Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 October 1950 — Page 32

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Mesta ‘Ghostess’ Hexes Successor The ‘Mostes’

Tunes From New Musical Rese Sector At Top-Drawer Washington Party

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hard and that even the haunted, the contender for

ROR Hoste fings= spook of the first wife Turks in

wife, reigning Truman administration hostess until her appointment as Minister to Luxembourg last year, has been hovering under the piano in the elaborate establishment of Mrs, Morris Cafritz, the current pretender to the throne. This high-class héx is all the fault of the new musical, “Call Me Madam.” which opened in New York this week. “Call Me Madam” has to do with Washington society, and with a rich Wash- |. ington hostess built somewhat along the lines of, and directly inspired by, Mme. Mesta. At Mme. Cafritz, wife of a wealthy, selfmade real the services of a young man to sere- | nade her guests. This was her first party What did the guests request most enthusiastically? ... “The

of the season.

Elise Morrow

velit hovers behind in tHe shadows to

ost expensive parlors are “the position of No. 1 Wash-

haunt Truman, as the dark corners to plague the second the spirit of Mrs. Perle Mesta,

a reasonably fabulous price,

estate king here, engaged

Hostess With the Mostes’ on the Ball,”

“Can you Use Any Money Today?”

and “Washington Square

Dance’—all tunes from “Call Me Madam.” Mrs. Cafritz started her autumn social life wearing an aus-

terely cut, severely plain little silver. lame, with just a single emerald and diamond necklace to take the chill off. Among stalwarts of gracious living in the capital who helped her get things going were the dean of the diplomatic corps, Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne of Norway, and Mme. De Morgenstierne, Associate Supreme Court Justice and Mrs. Tom Clark, the handsome and distinguished Baron Constantine de Stackelberg, and some snappy Georgetown society whose names mean nothing nationally, but mean considerably more than an average politician on a Washington guest list. Onward and upward.

Flapper Fashions SUCH weil-known flappers as Fda Brannan, wife of That Man With the Plan, Agriculture Secretary Charles F. Brannan, Mme. Henri Bonnet, wife of the French ambassador; Mrs. Clinton P. Anderson, wife of the New Mexico Senator, and Mrs. Russell Long, wife of the Louisianna Senator, looked like Scott Fitzgerald heroines several evenings ago. * The prominent cabinet and official wives modeled clothes of the Charleston and bathtub gin era, up through the Thirties and Forties to the grim atomic present. The fashion show was part of a Community Chest benefit. Mrs. Brannan fixed her hair in spit curls and something called “cootie buns.” I am reliably informed by an historian that the cootie buns is.a variety

of pompadour, ruffled up excessively, and named cootie buns by . disrespectful males of the period.

Twenties to Now MRS. BRANNAN, who is tal ish (5 feet, 8 inches), size 12, with one of the slimmest official figures, was chosen to display the rather ghastly and wunflattering line of a Middle Twenties evening dress. It was a rosy red chiffon number, heavily beaded, with a nonexistent waistline and skirt ending just below the knee,

Takes It With Him THERE WAS certainly nothing wistful about the public career of retiring Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, but it had a rather sweet-sour little last gasp, a combination Saroyan and musical comedy scene in the corridor of the Pentagon several days ago. An enlisted man was wheeling a little cart down the corridor from the office of the Defense Secretary. The cart held china and glassware, with the seal of the United States and the Defense Department. An officer, passing, inquired what was going on, and the enlisted man said, “Under ‘gulations, Sir, this china benes the property of the reing Defense Secretary if he » desires. - Mr. Johnson is taking it with him.” From across the hall another officer watched. He saluted the cart of china and intoned in a lugubrious voice, “With the thanks of a grateful nation.”

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Robert S. Dyer Will Take Bride

The North Methodist Church will be the scene, at 3:30 o'clock ‘this afternoon, of Miss lfarjorie ~ C. Ruehrschneck’s marriage to ‘| Robert 8. Dyer. : & Dr. Dallas L. Browning willl read the vows. The bride is the

uehrschneck, 1311 Linden St. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Dyer, 5633 ~~ Central Ave, are the bridegroom’s parents. 5 : ! #| Attending the bride wiil be Mrs. (Charles A. Henzie. matron of j§ (honor; Mrs. E. L. Wallace, Buf*ifalo, N. Y., and Mrs. Riley K.' McGraw, bridesmaids; Miss Earl-| ne Ruehrschneck, ‘unior “ridesmaid, and Miss Marilvh Jeanne Henazie, flower girl. |

Church Reception |

| They will wear riist blue and {American Beauty velvet. The & bride will be in candlelight satin. @ |Her gown is fashioned with long sleeves, bouffant skirt and cathe-| Her, full-length veil ‘will be held by a satin halo enA 'twined with seed pearls. She will . carry white orchids und gardenias. Miss Anne Lytle Cpl. Robert Ramsey, USA. will

The éngagement of Miss Anne Lytle to John Richard be he est an. Dr._%obert Stan. | Dirks, Dayton, O., was announced last night at a buffet ‘Ean Te ek it 33 ne supper given by Miss Lytle's parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Reception Follows Lace applique will highlight the sheer yoke of the bride's Chantilly lace and marquiset gown, Her marquiset skirt will fall into a formal train and her fingertip veil will be held by a crown of

chids will top the bride’s prayer book. Jerry Freeman will be the best man while the ushers will be Robe ert Rabiner and Stanley Jacobs, The reception will be in the ho{tel ballroom. After a trip to Ha« Ivana and the Bahamas the coupld {will be at home in Miami Beach, { Fla. The bride is a graduate of St, Vincent's Hospital Nursing School and Mr. Freeman is an Indiana

Miner-Baker photo. John Francis McShane togk Miss Janet Courtney as his bride in a ceremony read at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning in the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Mr. and Mrs. James Clifford Courtney, 218 W. Beverly Drive, and Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. McShane, 141 W. 44th St., are the couple's parents.

D.W. Oldham to Marry and Mr. Freeman | Miss Phyllis Jackson Nedd-Dorn

A 4:30 o'clock ceremony this afternoon in the Irvington imam. R d

'odist Church will unite Miss Phyllis Jackson and Dennis W, Oldham. The Rev, H. C. White will hear the couple exchange vows. The bride is the daughter of Mrs, Clarence O. Pierce, Greenwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Oldham, 3014 Gladstone Ave. are) Couple Takes New Orleans Trip Mr. and Mrs. Jerome H. Nedd are on a trip to New Orleans fol-

The reception will be in the

Howard G. Lytle, 415 Westfield Blvd. Mr. Dirks is the son of (church. After a short trip, the Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dirks, Quincy, Ill. The bride-to-be was jcouple will be at home at 402 E. graduated from Goucher College, Baltimore. The prospective |New York St. Mr. Dyer attended bridegroom is a graduate of Yale University. A late winter wed- Purdue University. ding has been planned. —

Sen. Dale E. Beck's Daughter Vise Winks Will Become Bride Is Bride |

Ceremony to Be

In Church

Times State Service YOUNG AMERICA, Oct. 14—Vows uniting Miss Roseann Beck and Franklin Goff will be exchanged by the couple at 5:30 o'clock . . Miss Joan Weinke and Donald tomor afternoon in the Cent a fmarfoy, af er Evangelical United Brethren Gustin will be married at 2:30

: , .the bridegroom’s parents. ! ol 1 \ 4 B—— State Sen, and Mrs. Dale E. Beck of this city are the bride's 2€lock this afternoon in the Zion ! | parents. The Rev. and Mrs. Cecil W. Goff, Colfax, are the bride- Evangelical and Reformed Miss Genevieve Hedge will be Law Club Members groom's parents. re en Church. The Rev. Fredsrick the maid of honor and brides- To Be Entertained . lowing their “marriage at 7:30 Mrs. Horace Mann Powell will o'clock last night. The eeremony:

The Rev. Harry R. Rea, Young . The reception will be in the Daries will officiate. maids ‘will be Miss Thelma Wright After a trip south, the couple Mr. and Mrs. William F. Weinke, aud Miss Mary Turnbow. They entertain members of the Indian-|yae read in the home of the

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America Baptist Church, will of- home of the bride's parents. The bride is the daughter of ficiate, assisted by the Rev, Mr. Goff, pastor of the Coltax Meth- will be at home at 913 N. Wheel 5200 8. Harding St. and Mr. and Will wear rust and emerald green apolis Parliamentary Law Club prige, the former. Miss Betty odist Church. ing Ave., Muncie. The bridegroom, Mrs. Otto Gustin, 1419 Edgewood velvet and taffeta. {In her home, 5565 Washington anne Dorn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Carl Jones, Logansport, 3 Purdue University graduate, is Ave, are the bridegroom’s par- . [Blvd., tomorrow. There will be yrs. Leo A. Dorn, 4501 E. 38th will be the matron of honor and a member of the Phi Sigma Kap- ents. Wedding Trip East (a 12:30 p. m. luncheon. I8t. Mrs. Betty J. Hensel, Carmel, pa Fraternity. Mrs. Charles Whitmar, Albu- Robert Carver, Guilford Ste. Mrs. H. P. Willwerth, program . Mr. Nedd is the son of Earl J, Miss = Dorothy Goldsberry and Sa sig = querque, N. M., will he matron of _ : ichairman, will outline plans for Nedd, San Francisco, Cal. Miss Catherine E. Lybrook will be $s honor and Mrs. Wilgnn “hens and George Dermitt will the year’s study. “A Model Club] The Rev. Ralph 8. Steele, pasbridesmaids. Gamma Phi Zefa and Misg Carole © + «ill be attend the bridegroom. ; Mesting™ will be presented by tor of the Bethel Methodist Attendants’ Frocks bridesmaids. The bride will wear a fingertip members. |Church, officiated. The bride wore They will wear bronze, yellow Arranges Tea Florida Trip illusion veil with her ivory satin, Assistant hostesses will be/blush pink satin and tulle. A Mesdames C. P. Clark, Lowell 8. satin halo held her pink illusion and green satin. Seed pearls and Gamma Phi Zeta Sorority, for, They will wear guld and aqua SOWn. Her white Bible will be pisher and Gustavus B. Taylor. |veil rhinestones highlight the candle- wives of medical students, in- satin. The whita satin bridal covered with white orchids and ~~ ai rm | : [Ygty satin Ea gown, rhe ful. terns and residents, will hold its Bown Is fashioned with a fitted stephanotis. Sorority Alumnae | Green Velvet {len veil will fall from a tiara : bodice and full skirt. After a trip to Niagara Falls, \A/} . Mrs. Leo A. Dorn Jr., matron of of matching brilliants. annual tea for prospective mem- “wr. “wwiison will be the best man the couple will be at fais at ne, Will Be Guests : |honor, wore dark-green velvet. The bride will carry a colonial Pers Tuesday. while the ushers will he Richard Gladstone Ave. address. | Mrs. Robert Parks, 2020 Guil- Charles Wehmeyer, Ft. Wayne, bouquet of Madonna lilies. It will be at 8 p. m. in the Indi- Thayer, Rex McCarrell, Wayne rem —————— {ford AL, ii be, Bootes tomor- was the best man. i ana University Medical Center Relish and Robert McDonald. 1 row pight for t ndianapolis| The reception was in the home. pi Fos TO Fountaintown, Ball Redes The reeevtion will be. in. ihe Card Party Friday f Will Serve as the best Din While: Membess of the “Fuah® ci church. After a trin to Florida Mrs. Lester Carlen is chairman Sorority. : {at home at 1512 N. Pennsylvania the uphers will. be. Clov an embers of the “rush” commit- {ne couple will be at home next for the Immaculate Heart off The hostess will present the St. The bride is a graduate of ithe ushers w Cloyd Peacock, tee include Mrs. Donald Schlegel. month at 5200 8. Harding St. The Mary Catholic Church Women's program for thé year, and Miss Butler University and an Alpha Muncie; Richard Thornton, chairman; Mesdames = [Everett bridegroom attended Butler Uni- Club annual party Friday. It will Nada Petranoff, president, will Chi Omega sorority member. Mr, |Frankfort, and Dr. J. Carl Jones, Holt, Leonard Lewis and Fred- versity where he was a Sigma Nu be at 8 p. m. in the Riviera Club. conduct the affiliation ceremony Nedd attended Stanford Univere Logansport. arick Brown. Fratérnity member.. : Bridge and canasta will be played. for new members. |mity.

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