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Show TIIE JOURNAL Pge 8 WOMAN'S WORLD Fashionable Tricks Round Out Wardrobe skirts, and weskits may be worn with other skirts, as well as slacks and shorts. Tubular jersey is a popular material that may be purchased by the yard for making skirts. Corduroy and velveteen may be used for the weskits, and, if you like plaids or woolens for these, you can easily get together enough material for them from old dresses or coat linings. Weskits are made In two popular styles, 'the small, mens type with a V neckline, and the other, a tux-ed- o front, that shows small, tucked blouses off so well. old If you have any white blouses in your wardrobe, these can easily be brought into use again. Dye them, in the rich fall shades, if you want to spice the costume with color, or bleach them to snowy whiteness if you By Ertta Haley WOMEN AND school girls their basic fall and win wardrobe completed by this MOST ter time, but many of them are still searching for those extra special, certain effects that will give their clothes distinction. Clever accessories mean so much to those who would be appropriately dressed, and some spend hours hunting for Just the right belt or button to complete a certain cos- tume. In many cases, its not money involved. Its just a matter of finding a certain item that will turn a dress or suit from something ordi- thats long-sleeve- nary to something distinctive. When youre seeking such items, its wise to investigate what you already have for you may have some- thing tucked away in the recesses of the closet that can be used or altered into something with a lot of service. Before you buy, Investigate what you have. Its often surprising what you can find, a nice piece of plaid that makes Just the right belt, some old rhinestones that can be glued to buttons or that might be made into costume jewelry, so correct for the current fashion picture. Belts, Cummerbunds Are Distinctive Skirts and blouses of luxury materials are an important part of the Pumps that go anywhere and keep your feet comfortable are these black calf sling types with a fairly low heel and a jaunty cocarde at the instep. Open toes assure comfortable room at the tip of the shoe. bag. Little or no sewing is required for these have simple hems. The short Jacket coats made of fur or pseudo-fu- r give an excellent made from scarves background for luxury materials such as taffeta, crepe, satin, faille or chiffon. With dressy sweaters, a bit of chiffon to which is attached a flower of crushed velvet, is excellent. For the more rugged costumes, use plaid, striped or plain wool scarves. Old Fabrics Yield If youre tall and slender youll want to put them together in a single costume with a cummerbund effect at the waist. Cummerbunds can be made from all sorts of old, luxurious pieces of material such as old dresses, scarves, or a wide ribbon trimming on an old hat. Many of the pieces of fabric you find will need only a light cleaning or pressing to bring them into condition. Wash only those materials which are washable. If youre In doubt, snip off a piece for laundering before trying out the whole piece. After reconditioning, cut and finish the material to fit the waist, cummerbund fashion. Plaid belts and cummerbunds are high fashion, too, for long shorts or slacks whether youre at home or on campus. Sources for the plaid might be a remnant tucked away in a scrap bag, an old woolen dress, or even the lining of an old coat. Cummerbunds or belts for tailored clothing should be neat and clean-cu- t. For wearing with tailored clothes, the plaid cummerbund is cut Just long enough to go around the waist. Its flat, and high and rounded in front, and may be fastened with snaps in back or front. Sometimes a huge ornamental pin is attached to the front fashion scene. Excellent Trimmings Many not quite new dresses can be easily rejuvenated with just a touch or two of luxurious trimming to bring them right back into the fashion spotlight. For these you need mere strips of satin or velvet, velveteen or faille. Take for example, a good basic dress that needs a bit of brightening. You might trim the small collar and cuffs with velvet or satin. This trimming is easy to apply and will take but a short time. If the black trimdress is brown, try ming if you want to be right up to dethe minute in the fashion-wis- e tails. Other good choices include orange, rust, purple or a deep bright shade of red. Do you have an old shirt that can be converted to a weskit for the daughcollege or high school-ag- e ter? She can wear it with long shorts, slacks or a skirt. If she already has a weskit, it can be made even smarter with an piping of velvet or velveteen. Since reefer coats are back, you might try remodeling an old one with touches of velvet at the neckline, or putting on velvet buttons. These are simple changes, but very effective ones. Old dresses and formats frequently yield excellent buttons. If you have some with rhinestones, remove those and use them marching down the front of a classic button-fron- t dress for a very smart look. The same kind of buttons can also be used on sheer wool or velvet suits. Last years suit with a plunging neckline can be trimmed with velvet and velvet or rhinestone buttons substituted for old ones. Add a bunch of soft velvet flowers, from an old formal, possibly, and youU have a costume such as is being widely shown. all-arou- nd Search for Remnants To Use as Neckwear Plain classic sweaters, tailored dresses as well as coat and jacket fashions all demand some sort of Skirts, Weskits Make ornamental scarf at the neck. Wardrobe Extenders Most of these are small, tied in a Skirts, blouses and weskits to go knot at the front of the neck, and with them make exceptionally nice then ornamented with a single dec- wardrobe extenders since the three orative piii. together may be worn to make a Remnants are good sources for good casual costume. these scarves, whether you buy Then, too, the skirts may be or find counter a at worn with sweaters and Jackets, bargain thepi the material in the attic or scrap while blouses will go with the other d BABYS FIRST BOTTLE . . . Officials at the zoo in Bom. are coaxing Remus," baby born to Juliet " th famed elephant, to have his first taste of milk. Juliet is u old and this Is the second baby she has had in captivity was born two years ago a Uttle girl named Roma prefer. 275-pou- Robes, Gowns, Pajamas Should Yield Warmth You can cut the .comers on your nd clothing budget by sewing pajamas, STAR DUST robes and gowns at home, especially when you use easily managed cotton flannel. Both cutting and sewing are easy, and the flannel is modest in price. e Classic pajamas are still being used extensively, but By INEZ GERHARD a new favorite style currently is e which is gathered at ONALD and Benita Colman had the the wrists and ankles. It has an no idea, when they embarked on collar oversized Peter Pan and The Halls of Ivy series last Janufront opening, with the waist nipped ary, that they were launching a with a narrow self belt. show that would become so popular so soon. Really adult entertainment. is the description given by its many devoted listeners. Not only the show, but its theme song, W Col man Program ' Halls of Ivf Popular With College Student two-piec- R one-piec- in You Can the two-re- i Beat the film madek el laboration with the ConW Atomic Implications, leased by RKO, The plctmt plains the three primary efci uf of detonation. Jeff Chandler will soon be enough travelling to last immediately became popular; in rest 20th of his life. During "The Birjl Century-Fox- s Paradise in Honolulu, he wis mute by plane to Hollywood te jO series. Our Miss Brooks rei believes in Jane Wyman the deaf mute in J( she stuffed her eau To play Belinda cotton, went through the 0a To play the ing nothing. Glass Meaai daughter in "The which she wore a special shoe to foot inward and made the she said nothing about ig the cut into her ankle till said satf discovered it. He her Plaid and flannel nightshirts thal are made like large mens shirts, with long sleeves and large upper pockets are also being favored. For robes, there are two good choices. The first is a short, full study coat frequently styled in a large bold plaid, much after the d style of short, coats that were being worn with dresses and suits some time ago. The second Is the regular full or short length robe, either in plaid or the very popular solid colored flannel wool. It may be trimmed with plaid or a contrasting solid back-flare- iYO rubber either wear V.VAM RONALD COLMAN fact, so many people wanted a recording of the song that a record has been 'made by the group that sings it on the NBC Wednesday night broadcasts. College presidents and faculty members have praised the series; students lament the impossibility of finding a college president like Colman. look would make her ankle woreW discard the shoe. She ding. John Agar, William Cut. e Danny Arnold have V bachelor headquarters house at Sherman film capitol. They pearing in through, m Br Warner m which y ij Aear James Joe Wilman, whose records in American Bowling Congress competition stamp him as one of the greatest bowlers of the decade, has signed to star in King of the TeWorld of representing npins, of Columbias If you dont have a sweater in Sports short subjects series. Mearns constituency color. exSofa, TStW&SI Fashion Flashes your wardrobe, get to work and make one, or go out and buy one for theyre indispensible to fashion this season. Theyll go with checked skirts, plain flannel skirts, sheer woolens or plaid skirts. .Jersey dresses are practical and smart. One seen recently could be worn as a good classic dress for daytime. For dress-u- p occasions, it was teamed with a gold velveteen bolero which tied with a satin bow. Coat styles are rugged' and ready for heavy duty and cold weather. Popular styles seen are the great coat which looks just as it sounds. The shirt-cois fashioned like a mans shirt. The reefer has made a return, while the city cloak, often trimmed with velvet, takes its cue from the Spanish. New colors which are ideal for dark contrast include a pink tone of luscious honey beige and a very soft seafoam green. at S Ml paddtot Universal City covered a total of 256 acres before the recent e tract adjoinpurchase of a Fernando the studio San the in ing Valley; makes' it the largest film plant in the world. Lowell Thomas recently celebrated his arrival on. the air 20 years ago, when a friend tricked him into unprepared making a liked. Only on he speech any subject after the speech was .finished did Thomas learn that he had been auditioning for a news program that was to be sponsored by the Literary U-I- s 140-acr- self-contain- te, to begin work - Thomson who ( $is ( ilosA a heavy on Kau -ss OD,)SA?favo time ' Marge as thestar--Fellows Edith Railroad Hour ?tb Gort star v winter frma , 8 theun "Trosby Thatawar how would you react? 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