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Children Call’ “ Her 'Willie' By AGNES H. OSTROM OFFICIALLY she's Miss Mary Josephine Williams, librarian for Riley and Ro- -

tary Hospitals. But to the children to whom she brings the wonderland of books and music, she’s “Willie.” And their teasing shouts . of “We wanta . . follow he: slender figure down the corridors. . fer workshops? The fourth fioor book-lined room in te Riley and a similar room on e second floor of the Rotary. Both are “dressed up” with new ya umes on special display, pos rs, bulletin boards and exhibit cases loaned by the Children’s Museum. . She presides over more than 4000 books in the Riley and 2500 in Rotary. The 285 record albums housed on shelves donated by the Riley Hospital Cheer Guild in that hospital are loaned to both places. Attired in her crisp white uniform this favorite caller pushes a filled book cart into *he wards once a-week. If the young patients are ambulatory they can come to the library open five days a week. Here books are catalogued simply, according to the rules of the Children’s Division of the American Library Association. Or a nurse may be dispatched from the rooms,

Books Have Appeal

Pre-schoolers take the pic. ture books and scrapbooks put together especially for them by the Cheer Guilders. Fourth graders go for the Indian and fairy tales. Dog and horse storjes, science books and biography (called “true stories” by the children) are always favorites. There are juvenile magazines, a few carefully selected comics. Children get runs on types of stories, reports Miss Williams. For awhile it was cewboys, magic and riddles, nature and outdoors, even poefry and snakes. At Christmas time song books were first on the “best sellers” list. “We don't have goody-goody books,” the librarian reports, “The youngsters like realistic stories.” There is even a group of Indiana state adopted texts for those well enough to study. The librarian believes in “fitting the book to the patient” and often makes suggestions. According to Miss Ruth McNutt in charge of the Indiana University libraries on the Indianapolis campus, she has “a special aptitude for finding the right thing for the right child.” Besides the content, there are other features in selecting books for a hospital library, Miss Wil. lilams reveals. “The way a book is bound, its weight, its size and print are essentials, Page weight

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Miss Josephine Wi trip through the wards.

operate, Discs they can sing with are the biggest hits—Walt Disney and Mother Goosa for the younger ones, popular songs for the older. Bbogie and jazz is too stimulating. But there are Guy Lombardo, Hoagy Carmichael and Wayne King numbers plus one Spike Jones, The dark-haired “keeper of the books” has developed some other angles in her more than four years on the job, For the youngsters in the Kiwanis Wing (the orthopedic ward) she had four bird feeding stations set up outside their windows. “They have to stay in bed so long” she explains, “and they love to report on the brown creepers, blue jays and meadow larks.” Stamp collecting is another library sponsored only stipulation--"children have to be serious about it for materials are so expensive.” Four years ago the first ceiling projector was purchased. Now there are seven in constant use. They are set or taped up to fit any child's physical prog-

particularly is important for io the polio children. It can’t be yeu jave been ope rated ou too light for use in reading cu Ol CT microfilm Ii“fMYames. I seldom buy a book Tue #08 of

brary running the gamut “Boo Who Was Afraid of the Dark” and “Henry” to school texts, a first for any hospital, Used Projector One feminine bulbar who coulda't move completed the fourth grade via the pro-

without first seeing it. “Unless the privilege fis abused, children may select as many books as “you can take care of.”

Record Players :

Each ward |s equipped with a record player a child can

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: Popular Librarian Josephine Williams - Brings Cheer to Youthful Convalescents

- Lullaby Club Plans Event

The Welcome Wagon | Club will have a Valentine Party

{will be given by the from 6 p, mi. to midnight Saturday in the East Side Community Center. * At the Mar. 2 meeting Dr. Sid- ' iney Kauffman will show pictures on “Child Development.” The pictures were taken in Riley Hos-

New members of the social

Peoples, Norma Linzie and Leah Theofanie.

The Foreign Policy Study Group of the Indianapolis of Women Voters met at 10 a. m. today In the assembly room of the Illinois building.

Others on Program The subject was “International Trade Organizations” On the afternoon program were H. G. Boehm of the P. R. Mallory company; Willard Gambold of the Broad Ripple High School faculty, and Claude Bechtel of the CIO.

The WSWS of the New York Street Evangelical United Brethren Church will meet at 11 a. m. Friday in the church. A Japanese luncheon will be served. Mrs. Roy -Hoten will dis{cuss “Christianity in Japan.” Mrs.

committee are Mesdames Jeanne}

Kindergarten.

David Hedges will lead the devotions and Mrs. Ivan Frakes will sing Japanese songs.

The Roberts Free Kindergarten Mothers’ Club will. meet at 1:30 {p. m. Wednesday in the kinder{garten. There will be a tea for the new members.

Parties Set For Cotillion

Several Dinner

'Canasta—

Photo by Lloyd B. Walton. Times Staff Photographer JON SIPE is an outdoor man with a fondness for snow and sledding. He also has enthusiasm for trains, cowboys and little girls. Jon, 5, is in the Orchard School He has two brothers, Jack, 7, and Fred, 18 months. They are the

sons of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll E. Sipe, 5200 Grandview Drive.—By MARJORIE TURK.

Poets' Corner

Discussion of Game's Points |ga4e Program

That Bother Readers the Most

By WILLIAM iE. MCKENNEY, America’s Card Authority

IN PAST ARTICLES I've spelled out the main features of The Poets’ Corner Inc. will give| | canasta strategy for you and if you've learned your lessons you, program on Mount Vernon at

{should be playing a good game.

Mount Vernon To Be Subject

3roup Frid

Members to Bring Their Husbands

pitch-in supper and a Founders ‘Day celebration are in the

ers Day dinner at 12:45 p. m. Sune day in the Homestead Restaurant, Members from the Indianapolis Alpha Chapter and the Beta Chapter of Wabash will be guests.

Group to Sing John Carson, Donald Burns, Charles Fisher, Harry Schmedel

and Irwin Lochard, “The Country Gentlemah,” will give a program

Nineties,” an act of the Shortridge High School Junior Vaudeville, will be presented.

The Warren Hotel will be the scne at 12:30 p. m. tomorrow of the annual guest day luncheon of the Alpha Omicron Alpha Sorore ity. Mrs. David Chapman is chair. man of the event.

The Alpha Chapter, Kappa Beta

Wednesday in the home of Mrs, Cecil Butler, 4567 Young Ave,

Sorority Names

2 p. m. Saturday in the Athenae-| Lr The amount of majl I've received from readers shows there 18m Mrs. Benjamin D. fies, pa. NEW Officers

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jector system. Her next door bedmate operated the switch and she read. “She became part of the group which Is terribly important for these children, just as doing something for themselves is,” Miss Willlams says. During last summer's polio peak, Miss Willlams scored an-

other first by combining scund with the projector for hospital use. Taking stories already recorded on film, she recorded them on tape. These became the “movies.” When respirator cases

Events Planned

Parties are being planned for the “Cupid Cotillion.” The cotillion, sponsored by the Auxiliary to the Children’s Bureau of the

be Saturday Club. Burkhart. their home before

Rader, Messrs,

were sleepless she played the device far into the evenings. Ten minutes of “sleepy-time” music always ended the pro- | gram. Her . Florence Nightingale service helped turn a critical tide. As the youngsters adjusted to sudden confinement, the programs tapered off. Very occasionally they are used now. But plans are afoot to record lessons on, tape.

Nursing staffers, IU speech and audio-visual departments all helped with the innovation. “You know {t's everything for the children here. If you get an idea, you can try it and every body helps.” | According to a family story | Irvington-reared Miss Williams started playing librarian in the third grade. The cork in the | old-style ink bottles was the card stamp. “I think I caught my love for the hospital and work with children from Ernestine Bradford through.” While in Butler University she

Miss Bradford (now Mrs. George Rose) in Riley’s library, After graduation from the University of Minnesota Library School in 1939 and a turn in the Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, she came here in 1046. She's active in several library

Fitzgerald Jr. and Bruce Savage. | Also giving a dinner party are|

Mr. and Mrs. Robert McMurray. |

Hawkins and Arthur O. Pitten-| er. { Entertaining informally before) the ball will be Mr. and Mrs. John | A. Alexander. In their party will|

John L. Mutz. Mr. and Mrs. John Hair will entertain Dr. and Mrs. Thomas: F. Riddell, Dr. and Mrs. Otis Olvey, Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Holma Messrs. and Mesdames John Manjan, William Guyton Jr. and ard Coulter in their home before the dance.

QI do not like to get caught with an ace, as it counts 20 points

discard’ng an ace?

|against me. Do you recommend card pile. I poi

A~If the opponents only need

50 points for an initial meld, do.

Indianapolis Orphan Asylum, will not hesitate to discard an ace if in the Woodstock | the pack consists of only three or

four cards. If the opponents need

With Mr. and Mrs, T. Conlin 90 points for an initial meld, and Alexander will be Messrs. and You are the first player next to Mesdames Robert Covert, H. R. the dealer. the discard of an ace Warren, Kearsley Urich and John is not to advisable.

But when the opponents need

meld,

I would not be incline

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Huel will 120 points for their initial meld, entertain with a dinner party in the discard of an ace is dangerous. the dance. If your left-hand opponent hapGuests will be Dr. and Mrs. John | pens to have two aces, he can pick| gi5card pile before you have made | gnc Crawford, Dr. and Mrs. George up the one you discard, and be un initial meld unless you have 5 © and Mesdames may be abie to add a joker and a yy, natural cards to match the| Charles E. Brown, Thomas M. deuce to them for a five-card |

d to start] .,.1d not take the discard pile in

a canasta of aces too quickly. If

cult to form than of any most players Aces,

There is therefore a stronger be Messrs. and Mesdames Wayne possibility that you may not be M. Burns Jr., Robert W. Smith, able to complete a canasta of Earl Grimsley, Guy C. Dixon, A. aces; but as I said above, if you F. Hook, Frank Welcher and want to discard an ace, do it when

the pack is very small.

With them will be Mr. and Mrs. I have a meld of two aces and a Gordon T. Ritter, Columbus, Ind. | joker so that my partner or I can Messrs, and Mesdames Edward pick up the pack, I think that is a Everett, James Loer, Edward K.| valuable play; but it is more diffi-| a canasta of aces other card because hesitate to discard

Q-—If I can take the up-card of

n. the discard pile and form a canas-

ta,-but it does not meet the initial

Rich- meld requirement, may 1 do so’

A--The melding of a canasta

Also in the group does not waive the initial meld

will be Mr. and Mrs, Robert E. requirement unless you go out

Jackson, Hartford City, and Mr.

and Mrs. “Martin F. Lane, New- whole hand at one time,

castle,

Veits to Be Hosts

concealed—that

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down before I could take the dis-

made my initial meld of three

some uncertainty on important points. This week let’s- take time i. oes of the corner, will show! off to discuss those questions which seem to bother readers most. qa |

New officers of the Theta Chap(ter, Phi Delta Pi Sorority, are

Mrs. Hitz is vice regent of the! announced.

Mount Vernon fs $ a-| nted out that I had ion Liles” Assoeia |

The

opening selections will bei rhomas

They are Mrs. Charles Home burg, president; Mrs. Robert vice president; Mrs, Rob-

aces (60 points); therefore I given by Mr. and Mrs. John H.lert Tritech, secretary; Mrs. Harold

right? A-—No, you were wrong. The rules state that the procedure of play is the draw, the meld and the discard. When you put your

three aces down, you melded be- Chorus

fore you drew. According to the rules, you must draw first,

The rules further state that you!

upcard. Therefore your opponents |.

were right in stating that you

the circumstances you describe.

You could draw from the stock jubhous ple and then meld your three(is 21 23 and 25 =

\ 3 pr Will Honor

aces.

Mr. McKenney is unable to answer individual questions on canasta from readers. How- | ever, he will include the most | frequently asked questions in his column.

Bridge Results—

Play Feb. 10 |

to Sing

thought 1 had a perfect right to Newlin and Mrs. Samantha Keys. pick up the discard pile. Was I A verse playlet, “George Washing-| ward } aS Mas, Be {ton Birthday Minuet, 1790,” will be presented by Mesdames F. H. Sears, E. E. Gardner, J. M. Gar-| land, Harry Brunell and Helen Bradley.

{ward Nunns, rush captain. | Formal installation will be Feb, 8 in the Hollyhock Hill Restaue rant,

Lain Students

The corner chorus will sing a|

group of Virginia songs. Miss Lu-| Form Cha pter

cile Garla { cannot take the up-card of the yp. prland is Hae ater ana|

Sorority Pledge

A poetry workshop will precede

Workshops will be

Bride-to-Be

the program. The subject will be | Service Planned Questions Confronting the Poet.”

Herbert Ray Worth will lead the| Alpha Io discussion. {Alpha Iota Sorority, has been

The Eta Upsilon Chapter,

{formed by Lain Business College

2eld in the! students. Miss Rebecca Douglass , 11, 14, 16,/and Miss Gloria Poe are acting

| sponsors of the group. The candlelight pledge service will be tomorrow night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Percy E. Lain, Moore Road. Appointed officers of the group {are Miss Mary Weaver, president;

Mrs. Cecil W. Weathers win| Miss Janet Edwards, vice presi

entertain with a miscellaneous| 360%; Miss Alberta Nelp, treas-

|urer; Miss Katherine Walker, his-

{shower tomorrow .night in honor |torian; Miss Thelma Parsley and |of Miss Dorothy Jane Pike of|Miss

League Holds |Plainfield. Miss Pike and James captains,

Gretchen Hauser, pledge and Miss Christian

R. Wagers will be married Sat-Jones, chaplain.

urday.

The party will be in the Weath-

The Industrial Contract Bridge g° home, 5245 N. Pennsylvania

League will hold its next session Guests will be Mesdames Mari- | taries;

Others are Misses Mildred Jones, Yvonne Faille, Venita Stanfille and Pauline Ralston, recording, | corresponding and social secreMiss Mary Alexander,

at 7:30 p. m. Feb. 10 in the Hotelion Smith, F. C, Champe, William |song director, and Miss Justine

Antlers,

|announced. There was a team of

Q—Must we have a canasta be-| féur master point game.

The Russell P. Veits will be fore I can ask my partner's per-

hosts to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cross and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nugent. Mr. and Mrs.

mission to go out?

A-No, you do not have to have Don B. a completed canasta before ask-

White and Mr. and Mrs. Bowman ing your partner for permission to Downey will dine together in the go out; but you must be in a position to lay down or to complete a Attending together will be Dr. canasta. Remember that if your

Woodstock before the event.

associations, AAUW, and collects dolls as her hobby. Many | of the fluffy plastic ones she has dressed hang on the beds |

Mrs. Lyman G. Hunger. In another group will be Messrs. and Mesdames Charles A. Gallup,

Of Riley's “petticoat crowd.” |john R. Fenstermaker, James C.

League to Honor |

Its New Officers

New officers of the New Neigh-

bors League will be honored at a| tea Tuesday afternoon. The event!

will be in the home of Mrs. R. A. Werner, 3745 N. Denny St. Mrs. Shril Evans has been reelected president. The other officers are Mrs. Luther Watson, vice president; Mrs, Neil Canaster, secretary, and Mrs. Richard Kramer, treasurer, Committee heads are Mrs. John-| son Wyatt, membership: Mrs. Al-| bert Klebe, social; Mrs. Leroy T. Nelson, program, and Mrs. Walter Halfpap, publicity chairman! and historian.

You are having a first date with a young man. WRONG WAY: Keep him waiting, so that he will see that a date with him isn't too importan to you. RIGHT WAY: Be ready when he calls for you, which is only simple courtesy. » ~ » You borrow 4 small amount of money from a friend. WRONG WAY: Bay, “Now if I don't remember to pay you back, be sure to remind me.” RIGHT WAY: Assume the responsibility for remember. ing the debt yourself and pay

Courtney and Hugh J. Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hulen are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Ellsworth and Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weigel. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hoberg are giving a dinner party for Dr.

pleted canasta.

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land Mrs. E, Paul Tischer, Mr. and partner says yes vyou still could (Mrs. Ralph B. Coble and Mr. and not go out unless you had a com-

Q—Our initial meld requirement

was 50 points.

I had three aces in

my hand. The up-card of the discard pile was a 7. I had a 7 and a deuce In my hand. At my turn to play I laid down the three aces, then I put my 7 and deuce down and started to pick up the discard pile.

John H. Lloyd, Paul

Misses Martha Heffler,

place in Section A. The possible Smith. From out-of-town will be Mrs. Wednesday tea of the Chapter

scoré was 24. Team members are|

Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Davis, J. W.|Richard Zeigler, Danville,

|B. Garland, D. A. McMahill,|Collins, publicity ch meld your { '| , P city chairman. | The results of recent play are George Osburn, William B. Cood|

|ey,

Officers will be elected in Sep-

W.|tember, Glackin and James W. Drake,| Emily | Allison’s team four won first Rinsch, Helen Young and Peggy

Change Site of Tea

The meeting place for the

and F, PEO Sisterhood has been

Newbold and L. C. Harlow 16.Mesdames Chester G. Pike, Vif- changed. The tea will be in the There was a tie for second place|gil Pike and William D. Wagers, home of Mrs. Gaines Cook, 5321

between Standard Oil, Mrs. O. A. Sweeney, Mrs. Miss Annabell Van Winkle and Miss Margaret Watson 15; and the Realsilk team, Mrs. E. C. Ball, Mrs. Vernon Warner, Miss Mabel Satterly and Mrs. 8. R.| Richardson 15. Mallory team members took fourth place. They are Kenneth M. Schafer, R. E Comup, D. J. Curstin and 8. J. Goldstein 13.5. | In Section B the first place winners “were the members of: the U. 8S. Rubber Co. team, Mrs. R. R.{ Bass, Roger Deputy, Mrs. Emerson Chalille and Clifford Glunt 18;

John Andrews, |;

and Mrs. George Faulkenberg; Lafayette: Mr. and Mrs. Allan| My opponents objected, and Miller. Miss Helen Coffey and R./ said I had to have an initial meld Walter L. Bruestsch.

Married

DR. ANSWERS— |

QUESTION — About two months ago my foot: swelled up to“twice its size. This hap- " pened in about 15 minutes. 1 was in terrible pain, and thought it was an attack of arthritis. It's almost gO now, and as I have never had this before, I would like to know if there are any precautions or preventives for arthritis, ! ANSWER--The usual kinds of arthritis do not start in the way described. Perhaps there is some other explanation for the foot swelling. Without a positive diagnosis, treatment cannot be intelligently suggested.

” . ~ QUESTION - Our nine-year-old ~ daughter has had attacks of painful cramps in her legs since she was five. Now she 18 taking swimming

lessons and has to get out of the pool with a leg cramp which draws up her toes. ANSWER--This is an obscure kind of condition the cause of which I cannot guess at. It does not, however, seem wise for a youngster ' with these symptoms to try to " not

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| daughter of Mrs. Edythe Cant. | well, Miami Beach, Fla., and Edward M. Cantwell,’ 1505

ceremony read

E. Kelly : Sh Urcame the ride of Kelly TSC Unit to Meet "MH. Williams, Las Vegas, in a

horte of its and Mrs. H. L

Horton, 1305 E. ve, A

Broad Ripple

second place, Indiana Bell Tele phone team one, H. D. Eberhart, C. R. Goth, B. E. Cordle and A. H. Warne 17.5; third place, Foxworthy Motors, Harry Singleton Dr. George Goldman, Harold! Erner and Maryin Nulsen 13.5. | There was a three-way tie for | fourth place between Allison's) {team three, Indiana Bell team two and the Wyandott Chemical (team. They each scored 13. The| | Allison team members are Robert] Heaton, George Owings, Rdiph Forbes and Vincent Hurst; Indi[ana Bell members are A. E.| | Smith, James Teer, B."B. Blinn {and L. T. Bishop, And the Wyan{dott players are Mesdames Paul |'T. Beddell, Chris Martin, E. W. | Hilkenbach and Margaret Stalker.

" The Lincoln Bridge Club also lists the results of play held Friday night. (Possible score 330): N & S8--Mrs. Kay Rhodes, Jerry| Jacobs 200; Mrs. R. F. Banister, Jeff Eberhart 100; Mrs. Reba | Buck, Lawrence Welch 1865; N | & W-—Louis H, Kahn, 8id 8. Kasle {185.5; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Stokke {184; Mr. and Mrs, George P, {Ryan 183, J

The Aloha Chapter, ITSC, will meet at 10:30 a. m. Feb. 9 in the home of Mrs, Wiley Rhoades, 4701 Madison Ave. Mra. Louls offer will assist the hostess.

Ms; Walter Houppert will apeai.f

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all of Plainfield.

wear, Think, too, what tracked onto your rugs!

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All rugs that are exposed to “heavy traffic” really NEED cleaning, after all these months of winter

Our Black-and-Gold Trucks Cover the City Daily

Telephone Riley 8321

IN. Pennsylvania St.

a host of germs may have Keep them always clean,

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Chi Sorority, will meet at 8 p. m, _

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