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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Whiten discolored handker
chiefs by immersing them in
cold water to which a pinch
of cream of tartar has been
added.
. To start a day without a protein foods, is like getting
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