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Self-Sufficient Prints
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!' By EPSIE KINARD
NEA Staff Writer
New York—Fugitives from sum
mer who hope to escape the heat
t in simple but smart prints can do
so this season because styling is
I played up in fabric design, played
down in the design of the dress.
When a fabric, for instance, is
ii treated as a canvas on which an
artist goes to town—stopping first
j at muesums for inspiration—it begs
for the simplest treatment. The
i distinguished varicolored chrysan
’ thernun print (center) is given top
billing for instance by designer
Nettie Rosenstein while the styling
is secondary. So distinguished is
[/ this print bearing the signature of
artistic textile designer Brook Cad
v/allader. it hangs beside the Degas
painting whcih inspired it—“Wo
man With Chrysanthemums ’ — in
the Metropolitan Museum in an
exhibit of current fabric fashions.
The matching handbag shown
with the dress will give the wom
an who is going to be her own
dressmaker an idea of what she
can do with a little skill and an
extra yard of print material.
For another example of stylized
prints which are keeping summer
escape frocks simple, peer closely
and you'll be able to distinguish
on the black background crepe
dress (right) the rows of dancing
dolls (pink and blue) inspired by
paper-doll cut-outs. This Jo Cope
land model demonstrates how many
good dressmakers are simplifying
styling by using the print design
as trimming. In this model the
doll motif is used to ruffle the
square-cut neckline and to loosen
up the tight silhouette of the skirt
with abbreviated tiers.
Another example of what’s hap
pening in print and of the use of
integrated design for trimming a
dress is shown left in the Mollie
Parnis model. A ‘ Petticoat scallop'’
of circle and dot in black on white
crepe is a self-sufficient motif
which gives the designer a perfect
means of scalloping cap sleeves and
bow-tied neckband.
AMERICAN SINGERS
IN COMING OPERA
‘Mirtha’ to Be Sung in
English; Andrew McKin
ley in Role of Lionel
' He cast of principals and en
■' semble in Charles L. Wagner’s
opera comique, “Martha” is com
posed of American singers who will
' be heard in this city Wednesday
evening, April 25, at 8:15 o’clock
f at Loews poll theatre. The opera
which includes the much loved
“The Last Rose of Summer," will
be sung in English.
.»> Oluseppe Bamboschek well-known
in the musical world as director,
accompanist and musical coach has
l directed this opera and others in
t the repertory of the opera company.
' Cirker and Robbins have done the
new scenery, and the costumes are
by Eaves. Desire Defrere is direct
ing the staging.
m
ANDREW McKINLEY
Marguerite Piazzi sings the role
of Lady Harriet, and Andrew Mc
Kinley is to sing in the role of
Lionel. Others who wil sing are
Mona Bradford as Nancy, and Carl
ton Gauld as Plunkett.
Von Flowtow's celebrated opera,
l “Martha” is the sixth that Charles
Wagner has Included in his pro
ductions. The opera is delightful
and sung in English by a capable
group of singers it has been re
ceived with great enthusiasm in
many cities. Edwin McArthur is
directing the twenty-six piece or
chestra.
The production s beng sponsored
by the War Servce commttee of the
Mattatuck Musical Art society.
-WE, THE WOMEN
Trial Separation Seems Odd
To Couples Separated By War
BY RUTH MILLETT
A Hollywood couple, married 14
years, and suddenly aware of “dif
ferences In temperament’’ have de
cided on a trial separation—rather
than a divorce.
TTh ere's one
group of married
couples in the
United States
who will never
have to arbitrar
ily decide on a
trial separation
to And out how
they like living
alone and what
advantages — if
any — and what
disadvantages it
has with mar
riage.
Ruth Millett They arc. of
course, the coup
les that the war has caused to have
enforced separations. They are
learning—most of them early in
their married lives— just how living
alone compares with living with a
husband or wife.
EMPTY FREEDOM
And for most of them the en
forced trial separation has lasted
so long that they aren’t likely to
forget it as long as they live.
They aren’t likely ever again to
think in the middle of a quarrel
or during a period when a mar
riage is full of problems, “If I
just had my freedom.” They’ve
had their freedom, and most of
them have discovered how empty
it is.
The “trial separation’ the war
has forced on them couldn’t end
soon enough. They know as
much about living alone right
now as they ever want to know.
REV. E. EINAR KRON
NAMED PRESIDENT
Rev. E. Einar Kron was reelected
president of the Swedish Benevol
ence Association at Its annual meet
ing last night in Zion Lutheran
Church.
Other officers elected were: Rev.
O. A. Goranson, vice-president: J.
A. Sundin, recording secretary; E.
A. Orahn. financial secretary; E.
Robert Swanson, treasurer; Bror
Isaacson, truteee; Oscar Sterner and
George Clason, auditors.
Applications for the exploration
of bituminous coal prospects in
four areas of Spain have been filed
at Madrid.
Current Rationing Regulations
MEATS AND BUTTER
Red Stamps T-5 through Z-5 and A-2 through P-2, in Book Iv, each
worth 10 points, are now valid. Stamps T-S through X-5 will expire April
28. Stamps Y-5 and Z-5 and A-2 through D-2 will expire June 2. Stamps
E-2 through J-2 will be valid through June 30. Stamps K-2 through P-2
will expire July 31.
PROCESSED FOODS
Blue stamps C-3 through X-2 each worth 10 points, are now valid.
Stamps 0-2 through 0-2 expire April 28. Stamps H-2 through M-2
expire June 2. Stamps N-2 through S-2 expire June 30. Stamps T-2
through Z-2 expire July 31.
SUGAR
Sugar stamp 35 in Book IV, valid for five pounds, will be in force
through June 2. An additional sugar stamp wUl be validated May 1.
SHOES
Airplane stamps 1, 2, and S in Book ni are each valid for one pair
el shoes indefinitely.
GASOLINE
A-1S coupons are valid for four gallons each through June 21.
B-6. C-8, B-7, and 0-7 coupons are valid for five gallons each.
Applicants tor all gas rations must now present mileage ration records
to the local ration board with the application.
rUEL OIL
Period four and five coupons of the 1943-44 Issue and period one, two,
three, four and i.ve coupons ol the 1944-45 issue are va'IJ to Aug 31. All
coupons are worth 10 gallons per unit.
SOLID FUELS
No delivery of any solid fuel will be permitted until the consumer files
a consumer declaration with the coal dealer. The maximum amount of
“scarce solid fuel" permitted for delivery between April 1, 1945 and Marca
31.1940 is 80 per cent of the annual requirements Coal dealers are per
mitted to deliver 50 per cent between April 1 and September I. “Scarce
solid fuel" indicates anthracite, eastern coke, bituminous coal, and
_ -.. - - .-.-.
So it must seem Incongruous to
them that in Hollywood a couple
have decided on their own to go
in for a trial separation.
BUTTON-FRONT
This practical and comfortable
house dress with brief over-shoulder
ruffles has the set In belt you like
and buttons from top to bottom.
Pattern No. 8780 is designed for
sizes 14, 16, 18, 20; 40, 42, 44 and 46.
Size 16. short sleeves, requires 3 7-8
yards of 35-inch material.
For this pattern, send 20 cents, in
COINS your name, address, size de
sired and the PATTERN NUM
BER. to. Sue. Burnett,. Water
bury Democrat 1150 Sixth Avenue,
New York 19, N. Y.
Send for your copy of the new
Spring Issue of FASHION—just off
the press. Book full of smart, up
to-the-minute styles. 15 cents.
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The Great Flamarion
Eric Von Stroheim
Mary Beth Hngheo
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Opening—* Q.
First of all, if there is such a
thing as a bridge phobia, mine is
a phobia against leading queens.
I remember once leading from a
queen, jack, ten, nine that did not
do me any barm but I am always
unlucky if I lead from the queen,
jack. nine. I am sure to find that
combination of the king ten in
dummy with the declarer holding
the ace.
The other point I want to bring
out in this hand is that so many
players believe that you should lead
the unbid suit which, in this case,
was spades.
However, South's bidding, in
which he refuses to support either
clubs or hearts, must clearly indi
cate, when he freely goes to six dia
monds, that he holds something in
sp>ades. It looks as if probably the
best lead is the weak suit, clubs.
Now, it is true that if West opens
a club and South takes the finesse
of the spot, he can make the con
tract. but it looks as if his best play
is to go up with the ace of clubs
and discard his two losing clubs on
the king and queen of hearts. Then
all he has to do is to get the spade
finesse. Of course, as the spades lie,
he must go down.
One player did open the queen
of spjades. which upheld my the
ory that leading queens is danger
out, for the small slam contract
was then made.
STRAND
Oloria De Haven Is two inches
taller than her mother, Mrs. Carter
De Haven, was twenty-nine years
ago, but her other measurements
are the same, and the pretty young
M-G-M actress, now in M-G-M's
• Between Two Women,” at the
Strand theater, has figures to prove
it.
When she reported for a wardrobe
fitting recently, a' filer she had not
previously seen, Mrs. eVta La Casse,
told Gloria she had all her meas
urements. "They wer on an old,
worn paper,” the fitter explained.
They were measurements for
Gloria's mother taken when Mrs.
La Casse was her fitter years ago
with a Broadway musical company.
Van Johnson is starred in “Be
tween Two Women” and the cast
Includes Lionel Barrymore, Marilyn
Maxwell and Keye Luke.
The companion feature is "The
Great Flamarion” starring Erich
von Stroheim and Mary Beth
Hughes.
RANGE FINDERS ACCURATE
Rochester, N. Y. —(UP)— The
Navy’s largest ranger finder, long
enough to span the gun turrets of
our biggest worships, contains 1,600
mechanical parts and as many as
136 optical parts, its manufacturer,
Bausch <fc Lomb Optical Co., re
vealed. The optical prisms must
be accurate to one-half second of
an arc, allowing an angular devia
tion of only one inch in six and
one-half miles.
Lansing — (U.P.) — Farmers who
want to get rid of mice in barns
should keep an Acadian or saw
whet owl around their outbuildings,
Oscar M. Byrne, farmer-ornitholo
gist, advises. The midget Acadian
owls, less than eight inches in
length, are rated as excellent
mouse-killers by Byrne.
LOEW’S POLI
ONE NIGHT ONLY
Wednesday
April 25th
Charles L. Wagner
Presents
VON FLOTOW’S
OPERA COMIQUE
MARTHA
Sponsored by the War Service
Committee of the Mattatuck
Musical Art Society, Inc.
Starring the Sensational
Young Soprano
Marguerite Piazza
AND CAST OF 65 ARTISTS
36 Piece Symphony Orchestra
A Samuel Wasserman
presentation
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158 GRAND ST.
PHONE 3-2822
PRICES: 54.80 - 53.60 • 52-40
51.20, tax included.
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FIRST SOS LADIES
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UUUTtES' MINTS
Revert Gracefully To Being Brunette
By ALICIA HAST
NBA SUIT Writer
Dyeing hair back to it* natural
shade is the easiest way out of the
Monde • into • brownette dilemma,
when a girl gets tired of a thatch
of phony gold or it becomes a nuis
ance to keep going.
But warns Hollywood make-up
man Perc Westmore. an expert
In these maters: ‘ Have a pro
fessional do the job, and let him
have his way with the scissors.
Cutting rids your hair of strawy
ends and speeds it through Its
growlng-out poms.”
Hair cropped short and worn, for
instance, in a smart feather-cut bob
—which is the way Jane (“Animal
Kingdom”) Wyman scolved her
problem when she went from blonde
to brownette — takes a better perm
anent wave and a more uniforme
dye job and makes a quicker come
back.
Easy Dees It
If, however, you want to spare
your public the shock of seeing you
one day a blonde, the next day a
brownette, take it easy with dark
ening rinses, subtly applied after
each shampoo by a hair-dresser who
knows what it's all about. Trying
your own clever hand at rinses is
not recommended, since bleached
hair is a tricky business to darken
in a convincing uniform tone.
But if the facilties of a beauty
shop are not available to you,
there are toners which are safe
to use. One is blueing. If used
as a weak rinse after a shampoo
—strongest in color at the scalp
and diluted in strength for the
porous ends of bleached hair —
blueing will nullify brassy tones
and tone down the tell-tale de
marcation line between light and
JANE WYMAN: From blonde to brownette in eaajr stages.
dark shades. To determine the
strength of blueing for your rinse,
do take the trouble to test it out
on a sample strang before dousing
youpr whole head.
Mascara — yes, the same stuff
that starches your lashes — is an
other aid that will keep your ruse
a secret, if you'll water it down
to a weak "wash ; will begin
stroking it on at the tell-tale line
and will lightly coat your hair at
the part or wherever the color
demarcation needs the most at
tention.
Use the mascara tint after you
dress your hair. Brush it out at
night, and re-apply when needed.
Army Rules Put Damper
On Mickey Rooney’s Beret
PARIS, April 17—(UP)—“I wouldn’t take Hollywood on a gold plat
ter until the war ends,” PFC. Mickey Rooney told the United Press as
he waited to line up for chow at an Army rest camp near here.
“But I'm just like any other GI.
I’ll sure be ready to pack up my
bags the minute peace breaks out,”
added the juvenile wonder. “Of
course the Army will have some
thing to say about that.”
Mickey and 53 other peacetime
artists have been touring the icy
front all winter in strenuous “jeep
shows.” They have played in the
dugouts of forward command
points, in open fields where only
10 men were allowed to gather be
cause the enemy was observing.
All received regular army training
and had no special privileges.
Paris Unreal After Front
Mickey saw only one show dur
ing his week in Paris—the “Follies
Bergere.” Somebody offered to get
him and another jeep celebrity,
Bobby Breen special seats, but they
chose to lineup for tickets like any
other GI.
“Paris is gorgeous, but I can't
enjoy it as much as when I was
here several months ago," Mickey
confessed. “The front changes you.
For four months we nearly died of
cold, riding in open Jeeps with the
top down so we could jump into a
ditch if there was any enemy ac
tion. We slept on the floor half the
time. We played to a 1.000 men or
10, sometimes with shells whizzing
over our heads and gunfire making
a strange background rhythm to
our music. We had to build fires
to warm our hands so we could
play.
“But we had a picnic compared
to what the men in the foxholes
were going through. It makes Paris
seem sort of unreal. I want to get
back to the front again."
Rules Puzsle Him
Sometimes Mickey has a hard
time understanding army rules.
“The British gave me a swell
Monty beret when I played for
them,” he lamented. “But the
colonel made me stop wearing it.
He said it didn’t go with a GI
uniform.”
The 54 jeepers were pulled back
from the front lines not so they
could rest, but so their instruments
could be rehabilitated. The cold
and damp does devastating things
to clarinet keys and accordion
reeds.
Pfc. Jack Fieael (664 Hemlock
street) Brooklyn, N. Y., said "Keep
ing my accordion going in freezing
weather was worse than ducking
shells. We had to build a Are and
thaw it out for half an hour before
the show started. Even then the
reeds fell out and I had to melt
candles to put them back with
wax."
Pfc. Herman Luctotti. Lebanon,
Pa., has to hold his violin case to
gether with clothesline. There is
not a new case to be found in all
Paris.
POLl’S
Now playing at Loew-Poli is the
dramatic "This Man's Navy" star
ring Walalce Beery and Tom Drake
and newcomer lovely Jan Clayton.
Also on same program is the
comedy hit "Nothing But Trouble’
with Laurel and Hardy.
Starting Thurhday, ‘Thunder
head — Son Of Flicka". Movie au
diences who thoroughly enjoyed
Roddy McDowall as the wistful,
sensitive boy in “The Keys of the
Kingdom” and "My Friend Flicka”
will see him as a quite different
youngster in the Mary O'Hara se
quel to the latter hit.
Roddy is fourteen now, and still
as appealing as ever, but he’s
changed. His performance, as the
rugged ranch boy. will be a new and
satisfying experience for his fans.
What he does in the part isn’t all
acting, because he has been living
the life of the boy he plays in the
picture. For ever two months he was
on location in the most isolated part
of southern Utah.
He had to sleep in the open to be
on hand for a sunrise shot. He
climbed almost impossible moun
tains. and had spent days in the
saddle. It’s the most beautiful place
I’ve ever been and I've always want
ed to go back." Roddy MacDowall
was highly elated with the location
for the Technicolor sequel “Thun
I EXTRA! HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
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Saturday to 2 a. m.
Sunday 12 Noon to 1 a. aa.
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TODAY - WED. - THl’RS.
“OIR HEARTS ARE YOIXG
AND GAY”
Diana Lynn - Gall Hu**ell
“THE FALCON OIT WEST**
Tom Conway - New* - Short*
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CAMEO
derhcad — Son Of Flicka”. Evident
ly he was not alone in his senti
ments. Thousands of Americans felt
the same way, judging by the let
ters the studio has received from
people who saw the first “Flicka”
hit. Since sequels always invite com
parison, the new book had to tell
an even better story, and the boy
hero, now fourteen years old, had
to face problems only an older
youngster could solve. How success
fully “Thunderhead — Son Of
Flicka” meets the challenge can best
be judged by the concensus of
Hollywood opinion, marking it as
more outstanding in every way.
Only Mary O'Hara could write a
grander story, only the same stars
could give it greater heart, and only
20th Century Fox could make it
bigger in every way than the never
to-be-forgotten “My Friend Flicka”.
Also on same program is the
suspense filled “Circumstanstial
Evidence" starring Michael O’Shea,
with Lloyd Nolan and Margaret
Lindsay.
Be Sure to see this full bill of en
tertainment starting Thursday at
Poli.
wage Increase. 'VVIJi
A charity committee of Hartle
bury, England, is in a quandry be
cause there are no poor for Its
distribution of bread.
Buy War Bonds & Stamps
Strawberry
Upside Down :
Cake
By GAYNOE MADDOX
NEA SUIT Writer
Two more strawberry reeptes—
that make your berries go farthest
with "mostest" flavor.
Strawberry and Rhubarb He .1
One quart strawberries, 1 cup
cooked rhubarb, sweetened. 1 table
spoon lemon juice (If desired), 3
level tablespoons com-starch, T
tablespoons fortified margarine, 1
cup thick sour cream. H teaspoon
powdered nutmeg. Baked pastry
shell. „
Wash the berries, hull and slices
Mix the cornstarch to a smooth
paste with the lemon Juice or with
just sufficient water. Add to the,
rhubarb. Stir over low heat until'
rhubarb is thickened and the corn
starch cooked well. Add the ber
ries. Cool. Add the sour creanv
and the nutmeg; fold together. Pouf'
into the baked pie shell. Chill be
fore serving.
Strawberry llpside Down Cake
(6 to 8 Servings) »
Two cups sifted cake flour, 2 tea
spoons baking powder, 14 teaspoon
salt, 14 cup shortening, 1 teaspoon
vanilla extract, cut sugar. 1 egg,
unbeaten, % cup milk, 114 cup?
hulled strawberries, washed, 14 cup
sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 cup
strawberries for garnishing top (op
tional).
Sift together flour, baking powder'
and salt. Beat shortening until
creamy; add vanilla extract. Beat
sugar into shortening gradually,
add egg, beating thoroughly. Add
sifted dry ingredients alternately
with the milk, beating mixture'
until smooth after each addition.
Place the strawberries in a well
greased one-quart heat resistant
glass utility dish. Mix together the
sugar and the flour; sprinkle over
the top of the berries. Pour the cake'
batter over the berries. Bake in a
moderate oven about 45 minutes
This cake is delicious served hot as
a dessert. If wished it may be gar
nished with strawberries and served
with cream.
TOMORROW’S MENU
BREAKFAST: Orange Juice,
oatmeal, raison toast, butter or
fortified margarine, coffee, milk.
LUNCHEON: Cream of celery
soup, salted crackers, peanut but
ter and tomato sandwiches,
stewed apricots, tea, milk.
DINNER: Chicken souffle, to
mato sauce, steamed rice, green
beans, radishes, enriched bread,
butter or fortified margarine,
strawberry upsidedown cake, cof
fee, milk.
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country to wear hats, hat manufac
turers of Uruguay are scouring the
outside world for orders and report
that samples sent to Switzerland
and Colombia have aroused interest
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