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THE VICTORIA ADVOCATE, Wednesday, March 29, 1961 3 Sugar and Spice Dinner Given Fashion Notes For Guests Jim Jeter Addresses Decora Club Broadway Actor Almost Misses 'Curtain CalV AAracat Nfm Senle YOAKUM Weekend house- guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Hermansen and family annual cruise event of major dis included Lt.

and Mrs. Frank S. Jim actor brought to tinction for the popular Swedish Bowes III of Jort Hood and their Clean ivory or plastic piano keys with a soft, damp cloth and a very small amount of mild, white soap suds. Rub keys gently and dry them thoroughly. Avoid letting moisture collect between keys.

If dusting will no longer do the trick when it cranes to making presentable your husband's prize catches, try sponging that mounted trout with a the Alley Theater under the Ford Foundation grant, was guest guest, Amin Mohammad AfzalL cruise ship. She left Monday for New Or'eans where the 69-day captain in the Pakistan Army speaker at the guest day meeting from Peshawar, Pakistan. grand cruise will begin. They sail of the Decora Study Club. Mr.

on March 30, terminating in While the house guests were Jeter was filling in for Miss Nina Vance, director of Alley Theater, Boulogne on June 6. visiting the Hermansens, a dinner By MARILYN WAIDA Advocate Women's Editor It couldn't happen on a guest day or could it? In all the history of Decora, (organized May 18, 1950) never such a program mix-up has occurred but the best-made plans of mice, men and clubwomen can go astray. With some 100 women seated and ready for a program the ooa'cer finally arrived almost two hours iate! The comedy of errors began when Miss Ninasp' party was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. who was originally scheduled for On, this voyage, the "Stella Polaris" will call at 27 ports in Hermansen 011 Saturday night at damp sponge, and when dry, try the program.

their home. i5 countries and four continents. a new coat of shellac. The actor spoke" on the great Highlights of the-, itinerary in- actors and actresses he has clude-Egypt and the Holy Land, Guests included Mr. and Mrs.

Lewis Shows, Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Weiser, Mr.

and Mrs. Elroy Coldewey, Mr. and Mrs. Markus worked with on Broadway, and ex Classified Ads Get Results Greece and the Greek Isles, the plained mat he began his own career originally at the Alley Russian Riviera and the Dalma tian Coast of Yugoslavia. I heater in Houston.

At that time, Ploeger, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Love, Mr. and Mrs. Milton McMur-rey, Mr.

and Mrs. R. B. Green, vance ai rector ot Among the ports of call are he worked for nothing, but today San Juan, Madeira, Casablanca, he is an actor by profession." Lt. and Mrs.

Bowen, Capt. Amin Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria Mr. Jeter related that people the famous Alley Theater in Hous- -ton was supposed to have 'addressed; $rlS ho rli.K Mice' vY--' Beirut, Haifa, Rhodes, Candia, Mohammad Afzall and the 0 and hostess. go to the theater to be enter CARPET Sales Installation Modern Floors Santorin, Istanbul, Yalta, Odessa, Athens, Istrea, Corfu, Dubrov- tained, to laugh, to cry or to leave disgusted. If an actor cannot create this emotion, the audience nik, Cantania.

Messina, Naples Capri, Elba, MonteTCarlo, Barce Ever add a pinch or two of nutmeg to mashed sweet potatoes? If-youJiave a nutmeg grater or grinder, be sure to add a freshly-grated spice. lona, Malaga and Lisbon. mighras well be watching television. And this might be said of the actor also, related the speak SM K. Botebad HI 1-7457 Vance recently wJl honored with a 7 1 Ford Foundation i award, was sched- uled to go to New MARILYN York and had to cast her next play for the season and so had to cancel her speaking engage-.

mcnt. er. Mike Riley of Fort Sam plans to be home for the TO WED -The engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Lynda Beth Nelson, to Julius Carroll Alford, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. S.

A. Fertitta of Beaifr mont, has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Nelson, 318 S.

Pumph-rey, Edna. Miss Nelson is a registered nurse at the Veterans Administration Hosiptal in Hous- ton. MTT Alford, formerly in the Navy, plans to enter the University of Houston in September. A garden wedding on June 4 in Edna is planned. HEARING AS YOU SHOULD? In closing, Mr.

Jeter presented Easter Holidays with his parents, oner scenes from Tennessee Wil 1 1 1 4 i PRESCRIPTION QUALITY BEARING INSTRUMENTS moderately priced and warranted by the factory to perform at new for one year. Youth, which heplayed on Broadway. Her substitute, Broadway actor Barbara Roloff and Lynn Roloff nosiesses tor tne social were Jim Jeter, would have done nice of the University of Texas, will Cholco of Eyeglass, Over the Bear or Conventional Models Mrs. J. A.

Coffey and Mrs. Joe be home with their parents, Mr. Duckett. and Mrs. Melvin Roloff for the mm zmmid Special guests recognized were Easter Mrs.

A. B. Alkek. Dresident of GUEST SPEAKER Jim Jeter, (left), Broadway actor loaned to Alley Theater of Houston, was guest speaker for Decora Study Club Tuesday. Mr, Jeter was accompanied by George Garrett, playwright.

The pair are pictured with Mrs. Morris Kamin, program chairman, and Mrs. Franklin Wood, president of Decora, (right). Mr. and Mrs.

Milton Perkins the Victoria Women's Clubhouse lybut he overslept, missed his flight to Victoria, and then began to travel by automobile from Houston, It's no wonder he asked the group as he looked in the sea of spring hats "Well, ask me questions?" The actor was accompanied by Garrett, playwright for Mrs. George T. Needham: and daughter, Elizabeth, are due in this weekend from president of Bronte, Mrs. A. A a visit with her mother, Mrs.

Florence Jordan. Milton, formerly See Mrs. Bing Crosby Nicholson, of Currer Bell, and Mrs. J. Prevost, president of Morning Study Club.

'Romance In Bloom9 Theme on the football teams at Victoria College, -made the-only touchdown Ford Foundation, who hasjust (formerly Kathy Grant). GRANDSONS RETURN HOME Of Garden Gate's Show Advocate Newt Service iivuli Mrs. Edwin Keller! judge the show. Entries must be YOAKUM "Romance In Bloom" is the title of the Garden written a children's play, "Sir Slob and the Princess." His latest TV series play was entitled "Man without a Fig Leaf." The writer is from Orlando, originally. The actor, Mr.

Jeter, was born at Star, but lived in towns all over Texas and Oklahoma. at TODAY made between 8:30 and 11 a.m. the day of the show. Gate Club's fifth annual flower show to be presented in Yoakum in the of and Exes game last week in Houston. We had a note from Yoakum and the Garden Gate Club.

Seems that the Yoakum group that assisted in judging the Morning Study Club Flower Show were not national accredited Flower Show Judges. The team of accredited judges came from El Campo. And from Victoria, Mrs. W. J.

Hendy is an accredited judge. traveled to Duncanville recently to take her grandsons home. Mrs. Ernest Schults accompanied them to Arlington, where she visited her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

Eugene Prasek. Mrs. M. G. Cornelius, schedule chairman, lists the following divi Friday, April 14, 2:30 to 8:30 p.m.

at the-Lutheran Parish Hall. Mrs. Schedule To Appear 1 :30 to 2:15 p.m. sions: Division "The Gifts of Erwin G. Raska, club president, has announced Mrs.

Otto R. Siems as general chairman of the flower show committee. According to Mrs. Siems the standard system of judging will be used with sweepstakes to be awarded in both horticulture and artistic design. Out-of-town, national-accredited judges will RUTH MILLETT Earth," Horticulture; Division "Bridal Jewels," Artistic Design; Division III.

"Wedding Bells, Tables;" Division IV, "Budding; Romance," Junior Garden Club; i Division Conservation and Education; Division VI, Commercial Exhibits. Other members of the schedule committee include Mesdames El-wood Gaus, H. P. Krause, and E. i V.

Weiser. i Mrs. Lee Fawcett will serve as chairman of the staging commit-! tee which includes Mesdames A. E. Mgebroff, co-chairman.

El- Ask The Designer Do you reckon we really arenas big snobs as a lot of advertisers seem to think we are? Snob appeal is advertising started out in subtle y- vein. But it nets I Yin 1 more franklv snob- He got his start in acting at the Alley Theater in WCl. But in spite of all of the fusion of the day and a few side incidents and wild goose chases the was a nice social occasion (club women like to exchange ideas any time of day) and there was less confusion at a luncheon held for Mr. Jeter and Mr. Garrett at Totahs Motel Restaurant, at noon.

Some real excitement is going on in the David T. Woodward home, 808 Morning Glory, since Mr. Woodward leaves this week for Izmir, Turkey, and the family, including the mama and David age 11, and Marsha, age 5, will join him in a short while and they can hardly wait, Mr. Woodward, who has been with Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam, is an engineer, and will be employed with an engineering concern in Turkey for one year. A NATO base is nearby and so the Woodwards will be in touch with other Americans the children will be able to go to an American school and the family will also have an opportunity to take a three-week tour of Europe on the way home.

Mrs. Woodward is a member of Decora Study Club and Stanly PTA. oes appeaiish all the time. "How's your S.Q.?" asks an ad wood Gaus, L. A.

Weatherly, Ger-' hardt Petering. I. J. Alexander.1 Otis Scruggs, E. V.

Weiser, and Clifton Long. Mrs. Oscar Linder, Mrs. G. M.

Boothe and Mrs. O. R. Borchers are in charge of the properties. Mesdames Ernest Long, Doran Vick and A.

J. House are mem in a recent azine. (At tne Dot- torn of the ad S.Q. if i is explained as J' 4 standing for Snob MILLETT Quotient.) The reader is asked to answer three questions with a "Yes" or bers of the hospitality committee "Do you yearn to wear a Christian Dior original?" "Do you adore the thought of gliding down Fifth Avenue in a Bentley Con tinental?" and "Do you thrill to By GAILE DUGAS Dear Gaile: I wish someone would tell me how to organize my wardrobe. I never know what to keep and what to toss out, Or how often I should clear things out.

I've had some pet dresses five years and longer. But other things seem to look odd after a season or two. Is there any set rule that would help me to decide just when to discard clothes? Mrs S. R. Dear Mrs.

S. R. No, not really.But I talked your question over with New York designer Ben Barrack and I thijik his answer will clear things up for you. He says: "Never decide to toss out almost everything you own. For fashion envolves within a cycle of 7-10 years.

At the end of that time, there IS a complete change. Within that period, there are slight changes: the sleeveless dress, high or low waistline or new fabric combinations. "To keep your wardrobe up-to-date, add something new each season. That way, you're working within the fashion cycle. And remember, new fashions develop because women demand he m.

They tire of the old ones after awhile, no matter how becoming they may be." Dear Gaile: I'm one of those people who wanders through a department stores buying things Mrs. C. H. Dessart of Victoria will be a passenger on the Stella Polaris for a cruise of he Medij terraneanT-" Mrs. Dessart will take the Mediterranean spring voyage, an travel to Europe private suite by Cunard?" How does the reader score herself? Well, says the ad.

one Yes ut of three is "fair." Two out of three is "good." And three yeses assures her that her Snob Quotient is "excellent." And presumably she is just the fair-haired girl to really appreciate the product being advertised. But what about the woman who doesn't yearn for a Dior original. and Mesdames Jane Parker and Helmet Boysen are in charge of the juniors. Other committees are entries and classification-horticulture, Mrs. Cornelius, Mrs.

Bob Albrecht, Mrs. Oscar Linder and Mrs. Raymond Witte; entries and classification-arrangements, Mrs. H. P.

Krause, Mrs. Elwood Gaus. Mrs. L. A.

Weatherly and Mrs. E. W. Pietsch. Also, placing of entries ar-rangemens, Mrs.

V. J. Herman-sen, Mrs. I. J.

Alexander, Mrs. Jane Parker, Mrs. Ernest Long; placing of entries-horticulture, Mrs. W. T.

Browning, Mrs. Raetzsch Wagener, Mrs. E. E. Placke and Mrs.

Z. W. Scott; judges, Mrs. Walter Mrs. Byron Dixon and Mrs.

Doran Vick; judges clerks-horticulture, Mrs. Raymond Witte. Mrs. Raetzsch Wagener, Mrs. G.

M. Boothe and Mrs. E. V. Weiser.

Judges clerks-arrangements, Mrs. J. H. Dagg, Mrs. V.

J. Her-mansen, Mrs. H. P. Krause, Mrs.

Gerhard Petering; awards and auditing, Miss Edna Burkett. Mrs. GLORY The Softest Bont Kid 16w W. T. Browning and Mrs.

Elwood Bride-Elect Entertained Advocate Nrwt Service YOAKUM Mrs. V. J. Herman-sen and her daughter. Miss Adrienne Oldham, were hostesses for a Saturday luncheon honoring Martha Bland, bride-elect of Robert Auten.

Guests arrived at 1 p.m. The buffet table, laid with a handdrawn linen cloth, held a centerpiece of mixed blooms in a crystal container. individual tables were covered with white cloths and centered with bridal flowers and gypso-philia. Guests were Miss Bland, Mrs. O.

L. Bland, Mrs. Thomas Bland, Judy Autrcy, Mrs. David Poth, Mrs. Melvin Hairell of Victoria, Mrs.

Ben Parrish, Mrs. Frank Droomgoole. Mrs. Ben Parrish and the hostesses. on the spur of the moment publicitVi Mrs Dapj! a Bentley Continental, or think that having a suite on an ocean liner' would be the living end? Well, that poor soul flunks her quiz" so badly that she doesn't even, rate a grade.

Her "S.Q." probably stands for slob quotient in the copywriter's opinion. And if you think this is just an isolated case of snob appeal advertising how about the interior decorator who boldly advertises: "The home is now the No. 1 status symbol. Why not let us plan a decor that will be the envy of your friends?" Or the department store that recently advertised "His" and "Her" private planes? Watch the advertising directed at women (especially in the fashion and decorating journals) and see if you think we women have as high a Snob Quotient as the advertiser seem to think we have. lrtril iuu mat una 13 lauiu iiii I Miss Edna Buckett, Mrs.

A. J. PIPER White Sweet Kid Flat 1095 puise ouying ana la ime io and Mr, Ranpold: myself of it. Can you tell md register. Mrs.

I. J. Alexander and how? M. J.V, Mrs. Oliver Stevens: conservation and commercial exhibits, Mrs.

Z. W. Scott and Mrs. Clifton Long: tables, Mrs. L.

A. Weatherly and Mrs. Otis Scruggs. Dear M. J.V.: No, I can't, but I've turned your problem over to a designer who has some ideas for you.

She believes in planned buying and in never spending a The Garden Club will also spon- cent for something that isn't on'sor the second annual Wildflower your future clothes list. She is Trail, Sunday, April 9 with head-Lori Till, designer of separates quarters at the Yoakum Fire for Casino Classics. She says: I Department. MEMENTO Black Patent Bone Calf 14" UNIVERSAL Black Patent 14" MARY BROOKS PICKEN ON SEWING Hemlines Can Often Show a Costume's Age A hem two to three inches Is A full skirt can be one Inch; shorter than a narrow skirt, and a medium full skirt one-half inch ideal. Many skirts have no seam binding.

If you use a seam binding, shorter than the narrow one. Why? shorten a bubble-type skirt? M.W.J. Dear M.W.J.: Pin a in the lining. If your skirt is two inches too long, pin a tuck one inch deep. Try dress on.

Be sure length of skirt is even hand sew or stitch tuck. If bottom edge is uneven, be careful that it is not too tight Almost all women you know well, who are wearing last year's dress or suit, apologize by saying, "My skirt is too long." "I've been aiming to shorten it." "I should not wear it again." When a skirt is too long, one is bound to look unfashionable wearing it. Just as your age is showing when you wear an enormous hat when smaller ones are the vogue, then make the tuck deeper in the Because a narrow skirt works up around the hips. After you have worn a tight skirt for an hour or so, you may find it is too short for comfort or fashion. That is why is better to make it a little longer.

Age can show In the way hem is made. If the hem is too deep, people may think you are places where skirt is long. come see the Spring Shoe Ready to step from tissue wrappings Leon's new-season excitement, a bloom of shoes In soft and sunny colors you'll delight to wear, plus so many beautiful beiges, patents of glassy black. It's a superbly feminine collection. Enjoy swish of pleats, subtle blend of texture ond tone, cutout details, perforated unlined lightness.

Slim the look with trim a part of the shoe design, attracting the eye, pure flattery afoot. Important: heels stacked; leathers sleek, crushed, lusfered; fabrics in flower. Try oil! Sizes 4 to 12, widths AAAA to B. at the top of the hem. Many dressmakers pink the top edge of the hem, slipstitch and carefully press it so that no hemline is visible.

Why not try this method next time you use a nonravel fabric? Don't let your age show in your hems. Examine every dress, skirt, coat and negligee you own today. Turn all to fashionable length for you and thus push age up and out! Dear Mrs. Picken: How can I or carry an immense handbag when fashion has shaved them down to half the sire, age shows putting money in the bank for the time when skirts might become longer. If the time ever In your skirt length.

Nowhere In a costume does age show so much as there. A great writer said half comes that you have to lengthen a shorter skirt, it Is better to fact the hem. An overly narrow hem Is the mark of an inexpensive garment THE century ago: "You might Just as well be off the earth as out of 5 DOG HOUSE style." Victoria Shops At ihiii m-m. O.HM4 I (Mktli i n. Mi iiMMHf to wmf.

OH DM luw knr I Urw ItehMM IIIU4 MINI 1IloM HUM k- Mtt eiM I II p- wm I.wt A PET SHOP 1004 N. WILLIAM NOW OPEN IN OUft NEW LOCATION 305 WEST FORREST HI 3-3861 Pafek Motor (o. AIL M4EM At'TO REPAIR SERVICE the Peopled Choice I do not advocate extremely short skirts unless your "set" wears them and then only if you have beautiful legs and knees. There is a happy skirt length for every woman. To find the right length for you, practice In front of a full-length mirror.

Breathe deeply, lifting your rib cage snd your skirt. Look front and back and shorten as short bccomlngness allows. ni i-u has crerylhlnf yea aetd UPETXaai IMPLIES! MONKFTI PARROTS HAMSTERS SKUNKS it BIROS and evea FUPriES Ak abnnt the new K-T PKT DIET Your pet will Ioe lit TOWN COUNTRY.