Milford chronicle., 1954-01-08
Predictions For "a:
More Of The Same
BY CYNTHIA LOWRY
AP NewsfeafUres Writer

A new year is abOrning. 1t is
the season when one looks back
ward and when one looks ahead.
1t is a time when most of us re-
solve to do better henceforth. And
we wonder what is ahead.
l don't have a private crystal
ball, but l think I've a pretty
good idea of a lot of things which
are ahead. Here follows a few pre-
dictiOns for 1854
WOmen's fashions will be report
ed as undergoing radical changes
Hemlines and silhOuettes will blow
up into a confused crisis depending
on just which designer is making
his prOnOuncement. Roughly 80
! million women will discuss the
subject thoroughly and jOyously
and look just about the same as
they did in 1853.
Husbands will continue to Shake
their heads in bewilderment at
their wives hats, complain when
their old clothes are thrown away.
and hide gift neckties in the back
of the closet.
Three-quarters of the new home
owners will start to build outdoor
fireplaces, finish off expansion at
tics, waterproof their cellars and
wind up calling in professionals
to clean up the mess and finish the
job.
A new, male singing star will
emerge who sends teen-agers in
to raptures but who causes their
parents to shake their heads in
amazement and recall the wav
they felt about Rudy Vallee.
Every child specialist will con-
tinue to write articles defending
or cOndemning teievisiOn for it's
effect on young eyes and minds
and find a good market for said
articles.
Half the economic experts will
view with alarm and the other half
will predict continued good times
and no one will really know
whom to believe.
Everyone will continue to de-
plore high prices, complain the dol
lar doesn't buy much any more and
explain that everyone is being over
paid except himself.
Employers will bemOan the fact
that good, responsible employees are
almost impossible to find and that
everyone wants ridiculous salaries.
Employees will believe they could
do a better job than the old man
with one hand tied behind their
backs, grouse about his whims and
peculiarities and hope for a great
big raise in salary.
An unknown French actress.
en- route to Hollywood. will tell
ships news reporters that Ameri-
can men make lousy lovers and a
couple of months later marry one
VINO also happens to be rich.
congressional investigating com
mittees will continue TO probe
make many headlines but even
more arguments among the con-
stituents.
Everyone will talk about the
perlls of the nuclear age, discuss
nervOusly the nations defenses.
and the civilian defense people will
have a hard time getting volunteers
anyway.
The trend toward the complete
tOOthpaste will continue and to-
wards the end of the year one will
be put on the market which not
only prevents decay, banishes onion
OdOr and guarantees romance. but
which can be used in an emergency
spread on crackers for hors do
euvres.
People will continue to drive
automobiles too fast, postpone paw
ing their income tax until the last
minute. worry about delinquency.
narcotics traffic, the future of the
United Nations, the mortgage nav
ments-and in spite of everything.
nave a pretty good time and some
fun.
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