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Show I "GAY GADGETS" I Associated Newspapers WNU Features By NANCY PEPPER SEA SHES There's a new navy rave sweeping sweep-ing through the Jive and Johnson set. It's the good old middy blouse, just like the teenagers teen-agers used to wear when Elsie Dins-more Dins-more was the Orphan Or-phan Annie of her day. In some schools the gals wear white middies mid-dies tucked into navy blue skirts and finished off with stone studded belts. In other schools they're buying buy-ing navy blue middies that look like genuine G.I. stuff an'd wearing them over-blouse fashion over pleated navy or plaid skirts. Of course, you'll need a little white gob hat to top off this seaworthy set-up. Could be you'll be going in for hornpipes horn-pipes instead of Lindys and chanties instead of jive! FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS When he sends""you a posy for the big dance, what do you do with it besides swoon over it? Do you just pin it to your shoulder where it's sure to be crushed before you get your first cut-in, or do you handle han-dle it with care and imagination and near it for style as well as sentiment? senti-ment? Wrist Twist Did he send you two gardenias? Lucky you! Sew or pin I them separately to a black velvet ribbon tied around each wrist. On Your Head Those velvet ribbon rib-bon bands you're spanning across your smooth brows are perfect flower flow-er holders. One gardenia on each side or a single orchid will look lush. In the Bag It's old stuff to pin your corsage to your evening bag, but it's new nonsense to carry it in one of these new transparent plastic box bags if you're lucky enough to have one. Doggy Decoration So he didn't send you a corsage? Well, buy yourself your-self three or four little Sweetheart roses (from you to you, with love) and sew them side by side in the center of a narrow black velvet ribbon. rib-bon. Tie the ribbon around your fair (and scrubbed) neck with the bow in back and the roses in front, and you have the very newest in dog collar necklaces. 'HI' SIGN IN THE HALL I keep on waiting for the bell The time for changing classes: I hold my breath and pray that he Will see me when he passes. He may be with some other girl (Oh, would that I were she!) But my beart skips a boogie beat When be says "Hi!" to me! I'm not at all discouraged yet, I'll never give up trying. While there is life, there's always hope As long as be keeps "Hi" ing! |