Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1951 — Page 17
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~ Shortage of Brass,
r+. | Copper Won't Curb ww. | GoodLamp Designing
si Tota Xi Soe . - . hy iro Industry Has Wide Choice of Suitable rsital” Mar, 8 Substitute Materials to Assure Variety od Glisistian NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (UP)—You don’t need to worry 4 3 about the supply or design of lamps suffering just because gram will be brass and EE ney. Pl age 9 Sopper have gone to war. Joseph: Miller, ost of the metal lamp manufacturers showing their at ‘olumbiis, Ind. the.New Yo lamp, show said government Restrictions on the 100] "the program metals for civilian use wouldn't trim their production greatly: rown, planist, We'll just convert to other, nonrestricted materials, one of
the country’s oldest and largest metal lamp makers explain Such materials would include glass, plastics, in iy ceramics » aed! Lawrence Rosenfeld, president’ of L. Rosénfeld and Co., N-Y., sald. “No matter what shortages of material might develop there’ never will be a shortage of good design. The housewife demands It . . .'the smart manufacturer provides it.
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event include
“Lamps are like women’s hats,” ; Crain -hats,” Mr, Rosenfeld said. “You can John, Calne, make them out of anything, so long as you have enough metal for "Theo Fisher, . the wiring and sockets.” He pee 1 Jeg thought most manufacturers had this is the way lamps would look Lilly apa MD a sufficient stockpile of such If nature had made them.”
metals. | He pointed to a table lamp Manufacturers generally said Whose porcelain-glazed ceramic lamp prices had risen 10 to 20 ase looked like a modified tri-
dames (George A. Alexander,
RO per cent since the Korean war pod. Another “organic form” base rcell, Brown started but wouldn't predict the looked like a piece of abstract roa ‘ ‘price picture of the future. (sculpture. )
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yn and Miss None reported scare buying and | The most versatile lamps in the
some admitted they hid done a Show were Italian imports. Wall little allocation to buyers to pre- | lamps had telescoping extensions vent it. ; and weighted pulleys to control As for design, the show had its their height. Shades, shaped like share of “functional” lamps but/2 Coolie hat, could be turned in most of them followed traditional [al] directions, patterns. The Current Forms Co.| Manufacturers showed all col-
exhibit stressed designs which fol- OTS in shades and many co-ordin-iated shade colors with the bases.
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“ - lowed, “organic forms.” ’ 2roup Mi fF N |For instance, a yellow glass lamp sda itror o ature wore a gold-flecked shade and E y Harold Meyers, president of the was banded at the base with gold- |
company, explained, “We think flecked metal.
Lady to Talk
r meeting and » Indianapolis trative Wom1 be Tuesday.
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Jamaican First ~+ Lady Mollie Huggins; wife of the governor of Jamaica, will be the Indianapolis .Town Hall speaker at 11 a. m, Friday. The talk will be at the Murat Theater. ~ Born'in Singapore, married in
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tler University Malaya, Lady Mollie has been - 9 the invoca- surrounded by problems of race. 4 Ripple High color and religion all her life.
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Sir John Huggins was made ‘ governor of Jamaica at a time when a constitution and» self-. government had just been J granted, the people. It was a ¥me when all Jamaicans hated ri
tish officials. Lady Huggins soon organized
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Chairs This Season Are Designed
Occasional chair . . . it's an adaptable piece. By JEAN TABBERT
CHAIR FASHIONS accent comfort this season. From ‘versafile occasional styles. to deep-tushioned lounge models, seating units come tabbed for relaxation. Pictured are three examples. The , small occasional chair is keyed for use as a bedroom, dining.room or living room “pull up.” Contemporary in design, it’s crafted
with hand tufting over rubberized filling, “covered in nubby weave textured fabric. The legs are mahogany, available either in blonde or standard finish. News points include the contour back, comfortably shaped, and the overall neat lines of the
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Wide Ottoman
AMPLE MEASUREMENTS -characterize the matching chair and ottoman. Covered
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Chaise longue . . . graduated to the living room.
-in a brown and green striped satin fabric, the chair has a down cushion and foam rubber arms. The ottoman is wide engugh to identical chair at the other end of a fireplace. ~ Television has ushered the
serve an
where video viewing and informal entertaining require the utmost in ease. - The one shown is made with a one-piece down cushion and covered in a coin dottextured cloth. Tailored lines will make the piece welcome
Favor Hot Cereals
Food authorities recommend {hot cereals during cold weather, with special emphasis placed on {the need for children to have hot cereal. If hot cereals aren’t over-
{y popular in your household, try in any decorative scheme. serving them with heated canned All the pieces shown were
exhibited at the recent Grand
chaise longue out of the bedroom and into the living room. The piece answers the relaxation problem in a home
the women, the Jamaican Fedtess eration of Women being the result. She founded the Jamaica re, 1676 Whit- anti-TB league, -omen’s league ye hostess to child welfare association, cen- , Bs ; tral voluntary services council, . : 91 Alpha Ep- girl guides association and Lady Mollie Huggins at 1:15 p. m. many other benevolent groups. | 5 ; —— There is scarcely a village that Traffic Lanes be Mrs. John ion ot been seen and helped | Avoid undoing your own work Raymo BE. y the governor's wife. Ma i yond Mrs. Kurt F. Pantzer will in- Dy stepping upon freshly washed " sale Will be troduce the speaker and head tile floors before they are thore sale will go the table discussion at the oughly dry. If necessary, do your t, Crossroads luncheon in. the Athenaeum bathroom or kitchen in sections, | Ji » following the lecture. {leaving traffic lanes to vital points.
Rapids furniture market. land extra good taste.
Extra-wide design . . . a smart fireside unit,
Miniature Production Ends Guesses in Home Decorating
| NEW. YORK, Feb. 3 (UP)—Ruth Bennett, the feminine half of a young designing team, has come up with something she be-
| lfeves takes all the guesswork out of decorating, “You know how Th the 24-year-old Miss Bennett ex-
plained. “The housEwife stead. The decorator takes over
Mama decides she liked the old scheme better.”
The way Miss Bennett redecorates, the homemaker knows in
| advance whether she likes it.
The young decorator, working with her 19 - year - old brother
' Bernard, decorates. a miniature
| reproduction of the home, right | down to the fast chair cushion.
. Work Together
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Bernard makes the miniature rooms and furniture to go into them. Then Ruth takes over, doing the upholstery, painting and
“draperies. She uses. the same
colors and materials which ultimately will go into the house. The model takes the team abnut two weeks to construct and the prospective client pays a service fee of around $35.
“It's worth it,” Ruth said, “because it eliminates the mistakes ahead of time.” Ruth, a graduate of the Trap-
(cling peach slices. The cheerful hagen School of Design and the {peaches give extra nourishment Pratt Institute here, started the ‘house decorating idea first to
ires a decorator to re-do the old home- ..» « but once the job is done,
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For Relaxing On Long , Winter Evenings
“chid plaid
help her brother in a hobby contest.
Hobby Started It A student of architecture at Brooklyn Technical High School, he had entered a local hobby contest. His entry was a
\five-room house, complete with
window hoxes, a removable top floor an movable roof. Ruth planned the furniture and decorations, and the craftsmanship of the young pair took the first prize of $15. The couple used the model for promotion when they set up shop. They've been in business only a few months but already have redone several house, a toy shop and restaurant lounge.
a bright yellow re- |
The future looks bright for
the industrious pair. Ruth said, “It must be true that seeing is believing . . . because our dummy houses are really selling our decorating.” “Besides,” she said, “my customers get a kick out of having the miniatures around. Most of them turn the houses into toys for the children.”
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PAGE wo Prominent Figures Visit ; : Hoosierlana
Berkeley Gage : Here for 3 Days - (Cont. From Page 13)
at supper for them. Guests were attorneys and their wives. Mrs. Douglas, petite and charming, wore an ors evening gown. Mrs. Hubert Hickam's wisp of black ‘tulle and sequins in her hair was especially becoming and a smart accent for her black dress.
Give Breakfast
RS. HENRY C. CHURCHMAN and daughter, Barbara, gave a breakfast lagt Sunday at the Indianapolis - Athletic Club for Joan Sherwood. Blue marquiset cloths over white, and bouquets of pink and orchid carried out the ‘bridal colors. : The icy roads forced cancellation of Mrs. John Pear-
‘gon’s party in. Carmel for . Joan scheduled for Monday.
n » 5 MRS. WILLIAM J. STARK’S white feathéred hat was a bright note on the winter day she and her daughter, Patricia. Schneiders, gave a luncheon at High= land for Jane Stokely whose marriage to Bud Stark took place yesterday morning.
* . Bridal Dinner BLUE AND WHITE was the * color scheme for the bridal dinner given at the University Club Friday night by Betsy and Al Stokely. Mr. and Mrs, James R. Stokely of Asheville, N. C, Sally and Austin Brown of ' N. C., and Jane's grandmother, Mrs. Ben W, Hooper, were among the oute of-town guests. No one enjoyed the wedding more ' than the flower girl, little Barbara Stokely, who was a picture in her Kate Greenway white organdy dress, ne we
- ” . ALIX THOMSON was a pretty hostess in .her rose changeable taffeta frock at her party for Georgia Matti~ son and Welde Coxe follow= ing the bridal dinner given by Dr. and Mrs. - Clowes last night. . For the marriage of her daughter. Ceci, and Bob Hol= lowell yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Hendricks chose
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a gray-blue brocade faille em=~ broidered in sequins and a white sequin hat, GE Mrs. Robert E. Hollowell, mother of the bridegroom, wore a gown of mint green lace with a sheer beige yoke *
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