The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-01-30
BY MARY MOORE
HAVE YOU HEARD?

HAVE YOU HEARD?
The United States Public Health
Service estimated that 10000 or
more infants might be saved an
nually by universal use of new
medical method that provides vir-
tually painless childbirth.
This painless technique, called
delivery with continuous caudal
analgesia" involves the use of
drugs that are injected at the base
of the mothers spine. She looses
all sense of pain in the lower por-
tion of her body.
This technique aroused some op-
position after it was first used in
1912 by health service surgeons,
but the popularity of the technique
is now increasing rapidly. The
health service said the rate of
stillbirths was reduced by more
than one-half among Philadelphia
mothers upon whom the new
method was used for the last few
years at the Philadelphia Lying-in-
Hospital, and at Memphis, Tenn,
compared with a group receiving
the usual care.
A review of six available insur-
ance statistics studies indicates
that individuals who. are over
nWeight when past middle age are
more likely to die of cancer than
are persons of average weight.
/ Thus there is the prospect of re-
ducing cancer by proper diet, or
at least postponing its appearance.
GLAMOR
Miss Emily Wilkins, leading
teen-age designer, got her start
designing clothes for the children
of Hollywood stars. Then she grad
uated into the teen-age class, and
she was one of the first to give
the girl around 13 years of age
break, as far as becoming styles
go.
The teen-age girls grew up and
still they demanded her designs.
So she grew with them and now
her collections are labeled young
Juniors, and in her new collection
she even "marries them off"
However, she still carries a few
designs for the juniors younger
sisters. Miss Wilkins just designed
the tour wardrobe for the child
model of the Infantile Paralysis
posters.
Miss Wilkins January exhibits
shows more nearly normal should
ers, beautiful buttons in incon-
spicuous good taste, special atten-
tion to collar lines and cuffs to
give a new crisp look, and white
stocks borrowed from the ward
robe of the horsewoman.
\
y Since the L-85 restrictions gave
their last gasp and left designers
of clothes free at last to have their
way, what a change we are see
ing! Clothes are fabulous in beauty
and in price! Nylons are back and
everybody's got 'em!
Earrings dangle, skirts are at
least two inches longer and going
down!
Shoulders are rounder, and
everything is strapless, from the
celebrated wired-bra, to bathing
suits, play clothes, nighties, and
evening gowns!
There's feathers on everyone's
hat, including the bird of paradise
and the aigrette, long in mothballs!
Every woman wants pure silk
dress at $12.95 a yard for the silk,
and spurns silk hose at $4 a pair
in favor of nylons.
In the hair picture the page-boy
bob is back an the Psyche knot at
the back has replaced the scrub
woman's knot on top.
One designer says that women
of real perception will dress with
stark simplicity except when at
home. Adrian perdicts much the
same thing and warns that there
will be so much liberation in fash
ion that women must take great
care not to get themselves tangled
up in yards of fabric and fluff.