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Show TOE JOURNAL 1950 JUKE l RPAY. El, Page A iniainGS Z By Jarvlo dd Glamour by Sewing Own Accessories ies I p. By Eitta Haley voure clothes budget or simply want to put sc0 ingenuity to work, your benefit can undoubtedly own making. ;r,cct!!orie! of your who can afford oiUy i basic to the wardrobe lo Indefinitely by expand it almost tor accessories Qnt attractivehand, even though the Other afford to go out and buy and other is. purses, scarves women prefer to b Hems, many fed Ube their own because they and Q can get something original $ Circular Skirt Style cuffs on gloves you can see what an easy matter it is to change an old "lir into something that looks like came out of a fashion window. Ruffles of nylon, gathers of fine lace or embroidery work are all good techniques to apply to old gloves. Outseam stitching is another good trick to employ on the heavy gloves if you will but take the time to rip out old seams and U, atcly Y Mi re-stitc- h them. dont have to be an expert on Ling to add these clever and touches to the wardrobe. a lot j.ithei do you have to expend You them a lift are so little yet so rewarding in results. With the interest in decorative Although white gloves are always correct for summer, you might try dyeing a few pair in luscious pastels just to give them a colorful touch. at-Vti- ve , Among the most popular of current fashions is the full sweeping circular skirt shown here with an encircling mule train design inspired by a California fashion expert. With their flopping ears and flirtatious eyes, the mules are set against a stippled background. The simple puffed sleeved blouse Is of solid cloth. colored cotton broad- Match them with some of the pastels in the wardrobe, and see what a luxurious touch they can provide. Covering purses with slipcovers an old Idea, but It's new this season when you use such fabrics as shantung or burlap which are high fashion. Its especially effective if you have shoes in one of these ma- terials. Dont be satisfied just with covering the bag. Add to it such decora- tive features as interesting buttons, colorful fringe or a piping of contrasting bias tape. Change. Belt Style To Refresh Dresses Up pour wardrobe with a skirt . . , y v j, FEEL youve been wearing it, too, if thats and energy making them, lie rewards, however, are far neater than you would dream: Je pleasures of creating, the interring effects for the wardrobe and friends praise of your ingen- time Take, for example, the case of girl who could afford only an pensive sun dress. It fitted her and looked attractive but she had to wear it all season she took steps to get three !ely ice ig, ferent dresses out of it. Her first step was to make a cape cket for it so the dress could be ipropriately worn for going shop-as well as calling instead of st a sports tog. This took less than I yard of material in a contrasting )lor and about two hours to make. I gives her an extra dress. (Her next step consisted of M All buying another piece of contrasting material. This was used for making Iscallopped cuff which snapped ?ound the top of the bodice. This ve her still another change for a help. Picture brimmed hats need not be new. Cleaned and refreshed, they, too, can take on a new look. One of the easiest ways to bring them back into circulation is to cut off some brim and to sew some stiff veiling or ribbon around the outermost edge. Add a hat band to match or contrast your dress, and possibly a bow, and see what these will do. Remodeling Helps Stretch Slender Wardrobes Easily It's a truth of long standing that your wardrobe is what you make it, rather than what your present budget happens to offer. If, in previous seasons you purchased wisely, youll bless those days now for many of these clothes can be used. Even though clothes are worn thin in spots, a few remodeling tricks can give them the magic that yields another season or two of satisfactory wear. Long, full sleeves on blouses which have worn out at the armoriginal dress. holes, for instance, can be cut off Old Hats entirely to give you a sleeveless Extra Duty blouse which is so popular right H you feel that summery hats now. If you dont have a skirt, get a poor investment, then you right into - fashion by making a obably havent used them to their brightly printed, circular type. "St wearability. Of course you There you have a costume that is rees veiling and change strictly fashion-righ- t. or remove one or Tailored blouses particularly both, but cn that doesnt always give you yield themselves to having their WCar t0 make worth sleeves cut off entirely. Simply lying bind the sleeve edge, and you may wear the blouse with not only the Is e. yo.u have one knockin8 bout to skirt just mentioned, but also with h,atl ie coset, here are suits which always can use an ?d euS fot them- - When extra blouse. Collar and cuff fashions lend them, te ableremodeling ,0 recSke the themselves to many provocative hat, changes on clothing. One of the Str'aw1 beCaUSe aelr re8 newest is the stand-u- p collar that 'asy cover with new can be made for any good basic itey' , from113 m 8ht be SOme ma" dress. If you like, add some interor , sY,resa youve lust esting large cuffs to a short or ot ,abric long sleeved dress or blouse. Use Irked at C0Unt" some of the new fabrics with intergive COntrastln textures to give the dress the You need with some summer esting lotbea, desired lift. f p Your dress may stand close inspection, but what about the belt? They frequently give away the age of the dress when theyre frayed, ( or twisted. Its easy enough to buy a new one, but you can make some interesting belts at home with some stiff fabric $ S4 a? wT8nt 'eitatiYr 5raw ,7 it. You ' Kdjhr rial cov-c- ut you need only . t0 m- - ,!maU easy cbes. Wth the aeam,beI ?r purse enough left andP1"131 thu sive 7Iclf makheH (Jf the old aaii b tnappy N might I maY be -- a bo slSe accessories. bab does nf look ,you Wou'l have hmaS style Chang, th Old boleros take on a great deal of interest if theyre lined with a bright new print. Add a bow of this same print, to your hat, and you have a brand new outfit Long rows of buttons may be added to bodices or slender skirts for a decorative touch that Is both new and novel. Purses and Gloves Yield some Themselves to Treatment new hats ?e Unless gloves are so worn as to ral?er narrow be cast out then take them aside Ha at which for renovating. The efforts to give 0t STAR DUST Claudette Colbert Is Winner of Woman's Home Companion Poll By INEZ GERHARD clal orders on their radio-phon-e CLAUDETTE COLBERT won a that really system they got instruction like poll Rush lunches to The Breaking means a lot the one conducted by the Womans Home Companion; her Point unit at Newport Harbor, latest picture is Three Came Calif. John Garfield and Patricia Home. June Ally son was second; Neal are getting mighty hungry. her The Stratton Story was voted They appealed to the Federal Comlast years best picture. In third munications Commission and Warplace, Loretta Young; fourth, Oli- ner Bros, had their frequency via de Havilland. Bing Crosby headed the mens list for the fifth time in succession; then came Spencer Tracy; his Adams Rib was the second best picture. Third, Cary Grant; fourth, Clark Gable. Jeanne Crain got a special award for her Pinky performance. Last year Ingrid Bergman, Irene Dunne and Bette Davis were the three leaders among the women. or a renovated bat, . for lining and scraps of material for covering. Ribbon or braiding make lovely belts. You might change the width of the belt to refresh the costume. Then too, the closing might be varied for interest. Too short belts might be tied with ribbon or fringe. Buttons could be sewed on to dot a belt all the way around or just a few inches right at the front. Or, make a belt that dips in the back if you want to be really in the swing of fashion. Light toppers are no longer the simple coats of yesterday. They exhibit a fine feeling for detail heightened by stitching, insets and good tailoring. Look for more color and pattern in the linings, another refreshing change. White cowl type or rounded collars are being teamed with dark cottons and dark sheers. More often than not, youll find that large decorative buttons are used to attach them to the dress. In this season of contrasts youll be seeing sheers used over rustling taffeta. This gives a crisp but soft and feminine look, and will make you look your prettiest for special occasions. Many checked fabrics are used in the taffeta part of the dress. Uneven cuffs are among the newest notes appearing in the glove conpicture. This means easy and a casual as well venient wear as look for the costume. changed. Stanley Kramer wisely chose Mala Powers to play Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac." Discovered by Ida Luplno, her first picture was Outrage; Howard Hughes subsequently took over her contract. Jose Ferrer predicts that In another ten years she will have so many Oscars In her pocket shell be able to use them for book Is going to resurrect The ends. He took part in her tests. Merry Widow again, this time In Ruth Roman had to make a wry Technicolor, starring Lana Turner over a mouthful of bitter cofface and Richardo Montalban. They Lightning made it first in 1925, with John fee for a scene in Warners. Strikes But at Twice, Gilbert and May Murray; then in 1935, with Maurice Chevalier and Director King Vidor wasnt satisfied with her performance. A few Jeanette MacDonald. moments later he had her try again, Louis Calhern must be very hap- and the result was perfect; he'd py. Ever since he starred so suc- doused the coffee with alum while The her back was turned. Her mouth cessfully on the stage in as Justice puckered so that she couldnt speak Magnificent Yankee, Oliver Wendell Holmes, he has for two hours! wanted to do it in pictures. Now Jo Stafford, now heard three its all arranged, at Metro. times a week on CBS, is fast becoming the worlds most listened-t- o Butterworth WaHy thought singer. She conducts a weekly half-hohe had an easy name to rememdisc Jockey show on Radio ber, but some of the bushels Luxembourg. And her fan club in of letters coming In to his Voices that Live England Is flourishing. treasure hunt have made him wonder. Mail has come addressed to Fred Cravens has been coachWater Walla Walla, Valley ing screen stars in fencing for 25 years, but be says Maureen Works, Wally Boderwald and Walter Warwnrst, among OHara is really tops; in two weeks of four-hoothers, And hes acquired such periods daily first names as Roily, she mastered sword routines Art, that usually take six mouths to Perry and Olive. M-G-- atiw f "We're on our honeymoon. We're both from Niagara Fallsl" M ur ur learn. Why, oh why doesnt some record company persuade Pia Tasslnari and Ferrucio Tagliavini to record Lontano, lontano? It has brought the greatest listener response in the history of the Telephone Hour whenever they sing it. Duffys Tavern ... ODDS AND ENDS The General Federation of Womens Clubs will present its annual Citation of for The Stratton Merit to was selected it by a vote Story; one million members of more than . , . Walter Pidgeon will be the , . . next Bulldog Drummond M-G-- M Gardners first film production will be The Jack Carson has three picture deals Ed ale The Man with My Face. was a western frontier town Ed but changed it to Puerto hico. where he now lives. stn-loc- The police of Miami, Fla., were bewildered; Instead of getting off!- - awaiting his approval; since working in The Bright Leaf he wants serious, dramatic roles instead of humorous ones . . . Sara Churchill, daughter of Winston, will make he American film debut Released by WNU Feature y A' f |