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Chic Silhouette Figure Depends
On Proper Foundation Garment
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
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Y OUR costume may be the very
pink of perfection, your accesso
ries nothing less than glamorous,
but no matter how smartly appar
eled, unless you are correctly cor
seted in the proper foundation gar
ment to make your figure conform,
so far as is possible, to the slim
svelte lines that current fashion de
mands, you will fail to qualify “up
to the mark” in general appearance.
Indies, look to your corsetry!
Soon it will be time to take up the
matter of new clothes for spring.
Start the program right with a care
fully selected foundation garment
wardrobe and see what a difference
it makes when you come to be fit
ted in the new frocks and suits.
The long - stemmed American
beauty glorified by United States de
signers in their first season of inde
pendence from Paris influence calls
for intelligent corseting to underline
the new styles with high, well-con-
toured bustline, straighter and
slightly longer waistline and sleek
hip and thighs, American corsetry
has made amazing progress in
achieving control without sacrificing
comfort in the foundation garment.
What special type of foundation
you should wear depends upon your
individual needs. Study your figure
in a mirror to get a clear picture
of faults to be corrected. Then go
“in conference” with your favorite
corsetiere. In analyzing your fig
ure defects and virtues, remember
that the side and back views are
even more important than the front,
because they show your posture and
distribution of weight. '
It is especially important this sea
son that your bustline be properly
contoured. The tendency in current
costume design is to accent top in
terest in moulded and drapqd and
swathed treatments. The new clas
sic daytime wools with their suave
simply tailored blouse tops make
expert corsetry imperative. This is
especially true of brassieres which
must be meticulously selected. Re
member that unless you wear some
type of pantie girdle and brassiere
under your slack suits, swimsuits,
tennis, golf or riding clothes, your
figure cannot look attractive.
It is also important that you have
two identical foundations for every
day wear to keep your figure mould
ed properly and comfortably. Two
foundations worn alternately and
kept fresh and in good repair may
be expected to hold their original
lines and do their job of figure con
trol appreciably longer than two
purchased successively.
One foundation for formal wear
is a wardrobe necessity because the
.figure needs extra help to look its
best under formal gowns, which are
more fitted in line than daytime
styles.
New foundations for evening of
fer several outstanding features.
Brassieres are cut to give more
accent to the bustline than for day
light hours, and have many clever
tricks to suit the straps to the vari
ous decollete lines. Corsets and all-
in-ones are cut longer in the skirt
to prevent thigh bulge and afford
a suave, gently curving line from
waist to knees without any hint of
stiffness in effect.
Shown in the illustration are two
examples of the sleekly moulded
evening silhouettes favored this sea
son. Note the dress to the left with
perky wee bows tying in a one-
side fastening. It requires perfected
corsetry to achieve the youthful
fashion-right lines here delineated.
Jacket costumes as centered in the
group are outstanding in the eve
ning mode and exact expert founda
tion garment fitting. A goodlooking
daytime black wool dress with which
to wear a single costume jewelry
piece (in this instance a stunning
bowknot pin at the waistline) has
become a staple in every wardrobe.
Shown here to the right is an over-
the-bust draped effect which re
quires very special corsetry because
of its top interest.
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Fetching little hats made of bright
loop felt are effective with tweed or
dark fur coats. Some of these jaunty
uprightly headpieces are so fash
ioned they look like a single large
flower caught firmly to a fitted cap
made of ribbon velvet. They are
tied at the back in a big bow, the
flowerlike cluster of felt loops poses
.piquantly over the forehead. The
hat of felt loops pictured is a pill
box type in moss green with beige.
The long-sleeve muff is in green
velvet with a ruche bordering at
each end made of felt loops match
ing the hat.
New Trim for Shoes
Even your shoes have a dressed-
up air this season, with trimmings
of fur bows and beading. Tailored
bows are used to trim pumps made
of crocodile, and frilled bows and
beading add a smart look to suede
'•hoes for afternoon.
‘Twin Hats’ Copy
Headgear of Men
Probably the most important style
item this winter is the companionate
hat, known also as “he and she,”
“Mr. and Mrs.,” and “twin” hats.
These hats are merely hats that look
alike—one for men, one for women.
Actually the twin hats are a bless
ing, both to men who have put up
with some pretty wacky looking
women’s hats in the past, and to the
ladies who are always looking for
something new. The distaff twin hat
is, of course, out and out larceny.
It is styled to duplicate the sportier
men’s styles. Manhattan has seen
them in telescopes or pork-pies, der
bies, felt caps and in the so-called
double brim safari felts. As a style
item they are excellent.
American designers of women’s
hats have a knack for feminizing
these twin adaptations to the point
where they are, if anything, more
feminine than distinctly feminine
hats.
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Reporter’s Private Papers:
Val Guest, the colyum’s star cor
respondent in the London air raid
shelters, reports: “The old women
still feeding the pigeons in Trafalgar
Square with the guns booming over
them. Even the birds are used to
them now . . . The newsboy in Pic
cadilly chalking up: ‘Half-Time
Scores:-Jerry, 54 Down* . . . The
pieces of incendiary bombs fetching
anything from a dollar for smarties
who pick them up ... A tin-hatted
chocolate-and-gum vendor doing a
roaring trade in the shelters . . .
The raid during a violent thunder
storm. After a loud thunder crack,
an urchin comforted an old lady
with: ‘That wasn’t Hitler, lady, that
was God, and he won’t hurt you’ . . .
The real need of a coat with two
pairs of pants. One to work in, the
other to sleep in . . . The Savoy
Hotel, where, when you book a table,
you can book a bed in the shelter.
They ask you politely: ‘Will you
be staying for the raid, sir?’ . * .
The ten-cent stores, now fifteen cent
. . . The gag badges you can buy
with the inscription: ‘Please, don’t
tell me how nearly you were
bombed’ . . . Well, there goes the
all-clear, Walter. I enclose a bit ol ;
shrapnel. Maybe you can use it
for a paper-weight.”
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OF COURSE YOU LIKE CANDY
. (See Recipes Below)
Virginio Gayda, Benito’s boy, now j
has a chance to show how good an j
editor he is. All he has to do is
explain (to his fellow Italians) what
ever became of what he called: “The
soft, decadent British Empire.”
The United Press includes in its
ten best news stories of 1940 “The
Enigma of Russia” . . . There’s
been no news out of Russia since
Stalin established his censorship last
January ... So what the UP is*
asking you to believe is a big news
story is; “Russia Keeps Its Moutb
Shut!”
Paul Waner, The slugging star fo.
Pittsburgh (for 15 years), has been
fired. Paul, when he was tops, was
reported to have been guaranteed a
life job in the ball club owner’s will
. . . Now he joins Babe Ruth in
idleness . . . Babe being the player
who saved baseball from ruin after
the Black Sox scandal ... It must
not be thought, however, that base
ball forgets its crowd-getters . . .
No, indeedy. They are always elect
ed to baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Hew York Heartbeat
New Yorchids: Abe Lyman’s new
theme song: “Moon Over America”
. . . The Rosalind Russell-M. Doug
las worduels in Columbia’s: “This
Thing Called Love” . . . Warner’s
“Santa Fe Trail” . . . Hildegarde’s
version of “The Last Time I Saw
Paris” . . . The “Truth or Conse
quences” program . . . The forth
coming “High Sierra” picture, an
other Hellinger high-spot.
Times Square Ticker-Tape: John
Barrymore told a chum that the
greatest actor on the screen is Gary
Cooper and that he wished he could
act like him . . . They insist that
the femme half of that “scandalous”
duo of Hollywood stars went to the
Will Hays office and, after she un
veiled the entire story, was com
pletely exonerated . . . The Taluca
Lake natives will betcha that Ann
Sheridan and George Brent were
married two months ago, despite
the denials.
Memos of a Midnighter: The Phil
Plants, celebrating their 2nd Ann’y,
stifling the rumors . . . The MGM
information booth at Times Square
will become a recruiting station . . .
The songwriters will picket radio
stations with pianos on trucks . . .
Count Adelburg, of the White Russian
colony here, and Rosemary Warbur-
ton, of the Social Register, are Like
That . . . Trent Patterson, the
thrush (recently in court over si
friend’s husband), is being consoled
by a hooch exec . . . Sally Rand
incorporated herself last week to
dodge claims from her recent bank
ruptcy. There is still $7,000 against
her, chorus girl wages, etc.
Red, White, Blue
Featured in South
Women vacationers spending theix
winter in the southlands are wear
ing dresses patriotically featuring
red, white and blue.
For daytime wear two or all three
of the brilliantly contrasting colors
are combined, and are often further
trimmed with gold braid insignia or
belt buckles that are red, white and
blue shields.
Evening clothes, whether dinner
dresses or formal gowns, nearly all
have full skirts. They are made of
sharkskin, crepe, organdy, lace, taf
feta, and net, with black, white and
blue the reigning colors.
Sounds in the Night: In The Stork.
“What a face! She looks like a mil
lion dollars your enemy has” . . .
In Reuben’s: “Nope, I don’t wanna
be a Broadwayite. I don’t look good
with a knife in my back” ... In
Club Cuba: “Tell me, whose little
check-book stub are you?” ... At
Chateau-Moderne: “The big whoops!
Give him enough rope and he’ll start
jumping it” ... At The Copaca-
bana: “When he enters the room it’s
just as though someone left” . . .
At The Radio Franks: “Why
shouldn’t he be crazy? Isn’t he out
of her mind?”
Street Scenery: The sleeping pill
ads in a drug store window: “Take
dese and doze!” . . . The safety
slogan on a car: “You keep your
distance and we’ll both keep our
health!” . . . The new airlines
terminal building—architectural po
etry . . . The tiniest autograph-
signer in town: Little 8 year old
Joan Carroll, besieged by the auto-
grafters at the “Panama Hattie’
stage door . . . The pathetic look
ing sign-carriers giving Broadway a
droopier look as they battle the win
terrrr weatherrrr.
Making candy is really outside the
realm of general cooking, but with a
little guidance, even an amateur can
work real magic with sugar and wa
ter. Simply by changing tempera
ture and the method of handling, a
wide variety of fondants, fudges,
and hard candies can be made.
Utensils for Making Candy.
Saucepans should have broad bot
toms, and should be large enough to
allow for “boiling
up.” The inside
surface should be
smooth, because
rough spots may
cause candies to
stick and burn.
Measuring cups
—use standard
measuring cups
for successful re
sults; accurate measurements are
essential.
Spoons and spatulas — wooden
spoons are desirable for candy mak
ing because they do not become un
comfortably hot, nor does the wooden
spoon handle cut into one’s hand
during beating. Use standard table
spoons and teaspoons for measuring.
A medium-sized spatula is a help in
scraping candy from kettles, and
lifting candy from the pan.
Baking sheets, platters and pans—
ordinary cookie sheets provide a
good surface for pouring hard can
dies; large platters may be used for
taffy, which is to be taken out and
pulled, or for fondant which is to be
beaten. A marble slab'from an old-
fashioned marble-topped table or bu
reau makes an excellent smooth,
level surface for pouring candies.
Candy thermometer—a thermom
eter is essential in order to obtain
uniform and good results in making
candy.
Candies are classified as “creamy
candies,” such as fondant or fudge,
and as “taffies” and “hard” can
dies, like nut brittle and lollipops.
In making creamy candies two
rules must be observed: cook the
candy to a definite temperature, ahd
cool to room temperature before you
begin to beat.
Brazilian Molasses Balls.
(Makes 24 small balls)
1% cups sugar
Vt cup hot water
% cup light molasses
% teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vinegar
V\ cup butter
3 pints popped corn
1 pint Brazil nuts (sliced)
Dissolve sugar in hot water. Add
molasses, salt and vinegar and cook
to soft crack stage (270 degrees).
Remove from heat, and add butter.
Stir syrup slowly into popped corn
and Brazil nuts. Mix well, and shape
into balls.
Lollipops.
(Makes \Vi dozen)
2 cups sugar
% cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
% teaspoon oil of cloves or oil of
cinnamon
Red or green coloring
Put sugar, syrup, and water in a
sauce pan. Cook, stirring just until
the sugar is dis
solved. Continue
cooking over very ^
low heat, to 310 ^
degrees on a can- x
dy thermometer.
Wash down the
crystals that form
during cooking,
using cheese cloth
which has been
wrapped around a fork or spoon.
When the candy reaches 310 de
grees, remove from heat, add fla
voring and coloring and mix very
quickly. Pour into small buttered
muffin pans, filling them only Vi-
inch deep. As soon as the lollipops
begin to set (which will take only a
few minutes) loosen them from
sides of pan and turn out on table
top. Insert the pointed end of a
small skewer into the side of each
lollipop, working it in carefully to
avoid breaking the candy. It will
be necessary to work quickly.
Milk Chocolate Marshmallow Candy
% pound broken milk chocolate
1 1-ounce square bitter chocolate
Vfe cup walnut meats (broken)
8 marshmallows, (cut in halves)
Melt milk chocolate and bitter
For Inexpensive Gifts.
Why not send copies of these 4
practical and attractive cook
books to your friends? Singly or
in sets they make charming and
useful gifts for a bride-to-be, or
for any of your home-keeping
friends. Recipes have been test
ed and approved in Miss Howe’s
own kitchen, and you’ll find them
easy-to-use, reliable, and good.
Just send 10 cents in coin for
each book you order to Eleanor
Howe, 919 North Michigan Ave
nue, Chicago, Illinois, and be sure
to specify which book you want!
Better Baking
Feeding Father
Easy Entertaining
Household Hints
chocolate together in the top of a
double boiler. Remove from flame
and add walnut meats and marsh
mallows. Stir gently Until thorough
ly mixed. Drop by teaspoonfuls on
wax paper. Serve when cool.
Taffy Apples.
Place a meat skewer in end of
each apple. Cook together 1 cup
sugar, 1 cup white com syrup, V4
cup butter, and 1 cup coffee cream
until mixture reaches firm ball stage
(246 degrees). Stir carefully to avoid
scorching. Remove from flame and
dip each apple into mixture and then
in cold water.
Butterscotch Nut Marshmallows.
1 cup light brown sugar
% cup cream
% teaspoon vanilla extract
% teaspoon salt
Vz pound marshmallows
% cup nut meats (finely chopped)
Place brown sugar, cream, vanilla
extract, and salt in a saucepan.
Cook slowly, stir
ring frequently,
to the soft ball
stage (236 de
grees). Remove
from flame and
place sauce-pan
over hot water
to keep mixture
from cooling. Coat marshmallows
with the butterscotch mixture and
then roll immediately in the finely
chopped nut meats. Place on a but
tered platter until cold.
Red and Green Popcorn Balls.
(Makes 10 balls)
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1% cups water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Red or green liquid coloring
3 quarts popped corn
Combine sugar, com syrup and
water, and cook in a saucepan, stir
ring until the sugar is dissolved.
1 Continue cooking until the tempera
ture 290 degrees is reached, or until
a few drops of the syrup becomes
brittle when dropped into cold wa
ter. Add vanilla extract and a few
drops of red or green coloring. Stir
sufficiently to mix the coloring even
ly. Pour the cooked syrup over the
popped corn, which has been sprin
kled with salt; stir well, and form
into balls with the hands, using lit
tle pressure.
Chocolate Fudge.
(Makes 36 lV4-inch squares)
2 tablespoons butter
3 cups sugar
1 cup milk
2 squares chocolate (2 ounces) (cut
in pieces)
Vi cup honey
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Nutmeats if desired
Melt butter in a saucepan. Add
sugar and milk, and mix well. Bring
to a boil, then cover and cook with
the lid on for about 3 minutes. Re
move lid, add chocolate and honey,
and cook to soft ball stage (236 de
grees). Remove from heat, and add
vinegar and vanilla. Cool to room
temperature, and beat until the
fudge is thick and creamy. Add nut
meats if desired, and spread in well
buttered pan.
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Tasty Sauce
A cup of grated cheese added to
the white sauce that is served with
cauliflower is very good.
A Dainty Flowered
Blanket Protector^
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS
TT WAS a bride of ten years who
reminded me of blanket protec
tors. I say bride because her
home still has the immaculate
freshness of a bride’s house. Her
wool blankets have never been
washed or cleaned, yet their soft,
light colorings show no sign of
soil. She brought out some long
pieces of cotton material; “I baste
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these over the tops of the blan
kets,” she said “and change them
ever few weeks.”
I thought of some dainty bed lin
ens that I had seen all trimmed
in flower sprigged cotton print.
Why not make flowered blanket
protectors to harmonize with blan
ket colorings? Here is one that
would go with either rose or blue.
It is easy to hide basting stitches
that fasten it temporarily to the
blanket by slipping them along in
the pink or blue binding as shown.
One length of material as long as
the width of the blanket will make
a pair of these protectors. A half
yard extra of the flowered material
will face a matching pair of pil
low cases.
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You will also find some other ideas for
trimming pillow cases in SEWING Book 2.
This booklet has been one of the most
popular in the series as it not Only ccyi-i
tains complete directions foe many gift!
and bazaar novelties but shows how to
make 42 different embroidery stitches and
five ways to darn and repair fabrics. Send
>rder to:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Drawer 10
Bedford Hills New York
Enclose 10 cents for Book 2.
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