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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1929
Page
2
Mrs. Ferguson argues lawyers multiply trouble and clog society. She likens doctors’ critics to lawyers, notes law schools flood the market, and blames lawmakers and corporations for legal overreach. The piece lampoons the legal profession as a necessary evil with endless, tangled influence.
Members of the Valencian chapter of the International Study and Travel club will be entertained with a dinner at the summer home of Mrs. Harry Meyer near Noblesville Thursday night. The hostess will be assisted by Mrs. Grover D. Slider retiring resident and Mrs. Samuel Ingle social chairman. New members include Mrs. Chloe Collins Mrs. Donald Nolan Mrs. Raleigh Oliver Mrs. Oda Mayfield Mrs. Mary E. Hoss Miss Elsie Nugent and Miss Mamie Haley.
Mrs Earl E Houck entertained Tuesday with a luncheon and bridge party at the Indianapolis Country club in honor of Miss Charlotte Raible of Tucson Ariz the guest of her aunt Mrs Edward H Knight. Guests included Mrs Houck Mrs Knight Miss Raible and several others.
Announcement states Miss Helen Harmeson daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Harmeson 357 West Twenty-ninth Street will marry Thomas E Neale son of Mr and Mrs Thomas A Neale 3909 North New Jersey Street. The ceremony is set for Saturday at the Harmeson home.
The Society of St Roach's church will hold its regular tournament card party in the hall at 3600 South Meridian Street Thursday night. Mrs. Virgil Clark is hostess, assisted by Mrs. Andrew Fromhold and other volunteers including Mrs. F Peters and Mrs. Carl Spitznagel.
A lawn festival for Holy Trinity Church at 920 North Holmes Avenue will be held Thursday Friday and Saturday nights. Booths will be run by church societies.
Members of the McCrea chapter will entertain tonight at the Indiana theater replacing the monthly social meeting. Sorority to Meet Miss Roberta O Neal will entertain Sigma Sigma Kappa at her home 1715 Broadway tonight. Entertain Husbands Old Home Circle members will entertain husbands with a picnic supper at Garfield Plan Annual Banquet Phi Rho Chi sorority will hold their banquet Thursday night at Willowbrook.
Miss Thelma Thomas hosted a bridge party at 2510 North Meridian Street this afternoon honoring Mrs. J. T. Thomas and daughter Miss Ruth Anne Thomas from Vincennes. The house guests are with Mrs. J. L. Taff, 2010 North Meridian Street. Lavender and green decor featured lavender flowers and lavender-tapered lights with green tulle. Hostess assisted by her mother Mrs. O. R. Thomas, and attendees included Mrs. Taff, Mrs. Frank L. Churchman, Mrs. William W. O'Daniels, Mrs. William Lytell, Miss Catherine Gilbert, Miss Nelle Von Staden, Miss Mildred Milner, Miss Helen DeVelling, Miss Marguerite Doriot, Miss Virginia Sibel, and Miss Emma Doeppers.
A wedding gift list includes an electric waffle iron and waffles suit many meals from breakfast to after theater. Waffles adapt as main course or cake substitute with varieties like chocolate with ice cream or maple syrup. Crisp waffles provide a digestible bread or cake substitute for late party meals.
A historical recipe outlines a waffle batter mixing flour salt and baking powder then adding sour milk eggs yolks and melted shortening. Whites are folded in and the batter is cooked on a hot waffle iron for crisp waffles.
Guests arrive and waffles become a premium treat. Do not wash a waffle iron after seasoning. wipe crumbs with a soft cloth and brush. Pour batter from a pitcher for ease. try variations like chocolate waffles with melted chocolate and sugar, adjusting flour to taste.
A columnist urges readers that freedom from worry is myth and that courage shapes life. A concerned mother writes about tailoring parenting to modern times, advising to engage with children and adapt family life while avoiding endless complaining.
The midsummer bride can indulge in a modernistic set of service plates with simple design and bold color. Hostesses may stock guest rooms with handy boxes for toilet items and notes. France supplies charming prints on fine boxes while straw bags and shoes dominate summer wardrobes in flat envelope bags and color pairings like tan white green white red white and navy white.
Miss Esther Hufford of 1130 Bellefontaine Street will serve as hostess for tonight's Omega Phi Tau Sorority gathering.
Mrs Maurice Lindley of 6149 Park Avenue will host a guest picnic supper Friday for Tau Gamma Mish Sorat members.
Fashion writer Francis Paget notes Southampton and the Hamptons set trends for the season. Formal gowns grow longer with floor reach and black net tiers, while casual dinner frocks mimic a tennis dress silhouette with simple bodices and narrow hips. Small hats and turbans suit sports styles, moire fabrics in pale blue pink and off white appear, and the minaret silhouette remains popular on the dance floor.
Miss Ruby Harvey daughter of Mr and Mrs John W Harvey of 926 North Beville avenue will wed Elmer Robertson August 3. Miss Isabelle Early hosts a personal shower and bridge party tonight at 664 North Beville avenue with summer flower decorations and a white box gift presentation. Guests include Mrs Russell Harvey Miss Gertrude Edner Miss Louise Watson Miss Dorothy Stoelting Miss Mary Lou Allen Miss Helen Konecke Miss Anita Brownlee Miss Alice Hill Miss Miriam Schad Miss Jean Schad and Miss Elizabeth Jenkins.
Silk crepe or pongee voile and batiste fabrics form a four size pattern with shaped shoulders and a pointed front. Materials include 2% yards for medium size and 63% yards lace edging. Pattern mailed for 15 cents.
A stream of social notes lists Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence F. Orr and their daughter Henritte Orr traveling to Cincinnati and Indianapolis for study and work with Stuart Walker. Several residents host guests in Washington DC Los Angeles Chicago and New York with trips to Bay View Poughkeepsie Cedar Point Cleveland and Detroit.
Arte mas Club members and friends will enjoy a picnic luncheon and bridge party at the Brookside Park community house on Friday. Mrs. Thomas Hanika chairs the event with helpers including Mrs. W E Shirts Mrs. Leslie McLean Mrs. Harry E Wilcox Mrs O E Dorrah and Mrs Henry Huffey.
Members of Caroline Scott Harrison chapter DAR will be entertained with an indoor picnic at the chapter house 824 North Pennsylvania Street Thursday noon.
The Ladies Society of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen will host a card party at 8:30 PM Thursday. The event takes place at the hall on Shelby Street and English Avenue for members.
The Anglo Indian chapter of the International Study and Travel club invites members to a picnic on Saturday August 17 at the home of Mrs Walter Weimer. Each member may bring a guest.
Mrs. Emory Baxter hosted a kitchen shower and bridge party at 3301 Broadway for Miss Mary Patia Carver on Tuesday night in advance of her July 27 marriage to James Parker. Tallies, green yellow oil cloth, garden flowers on the tables. Guests included many named attendees and house guest Inman of Winter Park Florida. A second party will be hosted by Mrs. Dithmer at 118 West Forty First Street on Friday.
Mrs. William Hunt, a recent bride, was guest of honor at a bridge party and shower Tuesday night hosted by Miss Martha Thomas at her home. Hostess aided by her mother Mrs. John W. Thomas. Guests included Mrs. Robert M. Armer, Miss Kathleen Hottel, Miss Dorothy Carroll, Miss Mary Frances Ogle, Miss Lucille Tyner, Miss Blanche Rose, Miss Vivian Johnson, Miss Kathryn Torbert, and others.
Mrs. Louis R Patten of Brooklyn New York formerly of Ft. Benjamin Harrison was the guest of honor at a party today hosted by Mrs Robert H Neely at 4000 East Thirty eighth street Also invited were Miss Marian Patten and Miss Valeria Naumna from Toledo Ohio Charles B Showalter and wife planned a dinner in her honor
Members of the Zonta Club of Indianapolis were entertained at a luncheon meeting Tuesday at 12 15 in the Benjamin Harrison room of the Columbia Club Miss Sue Stewart president presided Next meeting will be a dinner next Tuesday at 6 15 at the Columbia Club
Queen Esther chapter No 3 O E S and Queen Esther auxiliary set a frolic for Saturday afternoon and evening at 34th and Capitol. The event invites members and the community to enjoy activities and fellowship during the day and night hours.
Two hundred guests attended a special dinner dance at the Wood stock Club honoring eight young women swimmers bound for San Francisco and the Hawaiian Islands. Honor guests included Ethel McGarry Kathryn Brown Eleanor Holm Albina Oissipowich Joan McCheehy Lisa Lindstrom Adelaide Lambert and Agnes Geraghty.
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs Basil Miles widow of Basil Miles American administrator of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris to H H Rogers in Zurich Switzerland. Mrs Rogers is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick E Moskovics. Mr Rogers is the father of Millicent Ramos former Countess Salm von Hoogstraeten. Mr Moskovics formerly was president of the Stutz Motor Car Company of America and recently was elected president of the Improved Products Corporation of New York.
Announcement at a bridge party hosted by Mrs. Asher W. Gray reveals Frances Gray will marry Harold R. Nesbit of Chicago. The ceremony is planned for Sunday with guests including Rosalie Strong J P Lahr G A Gray L N Essex and others.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Featherston invite guests to a 6 o clock dinner at 2123 South Emerson to honor Mr and Mrs Russell Anderson of Saginaw Michigan Mrs Robert Bosskill of Detroit and Mr and Mrs Raymond Miller.
Ladies of the Holy Name church plan a basket dinner this Sunday at the home. Agit Sahm on Troy Avenue will be the opponent and the game is set for the afternoon.
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