THURSDAY, MAKCH I J, 1952
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Italy Tippingesf
Place in World
By DANIEL. F. GILMORE
(United Pre Staff Corrmpondtnt)
ROME (IB Italy is about the
"tippingesf country in the world.
You can't win.
It's not beggars, of whom there
are many, but the legitimate and
illegitimate persons who always
lurk around expecting a tip.
Take the restaurant. You figure
ten per cent is adequate. You're
wrong.
Your bill arrives with notations
that bring the "mancia" as it is
called here, to astronomical pro
portions. There's the "bread and cover"
charge. It amounts to about seven
per cent whether you eat bread or
not. There's the "bollo," or gov
ernment stamp, which adds some
more.
More Chiselersi
Even if you're not in a plush
place where entertainment is pro
vided plus amusement tax, you get
it anyway. Itinerant musicians
there are thousands in Rome
barge in, hack and saw away, and
the "mancia" again.
Then, of course, there is a tip
to the boy who pours sour wine.
There's a tip to the doorman. If
you're unfortunate enough to have
a car. you pay a tip to the 100-year-old
man who "minds" your
car on the public street while you
ear.
Drop into a sidewalk coffee shop
for a "stand-up" drink of coffee.
You pay 25 lire (four cents) for a
cup of coffee but you have to tip
lv irre ior ine privilege.
Go to the movies, buy a ticket
plus tax, plus "winter relief" plus
some ouier oenetit. Your troubles
are not over. The usherette will
take you to your seat. A tip,
please.
Everywhere You Co
You have to have your garbage
removed. You also tip the lad ev
ery time you see him. You visit
friends for dinner. Don't forget to
tip the maid, the cook and their
children.
Suppose your garage rent is
paid, washing charges paid, gaso
line bought (plus tip to the pump
mienoanu. rou are not finished,
fashion
need not
be
expensive
with the kind of perfection in every
detail that stems from good fabrics,
skilled workmanship, and all occas
ion styles.
warm, wonderful coats you can live
in all Spring . . . smart suits with ex
pensive touches ... in high fashion
. . . yet at ' ub-your-eyes prices.
They're made to go together . . . but you can
mix them with separates too! The jacket is
in a lightheaited stripe and the solid color
skirt picks up one stripe color for emphasis.
Classic lines, slender three gore skirt. All
wool flannel, brown and red grey and gold.
S32.50
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Feminine golfers like trim sports
dresses that are attractive both
off and on the greens. The cotton
broadcloth number shown above
has a notched collar, fly front
skirt and large side pockets that
release action side-pleats. Sleeve
less styles are also popular.
Tip the garageman, whom you
have already paid, to "give direc
tions" to get out of the garage.
The postman brings the mail.
Tip him. The landlord opens the
door. Tip him. The electrician
fixes a short-circuit. Tip him.
Even when the . house burns
down and the firemen come too
late, tip them.
You can't win.
AMATEURISM PAYS
W ATKINS GLEN, N. Y. (IPi
Although the Grand Prix road
race held hero annually is strict
ly an amateur affair, a report by
the finance committee revealed
that staging the event involved
$18,619 and that assets exceeded
liabilities. The local high school
senior class made $750 on the
sale of programs and drivers paid
$2,990 in entrance fees.
Adult Americans use an ave
rage of 143 match books a year.
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Combining Ties
Is Simple, Says
Neckwear is more important
than ever in the Spring fashion
picture with the revival of colored
shirts in stripes, checks and plaids
for business wear.
Coordinating color and pattern
in suits, shirts and Nies poses a
new problem for the average shop
per. What to wear with what is the
question.
Some, basic rules in ensembling
fancy shirts and suits with ties
as the connecting link are pointed
out by the Men's Tie Foundation.
The suit is the basic unit of a
wardrobe. Use it as a guide in
I selecting shirts and ties.
Fancy shirt colors can be match
ed ' or contrasted to the suit. If
the shirt is matched to the suit
color (blue shirt, blue suit) pick the
tie color to contrast or highlight
the suit and shirt color. If the shirt
is contrasted (grey shirt, blue suit)
pick up the suit color as the prin
cipal color accent in the tie.
Try to avoid small patterned
ties with checked shirts, the Foun
dation suggests. They tend to give
too. busy an appearance to a
checked shirt. Wear, instead, wide
For Spring Parade
She's all dressed up In her first
Easter bonnet, and matching pin
wale corduroy cout trimmed with
hand made Irish lace.
The snappiest little topper you'd ev
er hope lo see! It's new as tomor
row with its deep rolled collar, turn
back cuffs and deep sleeves. And it's
lined with fabulous Milium for all
weather comfort. You'll be wearing
it over everything you own! In lux
urious all wool fleece natural,
gold, red. S33.95
Bend Mercantile Co
With Shirts
Foundation
stripes. An off center pattern, un
der the knot patterns, panels with
strong vertical lines complement
the check.
A striped tie can bo worn with
a striped shirt. If the shirt is a
narrow pin stripe, pick a large
wide striped tie. If the shirt is a
wide broad stripe, a pin stripe tie
will go best.
Ties with well spaced, regular
patterns, such as geometric forms,
polka dots, squares, triangles, cir
cles, are especially good with strip
ed shirts. Small regularly spaced
figures, either in woven or prints,
contrast better wun siripea smri
ings than bold, sweeping panels.
A Dlaid shirt pattern, because
it is the most diffused of all fancy
shirting patterns, lends itself per
fectly to bold, paneiea or lancy
neckwear. But care should be ta
ken not to mix stripes with plaids.
There is too much conflict of cross
ed lines of design.
Men on Carrier
Eat Heartily
SAN DIEGO, Calii. (IB If you
think members of your household
consume too much food these days,
considering prices, listen to the
report of Capt. Dennis J. Sullivan,
Warwick, N. Y., commanding of
ficer of the USS Boxer.
Capt. Sullivan said that during
seven months, while the large air
craft carrier was operating off
Korea, 561,275 pounds of potatoes
and 482.487 pounds of meat were
dished out by Boxer mess cooks.
Coffee', the "staff of life" for
Navy men, ran to more than 25
tons.
The men did away with 228,000
loaves of bread and 38,000 pounds
of butter.
Five hundred tons of vegetubles
were boiled and served and 388,
730 pounds of fruit were used on
the tables.
To svash it all down 15,177,240
gallons of water were made by
the carrier's distillation plant.
STILL GOING STRONG
MEMPHIS, Tcnn. Mi-Mrs. Jen
nie R. Yacycr still drives the auto
mobile site bougnt Dec. 24, 1931.
English Tweeds
To Be Featured
Spring Opening shoppers this
week end will find a newly re-decorated
interior when they enter
Standifer's Men's Shop. A new
paint job has just been completed,
which gives the store's interior a
truly fresh and spring-like decor
in keeping with the spring open
ing activities.
New display shelves also have
been added for the showing of. the
large stock of spring and summer
sports shirts which have been ar
riving almost daily for the city's
spring opening.
Sports clothes this spring and
summer will feature imported
English tweeds, with blue and
gray predominating. Flannel
slacks also will be plentiful, with
a preponderance of blues and
grays.
The store also has received doz
ens of colorful neckties with a
wide array of colorful shades and
designs to please the widest pos
sible variety of tastes in men's'
neckwear.
Shoes Described
Comfortable looking sports
shoes with crepe soles and both
fabric and leather uppers are
making their appearance this
year to augment the crepe-soled
shoes with canvas uppers which
proved so popular last year.
A blue suede sport shoe with
either leather or crepe soles Is in
stock this year to complement the
blue jacket and gray slacks sports
attire.
Men and women will, Indeed,
find a wide selection of new sports
and casual wear for the men and
young men of the family in this
popular men s store.
DOE GETS TOUGH
WATIvINS GLEN, N. Y. (IB
James Spader, post office clerk,
discovered that the docile, soft
looking doe is a tough animal lo
tangle with. As he look his first
ride in his new sedan, a doe ran
into the side of the car, breaking
the door and damaging the front
end.
Molten sulfur with no plasllcizor
added has -shown promise as a
traffic marking material.
All eyes are on plaids this season
and here's a big bold plaid that
makes a stunning picture! You'll
like the vast pockets . . . the cuffed
sleeves . . . and the saucer-sized but
tons. It) all wool plaid blue, grey
and beige. S45.00
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Having Family
Gives Singer
New Voice
By JAMES W. GUNTER
(United l'reu SUff CorwpoiuienU) .-
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. (IB-Irene
Jordan, who sang at the Metro
politan Opera only seven weeks be
fore her first baby came, says that
while having a family she found a
new voice which she hopes may
make her a star.
The soprano thinks she can re
turn to American opera in leading
roles. She said she wou.d go to
Europe if she finds the door barred
at the Metropolitan because she
broke her former contract to. be
come a mother.
Miss Jordan said she owed her
new, powerful voice of exceptional
range to an obscure Spanish singer
who bucked modern technique and
taught her to expand her throat.
Marti-Folgado passed on his ideas
about muscular control of the
throat to the young Alabamian be-
tore ne died ot cancer a year ago.
She now sings "g " above high
:" and dips lower on the scale
B OTA M Yd 500
Tailored by Daroff
From inspired fabric to fault
less fit... from trim taper of
sleeve, lo "New Silhouette"
slioulder and collar. ..you
will make your best impres
sion in this suit of Cordonc
Cloth. The fabric is mellow
rich in texture, with a flatter
ing sheen and a soft "flowv
that drapes itself gracefully
to the wearer's body. Avail
able... together with other
fine "Botany" Brand 500
Suits and Topcoats. . . tai
lored by Daroff.
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than when she was a mezzo.
Learned All Over
"I had to learn -lo sing all over
again and at first it sounded like
the croaking of a frog," she said.
Learning to make more room in
side her throat where big rolling
tones resound was a matter of de
veloping muscles which are seldom
used. She had to let out collars on
her dresses which became too tight
when her neck size grew.
Miss Jordans next step is to
show the new voice lo the critics.
She plans a Town Hall recital in
New York and Is willing to gamble
on getting favorable reviews.
Miss Jordan taught music at
Judson College in Alabama for two
years before She went to New York
to study voice and dramatics. Alter
an office job she found a spot in
the chorus of a Broadway musical
and worked her way into a radio
program called "Songs by Irene."
Announcing her own numbers and
playing radio drama parts gave her
a deep, round speaking voice.
Audition Brings Contract
The low, daik tones of her old
mezzo-soprano ctylo won an audi
tion at the Metropolitan and a con
tract. She married Arnold Cup
Ian, a violinist in the orchestra.
Her last supporting role on the
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ber, 1947, and in early February
her son, Joel, was born.
Marti-Folgado ' told Miss Jordan
she was not a mezzo. Much bigger
things than supporting roles are in
store, he promised. She began to
learn the new way to sing.
ror three years she has worked
on it, learning five lead parts.
.Meanwhile, another baby, Kose
beth, arrived. , .
Driver Strikes
Tree on Purpose ;
LOUISVILLE. Ky. (IB : Being
unable to sleep can drive a person
to do almost anything, Louisville
police believe. . i
They found Ellis Paul. Lee, 21,
driving into trees along a parkway
here and asked him what was
the trouble.
"I couldn't sleep so I decided to
take a drive," Lee said, "I saw
this tree and I decided to drive the
car into It."
He said he had sideswiped a
tree and utility pole before wreck
ing his automobile when he hit
an 18-inch tree.
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