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ALLY'S SALLIES
"Which of tit Will Propose
first} darlingt"
French High Fashion Creator
Really Puts On Le Chien.
Daily' Brushing
Crowning Glory
A beauty authority says it is
unfortunate that women forget
that a brush is their most import,
ant friend in hair nave. Women
should remember that brushing
makes the heir healthier and
glossier, since it evens out the
distribution of ell by carrying
it to the ends of the hair. Brush-
ing enhances the true shade of
the hair (dry hair tends to be
lighter in tone) and aids it to
hold a setting and permanent
wave better,
If these thoughts have pro-
mated a renewal of the 100-
strokes-a-day resolution, then
the best way to brush the hair
is to lie on the bed, with your
head over the edge. After brush-
ing, push the hair up gently
with the hands.
HE WON'T SURRENDER — Bill "Potchy Cook, 73, comes to the
door of an abandoned Army pillbox at Thetford, England, to
receive a gift of milk from neighbors, The ,old gentleman keeps
the home fires burning in his unique diggings rather than
give up independence for security of an old folks' home.
* As to your sister-in-law, she
• is as she is. Certain tempera-
* ments can never assimilate
* with opposites, and it is the
* Victim who makes allowances
* and suffers without. bitterness,
4' You have made encouraging
* progress toward, that goal and
* if you build an armor about
yourself her slurs will lose
* their sting,
* Perhaps your mother (or
* your minister) knows some
* nearby family who will wel-
* come you as a paying guest;
* there you ,could know a nor-
* oral, p e r h op s affectionate,
* family life and should make
* long strides toward a happier
* outlook on the world you live
* in. The idea may repel you
* at the moment, but it is worth
* considering.
* Meantime, seek help through
* faith. Cultivate an interest in
* other people. If you will your-
* self to, you can dig yourself
* out of this self-pitying slough
* into a useful and richer life.
-0 My earnest good wishes.
* *
WISE MOTHER
"Dear Anne Hirst: I am 16,
and going with a boy my age.
Rumors have been going around
high school just before it closed
that he and some others have
been visiting the house of a girl
who everybody talks about.
"I asked him about it and he
denied it, He has. never told me
anything but the truth. His fam-
ily are nice people and he has
always behaved himself with
me.
"Mother wants me to break
up immediately and I can't,
bring myself to do it because. I
like him too much. What do you
say?
CONFUSED"
PAII1S'(NBA)—Tw enty years
ago a 40-year-old Spaniard„
Cristobal laalenciage, put up his
Shingle in the swanky Avenue
George V and went into the High
Vashioti business. Today ilia-
enciaga is considered by most
people in the business as the
greatest creator of women's
fashions .in history.
He has also been called the
"designers' designer" for the
very good reason that most of
the silhouettes and trends he has
launched have influenced the
world of fashion.
This he has accomplished with
practically no publicity, He hap-
pens not to believe in its power.
Last year he decided that fashion
writers would not be allowed to
see his collection until four
weeks after he had shown to the
buyers, People held theft' breath
and wondered whether the man
was big enough to be so inde-
pendent. Balenciaga . is still in
business as Paris prepares for
another opening.
He was born in a fishing vil-
lage called Guetaria, near San
Sebastian. His father was a sea
captain, his mother a dress-
maker. She worked for some of
' the ladies of the Spanish court
who spent the summer in the
then fashinable resort.
At 10 he created his first model
— a coat for his dog, complete
with set-in sleeves. He learned
his first lesson in the "archi-
tecture" of dress when the pup
ran off and the, garment burst
at all the seams.
But both papa and mama
egreed their son was a born
dressmaker and at 14 they sent
him to Barcelona as apprentice
to a fashionable tailor.
Two years later he had man-
aged to save the third-class fare
to Paris. Be decided then that
one day he would have a fashion
house of his own in Paris. He
HRONICLES
NtNARFAIP,24
"LONDONTOWN" — That's
what Julie London is making
of Hollywood these days. The
sultry blonde hit roadblocks on
two tries for Hollywood . star-
dom. Her third attempt hit the
bull's-eye, just like her sing-
ing. Her latest film is "Saddle „ .
the Wind" with Robert" Toylor.
A Glimpse Into
The Teen-age
Mind
Before we watched' the parade
we went up to Ginger Farm and
found the house occupied by a
young couple with four small
children. They had moved in
only the day before so of course
they were only half unpacked.
But, oh dear, the things that,
happen when a place is left un-
occupied. Plants and shrubs had
been lifted and taken away. And,
in spite of the fact that the
house had been boarded up, the
motor and parts of the water
pressure system had been taken
away. And yet, 'in all the time
we were living there, we could.
"Dear Anne ,Hirst: Nursing
my 1,11 mother brought an a
breakdown six years ago, and.
When I recevereed I Moved to
ray married, brother's home,
Where I improved. f would have
Stayed but his wife made it
intolerable — to get rid of me,
she.confessed later, wanted
her to. like me, go the worse sir)
became the kinder I was. I
worked part-time, paid my
board, helped with the house-
work and the chldren, and did,
ray own cooking and laundry,
but I was so miserable my
mother made me Consult a psy-
chiatrist, which made me more
despondent.
"Now I am back just where I
started, physically, emotionally
and spiritually ill. My faith in
everybody is failing; I see
others, selfish and cruel, who
are healthy and contented, I've
done my best to be good and
kind, and all I've got is poor
health and misery and an ab-
normal life.
"I know you cannot have any
solution but I've got to tell
somebody, and I'll certainly ap-
preciate any comment you may
print.`"
DESPONDENT" s
FAITH HELPS
* It is hard to believe that
* you, an intelligent young vro-
* man pursted by trouble and
* confusion, will let yourself be
defeated by circumstances you
cannot change. Where is your
self-respect? Everything de-
pends on your will to _over-
come these supersensitive
tendencies that plague you.
First, in my opinion, you need
a guiding hand to point the
first few steps ahead, and it
is likely that is all you re-
quire just now.
I urge you to talk this over
frankly with your minister.
He will show you how to re-
gain self-confidence, and give
you positive assurance that
we are not goven burdens we
are too weak to carry. Regu-
lar church attendance and a
firm belief in the power of
prayer have brought peace to
many a troubled soul and re-
newed their faith in them-
selves and all mankind. With
your minister's help, it. should
do the same for you.
He can suggest activities
within the church that will
lift you out of your sea of
troubles and open your eyes
to the importance of being a
friend. You will meet some
people worse off than you; in
helping them you will forget
your own difficulties and taste
* the joy of service and the
* satisfaction of feeling needed. Color Beauty
Unless the rumors have
been proved false, you should
stop seeing the boy promptly.
Where smoke is seen there's
usually a fire nearby, and no
nice girl can continue to as-
sociate with a lad implicated
with a girl of no repitition.
with a 'girl of no reputation.
If she does, her own good
name suffers.
If your friend is innocent he
should find a way to reassure
your mother. Until he does,
I agree with her.
I understand why you be-
lieve in him, but you are too
inexperienced in the ways of
the world to realize that the
lad may be the perfect gentle-
man with you, yet sow his
wild oats with a cheap girl.
Your mother knows this, and
would protect you from gos-
sip.
It is always shocking to
learn that someone we like
erred but if the boy is not
guilty, why was his name in-
cluded? Cool for Summer
PRINTED PATTERN
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When life and love have let
you down, turn for comfort to
t ha t understanding unseen
friend, Anne Hirst. Her sym-
pathy and wisdom will throw
their light on your darkened
path and help g-uide you toward
peace. Address her at }lox 1, 123
Eighteenth St., New Toronto.
be away all day, leaving the
place unlocked and nothing was
ever touched or stolen.
We were glad to find someone
in the house because they have
already adopted Joe. Poor Black
Joe was a problem. He was such
a nervous cat we knew he would
never settle down in new sur-
roundings so we left him to his
old haunts but went up once a
week to take him food, which,
incidentally, he never seemed to
want. He, was fat and in good
condition but we thought it
Would finally be 'necessa'ry to
have him mercifully put to sleep
-before the cold weather came
around again. Now we don't need
to worry. The family has a cat
and Joe has a family.
On Sunday vie went to Oak-
yille for the day and Bob and
'family took us to see the unveil-
ing of an additiOn to the Ceno:-
taph and' thecerernonial parade
of seven bands, headed by the
Lorne Scots with• their kilts and
bagpipes, with the usual follow-
ing of veterans and others. That
is something we.really enjoy, `al
:though it makes one's heart ache
to see the brave showing the
"vets" put on, pirticularly the
"Old sweats" of World War I,
some of them limping and shuff-
ling and doirig'their best lb hide
it, trying to keep step with the
military 'music -- still -defenders
of the Commonwealth at' heart,
brave testimony,to the fact that
"old soldiers-never die"
Today I take inY part as grand-
mother on .a float representing
our Scotch Block Women's Insti-
tute. I feel quite qualified to
take that part!
achieved his dream 24 years
later.
From the day of its opening
the Paris house flourished, even
through the war years. Today he
employs some 350 workgirls,
saleswomen and 6 mannequins.
The world's best dressed women
and the most important Ameri-
can and European buyers have
passed through his salons where
the decorations have scarcely
changed in 20 years.
It has been said, that a woman
dOes not go to the house of
Balenciaga just to buy clothes,
She is likened to a priestess wile
takes part in a sacred rite. And
those who come to see his col.
lection out of curiosity are soon
discouraged by the indifferent,
to say distant attitude of hit
staff.
Balenciaga creates primarill
for the carriage trade, ignorer
current trends, Every year sil.
houettes are launched which lik•
en women to insects, plants,
flowers or letters of the alpha,
tricks so popular with Christiai
to emphasize their personality,
Dior. His aim is to clothe womee
bet. Balenciaga disdains thes4
This is probably one of the rea•
sons why he chooses mannequin(
who, when not frankly ugly, arS
definitely impersonal. They stall
through the long, narrow salon(
almost "at the double" and maks
one think of Amazons who mull
have parked their javelins just
behind the silk curtain through
which they appear.
This season like every season
it is anybody's guess what he
will do with waistlines and hem-
set the former where it normally
lines for fall and winter, As a
matter of record, he has never
should be—but always a few
inches above or below. As for
hemlines, he plays with them
like a cat with a mouse. Last
season he startled observers by
showing several skirts which just
barely covered the -knees.
"Fashion should never be
static," declares Balenciaga. "To
create you must be something of
an architect—for proportions—a
painter—for color range—with a
little of the poet and the
musician to visualize a woman
when she walks, moves or
dances."
Who are the women who buy
Balenciaga? Not necessarily only
millionaires' wives. Many fash-
ion-conscious women consider it
a sound investment to buy one
suit or one evening dress, know-
ing that it will be in fashion for
at least two, if not three years.
Besides the timeless quailty
there is also the assurance of
perfect execution.
The apostle of simplicity—al-
though, he says that a simple
dress can look positively vulgar
on a woman if it is not her style
—lets his imagination run riot
in some of his evening gowns.
It is here that the Spanish back-
ground emerges in dramatic
"infanta" gowns or dresses that
might have stepped down from
a Goya painting. Balenciaga is
the one man who can impart Ai
sort of glow to a dead-black
dress. •
Only Balenciaga-can afford to
show the extravagant, often ri«
diculous and defintely unbecom-
ing hats which accompany his
models and which he seems• to
have created With his tongue in
his chek, But here again, the
probability is that the towering
flower pots, lampshades, space
helmets or "circus" headpiecei
With waving feathers or abstract
bits of nonsense will be fount
the following season to have In
fluenced the thinking of Parisian
modistes.
One Year Of Life
Spent On 'Phone':
When you make a 'phone call
you're REALLY moving •
around 186,000 miles per second
in fact, at least, that's the speed
your voice is travelling. And
furthermore, you're probably go-
ing to spend a whole year out of
your life on that telephone .
about 8,760 hours. Staggering?
Not when you think how many
hours it saves you. You can be
an armchair shopper „ call the
folks miles away . . chat with
friends the other side of town
reach the doctor, police, fire
department . . all through the
magic of your telephone.
Dental bills in Canada run
over 70 million dollars a year.
There is only one dentist to
every 3,000 Canadians. Fluorida-
tion of Communal water supplies
has reduced tooth decay by as
much as 69 per cent in some
areas. Fluoridation has been re-
commended by leading authori-
ties, but has been blocked by
misinformed people,
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Locally, the big news this week
is centred around centennials—
Centennials at Milton and at
Oakville—in both of which we
are slightly involved. We didn't
get to the official opening of
either but on Saturday we went
to Milton and saw the big par-
ade. The rest of our family was
there including our three grand-
sons. It was really a wonderful
parade with floats and antique
vehicles, bands, Indians from the
Brantford Reserve, war veter-
ans, guides, scouts, fire brigade,
town council, 4-H Clubs, and of
course, the inevitable Beauty
Queen. Usually one parade is
much like another but there
seemed to be something a little
different about this one — it
showed more imagination and
ingenuity than most. For in-
stance, there was an old demo-
crat drawn by a team of mules.
Where they got them from I
don't know for mules these days
are few and far between—that is,
the four-footed variety; the two-
legged type are not quite so
scarce. Probably the young
people had never seen a demo-
crat but in the 'old days it was
the favorite conveyance for
taking the family to church.
There was a genuine old stage
coach that had already been
touring varioustowns, cities and
villages' advertising 'the Milton
Centennial. Its passengers were
dressed in 19th century costumes
and really looked the part.
There was, also a covered wag-
on, complete with pioneer sett-
lers and their children just as
they must have appeared a hun-
dred years ago. Possibly a few
details were not quite perfect
but the effect was the same.
There were genuine old-type fire
reels followed by others compar-
able to the changing years.
It took about an hour for the
entire parade to pass the spot
where we were standing so that
is surely an indication of its size
,and length. There were, Of
course, a number of Clowns and
I am beginning wonder if clowns
are such a good idea. Some of
our former neighbors were with
us, among them a five-year-old
girl, Mary is absolutely terri-
fied of elowns. At one Santa
Claus parade a clown came up
and took her hand and she was
almost petrified. This time di-
rectly' she saw clowns on the
road she started to scream and
ran off and hid behind a car,
There she stayed throughout the
parade. She just wouldn't. On-1 .
.1-leer the road again. David wasn't
too happy about the clowns eith-
er but he stood his ground.•
Plenty of other children I no.»
tired were More or less scared
too so I am wondering if Seine-
thing couldn't be &tie to change
the situation, Couldn't they be
requited to stay in the middle of
the road - where their antics.
would probably amuse but riot
frighten the children. it is ths
close approach of the clOwni
that scares the little ones, r felt
so Sorry for Mary, missing all
the fun because of her fear Of
the clowns.
What does, the American teen-
ager really, think? Dr. H. H.
Remmers of Purdue and his re-
search associates have spent the
last fifteen`years trying to find
out by querying some • 25,000
high;school students directly.
The teen-agers' self-portrait,
Remmers believes, has somber
tones, and "some , of it will alarm
every American." The young peo-
ple have their, good points, too,
he, says, but "there are lots of
things I'm happier about than
most of their opinions:"
Remmers' report on some
alarming teen attitudes:
I more than half (58%) see no
_harm in third-degree police
methods.
• The majority -(60%) would
censor books, newspapers, and
magazines.
• Most (83%) approve of
wiretapping by FBI.
• A third (33%) say those who
refuse to testify against them-
selves should be forced to talk
or be punished.
• Another third (34%) feel
that the government should
prohibit some people from mak-
ing speeches.
• A good quarter (26%) be-
lieve that sometimes it is all
right to search hbuse and per.-
son without a warrant.
• Some (13%) think relig-
ious belief and worship should
be restricted by law.
• Some (15%) would refuse
certain criminals a lawyer.
* Almost half (49%) believe
that people are incapable of de-
ciding what is good or bad for
them,
• One segment (13%) would
deny the right to know your ac-,
cuser in a criminal case.
o More than a third (39
think visiting foreigners should
not be allowed to Criticise the
• A substantial third (38'.;)
feel there is nothing worse thin
beine
c
considered an "odd ball,"
• Another group (30%) be-
lieves that one can't be a seiert,
tist and raise a normal family,
• Almost half (46%) don't:
want any More women holding
public ofilte,
A few redeeming features
which Remmers uncovered:
• A Vast majority (80%) like
School,
• More than two-thirds (80%)
go to church once a week or
moirAltnost all (90%) feel that
the family should get together
to talk over each Other's proh,.
terns. FrOin "Newsweek," ISSUE 39 -- 3.957
TYPICAL BALENtiAoA MAGIC it a $3O.600 necklace id "hahi
the drape of this flesh-pink' flecked organza 'bodice of a ficist
evening dress. His kief trick, however, it showing Styles
buyers four weeks- befoei the press gets a kaki