Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1947 — Page 17

Fashion Models Stumble On Saying ‘No’ They Must Practice On Their Negatives By ROBERT RICHARDS

United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 28, — Those

nifty fashion models in the magagines—you know what they have

trouble doing? They can’t say “No” —~that is, they can't say it correctly

They say “yes” or. “maybe,” with abalone calm, - But that definite negative always causes them to stumble, ; “It's not =o strange,” said Helen Praser, a tiny bmunet' who directs the Barbizon School of Modeling in Manhattan, “After all, it's one of the « most dificult feats in the world to say no, and to say it the right way.” Miss Fraser thinks so much of the problem that she has a mirror before which her mode] candidates must stand while they stare at their lips and gently deny » mythical request. : “I inspect nundreds of girls each week who hope to be models,” Miss Fraser explained, “but I'm fortunate ff I can find 20 suitable to train.” And of these 20, none will know how to say no.” And, by the way, just how does A person say no, Miss Fraser?

Girls From the South

Are More Tactful “Well,” replied Miss Fraser, with a wrinkle. in her brow, “the trick is ‘to say no just like yes, only differently. I mean, that you must ap.proach it with the same general mental attitude. If your lips say no, but your mind thinks yes, then it’s almost perfect.” The recipient of the negative, in such a case, Miss Fraser pointed out, is not shocked at the outset but is gently ‘lulled into the realization that he has been declined. “The trouble with no is,” Miss ‘Fraser added, “that it automatically makes us feel rather superior to the person we are refusing. In other words, the decision of what will be done has been left up to us—so we unconsciously look down our noses at the other person.” This attitude, she said, is sensed by the party of the second part. It may make even a beautiful girl hated. : “The better looking the model, the more important her knowledge of no,” Miss Fraser continued. “I mean,

them down. Miss Fraser said her experience had shown that girls from the

say no much more effectively those from any other section United States.

‘Not Half So Much Fun As Saying Yes’

“I think it's because their social

and hospitality,” she said. brought up with the idea of getting alorfg with other people. They always say no pleasantly.” Girls from up-state New York, Massachusetts or New Hampshire have the most trouble. “They appear to be naturally suspicious,” Miss Fraser said. “When they say no, it's generally with a chip on their shoulders.” She explains to her pupils that they must never express a pout, imperiousness or disgust when they | give a negative nod.

] “Speak sweetly,” advises Miss J Fraser, “with a smile and a friendly | candor.”

Miss Fraser, being a realist, conceded, however—no matter how “long one practices before a mirror —in most cases saying no is not half as much fun as saying Yes.

SOCIAL SITUATIONS

SITUATION: An unmarried

to a business firm. WRONG WAY: She signs the letter, Miss Mary Smith. RIGHT WAY' She signs the letter, Mary Smith. |

Home Demonstration! Of Sweeper Advised

Before buying a vacuum cleaner it is well to have it demonstrated in one’s home, advises a bulletin issued| by the University of Vermont in co-operation with the United States agriculture department. Rugs in rooms used daily should be vacuumed daily, or at least several times a week, according to the bulletin, : “Embedded dirt is what wears , rugs; therefore such dirt should be removed often,” it points out. “The operator removes the most dirt and uses ‘the least energy when the cleaner is moved slowly.”

Use Your Cleaner On Refrigerators

Use the vacuum cleaner on your

electric refrigerator and on your|'

food freezer, too, if you have one. At least twice a year, after disconnecting the unit, clean the surface of the condenser and motor with the handiest of the special tools you got with your cleaner. This is a direct help in maintaining the unit at its highest efficiency.

Save the Rugs , We would not knowingly do anything to damage our rugs and carpets, of course, yet damage is done them if" they arg not cleaned regularly. The leading carpet manufac-

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Summer Leg A

STAIN SAFEGUARD — Na Amber'’) Draper applies, leg ma as a safeguard against stains.

Health— : Kinds of Colds

Are Getting Sorted Out

By JANE STAFFORD Scienes Service Stal Writer WHEN YOU START sneezing, your throat feels raw and sore, your nose is stuffy and drippy, your voice is hoarse, you have a cough . « . the symptoms add up to a cold in the minds of most lay persons. But when you see your doctor, he may give your ailment one of the following names: Common cold; naopharyngitis, or infection of the nose and throat; tis, in which the vocal cords are affected and you lose your voice temporarily; grippe; acute respiratory disease; tracheitis, or infection of the windpipe, and atypical pneumonia. » ” » THESE common and annoying diseases of the breathing apparatus make up a kind of scrap heap of ailments which medical scientists are patiently working over, trying to sort one from the other, pin down the germs that cause each, and eventually find effective means of combating them. So far they have pulled three separate diseases out of this scrap

heap. One if atypical’ pneumonia, so called because its symptoms are not typical of the pneumonia that

is caused by germs. of the pneumococcus family which yield to sulfa drugs and penicillin. Another is the common cold. A third is probably called a cold by most persons but a U. S. army commission during world war II separated it from the others and called it acute respiratory disease. Respiratory comes from the Latin word for breathing. » » ” IT TAKES longer to develop than the common cold, five to six days instead of one or two. It lasts from four to 12 days, where a common cold lasts seven to 10. When you get over an attack of acute respiratory disease, you are immune while, but you can “catch” another cold very shortly after getting over one. The common cold does not give immunity. With these three sorted out of ithe scrap heap of breathing appa-

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Let's Eat—

Are Essential to

remembered.

ingredients. Juice squeezed and left standing in the refrigerator since yesterday, and gingerale that has been opened for hours won't add zip and sparkle with all the ice or garnish you add. Even ice from refrigerator trays should be recently frozen, = A recipe for a delicious cold beverage appears today.

CORN CAKES (For Saturday Breakfast) 1 ¢. yellow cornmeal

1, tsp. salt 1 tbsp. sugar % c. boiling water 2 beaten eggs 2 tsps. baking powder 14 ¢. milk

Skill In T Secrets’ of Applying

By ALICIA HART NEA Staff Writer i » THE cool look and unencumbered feeling leg makeup continue to give cosmetic stockings their summer supremacy. \ stocking however, the success of leg makeup depends upon how well it can

That depends not so much upon the kind of makeup you use, but how skillfully you ‘apply it. The best techmique will fail,

absolutely fuz-free before you

# . ALL SET? Read the label on the product you use. There's no better method of getting .in and out of your cosmetic socks than the one the maker sums up for

Read the label and curb any tendency to’ speed up the paint job. Taking time to blend makeup over your legs and going easy on the amount you apply are rules that can’t be shrugged off if you are looking for successful results. If you want to keép this summer’s longer hems safe from leg slaps, buff off the powdery residue after leg paint dries. As good a

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Cold and Fresh Ingredients

the Quality

Of Frosty Beverages

i By META GIVEN Whether it is for some specially planned occasion such as a reception or it is just a hospitable offering to some friend who casually Jirops in, a cold beverage should be prepared so as to be pleasingly

Such drinks are superbly delicious in flavor, attractive in appearance and really cold. For deliciousness, one must use good fresh

utes. Add lemon and orange rind, remove from heat and strain. Cool by standing pan in cold water, then cover and chill in refrigerator. Prepate avocado just before punch is to be served by cutting in half, removing seed and either making balls using French vegetable cutter, or by stripping off skin and cutting fruit neatly into half-inch cubes. Add fruit juices to chilled sugar sirup, then add charged water, ice cubes and last the avocado and the thin slices of orange.

Clean Rug Backs, Too

It is wise to give the backs of rugs a going-over with the vacuum cleaner whenever the top surface

2 tbsps. melted shortening Measure cornmeal, salt and sugar into a bowl, and add boiling water and stir until thoroughly mixed. Cool. Add beaten eggs, then baking powder, mixing until smooth and well blended, Stir in milk, then shortening, and mix well. Heat griddle to 300 degrees F. on griddle thermometer or until a drop of water should skip off griddle {lightly. Grease griddle very lightly and pour on batter (% c. for each |cake). Bake until under side fis golden brown and bubbles appear over surface. Turn and bake until other side is brown. Remove from griddle and serve immediately with butter, jelly, sirup, honey or with a sauce for luncheon. Makes 10 to 12 cakes diameter).

(86-inch

s n ” WEDDING RECEPTION PUNCH (For Sunday Supper) 2 large avocados, ripe

|No. 2% can pineapple juice, chilled 21% c¢. orange juice, freshly reamed 1 tbsp. grated orange rind 1 pt. charged water, chilled 2 qts. water 3 c. sugar 1 c. lemon juice, freshly reamed 2 tsps, grated lemon rind, fresh 1 pt. ice cubes 1 medium seedless orange, sliced thin Simmer water and sugar 10 min-

'Home Sewing—

Lingerie Repair for Summer,

PEEP-SHOW lingerie seen through sheer summer blouses

can be mended to prolong the usefulness as well as eye-appeal of the garment. Sewing experts suggest using a

inforces fragile lace and gives you something to which to anchor darning or mending threads. To attach the backing of net, sew to top and bottom edges of the lace. strip. Then use tiny stitches to catch the lace to the net at/those spots where threads in thellace pattern have broken. This events further tearing; allows your patchwork to escape notice. If edges of lace have frayed, bind with satin ribbon in a color that matches your slip. Replace broken or frayed straps with ready-made straps or corded

needs attention, if lace is frayed, |

straps are worn or fabric is faded. | Tears in the lace yokes of slips |

net backing for repairs. Net re- |

! shoulder-strap ribbon. If a short | piece of elastic is added to each | end of the new strap—used to | absorb the strain of shoulder movements—new straps will be less likely to break loose; will give more comfortable wear. Finish the reconditioning of your slip by giving it a color-bath -lingerie tints are easy to use— to restore pastel freshness to fad- | ing fabric.

$40 Million in Rugs American homemakers invested $40,000,000 last year in decorative Oriental rugs

New under-arm Cream Deodorant safely Stops Perspiration

Ring Removal

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say 80, and they surely

If a ring won't part company with your finger, hold the finger under cold water. This tends to reduce swelling and the ring can be eased

1. Does not rot dresses or men's shirts. Does not irritate skin, i 2. No waiting to dry. Can be used | right after shaving.

3. Safely stops perspiration for 1to 3 days. Prevents odor.

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look old-fashioned.” That's gloat, purred in the shoWroom of almost every dress manu-

less restrained gloaters accompany the statement with a jingle of change in the pocket. For those who make’ the styles and the stores that sell them are coun on the new look of their fall fi ns to bring in* money which buyers otherwise might save

“Fashion can lick its weight in economics any day,” a department store executive told a group of his colleagues recently, He told them

ance if they remembered to promote fall clothes as something no woman could do without. There probably is some basis for the manufacturers : r optimism.

More Fabric Is Used In ALL Directions

Last year’s fall. styles came out on the tired end of government re-

HEM PROTECTION—To protect dress hem from leg paint, residue with an old stocking.

Miss Draper buffs off powdery

Hot Weather

Is Hard On Corsets

WARM WEATHER months ahead pose ‘special problems in the care of corsets.

Perspiration acids and body oils are the arch foes of elastic in figure-molding garments. To strengthen your girdle’s defenses, wash it immediately after wearing. Next best thing to do, if you can’t take time to wash a girdle after peeling it off, is to hang ‘it up where air can circulate through it. A pair of ‘brief, skin-tight panties worn under a girdle is a protection for elastic, Sleek undergarments needn’t spoil the silken curves of a corset. t J ” » IT’S WISE to have two girdles in use so that you can alternate their wear. This gives one girdle a chance to regain its elasticity while the other one is going all out for you. Rapid-drying nylon garments are a boon for the girl who dons a fresh girdle every day. To wash a corset, use mild

strictions. The designers since have had a spring season to get used to freedom and try out their sup- | pressed idea. By and large they are doing a tempting job for fall. The major difference is in quality and quantity of fabric. Even if there's a hem to let out of last year’s dress, it will be hard to alter into it. the full freedom of this year's skirts, And a dress without a good amount of material in it won't adapt itself readily to the figure 8 silhouette which is captivating a good many designers. Shoulders also have a new look. They still are extended, but most of them are rotund rather than square. Just changing the shoulder pads will leave some material with no place to go unless other alterations accompany it. “This is the year women will sell their souls for new clothes,” predicted style expert Tobe. That, of course, remains to be seen.

Shining Glass To give that extra sparkle to mirrors and windows after washing and wiping dry, rub the surface with crumpled tissue paper.

soapsuds and warm water. Soiled spots—including garter tabs—can be cleaned by scrubbing with a soft brush or the soaped-up corner of a turkish towel. There should be at least three rinsings in lukewarm water. After squeezing out excess water, reshape garment to original lines

they could overcome buyer resist-|

SUMMER COOLER—Quickest way to take the simmer out of summer. js to use cologne with a liberal hand.

8 - ” By LOUISE FLETCHER Times’ Woman's Editor THERE'S a way to take the wilt out of a working day, career girls will be glad to hear. Miss Frances Sobol, representa tive of the Hattie Carnegie cosmetic people, reveals the formula. At Ayres’ yesterday (shell be there all week), she was plugging the cooling effest of cologne patted on wrists, in the crook of the elbow and at the nape of the neck . . . several times a day. The refreshing effect depends in great part on a fresh and light scent — like Hattie Carnegie’s “Four Winds.” Another scenting trick is to add a little cologne to the final rinsing water when lingerie and hankies are being laundered. The subtly clinging fragrance adds to summertime daintiness. And a small measure of “Four Winds” in the final rinse of your shampoo surrounds hair with a delicate fragrance that lasts for days. * While we're on the subjec. i maintaining daintiness in h weather, the Carnegie firm has a deodorant cream that’s really a

cream , . . none of that clay-ey pulling effect that makes many such creams unpleasant to use. Happy news. Cologne atomizers (which just weren't available during the war) are coming back. They'll have atomizer tops for the “Four Winds” cologne at the Hattie Carnegie counters at both Ayres’ and Block’s this week, Miss

and dry flat on 8 turkish towel.

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