Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1950 — Page 29
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Dental Auxiliary Tea
| Is. a Highlight
“In Hectic
Week
KP Duty Is 'Must' Assignment
For Maxinkuckee Week-enders : By KATY ATKINS, Times Special Writer *
FRENCH LICK, Ind., Sept. 30—Hers with my hus- -
band as a guest of the Board of Directors of the Indiana
_ State Chamber of Commerce, I am able to look back on a fairly hectic week from an unusually relaxed viewpoint. Be Members of the Women’s. Auxiliary to the Indianapolis
Dental Society were beautifully entértained at tea by Mrs. J. .
Thayer Waldo last Tuesday. They were interested in the accessory style show presented by Block's. Basic black dresses and gray suits were dressed up or down in a variety of ways witfi the velvet touch constantly recurring. Running the show a close second was the guests’ pleasure in Mrs. Waldo's lovely house. The hall paper, with-its Willlams-
burg blue background, is a design of the formal gardens at
Wililamsburg.
One wall in the drawing room is white, the others are
Williamsburg blue. The black marble fireplace has no mantél. Over it are black wall brackets holding beguiling little Chinese figurines. The dining room, in chartreuse and grape, has a grape rug with a wide white fringe. The wallpaper, especially designedin C a lifornia, has the biue back-
w i m e dallions,_ - in_grape and chartreuse, Sitvar sconce with ~ whit candles are on the wall. Under them, in crystal vases, were tall bouquets of magnolia leaves and grape gladfoli. The chairs in the dining room are blonde mahogany and the table is black. The day of the tea a fivebranch silver candelabra stood in the center of the table draped with a wreath of shaggy grape. chrysanthemums and stephanotis. Mrs. M. B. Stevenson and Mrs. William Currie served punch and tea at either end of the lable. ‘House Shows Thoug ht
THE HOUSE, a ro of modern and traditional, shows
rs. : Atkins
jt thought and exquisite
ae Waldo wore an afternoon dress with a full, plaid tie silk skirt caught with a big bow, and a ‘black faille top.
Mrs. Damion Goode, chair man of the meeting, wore a navy crepe costume suit with a pleated skirt and striped taffeta blouse.
Mrs.” Russell M. Whitmore,
president of the auxiliary, was very smart in a grey wool suit, trimmed with black
braid, and a red Bat. »
THE OLD Holliday cottage .
at Maxinkuckee, “scene of
many good times over the.
years, is getting a workout this week-end. A Holliday
grandchild and her husband, -
Alice and Pete Dye, are hav‘Ing a house party of 24. Eight of the crowd were unable to go or there would
have been 32 tucked in.
It's a remarkably well-or-ganized affair. Alice was deep in lists last week and before they went up Friday had told everyone just what to bring and assigned the kitchen crews. Being the ‘mother of a bachelor, I just had staples like jelly and mustard to collect, but I am sure some of the girls did some advance cooking. Two couples were made
Six Butler Majorettes to Lead Alma Mater Down Field
responsible for each ‘meal which gives a crew of two cooks, a bus boy and a garbage man. "All they need now is good weather and even that isn't too important. Guests include ‘Mary Jo \L and Harv Bradley, and Perry Lesh, Mary and Bunce Johnson, Flo and ‘Tom . Binford, Mildred and George Kuhn, the liam Allérdices, the fam MecClanes, both the Jack .and Alan Appels, Lianne and Jack Holliday, Fred Holliday and Elias Atkins. They will be trooping home tonight. It" won't be nearly as much fun to do housework here. . - » ” MR. AND MRS. Colin Macbeth, who livé just outside . Birmingham, England, dre paying a long overdue visit to Indianapolis. Mr. Macbeth is a brother-in-law of Mrs.
_ Lucia Macbeth who has left
her summer home in Vermont to spend this month in-Cali-fornia. Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth are staying with Mrs, Benjamin D. Hitz who entertained for them yesterday afternoon. It was a ‘very pleasant party and a rather unusual one in
.that Mr. Macbeth wroje to.
ask about certain people he especially wanted to see, many of Whom, were availoY He was with the “Atlas Engine Works as a very young man. He went back te England and has enly been here once since, and that 27 years ago. Party Guests MR. AND MRS. Ferris Taylor unfortunately are out of town but among the
* guests at the party were Miss
Deborah Moore, Miss Ethel Cleland, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Robertson, Miss Belle Dean, Mrs. William O. Rockwood, Mr. and Mrs. D. Laurance Chambers, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bopp and Mr. and Mrs. ‘Russell Fortune. Mr. Macbeth has lots of sightseeing to do and will find many changes. One of his
“musts” is the Atlas Engine
Works where he will find thé buildings intact though they have been divided. Eileen Green of Litchfield,
Conn., was here for a week's
visit with her parents, Dr, and Mrs. E. Bishop Mumford.
" Thurston flew out for the
week-end when they all motored down to see Letetia and Tom Mumford on the farm at Griffin, near New Harmony. Mrs. A. R. Holliday ‘sailed for Europe last Wednesday. While she is away, Mrs. Ruth Murphy will occupy her house at 1264 Golden Hill Drive.
Jennie Bryan (left) and Mrs. Mary Philips.
With Dr. William Lowe Bryan, presiddnt-smeritus of Indiana University, are his sisters, Miss’
Photo by Lloyd B. Walton, Times Staff Photographer.
Sisters to Join Dr. Bryan
In Observing 90th Birthday
By OPAL CROOCKETT
A MAN believing “It's worthwhile to get acquainted with could hardly escape having visitors on his birthday.
anyone”
A day seldom passes when he doesn’t have visitors from among the 100,000 students to whom he was an inspiration and
to many, a personal friend.
Sometimes it’s a timid freshman he has chatted with on his
walks through the campus; other times, a nostalgic alumnus who raps on his door. Dr, William Lowe Bryan, president emeritus of Indiana University, has ‘extended no invitations for Nov. 11 when he will be 90 years old. But
the front door will be open,
as dlwdys. . - [ “WE LIKE COMPANY,” beamed Dr. Byran's sister, Mrs. Mary Philips, and Miss Jennie Bryan agreed. The two sisters have lived with Dr. Bryan since the death of his wife two years ago. Mrs. Philips was 98 years old last Mar. 11, and Miss Bryan was 87 last June 26. Dr. Bryan credits their years, totaling 274, to their long - lived ancestors. -It is the sisters’ philosophy, “When you work and associate with young people you learn how to stay young.” Mrs. Philips taught school in Princeton after attending IU. Miss Bryan, an IU graduate, taught in Abbyville, Va.
Three Are Devoted
WHATEVER THEY DO,
théy do together, these three survivors among the ni:
children of the late Rev. John
Bryan, Monroe County Presbyterian minister. Devotion. and consideration for each other mark their every gesture, They breakfast early together in the dining room of the sunny housé amid flowers grown by Mrs. L. B. Adams, who looks after them. They spend the day among old books, Dr. Bryan reading to his sisters. Each day is concluded with Samily worship. i
Tastes Are Simple MRS. PHILIPS and Miss Bryan lived together in Pittsburgh, Pa., for 50 years. They
went to Bloomington in 1924 and maintained an apartment together following the death of Mrs. Philips’ husband, Joseph. Among frequent visitors at the Bryan home are Dr. Burton Myers, retired dean of the ‘TU Schoot- of Medicine; Selatie Stout; retired dean of the College of Arts and Seiences, and Hugh Willis, retired law professor,
One-Room School
DR. BRYAN was born on a farm east of Bloomington.
+ He began his education in a
one-room school in Monros. County, later attending IU and colleges in Paris, Berlin and Wurzburg. He became a Greek instructor at'IU in 1884 and in 1902 was elected president, serving until 1937. IU had 1335 students, 65 faculty members and 10 buildings when he assumed the presidency. At his resignation, there were 12,560 students, 330 professors and 52 buildings. Immediately upon his resignation as president, the IU Board of Trustees conferred upon him the title of president emeritus.
. 8» DESPITE HIS famé as an educator, speaker, writer of classical “and philosophical works,’ despite the academic honors conferred upon him, he maintains a characteristically Hoosier simplicity of
taste. He has taught- Sunday School, preached funerals,
and has never ridden anywhere he couldn't walk. He
‘has attended student pep ses-
sions, eaten peanuts with students at football games,
-and sat on the bench with the
baseball team, where he sat as an “I” man while a student.
fime ceremonies. Left to New Auguste, and Misses.
tn Manhattan—
Caliph
In a Cap
British Diplomat Shuns Society
By CHARLES VENTURA Times Special Writer
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 . —Grand dames, with pseudo - English accents, who have been vainly trying to snag Sir Gladwyn Jebb for their parties, will turn a rich purple. when they learn where the President of the Security Council goes on the nights of their fashionable binges.
On these evenings and others, the Britisher can be seen
in a quiet Third Ave. pub,
clad ‘in a well-worn coat, unmatching trousers, a: cloth cap and an excellent incognito, complete to faithful attendant, just like the fabled Haroun al Rashid, Bagdad’s inquisitive Caliph, ‘ Like the Caliph, Sir Gladwyn wants to know about life as it is lived by folks with muscles instead of manors. Unlike some of his countrymen who write books about the American way of life but never get beyond the nation’s
stuffiest parlors; he wants to .
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Our Readers Write—
List Recipes For
Coffee Cake
obbler,
‘Recipes for quick coffee cake and cherry cobbler share the spotlight
in. today's Our Readers Write column. There's a request, too,’ for German sauerkraut The
“Times Woman's Page hopes-
some South Side reader will answer next week. Homemakers needing advice on household problems will find a sympathetic audience among Times’ regaders. “The Woman's Page wants the column to be used as a chatty exchange, a way for veteran cooks to swap their recipes and ideas with begin-
“ners.
Send your cards and letters to: “OUR READERS WRITE, INDIANAPOLIS TIMES.” In answer to Mrs. N. L.. Y's request last week for a homemade coffee cake recipe, the Woman's rage ! received a letter from Mrs. Le
DEAR ORW: Here is a recipe from my Aunt Marian which I'd like ta share with Times’ readers. It takes only about 30 minutes and is delfous. Mrs. E. L. QUICK COFFEE CAKE 4 thsps. shortening -
3 c. sweet milk 4 tsps. baking powder 12 tsp. nutmeg .Cream shar e™ing and sugar. and add rest of ingredients, For the top: Crumble together one-fourth cup flour and one tablespoon butter, Add one-half cup sugar and one and one-half teaspoons cinnamon. Bake in a mod-
- erate oven. Test with tooth-
pick after 325 Minutes,
OUR READERS WRITE: Please tell me how I can remove burned hot chocolate from the bottom of an aluminum pan. It is completely charred. Cleaner and S808 pads don't make a dent. EASTSIDER.
» » » OUR READERS WRITE: My great grandmother was a wonderful German cook. She acquired her recipes from her mother who had come directly to Indiana from the old country, One of the things she did each fall was make sauerkraut the real old-fashioned way. As 1 vaguely recall from -my girlhood, she used to put it in brine and let it stand for so many days béfore she canned it, Right now .is .the sauerkraut making season, and IT have no other information on how she made her Kraut. I hope you have some good oldfashioned “Dutch” cooks among-your readers who will be able to help me before the season ends.—MRS. LOUIS FLEISCH
. A A.» DEAR ORW: How do the clubs to which your readers belong raise money? I'm interested in grown-up groups as well as children’s. Since I have three tots, the latter re-
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In a Personal. Vein .
“Any Old
Clothes?’
Cv Uses Cast-Offs
ne vt | iii ALE i Ii hil iti: o i
Mrs. Paul S. McNamara . . . 900 attics.
Theater Begins 36th Year As Attic Scavenger
By MARJORIFE TURK TAKE THE JUNK and relics collected for more than a
quarter century in 900 attics,
Heap it up on 2000 square feet
and you have a house ctreaning problem.
This isn't an imaginary situation. just - such an’ accumulation of old clothes,
The Civic Theater has called costumes;
chifforobes and settees, called set Pleces, and muskets; saddle
bags. and Zulu called hand props. , The. theater has saulpr@l habits. It buries its bellows and bear traps ready for the day, perhaps a decade hence, when a play scene will call for the item, ” » » ‘WHEN ASKED {if this saving for a rainy day technique might be carried too far, Technical Director Fredric Rhoades oh myed, “Oh my, no! “You can’t tell when a German flute or a water gourd will come in handy.” Most of the time during the last .36 years the .Clvic's “stuff” has been undercover --catalogued and stored in odd corners and closets. But not today. It's all out in plain sight, tossed in the auditorium, jumbled in the lounge, scrambled in the workshop. ' x ® x =» THAT'S ONE of the headaches of the theater's building program, Staffers had to pull out their debris to make room for the additions.
biow-guns,
However, Mrs, Paul 8. Mc- = Namara,
chairman of hand props, who's bogged ¢ down in
sorting, is not overwhelmed, And workers swear that an
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orderly storing of the effects is only a few days away. Mixed in with the 75 pletures, 40 pairs of curtains and 20 odd busts are make-up "boxes, stage floor planks, power tools and two revolving
© stages.
IN ONE CORNER counter weights and light standards kedp ballet dresses and stove pipe hats company. While rhinestones, ruffles, jets and sequins are packed in cardboard barrels. A reheostat and a Victorian sofa are back to back. Tights rest In a Civil War Era trunk. You can find a cash register, a juke box and seven different fireplaces. . ® ~ ” A SEARCH will turn up aa
fce box, sewing machine and .
electric hot plates, Although housewives would shudder at the clutter, the Civic, far from being alarmed
« by the hodge-podge, is eager
for cast-offs. Pictures, curtains and statu. ary are on the “want list.”
“Mimi, the King of Egypt! and a Hamburger
Teen-Ager Stars In Royal Romance
By JACK BONNER Times-Special Writer . Sept.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., 30—A 15-cent hamburger and the ambitions of an
ex-movie. actress for her daughter have put. Mimi
Medart into the limelight of . an' international romance.
Parlayed together, the
sandwich and the desire for
“the grand manner” led the St. . Louis teen-ager to the
glamorous French Riviera— *
and to headlines about her meeting with King Farouk, Egypt's plump monarch with the roving eyes. And back of it all is the story of Blossom and Bill Medart, Mimi's mother and father. They were married in 1928,
when they were both 23 and :
Blossom Breneman wis a struggling silent movie actress under the name of Donal Blossom. - ‘She had one starring part, .opposite John Boles in a Western. had tried selling bonds and insurance, became a gymnasium equipment salesman for his family’s concern. - .
Stormy Marriage
‘BILL MET BLOSSOM in Hollywood, where: he had gone on a golfing tour, She
- had St. Louis Toots, too, be-
-cause her parents ran a laundry there. The marriage, destined to be stormy, got off on a wild start when the minister refused to perform
the ceremony. until Bill's par~ -
ents appeared. + They separated three - months later, then reconciled. Years later, when they were living in a fashionable neighborhood, a family spat led to a police report.
» » » : BILL WAS locked out and
heaved a movers dolly
through "the front door window. Blossom had him arrest. ed, but dropped the charges. “But it ‘was the hamburger "that really Co i the chain
id
of events that finally led to
“the King Farouk incidents.
Bill and Blossom ‘opened a
hamburger stand, a 20-foot
place on a busy corner. Bill cooked the hamburgers and Blossom baked coconut pies. “The Cottage.” which opened in 1930, quickly became a fair-sized success.
Mimi. Comes. Along
THEY KEPT adding to the | “establishment. And adding to the family, too. liam Jr.
is now at Harvard.
Mimi Medart:
noted a flai
for the
dramatic.
‘Edward went to prep schools in the East and is being groomed to enter the family’s restaurant business. And
" then Mimi came along.
Mimi's name is Marie Devereaux Medart. And she is
apparently the apple of the parental eye.
_, \ Bhe entered Mary Institute in\Ladue when she was 6. « At she was given a horse
and developed into an expert - horsewoman.’ When she was 14, they took
Schoolmates ©
\.-matic.” \ ¥ t she had to
. Bill Medart: Hamburgers and coconut pies.
In silent
Blossom Medart: _ movies, she was Donal Blose som.
her to New York for two °
years of tutoring and dra-
matic studies. The Medarts reportedly keep a Park Avenue penthoiise.
MIMT'S SCHOOLMATES liked her, but noticed she had “quite a flair for the draThey. also ‘noticed
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