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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, August 1, 1953 Dior Drops Hemline in New Showing By GAL PAULEY UPI Women' Edilor . Paris (UPIi Dior's dropped hemlines raised the eyebrows ct some American buyers but won endorsement from others today. "I think the longer skirts were the one point of contrari ness in the collection." said JIarjorie Reich, fashion ad ministrator for Macy's, New York. . "Paris designers are on such a tremendous youth kick . . . with Brigitte Bardo style models instead of those tall gaunt types," she said. "The longer skirts went against all this. And I think the American woman is just beginning to enjoy short skirts anyway." A. Walker, president of Holt Renfrew company of Canada, reacted differently. "An elegant collection," said Walker, who said he is taking 25 Dior originals back w ith him. "They are what my customers like." Can't Assess Effects Stanley Marcus, vice-president of Neiman-Marcus, Dal las, Tex., took a middle-of-the road position. He called Yves St. Laurent designs "authoritative" but said he could not yet "assess the effects of the lower hem line." Buyers in Paris to see the fall and winter collections caught the Dior show late Thursday after the press inter view. It created an immediate sen sation because St. Laurent daringly lowered hemlines five inches to 15 inches from the floor, while the rest of the haute couturiers still were showing them at the knee. But he climbed on the band wagon to feature the high waisted empire look as No. 1 for fall. ' Will Sell Bravely following Dior on schedule Thursday, designer Jacques Griffe came up with the "cornet" silhouette. This one flares from the high waist a refreshing change from all the short ones throughout the other collections. "I'm glad to see all Paris designers recognize a dame Is a dame," said Mrs. Reich. "And I thought Dior's raised waistline was beautiful. But I wasn't enthusiastic about the whole collection." - But Ethel Frankau, buyer for the custom department at Art Student Picnic Set; New Exhibit Planned Next Week The summer class of art students of Clifford Platz and their families will hold a pic nic Sunday, August 3, at the Ashland park. During the event the class will receive instruction in sketch arrangement. The exhibit of selected paintings being shown at Purucker's Music House will be replaced the week of Au gust 4 with water colors by Maude Walling Wanker, founder of the Lincoln county art center. The public is invited to view these exhibits. Spokane Family In Valley To Attend Plays Valley visitors this week to attend ,the four Shakespear ean plays in Ashland are Mr. and Mrs. Harper Joy and son, Eddie, from Spokane. Mr. Joy is executive vice president of the Pacific Northwest invest ment security firm and man ager of the Spokane office. The visitors arrived here Thursday and are guests of the Edmund E. Hass family here. Mr. Hass is manager of the Medford office of Pacific Northwest. Bergdorf-Goodman's, of New York, said "the long length and the slim skirt will sell. And I'm happy to see the house so hat-conscious." fv ; , -i "P'd Xf'H SUDSABLE This happy lad UTar a sleeveless two-piece topper set of smooth cotton knit by Carter's. The "suds able"' fabric features a pin dot print in the jacket trimmed in the solid color of the pants. Travel Tip Replaces Bon Voyoge Wish By MARY PRIME United Press International New York (CPE Seems the travel tip has replaced the bon voyage wish. Time was when stay-be-hinds gave travelers a hand shake, a hearty "have fun," and. if you were lucky, a bottle of champagne. Today, let it be known you're off for a change of scenery and you get advice from everyone from the boss to Frances G. Knight. She's the director of the State Department passport office. Before I left New York on a recent European tour, a page full of advice from Miss Knight crossed my desk. On the last leg of the trip to the Netherlands, I review ed that advice. "One suitcase is enough for a week end or a trip to Eu rope," she said. Three Cases Plus I have new for Miss Knight. Baggage totaled one wardrobe case, one overnight case large, one flight bag expandable and one corner of husband's suitcase whee dled. "Wear one set and pack one set of drip-dry lingerie, and do laundry every night," Miss Knight continued. She ne glected to say what to do when the air is damp, which is about every night. We learned if not dry, drip. "To save room, stuff ho siery, gloves, and scarves into shoes." That scarf bit had me looking like an impressed Girl Scout, and my last pair of nylons got a run from a wayward shoe tack. "With this method, a wom an can travel easily without having to depend on porters." If she has a pack mule. Not for Amateurs Obviously Miss Knight's ad vice is not rheant for ama teurs. So, here goes with a few suggestions for the be ginner: - Scrap that pocket diction ary. The natives never heard those words, and besides, sign language is faster. If on a limited budget, disguise your nationality. "American" is translated "big tipper." Ignore ads advising col lapsible straw hats for the traveler. They reach a point of no return. Don't believe that bit about taking an empty suit case for souvenirs. You'll have plenty of space in your wallet. On this fine Quality ALL WOOL Regular $8.75 sq. yd SALE $ PRICE K00 Sq. Yd. Beige Color An exciting new textured car pet with a windswept look! iJ-fi TU;, I t I r i. .7j iiiij iuyycu, icaiuicu imeresi is achieved by combining two levels of high and low all wool loop-pile. TERMS A Regular $350. Value on 40 yards Now $200. On 40 yards P Plen $150. Finest Installation COMPLETELY AIR CONDITIONED ty FREE Parking by the Door LUCAS & HOWARD "ST BARN Highway 99 South of Centra! Point North of Medford Phones NO 4-1226 NO 4-1227 7 r r PATIO GLAMOUR Cotton goes glamorous in patio sepa rate by Martini. The fabric i heavy textured cotton woven, with gold Lurex. Square Dance Events Scheduled Square dances are sched uled at the Square Corral at Camp White and at the Bell view Grange hall in Ashland Saturday night. The Swingin' Pairs Square Dance club will hold a dance at the Square Corral starting at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Doug las Fosbury and guest callers will do the calling. All square, dancers are in vited, and potluck refresh ments will be served. The Square Corral is air condi tioned, club officials noted. Floyd Workman and Byron (Buzz) Dibble, both at Med ford, will call squares at the Bellview Grants hall in Ash land. The dance is scheduled to start about 8:30 p.m.. and potluck refreshments will be served. Roman Miscellany Duncans Return From Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dun can, 1500 Terrace drive, re turned last week from a vaca tion trip to Disneyland. Ac companying the Duncans were their five children, Nancy, Angus, David, Jamie, and Laurie. The family traveled south by the coastal route stopping in San Francisco. On the re turn trip they visited friends in Bakersfield and Santa Ana. ; Picnic Planned Sunday by Moose Medford Loyal Order of Moose and Women of the Moose will hold their annual picnic at TouVelle state park Sunday, August 3, at 2:30 p.m. Members planning to attend should take a family style lunch and their own table service. Beverages and ice cream will be furnished. The women are asked to take a gift for a white ele phant sale to be held at 4 p.m. Romans Outlawed Women Drivers New York (UPD Women drivers can be glad we don't do as the Romans did. They outlawed ladies at the reins. In 205 B. C, a law was passed in Rome prohibiting women from driving chariots, said William J. Gottlieb, pres ident of the Automobile Club of New York. That law was enforced for 25 years, Gottlieb told safety experts at the annual conven tion of the Greater New York Safety Council recently. "I don't know what persua sion Roman women used, but in 180 B. C. they induced Cato, the politician to come out in favor of women's rights. The ladies then were given permission to maneuver their chariots through the streets," Gottlieb said. By MARGARET E. SCHULER Rome If you wish to ar rive in Rome in good graces with hotel porters, you will have had to have tipped well in previous Italian towns. Porters have a secret code, or so it is said, by which they know whether you are easy going and a good tipper, diffi cult to please, or just a plain bad tipper. This is how it works. Hotel labels are pasted on the left side of your suitcase if you are in the first cate gory, right side if you are in the second, and if the label is upside down, you are in the much to be despised third class. It is easy to beat this rap though. Just don't permit stickers. Day Hotels If you are young, or young in heart and are traveling quite un-deluxe, you may be intereste'd in the day hotels in Italy called Albergo Diur no. Generally they are to be found underground. The one in Rome is in the big railway station. At these hotels, which are quite' fabulous, you can get almost everything but a room. You may have a pedi cure, a manicure, a shampoo or a bath; you may have your clothes pressed or your socks washed, while you wait: your letters written; you may bor row an umbrella, use a tele phone or send a cable; you may buy tickets for opera or symphony; you may store your luggage. Attendants are dressed in white and every thing is clean. Although there are signs in English, German and French there is no spok- Len language but Italian. Prob ably not many Americans avail themselves of these places, but young people who are camping or. hiking through Europe go to them. At this remarkable central station in Rome, the biggest in Europe, are many things beside tickets. There are shops of every conceivable kind. You can even buy clothes. There is a quiet little chapel in the underground level. The metropole has the head quarters there which is vast and beautiful and clean. If you come to Rome don't be mislead by the words American Bar. These bars are as far removed from any thing American as Japanese tea houses would be. And their hamburgers, so called, would make an American hamburger blush . with em barrassment at the implica tion of relationship. With one exception, the Colony, which is run and owned by an Italian-American who was an Army major. If after several months in Europe you have a yearning for pancakes, bacon and eggs or a hamburger, go to the Colony. It is filled day and night with Americans and is close to the Via Vene to. American Food It happens, occasionally, that an American after hav ing dined on exotic European foods for several weeks, may on seeing good old fashioned home dishes, go suddenly ber serk. Two years ago I watched a delightfully slender Med ford girl sitting at the Colony with this array, indigenous to the U. S., surrounding her hamburger, baked beans, bacon and eggs, American coffee, two milk shakes, pie and cake. This past week the owner of the Colony raised the price of everything in his restau rant, due no doubt to a strike of waiters. Servants work from nine to 11 hours a week for about 40 American dollars a month in this country. It probably was necessary to "up" prices to meet this emer gency. But prices are now higher than in the States. And this Italian-American has a very prosperous eating place. It is filled all day and half the night with Americans. He sells Wrigley's gum for 16 cents a package and a Mars bar for 24 cents. (You can find them for less around the cor ner, but of course, the "rich" Americans don't know those places.) Italian Ban Bars, Italian style. They are so numerous as to be be yond statistics. In every block there are as many as four. I think they must have one for every four or five citizens. They fall into two categories. One of them has tables and chairs on the sidewalk, and for a chair, you pay. (Some one facetiously said, that the most expensive thing one does in Rome is to sit) The Italians go at 11 and stay un til 1 at these places. Then they return at 6 and stay until 9 (when presumably they go home to dinner). Then they again return and, well, I have seen crowds on the fashion able Via Veneto at 2:30 in the morning. It is diversion, entertainment, the Italian clubs. The other type of bar, as neaf as I can compare it with any thing American, is like our old fashioned saloons where you go up, lean on the bar and have a drink,- wipe your mouth, and get on. Excepting that at these places you can buy milk, sandwiches, ice cream (much ice cream) and espresso coffee. They are busy at any time of day. Ital ians love the tiny cups of black coffee with two or three spoons of sugar. These bars also serve whiskeys, martinis, any of the Italian drinks, but there is never any tippling. They have the atmosphere more of" tea parties because everyone stands, visiting and is off, in short order. One in teresting feature of these places is, that they are all open fronts, no doors, except ing the iron ones pulled down when they are closed. They are, most of them, new and very clean arid pretty. Leave caps on fresh straw beries and keep them dry and refrigerated until you are ready to prepare them. If the caps are missing, the berries do not keep as well. Calendar Saturday: ' 8 p.m. Rogue Valley Coun try club night in Paris party, Rogue Valley Country club. Hilltoppers Set Saturday DanCe Hilltoppers Square Dance ' club will hold a square dance at the Old Wagner Creek school, located on . Wagner Creek, two miles west of Tal ent, Saturday, August 2, be ginning at 8:30 p. m. Potluck refreshments will be served during intermission. Fran Cronin and guest callers will call the squares. Officers remind residents that the building is air con ditioned for summer dancing comfort. Wives Should Bring Hubby Box of Candy Illinois Judge Says Chicago (DPD Wives should take up the practice of bringing home a box of candy for their mates, says a woman judge. Most of today's marital ten sions and divorces might be avoided, said Judge B. Fain Tucker, if wives surprised their husbands with occasion al simple gifts as tokens of their love. Judge Tucker has heard more than 2,000 divorce cases in the Cook Countv Circuit Court since last September. She is convinced that remem brances offer the best defense against the little irritations that sometimes break up a marriage. "In the case of working wives, it's even more' appro priate that they should occa sionally share their husband'r prerogatives, and come home with a box of chocolates," said Judge Tucker. ' . " Patio Cornucopias Easy on Your Budget New York (UPD Patio cornucopias are as easy to make as they are easy on your budget. Chop a No. 2 can sauer kraut, and mix thoroughly with 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 clove garlic minced, 1 large onion, chopped, 1 ap ple, peeled, cored and chop ped, Vs teaspoon thyme, V. teaspoon salt, a dash of pep per, 30 crumbled snack crack ers or about 2 cups of crumbs. Spoon, onto 6 thick slices of bologna, roll into cornu copias and fasten with tooth picks.. Bake in a 350 degree oven 30 minutes and serve with a garnish of carrot curls speared on toothpicks. 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