Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 November 1950 — Page 32

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woe

‘pond lover, Rudy Vallee, is the

“Whiffenpoof Song.” the “Maine

gional _ expert

Fail to Slow Prides:

JS. Diplomat

"Frank Sinatra’ of Washington Dowagers Peddles Nostalgia in Capital Hotel |

By ELISE MORROW

: WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—Our most athletic American diplomat is limping his way through a series of State - Department conferences, luncheons and a few parties

this week with two sprained ankles.

Avra Warren, U. S. envoy to Pakistan, is the ambassador who achieved an undiplomatic immortality when Life magazine ; displayed him rolling happily in the

Elise Morrow

snow in Finland as the Week some months ago. i picture was taken at a farewell-sauna, given in Helsinki before Mr. Warren left his last post as ambassador to Finland, The sauna is not a cocktail party, but a rather rigorous outdoor - bath involving steam and snow, and burned to a crisp and frozen solid. As a farewell gesture it might be adopted in Washington in place of the customary farewell cocktail —parties—certainiy healthier,—and-much— more sanitary. Warren is a short, haired man, very cheerful and vigorous and of the Theodore Roosevelt school of outdoor-action and sails and plays almost everything. sauna, although it probably would have sent the average

being alternately

And he loved the

their Pictures (of

stocky, white

thought.

diplomat to the hospital for two weeks.

3.ast week, Warren went down to Virginia Beach for a short | rést and, while exercising and leaping about on the beach, he sprained both ankles quite painfully.

hasn't slowed him down much. Ambassador and Mrs. Warren will take off for Karachi, the + eapital city of Pakistan, next week. They will be honor ests at a farewell party (the conventional variety-—no steam ‘baths) .. . a dinner and recéption to be given Monday evening at the Pakistan embassy by Ambassador and Madame Ispahani. : The Warrens love Pakistan, puff miss oysters and Liederkranz cheese, neither of which, obviously, is very available in . Karachi. They had both, with frogs’ legs in garlic butter and green salad, on the menu at a luncheon they gave this week for some old friends, The friends included an American-

around

However,

the corner himself to Chin's restaurant to get it. Mr. Yee, the rianager of Chin's, says the Vallee favorites are

lobster Cantonese, moo goo gai |

- {Chinese vegetables with chicken), sweef. and sour pork, chicken chow mein and fried rice. He eats quantities of these

pan

nourishing delicacies, drinks |

some bourbon whiskey, then, at two o'clock in the morning, takes his 23-year-old red-headed wife and his shaggy dog out for a walk. This routine infuriates some of the harassed and ulcerous 35-year-old lads who work with him. “If I drank and gorged the way he does,” one of them said, “I'd be dead.’* A weaker generation.

The

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the accident

By JEAN TABBERT Sid FIRRT NIGHT audiences frighten Mrs. Ann Lavery, but only when she’s behind the footlights. ‘Beginning her "fourth “season” this year, Mrs. Lavery is office manager of the Civic Theater. She loves a full house better than a new dress. Yet she wouldn't walk across a stage “for .a million dollars.” Her debut began during the

tary to LeRoy G. Gordner, now. president of the Civic: At that time Mr. Gordner was treasurer of the theater, would ‘bring the box office receipts with him to the office . the morning after a performance. Ann would straighten out the accounts and do the book- . keeping. Volunteer Work

"AFTER THE war Ann Lave ery left her job, but continued to do volunteer work at the theater, So well did site know the ins and outs of the manager post she was appointed perm- - anently when an opening came four years ago.

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reputation by going’ bevond the

even keel.

St. Paul's Church Will Be

Scene of Ceremony

St. Paul's Episcopal Church will be the scene at 8:30 » m. today! of the marriage of Miss Patricia Coleman and Stanley Spilman. The, “Rev. Layman Bruner will officiate. Mr. and Mrs, C. M. Spilman, Rushville, and John Christopher. ' Coleman, Chicago, are the parents of the couple. Attending the bride will be Mrs, E. G. Mauck, matron of honor, |

familiar refrain after she's | turned down-a big name for a | last minute ticket request. When reservations ‘open, everyone wants a center aisle seat. Honest Ann’s policy is { “first come, first served.”

‘Never Humdrum BUSINESS "as usual means two telephones ringing almost constantly with never a dull moment during the day. Right now though business as

‘and Miss Carolyn Coen, Rens'selaer, and Mrs. C. M. Spilman Marion, and Donald Wade. Wil- usual is complicated by the en[Jr and Mrs. Vaughn Ballou, lam Kirkman will be the junior largement of the Civics stage.

This means Mrs. fice is tucked in the old workshop that's adjacent to the the-

bridesmaids. The bridesmaids will usher. wear coral velveteen frocks fash- The reception will be in the

foned like the emerald green of home of the bride's parents im-

the honor attendant: mediately after the ceremony. ater. |. The bridegroom has chosen Following a trip to Florida, the Constantly interrupted. (Ann ; couple will be at home in Mul- finds her working schedule

Claude M. Spilman Jr., best man, I - Th : and Jack Feherenbach and Jack erry. The bridegroom was grad|Hillenbrand, Camden, N. J.; Gene uated from Ohio State University.

{Bahls, Danville, Ill, and LaRue Joseph- Freitje

staggered, too. The Civic plays for the first-two months of the seffson will be given in the Indiana University Building at the

last war. Then she was secre-

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Marhaftan—

‘By CHARLES ES VENTURA

Hsted as a VIP (very im‘portant person) might seem -like fun to Joe Doakes and all the little Doakeses, but it can . be a nuisance. If you doubt it, ask Perle Mesta, our Minister

tea

Responsible for the financial, | end of Civic affairs, Ann also | fills all the reservations, pays | every bill. But she's earned her |

/ call of duty. ne Ve Stage-shy Ann dh. herself |, ~ a “witch,” thinks she'll “get | ‘ . : : the guillotine” after every play. ; od * OTE a a That's because hie hess ivi box office rules so strictly. * s Mrs. Ann Lavery . ie he helps keep the Civic Theater on an DD ee et” 10 nor

| | Mrs. Mesta counted to 20 and |

Lavery's of- |

to Luxembeurg. . ¢ The other day,” the phone rang in Mrs. Mesta’'s Drake Hotel suite. The . maid being busy and Perle not being a stickler for form, the lady of the house answered it. An irate feminine voice said, ° “I want to talk to Mrs. Mesta at once.” After being assured that was exactly what she was | doing, .the voice continued, “I, | my chauffeur and my maid are out in the street since oar ar‘rival from Palm Beach because of you. You have my

apartment. I always have it at this time of year. I insist you move ‘out immediately.”

then said .very politely. “I'm sorry, Madam, but don’t you think you had better take the matter up with the management. After all, that's what they're here for.” “I have!” shrieked the caller. “They refuse to move you because you are a VIP. I think you have a.lot of nerve to come over here from Luxembourg and take my apartment.”

Tickets, Please

PERLE counted up to 40 this time before she said, “Madam, I am in this country on State Department business.” “Well!” said the caller in a lower register, “How about getting me a couple of tickets for that play ‘Call Me Madam.'” Mrs. 'Mesta counted 40 more and then said, “Goodby.” Mrs. Mesta then called up the

NEW YORE: N Nov. 1 4—Being |

—pink—and—

Mr, | Jp met blonde, beauteous Kathryn Cravens of radio, war correspondent, and cafe soclety for the first and only time three years ago, at a party in New York. They conversed politely for all of five minutes. From the time of that casual

_meeting until two months ago,

there was nothing to remind Kathryn of the incident. No polite note, no telephone call, no’ ‘cable, no letter, no nothin’. Two months ago, Kathryn , was awakened in the middle of the night by a transatlantic telephone call .from Mr. Cornelius. He opened his conversa--tion by reminding her of their.

__meeting three years ago. s He

then begged her to marry him. Kathryn hung up after telling him what she thought of practical jokers. i

No No's

NEXT morning, a local florist

delivered a dozen orchids and -

a table arr ement of roses, mums and snapdragons, with a card that read, “For always, Vivian Cornelius.” Ten minutes later, a cable reading, . you. I am " very determined

answer,’ arrived at the front door of her Hotel Devon apartment. Shortly afterward, a with the return address,

letter Erl

Wood, Windlesham, Surrey, England, arrived. The text of the letter was as feverish as the cable,

telephone call and the

Since then, Mr. Cornelius has”

telephoned on an average of once every 48 hours, cabled

@ —chrysanthe-

“I love

Is All Right fo Be a VIP | You Can “Dish Up Play

Tickets

Y ! him. T've also ao cused him of letting my publicity go to his head, but noth. ing stops him.” The publicity to which Kathryn is alluding was the widely published story of the late Charles A. Frueauff’s bequest of $300,000 and a diamond bracelet to her last Max

Without Papa AFTER watching the antics of the play set, we found the story of Peter Pulitzer »efreshing. : Pete, handsome son of Her

bert Pulitzer of the Pulitzer prize family and fortune, who

is In his early 20's, told his wealthy pater he wanted to ‘make a name and fortune withe out the family bounty and ancestral booty. On any working day since that talk, Pete can be seen in dungarees, working as a day

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laborer, mixing whatever one mixes to make floor and roof

tiles, in a factory “several miles from his father’s ocean~ front villa in Palm Beach. To make overtimé money, often drives the truck which delivers the tiles to construetion jobs. Instead of spending his salary and generous allowance during his leisure hours, Peter buttonholed his father’s butler and suggested they start a package Ifquor store in West Palm Beach, on the unfashionable .side of Lake Worth, with his money and some of butler's. savings.

Next morning he

Dorp i lg Ag Sepia ——— Harcourt, South Bend, ushers. A trip -south will follow the Fair .Grounds. The opening ' management and insisted on every day, sent an assortment The butler thought it over “Can't I fold them over?” the Around Town 4.9 marriage this morning of Miss play, “For Love or Money,” . moving into another suite so Of flowers séveral times each that night. “baroness Whispered, SpeAring: | } i The bride's white duchesse [iia Freije and Edward W. Jo. opens there Friday night. that the poor Palm Beachite day and written regularly. placed a check for his share th unhappily, but eating | |satin gown is fashioned with a seph. The rite will be read at The switch meant tickets and her servants wouldn't have Slightly Bewildered of the enterprise alongside the _ roper baroness | Wi th S t peter . pan collar and accented 11:30 o'clock in the Little Flower Were printed later than cus- to sleepin the streets. ad : ham and eggs he was serving them all, as a prope { ocie Y with appliqued alencon lace. The Catholic Church by the Rev. Fr. tomary. Consequently they ar- Perle said later, “It's a good YESTERDAY, when we saw ’ Master Peter for breakfast. should. hoop skirt falls into a cathedral pjpert St. "rived at the last minute. There thing for the lady she. didnt the still bewildered Kathryn, Pete’s disapproving pals, most

Dowagers Swoon

‘THE, DOWAGERS’ Frank tra, the 49-year-old vaga-

Jatest sensation in the entirely unsensational Washington gent club field—a field in which the spectators usually attract more attention than the performers. ; " He has been peddling nos- | talgia at the Shoreham Hotel's | Blue Room, and he has had, as one member of the hotel or-

~chestra put it, dowagers swoon-

ing over him like teen-agers. a little worn, a lithle gray, but the years have rested - yemarkably lightly on the Beamish boy. He seems to have

"been frozen in looks and ap-

proach at the eternal sophomore level.

~— Mr. Vallee crooned the

} | Stein Song,” “Tiger .Rag.,” “My | Time Is Your Time” and other i guch durable antiques to audi- | ences which included Mrs. CaroIyn Hagner Shaw, editor of the Social List of Washington; Rosa. | Ponselle, a singer herself, of somewhat more classical accomplishment; Horace H. Smith, i 3 |

| |

the State Department's congresllason man, a and,

ju-jitsu like Ambassador

; one of the State De=| —partment’'s robust athletes (Mr. _ Smith wore a gray plaid tie and |

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garnet roses at the V of her neck was a smart touch.

Sevitzky Guests

GUESTS of Dr. and Mrs. Fabien 8Sevitzky, with them at Mrs. Craft's, were the Count and Countess Podgoursky of New York. They lent a cosmopolitan air to the occasion. The Count is a Russian and his wife Austrian. They were very charming. Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge left Monday after a brief visit with Mrs. William O. Rockwood. Her many friends hold her in affectionate regard and all wanted to entertain for _ her. Among -those- who—did;addition to Mrs. eh were Mr. and Mrs. Bowman Elder at. lunch on Sunday and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Daniels that evening. : . Mrs. Beveridge 1s now back at Beverley Farms and will go to her winter home in Fort Lauderdale next month.’ » = o MRS. Louis Seaverns got home Thursday from Lake

Forest, Ill., where she had been visiting . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stafford are

back .from a trip to New York . . . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fishback left on Monday for their home in Coconut i Grove,’ ia. .

“Painter Visits

JAY JACOBS, the —well-

“I The maid of

train, Her ‘shoulder length veil Catholic ‘Churn. (is attached to a halo of pearls. The’ parents of the couple are jand orange blossoms. . She will Mr. and Mrs. Frank FE. Prelje, 193 carry a nosegay of white roses, N pDeQuincy $t., and Mr. and lamaonica lilies and stephanoti mrs John Joseph, 2202 Langley lcentered with a white orchid. Ave. Sb Cynthia Ann Mauck will Mrs. Philip Naaman, matron of the flower girl. honor, will wear. emerald green | A reception will. be held in the Velveteen, and the bridesmaids, Delta Gamma Sorority House, Miss Helen Nahas, Des Moines; ! |Butler University, following the Mrs. LaVonne Rashid and Miss ceremony. The couple will live in Lucille Ajamie, will be dressed in!

Andrew's hr ; will be no boards to rack the

tickets on out at the temporay box office. So Ann literally will

when she dispenses tickets during tre four-day run. Besides her financial talents,

be she's ''discovered” a new star,

after-the-run strike party, It's not the guillotine she’s “up” for, it's an “Oscar,” say Civic officlals.

is the center of the fun at every -

talk to me like that before I became a diplomat.”

' Slow Starter

have to ‘operate ‘off her lap” |

THE LATE and pixyish playwright, Wilson Mizner, wouldn't have had. the gall to try to sell a Broadway producer on .a bit of romantic stage business as fantastic as the current transAtlantic courtship by an international socialite named Vivian Cornelius.

there were two huge orchids with several small orchids woven into a corsage, a table piece of various flowers and a dozen enormous roses with the message, “For always, Vivian,” lending a funeral parlor frag-

rance to her apartment,

“I don't get it,” confessed Kathryn, “but this sort of nonsense is costing him a small fortune. I've told ‘him Trepeatedly that I'm not interested in

of whom are horizontal during

most of their ‘daylight hours,

blame his enterprise on a young lady named Ann Sory, the very attractive daughter of a yearround resident of the Palm Beaches. "They say he hasn't been the same since he met Ann, They also will bet you 10 to 1 that Ann and Pete will wed

as soon as their respective parents think they are old enough. :

[Cleveland following a trip “to ruby red velveteen frocks. White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. nn Both the bride and bridegroom. The ‘junior bridesmaid,’ Miss | lare graduates of Purdue Univer- Shirley Freie, will wear a dress | sity. She is a member of Delta Similar to that of the matron of as Sorority and he is a honor, Sally Sue Shikany 15 to be member of Phi Delta ° Theta Fro the flowergirl. - _[ternity. { The bride will be dresed in an Rt rms cont IVOEY SALI R- GOWR BR A FPRDO Rhine “ [Metzger-Cummins illusion veil caught with a pearl : : Dr. Frederick Kubler Metzger, coronet. Mulberry, will take Miss Patricia’ William Joseph is to be the best] ‘Louise Cummins as his bride in man, and the ushers will inelude a ceremony. to be read this after- Abraham Joseph, William Freije, | _noon. The Rev, Robert E. Kirk- Philip Ajamie and Vernon Snider. | man, Bengal Christian, Church, Vernon Snider Jr. will be the ringwill officiate at 2:30 o'clock in the bearer. Olive Branch Christian Church. A breakfast at the Riviera ! The bride is the daughter of Club will follow the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Cum- and a reception this afternoon . mins, 2251 Union St, and the will be held in the Syrian Lebanon bridegroom's parents are Mr. and Hall. The couple will be at home Mrs. Frederick C. Metzger, Balti-' at 503 N. Kealing Ave. in a week.

more. seen The bride's attendants will be Shi ole 4: Ir ey aines

Miss Phyllis Cummins, maid of oo Will Be Wed |

honor; Miss Mary Harper and “MIE3 3 “SHItTey “AT n n “Haines Ww ar a Ea

‘Miss Mildred Martin, bridesmaids, sand. Miss Ann: Eggerding. Junior or and the become the bride of John Despot os

bridesmaid.

lee sends out for some Chi inese Joou, OF -Gteastonntiy walks

arrangements for the home. .

Just an

| Express yourself a. with the : vibrant beauty of fragrant .

Glowing glorious MUMS for the “BIG GAME”

thrillingly beautiful Sidi 4nd table

YOUR FAVORITE FLORIST

. Who iis as near as your telephone!

os A Brim : hbo nag wil me make Hallarity toy part o* te

hunt ball added -up to a very gay whirt.

ored embers ot 8. nt the interest SER

beautiful with FLOWERS

Bruce Osborn, Clarks Hill, is 10 pridegroom. be the best man, and the ushers include

After the ceremony, a reception : “Hil Twit be Held tn the church. Follows

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HAVE, = -— “Green Frocks Chosen eid abe cove ; | Mrs: Robert Hatfield, matron : : of honor, will be dresséd in emer-| > = - Jd

ald green satin, and ‘the brides-| » maids, Misses Mary Lou Hodges, | Donna Keithly, Katie Lambert! Patty Stewart and Lucille Ward, | will wear seafoam green, orchid! teal blue, American Beauty and gold satin frocks. Their fingertip veils will match the dresses. t ‘The flowergirl, Carol Ann Conrath, Des Moines, will be dressed in seafoam green satin. = The bride's ivory sdtin .and Chantilly lace gown is styled along shirtmaker lines. A silk illusion bonnet—will hold her > ‘matching fingertip-length vejl. : * George Despot will be the best man, and the ushers will include Mitchell Engel, “John. Catt, Bob Hatfield. Escal Jones and Havold 3 Anderson. .

Nov. 16 Is Set = ol For DAR Party g

Mrs. Erwin J. Dieckman -has been named ‘hostess chairman, and Mrs. James 8. Marlowe, vices chairman, for the Caroline. Scott Harrison DAR Chapter benefit | card party. i Jt will be held Nov. 16 in the

lald ‘cummerbund t : - : ’ Pe xe a _ snappy ET {- known portrait painter, came junior bridesmaid’s dresses are at 2:30 pA today in the West: from the usual Aut and stand. down >from Cleveland 10, made of damask pink satin, and Morris Streét Christian Church. ardized male evening clothes): | spend. this week-end with ‘the bridesmaids will wear spray The Rev. Harry Bucalstein will - and assorted-diptorrts Ht pox Betty and Bruz RBuckelshaus blua. satin frocks Traditional officiate. : { _€ongressmen yet. Thev're still - goic: oS bubbling With ¢- white satin and tulle fashions the) My. and Mrs. James D. Haines out of season. usiasm over ‘ast week-en bridal gown. The three-tiered Greenwood, are the bride's par-| Di Ex | sive CL RE Enos In Cincinnati where she was jllusion. veil wil be held with a ents, and Mr. and Mrs Duncan. -widane XC ustve Puny Youngsters oe i Buesis of Hie A Istorian bonnet’ aecented with pespatovich, 1802 Kessler Blvd. | - Sm 0 2 Nt mAargo runt. Hunter trials, 'pearls. Shé will carry white roses. N. Drive, -are the parents 0 ' AFTER HIS shows, Mr. Vil- a series of partfés.and. the parents of. the v

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