Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1950 — Page 26

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PAGE. 2 : Capital Capers—

Top Cocktail Lounge Sins Society With

Revival of

Famed Mayflower" s Washington Meets

: -By- ELISE MORROW : WASHINGTON, Mar. 11—The Mayflower Lounge, a spot hitherto devoted to fashionable capitalites who

would rather be tight t tion in Washington's social 4 o'clock last Wednesday, and

afternoon, the customers started drinking tea instead of cocktalls. This valiant effort to sober up Washington alittle, roughly equivalent to ‘enlisting Jack the Ripper in Gang Busters, was the brainchild of

the

Elise Morrow

fnstitution in the Coolidge and | Mum plants. Hoover days when the lounge was | By MARGUERITE SMITH known as the Palm Court, but had Times Garden Editor all but vanished since repeal. Mrs. GARDENERS certainly have

“Mack got the idea of reviving the custom when she learned-that, in recent months, foreign diplomats were asking more and more frequently for tea. Now the hotel has set a standard price of $1

per person for tea. with cinna.mon toast, Enzlish muffins and cookies, and is going all-out to make tea drinking fashionable

———again.

“A quaint custom,” one veteran of the cocktail circuit remarked, “It won't work,” said _another, Mrs. Mack was more “hopeful but the lounge was tak“ing no chances—cocktails could “still be purchased at tea time.

. Washington is, as a matter of

fact, getting just a little tired of thé annual statistics on per “capita liquor consumption.

~—='These invariably place the capi~.=tal's sozzling rate three times.

higher than the nation’s aversage. The statistics are just as Joadéd as some.of the people

who contribute to them. Wash-

ington has a large and thirsty ‘visiting fireman population, and many residents of nearby com-

“munities in Maryland and Vir-.

~ginia stock up on lquor in “Washington. These factors dis‘tort the picture somewhat— ‘Washington is not so drunk as

you think it is, Nevertheless, the situation is appealing | enough. :

. Pleasant Party —.Another -development on .the.. ~gobriety front this week was ‘the start of a series of broad-

casts on “Alcohelism in Wash-

:ington.” This was sponsored by “the Washington Committee for Education on Alcoholism and -the local Department of Health. One of the pleasantest parties of the week —and, in its re-

laxed atmosphere, one of the |

* Jeast typical of Washington— was given in honor of William P. Rogers, the handsome young chief counsel of the Senate In-

vestigations Subcommittee. Mr, |

Rogers has just resigned to practice law as head of the Washington office of the New: | York firm which includes Ken‘neth Royall, former Secretary of the Army. By all odds the star performer at this party was Sen. Clydé Hoey of North Carolina, “with his wing collar, swallowtail coat, faded red carnation, -and shrewd but kindly face, “beaming as he made a graceful |

little speech of appreciation for |

Mr. Rogers’ services, which in-

—-—chided exposure —of ~Washing--

ton's “five percenters.” . Sen. Hoey was particularly - happy when an accordionist and a blond got. together. to produce some hillbilly. music, beating time with his hands and doubling up with laughter.

Wins Champagne Other Senators on hand Included Homer Ferguson of Michigan, with his electric white hair; Kar! Mundt of North Dakota, looking sober and suspicious; former Sen. Jim Mead - of New York—and then there ~was-Joe -MeCarthy of Wiscon—8in. martini when Sen. McCarthy walked up. “Looks good.” he. said, deftly snatching my cock“tat and downing tworthirds of “it in a gulp. “It is he added.At a dance given here the other evening by social Waltz Group, a bottle of champagne was awardéd as a

Corneal Mack. So historic was the | occasion that several of the capital's | most - prominent women gave parties to celebrate it, among: them | Mrs. Francis Matthews, wife of the | ° ‘Secretary of the Navy; Mrs. fF Brewster, Maine; Mrs. Robert E. Robert E. Lees; Mrs, Harold Walker, a Washington grande Baroness Von Schoen, Christian of Hesse and Mrs. rence Wood Robert. Afternoon téa was quite a popular

I-had just been handed a

the uitra- |

Gardefing—

Daily Tea“

Effort to Sober Up Varied Reactions

a -revolu=— life this week. Promptly at

for two hours every succeeding

gop

Mayflower manager's wife, Mrs, tea |

Owen | wife of the. Senator from. | f& Lee III, of the

dame: the | Princess | Law-

Take chrysanthemums. how a few mums scattered here brighten your yard long after

recent evenings at the Washington home of Congressman and Mrs. Ken Regan of Midland, Tex. The Regans decided to invite. so many people that they had 200 of them one night, and 200 the next.

Texas Style The first shift of. the party “featured an Hawilan orchestra and such guests as Justice and Mrs. Harold H. Burton, assorted | non-Texas Senators, diplomats, the governor of the Federal Reserve Board, and Lady Iris Mountbatten. The second shift was the real -McCoy==mostly 1 Texans, and Latin music. Speak- | er Sam Rayburn, Sen. and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Justice and Mrs. Tom Clark, were among those who were, yippee, present. The Regans, on their invita: tions, had announced that the | twin parties would be ‘“compotations.” Definition: “Having a drink or tippling with friends.” Anybody want a cup, of tea?

it you've lost your heart and mums.

frost.”

“I like mums, too, because

make good color among other

I've found, is to tear the old

Trace Elements

In Local Soil

There Are Few .

Deficiencies | You don't need to worry about! getting your quota of boron, iron rand the other “trace elements” in your tomatoes and beans. That goes whether you raise yours in {your backyard or buy from a {local truck gardener. For Harlan Fulmer, assistant]

‘Stocking Story—

Kit Suggested For Shots,

Enables Speedy Selection by Girls

“THE mystery of what kind of Hack -of boron. The head wilh hose to ghoose for dress. busi- turn somewhat brown. Parsnips {ness and sportswear is solved 8TOWD OD boron-starved soil will {when you understand the key Dave brown scars on the roots. words “denier” and * ‘gauge.” .|Celery will tell you when it needs “Denier” —the weight of the boron by developing a “disease” | {nylon thread used in fashioning a (Called “cracked stem.” The symp-| {pair “of stockings—shows how toms are a splitting of the stem | sheer the stockings will be. A [across the fiber. {fine dress hose of 15-denfer| Roses and hydrangeas growing thread is very sheer; 20-deonier on a too alkaline soil may prostockings are good _for business !duce pale green to almost white jand everyday wear. For heavier|leaves with dark green veins. {service— shopping, sports or cam- These indicate a mansanese or [pus fun—a 30-denier stocking will iron shortage. Acid added to the ‘be the hest eight. : |ground releases - manganese or ‘ron that may be present, but tied, TAKEN together with “denier,” 1p so the plant can't use it.’ {stocking “guage” indicates how] Some commercial growers add |closely knit stockings are. A 54- trace elements to their soil just jor b5l-gauge stocking is very in case. A product called Esmiiclosely woven, a 45-gauge stock- nol does the trick. But, warns ling has slightly less stitches per Mr. Fulmer, it's definitely not a {square inch, etc, TE case of if a little is- good; “more Once a wardrobe of dress, busi- is better. For too big a supply of. {ness and sports hosiery is stocked, la Kit © which keeps stoekings | pigeonholed can be as useful in a home as a filing cabinet is in an office. For this filing. away in jelear plastic pockets minrked| “date “play” or “day” 1s the { purpose of a new stocking kit.

loccasional sample. [County soil that shows any de|Actency in- these minor elements.|

is a little like giving Junior too ¢ much candy,

Garden. Clubs Elect Officers

Newly elected officers are taking over for various garden clubs a8 spring approaches; t The Irvington Women's Garden Club has elected Mrs. E, F. MadInger president. Other officers are Mrs. Garfield Walker, vice president; Mrs. -H. L. Mote, secretary; Mrs, Clarence Slagion.

o v ~ THIS snaps shut to make a plaid folding case or unfalds its full length to be hung on the in-| iside of a closet door. | Either way, a girl. in a hurry can lay her hands on just the ‘right patr’ of stockings without {fumbling in a drawer or holding ‘hosiery to the light to determine [its ‘suitability for a .particular need.

historian. The Rainbow Garden Club of Southport will have Mrs. Leo: + Kriner; president -Mes: -Cari-Cote: ~Hns-and-Mrs-AA Herbkersman vice presidents; Mrs. Walter Kellam, secretary; Mrs. Harry Hamilton, treasurer, and Mrs, Harold Toon, program chairman

Purdue Sets [NT ‘Of Garden School

Houseplanters, fruit, vegetable and flower raisers will all profit from the annual garden school

You plan in March

the zinnia and the marigold next fall. season you plant a few more. Before you know

That's how the George Wear yard at 805 N. Audubon Road happens to be color from July right up to a really black

many ways to use them,” says Mrs. Wear. “The low ones are nice for borders, tall ones

— “Most important point of raising nice ones,

county agent, says it's only an of. Marion,

3 Caulifiower sometimes shows |

some of these minor plant foods.

Chrysanthemum Gorden Blooms Late Info Fall

each year. to be careful. shoots. Good leaf disease, and there will frost lays low portant point. Next . out from that

your yard to inches long I

probably three times during an-average season. The result is a good sturdy plant loaded with

“filled with flowers.

table garden. there are so

perennials,

_ THE INDIANAPOLIS s TIMES

The plants need good circulation of air. So in May I divide and reset the new “Pruning or pinching back is another im-

out the top. Two or three new shoots come

“I always set a row of plants in the vege-

der begin to look yellow, I pull them up and move the mums in to take their place. “But one of the chief pleasures of raising chrysanthemums is the quantity of plants as

Mrs, George Wear, 805 N. Audubon Road, uses duster to kill the aphids on her chrysanthe- |

spacing means less trouble with When I first divide them: I pinch

point. When these are several cut them back, too. I do this

Then when annuals in the bor-

{Fall Creek Garden Club — 1:15

Dishing

Carden Gifs Ton 5h Meelings. -

Scheduled

Most Groups

Book Monday’ Sessions

Monday takes care of all but one garden club meeting this week. The schedule follows. Arbutus Garden Club — * p. m. Meridian Hills Country Club.

Co-hostesses, Mrs. John W. Wilson, Mrs, Fred Lofquist. “Care of Shrubs and

Tees, Lawns,” by Merrill Esterline of Eagle Creek Nursery. Brendenwood Garden Club — 2 p.. m, Brendonwood Common. Business meeting. Short talks ‘by Mesdames Ralph H. G. Mathews, Karl Hack, Clarence T. Drayer and P. B. Denning.

p. m. Mrs, Foster J. Hudson, 525 Hampton Drive, hostess.

‘Book review, “The Gardener's ~ Bug Book” (Cynthia Westcott), | : Mrs. Myron 8. Harding. Color]

film, “Insects of Vegetable and! Flower Gardens.” : FRIDAY Irvington Women’s Garden Club —2 p. m. Mrs. W. E. Adkins, 601 N. Riley Ave., hostess. Mrs. W. W. Woerner, assistant.

The Dirt—

Bv MARGUERITE SMITH Q-—We're beginners who had our first vegetable garden last year. Older - gardeners tell us it doesn’t pay to plant seed until the ground warms of “our neighbors do. Bat you, say vou can sow lettuce early. |

clumps apart

Dark Sheer

Frocks of dark sheer fabric will march in the Easter parade .. . and then march right on into summer, too. This. one is a Diminutive designed to fit young women five:feet-five or less. Its bolero is anchored to a

| one-piece dress by rhinestone

buttons on faille tabs. From

Block’ 's, it is $49. 95. 4

Oriental Floral Artist to Speak

F- Gregory Conway; noted-art-ist well- schooled in Oriental

~ well as flowers they provide for gifts to gar dening friends. D

J | Junior Gardeners—

Cotton Plant

Is Intriguing

~ Sow Seeds This Month

If you want a really interests] ling pliant to raise this summer, try a cotton plant. You start, them from seed. The seeds should be sown indoors some time this| imonth. After ‘the weather gets) lwarm you can set the plants outdoors. But that won't be untill learly May. - Cotton is related to the shrub that blossoms in so many yards in the fall. ‘Fhe shrub is called irose-of-sharon or althea. Cotton Iblossoms look quite -like-these big! ifall flowers. The buds are pink] ‘at first.

Cream Flowers | As they open, the flowers turn cream, colored. After the flow-| ers, the fluffy white blobs of cot‘ton come. Inside the cotton you'll

year. Or you can save the balls decorations. A cotton plant raised in a pot] all summer makes a nice exhibit if you're planning to enter a) flower show this. fall. (If you! can't find seeds of cotton for sale somewhere near your home you can get them by mail from] Vaughan's Seed Store, 10 W. Ran-| wee dolph St. Chicago, Ill. Write {first for their free catalog.)

Faculty Club Sets Guest Day

Guest Day will be observed by

side and twist.

OU CAN whip up your

36-inch scarf. A Glentex scarf (above) ‘was used to express fashion’s Renaissance influence in a Florentine turban. The chart below. shows how it's done. Tie one side of the scarf around the head and knot at center back. Pull the remaining corners to one Wind the

twist around the head and tuck under.

= “spring “chapeau with one"

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Tomatoes Daylilies Are Popular Flower .

Uncle Sam’s scientists are sym-= pathetic with folks who don’t like

veloped a new variety just right for these gardeners. It's called Sunray, is a wilt-resistant yellow, medium size. And believe it or

lease, it's “typical tomato shape.” (Wonders apparently will never cease. ) oi

Mrs. Violet Richards. Greencastle daylily specialist; “thinks the garden column just doesn’t do right by daylilies—we ought to [have more information about

~~ hemerocallis. “{Anybody else want

'to send in their reaction on this?) | Daylilies, - says Mrs. Richards, {combine so well with all other

fom find them very useful, -especally with floribundas.

Mrs. Minnie Eck of Southport writes that she, like Mrs. Clara {| Powell, raises and loves the little

| Kenilworth: ivy which is not an..

{ English ivy at all but a “baby | snapdragon. » She keeps hers coming on from |year to year in a protected out{door spot where it reseeds for new {hanging basket vines to take in{doors each fall. (If Mrs. Powell will send her street address to the {garden column, she'll get more information on how to raise it.)

rhighly acid tomatoes.- They've de=

not, according to the USDA's re-

| flowers that even rose hobbyists

| Shade Trees

nay Co.

I should think these older gar-| hi deners-would-do-it-if-it works = CO. 236) ~ Indianapolis 80 well, - - a — A—Most of us are creatures of habit. So we tend to stick to the A Mid-Western Tree Experts old ways of doing things. That { : includes making garden “aiter HN. ENGLEDOW -the-ground warms up." But I{ . data believe in_ having fun—and| Complete Tree and taking a chance. Whenever you x Landscaping Service plant even the hardy seeds| i ; ! (lettuce, radishes, - peas, cab- PROTECT YOUR a

bage, etc.) very early you run -—— ROME Some gardeners treat the seeds with chemicals to prevent this. But most of us have seeds left! over each year that we might)

just -as-well gamble on: the bet--

ter than even chance we'll get .a specially early crop. And in| our own garden we've wonder-| ful lettuce from February. sced (planted on top of irozen | ground, too, believe it or not). So I'm all for an early start.

Nature Study Club

Plans ‘Bank Night'|

“bank night” devoted I His is on the Nature Study] iClub’s calendar for the coming

Bank, at 8 p. m. Friday. John Jenks will chrome “Flower Portraits” The| potany committee is in charge. Mrs. Arthur

with ‘Mrs. Jenks,

committee. .

Style Favor

Linen dresses up with jewels for| its formal debut as one of spring] fashion’s favorite fabrics. Without diminishing its popularity as a fabric for casual clothes, linen steps into the fore-| ground of the evening picture, ~-through--dramatic--use.-of--rhine~. stone and crystal bead em-| broidery Crease-resistant finishes

hry of flower arrangement, the Butler University Women's enhance linen's crisp, fresh-look-|

will be in Indianapolis Mar. 28. _.The accredited judges of the Cen-. {tral-West District, Garden Club of Indiana, will sponsor a demon stration by Mr. Conway Block's Auditorium. An extensive traveler in the Orient,” Mr. Conway aiso is the author of two books on flower

in.

arrangement. of tickets are available to the general public for the lecture. Mrs. Thomas. Ayton. And. Mrs,

“of ticket sales.

Orchid Society 1 to Meet

“Phe Indian Orch Setter win

meet at noon” “Baturday in the: home of Mrs. Anthony -Ackerman, 5502 Manker Ave. William Teter, Bloomington, will speak

“Division--and Reps ting

Faculty Club at a 3. p. m. meeting Wednesday in “Jordan ‘Memorial

Mrs. Margaret. Garner Reisler,

speech department, will give a pro‘gram of dramatic readings. Miss Priscilla McLaughlin will play the piano, Hostess chairman will be Mrs.

A limited number pester D. Shilland, She will be as-

sisted .by Mesdames DeForest O'Dell, Paul D. Hinkle, Roland G. Usher; George--A. Schumacher, © Bradford-Noyles- George O. Comfort and Gabriel Ofiesh and Miss Ruth Heitz.

Fertilizer Solution +

When indoor started- seedlings CO —_ — eet tt. lt a

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seem to slow up in growth, give them some weak fertilizer solution (except in tin cans.) Use

“d00T prize. The winner was MTS, Cornelius Bretsch, the former Egyptian Princess Emina Tousson and reputedly one of the richest women in" the world. “Wouldn't you know,” a friend wailed, “Emina wins the champagne, and she already has the finest wine cellar in Washington.” Some high ol' Texas-style entertaining went ° on for two

NEW IN IND'P'L RO

DRIVE-IN FLOWER MARKET | 225 WEST 16TH ST. ~~ §

‘this year. The all-day session at {the Purdue-Marott Center, 902 N. {Meridian St, will begin .at 10 a. m. Wednesday. Prof. W. B. Ward of Purdue Iwill speak on vegetables and fruits: In the afternoon, Prof. C. F. Hoxsie will talk on annuals and perennials and diagnose houseplant ailments. . The afternoon session will take yp at 1 'p. m.

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EASTER CORSAGE

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For something . diffrent in corsages ‘that are . -reasonably priced—

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....for every occasion,

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—more-than directions advise:

facday . . . tomorrow, is an occasion for somebody . . . brighten it with Flowers!

They cost so little ... .-- They mean so much!

YOUR FLORIST

is as near as your telephone.

speFlowers Telegraph -supherel

made to all parts of city!

ing texture, Oif-white imported Irish Tinen| is given elegant and simple styl- | ing ina theater suit of Ben Reig,

~a faculty member of Butlers design which combines a sheath]

dress... with _hip-length = jacket.| Camisole top of the dress and the jacket are richly embroidered in| crystal beads. - Sharp accent for

the ensemble is provided by black || velvet used to belt the dress and |’

to line cuffs and lapels on the jacket. Another example which typifies] the use. of jeweled linens is a short, formal dinner gown on {which rows of sparkling rhine-|} stones are used to accentuate the “deep “V* “neckline of -the “bodice. |

risk of. seeds rotting. |

around and | heaved out of the ground.” . Strawberries simply rose right inen ins jout of their beds—especially if unmulched, during the cold spell.’ They and all other adventurous! | plants should be. firmly pressed; back into place. Some of the shrubs, notably {forsythia, seem quite undisturbed | {by the cold wave. But flowering | quince, among others, was almost | ready to burst its buds when! Spring bulbs have their leaves browned a bit but | buds that weren't really above ground are as good as ever. And] crocuses, even in bloom, didn’t! {mind March’s Diuster at all.

winter hit it.

Freeze Injury

Called Slioht

“I suppose you're thinking, too, ! {what's going to happen to all that

|week. It will be held in the 38th!soft plant growth that the warm |Street Branch, Indiana National weather brought on Just before

this March cold spell,” said Pau

show Koda- Ulman of the State Conservation

Department this week.

“I rather think myself that the’ Ifind,seeds you can save for next Mrs. Hallie Bidgood is chairman spring bulbs will probably be all but backyard gardeners’ of fluff to make pretty winter Beard and Noah B. Myers on her certainly had better take a look see what Plats

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