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lO San Mateo )t 1 Himtf Fnddy; "April" 24, 1970 Designer Fashions Erotk Novel By BARBARA BLADEN Shirts and short stories have it. I enjoy watching my 11 and 18 year old children conform to their peer groups. My Indian headband is wider than yours, they say. Fashion is one big conspiracy women wondering every year to go long or short New York's mayor is delighted with the maxi all rtic young society women hobbling along cleaning the sidewalks for he, added sarcastically. "Chanel says 'the eye gets used to every thing'.

I ay no one can do anything to anyone, unless ready for it That's what fashion trends are all about." scramble around. BUI Blass was my best man at my wedding. He was at Saks" in Palm Beach when I was at Bonwit Teller. And Susan was appearing in 'Any Wednesday' at the Palm Beach Playhouse. We met at the same time and have been friends ever since." As for trademarks, Weitz showed me f.

large callous on his middle finger from cutting with scissors for 30 years. He no longer manufactures a thing. Jobbers lease his name and; designs. 1 "There is a fashicri story In art theater standing lines. Otherwise why would young people stand two hours waiting to get lars a day but only two and a half million of that comes out of my head The rest is purely commercial enterprise." "The star system is over with us, just as with the film "industry.

There are no big name new' designers, nor big name new stars. Not in the bracket of John Wayne or Steve McQueen. Today's designers are tomorrow's trade mark: Christian Dior makes more money than me and he's been dead 14 years." Does the jealousy syndrome exist among fashion designers? "There is no jealousy among those, who have made it. Only: for those who are beginning to After A Fashion business colleagues. They, just called me a S.O.B.

and admitted Fd told it the way it is. By the time they make a movie of it, I'll be so far removed from it, it won't It's not my livelihood, you see." Tall, trim fTid continental, lives an exciting business life in the sppnlsticated fashion capitals of the world. At home with his wife, former actress. Susan. Kohher (she was an Academy Award nominee "Imitation of Life" and retired from films after seven pictures) he's quietly debonair, a well known amateur race driver and Sunday sailor: He commutes between a boat in Sag Harbor, N.Y.

and a raid Manhattan apartment With their two: young children, the Weitz's quintilingual. "I wrote the book between brought fashion designer John. into prominence. His hovel "The Value of Nothing" (Stein and Day Publishers)'; was written from the authority of one. of the world's leading designers in the United States' third largest His eyebrow raising expose of the politics, sexual exploits and business tactics is neither complimentary nor tactful.

in the manner of airing dirty laundry with enough, sensationalism to edge Jacqueline Su sann' off the best' seller book lists; at least, Oxford educated Weitz has a command of the English language and an interesting writing The' subject matter is erotic and in the" popular homosexual genre and should sell "I'm only interested in selling1 my shirts, not books. But. Percy Is Gentle Politician Practicing His Preachings business flights, sitting in hotel rooms and in the spare time I'm Vglad it's wasn't by my By MARIAN CHRISTY WASHINGTON Sen. Charles Percy of a star G.O.P. Presidential candidate of the future, is a titillat Teen Club Sets 5 I've acquired from being a property.

As a young designer yciu try to find an identification in your designs. As you get older, you try to get awayirom that. My wife says the only reason my suits carry, my name label is so if anything happens to me, they'll send me back to Lord and Taylor. "The day finally comes in this business when you're a property and someone says I'd like to. discuss an arrangment.

Then', they never ask your opinion, about fashion, only merchandising." This arrangement has resulted in his clothes being carried in 120 American ing' gentleman of one particular persuasion: Nothing gives him more psychic satisfaction than turning life's sourest moments into Tackling the problem of choosing frames for some of the art works to toe displayed Thursday during the St. Paul's Episcopal Church women's luncheon are Mrs. John Barton, (left) chairman of the show, Mrs. Frank.Hooper and Christiand Plettner. a.

contributing artist. Mrs. Hooper is. president oi the group who are sponsoring the show in Francis Foote Hall. Car Wash Day For Tomorrow A car wash is being sponsored tomorrow by St.

Bartholomews Teen Club. something sweet. When he ran' for governor of Illinois in 1964 and lost, gloom hung over the Percy estate in Kenilworth, north of Chicago. Daddy had never brought home' anything less than victo Art Exhibit Set At St Paul's Church Locdlites Host Pdrty At Atherton Restaurant For House Guests Last Saturday, ki" honor of Set to take place in the lower parking' lot of the church, the car wash will be from noon until 4 p.m The church is located, at Alameda de las Pulgas and1 Crystal Springs Road in San Mateo. Money raised from the project "will benefit charitable programs to which the club contributes, stores, 40 in Europe and tour in Japan.

It takes 30 years to build career, of which only a few names mean anything. Scott Fitzgerald once said 'the trick in life is to be a little bit famous. That means if there are 100 people in a room; only 10 would notice you but don't bother to be introduce My firm makes 12 million dol Everyone including his second wife, Lorairie and five children looked upon him as toy wonder of big business. At 29, as president of Bell Howell, sales volume leaped from p.t their weekend guests, Mr. and Davis, Alvin Schramm, Ivy Bowman, and Alan.

Keltie will Mrs. Ward O'Bnen of Los be shown, and C. E. Phe Angeies, the William H. Jack Ian will display hand made sons of Foster City hosted a dinner party at Atherton's Cote D'Azur restaurant.

Paintings and crafts by artists, who are parishioners and friends of Sr. Paul's Episcopal Church in BuriiagQine, will be the feature of a luncheon sponsored by the Episcopal Chiirch women Thursday at noon, in Francis Foote Hall. Mrs. John Barton and Mrs. Robert Schwantes are co chairmen for the show.

Heading. the list of artists will be Liz Tudury, who will exhibit several paintings and. wil serve as show.coorcinator. Other artists include Nourse and Ohristiane Partner. Paintings by Mesdames C.

SENATOR AND MRS. CHARLES PEBY Determined Couple Guest artists will include Mesdaroes Jajek MacCargar and Charles Kreiger and Lutz Bergman who will have an exhibit of pottery. Proceeds from ticket sales wHl 'telp for tile group's annual1 pledges for support of the diocese of California and' for St.Taui's Church. Reservations limited but can be made by calling the chuirch $13 million 5160 million. Triumph and Percy seemed synonymous.

In retrospect, Percy recalls It was our first taste of defeat; But it was awfully good tor all of us. Defeat teaches humility And this defeat was resounding and. gloomy. We all sat. around the breakfast table the morning after.arai talked it out heart to I told my.

family that just because we lost didn't mean we couldn't achieve our objectives." Percy always practices what It's a Woman's World By Adalene The senator didn't always have it so good. When the Depression hit his family the Percys were often on relief and life was an uphill During his college days at the University ot Chicago devised a plan to supplement his budget by convincing the fraternities to let him combine the purchase of the food fbr a commission. In bis senior year he grossed and netted $10,090. Money has always come eas ily to Percy. His holdings include $550,000 worth of 'stock at Bell Howell.

But, instead of working to multiply his for he talks about feeding undernourished blacks six blocks from his office and working on legislation to cut down oh the wheat shipment to India, Percy's other twin daughter, Sharon, is married to Jay Rockfeller, a Democrat who is West Virginia's Secretary of State. The Rockfellers are close to Adlai Stevenson 3rd who was a Harvard classmate of Jay. The only thing that gets Senator Percy's goat is the possibility that his daughter will campaign for the Democrats. He is not what you'd call a liberal Republican. When old friends prod him, he flashes a gentle smile and talks about the times he turned "lemon into lemonade." The facial expression is almost, priestly in its Percy, a Pollyanna type, thinks everything happens for the best no matter iiow shattering and shocking the immediate situation.

When one of his twin daughters, Valerie, was murdered in the' of their home in 1966,. there was talk that the senator would sell the estate because pf haunting' Last week he and his wife Loraine, a Jackie Onassis type brunette with charisma, finished decorating one of the sitting roomsvThey hung a just bought Hans Hoffman oil featuring alternate globs Df orange and yellow smashed onto the canvas. got the house just the way we want it after working on it for years," he.says. Never a word is spoken about unsolved murder, the mental hospital a half mile from the house, the vicious watchdogs who stand guard, the complicated burglar system and the fact he himself doesn't even have a key to the front door. Two days later he went to the home of an old friend, Clement Stone, chairman of the board, Combined fcisura ance Corp.

Chicago. Percy told a dumb founded that he qukkly needed a quarter of a million dollars. "Look, Clement," he said making direct eye contact for which he is famous, "I based my campaign on adult illiteracy among blacks and I want to get classes started to; lick this thing." Ten laier the fund raising drive was over. Stone, mesmerized by Percy's integrity and promptly wrote out a check for the full amount. Tightly controlled, Percy re members saying the swear word "damn" once in his lifespan of 51 years.

He' is a devout Christian Scientist "who won't touch cigarettes or liquor. "Can you giv? us any ideas on a trip to Disneyland forabout three and nights, with two' small children, ages 'ten and who wCl give us no 'peace until we take them there? We'i baking Forwarci to. going, ourselves, being quite young parents. Wa would rather 'fly ihan drive, unless it will cost too much." Nothing is inexpensive anymore, not even Disneyland. Still, it is one of the greatest values for your money in pure enjoyment for mother, father and kiddies.

I have cheeked around, and I. think the best buy' for ivou is a Admiring the "stoneware bowl fashioned by ceramist John Whitney are Mesdames Donald Sabatini, (from left) Robert Tanner, Donald Kay, Donald Knudsen, and Murdo Nicolson. Whitney's work is one of many toeing displayed in the 1970 KQED auction taking place though! May 1 at the Great Western1 Savings, lOSouth El Camiho MiBbrae. Silent bids will toe accepted for the exhibit which also includes paintings of all media, sculpture and stitchery. Residents of San Mateo whose artwortwill.be on sale include Mrs.

William.Mitchell,: Mrs. Connie Dunhatn and Richard Hagel. Michelle LeGette Will Wed II 1 BRAY'S FURNITURE 'The future bridegroom eraduate student at San Jose State College. He also attended' PRE INVENTORY Diablo Valley College; ana ban Jose State College where he "package tour," where round trip by air, hotel rooms, entrance to Disneyland and a book of tickets zre included. The one such tour that I like is planned by Air California arid is called a "Three Day Family Tour to Disneyland." Ask them to send you a brochure.

"Recently you wrote about "Souvenir Gift Ideas from the Pacific." Since I am not going to" the Pacific, but am fascinated by the gift items you mentioned, I wonder if you could tell me where I could write to get the "Taiwan jade bracelet and necklace for under ten dollars?" Write to the Ship terminal Shopping Center at 'Keeking Taiwan, or to the Airport Terminal Shopping Center at Taipei, Taiwan. Tell them that you would like. them to send you a bracelet and necklace and specify whether you want choker necklace or one of graduated size'." But frankly, I would riot, be too keen about buying such articles sight unseen, inexpensive as they are. There are many different shades of green in Taiwan jade, and a variety of and it would be infinitely wiser to first ask them if they could send you a calogue or brochure, or a letter describing what they have in stock. Also, ask them to send bracelet and necklace seperately, and marked "Under Ten Dollar Gift sojyou won't have to hassle with customs when they.

arrive and. possibly get stuck with duty I do hope I did not indicate. in any way in my. story that Taiwan jade is any relation ii was affiliated with Alpha Delta An 22 wedding is in the offing for Miehele Regina LeGette of. San Francisco and Lawson Bruce Ball Lafayette.

The couple's 'parents' are Clifford" LeGette of Burlingame and Mrs. Frank Fuller of San Fernando and Mr. and MrsiT. L. Ball.

A graduate of the College of San Mateo, Michelle is the granddaughter of Mrs. James LeGette of San Mateo. Sigma, an advertising fraternity. His grandmother is Mrs. Arthur Bruce of Seattle.

St. Matfliew's Episcopal Church in San Mateo has been reserved for the wedding after Which guests will be received at tne onae'S rawer s. name. SALE AUCTION MICHELLE LE GETTE To Be Wed Monday, April27thr2Bth 7:30 p.m. W00DSIDE HIILSBOFOUGH and BURUNGAME residential furaishings Louis XV Marble Top and Marquetry Chests French .7 LeatPcs.

China Closets Square DimnE Tibl Piano aeaded WindoKs' Double KeytoarD WUrHtzer Organ Custom Sofas Sfats Porcelains Sterlings KiWSedroom Suites Eqpt Desks Stereo France Bed Preview Sunday ApHI 2h to Sf. THRU APRIL 30th Fine. Furniture at generous reductions for Irving dining room, bedroom ond den. ln both Early Ai con end Mediterranean styles. Surprise Party Qiven :5orSt9toU.Sa4T)lim30th "I am going to seven countries on a two week trip this summer.

I am going on pracfeally no money at ail, and I. wonder if you could suggest if you think 1 have left anything out in my budget? How's that again? You don't say which countries, and "I haven't the faintest idea what your' budget is. However, there is something, that travelers often and that is the airport tax th'eyV have to fork over lipon leaving, many countries. This usually amounts to only around three to five dollars, but enough to be concerned about if your budget is tight. Ask the airline you're going with to tell' you which countries require an airport departure tax.

and how much. Ai highlighted, the tweaty fifth wedding, anniversary Mr4and Mrs. Gene Ang'eii. The couple's daughtersi Darlehe and Roberta Angeli, Mr.v Ar geli's sister: Eileen Valhiga, hosted thescham pagne affair. BRAY'S MAPLE HOUSE ATHERTON AUCTION STUDIO SAN MATEO 13 43rd Ave.

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