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CHECK-OFF SYSTEM—Dave Weir, president of Howe's senior class (left), counts off the days until graduation while his mother, Mrs. Paul A. Weir, 7930 Oakland Rd., watches.

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SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1952

Mothers Help Pupils

Prepare for

Graduation

By JOAN SCHOEMAKER VWHAT ARE mothers made of?

Pride and deeds and children's needs, =

That's what mothers are made of. Mothers are young girls made of awe . . . awe

of God, awe of nature . . » awe of the mysteries of motherhood. They are tired women who walk floors with colicy babies . . . kind women who soothe fretful children to sleep . + . smart women who punish naughty tots -, + indulgent women who pamper their offspring. They are reasonable and listen to both sides of childish squabbles . . . they are patient and let Junior and Jane make decisions . . . they are sympathetic and understand hurt feelings . . . they anticipate needs and give their assistance. Each spring some mothers help their sons° and daughters prepare for graduation. All year round they help them prepare for life,

MOTHERS are complicated human beings . . . at weddings and commencements they beam with pride and cry at the same time. They are industrious, yet

SPECIAL ATTENTION—Mrs. Goldie Duffy, 1432 E. New York St. (left), gives the extra special attention to the picnic food for

Tech's annual senior picnic the week of graduation. Her daughter, Vonda Lee (right), is a member of the senior class.

Acres of Flowers Bloom For Davies Garden Tea

By KATY ATKINS HAVING been in Washington visiting my mother on May Day, I was lucky enough to go to a garden tea given by former Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, who varied the custom of leaving a basket of posies on

the door step by presenting their friends with acres of tiowers at their estate, Tregaron, Four thousand azaleas, 400 dogwood § trees and 200 flowering lilacs were at their best, though I was equally thrilled by long walks bordered with lilies of the valley, paneiés ° and all the sweet little spring flowers. Guests were received in the drawing room and went on through the sunporch where Easter lilies and pastel hydrans geas were banked on sheives flanking cabinets of exquiste porcelains. . » ” MRS. DAVIES wore a dress that shaded from turquoise at the top to a deep blue at the bottom of the full skirt, Just below the waist were several rows of quilted tucks. A long tea table was set up on the terrace with a silver tea service at one end and a gold coffee service at the other. An enormously tall silver vase, filled with a variety of blossoms, was in the center of the table. Long white satin ribbons went from the top of it to the four corners where the lace cloth was caught up with pink snapdragons. Three-tiered silver compotes Alled with bonbons were on each

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cream and strawberries, in addition to sandwiches and cakes, were on the table, - ” » A “COCKTAIL LOUNGE” with a sign indicating it, was deep in the trees beyond. This was a circular space enclosed with a woven fence and furnished with small tables and chairs.

The first people I saw as I stepped on the terrace were former Indiana Gov. and Mrs. Paul V. McNutt who had come from New York for the party. Mrs. McNutt, pretty as always, was in a black faille suit, with the embroidered organdie collar of her blouse turned over her coat, and a white hat. I met Gen. Omar Bradley as he stood around, like many another husband, waiting for Mrs. Bradley to finish her stint of tea pouring. Mrs. Robert A. Taft sat on the lawn just off the terrace. She wore a becoming white straw hat with a pearl gray suit, At a garden party the day before I met that famous Washington hostess, Mrs. Morris Cafritz. She wore 4 half-shell white hat and a black faille dress with %a very full skirt and rows of jet buttons on the three-quarter sleeves. ” ‘ » ” I LUNCHED ONE DAY with Marianne Wild, formerly of Indianapolis, who is finding her Red Cross work doubly absorbing while Bob is in Germany. One of the nicest parties was a dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Johnson, formerly of South Bend. They have lcved .

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make their children do the dishes. Level-headed durihg an emergency, courageous in a crisis, capable when necessary, mothers are helpless when happiest, Devotion and dedication are two ever-present attributes. Every mother and every child have precious memories together. Some are funny. Some are sad. Some can be shared with no one else,

» » ” MOTHERS, RADIANT AS only mothers can be, show approval and disapproval, encouragement and discouragement, appreciation and condemnation. They. are generous with their time, their perfume, their clothes and skimpy with their scorn, their indifference, their ANGE, They are thoughtful and considerate and ever determined to have perfect children. Mothers are what little girls hope to be, big girls are, and sons, daughters and husbands love and admire.

"*MAIL’ WOMEN—Nula Purichia (left) and her mother, Mrs. Angelo Purichia, 515 S. Harris St.

oddress graduation announcements. Nula is a senior in Washington High School.

Washington but are looking forward to being with their friends when they return to

Indiana about the middle of June. One beautiful day we drove to Annapolis where we saw an exciting lacrosse game in progress on the Academy grounds and visited the Hammond-Har-

. wood House. This stands as a witness for

the Golden Age of Annapolis, a short period from 1750 until the ‘last “Colonial” became

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merged in the first citizen of the new republic. The house was built in 1774 by Matthais Hammond as a wedding gift for the lady to whom he was engaged. Unfortunately she eloped with-an-other man. “One of the reasons given is that Hammond got so busy in public life and so interested in the house that he failed to pay his fiancee proper attention. The architect was the

“famous William Buckland.

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Charles Peale painted a splendid portrait of Buckland in which, on a table in front of him, are spread his drawing instruments, the floor plan and front elevation of the house. It is the only portrait known that depicts an architect with a set of plans. The original is in thé Garvan collection, but a fige copy hangs in the hall of Ham-mond-Harwood House. Next week this column will return to the home front where there seems to be a lot of action.

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PRESSED INTO SERVICE—Nanc Kortepeter, Southport ‘scnior (left), cuts 1 ; <i Mrs. C. F. Kortepeter, presses her gown for the

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LOADIN’ UP—Mrs. Kenneth Peterman, 746 W. 43d St. (left), checks off the refreshments for Shortridge’s Class

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