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Paris brings red to the top for new winter hat styles. The glamorous Rèbe cocktail beret (left) is richly embroidered with chenille Velvet and sequins and worn on the side of the head secured by a satin ribbon. It lạ” made in three contrasting lones of red. The cocktail model (centre); il held in place by a brand red satin ribbon, is in brocade, patterned with red pansies and encrusted with rubles. Red in two different shades is used for the braid-irinimed beret style (right) by Claude St. Cyr.

How to live happily

mother-in-law

with

CHE is wonderful or u

Srible. She in the man-

stay of the family

*

The

millstone round ils neck.

by EIBEEN ASCROFT

She in the mladiment, el set of parents. Other fae- flat, does the shopping, and the old music-hall joke tors are the ever-increasing looks

OT

the answer to every young

married's prayer.

the mother-in-law.

She is

After the break-up

the large family eireles

of

of

Victorian times. mother-in- law became little more than

career.

after baby Peter Without her I

"She never interferes," is the happy slogan of many other daughters-in-law, including Mrs Gerald Legge and Phyllis Cal- vert, and son-in-law Denham Elliott."

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How much witer has mother- In-law become since Victorian days. She no longer wants to

the house, TWIT

organise the babies or criticise the young living folks' budget. mbther-in- house," kaya.

life-span of the female sex; Lindsay. and the rising cost of set- just couldn't continue my ling up a separate house.

What

the part does mother-in-law play off-stage today?

"The secret of happily with a law in tho

Lind, "is for each genera-Nowadays she appears when I have been talking tá tion to lend íls own she is most wanted, sits up with a family joke. Rul three several young couples who life.

the baby when he is teething, takes over the slckroom when factors in Cur time have have a mother-in-law living

"My mother has her own there is lines, and drops In room und sitting-room and jest in time to cope with the hcr own television set. She doesn't share our friends

brought her buck

family prominence,

into with them as a permanent member of the family.

It started with the post- "She is my mother, but we don't share here" war housing shortage, when we both agree she's indis-

so many young couples had pensable," saya radio singer to share a home with öne Lind Joyce. "She runs the

Modification Of Dior's H-line

TANGLISH

EN

By Dorothy Barkley

London.

views

"second waist"

level. at hip for instance, have on Coat..

second bolt slung round the skirt at hip level,

French fashion nand French viewa on English fashion are always good for an argument. If English- dramatic. He showed a highway-

From his collection, it is clone that he likes the bold and

women aren't talking about man's cloak in thick tweed, with the latest fashion "scare" a matching fringed reart He from Paris and swearing chose cloche hats in pink or they won't adopt it, then white felt to go with his designs. he decorated?, a...--`simplu Frenchwomen are wonder- And

tweed dress by putting buttons

ing why the Englishwoman all the way down que sleeve must always wear those from shoulder to wrist,' tweeds and felt hats.

Ever since Italian designers Here comes ans designer who turned their thoughts to stream hookt know all the answers for lining sportswear. London sports. both sides of the Channel, Half designg, have been given a new, English, half French, he has lease of life, Italian trends are worked with the great" of both followed faithfully in London by wholesale designers, Gome of the London and Paris. His name big stores, and at least one Donald Dunton, and he has just the bargain basement chain set up business on his own in stores, buy directly from the London.

Italian Italians or have an designing specially for them

Marking the occasion with a 25

fashion show, he made diploma- tle attempts to be fair to both English and French women,

ol

NEW MATERIALS

This has brought to Britain' not,

Оп the Frenchwoman's only a big improvement in styles, attitude to fashion: "She has but an influx of tow, Italiam-

Some of idens of her own. You can never produced materials. force new fashion onto a French there were seen at the Dorville woman. She knows, just what show recently. Hard-wearing she wants. And, as she is good suede-finished cotton, used for with a needle, she can usually golf skirts and jeans, was one of Bally them, dine poplin, printed with a confetti design and made iglő Tohird, was mother,

make it for herself,”

MA COMPROMISE

But the fact that tollana hava

atures a boost kožulyles dois

On the English woman'a mh that our own deale

attitudò: "It is true that she has

become much more fashion-

conscious since

the war, and

that her home-dres maiting has sw Improved tremendously, but ́16: is still pomelbia to influenco har

didėda" on fashion."

For that reason,

VMe Thanton

thinka Ergilahwomen will, adop the new "H-line evenÉMBLY they shy they won't: 12 do, it will be a modiféd Varsi of the astron shown in

Includeti

bad

and

family mailing.

Another tribute to mother-in- Iow comes from actor Hugh McDermott. Mrs Colo spendis the great part of the year with her daughter and son-in-law at their farmhouse in Northwood

"Charming, helpful and wonderful baby-sitter," is Hugh's verdict on his mother in-law. Unlike most dragons in the fairy tales, the docun't try

The prettiest earrings are rarely the most expensive, Here is something is effective, as diamonds-and a good'den more amusing. The tiny baskets of brizhily valostred - fruits are light in weight. They also look lovely filled with flowers.

Golden Fruits And Rich Jewellery Inspire

New Hair Shades

H

New York said. “So, do the now fashion She has her own friends and

TTAIR - COLOURING has colours. 150 interests and In 'happy', with her

the days of the pale end, wah” blorida, are', Kone. own company. She discon of 11 come a long way since. The belges and golden tones are the major home revolutions of the first woman, dared to “back," our times,

use a henna ringe. Now, Among the gold tones is one No longer the pantomime vil-her crowning glory has called golden upriest, Moro ininess, she has become In: 10 years the fairy godmother of taken on the colours of along the lines of burnished something to eat or drink orange another abade called the home.

mango, and the shade of the The Natorial Hairdressers and ripe fruit.

No

Postscript on molbers-in-law comes from the Mayor of Sud-

bury, Suffolk.

Camatclogists is out with a long

Mr Harry Talbot was investi- list of new shador some bold, gating why 60 couples on the come subtle, but all a far cry local housing list "had refused from nature. council houses... answer was

+

1.

Stert with one at the bolder

to dictate. One rule for smooth that many were too happycolours called iced lime. It's

pale green, reminiscent of a soda

relationships in the McDermott living with mother-in-law.. household is that mother-in-law. stoys out of the kitchen when WORLD COPYRIGHT RESERVED fountain concoction. 16 is recom the young people are using it.

—¡London Express Service)

1955 Fashion Forecast

Still in the edible, cines is egy- plant, a deep hue for the woman who's bored with plain block or brown locks but doesn't want to bleach,

--. THE PLATEAU LOOK.

mended only for the self-assured

The anociation, didn't get all woman who has both lime and

the new colours from the fruit || money to

on upkeep, and vegetable world. spend

Some according

Miss Bernice Corbet, Kansas City, Mo., We Inspired by jewellery

star

sapphire, topaz, amethyst, and member of the and mouldering oriental ruby. beautician association's hair fashion com- This

last tone is deeper than mittke.

Auburn, but mixns any trace pf orange seen in some of the red shades.

PALE TONES OUTIN

Miss Corbet, who at the time. of this Interview, wore -pale blonde, also mentioned. E. new shade called pink champagne."

This looks beverage.

There are two colours left for the woman who insists on soft colour-moonlight mist, is grey- blue shade and orchid valet, which leans to the lavenders the bubbly Incidentally, the hairdressers and also about the have their own variation of Dior's same. shade of the pink cotton "flat look." They are ptishing chudty you buy at carnivals. This, the "plateau look in new

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is suggested only for the oiffures hair re

Erranged wit woman with daring.

height and bulk at the temple,

"The now colours have more but figt as a mean across the depth and tona" Miss Corbet top of the head-United Pres.

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