Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1950 — Page 17
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News in Italy
By KATY ATKINS A RECENT LETTER from Mrs. Charles Latham in Florence brings news. of Janet and Warman Welliver who have lived there since shortly after the war.
Janet is the daughter of Mrs. Alexander R. Holliday. Their villa is charming, hanging on the hill on the steep “old road to Fiesole that is very narrow with high walls on each
side.
zling- colors.
Mrs. Atkins
not long ago. regalia of the. crusades. and shields gleamed in the sun. had a different type of cross painted in dazThe fiery steed on which one of them was perched, was covered in chain mail
The tiny Fiat they drive, of course, .., takes the hill like a mountain goat. Lucy goes to school with American and English children. All three of them speak Italian fluently and Warman is very busy on his book. The old world atmosphere in which Mrs. Latham is living reminds me of the knights I saw in a yard at Pennsylvania and 37th Sts. Seven small boys were in full
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Their visored helmets Each shield
and had a. wonderful blond tail that might have started out as a mop. One crusader carried a battle ax with a pennant floating from it on which was inscribed “Gloria.” Two Boy Scouts in the group led me to believe it might be a scout
project. Whatever it was, it was a refreshing sight on a humdrum day and the boys are to be congratulated on their artistry. Spring Pilgrimage MY HUSBAND and I usually make a spring pilgrimage to the* house his grandmother, the late Mrs. E. C. Atkins, built on a farm near Noblesville. It was part of the historic Conner place which Eli Lilly bought some time ago. We had heard that he had acquired this property, too, but had no idea that he had already restored it. Our surprise and delight was unbounded when we found ‘the drive freshly covered with white stone, the grounds in order, the trim on the house glistening white again, gleaming window panes where they had been none and best of all, Mr. and Mrs. Lilly there! Mrs. Atkins traveled a great deal and brought back many treasures from Japan. She used them-at the farm, keeping the architecture of the house simple so they were not incongruous. The two foot bridges over the ravine were built on Japanese design. They were always a thrill for children, .in fact, grownups. had a fondness for them,’ too. Enormous Japanese lanterns hung from the rafters in the living-room as, of course, there was no electricity at the farm in those days. When Mr. and Mrs. Lilly took possession they found the skeleton of one. of those old lanferns in the fireplace. They have used a Chinese motif for decoration so after nearly 50 years the house is back with an Oriential influence. The ceilings have been painted in brilliantly colered Chinese designs with a great deal of clear yellow. It is all symbolic.
Chinese Symbols MUCH of it is a real Chinese puzzle to. me, but this much I do understand: In the liv-
ing room the black turtle indicates the north, the red phoenix the south, the blue dragon the west and the white tiger the east.
In the dining room there
are four large panels representing the seasons. Each panel“includes the flowers of the season's three months so that there are 12 flower designs, among them delicate plum and . cherry blossoms.
The two rooms adjoin so fhat
standing at either end, one almost gets the effect of
Chinese banners as they are carried in a procession. I think the old house must be very grateful to be lived in and loved again. I hope Mr. and Mrs. Lilly get as much pleasure from it as they are giving. I know they will enjoy the glorious wild flowers that are coming on — shooting stars, wild crocus and a solid bank of wild columbine and wild geranium,
Washington Visit I HAVE been in the East and while in Washington went to the 28th running of the Virginia Gold Cup Race in Warrenton. It is about
four miles over the timber
course and a colorful sight. I did think that our own Royalton course compared very favorably. Perle Mesta’s successor as the leading Washington host--ess, Mrs. Morris Cafritz, was young and smart in a black and cinnamon costume. Sen. and Mrs, Everett Saltonstall and Gen. and Mrs. Pat Hurley were in the crowd. The Bill Kerns and Nell and John Joss were among the Hoosiers we saw. The latter had Anne and Fred Taylor and their two older children as guests during spring vacation.” Mrs. Austin Clifford had been there and seen something of Mrs. Robert Wild. Mrs, Wild had an interesting interview at the Red Cross with young Mme. Nehru who wore a beautiful sari but did not seem alarmed at the idea of a uniform when on duty.
Meets Archduke
MRS. Albert J. Beveridge spent a day in Washington on her way to Indianapolis. She is the guest of Mrs, Larz Whitcomb. Frances . and David Bon’ started off by motor while I was there and are here with the Howard Fiebers for a 10-day visit. I had quite a dose of
royalty this trip, having spent . ~~
an afternoon in the country with Prince Christian of Hesse and his wife the former Elizabeth Rogers of Kentucky. I also met 18-year? old Archduke Stefan, son of Princess Ileana of Roumania and Archduke Anton of Austria. . . : At Winant Johnston's, I met Mrs. Demarest Lloyd, who is a first cousin of Bill Atkins.- Winant is looking forward to the publication of his new book “These Innocents” which will be out this month. It has 36 illustrations which he. has done himself.
“annual meeting Wednesday.
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Clubs. ...19, 26 Fashions Society ..24, 25 Gardening. . Food ...... 29 Teens sens 32
nas, Mrs. Robert Fortune and Cay Fortune .
1 show entry, Cardinal Rex.
Lloyd Proctor and Winona Willey .
By AGNES H. OSTROM IT'S GOING to be a real Hoosier classic—the
Spring Horse Show.
Working hard to make the May 12-14 event in the Coliseum a success are the 85 Christamore Aid Society members in co-operation with the Indiana
Saddle Horse Association.
The show is the one special fund-raising project of the social organization for 1950. be used for the maintenance fund of the Christamore Country House on Moore Road, site of the Christamore House summer camp northwest of Indianapolis, and for camp scholarships. This year's gross is earmarked for inside plumbing for camp.
The show will virtually open‘the Midwest horse
show circuit for the season.
According to those in the know, it's the first
League Plans
Election
Mrs. Robert Ashby Will Preside
Officers for the coming year will be elected by the Junior League of Indianapolis at its
Mrs. Robert Ashby, vice president, ‘will be in charge of the 1:45 p. m. meeting in the Woodstock Club. A delegate also will be elected to attend the national conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America. The conference is scheduled to
be held May 9-13 in Sun Val- .
ley, Ida. Annual] reports of the past year’s program activities and projects will be given, accompanied by the showing of colored slides of members on
their jobs. They were taken during the club season.
Party to Follow
Mrs. William Jungclaus has
been in charge of the photographic work. The reports were co-ordinated by Mesdames E. Havens Kahlo, Robert D. Eaglesfield Jr. and Edward W. Harris Jr., members of the education committee. Junior. leaguers will gather informally following the annual session for a “Coke” party in the club. Offices to be filled Wednesday include president, vice
president, corresponding and
recording secretaries,
and treasurer, ;
blanks.
Proceeds will
Counter-Spy-
. old-time campers.
Mosadames James M. Leffel
spring horse show with six $500 stakes. And. it's expected to draw more than 500 entries. 57 stables: which have never shown before in the event have requested premium
lists
There will be show horses from Pennsylvania, Missouri, Illineis, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee, as well as representatives of well-known Indiana stables. On the dot at 7:30 p. m. May 12 the Indiana Color Guard with five palominos will officiaily open the show. An exciting program includes such events as full five-gaited classes, three-gaited, fine harness, thrilling roadsters to bike, roadsters under the saddle as well as silver parade classes. Horses’ hoofs will step in cadence to the melodies of Doc Lawson, the Marshalltown, Iowa, originator of organ horse show music.
In a Personal Vein—
Party Themes A, Specialty
This Year It's ' . . . Paris in Spring’ By -MARJORIE-TURK - PARTY PLANNING calls for think sessions months in advance. The most important problem to be solved is not the traditional when, where and what, but “theme.” Thinking up themes can be very complicated unless the givers stick to something traditional like holidays or the seasons. Themes, once decided upon, can include everything from invitations to what the guests will wear. One of the best groups in town at choosing themes is
the Indianapolis Day Nursery Junior Auxiliary.
Paris In the Spring The young women have been thinking of themes year in and year out for over a decade. As soon as one money
alk Cafe,” to be held Apr. 29 in the Woodstock, was advanced during one of the hottest days last summer. The gals came up with “Paris in the Spring.” The side walk cafes will be -a--part-of-an-elaborate Pa< risian spring street scene set up in the club.
Strolling Musicians There will be canopied pa-
Fortune . . .
vilions. The rooms will be boxed off with bushes and shrubs and filled with iron furniture. The “streets” will have push carts overflowing with spring blossoms and strolling musicians will play during dinner, The group started its charity balls in 1938. That year they went collegiate, importing the Dartmouth College Glee Club. for a concert in Caleb Mills Hall before the Woodstock dance.
Futuristic Theme
The next year, however, the
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aprons for program salesmen
Back in January the society's president, Mrs. William C. Bertermann, named Mrs. John W. Gamble, horse show chairman, and Mrs. George T. Parry, project chairman. Since then plans have gone full speed ahead. Ever since Miss Martha Stewart Carey organized a group of young women in 1908 as the Christamore Aid Society, the members have given volunteer - service and financial aid to the settlement house. Two years ago they assumed full responsibility for maintaining the summer -camp purchased in 1937 by the Indianapolis Foundation and presented to the Christamore settlement board. Mrs. Edward J. Bennett and Mrs. Ben'W. Rubush
Already
and entry
are the camp committee cochairmen.
Members provide camp transportation for the 6 to 14-year-old youngsters lucky enough to get a real
adventure in group living outdoors.
Upcoming Product Will Perform the Tricks Of a Dry or a Yapor-Steam Iron
By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's Editor OU CAN'T GET IT YET... not for two weeks, anyway . .. but homemakers ought to know about a new combination dry and vapor-steam iron coming
up in local stores.
+ It is the Presto automatic iron, put out by the National
Pressure Cooker Co. pressure cooker. One of its
which makes noteworthy features is
the well-known Presto that
ordinary tap water can be used in the new iron... no necessity for distilled water. This is because it has something called a
“Vapo-Miser” in its innards which does its own distilling. (No report available on whether or not it distills anything but. water!) After the tap water is distilled "it emerges from near
the “snout” of the iron in fine vapor which means no drops of moisture to spot the fabric being pressed. Also, for some reason too complicated for
one female brain to grasp, the
steam or vapor is “cool” no matter -how hot-the sole plate of ‘the iron. The latter can be any temperature desired, since the iron has a fingertip temperature selector.
There's a wide spout at the handle front which makes filling and draining quick and easy. The iron is«lightweight, 100. + only 3% pounds . . . to make ironing easier, speedfer and less tiring. - Among stores which: will have the new iron, come May, are Ayres’, Block's, Wasson's and the National Furniture
Co. It will “set -you back just $17.95.
Who's Whose
HERE can be no argument about whose clothes or laundry belongs to whom if things are plainly marked with the owner’'s name or initials. (That's why mammas have industriously sewn name-tapes on the duds of campers and away-to-schoolers for years.) Even quicker way to do the identifying job is -to use a
Drifio cloth marker they have at Ayres’. This, a pen-like
contraption, marks laundry, camp or back-to-school paraphernalia quickly and permanently. And it's only $1.98. \ .
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Get Your Entry Ready
Contest Garments
To Be Judged
Entrants in The Times Sewing Contest will deliver their
garments on Monday, Apr. 24,
to the Central Library, Pernnsylvania and 8t. Clair Sts. Contest garments will be accepted from 9 a. m. until 7 p. m. that day only. Entry blanks giving information about each garment must be attached to each piece of wearing apparel, These blanks will be mailed this week by The Times to each person who has submitted a contest registration
form clipped from The Times.
One blank will be supplied for each entry garment. The registration form will appear in The Times for the last time Wednesday.
Display Planned
The garments will be
judged the week of Apr. 24.
All the contest éntries, including the winners, will be on public display in the Central Library's Cropsey Hall as follows: Sunday, Apr. 30, from 2 to 6 p. m.; May 1, from 9 a.m to 9 p. m. ‘and May 2,
. from 9 a. m. until 9 p. m.
The first place garment in each of the eight judging classifications will be shipped to New York on May 3 for judging in the National Sewing Contest. All others will be returned that day to contestants at the Central Library.
era of the all inclusive theme began. Thé ball was called “World of Tomorrow,” and the trylon and perisphere of the New York World's Fair were prominently featured. The walls were made into an improvised skyline of modern buildings and guests were in futuristic costumes. : Still following the trends of the time, the 1940 event was a “Gone With the Wind” ball and the women came as Southern belles.
‘The Duchess, the March
" Hare, the Mad Hatter and the
Cheshire Cat were present at
cothe-41-“AHce th Wonderland
Ball.” : In ’42 the organization re-
“verted to the usual winter
time theme with a “Snow Ball Dance.” Despite the prosaicness of the theme, it was one of the most beautiful. The Woodstock was flooded with candlelight and the orchestra, played from a frozen cascade. The effect was made with papier-mache.
Circus Party
The 1943 ball featured Day Nursery itself, with oe outs of children playing. Then followed the “Paper Doll Party.” In 1945 the “March of Flags” echoed the interest in the newly formed United Nations. Memorable were the “Mardi - Gras-Ball”-in 1946-with flowerfloats and carnival figures and the “Tropical Isle Dance” in 1947 with live palm trees, imported Hawaiian leis, coral and sea shells. The “Anniversary Ball” in 1948 was a birthday party complete with cake, candles and floral bouquets, Last year the group used cutouts again. That time they were of animals and the annual event became a miniature circus.