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RflfflT MEDTORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, August 19, 1936 Paris Produces Romantic Styles Paris Paris has gone roman tic. Whether hemlines will stay as they are or slip down. to ankle length, the one sure thing of the Paris haute couture collections this Autumn is that the romatic lady the lady who half a cen tury ago was shoved into the background has made a come back. Paris... a climate in which fashion flourishes has brought back the truly feminine woman with a luxury and completeness hard to comprehend in a ready-to-wear world. Fabrics are most often soft . . . woolens, chiffons, patterned satins, jerseys, softly textured combinations of natural and man made fibers have in spired couturiers to a clinging vine look. Key Ho Faster, Accurate Customer Service Our amazing new National tells our staff and you how much money you gave us and the exact change due you. What the register shows you is also printed on your itemized "Take-Home" receipt. GfZ3lona change computation the latest advance in cus tomer service is another convenience we have in stalled for you. T-M.,fc U.S. . Ofl. OK MARKET 1202 North RivanMa OPEN EVERY 9 L ft NIGHT TIL A NISHTI The over-all look is one of great elegance, straight but sup ple. Within this general pattern, the lines of the individual Paris houses are jsharply differentiat ed .. . women will be garbed in the manner of Dior, Fath, Lan-vin-Castillo or Patou rather than just the "The Paris line." Many Capes ! Collections are chock full of capes and drapes and literally smothered in furs. Color catches the eye . . . making fashion news when it is a shade of amethyst or green. Daytime shapes are bulky, hats are high and the in fluence of the Russian ballet in disputable. Evening clothes are the most undressed in years: there is hardly an evening strap left in Paris. The cape is everywhere, for daytime, for evening, in every fabric, and every color. Dior's cape curves from a drawstring collar. Fath's are wide and swinging. Balmain shows them in velvet, satin and fur for even ing. Coats have cape-collars, suits have cape-backs, dresses have sleeves which give cape ef fects. The high rising waistline lit : erally demands a longer skirt to complete the silhouette and Christian Dior points a firm warning finger to fashion's fu- ' ture with a group of two day time and six evening dresses whose skirts are a bare 10 inches from the floor. Jacques Heim also prophetically drops the hem ' line of several dresses in his col lection to B-i inches. Many I truly chic women will wear this startingly longer skirt length for after five this winter. However it is felt that the average woman will lengthen her skirt by de grees and perhaps by Fall) of 1957 will have come to accept a longer skirt, reminiscent of the 1910 area, but a longer skirt that is modified and takes into consideration the active life led by the woman of today. Fabrics Softer In a season where the silhouet tes are several and controver sial, fabrics are softer than in the past. They often give a three dimensional impression. Most of these fabrics are lighter in weight than appearance suggests, and infinitely more practical for today's travel-conscious women than the heavy fabrics of yester year. Basket weaves, pettipoint variations, textured ribs, satin back novelties, rustic textures, tone-on-tone tweeds and full bodied crepes, are shown in syn thetics such as Acrilan as well as natural fiber materials. Many late-day Paris clothes are embroidered. Fabrics for evening were lush velvets, plain and warp-printed satins, failles, reps, chiffons, and lace. Christian Dior calls his new silhouette the "magnet." Visual ize three horseshoe-shaped mag nets, graduated in size, placed one above the other with the smallest on top, and you'll have an idea of his shape. The smaller top magnet is for the high, deep fitting hats . . . the middle one for rounded shoulders and high bustiine . . . and the large one symbolizes skirts that are ever-so-slightly barrel shaped. Dior's Dresses Slim Dior's daytime dresses are all slim looking but they are no longer straight sheaths; they zip up the back, in front are skill fully draped to a high waistline with a single button closing for daytime or a black silk rose for the cocktail hour. Skirts move easily ' but appear slim with softly rounded hips. Ex cept for the much-talked-of six ankle length dresses, Dior's hem line is still short, falling three to four inches below the knee. Dior's jackets are kimono sleeved and bulky, and often lined with fur. His coats have rounded draped shoulders and wide sleeves and his capes (and he shows them in abundance), whether short or long, are cut close to the body and cup into the hem. For evening wear Dior shows simple, flowing chiffon dresses with fichus and matching elbow length gloves. For the more sophisticated women, Dior has created daring decollete neck lines, on gowns with long, tight sleeves to be worn with velvet picture hats or sailors made1 of black tulle. The Patou sillhouette is pret ty, feminine and completely wearable. Designer Marc Bohan put great emphasis on "little dresses." These, are mostly with curving, scooped-away necklines and wide short sleeves. Skirts are all short (no hint of longer skirts to come here). Slim day dresses usually have matching jackets often bulky-looking and fur lined, varying in length from waist to finger-tip. Great wide stoles often give added top width to these ensembles. "V" Look New "V" stands for everything in Castillo's collection for Lavin; for big V-shaped stoles in bulky tweeds for daytime and embroi dered or printed satin for even ing, for V-shaped belts, for vel vet capes that come to a V on coats, and for velvet caps that come to a V on the forehead. His suits and coats are hooded and muffled, fur Jined or fur trimmed and show a definite cossack influence. Pierre Balmain's collection is more lavish and beautiful than ever this season with floor sweeping evening capes, fur hats and stoles, great tulle scarves and some of the most magnifi cent ballgowns in Paris. His em- broderies, as always, are super lative. Balmain introduced a cape-like back for coats and suit jackets alike, with sleeves that start low. Jacques Heim has labeled his new collection "The sinuous line." His line is slim and supple, giving the figure an elegant slouch. It comes through most strongly in his small group of "shades of things to come". . . day and evening dresses whose hemlines measure a bare 8V4 inches from the floor. One of the CAILIEITOAlIi Sunday: 1 p.m. Moose picnic, Jackson Hot Springs. 1:30 p.m. Royal Neighbors and Mistletoe club, Girls Scout park. Mondayi 12:30 p.m. Grandmothers club. Rogue chapter, 113, home of Mrs. Robert Rucker, 26 Quince St. 8 p.m. Olive Rebekah lodge Odd Fellows hall, 221 West Sixth st. 8 p.m. VFW Auxiliary, dance at Camp White domicil iary theatre. Tuesday: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Chapter C. G of P.b.O. histerhood, rummage sale, 110 North Ivy st. 10-12 noon Grace circle of the First Presbyterian church and Temple circle, home of Mrs. Ted Walland, Ross lane. 12:30 p.m. Oak Grove Neigh borhood club, home of Mrs. V. A. Turpin, 3533 Jacksonville high way. 1 p.m. Rogue Valley Navy Mother's club, home of Mrs. Ralph Merritt, 2685 Crater Lake highway. 1:30 p.m. Butte Falls Gard en clubs, home of Mrs. Clay Conley. 1:30 p.m. Lady Elks, Elks dining room. 2 p.m. Voters Service com mittee of the League of Women Voters, home of Miss Laura York, 5087 West Tenth st. 8 p.m. Crater Lake Post and Auxiliary 1833 VFW, VFW Hall, 42 North Front st. Wednseday: 12 noon Medford Townsend club, Carpenters Union hall, 123'.i West Main st. 12 noon Esther circld Zion Lutheran church, home of Mrs. Irvin Eitreim, 917 South Ivy. 8 p.m. Women of the Moose, Moose Hall. Thursday: 9:30 a.m. Circle 4, Christian Women's fellowship brunch, Mrs. M. E. Olson, 111 Newtown. most outstanding dresses in this group was an ankle-length ofter noon dress called "Sinueuse" modeled in a silk wool and Acrilan rustic-textured tweed. It is a high-waisted narrow sheath, slit at the hemline for walking. Worn with it is a Svend-designed feather cossack hat. Linstiek is Pink Lipstick is pink. Eye make up is intensified to counteract the bulky hats. Beauty spots have made a comeback; a beauty spot that is not the patch of the 18th century but a small dark circle made with an eye brow pencil and used to focus attention on a beautiful feature. There is a lot of the matched look in Paris this season. Cos tumes have a minimum of color contrasts from tall hats to pointed toe pumps. ' Earrings dangle once again. Biege has turned to taupe. shades of mauve and green make the color news in collections that give an over-all impression . of fur and spice-brown shades, as well as black. W ',Jzrstf - J New Fall Catalog e! If YOU DO NOT HAVE WARDS NEW FAIL CATA LOG, STOP IN OUR CATALOG DEPARTMENT AND ASK TO BORROW A LIBRARY COPY FOR 2 WEEKS. Fall Fashion Whole Family! ou don't need a crystal ball to see It the fine things in your shopping future. Now, right now, you can shop Wards new Fall and Winter Catalog! Here are the latest styles in chic clothing . . . fine furnishings for the home . . . automobile accessories ... al most everything you need. Remember, now that it's time to start thinking about back-to-school wardrobes, think first of Words Fall Catalog, for ex cellent selection and easy shopping! SHOP BY PHONE Just ca!l 2'8075 or 2-4546 1 p.m. Circle 1, Christian Women's fellowship, dessert,. Mrs. C.M. Stiger, 1036 Murray. 1 p.m. Circle 2, Christian Women's fellowship, dessert, Mrs. J. T. Davis, 1112 East Main st. 1 p.m. Circle 3, Christian Women's fellowship, dessert, Mabyl Buchanan, Griffin Creek road. 1 p.m. Circle 5, Christian Women's fellowship, dessert. Mrs. Wilmer Robertson, 1517 Wilson place. 1 p.m. Circle 6, Christian Women's fellowship, dessert, Mrs. Lee Bailey, 1625 Poplar drive. 1 p.m. Medford Sojourner's club, Pythian hall. 1:30 p.m. Ruth circle, Zion Lutheran church, home of Ruth Hertager, 47 North Orange. 6:30 p.m. Rotary Garden party, home of P. E. Brainerd, 226 Valley View drive. 6:30 p.m. Miriam and Mary circles, Zion Lutheran church. home of Mrs. James Wicker, 809 Adams lane. American. Girls Prettier, Smarter, Declares Director New York (U.R) American girls not only get prettier all the time, but they're also getting wiser. So says attractive Karen Jar- dane, who estimates she has talked with 2.500 to 3.000 beau ty contest hopefuls in the last 10 years. Miss Jardane, Danish-born and a former professional dancer, now is physical director for a school of models and air lines stewardesses (Grace Downs). She does the prelimin ary screening for the Miss New York contest, one of the local preliminaries to the Miss Amer ica beauty pageant in Atlantic City, N. J. And for the last seven years, sne has acted as chaperone to the New York win ner. Miss Jardane said the na tion's girls more and more are becoming the "long-legged, wholesome-looking type. "Nowadays the loveliest ones don't depend entirely on their beauty . . . they've developed their personalities and their talents." The most common figure problem? Too much, at both hipline and waistline," she said. CAFE DRESS ' New York (U.R) Enter a new fashion term . . . the cafe dress. Manufacturer Herbert Sond- heim uses it to describe his fall collection of black silk crepes for dress-up occasions. Home Economlsf Warns Teen-Agers On Diet Habits By BETTY JANE SOUTHARD United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) One nutrition expert warns teen-age girls to eat properly now for healthy children in later years. Dr. Helen A. Hunscher, chair man of the department of home economics. Western Reserve University, said that many ill nesses affecting new-born in fants were caused by the faulty teen-age eating habits of their mothers. "An infant is nine months old at birth from a nutrition stand point." the expert said at a re cent home economics convention here. "And wether the child is healthy or not depends on his mother's nutritional status be fore conception." Since one fourth of the wo men bearing children today are under 20-year of age, teen-age eating habits are particularly important. The nutritionist said that a recent study showed that "al most six percent of the deaths i among 18 and 19-year-old girls ! was due to pregnancy and child- birth." Dr. Hunscher said that re search has proved that a poorly- j nourished mother is more prone to have stillborn or premature j infants. And even if the babies I survive, they contract more ill-1 nesses during the first years of life. . i "On the other hand," she ' said, "babies born to women on adequate diets are about 11- ounces larger, have a better j chance of survival, and contract less illness during infancy." , And there are fewer stillborn or j premature babies born to these mothers. The expert emphasized the im oortance of pre-natal nutrition by pointing out the rapidity of growth during pregnancy. "If a new born child continued to grow at the same rate," she said, "at the age of ten, he'd be 20-feet tall." 1 New York (U.R) Another gadget for woman's purse, al ready overflowing: a purse-size stapler, in black with gold-plated base and just the thing for a hasty repair of broken slip strap or sagging hemline. Also handy for stapling together such purse miscellany as bills, sales silps, and memos. Chilled Soup Good For Hot Day Menu New York (U.R) Chilled soup for a hot day a sure way to perk up appetites which tend to lag in the summer. Make cooking the soups easy by pre paring them in the cool of the morning and letting them chill until serving time. Here's one cool combination asparagus and cucumber. You will need 1 can (No. 300) of white asparagus; 2 cups chopped cucumber; V cup finely chopped onion; 1 teaspoon of salt; 1 cup of milk; and 1 pup light cream. Combine the undrained as paragus, cucumber, onion and salt. Cook over low heat 20 LONG HAIR HATS New York (U.R) Now -hit threaten to go "long-hair." Long hair felts dominated in a recent fashion show by one millinery importer and distributor (Henry Uollak Co.). Hats f-om 50 Amer ican and European designers featured fluffed-up naps fully an inch thick. minutes, put through a sieve or food mill. Add milk and cream and chill thoroughly. Garnish with parsley when ready to One-fourth of the Army'i civil ian employees are in supply and maintenance depots. Air travel has shown its great est Increase in most countries since World War II. One-third of all passengers between Paris and London and seven" out of 10 between the United States (and Canada) and South Amer ica travel by air. Lovely New China from San Juan in the Caribbean .. .the wannthand romance of tropic islands captured in fascinating new colors and patterns . . . light, shimmering beauty, gracefully designed for everyday "luxury in dining" . . . gleaming and translucent ... so durable, it's fully guaranteed-replaced free if at all damaged in home use within a year. s CASUAL CHINA 1- st- r. a M - w r v MARDI GRAS A vivid interpretation v. of the colorful, roman- ; Starter Set tic festival of Trinidad. ' P only $14.95 - i ... , - , in mveiy mnjuoise ana , off cKba. t . white body. ONITA $16.95 (4 dinner plates, 4 bread butUra. cupa, 4 saucer) PINK FANCY $14.9$ Hubbard Bros., Inc. Main and Riverside Phone 2-6119 WATCH WARDS for Extras! "match" tha.t'Sparks , the fall scene! Wards dyed -to -match sweaters, skirts in Matador red, nassau blue and soft mink brown CT3 lhew TV 1 0 Fin gauge Orion cardigan) matching paarl buttons. 34-40. 5.9f fH Matching lip-on, trimly fitted with snug ribbed collar. 34-40. 3.9. (c) Skirt. of Milliken wool tweed With fashion-right button trim. 10-18. 6.9t Mock-turtle Orion fitted sweater with push-up sleeves. 34-40. 3.9t (D Skirt of Milliken wool flannel, convenient back zip. 10-1 8. 5.tl
