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7 TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. July 18. 195B Bard's Heyday Sunday in Ashland Festival Theatre Ashland Merrie olde England I games as skittles, darts and horse- comes to Ashland Sunday eve-i ning for the seventh annual i Bard's Heyday, to be held at the Shakespearean Festival theater from 5 till 9 p.m. i One of the special events of the Heyday will be Will Kempe : and his troupe of morris daric-j ers. Will (alias Art Silvai im-i ported the morris dancers from i tiie near and far corners of the , country. I According to custom, the half-l dozen dancers were carefully I chosen and subjected to vigor ous training for this event. Mor ris dance tradition also calls for brilliantly-colored costumes with pads of little bells strapped to tiie dancers' legs. The dance step is designed to make the moit of the rhythmic jingling of the bells. Mr. Kempe stated that the ringing of the bells, combined with the patter of the feel, may have been intended to wake up the earth spirit during spring festival rites. In any case, it is agreed that the dance is imbued with masic. and brings good luck to the entertainers and the en-; tertained. I Morris dancers in merrie olde England appeared at all of the i village pageants and revels, and j would also travel to compete j with the dancers of other vil lages. The dancers, then and now. are accompanied by the hobby horse, maid marian. the fool, and the fife player. At Sun day's Heyday, Will Kempe's morris dancers will perform sev eral times during tne course of the evening. The troupe includes Michael F. Kasdan, David O'Brien, Ted van Griethuysen, Phil Jacobus, Hugh Wilson and Mr. Kempe. The Heyday will feature oth er events in addition to the mor ris dancers. Family fun is the keynote, with contests for the youngsters and such family racing. Entertainment features fortune teller, a Punch and Judy show, and the annual pantomime contest for members of the festi val company. The performing bear remains shrouded in mys tery, and promises to be one of the more startling events of the Heyday. Dr. Margery Bailey will again offer the popular Ashland Broadsheets, the hand-lettered ballads of this season's plays. Elizabethan pie-men will offer their wares of pastries, saffron j bread, and tarts. Members of Beta Sigma Phi sorority will of fer coffee and soft drinks. Camp Magruder Conference Starts Friday The annual weekend session ! of the Oregon Conference Wes leyan Service guilds will be held at Camp Magruder. Barview, jOre., July 20 through 22. Dele ! gates from all units in the state j will be in attendance and speak i ers from the New York office will be featured on the program. Mrs. Paul Kitzmiller of Dal las -is conference secretary and will preside at the sessions. Mrs. C. R. Adamson of Medford will serve as moderator for a work shop on world understanding, Miss Cora Mason of Ashland will be in charge of all devotional services, while Miss Marjorie Anderson of Medford has plan ned the recreational hours for the weekend. Instructors will include Miss Dorcas Hall, executive secretary of promotion for the Methodist Woman's Division; Miss Evelyn Heyday tickets are available ; DcY'rics, missionary to Rhodesia, Lacy Leaf Crochet TZ& Sty QQxz Bw2 Add a luxury touch to your home with this lovely oval doily or centerpiece. Leaf design is easy- crochet; looks like heavy lace. Pattern 7300: Crochet-directions for oval doily 13x32 inches in No. 30 mercerized cotton. Smaller in No. 50 cotton, larger in string. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class nailing. Send to Medford Mail Tribune. Household Arts Dept.. P. O. Box 168. Old Chcl-f-ea Station. New York 11. N. Y. Print plainlv NAME. ADDRESS and PATTERN NUMBER. Two FREE patterns printed in the new Alice Brooks Needle craft book for 19561 Stunning designs for yourself, for your home just for you. our readers: Dozens of other designs to order all easy, fascinating hand work: Send 25 cents for your copy vt this wonderful book right away! from Tudor Guild members, from festival box offices at the theater in Ashland, and in the First National bank and Law rence's Jewelers in Medford. Ad mission to the fair is 50 cents. Children under 10 are admitted free, when accompanied by their parents. Gold Petticoats On Sale For $50; Will Wash Iron New York -;U.R' There's gold in them thar frills: The newest lingerie puts wom en back on the gold standard, with gold embroidery, gold sari prints, gold piping, gold metallic I threads, and even 24-carat gold ! cloth used for everything from ' petticoats to peignoirs. Nylon tricots and sheers pro vide" the background for most of the season's opulence in lingerie. But one manufacturer, Schiller Brothers, New York, uses an ace tate tricot with 24-carat coating sprayed on. The firm uses the cloth of gold for petticoats sleek fitting, non-tarnishable and washable. Some are trimmed with rhinestones, others with lace of gold. The price range for the gleam ing fashions is wide, depending on whether the gold is real or simulated. A petticoat with simu lated gold applique sells for as low as S6: that real gold petti coat for S50; some of the dressier gown and peignoir combinations for as high as $175. But all that glitters is not gold. Some of it is silver, with petti coats of acetate, coated with the metal. Whv all this opurence? "Well," said Ralph Schiller, "we're just answering the wom an's demand for luxury. Cloth of gold is just one way. We're also trimming petticoats with silver blu and ranch mink." Advice on care of the metallics comes from the Cleanliness bu reau, the home service depart ment of the soap and glycerine producers. Wash them by hand in luke warm soap or detergent suds and rinses, taking care not to twist, rub or wring the garment. After the last rinse, hang to drip dry. Use shaped hangers for robes, and hang petticoats from clamp hangers. Generally, the bureau said, these fabrics need no iron ing. But if a touch-up is desired, use a cool iron on the wrong side of the fabric. Use of Nylon Jersey Is Topic for Study Champaign. 111. (U.P.i The use of nylon jersey for home sewing isn't as difficult as it was long considered, a Univer sity of Illinois study has shown. The study, made by graduate student Virgene Griffin, indi cates that with time and patience and the necessary skills and techniques in handling the fabric and machine, nylon jersey can be worked in tiie home. Simple patterns are a requi site, however patterns with few scams, no pockets or button holes and few details. Darts and tucks also should be avoided. VISITS HERE- Home guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Adamson. 839 East Jackson blvd., is Mrs. Ella Penny of Lib eral. Kansas. During her visit here thev plan trips to Crater lake. Crescent. Brookinss. and to Camp Magruder for the Wes ley an Service guild weekend. Africa; Mrs. L. D. V. rentmore. Portland, conference president of Womans' Society of Christian service; and Dr. Gertrude Boyd Crane of Pacific university. Delegates from this vicinity are Miss Cora Mason, Mrs. George Davis. Mrs. Clara Mall, Mrs. Lionel Guy. Mrs. C. R. Adamson. Mrs. Mary Note, Mrs. William Sweet, Mrs. Jerry Sher man. Mrs. Carl Burk, Miss Mary Vandenburg, Miss Nancy Lambo, and Miss Marjorie Anderson. Rebekah Lodge Members to Leave For Glendale Members of the Olive Rebekah lodge will leave by chartered bus at 8 a.m. tomorrow for Glen dale. Ore., for the district con vention of Rebekah lodges. Mem bers going are asked to meet at the Greyhound bus station in time to board of the bus before departure. Twenty-nine members are ex pected to make the trip, and any not contacted so far are asked to call Mrs. J. D. Brummond, noble grand, at 3-1775. 4 Pack jewelry in a cotton flan nel silverware bag to prevent scattering and scratching. The soupspoon case is best because it has the widest pockets. Teacher Shortage Could Be Eased By College Women Chicago U.R; A vast reser voir of college-trained house wives should be tapped to help ease the teacher shortage, says a U.S. Labor Department official. Mrs. Alice K. Leopold, assist ant to the Secretary of Labor, said here recently that there are at least half a million women unemployed less than 55 years old, with no children under five, who are college graduates. She urged members of the American Association of Univer sity Women to encourage such women in their own communi ties to earn techers' certificates. "Unless we increase the num ber of teachers available, we are likely to find our schools manned by custodians instead of teachers." Mrs. Leopold said. Princess Ensemble M -s- t 9 b 1 ! .Ifer , ?. a y Union Dispute Cancels Opera New York (U.Rl The Metro politan Opera association an nounced Tuesday night that it has cancelled its 1956-57 season because of a dispute with a union over a double-duty union member. The cancellation, which is not irrevocable and may be re versed, is the second in the his tory of the "Met." The Metro politan cancelled its 1948 season after a dispute with a union but later reconsidered and the sea son opened three weeks late. The dispute leading to Mon day night's announcement cen tered over Robert Herman, a Met stage director who is the son of former Brooklyn Dodger baseball playe Babe Herman. Herman, 30. is a member of the union involved, the' Ameri can Guild of Musical Artists. The union said that he served as a secretary to the management during earlier negotiations be tween the opera association and the union. It objected to his dou ble duty and threatened during the negotiations to press charges against him. The Met said it would cancel the season unless the union sign ed a contract for the coming season and an agreement not to press charges against Herman. The AGMA agreed Monday night not to press the charges but refused to sign the agree ment "at once" and the Met an nounced the cancellation. On TKe Side ByE.V.Durling (Distributed fay King Futures Smdicite, Inc.) Insofar as w ar is concerned. . er. B.C. That i one of mv favnr- Switzerland is the best prepared nation in the world. Every Swiss is furnished a rifle by the gov ernment plus 24 rounds of am muntion. The Swiss citizen keeps his rifle ready and his powder dry and also has handy full bat tle dress and a two-day ration of food. Owing to the mountainous terrain of the country, even an atomic bomb attack would not immediately knock out the Swiss. In times of peace the Swiss have always prepared for war. And so, what? They have had peace for centuries. Record It is not always a good sign when an unusual number of world's records are broken at a thoroughbred race track. It is, at times, an indication of a so-called "paste board track." That is, one of an unusually hard sur face. At Juarez. Mexico, some years ago a horse named Iron Mask broke the six furlong world's record carrying a bur den of 169 pounds. The Juarez course was composed of hard clay. Many horses break down on "paste board tracks." They suffer from a condition similar to that of the truck horses refer red to in the immortal lines: It isn't the "eavy 'aulin'what "urts the 'orses 'oofs. It's the 'ammer, 'ammcr on the 'ard 'ighway. Long Run What is the world's record for a long run of a regular radio program? The program called "The Children's Hour" on the British radio has been running regularly since 1922. That is, for 34 years. Can you top it? Asking Queries from clients. Q. Were you ever a drama critic? A. I was a film critic and was occas ionally called upon to review a legitimate stage play. That was when there were several open ings on the same night. Inciden tally, one night, Dec. 26, 1927, 11 legitimate stage plays opened on Broadway and only one turned out to be a success. That was the play titled "Excess Baggage" by Jack MacGowan. Across Board Am asked if any race track in the U.S.A. offers a ?3 "across the board," straight, place and show ticket. None I know of. However, I seem to recall pur chasing such a ticket at a track in the beautiful city of Vancouv- ite places. It is the birthplace of many glamorous females. As for example, Yvonne De Carlo. Inci dentally it was in Vancouver in 1910 that Victor McLaglen, then a heavyweight boxer, fought a six round draw with the great Jack Johnson. Passing By Frances Starr. Distinguished and brilliant lady of the theatre. Has been on the stage since the age of 15. First attracted favor able attention as a member of celebrated Alcazar theatre stock company in San Francisco. Scor ed her first hit in that highly dra matic vehicle titled "The Easiest Way." Over There There is no automobile speed limit in Rome, Italy, and it is against the law to blow an auto horn. What worried me last time I was there was when a taxi driv- ' er, proceeding at high speed, ap- -proached an intersection without ; blowing the horn. Boy, that can really be hard on the nerves un til you get used to it. j Baby Mine It was Marguerite Clark who ; was featured in the play titled ' "Baby Mine." Marguerite later i became the countrys' most popu lar feminine film star. She retir ed at the very peak of her car eer to marry a New Orleans man. Marguerite, a petite type, was a 1 brilliant actress and although very pretty was not dependent on her shape or looks for her re markable success. When she re tired from the screen she was re ceiving a salary higher than that of Mary Pickford, who was a contemporary star. Asides The girls with the most beau tiful legs in the world are the British beauties. Most of them are also long limbed. That's why they make the best show girls and can-can dancers . . . The mo dern baseball fan is very poorly informed as to the game. Most of todays' diamond fans can't even tell you how much a baseball weighs. How about you? Marathon Winning Streak Ends on TV Hollywood (U.R) Steve and rect answers while Mrs. How- land naa six. The Rowlands first appeared on the Edgar Bergen show April 10 and then defeated all oppon ents until Vanaken. Dorothy Rowland's marathon winning streak on a television quiz show ended Tuesday night after they had won S100 a week for .a year for 14 consecutive weeks. The Rowland stay on the CBS TV program, "Do You Trust Your Wife." reached an end when they ran up against Robert Vanaken, a flying Los Angeles policeman who patrols Los An geles freeway traffic in a heli copter. The Rowland's total win nings were S74.400. Vanaken competed with Mrs. Rowland in s contest to identify in a list of 10 cities which were more or less than 500,000 popu lation. Vanaken had eight cor- 35 Pak-A-Way Freezer by Schaefer Under List SPECIAL 1 8.7 Cubic Foot Upright $399.50 3608 Pacific Hiway So. of Medford Open Till 10:00 P.M. PHYSICALS SCHEDULED All girls planning to attend the third session of Low Echo camp should have thftir physi cal examinations July 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Doctor's Clinic, 1032 West Main st. The third session of the camp will start July 30 and continue through August 8. Sure, there's been Shoe sales -but nothing like this one Buster Brown SHOE STORE Will Be Closed All Day Tomor row, THURSDAY, JULY 19, in Preparation for Their Big Shoe earance tarts at 9 a.m. Sale S Fridav y i oo 1020 -rtr I'll $bfefc ...TJ '4 V ., PARKER ';A WOODS Loveliest princess lines fash ion the sundress little fitted jacket continues this same flat tering silhouette! It's a smart ensemble to wear all through summer; perfect for both dressy and casual fabrics. Come fall sew a jumper and blouse version too! Pattern 9183: Misses' Sizes 10, 12. 14. 16. la. 20. Sizes 16 dress 4's yards 35-inch; bolero yards. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete, illustrat ed Sew Chart shows you every step. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st- class mailing. Send to Marian Martin, care of Medford Mail Tribune. Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, X. Y. Print plainlv NAME, AD DRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. 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