Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1949 — Page 26
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a BO don’t. forget your gloves © Or maybe it's. for . parties, Anyhow, ‘the costume, in all its) 10th century elegance, turned up| this week in one of the fanciest| custom dress collections in town. . To be sure, it was a “sport” among the otherwise oe and pretty, feminine and wearable, costumes turned out by BergdorfGoodman's three custom d sign-| ers—Mary Gleason, Mark Mooring and Leslie Morris. + Back interest, button trim-| mings and the clever tricks of. cut and color and fabric combinaa, tion which distinguish all iméginative dressmaking were the outstanding virtues of the collection. Large Box Pleats Give Suits Back Interest Looking at the back, the most distinctive treatment turned up in ‘a group of simple silk and wool daytime dresses which car-| ried full-length extra panels down the back from “Gach shoulder. In a black crepe dress| the accordion pleated panels were | - joined ina knot at the front neckline. | ° Back interest in suits took the form of large box pleats and gentle flares, the apparent hall-| marks of 1949 spring. One hand-| some navy blue wool suit had, Maids box pleats both front and) which were extended, in| . effect, onto the jacket skirt | _ with rows Jot buttons to match the folds, ~ Wool jersey tops were used for a couple of heav Italian silk shantung dresses, usually bound or collared and cuffed in| the shantung.
Culotte Dress Has Plunging Neckline | One of the smartest draping tricks in the collection was the) 4wisted short sleeve of a dress. The sleeve turned out to be a "simple, moderately full sleeve] “with an arm-hugging elastic band] “at the end. The sleeve was sim-| nm wound tight ‘around the arm, | id in place by its elastic. : Other outstanding costumes =») cluded: A full, pleated culotte dress in natural colored silk shantung with a neckline open to the waist] and filled in with gold chains, A lllac colored taffeta evening! ‘gown cut on full skirted princess lines with a strapless top and arm cuffs of matching violets, A group of sheer ankle-length evening gowns with trains fast-| ened to the wrist, which cleared the floor when the wrist was held o © at shoulder height. A navy crepe daytime dress ‘pleated all around with two-inch © box pleats and held slim with] bandings at the hip and above the knee. A tan wool suit with wide rus-| set leather belt and a hat of the same material. .
The Doctor Says— Eye Disease _ Conquered
_ By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M. D. ONE OF THE great triumphs + of “medicine of recent years-is-the conquest of an eye disease Kpown as trachoma.
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flicted many American Indians in whom it caused a great deal | of blindness. It was also frequent among the peoples in the mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky and among the farm- . ers of lowa, Nebraska and South Dakota: : When it fiFst starts, trachoma looks like any other acute inflammation of the outer. part __ of the eye, flamed and thickened: Little blister-like bodies ap’ pear around the edges within a few days. In three or four
signs become typical of tras choma and are easy to distinguish from other Inflammation of the eye. . r . ,. THE CAUSE of this condition is a virus which unlike ordinary germs is too small to
In the late stages of this dangerous disease, the eyelid tends. to drop down and the lids may become deformed.
some of the tender tissues of the eye and this is what causes inability to see. A correct and early diagnosis is the most important problem in the treatment of trachoma. Many treatments which Are useful in other eye diseases, however, are not satisfactory for trachoma.
‘ .n"» THE REMARKABLE im. provement in the outlook for He (sufferer from trachoma
drugs or pencillien. Either of them, whether used locally, by injection or by are highly effective in
It is for these reasons that yonty diagnosis and prompt treatment are so necessary, so
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TAILOR TACKS IN A HURRY
OOMING PATTERN SALES rise above before-the-war records . . . sewing is a favored avocation. : The thrift motif has a great deal to do with the zooming, of course, But some credit can go. to all the recently developed mechanical helpers designed to simplify the dressmaker’s tasks. Entrants in The Times $1460 National Sewing Contest will find that many of the new devices racked up on notion counters and in local sewing centers will help them In making their con= test garments. Lots of these devices are especially designed to help the novice needle-woman achieve more professional looking results, Take, for example, the Dritz Tailor Tacker (pictured at left). Available in notion departments and sewing centers, it provides a quick accurate way to make tailor tacks—the worst chore of home-sewing. The time for this tedious job is cut to a quarter of what it used to be. The automatic tacker is a tong-shaped device that grips fabric and pattern together. It is used to chalk, simultaneously, the perforated markings on both sides of the fabric.
figures show a 400 per cent indicate that home
n - » ANOTHER “EIMESAVER is a rigid phate ruler (right). All the homg-seamstress has to do is place it over the fabric and mark lines through open slits in the ruler. That way it's easy to mark bias strips, belts and button holes, (This one is at Ayres” and Block's.) To put ‘an end to searches for elusive bobbins is the purpose of a new transparent plastic bobbin box. Individual-grooved compartments. line up 18 bobbins in a neat and easily viewed array. The seamstress who admires the couturier touch which fabric-covered buttons add to a costume can make her own with the help of a new kit. This kit comes complete with metal button tops and shanks and the three precision tools needed to clamp on a fabric Sovering in less than a minute. »
Hosiery Seams Straighten Up
THE FINAL answer to crooked stocking seams is claimed by the manufacturer of soma nylons to be introduced here this week. Prestige, Inc, is vhe maker of the hose which will be shown at Block's. ‘The new stocking is the product, the maker advises, of a year's research. Result is a four-way stocking to mold the 1ég from toe ‘to thigh.
u 8 '®n AR THE TOP there is a flat tuck-like fold which makes each stocking easily adjustable to four individual lengths. This can be turned in, various ways, smooth, flat top ready for any garter. length, It does away with wrinkles and bunchiness. And, because the garter al“ways has a firm- anchor (never in the shadow welt or sheer leg part), runs wil minimized.
AS FOR THAT straight seam business, it comes along with the extra fold inthe top. This
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seam fram twisting. Two proportions are available in the new hosiery. Type B is for the slender to average leg and type BB for the woman 5-ieet 6-inches or taller and the sshorter woman with full legs. The hosiery colors range from Tosy tan to copper brown.
Pythons Sub Debs List New Officers The Pythons Sub Deb Club an-.Allstatt, recording and nounces its new officers. respinding secretaries; They ‘are Marilee Garland, aris at-arms. president; Shirley Werts, president; Beity Kennedy and Patt pledges of the Pythons.
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CAREER GIRLS
You Are Invited to Meet | MISS BARBARA SARGENT
Editor of Glamour Magazine Who Will Present A
FASHION SHOW
| featuring "The Clothes You Need for the Life You Lead"
WEDNESDAY, MARCH § — 5:30 P. M,
vm. | FRIDAY, MARCH 1 — 5:30 P. M.
No Tickets Necessary
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Another welcome newcomer is an automatic needle-threader. This eye-saver has a slot into which a needle is dropped and a
groove through which to slide the thread. One push on a button |
and the needle pops up threaded and ready for service. New
scissors have a screw to set the blades for cutting uniformly sized buttonholes.
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STATE TORU TOLL 5
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Campaign Being Planned By Women Voters League's,
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State plans. for. a: nation-wide “Know Your Fated Nations” campaign. to. be..conducted by the League 0 Women Voters will be made Thursday at a meeting in RJ Indianapolis YWCA, * Invitations have been extended to each of
the. 26 Indiana Leagues. i Mrs. Nerman Fox of rte, state United Nations chairman, oomington are co-chairmen for the
land Mrs. Ralph Fuchs of h | meeting. Both women recently attended a conference in Lake
Success, N. Y,, arranged by the National League for Teprassntalee from the ntire umbey. tod Information on prac niques of stimulating interest "Wash Hose Before
3 io will be disthe United Nations be Th ey r e Worn
by the local Among the questions will be the, yrony stores today advise wash. - |accomplishments and organiza- ing, or at least rinsing, new nylon tion of the United Nations tol, "gx hose before wearing them, meet these problems. These facts rp, jdea is to remove any finish will be brought before citizens In| coq in manufacture at the start
|the community-wide campaigns. , nq thus help stockings to wear
Bloo longer. Clothing specialists of the | mington League : U. 8. Agriculture Department sugTo Give Round Table gest that this pre-washing also Members of the Bloomington may make for a closer, neater fit {League will present the “Inited the first time the hose are-worn. {Nations round-table at the morn- se ——————————————— img sion. Mev, Alin C. G. Rub Out Rub itchell o a cl y, fore - Jations chairman on the national " re There a 5b; therdy FHiedgue-board, will-preside. ‘save wear and eventual holes at heel or, toe, rub on a little wax or we Will, ’ ’ paraffin. ¢f will not show, will In Afternoon” iy om “ last through several washings, James A, Eldridge, field director for -the American hole and | Association for ee a! A tions, and Kenesaw n . Ry, 5 “ lof © Logansport, . columnist-com- Use Spring Mood Pick-up your basic black dress with accessories in the springe
; {mentator, will address the afterfore re 1 DOOR. Meeting. Polish Shoes, Bags They will stress the responsi- time mood. Bright bunches of Gi bh J) Pility of each individual citizen to flowers and matching gloves give jive: new smooth leather and i. stand the United Nations a lilt. Or a fetching scarf lends bags a polish before wearing and the necessity for support if dash, And there's no. need to ‘them the first time, clothing the United Nations is to fulfill its' mention what a hat dees for the specialists advise. purpose. ego.
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“A strip of death lay across Indiona today. Nineteen are known dead. More than 200. are injured. Damage will run into millions. -It was the work of a rearing,
twisting, smashing tornado . . . the twister whirled into Indiana shortly before 5 p. m. Friday , . .
# Churches, schools and homes were being utilized for the homeless. The Red Cross was moving in mobile kitchens and fed more than 300 today at noon .. . .” That was the vrs Soturioy wweming; Moreh * 27, 1948. Within an hour after the ternade
struck, the Red Cross was functioning in the stricken ares.
; : 2 You Too, Can Help Through Your Red Cross” What will it be this year? A disastrous “flood, an epidemic, another tornado? Whatever it is, the Red Cross will be on
r the spot, helping, os it is twenty-four ‘hours a day, ary doy Ta? vith YOUR assistance. “ :
This Appeal for the Red Crome a.
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