining room suites were oak, included table, sideboard, china net and serving table, Lace curtains were the general rule downstairs; "upstairs plain scrim or voile ones were NONE. PraWoRK, AREHE HE Bop. ven ular decorative motifs. of the, ac pericdy SEPARA the np aritho: FEB res: heapoand. sitting, S00%0, i the. Wend. AEE Curtains that plated thoy cole IANAGE. Par Ngnter- 5 - wt Hage sets often were hung, |

NTE LION AMS SINE

Water was pumped the house from a cistersi in the - backyard, and the gas-burning bv lamp provided reading Hght in the living room. _ Dr. and Mrs. Ernest D. Wales, 1236 N. Pennsylvania St. have v been living in the same House for: 40 years. When Mrs. Wales needed “help” at the turn of she had a big field from which to choose. A maid or cook cost threeé or-~ four dollars a week “sp it didn’t hurt’ the family purse too much to hiré a man to come in for cleaning several times, too

The 1900 homemaker needed extra hands because her house was large and her tasks heavy. Mrs. Wales recalls she had at least a dozen changes of linen for each of her beds; these were handmade and required tedious ironing. It was Center Table de/ rigueur to wear white linen tablecloths on the dining board held a center table around "and matching linen napkins which the family réad orcsewsd always accompanied these.

five.

Indicative of cabi-

nr wr wariy annie he

Tease SS RRGE thE TOU through , Mrs. Wales

now.

work white,

ood floors. ens. plano, roll’ orm

many of

to the-light of

family only numbe

was Trams, Sint, hie Sys Manl the

variety - were floor length in comparison to the ones used

Turning away from t uss vy fetorian decoration, Wales painted the oak wood-

walls in quieter cdlors. gatal rugs covered her hard- J

most always upholstered in vel- ! vet, and the wooden platform - rocker. The Morris chair also made the required list and the Welsbach mantle was a prineipal heating unit,

there usually s to shoulder

“The yard often

times on launMrs, Wales,

1900 interiors

were the chairback doilles and the dolly centerpieces which every home included the onyx covered table centers. side to washday blues.

Wales eliminated overs

These

i Her House-

says. But the *

Mrs. |

repapered the | Ori |

davenport, al- |

The second parlor usually !

a hanging gas

By JEAN MANEY HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Year's Day—brings out ot resolutipns.

the Jons week, all students in Bt. John's cent’s . ‘Atademy, aren't. ” “ones to ‘ignore an old custom. They're making | resolutions, | 20 too. Disks. Medlin is a sehior the Académy.| Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.) Oren Medlin. 1162 W. 324 St. “I make scores of good resolu-| tions every New Year's Day and then promptly forget them. This| Year one of my resolutions is to keep all the others,” Diane says. 8he’s decided that in 1950 she’ll --8top teasing her friends and her family and begin studying every day. “I'm going to do my school! work every day and not cram for exams and another. thing I'm

Diane |

ANOTHER senior, Carolyn Lonberger is the daughter of Mr. d Mrs. Malcolm Lonberger, 534

IN. Alton Ave. Carolyn is convinced that the] in most Important resohition she can|

Carolyn .

Teen-Agers Resolve fo Stop Cramming For Exams, Keep Their Wardrobes Orderly

going to do ia to stop eating] “MY WORST New [candy between meals so I'll save Year's Day—especially this New ywmoney and lose weigh, % & rash i. ency, the Sodality, CSMC and| Club, Diane “The teen;agers interviewed this ‘study to be a nurse at St. Vin 8s Hospital next year,

minute,” Colette of |

wants to]

"rn .»

make is to do| the right thing] at the right time. | ‘For I'm going to do| friends,”

Colette

my homework in{home room CSMC representatjve.

study period and/and belongs to’

right after|Legion of Decency and the Sodalschool. And I'mlity. oe to keep, Colette hopes to get, £ job as

clothes in or-|a receptionist in der instead of after graduation. letting. e veg y + P thing go to the) last minute be-] Mr. and Mrs, 1

Pie A a — Er Promptness is / It's From ito stop cramming, too,” Carolyn | the virtue PEEK’S states. cultivated Nn 5 She also belongs to the Sodality,| Joan in 1950. 1 It's Guaranteed Legion of Decéncy and C I “Boing Fine Jewelry on Eosy Terms | plu#"thé Glee Club and the Skits make a resolu- » CHAS. C. PEEK. Inc. Club. Cafolyn's ambition is to|tion ta be on . 136 W. Washington $i u 1 1121 {study . journalism In Marian Col-/time during the : lL lege. \ year. I'm late — [ —— SE jee much of the L EB time or so i st.’ 1872 many things and WE EXTEND TO ALL OUR MANY (around. FRIENDS THE SEASON'S GREETINGS | ioe one hime {but ¥ oing t AND OUR SINCERE WISHES FOR A in 1950," Joan states HAPPY NEW YEAR {budget. |Joan belongs. to |dality and the Holy Meeting Your Approval Oldest Furniture Think of it, when our city was Store In in its infancy we were selling Indianapolis A i The Largest quality, dependable re to Furhiture your grandparents. You, too, | (Coat. Suit Ble I its can buy on the samé guarantee, | Outside The protected by a reputation of 77 Mile Square years. — for selling “Quality” | Merchandise at a Low Price. Oldest Furniture Store in Indianapolis FURNITURE STORE, 826. VIRGINIA AVE. '

mm "

instance, | {within my budget and make more un JOAN BURNS, daughter of

: be i

President. of the junior class,

Rosary CYO. She's president of the exo unit,

For Your Better

* for Less T's DEF ITELY

fault is putting

things off till the last possible!

Noone says.

Colette is a senior in St." John's)

and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis ~~ Joseph

Noone, 1832 W. “I'm! always in a mad

Morris St.

rush because I

main resolution

is to get things! done without a every

scramble day. Then, too, I want to stay says. She is he

the Jems Club,

a doctor's office

/ /

JAwrence Burns,

Joan

change all that |

She also

| plans-¢o 40 her homework during) | study periods and stay within her |

the CSMC, So-

don’t do things} -- on schedule. My!

fore a date. Another resolution I'318 J, Merrill St. is a junior in’ really mean to keep is to stay the Academy. calm in shorthand class—I mean]

swivel stool and rocker were ' “mash ave" Hos in the living room of the

pholstered pieces, and gaudy carpets the floor.

eo onyx clock

chandelier. Ceilings were high, bordered with molding or wall-

paper.

It was high “hang pictures from the molding, far above -eye level

style to

maximize the difficult lighting of the period there was the re-

red flecting mirror,

Wired close to

the ceiling, it doubled the chandelier’'s rays. Standbys appearing in almost

decor, homemakers shuddered the fce man tracked his muddy feet through the house. And feminie backs strained over unscientifically low stoves, table tops and laundry tubs,

Family Project The front porch was the family gathering place on hot swing,

room that saw the gathering of the clan. Music was pretty uch of a family project beentertainment centered in the home. Most homes had an entrance ‘hall where guests left their wraps on the hat rack. 7 This was a chestlike plece with hooks on either side, a mirror and a drawer at the bottom. It was the unusual house that had a zine bath tub 4t the turn | of the century. And there was

seldom more than one bath |”

room in the average home. Typical bedroom furnishings included wardrobe, good-sized all-wood bureaus and twin beds. The latter was ‘an imported | trend that came from Germany around 1900, Brass beds were very stylish, but mahogany ones, too, were popular. Mattresses were made of hair, had

" ‘mo innersprings at all.

clock, floor statuary and “vio- - lent” rugs. Lambrequins topped

or Dress

Bedroom rockers were cane or rush seated, -had wooden backs and arms. Every bureau was flanked with brackets for gas

= hi nts Told

“{torie “Williamsburg,

. Polishing

Pewterer Advises Frequent Treatment

Times $e A r* 4 WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Déc. $1

L-«Today's housewives may have.

clean, but they don't have the troubles their colonial sisters had back in the 18th Century. Max Rieg, who keeps the picturesque metalsmith's shop in hispoints out that in the hoop-skirt and powdered wig era, housewives had to mix their own brass and silver polishes in addition to spending hours buffing and rubbing by! hand.

capital of Virginia in the 1700's, polishes were made at home, One favorite was a mixture of wood

brass, copper and pewter. When the family silver needed shining, i they--used chalk,

| | Plater frequently,

Mr. Rieg operates a pewterer's| {and silversmith's shop here much {in the manner of colonial times, |

trouble keeping their metalware

ash and candle grease used for

.. Metalware Ne

YORK, Dec: -iname for housework in the 50 years. electrical smgimeers come true the house. wil gu . [work will be gone, ~~

the vegetables won't burn. These previews of electrical marvels come from officials of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Electronics, they = predict,

everyone on earth. A tough steak even will be impossible. It will be | roatcally tenderized before it

When WhHllambburg was. thelis sold.

,|Simpler Shopping _ " -One of these days we may have a combination washing machine |and dryer that will soak, wash,

will influence the lives of nearly |

dumping - the ‘soiled socks in a | supersonic washer. Housewives may shop for fresh;

turning out reproductions of the and pre-cooked foods only a few]

18th Century pleces used’ in the lexhibitien buildings.

Pewter, he says, is a big prob-/ will have special

times a year. They'll be stored in| refrigerators and freezers, whic compartments)

lem. To obtain best results, one|for all kinds of food, so each can| should have pewter cleaned first have its special temperature and washer that washes off food

by a professional. and have it {cleaned thoroughly,

good brass polish to keep it clean.;

{Brass, silver and copper can be

"polish, rub off

Take it to a {humidity condition.

hi ances

There's

[that these things far in the future, the same coin {pany that's doing the forecasting {has announced three new appli ready for the 1950 barket.

‘Miracle Dishwasher

an automatic dish.

stitute for ironing. El ers have helped, but they want . pomething that irons & shirt automatically, They're dreaming of something like a sensitive, form over which a shirt could be

rinse and dry clothes all in iy and steamed at the same

“remgle cyéle. You even may be :

i E ig

i g

"There will be no worry over the vegetables t or the SHE Soaking 100 lone. In a forecast of the coming ore , One expert cts electric ranges ‘with temperature controls on the {ansfotme to power for isurface units, hat and for _— The heat on the top of the stove, aa . forint will be kéyed to thé food it's cooking. If the water ‘bolls R Tinkering tomorrow's away, the temperature &ulo-, 5004 is going to be stuck when matically drops to a point where , gets the urge to take some-

ill

§s

self-adjusting

Just to convince the skeptics may not be too

sudses the dishes, rinses

| The electrical industry's fore- them and finally does the drying.

| tuture may be lighted by '

sunlight.” It will come from phos-| cleaned with any good commer- phor powders mixed into building built like a knee-hole desk,

then use acasters predict that homes of the It uses 140-degree water, too hot ‘bottled for human hands, Then there is an electric range so

cial polish, and one is as good as material or into paint or wall- you'll have a place to shove the

another, says Mr. Rieg.

paper. At night,

- Using a soft cloth to apply the would emit the light energy ‘they

wilh a clean cloth, taking care ‘to “follow the form" that is, for a flat across the longest or widest part;

piecé, rub door

absorbed during the day.

these phosphors kitchen stool. The third development is a re- . (frigerator with a completely auto«

Houses may have automatic in< matie defroster. The researchers thé average

climate control.

The en: figured. out gineers say that the home of the ‘household rub around it.!future may have its own: built-in!opened 60 times a day.

that

refrigerator door

most plano ‘and mantel tops, ERR

lights to nrimp by.

for a round piece

Whtepea

t the turn

With a brief look backward.

and a long | ok

forward to 1 t e future

; ta v NX A SAN RYN TET . : , vr Arn ee IEA ve Ang AOR RTA TRE A RN EG 3 DH SEN I ST EO » yo . : SE 3 ‘ fink ; ’ a « Font) Ww 2 La SRE i fins ARE IN a regs i wenn -~ ¥ SN A a nS RR “ 2: Po dr * vr kee A — ‘ RE ty wo si CTL ENLRT CYR TE ng i ro 3 FREAD RESPIR NS BRR LE ONUNRYL AE MESES NE WR . “: - ARTA SEERA AN IAN ITT NNR TEIN ANE INGEN E 5 1 SJ SNA 7 - OAT ¥oNF rire fl " tongs arene “ ARR ONT ar aX 3 Ag ET CT, . : I) : A WI BO J - r ¢ ¢ v

of the half-century

Ring in the new!