Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1950 — Page 27
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~ Constance Hurd . . . tries on an Easter bonnet.
To Women
Local Society Greets Gala Easter-Season
merit RAPE ATKINS “HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL
Hopping
Down the Bunny Trail.” You have heard it as much as you did “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” and
I-confess it shocks me to see Easter becoming almost as commercialized as Christmas with so many people apparently
@ Mrs. Atkins Thomas,
when Dr. Elizabeth S. May, academic dean of Wheaton College, Norton, Mass, visited there. Guests were alumnae and interested mothers and daughters. Mrs. Forest Blanton and Betsy of Danville, Mrs. Gordon Ritter and Carol of Columbus, and Mrs. A. O. Pittenger and Cynthia were there. Mrs. Malcolm Moore, president of the local Wheaton Club, poured.
Party Planned
DR. MAY is an extraordinarily attractive young woman with sparkling brown eyes. She wore a gray and pink print dress with a shiny black straw hat, . : Smith College Club members are looking forward ‘to Tuesday when they will have a benefit bridge and canasta party in the Woodstock Club. Prizes are to be given for the cleverest and prettiest homemade hats. The millinery : motif will be carried out on { the tea table by hat boxes | filled with spring flowers. { Smith will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its founding this year. Mrs. Frederic M. Ayres Sr. is in charge of
in June and will be especially . honored at the tea Tuesday. Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Gaskill entertained last Sunday for Mr, and Mrs. Edward Maier of ‘ Philadelphia who visited Dr. and Mrs. John ‘ Waterman. Mrs. Maier is Dr. Waterman's sister. They brought news of the house _the Brandt Steeles have just: w bought in Wynnewood. - The ‘Ted Steeles were among the guests as were Dri-and Mrs. Harris B. Shumacker, Pr. and Mrs. Alex Ross, Dr. and Mrs. Philip Reed and Dr. and Mrs. i Philip Seitz. Next Sunday it is { . the Gaskills’ turn to entertain the Thanatopsis (with apologies - to the late Heywood Broun) or Inside Straight Club.
Sitter Problem
THE FINE name means little, but the group that makes it up meets every third Sunday afternoon. Each couple takes its turn alphabetically but the one entertaining cannot send its children out. The others get a rest from theirs and I presume that the hosts’ children’s presence reminds the others that they must eventually go home to their little darlings. In addition to the Gaskills, members are the James Peirces, Louis Nies, Havens Khalos and Harry Hartleys. . . Mary Frances Dittrich and George Rich Jr. are having a gay-time at the parties leading up to their wedding the end of the month. Last Sun- © day Mr. and Mrs. E. Tim McAlister entertained for them at Mr. and Mrs. Noble Ropkey’'s country place, . In the afternoon they had an egg hunt with a prize for the
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..the 50th. reunion of her class...
forgetting the true significance of both days. Anyway it is fun for the children, so good egg hunting to all of them and a breather in the late afternoon for parents. This is practically an anniversary for this column because the first one ‘appeared on Easter Sunday, 1949. terrifying talk of the H-bomb and our cold war, we go our merry way. - Speaking of going, Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Murphy have gone back to Ft. Lauderdale for a last fling at the fishing. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Kackley are going to Naples this week, a return for Sally who spent some time there with her father, earlier in the season. Mrs. Fred Shumaker got home from Florida last week, not happy with the wintry blasts that greeted them. Mrs. Hugh Carpenter was hostess for a tea last Monday
In spite of strikes,
Fred Mr.~and
one who first found the egg with his name on it. Since everyone wore blue jeans, it was a gay, informal party. The gifts, which were articles used in cleaning, were
~ in a camouflaged dish pan
which was the center of a huge Easter-egg nest. They cleverly wrapped in everything from the fanciest paper to the comic section. Susie Sponge put in an appearance. She was a unique little figure with a sponge head and a can of cleanser for a body. Supper was served in the early evening.
Additional Parties
ON MONDAY Mrs. Albert Metzger II and Mrs. Stuart Cavell gave a linen shower at Mrs. Metzger's. Here the gifts were assembled in a plastic cover which was a wonderful present in itself. This was a dessert canasta party and the dessert was almost too pretty to be demolished. Pale pink flower pots were filled with green mint ice cream from which sprouted little nosegays of pink sweet peas contrasted with tiny blue flowers. Mary Frances wore a very smart cocoa
«brown, tallored suit that day... «5th St; “checks ~ Her “Faster bonnet while wearing Jean Summers, Wellesley College, daughter. of Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Johnson of South Bend entertained with a beautiful dinner at the Columbia Club one night last week. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lockwood. Mrs. Locks wood’s niece, Caroline Joyes' of Louisville, is having an
exciting Easter, Her engage-
ment is being announced today to William Cory of Col-
“lege Park, Md.
In a Personal Vein—
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Constance, Jody and Jean . . . polish up the convertible.
By MARJORIE TURK
EASTER VACATION in Indianapolis is a relaxing time. Activities for the Eastern college girl home for the holidays range from trying on new spring clothes to tramping in April showers. Most of all, the girls enjoy getting together again with their friends from other campuses. - Constance Hurd, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McMurray, 725 E.
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Wheaton College classroom clothes—a man’s shirt and blue jeans. _ Bicycling is a favorite both at school and at home. Monica Lennox, who goes to Connecticut College for Women, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Lennox, 4711 Cornelius Ave. Others shown riding are Barbara Wemmer, Penn. Hall Preparatory School, daughter of Mrs. William H. Wemmer, 5260 N. Meridian
St., Betty Woods, Pine Manor Junior College, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hickam, 5241 N. Meridian St., and Judy Morrison, Mount Holyoke College, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Morrison, 6185 N. Meridian St.
Wearing rain togs are Patsy Smith, Smith College, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pearson Smith, 8195 N. Pennsylvania St., and Marty McCord, Briarcliff Junior College, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. McCord,
3532 Washington Blvd.
and Mrs. Paul R. Summers, 47 E. 52d St., and Jody Hoster, Wellesley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Géorge M. Hoster, 417 E. 49th St., combine chatting, canasta and
knitting.
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Connie McCown, Smith College, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. P. E. McCown, 5008 N. Meridian St., and Mary Landers,” Mount Vernon Junior College, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fisk Landers; Golden Hill, dye Easter
_eggs for family parties.
Indianapolis Smith College Club Schedules 'Devastating’ Burlesque
Of That Famous Easter Bonnet fo
WOMEN’S HATS have been the brunt of gags and bur- 3 lesques since milady first stuck leaves and flowers in her hair. x And it's the Easter bonnet that has suffered most—both because, of price and general appearance. - One of the most devastating hat burlesques of the season - will be put on at the bridge-tea of the Indianapolis Smith Col-
lege Club. The bridge will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Woodstock Club. Members and guests have been asked to design their own head-gear for an informal contest. The original
designs will be labeled so that’
the judges won't get them “mixed up with any French Room creations that might slip in.
Hat Decorations, Too The hat idea will be carried out in the decorations, -too. Miniature hat boxes will hold bouquets of spring flowers. The bridge chairman; Miss Nancy Stout, will wear a money hat. She'll cover an old felt base with dollar bills.
Silver coins will be used to.
highlight the hat and there
three into a—bonnet. The hot
will be a dollar sign feather— also made from bills. . The money hat ties in with the purpose of the party. Proceeds will go to the school's 75th anniversary fund drive.
Nancy is pictured assembling a hat for one of the members of her committee. It will be a typical chapeau with flowers and veiling.
Replica of Bonnet Mrs. Herbert Call, club president, will have a hat made from hand - crocheted hot pads. She will fashion
pads were made by Mrs. Call's mother, Mrs. Ralph Wright, Surf Side, Cal. The hat will be-a replica of
the pan-cake bonnets worn by the college's founder, Sophie Smith. Mrs. Ward Fenstermaker, who is on the committee for the event, has two ideas for her contest entry. One is to trim a Jamaican straw hat
with fresh vegetables, The native head - covering was brought to Mrs. Fenstermaker
~—by her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Sidney Fenstermaker. Mrs. Fenstermaker’s other plan is to put a pair of her daughter's red corduroy overalls on her head, knotting the legs together. She insists the effect is very chic. Mrs. Fenstermaker has also considered utilizing the red flannel pajamas of Julia, 3'2. In this case, the eyelet trim would serve as pompons.’
Novel Ideas Members have suggested the use of plastic mixing bowls topped with red applies
r Tuesday Afternoon in Woodstock
or pop corn dyed different colors. Mrs. E. W. Wohigemuth believes that an unusual
: Connie McCown and Mary Landers . . . dye Easter eggs.
effect could be achieved by
using different tones from
pale pink to deep red in the pop corn and stringing it together completely covering the frame. Mrs. E. Kirk McKinney Jr., also on the have a platter hat. The black record disc will be held in place with black satin streamers, Both Mrs. Leslie 8. Lee and
committee will
Mrs. Ralph M. Reahard Jr.
will make seasonal numbers. Mrs. Lee will combine the Easter bunny and his eggs and Mrs. Reahard will use packages of flower seeds. The flower seeds will form the brim while the crown will be topped with miniature rake, hoe, sprinkling can and hedge clippers; (By M. T.)
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“én "beads or trimmed with self
Patsy Smith and Marty McCord . . , prepare for rain.
Counter-Spy— First Spring Bonnets Make Debuts Today
By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's Editor : YOUR FIRST SPRING BONNET may be making its debut this morning, atop an Easter costume, but
one bonnet doesn’t make a spring. It takes as many hats -
as the budget can stand to keep the vernal spirit alive in a wardrobe. Fortunately there are such things as hat bars to take the strain off clothes budgets and to enable a girl to let herself go in assembling an adequate millinery wardrobe. At Block's recently opened second-floor hat bar (just north of the escalators), there are chapeaux for as little as $3.98, and top price on any of the hats currently there is $10. Matching handbags and scarfs wear price tags in proportion. Some of the prettiest of the hats on view are of tie silk, by Betmar. The one pictured is of navy and white houndstooth check in cloche style, its brim folded back for side interest and its crown banded with self-fab- 3 ric tubing. The hat is $6.95 and the roll handbag of matching silk also is $6.95 (plus tax). Other tie silk hats in the series are $7.95 and matching scarfs are $2.95. Betmar also makes some checked taffeta helmets at $5.95 fashioned with tapering flange brims which shoot from right ear to above the left eyebrow, It is Betmar again which makes a_ spiraling grosgrain ribbon cloche with grosgrain “stickup” ornament at one side ($5.95) and a ribbon cloche at $3.98. First cousins to the popular fabric hats are crocheted numbers at $5 and $5.95, most in cloche style studded with wood- .
loops, Crocheted straws are §7.95, with the cloche styles pearl studded or banded with strings of pearls. Little calots of crocheted straw make use o five medallion motifs to form small ear-hugging styles. i
Burlap Starred in New Hats URLAP IS ANOTHER FABRIC starred in the new spring bonnet fashions. Makers of the burlap styles are Betmar, again, and Suzy. It is Suzy who fashions a
~~natural.burlap.beret.and-dudes it-up with-a-veil ‘to-provide lots of fashion interest for the sum of $6.95. Betmar makes a nail- -
studded yellow burlap helmet at $5 . . . and an érange burlap cloche (same price) with “piesection” crown boasting ventilation eyelets just like a man's pork-pie hat. (The yellow and orange colorings point up the importance of sun-bright tones for spring and summer.) The burlap cloche pictured is in burlap’s natural coloring, is self-fabric banded, and the band wears a row of big, flat burlap covered buttons. It is $3.98. For
accessories, burlap bags are available, too. One big saddle bag type with short shoulder
g , . small outside pouch is $7.98, plus tax. This is in neutral or natural tone. .
Not All Chapeaux Are Fabric LL OF THE SPRING HATS are not fabric, no matter how popular that medium is. There are straws in abundance, from smooth to rough surfaced. One of the latter is a beehive crown style banded with velvet and given a veil for an airy touch. This is $8.95. There are numerous flow-er-laden straws at the same price. For only $3.98, there's a trim little natural straw sailor with red grosgrain band and dark green veil, Shiny navy straw makes a white pique-trimmed cloche. This, another Betmar at $6.95, has a pair of white pique bows
as well as snowy white pique brim. Then there's the straw pill- .
box style, one example of which is in yellow with a button atop its-crown and a navy veil, It's $7.95.
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