Sunday, November 19, 1944
THE NEBRASKAN
y) Date Dresses Go Smoothly
Elegant, Festive for a Change
BY BETTY KING.
This is a year of smooth ele
gance in date dresses. After
several years of severity, women's
clothes have again become festive.
Simplicity of line remains the
keynote of the new designs. The
chief difference between this
year's designs and last year's Is
in the use of fabric. Elegant moire
is used for whole dresses or for
shirred peplums on rayon crepe.
Rayon faille and rayon bengaline
are other favorites. Black satin
is the glamor fabric. It is used
for formals, afternoon or date
dresses, and for trimming on less
glamorous fabrics.
Stress Elegance.
Designers have not only used
fabric to stress elegance, but they
have gone back to the 1800's for
the inspiration for their designs.
Many dresses feature small, flared
peplums or three-quarter length
tunics. The high neckline and
abbreviated sleeve is another
fashion from a bygone era to find
favor. Inconsistently, necklines
are either extremely high or ex
tremely low. One of the many
accessories lo come out of the
1800 era is the velvet cropearl
choker to be worn with this year's
low necklines.
Even hats echo the feeling of
elegance expressed in dresses.
Hats are mere froufrous of velvet
and ostrich feathers, or velvet
ribbons and roses. Hats covered
with sequins and tiny fur hats
are still in favor also.
American designers have cre
ated these designs especially for
American women. They have not
been influenced by the French
designers. The American sil
houette retains the slim, narrow
skirt in contrast to the full dirndl
skirt favored by the French de
signers. Inspiration for American
dresses came this year from a
period in American history prov
ing that there is ample material
for ideas here in our own country.
If She Frowns At You, Fella,
Beware of Obsolete Material
Task of Buying Bottle of Perfume
Involves Hours of Waiting, Hoping
We have just emerged from pur
chasing a bottle of perfume for
our girl friend. It took us 34 min
utes to explain to the salesgirl
what kind of perfume we wanted
and it took her one-half hour to
hunt thru her stock to find it.
Not so long ago you asked for
gardenia perfume when you
wanted gardenia or for extract of
rose when you wanted extract of
rose. But all that is changed now.
Walking into a downtown depart
ment store, we asked the clerk, an
intelligent young Miss, for a bot
tle of gardenia for our girl friend.
"I could let you have Evening
In Paris, Parfum Bordeaux, Scent
St. Cecilia, Beautrix Bohemia,
Ruse Russe, Incense of India,
Shanghai or Internationale; they're
all among the young world set,"
she suggested hopefully.
The names appealed to us per
haps, because we have always felt
a fascination for the foreign. "Bet
ter show us the Incense of India
first," we said. Then we realized
that the girl was staring at us
Evidently she had taken UN
courses in Freudian theory and
knew our interest in Incense of
India came from a surpressed de
sire for travel which we could
not do because of lack of funds.
Hunt for 'Incense.'
After walking down two coun
ters and opening three drawers
our clerk found the Incense of
India. She had removed the stop
per and was just beginning to
raise the bottle to within our
olfactory range when her hand
slipped and three drams of the
precious fluid spilled odorifer
ously onto the counter. As she
mopped it up she remarked
brightly. "It does smell like In
dia, doesn't it?"
But we were disappointed in
the odor. To us it smelled plain
yankee. "Perhaps Ruse Russe
might be better," we said, re
membering the notorious ballet of
the same name.
The salesgirl dived under the
counter. "I've opened a new bot
tle for you," the girl cried tri
umphantly. "This is quite chic."
We inhaled and shook our head
sadly. If it were a trifle less heady
we might have got it for our girl.
It was really quite overpowering.
"Well," said the girl, "I'll show
you Anticipation, Intrigue, Sus
picion, Daring, Tabu, Shocking,
or My Sin."
Just Pla'n Gardenia.
Intrigue we would have no part
of; Daring was abhorrent to our
nature. We had to remember that
ours is an ordered society. "What
we really want is gardenia, plain
gardenia," we sighed. We had
been selecting perfume for twenty
minutes.
Just then the floor walker
sauntered over. "This boy says he
wants gardenia perfume," the girl
perplexedly announced. The floor
walker looked at me thoughtfully
"Show him crushed grape," he
said.
"Gardenia!" we shouted. "We
want to smell gardenia, not
crushed grape."
Certainly you would not ap
prove of aborigine; it would be a
little too much on the outdoor
side. But I think crushed grape,"
he motioned to the girl who was
rummaging in a low drawer
We grew tired of waiting and
decided to look around the store
ourself. A group of women were
standing in front of a counter on
which were displayed perfumes of
every conceivable type. Adven
ture-fired, we excitedly edged our
way into the group.
Newest Concoctions.
Tf a piietnmcr should come in
and ask what are the newest con
rortinns rf the narfumers. what
would you tell them.'" asKea a
stout, matronly woman.
"Parsmpl. ronnamon. cocoa.
clover, hay stack, mashed blue
berry, femme iataie, pearl, opium
dream, rain scent, Rajah royale,
summer dusk ..."
"Continue," ordered the stout,
matronly woman.
"Aerial aura, fiesta, bazarre,
mardi gras, gala gale, pineapple,
banana, faux pas, froth, fever
flower, emerald, azure, swoon
river, Khaki aream, niDiscus
breath, caprice, captivation, starry
skies, quirk
As we were walking away we
could hear the voice rising and
falling melodiously. The floor
walker stopped us at the door.
Gardenia you wanted? Right"
he smiled. We did not answer.
"I'm sure we have the exact
parfum you want. If you go three
counters to the right and then sec
ond from the left on the south
side, the young lady will fix you."
He was so positive we made an
other attempt.
"We want one bottle of gar
denia perfume," we told the salesgirl.
"Certainly, sir!" and she took
out a bottle of gardenia perfume.
We watched carefully as she
wrapped it. We were afraid to
lose sight of the perfume lor lear
that someone might substitute one
of the other odors we had sur
veyed. Just as the girl was about
to give us our package the floor
walker strolled up with a pleased
expression on his face. "You got
what you wanted?"
We nodded. "Real gardenia per
fume. You had it ali Lhe time." He
held out his hand for the bottle.
Oh." he cried, "why didnt you
say you wanted "Fleur Wanchef"
We gasped and left him.
Free Variety Show
Joseph Gotten Delores Del Rio Orson Welles
"JOURNEY INTO FEAR"
A WARTIME MYSTERY THRILLER
3:00 P. M., SUN. NOV. 19
Union Ballroom
BY DARREL BROWN.
Most men, if they have a good
head on their shoulders, can un
derstand the gal's way of looking
at him. If she smiles and has
that proud air about her, chances
are he knows how to dress. If
not, best he beware and adapt the
latest styles set by men who
know the "hows" and "where."
You can't go wrong with a
newly-perfected raglan type
sleeve in your topcoat of herring
bone tweed. It gives you a per
fect fit over the shoulders of a
suit coat or jacket. Worn with a
grey flannel suit (the one button
long rolled lapel type) and a red
printed tie on a white oxford
shirt you an't miss. Incidentally,
the long rolled lapel lends height
to the unfortunate males of
shorter stature.
Royal Overcoats.
While speaking of the royal
member of the clothes family
the overcoat here are a few sug
gestions. A loose camel's hair
coat on a well-knit male frame
looks mighty solid. For example,
the type of coat that looks as if
it is the gridiron's best friend.
Of course the fleece o'coat with
the foreign correspondent look,
cut along the trench coat lines, is
a must for the man who has
the shoulders and the flash for
one.
A few fashion forecasts reveal
that new and revolutionary ideas
are developing along the sports
wear line.
At present, the hottest article
in threads is the new rayon pa
jamas. The pants are pleated and
cut similar to slacks. The tops
are styled after the most popular
sport shirts. They are designed
for lounging around the house,
studying and, incidentally, for
sleeping.
Check In Wool Shirts.
Checked . heavy woolen shirts
for winter wear, in the popular
hound's tooth, make a swell
combo paired with cords or slax.
The patterns and fabric are simi
lar to those used in sports coats.
The collars and cuffs as well as
the neck yoke are lined with
rayon for the wearers comfort.
naprttlMi
Mm but
6-23$'
. . FT
1401 N. 4tk St.
Y
PRETTY AND PRECIOUS
MOLE AY BIiEE
16.95 to 39.95
Lovely, flattering styles with lavish sequin or bead trim.
In crepes or dressy wools. See this fine holiday collection
now. Sizes 4 to 15, 10 to 18.
SECOND FUMM