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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1930
Page
2
Paris fashion columnist Jean Patou notes jewelry must harmonize with gowns to form a complete look. He cites collaboration with Van Cleef and Arpels, favors supple necklaces, jeweled pins, and belts, and highlights color trends with emeralds rubies and black white formal wear.
Mrs. Monninger hosted the Nu Zeta alumnae dinner at Silver Hills Estate. Mrs. Frank B. Hunter installed officers including President Emma Coeppers and Vice President Mabel W. Leive. Music followed with Olive Kiler and Irma Ross as performers with Pauline Rees as accompanist.
An advertorial note cites skin as the key feminine charm and the reason stars rely on Lux Toilet Soap. Mary Doran Nancy Drexel and Yola DArvril are quoted praising Lux for smooth skin and soothing lather as studios endorse it widely.
A sculptural white Patou gown features a double-clip buckle of emerald and diamond accents. The cravat necklace centers a large emerald with emerald cut diamonds, complemented by a matching double clip of emeralds and diamonds.
Members of Phi Kappa Delta fraternity will entertain fathers and mothers at dinner at the Hawthorne Community House tonight. After dinner a reception and a musical program led by Ruth Craig, with a play titled Evening Dress Indispensable directed by Francis Bick of the Jordan Conservatory, will be staged.
Miss Genevieve Savoie visits roommate Miss Catherine Lapenta at 2424 Park avenue before heading to Kankakee Illinois. Several Indianapolis residents are noted as visiting homes or traveling to Chicago West Baden and abroad, with gatherings at the Marott Fifth Avenue Club and Edgewater Beach Hotel.
St Patrick's Society Club hosts a card party at the hall on Prospect Street at 2 30 Friday. Lavelle Gossett auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars will host a banco euchre and pinochle party Friday night at the hall on King Avenue and Walnut Street.
The Service Star Legion will host a card party Friday at the Food Craft shop after a 11 o clock business meeting and a noon lunch. President Mrs George M Spiegle will preside with reservations through Mrs O E Green committee chair and Mrs E H Pursell Mrs Fred Boyd and Mrs E L Nevins handling arrangements.
Stitch and Chat Club No 1 members will meet for lunch on Friday at the home of Mrs William Monka 4515 Carrollton Avenue.
Smart gilets with jabots embroidery and tiny buttons march up and down the front. They suit warm weather as a substitute for long sleeved blouses, offering stylish comfort for spring wear.
Mrs. Mary Fouts chairs the general committee for the Statehouse Women’s Republican Club as they entertain with a card party Thursday night May 15 at the Columbia Club. A large list of committee members includes Mrs. Jane Moore Vivian Miller Lucile Steengrafe Miss Icy Bunten and others.
Members of the Woman's Lions Club met Wednesday for luncheon at the Spink Arms. Mrs Blanche Chenoweth spoke on Heart's Desire. Following luncheon members played bridge.
Annual party program includes music and talks by C. S. Club members. Mrs. Harvey W. Jamison of 916 Tecumseh Street will host from 3 to 8 p m Sunday.
The names of seventeen young American women to be presented at the two royal courts at St James next week were announced at Buckingham Palace. The May 14 list includes Frances Hutchinson Delaware Philadelphia Griselda Forbes Boston Charlotte Dorrance Camden N J Katherine K Tod New York and Oxford Eleanor Edwards Cincinnati and Elizabeth Kent Philadelphia. The May 15 list includes Mrs Clark Howell Atlanta Mrs Louis Brugui er San Francisco Mrs John K Davies Wooster Ohio wife of the junior consul general in London Mrs David C Hankahan New York Mrs Hoke Smith Atlanta Mrs Robert P Scripps Ridgefield Conn Mrs Robert Appleton New York Miss Doris Duke Durham North Carolina and Miss Carley Robinson Louisville.
The Seventh District Federation of Clubs schedules its annual convention for Thursday May 15 at the Severin. Honor guests include Mrs Edwin F Miller Peru president of the Indiana Federation of Clubs and Mrs Edward C Canine Terre Haute first vice president. Morning session starts at 9 with officer nominations and reports from district officers and department chairs. Luncheon at 12 30 on the roof garden features Mrs Miller speaking on Education in Federation. Reservations due by Monday with Mrs I E Brockaw or Mrs Floyd Mattice. This will be the last district convention of the year.
Phi Sigma Chi to sponsor a spring sport dance on the Severin roof garden Friday night May 16. Zach Whyte and his Cincinnati orchestra will perform a broadcast program over WKBF from 11 to 1. Roland Schmitt leads the event with committee members Charles Miller Paul McCune James Orr and Robert Russell.
Capitol City chapter of the American War Mothers will sell carnations Saturday to raise funds for the scholarship to be awarded to a soldier's son at the Soldiers and Sailors orphans home in Knights Town. Carl Dresher, a Fayette County boy, has been recommended for the scholarship this year.
The Tri Psi bridge tournament will be hosted at Mrs. J H Kennedy's Lawrence home at 2 Friday afternoon. Mrs. C A Shaefer will assist as hostess.
The Phi Tau Delta sorority will hold its regular business meeting Friday to discuss chapter affairs and upcoming events.
Paris fashion wordplay scolds the American working girl over skirt length and style. Patou laments long skirts while Paris and New York agree sports and daywear stay mid calf. A Times Care Dept leaflet offers millinery tips using a string hat and horsehair braid.
The Meridian chapter met at Downey Avenue Christian church for a morning session led by president Mrs. Martha L. Gipe. A committee planned half a page of local council advertising while reports on child welfare and social morality were given and a noon luncheon served.
Billy Steinmetz, a boy magician, entertained members of Zeta chapter and Phi Omicron sororities during a Wednesday night gathering at the Y W C A.
Protective Home Circle No 176 will entertain with a benefit card party and dance at Woodmen's hall 322 East New York street on Friday night.
Indianapolis Day Nursery Association board met at the nursery home on Lockerbie Street. Mrs. Robert A. Dennis chaired as president. The session listed eleven new children and ninety seven total cared for last month. One thousand three hundred ninety six board days were distributed. Children ranged from months to twelve years, with most being preschool age. Several board members attended.
More than 3 500 tickets sold for a Dayton Westminster choir concert at the Coliseum Fairgrounds. Mrs. Charles O Mueller chairs the ticket committee with Women’s Missionary Social Union sponsorship. Reservations span numerous city churches and suburbs with sales at the Y W C A and Indy Power and Light box office.
Members of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church gathered in the church parlor. A junior department demonstration was given by Harriet Coryell, Alice Earl, Nora May Buchanan, Evelyn Little, Lillian Thelma Coleman, and Mary Elizabeth Stone with Mrs. O. M. Sears as hostess chairwoman.
The XI Delta XI sorority chapters will meet Friday night at the home of Mrs. Kyle Herder 65 South Tremont Street. The gathering aims to discuss chapter matters and plan upcoming activities.
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