Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1952 — Page 29
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SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1952
By BETTY LOCHER Times Fashion Editor
BEAUTIFUL hat will put your head in the clouds on Easter Sunday. Now is the time to start dreaming of the one you will choose, and here are examples of what you will find.
This is not the year you can buy a suit, then put with it just any hat. You
Times photos by John R. Spicklemire and Raymond Bright. International Flower Show Offers Breath-Taking Scope
By KATY ATKINS
WITH a snow storm the day I got to Connecticut and another the day I left New York, it is good to- be home where we have at least a promise of
spring. However, one found every sign of it at the International Flower Show in Grand Central
Palace. Always breath-taking and overwhelming in its magni- 5g tude, this year it seemed better than ever. Of particular interest was the Garden Club of America's “The World Is Our Garden.”
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THIS EXHIBIT emphasized the geographical origin eof garden plants, with the world divided (of necessity arbitrarily) into seven areas. It was fun, for instance, to find yellow freesias in the African garden and begonias in the one representing South and Central America and the West Indies. The latter garden was of particular interest since it was done by the Garden Club of Darien of which a former Hoosier, Betty Norvell, is president. I met her there on a Wednesday. She had been in town every day since befdre the show opened, first helping to get the garden ready, then assisting in watering plants and keeping things in shape. I admired the beautiful brick in the walk and she told me that its patina was achieved by covering it with spinach and walking. on it. That left me speechless.
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An extremely attractive touch {in the Mediterranean garden was black iron in the form of twisted rope used for edging around the flower beds and a star-shaped pool. Geraniums were featiired in the exhibit of the New York Botanical Garden. A charming white house with pillars, between which hung baskets of geraniums served as a background for the garden planted exclusively with geraniums of all shades. o> dh
AMONG THE PEOPLE WITH INDIANAP-
OLIS connections of whom I had a glimpse were Marjorie and Rezin Davis. 1 had cocktails with them before I took the train and found George B. George there. He and Isabel Schlotzhauer, now living in Buffalo but also originally from here, had been to Betty Hughes’ wedding. She is the daughter of the late Bob Hughes, a member of an old Indianapolis family. “» Bb IN NEW HAVEN I went to the-opening of a new play, “Salt of the Earth,” directed by Adfred Drake. This, of course, is a new field for him as he is well known for his starring roles in such productions as “Oklahoma” and “Kiss Me Kate.” Before, the performance we had a nervous dinner with the producer, George Nichols, formerly of Chicago, and a group of backers and well wishers. Teresa Wright and Kent Smith are the stars. The play takes place during the singular days in Mormon and Salt Lake City environs, when the male of the species was allowed the special perogative of plural wives. prepogative of plural wives, jerker in spots, which were modified in subsequent performances. ’
must view yourself from top to toe. Make sure your hat balances the width of your skirt with your own height. You can draw your own silhouet. When you go shopping for your hat, here are pointers to consider. Crowns are noticeably shallow to complement shorter hairdos. Most hats are worn at the hairline rather than on the back of the head.
” SIZES SMALL to middling will be worn early in the season, but with Easter
coming late, many fashionable Indianapolis women will blossom out in bigbrimmed hats by that time. Big sailors with shallow crowns will be perfect complements to spring suits and will look wonderful with fur scarfs—if you are tall. Black shiny straw with texture interest will be important. You'll see both nubby-textured straws and smooth straws and many fabrics. Organdy is a newcomer. A whole hat may be made of organdy, or it may be trimmed with organdy. In New York lots of organdy scarfs were shown, worn almost like a fur neckpiece with suits. They may crop up here later in the season.
VEILING is used in new ways. Big pouffs at the back of sailors make them pretty and feminine. Stiff, heavy mesh patterns form actual visors on small caps. Painted veils and half-veils
which one designer calls “wink” veils are also new. Store millinery departments are brimming with flowers and spilling with spring straws to capture your fancy. For sheer luxury we've photographed ofor you a few of the loveliest from each store. Mr. John has crocheted
white milan into a mere
suggestion of a hat (A) swathed in sheer veiling and topped with a pale pink rose. It is one of his “nervous flower hats” named because the flower is wired so that it flutters
in the breeze. From Block's. ~ o
n JOHN - FREDERICS gives a talked-about-tilt to an all-white bi-corne (B) brushed with pale yellow velvet binding. It is baku straw with white chrysanthemums full-blown to reveal their sunny centers. Pale veiling gives mysterious flattery to your face. From Ayres’. The most colorful hat .in town is the flowered pill box by Lilly Dache (GC). It is emerald green baku banded in sapphire velvet and sprouts a realistic yellow rose on one side. It is from Wasson's. John Frederics uses photographic film to transfer pale pink roses on smoky gray straw (D). The smudged gray velvet ribbon is striped with black ostrich plumes that brush
the shoulder. From Ayres’. ” » ”
IRENE CREATES for you an -eliptical brimmed navy blue baku hat (E) trimmed with white hy-
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drangeas, and clouded with sheer navy veiling. From Block's. A riot of colorful flowers are pressed between layers of veiling to make a brim for this charming hat (F) by Laddie Northridge. The edge of the brim is wired and bound with navy blue velvet. The sailor crown is shiny navy blue straw. From Wasson’s.
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Art Layout by J. Hugh O'Donnell
Dances, Shrine Circus Included
On April Social Calendar
By CHRISTY CASTANIAS “Press your bib and tucker, While | polish up the tray And don’t forget your manners For today is party day.” Rather, this month is party month, as far as social life is concerned, And activity is limited’ to dances and dramatic events with a circus adding the finishing touch. Scheduled for April are the following events:
Apr. 2—-8Bpring style show and tea in Highland Golf and Country Club, Apr. 3—Park School “Father and Son” dinner -in Woodstock Club.
: Apr. 4—8hrine Circus to be pre-
sented through the 13th in the Murat Theater. Riviera dance at 9 p. m. Apr. 6-8Sunday buffet dinner from 5:30 to 8:30 p. m. in the Meridian Hills: Club. Buffet supper in the Propylaeum with Col. and Mrs. Arthur W. Herrington speaking on “Through Pakistan.” Colored films will also be shown.
Apr. 8 -Mrs. Robert Bohlen,
Zionsville; to ‘be hostess to Christamore: Aid Society assisted by Mrs. Sylvester Johnson Jr. and Mrs, Paul DeVault.
Apr. 9—Morning bridge and
canasta luncheon at 12:30 p. m, in the Propylaeum. Apr. 11--Civie. Theater to pre sent “Portrait in Black” to run through the 19th. Apr. 12—Annual Tulip Time Ball Easter Eve in the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Din-
ner-bridge in Meridian Hills Club with Dr. and Mrs, J. Connolly Robinson as chair-
men. Apr. 13--Easter egg hunt in Hillcrest Country Club. Highland Club to have children’s Easter party. Sunday dinner guests in Indianapolis Athletic Club, Mrs. K. R, Manning to be chairman of the children’s Easter event In Meridian Hills Club. Apr. 15—-Mrs., Willard Whittle and Mrs. Rollo Lewis to be
chairmen of the Iluncheonbridge in Meridian Hills Club.
Apr. 16-Propylaeum Day luncheon featuring Mrs. Besse. Boynton, Chicago, as guest speaker. Her subject will be “American Women of Wit and Humor.” Apr. 18—Junior square dance in Woodstock Club. Mrs. Edwin H. Gable, 4560 Park Ave., to be hostess to members of Children’s Museum Guild at a “white elephant” sale.
Apr. 19—Lambs Club to pre-
sent its production in the
Columbia € Club. “Butterfly Ball” to be given by the Ine
dianapolis Day Nursery Auxe iliary in the Woodstock Club,
Apr. 22—Day Nursery Auxiliary to meet in the 38th 8t, Branch, Merchants National Bank. Apr. 23—Opening day for 18. Hole Golfers with luncheon in Meridian Hills Club. Apr. 24~Luncheon for Nines Hole Golfers in Meridian Hills Club. Apr. 25—Dinner-bridge and canasta .at 7 p. m, in the Prupylaeum. Mr. and Mrs,
C. Claire Knox to be chair. men of the Meridian Hills Club square dance. Apr. 26—Woodstock Club dance, Meridian Hills Club to hold Monte Carlo night with Mr, and Mrs, O. C. Winters as chairmen. Children’s pros duction of “Bronco Billy” in the Civic Theater to run through the 27th.’ Apr. 27-—Herron Art Museum to present exhibitions of work . by children in the museum’s art class. This will rum through May 11. : Apr. 30—“Mornings With Books” in the Propylasum at 10:15 a. m. with a 12:30 luncheon. Miss Helen Bare ron to speak.
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