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WOMANSENSE

Police

To Beat

Pirates

PARIS.

S. French Surete Nationale PECIAL agents of the

have been detailed to watch and report or the move. ments of the midinettes and sales-girls who work for the big dress houses.

The police are watching girls who carry parcels which may contain patterns, or who are fol- towed by agents representing copying firms.

the Avenue Matignon on the In the evening, along Champs Elysees In Paris, when the swing doors of the perfumed fashion houses disgorge hundreds of midinettes, poilcemin in plain clothes amble along with the

crowd

Their job is to watch and sex if the girls are approached by "scouts" known to work for the copyist industry.

AN

Paid For Models

For when the days get colder Modernising

A

DENMARK

·Mustard - yel- low and aliger brown hooded gaberdina osal

FRANCE

- Delted automazi

coat in beige, with

sloevo, bandia.

AMERICA

Black workfod frock with par- tais neckline

By EILEEN ASCROFT

The Heating

System

By ELEANOR ROSS

-isn't too soon to do somer

thing more than think about i modernising outmoded heating. plants. A recent home show in New York drew thousands of visitors in search of the intest in household equipment with emphasis on heating and plumb-- ing

installations and gadgets. They viewed such items as com pact,

suitcase-sized · · bollars; slim-tube, recessed radhtors: sleek convectors: radiant panel -heating by embedded colls; and the latest application, of guto- malle hot water, warmth, base- board heating. ་་་

Fired By Oil

Then there were plenty admirers looking over another boller, a "wet base" that operates on new principle of fuel

economy and safety, and is atically fired by oil. Water completely and ac-

tively around the entire firebox

Take Good Care of Eyes

Courtwry Jacqueline Cochran, Ino and through the boiler, absorb A good way to rest the syon is by placing over them, for ten or aftoen ing all the radiant heat of the minuter; an eye pad saturated with a soothing lotion, flest while using. burner flame, No boiler heat is base or

combleU

By HELEN FOLLETT

DOZEN countries rent their the fabric for a navy, red and test through the slow boller 15 THE eyes have it!. inve you smart, you will 'Hod rellet in a

you can

N agent of the copylst ap- proaches the girl, even fol- lows her to her home, notes the address, and then call to see her privately.

(the complete fintet wool fabrica For a toile

and - groen worsted sult

floor. This "wet canvas model of a gown), the fashions to the big "International which appeared for Canada.

perfectly safe for installation on who grup giri

an eye for romance? Do you Borated lotion that. smuggies it out is usually wool" mannequin parade and paid 10,000 francs (£10). The fabric display. in London held The mannequins were an in wooden floors anywhere in the

the most of your soul purchase from your druggist, house, and would be a cinch for nake dress pirate sells it

ternational team, too. it to a foreign recently,

tho most dominating Naturo has supplied the eyes Apart buyer for about £20.

£20. I bought

from Sylvia Stust, an Inexpensive remodelling job orbs, The great Paris dress houses

feature of your countenance with an oiling system. Opening. direct from the house it would and London's "Be 11"

there were Laura Pamell, 23-on, an old house. Werd

Let us hope. What you do to on the toner surface of the eye- cost four times that amount,

There are new ere: from Switzerland came your-old Italien brunette, who

automatic them and what you do with lids are

modined. maay little She usually muggies it out

secrete a next to her skin and guts it in tropical suitings and reversible gave up working for a medical stokers, clean and inconspicuous, them will have much to do with sweat glands that

degroo in Rome, and come to for epal burners: Now stokers your pulchritude rating.

Emall amount of olly cubstance. Instru. Every

winks, Britain three years ago; Swiss operate either through a born Ruth Nixon, an expert who that must he filed periodionily. Eyes are the delicate mer day come of that off is carried nerass started as a ballet dancer and-or through à bin-feed system that should be given the most the surface of the comica, pre- has appeared in several films: wherein the coal is taken au- careful attention. They should bo venting it from drying out, and and Pat Dean, Australian-born tomatically from the coal bin protected

time lubricating with dark glasses at the same brunette, who claims to have and fed through a rotating when sunlight is glaring, when the passage of the lids over the one of the slimmest waists in serow right

boller.one is motoring over long, white eyeball. London.

Cheers for that one!

*** || overcoating....worn by tiny. again the following

With some 200 16 300-toiles on hands, somo being

blonde Sylvia Stural, modelling

1 sold and others in the for the first time in her life.

course of making, it is impossible

for tho fashion houses to keep an exact check on their stock,

form of pirating.

Norway's Ski Suita

Ski sults from Norway and from This is the most dangerous fur-lined frontier suits

Canada contrasted with a beau- tiful Pashmina shawl from Indin. North American Indian girls of the Caughnawaga tribe made

..

Into the

Housewives are interested in

a

Bright lights cause dis- If you are doing close work

..

the shutters of your sewing or typing, all day long. England, Ireland, Wales ond

soul windows

ws partially close, give your eyes a rest period now Amerien had their representa baseboard heating, the lafest hot tive among the mannequins, water, home-heating device. It and that-means-you-are-squint and then Stand at a window Changing Squinting puts fine folds and look for away. correctly called "The loveliest 13 offers better heat distribution, ing.

the surrounding flesh more room for furniture in London."

distance of vision is restful, and in the no construction changes are re-

theso folds become permanent will help the eyes to avold Fashion Clues iblis included a small woollen usual bassboard, these

FINGER NOTE-Fabric exquired. Installed in place of the you are afflicted with crows feet strain.

If you feel that it is neces- heat or turkey tracks, call them what carpet, from fadla, made up of units blanket the wall and floor you will, they are just as hate sary to darken your eye lashes, you will find mascara an excel- 2,358,720 knots. For centuries with steady warmth. Fuel costs ful. children have made

such go down comfort is provided Bathe your eyes night and icnt medium. It is safer than carpets-only their tiny angers with the lowest possible water morning, first with warm water, the crayon which tan tio as many as 1080 knots temperatures. No registers or then with cold. If the day has anyway, for the eyebrows, not to the square inch.

radiators are required and all been dusty and your eyes for the silky winkers, casings are completely conceal-

Paid For Patterns

THOR a paper pattern easier to take and easier to smuggie out, the girl who' takes the risk usually reckons to get 5,000 of 0,000 francs (£5 or £6).

For a name tab-a slip of THE black velvet blouse

TH silk bearing the name Molyneux here, a link to all the black or Fath or other famous name-velvet trimmings, usually collars a dress pirate will phy 1,000 and cuffs, on suito, francs (1). This can then be sewn on to a "copy" and sold as a model gown.

Buttons by the dozen are A well-known Paris couturier self-fabric and appear more often everywhere. Most of them are said that before the war most and conspicuously on skirts' then of the pirated models went to anywhere etro on dresses→→→ Spain and Germany. Now the usually in conjunction with principal customers are Italy spiral closings, or semi-detached | and the United States.

over-sections,

Doormen at all the houses have now expielt instructions to usk every employee leaving work with a parcel to open it in front of them.

-{London Express Service)

Big Muffs, Big MANY smart woollen buits

and

Everybody wants to see how conts will look over all these high-faluun siiffened cornucopia

new dresses to much dash.

in

(London Express Service)

ed below the low-level panels,

MUSEUM FASHIONS SHOW

REMARKABLE SEMBLANCE

TO MODERN STYLES

is intended,

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Meat Dish Alternate

awnro

MADAME is

there in no meat dinner?" announced the Cher.

that wiches," I added. "Either as s for plain filling with white or entire

Wheat bread, or with thin sliced - tomato and lettuce."

Dinner

Tongue Salads Chinese "Rabbit on Toast Fried Tomato Spinach with Bacon Topping Ioe Canteloupe Hot or Iced Coffee or Tea. Milk (Children)

revers which give many of the EVERY designer comes away were made and each was based

something different, on a good dozen

or so ex- but she can't help coming away amples which were available on with something good and racks for designers to examine High neat collars: the turtle.mely. This is the verdict of closely after the show:

"No meat at ali?" I asked. the turn-over inch wide wing

"Just a few ends and "odds' of. fans attending the Brooklyn Mu- reum's Design Laboratory group TEREST. This was Illustrated marked.

SLEEVE WIDTH AND IN-tongue from yesterday," he re- study sessions which Michello

That'll be nice, for an, no Murphy, curator of costumes, is all the way through, but made

an especially big impression in priser salad," I suggested. conducting in a close co-opera- the series of lovely mantle-like "But what

the main about ciety of New tion with the Society of

Many dolman

"There's plenty of. Cheese." Bell-like all over tucked skirts evening meetings, Mrs Murphy

sleeves and cape and dropped

"Cheese? Ah oul; we have the museum's costume for crispost bouffants, in town; } "brin

"brings

sleeves worked for flowing Iwo

of nice pounds

sharp long or thort dale dresses,

life" in the best treasures 10 sense at demonstrated in a show width through the top of the all-American cheese." based on the.

"Then we could have baked period of 1000- louette. Many look surprisingly 1010

in fashion. This era of ex- modern, each is full of sugges-cheese English style, or cheese tions for getting, 1949-1050 fondue; or a cheese and noodle tremely feminino intriguing clothes was singled out for its sleeve fantasy into dresses. loat or cheese souffle. But let's smoked tongue to make 14 c.

Moulded torsos, notably coat dresses for this autumn have prompted the re- Jersey overblouses, in evening turn of the muff. A number of gowns with gleaming midriffs. collections show muffs with these costumes, but nobody shows so many as Dlor-New York,

Arm length, hugo squashy rectangles are Dior's contribu- ilon to.muft fashions for 1949- big enough to hold the small size "pocket-books" lately pro- moted in handbags, and also practical for all the short and in push-up. sleeves launched cloth and 'fur coats.

The "Handkerchief Tunle," low point dipping to the hem.

York Dress Designers. In these oriental wraps.

coats, capcs and

current

influenco in design. All-beaded bodices, plain Earlier the same series featured skirts for dressiest angle on the fashions of the 1920's. separates effect.

Casual Elegance

"Typical Of Periods

Much expert preparation goes into each of these museum

occasionish?" the Chef asked.

SEWING PLASTICS

rewers are increasing

settle for a

nice

decided,

Wil

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All Measurements Ara Lavel

Recipes Serve Four

: Tongue Salads

Fine-dice enough very cold

rabbit," I Add 1⁄2 e. very fine-diced firm portion of cucumber, 1 chopped Madume have

and ked the hard-cooked cEG,

to blend. Ar- Golden Buck rabbit, the tomato salad dressing rabbit, the Irish rabbit, the range in lettuce nests. Yorkshire rabbit or the Chinese with a little pickled beet, rabbili?" the Chef inquired.

Chinese. Rabbit

Something Now

Top

In a double boiler top, mix

projects and it shows up in the charming, informative shows. ITOME

"Let's have Chiricce rabbit together 1 c. coarse-grated The muscum pieces, themselves, and they are making use of That's something new," I ex- sharp American cheese, 1 egg,

tbsp. flour 1⁄2 tsp salt, tsp. are thrilling examples of such splendid items as chastic claimed, "but what is it?." costumes of each period, includ- thread, with which to achieve a The Cher's eyes twinkled, "To pepper, 4 tsp. mustard and

Worcestershire sauce. same cooked tbsp. many precious Paris smart job of shirring, always an make it I add

Gradually stir in 2 c.

C. scalded models, each of them a joy to outstanding dress detall. And green and red pepper and left- a fashion-connoisseur. There is the good home sewer silways over rice to a good Welsh rabbit mik. Add 2 c. coarse-chopped such a wealth of material for uses nylon thread for nylon and it becomes Chloxse.

fon Mrs Murphy to pick from that fabrics. She buys a scared "When we use cheese as an water with an egg beater until

voila!" sho has a wonderful opportunity fabric and has buttons covered to illustrato her points.

Et sweet green pepper, slow-fried 2 min. In 2 tbsp, uirgarine or butter. Cook and beat over hor

but

to match the dress or coat, with alternate to meat, we must al-

thick Then add 1⁄2 c. cooked attle to spare in case the waya servo plenty of bulky, Using live, models means fabric wear through and new less expensive fools with it- rice, re-heat and serve on toast.

Fried Tomatoes much in this kind of visual button covering is indicated. more than we would with meat, presentation of ideas. The shows

for cheese Is a concentrated: Select firm tomatoes, a little are supplemented by exhibits of

Closet Ensembles

food. It contains no bone, no green if possible. Wash but do sketches and swatches of the

ho waste," I said. not peel. Slice crosswise 11⁄2 in. same period arranged in the Plastic yardage offers an easy, be not shrink in Pour c. milk into a soup costumi library adjoining the way of freshening up the house

cooking.

It is a big money's plate, Add 1⁄2 tsp. salt. 4 tsp. design laboratory where de by running up, closet. ensembles werth," added the Cher. ""Today sugar and 1⁄2 tsp pepper hen signers have complete faciliteschend countless other I shall serve tried tomato, and the tomato slices in this, then for making so

In And use of all this curtains and

dry bread crumbs, also spinach which I will cook Items. While alle tricky. source material.

coating them evenly. In frat, handling plastics sann be in a new way that is a surprise, heavy trying pan heat enough comes routine. Use a large But the family must be right shortening, vegetable pil or stitch but with a fine sewing on the spot to eat this rabbit; v

Favoury fat to barely cover the for best

and otherwise they will be eating the bottom. Put in the tomato slices;

-“Very Female” Silhouette of this 1000-1910 machine needle era, so closely linked to what we easiest results. The pressure of strings, because you know the slow-fry until golden brown on cannot stand before and aide. Then with a pancake. are doing today, dramatises all the sewing machine presser foot rabbit through the "very fonale out should be loosened. The diree serving. line of natural small shoulderstions for this are in the booklet.

Ordinary Method

B

turner turn to brown the other side. Drain on absorbent paper and serve, WA

with many drop-sleeves, a: sum/that comes with the machine. That's quite true. If you Spinach with Bacon Topping

but not tight look through the base. Be careful not to stretch make it by the ordinary mellied Use pins instead of thread to torso, rounded hips and always

somewhat like. white

BALICO

Steam or pressuric-cook 2 lbs.

· half inch squares, and slow-fry-

the flowing look. It is a grace or pull the material while of melting the cheese, and stir- ful worked allmness, precisely stitching: this is rather tricky, ring in mix or cure liquid, I cleaned spinach Chop conres,

and

requires careful handling. agreed. "But if you make it Monume cut 2 slices bacon in the same plet that Paris high- lights. Details are very close to Be careful not to stitch over

seam already siftched, alnce thickened with flour and cxs. until crisp. Then remove. "Add what designers have read in double needle holes may tend it will keep hot indefinitely in 1 2 tbsp vinegar and

and 4 tsp. recent cable reports or seen in

to weaken the fabric.

mix) double boller, and never a pepper to the fat By ALICE ALDEN

Paris

string!!!

stir into the When cording in used, pint

thoroughly and THE EASY-TO-WEAR, step is a step-in of sheer wool with a The study project (the third baste the cording covering so I see; you mean to make this spinach with a fork Birow the bacon on top. Serve very hot... in dress appears in many of the long front closurd of cloverly of a series which is making you join it to larger section rabbit However, shall add Trick Of The Chof important collections, thosts crossed and buttoned scallops friends and influencing do Instead of stitching before you some Worcestershire and For Welsh Tebit de lixe,

I created by designors known as extending from the throat to the signers) was divided into insert it. And for hom's newing some.

servo Chinese rabbit on slices trend-setters. One such designer hipline. The slime alegance of specifle chapters each closely don't use ordinary pine, but in mustard to give it zip.

"And it any should be left of fried tomatoes, Gamish with is Janet Taylor and this is one the silhouette "is söffered at the linked to the newest fashions in vest in 'n big box of so-called of her now autumn frocks, It: hips by deft pleats,

the news. Briefly, these points dressmaker, pina."

over it makes wonderful sand-fine-shredded toasted almonds;

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