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EW YORK, Jan. T—Remember the “New Look” a few seasons ago . . . its triangular silhouet widening from close, tiny bodice to wide, swirling hemline sweep? Well, the big news in spring and summer fashions is that this wide-based triangular shape has done a flip-flop—or a handstand, maybe. The newest silhouet concentrates interest and width at the top of the torso while slimmer skirts represent the tapering point on which the triangle is balanced. It is a shape that will be noticed often next week as the New York Dress Institute holds its semiannual fashion press week here. The new outline is more pronounced in daytime clothes, because evening clothes will never entirely forsake graceful skirt fullness. Even so, in late-day and evening designs, new styles have “top” interest by way of strapless bodices, “wide-open” necklines and such. ee THE SHORT topper, an early favorite with store buyers, adds bulk and importance to the top of the wearer's silhouet. Frank Gallant's little red overcoat is of Forstmann's featherlight fleece. Bloused jackets and dropped shoul derlines make for more {top interest. The influence of the Dior belted dverblouse jacket is seen here in Monarch's adaptation, done in Forstmann's spice tan Milateen, Big sleeves also invade the afternoon dress field to provide top interest for the silhouet. Pauline Trigere puts huge,

puffed elbow- length sleeves on a billowy

white shadow™striped organdy. Uncountable yards of pink tulle, pleated and folded, go into Maurice Rentner’s ankle-length evening dress for 1950. Bouffant panels fall from a very slim skirt in Nettie Rosenstein's navy cocktail dress of pure silk surah, There's a wide, wide neckline, and the skirt is

> slit to above the knee.

ow De Full Of Good deas For The i Sitter

“By JRAN MANEY

THE CARE and feeding of baby sitters—and their small charges—is in book form now. “Sitting Pretty” is the title of the manual being distrib. utéd by the State Health Board and the Indiana Public Instruction Department, The idea for the book origi

At the conclusion of the lessons, the PTA felt that the need for instructions to and for baby sitters was needed,

.. hot only in Shortridge, but in

“the entire state. The members contacted the Health Board and work on the project began." Teeners' themselves read proof on the first drafts of the manual. “Material presented by volunteer teachers of the first courses plus” digests of books on child psychology, is included in“ the manual, There's also a section on amusing the children, - classified according to age. The sketches and ideas are by Herb Sweet, Indianapolis Times’ columnist,

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“Sitting Pretty” includes chapters on everything from

..preparing for a baby. sitting . Agsignment to “bathing and’

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John Cecil, Jill Douglass, Janet Pearson, Bea Douglass, Andy Jacobs, Sam Harrell and Mary Ellen McShay (left to right) and Jeanie Conley . . . parties are poison for baby:sitters,

as . punishment. Never retalfate, or try to “get even. Never discipline, if by discipline you mean spanking. Baby “sitters are also warned not: to be bossy and “Sitting Pretty” has instructions on +how .to_depe with .:3-year-olds who. have tan-

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"ideal baby sitter is a combina-

ation mother, nurse, mald, cook and playground supervisor, Collecting recommendations from teachers and other adults is the first step toward becoming a sitter. Then, after the first call comes in, the teen-ager should meet the mother and the youngster before she goes on duty. Getting acquainted with the family pet is just as vital, the manual says, as making friends with the baby. A list of telephone numbers is a necessity. The sitter should know how to reach the child's parents, her own mother, the family doctor and even the fire and police departments, The youngster might set fire to his crib or swallow a quarter. : By all means, the book states, learn all about the habits of the child. What is his bed time? Does he get a bath before he goes to sleep? Does he sleep with the lights on or off?

‘Don'ts’ for Sitters

There are five “don'ts” listed for all good ‘sitters. Never threaten to tell the parents on the child, or threaten to spank. Never give rewards for something a child is supposed to do. Never deprive him of privileges or toys

Counter-Spy— To Spri PRING and summer clothes, which promise to be pretty enough on their own, will have even more appeal through the accessories to be worn with them. The new shoes, hats, handbags, gloves and other accessories arriving in local stores are more ; attractive than in many a season. Last Sunday, Counter-Spy took a look at some of the recent accessory “arrivals, ‘and here are some more of them. Hats top the list . . . hats, for the most part, small and snugly fitting. Headliners in Ayres’ third-floor millinery department are the cloche, the roller, the he!met and the small sailor. : Some carry out the tap idea . . ., a red and navy milan by Madison ($15) and a rough straw helmet, red or beige, which shows the cap Influence through a match Ing straw button. perched atop its crown. This one is $12.95. Textured straws, braids and straw cloth add interest

¢ to many of the hats. Among the braided straws there's a

. pert candy braid roller in jet

black - banded with red ribbon and given “back interest” by a big bunch of flowers shooting skyward. . This is $15. Pastel straw cloth goes into any number of pretty hats suitable for brides to wear with their dark goingaway suits. These, In the $15 price range, frequently have blending flower trims . . . a spray of delicate lilacs accenting a side-swept brim, for example, Fabrics or fabric-trimmed hats = are another sign of Spring. A smal straw sailor, available in a variety of colors, sports white pique trimming by way of pique-

- ‘covered buttons on the ends

worst offense for a sitter is

to decide that a party is just the thing to liven up a dull evening of baby sitting. The icebox is not to be raided, either, unless the tot's mama invites the sitter to “help yourself.” Diagrams for folding diapers—all shapes and sizes — are in the manual. The teeners also are told how to bathe a tiny infant and even how to wash his scalp. Every age is included in the book, from one week to 10 years. Games and instructions on how to make paper windmills and masks and yarn dolis are explained. And if the youngster wants to hear a bedtime story, the teener can consult her manual on the “Once Upon a Time” technique.

Feeding the Baby

“I'm hungry.” That's a

complaint that every sitter hears, If mama forgets to leave instructions on what and when to feed junior, then the’ manual recommends that milk and bread and butter will suffice. Infants, of course, get a prepared formula.

Every conceivable emer-

gency is dealt with in “Sitting Pretty.” The sitters are told to be extra careful with youngsters in kitchen or bathroom-—-hot pans, medicine and cleaning agents are

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much better out of reach than in baby’s hand. However, the booklet recognizes the fact that accidents can happen with the best baby sitters. The ‘manual has rules on how to care for injuries such as animal bites, burns and cuts. The teener is told how to cope with choking, con< vulsions, the earache, hiccups

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Social Set Getting Back to After Gala. Christmas-New

By KATY ATKINS HOW SOOTHING it is to be sure that tomorrow isn't going to be. a phony Monday and that it will be the day it seems all week long, Two holiday week-ends have confused things no end. The festivities of New Year's Day were too pumerous to cover, but too pleasant to pass over entirely. One of the pleasantest was the tea given by Bishop and Mrs. Kirchhoffer in the

former residence of Mrs, Albert J. Beveridge, presented hy -her for the use of the Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese, The house was bright with flowers and open fires Mrs. William Bur rows and Mrs, “John Vruwink were pouring when we dropped in. Among the people there then were Messrs. and Mesdames George Denny, Willis Connef, Stacy B. Lindley and John D. Gould. Later we saw the Goulds at a party given by Winston Dines and Jim Holliday for their mother, Mrs, Louls Seaverns. It not. only "was a fun gathering but it made a great hit. Our generation Is so appreciative of any gracious gesture from young people. They.make a great many, but I sometimes wonder if they realize how much it means to us. .\ Mrs. Herbert Woollen looked partioularly smart that day In. taffeta striped in black and tobacco brown, with a brown satin calot

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of its grosgrain band. This —— {rimmed with jet. Mr. and

is $10.95. Numbered among all-fab-rio hats is Knox's casual

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Mrs. Robert Failey and their son, Dr. Robert Failey, Mrs, Jesse Fletcher and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Daniels were

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Chinese Antiques DR. AND MRS. Philip Reed entertained Sunday afternoon, too. It was a joy to gee their lovely Chinese an tiques spread over the \ house after ha away for lack « window on the | been converted into a picture with gold foil formi frame for a stunning and gold hanging ornament Anne Reed wore a beige lace dress and her mother was in American Beauty. Miss Mary J. Carroll of Chi cago was with Dr. and Mrz John Cunningham, whose guest she was. Mrs. Murray de Armond was assisting Her gown of black velvet with a sheer pearl-embroi-dered yoke was most becoming. Mr, and Mrs. John K Ruckelshaus .and Mrs. Mitchell Crist, recently returned from Corning, N. Y., were there. One of the

largest and most beautifully.

prépared salmon I have ever seen caused much comment in the dining room.

Karachi Christmas - A LETTER from Nell Herrington makes one realize how different the holidays have been on the other side

of the world.! She and Art had Christmas dinner with a mutual friend at his house in

Karachi, Until then the.

Herringtons had had a week

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and splinters, Every wellequipped sitter should have a first-aid kit handy.

Healthy Teen-Agers Even the health of the sitter is taken into consideration in “Sitting Pretty.” Subdebs who care for voungsters should be in perfect health. Babies pick up infections easily. And they are warned that no baby sit-

Normal Again

Year Holidays

in London, a week in Paris and a week in Brussels. Then they flew by Pan-Am to Karachi, stopping for an hour in Istanbul and an hour in Damascus where they were not allowed to leave the lunch room in the airport. Nell says Pakistan is an astonishing country and. is whole-heartédly "throwing itself into building a new nation. ‘They left on the 27th to fly up into the interior. They expect to see the famous

Khyber Pags, Rawglpudi, the State of Swat and) to spend some time in Lahors They will return to Kara

chi before filving to Egypt and to Italy, from where they

“will “head home. Lucky the

people who see them when they first get back to hear the tales of their adventures before the initial enthusiasm wears off.

Back-to-School Rush

MRS. POST MILLIKEN had friends in for luncheon on Monday. Holiday and Sun), day lunches are all too rare as guests always enjoy the novelty of them. It seems a’ pity that more people do not include them in their entertaining. The Union Station was a mad house Monday evening with young people going back to school. As usual reservatiorls were thoroughly mixed up with two people clutching tickets for the same space and being very polite and very firm about it, A group of Bmith College

‘girls leaving were Connie Mc

Cowan, Patsy Smith, Fiorence Jameson and ‘Lucy Blanton. Annie Atkins went back to Berinett. Bome of the boys in’ the | group were Nick K/

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ting assignment should inter fere with the eight hours sleep a night needed by the average teen-ager. Friday night is the best time to take a job . . . during the week the baby sitter should accept only early hour asSEnments.

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tion. Copies also are being distributed in Indiana High , schools. Local PTA units will be responsible for the organization ‘of training units for baby sitterd. ) The Indianapolis PTA Council is planning a series of classes for mothers they'll be told what to look for in a sitter, Ayres’ is planning a six to eight weeks course to be held on Saturday mornings in the auditorium. It will be open to the public. The Marion County Red Cross will use the manual for young women who are out of high school, but who serve as baby sitters. These classes will also be open to young mothers who are full-time sitters. Committee members in charge of the project material are Miss Ida Conner, supervisor, Indianapolis Free Kindergartens; Mrs, Gertrude Dill, social worker; Mrs, Frances Hendrickson, nuftritionist; Miss Ruth Lewman, girls”. vocational counselor, Shortridge; Mrs. McCammon, chairman, Juvenile Protection Committee, Indiana PTA Congress; Miss Georgia Osborn, staff nurse, Indianapolis Red Cross Chapter, apd Miss Evelyn B. Sickels, superyisor of work with children, “Ine dianapolis Public Library.

In A Personal Vein—

TNT Enters 25th Year

Rumba Replaces The Charleston

By MARJORIE TURK Dancing on through the decades of ragtime, jazztime and swing, TNT Club _members are entering their silver anniversary year. The dance club, which is

‘celebrating its 25th birthday,

has held rigidly to tradition. The only thing that has changed is the numbers requested. In 1950 a rumba or a samba is slipped in between the waltz and the fox trot. In 1925 the gayer blades may have called for #2 Charleston. The TNT grew out of an older dance club which dated back to the first World War, This parent organization was abandoned with the founding of the Indianapolis ‘Athletic Club in 1924. The original terpsichoreans _hought they could get in enough dancing on the club's {loors. However, after a year, they decided to’ reunite. At a din-ner-dance given .by Mr, and Mrs. George Paul Torrence it was agreed that the old cusLo" “of meeting for scheduled lances should be revived.

"Trip Not Trot’ That was the inception of TNT. Dr. Albert Seaton sug+ gested the name, He claims that he took the initials from the explosive. Newer members of the 25-ye~r-old club believe that the letters stand for “trip not trot.” There's also the theory that they stand for the initials of some of the charter members. Others present at the dine ner-dance were Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. ‘Wohigemfuth and Mr. afid™Mrs, John Curry. The group started out with monthly sessions in the Woman's Department Club and has continued the pragtice. Currently it meets the first Friday of the month, The earliest ‘dances had a set program, with cards and two circle extras.’ At these

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