The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-02
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ID RILLIANT In all aspects, inc
ID opening performance OF the
German Grand Opera company In
Die Walkuere" at the Murat the
ater Friday night attracted large
numbers OF Indianapolis society and
music leaders.
Three front rows of seats had
been removed to make room for the
great orchestra Of sixty pieces, The
center section on the lower floor
was filled with superbly dressed
people, and the splendor of the au-
dience was second only to the splen-
dor of the performance.
Prominent leaders we're among
the women who were Smartly
gowned and becomingly jeweled for
this occasion. Mrs. Kurt Painter
was effectively gowned in beige lace.
An over drapery of cafe au lait chif-
fon, caught in at the waist in the
back and at the sides, hung In soft
folds to her ankles. She wore Jade
green satin slippers and jade ear
rings and beads
Wears Oyster White Satin
An unusual wrap of printed chifs
fon velveb, on which the collar was
long beautiful scarf made up Of a
black fox skin, and a white fox skin,
was worn by Mrs. Austin H. Brown.
Mrs. Browns gown was fashioned of
oyster white satin, smartly fitted
with a front flaring skirt. She wore
silver slippers.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Staples
gown, shirred in becoming manner
at the hip line, was fashioned of
silvercloth. Her wrap was brocaded
bois du rose metal cloth, and she
wore gold slippers.
Beneath her wrap of black velvet,
trimmed in white fox and beaded in
rhinestone motifs, Mrs. Frank
Horuff wore a gown of black lace,
handsomely set off by diamond and
pearl jewelry.
Mrs. Hortense Rauh Burpee was
gowned Stunningly in bois du rose
chiffon velvet, combined with black
chiffon velvet. Wide, heavily jewelled
bracelets in diamonds and pearls,
and long, drop earrings of the same
jewels accumulated the good lines Of
the gown. She wore a coat OF sables.
With Mrs. Burpee was Mrs. Edna
Kuhn Martin, who wore over her
black velvet evening gown wrap
of black velvet and sequins.
Straight Line Gown Worn
Mrs. Albert Asche wore an ex-
tremely smart, straight-line gown of
white crepe, heavily beaded in pearls
and crystals. She wore a wrap of
American Beauty red velvet,
trimmed in white fox fur.
Over her gown of black satin, Mrs.
George M. Bailey wore a wrap of
black lame, brocaded in gold and
trimmed with ernine.
Mrs. Earl Barnes, who recently
has come to Indianapolis from Ko-
komo, was dressed attractively in a
gown of jade green georgette, beeded
in motifs of silver beads. She wore
paisley brocade slippers.
Mrs. Gustav Rockers gown was
fashioned of dark blue chiffon vel
vet, with deep poke of blue chiffon
Mrs. Charles Latham was lovely
in a gown of independence blue
silk MORE. Her wrap of matching
blue metal cloth was brocaded in
pastel colorS and trimmed with q
collar of fitch.
Beneath her wrap of ermine, Miss
Margery Fisher wore gown of oys-
ter white velvet. With this becom-
ing costume she wore red and white
| slippers.
Wrap of Coral Satin
Mrs. S. x. Ruick's gown of satin
shaded fro mcoral to American
beauty red, was worn beneath a
wrap of coral satin trimmed in
white fox.
Miss Frances HamiItons gown
was fashioned of peacock blue
chiffon velvelt, over which she wore
a wrap of gray caracul.
A Spanish shawl was worn by
Mrs. Carl Lieber Jr. over a gown of
pale coral georgette, shot with mo-
tits of Crystal beads.
A beautiful gown of black lace
vas worn by Mrs. Herman Kothe
! ever flesh-colored satin. The gown
was trimmed with a shoulder clus-
ter of jade green and black roses
and over the gown Mrs. Kothe wore
wrap Of green lame.
Mrs. George Kuhn was gowned
charmingly in violet chiffon velvet.
The gown was made straightline,
with exception Of a circular Sec
ton inset in the front. Mrs. Kuhn's
wrap was Of brocaded silver lame.
Gown Is Striking
One Of the most delightfully."- I'M
usual crowns worn at the affair was
a straightline gown of short fringes
of jade green and gold beads TERED
upon each other, worn 10y Miss Mary
Virginia Finney.
Mrs. Helen Warrun Chappeli
was gowned becomingly In black
chiffon velvet, combined with black
lace. Miss Blanche Young was
wearing a lowered chiffon gown
beneath her wrap Of black velvet.
Mrs. Lanier Parker was also gowned
in black velvet.