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Shades of Yesterday in Spring Styles By FLORENCE SANT1S Most women today want clothes that are easy to 'wear. That means simple, even basic silhouettes, often in separates that can be combined to make up various outfits. With clothes based on so classic a prescription, how do you prevent them from being dull? Mountain Artisans is a fashion firm that has one'answer. It's a combination of old-time, native American skills with the design talents of Dorothy Weatherford and a New York staff that understands the fashion market. The staff is composed of young people in their 20s who are enthusiastic about keeping American artisan traditions alive.

Dorothy Weatherford keeps the Mountain Artisans separates easy to wear. For spring, styles include long and short skirts, wide-cut pants, a dress that comes long or short, a battle jacket and a classic, long-sleeved shirt. The separates come in themed groups, each of which features a special kind of sewn work based in large part on the traditional stitching done for patchwork quilts. "Lilac Bouquet," for example, uses a lilac-hucd linen-surface fabric, on which is appliqued huge flowers of multipastel colors. Overlapping one another, they cluster from the knee down to the hem of skirts and pants legs.

And the knits are always worth noting. No matter what the season, knits are always with us. Although high-fashion knits represent only a small sector of Italian knitwear, they provide the creative stimulus for the millions of dollars worth of knits that Italy exports. The overall framework for spring knit fashions is classic. Designers favor the cardigan, often with swingy skirt and a pullover.

One example from Maljana is the three-piece ecru-color wool costume which is emphasized with Cont. on Next SAN I FERNANDO VALLEY GLAD BRANSON, Editor Dream's on High Note SEPARATES designed by Dorothy Weatherford for Mountain Artisans are made in the mountains of West Virginia by women i traditional patchwork sewing skills. This combination's from Lilac Bouquet group. GRAPHICS theme many Italian spring knits. This three-piece costume from Maljana is fashioned of ecru-color wooL Hip-length pullover with wide waistband is knit in rectangles.

Design is reversed on cardigan. PANTS look at Breckenridge is soft and coordinated. Edie Gladstone gives long shirt a new with drawstring cuts pants just wide for easy walking. Number is available in several colors. By FRAN ERWIN, Leonora Schildkraut is a pretty lady with a lovely voice and a beautiful dream.

Her dream is that no child in the United States grows up without being exposed to the glories of classical music. And Mrs. Schildkraut is doing something positive about her dream. At least in the Los Angeles area. She's the creator of "Through the Looking Glass," a radio program of classical music especially designed for children.

"Through the Looking Glass" airs eveiy Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. and on Sundays at 12 noon "over station KFAC and is sponsored by Western Federal Savings as a community service. Mrs. Schildkraut and KFAC have just celebrated the show's first anniversary. When Mrs.

Schildkraut discovered that every school in the Los Angeles system had a radio on the premises for emergency purposes, she was instrumental in bringing "Through the Looking Glass" into the classroom, utilizing some of the 10,000 radios placed in city schools. "Through the Looking Glass" is endorsed by the Los Angeles Unified School District and has become a part of the music appreciation curriculum in many schools. The creator of "Through the Looking Glass" believes that children who have been exposed to the classics will have a love of good music for the rest of their lives. She said that when singer Beverly Sills was a guest on the program she told her that "by the time I was eight years old I could sing 32 arias because my mother listened to opera every day." Each of Mrs. Schildkraut's shows f- has a major theme.

Through music the young listener is able to travel to distant lands, meet composers of the past and present, celebrate the changes of seasons and holidays, learn the history of musical instruments and visit with great artists. A recent broadcast took youngsters on a musical trip through the United States with a stop-off in New York, New Orleans and the Grand Canyon. Music of some of the great composers of our time, concluding with a Swiss immigrant's tribute to his adopted country, included Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony Women's Staff Writer No. Leonard Bernstein's "Wonderful Louis Moreau Gottschalk's "The Grand Walk-Around," and Ernest Bloch's "America." Letters of appreciation from students and teachers arrive at KFAC every clay such as the one written by Neysa Catlett. a teacher at (Xso A Elementary School in Woodland Hills.

Mrs. Catlett said, "My fourth grade class has been en-' joying the program since its begin-' ning. We find your commentary delightful and your selections superb." The only negative letter she's received followed "A Bach to Rock Show," in which she played music as it was written by Tchaikovsky and the and Mozart Kleine Nacht and then played rock versions of the same selections, a listener wrote of the rock selections: "Mrs. Schildkraut, you are playing the music of the devil and the heart beat of hell." A native Californian and daughter of concert singer Alma Urquhart, Mrs. Schildkraut studied violin for 12 years and was a member of Peter Meremblum's California Junior Symphony.

She is now a member of the Conl. on Third Page LEONORA SCHILDKRAUT Close Look Taken At Foreign Policy By PATRICIA VARIE, Women's Staff Writer Groups of concerned men and women arc meeting throughout the Valley in an effort to form opinions on eight of the most crucial topics faced by the United States today. They're participating in the "Great Decisions 1973" program, developed by the Foreign Policy Assn. and offered to anyone in the country who's interested. The purpose: "To develop an informed, thoughtful and articulate public opinion on international issues in the belief that, in the long run.

U.S. foreign policy can be no better than that which the electorate is willing to support." And this year, the 19th annual discussion program will provide guidelines for learning, discussing and let- ling opinions be known on the "Sino-Soviet-American Triangle." "The Mass Media and Foreign Policv," "Japan." "White Rule in Black Africa." "The Common Market Expands." "Man on Earth," "Canada. Latin America and the U.S." and "The Middle East After the Soviet Withdrawal From Egypt." The Foreign Policy Assn. a national, nonpanisan. jion-profit organization founded in 1918.

publishes "Great Decisions" each year, presenting facts on the major foreign policies of the U.S. for the benefit of national, state and community organizations, colleges, universities, secondary schools, newspapers and broadcasting stations, religious groups. libraries. And individuals. We sat in on the first session of the Valley Great Decisions session being sponsored by and Ixsague of Women Voters in the Woodland Hills home of Jane Bailey.

Following each article in Jhc "Great Decisions" is a list of disnission questions which, the wom- found, brought oin several interesting ideas not men- iiono! in the primed presentation. They disrussed balance of power. U.S. policy re- Pdrriing the Sino-Soviet split, isolationism, justification of military intervention by the U.S.. SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty), our troop levels in Europe, military presence in Asia after Vietnam.

They talked about the upcoming European secur- 1i conference. East Germany as a separate slate, formal diplomatic recognition of China, Soviet and Thiri They Preview Benefit Show Mother-daughter fashions to be modtltd by members oi Conoga Park Junior Woman's Crab tomorrow at Protect HOPE benefit are admired by Reamer Reiser 6, Lynn Pendletcm, fashion coordinator for Sean, and Mrs. Ralph Reiser from toft. Crab amubtii and chfl- at Cxmooa (Btofy MM! Mem ffceto Four Magic Words Will Help Women By JENNIFER JENNINGS, Women's Staff Writer Women these days have some new magic words to add to "please." "Contracts," "tune," "curiosity" and "awareness" will, in fact, get women a lot farther today then "please" ever could. And of these four words, "contract" Is perhaps most important, according to Roberta Ralph, attorney and member of a legal rights panel sponsored by the Center for New Directions.

"The best thing for a married woman to do," said, "is to make a contract with her spouse. It will protect both parties and will serve to clarify any situation concerning who has an interest in what and who has brought what into the marriage. "Besides, it's easier on the divorce lawyers." Making contracts, according to the panel (which included Ms. Ralph, attorney Leonora Stopol, account executive Sue Souveroff and associate trust counsel Lynn Peterson), is one of the few rights that women do have. Time, while not a right, Is an advantage the main advantage women have over men according to Ms.

Souveroff. "The more successful men become, the more they have to spend on business and the less time they have to spend on making investments," she said. "Women, who don't work and who have so much more time than men, should take an interest in the market and investments. "Women." she continued, "should understand all the family finances. They should have a working knowledge of financial matters so that in case of divorce or death, there would be no need for a brcaking- in period." And speaking of divorce, women are more likely to get a fair share in a community property settlement if they know how the family stands financially, Ms.

Souveroff said. Mrs. Stopol. moderator of the panel, agreed, say- Ing it is extremely important to know how to divide the community property. This, both believe, is where awareness and curiosity comes in.

A woman who hag no knowledge of tht family resources and no interest Jn learning about them is like- Next.