The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-15
Walter WillcIleII Or B1Oadzoay
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THINGS | NEVER KNEW TIL
 NOW ABOUT STOCKINGS

 THINGS [ NEVER KNEW TIL
 NOW ABOUT STOCKINGS
 (But which Santa Claus probably
 knew all along)
 Flo ziegfeld always said that Q stockinged leg was much more at tractive than a nude one .. There is a Hays Ofiice edict that photos of movie chorus girls can't be sent to the newspapers if there is flesh showing between the top of the girls stocking and the bottom of her dancing costume \. Stockings are now made for Summer wear which are treated chemically to repel mosquitoes If you split a stock ing Up the seam and lay it out flat, 1t will look like Mae West.
 Don't let grandma tell you that femme beauty is more artificial to- day than it was in her day. Girls of the sos who had unshapely legs made them shapely by using false calves. (They were contraptionS filled with sawdust and tied about the calves to give the desired shape) Hal Wallis had to eliminate scene from Daughters Cour- ageous" showing Priscilla Lane de- posting her money in her stock ing. (Because movie censors no long, CT permit scenes in which girl places money in the top of her stocking instead of in her purse or the bank.) Tip to femmes who can afford lem: Mixing salt with the rinsing water will prevent loss of color in silk hosiery.
 Kitty Carlisle's-a-hems-are real ly lovely to look at, and are also the incest smelling. (She rinses her stockings in perfume instead of wa ter) 400 silkworms must die to provide one pair of stockings for milady Comparatively, one of the most expensive items on the epic "Juarez" was keeping Bette Davis in silk stockings. Bette won't wear the same pair of stockings twice, and it took three months to make the picture. According to Bette, if stockings are washed, they are rliined0
 It's against the law in Nebraska for femmes to display more than eight inches of stocking. (Their skirts mustn't be more than eight inches from the floor) Char lotte Greenwood has the longest legs of any actress, according to stocking salesmen Hollywood's ace hosiery designer, Armine, is only twenty years old Gle has a private telephone line at his home to receive calls from film actresses who want him to help them decide what type of hose to wear to parties and. premieres) Contrary to popular belief, Garbo hasn't the biggest feet of any actress in Holly wood. (She wears an average size stocking) Hedy LaMarr's is a full sizs larger!
 The men and women who work in stocking factories are given free manicures and aren't permitted to wear engagement rings or other jeWelry on their hands Movie censors won't allow the femme men, acc in a flicker to hide a knife in the top of her stockings Another reason to be thankful in America: In Turkey, Syria and the Balkan States, they sell stockings which are made from the inner tubes of automobile tires A fashion trend today is to give a bride a stocking shower so the bridegroom won't realize too soon that the most expensive item of his wife's apparel is her stockings!
 If still photograph of a movie glamor girl shows her stockings be- ing held up by fancy garters, the garters have to be painted off the picture to get by the censors. (The theory being that a plain stockinged leg is less immoral than when att tention is attracted by fancy rose garters) Margaret Lindsay doesn't wear any stockings in "Hell's Kitchen"-but you'll never be able to tell the difference. (She uses a new liquid cream on her legs, which, after drying, gives the appearance of silk stockings and is practically impossible to distinguish from real silk hose0 It's being put on the market.
 Runs in ladies' silk stockings put bigger dent in Americas bank roll than the damage done by ter mites. ct is estimated that runs cost the American woman $444,- 100000 annually.) You think you're the only one who suffers from