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Looking at HOLLYWOOD ' I 'HE band that rocks the cradle gets the spotlight these days. Our movie stars have * lost nothing— they’ve even gained much—by be coming mothers. They were out in the vanguard of the vogue—Betty Grable, Alice Faye, Gene Tierney, and Lana Turner—all glittering names in movieland. And with sin cerest flattery the minor glamorettes whipped into line. Gone but Not Forgotten A star who has a baby is gone from audiences a year or more. That is, only so far as actually seeing her mov ies is concerned. She can open the newspapers or k magazines any fcold time and .read Alice Faye Betty Grable as much about herself, now that baby - having is the rage, as if she were stand ing before t h e cameras on an eight hour day. Box Office Betty Grable’s latest pic ture. “Pin Up Girl," was finished in September of last year. But Betty stayed in the hearts of fans who fol lowed her progress avidly in every detail. The Trail Blazer Let’s go back a few years. It was Norma Shearer who really put babies on the cinematic lap. She was called the first lady of Hollywood then, and, as you know, the first lady can do no wrong. She was also the wife of Irving Thalberg, our top producer. Twentieth Century-Fox recently put out word that Betty Grable’s next picture will be “Diamond Horseshoe,” a gilded musical based on Billy Rose’s night club. Her cos tumes will outdo anything Betty has ever had. Wanted—The Detaila But your fan comes back with "Is it true Betty wore butcher boy smocks when she was carrying Vicki?” or "How about that formula Victoria Elizabeth James thrives 1 on?” If you meet Betty she’ll talk only about the baby and Harry. "Wait until you get into harness again.” I said. "The music will get into your feet. The costumes will bring that certain heady feeling why, even the smell of the makeup will become incense in your nos trils.” "Sure,” said the glamour madonna. She was yesing me, but her mind was not there. Only the Beginning And I keep remembering her re mark to Harry James when she found she had a girl baby: "I’ll have a boy for you, Harry—honest I will.” Just thinking of the loss in millions that those babies will mean is what turns movie moguls' hair gray. Georgie Jessel is doing a bit of worrying, too. He’s wondering about "The Dolly Sisters.” He wants Alice Faye and Betty Grable together in that one, just as they were in “Tin Pan Alley.” Alice finished "The Gang’s All Here" on July 3, 1943. One year as the calendar goes could be danger ous to a star. But Alice's mail builds, alihough she's made but two pictures in the last three years Her fans write about how much more beautiful she is now than before Al ice Jr was born. Even so, it’s time for Mrs Phil Harris to be thinking of her next starring vehicle. She can make one before "The Dolly Sisters” goes on the schedule. I"ime Out " What of Gene Tierney and Lana Turner? They proved quick-change artists from baby tending to picture routine. Lana was gone from Metro 14 months. Came back to "Marriage Is a Private Affair” when Cheryl Christina was six months old. Steps into “Women in Uniform” in two weeks' time. “Heaven Can Wait” was closed out April 10. 1943 And "Laura” be gan April 27, 1944 In between those dates Gene Tierney lived a down to-earth interval at Junction City which included keeping house in an army settlement for husband Lieut. Oleg Cassini She gave birth to Daria on October 14 last in a Wash ington hospital. If any of you girls think you’re bright and capable, top that one. Gene plays the title role in "Laura” at the moment; wears the most bizarre modern costumes. • • • Roasted Wrong Turkey Jerry Lester tells about the end of his father’s newspaper career. His father wrote about a new play, saying "This was a turkey peddled two months before Thanksgiving." He didn't know his publisher had helped finance the play . Dame May Whitty finally gets a good part in "Thrill of a Romance” with Esther Williams and Van Johnson. And they’ll all have a thrill when Laurits Melchoir starts singing, ile’s in the same opus. ■ . Js Sun or Sea Will Not Harm These Bright Dressmaker Swim Suits By CHERIE NICHOLAS XTOT FOR many a season have swim suits been so diversified in matter of both fabric and styling. The news—important this year—is that of color-bright prints for dress maker-styled bathing and beach suits, together with the reassuring message that the colors will re main gay and lovely regardless of exposure to sun or waves or re peated subjection to suds. The flower-bright pique is just about the smartest thing going in the swimming realm this summer. See it, as pictured here, made up in a stunning suit and parasol en semble. It certainly is good news to be assured that the lovely pique print that fashions this charming twosome will hold good as new through every test of sea-wave and sun-ray. The pretty parasol deserves a paragraph all its own, for the latest news is that of matching para sols teamed with play frocks, after noon prints, and blouses. Some times handbag and parasol are made of identical print. It's the dependable wearableness that counts in swim suits. If you buy a suit made of everfast processed gingham such as fashions the cun ning model centered in the pic ture, you can do so with every con fidence, for in these days of miracle prints that do not fade, you know from their labelling that they will take the sun and sea with bravado. The elements will do no harm to the proud plaid colors. Such beach clothes as these are wearable season after season as well as dip after dip. The pert little bare-midrilT suit to the right is one of the reasons why cotton gingham is destined to be the belle of the beach this summer. The skirt is pleated onto a wide hip band. It conceals shorts of red jer sey. The secret of the pleasing cool ness to the skin for which this sea son’s swim and beach suits are noted, is told in terms of a wide variety of rayon weaves, which go to make up so many of the short and sweet little dressmaker types so popular just now. To mention a few of the rayon weaves favored for chic bathing suits, perhaps the most important standby is the lovely soft rayon jer sey that is radiantly printed in splashy florals or colorful paisley, or in glamorous Mexican design. The border jersey prints are truly spec tacular in color and motif. You’ll surely appreciate the flattery of the new flower-printed rayon jersey that everybody’s calling for this season. A two-piecer which is very ef fective is the solid color shorts-and bra suit in sleek rayon slipper satin, and if there is one material more figure-flattering than another, it is rayon slipper satin. Choose it in either black or dazzling white, either of which supplies a perfect foil to your carefully cultivated suntan. The shorts are snug and brief, nicely shaped with seamings and darts and frequently laced-up to ad just to your body lines so that they fit like wallpaper. The halter bod ice tops leave the back completely bare for even tanning, and may have the lacing detail at the front as a complementary note. Included in the rayon list are many firm weaves such as benga lines, failles, broadcloths, poplins and linen textures, which make the perkiest of little circular skirts, with self-ruffle trim. Rayon seer suckers in small cross-barred or striped weaves are good style also. Spun rayons in solid colors are also in high favor, some of which are fashioned in cunning princess lines. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Neckline Flattery )p> i Simple little wash frocks are the prettiest ever this year. A styling detail that adds infinitely to the charm of the lovely little afternoon dresses now in vogue are the flatter ing lowcut necklines, which are i either square or in beguiling sweet heart fashion or the new low round silhouette. The dainty gown pic tured is wreathed with flowers cut from the everfast rayon-and-cotton material which makes the dress. Flowers Printed on Blaek a New Trend There are prints and prints this year but the prints that stand forth as the newest on the program are the prints that have exclusiveness about them all their own. These flash vividly colorful flowers spaced few and far between on black back grounds. Their wide spacing is part of their glory. Then too, the fact that the flowers are so realistically colorful gives them untold beauty. Among the prints that go to make up per fectly stunning gowns, you will find gorgeous rose motifs, petunias, daisies, pansies, carnations and gar denias. These handsome prints are in cotton weaves as well as silk. They are made up with sophis ticated simplicity, the high note be ing sounded in dramatic necklines, some of which are garlanded with wreathlike necklaces formed of florals cut from the print. ___ Halters of Cotton Print Indispensable for summer play time and sports wear are the bright cotton print halters now selling in the stores. Each halter fashion makes a different sports costume in that there is such a vast color range in the prints that make them. Wear them with your shorts, slacks, cot ton shirts or separate skirts and they serve smartly as dickeys with your linen suits. Tuck-Rack Long Gloves Fashion has revived the extra long mousquetaire glove for tea and danc ing that unbuttons to let the hand free and then tucks back just as i ladies of fashion wore them in the | long, long ago. P/J TTERNSr SEWING CIRCLE 1983 10-20 1995 12-40 Maternity W'ear A MATERNITY frock to be worn during the hot weather months must be cool, comfortable and as pretty as possible so that you do not grow weary of it. This young-looking dress and jacket will please you. • • • Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1995 Is de signed for sizes 12, 14, 16. 18, 20 and 40. Size 14 dress requires 4'/a yards of 39 lnch material, sleeveless jacket takes 1?» yards. Brief Sun Clothes. DE FREE and gay in the sun clothes you wear—acquire a tan in prettipess and comfort! The smart sun-back dress with match ing “cover up” bolero is tops in looks. Set is perfect for midsum mer wear about the house, too. • • • Barbara Bell Vattern No. 1983 is de signed in sizes 10, 12. 14. 16. 18 and 20. Size 12, dress, requires 2T'» yards of 39 inch material; bolero, 1U yards. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 536 South Wells St. Chicago Enclose 20 cents In coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No.Size. Name . Address . I ON THB [ (HOME FRONT] ^b>JWITHWYITM»fARS Q ^\N THE center table in most Victorian parlors there was a kaleidoscope. Guests gazed into this after they tired of looking at the family album. Bits of colored glass were reflected in an endless KaitulaUan* C I WHITS ■ DARK 81U* EL'] Ml DIUM BUH P5IMRLE LOCK IN — HIUWHT ROWS GIVES INTRICATE «FFECT_ number of intricate patterns in this ingenious device. Very much the same effect was obtained by the method of putting together the simple six-inch quilt block shown here and that is why the pattern was called the kaleidoscope. • • * NOTE—Mrs. Spears has prepared a large sheet with actual sire quilt piece patterns (or three of her favorite quilts. The Kaleidoscope, the Ann Rutledge and the Whirl Wind are Included. This Is pattern No. 200 and the price is 15 cents. Address: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New York Drawer 10 Enclose IS cents for Pattern No. 200. Name .' Address . 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