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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, April 8, 1952
Men, Choose A Tie To Give Your Old Suit A Spring Touch
By MARY COOPER
Remember, that for a single-breasted suit worn without a vest the bolder patterns are the most suitable. For a double-breasted suit, where less of the tie shows, choose smaller patterns or bright stripes.
Easter is almost here, and what is better than a new tie to give that old suit a spring touch. Here are a few pointers for selecting that new tie.
Men prefer sport or casual ties for sportswear, such as wool, gabardine, grenadine, knit and hand-painted ties. Bright prints are more suitable for business wear. Satins and jacquard fabrics are best for dress occasions.
A tie should also complement the complexion. Clear bright colors tend to brighten a dark complexion, while soft colors and patterns are best for a man with high coloring. The color of the eyes is a good guide for a man of average coloring. A great deal of white in a tie points up blue eyes; while greens, bright browns and vellows flatter brown eyes.
scribes.
Be sure to take into consideration the colors or combinations of colors that point up your suit color. Cocoa-brown and maroon complement a navy-blue suit; maroon, blues and grays, a suit of lighter blue, and a gray suit allows the widest choice of the colors. Brown, green, gold and red ties go well with brown suits. Never put a blue tie with a brown suit.
The biggest news in tiewear this spring is pleated ties that come in comparatively unobtrusive narrow accordion pleats or in bold box pleats.
brown suit.
For striped shirts, a small-figured or plain-colored tie should be selected. Striped and figured ties go best with white and solid colored shirts.
The new style Windsor tie is shaped a little larger on the narrow end and is supposed to be tied with the ends in reverse. Normally in making a Windsor knot, the wide end of the tie is put on the new tie is made to be tied with the wide end on the left. The narrow end is finished knot then leaves out on top of the wide end, giving a pleated effect. This looks especially smart with a casual or sport outfit.
There is a great deal of variation in the wearing quality and use of fabrics in the construction. If a purchaser has a stubby neck that frequently rubs against the tie knot, he should not buy satins for they may easily. He should wear wool ties and those of sturdier textures.
The resiliency of a tie may be tested by gently stretching the tie, holding it at the wide end just above where the interlining stops and at the narrow end. If the tie does not give when tested in this manner the lining has not been cut correctly, and the tie may not tie well.
Another requirement for quality is an interlining that just fills the space in the tie. Otherwise, the knot-tying part will inevitably fold over during wear.
Journalism Students To Hear Talbot
Phillips Talbot will speak to journalism students at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the new Journalism building as part of the fourth series of speakers on current world affairs.
The meeting is being sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, and Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism sorority.
Mr. Talbot has traveled extensively in Pakistan, India, and Southeast Asia as correspondent for the Chicago Daily News. He has taught at the University of Chicago and Columbia university in New York.
Panhellenic Council Selects
Janice Manuel For President
Janice Manuel, college junior, was elected president of the Panhellenic council at a recent meeting.
Other officers for the coming year are Barbara Kasner, college sophomore, vice-president; Marilyn Hawkinson, college sophomore, secretary, and Barbara Comstock, fine arts junior, treasurer.
Ties last longer and look better if they are carefully untied and not yanked off. Alternating ties in wear gives them a chance to hang out.
Another way to preserve a tie is to roll it up after each wearing. Starting at the small end, roll the entire length. If left this way overnight the tie will be minus most of its wrinkles by morning.
Bow ties are now more popular than ever. The best-looking ones are tied by the wearer, although the convenience of snap-on bow ties has made them very popular. Bow ties are entirely suitable for casual and sportswear.
Few things detract more from a man's appearance than a poorly tied tie. There is little or no excuse for a badly tied knot or one that fails to fill the shirt collar properly. The narrow part of a tie should never extend below the wide portion.
Miss Anobel Amour, the "streetcar poet," will speak at the annual Theta Sigma Phi Matrix Table dinner at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Crystal room of the Eldridge hotel.
'Streetcar Poet'
To Speak At Dinner
Author of poems for both children and adults, some of which have been collected in books, Miss Armour is known as the "streetcar poet" because so many of her verses were composed or given a final polish while riding to her work downtown on the streetcar.
Head of the children's book department at Emery, Bird, Thayer, Kansas City, she writes for her own enjoyment and some profits on the sideline. She sells an average of ten poems a month and is now selling to over sixty publications, including Saturday Evening Post, New York Herald Tribune, and the Kansas City Star.
Two books of poems, "Down Quiet Lanes" and "How Bright the Candles," and a picture book for children, "Little Shepherd," have been published.
Miss Armour spoke last fall at the Kansas Presswomen's convention in the Town House hotel, Kansas City, Kan.
ANOBEL ARMOUR
Grad Student Elected Head Of Sigma Gamma Epsilon
Dan Merriam, graduate student,
were elected president of Sigma
Gamma Epsilon, honorary earth science fraternity, for the coming year.
Other officers are Jack Porter, engineering senior, vice-president;
Gene Rourke, graduate student, secretary-treasurer, and Mahlon Ball. engineering junior, corresponding secretary.
Two Seniors Selected For Flight Training
William B. Hayward and Robert M. Houvener, education seniors, have been selected for navy flight training by the naval aviation cadet selection board.
Thirteen men a month are selec-
tured from the U.S. to serve as
sourd and Kansas for this trai-
ning.
The men will receive 18 months flight training at Pensacola Naval air station. Upon graduation they will be commissioned ensign in the Navy or second lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
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