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FOUR MEDFORD (ORECOH) Lightness Marks Low-Priced Furs For Spring Wear ireated with new processes. dyed in new colors and styled with new versatility, small furs provide more fashion than ever. Moderately priced furs take lightness of weight, color appeal and smart styling, turning' this spring into a "fur-for-all" sea son. New, different and revived names appear on the fashion fur roster and, according to Asso ciated Fur Manufacturers, are taking much of the '55 spot light. Briefest of Coals Jaunty little coats, usually just above waist-length, com bine the decorative and func tional for day-into-evening wear, Distinctive silhouettes range from svelte Beau Brummel jack ets with Dandy collars to fur sweaters with trim knit waist bands. Lounge jackets with eased hiplines are the fur indus try s answer to Pans innova tions. Little fur wraps appear in sheared raccoon, sheared musk rat, sheared fox and Australian opossum as well as sheared bea ver, nutria and rabbit in a gamut of pastel and vivid tones to match or contrast with cos tume colors. Azure blue and candy pink, for example, are offered in rabbit, mole and dyed fox. Broadtail, sheared fox and rabbit are available in Ameri can beauty red, midnight blue and gold. Distinctive Stolts A new individuality in fur stoles supplants the uniformity of previous years. White, black, nastel-dyed and silver foxes make important spring stoles in both straight and contoured de signs. Silky flat furs are prominent in both straight and cape stole styles. Black-dyed muskrat makes news in supple stoles of varying shapes. Scarle t- dyed mole, navy blue sheared fox, greige sheared muskrat and ombre-dyed rabbit are outstanding among spring's distinctive stoles. The rabbit can be treated to re semble chinchilla for curled-fur fanciers. Colored Hose Makes Debut for Spring There's colorful news afoot in the hosiery world, as shoes open up for spring and summer .wear. 'Because this spring opening bares more of the foot, women are becoming more stocking con scious and taking to newly colored hose as a result. The "blended look" above and below the hemline includes hos iery. Pastels, for instance, follow the lead of the new pastel shoe leathers. Stockings appear in pale pink, champagne, yellow and particularly pale blue, which blends so well with spring navy. Gray is very much in evidence, melting into new gray ensembles. The shock colors, while seen less frequently than others, are still more popular than ever be fore. Purples, deep pinks, strong yellows and bright blues make up the gayest notes in spring footwear. Reds, so important in shoes, mrin.f'i'ijv - it 2 -Piece Hand peHsIied restweed hedta. 9 Less than half price whit a bar gam! A typical example of how our mass buying with over 300 other independent hardware store saves you money. Kitchen cleaver has 5!" polished chrome blade. Paring knife with stainless Keel blade. Gain YOUR HOME TOWN HARDWARE 225 EAST MAIL TRIBUNE NEW LENGTH The cashmere pullover extends to a new length for spring, -adds a welt finish on three-quarter sleeves and a squared neckline with a pull-through tab for scarves and jewelry. By Hadley. Crisp, Buoyant Look Heads Crisp, Picture A crisp, buoyant look domi nates the fabric picture for spring '55. As the lines of fash ion become simpler, the weaves and finishes of fabrics become more flamboyant Eye-catching novelties with a rich look are the new -season favorites. Springy softness is everywhere. Two requisites that designers insist upon are f ine quality and light weight. As easy washabil ity becomes increasingly impor tant to the American .woman, more categories of fabrics con form to carefree wear-and-wash standards. Linens and Jinen-like weaves are everywhere, looking newest with stubbing .embroidery and printed patterns. Crush-resistant plaid linens appear in suits and coats as well as dresses. Silk- and-worsted and silk-and-viscose mixtures join spun rayon in the linen-effect group. Linen newly blended with wool makes ah exciting coat and costume fabric that resembles Italian raw silk in light weight and rough surface. Straw-mat and silk are popular wool blends, while tweed takes the lead in extremely lightweight all wool. Random tweeds, from crisp and n&bby to soft and fine, are seen mostr but there is a generous supply of herringbones and other patterns with quite smooth surfaces. Slubby weaves look most im portant in basic wools, such as tissue-weight flannels, but a tendency to sheen types appears in the large crop of serge, twill and gabardine. Pleated novelty cottons, border-design prints and unusual all-over prints share the spring are missing in stocks. Instead, they are subtly blended with pinky stocking tones or else con trasted with gray. - Avocado-colored shoes get the blend treatment also, with yel lowed beige hose. Some, how ever, are a true avocado. . L.111W J 11 m Cutlery Set SIXTH it i & AAohr Fridy, March 11, 1SSS V- - V r for Spring spotlight with crinkle cottons. Solid color crinkle cotton blouses that don't need ironing are paired with new-looking printed skirts on such grounds as pique, cotton satin, twill and linen' weave cottons. Sport cottons favor denim, sailcloth, corduroy, twill and terry cloth, while dress ' cottons are thick matelasses, damasks and brocades. Cotton satin will be everywhere. Cotton coats and suits make a big story, using the heavier weights and glossy sur faces. Tweed and jacquard weave cottons make fine suit ings. Rich silks are significant in Spring's dress-dp styles.- The newest are crisp textures with a bulky hand. Silks in gently draped fashions are soft. Carpets Feature Softer Colors Homespun and contemporary effects and subtle, off-beat color groupings on textured carpets make news in spring collections. Tweed continues to hold great prominence and much of the new relates to tweed treatments. New carpets tend to veer from strong tones into very soft, liv able shades. One of the leading carpet designers hai .introduced an entire collection in muted tweedy shades. Another firm contributes equally versatile multi-colors each in shadowy blends. Still other, collections reveal a rainbow of 16 soft, understated colors including clear, pale neu trals and off-whites. One of the new tufted carpets combines carpet rayon and nylon yarn in a looped pile weave that looks lush in interesting decorator shades. Typical colors are tur quoise, blond . ivory, coronado gold, woodrose, Pacific green and charcoal. For Contemporary Homes Many brand new constructions and design concepts are intro duced in this spring's collections. "Tweeds" include not only actual tweed patterns, as in former ea- I sons, but individualized textures handled with a multi-color effect toward a contemporary color blending. Many carpets are in tradition al hand-crafted or homespun weaves, or modern abstract, geo metric delineations. Such con temporary textures, designs and colorings accord well with popu lar Colonial, French Provincial, Ranchhouse or modern style fur nishings. Compensation Report Fails Salem (U.R) The minority of the House Labor and Indus tries Committee has failed to substitute its report- on two workmen's compensation bills before the house, but succeeded on one bill in the package up for special consideration. All three of the bills provided increases in compensation for permanent and temporary dis ability and for permanent par tial disability. The committee was split on the amount of the increases. The labor-minded minority held out for larger increases than those approved by the. ma jority and submitted minority reports which it tried to substi tute for the majority reports. In the vote for the minority report on increases in the tem porary total disability category, 32 no votes were cast against 27 yes. The minority succeeded in substituting its version of in creases in the permanent total disability class by a vote of 41 to .18. Spring Dresses Have Interesting Basic Changes Though less drastic than an ticipated, interesting changes in basic silhouettes have brought about a thoroughly 1955 look in spring dresses. : The new line is long and lean. Generally, necklines are higher, bustlines are higher and round er, waistlines, are somewhat lower. Set-in sleeves are slim. Armholes are smaller both in sleeved and sleeveless styls. The waist is not tightly nipped, al though it is indeed acknowl edged. All features contribute to a longer bodice line. With spring, the long torso line becomes an effect rather than a sweeping movement of severely dropped waistlines. Some dresses feature a bodice line cut off at the hip bone; others achieve an attenuated feeling by dipping belts or cum merbunds that lie from the waist down; hip yokes, low placed poufs and bows provide eye lowering details on dresses that actually retain the natural waist line. . Orer-Bloute Newly Shaped The over -blouse either at tached or unattached is an other way of producing the long look. But the newest of these, even, is scmewhat shaped at the waist to defer to femininty's curves. Skirt - wise the sheath is spring's darling. The long look afternoon dress usually offers a skirt that is gently shaped neither pegged nor stretched taut and combines slimness with easy movement. The slen der skirt division ranges from casual dresses through daytime and evening dress-ups. The cock tail sheath is once more an im portant fashion entity. Lean Cotton Season Even in full-skirted cottons and silk prints, the change to ward gentler, leaner lines is no table. The airy, free - swinging styles of late spring and sum mer also feature the high bust- line, the wide and shallow neck line and the not-so-cinched waist. The full skirts feature unpressed pleats for the most part, but some bias-cut gored skirts are present. The linens, the silks, the cot tons of. shining and textured surfaces and the increasingly versatile synthetics keep the fabric story a light and care free one. But the wools, more featherweight and dress-appro priate than ever, make big news in spring dresses. : The weaves and textures are myriad. But jacquard leads the roster. rail wi re SATURDAY FROM 9 A.M. TO 9 P.M., Every Car Enter ing Fortune Station in Medford Will Receive A FREE COUPON For One Gallon of FORTUNE (GASOUNE FREE. COUPONS ARE REDEEMABLE SUNDAY OR ANY TIME WITHIN 10 DAYS. ONE COUPON PER CAR. THIS GIFT IS IN COOPERATION WITH MEDFORD MERCHANTS SPRING OPENNG. COME TO MED FORD SATURDAY FOR BIG SAVINGS AT MEDFORD STORES AND FREE GAS COUPONS TOO! r No ON . t :. :v..- O HIGHER BUSTLINE Late day sheath dress features gentled curves and the higher bustline of spring" '55. Rhinestone sparked disks dot the linen-textured Avisco rayon fabric. Satin cape coat is color matched. By Sylvan Rich of Martini. Furniture Design Becomes Modern Spring '55 furniture collec tions prove that Modern is at last coming of age. Having ac complished the development of a distinct, mid-twentieth century mode of home furnishings, de signers are now free to synthe size the best of modern with the best of traditional, and the best of American with the best of other countries. Out of the experimental stages and an accepted category in its own right, American Modern now assimilates the lightness, grace and fine proportioning of 18th Century English and French. Furthermore, ideas from all over the world have influ enced this spring's furniture. From Italy, for instance, came inspiration for such pieces as a divided-foack couch, its top curved to look like two separate sofas. From Italy, too, come dec orative drawer pulls, ferrules and finals of brass and pewter. Italian influenced marbelized surfaces are popular in real mable, slate and improved plas tics. Know-How From Germany German furniture engineers have given their American coun terparts a more scientific under standing of perfect proportion ing, balanced contours and pre in BE SURE TO GET YOUR FREE TICKETS ON Given Every 60 Days Next Award April rickets also from Central Market, Central Drug and Crater Lake Motors Need To Buy To Compete For Prizes AT FORTUNE. THE POINT-South Central and South Riverside cision construction. As a result, the entire furniture market this year reflects higher quality in construction and materials. A light, airy look in light weight, light-colored woods that show their natural grain to great advantage is a reflection of tered lines and the natural Swedish furniture-making. Here, emphasis falls on clean, unclut beauty of woods. This year's notable revival of teak, burnished to bring out a gamut of natural tones, mirrors an Oriental influence that is also expressed in long, very low tables and many highly polished, lacquered surfaces. Really special and new for tarts and cream puffs is this filling with delicately different coffee flavor. Combine one table spoon instant coffee with 1-3 cup firmly packed brown sugar, three . tablespoons flour and a dash of salt in the top of the double boiler. Add one cup of milk and one egg yolk, slightly beaten; mix thoroughly. Place over rapidly boiling water on the top burner of your gas range and cook for 10 minutes or un til thickened. Makes one cup. 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