Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1952 — Page 6

TAPESTRIES LIKE WATER COLORS—Mrs. Lowell Holmes is busy working on the 13th of a se-

ries of 18 tapestries depicting scenes in American history. Finished tapestries, made like hooked

rugs, are five by six feet.

Tapestries Record History

By BETTY LOCHER RS. LOWELL HOLMES is devoting her life to posterity. Her handiwork

will live in museums for

centuries as a monument to her patience, artistry ‘and intelligence, The idea began when Mrs. Holmes decided to make hooked rugs for her home. With a degree of art from the University of Minnesota, it was natural she shoul’ design her own Tugs. Soon it became an absorbing hobby but, unfortunately, there is a limit to the number of hooked rugs one person can use. ” ” n THEN SHE CONCEIVED the jdea of making tapestries using the same technique as she had used in making rugs. Since her second academic love was history, she decided to start on a series of tapestries depicting scenes in American history. As the idea grew in her own mind, she launched on her first tapestry, the coming of the Norsemen to America. First she spent from five to six weeks at the Indianapolis Public Library doing research in that period of history, making rough sketches, rejecting them, making more. Another month and a half was spent in patiently fitting together a design for the tapestry which was to measure five by six feet. 5 » ” THIS DESIGN, first done in pencil, was then transposed to water color and from there it was sketched on monk's cloth which would be the base for the finished tapestry. She had discovered, in making her rugs, that it was difficult to obtain colors that would blend harmoniously, so she set about studying the art of dyeing. Recipes for dye-pots were culled from old Colonial cook books, some dating back as far as 1750. ~ ~ ~ > ARMED WITH THIS new and impressive knowledge, she began brewing her own dyes and studying the chemistry of mordants which would make the dyes fast. The tapestries are made from all-white wool fabric dyed in her own colors and cut into ‘strips slightly

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wider than shoe laces. These strips are hooked onto the background of monk's cloth in patterns, Mrs. Holmes" colors are exquisitely subtle and so beautifully blended that it is difficult to tell where one color stops and another begins. She seems | to have found a complete new | range for color—foggy grays that blend into misty blue, | warm yellow tones that, some- | how, ‘seem to drift into deep russet and brown shades. Many of the herbs that go into her dye pots she and her husband collect themselves on nature trips into the wilds. They gather sumac berries; mari golds, peach leaves and valley | lily leaves. | Plants will produce different | shadings of color depending | upon the time of year they are picked. A color once produced, may never again be matched identically. » =n ” EACH STITCH is so perfect her pictures stand out as clearly as if they had been done in water color. In her first tapestry, “The Coming of the Norsemen,” she gives the feeling of movement with swirling clouds and a wind-tbssed sea through which the Viking ship ploughs on man’s first venture into a world yet unborn, Originally Mrs. Holmes had planned to have 12 tapestries in | her series, but the field hag proved so fertile that she has | already planned six additional ones and is currently working | on Fra Junipero Serra, a Fran- | cisan friar, who was among | the first to establish a Spanish mission in San Diego. This one will be completed in | time for the San Diego International Falr.

» . LJ ~ { HER LATEST WORK {gs the | one shown above, “Abraham Lincoln Grows Up?’ which illustrates her blending technique in the tree trunks, bushes and even the shadows on the lawn of the log cabin home. Since she started them In 1038, these tapestries have become a national pride and internationally famous.: ° They have been exhibited at museums, in Madison Square Gardens, for art schools in all | parts of the United States and | for women's clubs. Each tapestry

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votion to create, but the name Mabelle 1.. Holmes, carefully embroidered in the corner of each, will live for many years for the pleasure of future generations. .

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MOST ‘RECENT WORK—"Abraham Lincoln Grows

Up” is a study in subtle shading and the effect of light and shadow achievéd by the use of blending colors.

New Neighbors Plan Luncheon

The New Neighbors ILeague will have a Valentine luncheon meeting at noon tomorrow in the Antlers Hotel. ; Hostesses will be Mesdames Marvin E. Glaser, Clarence A.

Hostesses Are Named

Mrs. Ralph T.. Schad, 5651 Carvel Ave. will be hostess Saturday afternoon to members of the Butler Alumnae Literary Club.

Bader, William Sloan and L. J. Johnson. A business meeting will follow the luncheon. Cards, both bridge and canasta, will be played afterward.

For Literary Club

Assisting Mrs. Schad will be Miss Elizabeth Moore. Mrs. William Adcock and Miss Ruth B. Carter will give reviews about women spies.

When It's Tie-Picking Time

NEW YORK, Jan. 23—

“Women should chpose men’s ties,” says Budd, nationally known creator of men's haberdashery. “Not only do-women have an innate sense of color and design,” adds Budd, “but they probably know the personality of the man who is to wear the cravat better than the man knows himself.” Despite a belief currently popular in America that women shop. for the most atrocious designs and impossible colors when they give ties as gifts— Easter, birthday or otherwise— actual purchases of ties in ®

Senior Girl

Budd's Fifth Avenue shop and orders by mail have proved otherwise. » n

" BUDD IS OF .THE opinion

that the gals make excellent.

selections of ties, whether they are chosing four-in-hands or: the bows. While there are exceptions, most females. don't tend to choose anything that's too flashy, effeminate or otherwise unacceptable to men. Budd gives out these hints to wives or girl friends who are making early plans for an Easter selection: Keep specific items of his wardrobe in mind. (‘hoose the colors that will blend in best with the suits and

Scouts

Attend Buying Classes

ENIOR GIRL: SCOUTS are learning to become better

shoppers.

The girls are attending consumer buying classes at Ayres’ this month. Each Saturday Miss Helen Hollings-

worth, consumer relations department, conducts them. The classes begin with a discussion of what to look for when buying.’ Later, each girl actually does some purchasing of her .own. The inorning is climaxed with.the returning of the item and a. discussion of what has been purchased and why. n n n INDIANAPOLIS and Marion County Scouts will be entertained Saturday at the Booth Tarkington Civic Theater. The program will include merit badge requirements in the Scout drama appreciation field. Jack Hatfield, director of the Civic, will greet the girls. Mrs. John G. Kinghan, Junior Productions chairman, will give a history of the Tarkington

Civic Theater and Mrs. Horace N. Roberts, cochairman of Junior Productions, will talk on the theater in general. = ” = OTHER SCHEDULED talks include Fredric Rhoades, technical director, character make-up; Mrs. Arden C. Eichsteadt, chairman in charge of the Wednesday night‘workshop, application of makeup and costuming, and Mrs. Harry A. Hebbard Jr., codirector of the Saturday morning workshop, props and praduction. Cutting also will be presented from the “Christmas Nightingale.” A workshop class will be conducted on stage by Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Hebbard. . After the program, there will

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shirts he prefers to don when he goes out with you,

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BUT ALSO, KEEP in mind

the personality factor. Choose the ties that will appeal to the man for the personality they think is theirs. Although your one-and-only may be a guy of slight build,

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 1952"

Haberdasher Votes for Gals -

it is possible he fancies himself

a raging tiger. His ties should reflect that belief. Conversely, a six-foot hulking brute may harbor the thought that beneath that muscle lies the soul of an aesthete. He’ll love his neckwear

= » ” “WHEN IT COMES, to choose ing ~lothes,” concludes Budd, “a stroll along any American street will prove that our gals have better taste than most, So no one has to caution her about giving ties that are oute rageous riots of color and design. ? “Oftimes,” sighs the famed Fifth Avenue haberdasher, “it is the men who need watching when they purchase neckwear, At times they tend to go ‘way overboard’.”

ooks like a real bargain, doesn’t it?

Those are samples of prices you paid—back in 1935, just about 16 years ago.

Everything else was ih proportion, too... . you could get your choice of several fine

makes of automobiles, for instance, for only $700.

The idea is not to make you feel bad; but to point out an important fact:

You pay less for gas today than you did in 1935! ° «

And, it goes without saying, any important household expenditure that is still

less than it was sixteen years ago offers a welcome relief to every householder,

who daily fights the steadily increasing cost of living.

It's just nice to know, that the Gas Utility does NOT add to the increased costs

of runhing your home.

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