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' TrMayMirelill, 1SS MEDFORO (ORSSOX) MAIL TRIBUNE JTVB Spring's Slender Silhouette Offers Finesse, Freedom of fiction Elongated Line Brings Blend of Youth and Dignity Rising to fashion prominence for spring is. a long, lean look that is essentially dignified, fem inine and youthful. It is the American designers' translation of the French H-line that made headlines on more than just fashion pages of last season's newspapers. This is by far a softer, more feminine and more flattering version and is most appropriate for a gala fashion spring. The bustline has risen; the waistline has dropped. Sleeves are narrow and armholes are no larger than necessary. Necklines are cut wide rather than deep the pie-cut has replaced the plunge; the bateau has overtaken the scoop. Bodice details are fkept high. Mobile Torso Where the waistline is not dropped for often the low torso is an effect rather than an actuality skirts fall smoothly over the hips and either bell out softly or retain easy sheath pro portions. Eelow the waistline pockets, tabs or pleats are placed low. Pleats continue the illusion of slenderness, being artfully clus tered, stitched-down over the hip or falling, unpressed, from a hip yoke. Buttons are simi larly low-placed. The torso, stretched between the height of the bustline and the depth of he waistline, looks long and slender and young. The waistline itself curves inward without exaggeration. This torso mobility lends the elongated sil houette the freedom of action that is becoming a fashion essen tial for American women. Lady-Like Understatement The Look of '55 unexagger- ated and easy-going is aristo cratic. The tapered sleeves with tiny cuffs or none at all, the ab sence of glittering ornamenta tion, the preference of neat bow to flamboyant pouf are a few signs that bespeak finesse in the basics of design this spring. As bouffance diminishes, so does the importance of stiff fab rics. Lightweight, soft, silken, subtly textured are favored fab ric words in all categories. Exhilerating clear colors and WW! 73 Hit? f'-rKrt . V' A ' Vi -V. i .. A 'i-..:-.rS s V w i: AIR OF DELICACY Bridal gowns combine the tall look with n air of delicacy. Representative is this Shepherdess gown of rosepoint lace and tulle by Gaston Mallet of Murray Ham burger. The diamond accesories by; Nat Koslow. Bridal Gowns Have Paris-Inspired Look Spring bridal gowns follow a Paris-inspired line with a new, tall look achieved by elongated waistlines, tiers, flounces and higher bustlines. Lace trim around the sides above the hip- line gives the long look to prin- cesse gowns. Skirts are bouffant below the long waistline and bodices are molded. Most of the spring gowns are floor length, although there are many with chapel trains and prints express a young, .eager outlook on the season and con tribute to the liveliness of lines while contrasting with the un derstatement of detail and trim. Spring accessories carry out the line and feeling of basic cos tumes. They are exceptionally well matched in color this sea son, due to the close coopera tion of designers in all fashion categries. Finding a perfectly color-matched wardrobe should be no trouble this spring. doSliiy any freezerX or refrigerator until i fyou've seen . MP k Takes only 2'2 x 3 ft. ef floor space M fits any kitchen Waist-high refrigerator with big shelf space puts everything within convenient reach V k Freezer has completely separate tempera- . . . ture control . Here's a single appliance that offers you all the refrig erator space you need ... plus freezer space for. over 100 meals! It's truly the complete food storage center, the best of all kitchen conveniences. See the new 2-ZONE today . . . it's beautifully styled in colorful Frost-Mint trim to add beauty to your kitchen. And it's priced to make your budget happy. ity Appliance, mc 127 North Central - Phone 3-5743 . Across From Penney's quite a few ballerinas. Many feature little jackets over their strapless bodices. Cotton or silk organdy, nylon eyelet and many laces, particu larly, the Chantilly type, lend a fragile, delicate air to this spring's bridal picture. Two New Silhouettes Offered Young Group Spring 1955 presents the Jun-1 waist briefs. Suit skirts are ior with two new silhouettes. One. the pared down princesse sheath, is more supple than last season's princesse, with a very fitted waist and a step-in clos ing. Many have white braid trim or strapping detail at j the hipline. Many have companion jackets. The second major silhouette, the elongated torso, is big news in every size range. It has for juniors, a dropped, belted waist line, releasing fuller skirts. Some feature double pleated flounces or one hemline flounce. " The . juniors will have more costumes than ever before. Their fuller skirts are pleated either all-around or sectionally. Some are gathered or else gored and flared, to be worn with petti coats. Slim Line Jackets The costumes are accom panied by jackets and" coats that feature a slim, sparse line Fitted or straight, they end at the bust-line. Semi-fitted, they follow the long, lean line over the long torso styles. Costumes also sport "invisi ble" jackets to the bust, waist or hip; fly-away boleros or middy overblouse jackets. Many dress and jacket cos tumes hide after-five bodices underneath, while many feature the new suspender skirts, Cummerbunds Favored Suit jackets follow the line of the costume's fly-away bolero or long, lean jackets. Suits also show tapered box jackets, modi fied bed jackets and above the On The Side By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) In London there is a divorcees club. It is reported to be a very gay organization. The dances held by the divorcees are said to be especially entertaining. As far as I know, there is no sim ilar club in this country. How ever, it was once reported a group of divorced men of Man hattan, who considered one mat rimonial experience enough and were determined not to marry again, were organizing a "Fugi tives Club." The name was in spired by their being "fugitives from the matrimonial chain gang." Their insignia was to be a ball and chain, with the chain broken. Spender ' Who was the greatest spender in Broadway history? Some say it was "Diamond Jim" Brady. Others claim it to have been "Betcha Million" John W. Gates. However, it was neither of these picturesque figures. It was none other than Al Jolson, who made and spent over $20,000,000 dur ing his lifetimel Heart Throbs Present day feminine film fans have a strong preference for screen heroes who are over six feet. They like their idols to be long and lean. Gregory Peck, top Hollywood heart throb, is about 6 feet 4. It was not always thus. Some of the outstanding cinema heart throbs were well under six feet. John Gilbert was only 5 feet 5V. Charles 'Boyer is 5 feet 8. Inci dentally, Clark Gable is not a six-footer. He is about 5 feet 9 or 10. Briefly New Yorker says he was pres- at a wedding where the ent bridesmaids wore red. "A spec tacular sight," he comments. What was the most unusual wed ding you ever attended? Inci dentally, when Harry Richman married Hazel Forbes he had seventeen best men! ... It was Themistocles, who said - "Teach me not the art of remembering, but the art of forgetting, for I remember things I do not wish to remember, but I cannot for get things I wish to forget." Knowing When Knowing when to buy a stock and when to sell it is what makes millionaires. For example, con sider the case of James Couzens of Detroit. In 1903 he invested $2,500 in an automobile com pany. Others who invested in the same company sold out early in rne game. Couzens held on for sixteen years, until 1919. Then he sold the stock he had bousht for $2,500 for over $29,000,000. lo be exact, for $29,318,858. Passing By Irene Dunne. Comely Ken tuckian. She was born in Louis. ville the year Elwood won the Kentucky Derby. Made her stage upuui in me musical show titled "Irene." She was 16 at the time. Made her Broadway bow in the comedy "The Clingine Vine" when 18. She bezan her film career when 26. She has been married for twenty-six years to ine same man, the genial dental genius. Dr. F. D. Griffin. . Models Has your wife, daughter, aunt. sister-in-law or grandma an un usually well streamlined nair of underpinnings? Do you think sne coma qualify as a "lee" model? That is, to model hosiery and other feminine attire in ture? Get your tape measure and check. What follows are the ideal leg measurements for a bathing beauty contest competi tor, or a leg model, "length, 32 inches; calf, 13 inches; ankle, 794 inches. Asides A color psychologist claims blondes should wear blue as much as possible; never red. So it would seem that the heroine of Clem McCarthy's favorite song, "The Little Blonde in Blue," had the right idea. . . . Consuming food in the cooking of which garlic has been used greatly decreases the chances of catching a common cold, in fluenza or pneumonia. So claims a dietitian. He could be right. Nevertheless, no garlic for me. Maternity Clothes Have New Delights The ladies-in-waiting of spring '55 have found new delights in maternity clothes. Favored for the season are new three-piece ensembles, con sisting of skirt, blouse and sleeveless jacket. Often the jacket is all-around box pleated. New in dresses is a plaid one piecer. More conventional two piece dresses are showing up in unconventional, bold colors. Sportswear - wise, maternity clothes are making much of the Scotch influence notably in wrap-around kilts. Bermuda shorts are popular, as always. The main maternity fabric is linen-look rayon that washes so easily. Acetate crepe, cotton-silk and nylon-cotton are favored blends. A new English-made blend of 55 wool and 45 cotton has become increasingly important, particularly in sports wear. Navy is even more popular this spring than last and white collars are seen as fre quent contrast. Black watch plaids are new and exciting while pastel gingham checks many maternity fashions. Tweed, of course, is a key texture. A new touch on maternity wear is the very-tailored faille dickey. Puritan and sailor col lars remain in favor. Toastmasters Slafe Contest Saturday The annual Toastmasters In ternational speech contest, for Area 3 of the organization, will be held in Medford Saturday, March 12, it was announced to day. Site of the event will be the Medford hotel. Medford Toastmasters will be hosts for the contest, at which the Medford, Ashland, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, and Yreka, Calif., clubs will be represented. The dinner meeting, scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m., will be open to Toastmasters, . their wives, and guests. The contest will be under the direction of Carlton Abbott, Ashland, area governor. Dan Hull and Clifford Ouelette will serve as toastmasters for the evening, and Al uraaiora wiu give the speech of welcome. either full or slender, with many of the fuller skirts pleated. The cummerbund-wrapped midriff is popular. The shirt-look dress is prom inent again this spring, often in print. Two-piece dresses and coat dresses feature pockets, pockets and more pockets. Jumpers are seen frequently. Junior playclothes go particu larly blithe with suspender shorts, Berumda skirts with bright undershorts or romper playsuits with Bermuda-length over-skirts. Throughout . the playclothes line, the color accent is on red. Supple Fabrics Sheer rayon or crepe is being used increasingly in junior wear, its . suppleness offsetting . the long-line silhouette. Cotton and cotton-silk blends are import ant, while imported cotton tweeds are the fabric' news 'in spring suits. Navy is the key color - for spring. Gold,, avocado green and periwinkle blue are also popur lar. Stripes and checks are more important than ever. : Much junior fashion will have "lingerie" .trimming. Frothy white accessories . complement dark costumes. There is lots of lace in jabots, dickies and . collars. Girls Matching Mother's Fashions It's a look-like-mom spring, as favored girls' - fashions feature the dropped waistline that is so popular in misses- and . junior sizes. - . ' This long-torso look is empha sized in dresses sashed or cuffed at the hipline. Often, a solid color bodice may top a print skirt. The skirts are flared, gath ered or pleated (especially box pleated) below the lowered waist. Many long torsos take middy, form. Not only are the skirts pleat ed, but collars and cuffs as well. Collars are smaller, than last season, with "little" variations of the Puritan collar appearing frequently. , .. .. . .. One of the favorite spring out fits among .the small, set - isthe ensemble. Usually a -- one-piece sleeveless dress, it has its own box jacket that reaches Just to the waist. Empire and spencer LONG TORSO A long torso takes narrow side pleats in this surah print by Mr. Mort. GOLF DANGEROUS Sweetwater, Tex. 4U.R) Z. C. Sweakley agreed today from a hospital- bed that golf can be dangerous when it is too mech anized. Sweakley said that when he dismounted from" a small mo tor scooter he used to get around the municipal golf course he left the machine in -gear as he went to make a shot. The scooter start ed up, pinned him against a tree in the rough and broke his foot. jackets are also popular as top pers to the spring ensemble. Ensembles are appearing, too, as two-piece dresses with a suit look. . . , . Prints are back with a bang, big bold patterns predominat ing. Florals, clowns and geomet ries are abundant. White- back grounds are new for spring, as are smaller prints ; on black grounds. . .. Stolen Police Radio Cruiser Recovered Pittsburgh 0J.R) . Police were particularly interested to day in recovering a stolen car. The car was soon found two miles away from where it had been taken and John Tiley was arrested on theft charges. . The ear was a police - radio cruiser. Crescent City Plywood Mill Purchased by Firm Crescent City The Paragon Plywood, Inc., plywood factory here has been purchased by Northern California Plywood. Inc., it was announced today. Purchase price was $2,000,000. The purchasing firm was or ganized as a cooperative work er-owned plant, and funds for the purchase were raised through stock subscriptions in the three western states- Dead line Sunday Classified to at noon -Saturday : 10 ajn. Monday for Monday! other days 5 JO nrevious day. for a THE PANTIE YOUR LEGS CANT FEEL you'll be walking on air! Paotie fan or not, this vastly different new , COSSARD is for you! It combine three kinds of elastic to give complete leg " freedom' with fine figure eontioL Of nylon tissnenet, satin elastic front panel, and lacy elastic finish at the legs. Petite-S-M-L White. . 4 Types in Same Style Girdle 5 Types in Same style Pantie Girdle . yuw onMti at 1 L Ifyit - l$e"eanl-'. ' 'V-i Ayy Just lVi-ou. " $3.95 ' : II Be Fitted by a . Graduate Corsetiere - - Idah M. Wood 526 East Main St. Across the Bridge at Bert Tree's PRIM HOSIERY KAYSER A PREVIEW OF THE ( V a4 v t 4 j I You'll Find at . . The Fash DRESSES " Pure Silks, Imported Cottons, Ace tate Rayons, Linens. Sizes 7-15, 10-20, 1 414-24 V $7.98 to $39.95 FORMALS All Colors Nets end Crystaline Taffettas. Sizes . 7-15, 10-20, 1414-24. $19.98 to $39.95 WEDDING DRESSES Nylon Nets, Satin and Net Com binations, Brocaded Failles. BRUNCH COATS Nylons, Cottons and Seersuckers. 'Size 10-20,' 144-24. $4.95 to $16;95 LINGERIE Slips, Gowns and Panties ionette o SUITS ; : , n , ; 1. Virgin Wooli, Silks, Linens. Sizes 8-20, 1214-24J4. ,: " ... $22,95 to $59.95 o COATS Virgin Wools, British .. Tweeds. Kashas and Nylons. ' ' $19.95 to.$49.95 CHIPPEWA JACKETS - Sizes Beautiful Spring Shades. 10-20. : $15.00 o SKIRTS Pastel Wools, Cottons, Nylons and Orion. Sizes 8-20.. . ....... $5.98 to $24:95 BLOUSES Yale Shirts, lee Mor. All Type.. Sizes 32-44. . V'.'. . ) 11;. jvi r spy i V $2.98 to $12.95 Girdle and Brassier By . . . Flexees and Playtex Fashionett The ' 22 South; Central Across from Craterian PlentoArfendthe FASHION SHOW' March 17 & IS at the Country flub Girdles and Brassier By... - Flexees and Playtex J which the leg is the major fea Dead lis for Sunday Classified It at noon Saturday. 1
