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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Social Events Women's News The American Woman Critical Ages for Women Listed ports, (lie problem is loneli ness. Many of them live with their parents, and when mother and father die they are adrift. The problem is best illustrated by a poignant let ter written by a 50-year-old woman who was left alone by her mother's death: "I feel so alone and my problem is how to adjust my self and get back into social circullion. Most of the friends of my age are married, have children and grandchildren and are busy with lives of their own. Washington - (UN) - Fifteen and 45 are two critical ages for the American woman. At 15 she begins to worry about whether she will get a hus band. At 45 she starts worry ing about whether she is los ing her looks and her hus band. The U.S. Census Bureau has put into cold figures the odds in the matrimonial sweepstakes. Without carry ing every figure to the last decimal point, here is the line on marriage prospects for American women: Until she reaches age 24 the odds are nine to one in favor of her getting married eventually. At 25 and 26 they drop to a little better than seven to one. Then they de cline until age 31 when it be comes a fifty-fifty bet. At 40 the odds fall to four to one against her and at age 50 they are almost 16 to one. The magic age seems to be 23. Any American girl reach ing that age can be cheered by the fact she has one chance in five to be married within a year. In 10 years her chances drop to about seven in 100. Seek Counsel The impulsive things that women write and say support the cold statistics. Almost every American newspaper carries letters seeking counsel and advice, and 80 per cent of them come from women. Miss Mollie Mayficld of the United Feature syndicate gets about 12,000 letters a year from females, and teen-age girls and women past 40 write a high percentage of them. Teen-agers, of course, in quire about the guide-posts on the road to matrimony - how to dress, necking, steady dat ing, at what age to use cos metics and how late to slay out at night. These are un complicated questions for the expert and easy to answer. Not so the problems posed by women in their forties or older. Fear supplants hope as the reason for writing a letter. The first wrinkle has been de tected in the neck and the woman is beginning to experi ence mental and emotional disturbances. There may be a trivial pretext for writing the letter, but its underlying basis almost always deals with the real or fancied indiffer ence of her husband. For every woman who writes a letter how many prefer to suffer in silence'.' It would be misleading to imply that- every American woman becomes a near-ncu-rolic in her mid-forties, for as Miss Mayficld says: "The ones that are contented never write to me." But that is the age when women do start fighting hardest against the erosion of time as you can see by walk ing into a beauty parlor any time of the day. Precise fig ures are hard to come by, but one expert made an educated guess that American women spend at least S2 billion a year in beauty parlors and probably as much as $3 bil lion. Subject of Envy Out of this over-riding fear of gray hair, sagging chin and lost waistline there has emerged a sort of goddess whom many American women either envy or applaud. She is Mrs. Rudolf Sicber, married 39 years ago and now a grand mother, and for the purposes of her public appearances she uses the name, Marlene Die trich. Miss Dietrich is an actress singer with a voice that will' never cause her to be sum moned to the Metropolitan Opera and an acting range that sometimes seems to be limited to the provocative arching of an eyebrow. Yet she is in constant demand for appearances all over the United States, Europe and South America, and the fact of the matter seems to be that she is making a career by growing old gracefully. Her face is unlincd, her figure has the approximate proportions it did 30 years ago. her classic legs are international institu tions and she faces the dread age of 60 and sell-out audi ences in Las Vegas, London and Paris with the same calm confidence. Her secret is not easy to come by. Thousands of words have been written about her and she has recently put out j SorODtimistS See a book of her own. Nowhere I . r - is there a recipe or formula .rlCIWeon Uear to produce instant ageloss ncss, and the suspicion must be entertained that Miss Die trich does not know the rea son for her own success. Fact Loneliness A small percentage of American women don't worry about losing a husband be cause they never had one. A recent study of college women of the class of 1945 showed that out of each 100 there were 88 married, four Wid owed, separated, or divorced and eight who had never mar ried. For the eight, according to a unanimous vedict of ex- 1 "My church, in a changing neighborhood, has a social club but it is only for 18-lo-aO-year olds which lets me out. I've bought a few clothes and some inexpensive furniture to brighten up the apartment. So how does one get off the shelf and back into the world? I have a job but my co-workers are all married and leading busy lives. My ac tivities consist of going to work, to the grocery store and back home to do chores or listen to TV. Saturdays and Sundays seem endless." Washinglon-Marlene Dietrich has emerged as a sort of goddess whom many American women 45 or older either envy or applaud. A grandmother, her face is unlined and her classic legs are international institutions. In this picture, taken in May of 1962, Miss Dietrich is the center of attention after an opening appearance at a Paris entertainment house. She is in constant demand for such appearances all over the globe. (UPI) Refrigerator May Hold Articles Good for Hair By JOAN SWEENEY Van Nuys, Calif.-iMi-Whcn milady has problems with her hair, she should head for the refrigerator instead of the cosmetic counter. At least, that's one man's opinion. The man: Jhcri Redding, a chemist and president of a firm making a line of hair preparations for beauty shops. For home beauty treat ments, Redding recommended such unexotic substances as salad dressing, skim milk, salt, egg white and rosemary, club soda, vinegar and wheat germ oil. Redding, a former chemis try teacher who became in terested in hairdressing, once managed a chain of beauty salons and later served as a hairstylist for Universal Mov ie studios. A couple of years ago, lie teamed with ex-actress Paula Kent to form "Redken Lab oratories." Redding formulates 1 h e company's products. Miss Kent handles the administra tive duties. Redding advocated what lie termed the "scientific ap proach to hairdressing. His theory: Mostly Protein Because hair is 97 per cent protein, it must be fed pro tein. He came up with five prod ucts, including a shampoo, a hair conditioner and a perma nent wave, chocked full of such nutritious things as pro teins, enzymes and polypep tides. In a demonstration. Red ding used a piece of hair so bleached, frizzled, split and lifeless it looked more like badly mangled string than a woman's crowning glory. He dropped it into a dish containing his hair condition er. Three minutes later, he triumphantly pulled out the rejuvenated strands, w h i c h once again looked like hair. For the do-il-her-selfer, Red ding suggested such whole some items as skim milk fur setting hair, club soda to take the sling out of hair tinting, salt in the shampoo if the hair is oily, and salad dressing for a hair conditioner. Benefit Dance To Be Sunday Grants Pass - To raise funds for a heart surgery pa tient, a square dance will be given Sunday, February 17, at Hugo school. 12 miles north of Grants Pass. It is set for 1 p.m. and Pete Dunster will be master of ceremonies and caller. All square dancers, callers and anyone interested arc in vited to attend. Those attending are asked to take potluck food for a hot supper to follow the dance. HOW COME Fluhrer's Hclsum BREAD NOW TASTES BETTER THAN EVER? Marion Downs Concerts Scheduled in Valley FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1963 Duplicate Tournament Set Sunday All duplicate bridge play ers of this area are invited to attend the annual charity party Sunday. February 17, sponsored by the Medford Duplicate Bridge club, a unit of the American Contract Bridge league. The benefit event will be played at the Girls Community club and will open at 1 p.m. All the proceeds go to two national organizations, the National Multiple Sclerosis society and the Institute of Logopedics. Sixty per cent of the funds collected by the multiple sclerosis organization arc al located to local communities, ACBL officers point out. In addition to medical research the program conducts patient service programs including the operation of ;t6 clinics. The Institute of Logopedics, which helps afflicted children and adults to speak, maintains a program of patient aid, re search and training of therap ists. Another coming event for the local unit will be partici pation in the regional bridge tournament scheduled in Portland, February 19 through 25. About 30 players from here plan to make the trip. At the February 12 regu lar play of the club Mrs. A. J. Conroy and Mrs. Leland Clark scored 195 points to win in the north-south posi tion. They were followed by Paul A. Hatton and Ray Wise, second, 180'2; Mrs. Berg Marten and Mrs. Paul Hatton, 177' -y, and Mrs. S. Hesdorfer and Mrs. Lewis Smith, 173' j. East-West winners were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Crews, Central Point, with 204 points. Other winners were Mrs. John Day and Mrs. R. W. Gordon, 181 'i; Mrs. Janice Ba.rr and Frank Dolen shek, 175, and Mr. and Mrs. George Bralton, 174. Visiting players were Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Bauman, Se attle, Wash. Keep lemons from shrivel ing or becoming hard by wrapping each one in dark paper and then packing them loosely in a paper bag. Store in a cool place. Vallcv residents will have the opportunity this coming week of hearing Mari m Downs, nationally know n lyric soprano, who will pre sent three concerts in the area. The first two will be given Sunday, February 17 in Ash land. She is scheduled to ap pear at Southern Oregon col lege at 3 p.m., and at 7:30 p.m., she will be presented in the Ashland First Presbyter ian church. The third concert will be Friday, February 22 in the Medford First Methodist church at 8 p.m. No charge will be made for the concert at the college, and at the churches free will of ferings will be taken. Mrs. Downs has currently suspended a concert career to sing sacred concerts in churches throughout Amer ica in a personal endeavor to bring through the cultural contribution of the Nejro spirituals, an understanding of the lack of bitterness, the patience and unshakable faith of her people, who continue to long and wait for the dawn of the day of brotherhood, those in charge of her lour relate. The singer has stated thai she will forego her concert fee and appear for an even ing's offering. Mrs. Downs is American European trained, attended the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, and is a graduate of Columbia univer sity with a masters degree in voice, was a recipient of a Fulbright grant for study in Milan, Italy at the Guis'eppi Verdi Conservatory of Music and received the Atkinson Relief Society Plans Meeting Mrs. Bert Carl Cook will give the literary lesson "The Literary Lincoln-A New Birth of Freedom," at the Tuesday, February 19 meeting of the Relief society of the Second ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. at the church, 648 aoutii ivy street. Mrs. Cook will discuss the relationship between Lin coln's character and his writ ings and how a person can more fully appreciate the gen ius of both.' The women of the Rogue valley are invited to attend. A nursery is provided for children. foundation award for study of the seventh century Italian music. She has been a pupil of Maestro GianFrauco Bucehi and has concerlued abroad, in Mexico and this country, Japanese Girl To Be Speaker Sams Valley The public is invited to hear Miss Mieko Hayashi, an exchange student from Japan, when she speaks for the Sams Valley Parent Teacher association Thursday. February 21, at 8 p.m. in tlic school auditorium. Miss Hay ashi is making her home while here with Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Bray, Medford, where she is attending high school. Prior to the meeting Miss Hayashi will be a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robertson and family at their home in Sams Valley. Mr. Robertson is president of the Sams Valley PTA. Founders' day will be ob served and past presidents of the unit will be honored. Mrs. Bessie Davis will have charge of the Founders' day cake for the occasion. Trip To Salem Topic for Club Reports on the recent legis lative day held in Salem by the Oregon Federation of Women's Republican clubs will be given at the February meeting of the Jackson Coun ty unit of the federation. It will be held Monday, Febru-! ary 18, at noon at Ping's Gar-1 den. j Speakers will be Mrs. F. I.1 Bristol, Grants Pass, Mis. T. J. Tinsley and Mrs. J. B. i Lynch, Medford. j Reservations arc to be made j by calling Mrs. Edmund llass, i dial 772-8273. Former College Librarian Visits Ashland - Mr. and Mrs. : Thornton Shivcly were visi- tors in Asmand last week. For the past year they have been living in Mexico while Mr. Shivcly was writing. They arc now moving to the Bay area where he has accepted a posi tion as librarian at a new col lege in Alameda. Mr. Sbivcly is a novelist and before going to Mexico was librarian at Southern Ore gon college. He and his family have also been closely identi fied with the Shakespearean festival for many years. Lake Creek Unit Plans Workshop, Kaffeeklatsch Valentine Dance Set A St. Valentine's dance is planned for Saturday, Febru- klatsch and mosaic workshop I RKe Valley Coun- Lake Creek A kaffee- for members of the Lake Creek Home Extension unit has been set for Wednesday, February 20, in the home of Mis. Fred Osterman, Browns boro. The event will begin at 1 p.m. Mrs. Karl Goshorn is to instruct. Decision to hold the work shop was made at a recent meeting of the unit when the group's project was a lesson on "When Widowhood Comes." Mrs. Kent Stover was hostess, and Mrs. Fred Osterman and Mrs. Stover conducted the final program planning lesson for the year. Next year's lessons will be selected from suggestions made from units of the coun ty. Mrs. Edmond Armitagc re ported on the high school driver education, as well as accidents in the home. Mrs. Ira Woolfolk spoke on lung cancer. Pennies for Friend ship were collected. The March lesson will be given by the extension agent. Miss Joan Beasley, and will con cern wills and estates. At Coast Prospect Mr. and Mrs. Everett Shafcr and son, Clcvc, with Mr. and Mrs. Ward Blaine and daughters, Nadine and Nancy, spent last week end at Newport on thq coast. W. T. Clark, the club s so cial chairman for the year, named Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Sickels. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hubbard and Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Melville as the commit tee on arrangements. A social hour will be held from 8:15 to 9 p.m. and din ner will be served from 10 to 12 midnight. Dancing will be from 8:30 p.m. until 1 a.m. with the Bob Anderson trio playing. Members wishing to make reservations are asked to call the club, dial 772-5965. Dress is to be semi-formal. CALENDAR Friday 6:30 p.m. Men of Unity, Unity church. 7 p.m. - Mothers of Twins, home of Mrs. Martin Spicl busch, 13B5 Sweet road. 7:30 p.m.-Community Serv ice club, public card party at Girls Community club. 8 p.m. - Wcatonka council, Degree of Pocahontas, Red man hall. 8 p.m. - Great Decisions, AAUW, home of Mrs. John Haven, 1913 Crestbrook road. 8 p.m. Great Decisions, AAUW, Mrs. Bruce Nelson, 1288 Corona ave. Saturday . , v 8:30 p.m. - Twirlcrs Square Dance club, Pythian hall. Club Invites Newly Trained - Square Dancers Realizing the number and value of the graduating square ' dancers in the area, the Twirl ers of Medford are arranging their third Saturday dance for those trained but inexperienc ed beginners. The dance will begin at 8:30 p.m., Saturday, February 15, in the Pythian building, Fifth and Grape streets. The event will be In the valentine theme and potluck desserts brought by participat ing couples will be served. Although the club makes a special appeal to new danc ers, the oldtimers will not be neglected, officers stated. The Twistin' Teens, who generally attend the dances will be at a Eugene Winter clinic, where they will enter tain. Twirler president, .George Ray, and Mr-. Ray, are the council delegates who will ac company the young people. A regular club meeting was held recently in the new home of the Twirler caller, Art" Shoemaker, Bnd Mrs. Shoe maker. After the business meeting, a housewarming par ty was held for the couple. Miss Louise Lull entertain ed with modern jazz dances.' Refreshments were served. When you come in from a snowy or rainy outside, wash boots to remove mud, slush and particularly salt you have walked on. Then, wine them 'dry. DRY 10 OPEN WEEKDAYS A.M. to 8 P.M. SUNDAYS A.M. to S P.M. CLEAN! LITTLE DUTCH LAUNDERETTE COATS PANTS SHIRTS DRESSES JACKETS SWEATERS SKIRTS DRAPES (a specialty) 12. 2 PRESSES! 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