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University. Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1952
Mamie Eisenhower to Be Chic But Won't Set Any New Styles
New York—(U.P.)—Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower will be as chic a first lady as we've had in many a year, but even she isn't expected to set any new styles.
Maybe her bangs will catch on—but her wardrobe, well, it's just typical of a new trend in fashions. Women wear what they think is becoming.
The next first lady is no exception. She doesn't like straight skirts, so she won't wear them. She likes small hats, and she sticks to them.
"She loves clothes and knows exactly what's right for her," commented Mollie Parnis, the designer who has become Mrs. Eisenhower's favorite since she returned from Paris. Miss Parnis designed half a dozen daytime outfits for Mrs. Eisenhower's campaign wardrobe. So far the only thing the next first lady has told the designer she needed before inauguration is a new black suit.
"She's a natural for clothes, because she has a perfect size 12 figure, but I don't imagine she'll set any new fashions." Miss Parnis said.
Women have been waiting apprehensively for a drastic change in fashion ever since the new look. Now, as still another season's new fashion being unveiled for spring, women are beginning to realize the revolution isn't coming.
"Mrs. Eisenhower is not one of those women who say 'what are they wearing'," said Sally Victor, who has had Mrs. Eisenhower on her list of regular customers for several years. "She wears what she likes. And she likes pretty things, but not extreme things."
That philosophy, reflected in society's best dressed lists and in secretaries' wardrobes, is a recent development in fashion.
"I think it's because the United States is leading world fashions now, and most of our designers are women," said one fashion expert. "Men will turn out something fantastic, but women design the things they can imagine they'd enjoy wearing."
"In the last ten years there has been no personality that greatly influenced fashions," Miss Parnis admitted. "It may be because custom designed clothes are becoming so rare. A designer has to think of how to match her style with just one. So the best dressed women are more conservatively dressed."
Whatever the cause, it's no reflection on Mrs. Eisenhower if housewives don't copy her outfits. They're not following the leader in fashion any more.
On the Hill
By JEANNE FITZGERALD Kansan Society Editor
W. W. Davis, professor of history,
will speak to the History club at
7 p.m. today in 9 Strong. He will
discuss "The Weaker Side, 1861-
1865". Refreshments will be served.
Anyone interested is invited to
attend.
The Home Economics club meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the home economics department in Fraser hall. The program will consist of a talk on china and silver with several displays. Refreshments will be served. All interested persons are invited.
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Acacia fraternity recently pledged three men. They are David Treadway, college senior; Lloyd Lee Breckenridge, engineering freshman, and Rush Smith, college freshman.
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Delta Gamma sorority announces the pinning of Kathleen Holthus, college sophomore, to Sam Willcoxon, Acacia fraternity, now stationed at Fort Scott, Ill.
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The German club will present a reading of a 16th Century Fastnachtspiel about "Til Eulenspiegel" by Hans Sachs at 5 p.m. Thursday in 502 Fraser. The reading will be given in German. The cast is made up of the following members of the club: Harry Snyder, college freshman; Leonard Duroche, college sophomore; Heidi Bloesch, education junior; Francis Richard McNabney, college special student; Frank Newby, college junior; Donald Montgomery, college junior; Dr. Elizabeth Schuler, special student; John Gagliardo, college junior, and Albert Koch, graduate student. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome.
The Delta Chi fraternity pledge class held its annual Honeymoon party Saturday night in the chapter of the dorm to celebrate it. The pajamas and night shirts. Each couple was "married" as they entered the house. Refreshments were punch and wedding cake.
Fashion Magazine's High Styles Don't Fit the College Wardrobe
A recent slick and glamorous woman's magazine heralded the new "Million Dollar Look" with 14 pages of out-of-this-world fashions. $ \textcircled{*} $
There were a few exotic paragraphs about the "Million-Dollar Look" in which the editors described the ways (if not the means) to a "Wonderful Wardrobe."
Start with one good dress, or suit,
or coat, they said. Of course you
could dress up last year's costume
fairly well with the latest in luxurious
finesse (accessories).
Recommended for those who couldn't afford the "handsomely wrought wool jersey", were the "tapered elegance of a slender T-strap shoe, the pristine freshness of a full-blown white collar, or the character-giving quality of a distinctive belt, "all under $25."
"The Million Dollar Look" is many looks, each as individual as its owner. The only prerequisite is "the air with which you wear it."
We wish the experts on the typica. American girl's wardrobe could peek into the typical college coed's closet.
We think they'd find the more basic clothes diet of sweaters and skirts, scarves and belts, peter pan blouses, and bobby socks.
The Look is "casual, unstudied
... right for town or country" Put
together with taste and originality,
the look is more appropriate
ents "have nothing to do with prices."
We think they'd learn that the "sequined beret worn like a shower
cap", the "opulence of fur around the face", the "quiet perfection of the classic glove and slim town bag", the "near-real leopard-print belt gartering the waist" and the "moss green satin shoes (T-strap)" are not the immediate needs and desires of the gal who's trying to get a diploma without breaking papa completely.
Even the greensest freshman knows that the tailored suit, the casual coat, the sport jacket, and faded jeans are on the college menu for all occasions from Sunday afternoon teas to Saturday night hayrides.
She knows that the outfit that goes everywhere is the sweater and skirt, and that the best loved (by even the non-athletes) is that comfortable costume featuring blue jeans, sneakers, and sweat shirt.
She knows that a dress-up dress s nice at times and an evening dress goes to the collegiate formal.
YOUR EYES
should be examined today. Call for appointment. Any lens or prescription duplicated.
LAWRENCE OPTICAL CO.
Phone 425 1025 Mass.
HONORARY ROTC OFFICERS—The Arnold Air society, honorary Air Force ROTC group, has chosen 10 honorary officers to serve with the group at all social functions and reviews. Shown are nine of the women. Front row: Joan Guthridge, college junior; Judy Fincke, college freshman; Kay Lambert, college junior, honorary commander; Carolyn Nardyz, college junior; Kay Magers, fine arts sophomore. Back row: Jane Henry, college freshman; Beth Lowell, college sophomore; Connie Maus, college senior, and Mary Ann Deschner, education senior. Diane Wade, college senior, could not be present.-Kansan photo by Clarke Keys.
Kappa Sigma Lists Party Guests
Guests at the Kappa Sigma fraternity annual Red Dog party Oct 25 were: Karen Hansen, Virginia Delp, Nancy Boden, Beverly Bea Churchill, Faye Kramer, Donna Bledsoe, Mickey Welty, Marimae Voiland, Kathryn Todd.
Ann Price, Monnie Silverstein,
Barbara Spitzenpier, Cris Coxon,
Mary Paxton, JoAnn Boswell, Jean
Walker, Inez Scott, Jan Schmidt,
Sharon Nichols, Marjorie Smith,
Janis Johanson, Shirley Pemberton,
Sue Harper, Barbara Bradstreet.
Sally Allen, Nancy Mayrath, Shirley Waltmire, Irene Coonan, Millicent Hunt, Jean Kirkman, Jaceline Crews, Marilyn Hixon, Donna McCall, Mary Jane Conklin, Carol Hamlin, Shirley Montgomery, Isabel Bolin, Annette Young, Joann Swanson.
Gloria Good, Gene Hart, Nancy Wolff, Pat Garrett; Donna Briggs, Pat Johnson, Margaret DeBacker, Bur Kahn, Barbara Slough, Jean Stoneman, Adelaide Miller, Marijane Lynch, Joan Parker, Marcia Muehlbach, Janet Gabrielson.
Alice Thorpe, Carol Petersen,
Barbara Steele, Joss Dougherty,
Joan Carter, Charlene Ewell, Pat
Buell, Shirley Boatwright, Donne
Lee Cromack, Shirley Van Antwerp, Theo Westlund, Judy Griffin,
Mary Louis Rickman, Madelyn Brite.
Mary Lou Penfold, Pat Simmons,
Sue Jones, Marguerite Terry, Dick
Morgan, Janet Thomas, Orinne Gray,
Jacob Doyle, Heydon Hoyt, and
Carolyn Wahlberg.
Chaperones were Mrs. Edna M. Stewart, Mrs. Arthur H. Little, Mrs. Edward H. Turner, Mrs. Dean S. Nite, and Mrs. L. L. Williams.
Graduate Becomes Marine Lieutenant
Richard H. Humphreys, '52, yesterday received a regular commission as second lieutenant in the United States Marine corps in brief ceremonies at the University NROTC headquarters.
Lt. Humphreys, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Humphreys of Ashland, was assigned for further training to the Marine base in Quantico, Va.
Dean Martin, Comedy Man Rose to Fame as a Singer
Dean Martin, crooning partner of the zany comedian, Jerry Lewis, was one of the few comedy "straightmen" to rise to fame independently as a singer.
The curly-haired Martin found sudden success as Mr. Lewis' foil in a madcap comedy act they formed in 1947. After their initial success he also became a hit as a recording vocalist.
Mr. Martin was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on June 7, 1917. He had no early theatrical ambitions. Before becoming a singer, he worked as an amateur prize fighter, gasoline station attendant, mill hand and gambling house croupier.
He took up singing in 1945. His baritone voice helped him win engagements but he did not become a hit until he met Mr. Lewis.
Mr. Lewis, an old friend, decided to get him a job in his act at the 500 Club in Atlantic City, NJ.
The men had almost no idea of what they were going to do. They went on the stage and ad libbed, telling every loke they knew.
Each time Mr. Martin tried to sing, Mr. Lewis raced around the club, kidding the customers and tripping up the waiters. The club was a bedlam but the audience loved their performance.
The team then moved to the Latin Casino in Philadelphia, where they scored one of their biggest hits.
At the club, the act attracted the attention of a Paramount film producer, Hal Wallis, who signed the comedians to a long-term contract. Mr. Wallis was so impressed with their talent that he had leading roles for them written into a picture he was producing at the time, "My Friend Irma."
A dozen other night club and theater appearances followed, including a performance at a Los Angeles cafe owned by a former light-heavyweight boxing champion, Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom.
The team clicked in movies as well as it did in night clubs, and Paramount promptly cast them in more pictures, including "My Friend Irma Goes West," "At War With the Army," "That's My Boy," "The Stooge," "Sailor Beware," and "Jumping Jacks."
ROGER WILLIAMS FELLOWSHIP
Thanksgiving Banquet
At First Baptist Church
No.23,6 p.m.
SPEAKER, REV. JOHN EPP
Everyone Welcome
Admission 75c
Mr. Martin was the father of four children by his first marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Martin, who divorced him in August, 1949. He married a model, Jeannie Biegger, in 1950, and their son, Dino (Dean Jr.) was born in November, 1951.
After their success in motion pictures, Martin and Lewis found television to be another outstanding medium for their zany antics. They appeared successfully as guest stars on several shows and then became the stars on a monthly, hour-long TV program.
Between pictures and television appearances, they toured the night club and theater circuit, drawing record crowds at almost every performance.
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