The front line battle of hats
WHILE the summer millinery counters are currently' besieged by large women trying on giant-crowned hats while the pastel-tinted salons of the fashionable modistes ring with 'cries of "higher," "wider," and "handsomar" all round while every woman, in fact, is doing her darndest to look just about as big- headed as she has ever looked, I have to advise you all that you have seen nothing YET.
What emerges from last week's parades of coming autumn and winter fashion is, the quietest, simplest look, we have seen for years (opped by some of the most fabulous millinery ever tossed together by human hands.
My most vivid memory of the Mermaid Theatre parade, Is the rentle elegance of the best they had to offer and the knockoút value of a couple of hundred absolutely stunning hats,
Quiet little Jersey dresses and huge leopardakin trilbles'. easy little beige cocktail clothes, and giant bechwes of coffee- brown tulle... simple. little black numbers and outsize- check sombreros.
Norman Parkinson, a photo grapher with a' marvellously intuitive and restless flair for Hat to end all hats Was a Identifying A new dragonly creation sable the size of B before it is properly out of the standard lamp shade. chrysalis has been known to Obscuring everything above pose his stamning Trilbys on the tip of the nose, this little cranes, and number is « MUST for intriguers you don't find engraved upon it atletion-sales where they raffte high bridges and Forteym or My Pony It may off old Masters and Renaissance underwater and leaning into the everywhere.
teeth of trahoons, with meek Model all through like Brightari jewellery. Rock,
Some of the pretty creatures mutual agreement all round.
rich In the old days the girls in extraordinarily married Englishma, or Italian prince the photographs all used to look 1 ce and hoity, turned into very ghun lings.
duchesses accepting the butler's notice.
Way up around the untrodden shows at this hazardous but irre sistible profession the girls are often clever and capable and anything but bird-brained.
Some, like Mrs Charles Creed and Shelagh Wilson, turned into dedicated fashion editors.
Lisa Fonssagrives, the beauti ful blande Scandinavian with the perfect, delicately imperious profile and spun glass bones, married the great photographer Irving Penn and now, designs
clothes as feminine as her own
personality.
Dorian Leigh, Suzy Parker's dark-haired elder sister, once named by Beaton as the greatest model of them all, organised a school for models.
and
one
that extra dollar over and above million by wearing it back to front.
They yell..."
Lauren Becall.
Barbara Goalen, queen of the English contingent and a lady of considerable wit, not to mention the teeny toes of an oriental aristocrat of the old bound-doot regime, retired from modelling NOW they mostly yell with to motherhood without tears, marine laughter, find them- but is still remembered with selves encompassed by rugger awe as the only girl who could teams, rowing eights, gondollers make any garment look like just or joyous pollbemen, look slight- sometimes lyplated and appallingly alive (a time may yet come when we shall live to the old Mummy-of- regret Tutankhamen look, which was There are zips and tempera- at least tremendously restful). ments, blizzards and all that travel to contend with, and your are almost feet, they $211 Many of the top girls have always killing you. certain qualities. in .common. Nevertheless, it's the PO- E redoubtable Miss Parker peculiar to the profession. They fession herself, having studied some respond easily to light hypnodo everyone's infant daughter and of the best men in the fashion from the Svengali behind the if she later tuns into an em- bassador. editor, alockbroker. photography business at work, camera/E
Suzy Parker sprinted for Member of Parliament, racing got herself a camera for a apeli before she went to Hollywood alles round Paris with balloons correspondent or duchess (and
Fiona Campbell-Walter, the escorts, accessories and parcels almost certainly writes girl with the face of a baby, falling into attitudes of extrava- memoira) I shouldn't be at all
became Baroness gant enthusiasm and hilarity, for surprised.
-(London Express Service).
and 5ft, din, what are her secret dreams of a future career, and the odds are she will mutter something about modell ing if Murty can, be persuaded. It has become synonymous with the rich fill life, an open "Now in your brown-and-gateway to jobs in movies, a white house does someone come passport to the Ritz, an airline around every morning and ticket to romantic places (always every afternoon with a hose and with a couple of roaring prima give you a shower while you're donnes in the shape of photo -pardon me, please ah, give grapher and fashion editor as you a shower while you're lying part of the travelling circus, on a carpet of muss like I am?" but you don't find out about
Knart and Hanid said good that later.)
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And Bettina, discovered by Fath, weed by Givenchy to model one entire collection, moved into a very shiny world indeed until the dancing suddenly and tragically stopped.
bye to Willy and they turned any English schoolgirl, and if Thyssen and keeps an eye on the Avedon and his little camera. and walked away.
"Don't forget," Willy called after them, "there's plenty of room in here if you decide to move in. Pardon me... shi"
Rupert and the Squire--7
Next morning, soon after break. fast, Rupert busy in the orchard while Mrs. Bear brings out a basket of washing, and he tells her of the game of cricket and of the lost ball and the strange stone but hidden in the depth of the Wood. May I go back there
..
soon and look for that ball again ?" he asks. “It belongs 10 Bill, but I was the one who hit. it."Mm, yes, but mind you don't lose yourself as well says Mrs. Bear doubtfully. She turns away as something hits her on top of the head and bounces off. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
JACOBY BRIDGE
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Moter lovecently com
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One of his points for beginners" that everyone should learn is to make sure of your contract at all odds.
With today's hand Morly points out that South, should play the deuce of spades from dummy at irik one and then win that first spade lead with his ace even though East has played low.
Now all South has to do to make nine tricks is to cash his ace, and king of diamonds and
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REPORTING BRITAIN'S MOST.
REMARKABLE NEW TREND IN EATING
with the most for
VEGETARIANS
THEY
THEY used to call them cranks. But today a vegetarian isregarded with awe and interest rather than ridicule. Partly because there are more vegetarians now... so we accept them.
We even become curious and find ourselves dropping in to health food stores, vegetarian restaurants, or those tempting fruit juice and salad bars.
If you thought they were cranks eating seaweed...
frer
vegetarian foods, But the real reason vege- than we do-many of us want prepared such ov savoury puddings and tarlens have climbed several to get on the salad wagon. We groundnut rissoles. And because rungs higher up the ladder of wand to-but not all of us have self-discipline to follow of a sudden, recent increase, social esteem is because we the
are beginning to through. To someone who's manufacturers are counting on a meat-eaters 25 per cent jump in sales this belleve them when they claim eaten through years of succulent
they:-
year,
'Reformers'
Says John Shearns, manager Leslie Brooks, sales manager of a London vegetarian food of å large vegetarian food store and restaurant: "The manufacturing company, claims reason we're selling
Live longer than we do;
Resist disease more easily
It's also true that men every
more where have an atavistle urge to
steaks, roast chickens, and fried scafoods, a meal of greens and groundnut savourtes is suddenly tásteless,
It's acquired
But, I'm told, you have to the number of vegetarians in vegetarian health foods la be jump into anything that might acquire a taste for vegetarian Britain has tripled since the cause so many people are be- be called a Fountain of Youth, meals. It's something you do
So when we read medical re- gradually. war. And when the last estimate coming partial vegetarians.
on the
And if you have the interest longevity of "We call them food reports was made in 1947 there were
formers. They are the people vegetarians and on India's re but not the self-discipline, you 70,000 of them,
Over the last 10 years, there who want to improve their diet markable Hunza-a small tribe can always join the ranks of the vegetarian, "food re- has been a steady 15 per cent but and they can't give up of vegetarian people who live, semi
longer and stay active longer, formers,' increase in sales of specially meat entirely."
Why I believe in it
HAVE been a vegetarian for about seven years now;
I HAVE beth a
nye fght have over
am told that I look 15 years younger than my 78 years.
by LORD DOWDING
Enigmalio we may all be next season. Peeping out from under a couple of feet of fur we shall hardly be able to help It!
Eyes unnoticed
LADY LUCK-
prepared to spend a great deal of money just now, you may have to forgo an expensive outing you had planned.
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
MONDAY, JUNE 13.
(January AQUARIUS.
21- February 19): A person who has been dependent a long time on you for will soon be able to get along without your further support, PISCES (February 20-March 20): You will at long last. be able to satisfy your heart's desire, the only obstacle to it having been removed.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19); Avoid a quarrel concerning the handling of a joint account with a partner. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): By using diplomacy you will be able to enlist the help of an influential per- 8:00 to further your am- bition.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): What appeared at first to be a simple problem may occupy a great deal of your day.
CANCER (June 22-July 21): You will easily dispose of a difficulty encountered last week, and your partner will be in a fully co operative mood.
LEO (July 22-August · 21); A note from a friend will bring you good news about a joint financial specula- tion.
(August 22- September 22); Not being
VIRGO
LIBRA
(September 28m October 22); ́ ́A' delay; in the improvement, of your financial position must not dishearten you. By the end of the month you will be well pleased with the progress made.
SCORPIO (October 23.
November 21); The co- operation you expected from an associate may not be forthcoming, and you will have to manage with- out it.
SAGITTARIUS
(November 22-December 21): Con- structive advice to some- one who needs it will be more appreciated than any practical help you could
offer.
CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20); If you have made the wrong choice in a purchase: for your home,. don't waste time on re grets. Find a purchaser even if it means a small financial loss..
YOUR BIRTHDAY: If your birthday is this week you will find a symbol of good fortune in
a gift of magazine rack,
SUNDAY EXPRESS
Baby Book
Here it is the book that gives complete information on the care of the baby and amall child from the prenatal But, to the true vegetarian, health considerations the quantity of protein required, they are soon foled or com even for extreme physical strained in conformity 1 ca are only incidental. To him the question is on ethical activity has been much ex still remember the duplicity of period through to the sixth detailed advice tak bude my nurse who persuaded me to year ... one. He would refuse to eat fish, fleab, or fowl even if aggerated. It could be shown that his abstention was of no benefit Another common criticism of ent cold beef on the grounds on Routines, Menus, Recipes,
vegetarianian is that the food is that It was "not meat." If any to his health.
ignotonous and copalatable of any readers have such Training, First Aid Young and active people can This need not be the case. No children I hope that they will Complete Record Section from lead a spade toward dummy. The meat-eating animals have The queen and jock of spades short Intestines and very power largely eliminate these poisons tapat, poultry, or fish in ever allow them to follow their Birth to the twelfth Year. will constitute a sure entry for ful digestive juices. Thin food is but in middle and old age the served in our house, and yet it natural instincts. the rest of the diamond suit and quickly digested, quickly passed tend to accumulate and to cause he often happened that our the Intestines, and some of the diseases to which ciests have bear tunerware, until with five dirsands, two spaces through
The elderly are prone and they have been told afterwards, and two coes South we have quickly
animals, whith The argument which is most, that they have just hag
vegetarian mesi
afraid to atve an immediate his nine tricks for the contract include human beings, have frequently levelled
Afterwards, he can foot wenker digestive Juices and vegetarianism is that no vezo. around with the hearts and longer intestines through which tarian diet contains, clubs and possibly gather in a their food passes more slowly, protein to maintain tenth trick but that won't be If this food consists of meet it finis is quite, unti important. The main thing is decomposes during this process any desired quantity that be wil have made his and acid polsona find their way is available in buta
"animal", food: misch into the blood stream.
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de now?
Answer TomorTOR
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