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Skt Sigma Kappa Triangle Vol 3 i g m OCTOBER a P P :TRIANGLE 1 9 3 7 fficial Publication of Sigma Kappa 'Board CONTENTS Dorothy Croissant, Zeta, Designs, Sews, Dyes Costumes for D.C. Theaters-And Loves Her Work .. .. .. 155 of Remember the Maine Sea Coast Mission at Christmas ... 158 1937 Grand Council Meeting . .. .. Alice H ersey Wick 159 editors Philadelphia Alumnre Enjoy Meeting Grand Council .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 00 .... 00 .. .. F. Estelle Wells, Rho 160 Indianapolis Alumnre Give Luncheon for Officers .... Editor-in-Chief . Kathryn Weiland, Tau 160 International Congress of Law Was a Stimulating Ex- FRANCES WARREN BAKER perience ... .. ....... Mary A gnes Brown, Zeta 161 Mrs . James Stannard Baker) Concrete House Offers Newest in Home Design .. ..... 164 289 Woodland Road Two Prizes of Twenty-five Doll ars to Be Awarded in Sub- Highland Park, Ill. scription Contest .. Marian Se Chet•erell Hemingway 166 Four Months in Panama ... .. Lillian Smith B11rdick, Zeta 167 Lands of Sunlit Nights .. .. ......... Lee Hardell, Zeta 169 College Editor Janet Lyon Teaches in Bulgaria .. ...... .......... 172 ERDENE GAGE Why Public Relations ? . .. .... .. Edrza Monch Parker 173 177 Arnold Avenue Reflections on an Island Paradise .. ........... .. 175 Edgewood, R.I. Leading Ladies of Seattle ........ .... .. ....... 177 Anent Sigma Kappas Contributions to the Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society . .. Blanche Emory Folsom, Alpha 179 Al11mnce Editor Region III Is Enthusiastic over Convention Held in Louis- RUTH NORTON DONNELLY ville .. .. .. .. Lurline Richardson A s pin, Alpha Rho 180 (Mrs. Bernard Donnelly) Region VI Met at Madison in May .... ..... ..... 181 1831 Arch Street Student Conference in Norway .. ... .... .. .. .. .... .... ...... .. .... Dorothy Langdon, Alpha T au 181 Berkeley, Calif. It Was Fun Being an Exchange Student at Heidelberg . ... Margaret Stemler, Rho 184 Almnnce Cl11b Editor Prospective Members for Alumnre Chapters . ..... .. 186 Chapters Spruce Up Their Homes ...... .. .. ... .. 189 EDNA MONCH PARKER Cited for Interest . .. ... .. ............. ..... ... 190 (Mrs. Robert ]. Parker) Milestones . .. ... ...... .... .. ..... ... .... .. 193 960 Bay Street, Apt. 9 With Sigmas Everywhere ................ ... 198 San Francisco, Calif. 207 i~~~~~:s :: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 208 With Our College Chapters ... .. .. .. ............ 209 Exchange Editor With Our Alumnre Chapters . ..... .. .... ...... 217 MARY FORD WEBSTER With Our Alumnre Clubs .. .. ..... .. .. .......... 226 (Mrs. Clyde H . Webster) Directory . ... .. ......... .... ... .. .... ...... 227 1218 Hyatt Avenue Columbia, S.C. SIGMA KAPPA T RIANGLE is published in March, June, October a n ~ l;le­ cember, at 450 Ahnaip street, Menasha, Wis., by George Banta PUbhshmg Philanthropy Editor Company, official publishers for Sigma Kappa Sorority. Entered as second-class matter October 15, 1910, at the post oflic:e. at N ELLIE B . MANSFIELD Menasha Wis. under the act of March 13, 1879. Acceptance for malimg at speciai rates of postage provided for in section 1103, act . of O cto~?er 56 Hillside Avenue 3, 1917, authorized J uly 31, 1918. Price $2.00 per annum. Smgle copies Everett, Mass. 50 cents. Life subscnption $15.00. Chapters, College and Alumn~ must send manuscript in time to reach their respective editors before the firs t of November, February, May, and Director of Central 0 ffice September. All communications regarding subscriptions should be se nt to Mrs. Taggart MARGARET HAZLETT TAGGART at 450 Abnaip street, Menasha, Wis., or Room 617, 129 East Market (Mrs. Edward D . Taggart) Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Member of Fraternity Magazines Associated. All matters pertairu~g to Room 617, 129 East Market national advertising should be directed to Fraternity Maga.zmes AssoCiated, Building 1618 Orrington a\'enue, Evanston, Ill., or 52 Vanderbilt avenue, New Indianapolis, Ind. York City. Some of Dorothy Croissant's Sketches for Her Costuming of "Lysistrata'' tgtna• Kappa Triangle Vol. 31 Edited by FRANCES WARREN BAKER No.3. Part 1 Dorothy Croissant, Zeta, Designs, Sews, Dyes Costumes for D.C. Theaters....... and Loves Her Work ow a bucket of papier mache, and The work in the theatrical mecca, the young nothing more splendid than 250 designer says, was more of a training ground H yards of natural colored pongee and than a job. She went from one department flannelette can be turned into a spectacle of to another and learned, not only designing, rich brilliance is the special worry of Dorothy but cutting, sewing, dyeing, papier mache, Croissant, who moves in mysterious ways her and all the other secret things the oracles wonders to perform. know about making cardboard and cheese­ And you'll believe that Miss Croissant, cloth look like mahogany and chantilly lace. daughter of D . C. Croissant, of the English She's even had a fling at set designs. department at George Washington univer­ sity, really can pass a miracle or so if you La-vish Scene Backstage happened by the Civic Theater's "Lysistrata." All the fifty-six costumes for the ambitious Miss Croissant's real love, though, is the production were designed, sewed, not to men­ creation of costumes, and to get back to tion dyed, by the young wardrobe mistress. "Lysistrata" the backstage wardrobe work shop looked like a duchess' dressing room Big Job just before the coronation. You had to get The mere job of keeping track of all those up quite close to believe that the pongee and dresses and seeing that the players get into flannel aren't the finest materials purchas­ them right-side-up and have them properly able. draped in the classic style of the play is job The fifty-six costumes, done up by the enough for any one person. But Miss Crois­ young lady almost single-handed, are really sant is much more proud of herself in the beautiful. A gorgeous white and gold mantle capacity of creator than that of wardrobe worn by the president of the Senate in the mistress. show is only made out of flannel and thick Sandwiched generously in between her gilt but it looks (from out front) like it cost amateur activities is an honest-to-Peter pro­ plenty. fessional career on Broadway where she And part of the worries of the job includes worked as apprentice in the shop of Mme. things like turning a dancer into a man­ Helene Pons, whose house turns out cos­ servant by throwing a dirty grey rag around tumes for many of. the best New York shows. his shoulders and sending him back out. Of course the most exciting creation in the show is the heroine's drapery which looks, backstage, like a weak and unwilling gunny sack. However, once on its wearer, it's breath-taking. Every single little fold of this garment has to be personally placed and secured by Miss Croissant before each per­ formance. But designing and draping isn't all that the :vardrobe mistress for an amateur pro­ ductton has to do. In addition to these artistic pursuits she has to be a good mathematician and keep within the limited budget. (Miss Croissant exceeded hers by thirty cents but we think that's pretty good.) -Washington Daily News, May 8, 1937 Costume Designer Just Couldn't Sew..... Once Dorothy Croissant, Roadside Theater de­ signer, was the girl no one could teach to Dorothy Croissant, Zeta sew. Mother tried, grandmother tried, and patient domestic art teachers explained, dem­ designing and executing the costumes, it was onstrated, and explained again-all to no found that Dorothy Croissant was the only avail. Dorothy was just one of those un­ one who had the faintest notion of what fortunate girls who could never learn to wield Elizabethans looked like! And thus it was a pair of scissors or sew a neat seam. Then that the girl who couldn't sew became a she went to college. She was intensely in­ costume designer. And then, miracle of terested in the theater, and equally fascinated miracles, Dorothy discovered that she knew by the manners, customs, and dress of by­ intuitively how the dresses were made to gone periods. look as they did ! With three other drama enthusiasts, she At the Roadside Theater, Dorothy has founded the Dionysians-a play-producing dressed Indian Brahmins, Kentucky moon· group whose efforts were to be devoted to shiners, English bumpkins, New York society reviving the dramas of Elizabethan days. For belles, sailors of America, England and their maiden effort, the Dionysians decided to Spain ; artists of the Latin Quarter in Paris, produce Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi." American cowboys. The current production When it came time to assign the job of of "The Wizard of the Wave" covers the Spanish situation quite thoroughly-soldiers, pirates, ladies, inn-keepers, and even a gov­ ernor! -Washington Daily News, June 17, 1937 These articles, reprinted from Washington, D.C. papers, give some idea of the fascinating work which Dorothy is doing and has been doing for several years. But there are other facts that Dorothy tells about which are interesting to those who may be contemplating theatrical work back stage instead of behind the foot lights. Cer· tainly they are revealing bits of news to all of us who look at plays from in front of the Eleanor Carroll, Zeta, and Dorothy Croissant Zeta foot lights. working on costumes backstage. ' ' Finishing is reckless foolishness for stage 156 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE stumes ! The line is the main thing. The make. After the head of the costume shop mg of the hem is desperately important, or the chtef cutter has to really re-design e least little pucker may ruin a costume costumes so that they can be made up. Some en the spot light or foot lights catch it, so-called costume designing is like supplying lt the sewing isn't important. an elevation of a house without any floor There are many tricks in the trade when plans or details. comes to short cuts. For instance on one There are some designers in Europe who her first elaborate costumes she sewed on design costumes and show clearly how they in dozen "pearls" individually.
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