EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON)
Manufacturers
Now Marketing
Stretch Nylons
New York U.R) The hosiery
industry is in for one of the big
gest changes since nylons.
New and headed for big pro
motion at hosiery counters are
"stretch" stockings, nylons
which come in one size yet fit
any foot and leg.
The term "stretch" isn't new
to the clothing industry. For two
years, men's socks made to fit
any size foot have been on the
market. Some manufacturers are
making children's wear of a
yarn which "grows" with the
child. Two years ago, women's
nylons with a stretch foot came
to market in small quantities.
But now, several companies
are promoting stretch hosiery.
Dozens of ads have shown in
trade papers. Chadbourn Ho
siery mills of Charlotte, N.C.,
Dredicts women will make a
major switch to this type of ny
lon in the current year.
To exdain the term "stretch'
a little further: It is a patented
process, according to William
Williamson, president of the
National Association of Hosiery
Manufacturers. The elasticity of
the s gnemciotksc wij'ohatTHT
the stocking comes from the
method of twisting the nylon
yarn, but it remains pure nylon.
The manufacturers of the
stretch hosiery claim it will fit
better and is a blessing for the
woman who has trouble finding
proper fit in other nylons.
Williamson said the stretch
nylons now cost more than the
others. And although they are
not yet being made as filmy as
the traditional nylon, in appear
ance on the leg they look attrac
tively sheer.
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Leather Preview
Shows New Styles
In Color, Texture
New York A preview of the
leather look for spring by Leath
er Industries of America was pro
vided at an informal showing of
new styles and leathers in shoes,
handbags, garments, belts, gloves
and luggage held in New York
City.
Leathers that are printed,
woven, crushed, corked and
glowing appear in shoes and
handbags for the first time.
Woven leather, which is slated
to supplant mesh in popularity
this spring, was on view in both
men's and women's shoes in solid
and two-tone styles.
The soft construction in shoes
was featured in a variety of cas
ual and leisure flats and pumps,
crafted of soft, glove-like leath
ers with interesting surface de
tail such as cork finish, pigskin,
and ostrich.
Soft velvety suedes many of
the brand -new "dry-cleanable"
leather-and smooth butter-soft
" capeskins were seen in jackets,
suits and greatcoats; also in car
digans with knitted wool sleeves
and leather bodies.
Handbags ranged from a six
Inch flat envelope to suitcase
size squares, pouches and totes.
Most of them carry no decora
tion the glowing colors and
textures of velvety suedes, lustre
and palest calfs, smooth kids,
llama, elk, glove leathers, rep
tiles, are their own adornment.
Colors ranged from the palest
pastel yellow to deep, flaming
scarlet, including avocado, shell
pink, sweetheart pink, pimento,
He de France blue, oriental yel
low, and a whole family of
browns, ranging from honey to
whiskey.
Has your favorite nylon slip,
petticoat or nightgown ripped a
seam? Repair it permanently
with a zig-zag stitch on your
sewing machine. This stitch has
the quality of elasticity. It will
give with your motions and it
will not break with strain.
A TRIBUTE TO THE
This month marks the 43rd anniversary of the
founding of the Girl Scouts of America. We
congratulate this great organization for their
outstanding achievements in helping to build
cf better future for American girlhood and our
country.
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We Are Open Today 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
PHONE 2-6253 127 EAST SIXTH
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Mother and daughter in sporting cottons is the newest fashion
duo. White Slag creates blazers and pedal pushers for young and
older fashionables in printed and color-coordinated sailcloth. A
slight variation of styling gives daughter outside pockets in her
blazer, a slit seam at the side of her pedal oushers.
Hobbies Occupy Wives in Washington;
Oregon's Mrs. McKay Collects China
By PATRICIA WIGGINS
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Mrs.
Oveta Culp Hobby doesn't have
a hobby.
The secretary of health, edu
cation and welfare, like Mrs.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and sev
eral other women in official
Washington circles, says she is
just "too busy" for any real out-.
side interest. There just isn t
enough leisure time.
Although President Eisenhow
er paints and plays golf when
he can snatch the time, Mrs. Eis
enhower doesn't have any spe
cial interest which could qualify
as a bona fide hobby.
"She's too busy," said her sec
retary, Mrs. Mary Jane McCaf
free. Mrs. Hobby once was an ar
dent horsewoman. But now her
family and her job pretty much
qualify as her "hobbies."
Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, treas
urer of the United States, used
to enjoy gardening. But she can't
find any time for it now. She is
out of town too often.
One Designs
Mrs. Robert B. Anderson prob
ably has the most hobbies to
keep her occupied when official
entertainment duties do not.
The wife of the deputy secretary
of defense makes her own hats,
designs her own clothes, designs
furniture, and turns out house
floor plans and interiors on her
own drawing board.
"When I just can't stand the
house I live in, I go to the draw
ing board and do it all over,"
she said.
The sweeping changes usual-'
ly concerning closet space may
never occur, but she feels better
just for sketching them.
Many members of the capital's
distaff side are amateur, paint
ers some not so amateur. They
include Mrs. Arthur E. Summer
field, wife of the postmaster gen
eral; Mrs. Estes Kefauver, wife
of the senator from Tennessee;
Mrs. Harold E. Stassen, wife of
the foreign operations adminis
tration chief, and Mrs. Sherman
Adams, wife of the presidential
assistant
Children
Mrs. Douglas McKay, whose
husband is secretary of interior,
collects china, music boxes and
is "quite a gardener." Garden-
GIRL
SCOUTS
Sunday. March 20. 1953
1 ing is also the "real love" of Mrs.
Herbert Brownell, wife of the
attorney general.
Mrs. Alben Barkley and her
husband, the "junior" senator
from Kentucky, share a common
interest in collecting antiques.
Mrs: Herbert Hoover Jr., also
is interested in furniture but
the wife of the undersecretary
of state makes it herself.
Many of the wives' attitude
toward hobbies is expressed by
Mrs. .William P. Rogers, whose
husband is deputy attorney gene
ral. She laughed, and said her
children are her hobby "morn
ing, noon and night."
Mrs. Earl Warren, wife of the
chief justice, and Mrs. Ezra T.
Benson, wife of the secretary of
agriculture each with six chil
dren to Mrs. Rogers' four
were in hearty agreement.
Extension Unit
Plans Workshop
For Furniture
Medford Extension unit will
hold the first of a series of five
meetings in the Community
building on P r i d d y street,
Wednesday, March 23, starting
at 10:30 a. m: The meetings are
a Workshop on refinishing wood
furniture.
At the first meeting each per
son is to take rubber gloves or
leather work gloves, one pint
non-inflammable varnish remov
er containing no wax, one pint
denatured alcohol, one quart
turpentine, two empty coffee
cans, four low tin cans (tuna
size) to set legs in, several empty
cans to clean brushes in, old
cloth and scraps of burlap.
Colorful Vegetables
Pep Up Lenten Menus
New York (U.R) Colorful
vegetables can add eye appeal
tb Lenten menus featuring such
bland foods as fish, eggs, and
macaroni.
Such foods as beets, spinach,
brussel sprouts, green beans and
tomatoes provide vivid accents
as -well as necessary vitamins.
Carrots or peas also "perk up"
a plate, while garnishes of green
pepper, watercress, parsley and
pimento contribute to the ov
erall appeal of a Lenten meal.
The test kitchens of the Gas
Appliance Manufacturers assoc
iation saggest this color treat
ment: add a few drops of vege
table coloring to mashed pota-
Agriculture Department
Predicts Cominq Prices
By V. G. VARTAN
United Press Correspondent
New York (U.R) The
American house wife will buy
more for her dollar in 1955 and
the grocery shelves should pro
vide the biggest bargains.
"Record food supplies are in
prospect for the coming year,"
the U.S. Department of Agri
culture predicts. Prices of pork,
butter, eggs, fish and some fruits
will be less, on the average.
Beef prices are expected to re
main steady. But tagged slightly
higher will be fresh vegetables,
potatoes and certain canned
fruits.
All in all, the economists say,
the housewife next year should
find "her dollar has boosted its
buying power another two cents.
She will spend more dollars,
too. "Consumer spending in
1955," says a leading banker.,
"is likely to expand, possibly by
three per cent."
Financing a house will be
easier, thanks to the more liberal
credit terms of the new federal
housing act. Down payments are
lower and mortgages may be ex
tended for a longer period.
Clothes About Same
The construction industry ex
pects to start 1,300,000 new
Fashion Dictates
Bright Colors
For Sport Wear
This is the year for lots of
color in sporting life cottons.
Separate jackets, skirts, shorts,
pants, camisoles and blouses
favor brilliant hues in poplins,
no-iron cottons, sailcloth and
cotton, sharkskin, reports the
National Cotton council.
Hot pink, lime, violet and
orange are featured in poplin
play separate trimmed in black
or white ribbon looping. For
greater opulence and more
color, one designer uses gold
embroidery on bright plaid den
im. A straight beach jacket and
one - piece boy - shorts bathing
suit, as well as separate shorts,
skirts and sundresses feature this
new "designing" " touch on a
classic cotton.
Printed cottons that look as
if they had stepped out of the
world of the painter into the
world of fashion are shown in
water - color effects dazzling
blues and greens used together,
or oranges, reds and yellows
fused to look like a painting.
Prints of this kind are used by
sportswear designers for jack
ets, bathing suits, pants, blouses
and skirts. Combined with a
rough textured, plain colored
cotton in bold colors, these cot
ton separates are outstanding.
Cotton sharkskin In turquoise
is used for a short skirt and
worn over a striped cotton knit
shirt and shorts for bright color
emphasis. White middies are
combined with bright colored
pants an orange coverall in
middy silhouette features rows
of multi-colored stitching.
Toastmistress
Plans Speak-Off
Tuesday Evening
Four members of Medford
Toastmistress club will com
pete in a "speak off" Tuesday,
March 22. It will follow a din
ner at Eaton's at 7 p.m. .
The winner will represent
the Medford club in a district
conference speaking contest in
Klamath Falls March 27. Speak
ers Tuesday will be Mrs. C. A.
Thatcher; Mrs. Clarence E. Wil
son, Mrs. Alan Cameron and
Mrs. Russell Wade.
Mrs. Thatcher and Miss Anna
Streed are in charge of dinner
arrangements. Reservations are
to be made by phoning Mrs. Don
ald W. Bergman, 3-4431, not
later than Monday night. Any
one interested in joining Toast
mistress club is invited to
attend.
Clifford Ouellette and Dou
glas A. Roach judged a prelim
inary contest at a special meet
ing Tuesday night. Speaking
were Mrs. Eloise Knickelbleck,
Mrs. Wade, Mrs. T. M. Neely
and Mrs. James Vandersteen.
Mrs. Thatcher was topic
mistress, and Mrs. Edward
Klinko, toastmistress.
The last regular meeting of
the speakers' club was held at
Radio Station KBOY. Mrs.
Winklebleck was topicmistress
and Mrs. Wade, toastmistress.
Speakers were Mrs. Cameron,
Mrs. Harry Marshall and Mrs.
Wallace Martin. Judges were
the Rev. J. Thomas Dixon and
Clarence Wilson.
Mrs. James Jenkins, Portland,
was a visitor. Mrs. Zelda Van
Valzah and Mrs. J. R. Seiler
were hostesses for the evening.
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RUFFLED BLANKETS!
New York (U.R) Boudoir
fashion note: blankets now have
ruffle or bead trim. The new
line from one manufacturer fea
tures nylon tricot ruffles on one
summer weight blanket, hand
beading on the binding of an
other, and an upholstery fringe
binding on a third.
toes or cream sauce.
You'll undoubtedly create a
lot of table talk the first time
you serve bright green or dusty
pink potatoes, but the experts
say this may be just the artistic
touch necessary to lift a "so-so"
meal out of the doldrums.
housing units In 1955 only
100,000 short of the 1950 all
time high. Also in store for the
new year are record outlays of
$6,250,000,000 for modernizing
the home.
It might be a bit cheaper to
furnish the house with lamps
and sofas in 1955. Price tags on
house-furnishings, the experts
say, could drop slightly.
But rents are expected gen
erally to remain firm. There
probably will be rent increases
in certain areas of the nation.
Prices for clothes will run
pretty much the same as in 1954.
A banner year lies ahead for
home appliances, from electric
fans to refrigerators and from
gas heaters to ovens. Utility
rates may show a slight rise in
scattered regions.
Some room air conditioners
will carry lower price tags. But
prices of most appliances will
remain at about the 1954 levels,
according to industry sources.
The family car featuring
more automatic gadgets and
more powerful engines is go
ing to cost about the same. And
in deference to the ladies, a rec
ord number of 1955 models have
two-tone and even three-tone
coloring.
These Serb in style pedal push
ers in border - paneled cotton
are teamed with a cotton
blouse and a daytime skirt of
the same cotton.
Points To Watch
In Shoe Buying
By
EDITH KERMIT ROOSEVELT
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) The gov
ernment has warned parents
about over-use of X-rays to de
termine the fit of their chil
dren's shoes.
According to a booklet issued
by the Department of Health
Education and Welfare, some
doctors feel indiscriminate ex
posure to machine rays can
harm the child's feet, and his
body also.
The department also said
children with foot trouble
should not be fitted with "ortho
pedic' 'or "corrective" shoes
without a 'doctor's prescription.
"Such shoes may have rigid
arch supports or additions made
to the heels. Rigid arches (and
altered heels) in a child's shoes
prevent the muscles from nor
mal exercise when the foot is
in use," it said.
The booklet gave the follow
ing pointers in shopping for
children's shoes:
1 Don't guess about size.
Take your child with you.
2 Measure both feet. There
may be a difference in size be
tween the two.
3 The back of the heel
should fit snugly but not tightly.
4 The shoe arch should be
firm but not rigid.
5 The widest part of the
shoe should be flexible enough
to allow toes to bend while
walking.
6 The toe of the shoe should
be well-rounded.
7 The shoe should be one
half to three-fourths of an inch
longer than the end of the
child's longest toe when he is
standing.
8 A heel should be no high
er than one-half inch until a
child is 6.
9 Parents should avoid buy
ing shoes with processed leather
or material coated with plastic.
This type is improperly ven
tilated. 10 Rubber heels help to pre
vent unnecessary, jarring when
walking.
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Color, Pattern and Texture
Guideposts for Home Fabrics
By BEATRICE WEST
.Written for United Press
New York (U.R) To be ex
pert at choosing fabrics this
spring, start by becoming a
stranger in your own home.
People often ask me where to
start in re-decorating a room
which has grown all too familiar
in its current dress. I always tell
them:
"Walk into the room as though
you had never seen it before.
Try to see it from a completely
detached point of view, as a dra
matic critic looks at a new play.
After all, you are a different
woman from the one who picked
those fabrics the last time.
You're wiser. You've seen more.
Put this acquired knowledge to
work."
To help select new fabrics,
there are certain guideposts:
color, pattern, texture, in that
order. And the one that will do
most for the room is color.
The size of the room, and the
amount of sunlight, help to de
termine a change. Every room
should have a sence of spacious
ness. . . one way to achieve it if
the room is small, is to keep
draperies and walls the same
solid color.
If a room is flooded with sun
light all day, select from the cool
range of color:, the blues, greens,
grays.
If it is dark, then go to the
bright end of the color scale:
the yellows, reds, oranges. . .and
today's special darling, pink.
Your key color will be at your
vindows, for in general, drapery
fabric is the first to be chosen.
Will it be a flowery pattern?
Large in. scale or a small, pro
vincial print? This will depend
on the size of the room, and the
other prints needed for the room.
Here, too, a guide is available:
in any well-decorated room, this
good, safe percentage will give
restfulness without clashing pat
terns: One patterned fabric should
be about 30 per cent of the total
amount of the fabric used. One
or more plain fabrics, 55 per
cent. One striped fabric, 10 per
cent. One tone-on-tone fabric or
a small print coordinated with
the large floral, 5 per cent.
And now for the. textures.
Here is where you choose fabrics
for sheer curtains, for slipcovers
and upholstery, and for the bril
liant flashes of accent color that
are the room's crowning glory.
Here, the beautiful and the prac
tical fabrics go hand-in-hand.
Science has been good in pro
viding beauty that washes,
charm that is durable, and frag
ile appearance with an iron con
stitution. It's the modern miracle of this
particular springtime that a
homemaker can choose test-tube
artistry in fabrics of stamina,
even to the glitter of their me
tallic threads The newest of to
day's finish is silicone that helps
- Paint is a gay deceiver that
can work miracles in a tiny
kitchen. A very light gray or off
white shade for the walls and
woodwork in an unbroken line,
from ceiling to floor, is suggest
ed. Your gas range or re
frigerator will blend right into
this cool, light background and
contribute to the total effect of
more space.
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each contributing its own spec
ial advantages to the long life,
the easy handling and the beau
ty of new spring fabrics.
BETTY LOU DOING FINE
Six years ago millions re
sponded when Betty Lou Mar
bury asked the nation for
prayers to save her hand. The
Brownsville, Tenn. girl lost
the hand through amputation
but her life was saved. Now
"sweet sixteen," Betty Lou
presents this healthy, happy
picture.
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VFW Auxiliary Plans
Dance at Camp White
Veterans of Foreign Wars aux
iliary, Department of Oregon,
will sponsor a dance at Camp
White Monday, March 21, at 8
p.m. in the camp theater.
A Camp White bus will leave
the Trailway bus depot at 7:30
p.m. to provide transportation.
Mrs. Harry Birch, department
hospital chairman, asks all mem
bers of the auxiliary and their
friends to attend this event.
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