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that they should come “home” more often.
too, have been entertaining all week. Guests wandered from house to spacious porch and
‘coffee and punch were served:
. the party.
Round of Parties Welcomes Mary Florence Kern and
Her Daughter "Back Home'
By KATY ATKINS
MARY FLORENCE MALOTT KERN and her attractive, blue-eyed daughter, Mary, must be convinced Bill drove them out from Washington last Monday for a very gay whirl, Mary Florence's mother-in-law, Mrs. John W. Kern, gave a
luncheon for them at Woodstock on Thurs-
day. They divided their stay between the Sam Harrells and the Fisk Landers. The cousins and the aunts and friends,
at Mrs. Edgar Evans’ small tea on Tuesday" admired the attractive table from which both This party also honored Mrs. Evans! granddaughter, Mary Harréll. She was grad-
uated this year cum laude from Radcliffe and motored home with her mother in “time for
Mrs. Atkins
Mary has great musical talent. She will study at summer school in Colorado and spend next winter in New York for further work.
Vacationers on the Move
RS. FRANK BINFORD has recently returned from her cottage in Burt Lake, Mich., where she and her canasta group had a wonderful time playing morn-
_ing. noon and night
Her guests were Mrs. Maurice Socwell, Mrs. Fred Thomas and Mrs. John Roberts. Marnie and John Ruckelshaus have the cottage now. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lockwood spent a week in Leland to look over their cottage. They are not going up to stay until later sinee Nina, their only daughter at home, is going abroad this summer, Mrs. Hortense Rauh Burpee sailed on the Coronia Friday.
—Hiuldah Pfaff left Tuesday from Quebec with friends for a Eu-
ropean tour. Shé had a gay time in the East before sailing, having visited in Washington, New Jersey and Binghamton, N. Y,, from where her mother came.
More Comings and Goings
FLORENCE JAMESON VISITED in Cleveland before going on to be in a wedding in Pittsburgh Friday. From there she will go to the family’s cottage in Leland. Mrs. Charles Weiss got home from Leland Friday with Mrs. Paul Fisher, Mrs, Addison Parry and Mrs. J. T. McDermott, who had been guests at her cottage through the week.
Mrs. Willlam Taylor has been in Leland for a few days and
: had her youngest granddaughter, Eleanor, with her while Anne Taylor took Billy east to camp, accompanied by her other
daughter, Alma. : Betty Ruckelshaus has just come back from Long Island where she has been visting and stayed for the debut party of her young sister, Barbara Hassler, on Wednesday night, She and little Bettina will be off for Burt Lake soon. Betty will be greatly missed during tennis week as she always adds much te the pleasure of the visiting players. The tournament will be a great success. Every box seat is sold, the parties are planned, billeting is bein® avecrged and we are all set .for the performers.
Two Arrivals on Deck
FWo YOUNG LADIES. put in their appearance recently. While they will not be residents, their parents are much loved here and we hope they will often visit.
Schaff and, incidentally, is the fourth in the family to carry the name. Mary Lois Rockwood is the child of Clyde and Margaret Fish Rockwood, Mrs. Julian’ \Bobbs; Ann Bobbs Alig, Mrs. J. Landon Davis and Ava Saunders Davis Kysar left Friday for the Bobbs’ cottage at Northport Point. Landon Davis has been sailing with
"Julian, his son Bill and Peter McClennen on the Bobbs’ boat so ~ they will all meet there... ; : At a recent supper party, Mrs. Bobbs had on the moss . . attractive summer wrap I have seen this season. Designed by
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I Was flected To Motherhood The Natural Way—
* SUNDAY, JULY 3 1950 .
/ It's A Memory | Will Cherish Forever’
'It Gives You a Feeling of Family— I'm Glad | Didn't Miss It’
By MRS. LOUIS MAHERN ANTHONY MICHEAL'S mother was there to welcome
“him into the world.
Unlike those of the four brothers whp preceded him, his birth was “natural” . . . without the aid of
anesthetic. before he came.
1 was fully conscious through the hours JX saw him arrive.
My labor with Anthony Micheal was, ‘by far, either my
longest or shortest .
. depending on which way you look at it. W I began having “erratic contractions just after midnight -
Saturday. Full of restless energy, : got out of bed, pressed
‘@ This is the third of five articles child was born last Monday.
by Mrs, Mahern, whose Afth In them, she tells of her ex-
periences in having a baby by the “natural” (without anes:
“ thesia) method.
@ The series, appearing on Sundays, also will’ cover post- -natal
—gspects -of the natural childbirth: : some jeans and T- shirts for the boys and laid out their church
clothes.
T.ouis and I went to 5 o'clock mass.
At 6:30 a. m. I called
Dr. D. and told him that my contractions were fairly strong
and five minutes apart. He told me to go along to
the hospital and he would see
me a little later. During. th2 next 24 hours ‘the contractions were some times regular and then very irregular; sometimes strong, and then very weak. Howéver, this was false labor, because the cervix remained only slightly dilated.
“It was- a tiring process in_-
that I knew 1 wasn't progressing. Yet, if T hadn’t been relaxing with the contractions, 1 would have been physically exhausted before I went into true labor.
‘Like Films’
LOUIS. was of invaluable
‘aid later on, but during this
period he was a nuisance with his frequent, “Had any
‘good ones lately?”
Disgusted with the whole thing, I said, “Stop asking me that. Pll let you know!" “I can’t help it,” he told me. “It's like having film at the drugstore—waiting to be. developed.”
Monday morning Dr. D. ordered me to be given four capsules of quinine at hourly intervals. If ready to deliver; that would put me into active labor. But if my time wasn’t up, I would remain unaffected. I took the first capsule at 8 a. m. In about two hours, I could notice the contractions tightening down a little. We decided that I was in the labor room for good. I took off my housecoat and put on a hospital gown.
Dessert First
ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL has two labor rooms—a large one with four beds and a small ‘one with two. Sister Huberta had agreed that if the small room was available
and 1 was its only occupant,
Louis could be with me during labor. Fortunately this was possible, At 11 o'clock I was given a tray of fight lunch. It was awfully warm, so 1 ignored the hot soup. 1 took a bite of prune whip “and Louis sald, “You don't let the boys eat their dessert swer, my youngest son obviolently to my ac
Before 1 could an-"—"
tions, I put the tray aside and got into bed. The contractions were coming about every two minutes, but I was still successful enough at relaxing with them that I had time to tell Louis, who was serving as timekeeper, when one approached.
Dr. Goes to Lunch AT NOON, .the nurse shooed Louis from the room and examined me. The cervix was ‘half dilated which marked progress, This information was relayed to Dr D. and he went to lunch.
Louis didn’t return to the = “room immediately, and I could
feel the difference. There
__probably are women who can.
‘ and have experienced natural . childbirth wi‘hout the help of a ‘sympathetic husband or someone who is close to them standing by. For myself, I doubt i* it would have been possible. % When Louis did return, I explained to him that the last six or eight contractions before complete dilation of the cervix would be the most ‘severe and could be relieved. if he would press the palm of his hand -in the small-of my back.
my back hurt with the con traction. I didn't think 1 could possibly be in that stage yet, but the pressure might help, As each contraction approached, Louis applied the pressure, and I relaxed. However these contractions began to be punctuated by quick stabs of pain and I found it impossible to keep from tightening up against these.
Walks to Delivery
_ THERE were exactly six of
‘these contractions. I realized I wasn’t relaxing when
the stabs would ‘come and
“thought “T'll have to do something.” Suddenly my body told me that the something I had to do was push. I called the nurse and asked to be examined. It was 12:25 m. and Dr, D.’s lunch was about to be interrupted. Hurried phone calls to restaurants “inthe vicinity re~ vealed that a lot of restautants have ceased to exist since the latest phone book was printed.
Five minutes later I noticed
‘sictan, and Dr: _began scrubbing their hands
New arrival
His mother writes about his advent.
“The nurse said. “We're taking you to delivery,” and I asked if. I might walk instead. That last line in an account of this kind has always seemed like bragging to me. But it is a moral victory and on such things natural childbirth is built.
Nurses Converge LOUIS and 1 prepared ‘to vacate the labor room. He gathered up the magazines and the book I'd been reading. I handed him my rosary and asked him to use it while he waited. He went to the waiting room and TI walked to the delivery room. Contrary to popular belief, but strictly
according to Dr. Read, the worst was over. I asked if Dr. D. was on
his way. The split second’s hesitation before the nurse answered “yes” betrayed her, and I knew he hadn't been located yet. . Dr. F., the resident phythe intern;
and arms. Masked nurses seemed to come from all di-
rections.
By JEAN TABBERT Manufacturers will pull a sleight of hand trick on
homemakers this fall. When new furniture models show
up in local stores soon, the deft designs will mask builtin practicality and comfort, Hundreds of such pieces were shown the last two weeks at the summer home furnishings market just ended in Chicago. There the two giant buildings that house manufacturers’ showrooms, the Merchandise and the American Furniture Marts have been jammed with buyers, selecting their new lines,’ Reflecting the fendency of modern to adopt softer lines is
easily kept spic and span.
- A companion dining group also is available.
It’s the design of the pieces that hits the headlines though. | The curved portions of the chair and sofa arms annihilate the
.Starkness of stiff, modern lines. And the well -proportioned coffee table and gently indented lamp table further relieve homemakers have vetoed. of the free form sofa from California. Made by the
Unit. Ninety inches long, it's an ideal
has foam rubber filling, which doubles
wr
"A unigue pillow cushion is upholstéred on top -of the
door: . decided to join time and tide.
In Delivery HOO — I'D NEVER seen a delivery room in action before. The nurses moved around carrying a stack of muslin cloths, handling a spraying machine
full of merthiolate, and ad-
justing leather bands on my wrists, __ My feet and legs were encased in muslin boots and placed in metal stirrups: on either side of the table. The boots were sterile drapes. The hand of the clock was moving upward toward 1, and my baby downward toward life. I was as powerless
_to stop one as the other, Dr. F. and Dr. C. shrugged
themselves into sterile gowns and begin watching me closely, My contractions were almost constant, and I had a dull ache in my back. : “Wait for me, Elsye," Dr. D. said as he rushed in the ~But—Anthony Micheal
I had a tight, hot feeling. And all my senses were directed toward one cause,
covered with
. . . Anthony Micheal Mahern. — DR DPD CAME over masked
and gloved, but minus a gown, and my son was born into his hands. It was 1:04 p. m. I'd been in the hospital 30 hours, in delivery for 34 minutes, and in actual labor for ‘two hours. He laid the baby across my abdomen. “Is he all right?” I. asked. He looks awfully purple.” They assured me that all babies look like that at birth. The cord was clamped and cut and the baby began to “pink up.” Dr. D. applied pressure to my a men and the placenta was removed. The only injury was what Dr. D. termed a surface scratch which required a stitch only ‘because it happened to hit A blood vessel”
A Memory-to Cherish A LITTLE brown -eéyed nurse leaned over me. “Tell me,” she said, “would you recommend patural childbirth?" My answer was an unqualified . “yes.” “Why?” she wanted to know. I didn't answer her then; I'd like to do it now.
I recommend natural child=
birth because once you've thought about it . +» Once vou've seriously considered seeing and feeling your baby
born, to miss it is like -missing your own wedding. Like a wedding it is a memory to cherish forever. "Another reason, Louis ‘and I both agree, It enables the husband to say truthfully: “WE have a new baby,” in _ stead of “my wife has a new baby.” It gives you a feeling of family, before the baby is even born, And third--it is better for the baby. The difference may be slight, but you never know when you may need that difference. Moni in my room, I asked . D. to give me a sedative. p= certainly not a stoic who refuses to admit pain, or the
need for medicine. But I
wanted the sedative not as a relief from pain of exhaustion. ] My need was that of a man who's just won a political ‘campaign. I was excited. Excited because I'd just
béen elected to motherhood
the delightful, natural way.
hern will tell about her recovery during the post-natal period,
In na) Vere It's Tune-up Time for
Chorus Kids
NEXT SUNDAY: Mrs. Ma-
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They ‘Get Set’ for
Starlight Musicals By MARJORIE TURK (Photos on Page 24) “Anda l, 2 3,435,86, ‘auw-w-w." Take it again with a good attack. And al 23 4.5 86 ‘auw-ww’
Got it from memory: And 21 2 3.45.
Cord- clad Edwin Biltcliffe is directing the 50 boys and
Rirls in the Starlight Mu-
sicals chorus with-a
_ fortissimo here and a Tittle ’
crescendo there, With his purple-and-white checked shirt open at the neck and his sockless feet in open-air sandals, the concert pianist and -director is “tuning up” the youngsters. They're rehearsing all day and half the night in the auditorium of the 4-H building and: the 4-H Men's
Dormitory basement out at
the State Fairgrounds.
And they're counting the days—8 of them now-—until the operetta season begins, On July 11 the first show, “Student Prince,” will go on before the grandstand at the Fairgrounds. But already
the chorus has mastered the. - seoresfor the following st
tractions—“The Red Min" “New Moon" ‘and * “The he Great Waltz.” —
Practice ‘Duds’ j ANY DAY you can see
the chorines and their male
counterparts sitting on fold ing chairs practicing “gor-jus* for “gorgeous” or up on their feet learning how to mill (as In a crowd). Working out are teen-agers and the just turned 20 crowd, amateurs and semi-pros to-
* gether. Practice clothes are
strictly informal. The girls are
in blue Jeans, Peasant blouses and full skirts. The
boys’ attire is “casual” enough for a stretch of threshing down on the farm. Between drills there is time for breaks. A cross-section of the choruses includes Dick Winternheimer, Jean Ray, Charles Shannon and Josephine Haboush,
Music, Music . . .
DICK, who combines magie shows with his baritone, has attended Jordan Music Co! and Butler University. hopes to be with the Shuberts in the fall. . Youth winner with the ndianapolis Symphony Orchestra last season, Jean. Ray
Music with a capital M is her goal, however, and she willbe ~~ back in the IU Music School E:
come September Jean is unaerstudying one of the starring roles as is Josephine, Jo holds a B. A, from Westminstef College, Princeton, N. J., and a master's from IU. She's given concerts in Carnegie Hall and is headed for a career as a college voice teacher.
“Charlie has been in Hol Tywood this win with his brother, Don. Don's also in
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