Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1950 — Page 29
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Week Has More Weddings Than Usual; Several Leave for Southland Vacations io By KATY ATKINS : SR
THB. SPRING DRAMATIC CLUB play, fraught with difficulties, came off in fine shal . night at the Civic Theater.
Iways last
Trips and colds t their
usual toll, but the Hans Boehms and their committee put on a good production of “Skylark,” with Hans stepping into a part near the end of rehearsals. The drawing-room set was charming and homelike with
two big bowls of flowers,
her - costumes.
dress was pink and gray.
room to dance. The Affairs
at the theater this afternoon. a condensed-version of
Mrs. Harold Buell, in the feminine lead, wore a lovely periwin-kle-lavender changeable taffeta tea gown in the first act that was most becoming. ‘~~ Marian Fotheringham chose gray for both of The cotton day dress was sparked with red “accents and her evening An unusually thoughtful committee assembled the cast for early dinner at Woodstock so for pnce everyone got fed. The party at the club, following the performance, was fun with plenty of
Committee of the Civie Theater will entertain old and new friends The Backstage Club will present “Strange Bedfellows"
Atkins
Mrs.
and people will
have an opportunity of seeing every branch ef the theater.
“Scotty” Fauvre, chairman of the committee for the party, will be in the receiving line with. Mrs. Fred Luker and Jack Hatfield, who will be guest of honor. Week for Weddings THIS has been quite a week “for weddings. Both mothers were beautifully gowned for that of Mary Anne and Bob Burneft last night. "Mrs. Edwin G. White wore an aqua crepe; "beaded in aqua and dusty pink crystals with aqua shoes and dusty pink gloves. Mrs. Burnett wore a lovely shade of blue lace, Mary Anne was beautiful at her bridal dinner Friday in pink chiffon with gray accessories, The table that
night was exquisite with small-
gardenia trees in silver tubs
arranged to make a formal
garden. Silver candelabra,
..gardenias. at each place. and... 9 ent tones, from deep to shr
garlands of smilax carried
~out a silver and white theme.
For her marriage -to Boh Walker last Tuesday, the former Edith Nichalson chose a sheer navy wool frock with a short separate cape. Her navy felt hat had a veil and her corsage was of white orchids. Her daughter, Jane, was in a navy faille suit with a pink camelia. Dr. and ‘Mrs.
Walker will be at home at 40 «KE. 54th St, the house. they bought when Mary Sheerin and George Reiley moved to Old Greenwich, Conn.
Winter Park. Mrs. John Ott visited there recently. These late vacations are a particularly sound idea this year of the coal shortage.
~Bells Salute Couple - JODY came for a short visit Friday. Jody, the daughter of Mrs, Dorothy Buschmann and C.- Severin Buschmann. and Jack were married last Tuesday in Rockville, Md. at the home of her cousins,
Mr. and Mrs. W. 1. Cleveland.
It was a country wedding in a beautiful setting. When the ceremony was: over the small boys on the surrounding farms began’'to ring the old farm bells. TI
echoed and’ re-echoed around the hunting country. Surely no bride had lovelier wedding chimes. The wedding supper was at nearby where the waitresses wear peasant dresses in a true Normandy farm setting. When the bride and groom left. the house, all the little children who know and love Jody, rushed from their hid-
ing places and threw rice.
Jody wore a taupe suit with yellow accessories. She and
Normandy Farms
and Jack Wallen.
" vitamins.
Old Wives' Tales
__Are Disproved ‘By JEAN MANEY “CHILDBIRTH is the ‘most. terrifying ¢ ordeal in’
-the worl “Be Drave, ‘Dear. the baby
never be the same and your hair will lose all its ‘luster, but that's all Pant of having a child.”
Toh etteninbe you heard
these statements? How often have you made them?" = The old idea that childbirth is synonymo with pain is as outmoded as the “new look.’s .-M®Sre -and .more
—mothers=to-be are finding
that pregnancy and birth are woriderful _experfences — not nine months of discomfort
followed by hours of horror. --
Several Indianapolis women have discovered that relaxation and prenatal ex-
—ercises are the way to “natu-
ral childbirth.” The theory of natural childbirth was first ex-
cian, Dr. Grantly Dick Read. His ideas were adopted “Hy American doctors and proved
“workable in the famous Yale
Clinie,
Patients in Colcfian
More than four local women delivered their babies without any anesthetics «in Coleman Hospital last month. They are not modern Amazonsg who glory in pain—they Are normal, healthy women who are convinced = that “childbirth wasn't meant ‘o hurt.” { Indianapolis obstetricians are enthusiastic .about the natural childbirth. process. They say that any woman
pounded bya British physi=—
in top physical health can
“condition “her body through
—the months of pregnancy and
bear her child without being completely anesthetized. Doctors state that a woman should see her physician “as -soon -as possible’ when she thinks that she's pregnant. The first visit is perhaps the most .important. The mother-to-be is given a complete examination. It
—is them that the doctor de-—
termines the - physical, and often mental, condition of the mother. She's given a prescription for calcium pills if she needs them andl the outline of a diet for the “eating for two” period.
UFTEN TRUE Cereals; Heat,
vegetables, butter and milk are on the recommended list. Obstetricians frown on over-
indulgence in soft drinks and the food a mamma
sodas — eats should be loaded with “Eating for two’ these days means quality, pot quantity.,™ say doctors. Lots of fluids are important.
Weight Gain
How long can I work? Can I smoke and drink? How much weight can I gain? These are questions that every doctor answers in the
“ginning
_ SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1950
Dr. Read's book, "Childbirth Without Fear,"
able to work-—often through the sixth month. Smoking and drinking. in moderation, are not forbidden and the average ideal weight gain. is
yA wns ro Extra Rules And remember. Mamma,
you gain as much in the last three months as you do in the first six, so don't take on too much ‘weight at the beou'll” resemble a the
sin barrel and ru
‘ ‘danger of toxemia.
The war proved to the nation that long trips ‘donot harm pregnant women, It isn't advisable to take unnecessary trips-—they do’ tire ladies in waiting.” But during the war, when pregnant women traveled from New York, to California following their soldier husbands, there wasn't any huge upswing of prenatal difficulties or. miscarriages. Local obstetricians do not suggest the natural child-
—
If mamma decides that he
wants to be awake and watch her baby being born she tells her doctor at the first inter-
—view. She will follow all the ——
rules for the average pregnancy with a few extra frills. First of all her doctor will explain to her what happens
within her body during her The proeess of birth will also be explained.sms
pregnancy.
“conte “from thé known,
come,” say doctors.
Exercises to prepare the are demonstrated. There are three All of them are handy in housework. One is to sit “tailor fashion” on This can be practiced while you peel vegetables, play with older young-
body for childbirth
basic exercises.
the floor.
sters, read or knit.
Then doctors recommended
\ crawling around on-aill fours, “Scrubwomen have used this
ting maternity CRATIENT ATE Urged we wen ay
i If a woman understands pregnancy and birth then much of the fear is over-
j i in great demand.
The tHitd “exercise is squatting on the floor. It's not easy at first, but after
a month or so of daily exer-
find the ‘able.
Visits to Doctor
Low heels and a well fit-
loose, easy to wear clothes,
" Doctors say that a pregnant
woman should visit her doctor once each month for the first six months. The visits increase to every two weeks during the last months and
even more frequent visits are’
~ recommended for the last four weeks, ] Learning to relax is the
most important phase in the natural _ childbirth process. The familiar process is to lie down and think of. eac
part of your body, letting that part relax as you think.
foundation
Indianapolis Women Are Discovering Childbirth Theory ‘Without Re
crm COMes
Jake it easy as often as they —
—mother-to-be witt positions comfort-
Local Obstetricians
hn a Peroral Ver 2
_ Springtime
“on stomach, chest, arnis. neck and even facial muscles. The mothers who had their children the natural way report that they selves. almost to sleep in a matter of minutes. This trick “ip-heandy =-—-on” delivery table. Rest is very important during pregnancy. doctors say. They urge théir patients to
can. If the mother-to-be works up till the last min-. ute, it should be at 4 job she enjoys and one which allows her time to relax at frequent intervals.
Doctors Enthusiastic There is. no organized clinic in Indianapolis similar to the Yale Clinic. However, mote and more doctors are briefing themselves on Dr. Read's theory and more and more mothers are reading ‘ahd hearing of his ideas and deciding to try: the “childbirth without fear” regime
TTT themselves.
There are any number of books on the market to explain the process of childbirth to the layman. The Central Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library -re“ports that it has eight copies
of Dr. Read's book. “Childbirth Without Fear.” Staffers at the library say, though,
that the book is alwavs out. The library has a section of books on prenatal problems, labor and delivery and postnatal and child care. ‘On the library shelves are such books as “So You're . Going to Have a Baby" (Washburn); “Mother and Baby Care in Pictures” (Zabriskied; “ABC for Mothers-fo-Be” (Aaberg): Mothers” Baker); the Baby Comes” (Bundesen): “Safe Convoy” (Carrington); "“Expectantly Yours” (Castallod; “Expectant Motherhood” (Eastman); “Prospective Mother” (Slemons), and “Prenatal Care,” published by the U. 8S. Children’s Bureau. — Papa—{snt— the library, read ‘Getting Ready to Be a Father” by Corbin and “Prenatal Care for Fathers” by Gould. ~ Doctors are encouraged by
could put them-
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Is Bock
Beer Time
Soon to Flow =. © By MARJORIE TURK
It's an old Bavarian
and it's time for hock beer, Benno and spring partying. It all began years ago in Southern Germany. Whether the good monk Benno made
~ the first bock brew is open
for debate. Tradition has it that he did and the springtime tipplers celebrate in his name. The town of Einbock, Gers many, claims the poor man’s champagne as a home brew, The townsmen say it's a natural derivation from the
name—one bock, one beer,
— How Mr. Bock, the billie
more obscure. started out as a satyr. Greecs had its Bacchus so Germapy. had its Bock. So much guesswork. Spring s bock, the beer; goat, and St
tor histbrical
eum parties since the started out as the Soen Turnverein in 1851. The t. Benno Fest has always
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- TO ~women—particu
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young women who are having their first child. “In the past we found. too often, that the Aatient was full of fears And old wives tales. Now Sspeeially since the war, attitude has changed: pregnancy as a very normal fungfion and live full, natural lives during the nine months riod. They don't look for symptoms of trouble and they are having healthier babies with much less offort,” they say.
- Be new attitude that seems,”
phe Girls—now accept —
z ‘Blind Robbins
This vear's party will fol.
low the 99-year-old pattern. The dark brew will be served in pitchers. The menu will wurst,
list dampf nudel,
bockkaese
custom. “Come mid-March
featured bock beer, sauerbra- - i
kuchen and sagerbraten
‘Fritz Siebe; chef, and Mar Hoffmann, manager, are in charge of the specialities. And there will be “blind robbins,” smoked herring, ‘served throughout the even ing. Dancing to Walt Jackson's orchestra will begin at 9
Te ] “Ryan Marria - Jack have found an apart- first interview. The answers. birth theory. to their patients technique for years and—it's For instance. t tirst- p.m. At 10 Mr. Bock will lead Y ge— iri ment -in-Georgetown and will again for the normal. healthy however they're delighted fine for cleaner floors. and of your toes and fet them delivery. of Mrs. A., a local in the German band. Louie's - NO ONE had a better ume, pe at home at 1660. Avon pregnant women, are: Work when the mother-to-be asks stronger back and ‘stomach relax, then then woman who followed the nat-* - Hungry Five. The goat will Ror looked smarter at Gloria Place N. ¥. Wings. as long as you feel well and to follow the regime. muscles, - calves, knees, , hips, ural childbirth idea. come from the farm of Bill and Russ Ryan's wedding last : come fr ne far ¢ Bil Vunday than Tittle dim sen ssh 5% Needlework Experts Begin D Garments To Be Submitted In Competiti A Her black velvet ee ewor xper S egin esigning armen S OO e u mi & n 0 pe I ion jumper dress, with its ex-
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quisite blouse of white chiffon, was beautifully embroi~dered, a perfect costume fora young girl. A full black velvet beret was lovely on her blond hair and she was thrilled with her gardenias. Mrs. Henry Cole, mother of
the bride, wore a pale gray .
dress with a pink hat. Mrs: Rvan ‘was in brown taffeta with “a rose beige flowertrimmed hat. The girls’ bouquets were unusually lovely.
Big pink-earnations- were in--terspersed’ with. bunches of:
violets of an equal size which gave a charming effect.
Winter Vacation
MARGARET “Sinclair and 1 always seem to meet in terminals of one sort® or other.. The last time I saw her. was in Union Station and then Tuesday we found “ourselves ‘at the airport. was meeting = Mrs. Robert “Sinclair who - had. been in Washington while I was seeing off my family. Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Lindley left- yesterday by air for Jamacia where they will divide their time between Kingston and Port Arthur. Mary and Dud Taylor have been fishing off Marathon, Fla., with Marjorie and Bud Salisbury and are spending a few days with the Salis.burys at Coconut Grove. Mrs. William J. Young is in
Local M usicale Plans Program
Active: members of the Matinee Musicale will be presented Friday at the 2 Pp. m. program in Ayres’ Auditorium. Mrs. Karl A. Stegemeier has arranged the. program. Miss Elizabeth Wrancher,
. soprana, will come from In-
diana University. Miss Patricia McFadden will be: her "her*accompanist. Misé P¥tricia Avery of the. Jordan College of Music piano department will give a group and Miss Mae Good, contralto, aecompanied by John “Gates, will
Flute numbers will be
~~ _played by Miss Nelle Jones.
teacher of flute in the College ‘of Music. Mrs. Mildred
She
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For Prizes Offered To Winners In Annual Times Nation- Wide Sewing Contest
THERE'S another hew virus in the air. It's the home sewing contest fever.
National Home Sewing €Contest’ again this year. = You
should begin work on your.
garments now. The clothes will be collected: in mid-April. The place for the exhibit wi
"be announced later in Th Times. / : Classifications are = listed
today with. the official en-
trance blank. The blank will
appear daily in. The" Times, There are prizes for local winners, The local winners gar:
ments will be forwarded to”
New - York - and national judges from all over the U. 8 National winners will receive additional prizes plus a three-day, all expenses paid trip to New York. They will -zee their entries—modeled by experts show. «-
Repeaters in Contest Several of last year's winners are planning to enter the contest again. And many Indianapolis women who've never entered any contest have caught this “contest bug.” - Mrs. John B. Hancock, 2609 Central Ave., will be a first time entrant this year. “My daughter, Mrs. Carl Record, 27 8. Harris St, entered ‘last year. She became ill before she finished her entry, but she’s got me all pepped up about it this year,” Mrs. Hancock says. ‘She’s thinking of entering
a suit. The material she's :
selected is a soft navy gabardine. “I have three daughters and I've always made things for them. I even sewed for my son till he was graduated from high school.
‘Compare Work “My mother sewed, too: but she would never let mé touch sewing machine. showed me how to-. piece quilts and I made seven before 1 was married—and I _hate hand day,” she states.
bor taught Mrs. Hancock
how to cut and fitsa Patten,
in a luge, fashion
sewing to this A neigh-
The Times will sponsor the ;
“Will select the best
She
afer Abe was marie, £2
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ter in
. think would make fp
Pm certainly planning to “get into the contest Last year I won with a hat and coat I made for. my daughter, - Mary Arlyne, 9
This—year though F-want to —
make a suit for myself. “I have some beige wool I into
beautiful suit. If I have
ary Arlyne, too, and enter both classes,” Mrs. Viewegh says. “It's a wonderful feeling to win and I'd like to try again.”
again, >
e I'll make something for
“ Dress<-Cotton;
/ what. -happens,”.. she. says. The contest is open to all Times’ readers whether they
live in Indianapolis or not.
Just send your entry blank to The imés and then =omgteh-fap-the-catieetion-dater——
Contest Classifications Here are the judging clas~ sifications in, The Times $1460 National Sewing Contest:
GROUP {Senior Division): 1. 1; made [rom standard pattern. 2. Dress Silk, rayon, wool, etc., made
from standard - pattern. - 3. Coat” or suit . made from
Mrs. John B. Hancock . . . works on her entry.
This is the first time in several years that Mr. and Mrs. Hancock have spent the win
Indianapolis. - They have been in Florida and Texas the last three seasons. Both of. them are fishermen
in the true sense of the word
—-they get up early and stay late to catch the big ones. ‘Mrs. Hancock insists that she’s “never won anything in her life,” but she's interested in The Times sewing con-
test because it combines her -
favorite hobby with an _ epportunity . to compare work with that of other local
,-women.- ¥
_ Original Designs _
“I'd die if IT won and if I got to go to New York I don't know what I'd do.” she
‘ laughs. Mrs. Hancock usually _uses a standard pattern: but “reports that she often com-._ binés them or dreams up jn-
novations of her own design.’ Mrs. AM. D.. Crow;
her
~ter this year.
ters,
other dress for Barbara,” : Hatates,
New Jersey St., hopes that she won't be too busy to enShe won second prize ‘last year in the glamour division.
Thrill to Win
“I'm swamped right now, -
but I still hope to be able to enter the contest. I made a ‘formal’ for my daughter, Barbara, last year‘and just
"got it in on the deadline. Tt
was a big ‘thrill to. win a prize,” Mrs. Crow says. Mrs. Crow's mother taught -
her to sew. “I've been making clothes all my life beginning with ®oll clothes. I've alwavs
made dresses’ for my daughbut’ I hate. to sew for ‘myself, so if I do enter this year it will probably be an--she
The “first place winner last year in the clothes for chil-
‘dren: division was Mrs, Robert Viewegh, 325, /N. Riley
Ave,
To NRE
“Mrs. ‘Roy F. Willsey. State Road 29, was a_ second prize ‘winner — last — Fear —in ‘standard pattern group. She made a dress for “her daughter’ “Yes. indeed, I'm going to ster the contest this year. I'm thinking of trying two of the ‘classes: I want to make a suit for myself and maybe a formal for a niece of mine.” Mrs. Willsey states, She admits that she loves to sew and that Vit's fun fo-~ enter . The Times’ contest.” Mrs. Willsey learned fo sew when she was a child and made her own wedding gown. “lL learned how to “sew the hard way--by experience. Now it would be se simple to enroll in one of the sewing classes offered in town
"and learn from experts,” she thinks. es Teen Winner A teen-age winner ° last
year, Marilyn Shaw, is going to try again. Marilyn. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, 3529 Graceland Ave,
got second prize in the jumyor
division. . Marilyn is a junior in Shortridge and is. majoring
in. home “economics with emphasis on sewing. She was introduced to the art in school 43.aftarsg few lessons from her motBer. to Marilyn would Ii ke to make a cotton “this vear. “I want to make an-ensemble type dress—with a little white pique jacket.
1 think I'll tr¥ my hand at designing .a dress and see
standard pattern.
the:
. cial occasion”
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I plan to enter in the classifications marked below:
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ORIGINAL DESIGN “GROU P (Contestants of all ages) —Adults dresses, ‘coats
or suits originally designed
by the contestant WITHOUT use of commercial patterns. .
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STANDARD PATTERN
CHILDREN'S GROUP (Contestants of all ages) — Garments for children up to 12 years of age, made from “standard pattern or originally
~destgmed-by—contestant—AH———————\&
garments for children—even though of. original design must ~ be ‘entered in this group. Local prizes in each of the classifications are $50, first;
£20 -second—First-place win Gisler
The hungry musicians probably will include-Charles
Orville O'Fallon Cons
. STANDARD PATTERN GROUP (Junior Division,
“contestants 18 years of age
or —belowti—1,—Dress—Any material, made from standard pattern. 2. Coat or suit made from standard pattern, GLAMOUR GROUP (Confestants of all ages) — Speclothes such as evening clothes, . lounge clothes or beachwear. made from standard pattern or from original design by contestant.
ners in the national judging will receive $100 awards. In —addition—i anv Times’ winners place first in national judging. they will Feceive ad-
ditional $100 awards from The Times Also, the first plaee win-
ners in the national judging
are invited to New York to _
see their garments worn by professional models in a Na-
tional Style Show in the . Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, While there, they “stop at the Waldorf.
"Times Sewing Contest Entry Blank
Here 18 my official registration for The Times’ 1 will bring my contest garment, in mid-April,
Sewing Contest.
National
to the place to be announced® later in The Times.
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— Glamour Group. no age Jimit.. beach wear, etc, from standard, pattern or original .
design.
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Senior Division, for en(1) Dress—Rayon, silk esans LB)
Coat or
Standard Pattern Group.-Junior Division, entrants 18 . Years or under. (1) Dress......
(2) Suit or Coat... ...
1) Evening, lounge.
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(1) Dress. suit.
or coat. originally designed by contestant nd intended
— for adult or upper teen-age wear.
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(1) Clothes
Stantine Borshoff and Tom, Young. horn players from the Athenaeum orchestra. They ‘will ‘be in ‘comic opera band costumes of blue and white. Blue -and white are thie official colors for- the St. Benno Fest. The band will
play old
favorites tike“Ach du Tieber
Augustine” and folk songs of the “Mein Hut Der Hat Drei Ecken" (My hat has threas corners! and “Zum Lau Der Bach Hab I Mein Strumpf (I've lost my stockings) varety. The dancing will continue until the midnight curfew. In 1934 -an Athenaeum member wrote a poem to. the
fest that’s .been reprinted in
club literature ever since.
g Saint Benno was a. good old
monk, He brewed a famous. brew; He smiled a smile, one eye
he wunk, Then bid dull care adieu, Said he:. One, seidel I will drink . a Potz tausend! he drank two! 8 Then soon his dyes began to blink And all his skies were blue!
The Athenaeum, Benno's shrine, Now bids you to prepare To honor “Bennie” with one stein—
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