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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
MKT SUIT s
WIN APPROVAL
AMONG YOUTH

Fashion checks the British en-
tries in the fashion race this spring
Plaids. houndstooth checks, nubby
Scotch tweedS and plaids have all
gained favor with the American
sportswoman. Backed by the college
group. these new "miXit' suits COM
bine in every color and type, with
special favor shown to the man.
nish Jackets and simple pleated o.
gored tweed skirts in blending hueS.
Norfolk Jackets. double breasted or
single breasted styles are all in
favor. Patch pockets in many anus
ing shapes give the only variation
10 these classic styles.
BoleOr Jackets New Mkt Mode
Being as young as possible, the
smart woman this spring will vary
her MKT wardrobe with bolero
jackets. Looking very girlish and
chic she wears these in plain soft
colors of colorful tweeds, with
pleated skirts; for more tailored
moods. she combines the bolero with
simply tailored skirt and a skirt
with matching tie. And for country
wear. she may even use a bolero
Jacket with her neatly tailored
slacks, or with a wteedy skirt and
sweater.
With soft suits favored for all
daytime accessories, the more FEM
inized versions in twill jackets and
other light woolens, are worn with
matching or contrasting skirts TO
create smartly tailored daytime
suits. Three piece suit costumes are
also created by the addition of a
classic tweed REFER coat or dreS-
sy casual topcoat
Variety in blouses ranges from
the strictly tailored shirt blouse
with bright studs and matching
tie, to the most feminine and frilly
creation of chiffon or lace. Gay
little taffeta blouses in prints are
especially liked with boleros ana
skirts, and give a bright accent 20
simple jacket and skirt ensembles,
as the MKT" mode goes merrily
on its way through spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
ShirtWaiSt
Days Back
For Spring

Dainty. lovely and more feminine
are the blouses this spring.
Sheer fabrics in delicate spring
colors are made up in styles reml-
nscent of our grandmothers' days
when the Gibson Girl shirtwaist
was quite the thing for the charm
ing young ladies OF the day.
Pastel chiffonS in stitched designs
or draped models are favorites for
the late afternoon and evening.
One charming white blouse, Tor IN
stance, in chiffon has a high neck
with a bow tie at the throat ana a
full draping sleeve as well as Il
bloused waitsline.
Lace Trimmings
Pink. blue and yellow chiffon
comes in stitched and tucked pat
terms with the old favorite shirt
bosom theme. Trimmed in lace are
many chiffon blouses with jabots,
collars and cuffs. while several
models are set with insertion in
stripes.
Sheer batiste with panels, shirt
bosoms. collars and cuffs of lace
makes dainty accessory bloses for
spring tailleurs. One model has a
shirt BOSOM of tucks alternating
with lace panels, while the tiny
collar and the cuffs on the pufted
sleeves are edged in lace.
Puffed Sleeves
Another batiste model has shirt
bosom of vertical lines of lace,
while still another has frilly ia
bot. Many of the blouSes are cut
to be worn over the suit shirt.
Scores of the models have feminine
lines with puffed sleeves and high
collars, reminiscent of the turn OF
the century era.
All-over lace blouseS in whites
and pastels will be favorites this
spring. while draped crepes, georg-
cites. and silks will be featured.
One charming model has a draping
cowl neckline and a draped sleeve
effect while another has a shirred
bustline effect.
Tailored Classics
Tailored blouseS are still classic
in their own line The usual linens,
silks. piques, and crepeS are made
up into tailored styles with long
collar tabs, tucked shirt bosoms
and studs. Several tailored models
have unusual touches such as three
| buttons set at diagonal for trim
mings and unique pocket designs
Stripes and prints tor blouses are
exceptionally smart this spring
Bright Romany stripes in red and
! blue are chic.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
Hopsacking Runs
To Sport Dresses

HopSacking, that newest of sport
ing fabrics which resembles monks
cloth, is found through the whole
gamut of sport costumes this spring
One piece sun suits with bras
siere- like tops are accented in but
tons of three and four colors while
matching coats often have square
necklines and fitted waists. Hop
sacking comes in two-piece outfits
with extra skirt, also, as we'll as
culottes, Slacks and tailored dresses
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06

/ ensemble of pigeon gray or biscuit
beige, the new pastel accents have
a lively and youthful effect.
Reptile feathers, in crocodile, al
ligator and snake skin are shown
in gray and beige. as we'll as in
brilliant tanS, rust and coppery
colors with matching bags and
/ shoes Smart for sport wear or
tailored costumes, these harmonize
with the new tweedS and soft woo!-
ems in frocks and suits.
Bags are Better if Bigger
For a real change, the smart
woman wears huge handbag with
her suit. For travel, business and
many occasions, these new bags
are roomy and practical, and when
worn with the over the shoulder
straps they have a jaunty air.
I Novelties for spring include new
bandana bags in prints or colorful
leather. Vanity bags are important,
fully equipped with beauty essen
tials, and have an especial appeal
to the younger crowd. Novelty bags
in straw, wooden beads, and printed
materials give colorful variety .
the costume.
Gloves Go Feminine
Stitchings and pipings and quilt
ings are among the innovations
in spring glove trims, in line with
the more feminine mode. Both the
shorter short and the longer glove
10 button) are favorites, depending
upon whether worn with the suit
costume of the new short sleeve
frock.
Half-and-half gloves, with smar.-
ly contrasting colors are a spring
fashion already accepted. Color Is
especially liked in these novel new
| combination gloves, with the cham
ois and white gloves in doeskins
remaining the staples in the ward
robe
Fingers are neatly stitched or
gaily embroidered in the new golves.
Zippers and amusing button trims
add decoration to their fitted lines.
Dress Up Costumes
Real-like flowers decorate lapels
and dress necklines of spring cos
tunes. Bright in color, they tone
in perfectly with the new flower
pastels in suit woolens, and the
gay flower prints which are the
smart thing to wear this spring
Inspired by the recent vogue for
South Sea travel and movies,
"Technicolor Hues" brighten and
blend in the most beautiful color
mode seen in many years. Half
tones and Muted Pastels are keyed
] in strange new color harmonies,
and bright soft colors accent the
many navy and black costumes
chosen by fashionable women. A
very new expression of this artistic
new handling of colors is seen IN
the blending of several graduations
Of the same color, with undertones
Of mist gray or over tones Of SUNNI
yellows, creating a lovely symphony
Of color with the costume ensem-
BILE.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
Spring Frocks Run Gamut of Color
Evenings Reveal
Full Feminine
SplendOr

Romantic evenings in the spring
time--that's when the full gamut
OF satorial splendor is called upon
to adorn the fairer seXl
Womans first duty TO herself in
this era Of romance in fashions is
TO array herself in fabrics and col
ors most flattering TO her own fem
mime beauty She can 60 back tc
crinoline DAYS with off-the-Shoul-
der decolletages or she can look back
to eighteenth century days with
their sheer and delicate trimmings
but always she must remember
that her clothes merely enhance
her own personality.
As varied as the colorful flowers
of springtime are the types of cos
tunes suitable for the evening
hours with their smart informal
gatherings and formal balls The
new dinner gown. for instance,
gives the debutante or her mother
a more covered look than usual.
Sleeves. either long to the wrists
or short. barely covering the shoul-
ders, are seen in many of the smart
evening costumes for dinners, the
theater, or the informal evening
gatherings which recur so frequent
ly. One lovely dress in scarlet chif-
ion has a square neckline and tiny
shirred sleeves with a Shirred high
bodice and four bands across the
waistline. Another black marquis
cite has long sleeves and high neck
line, trimmed in jeweled clips.
Feminine Frills
For the more elaborate evening
affair, femininity really comes into
its own this spring-tide with tulleS,
chiffons, marquisettes, and all the
filmy fabrics which are so flatter-
ing, leading the more sophisticated
materials such as crepes and sat-
jns
Jewel incrusted bodices have bill
lowing skirts of pale colors in tulle
and net, while scores of lovely
dresses will be enchanting to the
eyes of both beholders and wearers
during the spring social season. One
exquisite dress is in scarlet chiffon
with a Shirred scarlet lace bodice.
a full Shirred skirt falling from
the natural WaiStline. and a dozen
rows of shirred ruffles around the
hemline
Back from the eighteenth CEN
tury. when tight bodices and full
skirts were in fashion, the style
spotlight shifts to modern days with
its soft, smooth draperies over the
feminine form. in chiffon, jersey.
crepes and satins we see the drapei
evening costume, usually elaborately
trimmed in jewels, and often with
a low waistline TO the hips.
Many of the sheerer evening cos
TUNES have thier own jackets. A
lovely black lace dress with swish
ing taffeta slip has a tight bodice
with the bust and shoulder line o.
pink lace. Over this pink in a tiny
short pink lace bolero which dou-
bly, accents the two colortone of
the dress itself. Many dresses have
colored taffeta petticoats from the
Civil War crinoline days.
Tailored evening costumes con-
tinue their popularity. Versions OF
the shirtwaist frock in the Gibson
Girl accent will be seen at all our
smart evening rendezvous.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
Accessories Make
Parade of Colors

Lovely feathers and fabrics in Il
wide range of colors bring into
spring the most colorful accessory
story of a decade. Blues range from
light purple or petunia shades 70
rich dark navy; rosy tones from
wild cherry to arbutus pink enliven
spring bags, gloves and neckware
A whole range of new sun colors
ranging from pale yellow to rich
Indian clay. and a series of lovely
neutral beige and gray tones give
infinite color variety to the spring
accessory picture.
Flower Pastels for Dark Costumes
Toning up with colorful accents.
the dark navy and black costumes,
the new flower pastels give fem
mime beauty to the costume ensem-
BILE In the same way. against an
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Sports Suits Win
General Approval

CONTINUED from Page y
TO new drape anc lounge models
for spring
All Fabrics Lighter
The longer jackets and looser
lines combine with lightweight fab
RIGS to assure real comfort. All fab
RIGS from tweeds to flanneIs are
lighter in texture and in actual
weight. In almost every case the
lines Of the draped suits allow for
the elimination Of built-up padding
and heavy supporting Innings g..
and the total effect is real comfort.
Soft construction, soft fabrics and
soft lines equal an easy style that
Is in keeping with the desire for
'easualneSs"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
TOgs AS Exciting
AS Actual Travel
Continued from Page y
transportation charges.
Imnortaut Ifpm

Important Item
Most important travel item is the
suit, preferably in a tailored mood.
For the tailleur, plus several chang
es of hats, bags, shoes and blouses,
will carry the fair voyaguer with
high honors into a score of places
from the boat or planes gangplank
through the cocktail and dinner
hour from Kansas City to Paris.
Three and four-piece travel suits
are marvellous company for the
voyageur. In bright tweeds, this
springs costumes often have single
toned skirt with Jackets and top
coats of tweed along with a blouse
matching the color of one thread
in the tweed. Luxurious fur collars
often trim the tweed.
YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until yOu READ the ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06

sailors and high profile brims are
flattering to frame the face. Bon
nets tie naively beneath the chin,
and high padded berets bend grace
fully back from the youthful fore
head
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06

You Haven't Read All the News
Until You've Read the Ads
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-19

  
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The Washington times., 1938-07-23
By ED SULLIVAN
The Reviewing Stand
Hollywood. July q.

Hollywood, July %.
WHEN YOUR hearts fire. gets your eyes,
went time for Joan and Franco despite the half
hearted dea both Sides They stuck out wretched
office The formal separation it
handle it, You'll lot Of advanced
for the bustup Of this marriage. You always do.
LUISE RAINIER Jealous
Lupe fights with Johnny
Weissmuer Barbara Sanwyk said Frank Fay humiated
Harding asserted Harry Bannier nferred with
Asthr Swedish to his mother that she
Of the conversation BObbe Arnst said Johnny Weiss
insisted having his brother live with them
Bull made The Lowell
Sherman Of
Helene COsteO calling him ham" actor and all actors sided
with him.
the fact that Hollywood only 900 miles
Reno the marriage record is pretty good record Harold Lloyd
Browns will celebrate their twenfh wedding anniversary
The Ralph Mogans have passed the wentfh milestone The
love with his msSus seventeen
@ eU go e. toT e en a e
Basil Ratbon happily thirteen
Marxes the Chico Marxes the joel Mccras the JACK
Haeys the Boris Kaoff the Warren Williams the Pat Oens
Jim Cagney the Al Ritzes Edward Robinsons the
NUNS So many others.
wind indeed good. Hollywood abandon
ing musical pictures has done important service to Broadway
Playwghts and writer's who rushed Broadway
tap the gold in the California hills racing Stem
AS result Broadway winter least ten big
already signed to coaborae on
three Broadway musicals with and two
Larry schwab fourth will from the pens Irving Berlin
Moss Hart and George Kaufman Cole with
ton Freedy and the Spewacks contribute fifth musical The
shubes lining zegfeld Foies headning Richan Bee
Rodgers and Hart have started already George
Abbott the ninth scheduled musical Dwight give
about old New York with Curt doing
World Fair George White will produce Scandals"
Ferry will stage Monte Carlo musical show looks big
TAU season at Times Square
The Washington times., 1938-07-23
"Going Native" Cast
Now Being Recruited

Going Native" is going
smoothly, report the Loew's Cap
itol overseerS, where this all
local revue is to be staged next
month.
Since the first announcement
was made early this week the
management has had q steady
stream Of applicants from tai.
ented WaShingtonians. 1ndica-
tive Of the general interest is
the fact that from the healthy
batch Of applications which now
reposeS on Carter Barron's desk
there are relatively few from
previous Going Native" cast
members. Thus, Washington
will be assured Of q brand new
lot Of talented citizens when
this, the sixth, annual revue Is
whipped into shape.
Definite day and time Of first
additions are to be announced In
Mondays newspapers. Wash
ingtonianS, male and female, be-
tween 18 and so years of age,
who have not yet submitted ap-
plications may secure one in the
lobbies Of all Loew theaters or
from the custodian Of any Of the
local drama pages. All applica-
tionS must be forwarded to the
Capitol Theater management.
The Washington times., 1938-07-23
River Cruises
Popular

Midsummer finds Marshall
Hall Park, on the beautiful Poto-
mac. playing host to thousands
Of eXcursioniSts.
KiddieS' days, held every Mon
day and Friday, are holding up
in popularity, and many novel
innovations are being presented,
including free shows in the new
open-air theaters
The cool decks Of the Wilson
liner City Of Washington offer
a reStful retreat from city heat.
The popular moonlight cruise
leaves nightly at $3.50, and one
Of the outstanding feathers Of
the trip is the dance music
supplied by Sidney's Orchestra
under the direction Of Rus Cul-
len.
Elaborate preparations are
being made by the committee
in charge Of tie -Zashington
Hairdressers Association for their
annual charter cruise on Mon
day. The committee plans the
presentation Of a beauty con-
test as the highlight Of the
cruise.
The Washington times., 1938-07-23
Trons-Lux Has
Fine Bill

Rivals for top honors at
Trans-Lux this week are the
latest March of Time and Para
mounts new method of exhibit
ing foreign news events. Pic
lures of Douglas Corrigan in
Ireland, and British royalty
visiting France, are shown only
q day after their occurrence.
This new March Of Time,
"G-Men Of the Deep" is the
absorbing showing of the func-
tions of the United States Coast
Guard; its training Of recruits,
its modern method Of guarding
our shores and protecting ships
at sea, and q view Of its secret
intelligence operations make it
one of the finest March Of
Times ever filmed.
AS customary, the finest Selec-
ton Of news highlightS are pre-
sented as the major part Of the
75-minute program. Walt Dis
new adds another fine bit Of
animation with Three Little
Wolves" and a beautiful trave-
logue, titled "Glimpses Of New
Brunswick" bring us the splen-
dorS Of Newfoundland.
The Washington times., 1938-07-23
Rooney Stars
In Lord Jeff

There is excitement, adven.
ture and q bit Of the air Of the
British way in helping q boy 60
straight in Lord Jeff." now at
the Columbia.
It seems to be q well aimed
knock ct Americas method Of
handling delinquent boys by
confining them to prisons or
reformatories. In England they
believe In giving a boy a chance
to go straight before taking the
final step Of confinement in
correction homes, and according
to M-G-M's Lord jeff" 1t works
wonders.
Freddie Bartholomew is the
youngster that needs q little
dressing down after being de-
tected as one Of a gang Of jewel
thieves. He runs through his
role with ability and never dis
appoints.
In a difficult Irish brogue
character, Mickey Rooney runs q
dead heat with Freddie. Mickey
is improving with every per
formance, and he is the tops In
this venture.
It has been said that those
who do not have much to say In
q picture are lost as far as recog-
milton is concerned, but little
Terry Kilburn diSproveS all this
His lines are few, but they stand
out because he has Q pair Of
eyes that radiate sincerity and
emotion. The other two had
better watch their step. .
Herbert Mudin, Charles Co
burn and Gale Sondergard are
also prominently cast in this
epoch Of the British Merchant
Marine.
There are several short sub
jectS including the popular
Lone Ranger" which diScloSeS
the hero and sends the william
to his doom.
r. II. s,
The Washington times., 1938-07-23
AS You Like 1t
At Sylvan

William Shakespeare's immor.
tai pastoral comedy, "As You
Like It." will be offered in festi.
val fashion by the Washington
Players at the National Sylvan
Theater Tuesday night, at $3.50.
preceded by a half hour Of
music by the U. S. Army Band
at 8 p. m.
This performance marks the
sixth consecutive Tuesday eve
ming summer festival sponsored
by the Community Center De-
partment and the office Of Ma
tional Capital Parks.
The romantic Forest Of Arden
will be re-created on the beauti-
full Sylvan Theater stage for
this presentation; and the story
will run through without inter
mission, the version having
been especially arranged for the
Summer Festival performance
by BesS Schreiner, director of
the Washington Players.
Costumes, properties and stage
lighting will be in keeping with
play, and players will include
leading Shakespearean actors
and actresses Of the Capital
City.
Many famous actors of the
past have appeared with distinc-
ton in the roles to be assumed
Tuesday night by popular play
ers here. Rosalind will be played
by Yerby Pannill; Celia, by Mar
celia Bertram; and Audrey, by
Elinor Evans. William Milton
will be the Orlando; Thomas Ca
hill, his cruel brother, Oliver.
The banished Duke will be
played by Harrison Hathaway,
and the usurping Duke by j. A.
Bishop, loaned by the Montgom-
cry Players for this production.
The Washington times., 1938-07-23
MOVIE
CLOCK

CAPITOL-Wallace Beery, Mau-
reen O'Sullivan, Port of
Seven Seas" 11:05 a. M, 1:45.
4:25, 7:10, 10 p. m. Stage,
Paul Haakon, 1870, $3.50.
sos, 1855 p. m.
George Murphy.
Edna May Oliver, Little Miss
Broadway" 11:45 q. M, 1:45,
3:45, 5:45, 7:50, $3.50 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Freddie Bartholo-
NEW, Mickey Rooney, Lord
jeff" 11:26 q. m. 1880, 1925,
5:35, 7:40, 9:45 p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S-Helen Parrish,
Robert Wilcox, Little Tough
Guy" II q. M, 1850, $3.50,
$50, 1850, $50 p. m.
EA r LE-Dick Powell, Pat
OBrien, Cowboy from Brook
lyn," II q. m, 1:45, 4:30, 7:20,
10 p. m. Stage, Nowal Baptie,
Gladys Lamb, 1910, $3.50,
6:15, 1855 p. m.
METROPOKLTAN-EliSSa Ian
ID, Robert Donot, Count Of
Monte Cristo," 10:45 o. M,
1850, 8, $40, 7:20, 9:S6 p. m.
NTTLE-Ginger Rogers, Fred
Astaire, '"Top Hat" 1920 a.
m, 1:25. $3.50. 5:S5. 7:40.
0:45 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-NeWS and shorts,
10 = M, to midnight. shows
Is minutes,
The Washington times., 1938-07-23
Robert Taylor Plays
First Prizefiqht Role

Robert Taylor, a very rugged
Robert, indeed, plays his first
prizefight role in M-GS's 1.-THE
Crowd Roars," which will oc-
cupy the Loew's Palace screen
after Shirley Temples little
Miss Broadway" has completed
its conquest of Washington
hearts.
Maureen O'Sullivan, who
played opposite the star in "a
Yank at Oxford" is once again
cast as Taylor's heroine in this
new picture. Edward Arnold.
Frank Morgan, Lionel Stander,
William Gargan and Jane wy
man are members Of the bril-
liant supporting cast.
Three smashing bouts In color
full Madison Square Garden eli
max the eventful career Of the
young boxer, Robert Taylor,
who finds a battle with racket
eers more eventful and more
serious than his challenge for
the title.
The Washington times., 1938-07-23
All Aboard
AtMidniqht

Following the success Of its
second weekly midnight noon
light, the Potomac River line
has answered hundreds Of phone
calls requesting that these spe-
= cial trips be continued as a reg
ular feature Of the season.
So, once again tonight at half
past midnight, the popular S. s.
Potomac will haul its anchor
aboard while gala crowds enjoy
cool dancing over the waters Of
the moonlit Potomac.
Bernie Jarboe and his Night
Hawks, will take over the mid
night swing shift.
Then there's the cruise leaving
at 8 o'clock Sunday morning for
Colonial Beach, Va, 140 miles Of
refreshing, healthful sailing with
plenty of time for fishing, salt
water bathing, picnicking and
other resort activities.
Regular moonlight cruises
aboard the s. s. Potomac are at
8:45 every week night.
The Washington times., 1938-07-23
Ray Bell, Of Loew's,
Wins Silver PLAQUE

Carter Barron, Loew'S divi-
sionsl manager, was informed
by telegraph today that his
Washington publicist, Ray Bell.
had been voted top honors in
the quarterly competitions for
outstanding publicity and adver.
tising campaigns conducted by
the Motion Picture Herald.
In recognition Of his efforts
Bell is to shortly receive a silver
plaque. The Motion Picture
Herald in the last two years has
awarded Bells campaigns, In
addition to this new prize, one
silver and one bronze plaque,
and six citations for outstanding
effort.