Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1950 — Page 4

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“Labor Period Lasted » Only 3/3 Hours ~~ &

_. "BY JEAN MANEY_ Natural childbirth -isn’t an unreachable goal for Indianapolis women. Four Ldelivered. babies. with... out being anesthetized last month in Coleman Hospital. This is the story of Mrs. A— one of the local women who was educated by her obstetrician to take an active part in labor. and birth. | Mrs. A is 24 years old.

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baby, a boy, is her first child. Sister Mrs. A has been married two The ~ Years and she and her husband presid

wantcd a child and were “de- presid lighted when rhe became pregnant. Mr. A is a veteran attending classes on the GI Bill. His wife is an artist and worked during seven months of her preg-

and Mrs.

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tually see her baby born so she told "her doctor in the first interview that she wanted to foilow Dr. Read's ideas. Natural childbirth, her doctor explained, is the education” -of the mother for childbirth:

\Sorotfsim. wt i : ~ Club to Hear | Discussion | Of Panama

~1 Mrs. Moore to Give ° | Nlustrated Lecture

A talk on Panama and tropical ird-life-will- highlight this week's

Alma Moore will give the illusi trated Tecture at Phi Mu Somrity’s : . ‘ founders day celebration. » ‘ The, party will be at 7:30 p. m. Ee * today in the home of Miss Marga- : ret Esterline, 5105 N. Meridian St. oe Mrs. James Walden, Mrs. W.<€. - Shannon and Misses Luverne Rid4 len, Josephine Barrett and Pauline Sil AS81581 Lhe D0stess...

The Lambda Chapter, Sigma Kappa Sorority, will meet at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the East! Side Branch, Fidelity Trust Com-|

of officers,

New officers of Chapter F, PEO.

and Mrs. Gaines Cook, recording! Mrs. Paw! Preston, chaplain and = Mrs. Fred*L.

Lacy are the delegates to the PEO

Card Party Party

ity programs. Mrs. Clara

Delta

There will be an election

hood, are announced. y are Mrs. Robert ‘Newby, ent; Mrs. Doyle Zaring, vice! ent; Mrs. Lyman Thompson

corresponding E. B. Palmer,

secretaries; treasurer,

‘Toumey, Newby

guard. and Mrs. Glenn

It means that she, barring complications, is not a subject for deep anesthesia. She is conscious during her labor and delivery and does her part in forcing her child to be bor.

Explains ‘Mystery’ Mrs. A's doctor gave her the — general rules for all expectant mothers, Then he explained the ‘mystery” of pregnancy and

birth. Mrs. A understood fully what was happening to her body

+. well worth the months of waiting.

Your baby .

* mothers who take an anesthetic: and those who do not. The only type of ‘pain killer” that Mrs. A was given was novacaine for the episiotomy. “Of -course you have some pains but none of them are half af bad as I'd imagined they might be. Really when I went into my last contractions I told

n't have missed it for anything win b on earth.” annou Mrs. A and her ‘brand new day, son were wheeled to the nursery from the delivery room. She saw his erib and met his nurse. Then she was taken to her own room to tell her husband all about “our son.” Local hospitals frown on hus-- !

and Study

think you're going through any There was a mirror placed state,

Ahrdidoant CLIT IT OF

ut rmy-lifedta-seethe-baby: They put him in my arms as soon-as he was born The ex perience is too marvelous to

ever be put into words. 3 would-

Goodwill To Open Shop. i

up on the third day. "Now, three weeks after the. birth of her son, Mrs, A reports that she . feels fine. She does her own housework and fakes | care-of the baby alone. “I rest | ‘during the day, of course, and ! Im not doing any strenuous { cleaning, but I feel fine, I'm |

know it helped ‘strengthen my back and stomach muscles: Squatting on the floor is the third exercise and I think it's probably the best of all.” Learning to relax was easy for Mrs. A. “I must be natural1y lazy. 1 followed the relaxation method recommended by — Dr. Read and by the time I - was ready for delivery 1 couid

Retti Irv ingt

bell Ruhs

bach.

every time he yells I jump a

' become completely limp ani re- Ary Corner’ oot #1 ean > Telaxea Mhere | r " 2 | e @ Says. 1axed jn matter of minutes, Begins Wednesday { Mrs. A is following a pro- t “I think I disappointed my | The handicraft committee of er opt. nual, Sxercisey i: husband 1 didn't have any |yne Goodwill Service Guild of the gore po.) Bal tons. . Sts | strange cravings for pickles or aby) proportions. She strawberries and I didn’t faint indianapolis Goodwill Industries gained more than 20 pounds!

during-pregnancy, but lost most | of it when the baby was born. |

will ‘start a special shop in the {Goodwill store, 241 W. Georgia

once. This ‘delicate condition’ idea must be all mental.” In or-

or twice.and ft tasted fins, but

{ecushion, an antique doll: hat tree, I never got nauseated anyway :

tan antique lamp with embroidered 80 it reemed like wasted ef- |shade, restyled jewelry, antique {0 s A. says. — ~—Tdolls™* and “picture “frames, TH 'v wrought iron sewing ilo Wonderful Thrill {made into'a dressing table, clocks, | Mrs. A went into. Coleman at {furniture and other antiques. A 8 o'clock in the morning, Her | The handicraft committee sal-| baby was born at 8:30 a. m. He | vages material and restores it into] weighed eight pounds at birth.

{salable merchandise, This is an unusually short-labor mittee also will sell merchandise period--doctors_ say that 13 ta

made by handicapped persons.

Tulleys Win 5 es

tions = Tournament Muncie Event To Be Mar. 25-26

Mr. and Mrs. Al G,

1 Tilley were the winners of “the fifth annual fie pair tournament held last

hastens delivery ——there—seems to be no appreciahle difference inthe time of labor between

Borland, W. A. Holmes, W.C. Forty-six pairs Tremear, Fred [.. Smyth and John the event.

Brooks.

; | Mr. and - Mrs. Jerome Jacobs —f od - > - : ‘and Dr, James P. Leeds shared second - place honors; and Miss

= took: third-place honors: The assoeciation—also-annotiness——— -its sectional tournament to. be. held at Muncie Mar 25 and 26 A one-session team game will be held. the afternoon of Mar. 26 and an open nair game that night. The finals are scheduled Sunday. afternoon, Mar. 26 All members. of the ‘association “I are urged to attend the event as | this is Muncie's first tournament.

Mr. Blumer ‘and of Takes Bride

a v Mr. and Mrs. “Roland Stuart >, 3 > 3 = Blumer are on a short wedding cl. WN, / ver trip south following their wed-) . % ding at 11:30 a. m. Saturday. from England : 4 . J Jayne Pfisterer; is the daughter i : : oe of Mr, and Mrs. Harold W. Pfis«

oper oo You are urged to see A Special Exhibition of

Lalique Glass

from France

ciated at the single-ring ceremony

in the Second Presbyterian Church. & The bride, Miss Constance

The Rev. Jean 8. Milner offiterer, 3525 Guilford Ave. Mr. and

J : - Mrs. Glenn C. Riumer, 3053 Displayed. for two days | Broadway, are the parents of the So bridegroom. : : on Our Fascinating Second Floor The Bride. wore a pink jmit i [Suit and a white orchid. Miss i Last Day Tomorrow. _ | Rosie Lucas was the maid of hon- . for and Paul Stone was best man. io ¢ Mr® Blumer is -attending. Butiet . Tuesday, March seventh University otf — . - see

Phi Delta «Theta Fraternity, -

Sania al Vocuim Wil Puff “fo Ballo 1 (CHARLES | MAYER AND COMPANY UR Sollonne | ot 5 ars Si 29 Wen Washington, Street

You can have them easily with- | : out alt that. huffing. = Nd ~All you have to do is let

vacuum cleaner pute them ha damp doth.

To Be Held |

A card party and guest day| Fini? taken

Pp. m. Hotel Lincoln.

John ‘Longsdorf, 330 E.

Mary Cowger and Mrs, Lowell tinued clubs.

TRS Nesta . Arthur Miller

"H. P. Bartlett, 374 N. Ca

in Indiana,”

still mot used to the baby and !Qvep. the Tea ~Cups———2-p: ming “wottdt Propylaeum,

The com- ’ - Tem———

eek-end by the Indianapolis 15 hours ts-average for the first Members of the group include] Bridge Association. - The two-. child. They do not claim that Mrs. H. A. Knight, chairman; with session play was in the Traverthe naturdl childbirth ‘process Mesdames Fred Toumey, James, . Room_of the Hotel Lincoln. ————

were enterét in

the blower attachment on thé \ Rl ley 2188 Ee

uest Day

r, Muzzy

e held this week by clubs ncing their programs to- ‘the

reach it later?

"TH URSDAY

_ Bridge, {opponents. - canasta. |

Review-—-86:30 p. m. Mrs.| 47th!

and to the child she was bear- ‘myself not to complain hecause bands being with their wives A St» hostess. |here, ing. She knew what to expect the worst was vet to come—they. during —tabor,~“Hushants—are = —FRIDAYwhen her labor. pains ‘began. = were so mild" IT thought they usually more nervous than their Haipha Gamma IrtroRL p. ‘m. correctly. “I wasn't a bit ‘sick Juring were beginning labor pains.” wives and they just add to the | Crossroads Rehabilitation Cen-| my pregnacy. It's ridiculous to Mrs. A says. tension and confusion,” doctors @ ‘ter.

B, program. { on Quest—1 p. m. Mr. M Ave, hostess; Mrs, C. A. {situation over. enberger, assistant. “One|

nancy. a i Council, and Mrs, James Borland Dr. Grantly ‘Dick’ Read's is the alternate. Serving as dele-| book, “Childbirth Without gates to the staté convention will| Fear,” introduced Mrs. A to the be Mrs, Newby -and Mrs, Cook | theory of natural childbirth. with Mrs. A. Hugh Johnson as MARJORIE TURK. She decided she wanted to ac- ‘the alternate. CC te

“of

Dinners” DAR Committee Plans Chili Supper

Two local groups plan dinner

mittee of the Caroline Scott Harrison DAR Chapter will have a chill supper at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday in thé home of Mrs. Marion

_|H. Miller, 5614 Rosslyn Ave,

4. It will be a guest meeting, Following ‘the supper the group will

; play games. .

- The Business and Professional

Methodist Church will ‘meet at

. 13:30 p. m, Mar. 15 in the church. ,

James M. Otto, head of the science department of Washing. ton High School, will be the after dinner speaker. His subject will be "20,000. years

"lat 56th and Keystone."

Ploto by John Spickiemire. Times Staff Photographer

VW/ILLIAM TALL JEFFERSON'S play closets are filled with winter sports Sip. ment, building blocks, cars, trains and transport trucks. Bill, 6, is in the first grade in School 60. His after hours reading i is extensive and his favorite story is “Tuffy | the Tugboat.” He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Jefferson, 3146 N. Illinois St.—By

But Mr,

| Blackwood on Bridge—

Mr. Masters Uses Fine Point of Bridge ‘Humanics to Defeat Tricky Contract

MR. MASTERS used a fine point of bridge humanics to defeat! Shia contract. He opened the five of spades, dummy ducked and Neither side vulnerable, won with the king. The nine of spades was returned, by dummy’s ace. At this point Mr. Meek noted sadly that the last quick entry to| board was gone. How could he set up the club suit—and then: He figured hel rive | would have to have, a little luck— ace and king. He has a horror of New Neighbor League — 12:30 or else a little help from his losing toa singleton queen on {his left. It would be completely {out of character for him to take

{a singleton, Mr. Meek's club hold-|

Mrs,

“Every Mem-| With that holding

‘almost always

plan to enter in-the classifications marked below:

r more, checked, if you should change your mind later).

"20 years of age and over, chased pattern. Dress........

(1) Coat or Suit...... ae (3) Soft or Dressy Dress......

Mr.

Meek lays down the

Times Sewing Contest Entry Blank

“Here is—my official registration for The Times’ National | Sewing Contest. I will bring my contest garment, in mid-April,

i ] y b der to avoid nausea Jn the |S. The shop will ‘be called Te ouIY gure ee now is a | - to the place to be announced later in The Times. mornings rs. A's doctor to “Calico Corner” and will open ’ } ! . : her she could eat a cracker and j{Calice Co explain post: L The ercies will | NAME Perresessnsisie PHONE reaver en drink a glass of orange juice | por sale will be an. old. fash. pain po a Fo APPYRESS Et st Retr rat Es ee TT TE before she got up. "I'did it once |yoneq school desk with -a calico.

{Check

You are not obligated to remain in the classifica-

—————8tandard Pattern Group, Senior Division, for entrants | " Garment made from pur(2) Tailored

—~—8tandard Pattern Group, Junior Division, for entrants under 20 years of age. (4) Date or School Dress. ceens

Glamour Group. No age limit for entrant. (5) Evening,

Lounge; Beeeh Clothes or Négligee ‘Ensembie for adult of ‘older teen-age wear from standard pattern or of “original design (circle which garments you pian to

enter). be-originat design: 8) Dress;

you plan to enter),

(7) ‘Garment for children-2-to-6 years of age. .

Original Design Group. No age limit for entrant.

mere Children’s € tothing Group. No age limit tor entrant.

Must Coat or Suit made for «adult or older teen-age wear (circle which garments |

played the- nine-of-elubs-at-trick: and Florence three and Mr. Meek finessed the, 10. Before making the “natural” Mrs. [play of winning with the queen, | 8

At the third trick heled the| {four of clubs from dummy. Now

it Mr, Muzzy had played the king ‘Ducks First Club Lead it would have been much

| {

Mr; Muzzy had played the nine, | Hundred Years of Public Health which could be assumed to be his Mrs. 8. L. Schu- lowest club. Now if the nine were |

be-AK 103 And that] Amos B. would give him a total of. nine Carlile and Mrs. George W. E.[clubs with the two top honors. { Smith, hostesses. ber Day”; ; election.

a first round finesse.

Using this knowledge, Mr. Mas-| —ieasierfor-Mr.-Masters-to defend! tters-—dueked the first—club..lead! [figuring Mr. Muzzy for 4A 9 or] In other words Mr. Meek would| (mare probably) K 9. Looking a Miss Viola L. Jones, Miss have won with the ace and con- little surprised, Mr. Meek cashed Mastersithe ace of clubs and led a third

|three, Mr. Meek would have made] his contract. He could have won! the spade return, , cashed 1 the ace

South dealer.

Mr. Abel oo

S—A 4 H-Q 6 4 D—J 7 4 C—J 8634 = WEST EAST Mr. Masters Mr. Muzzy S—J 87538 S—K 9 2 i H—K 9 HJ 10 5 2

great crisis — childbirth 1s a. ‘over the delivery table and Mrs. . 8. McCollum, committee. |would have laid off the second round. The him A183 wonderful, natural procasss” A saw her son born. “I remem- Relaxation Helps Clio—1 p. m. Mrs. Clair McTur-| round and won the third with his| Mr. Masters won this last SOUTH WEST NORTH FAST she says, She discovered that ber hearing an interne say fit Mrs. A admits she forgot her nan, 5148 N. Meridian St., host-| queen. Thus he could have ruined trick and fired a spade, clearing INT Pass 2NT Pass the three exercises recommend- was the nicest thing you could relaxation ules once during her | £88 Mesdames Robert W. Kel-! Mr.” “Meéeek’s chances .of entering, [that suit. There- was no way for gg N T All Pass ed by Dr. Read were most ef- do for a bahy—letting him be labor. “I tried to fight the pain | lum, James Pearson and Mc-| {dummy via the club suit. Mr. Meek to reach dummy's good — Sven] fective in her housework. ~—~horn-awake. You know if the - and it became 10 times worse. —Turnan, program; guest day. clubs without letting Mr. Masters of clubs (dropping Mr. Muzzy's “My husband laughed at me mother is knocked cut the baby When you relax it really doesn’t Friday Afternoon Literary — 2| Pauses to Think lin, and he was down one. (king) and entered dummy with whenever I'd sit on the floor is asleep too. hurt” Mrs. A stayed. in the | Pp. m. Mrs. Ernest Trittipo, Actually, however, Mr. Muzzy! Note that if Mr. Masters had| the jack of ols to run the Tost} tailor fa fashion or crawl wound It was the most wonderful hospital for six days. ni 215 N. Arlington Ave. host-| (taken the queen. of clubs.at. trickiof. the suit. a

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AND

The Democratic Woman’s Club of Ward Two will meet at 8 p. m, |Wednesday in the home of Mrs, {Bertha Kennard, 1502 N, Grant Ave. Refreshments will be served.

* Barbara Kiger Sets Date

Miss Barbara Kiger and Gordon Lord Hough have set Apr. 15 as their wedding date, her par. léents, Mr, and Mrs, Earl W. Ki. ger, 647 E, 44th St, announce. | The cerémony will be read at {4:30 p. m. in the Propylaeum. The |bridegroom-to-be. is the son of ithe late Mrs. Florence Lord {Hough of New York. Miss Kiger (will arrive home Apr. 1 from New {York to make final wedding plans. :

‘DR. ANSWERS—

Question: What can be done for a child whose mother had syphilis? Is it certain to lead to insanity? The blood tests are negative.—M. R. a Answer: When syphilis is properly treated during pregnancy, the children will not have the disease. If the blood tests on the child are negative, the child almost cer“tainly does hot have the dis--ease-Byphilis-does not always lead to insanity.

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