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» McCORMICK MESSENGER McCORMTCK. S. C.. TWirRsnAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 19^8 Fur-Embellished Costume \ Important Thing for Fall By CHERIE NICHOLAS Ss?® D EPEND upon it—this is going to prove one of those seasons when the highest ambition of a lady of fashion will be to come into the happy possession of a lav ishly and intriguingly fur-trimmed coat or costume suit. Which is as it should be for if there is one mes sage more important than another now broadcasting via dramatic style prevues throughout leading style centers it is that of the fur-embel lished costume for the coming fall and winter. We call your attention to the handsome fur-laden outfits in the picture. This trio of voguish cos tumes were displayed at a series of style revues held recently by the Style Creators of Chicago in the wholesale district for the edifica tion of buyers who came from all sections of the country to gain first hand news of fashion futures. The coat illustrated in the foreground to the right is highly significant as it bespeaks the continued importance of Persian lamb. Also it empha sizes the tendency to do exciting things in the way of novel fur manip ulation. Persian lamb in tall slen der points follows the many gores of the skirt. Wide bands of the Persian also define the hemline and trim up and down the front. The stylish tuxedo-front theme and the new sleeve idea are seen worked out in terms of fur in the handsome jacket suit to the left. Here the jacket is vertically banded in skunk, a fur which is very fash ionable this season when brown pelts of every type are the rage. The importance of the jacket-with- every-costume theme was definitely stressed throughout the entire pro gram presented by the Chicago Style Creators. There is this to ob serve in regard to the newer jack ets, they are inclined to drop the bolero trend in favor of boxy hiplengths and many take on the very new dolman sleeve which proclaims them of last-minute styl ing.- The -ehubby jacket that you see here is typical of the new trend. The material for the ensemble is a green ribbed woolen. The frock be neath features the very new sailor yoke. A gold belt adds the climax ing touch. Citing general fashion indications stressed in preview showings, we find that skirts for day wear are short, fifteen inches from the floor being the accepted length. Soft bloused effects top the slim, straight and short skirts. In fabric treatments quilted de signs and appliques are widely in use. Softness from draping, shir ring, tiny tucks and smocking is very evident. The 1900 influence is seen in dinner and evening fashions. Fab rics are often the Louis XIV type, most luxurious for formal wear, in cluding brocades, lames, metallized taffetas, velvets and moires. © Western Newspaper Union. Hanky Highlights The vogue for picturesque head kerchiefs is still going strong. When autumn evening breezes be come persistent gusts, tie Burmel's newly designed filmy petit point embroidered flower "hanky" around your head to keep your curls set just right. These exquisite head kerchiefs come in a wide range of pastels, so you can have one for each gown. An ostrich boa as here pictured reflects the influ ence of softness and femininity. Be low in the picture petit point flowers on a cobwebby chiffon hanky highlight a costume of sym phonic black and white worn for dining under the stars. Gay Feathers Chic Note on New Hats If it is a sports felt the newest decoration is a bright quill so tall as to seem impossible at first glance. You see them on the new suede tail-crown fedoras and quaker hats with their impeding high crowns. When it comes to the dressier hat fashions, watch feathers! They will play a big part in the season’s trim ming program, especially colorful little ostrich tips. The very new Louis XIV tricornes have wee tips surmounting. Many uses of dainty ribbons are made in a prettily feminine man ner. The new millinery creations may well be called “confections” with their daintily frivolous bows and flowers and feathers, embroid eries and such. Later on, for winter social activi ties, these wee millinery concoctions will take on a dressy mood in that they will be cunningly adorned with ostrich tips, ribbons and such. You can get cunning models in felt for early wear with your fall tailored suit. You will be enchant ed with these miniature types, we assure you. Elasticized Fabrics Vogue A noteworthy trend in play clothes is the vogue for elasticized fabrics. Wool and cotton swim suits are elas ticized to insure a smooth fit. Some casual sports frocks are designed with elasticized waistlines. Elasti cized jJanty-girdles often are worn under tennis frocks. Collars Found Smaller Collars are noticeably smaller on fur coats this year, with tailored models often seen on mink, dyed ermine and Japanese weasel coats. A few swaggers are seen with al most no collars, while the tuxedo front panel is very popular for fall daytime models. The ‘Tinkling’ Dress The duchess of Windsor recently wore a “tinkling” dress to one of the smart Paris night clubs. The sound is produced by paillettes topped with bits of loose metal which let out a refined jingle when they are in motion. i -v? WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON N EW YORK.—Many years ago, "this writer, quite unintentional ly, aided in making Dr. Ben Reit- mann of Chicago the first king of the hoboes, by some Butale Pete newspaper stories Seeks Hobo written with no King's Head Partisan or politi cal mtent. For some reason or other, my name got on the hobo mailing list as a “jungle judge” or “shack” or something and, from time to time, there comes fraternal greetings, campaign liter ature or news of the order. The latest, from one “Bindle Pete,” is quite violently prejudiced against Jeff Davis, the present king, and says he is to be deposed because he rode to Europe on the Queen Mary and because he has been working at Hollywood, helping coach the di rectors in studies of hobo still-life. This department has been quite indifferent to the'hard luck of kings in recent decades, but it would seem too bad if King Jeff Davis were de throned. He has been a likeable monarch, bald and genial and dili gent (perhaps that’s the trouble) in the interests of his kingdom, and not making any trouble for anybody. His father, James Davis, was a journeyman of newspaper mechani cal trades in Cincinnati, and young Jeff took to the road at the age of 13, covering more than 1,000,000 miles in his subsequent 40 years of ram bling. He assails radicalism in the hobo brotherhood and says he will keep it 100 per cent American. He made more than 2,000 speeches on Americanism during the World war. How could a hobo ride these slick new chromium trains with the cat fish faces? King Jeff probably is working on that. • • • W HEN she was bad, she was very, very good, and when she was good she was horrid. Not ex actly, but, in a rough general way, . that was the story Bette in of Bette Davis. Scarlett Hence, while other Marathon stars sh y awa y from the hell-cat Scarlett O’Hara, as not their type, Bette Davis may take her on. Early in her career. Miss Davis played charming hellions with great effec tiveness and didn’t seem to mind. She was Ruth Elizabeth Davis, a Massachusetts school girl, changing her name to “Bette” at the age of 12 in preparation for her stage ca reer. She later changed her hair— it is brown—and her general make up. Entrance to the theater came easily, after a course in a dramatic school. She went to Hollywood in 1932. Her first play, “Broken Dishes,” brought few cheers, but, with coaching by George Arliss and better casting, she hit the up-grade. Trying a break-away from War ners in London in 1936, a ruthless British court condemned her to con tinued servitude at a top salary. She is one of the few actresses who like unsympathetic roles and she plays them well. • • • U NTIL recently Franz Lehar was living in Vienna. The news that he is rewriting “The Merry Widow” makes one wonder whether he finds Vienna still merry Lehar Now —whether young Rewriting writers still write Merry Widow their plays in the cafes along the Kurftenstrasse, as he did in 1905. The world has waltzed along quite a way in the interval between the original and rewritten versions. Herr Lehar got $300,000 from his ! overwhelming New York success in \ 1907. He waltzed it all right into the stock market and bade it good-by. He returned to his native Buda pest, lost another lump sum of $75,- 000 and then became a good busi ness man. His thirty or more operet tas, five of which have been pro duced here, have made him rich. He is, or was a member of the Vienna Rotary club, attending luncheons faithfully, singing club adaptations of old tunes, wearing a two-inch button with his name on it and engaging in friendly back-slap ping—big and gregarious, 68 years, old, with his lush mustache touched with gray. He was a “knapsack child,” as he put it, the son of a wandering musician. He was a child violinist. Dvorak persuaded him to hang up his fiddle and take to com posing. © Consolidated News Features. WNU Service. The Grave of Confucius The grave of Confucius is in a large rectangle separated from the rest of the K’ung cemetery, outside the city of Q’iuh-fow, in China. A magnificent gate gives admission to a fine avenue, lined with cypress trees and conducting to the tomb, a large and lofty mound, with a mar ble statue in front, bearing the in scription of the title given to Con fucius under the Sung dynasty: “The most sagely ancient teacher; the all - accomplished, all - informed I king.” Becoming, Practical Frocks how you approach the task in hand. To help you turn out clothes professional looking in every de tail, we have a book which plainly sets forth the simple rules of home dressmaking. The beginner will find every step in making a dress clearly outlined and illustrated within its covers. For the experi enced sewer there are many help ful hints and suggestions for sew ing short cuts. Send 15 cents (in coins) today for your copy of SUC CESS IN SEWING, a book every home dressmaker will find of value.' Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020, 211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111. Price of patterns, 15 cents (in coins) each. Strange Facts I Boy's Name on Coronation Chair CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT REMEDY Piles. Hemorrhoids relieved. Prepare rem edy at home, small cost. Materials at all drug stores. Full directions. 25c coin. Box 1023 Riverside Station. Miami. Fla. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS Decorated Ice Cubes.—A sprig of mint and a maraschino cherry frozen into the ice cubes in your electric refrigerator makes the water served on the table more attractive. o o o Cleaning Flour Sieves.—Always wash flour sieves in soda water, never in soapy water, as particles of soap may adhere and give a soapy taste to foods put through the sieve. 0*0 T HE shops are full of beautiful new fabrics just crying to be made up in smart new fashions— and these patterns make it very easy to do your own sewing. When you do, of course, you can have many more clothes because it’s so inexpensive to buy your own, fine quality fabrics—and then your Clothes, and your daughter’s, too, will have that distinctly made-to- order, well-fitted look that’s more flattering and smart than any thing else. For Large Women. This afternoon dress is carefully designed to look well on large fig ures. The v-neck, cut in one with the shoulders, makes your face look less full. The short, rippling sleeves minimize the size of your forearm—and they’re so pretty and graceful, too. The skirt is smooth over the hips, and the bod ice has necessary bust fullness. Here’s a dress that will be your favorite, when you make it up in the prettiest silk crepe, georgette or sheer wool that you can find. For Slim School-Girls. Your daughter will be delighted with the grown-up, slick look of this basque frock, and yet it’s just as simple as a school-girl’s dress should be. This is the style that growing girls, too thin for their height, look very well in. The high neckline covers up their col lar bones, the puff sleeves and flaring skirt have a filling out ef fect. This style is pretty in so many fabrics—cotton, wool and silk. Especially linen, gingham, challis, jersey and for dress-up, taffeta. 1563 is designed for sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52. Size 38 requires 5% yards of 39-inch material. 1464 is designed for sizes 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 years. Size 10 re quires 2% yards of 39-inch materi al, plus % yard contrasting. Success in Sewing. Success in sewing, like success in any other field, depends upon Wise and Otherwise No matter how lazy a man may be, his laziness seldom ex tends to his tongue. Charity used to begin at home; nowadays nobody stays home long enough to start it. Some folks pick their friends carefully; others to pieces. Money, says the moralist, is a poison. And the antidote is marriage. “Golf is the most dangerous game in the world,” says a writer. Risk of spontaneous combustion? In five years the output of real silk stockings has increased from a million dozen pairs to five million dozen. What one might call the worm’s turn? npHE famous coronation chair in -*■ which all English kings sit for their coronation bears the name of a British school boy. The boy’s name is carved in the oaken seat. Tradition tells that two Westmin ster school boys made a bet. P. Abbot bet that he would sleep alone all night in Westminster ab bey. The boy wanted to prove that he had stayed in the great dark church which contains the royal dust of Edward the Confessor, the bones of Chaucer, Sir Isaac New ton and many other famous men of Britain. In the chapel of Ed ward the Confessor is the oak cor onation chair. In the seat is carved “P. Abbot slept in this chair January 4, 1801.” Only once has the coronation chair been taken from the abbey. The chair dates from the Four teenth century. Beneath the seat is the famous stone of scone or “Stone of Destiny.” It was brought from Scone, Scotland, by Edward the first. On it Scottish kings were crowned until Edward I brought it to London in 1296. The one occasion when the coronation chair was taken from the abbey was during the time of Oliver Cromwell. It was moved to West minster hall when Cromwell was installed as Lord Proctor. The same famous chair was used in May when George VI was crowned in Westminster abbey. © Britannica Junior. 1. How long is the Great Wall of China? 2. Can a person be a citizen of a state of the United States with out being an American citizen? 3. Do sea lilies belong to the veg etable or animal kingdom? 4. What is the significance of the name Utah? 5. How many of the Bach fam ily were musicians? \ 6. How many languages are used throughout the entire land of In dia? 7. How does the number of strikes in this country compare with that of Great Britain? 8. Where do most of our emer alds come from? 9. What is the inscription on the Christ of the Andes monument on the boundary between Argentina and Chile? The Answers 1. The Great Wall of China is over 1,500 miles long. 2. No. 3. Sea lilies belong to the ani mal kingdom and are related to the star fish. Peeling Onions. — When you have a number of onions to peel, cover them with hot water, let them stand a minute or two and that thin skin, so hard to get off, can be removed as if by magic. * * * Hanging Pictures. — Pictures should be hung about at the level of the eye, but since they also are to be hung in relation to the furni ture groups, it is sometimes bet ter to hang one below eye level over a low table or desk, or above eye level over a high chest. * • • Save Ironing.—If sheets are hung on the line dripping wet the weight of the water pulls them down and removes most of the wrinkles. They may then be fold ed neatly without ironing when dry. * * * Economy Note.—Pieces of rib bon that come on gift boxes may be utilized in making shoulder straps for underwear. Cut them into six or eight-inch strips. • • * Perspiration Marks. — To re move perspiration marks from white silk, mix some bicarbonate of soda to a stiff paste with cold water. Spread thickly on the parts and leave for an hour or so before washing. This will also re move scorch marks if they are not very bad. 4. It is a variant form of Ute, name of an Indian tribe, meaning “Highlanders.” 5. There were eight generations of musicians in the family, 29 being eminent at one time. 6. India’s vast population uses 225 languages and dialects. 7. In 1937 there were 12,148 strikes in the United States, in volving 6,360,903 workers. In the same period. Great Britain had 1,175 strikes, involving 650,000 workers. 8. Most of the emeralds mined today come from the mining dis tricts of Colombia, South Amer ica. Despite the supposed higher value of diamonds, the emerald is the most precious of gems. Car at for carat, a flawless emerald may bring three times the price of a flawless diamond in the jewel ry market. 9. A bronze tablet, which was prepared by the Rotary club of Valparaiso, bears the following in scription in Spanish: “Sooner shall these mountains crumble into dust than the Argentines and Chileans break the peace sworn at the feet of Christ the Redeem er.” ASK ME ANOTHER A Quiz With Answers Offering Information on Various Subjects UNA and INA and the Twins* Birthday Party... LISTEN TO THE TWINS NEXT DOOR/ TUESDAYS OUR BIRTHDAY AND MOM says WE CAN ONLY BUY ICE CREAM ENOUGH FOR SIX KIDS. JIMMIE WANTS TO.ASK SOME HORRID OLD BOYS HEY JIMMIE AND JANIE.' WHAT& \ AW, SHE WANTS A ALL THE FIGHT \ FLOCK OF LITTLE SlSSlE ABOUT? \ .GIRLS / WELL, IF THE COST OF THE ICE CREAM IS ALL THAT'S WORRY ING YOUR MOTHER-THATS EASY/, SURE - UNA V I CAN MAKE ENOUGH WITH JELL-0 ICE CREAM POWDER SO YOU CAN ASK EVERYONE! ■**'"*1. r TAKE A LOOK. MOM! PRETTY SWELL, EH? 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