Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 July 1950 — Page 7

Office Hours . . . 9:30 to 1 2 to 5:15 Y one Sua bre iPod by ja Sor WELER, Organizations— gton St. Sorority Arranges Rush Party; |

CONEW YORK, July 10—The slim silhouet, edging its way back into the fashion picture ever since the “New Look” gave it a rude push, is really back. It's

one of the major notes in costumes for fall and winter—and that goes for evening as well as daytime styles. Importance of the sheath silhouet was one of the t emphasized this morning in a New York Dress Institute fashion forum. The breakfast forum, in the Waldorf-Astoria Wedgwood Room, opened the 15th semi-annual press week sponsored by the Couture Group of the Institute. On hand for the week's series of fashion shows by “name” designers are almost 150 U.;8. and Canadian fashion reporters, Tepresenting leading newspapers and radio stations. That sheath silhouet which the NYDI mentioned this morning comes with a 1950 “difference,” however. “They are sheaths & woman can love even If she’s a size 20,” NYDI spokesmen pointed out. New York designers see to it that the tubular line is not only becoming, but easy and flattering. A secret of this is in working and wrapping fabric across the grain. NYDI says this gives a dress “muscles” to follow the wearer's own. Another secret is the use of curved lines at - neck and hips to balance vertical body lines. And top secret is

Homemakers Plan Dinner 1

Two sororities plan parties. Miss Marilyn Schmadeke, 950 El-! lenberger Pkwy." W. Drive, will entertain members of the Phi Mu! Sorority and their guests with a rush tea from 3 to 5 p. m. Sunday. The hostess will be assisted by Misses Marlene House, Sylvia Dan, Ann Kanze, Peggy Lacey, Pat Scanlon, Louise Osmon and! Joey _Pittenger, all Hanoy er College students. {

(rer Miss Anitsa Nussis, Crawfords-

{ville, president of the Hanover] > : Auxiliary group, will attend. Phi Mus from! : {Indiana University who will at- i Sets Pa rt tend include Miss Ruth ean, i y (Danville; president; sses ™ ; Orphan Association | Frances Williams, Mary Ann High, neat collar i voted throughout New York collections

{Adams, Ann Williams, Jo Barrett, | Sets All Day Event Lois_Borcherding, Sandy Heston, Mary Ann Cunat, Lydia Johnson,!

The children at 1404 8. State Mary and Martha Manship and Ave. will be treated with a full Janet Shaeffer.

day of entertainment by the | Representing Purdue University Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Gen- at the tea will be Miss Mary |Hunnicutt, New Castle; "Miss!

eral Protestant Orphan Associa- [Maryann Moore and Miss Edie

tion Wednesday. |Edwards, W. Lafayette, and Miss A__covered-dish luncheon will, Mary Lou Gallagher. Miss Nancy open the eventful ddy. War Sav- Haynes, Elwood, is the Purdue ings Stamps ‘will be awarded for!chapter president. .

improvement and promotion ini . Convention Reports

school work by Miss Ruth B, Emhardt. The auxiliary will hold! The Theta Theta Chapter, Phi: a brief business nesting Beta Psi Sorority, will meet at! eH i A {6:30 p. m. tomorrow fdr a dinner| |party in the home of Mrs. James E. Lowry, 5940 Guilford Ave. | 1 ‘Mrs. Wilbur Jones and Mrs. {Don Moschenross will report on ‘the group's national convention {held last week in Chicago. New. {officers will be installed. They are (Mrs. Jones, president; Mrs, |Moschenross, vice president; Mrs. {Frank Demjen and Mrs. Marshail Haislup, recording and correspond-| ling secretaries; Mrs. J. Kenton iGardner, treasurer; Mrs. T. M. {Benziger, master of ceremonies, and Mrs. G. mentarian. 2 Assisting with the dinner are Mesdames Moschenross, Edward Transform . your small bed- [Hollis and Benziger and Miss room into. a bed.sitting room Frances Porter.

this easy way. Use a chest-on- | The Crooked Creek Homemak-| chest, not in the least office-like lers Club will meet at 1 p. m. to-|

. Besides | morrow in the home of Mrs. _ In appearance. Besides its reg- |. 00 Leeds, 6130 King Ave. ulation storage drawers, it has

: The. Silver Star Review, Wom-} a surprise desk drawer, neatly |

an’s Benefit Association will have —pigeon-holed and with a hinge [2 business meeting at 8p. mm front that drops down to be-

Designing Woman

E. Pohlman; parlia-;

~Elzabeth. Hillver

(Thursday. The event will be in! the group's hall, 958 N.

~ At/ Charles Mayer eo “You Can Always Find the ~~ |

Lair styles by Don Rim

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{ Wedding gifts that are unusual: and distinctive. The

—~ 7 newest and best, at the most

Ad Ged reosonable prices. have come from Charles

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The traditional wedding store from engagement ring to the “thank you” notes. Eoch gift is cherished through the years with the knowing thought that it" represents the best value on the finest quality possible.

For over a century the most prized gifts in silver, crystal and china

You'll find our store the center of activity for Brides, who like to register their pattern choices in ous I ; silver, china and crystal in our Bride's register.

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Bexille ways ibets on sure things. Any-|

Alf you get for your effort ‘ {wasted food, poor dinners and g.cessories.

from her test kitchen, {help keep the housewife out of} {the “guess and Bolly” school otis | cooking. :

{Roast Potatoes with Meat |

[thing get done at the same time?| {8he

{one item to worry about. They'll . {take longer at the lower tempertature for roasting (325 degrees,

for the coming season.

Hp width—wide necklines, wide collars, deep armholes, dolman

Fabrics Are Fabulous

[EXAMPLES OF THIS TOP WIDTH or emphasis in«clude the surplice or diagonal line in bodices; the high, neat collar and “trick” sleeves, all three pictured. The NYDI also says that there's an Arabian Nights . story in fabrics for fall'and winter. Materials are rich, lustrous, and have touch- as well as eye-appeal. Woolens

are “important -looking™ and wonderful to feel, weight determining the design and function of the costume.

Wafer plaids, sheer wool.

balanced by the other extreme—coatings so thick and blanket-soft they need no lining. There's loop-weave chinchilla cloth for short or long coats , . . reversible two-tone and . cashmere and camel's hair coats with surprise linings of white satin. Pure silks, according to NYDI report, are all over the .% flat: and canton silk crepes, featherweight taffetas,’ metallic taffetas, slipper satins, ribbed or hammered satins, cut velvets, Lyons velvets, deep-piled silk velvets. The stiff, stand-alone look of former seasons is replaced by "ody, .

plain-and-plaid coatings . .

place |

which gives a softer look.

Hemline Stays Midcalf

THE FASHION REPORTERS were given a list of “watch for” trends to guide them through this - week's maze of designers’ collections. coat-and-dress or dress-and-jacket, rather than the suit for next fall and winter , , , the return of squared

shoulder and set-in sleeves . . . necklines given emphasis

by biggish collars, fur bandings or upstanding cuffs . . including dickeys,

for plunging necklines flowers.

shions

with their

crepes and chiffon jerseys are

On it were the,

. fill-ins lace and massed

Another “watch for” is the persistence of: the natural waistline—lower, perhaps, and sometimes with big, low-placed tabs

to narrow down box coats. Cascade panels shoot out from the long molded torso line of evening dresses. Hemlines will stay at midcalf, according to the NYDI. That's about 14 inches from the floor—for daytime and in many Newest evening hemline is street-length at

evening dresses. front, swooping’ down and out

Slim skirts are made supple with wrapping, low- placed flounces, tiers, back flares. Skirts for after-5 and evening wear »-0Pen-like flowers below the knee or are entirely of Mtge petits <P Overskirts are increasingly important and there are borders evetrywhere, of fur, embroidery or pleats.

‘Spanish Spoken Here'

THERE’ S A SPANISH FEELING in many collecOne of them, on view yesterday, was Maria In it are bull fighter jackets—heavily gold or

tions. Krum's.

in’ a peacock line at back.

silver embroidered boleros which come with short, slim outfits for afternoon and evening wear.

} | Tina Leser also is reported to be giving the Spanish theme a big play in her designs for the Edwin H. Foreman Co.

Spanish peasant costumes as served as inspiration. Castillo doing - Spanish-influence

embroidered satins—and Spanish red and gold among colors. too, are following the Spanish train of | Bicornes and pillboxes, some seen yesterday in Sally suggest the bull

The milliners, thought. Victor's hat collection,

well as those of bull fighters

fighter's headgear.

There's. also a peaked brim model around which looks lke a

Conquistador helmet,

and in appliqued trimming such as passementerie or metallic

threads.

Mrs. Walker To Speak

Pilot Pe. to Meet With Mrs. Coburn

Mrs. Frank Walker will ad-| Thursday night. The dinner meet-| {of the bridegroom. ing will be in the home of Mrs. Augustus Coburn, 4828 N. Illinois ‘St. Mrs. Walker, founder of Walker Research Service,

ther ' sister's ‘matron of honor.

will! The best man was Donald

|speak on “Your Opinion Counts.” Hinkle. The ushers were WarPlans will be made for the an- ren Bixby, Vincennes; Wilbur] {nual Pilot International convgn- Little and Rodrick Da -is. tion to be held July 26 to 30 in the Statler Hotel, Washington. llusion Veil {Delegates to the meetings will be, The bride's ballerina length

Mrs. Harold Trout, district governor; Mrs. Grace Wicklund, club

président, and Mrs. Coburn. {neckline edged with bridal blue | Alternates ‘ribbon. Her two-tiered fingertip Serving as alternates will be jjjysion veil was attachad to an| Mesdames John H. Drury, Omer jjjysion pleated half hat trimmed’ McKee and Ethel Minney. with blue corn flowers.

“Others at the convention from| The—Marott Hotel “was the| Indianapolis will be Merdames scene of the reception. | R. T. Durham, Hanna Geiger The bride attended. DePauw

Delphia Gill and Randolph Coats, u Misses Frances Kelly, Vera Grant biversity and is a graduate of and Janet Wes West. Butler University.

ority.~ Mr, Tiernan attended Indiana and Butler

Sigma Chi Fraternity. Pre- Plan

A “home economist expert al-|

NEW YORK, July 10—

. as ; (way, she claims, takin chances. Some #4 wide writing surface, Ave. sl doeAn't iE Td “Simplicity in new dress stake. | fashions leaves plenty of

using dramatic | And dramatic is ! wit many of the new scarfs

latitude for

frazzled nerves, -says-she. Here are some tips, straight ... which willl’

1. Have trouble making every-|: 3

suggests baking. potatoes with the roast and eliminating’

F.).but no longer than the roast. {Scrub them well, prick the skins,| {then brush them with melted a {before baking. 2. Use thé alarm clock as a timer if your range doesn't have | one. Let it serve as a reminder that it’s time to look In the oven or start the vegetables. | 3. Don't waste the last bit of, fat in the can. It’s easy to get! every smitch out if you remove: the label—saving your favarite, recipes thereon—wipe off the can.! place it over low heat or in a pan of hot water to melt the fat, When it's melted, add it to the’ fat used for frying: -

Grease Discreetly 4. Baking cookies? Save time by greasing-the cookie sheet or baking tins ahead of time. : 5. Temper your baking pans before you use them for’the first time and they'll perform better,

in a moderate oven for an ‘hour or two. 5. When you're making cupcakes ow small fancy cakes the ‘bot

The bride's atténdants wore blue chiffon . over taffeta, Mrs. [Ammerman, Oak Hill, Ill. was

the Miss Ann Pardee was bridesmaid.

gown of Chantilly lace was de-| {signed with a fitted bodice and

She is a mem-| {ber of Kappa Kappa-Gamma So-|

Universities ! where he was a member of the}

Miss Petersen, P. M. Tiernan New Suits Wed i in Church Ceremony

| Vows uniting Miss Greta Louise Petersen and Paul Miles Tier-| nan were read at 3:30 p. m, yesterday in the McKee Chapel, Taber-| nacle Presbyterian Church, Dr. Roy Ewing Vale officiated. | The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. F, Petersen, 3060 By BARBARA BUNDSCHU |dress the Indianapolis Pilot Club N. Meridian St." Mrs. G. Miles Tiernan, 206'W. 43d St., is the mother|

You receive a letter which demands an answer. Wrong: Put off answering it until you have to begin the letter with an apology for not having answered sooner. Right; Answer your mail promptly, as a courtesy to those who are expecting an answer and fo make the job of letter writing easier for’ yourself. z " =» ” A girl from a

family with very little money is marrying a young man

whose parents are wealthy. - Wrong: She lets his parents pay for the wedding. Right: However simple the wedding must be, the bride's “parents always give it and pay for it.

Use Dramatic Accessories

and costume jewelry are. Fashion editors here today | will see a preview of Coro jewelry and Glentex scarfs in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Pierre. Staged” by the | Ann -Re-SiHver—Associates the show will present Highlights of both collections. Convertible and reversible are key words to accessory fashions.

—They describe many Glentex in-- " novations — weskits

~sportily checked on one side, luxuriant | black velvet on the other; fake fur jerkins to be worn with opening at front or back; tri- | angles of striped jersey or plain | lined with vivid color,

Thirty-six-inch scarfs, used to | ~fill in deep or side-swept neck-

backgrounds, marbleized, stip- | pled, mosaic, basket-weave or tweed weaves. Stark white backgrounds with big, bold patterns provide a touch of winter white. Black velvet, adopted this season as the finishing touch for costumes from sports dresses to evening gowns, appears in Glentex ties, capelets and tube tops to wear with evening skirts. : x = = CORO'S collection stresses the “dress-up” look for fall necklines. Jeweled collars, sidedraped strands of gold or stone-set chains provide fill-ins for low necklines. Many rhinestones “light up” the season's numerous velvet costumes. There are lavish pendant necklaces, big brooches, drop

earrings, bangle bracelets—all

touched with rhinestones. Baguette stones give rhinestones, “emeralds,” equa and topaz the look of real jewelry. Even gold | takes the baguette shape in a

gold chain to wear with day- | * time jersey or evening satins.

Important fashion colors featured both in Coro pearls and Glentex scarfs are Tokay Grape and Pink - Wine together or used

wim

singly

11 he has the patience to hang | flag will be carried with those

and still be wearable.

contrasting |

With seutral ghades~—BY LF ing

i | Hats also “hablo Espanol” in rich colors 1 { i

* Shun Wrinkles |

Chemical Finishes Preserve Neat Look

NEW YORK, July 10 (UP) —

John! Fellow wrote in the other day to

[oo could he buy a suit that wouldn't get one single wrinkle on a hot day. Not -if- you want to sit down, |

NT St Af you like a crease in your, a | But the chemists have got in| there and souped up the textiles! {so ‘that things are pretty good. lanyway.

up his clothes at night” one suit] {maker pointed out, “the wrinkles, {WILL come out by themselves.”

| With that kind of patience, in! fact, most of the cool rayon and {cotton and rayon suits on the! ‘market today can look neat every morning for a week without press-

jing, {Big Business Chemical fabric treatments for | wrinkle - resistance, as well as (shrink- -proofage, moth - proofage, {water and fire resistance and alll the other proofs, have boomed | {into-= “tremendous: business since

-Rayon suitings about as jturally wrinkie-resistant as tiss paper are being treated to sh wrinkles, as well as fine worsted | {wool the Tpost resilient natural Hiber-known.— -

“He could fry cast iron” suggested. . “We actually did get! a fabric once that was almost! {impossible to wrinkle, Felt awful. |The seams looked like small rub-| |ber- hoses. And you couldn't press|’ ia crease Into it with a steamrolier. Horrible.”

‘Tested by Angles |

Wrinkie resistance doesn't] {mean a fabric won't get wrinkles, ! simply that they fall out of it fast once you take off the chair-| pressure,

Scientists test it by angles. A perfect rating of 180 degrees | (the number in a half circle) means that a fabric creased under a one and one-half pound weight: for five minutes uncreases itself| to perfect flatness in five minutes| after the weight is removed. No| clothing fabric does that. Wors-|

‘|teds test around 150. A rating

of 100 is considered good. Untreated cotton and ‘rayon, fabrics test at 70 to 80, which is/| pretty darn wrinkly. On a hot day, you're right, it’s worse—they | can crumple right down to s or 30. Give them a good dose of al chemical resin, and thé. dtory changes. Rayon has been tested as wrinkle-resistant as worsted. Cottan gets up ‘to 120. |

They Hang Out e¢ manufacturers estimate! that at least 80 to 90 percent of all rayon suits on the market’ today—and a good number of the cotton ones—are treated to 100 or better. They're hoping the “treatments” will lift rayons {above worsteds for the first time

| very familiar.

Bridge Pa

{Meridian St. a bridge luncheon at 12:30 p. m tomorrow for-the Delta Upsilon! Auxiliary. She will be assisted!

— {the war. ® Reserves to Meet

NA° Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p. m; us Wednesday, Uni nemorial Post of the VFW.

"Trick" sleeves . . , featured i in fall and winter collections by New York designers.

My y Day— :

‘History of Korean Finht

Presents Familiar Picture’

“By ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HYDE PARK, July 10--1t is, of course, disagreeable to read a headline stating that the North Koreans have driven batk our infantry, If they had 40 tanks; they are probably far better equipped by the Russians than any troeps that we have, as yet, been able to send in support of the South Koreans. It is always well to remember that democracies which have no intention of fighting them- ;

reves or ot wang and aweteng | Lf i ley | Jn@ven

ine fighting of other nations, e ver start * Line of Tan Use Stoles, Shawls

with enough of anything { n the field. If we i look back into

of Elizabeth Arden is another | history x ye “In Sheer Pastels d a. t a esigns--with lots of lace and present situa- i By ALICIA HART

tion seems | After long hours in the sum

the sportswoman or gardener i Bad Diy oF {likely to find her customar: equipment. B 'sleeve-length clearly marked up Her troops that aided Franco's lon her arm. troops in Spain were thoroughly This line between tan forearr equipped. Japan was well and white shoulder detracts fror equipped. Only those of us who |the charm of sleeveless dresses ¢ never intended to go to war suf- |bare- -topped gowns, fered a temporary defeat, until i Quick solution is to mask yor our preparations were made for |shoulders with shawls or stole war instead of for peace. You can make these yoursel quickly and easily, by simp’ hemming a length of chiffon ¢ organdy.

Blend Make-up

Germany |,

Camouflage Protests IT MUST be evident to all the world today that the pro-: testations of the Soviets on the subject of peace are mere Pastels do the trick nicel: camouflage since they, and iThey not only veil your var they alone, provided the equip- |shaded skin better than whit ment now being used by the [but also add a nice color acce: Northern Koreans. to your costume. ~~" I wonder if they will realize that deeds speak louder bio hothe hasty Metiid 2 + than words. Disagreeable as to the paler skin. This a temporary defeat may be, it | ee, complete disguise, but t!

means that the United States |gpap was living up to what it actual- {down Ply-detined line. 1s . tone

ly said when it assured the world that our country wanted peace. I hope the United Nations’

Sagust advice, however, is ° allow the sun to correct its ow I mistake. Cover the too-dark po jon wor. a towel during 15-mi of the other nations that take | e sunbaths and let pale shor part in this ‘present Korean aes tan to a matching shade. difficulty, because one of the | 1 le you even things up, we most important things we i ong-sleeved biouse ior work ! are doing is to show that the play in the sun: UN has stanch members who really intend to “upheld its decisions.

Indiana Is Scene Of PTA Worksho

rty Set 2 Frank Alford, -3 | even local women attend

Mrs. will be hostess for]

{ship Training in Home-Sche | Cooperation today in the Uni Building, Indiana University. - Boa:

[By Mrs. Edward Grisell. rd members of the Inc

The Fleet Reserve Women’

Fred | Frank Harrington, Harold M. Oc Fairbanks rey Edward Sedam and C. Char Worley. Alse present were M Luis Mabe and Mrs. J. A. Leight

- Step White Es Was 8

To make sure that po one in source Teader and a member

in the

your family misses the. bottom the panel. She and Mrs. Worl” FT step on the cellar stairs, paint will attend the _workship Tuiesa;

{that step ‘White. one ee...

_ ithrough F riday.— RET

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The nylons you'll be Ne : sure of . . . sturdily mot, designed for hard daily eu € : wear, Youll smile too, TWO STORES Ha ‘at their downright full 22M. Mer. Sh IINILSL |

fashioned good looks!

721 N.'the PTA Conference on Leade —