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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1950

-45.Just as bus THERE'S HER painting-—oil, pastel, chalk

Prescription for Happy Living—

Days Crammed With Hobbies

ful a formula for living as her husband

of drugstore fame for busmess. It's her own particular penchant. Her: prescription? Florence Weiss -Hook now. mixes—along with a natural zest for .life, a late

love of people, discretion, an enviable disposition and plenty of hard work

gredient . . . hobbies,

Many families wonder what they'll do with her latter years—when the. imis broken—but

grandma in mediate circle the late John A.

either. Since she was

German girl on

nrost of life.

She’s- as familiarly known as Grandma to the customers she served during World War II in the Hook store at 63d St. and College Ave. as to family and friends. If she had her way she'd be there cleaning behind display glasses, carting candy But the doctor ordered otherwise after She knew her customers would miss her. And they did. But that illness didn’t stop Grandma. ever with other activities.

oases, an extended illness.

—~the main in-

Indianapolis’ Grandma Hook has had a flair for making thé

Photo by John R. Spicklemire, Tires staff photographer. : Grandma Hook . . . the main ingredient—hobbies. By AGNES H. OSTROM GRANDMA HOOK HAS as success-

nut Hill”

Even at 3 or 4 a. m. you might hear anything from Bach to bebop coming from “Walalong Spring Mill Road, ‘Her playing doesn’t bother Joe and Theresa Harrieder, the faithful German couple who've

been part of the Hook family for 23 years

the family of Hook stand aghast, what they can do to keep up with Grandma. It's not a case of “Life Begins at Forty” a young, almost shy,”

ponder

stay home. taken it

South Side,

scape

still,

She

and figurines, getting so increasingly difficult

to secure, she reports. all her playclothes, tographer, trims her hats, expert on_china| mending. And the hard-working,

family,

up bowling.

Then there's her beloved’ music. ways had a piano and love to play, especially with a gang singing behind me.” For years she wanted an electric she bought one as a

Urged by the family,

Christmas present for herself last year. purchase for herself. She simply has to be. ‘pushed”

that way about every

Last summer she sewed She's an amateur phodoes needlepoint, furniture reupholstering and is an accepted

thrifty, backed figure that once broke an arm crank-~Ang-a-Clymers- EME, ta this day tells -her. di “loves to scrub, wax and polish.” After her illness she did condescend to give

into making it.) Fla.

straight- ‘ganization.

“I've al- rank.

but she’s organ.

(It's

now Mrs.

* COLORS HAVE woman who “hated school” As family duties lessened seriously, has training. In the house is .a lovely Dutch scene, a dahlia still life and a Brown County landall in oil. On kitchen shelves are stacks of painted plates done earlier. > Grandma admits she misses the Sundays of former days. many of her children’s companions as could crowd in were welcome to what was left of the noon dinner roast chicken and to the bowls filled with German potato salad. It was as traditional as are her annual _ preparations for the holidays. family ginner--there was mince pie from her

THERE'S Scout meat loaf recipe which she used to make and sell at the State Fair Scout booth when she and her husband were active in the or-

ALWAYS

They're accustomed to that and to a or early—light in her bedroom. Here at a .table by a north window she may be chiseling the fine features of her figurines even finer. true colors to copies of the Royal she's carefully studied in a trip downtown.

Or painstakingly adding Doultons

ALWAYS fascinated the and begged to she’s formal

had some

That meant open house. As

Thursday—-at a Sree FRO H Peron S HE: heb

angio har! tantalizing aroma of fruit cake, pfeffernusse and springerles will emerge from the kitchen.

> DW

the wonderful Boy

Grandma's cooking is an art recognized by her two daughters-jn-law who are continually : asking-how-to-make a-dish:- ies v Incidentally, her own two sons were Eagle Scouts as are her three oldest grandsons. : other two grandsons are working toward the She also has two granddaughters. Life hasn't always been easy for Grandma always hobbies to carry her~through. She has two sons in Indianapolis, (Bud) and Ralph, and a daughter, Dorothy, Malcomb Carlisle, Ft. whom she visits each winter,

Phe counted on her simple A. F.

Lauderdale;

Dramatics and Dancing Dominate Scene

In Local Pre-Holiday Social Schedule

By KATY ATKINS A dancing week-end with

THIS WAS

the Children’s

Museum Guild and Smith Club balls at Woodstock Friday and

Saturday Last

madtics:

nights.

The Players. Club presented two plays

followed by dancing. Harry Wade, or Fred Hartman as he is known in amateur -theatrical ‘circles, Lewis= Enkema, Dr Harold Ochsner and Percy Weer, the last two taking women's roles. Mrs. Luther Brooks, who directed “Our Dearest Possession,” wore a bright red dress. Mrs. Joseph Miner Jr.'s bare shoulders were framed in a soft roll of black velvet. That same Saturday night Dramatic Club members attended the production, “Strange Bedfellows,” at .the Indiana University, Auditorium and the following party in Woodstock. The charm of the late Nineties costumes of the actors was thrown into. sharp con-

Mrs. Atkins

trast by the lovely gowns at

the dance. Lucina Moxley's short black net cape with erminé tails scattered on it was most effective, Both Janet Ayres and Tony Craft wore white

and gold. Janet's dress was gold Jame with a white tulle overskirt, Tony's of sheer

white and gold lace with a narrow black velvet’ girdle,

Out-of-Towners AMONG out-of - towners that night were the Ben Coburns of Hammond, the Jatk

The mystery cast for proved to be

week-end we had dancing .and dra-

at the Athenaeum

Alice Miller of Va., who was brother, Jack, Holiday One of the large dinners before the: play was given by

Richmond, visiting her and Dorothy

Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester John- +

son at which the wedding anniversaries of three couples were celebrated. Deep yellow cloths on the U-shaped tabve, silver candelabra and arrangements of deep toned small chrysanthe-

mums made a charming picture. ~ ” » . MONDAY Mrs. Johnson

gave a. luncheon’ for her daugiter, Mary Schaff, who had, just arrived with her baby daughter, “Glad.” Phil Schaff joined the family for Thanksgiving. Most of Mary's friends were there with the exception of Dickie Bookwalter whose second daughter was born that day. Many native Hoosiers have

"been coming home. Jane and

Art Lathrop arrived from Santa Barbara yesterday to be with Jane’s mother, Helen, and Julian Bobbs. Helen and Scoville Wishard, who have lived abroad most of the last 15 years, were visiting Carolyn and Bill Wishard. Billie Seccombe of. Washington ‘spent the

..week with her mother, Mrs.

Daniel Luten.

Chicago Guests

OTHER GUESTS have been Mrs. Fred McNally of

~ Chicago who was at Mrs.

Dudley Taylor's and Miss Lelia Wittler of the noted art firm of M. Knoedler Co. She made a special tri) to

“The Mayor and

See the current exhibition “Holbein and His C ontempor-

aries” at the Herron Art Museum, She .considers it a rare

opportunity for the midwest to "see great®art from’ 'scattered choice colicctions brought together ‘in a beautiful display. The Knoedler Co. has lent. two Inasterpieces, onenf Jean Gossart’s the other. by Cornelisz Van Oostsanen. While here Miss Wittler was a luncheon guest of Mrs. James Fesler and saw Dr. and Mrs. G. H. A. Clowes’ art collection.

EJ n ” MARY AND Dick Hutchinson are the week end guests of the Ed Gallahues. Marnie and John Ruckleshaus are entertaining at luncheon for them today. Bill Griffith is having a breakfast this noon for Nina Lockwood and her: fiance, Tom Solley, who came from New Haven for the holiday. Frances Taylor, daughter of the late Edward and Emma Atkins Davis of Indianapolis, arrived Friday from California for a too brief and long overdue glimpse of her numerous cousins. Sally Kackley spent Thanksgiving with her son, Fritz, at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. :

Musical Tea THE WOMEN'S Auxiliary to the Indianapolis Medical Society’s guest musical tea in the William H. Block Co. auditorium last Monday was a delightful party. Louise Sparks and Dorothy Ritter gave a duo-piano program. The enjoyment of their

‘concerts is enhanced by the

charming picture they ‘make

“in their long, severely plain, beautifully cut, black velvet

dresses. " ‘For their closing number,

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New World of 2 Features Variety of Fitting Sound Effects

By JEAN ENGELKE and ANNE LARSEN SANTA CLAUS WILL ARRIVE with more than jingle

bell sound effects this Christmas.

The fading tinkle

of those bells will be replaced by the yippees of wellequipped small cowboys and the domestic murmurs of little mothers whose doll children actually coo.

The emphasis this year is on ‘realism. spectacularly life-like than ever. drink water,

sions, cry water tears, their thumbs.

Dolls are more They change facial expresblow bubbles’ and suck

Typical is the Blessed Event doll whose 21-inch length may

be found at Wasson's. mouth to cry, nibbles -mama’s fingers. back is pressed. COOS. with her own blanket, Realistic touch in another doll (Ayres’ or Block’s) is a nylon wig which may, unlike mohair wigs, be easily combed, washed and even set in varied hairstyles with a miniature playwave kit which comes with every doll. These range in price, from $11.98 to $17. Ultimate in realism is the original and much - copied walking doll, imported from Rome by Charles Mayer's. The bisque - bodied creation propels herself via a keywound mechanism. She's $35. (Other Italian dolls at May er's are from $1.50 to $25. “Mary Martin,” Sate in South Pacific costume with diamond earrings and nylon washable hair, has taken her -place on. the doll counter, too. Standing 16” in height, she is $11.95 at Von-

neguds. Not new, but always good, is Strauss’ “Terri Lee.” A

saucy little lass, she stands 17 inches tall, Made of indestructible plastic, her hair can be shampooed, waved and set. A complete outfit can be purchased for “Terri” from. swimming suit to wedding gown. In play clothes “Terri” is $10.95. Playhouse equipment not

“only looks just like mother’s

but much of it actually fanctions. A dishwashing machine cleans its own set of miniature tableware. ‘A carpet sweeper sweeps. Stoves bake.

Stage-Struck PUPPETS will be put through their act this year. The Peter Puppet

Playhouse comes equipped with three story-book tharacters, play and instructions. (Block's, $5.95.) For the more ambitious is

—the Handcraft Puppet / Set,

This enables youngsters to mold their own puppets. It comes with plaster, paints,

She

Dressed in white flannel diaper, she is $11. $s.

This baby pouts, puckers and opens her moves her lips as she kisses her changes

“mama” or expression when her

She feels real and even sounds real when she skirt and bathrobe and

—Wasson’'s Blessed Event doll looks,

feels, sounds real.

molds and material. $2.50) A child-size mixing machine turns out chocolate malteds that rival those at the corner drugstore, And, of course, toy musical instruments still retain their music - making powers. The piano and bench pictured, from Mayer's, are $43.95 . . . and there are smaller pianos

For the Boys

OYS FOR boys also feature workability.

That goes for things be-

sides electric trains. (Incidentally, the Lionel line now includes the new streamlined Santa Fe, exact even to modern horn.) One of the most realtistic of toys is the Mobo Bronco (Block's, $29.95). This allsteel wonder horse which used just to gallop, now steers. This new feature, incorporated without harm to sleek, lifelike lines and colorful baked enamel finish, provides maneuverability allowing for use

(Ayres,

. indoors or out. The new bronco

also ‘has adjustable stirrups

Food....... 33 Fashions... 39] Society..... 35 Gardening: “0 Clubs...... 38 Teens...... 41 Amusements ..............42-43

Charles’ Mayer's

Baby- Swed version of the baby-grand piano has for youngsters all the appeal of a full-scale model.

to increase comfort for tots of two to saplings of seven. His mechanism. is completely enclosed and he is just. the

ticket for junior-sized cowboys and girls Cowboy trappings still dominate the masculine toy field. Holsters, boots. and

spurs are as lavish as ever. New model guns belong salle. tic puffs of smoke whén the trigger is pulled.

Junior range offered a corral- full. of steers- that run the gamut

of the price scale. Realistic skin-covered rocking horses feature real leather saddles. Target sets are around in quantity, too. A Sharp Shooter set ($3 at Mayer's) offers moveable target and two plastic guns which shoot rubber bands. There also are. Hopalong target games. Circus sets are making toyland news this year, also, Some feature jointed animals and performers which can be arranged in -almost. any stance that occurs to juvenile ringmasters. (Mayer's have Humpty Dumpty circus toys at $2.50 and $5.)

. . . Scientific MONG toys high on the list of favorites is the Atomic Energy Lab (Vonnegut's). Equipped with precise and accurate scientific instruments, it was de-

veloped by engineers and nuclear physicists. It comes

electroscope, and

riders are

complete: with a Geiger

‘counter to prospect for urani-

um; a cloud chamber to see paths taken by. electrons; an spinthauscope. Some of this vear's: trains puff smoke, and they pull into a station hissing steam and making train announcements. - > Football and baseball have

‘Bone electric in most local toy departments. You set a knob, turn a switch, sit back

and watch. players go through their paces. Not to be overlooked among new. toys is Pinto Pony (Vonnegut's), An.inflatable plastic rocking horse, he neighs as he rocks. In the musical line with pianos are violins, zithers and guitars. New on the marKet is an organ complete with

pedals, pipes and instruction book (Vonnegut's). . - Educational

IX MOST toy departments are Holgate, Bonhop and Play Skool

Toys, tried and tested by the Toy Guidance Council. These are complete lines of educational +take-it-apart, put-it-together again toys for the smaller fry. : Three-wheeled tractors, with

such accessories as snowplows, scoop. shovels, road graders, fire fighters, dump

carts and trailers, could put Junior to work without much

Mobo Bronco, all-steel wonder horse that really gallops and: can be steered.

In Manhattan

By CHARLES EW YORK, Nov. 25

VENTURA, Times Special Writer Gen. W. J.

Ganshof van der Meersch,

father of the bridegroom who recently wed Alice Astor

Bouverie's pretty daughter, Sylvia Obolensky,

the other day.

The general, just in from Belgium,’ ' to meet Vincent Astor and the rest of the Astor clan, the day

before his son's wedding. When he looked: for his tuxedo, his discovered that one

suitcase had been lost in tran-’

sit. Horror-struck, he realized that his cutaway also was in the missing bag. One telephone call later to Pierre Bultinck, manager of the St. Regis, where he was staying, found the general down in the King Cole Bar. “Now don’t get excited,

| general, " soothed Mr. Bultinck. “Just look around the room and see if you can

locate a man of your size.” , The general's eyes lighted on dapper Peppi Russo. Two hours later the father of the bridegroom was tossing small talk at the Astor table, correctly clad in a form-fitting tuxedo. Next day he was a picture of what the welldressed father will wear at his son's wedding, thanks to Mr. Russo's coat and Mr. Bultinck’s pants.

'Sweet' Husband

MAYBE the moral of this

story should be “Don’t dig too deep, when you're needling a playboy. He may have feelings just like anyone else.” ; have been written about Cuban ' sugar baron Jorge Sanchez. He's been called the heaviest

er in

» fee ay

had his troubles

was invited to dinner

decade, the playboy since the lush days of Tommy ~*

spender of the most, flamboyant other

Manville and many

, names less complimentary.

Friends have hinted that his beautiful wife, Brownie, must be the most tolerant mate in the history of matrimony to put up with Jorge, A periodical recently ran a twopage spread on Mr. Sanchez and his -after-dark antics, highlighting it with a picture of him surrounded by the en-

_ tire ensemble of the Copaca-

bana. 8ix months ago, as Brownie

and Jorge were packing for a’. "whirl caught her heel on something and took a header. When the .

in New York, she

medioo finished checking, he

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wrist and

found one ‘broKen" one fractured hip. He put a pin in the hip. The hip became infected. Brownie was hospitalized and both legs were put in a cast from

toe to hip.

Thé man who has been tabbed as the most thoughtless playboy since Nero fiddled has checked in at 7 every morning and stayed at his wife's bedside until 8:30 évery night (when all visitors have to clear out) ever since the day of the accident. He doesn’t even take time out for meals. They're all sent in and shared with Brownlie.

More About Meals

WHILE ON the savory subject of meals, we might spare a tear or two for John Ringling North, whose digestion hasn't been the same since the chef he’ stole from the Ritz in Paris eloped with a lush ‘German acrobat from his circus. And that gives us a chance to say that the circus magnate's pal, E. Ray Goetz, has been found since we penned our story of his two-month disappearance. After starting the wheels going for one of the great manhunts of the era, Mr. North dropped in at the Biltmore's Turkish Bath yesterday and found Mr. Goetz steaming on a slab. Mr. Goetz' explanation fo his. disappearance was short

‘but not sweet. “I tired

of lodking at my fatuous faces ‘and took a cottage in the country,” he said dryly, while, wiping "his wet face. !

The Green Hat

IN THE SAME irrelevant and irreverent vein {is the story vesterday at the White Elephant Cocktail Party, .about NBC's Fred Coe. When Fred was a student at Yale, one of his professors was Otto Preminger, famous motion picture producer, One day, during vacation, Fred dropped ‘In at Otto's New York office to see about a cinema job for the summen

After waiting vainly for thed.

great man to come out, of a conference, Fred left in such

. a huff he forgot his beautiful,

brand-new green hat.

He was too proud to go

back and check .on its disappearance. No mention was made of the visit when Mr.

Coe returned to the campus in the fall. At the énd of the term Prof, Preminger frightened his students silly by callfing for an oral examination. Student after student stood up and stammered rough the ordeal.

When the professor came:

to the twittering Mr. Coe, he said: . “Fred, I have only one _

question to ask you: Where "~~ is your green hat?” a Hi-Hat Lowdown * BEFORE getting too’ far

away from glamorous Phyllis Adams we'll tell you that a

ross snes

friends’

. young actor

Phyllis Adams told us,

Gretchen

The Indianapolis Tmes= Santa’s Sleigh Corts A Pack Of Realistic Toys

trouble. (Ayres’ and Vonnegut's have these, too.) Kazooka (at Sears’) fis new on the market. It shoots six table tennis balls without reloading. New also is an automatic shooting gallery. It shoots real bullets at move ing targets. “A miniature theater popcorn machine (in several stores) pops corn electrically. This comes with scoop, boxes, popcorn and bags.

On Wheels Af STREAMLINED “Kidillac” with chain

drive can be purchased at Ayres for $27.08. Also

available is the “Fire Chief™ for the «young firefighter (Ayres, $19.98), Popular this year ‘is the Mobo Pony Fxpress. This is a combination stroller and pedal drive in the shape of a pony and cart. When baby outgrows the stroller, by removing the handle, it can be

converted to a pedal drive,

For children of all ages there is the Mobo Spaniel, or Scottie, a remote controlled

puppy dog. it seampers with speed in any direction. New this year is the smoke ring gun. (Block's, $1.95.) About 7” in length it blows

Ayras' Nylon wig of her doll may be shampooed, combed and even set like "for-sure'’ hair.

smoke rings as fast as the

* operator can pull the trigger.

“Block City” is back (most stores) ranging in price from $2.95 to $4.95. It includes plastic - blocks, arches, dows, doors, fences roofing material young architect.

War Games

E ROM E ng land come

and

“anti-aircraft guns ($8.50), rocket guns ($4.98) and Pom ‘Poms ($5.49). Realistically like the original, they are scaled to size and copied in detail. (Ayres).

_Also from England. there. is

“the model engineering system

called X-Acto Trix. With a capital of only 50 cents any boy can start building with the highly polished steel units. By buying other parts he can create aliost any type of model engineering project. ~ England has also .sent the jet plane to tovland. A new type model is the Jetex. This provides the latest form of power jet propulsion for all types and sizes of model air-

_ craft, speedboats and racing cars. Popular this year are the Dinky, toys. Exact replicas of

cars, trucks, busses and farm équipment, they are priced from 65¢ to £1.50. (Ayres).

Papa Goes To Son's Wedding In Borrowed Coat And Pants

n: amed Donald man to watch . Happiest-look= ing father. we ran across vesterday was socialite barerister Bill Shea, who asked us if we could think of a fine Irish ‘name ‘for his and Norrie’'s brand-new baby girl. Surprise move. of the month, when slim, lovely Whitney quietly went about getting.a New York separation from Howard (Eric Whitney, after every-one--sald Eric was getting a Reno severance with Gretch- _. en's approval

‘Buka' is the in her life . .

Teacup Tattling . ALFRED GWYNNE Van-

derbilt, a young man who feels 80 strongly about the evils of tipstering that he

wouldn't give his own mother a hint on a horse and wouldn't

- bet more than a few dollars

on any equine even if the nag assured him personally that it was a sure thing, found the other day-.that he had cost an eavesdropping waiter $2000. “Mr. Vanderbilt, ” said the servitor sadly as he stood

~ with pencil poised over: order

pad, “this pencil cost me $2000. Every day since you started coming to the Red Coach Grill for luncheon, I have used it to jot down the names of the horses I hear

you discussing = with. your

. friends at the table. When I

wr Ket time I take he names and

phone my bookie. None or them ever ‘wins a

win- -

for the

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