Fru~o Four
THE DIAp^TTC
October. 1M2 .„
1013. GHEIJOY-EIE IlJTEmiiMDD
"’When I 'learned that IIrs« ’’lanche
Chcnc’.vothj radio lecturer on person-
and clothing -./as herein Montreat,
~ dasnod over to the Inn to moot her
._r'I int'.'rvic'.ir her.
hefore I oven talked vlth her, ray at
tention 'wo.s draavn immediately to her
spnrj::ling eyes, friendly smilo^ and her
beautiful vj-hitc hair., Hei pur-scnEvlaty
'was so vivid, and she seetied sc sincere
that in less than an hour, I felt as, if
I had kncA'm her all r.'.y life.
It v;as an astonishing and pleasant sur
prise vhen Mrs, Chenoivcth said that she
thought the girls of today take nor6
nrido in their personal appearance,
than the girls of her day. Her reason
for this opinion uas that the girls
then wore as many clothes as possible
(that being the day of numerous petti
coats) and they did not achio-ve a.s
attractive an effect as the modern girl
■who realizes that quality and net quanti
ty is -what really counts.
A few of the mwany things tl'.at I foimd
of interest aboait Mrs, Chcnoa;oth 'were
that she has filled such posotims as
Director of the Departm.cnt of Clothing
and Textiles at the Teach ■r.i Collcgp
of Indianapolis, and a/as a m w her of-Oc
Faculty and Lecturer on C: s C’.v.e Design
at Chautauqua, Hot/ York. d'];.j is a i-icm-
her of the League of American Don women
of -which Lily Pons is also a ’lc:mber,
Mrs, Chenoweth started lecturing ;;hon
she and John McCulumn, (the discoverer df
Vitamins A and B) spoke at a bar.quet,
Mrs, ChonoT/cth speaking on Clothing;,
■’..'hile I'lr. McCulumn spoke on Food. Four
Chicago nev'spapers , carried .froirt page
stories about tho tT/o, Sho v/us la-
tor given the opportunity to givo an
afternoon lecture on 'the radio, which
was to.last for fiftoen minutes. Tho
broadcasting company forgot to toll her
the length of the time she was to speak
so she talked for fprty-fivc minutes.
The public wf.is so fascinated that sl'.e
. NEW LITERARY SOCIETY ORGANIZED
The organ!ziB.tion mooting of the Fapp^'
Pi Beta, Mentreat's new litorary so-
ciety was hold Sopberaber 29, at the
Recreational Hall, Elections 'v/c;re held
at this meeting and the following are
the officers for obis yo>',r: President,
Martha White; Vico President, Hera
Parker; Secretary, Malinda Jermings;
Treasurer, Pat King.
iho pro.gram for the evonirg 'we.s on "'Jar
Poctr-y." Several poems showing the corr
crashing ideas and expressions of
vtricu.i.sm of both the .soldicr-poot and
bhc ' poot ■- wno-stayed - ab~horae," wore
road. The reading of the famous " I
have a Rendo
highlighv ef
zveus with Doath
the cveni ng
■wai
a
^ riecting. the name
Kappa Pi a'Av. was adopted by a unanimeus
c, Qualificatiens for ci.tranco wore
discussed and adopted also. Tho K,P,B.
IS planning some extromcly intur )sir
ing prep^nms for this year,and crua-
ivo, 1/riting will bo encouraged always,
(Centinuod from Column l)
spoke over that same station for ap
proximately eighteen years. Later sho
originated a_ program "Little Dramas from
ji' c in v/lhch personal pi'cblcms were
dramatized,, helping te solve the pro-
^ojn., i.i.rough a brief lecture at the
close. She has also boon asked to.write
a coiu/mi for the newspaper, but she has
refused, as she fools that writing is
quite different from lecturing. ’
It IS '.vi.th regret that wo see her leave
Montreal for Texas to visit her son,
Gino.p her lectures on personality havo
ocen both helpful and inspiring to tho
keribreat girls who were privileged to
hear her. -Each of us who has had the
opportunicy to come in conto.ct with her
will be looking ■fo.rward wii;h anticipa
tion to her return next year.
Pat King,'