Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 April 1950 — Page 17

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Informal Furniture Inspires Siestas

Aluminum-Based Pieces Are Featherweight; Period Lines Spotlight New Metal Group

By JEAN TABBERT

CASUAL LIVING spells summer living.

It's an

informality attainable whether home base is a mansion

or a basement apartment.

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Appropriate furnishings do most to create the no work, all play illusion. A piece like the canopied hardwood chaise longue,

for instance, encourages relaxation.

Along with the matching

deck chair, it's a good basic grouping.

Sailcloth, tough and reinforced, units fold easily. The chaise ($10.95); Practical wrought iron

lamp table plays many roles. ($9.95). All at Colonial.

...A. spring... mattress._.is..the....

gecret behind the comfort of the ‘Barwa’ Napper reclining chair. Horizontal ropes of wire parade from top to bottom, stretcming with the body's curves. ¢:

Body Reclines "Designers Bartolucci-Wald-heim picked the age-old principle of feet-high™ relaxation in their development of the chair-ottoman that puts feet higher than head. The trick is in. the runner-like alunii-num-tubular-base. It balances in one position

for easy sitting and reading:

posture . . a slight pushback motion of the body is all that's necessary for a second balanced position for reclining with feet well above head level.

The piece is portable, weighs only 14 pounds. Replaceable, water-repellent

Army duck covers come in 11 pastel and dark lacquer shades. ($29.50.) Ayres’ and Adams’. Weather-resistant duck — this time tufted — again is

cused-on the-gitininuny chatse

and matching chair. Wheels on the chaise and general lightness aid movability; link spring construction means plus comfort. Pads are removable. Made by the Deeco Co. ‘The chaise ($39.95); the armchair ($29.50). Block's.

Lily Pad Table

Salterini's Neva-Rust group has a stellar part in the fashfon news this year. Springsteel based, each unit is guaranteed rust resistant and erosionproof for a maximum period. Stylewise, the lily pad table and the nest of tables are important. They're $12.95 and $39.85. The three-piece sectional, which may be used separately, is $89.95; the rocker $38.50; the straight chair $39.85. Not shown is a pull-out chair— $43.95. Its companion end table, which gives it the name, fits right beneath the seat. The line has the appearance of period furniture, would combine strikingly with. wooden pieces. during winter months. All at Adams’,

Rose Pattern

Wrought {iron has grace, spins charm inside as well as on a terrace. Chantilly Rose is the pattern shown with the flower caught in the metal embroidery. Curved center section ($119.50) is good first

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covers the duo. Both

the chair ($4.95).

buy. It will combine later on to make a three-piece sofa, has endless television possibilities” Single-armed chair is $79.50. The arm chair is the same price, has spring steel construction, The cocktail table ($39.50) matches group. Serviceable upholstery is made up in a galaxy of shades, variety of prints. All at Ayres.’ The glider is a summer standby, but here's one with a difference. Its innerspring cushign backs easily convert into a bed, long enough to fit a 6’ 2” guest. Pillow arms adjust. Cotton-backed ‘pillows are upholstered with vinyl plastic, stenciled with a threecolor design. ($49.95).

Plastic Upholstery Flanking the glider at right fs an aluminum occasional chair that stacks. It's slung with plastic strips, both cool and strong. They're easy to replace if damaged. Rubber feet make the chair tip-proof; the one-inch tubular aluminum frame insures lightness. ($14.95.) On the other side ‘of the glider is a deck chair with a new angle — it's aluminum. That makes it corrosion-re-Sistant.; rustproof. The. chair: folds compactly, has army duck upholstery. ($7.95.) All at Sears, Roebuck.

Milled Hickory

Old Hickory has been making its milled wood pieces for years. Each season brings out new ones with more exciting. design innovations. The car hop’s snack tray idea was adopted for the adjustable arm rests on the sectional units. Along with the Lazy Susan on the huge coffee table, there's loads of room for partying. Planked effect adds to the rustic appearance of the units. Neat legs give them a modern touch. The accor-dion-pleated trim is a nice style detail. More fashion news turn up in the upholstery prints. The one shown is a conventional hunting design. Others in the line have provincial themes to fit into that era interiors. Their indoor use is the most functional part of the group . + . the units come off the screened-in porch to furnish a room inside during the win¢ ter. The center chair of the sectional is $74; the end ones $79; Lazy Susan table, $79; corner table, $39, and end table, $29, All at BannerWhitehill’s.

Metal lawn group . . . interesting period character.

Army duck chair . . . reclines for comfort.

Burst of Social Gaiety Indicates Spring Is Here in Spite of Adverse Weather

By KATY ATKINS

A BURST of gaiety seems to indicate spring re“gardiess™of the weather.”

People were wearing lighter clothes last week in spite of having fur coats over them. : Irving Diven, 'when I saw her Sunday at the afternoon

party given at the Fred Appels by Mr. and Mrs. Appel and Mr,

and Mrs. Robert Scott, was ina gay print-bf daisies, poppies and delphinium with an enormous winged black straw hat. She is one of the “Monday Menders” who will have a surprise table in the Park School gymnasium at the tea following the Garden Tour next Saturday and Sunday. Sybil Mead is also a “menders.” I-loved her outfit at the Indianapolis, Junior League annual meeting, a brown tweed suit with which she wore a pink visored hat. At the Appel-Scott party various grandparents were receiving congratulations. Fred Appel's daughter, Ellie, and

Sam Rea had just had a new ~

daughter and the Ralph Lockwoods had had a double feature in the arrival of Nancy and John Spaldings’ daughter, Peggy, end a new great niece, the child of Mrs. Lockwood's nephew, Preston, and Adele Joyes of Louiseville. The

" babies arrived on succeeding

days. The Lockwoods are spending - this week-end in Louisville having just welcomed their youngest daughter, Nina, home after a visit in New York. Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Norris have been having a few people in at a time to meet Mrs.

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Norris’ mother, Mrs. Greenleaf, who visted them. Mrs. Post. Milliken has a guest, Mrs. Coburn Smith of West Newton, Mass. Mrs. Smith was guest of honor at a women's dinner last night where several of the guests. were wives of men who had gone to Wawasee with Eli Lilly for his annual fishing party. Mrs. Milliken had a dinner for Mrs. Smith Friday night and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Daniels will entertain for her at luncheon this noon.

Couple Honored LUCY HOLLIDAY and Bill Wick of Youngstown, O., whose wedding takes place May 6, will be guests of honor at a luncheon today, given by John F. Miller at his cot-

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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Boozer and their daughter, Joan Elder, have recently returned from a visit with their other daughter, Alice. Weaver, in Ft. Worth, Tex. While there, they went to Dallas for the wedding of Constance Owsley, daughter of the Alvin Owsleys who once lived here for an all too brief period. Mrs: Eugene Miller was another Indianapolis friend on hand for the festivities.

Tony and Ed Craft are off to Mexico for some fishing.

The Jack Appel, Fritz Ayres

and Fred Holliday Jr. have gone to Marathon with the same end in view. Mrs. Robert Scott went to New York with Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hulman of Terre Haute for the National Press Club dinner: The Indianapolis Garden Club met ‘with Martha Lee Williams Wednesday which probably accounted for the fact that there were fewer sustaining members than usual at the Junior League meeting. Not, I hasten to add, that all Garden Club members come in the sustaining bracket.

The League's annual re-

ports were presented in col-

ored slides, a welcome innovation. Susan Gatch, presiding in Betsy Stokely's absence, was elected president for the coming year and gave a nice preview of her ability to grace the chair. Mrs. Harold Burnett had a charming straw sailor hat on when I saw her atthe Indianapolis Women's Republican Club luncheon at the Columbia Club on Thursday. Dr. and Mrs. James Peirce had an informal party last Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. Garvin Dalglish who have moved here fairly recently. The Reilly Adams were. there.

. Their newest acquisition is a

canary who sings “Yankee Doodle” which is startling to say the least.

Wrought iron pieces . . . Chantilly Rose pattern

Aluminum combination . . .

has sleek lines.

Hickory units . . . they've year ‘round charm.

Take Entry: To Library Sewing Contest Deadline Set

Tomorrow is the only day entrants in the $1460 Times National Sewing Contest can deliver their garments to the Central Library, Pennsylvanfa and St. Clair Sts.

Garments will be received fn the library auditorium from 9 a. m. to 7 p. m.

While entry blanks to be; to each garment

attached - have been - mailed to “those “WhO registered in advance, additional blanks will be available at the library tomorrow. Men and women who might have failed to send in a registration coupon from The Times will be permitted to enter garments tomorrow. Persons from out of the city may mail their entries to Times Sewing Contest, Central Library, and must enclose sufficient postage for their return. Mailed garments also must be received tomorrow. Judging will be done Tuesday. Judges will be Miss Janice Berlin, Marion County home demonstration agent: Mrs. Helen Haverstick, fashion coordinator of the H. P. Wasson & Co.; Miss Florence Murphy, fashion co-ordinator for the Wm. H. Block Co., and Miss Louise F!>tcher, The Times Woman's Editor and fashion authority. Winners will be announced in The Times next Sunday. All garments will go on public display at the Central Library Auditorium next Sunday. The schedule will be: Apr. 30-2 p. m. to 6 p. m.; May 1,9 a. m. to 9 p. m:; May 2,9a. m. tod p m. Garments, except first-place winners, must be picked up at the library from 5 to 7 p. m,, May 2. First-place garments will be sent to New York for judging in the nationa' contest and will be returned in June.

Counter-Spy—

Party Props Can Make

Or Break a Good Time

By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's Editor S THE COMEDIANS do it, the “delayed take” is funny. It isn't so funny when a party suffers a

delayed take.

Things have to get going fast or they're likely to slow

down to a dead stop. The *

of amusing props on tap. One of them, the

cotton .apron for host or guests to wear . . . and it offers a. convenient. filing

system for all the usual party contingencies.

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At the there's a transparent pocket to hold a card saying “Miss

Jones (or whoever) belongs to Mr. Brown (or whomever); deliver body to . . .."” Other pockets are provided

for aspirin, B-1, benzedrine, poison, nuts, highball_glass, olives, - cigarets, shot glass,

ashes, olive pits, napkin, fork, sandwich, joke book, address and phone number booklet. All this convenience is now

only $1.89 . , . formerly $2.50. (Cost of " parties coming down?)

‘props” an important part in a quick.getaway.

“Binge Butler,” fifth-floor housewares department. “The

provided for a party have And there are plenty

can be spotted in Ayres’ “butler”. is. a heavy

The BAR shop 2 Charles’ Mayer's = another fertile field in which whimsical party props thrive, One of them is an outsize cocktail shaker in the form of a brass and copper finished fire extinguisher. Known as the “Thirst Extinguisher,” it bears this etched inscription: “Required by law to be put in a cone venient spot. In emergency, charge with ingredients, shake well and dispense free ly until conflagration is under control. Every host a fire chief. Guaranteed by thirst quenching underwriters. Ape proved by fire eaters every. where.” It's $20. Practical despite their whimsical name, “Frozen Assets,” are terry cloth and flannelette mitts for wear by the person wielding/the cock tail shaker. Sound . effects are provided by small cow bells attached to the wrists, Yours for $1.50.

LSO at Mayer's is a big bar towel called the “Crying Towel.”

* Printed with pictures and

slogans appealing to the

. party-er, it is $1.

Novel martini pitcher of glass has a wooden handle held on by metal bands, With stirrer, it's $3.50, Matching cocktail glasses are 65 cents; highball glasses, 85 cents; beer glasses, $1 each,

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