The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
ART CLUB TEA
DRAWS INDIANA
CROWD TO FAIR
Mural Painter TO Tell of His
Work at Social Affair
Friday.
BY MRS. MAURICE MURPHY
Times stan Writer

CHICAGO, June 9.-This week
finds a number Of Indiana residents
travelling Chicago-ward to see the
Worlds fair They will arrive in
time TO attend the tea to be given
by the Indiana Federation of Art
Clubs in the Indiana building in the
Court Of States group, Friday at 4
p. m
This event will be in honor of
Thomas II. Benton, whose murals
in the Indiana exhibit are the pride
OF Hoosiers. At the tea Benton
will talk about the murals.
Mrs. John T. Wheeler of Indian
apolis, president of the Indiana
Federation, hostess, will be assisted
by Mrs. H. B. Burnet, the only Wom-
an member of Indiana's commission
to a Century Of Progress; Mrs.
Leonidas F. Smith and Mrs. Paul
T. Payne Of Indianapolis. Mrs.
Charles S. Davis, formerly of Mum
Gle, now Of Chicago, has charge of
decorations for the tea table, which
she plans to have in harmony with
the Benton'S murals.
Other honor guests will be men,
bers Of the American Federation of
Arts, which is holding it's thirty
fourth annual convention this year
in Chicago. Mrs Allen Whiting,
president Of the American Fedora
ton will be present.
Wallace Richards, in charge of the
Indiana exhibit at A Century of
Progress, Tuesday addressed about
hundred women from the Amer
lean Federation Of Art Clubs. men,
bers Of the Daughters of Indiana in
Chicago, and the Hoosiers Patrons
Association, telling of the signifi-
canoe of the murals which portray
the history of Indiana. Mrs. Bur
net and Mrs. Wheeler received the
guests and Mrs. Genevieve King of
the HooSier Art Galleries was there.
Preparations for Indiana day.
July 10, are under way. The cere-
monies will be held in the Court of
States. Tuesday, Harry S. New.
United States commissioner to the
fair, met with Wallace Richards. in
charge of the Indiana exhibit; c..
Van Deventer, of A Century of
Progress; H. G.. Miller, in charge of
Northerly Island on the grounds;
Mrs. Chalmer Schafer of Leesburg,
grand president of Tri Kappa in
Indiana, and Mrs. Merrill Davis of
Marion, Indiana state art chairman
for Tri Kappa, to organize plans
Tor activities on Indiana day.
Prior to that meeting. Mrs. Scha-
fer and Mrs. Davis met with Mr..
Richards to make plans to submit
to Mrs. Paul V. McNutt, chairman
of the social activity committee of
Indiana's commission.
Among Indianapolis people in
Chicago attending the fair are Mr..
and Mrs. George Calvert, Mrs. Mark
Weber, Mrs L. p Robinson, Boyd
w. Templeton, John Burdette Little,
Mrs. Mary Bruce, Mrs. Inez Joseph,
Miss Margaret Hayes, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. S. Bell, Miss Marie L. Meyer,
Miss Irene Porter, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
o. Coleman, Miss Paula Mernzen,
Joe Dugan and M. Nottingham
Dugan.
Mrs. Blanche E Chenoweth, for
merly of Indianapolis, is hostess for
WIS. Prairie Farmer station and is
in the Agricultural building on the
grounds.
Guests of worldwide fame, ar
rived in Chicago Wednesday. They
were Sir Wilfred Grenfell and Lady
Grenfell. Sir Grenfell has spent
most of his life doing practical mis-
sionary work in Newfoundland and
Labrador. They will visit A Cen
fury of Progress, Thursday and Fri
day and will receive guests in the
Information Grenfell Association
room in the Hall of Social Science,
on those afternoons.